XP Pro SP2, Vista & Vienna -- A Useful Progression?

Today, Justin made these interesting comments ...

"HEMI-Powered" wrote in message
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For my own curiosity, exactly what were the symptoms, really
**** poor mileage, drivability, what? In my car, I can watch
the tach and sometimes see the cylinders go on or off, but
the transition can take place in as little as 50 ms so none
but the most skilled drivers can detect it. Basically,
though, 4 shut down immediately if you lift the gas and only
a short distance at steady state will shut them down. Works
great, withing physical limitations. And, from what I've
heard, GM's Displacement On Demand is equally effective. This
is a far cry from muscle cars that had to struggle to get 6
or 7 in the city and 9 or 10 on the highway.

Just what I said. It wasn't going from 8 to 4 when it should.
So the only result from that was lower MPG.

I passed on it. Next round. Wife got a new car instead.
I'll check out the Challenger.

OK. Hadn't heard that, but I suppose one could find it out by
buying the DVDs with the TSBs on them or asking around. Chrysler
generally doesn't publish its warranty numbers or dirty laundry,
nor do the other players.

Now that both my wife's and my parents have long ago passed away
and my daughter is an adult, I really don't need a 4-door, but
often find it very convenient to just open up a rear door and
toos some stuff in. Plus today's sports sedans are pretty stylish
compared to the old, staid look you and I eschew. I suppose I'd
have popped for a 2-door, my preference when I wore the clothes
of a younger man, but I very much like the Charger in almost
every respect. If I do another 24-month dealer lease vs. going
back on the Chrysler 12-month company car program, I wouldn't be
able to get a Challenger until about this time in 2009, which may
be OK. And, economics in my budget being what they are, I'll
probably have to sit out the 425 hp or the 500 baby if really
built.

BTW, you ever notice that while people pay really big bucks for
fast/quick cars, you almost never see them even get on it? Wonder
where they go to have some safe fun?

Forgot to comment on the Challenger. It is, of course, based on
the renewal of today's big RWD LX platform which evolves into LY
for 2009. It isn't clear yet when the various cars will launch,
there's 300, Magnum, Charger, and Challenger coming first, and
it's looking like Imperial is coming either in late 2009 or 2010.
If the Challenger is destined to be a marketing leader, it will
launch in the spring of 2008 and you'll see them by summer, or it
will launch more in the traditional late summer, with cars
getting to dealers in October.

Incidentally, the very early built cars get sucked off for P.G.
testing, those are pre-production, then the 1st 30 days of
production cars is quarantined until accelerated endurance
testing, emissions, and crash can be confirmed, then if no issues
are found, they take the cork out of the bottle, ship the cars,
and wind of full production. This is both required to ensure that
no EPA or NTSA problems may be present, but also to reasonably
ensure a quality launch, both of which explain why today's cars
are so much higher in quality even if you get an early one. And,
again, while I have no direct knowledge, I can look at the bread
crumbs on the ground and deduce that the other car makers are
doing similar things.

--
HP, aka Jerry

Today, D. Spencer Hines made these interesting comments ...

Jerry, Acronis PerfectDisk 8.0 does a beautiful job of
defragmenting ALL the System Files, including the Pagefile and
the MFT. I do that about every two weeks.

Didn't know about that, I'll look into it, thanks.

Yes, you're right -- the Disk Defragmenter in XP is simply not
up to that task -- it's not sophisticated enough.

My performance improvements are across the board after
defragmenting.

Have you considered putting more on the C:\ Drive rather than
on D:\ or E:\ Drives?

Why would I do that, Spence? The whole idea of segregating data
from code is two-fold in my view: 1) reduce fragmentation on the
drive with the code on it for max performance even without defrags
and 2) to protect valuable data in the event of something bad
happening to C:\ such as a partial HD crash, malware infestation,
etc. And, I find it FAR easier to manage hundreds of folders if I
keep things in a logical order, which goes to why I subdivide my
data into graphics and non-graphics.

I'll listen to your views, of course, I am always in learning mode.
I just drifted away from a single partition once HD sizes started
edging up and liked its many advantages - to me.

Have a good one!

