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Wahz, I was wondering if you tried contacting NENG PR and what they said (assuming you did).
Thanks,
Scott
"Doesn't look like we'll be out from under the bed yet tonight."
3 day rule, remember?
I'll take a serious look at NENG on Monday. I mat add to my position. I'm holding shares from about 8.50.
I agree, Bruce.
The way it's running now, I can wait a while.
I went from a Pentium120 to my present P4 1.6ghz.
I would like to get that kind of speed increase on my next up-grade, again.
Again, I can't thank you enough for all your help.
How's Wonderdog doing? I hope he's improving daily.
Scott
I haven't.
Should I not bother upgrading the RAM on this system.
I'm only at 512 MB now.
"don't let their sales dept sell you a new machine. It probably won't upgrade either."
The next machine, I will have built to mmy specs.
So that 512mb PC266 modual won't work for me, will it?
"You are going to need Adaware build 181. Get it here
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Worked like a charm.
I ran v161 and it found "1 object". I deleted it.
I then downloaded , installed, and ran v181 and it found 40 objects!
Thanks for the link.
Bruce, I can up-grade to 1024 MB RAM, although HP says I can go to 1.5gb RAM.
http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/document.jhtml?lc=en&docName=bph07293#P25_633
HP was very helpful, althought they didn't mentioned what P4 I could up-grade to.
I take back what I said about HP in an ealier post, but I'm still not happy about how their "recovery" software is set up.
After the up-grades, this should last me for a while (at least through 2004, I think).
Glad to hear from you and to know you are fine, Wahz.
Bruce,
Going by the website:
http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/document.jhtml?reg=&plc=&lc=en&cc=us&cat=prodinfo&p...
It looks like the 7905 will take up to a P4 2.0 ghz / 400 chip.
After adding another 512mb RAM (maxing in out now at 1024) do you think the price/performance is worth the extra cost?
Actually, now that I think about it, it just may. When working with digital photos, processor speed is the single most important issue, concerning "speed".
I'll try to talk to an HP rep (yeah, like they'll know anything!)and I'll get back to you.
"I'm doing rock, paper, scissor with myself on buying NENG or not :)"
Me too. Maybe we should practice the "3 day" rule on this one.
Oh well, I guess I 10 bagger is easier from here, than @ 11! :>)
Bruce, glad to hear Wonderdog is doing fine. Each day should get a little better.
How will I know if the Bios will recognize the extra 512mb RAM?
I know I can install it, but the Bios may not utilize it.
Scott
"Only another 2+% away."
That could very well happen today.
I have cash ready.
Awesome! Bruce.
I now have no desire to re-format my hard drive.
I just used Photoshop and some other photo software and this computer is running as fast as the day I bought it.
It's a damn shame I didn't know about Ace before I tried re-formatting.
Oh well, live and learn, I guess.
I had a boss once who said to me; "If you're not making mistakes, you're not learning."
This computer runs like the day I bought.
Unreal.
I'll end up buying Ace.
Great tip, Bruce.
Here is the new results:
http://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress.asp?id=706CKWY68TMSJS83
This computer is surfing a lot faster now.
Notice how my ServicePack 1 is fixed now.
Bruce, thans again. I really can't thank you enough for all your time and help.
This thread was real timely for me.
How's Wonderdog doing? I hope he is comfortable and everything will be o.k.
Scott
Bruce, I can tell my system is running faster already.
You may think this weird, but almost since the time I got RoadRunner (almost a year, now) I couldn't access e-Bay with Internet Explorer. I recently download Netscape and had no problems with e-Bay.
No, I can access e_bay through IE, no problem.
I guess Wurld screwed up my IE.
Going back to PC Pitstop. I'll check back.
Thanks again,
Scott
"You really don't want to see the rocket's score....Ok. If you insist. But don't say I didn't warn you...2753"
WOW! That's some computer. Anything tested higher?
Thanks for all your help.
I'll download Ace and the others and I'll report back later.
Thanks again,
Scott
Got it!
I checked "Perform Quick System Check" after making the other settings you recommended.
This pulled up 13 Wurld items!
I download the up-date from the link you provided later.
I've got to run to Border's before they close.
Back in a few hours.
Scott
P.S. I thought you posted a link to "The Rocket" test results (From PC Pitstop, by chance?) but I can't find it. I was wondering how my 703 compares to the Rocket. Just curious.
"Cydoor
Your cash rewards
Ipinsight
Wurld Shopping community
Morpheus"
I don't have any of those.
" #181"
I just now up-dated Ad-Aware 6.0 and it is version 162.
Getting back to setting up Ad-Aware, you lost me on the part:
"Then go back to the main menu and click on Scan now. Enable "Use custom scan mode" and "Activate in-depth scan"
I don't see "Use custom scan mode". I do see "Activate in-depth scan" and did activate it.
