SexSwap 12.7.2001 no.222
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Get out the Jim Beam and
Diet coke!
www.jimbeam.com/jb_web/content/Bar/Drink.asp?1
just when you thought it
was safe to read the skinny newsletter...another monster shark emerges!
This week is jammed packed with a lot of little stories and 2-3 major
stories. At the top I have links on the @HOME fiasco. What a mess. And
another top5 search engine bites the dust. Don't you wish you had the
traffic that Excite squandered away. This week was the official release
of Ginger. It actually hit the net Sunday night. Lots of links on that
and then I spout off some opinion on it at the end of this issue. This
is a monster issue on Viruses and Firewalls. That damn virus has been
hammering everyone. It was effecting over 3% of all internet computers
at one point last week. I have tried McAfee, Norton, and Zone Alarm.
I'll let you know what I have decided before you get to that section...I
ICQs Legendary Lars and he said "you gotta use NAV and ZONE",
so I am following his lead. It seems to be working great. There is a
great link to a service that is free and emails you 4 test viruses to
test check your box. One story link inside the virus story is disturbing.
McAfee and perhaps other comapanies are allowing holes in their software
so the Feds can spy. This bugs the crap out of me. Our civil liberties
are being eroded with this type of action. Can I mix you another round?
Since it is the week of IT, how about a Jimmy and Ginger
www.jimbeam.com/jb_web/content/Bar/Drink.asp?2
Everything you wanted to
know about building your first computer but were afraid to ask. I have
loaded the last section with way too much handware banter. If you are
interested in building your very first box, I lay out the pro-level,
15 item system. It is straight forward. I then give 3 sample systems
you might attempt. If you love hardware, you will peee. If you hate
this tech crud, you will toss 8^) I guess one man's pee is another man's
toss. Hee hee haaaa. On with the shoe
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EVIL CHRIS MOVES TO GAMMA!
www.ainews.com/story/2682/
Chris Rodger, fromer long-time VP Ops/Marketing at Wild Rose Productions
has now joined the Gamma Entertainment team to become 'Director of Marketing'.
Welcome Chris! I know Karl, Dan, and Virg are all very excited about
about Evil Chris now 'working his magic' for Gamma.
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@HOME EXCITE SAGA CONTINUES
ATT PULLS OFFER TO BUY @HOME
EXCITE
www.msnbc.com/news/665584.asp
ATT SAYS @HOME UPLUGGED
news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Symbol=US:ATHMQ&Feed=RTR&Date=20011201&ID=1265856
THOUSANDS COULD LOSE INTERNET
DUE TO EXCITE BANKRUPT from Joe
www.nbc10.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=FutureTense/Apps/Xcelerate/View&c=NBCArticle&cid=NBC6ILWRLUC&p=NBCK9JZRB8C&live=true
EXCITE MAY DISAPPEAR SOON
from SignGuy
dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011127/wr/tech_excitehome_dc_4.html
JUDGE SAYS OK TO TURN OFF
EXCITE from Andy
www.abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20011130_2099.html
MANY @HOMERS STILL OFFLINE
from Craig
www.msnbc.com/news/665584.asp
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GINGER LEAKED TO THE PRESS
SUNDAY NIGHT
I was icq-ing pals as the story of Ginger leaked to the press from the
Time magazine site. It was quickly picked up by the Drudge Report and
BetaStream. The next morning, all the newscasts had reports
www.msnbc.com/news/665724.asp
www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,186660-1,00.html
www.betastream.com/
www.amazon.com/ginger
prospero.amazon.com/n/mb/listsf.asp?webtag=am-ginger&nav=start&ctx=0
www.segway.com/consumer/home_flash.html
www.msnbc.com/news/665724.asp?pne=msn
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ETAIL SHOPPING UP 43% from
Richard
www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/15024.html
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check out this deal that
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Pfister writes:
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THE VAST VIRUS VAT
what should I use? I am unhappy with McAfee. Norton Anto Virus seems
to do the best job. Zone Alarm seems to work for some people but not
me. Your thoughts? email andy@lips.com. Here is what I have tried this
week.
NORTON ANTI VIRUS
I have been a mcafee hold out for the last few years and then finally
last week I decided to try NAV once again. McAfee is just pissing me
off for 3 reasons.
1. it did not seem to pick up the bad_trans in my email and NAV does
2. it does not uninstall (it says cannot unistall mcafee agent without
uninstalling other mcafee items) which do not come with uninstalls!
and I found this problem on 4 computers...not just mine.
3. Difficulty installing if anything goes wrong. I paid $30 to tech
support and after hours of frigging around, I could not install McAfee
back on one of my computers. This was the last straw.
The wife downloaded NAV and
said it was grabbing viruses left and right. Sexy Emma recommended it
as well AND let me know that there is 1 year FREE. It is hard to beat
a year free. If you want to try NAV, here is the free trial for NAV
2002
nct3.digitalriver.com/0001/
It installed fairly easily.
