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I think I can get rid of a lot of the calculations. Again convert the compass bearings to vertices. transform the points so that one of them is at 0,0. Now compare the vertices to all the know patterns (stored as a set of vertices with one point at 0,0). If all the vertices match (or within...

I'm not positive, but I think this will work. Given the compass bearings, you need to calculate out the vertices and the center (so you can sequentially rotate it in small increments throughout the entire 360 degree range and recalculate the vertices) Then calculate standard error between each...

I don't like the idea of a watch with only a 7 day battery life. That being said, it certainly looks cool and is relatively inexpensive.

Anyone that wants a Camaro is merely a person that covets a Corvette in their heart.

C:\Windows\system32>tracert stereodude.net Tracing route to stereodude.net [97.71.18.96] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms READYSHARE [192.168.1.1] 2 7 ms 7 ms 8 ms 73.93.152.1 3 39 ms 19 ms 11 ms te-4-3-ur02.salem.or.bverton.comcast.net...

I would contend that experience teaching (as opposed to researching and publishing) actually matters. But then my background is from a small private liberal arts college (Willamette University). There were no TA's (The largest class I ever took had less than 30 students) and almost all of the...

The efficiency of a 1200W PS at 13W-40W is supposed to suck. Most PS seem to be at their highest efficiency at 50% max and drop off on both sides. A high efficiency PS will drop off less but nothing will do well at this extreme. You need a low power PS to operate efficiently at 13W-40W.

If people here are trying to defend it as a normal variation of the human condition, then like the Tea Party it must be that I'm stupid and ignorant.

Am I just stupid, or have you, and them, graduated to genius because you are now officially beyond my comprehension. My Little Pony:Friendship is Magic seems to be many levels beyond the generic of liking unicorns and beyond even that to perhaps the land of psychosis. Not trying to be...

I looked up a formula-vee. Really, you believe that that is competative to the Atom? They are limited to a 40HP Voltswagen Beetle engine and transmission. They allow them to be modified, but still you will never be able to modify it enough to get 300HP...

Yeah, but at $160K, I'd go for the old one at $30K-$40K even though it is significantly slower (2.3 seconds for the 0-60 vs. 2.8 seconds for the 0-60). You really are much closer to "super car" pricing even though you aren't quite at the $500K-$1M yet. I agree that that 1/2 second will really...

Sat. Matinee's are kiddie days. If you respect the movie, pick another time unless you have some children to take with you for then it doesn't matter.

If you want to race, on a track, get yourself an Ariel Atom. Top gear's review of the Atom. Pretty much a motor in a roll cage. Really quite inexpensive for the performance level at $30,000-$40,000. but then it isn't a Mustang and you wont get that fabulous stereo. Imagine putting That Ford...

This is the Mustang that you really should have reviewed: Shelby GT500 Mustang. You reviewed the bottom-end wimp Mustang and complained of lack of torque. Well, this one won't be torqueless with 662HP and 631 Lb-Ft of torque. It will cost a bit more though and isn't likely to be avail from Hertz

When I was younger, I bicycled a lot and had several bicycles stolen. I had one stolen, when I was in a park reading right beside it. Someone just walked up and got on and rode off, before I could stop him. Next, I had one locked up on a bike rack while I was in a mall. I came out to find...

I wouldn't have done that! You have a relatively valuable car and by destroying the interior you likely killed its resale value, unless you can redo it very well and that's going to be expensive to do. I would have gotten a better bike carrier or bought a trailer and simply attached a hitch as...

I wouldn't guess, and I'd be conservative and not combine those two unless I could test it first. If you can't pre-test it (or get someone with experience that has done it before), then get something else where there is no doubt of them fitting. Don't forget that you are dealing with semi-non...

A rear projection HDTV? If you need it viewable from two sides then two of them back to back.

I'm sorry, but I'm old-school: The Avengers has Mr. Steed and Mrs. Peel and absolutely nothing to do with comic books. I suppose porn has a place in this world but then I'm old-school and a romantic. I want some emotions with my sex...

I have to admit that Googles usage rights to anything posted gives me extreme pause. Microsoft's Skydrive seems to be much better, in that light. From their history, I'm not a big fan of putting anything of value within reach of Microsoft's paws. But that is old history... Encryption...

Google drive seems to be a useful service to use to exchange data to others or as a backup. Of course, because it is out there under someone else's control security is limited. Currently I use 1GB of web space for each email account (I have 6) from Comcast to exchange files externally. This...

