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Check out this picture on this site: http://www.castleofspirits.com/handphone.html The caption reads: "This photo was taken at Eastwood City in Manila through a Nokia 7250, a phone with a camera. These two girls were out for the night and they wanted to have their picture taken. After asking...

Two bodies were found in a parking lot early this morning. This parking lot is about 200 yards from my house. When I left for work investigators were stopping cars and asking questions. I heard a noise early this morning (around 5 am) which sounded a little like 3 gunshots, or a car backfiring...

I have two Win2k boxes and every night for the past 4 nights the Windows Update downloads a patch for Media Player. Once I can see, twice, hey maybe they goofed up something, but it's downloaded the patch 4 nights in a row now, and my other PC is downloading it now, again. Is anyone else...

Symantec information on W32.SQLExp.Worm A new worm that infects machines running SQL Server 2000 is rapidly spreading. It gets in using an exploit on UDP port 1434. When it infects a machine it will hit random IPs on this port at a high rate, causing increased network traffic and possible...

Last week while doing some clean-up I found a file called tempvt.exe, in a temp folder (not my system temp folder, but one I created for other stuff). Since I couldn't figure out what it was, I did a google search, and came up with a number of possibilities, including it being a HP scanner...

When I click the View New Posts link on the main forum page, I get the following message:

When I browse HTF, I often use the Back button on my browser to return from whence I came--e.g. from a thread to the thread list, or from a thread list back to the forum list. However, I've noticed that the Back button appears to force another page request from the server instead of simply...

I'm at a point where my career is going nowhere, there are no jobs to be had anywhere near where I live right now. Plus with layoffs if I lose my job I'm basically SOL. Since my outlook on life is taking a hit, I'm at the point where I'll consider relocating to where jobs can be found for IT...

This is wild stuff. Spammers are now popping spam directly onto people's desktops: myNetWatchman article Link Removed Apparently users of NT, 2000, or XP without firewalls are being targeted to receive pop-up spam messages via the Messenger service. The messenger service is normally used...

I've noticed every once in a while when I access the forum I'm "logged out" and have to log in again. Usually this happens once every few weeks but it happened twice this week. Does the login cookie expire after a period of time? I'm running IE 5.5 btw. Thanks... KJP

With the trend toward lighter weights, longer battery life and most of all, cheaper prices does anyone make a portable CD player that's solidly built and has good sound quality? I plan to use it at work primarily with a decent quality set of headphones and a headphone amp, so a line level output...

I've heard raving comments about the Pioneer CLD-D704, CLD-97, and CLD-99, but haven't found much on the CLD-91. I found one on Ebay and am wondering if it is a worthwhile upgrade. I have a CLD-S201 so I figure anything would be an improvement! :) How is it for picture quality? Also, does it...

This is what it read when I just came online:

I like the new feature that tells which moderators are online, but there seems to be a couple of minor glitches. When I just came on, it read "There are currently moderators on the boards.". I assume that is supposed to read "currently no moderators", as it didn't list any, right? Also, when...

I wonder if the RIAA created this one... :rolleyes A worm was discovered that masquerades as music and movie files on infected Kazaa hosts. Click here for news article Symantec calls it the W32.Benjamin.Worm and more info can be found here. Definitions for Norton Antivirus that detect this...

This afternoon I wanted to show my wife today's Dilbert strip, so I went into my browser and typed http://www.dilbert.com (or so I thought). I wasn't really paying attention to the screen at the time, but after I hit enter I noticed I was in a site called clickrat (http://www.clickrat.com)...

I was using the [ code ] ... [ /code ] tags to illustrate a Javascript solution, and discovered if I have the string "javascript:" (That's "Javascript" as one word followed by a colon), it displays in the thread as "java script" (all lower case, two words). The following Code tag has the...

I posted a reply in this thread and after I clicked Submit the server didn't respond. A few minutes later I went in and saw my post did get into the thread, but the "last post" information on the thread list (in Computers & HTPC Area) didn't get updated. Did the database hiccup? KJP

"Vintage" meaning pre-Windows/MS-DOS machines, like the Apple II series, TRS-80s, Commodores, etc. I was just curious since I dug out an old TRS-80 Model III while cleaning out my tool shed, and decided to resurrect it instead of tossing it out. I plugged it in and it still boots up TRSDOS...

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...threadid=58684 In the thread list (in After Hours) it shows the last post as "Today 5:54 PM", but the last post in the thread is from 4/4. Is this because an admin changed the thread title, or did a post get "eaten"? KJP

With people taking advantage of SVS's driver upgrade offer for the CS/PC series subs, has anyone considered building a DIY Sonotube using the old driver? Especially a dual-driver configuration? A co-worker friend of mine and I both have 20-39CS subs and are purchasing the driver upgrades. He...

I'm sure you've heard the expressions used to describe someone who's, let's say, not entirely with it, such as "one can short of a six pack" or "not the sharpest knife in the drawer". I came up with a few using Home Theater terminology:"His brightness (or sharpness) is set low""One tube shy of...

Spam alert - some spammers are starting to use a new trick. They'll send out an email similar to the one I quoted below, in order to trick you into replying, so that they know you're getting email at the address, then they can pile on the spam!! So, if you get an email like this, don't reply...

I'm just wondering if it's possible to create a cable with an unbalanced (RCA) connector on one end and a balanced (XLR) connector on the other, and have it work properly. I'm using a Behringer Feedback Destroyer Pro as an equalizer for my sub. I'm currently using RCA-to-1/4 inch cables, but...

About 3 weeks ago I purchased a new, sealed copy of "Til There Was You" at Best Buy. When I brought it home and opened the package (all the shrink wrap and security stickers were in place), instead of a DVD there was a blank PNY 80-minute CD-R inside the package (forum regulars may recall my...

Aren't employers required to have employee's W-2s out by the end of January? None of us at the company where I work have gotten ours yet. Just wondering if there's a fine or penalty for non-compliance. Thanks... KJP

A week ago I picked up "'Til There Was You" at Best Buy. Tonight I remove the shrink wrap, and all three security stickers and get the keepcase open, and what do I find inside? A PNY Technologies 80-minute blank CD-R! There is no insert in the keepcase either. At first I thought maybe...

I know in UBB, if you change your registered email address, a new password is generated and emailed to the new address, for verification. I just changed my email address here and that didn't seem to happen, and I can still post. Does vBulletin not do this? Just wondering, or did it change my...

Here's a challenging problem for the car experts on HTF. I have a '98 Saturn SL2 which has recently developed a weird electrical gremlin. The other day I got in to go to work and when I turned the key to "on" (I hadn't turned it to "start" yet) all the lights came on as expected and then...

In the UBB software, when viewing a closed thread, the reply button would be replaced with a closed icon that was not clickable. The reply button still appears on vBulletin on a closed thread (though clicking it displays a message that the thread is closed). Is this a limitation of the...