I had trouble talking my mom up in canada through an install but it
seemed to eventually work out. I am not sure whether I like NAV or not
at this point. I like that it catches things. I do not like that it
slows both incoming and outgoing mail as it checks all pieces but I
guess that is a necessary evil. I will continue to test and try it and
see how it goes over the long run. I like Mcafee when it came out but
then support, quality and ease of use has continued to plummet which
is too bad.
ZONE ALARM STOPS BAD TRANS
VIRUS
www.zonealarm.com/products/zap/zap_securityupdate.html
this is rather interesting and I would prefer to use a firewall to a
virus protector. In fact, I may unload Norton and give Zonealarm another
try. I abandoned it a year ago when I went to 2000 and they hadn't upgraded.
This seems like a nice way to go and then does not slow email.
UPDATE ON ZONE
Ack! I unistalled Norton thinking my worries are over and then of course
the first emails I get are loaded with the virus and ZoneAlarm missed
them all. Ack! I think it only sees them in Outlook rather than Calypso.
I am not sure what to do at this point.
FREE VIRUS SCAN ONLINE
I found that TrendMicro has a free virus scanning area. I am not sure
if it will pick up the latest viruses, but it looks pretty up to date.
and check this out...7 viruses found. Eeek! I don't think Zone Alarm
is working with Calypso and I will most likely return to Norton. I am
very impressed with this free service.
housecall.antivirus.com/
trix.sexswap.com/trendmicro.jpg
MCAFEE IN BAD BOOKS WITH
PRIVACY ADVOCATES
www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,48648,00.html
GIBSON RESEARCH CORP from
Ansel
Ansel sent me this great site hat has just piles of info and programs
and data on protecting your computer from hacks etc
grc.com/default.htm
SHIELDS UP FIREWALL TEST
AND PORT SCAN from Ansel
Are you curious to how vulnerable your box is? Here is a site that will
do a quick test and let you know. I am STEALTHED :) well it looks like
zone alarm does a very solid job of hiding a box.
https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
TEST YOUR VIRUS EMAIL PROTECTION
NOW from Ansel
www.gfi.com/emailsecuritytest/
Ansel sent me this awesome link that shoots you 4 types of email hacks...but
these are safe attempts used to test your sytem. After reading this...I
know believe the pop up spam emails are using a sneaking MIME exploit
with VB and not something that is generally allowed. To use this site,
enter your name and email. You then get an email, click the link and
you will get the four exploits. Here is how I am testing as of writing
this
Test #1 VBS - Blocked by
Zone alarm
Test #2 CLSID - Windows did not know how to open (did not think it was
jpg)
Test #3 MIME - Calypso tries to SAVE AS or RUN and I click cancel
Teat #4 ActiveX - This was saved to my desktop and opened in Notepad
so I would say I am only
confident on #1. 2 and 3 were a pass but just because the system did
not open them. 4 was a failure if you ask me. Ansel who uses Outlook
and IE6 sets his security higher and had this to report with just Zone
Alarm
Test #1 VBS - Blocked by
Zone alarm
Test #2 CLSID - Windows would not open as it did not recognize the file
extension
Test #3 MIME - Zone Alarm put a stop to this one
Teat #4 ActiveX - This was stopped by Windows Internet Security settings
Is there any reason Active
X controls should be on in the browser or is it safe to disable those?
Email andy@lips.com. Any more advice or comments on the best ways to
be sure without being paranoid? email me. I hate to run a firewall AND
virus protection...way too much crap if you ask me.
RARE OUTLOOK SECURITY PATCH
FEW KNOW ABOUT from Ansel
blocks bad_trans virus
office.microsoft.com/Downloads/2000/Out2ksec.aspx
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FREE PHP PROGRAMMER
Pfister writes
I can build just about any kind of site or script you want with php
and mysql. Im looking for promising projects to work on in exchange
for a percentage of potential profits.
Email me at tinyelvis7@hotmail.com
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MY NEW LITTLE PRINTER
the old HP2000C was bugging me. It eats ink cartridges and the wheels
had gotten dusty or dry and were not picking up the pages. Finally this
drove me nuts and it was time for a new buy. The wife and I decided
to look for an el cheapo laser printer. Here is the one we just snagged.
Johnny Q Public gives it an 82/100
computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-2375165-404-2678687.html
it is the Samsung ML-4500
for $149 bucks...how can you go wrong. It is not too fast but the print
quality is excellent. If you are looking for crisp printing at a cheap
price, I highly recommend it.
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TV USEAGE DOWN DUE TO NET
from SignGuy
here is news that just started to occur in the media about a year ago
when the big 3 TV stations started to get scared. There is a monumental
change occuring in our society. People, after 30-40 years, are starting
to watch less TV and the reason is 'internet'. It is especially noticeable
with younger kids who love MP3s and chatting etc.