--
HP, aka Jerry

HEMI-Powered wrote:

Today, Ken Blake, MVP made these interesting comments ...

Today, D. Spencer Hines made these interesting comments ...

Which UPS do YOU use?

APC, $150, great, 20-25 minutes on battery, great monitoring
software. May be overkill if your needs are less, you can
probably get by with Ken's estimated $60 boxes just fine.

Check the current prices on APC UPSs. I like APC too, but the
prices for their lower level units actually start even
lower--around $40. I just checked on Amazon.com, and you may
even be able to beat their prices.

Really! I've bought mine, but Spence just asked for the model
number, which turns out to be RS 900, so I'd guess that it is a
step or two up from what you're recommending.


No, I didn't mean to recommend anything in particular, just to point out
what's available.



My nephew and
computer builder said this is what I needed and it fit with my
limited research. Nobody ever has enough money, and I don't throw
mine around, but I'd rather "squander" an extra $80-100 and feel
safe than try to buy something at WalMart, which isn't to say the
lower prices units are at all bad. Ken, it is like firemen in your
city - you pay them a big salary but hope to hell you never need
their services! grin


From a quality standpoint, I believe all APC units are pretty much the same.
The differences are how much power they provide and for how long. A computer
with more or bigger components (more drives, for example) uses more needs a
a bigger unit than one with fewer components. That's why I didn't want to
recommend a particular unit. What works for one person may not be
satisfactory for the next.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

HEMI-Powered wrote:

Today, Ken Blake, MVP made these interesting comments ...

HEMI-Powered wrote:

Thanks, Lang, appreciate it. I have tried to turn over a new
leaf from the flamer and anti-MS, anti-MVP creep I was last
summer.


LOL! I don't know what you were last summer (or don't
remember), but I'm glad to see that you are what I consider to
be a reasonable person. You don't agree with everything I post
(nobody else does either g), but that's fine. Your opinions
always seem always to be reasonable and well thought-out. We
don't all have to have the same views on everything.

Ken, you and I tangled more than once in my earlier life.


If you say so. I guess I don't remember (or perhaps you used to post under a
different name).


Pretty
much, I decided to stand down from about Labor Day until just last
month, then slowly put my toe in the water, and try this time to
see the glass as half-full instead of my former half-empty.

Thanks for the complement, I'll try to reinforce the good behavior
and suppress any lingering baddies.


You're welcome, and thanks for trying.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Do you think the data/code segregation is increasing rather than reducing
the speed of operations?

How large is your HDD and which model?

Cheers,

DSH
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"HEMI-Powered" wrote in message
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Today, D. Spencer Hines made these interesting comments ...

Jerry, Acronis PerfectDisk 8.0 does a beautiful job of
defragmenting ALL the System Files, including the Pagefile and
the MFT. I do that about every two weeks.

Didn't know about that, I'll look into it, thanks.

Yes, you're right -- the Disk Defragmenter in XP is simply not
up to that task -- it's not sophisticated enough.

My performance improvements are across the board after
defragmenting.

Have you considered putting more on the C:\ Drive rather than
on D:\ or E:\ Drives?

Why would I do that, Spence? The whole idea of segregating data
from code is two-fold in my view: 1) reduce fragmentation on the
drive with the code on it for max performance even without defrags
and 2) to protect valuable data in the event of something bad
happening to C:\ such as a partial HD crash, malware infestation,
etc. And, I find it FAR easier to manage hundreds of folders if I
keep things in a logical order, which goes to why I subdivide my
data into graphics and non-graphics.

I'll listen to your views, of course, I am always in learning mode.
I just drifted away from a single partition once HD sizes started
edging up and liked its many advantages - to me.

Have a good one!

--
HP, aka Jerry

Thanks, Jerry.

I'll look into the APC RS 900.

Price is no object for me -- it's Value Added I'm looking for and
Sophistication, combined with an Elegant Interface and Room for Growth.

For Example, both PerfectDisk and True Image 10.0 provide all those --
whereas Disk Defragmenter and Backup in XP do NOT.

Neither does a computer with ONE GB of RAM -- trying to run Vista.

My current Zero Surge model cost me $150 in 1994 and is still performing
beautifully. I've definitely gotten my money's worth.

