So you are telling me if I have a $300 budget for a card and have an AGP board, I can magically replace a $200 mobo, $150 CPU AND get an equal "$300 AGP PCIe" card for only $300????
Is it me or did they cheap out on the AGP suggestions?
I have an AGP motherboard that cost me well over $200 (6 sata ports that can do RAID 1/0 & RAID 1/0/1+0 along with every other bell and whistle) and right now I want to get the best bang for my buck....but my buck may be over $200. Their suggestion for a $200+ card is to go PCIe, which means I have to buy a new mobo. If I am doing that I almost certainly need a new CPU and memory. You would be a fool to buy a new mobo that supports your 'old' CPU just for PCIe.
I was working for a contract company and paying $250/week for health insurance. I had debt, but managed it just fine. My wife got pregnaunt and no big deal we thought. Most cost around $10,000 so we thought we would have to cover $1,000...maybe $2,000.
Well, when our son was born, he decided he wanted to stay in the NICU for 2 weeks. $120,000+ later he was at home. Insurance statements started to come in needless to say we wernt pleased. After our deductable and "other expenses" that dont count towards max out of pocket, we owed around $15,000. Sure, a long way from $120,000 but nothing I could pay off in 1 month like all the billers wanted.
In the end, we are paying on what we can but most is going to collection agencies. None of the medical providers want to work with us, within reason (paying off $8,000 to one biller in 12mo is not reasonable), and its easier for them to "sell" the debt to a collector.
Oh well, if they garnish my wages, someone isnt going to get their money. I dont care if its the credit card companies or the hospitals.
I am now working for a new contract company that charges less then my previous (still $140/week) but at least has covered 95% of our medical costs and would pretty much pay for any future pregnauntcy.
Administrative Contact , Technical Contact :
Holdings, Vonage
itadmin@vonage.com
23 Main Street
Holmdel, NJ 07733
US
Phone: 732-365-2603
Record expires on 12-Dec-2008
Record created on 12-Dec-2000
Database last updated on 30-Jun-2004
Domain Name: VONAGEIPO.COM
Administrative Contact , Technical Contact :
vonage holdings
itadmin@vonage.com
23 Main Street
Holmdel, NJ 07733
US
Phone: 732-365-2603
Record expires on 25-Apr-2012
Record created on 20-Feb-2006
Database last updated on 08-May-2006
Also, if you try to register with bunk info, you get the following:
Registration Failed
The information you supplied did not match any record for a Vonage America customer that may be eligible to participate in the Vonage Customer Directed Share Program.
If you are having trouble registering, please try the following tips:
Vonage Account Number
To find your Vonage account number, please log into your Vonage web account, located at www.vonage.com. Once you log on, you will see your 10-digit Vonage account number in the top right corner of the screen.
Zip Code in the Credit Card Billing Address
You must enter the 5-digit zip code on record with Vonage as part of your billing address as of February 1, 2006. If you have changed your billing address since February 1, 2006, you must use the previous zip code.
E-Mail
You must enter the e-mail address at which the Vonage account holder was receiving Vonage e-mails as of February 1, 2006. This e-mail address is the address to which Vonage may have sent an e-mail notifying you of the Vonage Customer Directed Share Program. This e-mail address does not need to be valid as of today's date, and you will have an opportunity to update this e-mail address later.
How come allofmp3.com does not receive the same attention other sites receive? They are probably the most dangerous server in the world to RIAA, yet RIAA attacks schools and 10 year old girls.
Thats alright, the less the press talks about them, the better off the allofmp3.com users are. Don't mod this post up, we wouldn't want RIAA to focus their 'death rays' on them.
Usually when you compare two companies, they both offer the same or similar service/product. However, they are two totally different companies with different user bases.
If we start with the title of Sony being better then Microsoft, that directly implies that they are comparing the gaming systems they offer. What would be the other reason to state that Sony ranks better then MS?
Now, if we look at what each company offers (high level overview), we really see that they can not be compared.
Microsoft offers:
-OS(Windows)
-Games
-XBox
Sony offers:
-PlayStation
-Games
-Consumer and professional electronics
-Music
Now, if you were to survey someone on how they ranked Sony and did not tell them to filter their thoughts, the results would be all over the board from a survey pool.
I love Sony video products but hate their audio products along with their music division (Sony BMG). I do not like the PlayStation and their games are alright. As for MS, I like Windows, love the Xbox and their games are alright.
I'm sure there are some/. people that hate Windows but like the Xbox.
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So you are telling me if I have a $300 budget for a card and have an AGP board, I can magically replace a $200 mobo, $150 CPU AND get an equal "$300 AGP PCIe" card for only $300????
Is it me or did they cheap out on the AGP suggestions?
I have an AGP motherboard that cost me well over $200 (6 sata ports that can do RAID 1/0 & RAID 1/0/1+0 along with every other bell and whistle) and right now I want to get the best bang for my buck....but my buck may be over $200. Their suggestion for a $200+ card is to go PCIe, which means I have to buy a new mobo. If I am doing that I almost certainly need a new CPU and memory. You would be a fool to buy a new mobo that supports your 'old' CPU just for PCIe.
Opens just fine in IE 6.
.0005% of /. users that uses IE6....
Whats that? Yes, I am part of the
Heck, I am in a similar situation.
I was working for a contract company and paying $250/week for health insurance. I had debt, but managed it just fine. My wife got pregnaunt and no big deal we thought. Most cost around $10,000 so we thought we would have to cover $1,000...maybe $2,000.
Well, when our son was born, he decided he wanted to stay in the NICU for 2 weeks. $120,000+ later he was at home. Insurance statements started to come in needless to say we wernt pleased. After our deductable and "other expenses" that dont count towards max out of pocket, we owed around $15,000. Sure, a long way from $120,000 but nothing I could pay off in 1 month like all the billers wanted.
In the end, we are paying on what we can but most is going to collection agencies. None of the medical providers want to work with us, within reason (paying off $8,000 to one biller in 12mo is not reasonable), and its easier for them to "sell" the debt to a collector.
Oh well, if they garnish my wages, someone isnt going to get their money. I dont care if its the credit card companies or the hospitals.
I am now working for a new contract company that charges less then my previous (still $140/week) but at least has covered 95% of our medical costs and would pretty much pay for any future pregnauntcy.
Vista doesn't overload DNS servers....people overload DNS servers.
Isn't it obvious that goldfish are smarter? They have been on the market and for sale MUCH longer than the dolphin crackers.
. asp
http://www.pepperidgefarm.com/fun_snacks_goldfish
Inside the net interviewed them back in March. Pretty good listen.
http://twit.tv/itn15
The tight holes seem to be the desirable ones now 'n days.....
Seems legit to me. DNS entries match to the 'T'.
Domain Name: VONAGE.COM
Administrative Contact , Technical Contact :
Holdings, Vonage
itadmin@vonage.com
23 Main Street
Holmdel, NJ 07733
US
Phone: 732-365-2603
Record expires on 12-Dec-2008
Record created on 12-Dec-2000
Database last updated on 30-Jun-2004
Domain Name: VONAGEIPO.COM
Administrative Contact , Technical Contact :
vonage holdings
itadmin@vonage.com
23 Main Street
Holmdel, NJ 07733
US
Phone: 732-365-2603
Record expires on 25-Apr-2012
Record created on 20-Feb-2006
Database last updated on 08-May-2006
Also, if you try to register with bunk info, you get the following:
Registration Failed
The information you supplied did not match any record for a Vonage America customer that may be eligible to participate in the Vonage Customer Directed Share Program.
If you are having trouble registering, please try the following tips:
Vonage Account Number
To find your Vonage account number, please log into your Vonage web account, located at www.vonage.com. Once you log on, you will see your 10-digit Vonage account number in the top right corner of the screen.
Zip Code in the Credit Card Billing Address
You must enter the 5-digit zip code on record with Vonage as part of your billing address as of February 1, 2006. If you have changed your billing address since February 1, 2006, you must use the previous zip code.
E-Mail
You must enter the e-mail address at which the Vonage account holder was receiving Vonage e-mails as of February 1, 2006. This e-mail address is the address to which Vonage may have sent an e-mail notifying you of the Vonage Customer Directed Share Program. This e-mail address does not need to be valid as of today's date, and you will have an opportunity to update this e-mail address later.
How come allofmp3.com does not receive the same attention other sites receive? They are probably the most dangerous server in the world to RIAA, yet RIAA attacks schools and 10 year old girls. Thats alright, the less the press talks about them, the better off the allofmp3.com users are. Don't mod this post up, we wouldn't want RIAA to focus their 'death rays' on them.
Usually when you compare two companies, they both offer the same or similar service/product. However, they are two totally different companies with different user bases.
/. people that hate Windows but like the Xbox.
If we start with the title of Sony being better then Microsoft, that directly implies that they are comparing the gaming systems they offer. What would be the other reason to state that Sony ranks better then MS?
Now, if we look at what each company offers (high level overview), we really see that they can not be compared.
Microsoft offers:
-OS(Windows)
-Games
-XBox
Sony offers:
-PlayStation
-Games
-Consumer and professional electronics
-Music
Now, if you were to survey someone on how they ranked Sony and did not tell them to filter their thoughts, the results would be all over the board from a survey pool.
I love Sony video products but hate their audio products along with their music division (Sony BMG). I do not like the PlayStation and their games are alright. As for MS, I like Windows, love the Xbox and their games are alright.
I'm sure there are some