www.msnbc.com/news/664574.asp
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BAG OF SALT TABLE O' TRIX
CONTENT
RANDOM IMAGE SCRIPT WITH FIXED IP from Shap
SECRETS OF THE GOOGLE SPIDER REVEALED by Kurt
PRO LEVEL EMAIL VIRUS AVOIDANCE from Stel
PRO LEVEL HARD DISK RECOVERY IDEAS from Zig
HAS GOOGLE ADDED CONSECUTIVE IP FILTER by Kent
HARD DRIVE COOLERS from Harv and G-o-G
CODE ACCELERATOR COMMENTS from Scott
TEST YOUR SYSTEMS VIDEO PERFORMANCE ONLINE by Guru-O-Gif
P4 INFO from Bruce
WHO HAS THE FASTEST PC | VIDEO CARD COMBO IN THE LAND by Guru-O-Gif
1U HEATSINK REVIEW from Guru-O-Gif
THE GREAT SPOTS AT MAD ONION from Guru-O-Gif
CRUCIAL RAM DOES PROVE BETTER IN TESTING
TOM SHOWS HOW TO HIT 2000+ MHZ OPERATING ON THE AMD ATHLON
MORE NEWS
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COPS BUST GIANT INTERNATIONAL KID PORN RING from Charles
www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48677,00.html?tw=wn20011128
HIGH COURT TO HEAR NET SMUT
CASE from Charles
www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48676,00.html?tw=wn20011128
SURVIVING THE DOT COM DELUGE
from Richard
news.cnet.com/news/0-1014-201-8023051-0.html?tag=dd.ne.dtx.nl-pro.0
VISA OFFERS ONLINE PASSWORD
PROTECTION from Dan
news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-8052322.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-sty.0
www.usa.visa.com/business/merchants/verified_index.html
RARE INTERNET IPO COMING
OUT THIS WEEK from Richard
biz.yahoo.com/rf/011202/n29189453_2.html
SOME GLOOM NOT DOOM FOR TECH
from Richard
www.business2.com/articles/web/0,1653,35892,FF.html
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DIGISETTE MP3 PLAYER (WORKS IN CAR) from Ryan
Ryan writes
https://www.digisette.com
https://www.digisette.com/Buy/Index.asp
Oh and if you want to talk toys, I read up on this Article in my last
Wired
Magasine(NEVER BUY WIRED!!!), and just check out this site
https://www.digisette.com and the actual digisette device..
Kick ass man, I bought one, and a 64 MB expansion flash card the moment
I
saw the article.. Had to have it shipped to a friend in Cali because
they
aren't released in Canada yet.. You can either plug a pair of headphones
into the side and listen like that or put it in a tape deck and play
it like
that..
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BEAROPS from Bruce
Bruce writes
Here's a Canadian Linux OS that trying to get off the ground. I read
about it in a Toronto Computer tabloid.
www.maxos.com/
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CAPPUCCINO GX1 MINI PC from
Brujah
Brujah writes
check this cool machine out!!
www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5868.shtml
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LINUX CAMERA AND WEBSERVER
IN ONE from Brujah
www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/electronics/58de.shtml
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RANDOM IMAGE SCRIPT WITH FIXED IP from Shap
Shap asks
Wondering if you have even came across, a Random Image Viewer script,
that will grab picture out of a specific folder, that does NOT work
by refreshing the same page? (so people can Sent to Friend)?
Guru-O-Gif writes
hmmm, seems very specific. you might have to get one made. Here are
some areas you might search at
CGI
cgi.resourceindex.com/Remotely_Hosted/Random_Images/
cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Image_Display/
PHP
php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Random_Items/
php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Images_and_Graphs/Image_Indexing/
php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Images_and_Graphs/Timed_Rotation/
Shap writes
I have been looking and can not find it anywhere!
Guru-O-Gif writes
you could always pay to have one made at
www.elance.com
www.elance.com/c/cats/main/categories.pl?catId=10224&type=buyer
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SECRETS OF THE GOOGLE SPIDER
REVEALED by Kurt
Kurt writes
Hey, I came across a pretty good description of Google's PageRank technology.
It's from a few years ago, but it goes into all the gory details of
how Google works, algorithms and all. Thought it might be of interest
to you.
www7.scu.edu.au/programme/fullpapers/1921/com1921.htm
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PRO LEVEL EMAIL VIRUS AVOIDANCE
from Stel
Stel writes
I use Eudora 3.0.5 which I have never updated beyond that point even
though
Eudora 4 and 5 are out. Results? Not a single email driven virus can
attach my machine. Since no JAVA, ActiveX, Script, etc can active from
3.0.5's receiving functions email virus's are a dead issue. Sure I don't
get fancy HTML support and automatic placement of backgrounds, etc but
what
I do get is safety. Heck even the Java driven KAK virus can't activate
itself. Since I get thousands of messages a day it would be very bad
if I had to
defend consistently.
Guru-O-Gif writes
I tried to find old shareware sites with Eudora 3...didn't have much
luck. Here is an oldy..Eudora Lite 1.4 !
www.cchs.usyd.edu.au/~west/shareware/
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PRO LEVEL HARD DISK RECOVERY
IDEAS from Zig
Zig writes
in regards to the hd crash...if the lad has 2 or more drives in his
box, a boot disk from floppy would allow him to boot clean....see if
he can actually see his data on the primary, and maybe move it to the
other drive/drives if he has room. We all get surprised by drives that
go poof, but if the data was important....thats what back-ups are for
:) if he does'nt have 2 drives.....I'd boot from a floppy.....see if
I can see the data on the HD before I invested in a new drive....and
if I could...would do exactly what you said.