That's what you get when you PAY more but INSIST on the things I note above
and don't listen to the simpering, supine, soporific bafflegab of foolish
folks such as Blake, below, who are always trying to cut corners and
convince you to buy lesser goods at a cheaper price, which can't even carry
the freight in the Long Run -- and often prove to be the worst sort of
schlock and shoddy goods.

DSH
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"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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HEMI-Powered wrote:

Today, Ken Blake, MVP made these interesting comments ...

Today, D. Spencer Hines made these interesting comments ...

Which UPS do YOU use?

APC, $150, great, 20-25 minutes on battery, great monitoring
software. May be overkill if your needs are less, you can
probably get by with Ken's estimated $60 boxes just fine.

Check the current prices on APC UPSs. I like APC too, but the
prices for their lower level units actually start even
lower--around $40. I just checked on Amazon.com, and you may
even be able to beat their prices.

Really! I've bought mine, but Spence just asked for the model
number, which turns out to be RS 900, so I'd guess that it is a
step or two up from what you're recommending.

No, I didn't mean to recommend anything in particular, just to point out
what's available.

My nephew and
computer builder said this is what I needed and it fit with my
limited research. Nobody ever has enough money, and I don't throw
mine around, but I'd rather "squander" an extra $80-100 and feel
safe than try to buy something at WalMart, which isn't to say the
lower prices units are at all bad. Ken, it is like firemen in your
city - you pay them a big salary but hope to hell you never need
their services! grin

From a quality standpoint, I believe all APC units are pretty much the
same. The differences are how much power they provide and for how long. A
computer with more or bigger components (more drives, for example) uses
more needs a a bigger unit than one with fewer components. That's why I
didn't want to recommend a particular unit. What works for one person may
not be satisfactory for the next.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Today, Ken Blake, MVP made these interesting comments ...

Check the current prices on APC UPSs. I like APC too, but
the prices for their lower level units actually start even
lower--around $40. I just checked on Amazon.com, and you may
even be able to beat their prices.

Really! I've bought mine, but Spence just asked for the model
number, which turns out to be RS 900, so I'd guess that it is
a step or two up from what you're recommending.

No, I didn't mean to recommend anything in particular, just to
point out what's available.

Ken, if I came across as accusing you of making an endorsement, I
can assure you it was unintentional and I apologize. My
"Really!" wasn't sarcastic, it was genuine surprisee that perhaps
I might've been able to save several hundred dollars if I'd
shopped smarter. You are very even-handed all the way around and
have been both helpful and informative to everyone in this
thread.

My nephew and
computer builder said this is what I needed and it fit with
my limited research. Nobody ever has enough money, and I
don't throw mine around, but I'd rather "squander" an extra
$80-100 and feel safe than try to buy something at WalMart,
which isn't to say the lower prices units are at all bad.
Ken, it is like firemen in your city - you pay them a big
salary but hope to hell you never need their services! grin

From a quality standpoint, I believe all APC units are pretty
much the same. The differences are how much power they provide
and for how long. A computer with more or bigger components
(more drives, for example) uses more needs a a bigger unit
than one with fewer components. That's why I didn't want to
recommend a particular unit. What works for one person may not
be satisfactory for the next.

The above paragraph is what my nephew led me to believe. He knew
about my minor skirmishes with power hits and he was the one who
had to rebuild my system, so he recommended an industrial
strength solution to me, knowing I could afford to pay a higher
price for some security. I understand why you are reticent to
recommend anything, as you might open yourself up to some
comments about being biased or on the take or some other such
nonsense. The rest of us, I suppose, are free to recommend,
partial grin. In my case, I just commented on what I'd done and
why and a couple of people, mainly Spence asked me, so I replied.

Please do NOT stop "recommending! Meaning, if you're aware of
some alternatives that may help people, at least give us a heads-
up. Whether you're quite ready to believe the new me just yet,
let me say that all my life I have believed that learning is a
life-long endeavor and to stop learning is to die. Now, what gets
in the way of that lofty view of myself is normal human
prejudices and rigidity.

Have a great weekend!

--
HP, aka Jerry

Today, D. Spencer Hines made these interesting comments ...

Thanks, Jerry.