I agree, backup, format & re-install once Windows stops working normally.

How-to remove windshield pitting

Seattle windshield pitting epidemic

I personally haven't seen that effect on any windshield I've owned with more than 25K miles. Perhaps it is a local condition or the speed you habitually travel but it isn't occurring to me. However, if it ever does I'll take you up on your offer to replace it since it bothers you so much. :wink:

The only time I've ever had anything like a chip in my windshield, I was driving on the interstate and suddenly there was a very loud bang on the order of magnitude of a gunshot. Very startling! Something hit the windshield directly in the center of the driver side hard enough that it put a...

Can't say I've ever been bothered, in person. They do call and that is plenty enough annoying but not nearly as annoying as my daily "There's nothing wrong with your credit card but it is urgent that you contact us..."

I got my A+, Server+ and Network+ before the expire policy. I'm grandfathered in... I know nothing about their storage+ cert.

Small drive for OS; two big mirrored drives for data; external backup. Keep at least one spare small drive in inventory just in case of system drive failure. For a file server, I think it should be mandatory to separate the OS from data. Depending on allowable down-time for recovery, it may...

Aren't you one of the few that actually has the addresses for the active members?

Also: Another listing of stable BIOS settings.

After googling, you may find a stable config from one of these: List of stable BIOS setting for a lanparty NF4 but the amount of fiddle-factor may be high.

You have fast sticks and slow sticks so make sure the RAM bios settings (if you have the capability to change them) are manually set to the slowest speed allowable (rather than depend on Auto or the SPD values. i.e. DDR 333 (CAS 3-4-4-7). Also, you may consider trying to under-clock the RAM...

Intel introduces 910 Series PCIe SSD An enterprise level SSD 400-800GB in size using an 8x PCI-e slot getting up to 2GB/s using sequential reads or 180,000 IOPs for between $1,929. and $3,859. MSRP.

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From novice to guru status ain't going to happen in a week. I don't care how smart you are. P.S. Cisco switches (unlike their routers) are not that hard to deal with but you will undoubtedly need some time with one. Solaris is much more difficult to become a guru in.

It is all a matter of cost. A multi-stage process is going to cost extra...

I basically believe there is a place in our society for Best Buy. From the popularity of the local store, it would seem that an awful lot of people would seem to agree. I would just wish that it be a more ethical place.

I can't say that my opinion is any more valid than yours. I have never bought one directly from a manufacturer either. I view it as custom because it is being built to order by the manufacturer (regardless of whatever options are avail. or chosen) as opposed to what I would consider a normal...

You should have different SSID's for each (if your router can run two separate networks). If not, then do one at a time to see if it can see the 5Ghz signal.

As a side note, when I originally setup the devices I have them broadcast their SSID's. Once setup, I turnoff the broadcasting for security reasons, i.e. so that others can't see me. Most wireless receivers have a check-box that allows them to connect to a non-broadcasting SSID.

The receiving device has to be able to receive 5GHz signals. If it can, then you simply choose to connect to the specific SSID.

When ordering a custom car from the manufacturer, isn't it totally normal to have to buy at MSRP rather than being able to negotiate the price down? I rather view buying a car direct from the manufacturer as fundamentally different than buying from a dealer using their stock on hand (or what...

I think I'd buy the Samsung 830 in preference.

For my apt. there were numerous other nearby people using WiFi. I just manually went through all the channels to find what worked best. The auto selection in my router was not dynamic and did not select even close to the best. I wanted to test for the worst case scenario and found that...

Hitachi begins to ship Enterprise class 4TB HD with 5Y warranties You can bet that like all Ultrastar drives it will be expensive but where can you get 5Y warranties on HD's now? It will also be inevitable that they will soon be shipping 4TB Deskstars at a more consumer friendly price but...

I thought that as long as the socket was the same, the only change needed to the BIOS was to add the Xeon CPUID. Is there something I'm missing that is preventing all the manufacturers from adding appropriate Xeons universally?

I really don't buy much music anymore, but when I have it is on CD. I'm a little old fashioned in that way.

We really don't need this drama. If this continues, I can't imagine this ending well. Playing the blame game, is not helping the group. Everyone has their flaws and blind spots. Picking at them can only result in pain. The glue that has always kept everyone together has been trying to help...

Come on guys, play nice. There's no need to denigrate or otherwise put down a person here.