I ran the scan, but it didn't get the "Wurld".
A buying spree!
Don't you think you may get a better price tomorrow morning?
Hold on a minute, Bruce. I just remembered something.
Ad-Aware takes so long to complete, I have only been using it to look into the "cookies" folder.
Do you have another "place" I should try looking into?
Thanks, Bruce.
Bruce<
I have AdAware and run it almost everytime I get off the internet. I don't think that will work.
How did you know I had that virus?
EDIT: O.K., I see how you knew, now.
Let's try this:
http://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress.asp?id=706CKWY68TMSJS83
EDIT: O.K., Bruce, here you go. Fire away!
A few tweaks and it's up to 704.
I still have a red flag on the ServicePack 1.
I'll try to fix it and report back later.
Scott
Not hide nor hair.
I hope Wahz isn't getting another flurry of nasty e-mails again.
If he is, I hope he post them to "out" these people so we can see "who they really are".
Wahz: Everything o.k.? Haven't heard from you for awhile on this thread or over at MDA.
O.K., Bruce: Results
I got a red flag on XP Home SP1
Yellow flags on Drives C,F and Internet
Score was 608 (the 1st time, I thought the score was 638, I'll try again.)
Scott
Edit: O.K, the new score was 617. The flag results were the same.
What do you think?
Thanks Bruce.
Not yet, but I'll try now and get back to you.
Scott
I was JUST thinking the same thing.
Boring as hell.
It's just part of the "GAME".
Wahz: Found a NANO play, yet? Too bad these guys are a private company. Maybe they'll go public.
_________________________________________________________________
Associated Press
Nanosys: Nanotechnology May Change Lives
Monday December 8, 9:41 am ET
By Matthew Fordahl, AP Technology Writer
Nanosys Looks to Use Nanotechnology to Transform Everything From Fabrics to Health Care
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- The science of manipulating the smallest building blocks of matter into useful technology has been hyped as the engine of the next industrial revolution, when molecular computers supplant silicon chips and cheap "nanobots" render billion-dollar factories obsolete. The question is, who will capitalize on it first, and when.
Most experts agree that nanotechnology -- usually defined as the creation and manipulation of materials no larger than a billionth of a meter, or 1/100,000th the diameter of a hair -- has the potential to transform everything from fabrics to health care to computers and space probes.
Nanosys Inc., a 35-employee Silicon Valley startup quickly gaining strength in the nascent industry, isn't banking on marvels of nanotechnology stitching themselves into reality any time soon. It's building instead on near-term possibilities, hoping to make money and lay a foundation. The pragmatic approach may not be as dramatic as some sci-fi visions -- but it's attracting considerable attention and investment.
That doesn't mean the company's view is narrow -- Nanosys is working on applications as diverse as solar cells, sensors and nano-engineered fibers and electronics while developing and licensing core technologies it hopes will build business muscle.
"Today, our focus is on very simple things," said Stephen Empedocles, a co-founder and director of business development. "Things that we can do in the next couple years to get into the market so that people will have valuable nanotechnology at their fingertips."
This year, Nanosys led most nanotech startups in capturing venture capital investments, closing $39 million in financing for a total of $70 million in equity and non-equity funding since its founding two years ago.
Privately held Nanosys and its scientists regularly top lists of up-and-coming companies and researchers. It has struck deals with corporations like Japan's Matsushita Electric Works, and recently received investments from Eastman Kodak Co. and others.
It also has agreements with defense and intelligence communities, including the CIA-backed venture capital group In-Q-Tel and defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. No details of those deals have been released.
Last week, President Bush signed a bill to invest nearly $3.7 billion for work in nanotech. Corporate labs are investing heavily, and universities have set up more than 100 research institutes across the country. Nanosys is among more than 400 startups playing the field, according to data from the research firm Cientifica.
Nano-size particles have unique qualities that make them especially enticing. Nanotech can make materials faster, better and cheaper by building materials up atom by atom through chemical reactions in $10 beakers and flasks, rather than in the multi-billion-dollar factories of today's semiconductor industry.
Nanosys' goal is to become a provider of nanotechnology-based devices that its corporate partners can commercialize without needing to know the details -- much like computer makers integrate an Intel Corp. microprocessor into their products.
Three businessmen founded Nanosys: Larry Bock, an entrepreneur who started 15 companies; Calvin Chow, who launched three; and Empedocles, who also started three. They rounded up nearly a dozen leading researchers who serve as exclusive scientific advisers and hold equity stakes in the company.
The company uses its investments to license intellectual property and develop its own. So far, it has about 150 patents, two-thirds licensed from nanotech centers around the world and the remainder developed internally.
"Nanosys has done a remarkable job of carving out intellectual property protection and really covering what appears to be all the bases for the area they want to be in," said Steve Crosby, president of Small Times Media, publisher of a magazine that follows the industry.
