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by FlyingPenguin
Sun Jan 05, 2003 1:55 am
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: New info on Duke Nukem Forever
Replies: 15
Views: 1971

(editor's note: we barely recognize Duke Nukem anymore, putz...)
LOL!

Are these people SERIOUSLY still working on this game? Those of old enough to remember who Duke Nukem is will probably be DEAD by then....
by FlyingPenguin
Sun Jan 05, 2003 1:52 am
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: what do you get for your dollar from your internet provider ?
Replies: 5
Views: 706

$45/mo icl modem rental for 1.2Mb/128K through Comcast. Bandwidth tests confirm I'm getting slightly over 1.2Mb :)
by FlyingPenguin
Sun Jan 05, 2003 1:50 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Anyone know if you can read a DVD data disc from DOS?
Replies: 4
Views: 639

SCHWARTZ: Yes, but can you read that DVD-R from DOS if you boot from a 98 boot disk?
by FlyingPenguin
Sat Jan 04, 2003 6:19 pm
Forum: Video Cards / Video Editing
Topic: Why did this happen to my card???
Replies: 6
Views: 1390

This is neither her nor there, but in my experience if a video card's fan is making noise the it's got bad bearings and it's going. Video card fans are very small, relatively low RPM and are very quiet. Silly question: how did you connect the video card fan to a speed control without cutting the wir...
by FlyingPenguin
Sat Jan 04, 2003 9:32 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Can I operate my PC from my living room?
Replies: 3
Views: 1250

You can have a USB and PS/2 keyboard at the same time - ditto for mice.

Mos twireless mice really do suck for gaming, but that new Logitiech wireless seems to work well (the MX700 I think).
by FlyingPenguin
Sat Jan 04, 2003 9:28 am
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: New Year's Resolutions
Replies: 20
Views: 1560

Heh... heh...
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by FlyingPenguin
Sat Jan 04, 2003 12:12 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: so, you guys are the hardware pros, right?
Replies: 20
Views: 1445

The jacks you buy at Home Depot come with a plastic disposable tool.

Yes you can cut the existing cable you have, stip back the outer jacket and wire it to these jacks.
by FlyingPenguin
Fri Jan 03, 2003 9:22 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Anyone know if you can read a DVD data disc from DOS?
Replies: 4
Views: 639

Anyone know if you can read a DVD data disc from DOS?

If you boot into DOS using a 98 Emergency Disk and load DOS CD drivers, can you read a data DVD from DOS? I'm not sure if MSCDEX can handle DVDs. I don't have a DVD data CD here otherwise I'd try it myself. Anyone know? I have a cousin with with DVD Burner and I'm going to walk him through making a ...
by FlyingPenguin
Fri Jan 03, 2003 1:01 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: Flash Sigs and Avatars, Yes or No
Replies: 42
Views: 3866

Looks like Blade's getting a massage :) When I'm on broadband it doesn't bother me, but when I'm in Miami and using dialup on the laptop I could see it being a problem. I haven't tried looking at Pred's new sig on a dialup yet. One 30K flash sig on a page is no problem, but if you look at a page wit...
by FlyingPenguin
Fri Jan 03, 2003 12:57 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: A question about audio synce when capturing AVIs...
Replies: 6
Views: 738

Thx. Yeah some nice tutorials on that site.
by FlyingPenguin
Thu Jan 02, 2003 10:35 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: New Year's Eve Fiasco
Replies: 4
Views: 554

It definately would have been worth it. The food was outstanding. It was a buffet scattered outdoors and inside the clubs. Lots of good eats from lobster to filet mignon. We settled into the Jazz club at 9pm when the downpour started and I could have stayed in there with occasional forrays out for f...
by FlyingPenguin
Thu Jan 02, 2003 10:31 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: A question about audio synce when capturing AVIs...
Replies: 6
Views: 738

No, I checked that. It was set for 29.97. Vegas Video has a preset for VCD compliant AVI files in the capture window, and if sets the framerate to 29.97. I'll do another 2 hour capture with Vegas when I get a chance just to see if it was a fluke. Vega is a professional (and very expensive) video edi...
by FlyingPenguin
Thu Jan 02, 2003 4:28 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: New Year's Eve Fiasco
Replies: 4
Views: 554

No actually I'll get $50 back. They're refunding $25 for each $99 ticket.

Well, it's something. I'll probably take the wife to dinner at Citiwalk next week and get the refund money at the same time.
by FlyingPenguin
Thu Jan 02, 2003 4:26 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: A question about audio synce when capturing AVIs...
Replies: 6
Views: 738

Well I recorded a 2 hr program using the WinTV TV Application's recorder instead of Vegas Video and the sound stayed in sync, so maybe it's just Vegas Video screwing up?

Doesn't make much difference to me how I grab the AVI so if that works I'll continue using it.