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Hi All, I finally upgraded my laptop and it has 802.11g support, so it's time to upgrade my ancient Linksys BEFW11S4 router. I'm blindingly happy with it. It hasn't given me a single problem in the years that I've owned it. So I'm inclined to go with the latest Linksys version of this router, the Linksys WRT54G2, which goes for $44.89 at Amazon. I know that Linksys is not the favorite with many people here. Can the many network- and wireless-wise people here either validate my choice or suggest alternatives (or both)? Thanks in advance for your advice. Regard, -ken

Time to check some IP addresses?

Me too, though it's usually a waste of time.

This is the most entertaining short story I've read in years. This kid has a big future writing movie scripts.

Was that your entire Sea Smoke allocation? Don't forget about me when it's time to order more Wedell. Please, whimper, whimper. Speaking of which, I was in Arroyo Grande this Saturday and had a nice discussion with the wine maker at Toucan Wines. He said that they make a chardonnay (I think, my memory sucks now) for Wedell. After the free tasting, I bought 3 bottles of the 2006 Cuve

I love spam either grilled or fried. It makes a great breakfast meat. Scots eat haggis. That means that they'll eat any other meat-like substance too. See, I told you that Scots will eat any meat-like substance.

This one will cute you to death.

There's the rub. That's why we'll wait for more reviews and see for ourselves before buying. If playing VHS is close to that of a DVD, then it's an easy buy for us. If not, we'll look for a more traditional BD.

Dinny, what Al isn't telling you is that you'll have to do his CLE for him in return. Gee, are there ethics classes involved in CLE?

Absolutely. But if you already have a large, legacy VHS collection, it won't be worth the cost to replace them all. With a player like this, you can upgrade the movies that you really love without losing the entire VHS collection. Here is a mini-review. VHS is upconverted to 1080p. The reviewer says this: "..., the BD70V makes standard VHS tapes look pretty sweet indeed. No, it's not the same as Blu-ray, or even a good DVD, but it's probably better than you've ever seen your old tapes look before." So to us, it makes it worth the extra $100 to get the best from our VHS library. Of course, we'll test it out first to verify that the upconversion is worth the extra $100. If not, we'll keep a VHS player around.

Probably not much. But if you already have the VHS, why buy the DVD or BD. I guess I understand the BD if you really want it, but not DVD at all if a VHS tape can be made to have pretty much the same picture quality.

I bought one for my wife, though the $199 laptop became a $440 laptop once upgrades, shipping and tax were factored in.

Stacy decided that she "needed" a laptop so I just ordered a Mini 9 for her. After customizing to have max memory, ss disk space and Bluetooth capability, plus shipping and tax, the total for this $199 laptop was: $441.17 Oh well, still very cheap for a nice laptop. She was pleased that the OS was Ubuntu as she likes to play with Linux.

I got an email from Dell today. They are having a general one day sale so there are other interesting things too. I haven't checked out the Dell web site but here is what was in the email: INSPIRON

My wife has a bunch of VHS tapes so we'll check out the Panasonic DMP-70V when it comes out. It should be a great bluray player and supposedly does a great job of upconverting VHS. If this is true, we'll definitely get one.

Now we know what Van Gogh's brain was doing. It was over compressing reality.

Poor Vince, poor Dinny. My heart's breaking for you.

Just be patient. Sooner or later Mike will buy and then sell a pair.

Neither, you should be using mustard instead of mayo.

My condolences. That's really awful. What you got from her helps keep her memory alive.

That's so you can use it to hang yourself when it finally sinks in how much you spent for it.

Stacy and I met her parents and some of their friends near Pismo Beach and spent the day together. It was mostly fun but I'm now exhausted. I still need a nap.

How does it sound compared to the Warthog?

Why not both?

Happy Birthday Al. How convenient it's on a Friday! :prettyprincess: