Re: [H] Video

2009-05-24 Thread Brian Weeden
All depends on how you are sending the signal - coax, svideo, component, composite, ethernet, etc. Brian On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Sam Franc fr...@oregonfast.net wrote: I would like to show my computer videos on my TV. How long a video cable can I use? The TV is in another room.

[H] Airport Extreme update

2009-05-17 Thread Brian Weeden
of it and still gives the warning. Any thoughts? Router works fine, just the update notification is a bit annoying. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US

Re: [H] [Bulk] Windows 7 RC Torrent == Bad

2009-05-13 Thread Brian Weeden
. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Stan Zaske swza...@yahoo.com wrote: I started to download it that way but failed to find a clean copy. Since

Re: [H] Which 1TB(ish) drive to use in RAID-1 setup?

2009-04-29 Thread Brian Weeden
I'm very happy with the 1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1s I have in my RAID. Currently using 5 of them. On 4/29/09, Christopher Fisk chr...@mhonline.net wrote: On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, JRS wrote: protection, real-time embedded error detection and repair. Its The real-time embedded error detection and

Re: [H] MAC Address Filter

2009-04-28 Thread Brian Weeden
your mac address. The only true security for wireles is WPA. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation Sent from my iPhone On 28-Apr-09, at 4:01 PM, Gary Jackson gjack...@visi.com wrote: Two tips I have always heard for *wireless* networks, 1) Turn off SSID

Re: [H] MAC Address Filter

2009-04-28 Thread Brian Weeden
house and plug in their machine. And if they can do that you have bigger problems. --- Brian On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Brian Weeden brian.wee...@gmail.comwrote: Turning off the said broadcast doesn't really work. I'm pretty sure the ssid is in all the packet headers so anyone

[H] Extending volume on RAID

2009-04-21 Thread Brian Weeden
I just adding another drive to my HTPC RAID, bringing the total capacity to 4 TB. I used the RAID tools to extend the drive with no probs. My issue is I can't seem to make use of the new space in Vista. I go into the disk management console, I can see the 900 or so free GB on the drive, but

Re: [H] Extending volume on RAID

2009-04-21 Thread Brian Weeden
hitting the next button possible. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Greg Sevart ad...@xfury.net wrote: You should be able

Re: [H] HDTV Math

2009-04-11 Thread Brian Weeden
...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 07:39 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] HDTV Math If you looked at satellite HD broadcasts I would suspect you would find even worse bitrates among several of the HD stations. It all comes down to bandwidth

Re: [H] HDTV Math

2009-04-08 Thread Brian Weeden
. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:35 AM, James Maki jwm_maill...@comcast.net wrote: I discovered something this week and am trying to understand its ramifications. I

Re: [H] HDTV Math

2009-04-08 Thread Brian Weeden
in your measurements. So 1080i does have more lines of resolution, but 720p is sending more frames. And for you videophiles, yes I know I greatly oversimplified the progressive/interlaced, 3/2 pulldown and fps definitions for the sake of argument. --- Brian Weeden Technical

Re: [H] Opinions asked 4

2009-04-06 Thread Brian Weeden
Or check out the audio/transcript of Security Now! Epsiode 108: http://www.grc.com/sn/SN-108.htm --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 7:28 PM

Re: [H] Opinions asked 4

2009-04-06 Thread Brian Weeden
--- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 8:13 PM, DHSinclair dsinc...@bellsouth.net wrote: Brian, Thank you for still being around. Yes, I

Re: [H] Network Storage

2009-04-04 Thread Brian Weeden
fail and now you have lost data as well. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation Sent from my iPhone On 4-Apr-09, at 7:05 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: Admittedly the cheapest solution would be to use an old box, however, I was really looking

[H] Firefox annoyance

2009-03-25 Thread Brian Weeden
Just recently I've noticed that every time I download a file, my copy of Firefox brings up the download window in the sidebar every time. This is super annoying. Anyone know how to turn it off so that things just download silently in the background? --- Brian Weeden

Re: [H] Firefox annoyance

2009-03-25 Thread Brian Weeden
That box was already unchecked but the right option was under the All in one sidebar config right underneath it. Thanks! --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US