I'll look into the APC RS 900.

Price is no object for me -- it's Value Added I'm looking for
and Sophistication, combined with an Elegant Interface and
Room for Growth.

Spence, before you run off and spend money on my single
"endorsement", please read Ken Blake's thoughtful responses to
me. Depending on what your power situation is at home or in your
office, you may well be able to get by with less. I know what
you're saying, but money is always an object. And, I agree with
Ken that it highly depends on the power draw of the PC itself and
anything else you have plugged into the UPS side of the box. My
unit has 4 battery plugs and 4 surge protected plugs. That's a
limitation, but I mainly only want the battery to protect things
that can be easily destroyed, NOT my printer for example. So,
being circumspect here can both save you money and extend the
battery time of whatever you finally decide on.

For Example, both PerfectDisk and True Image 10.0 provide all
those -- whereas Disk Defragmenter and Backup in XP do NOT.

Seems like you've got two steams going here. I've got True Image
9.0, seems to work OK. Anything special about 10.0 other than it
costs money?

Neither does a computer with ONE GB of RAM -- trying to run
Vista.

My current Zero Surge model cost me $150 in 1994 and is still
performing beautifully. I've definitely gotten my money's
worth.

That's what you get when you PAY more but INSIST on the things
I note above and don't listen to the simpering, supine,
soporific bafflegab of foolish folks such as Blake, below, who
are always trying to cut corners and convince you to buy
lesser goods at a cheaper price, which can't even carry the
freight in the Long Run -- and often prove to be the worst
sort of schlock and shoddy goods.

Spence, please be careful of what you say and how you say it. The
walls have ears here, and you just stuck two sharp sticks in Ken
Blake's eyes. I haven't seen him do anything at all outrageous.

--
HP, aka Jerry

Today, D. Spencer Hines made these interesting comments ...

Do you think the data/code segregation is increasing rather
than reducing the speed of operations?

How large is your HDD and which model?

The HD is a Maxtor, don't know the model. The 3 partitions are C:\
48 gig, D:\ 88 gig, and E:\ 97 gig, so that adds up to a round
number like 230 gig. I originally had all 3 partitions the same and
adjusted them with Partition Magic, which was my downfall when
trying to shrink C:\. And, I've got a Maxtor 300 gig external
plugged into the USB port with two equal NTFS partitions.

I understand segration in this context but don't get your drift.
Please explain. Pretty much, my C:\ partition is extremely stable.
I haven't added or upgraded anything in a year, except that I need
to install Turbo Tax. Not much happening on D:\. Most of the action
is the graphics data on E:\ and that has slowed down a lot due to
an enforced cessation of my hobby of collecting car pictures,
although it is slowly filling up with downloads.

--
HP, aka Jerry

HEMI-Powered wrote:

Today, Ken Blake, MVP made these interesting comments ...

Check the current prices on APC UPSs. I like APC too, but
the prices for their lower level units actually start even
lower--around $40. I just checked on Amazon.com, and you may
even be able to beat their prices.

Really! I've bought mine, but Spence just asked for the model
number, which turns out to be RS 900, so I'd guess that it is
a step or two up from what you're recommending.

No, I didn't mean to recommend anything in particular, just to
point out what's available.

Ken, if I came across as accusing you of making an endorsement, I
can assure you it was unintentional and I apologize.


Nothing to apologize for. I was just clarifying what I had written. Besides,
even if I had made an endorsement, saying so isn't at all accusatory.


My
"Really!" wasn't sarcastic, it was genuine surprisee that perhaps
I might've been able to save several hundred dollars if I'd
shopped smarter.


Yes, I understood that. Sorry, if I hadn't seemed to.


You are very even-handed all the way around and
have been both helpful and informative to everyone in this
thread.


Thanks for the kind words.


My nephew and
computer builder said this is what I needed and it fit with
my limited research. Nobody ever has enough money, and I
don't throw mine around, but I'd rather "squander" an extra
$80-100 and feel safe than try to buy something at WalMart,
which isn't to say the lower prices units are at all bad.
Ken, it is like firemen in your city - you pay them a big
salary but hope to hell you never need their services! grin

From a quality standpoint, I believe all APC units are pretty
much the same. The differences are how much power they provide
and for how long. A computer with more or bigger components
(more drives, for example) uses more needs a a bigger unit
than one with fewer components. That's why I didn't want to
recommend a particular unit. What works for one person may not
be satisfactory for the next.

