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Flash Memory Thread (USB 1.1, USB 2.0, CompactFlash, SecureDigital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Pro Duo

Re: OfficeMax 256MB SD deal: $49.99 ($20 MIR) - Lexar SD256 - OfficeMax [01/04-01/10] Item Number 2060-2108 Was already out of stock at my local stored Springfield, PA, and when I called already on backorder. I went to the store about 5pm sunday night and called around 8PM. I ordered one and...
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- Post #35
- Jan 6, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Flash Memory Thread (USB 1.1, USB 2.0, CompactFlash, SecureDigital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Pro Duo

Officemax at least in my area has digital concepts memory card readers for $10 - $10MIR = Free. I picked up one of the SD readers. They are single type memory readers and USB 1.1 not 2.0. But free is free. This is while supplies last and I had to ask at the counter for them, they didn't have...
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- Post #31
- Dec 30, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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SD 128mb Lexar card for only $23 at Wal-Mart

I didn't see any at walmart in Eddystone, PA Store #2830. Looked all around photo/electronics section and no sign of them or a display for them. Anybody that can still get these want to ship?
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- Post #46
- Dec 28, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Flash Memory Thread (USB 1.1, USB 2.0, CompactFlash, SecureDigital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Pro Duo

I've heard Sandisk bashed in some reviews/forums but others say they have no problems, YMMV. Compusa has the Lexar 256MB SD for $59.99 (no rebates required) through 12/24 Note this is _not_ the high speed stuff 32x It is lexar Model number SD256-231 Compusa sku 295710 It is linked above in the...
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- Post #30
- Dec 22, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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(Dead) Cendyne "48x12x48" (LiteOn) & 50 CDRs & Cases for $29.98" or "$24.99 AR & AC at OfficeMax

If you first do the submission online it prints out a form and the zip code is the corrected one.
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- Post #154
- Sep 11, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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(Dead) At OfficeMax, Cendyne "40x12x48" (LiteOns upgrade to 48x) for "$5.00" AR & AC (limited areas or Phone order)

Check the forums over at cdfreaks.com. Do a search for mtkflash, which is the dos based program used to upgrade/downgrade the drives.
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- Post #81
- Sep 6, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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(Dead) Various 40x12x48 CDRW for $19.99 0r "FREE" AR & AC w/free CD Player at OfficeMax (in limited area) or by phone.

Memphis, Tennesse State College, PA The new ads are up now so the links point to next weeks ads and not this weeks ads. So I can't give you a link.
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- Post #93
- Sep 6, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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(Dead) Various 40x12x48 CDRW for $19.99 0r "FREE" AR & AC w/free CD Player at OfficeMax (in limited area) or by phone.

For those of you looking for an ad that is closer than memphis, here is a list of the markets where I found the deal advertised. The market code (I assume that is what it stands for) is the code listed after the mkt= in the url of the ad page. AA, AB, AC, BA, BB, BC, CA, CB, CC, DA, DB, DC By...
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- Post #62
- Sep 2, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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(Dead) At OfficeMax, Cendyne "40x12x48" (LiteOns upgrade to 48x) for "$5.00" AR & AC (limited areas or Phone order)

I went back to the store with a printout of the deal list from officemax's site. They processed the pricematch as a return and resale of the product. I'm not sure how this will affect the rebates since I already sent in the original UPC and Serial number. But I got my $20 (originally bought...
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- Post #79
- Sep 2, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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(Dead) At OfficeMax, Cendyne "40x12x48" (LiteOns upgrade to 48x) for "$7.49" AR, coupon & PM w/Staples

Well I picked one up at the store. It is a verbatim. You would never know this is a liteon. This front bezel has verbatim on it. The sticker on the top of the drive lists verbatim VBT401248A. There isn't even an FCC ID listed on it. Though I think it is PPQWR1003. The verbatim on the bezel...
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- Post #49
- Aug 22, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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(Dead) At OfficeMax, Cendyne "40x12x48" (LiteOns upgrade to 48x) for "$7.49" AR, coupon & PM w/Staples

Cool! I just got my online pricematch request back. Approved ;) Now all I have to do is order it and then e-mail them with my order number. I requested it monday night after my local store was out. I think I am going to check another semi-local store tonight. I called them last night and they...
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- Post #47
- Aug 21, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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(Dead) Cendyne "48x12x48" (LiteOn) & 50 CDRs & Cases for $29.98" or "$24.99 AR & AC at OfficeMax

Just noticed the following: For the cendyne 48x12x48x CDICD00118 Staples.com $129.99 Officemax.com $79.99 ($109.99 - $30 IR) For the cendyne 40x12x48x CDICD00117 Staples.com $79.98 Officemax.com $129.99 So it seems staples and officemax have it switched? The $79.98 would seem to indicate...
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- Post #134
- Aug 19, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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(Dead) FREE! or $4.99 CenDyne 32x12x40 AR & coupon at Staples with PM (Updated)

I was just at two staples and I found either the VBT321240A or drives with a 12 digit serial and no model number. Anybody know what the no model number drives are? And are the Verbatim's rebadged Liteon 32123S or 32125W (overclockable)?
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- Post #291
- Aug 17, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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doing the happy dance!

Thought I'd never get to 1 million blocks... but I did! linky
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- Jun 20, 2002
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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RC5 benches on Dual athlon MP!!! Drool

<< I don't mean to burst anyones bubble, but.... <clipped for space> >> I think its your bubble that has been burst man... the Tyan board is a server solution designed for stuff like database and web servers or graphics workstations, where it will kick butt. And all server boards like that...
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- Post #14
- Jun 6, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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which firewall?

