Re: [H] PS3 or Xbox360

2008-10-21 Thread Brian Weeden
If you already have a HTPC you can add a Blu-Ray drive to it for less than $150. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation +1 (514) 466-2756 (Canada) +1 (202) 683-8534 (USA) On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Stan Zaske <[EMAIL PR

Re: [H] PS3 or Xbox360

2008-10-21 Thread Stan Zaske
A PS3 is the cheapest way to rent and watch Blue Ray. All the video stores around here are stocking more and more as time goes by. I have an Xbox 360 and an HD-DVD player and I almost never turn it on preferring to game on my PC and movies on DVD. Gary wrote: Time to do some Xmas shopping. G

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-21 Thread Joe User
Hello Soren, If you are trying to get a rise out of me you have failed. Troll somewhere else. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-21 Thread Soren
Hey Joe, Joe User wrote: Hello Soren, Friday, October 3, 2008, 2:19:48 AM, you wrote: Why are you addressing yourself? I usually trim that out when i reply to my own post. Forgot. Oh.. Why are you at all worrying about that? I guess the same reason you might be asking me about it. -

Re: [H] About Flash?

2008-10-21 Thread Soren
maccrawj wrote: Soren wrote: maccrawj wrote: Even if you were to fix Flash in this way, it's still blocking other functions like scripting. Yep, but only Cross Site Scipting exploits. My point was removing flash blocking globally (suggestion offered I replied to) != whitelist the domain. F

Re: [H] eide/pata

2008-10-21 Thread Rick Glazier
It might be easy to get decent old small drives cheap from a local computer shop. Someone that recycles old junk (opps, I mean former treasures) . FWIW, the town dump keeps the computers separate and tries to locate "new homes" for old stuff... My personal opinion is that old drives can become "

Re: [H] eide/pata

2008-10-21 Thread Rick Glazier
I understand the limitations you are working under, plus the joy of bringing something back to life. I've done the same, up to a point. I will only buy (cheap) small parts to get an old machine running. (BTW: I still run 233MMXs/Win95, (but almost never, and not for much!) I broke up and ditched e