I've never used it, but here
tirismu "spelling botched" has a great set of tools that can
actually rebuild a broken fat table in a winx? box. Read a story of
a radio station that whos servers were hit by the chernobal virus....supposedly
they were able to recover the drives with that tool set.
One last oldie but a goodie
in the ms world....sometimes a virus or even partitioning software can
screw up your mbr and trick your box into thinking the fat table is
gone or modified...again with a boot disk, the good old command "fdisk
/mbr" can and often will restore the last saved master boot record.
This was a great tool to recover drives back in th dos days, when disk
mangler and drivepro would screw up a perfectly good hard drive...:)
Guru-O-Gif adds:
here is a link with some of the ideas Zig has outlined on what you can
try at home to repair an HD
www.pcnet-online.com/content/utilities/199904.htm
and here is some software
called
RECOVER IT ALL WITH DRIVEMASTER2000
they claim Boot, Partition, Fat, and Root directory repair (not just
file recovery!) It is a hefty $200, but that is cheaper than a HD recovery
house. I imagine they use software like this. This would work on anything
but a head crash I would think.
www.dtidata.com/products_bundle_01.asp
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HAS GOOGLE ADDED CONSECUTIVE
IP FILTER by Kent
Do you have any info from any of your readers similar. Google changed
their way of doing business. It looks like, any sites that have consecutive
IP numbers and are linking, got totally shit canned. They even went
so far as to apply Googles Page Ranking to the Yahoo listings.
Guru-O-Gif writes:
does anyone have any additional info on this...if so, email me andy@lips.com
it makes sense that that would be an excellent spam filter since most
consec IPs would be inflating links to their pages for ranking....interesting
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HARD DRIVE COOLERS from Harv
and G-o-G
Harv writes
Regarding the hard drive problem. If the hard drive is removed and put
in the freezer for a few hours it will usually run for a while. At least
enough to recover the data. Put the hard drive in a bag so it doesn't
get wet.
Guru-O-Gif
glad it is working a bit! you might buy a hard drive cooler just to
get the data off.
www.plycon.com/hdcoolers.htm
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CODE ACCELERATOR COMMENTS
from Scott
Scott writes
I was aware of this and at one point changed all my pages on a fairly
busy site (75,000/day), and here is what I found...
Have you ever noticed that
alot of times when you go to a page, you get some of the page, then
a second later you get the rest? Well, after removing all the carrige
returns it seemed as though the browsers had a harder time deciphering
the pages..
I know this doesn't follow
logic, but without the carrige returns I had about a 2 second delay
before anything would display in my browser, then the whole page would
display at once...
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TEST YOUR SYSTEMS VIDEO PERFORMANCE
ONLINE
sort of a slick little fun test....trying to get you to upgrade your
video card
www.madonion.com/measurementservices/?onlinedemo
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P4 INFO from Bruce
Bruce writes
An article with lots of technical stuff about the P4.
www.arstechnica.com/cpu/01q2/p4andg4e/p4andg4e-1.html
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WHO HAS THE FASTEST PC |
VIDEO CARD COMBO IN THE LAND by Guru-O-Gif
the new 3Dmark has triggered a cult following of computer hot rodders
that spend money and tweak the crap out of their boxes to do anything
they can to get a higher 3Dmark score. I ran my crusty old box and got
a 400. With some tweaks I got a 800...the top guy now is approaching
10,000 !!!! Very kewl
gamershq.madonion.com/lounge/fastestwebmasters/
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1U HEATSINK REVIEW from Guru-O-Gif
great info as these smaller units become more and more popular
www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=886
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THE GREAT SPOTS AT MAD ONION
from Guru-O-Gif
this site is a haven of overclockers and system builders! It is awesome
that they created the free test software which is now a portal. The
links are a little hard to navigate so here are the spots to try
get 3Dmark2001 here fre under
Benchmark area on left
www.madonion.com
read the forums here
www.madonion.com
search how fast people are
compare results here
gamershq.madonion.com/products/orb/?publish_search.shtml
fastest webmasters here
gamershq.madonion.com/lounge/fastestwebmasters/
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CRUCIAL RAM DOES PROVE BETTER
IN TESTING
gamershq.madonion.com/articles/crucialramreview/?page=1
www.crucial.com
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TOM SHOWS HOW TO HIT 2000+
MHZ OPERATING ON THE AMD ATHLON
www6.tomshardware.com/howto/01q4/011112/index.html
INTERESTING SITES
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REGARDING VISA'S NEW PASSWORD POLICY from Craig the Programmer
Craig writes
www.msnbc.com/news/666737.asp
Apparently visa is setting up a new service to allow merchants to prompt
visa holders for a password to 'verify their identity' when making a
purchase. The whole idea is that by now requiring mailing address, card
number, expiry date and a password online purchases will be more secure.
1 - How will these passwords be updated and changed? Does this mean
we all now have to access a central visa site? And if so how do we still
prove our identity? Assume someone gets ahold of my visa number and
expiry however I haven't as of yet accessed this visa site, they register
the card and choose a password of their own. Now they can still make
all the purchases they want.