The above paragraph is what my nephew led me to believe. He knew
about my minor skirmishes with power hits and he was the one who
had to rebuild my system, so he recommended an industrial
strength solution to me, knowing I could afford to pay a higher
price for some security. I understand why you are reticent to
recommend anything, as you might open yourself up to some
comments about being biased or on the take or some other such
nonsense.


No, I'm happy to recommend something when I have something to recommend. I
didn't this time, because I didn't know enough about your needs, and because
I'm by no means a UPS expert. We are all biased to some extent, but I'm
certainly not on the take. And I probably open myself up to comments by
those who think I have ulterior motives lots of times. Since I know I don't
have such motives, such comments don't bother me at all.


The rest of us, I suppose, are free to recommend,
partial grin. In my case, I just commented on what I'd done and
why and a couple of people, mainly Spence asked me, so I replied.


Understood.


Please do NOT stop "recommending! Meaning, if you're aware of
some alternatives that may help people, at least give us a heads-
up.


Sure. I recommend things all the time in these newsgroups, and I have no
intention of stopping.


Whether you're quite ready to believe the new me just yet,


As I said, I don't really remember the old you, but even if I did, I'm
always glad to believe in improvements whenever I see them. So yes, I do
believe you.


let me say that all my life I have believed that learning is a
life-long endeavor and to stop learning is to die.


I'm with you on that entirely. I first came to these newsgroups to learn. As
I learned more, I started giving back some of what I had learned to others,
but I'm still here for *two* reasons: to help others when I can, and to
continue my own learning. None of us knows everything, and there is *always*
more to learn..


Now, what gets
in the way of that lofty view of myself is normal human
prejudices and rigidity.


I think we all have that same problem.


Have a great weekend!


I intend to. You too!

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Jerry, do PLEASE stop groveling.

Also, do you think you might be able to cut your posts down a bit?

They are getting VERY long and discursive.

Just a thought.

DSH

"HEMI-Powered" wrote in message
...

Today, Ken Blake, MVP made these interesting comments ...

Check the current prices on APC UPSs. I like APC too, but
the prices for their lower level units actually start even
lower--around $40. I just checked on Amazon.com, and you may
even be able to beat their prices.

Really! I've bought mine, but Spence just asked for the model
number, which turns out to be RS 900, so I'd guess that it is
a step or two up from what you're recommending.

No, I didn't mean to recommend anything in particular, just to
point out what's available.

Ken, if I came across as accusing you of making an endorsement, I
can assure you it was unintentional and I apologize. My
"Really!" wasn't sarcastic, it was genuine surprise that perhaps
I might've been able to save several hundred dollars if I'd
shopped smarter. You are very even-handed all the way around and
have been both helpful and informative to everyone in this
thread.

My nephew and
computer builder said this is what I needed and it fit with
my limited research. Nobody ever has enough money, and I
don't throw mine around, but I'd rather "squander" an extra
$80-100 and feel safe than try to buy something at WalMart,
which isn't to say the lower prices units are at all bad.
Ken, it is like firemen in your city - you pay them a big
salary but hope to hell you never need their services! grin

From a quality standpoint, I believe all APC units are pretty
much the same. The differences are how much power they provide
and for how long. A computer with more or bigger components
(more drives, for example) uses more needs a bigger unit
than one with fewer components. That's why I didn't want to
recommend a particular unit. What works for one person may not
be satisfactory for the next.

The above paragraph is what my nephew led me to believe. He knew
about my minor skirmishes with power hits and he was the one who
had to rebuild my system, so he recommended an industrial
strength solution to me, knowing I could afford to pay a higher
price for some security. I understand why you are reticent to
recommend anything, as you might open yourself up to some
comments about being biased or on the take or some other such
nonsense. The rest of us, I suppose, are free to recommend,
partial grin. In my case, I just commented on what I'd done and
why and a couple of people, mainly Spence asked me, so I replied.