Re: [H] HDMI Audio Problems

2009-03-25 Thread Brian Weeden
There are also known issues with spdif ports and Bluray, specifically getting any tru-hd or dts-hd decoded. Spdif Is not considered a protected channel for drm and thus the pc might end up downgrading the signal. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation Sent from

Re: [H] HDMI Audio Problems

2009-03-25 Thread Brian Weeden
Rip the Bluray to HD, re-encode the audio to FLAC and mux back into an mkv file with the video and any subs you need. Works great. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534

Re: [H] HDMI Audio Problems

2009-03-25 Thread Brian Weeden
FLAC is a lossless codec and from my personal testing in my HT (your results may vary) it sounded better than normal DD or DTS and almost as good as Tru-HD. The real bonus is that it drops the filesize by several hundred MB at least, sometimes more. --- Brian Weeden

[H] Anyone have experience with built-in cell modems?

2009-02-26 Thread Brian Weeden
locked or anything? Where do I get the software to try and connect and use something? --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US

[H] Why I use Firefox instead of IE

2009-01-30 Thread Brian Weeden
Reason #1 is right here in this interview with a former malware developer: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/interview_with_10.html --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1

Re: [H] Thoughts on 1TB HDs?

2009-01-30 Thread Brian Weeden
=N82E16822136284 Links to reviews and roundups: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/1tb-hdd-roundup.html http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/597/1TB-Hard-Drive-Roundup-Update/ --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http

Re: [H] IE7 problem

2009-01-28 Thread Brian Weeden
Going with Active-X as the method of delivering interaction between the browser and the OS/user is one of the worst decisions Microsoft ever made. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1

Re: [H] G1

2009-01-22 Thread Brian Weeden
Was playing with one the other day and I don't think I'll drop my iPhone for it but it definitely shows promise. The key feature for me is that it is much more open than the iPhone. Using an iPhone is a choice between living in Apple's world or hacking it to work with Google/MS. I live in

Re: [H] Burning Up Motherboards, Dunno Why

2009-01-16 Thread Brian Weeden
That would be the #1 culprit. And unfortunately, probably also very hard/expensive for you to fix. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8

Re: [H] Show me... Directory Sizes

2009-01-12 Thread Brian Weeden
I use Windirstat which gives a nice graphical depiction of your hard drive usage (and also does a listing of directories). Freeware: http://windirstat.info/ --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466

Re: [H] Ram diagnostic?

2009-01-12 Thread Brian Weeden
Windows is a pretty reliable diagnostic tool for determining when you have bad RAM. Unfortunately, it's also a pretty good diagnostic tool for dozens of other problems and always makes you guess which problem is causing which symptom :) --- Brian Weeden Technical

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-12 Thread Brian Weeden
Some benchmarks on the 295: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3498 --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Bobby Heid bh

Re: [H] Windows 7 ?

2009-01-09 Thread Brian Weeden
Just get it off the torrents. Same thing, much more likely to actually get decent speeds. Beware that there is both the official release and a leaked release floating around the torrentsphere. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http

Re: [H] Windows 7 ?

2009-01-09 Thread Brian Weeden
Public download link and the latest on when Microsoft will release the keys is here: http://lifehacker.com/5127558/windows-7-beta-available-pulled-no-eta-on-product-keys --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1

Re: [H] Re-introduction for Bino Gopal...

2009-01-08 Thread Brian Weeden
Welcome back! Most of the old heads are around, some just lurking. Definitely a lot less traffic these days. Brian On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Thane Sherrington tsh...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: Hey Bino! It's been a LONG time. Glad to see you back, and I hope all

Re: [H] The straight dope on USB drives...and is SDHC related?!

2009-01-08 Thread Brian Weeden
What are you going to be using it for? Is data encryption on your drive a critical feature? --- Brian On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Bino Gopal binogo...@hotmail.com wrote: Hey guys, So this is a timely return to the collective b/c I've been researching (my

Re: [H] GTX 280 or wait for GTX 295?

