Backing up DVD's are cool!
I have figured out how to backup all my (LEGAL) copies of DVD's I bought onto another dvd.  It's great.  I get full menus and everything.  sweetness.  I saw Count of Monte Cristo last night.  Not so bad!  it's actually a pretty decent flick.  The ending was a little weak, but the beginning has its brilliance.  I am quickly running out of hard drive space.  Each movie translates to about 4.7 gb of space needed.  I can barely fit 6 movies on my drive.
IBM drives are spooooooo notorious for premature e-cratulation.  It's almost given.  quit buying expensive crappy IBM drives fool!  
I'm going to Majic mountain this sunday with some of the fremont-ian pal-sians.  So any of you wants to meet some new folks are welcome to join us.  So far, it's Jason, Shibana, Gary, Kevin, and myself.
That is all...
Jael