Please do NOT stop "recommending! Meaning, if you're aware of
some alternatives that may help people, at least give us a heads-
up. Whether you're quite ready to believe the new me just yet,
let me say that all my life I have believed that learning is a
life-long endeavor and to stop learning is to die. Now, what gets
in the way of that lofty view of myself is normal human
prejudices and rigidity.

Have a great weekend!

--
HP, aka Jerry

Vide infra pro interscriptibus. g

DSH
----------------------------------------------------------

"HEMI-Powered" wrote in message
...
Today, D. Spencer Hines made these interesting comments ...

Thanks, Jerry.

I'll look into the APC RS 900.

Price is no object for me -- it's Value Added I'm looking for
and Sophistication, combined with an Elegant Interface and
Room for Growth.

Spence, before you run off and spend money on my single
"endorsement", please read Ken Blake's thoughtful responses to
me. Depending on what your power situation is at home or in your
office, you may well be able to get by with less. I know what
you're saying, but money is always an object. And, I agree with
Ken that it highly depends on the power draw of the PC itself and
anything else you have plugged into the UPS side of the box. My
unit has 4 battery plugs and 4 surge protected plugs. That's a
limitation, but I mainly only want the battery to protect things
that can be easily destroyed, NOT my printer for example. So,
being circumspect here can both save you money and extend the
battery time of whatever you finally decide on.

I liked your testimonial on the APC RS 900 and intend to run with it, after
due diligence. Blake is full of beans.

For Example, both PerfectDisk and True Image 10.0 provide all
those -- whereas Disk Defragmenter and Backup in XP do NOT.

Seems like you've got two steams going here. I've got True Image
9.0, seems to work OK. Anything special about 10.0 other than it
costs money?

"Steams"???????

Much Faster. Many bugs fixed. The changes are all called out at the site.
[True Image]. How large was your download for 9.0?

At Raxco PerfectDisk they still call a BUG a BUG -- rather than an
"undesired enhancement" -- or some other silly-buggers euphemism.

Neither does a computer with ONE GB of RAM -- trying to run
Vista.

No Comment by you, I note.

My current Zero Surge model cost me $150 in 1994 and is still
performing beautifully. I've definitely gotten my money's
worth.

No Comment by you, I note.

Buy the BEST and KEEP it for awhile. That's the ticket.

That's what you get when you PAY more but INSIST on the things
I note above and don't listen to the simpering, supine,
soporific bafflegab of foolish folks such as Blake, below, who
are always trying to cut corners and convince you to buy
lesser goods at a cheaper price, which can't even carry the
freight in the Long Run -- and often prove to be the worst
sort of schlock and shoddy goods.

Spence, please be careful of what you say and how you say it. The
walls have ears here, and you just stuck two sharp sticks in Ken
Blake's eyes. I haven't seen him do anything at all outrageous.

I never said he did anything OUTRAGEOUS -- he's just pedestrian.

What do you mean about the walls have ears? It's a Public Forum -- of
course anyone can listen in.

So What?

I call them the way I see them.

I'm looking for:

Value Added

Sophistication

Elegant Interface

Room for Growth

Blake doesn't provide or shed light on any of those. Many other MVP's here
DO. So do you, in SOME posts.

Blake just keeps pumping out simpering, soporific, pedestrian platitudes --
at about the 6th Grade Level.

"Eat Your Spinach" Platitudes...

'Nuff Said.

Cheers,

DSH

HEMI-Powered wrote:

Today, D. Spencer Hines made these interesting comments ...


That's what you get when you PAY more but INSIST on the things
I note above and don't listen to the simpering, supine,
soporific bafflegab of foolish folks such as Blake, below, who
are always trying to cut corners and convince you to buy
lesser goods at a cheaper price, which can't even carry the
freight in the Long Run -- and often prove to be the worst
sort of schlock and shoddy goods.

Spence, please be careful of what you say and how you say it. The
walls have ears here, and you just stuck two sharp sticks in Ken
Blake's eyes.


LOL. Nope, he may have tried, but he missed. His diatribes have about as
much effect on me as they have on others. He's well-recognized as a troll by
most folks in these newsgroups, and I've long had him killfiled here.


I haven't seen him do anything at all outrageous.


Thanks.