2009-01-07 Thread Brian Weeden
I'm a huge believer in buying the previous generation of video cards when the new ones come out. As long as you aren't one of those fanatics who are driven to have the absolutely highest resolution and frame rate you should be fine with any of the current crop. I recently went from a X1950 to a

[H] Santa bringing me a tablet PC for the new year

2009-01-05 Thread Brian Weeden
Well not Santa, more precisely my boss. Here's my new work computer: https://www.alltp.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=idproduct=1263 Can't wait. I've wanted a tablet for a while but was waiting for the technology to mature. I travel a significant amount (at least a dozen times a year)

Re: [H] POST card for laptops

2009-01-04 Thread Brian Weeden
The only time I have seen memtest fail is when the RAM was fine but was incompatible with the motherboard. In that situation, you will still end up with all the symptoms of bad RAM but they pass every test. Brian On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Thane Sherrington

Re: [H] A/V Receivers

2009-01-03 Thread Brian Weeden
. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Christopher Fisk chr...@mhonline.netwrote: On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Brian Weeden wrote: I've been a big fan on Onkyo

Re: [H] A/V Receivers

2009-01-02 Thread Brian Weeden
I've been a big fan on Onkyo for the last 15 years or so. They are one of the few low/mid priced receivers that have realistic power amplifier ratings and current delivery. Why would you need to replace your speakers? If you have a 5.1 setup, you don't need to move to 7.1. You can still run it

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

2008-12-31 Thread Brian Weeden
Let me guess - they happen to be crippled with Microsoft's PlaysForSure DRM? --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:39 AM, Rick Glazier

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

2008-12-29 Thread Brian Weeden
to Sirius until their future is a bit more stable.. I thought about chumby as well for this application. If you search the chumby user forums, some have gotten shoutcast streams to work but it isn't a plug and play solution. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation

Re: [H] XP64 verses Vista64

2008-12-28 Thread Brian Weeden
Probably the best anti-root kit and malware feature in Vista is Patchguard and it's available in 64-bit XP as well. Aside from that, ditto on what Greg said. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466

[H] Xbox 360 invalid format while playing

2008-12-20 Thread Brian Weeden
can support and the Xbox is putting out or the rare TV that is incompatible with the Xbox over HDMI. But I've never heard of it happening in the middle of playing. Any ideas? --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org

[H] No HD of Ravens/Cowboys on TSN?

2008-12-20 Thread Brian Weeden
Any other Canucks out there - I'm trying to watch the Cowboys/Ravens game and TSN HD has audio but no picture. SD channel works fine. Using Star Choice. --- Brian

Re: [H] Vista Ultimate ?

2008-12-18 Thread Brian Weeden
One would hope by the second service pack they actually get it working right :) I haven't found any real problems with Vista (aside from a handful of annoyances) but there still isn't anything to really make me recommend it over XP. Brian On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Rick Glazier

Re: [H] Vista Ultimate ?

2008-12-18 Thread Brian Weeden
Using vlite is how I discovered the several hundred MB of unnecessary tablet PC stuff that is part of every Vista install, including desktops. Had a weird problem with the one time I did a vlite install. Somehow, it corrupted the real administrator account. I was logged in as administrator and

Re: [H] Vista Ultimate ?

2008-12-18 Thread Brian Weeden
, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:04:22AM -0500, Brian Weeden wrote: One would hope by the second service pack they actually get it working right :) I haven't found any real problems with Vista (aside from a handful of annoyances) but there still isn't anything to really make me recommend it over XP

Re: [H] ATI video drivers?

2008-12-18 Thread Brian Weeden
Usually on ATI's site they have one download link for the entire package and a separate one for just the driver (at least for the Radeon drivers). On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:04 PM, DHSinclair dsinc...@bellsouth.net wrote: My new system is running very well. Thank you. Earlier today I went in

Re: [H] Weird file explorer error

2008-12-17 Thread Brian Weeden
: Brian Weeden Here's a brain stumper for ya. Just in the last couple of weeks I've started seeing some weird stuff with my file explorer windows in XP. Sometimes when I click on them, they slowly shrink in height from the top down until they are sitting on the task bar. Can't click on them or do

Re: [H] HTPC - Which Software?