2 - How does this save us from the merchants? As much as we'd like to
believe merchants are always honest, events in the past have proven
that to not be true. I remember years ago when some of the larger sex
sites were shut down and the owners prosicuted for doing multiple charges
and increasing amounts in the hopes the cardholders wouldn't notice.
The merchants would have access to the password when the transaction
is done so what's to stop them from using that information on another
online site to make a purchase?
3 - This is what scares me the most. Does the 'password' feature make
life all that much harder when dealing with Visa in regards to fraud
complaints? Assume my security issue #1 or 2 happens and purchases get
made online without my consent. Will Visa just say "Well I'm sorry,
the correct password was used....we'll look into the matter but for
now the charges stay with the interest accumulating?".
I think the best security method is the method you hype about with Amex
with the one time usage numbers. With that system the fraud is virtually
non-existant and is very safe. The only possible problem you have is
having that purchase be overcharged but that in itself is easy enough
to take care. But there are no worries of recurring billings, double
charges, fraud usage etc.
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BUILDING YOUR FIRST COMPUTER
from Greg
Greg writes
Question: for folks building their own computers from parts bought at
outlets. Parts are kick ass and cheap. So what advice do you and the
sexswap crew have? Who's got the skinny on tools, books and ways to
do it right?
Guru-O-Gif
Great quesiton! and this makes for a great article in the newsletter!
I think books are probably outdated as soon as they are written. It
is probably easiest to find tutorials online that show how to do it.
Again, since things change so fast, even they become old quickly. I
will list a few tutorials, and then I will describe how I think is the
best way to tackle such a project. Please be aware that you generally
do not save ay money building your own computer anymore. Those days
are long gone. You will build a very custom computer and will learn
just a ton about hardware. I recommend that everyone try building at
least one computer in their life....it really is rewarding and fun.
Greg also wrote me one more reason to build your own...propriotary systems
like Dell etc are much more difficult to crack open and add parts too.
the boxes are more sealed and the systems are loaded with propriatary
software. This is one great reason to try it yourself.
SOME TUTORIALS FOR BUILDING
A COMPUTER
Build Your Own PC
www.pcmech.com/byopc/index.htm
Build Your Own Server
www.pcmech.com/byos/index.htm
LEARN TO BUILD YOUR COMPUTER
www.buildyourowncomputer.net/learntobuild.html
HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN COMPUTER
www.webfreebees.net/howtobuildpc.html
A STEP BY STEP GUIDE
www.thetechzone.com/articles/build_it_yourself/
BUILDING YOUR BOX
peripherals.about.com/library/weekly/aa051799.htm?once=true&
BUILD A 1U RACKMOUNT (SEXSWAP)
trix.sexswap.com/1u/index.html
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PRO-LEVEL BLACK BELT IN BEAST
BOXOLOGY
you can read those tutorials, or you can get the quick and dirty sexswap
pro-level method of tackling your first ever attempt at a dream machine...but
that is what other sites call them..here there are referred to as BEAST
BOX :)
SHOPPING LIST
There are essentially 15 components that make up a basic, yet slick,
computer. You may already own some of these in your computer junk drawer
and may not need all of them. If this is your first ever box, I think
it is best to start simple. There will be plenty of computers in your
future and you can tackle the BLACK BELT beast box on your second build.
I am not saying it can't be rocket fast, but I am saying that RAID level
5 with four firewire hard drives is more complex that I would want to
start with.
FIFTEEN COMPONENTS
01. CPU
02. MOTHERBOARD
03. RAM
04. VIDEO CARD
05. HARD DRIVE
06. MONITOR
07. ETHERNET CARD or MODEM
08. CASE
09. CDROM
10. SOUND CARD
11. KEYBOARD
12. FLOPPY
13. MOUSE
14. SPEAKERS
15. OPERATING SYSTEM
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THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT
ITEMS
these are important since this is where you can make the most compatability
mistakes. We need to select things that work with each other
1. CPU ($50-$500)
this is the computer processor like a Celeron, Pentium III, Pentium
IV, or AMD. Sometimes these come with fans and sometimes they don't
and then we get to buy aftermarket fun additional items. The other pitfall
here is that there are several styles of chips...FCPGA, slot 1, socket
A, and socket 370 to name a few and this is where things can get confusing.
2. MOTHERBOARD ($50-$300)
aka mobo, this is also critical since this will determine which CPU
you can use and which parts plug into it
3. RAM ($25-$150) you do
not want cheap ram. Ram will bite you in the ass if you go cheap. to
save $12 you will wreck a system. The only thing you need to know about
ram is crucial.com. Trust me on this one...only buy ram there and you
will never have a ram headache. It is just that simple. You want at
least 128MB ram now a days and since it is so cheap, you might opt to
go 256, or 512, or even 1024MB aka the BIG GIG of RAM!
THE NEXT SIX SEMI IMPORTANT
ITEMS
these items are not as critical as the top ones, but they can effect
system overall coolness and performance.