The intellectual property also helps Nanosys stand out, said John M.A. Roy, a technology strategist at Merrill Lynch. "Everyone talks about intellectual property, but to truly focus on it as a core element, there's not that many doing that," he said.
Empedocles is careful not to oversell what's feasible in the near future. Molecular computers may be distantly possible, but Nanosys isn't counting on replacing Intel Corp. tomorrow.
"Our vision is different -- it's basically looking for the low-hanging-fruit opportunities along this path," he said.
In Nanosys' lab, researchers work on nanomaterials that repel water so well that drops of liquid literally bounce from the surface. The company also is making strides in electronics that don't require the superheated vacuums and clean rooms of traditional semiconductor technology.
The photovoltaics it's developing -- the technology converts sunlight into electricity -- are different from today's expensive crystalline silicon solar cells. The hope is that, through nano-engineering, they might someday be molded into construction materials -- or even painted onto surfaces.
Nanosys is not trying to reinvent the wheel with more exotic and unproven creations like the carbon nanotubes championed by others. Carbon nanotubes are a promising technology, offering stronger-than-steel strength at a fraction of the weight and excellent electrical properties, but they're far from ready for prime time.
"The problem with carbon nanotubes is you can't manufacture them with any sort of control," Empedocles said. "Even the most bleeding-edge nanotube synthesis processes produce all types of nanotubes at once."
But even with a dream team of researchers, a strong patent portfolio and simple near-term applications, Nanosys -- and nanotechnology in general -- must now deliver something to match the high expectations of investors or risk popping the growing bubble of interest, said Stan Williams, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s director of quantum science research.
"They got the talent. They got the money," he said. "Now, it's an issue of execution."
Nanosys: http://www.nanosysinc.com
Ah, I missed that the 1st time I read it.
Glad to hear Wonderdog is doing a little better.
Here's hoping he gets better, quicker.
64 Bit processors.
I see AMD and Intel will be re-leasing 64-bit chips in 2004.
Anybody have an opinion if they are worth waiting for?
Shouldn't a 64-bit chipped machine be considerably faster than the current 32-bit machines?
Scott
O.K, Bruce, here are my results. What do you think?
Tracing route to pcpitstop.com (64.29.193.182):
Hop
# Avg
ms Loss
% Graph Address
1 13 10.48.0.1
2 21 24.164.96.205 (pos6-0.akrnoh1-rtr1.neo.rr.com)
3 8 24.164.96.109 (srp0-0.ncntoh1-rtr2.neo.rr.com)
4 17 65.25.128.249 (son0-0-2.mtgmoh1-rtr0.cinci.rr.com)
5 21 66.185.133.9 (pop1-cin-P3-0.atdn.net)
6 24 66.185.133.2 (bb2-cin-P0-0.atdn.net)
7 48 66.185.153.60 (bb2-ash-P14-0.atdn.net)
8 36 66.185.139.211 (pop2-ash-P1-0.atdn.net)
9 37 66.185.140.254 (Level3.atdn.net)
10 36 64.159.3.61 (so-1-1-0.bbr1.Washington1.Level3.net)
11 69 64.159.0.137 (so-0-0-0.bbr2.Dallas1.Level3.net)
12 72 4.68.112.186 (so-6-0.ipcolo2.Dallas1.Level3.net)
13 68 209.246.152.202 (unknown.Level3.net)
14 73 64.29.192.225 (daa.g921.disb.datareturn.com)
15 69 64.29.192.234 (daa.g920.disa.datareturn.com)
16 68 64.29.192.141 (port-64-1949837-zzt0prespect.devices.datareturn.com)
17 69 64.29.193.182 (pcpitstop.com)
P.s. I hope Wonderdog will be alright. Did he get into a fight with another dog?
Thanks, Augie. eom.
"That speed sux"
That's what I thought.
I went to Pc Pitstop, but am having trouble with it.
I've got to go, so I'll try it later tonight or tomorrow.
Thanks for your help.
Scott
P.S. I had RR installed and they came out twice because the signal went out, even though my T.V. was working (same cable, it's on a splitter).
I don't think they'll make it.
Although, I'm not saying it will happen as quickly as FAO Schwartz.
Time will tell.
Best Buy has a hard time keeping stock in stock.
The shelves are alway bare. They're the best.
"DSL is changing. The future shows me VDSL. Very fast DSL. 6GB speed over the telephone line. Who knows when it will be available.
The newest tech out there is PWL. Wide band (6+ gigs) brought to you over your power lines. Very neat."
WOW! GB? That's really flying, isn't it?
Isn't that about 1000 times faster than cable?
I don't know what I surf at, but the fastest I've seen my downloads is about 500 kb/s, but typicaly 130 kb/s or so.
(Buy the way, how many kb's in a MB? 9?)