I just read that grc article on his semi-recent ddos experience. Afterwards, I installed zone alarm. I might check out tiny. I need to protect a win2k server at work that we use as a database server. Any suggestions for protecting the win2k server?
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- Post #37
- Jun 4, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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Cracking for TA??

<< I killed and ate the Fun Mod with some jellybeans and a little Chianti. AnandTech Mean Moderator >> Was he tasty? Burp! :o AnandTech Mean Moderator
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- Post #5
- Apr 19, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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RC5 - Win98 Service - Problems

No shared buffers... I originally had 2 win98 machines on our internal network running the client as a service. I installed it by copying the files to Program Files\Distributed.net and then running dnetc.exe -install from the command line. I did this because I wanted it to run even if no one...
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- Post #4
- Apr 18, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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RC5 - Win98 Service - Problems

Are there any known problems with running dnet as a service on 98 machines? Version 8010.463b. I was having problems like, the client initially showing up in the task list and then disappearing. I couldn't tell whether it was actually running or not from the logs. But I did know that my...
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- Thread
- Apr 18, 2001
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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Win2K - Logout or Lock?

Is there any difference in crack rate doing one or the other? If I am in the middle of something, I lock my computer. When I'm gone for work, I logout.
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- Thread
- Mar 23, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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TA.com Feedback Feature

dynamic... better design decision in my view even though there is a cost.
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- Post #5
- Mar 16, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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Did I miss some announcement, or is DNET not running stats again?

me too... And the run from the 12th looks low...
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- Post #2
- Mar 14, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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NO MORE NARZY!

My prayers are with you my brother :)
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- Post #26
- Mar 1, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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Please downgrade your d.net clients to v2.8010 or before

Doh!! I just upgraded them all :( At least the downgrade should be easy. Do I have to uninstall and reinstall the service on NT4/5 boxes?
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- Post #26
- Feb 25, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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Win2k Pro to Win2k Advanced Server - 200kkeys better on a 558MHz P3

You really had to change settings? I just installed it and it worked... so I installed it as a service.
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- Post #3
- Feb 20, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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/me got laid off this morning :(

When I first read the post title, I missed the 'off' part. Sorry to hear of your pain (I mean the lost blocks)... a couple guys (programmers) that I know got laid off too, consulting contracts didn't go through... Tech sector is tightening the belt... Could have a positive purging effect...
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- Post #13
- Feb 20, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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can my fullstats match dnet?

yes that was what I was asking... I hit 100K at dnet, but the ta proxy only shows like 91K. I just wanted to see if they could approximately match. Looks like it is too much trouble.
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- Post #5
- Feb 20, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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HELP! RC5 is playing up on me?! Or not?! Problem Solved. Now All I want To Do Is Join The Borg, HOW? And I Am Still A Newbie!

Well if you just installed it, you probably installed the v466 client. I noticed when I installed it the other day that sometimes the crunchometer (the ....10% thing) would not be updated and then all of the sudden it would update like 10-20%. I didn't happen consistently and may have only been...
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- Post #6
- Feb 20, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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Milestone Makers for 02-19-01!

:o aww shucks... thanks :)
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- Post #3
- Feb 20, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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can my fullstats match dnet?

Is there a way to get my fullstats to match what dnet has? I wasn't using the team anandtech proxy at first so there is a difference but all the blocks were cracked for team anandtech.
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- Thread
- Feb 19, 2001
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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NT Proxy

It is whatever proxy comes with IIS I think. viz, While I could run a pproxy on a server that has a direct internet connection, I didn't want to go through figuring that out. According to dnet, it is the last in a list of suggestions. I was trying the first, attempting to use the client so...
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- Post #4
- Feb 17, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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nt

You might want to check the work preference of your client. Make sure you are doing what project(s) you want. To do only RC5 you change the work preference string to RC5,OGR=0,DES=0,CSC=0 To do only OGR you change the work preference string to OGR,RC5=0,DES=0,CSC=0 To do RC5, then OGR when you...
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- Post #19
- Feb 16, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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NT Proxy

How do you configure the NT4 proxy to allow connections on port 2064? I went into winsock proxy and added a new item to allow outbound connections on port 2064 (TCP). I didn't put anything in the subsequent connection list. Dnetc seems to connect fine, but only after complaining it couldn't...
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- Thread
- Feb 16, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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RC5 crackbox give away!

I really shouldn't win... there is no good reason why I am a better choice than anyone else... But I really want it. Does that help? I've assimilated all the computers I can right now and I've hit a brick wall... I need the assimilation fix... please can you hook me up? Seriously, I'd just...
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- Post #4
- Feb 16, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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MEGA FLUSH at Mika's proxy ?

Maybe the stats server was hacked too? Worth a look?
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- Post #26
- Feb 13, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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MEGA FLUSH at Mika's proxy ?

Did anybody see http://www.anandtech.com It was hacked by smokedcrew?
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- Post #24
- Feb 13, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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MEGA FLUSH at Mika's proxy ?

Glad to know I'm not alone...
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- Post #22
- Feb 13, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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Try again

When I started college for my BS in Computer Science (Software Engineer) there were @50 CS majors. After the first class, 25. At graduation, 8. Most couldn't hack it and switched majors. So 'playing' around with code is harder than it looks ;) I'll drop it now...
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- Post #26
- Feb 11, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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Try again

Hey take it easy on us software engineers ;) We work hard for our money too!
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- Post #23
- Feb 11, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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Dnetc.exe and Win9x log off problem

Put windows NT on the machine ;) I'm sorry I couldn't be more help than that. You might check out the FAQ at dnet.
- wrickard
- Post #2
- Jan 31, 2001
- Forum: Distributed Computing

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