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Vide infra pro interscriptibus.

DSH
--------------------------------------------

"HEMI-Powered" wrote in message
...

Today, D. Spencer Hines made these interesting comments ...

Do you think the data/code segregation is increasing rather
than reducing the speed of operations?

How large is your HDD and which model?

The HD is a Maxtor, don't know the model. The 3 partitions are C:\
48 gig, D:\ 88 gig, and E:\ 97 gig, so that adds up to a round
number like 230 gig. I originally had all 3 partitions the same and
adjusted them with Partition Magic, which was my downfall when
trying to shrink C:\. And, I've got a Maxtor 300 gig external
plugged into the USB port with two equal NTFS partitions.

Thanks. How do you use the two partitions on the external HDD?

I understand segration [sic] in this context but don't get your drift.
Please explain. Pretty much, my C:\ partition is extremely stable.
I haven't added or upgraded anything in a year, except that I need
to install Turbo Tax. Not much happening on D:\. Most of the action
is the graphics data on E:\ and that has slowed down a lot due to
an enforced cessation of my hobby of collecting car pictures,
although it is slowly filling up with downloads.

Segregation of Apps, Text and Graphics -- I simply used the same word you
did -- that doesn't make either of us racists. g

You have text files on D:\? I would think the HDD has to do a lot of work
in order to pull stuff together -- text plus graphics plus apps.

DSH

HEMI-Powered wrote:
Today, Justin made these interesting comments ...

I agree. I want power. I don't need it, but I want it.

Well, I need it in the sense that I need to tow heavy toys but
again, I don't need the toys, I WANT the toys.

Not only do I want the power but I also want to FEEL the
power. Chevy has plenty of power but I hate Chevy for one
main reason. When I put that peddle down, I feel nothing.
The truck goes but I just don't feel the connection between
the engine and the peddle. It's almost like an after thought.
The term "wishy washy" comes to mind. That's why I like my
Ford truck and Dodge cars. It's probably something as stupid
as just feeling the vibration through to the gas peddle. I
don't care. I like it!

There is nothing that can compare to the pull you get on the back
of your neck on a banzai start at a light, or the feeling of
exhillaration along with the acceleration, as you jump on an
Interstate at 45-50, pound the loud pedal, hold on for a few
seconds and when you look down, the speedo says you at 100+. And,
safely, albeit not if the fuzz sees you. People who drive at high
speed in the halcyon days of the muscle car were doing it with
poor brakes and polyglas tires.

There's a difference between shooting a pellet gun and a mag
.45. I'll take the mag .45.

There's a difference between driving a Prius and a Charger.
I'll take the Charger.

For those that feel the need to save gun powder (gas) and
don't need the power of a .45 (HP), they are more then welcome
to drive a Prius. Welcome to freedom of choice!

Justin, I have what I think is an interesting defintion of the
oft mis-used term "exiting" as applies to vehicles. Many/most
perceive this to mean "high performance", while I think it means
"a vehicle which EXCEEDS my expectations". I like this better
because ecoboxes can be exiting, as can minivans, pickups, sports
cars, or yes, giant HEMIs able to leap in a single bound over
lesser cars and even some greater cars. And, as I stated a few
times last night, today's hi-po cars, unlike the 196x/197x muscle
cars, is clean, safe, quiet and refined, ultra-high featured,
comfortable, and pretty damn stingy on gas.

As to Priii, plural of Priuses, I just love to leave a 15-20
batch of 2-tire rubber next to them folk who paid a premium for a
vehicle that will NEVER break even on total overall cost at
today's gas prices, if you remember to count periodic battery
replacement along with whatever your real-world mpg is.

And, yep, as I just commented on, freedom isn't just great, it is
everything in a free society. And, with it comes the heavy burden
of allowing others their space and freedom even if you - or I -
have pretty different views. Oh, you lucky devil, do I envy you
that 425 hp! I had to settle for a .357, which is still a pretty
powerful handgun, so I'm not that unhappy.

The descriptions I read here sounds exactly like a drug addict
explaining how he got hooked but found he needed a hotter "fix" when his
original drug of choice didn't do it for him any more.

Very entertaining... :))

--
Tom - Vista, CA