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Bought it. Just a Sigma 170-500; 6.3 is as quick as it gets, and sharp it isn't. Autofocus is pretty slow, too. But used from B&H, the price was right (<$600, IIRC). Of course, now I'm tempted to get a good Canon "L" telephoto. But that would be crazy with the other expenses I'm considering at...

This guy wouldn't hold still. I need a lot more practice hand-shooting @ 500mm.

I'm thinking 110cm wide, 50cm deep, and 60cm tall in an ice chest layout (side table? bench seat?)

How much money? $200 for a normal mini-fridge, maybe $1k if I decided to really go for a sweet custom job (depends on how geeky it could be). If the geek/interest factor was high enough, building one might be quite fun. 120v AC would be the only needed input.

No, you could very well be right. Just the impression I got from the post, that's all.

This one looks promising.

I doubt Merc's issues were with the image quality. For me, I'm happy with about 1:300, pleased with 1:1000, proud of exactly 5 so far (out of 40,000+?)

JTR: I remember you building a box that was capable of getting much colder, but can't find the links anywhere.

Looking for something for my office. As part of my efforts to eat cheaper/healthier, I want to put a fridge in my office. It doesn't need to be big, and if it could double as a side table, that would be awesome. 1. Good: A real thermostat and the ability to run at 38F (3C). 2. Silent: Really...

I didn't say it was a good reason, just that what I said is the reason. You won't see my name on the bid sheet ;)

My wife is teaching these days, and some of the other teachers are driving 2 hours each way twice a week to teach a 4 hour class. I hope the money is good.

It isn't released yet. You won't be able to buy one for quite a while (in computer terms, at least). The owner of that card will have the fastest system outside development labs for some time.

I got that e-mail as well, but I also got one Sunday mentioning the auction and saying it was binding, etc.

One of them is bolted to the wall and 7 feet tall, but the real beast lives quietly in an Antec P-183 Chassis under my desk. Doesn't seem like much until you try to lift it ;)

I don't want it that badly...

or "somebody besides M$ charging for a real desktop OS"?

That is what you get for having a cool handle. Mine is so far from anything cool (or even common) that it is fairly unique.

Adobe requiring a download assistant plug-in to then be able to download Flash is really lame. There used to be a way around it, so I could just get an executable, but I can't find it now.

The Grados are nice. I really don't like headphones, so much so that I have put some time into soundproofing my office so I can turn my music up during the day, but these probably make the clearest sound of any stereo I own.

I don't get any like that from the Egg, and I always have crap in my cart...

Excellent.

I'm sure the software had a GUI ;)

Corporate docs? You bet. How about contracts from clients or vendors? How about PDFs that I created and that have been stored on the file server (where other potentially infected computers have read/write access)?

Certainly not restore. That is absolutely impossible. But replace with something acceptably similar (or even just plausible) should be possible.

I would consider any PDF I did not create to be potentially dodgy. Considering the purpose of the format is to easily transport and exchange information, dealing with dodgy PDFs kinda comes with the territory.

You haven't met him, he's a hottie ;) (j/k, Greg)

If that was Amazon, at least you didn't get porn in the recommendation list. I did, and I've never ordered (or even browsed for) porn from amazon.

You haven't met my desktop computer ;)

You're missing an important part in that argument. The JPEG spec does not specify that code should be executable, therefore ignoring executable code is still a legit implementation.

IE5 on 2k is like running around a dark alley with your pants down. Unsustainable is the best word I could think of for it, running a business without the latest updates, patches, and protection is reckless.

The Chinese still have a problem with anything where QC is important, or not using carcinogens is important. I wonder how long it will take them on their accelerated timetable to get over these issues.

The last three machines I've cleaned didn't have antivirus. I'd say it certainly helps.

I suspect that they mean the southbridge when they say "this". But having only a 4x PCIe connect between 10 SATA/SAS 6Gbps ports and the CPU seems fairly lame.

I just gave ESET another $2200 today, money well spent ;)

Even the shop workers and janitor understand that spending $500 every 5 years is not unreasonable. For the really old hardware, I won't connect it to the internet. I'll stick XP and an old copy of Quickbooks or other on it, but that is it.

Ran into a nasty variant last night. Had to rename the file, run the registry patch, run combofix and malwarebytes from safe mode, then manually delete the folders before reboot.

I haven't been to a retail computer store in a long time. Occasionally it sucks, but at the same time I can (nearly) always get exactly what I want. No need to compromise on make model or anything else to accommodate their inventory.

I read that the last time this volcano erupted (~200 years ago), it went on for 2 years. People are sounding awfully optimistic considering.

You'd probably break it, anyway. ;)

The 5970 has internal Crossfire, but you can also run a pair of them in crossfire, resulting in 4 GPUs. Useful for resolutions in the 5000x2000 range. A pair would fit on my current board, but I would likely get one of these to go with one of these and a pair of these. Otherwise I can't fit this...

XMarks now supports "open tab sync". I suspect that Merc will find this useful.

They rent the gimbal heads as well ;)

I've been reading tons on the site, very interested. Mainly I enjoy the humor in every bit of text on the site. Review on the 400/2.8

They have an GigaPan Epic Pro available...so tempting. Lunar, what is the longest lens you have shot with on yours?

Nice. Cheaper, too.

BorrowLenses doesn't look awful. I stuck a sample in my cart: 1D MkIV 200/1.8 Gitzo G-1410 Gimbal Tripod Head Quick Release Plate $627 for all that for the weekend? Not a bad deal, and the price per day falls of dramatically as you approach a week.

Still no sign of the 5970 E6 cards....has the Canadian dollar devalued this much?

I think the Slashdot commenters nailed it; a phone lost in a bar, magically found by a tech review site? This was a leak, either by Apple or by some insider.

It was a joke...sorry.

There are issues with doing that, like accidentally deleting a post that a forum member had replied to.