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  1. Re:mythnettv on MythTV 0.25 Released, New HW Acceleration and Audio Standards Support · · Score: 1

    MythTV definitely has the "zoom a letterboxed SD signal into a widescreen picture". It was at least in .23, which I was running until a couple of weeks ago.

  2. Re:The Energy Detective on Real-Time Power Monitoring Options? · · Score: 1

    I just installed 8 Cree LR6 LED lights in our living room. These fit standard 6 inch cans, but they have some that fit 4" cans I believe.

    I would say that the light is basically indistinguishable from incandescent lights and they use about 1/6 the power for the same light.

    Highly recommended.

    http://www.creelighting.com/

  3. Re:HDTV. on MythTV 0.17 Released · · Score: 1

    It works fine in 4:3 mode too, mythtv just letterboxes it. You can choose the mode it scales to. If I want the best quality, I switch the TV to 16:9 mode, or, I can just let MythTV letterbox it.

    Lynn

  4. Re:HDTV. on MythTV 0.17 Released · · Score: 1

    I watch HD content on my standard Sony Wega TV (NTSC). Even works great with the 16:9 function of the TV that squeezes the image.

    You will need seperate cards for ATSC and NTSC.

    I have the Air2PC card. Works great.

  5. Re:Bye bye publishers? on What Will It Take For eBook Adoption? · · Score: 1

    Hadn't seen betaplayer before. Looks good. Thanks for the link.

  6. Re:Bye bye publishers? on What Will It Take For eBook Adoption? · · Score: 1
    Check out uBook. Good reader for txt and html files for the PocketPC. Also works with PDB, .PRC and .RTF, Displays PRC, RTF and HTML images, .JPG, .GIF, .PNG, .WMF (in RTF) or .BMP

    Skinnable, opens zip files on the fly, features listed here.

  7. Re:My favorite feature on OpenOffice.org Hits 1.1 · · Score: 1

    For PDF Printing in Windows, check out: PDFCreator

    Just print to the printer it sets up and a dialog pops up asking for filename.

    Works well.

  8. LDAP Browser/Editor and LDAPExplorer on Moving Outlook/vCards to an LDAP Address Book? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I have found LDAP Browser/Editor to work pretty good. Java app.

    LDAP Explorer is a decent web interface.

  9. Re:Strange Room Temperature on Force Field. No, Really · · Score: 1

    ~80F isn't so bad....

  10. Re:It's not slashdotted. on The Interplanetary Internet · · Score: 1

    I'd subscibe if Faster-Than-Light travel was included....

  11. Re:I've Got a Rocket Company Too on Another Private Space Startup · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can make your own with a two liter bottle and some pressurized air. I used an air compressor.
    Very easy to get 80 ft or more.


    A google search

  12. Re:can somebody fill me in... on Game Theory at 190mph · · Score: 1

    NASCAR - the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

  13. Re:Computer keypads vs. telephone keypads on Keyboard Layouts for the 21st Century? · · Score: 1

    And stop calling me Shirley.

  14. Re:Temperature detectors... on Columbia Coverage · · Score: 1

    This was actually the second flight since the refit (the third one) in 1999. The development flight instrumentation was removed in the first refit in 1991.
    Columbia Info

  15. Re:how do we get them drunk? on Machines That Emulate The Human Brain · · Score: 1

    Run Wine on it....

  16. Re:Toshiba e740 on Small, Robust, and Portable WinCE-based USB Masters? · · Score: 1

    The Toshiba e330 and e335 offer the same USB host capability. Too bad my e310 doesn't :-(

    The e33x don't have the CF capability, but there are 512 MB Secure Digital Cards available.

  17. Re:ATTN: miguel (7116) on Mono Ships ASP.NET server · · Score: 1
  18. Hamrick Software Vuescan on Scanning Large Amounts of Pictures? · · Score: 1

    VueScan from Hamrick software supports this. There is a Linux, Windows and Mac (9 & 10) version available. I have been using this with my film scanner for quite a while. Work great. Not free, but not expensive either and updates come out very frequently, adding support for new scanners and new features.

    From the manual:

    Scan multiple photos, slides, film strips at once on a flatbed

    VueScan provides a feature that allows you to scan multiple photos, slides or film strips in a single pass of your scanner. Lay the prints or slides on the scanner bed in a grid, edge to edge, then use the "Device|X/Y images" and "Device|X/Y spacing" options. From a single scan, VueScan will produce multiple files, all cropped and color balanced automatically.

  19. Re:Popup suppression in IE? on Netscape 7.0 is Out · · Score: 2, Informative

    Check out CrazyBrowser. Tabbed browsing, popup blocker, etc. Based off of IE, but has a lot of the nice features of Mozilla.

  20. Re:I really don't care - I can't use it. on Shared Source .NET Ported to Linux · · Score: 1

    Check out the GPL SharpDevelop, a IDE for .NET written in C#.
    MS also makes the .NET Framework SDK available for download, which is all you really need to develop for .NET.
    I have been using these for several months with no problem.

  21. Re:finances for projects like this on The Owner-Builder Book · · Score: 1

    My bank offers a "construction loan" where you get approved for $x, and then while you are building, you get the money as you need it, and only pay interest on that part.

  22. Re:One folder to rule them all... on Improving Unix Mail Storage? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I would definitely recommend XMail Server. Cross platform (Linux, FreeBSD, WinNT/2K/XP, Solaris), runs multiple domains with no problem. Not really that hard to set up if you read all the docs. There are several web config apps for it now and it's not that hard to program against the TCP config interface. It's being actively developed (new release every month or more often if a rare bug comes up.) It's licensed under the GPL. I use it with about 30 domains with 4-20 users per domain. I have had 0 problems with it. Easy to use, easy to upgrade (just copy the new binaries) no complaints.

  23. Re:me too? on A First Look at Netscape 7 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Crazy Browser This is basically a frontend to the IE engine that gives you a tabbed interface and some other nice things.

  24. Re:XP is only an update of 2000 and it is not a ne on Windows XP - The eXPerience Thus Far? · · Score: 1

    When I looked at a release candidate, XP was version 5.1.nnnn where nnnn was the build number.

  25. Re:Mennonite church? on Ballmer, Gates on Microsoft's Future · · Score: 1

    Wrong group...

    Here are some actual Mennonite sites.

    Thirdway.com
    Mennonite Central Committee
    Mennonite Board of Missons
    Mennonite.net