4. VIDEO CARD ($12-$350)
If you are a 'no-frill fred', then a $12 video card just might make
you pee your panties. This is like your basic 4 door Kia. It will work
fine. You jus won't win any drag races with it and if you play games,
it will be slow as toast. For email and reading websites...this is all
you need. If you want speed, and price is no object, you can spend close
to $400 to be leading edge.
5. HARD DRIVE ($75-$500)
You mainly want a good drive with a pile of storage. The two most popular
style of drives are IDE and SCSI. For your first box, I suggest going
with IDE since with SCSI, you need additional items (scsi contriollers).
IDE is cheaper and simpler.
6. MONITOR ($199 - $2000)
It is time to belly up to the bar. Throw that 15" out the window.
Toss that 17" down the stairs. We want 19" minimum and maybe
21" if you are feeling brave :)
7. ETHERNET CARD OR MODEM
($15-$75)
Do you dial up to the internet on a phone line...then you need a modem.
Do you use DSL or cable...then you need an ethernet card. Here is one
of those areas where I like to not go cheap but there are several sub
$20 cards that work pretty good
8. CASE ($30 - $400)
There are a lot of choices here. Do you want a large tower, or a mid
tower, or a 1U rackmount or something in between.
THE LAST BUNCH OF CRUD ITEMS
these are in most systems and there is usually not much need to get
fancy on these items
09. CDROM ($30-$50)
they come in a few speeds and black or white
10. SOUND CARD ($10-$200)
there is not much reason to get fancy here. The older cards are still
awesome and work great. I have rarely heard a bad sound card on even
the cheapest of boxes
11. KEYBOARD ($10-$100)
this is more about personal preference. every keyboard has its own spring
and feel. Some people like mushy-clicky and some like stiff-quiet. Some
like big honking boards with 200 keys and some like the mini Happy Hacking
keyboard :)
12. FLOPPY ($15)
these are $15 but if you search hard you can find them for $14. These
are crud pieces
13. MOUSE ($10-$90)
now I consider a mouse important if you are a gamer. You can get a cheap
mouse. I really really like the laser mice. They are so smooth. I also
like USB mice...but NOTE...sometime USB mice make it a little trickier
to load the OS so you might have to tab around on your keyboard until
you boot. This is not too bad but be aware that if you go all USB and
have an older mobo, you may hit a few snags. Not killer snags, but bumps
in the road.
14. SPEAKERS ($10-$400)
here again it all depends on the person. Some people don't need much
more than some coke cans with string. If you are a gamer...you gotta
get the BASE woofer.
15. OPERATING SYSTEM ($0-$300)
This is sometimes left out. Do you have a CD copy of WindowsXP or 2000
or ME in your software drawer...then you probably don't need to buy
one but if you don't have one, they you have to get the operating system
somewhere.
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SHOW ME THREE SAMPLE SYSTEMS
Now let's forget all tghe theory above, it is time to build and one
of the easiest ways to build is with a list. I will use the 15 list
to make sure nothing is missed
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BASIC BEAST BOX FOR BETTY
#1
$894.00
1000MHZ - 156ram - 30gig hd - 19" monitor
and this price includes and
monitor and the XP cd for OS so if you have some of this already, it
would be cheaper.
01. CPU - PIII 1000 / 133fsb
/ FCPGA $147
with fan and heatsink
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80606
what does all that crap mean? I warned you that this is the area where
troubles can occur with mobo and CPU. Really you pick the mobo first
and then CPU. The chip is a pentium3 and is a 1gig or 1000mhz chip.
This is pretty fast but there are 2 gig chips out today. 133 fsb is
the speed of the front side bus and matches the mobo. FCPGA means it
is a flat chip and this is what fits our motherboard.
02. MOTHERBOARD - ASUS CUA
$133 go here and click motherbaord and then socket370
www.cdrexpress.com
03. RAM - 256MB for $34
www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?model=CUA&x=8&y=12
04. VIDEO CARD - TNT2 but
$0
you do not have to buy one...what the hell? The motherboard we selected
has the video card already built into it. Remember, this is the cheap
bastard build and this will save us some coin too.
05. HARD DRIVE - MAXTOR 30
GIG $106
here is where I get a little worried because I had such a hard time
getting my latest box to see the new ATA100 hds, so I am trying to find
one that is not ATA100 but they all seem to be now
www.us.buy.com/retail/computers/product.asp?sku=10240446&loc=450
06. MONITOR - OPTIQUEST Q95
$225
direct.mwave.com/mwave/doc/A02009.html
www.mwave.com
07. ETHERNET CARD or MODEM
- 3COM 905B $35
If you need an ethernet card
3COM 905B $35
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=707003-PAM
or if you need a modem
3COM USR $48
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=703204-PAM
08. CASE - INWIN $65
let's go full monster tower. I have way too many of these...here is
the INWIN Q500 known throughout the land as the ford taurus of cases
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=142203
09. CDROM - SONY $29
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=121238
10. SOUND CARD - Aladdin
$0
again, with this motherboard...the sound is built in, so we save again
and have less work to do
11. KEYBOARD $6
how about $6 ....how the hell can anyone make a keyboard for $6????
