Vyndictive

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canceling results in a fine of 10% of our annual dues paid to each member.


Guys... are we moving this to the Winking Lizard or Fridays? Now is the time to make that decision. So, although they're expecting us, I bet we'll still have to wait and we can't sit together.

I'm sure I could call ahead to either the Lizard or Fridays.

DeViLbOi

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Friday's and Chilis are going to have the same problem. I honestly don't think that all that many people are going to go out tonight for dinner because of the temp.

Brian: To answer your question. It came down to me being tired of bar food and wanting to hit up something a little better. Yall love your beer and I want no part in getting the way of that. Was just looking for a better food selection is all.

Vyndictive

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Leaving work - final decision time?

Machiavelli

I say keep it as is - less confusion for those that won't be accessing the forum between now and then. We can always bolt somewhere else if need be if it doesn't workout when we get there.

tiresmoker

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Oh it's all good man. They sell beer and liquer just about everywhere. It'll actually be nice to get out and have a decent meal for a change, hehe. I'm with you on that.

Vyndictive

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Okay - meet is still at outback

again... first person there, the confirmation # is 6411

DeViLbOi

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Thanks for putting in the reservations Steve. I thought everything tonight went great. Banned...you still alive out there?

Vyndictive

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No problem - it was nice not to try to talk over blaring bar music and have something other than deep fried or deep fried.

Figures one of our best showings is on the coldest week of the year

Jon316G

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It was funny... at the end of dinner we were talking about the Mazda 5...
well, we stopped by Wal*Mart on the way home and there were TWO Mazda 5s in the same parking lot row!
I'm not a fan of them.

docgatorx8er

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Great time last night guys! Awesome showing. Awesome job, Steve! It still amazes me what a diverse group of guys of different ages and backgrounds get along so well. Seating was great. Food was excellent. Noel, wish you had been there to meet, but we'll get together soon. Roads were clear and seating was fast!!

Most Excellent evening, dudes! Now, about that martini catch can...............

docgatorx8er

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Tom (or anyone else looking),

You mentioned looking at a car for your wife. There's current owner discounts available.

http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...Id=4877&bhcp=1

DeViLbOi

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Jon - https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-parts-sale-wanted-44/fs-dual-resonated-agency-power-midpipe-164618/

Jon316G

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^^ I talked with a guy who had the dual resonated AP midpipe and he said it was loud and raspy like the single resonated AP.
Never heard the difference side-by-side between the single and dual AP to know the Db level difference.

Machiavelli

Yeah, we're going to be looking for her but not actually pulling the trigger until her current lease runs - I think it's August or September. Right now the front runners are a 6 or another Maxima. I'm trying to get her to at least look at the G8 but she's got this thing about American cars . . .

Thanks all for the good time last night, and to Steve for doing all the leg work.

Vyndictive

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Hey guys... just a quick heads up:

Anyone who wants to Zoom Zoom clean their engines with the Mazda cleaner and not seafoam, they have them half price on ebay right now.

I paid 30 for the bottle and these are buy it now and shipped for over $15.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...3A1|240%3A1318

Figured I would share that if anyone is interested.

Jon316G

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Well... since I moved into my rental house and didn't want to run RJ45 cables through the wall, I decided to get a wireless card/router for Yulia's computer.
I purchased the Linksys WMP110 PCI card and Linksys WRT110 router.
Let me just say this.... I was a fan of Linksys (I've used an older 4-port Linksys router) until now.

So I first open the package and there are labels EVERYWHERE telling me to not install the hardware until the software is installed.
Normally I ignore this, but decided to be good today and follow it.
So I install the software, then the card, then boot into Vista.
Vista couldn't recognize the driver. I even tried to manually tell it where the driver was on the CD, but it still didn't work.
I then try it on XP (she is running a dual-boot) and SAME THING. Windows wouldn't recognize the driver!!!

So I hard-wired the router to the computer AND HAD TO INSTALL SOFTWARE FOR THE ROUTER TO ASSIGN ME AN IP!!!!
AAAHHHHHHHHHHH... WTF!!!!!
My old router was so nice.... plug it in, the router assigns the IP, you're good to go!
So after installing the software and letting it configure the router (which took almost 10 minutes) I tried to go onto Linksys' website to find an updated driver for the PCI card.
There were NO updates! And I noticed my web pages were loading VERY SLOWLY!
Then under their online guides, they say, "DO NOT install the software driver first. Install the card and then install the driver"
WTF... I was PUSHED into installing the software first with all the F-ing labels everywhere!

Fed-Up I called Linksys (which I hate because all they do is read an F-ing screen and go through a "check-list" of items to try).
I explained everything I did and (of course) she didn't have any more ideas.
So she sends me to a Direct Connect site so she can see my PC.
Of course the new router sucks my ***** and the web site kept timing out!
So I hooked my old router up and everything loaded great!

So we connect together and that's when she asks me this, "For a $10 charge I can connect to your computer and resolve this. If I can't figure it out, its refundable."
I said, "Why would I pay for a service when I bought the card/router today? That's what the warranty is for!"
So I told her NO and she disconnected her direct connect service.

So she basically wanted me to install the card onto another PC to verify if its a defective card or PCI slot and if the card doesn't work in the other PC, return the card!
Yep... that's what I thought before I called... worthless IT support!
But even if I get that working.. my router still loads **** slow.
So I'll jump on to their site and look for a firmware update, but I have a feeling I'm returning BOTH the card and router.

So I installed the wireless card onto my PC and surprisingly everything worked!
I was even able to get the router working.
Only large data transfer I do is P2P or video streaming to my XBOX... so hopefully it'll handle that well enough (though I could dedicate an RJ45 connection to my XBOX).

Anyway... just had to rant!

VezRX

Are you running64 bit versions? I am running into the same troubles with el cheapo dynex. I bought a wireless card for a box to hook up to my tv so I could watch netfilx and play games on it. Well it didnt work so I dusted off a system that has an old AMD processor and is running 32bit XP and sure enough it worked fine. Netflix looks rather nice streaming I wam pleasantly surprised.

Well anyway I feel your pain on that one Jon.

DeViLbOi

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For the simple fact that Linksys is a division of Cisco I avoid them like the plague. I have never been happy with Netgear products and Belkin sucks major ***. So by process of elimination you can tell I run D-Link and couldn't be too much happier.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...dlist=celebros

or

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...dlist=celebros

with

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10005792

...and you should be good to go.

Jon316G

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No... running x86 (32-bit) Vista. I tried x64 but there were no increases while performing a benchmark test.
Its funny you mentioned D-Link John... because I was JUST about to grab it, but changed my mine last sec.

My computer actually handles it just fine, but Yulia's wouldn't (neither Vista or XP).
Driver wouldn't recognize in either OS... even when I forced the card to use the correct driver, Windows would say its not digitally assigned.
So why my Vista worked and her's didn't... I don't know.
Maybe there is something screwy with her PCI port, bus, or south-bridge connection.
Windows did recognize the card as new hardware.

Then I tried to download an updated firmware for the router, but when I choose the path and clicked "Start To Upgrade", it says, "Please designate the path of new firmware."
Even though the path to the .bin file is clearly in the field!

So I will try to leave my PC on the wireless and have the cable modem/router next to Yulia's hard-wired and hope that works.
I was able to download several podcasts at roughly 1MB/sec with the wireless onto my PC (going by how much was downloaded every sec).
Then I streamed it to my XBOX without any problems, though my PC is 3' from the router.
I'll see how well the signal strength is once I move the router upstairs.

Anyway.... this just seems like such a PITA!
I remember running wireless in the past and it was nowhere near as crazy.
The user has literally no control during the installation and if the software doesn't like it, you are screwed!

Some people wonder why I got out of the computer repair business...........

DeViLbOi

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Before you go through all that Jon try using a different PCI slot on the mobo. IRQ's are sometimes defined by slot and you can get a strange conflict. I haven't seen it with newer OS' but who knows with Vista.

Jon316G

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Already did that.
I remembered the good ol' IRQ and COM port conflict days.
Never had to mess with that since OS '95/'98 (since USB became a norm).

docgatorx8er

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Thanks for the heads up Steve. Bought it!

DeViLbOi

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Talked to one of the other guys here at the office Jon. The only other thing we could think of is if the BIOS is configured to a Legacy/Non PnP mode and is handling IRQ and memory address allocation. And before you move the router and everything I would just buy another wireless NIC.

Jon316G

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Thanks for the advise... but I'm just gonna move it and be done.
Plus with Yulia using Skype for video conferencing with her daughter, I would rather have her PC hooked up through RJ45 instead of wireless.

I am starting to think her mobo is going bad.
I had some weird activity with her ATI 9800XT one day and had to change out the card with a spare Nvidia and then her SB Live acted weird and now she uses the on-board audio.

I think I'll buy her a new mobo, give her my AMD 5600+, and buy the Phenom2 for me

Jon316G

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Well... with my PC wireless and the router upstairs, I ran an internet speed test:
Download Speed: 6932 kbps (866.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 491 kbps (61.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

Not too bad.... I'm happy.