Erich Stauffer

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  • Stock Simulation Games; Fantasy Stocks

    Virtual Stock Exchange
    From Market Watch, a Dow Jones Company
    http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/Homepage.aspx

    Investopedia
    A Forbes Media Company
    http://simulator.investopedia.com/
    Interested in joining?  Send me an email to info@watershawl.com.

  • Fantasy Football 2007: Best Players Grouped by Team

    Top Teams:

    1. Colts
    2. Bengals
    3. New England
    4. San Diego
    5. New Orleans
    6. St. Louis
    7. Philadelphia
    8. Tennessee
    9. Seattle
    10. Detroit
    11. Dallas
    12. Carolina

    Worst Teams:

    1. Minnesota
    2. Oakland
    3. Atlanta

    Best Players Grouped by Team:

    Q: Peyton Manning
    WR: Marvin Harrison
    WR: Reggie Wayne
    WR: Anthony Gonzales
    RB: Joseph Addai
    TE: Dallas Clark
    K: Adam Vinatieri
    D: IND
    BY: 6

    Q: Carson Palmer
    WR: Chad Johnson
    WR: T.J. Houshmandzadeh
    RB: Rudi Johnson
    TE: Nate Lawrie
    TE: Reggie Kelly
    K: Shayne Graham
    D: CIN
    BY: 5

    Q: Tom Brady
    WR: Randy Moss
    WR: Donte’ Stallworth
    WR: Wes Welker
    RB: Laurence Maroney
    TE: Benjamin Watson
    K: Stephen Gostkowski
    D: NE
    BY: 10

    Q: Philip Rivers
    WR: Vincent Jackson
    RB: LaDainian Tomlinson
    RB: Michael Turner
    TE: Antonio Gates
    K: Nate Kaeding
    D: SD
    BY: 7

    Q: Drew Brees
    WR: Marques Colston
    WR: Devery Henderson
    RB: Reggie Bush
    RB: Deuce McAllister
    TE: Eric Johnson
    K: Olindo Mare
    D: NO
    BY: 4

    Q: Marc Bulger
    WR: Torry Holt
    WR: Isaac Bruce
    RB: Steven Jackson
    TE: Randy McMichael
    K: Jeff Wilkins
    D: StL
    BY: 9

    Q: Donovan McNabb
    WR: Reggie Brown
    WR: Kevin Curtis
    RB: Brian Westbrook
    TE: L.J. Smith
    K: David Akers
    D: Phi
    BY: 5

    Q: Vince Young
    WR: Eric Moulds
    WR: Brandon Jones
    RB: LenDale White
    RB: Chris Henry
    TE: Bo Scaife
    TE: Ben Troupe
    K: Rob Bironas
    D: Ten
    BY: 4

    Q: Matt Hasselbeck
    WR: Deion Branch
    WR: D.J. Hackett
    RB: Shaun Alexander
    TE: Marcus Pollard
    K: Josh Brown
    D: Sea
    BY: 8

    Q: Jon Kitna
    WR: Roy Williams
    WR: Calvin Johnson
    WR: Mike Furrey
    RB: Tatum Bell
    RB: Kevin Jones
    TE: Dan Campbell
    K: Jason Hanson
    D: Det
    BY: 6

    Q: Tony Romo
    WR: Terrell Owens
    WR: Terry Glenn
    RB: Marion Barber III
    RB: Julius Jones
    TE: Jason Witten
    K: Nick Folk
    D: Dal
    BY: 8

    Q: Jake Delhomme
    WR: Steve Smith
    WR: Dwayne Jarrett
    RB: DeAngelo Williams
    RB: DeShaun Foster
    TE: Jeff King
    K: John Kasay
    D: Car
    BY: 7

    Q: Matt Leinart
    WR: Larry Fitzgerald
    WR: Anquan Boldin
    RB: Edgerrin James
    TE: Michael Gaines
    K: Neil Rackers
    D: Ari
    BY: 8

    Q: Damon Huard
    Q: Brodie Croyle
    WR: Dwayne Bowe
    RB: Larry Johnson
    TE: Tony Gonzalez
    K: Justin Medlock
    D: KC
    BY: 8

    Q: Ben Roethlisberger
    WR: Hines Ward
    WR: Santonio Holmes
    RB: Willie Parker
    TE: Heath Miller
    K: Jeff Reed
    D: Pit
    BY: 6