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=211601
don't buy that one...it will be nasty. Look around...these really are
a opersonal choice..you might start with a sub $10 to test. How about
$7.50
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=707271-001
12. FLOPPY - Panasonic $11
woohooo!
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=703072
13. MOUSE
GOOGLEGEAR $1 promotion...woohooo
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=000617-A
14. SPEAKERS - ALTEC LANSING
$16
remember this is the "basic betty boxsystem
how about $1 woohooo
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=000691-A
ok wait, let's break the bank
ALTEC LANSING $16
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=360001
15. OPERATING SYSTEM - XP
home $92
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=604614
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SLICK TRICK BEAST BOX FOR
SALLY #2
$2641.00
let's pump it up a notch to the higher end now for sally who wants some
speed and style
2000Mhz - 60gig hd - 21" monitor - 512 ram
FIFTEEN COMPONENTS
I am moving mobo to the top slot as it should be in retrospect
02. MOTHERBOARD ASUS P4B
$187
www.motherboardexpress.com/specs/index.cfm?ProductID=10943
01. CPU PENTIUM P4 2GIG -
its BIG $585
www.motherboardexpress.com/specs/index.cfm?ProductID=10764
03. RAM 512 (2 sticks of
256) $68
www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?model=P2B&x=4&y=23
04. VIDEO CARD ASUS GeForce2
$148
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=320415
05. HARD DRIVE Seagate Baracuda
60 gig $129
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101404
06. MONITOR Viewaonic 21"
GS815 $802
shit! this monitor is as much as the whole first system! :)
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=231300
07. ETHERNET CARD - 3COM
905B $35 (same)
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=707003-PAM
08. CASE COOLERMASTER $350
and now the fun begins...woohooooo!
www.motherboardexpress.com/specs/index.cfm?ProductID=7140
09. CDROM SONY $29
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=121238
10. SOUND CARD $0 Built into
motherboard again
11. KEYBOARD FLEX KEYBOARD
USB $35
these are way to wierd and slick
www.plycon.com/keyboard.htm
12. FLOPPY SONY $17
www.motherboardexpress.com/views/index.cfm?ProductViewID=4&CategoryID=5
13. MOUSE MS OPTICAL $35
www.motherboardexpress.com/specs/index.cfm?ProductID=12180
14. SPEAKERS CREATIVELASB
DDT220 $129
www.motherboardexpress.com/specs/index.cfm?ProductID=6592
15. OPERATING SYSTEM XP HOME
$92
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=604614
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BLACK NINJA BARB'S HELLA
PRO-LEVEL BEAST BOX #3
$2392
1800mhz (but overclockable to 2200) 22" monitor, 1gig ram, 60 gig
HD
this box would be faster, yet less reliable than #2. The difference
between a Lexus and a Ferarri. Some want a comforatable ride, and others
want seat of the pants excitement. we want to break all the rules and
go for PURE SPEED. This can be risky. I am drooling over making up this
last box...I WANT ONE! 8^)
FIFTEEN COMPONENTS
01. CPU AMD Athlon XP 1800+ 1.533GHz $220
w/Fan and Heatsink, 3 Years Manufacturer Warranty
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80157-R
02. MOTHERBOARD - EPOX EP-8KHA+
$106
this is the mobo of hardcore overclockers
EPOX EP-8KHA+
direct.mwave.com/mwave/DeptMB.hmx?UID=PW%2D2940002&CID=&Back=
03. RAM 1GIG BIG - (4 x 256)
$$212
www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?model=EP-8KHA%2B&x=0&y=19
04. VIDEO CARD ATI Raedon
8500 $200
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=320602
05. HARD DRIVE SEAGATE 60gig
BARACUDA $129
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101404
06. MONITOR 22" VIEWSONIC
P225F-2 $839
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=231358
07. ETHERNET 3COM 905B $35
(same)
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=707003-PAM
08. CASE CLEAR ACRYLIC $165
www.elstonsystems.com/prod/clearpc.html
example found by jim grill
www.elstonsystems.com/radpcs.html
09. CDROM SONY $29
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=121238
10. SOUND CARD Creative Labs
Sound Blaster Audigy $94
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=290203
11. KEYBOARD HAPPY HACKER
LITE2 $69
www.pfuca.com/products/hhkb/hhkblite2.html
12. FLOPPY SONY $17
www.motherboardexpress.com/views/index.cfm?ProductViewID=4&CategoryID=5
13. MOUSE MS OPTICAL $35
www.motherboardexpress.com/specs/index.cfm?ProductID=12180
14. SPEAKERS YAMAHA 6 PIECE
$150
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=360684
15. OPERATING SYSTEM XP HOME
$92
www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=604614
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LAST MINUTE THOUGHTS ON BEAST
BOXi
ONLINE SELLERS
these are the sites I like the most..some have hard URLs to publish
so I don't use them as much as I would like in the stories. These are
my 5 fav
www.mwave.com
www.googlegear.com
www.cdrexoress.com
www.motherboardespress.com
www.crucial.com
HOW DO I PUT IT TOGETHER
It is not hard. The motherboard comes with a booklet and it tells you
how to plug everything in. The only hard part are these little cables
for the on off switch and lights to the mobo but the books tell you
how. The last hard thing is booting up and installing the softwware..usually
you just put in the windows CD and boot and follow the instructions.