2008-12-16 Thread Brian Weeden
of stuff with xvid, flac, and x264. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Robert Martin Jr. lopa...@pacbell.netwrote: I tried media

[H] Songbird - great iTunes alternative

2008-12-15 Thread Brian Weeden
For those of you looking for an alternative to iTunes: http://lifehacker.com/5108978/killer-add+ons-make-songbird-so-much-better Unfortunately, they still haven't figured out how to sync it with the iPhone so I'm stuck with iTunes, but for everyone else it looks pretty awesome. --- Brian

[H] Weird file explorer error

2008-12-12 Thread Brian Weeden
Here's a brain stumper for ya. Just in the last couple of weeks I've started seeing some weird stuff with my file explorer windows in XP. Sometimes when I click on them, they slowly shrink in height from the top down until they are sitting on the task bar. Can't click on them or do anything to

[H] HTPC BSOD problems solved

2008-12-06 Thread Brian Weeden
I've posted a few questions and rants on here about some problems I've had with my HTPC and I finally solved them. It would give random BSODs (at least once every 2-3 days), mostly related to memory management but sometimes various drivers. The machine would also never reboot by itself - using

Re: [H] Thank you all!

2008-12-04 Thread Brian Weeden
Glad to hear it worked out. I switched from my trusty old 19 CRT to a 24 widescreen LCD a few months ago and wouldn't go back for any reason. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation Sent from my iPhone On 4-Dec-08, at 6:58 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [H] Blue-ray on pc?

2008-12-02 Thread Brian Weeden
still need software that is capable of playing the content though, and at the moment (and for the foreseeable future) that is all commercial applications. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: 02 December 2008 13:10

Re: [H] Blue-ray on pc?

2008-12-02 Thread Brian Weeden
Yep. Just rip the Blu-Ray to the hard disk using Any DVD. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:23 AM, Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [H] Blue-ray on pc?

2008-11-29 Thread Brian Weeden
1080p is essentially 1920 x 1080, a res that a lot of computer monitors have been able to display for a long time. Of course, to legally play back Blu-rays on a pc you need both a video card and monitor that support HDCP, which sucks. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World

Re: [H] Blue-ray on pc?

2008-11-29 Thread Brian Weeden
Like I said, *legally* you need HDCP to view Blu-Rays :) --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Neil Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [H] Blue-ray on pc?

2008-11-28 Thread Brian Weeden
Hell yes. DVD is 480p, blu-ray is 1080p. Of course, some transfers are better than others but it's still night and day. Cars is one of the better blu-rays i've seen. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation Sent from my iPhone On 28-Nov-08, at 6:28 PM, [EMAIL

Re: [H] Video card question

2008-11-24 Thread Brian Weeden
AMD cards are great - I've been buying them exclusively for the last several years. It's their drivers that are crap (although to be fair, Nvidia's are far from perfect as well, but AMD's are worse still). --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http

[H] Fwd: Awesome Fallout 3 google map

2008-11-23 Thread Brian Weeden
For those trekking around the Wasteland: http://planetfallout.gamespy.com/maps/1/Capital-Wasteland Finished it last week, great game. On par with Oblivion for total experience, better in some ways, worse in others. Brian

[H] Laptop bag recommendations

2008-11-23 Thread Brian Weeden
I'm looking for a new laptop bag that would also serve duty as my airplane carry-on. I have a Targus CityGear Los Angeles http://www.amazon.com/Targus-TCG417-CityGear-Angeles-Notebook/dp/B00024ENES/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1227448989sr=1-5that I both like and dislike. I love the way it

Re: [H] Video card upgrade time

2008-11-23 Thread Brian Weeden
Sorry I'm late to the discussion. I just replaced my old card with a HD4850 and couldn't be happier. Was able to play Dead Space and Fallout 3 at 1900x1200 and max settings and it only cost me around $200. That's my kind of video card. --- Brian Weeden Technical

Re: [H] Video card upgrade time

2008-11-23 Thread Brian Weeden
Mirror's Edge: http://www.mirrorsedge.com/ --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stan Zaske [EMAIL

Re: [H] Svchost.exe issues.