    Q: Alex Smith
    WR: Darrell Jackson
    RB: Frank Gore
    TE: Vernon Davis
    K: Joe Nedney
    D: SF
    BY: 6

    Q: Jay Cutler
    WR: Javon Walker
    RB: Travis Henry
    TE: Tony Scheffler
    K: Jason Elam
    D: Den
    BY: 6

    Q: J.P. Losman
    WR: Lee Evans
    RB: Marshawn Lynch
    TE: Robert Royal
    TE: Ryan Neufeld
    K: Rian Lindell
    D: Buf
    BY: 6

    Q: Matt Schaub
    WR: Andre Johnson
    RB: Ahman Green
    TE: Owen Daniels
    K: Kris Brown
    D: Hou
    BY: 10

    Q: Brett Favre
    WR: Donald Driver
    RB: Brandon Jackson
    RB: Vernand Morency
    TE: Donald Lee
    TE: Joe Werner
    K: Dave Rayner
    D: GB
    BY: 7

    Q: Eli Manning
    WR: Plaxico Burress
    RB: Brandon Jacobs
    RB: Reuben Droughns
    TE: Jeremy Shockey
    K: Lawrence Tynes
    D: NYG
    BY: 9

    Q: Jason Campbell
    WR: Santana Moss
    RB: Clinton Portis
    RB: Ladell Betts
    TE: Chris Cooley
    K: John Hall
    D: Was
    BY: 4

    Q: Chad Pennington
    WR: Laveranues Coles
    WR: Jerricho Cotchery
    RB: Thomas Jones
    TE: Sean Ryan
    TE: Jason Pociask
    K: Mike Nugent
    D: NYJ
    BY: 10

    Q: Charlie Frye
    Q: Derek Anderson
    WR: Braylon Edwards
    RB: Jamal Lewis
    TE: Kellen Winslow
    K: Jesse Ainsworth
    K: Phil Dawson
    D: Cle
    BY: 7

    Q: Jeff Garcia
    WR: Joey Galloway
    RB: Carnell Williams
    TE: Jerramy Stevens
    K: Matt Bryant
    D: TB
    BY: 10

    Q: Trent Green
    WR: Chris Chambers
    WR: Ted Ginn Jr.
    RB: Ronnie Brown
    TE: David Martin
    K: Jay Feely
    D: Mia
    BY: 9

    Q: Rex Grossman
    WR: Bernard Berrian
    WR: Muhsin Muhammad
    WR: Devin Hester
    RB: Cedric Benson
    TE: Greg Olsen
    K: Robbie Gould
    D: Chi
    BY: 9

    Teams Not Listed by Group:

    Minnesota
    Oakland
    Atlanta

    Compiled by Erich on August 15, 2007.

  • How to Set Up a Wireless Router in a Dorm Room with LAN access

    Most dorm rooms have hi-speed ethernet or LAN access nowadays, but some students choose to broadcast that signal around their room with a wireless router.  However, simply plugging it into the wall like you plug it into your modem at home will not work. This is because you are actually plugging it into another router or switch, not a modem.  This means you'll need to use a crossover cable.

    Use a crossover cable to attach your wireless router to the plug in the wall .  This is a special ether net cable that connects the in's to the out's.  A normal or "patch" cable connects in's to in's and out's to out's.  A router connected to another router needs in's connected to out's to communicate.  That's just how its set up because computer NIC's (where it connects to your PC) is setup to connect to a router.

  • Fantasy Football 2007: How and When to Pick Players in Draft

    Fantasy Football is finally here again. Prepare your yourself with a draft strategy. I try to follow these rules:

    Round 1 and 2: Pick two running backs. These are the most rare and make the most points. There is usually only one or two Tier I running backs and five Tier II.

    Round 2 and 3: Pick two wide receivers. These are less rare, and make the second most points. There are usually three to five Tier I wide recievers and up to fifteen Tier II.

    Round 4 and 5: Pick two quarterbacks. Play this by ear. It depends on how many people are in your league. There are usually an abundance of Tier II players, but only two or three Tier I QBs. Quarterbacks are a solid staple of points each week and team is important. More on that later*.