If you hit snags...call or email friends or drop me a note. If you think
a part is broke, try to find another around home to test. Keep all receipts
and packages until you know things are working. Go slow...take your
time. It might take you two hours to build you first one that 6 hours
to loads stuff...it might go faster...take your time and take breaks
if you hit snags.
WHERE DO I GET CABLES
they all come with the mother board. NOTE...if you want fancy shmancy
cables, like the round red and black ones, you have to find them online
like at
www.plycon.com/
www.cyberguys.com/
and remember, most round pretty cables are not ATA100 for the HD...so
you have to look harder to find them if you want them. The ones that
come with the mobo will be standard issue, good ribbon cables.
WHERE CAN I GET HELP
you are headed into a bold new world where there is no tech support.
Well there is but it is weak ass. We have to take the bull by the horns
and use the internet. Here are places that I go for help...I find it
is much more useful to ask your fellow man than it is to email motherboard
tech support.
NEWSGROUPS
Most big motherboards have a group like
ASUS
groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
EPOX
groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.epox
TYAN
groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.tyan
MICROSTAR
groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar
30 MORE MOBOS
groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.comp.periphs.mainboard
BULLETIN BOARDS
these are even better sometimes. I use them frequently for help
TOM'S
www.community.tomshardware.com/community/wwwthreads.pl
MAD ONION
discuss.madonion.com/forum/wwwthreads.pl
If I am confused on what
to buy or need help, you will get many answers from these groups. I
asked the ASUS newsgroup last week on how fast I can make a P2B-LS and
I asked on Tom's and Mad Onion on if I can use the new Raedon 8500 in
the P2B-LS mobo. I have 15 answers in 2 days.
MICROSOFT
when you buy the CD OS, this entitles you to some phone call support.
This is very helpful if you run into software trouble. if you don't
buy a CD, then no support. I have always found MS tech support to be
outstanding and they can help out in a software crisis that is OS caused.
WHAT FANCY STUFF COULD I
ADD
if you are feeling brave, you could add a SCSI drive and SCSI controller.
You could add and ID controller for speed. You might add a CD-R. You
might add a DVD. You might add a DVD burner. You might add a removable
SCSI hot swap couple of drives. You might forget this giant cases and
go for that trim thin 1U that I love. Again, the big trouble with the
1Us currently is HEAT. To get these speeds you would need radiator or
peltier cooling for such trix in a 2 " high case. You could add
a joystick and crud. You could go with a flatscreen monitor but they
are pricey. You could add a zip drive or a flash card reader etc. Again,
if this is your first box...I would start slow and go basic and then
add on once you are up and running.
feel free to drop me a note
on any of this or those of you who have built your own boxes, feel free
to share the stories or deals etc andy@lips.com
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THOUGHTS ON GINGER by Guru-O-Gif
I'll have to say that I am one of the 'doomsayers' 8^)
I personally think this is
an example of 'group think'. The investors have all hyped themselves
and if this goes anywhere, I will eat my show. Here are some examples
to think about and see if you agree or disagree. First, grab an engineer
or two and we could sit down and design, and in a week, have a 4 wheel
prototype that does everything this does...with one exception...it does
not float on 2 wheels. So our model would be a little bigger and cost
$5000 to develop (not $100m). Now we have a scooter...which it really
is...without the magic gyroscope. Would anyone use it? No. I think investors
are in love with the technology of the magical balance...but that still
doesn't make it a great idea. Would this be used in california...never.
People travel hundreds of miles a day in their cars. I could not even
get to a hardware store and back on a charge. Would they use it in canada?
no...it would be useless in the winter and the distances are great.
Would they use this in New York. Maybe...but new problems arise...the
sidewalks in the morning are PACKED...so you cannot travel any faster
than walkers...so why not walk...otherwise you risk running them down
etc. Would they use this in Taiwan? maybe. From what I have read...the
streets are absolutely packed and there would be no room....AND...no
one there will buy one over a bike since at $3000US, they would be a
fortune. The bike is the only economical means...AND does not require
electiricty. Will warehouses use it....maybe. Richard the engineer tells
me most modern warehouses for a Honda or Toyota are almost 100% automated...so
there is no need. Maybe some places need them to run stuff around. Golf
Cart? Maybe...need a spot for my bag...let's say you add it...I bet
you can buy 2 four man golf carts over the price of 4 of these AND golf
carts are dead simple technology and are used to getting beat on and
wet etc. Maybe the post office can use them or newspaper delivery boys.
I just see no use for this product except entertainment. The floating
on two wheels clouds people's minds on the reality in my opinion. email
me if you want to disagree or agree andy@lips.com
Genger's second cousin...
www.electricscooter.com/littlechauf.htm
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you still with me? I better pour you one for the road. How about a Jimmy
Black Manhatten
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those are my stories
chow mein wayne
Andy
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