Where is a cheap place to buy sand paper? I just went to Sherwin Williams Automotive and they wanted $40 bucks for a pack of 50 sheets. :-OEDIT: 1000 and 1500 grit....

ArchLinux. I really like the whole rolling update distro idea, but I don't think it is configured 100% right. :-( Arch is pretty much like Gentoo with how much configuring you have to do....

Are you guys wrapping the sand paper around the glass?And thanks for the grits. When I go tomorrow I'll pick up an 800 and 1200. :-)...

Hey everyone, it's been a while since I posted but I just built a new computer (i7 920) and am in the process of putting it together. I was wondering how much to lap the heatsink. I've heard that making it too shiny is actually detrimental to...

People have claimed to get better performance on steam games running with wine. This is mainly because they set up a certain profile that elminates a desktop enviroment and many non-essential tasks. With no desktop enviroment, they have more resource...

Alright, the reason why you are having difficulty setting up your network is because Vista and XP have different default workgroup names. You'll need to change the machines to have the same workgroup names (I believe XP's is MSHOME). Unfortun...

I need some help trying to connect a WRT54GL router with my 2wire 1000SW router wirelessly. To explain my situation further...the 2wire router is in the home office and is connected to the internet. I recently just bought a WRT54GL (right now it has ...

You can share the files. You need to setup a network though. It all depends on what operating systems you use....

Nope, it will mainly be used to browse the web and create backups of the dvds my dad is always buying. The reason for the graphics card is the hardware encoding/decoding of h.264, just in case I later add a tv tuner to it for them....

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWi...tNumber=8088912Ok, I think I have all of the parts finally picked out. Thanks to everyone that helped! I just need to get this list approved, and then we should be good to go. :-)...

QUOTE (Fireonice @ Jun 25 2008, 01:19 PM) I'd save some more money with the ram and get some budget stuff. Your not ocing or gaming so you wont see any benefit from buying faster more expensive ram.For $18.99 a stick, the only other...

Would 7200 rpm be fast enough to support burning/ripping? Or would reducing the other components reduce the long term sustainablilty?I guess I can always upgrade them eventually into Raid 5 also (mostl likely if they end up wanting a HTPC). Especiall...

My parents tend to use their computer until it can't run a web browser anymore. (Pentium 4 1.3GHZ with 512mb is what they are currently using).My dad backs up all the dvds we buy, so he is looking for something that will greatly increase the burn...

QUOTE (Verran @ Jan 13 2007, 10:22 PM) Got a new desk, now I can support my third monitor. From the looks of it, you are in serious need of Synergy. http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/It's a program that lets you control multiple computers...

Take some pictures of your case. Honestly, no one wants to watch a 7 minute video of a computer. It's hard to tell from a video anyways....

QUOTE (jaz @ Jun 13 2008, 04:02 PM) Social security is getting dried up in part of illegal immigrants. What about us americans that have worked all our lives paying into the system, and baby boomers that are going to need that money? The sys...

QUOTE (Thewacokid @ Jun 10 2008, 08:49 AM) $10 to MS will get you a 64 bit disk. I just downloaded a torrent of Vista 64 back when I used Vista because your 32 bit serial key works for 64 bit. Personally, I see purchasing software as pu...

Another option is to forward all your accounts to one main account and setup the main account to be able to send your emails from whichever account you want. I do this for a few gmail accounts and also my school email....

On my laptop:Ubuntu 8.10Windows XP (installed on a second partition setup so I can either boot into it or run it from vmware server.)Desktop:Currently XP, but I plan on switching it over to a linux installation this summer.After my experiance with ub...

QUOTE (Fireonice @ Jun 5 2008, 01:25 PM) I'm pretty sure that they are the same and logitech is just charged more...QUOTE (xPETEZx @ Jun 5 2008, 03:19 PM) You could input your PC over 3x Analogue. Your X360 over Digital Optical,...

I'm looking to buy a 5.1 setup, and I was wondering what is the difference between the Z5500 Digitalp on Logitech's site, and the Z550 on Newegg's site (besides the close to 150 price difference.Also, would I be able to hook up both my co...

I'm running hardy, and to me that review wasn't all that relevant. For Bittorrent, I just use uTorrent (ran through Wine). I don't burn cd's that often, but the one iso I burned worked perfectly. Fire..what? Use Opera. I rarely search...

QUOTE (Comp Dude2 @ May 8 2008, 11:47 AM) Sorry, you mean downgraded.......I was debating if I should use upgrade or downgrade. But with all my experiances with Vista, I decided that switching to a faster, more stable, and just overall bette...

I have SP3 installed, mainly because I upgraded to XP from Vista recently. Unfortunately I can't really say all that much about it other than XP is so much faster than Vista, and that XP runs well in VMWare Server (When I did the switch from Vist...

QUOTE (CanadaGUY @ Apr 23 2008, 08:24 AM) Hmm well i'll try that later. I actually just decided to test out an old PCI network card i had lying around, and it worked. Now if i can figure out how to get games running on this thing. Tried ...