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Woman Dumps Man for his Online Alter Ego
Published: Friday, July 18, 2003 | By: DennisThis is pretty sad really though I can't help but wonder if the guy got the idea from an h-Anime movie. I seem to remember a similar storyline.
"Hoping to find out if Hsiao Lan really loved him, Huang dated Hsiao Lan on the Internet, posing as "Mr J" while continuing to date her in real life." -
PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption - WTF?
Published: Friday, July 18, 2003 | By: DennisHaving been developing websites for quite a great number of years now and have seen just about every way possible to publish content to the web, some good and most bad. One of the more common “good” ways is in PDF format. The PDF is a printable file that provides a uniform and standardized way to send content to another person that when printed will look exactly the way the author intended. The PDF offers a certain degree of "copy protection" to the file since when using the free Adobe Reader you cannot readily select text and plagiarize it in your Word documents.
" Users Hate PDF
I hate Adobe Acrobat. If I bring up PDF, I can't take a section and copy it and move it to Word. There could be stuff like graphics I don't want. I prefer documents in HTML format so that it's editable."
As Microsoft would say this is a "Feature" not a bug to complain about, get over it.
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Any event the author of this article seems to think that the PDF is the devil though he cleverly dodges what is really bothering him. It’s not the PDF but the browser plug-in that will load the PDF into your browser window.
Despite the few good issues that he brings up about how a PDF file should be setup (given the available options in Adobe Acrobat) I think I can safely say that the author of this article has no idea what he is talking about.
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Thermaltake Hardcano 5 Review @ Ohls Place
Published: Friday, July 18, 2003 | By: DennisI am glad that someone finally addressed how these sorts of harddrive coolers do not work.
"Ok this is where the rubber meets the road and I hate to say it but the Hardcano slid off the road pretty fast. As a matter of fact I will spare you the details and tell you that the Hardcano made .6 of degree difference in temp on on my 7200 rpm hard drive."
I have noticed a similar heat issue with the CoolerMaster Cool Drive 3. Basically the fan helps cool the front of the drive but basically moves all of the heat to the back of the drive thus actually making it hotter than if the drive was without the cooler at all.
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Spire Cold Cathode Review @ CyberCPU
Published: Friday, July 18, 2003 | By: Dennis"This kit was your average CCFL kit. I loved the wiring harness but the CCFL tube itself looked cheap because of the florescent being loose inside instead of stationary. Even though I didn't like the CCFL itself I would recommend this kit just because of the wiring harness."
The crappy thing about cold cathode tubes is that the quality and color rendering vary so much you can never tell exactly what you are going to get. Case in point, for the AntecMod project I bought a high quality cathode from PC Mods. The color rendering was great, instantly turned on, and was super bright.
Fast forward to a few months ago while at CompUSA I noticed a PC Toys dual light cold cathode kit and decided to buy it. When I got home I compared the two lights to each other. The one from PC Mods was brighter and more vivid whereas the PC Toys kit was very dull, orange'ish in color and took a good 5 minutes to warm up enough to resemble anything close to bright.
Needless to say be careful what you buy and stay away from the PC Toys CCL kits, they uber suxX0r. -
Lian Li Aquarium Side Panel Review @ PimpRig
Published: Friday, July 18, 2003 | By: Dennis"As you know here at PimpRig I think I have modded almost everything I own. I was telling you that I felt this thing was designed a little off to me personally. I wanted to see the tank more flush looking and less umm like a huge tank bolted to the side of my case. Upon further study I found that if I drilled the rivets out this panel would fit the other way and thus allow a few things to happen."
I remember a mod a few years ago that was called a water wall. Basically the same concept though it wasn't nearly as deep, nor did it include plastic fish. -
Three Case Reviews - Various Authors
Published: Thursday, July 17, 2003 | By: DennisHere is the ever popular styling of the Chenming 301-KE, Aluminum Case @ A True Review. This is one of the pre-modded cases that have become so popular.
Next we have a Enermax CS-3071 Review @ DataFuse, another pre-modded case made from rather cheap and thin metal.
Lastly an Enermax X-Point CS-528 Review @ Tweaknews. This case is actually pretty cool looking and has a blue LED smack dab in the middle of the 5.25" drive bays but is made from the same thin metal as the previous Enermax case.
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Nexus iStyle Quiet PC Case Review @ ModFathers
Published: Thursday, July 17, 2003 | By: DennisWhat do you get when you cross a PC case designer and a Macintosh? Besides total ciaos and the desire for FedEx drivers to drop and run over your packages you get the Nexus iStyle PC case, it even has a handy plastic carrying handle.
"The lines of the case are all very smooth, stylish, sweeping and sleek. The case would definitely not be out of place with a back drop of Pine floorboards and chrome furniture in a sophisticated London or New York office. This case is perfect for those that prefer looks above all else. Your typical iMac user would revel if given the option of a high power PC with the looks of a Mac." -
Ratpadz GS Review @ Overclockers Portugal
Published: Thursday, July 17, 2003 | By: DennisCurrently there is quite a few mfgs of high performance mousing surfaces all trying to attain one goal. Have the slickest surface around.
Ratpads does a good job and I wouldn't expect anything less from the Ratpads GS -
Netscape Looks to Have Fallen
Published: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 | By: DennisThis is a really sad day for me, *sniff* the team at AOL dedicated to hacking the Mozilla browser to include Netscape centric stuff has started to be disbanded. This is basically a sure fire sign that the Microsoft money given to AOL not to long ago has finally killed off Netscape.
Mozilla is still rolling strong and aside from the stupid “hella ghey” Mozilla throbber logo the browser is everything Netscape 7 is/was.
Slashdot also has a little something up about a Mozilla foundation that is being started to ensure that the Mozilla browser will continue on.
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Soltek Qbic EQ3701M Review @ Hardware Zone
Published: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 | By: DennisThe Qbic cases are actually pretty dang cool especially since Soltek has started expanding the available chipset options.
"Today we shall peer into Soltek’s Qbic EQ3701M, which is their latest SFF offering based on the nForce2-GT (nForce2 IGP + MCP-T) platform. At first glances, the most prominent features are its pretty all-mirror front panel and the system’s ability to accept dual 5.25” drives."
Soltek seemed to like the review so much they spammed everyone to let them know.