    Round 7 through 10: Pick two tight ends and two defenses. There is normally only one Tier I tight end and they do not make that many points. There are normally two Tier I teams and they can either get a lot of points or nothing, making them less important.

    Round 11 through 13: Pick up a kicker.

    Round 14 through 15: Pick up another running back, wide receiver, and quarterback, in that order.

    *Most league owners / commissioners setup the league to increase points when a quarterback throws or passes to another person on your / their team. As much as you can, try to draft combos like this, which can give you a real point boost in the season. For example, if you draft a running back from the Colts, then you’d want to get the quarterback from the Colts, but consider that the quarterback from the Colts is number 1 and will probably go in the first round. This means that if given the choice, choose running backs with Tier II quarterbacks that you can pick up later. Same goes for wide receivers.

  • How does your home PC compare to these ol’ supercomputers?

    IBM Cluster (arapahoe, comanche, navaho, chief): 1992–1997: 26 megaflops
    CRAY 1-A: 1977–1989: 80 megaflops
    CRAY X-MP/48: 1986–1990: 55 megaflops per processor (220 megaflops for the whole computer)
    CRAY Y-MP8/864 (shavano): 1990–1997: 1 gigaflop
    CRAY C90 (antero): 1996–1999: 5.2 gigaflops
    The IBM SP RS/6000 (blackforest): 1999–2005: 237 gigaflops
    IBM p690 (bluesky): 2002–present: 8.32 teraflops

  • Cell Phone Vibrations VS. Ringtones; Why Does a Cell Phone Always Vibrate Before It Rings?

    Have you ever noticed, that when I a cell phone is set to vibrate and ring at the same time, that it will vibrate before it rings?  It could be that the electric signal inside the phone is sent at the same time, but since the vibration is mechanical, it happens immediately, but the ring tone has to be accessed from a drive which has read-times that are slower than than the vibration.  What do you think?  It seems to happen on all models.

  • Speed Up Your PC by Moving the Paging File and Print Spoolers to Another Drive

    This only works if you have another physical drive to move it to:

    Moving the Paging File

    1. In Control Panel, double-click System.
    2. Click the Advanced tab.
    3. Click Settings under Performance.
    4. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Change under Virtual Memory.
    5. Select the new drive that you want to use to store the paging file.
    6. Set Initial Size (MB) and Maximum size. For the initial size, Microsoft recommends that you use the recommended value in the Total Page File Size for All Drives box.
    7. Click Set, and then click OK twice.
    8. Click Restart Now.

    Moving the Default Spool Directory for All Printers

    This procedure applies a new default spool directory to all printers that are configured on this computer.

    1. In Control Panel, double-click Printers and Faxes.
    2. On the File menu, click Server Properties, and then click the Advanced tab.
    3. In the Spool Folder box, type the path that you want to use, and then click OK.

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314105

  • Unix 2038 Date Problem

    There is a Unix date problem!

    What?!

    In case you weren’t aware of the Unix 2038 problem, on Unix, 2038 will roll over to 1970 as things are currently set up. As Unix vendors move to support 64 bits, this problem will disappear.

    Why?

    UNIX stores time as seconds since January 1, 1970 (the 32 bit representation overflows in early 2038).

    When?

    Most 32bit Unix implementations will fail at 3:14:08 AM (GMT) on January 19, 2038.

    Oh!

    There’s that weirdness surrounding the leap-year-day in 2000. Fun stuff.

    hee hee.

    Oliver O. Fross

    Last Updated:06/19/2003 18:48:54

    Time Travelers

    John Titor, a time traveler from the future that visited us in the past, references the 2038 Unix date problem as his reason for traveling.

  • Cabling Conundrums – Megabit VS. Gigabit Ethernet Cables

    What’s the difference between Megabit (Cat 3-5) and Gigabit (Cat 5e-7) unsheilded twisted pair ethernet cabling?  It uses the same wires and the same connections, so why is it faster?
     
    It comes down to how tightly the wires are twisted.  The more twists, the less electromagnetic interference.  The less electromagnetic interference, the less packets get damaged.  The less packets get damaged, the less packets have to be resent.  The less packets that have to be resent, the faster the network can run.  One third of all network traffic is the header of the packet, one third is the contents, and one third is the footer.  If the header doesn’t match the footer, the packet is damaged and needs to be resent.  You can see how this would slow down the network (and speed it up without it).