2008-11-22 Thread Brian Weeden
to see if the CPU spike corresponds to network activity. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Bobby Heid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [H] VOIP

2008-11-17 Thread Brian Weeden
that. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: My home, like most, has a phone network wired in that connects

[H] Most recent Vista annoyance - power settings won't stay put

2008-11-17 Thread Brian Weeden
. Then all of a sudden the next day it happens again and I change it again. But it keeps going back to the setting I don't want. Anyone else experienced this? --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756

[H] Good headset/mic?

2008-11-16 Thread Brian Weeden
, but not required. Somewhere around $100 would be nice. Suggestions? --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US

Re: [H] Good headset/mic?

2008-11-16 Thread Brian Weeden
That does look pretty good, but my desktop PC doesn't have Bluetooth. Laptop does. Will have to look into a hub but I like the headphones. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202

Re: [H] Good headset/mic?

2008-11-16 Thread Brian Weeden
Checking through the reviews on Amazon, looks good but a few have complained about noticeable --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 2:07 PM

Re: [H] Firefox 3

2008-11-15 Thread Brian Weeden
No issues with FF3 either. On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Stan Zaske [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not having any problems here and I use the 64 bit version called Minefield on my Vista game box as well. Sam Franc wrote: For those of you that have been having problems with Firefox

Re: [H] Vista 64 partitioner

2008-11-12 Thread Brian Weeden
I had a really bad episode with Partition Magic a couple years ago where it FUBARd a partition and I stopped using it. I've been using Acronis since and really like it. If you can't use Acronis, I second Ben's recommendation for Gparted. --- Brian Weeden Technical

[H] Another reason to use NoScript - Click Jacking

2008-11-06 Thread Brian Weeden
://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm#168 --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US

[H] Gmail issue

2008-11-05 Thread Brian Weeden
seen this before? --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US

Re: [H] need iPod help ?

2008-10-30 Thread Brian Weeden
--- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:15 AM, FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: still running on 30 day trial, will look into media monkey

[H] Questions about volumes greater than 2TB on a RAID array

2008-10-30 Thread Brian Weeden
is complete, meaning you lose everything. I'm considering switching it to RAID 6 which is tolerate to 2 failures. Any thoughts on that? Right now I have no other backup for the data outside of the array. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http

[H] Cross-site request forgery

2008-10-30 Thread Brian Weeden
-on for Firefox is a better solution: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8996 --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US

Re: [H] Questions about volumes greater than 2TB on a RAID array

2008-10-30 Thread Brian Weeden
critical data, although it would be a real bummer if I lost it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:20 PM, Robert Martin Jr. [EMAIL

Re: [H] need iPod help ?

2008-10-29 Thread Brian Weeden
from the iTunes store you can't play it outside of iTunes (unless you do some illegal stuff). --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:39 PM

Re: [H] need iPod help ?

2008-10-29 Thread Brian Weeden
-selecting Safari for install everytime the little iTunes updater pops up. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [H] need iPod help ?

2008-10-29 Thread Brian Weeden
Yep. iTunes is good with mp3s and most other non-DRM music formats (not sure about FLAC). But it won't work with DRM'd wma files. My collection is almost 100% mp3s and I use iTunes, works pretty well for me. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation

Re: [H] FF bookmark file

2008-10-25 Thread Brian Weeden
Foxmarks rocks - it automatically syncs your bookmarks across multiple machines running FF and you can also log into the Foxmarks website at any time to manage your bookmarks and export. I also use FEBE to create scheduled backups of my entire Firefox profile and in the options you can also

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 http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 (Canada) +1 (202) 683-8534 (USA) On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Stan Zaske [EMAIL

Re: [H] acpi

2008-10-18 Thread Brian Weeden
APM, no? Brian Weeden wrote: ACPI is an advanced way for the OS to communicate with peripherials, notably drives. It's not required but does have some interesting features. Be careful though. If you install Windows on a system with the BIOS set to SATA or IDE communication with drives

Re: [H] acpi

2008-10-18 Thread Brian Weeden
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 6:31 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] acpi That's my understanding but it also involves disk interfaces. I think for hot swap features, not sure. I've

Re: [H] acpi

2008-10-18 Thread Brian Weeden
Gee, sounds like a whole lot of fun. Going back to my original confusion, I had something similar happen recently with AHCI. When it's turned on, neither of my SATA DVD drives are checked for bootable devices as part of the BIOS sequence, even though they are marked as such in the BIOS. But

Re: [H] acpi

2008-10-17 Thread Brian Weeden
sure you install the drivers in windows BEFORE turning on ACPI in the BIOS. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 (Canada) +1 (202) 683-8534 (USA) On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:27 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [H] Odd?

2008-10-17 Thread Brian Weeden
Man, I loved that mobo. I have fond memories of running a 300 Mhz Celeron overclocked to 800 Mhz on one of those puppies. Ran like a dream.--- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 (Canada) +1 (202) 683-8534 (USA

Re: [H] New laptop drive?

2008-10-17 Thread Brian Weeden
AFAIK from my own experience most consumer hard drives are about the same these days. Most people find a brand that works for them and stick with it until it pisses them off and then they move on. About the only thing to differentiate them is the length of warranty. Gpartd should be able to

Re: [H] About Flash?

2008-10-15 Thread Brian Weeden
If you go into the NoScript options there is a place where you can set exactly what it blocks, and Flash is one of them. I leave it blocked because it kills a lot of annoying ads but you can easily allow Flash and still keep scripting disabled. -- Brian On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 3:51 PM,

Re: [H] About Flash?

2008-10-15 Thread Brian Weeden
Right-click on the NoScript icon on the statusbar or on options in the add-on window. -- Brian On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:57 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I will try that. Have not seen the icon, but will look again... :) Thanks, Duncan At 17:05 10/15/2008

Re: [H] Trojan??

2008-10-14 Thread Brian Weeden
70_337_000 70_483_000 70_462_000 If I put those files in recycle bin and empty it will that get rid of them? Sam Brian Weeden wrote: Could be a few different things going on. Might have been a false positive and you might have killed something necessary for your internet

[H] Reading Vista minidumps

2008-10-14 Thread Brian Weeden
and I'm not passing the path correctly? --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US

Re: [H] Trojan??

2008-10-14 Thread Brian Weeden
the links that allows things like the network stack to work. Try rebooting, see if that helps. Also try safe mode. But don't get your hopes up. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1

Re: [H] SATA RAID controllers

2008-10-13 Thread Brian Weeden
with PCI-express or even dual PCI-express so instead of tossing in 2 video cards you can do a video card and a RAID card. My HTPC uses an AMD 780G motherboard with on-board video and my Areca 1220 RAID Card sits in the PCI-Express slot. Works beautifully. --- Brian Weeden

Re: [H] monitors ?

2008-10-11 Thread Brian Weeden
the glossy trim but wth. Costco $349. fp thanks At 01:11 PM 10/10/2008, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I bought my first LCD about 5 months ago. Longtime CRT fan and resisted going to LCDs because I was very sensitive to motion blur and smearing. I bought a Samsung SyncMaster 2493HM

Re: [H] Is BlackViper.com still credible?

2008-10-10 Thread Brian Weeden
As far as I know yes. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:57 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wondering if BlacViper.com

Re: [H] monitors ?

2008-10-10 Thread Brian Weeden
. Good but not great colors, good video, never noticed any smearing or blur problems. Decent price too for the size and quality: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001263 --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http

Re: [H] Upgrade Time

2008-10-09 Thread Brian Weeden
Not sure. I haven't gone looking for bench marks on CPUs/mobos in a few years. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Steve

Re: [H] Upgrade Time

2008-10-08 Thread Brian Weeden
. I'm happy. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Steve Tomporowski [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Thanks guys for a couple

Re: [H] Upgrade Time

2008-10-08 Thread Brian Weeden
then you also have to consider your I/O bandwidth. Doesn't matter how beefy your CPU is or how many you have if they are waiting for you to load a couple TBs from a remote disk. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org +1

Re: [H] Upgrade Time

2008-10-06 Thread Brian Weeden
I upgraded a couple months ago to a Q6600 and an Abit IX38 Quad GT mobo and I'm very happy. I had the whole struggle between quad and dual core and opted for the quad. The motheboard is one of the most stable ones I have ever had. Unlike the two 780G mobos I've had in my HTPC, both of which

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