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Nope. Either I don't need performance and capacity (Vertex) or I do (Z-Drive). I don't bother with the middle ground that much.

Why am I so surprised that Tannin knows about military hardware?

Sounds dead to me, too. The controller is working, but there is nobody home.

Didn't know that, Merc. I never bought their stuff before the Vertex, but once they had something that no one else did, I became a regular customer of their drives. I still don't buy their RAM or PSUs, but the Vertex has been stellar.

Get Data Back does all the same tricks as those, plus a few more.

Interesting, I always positioned my tower-style heatsinks directing the airflow upwards, towards the top fan in the P18x. It seemed to do a better job of pulling air from the GPU area, which drew it's air from the front then made better use of any convection to get out of the chassis. I haven't...

I might just be lucky, but it is getting much easier to convince people to fork over the cash for NBD onsite service for laptops. Of course, Dell spells out that their "NBD Onsite" plan may involve spending several hours on the phone with you troubleshooting it first, then sending the parts to...

From an NPR program, they said the average lifespan of a phone is 18 months. I'm sure in Silicon Valley it's closer to 6 months.

I've never tried to pronounce it...wouldn't it just be spelled out?

I don't have the keys yet; I haven't even signed over the money, so it isn't mine. But fingers crossed, should be within a month. And thanks ;)

Been in business for 10 years. Make their own RAM (among other things), and market their own products. In my mind, that puts them in the same pile as Micron and Crucial. They don't make their own drive controllers, so Samsung and Intel have a step up there, but I would put them above quite a...

In my experience, if it is file system related, GDB works great. If it is anything else, you are hosed regardless.

Looks like I have a month to close escrow on a house...let the stress begin! ;)

5kW of fuel cell? Don't those run at like 1000C? My guess is, retail, $50k. It would be interesting as a baseline power source to back up 15-20kW of solar.

I think we are talking at slightly cross points here. I do understand that presently quite a few UAVs are hand-flown, and that direct control of them during combat is the norm. But think about this: If we were to drop JSF right now and put the money that hasn't been spent yet into UAVs, where...

XP is good for at least 4 cores, but 7 is still the right choice. You don't want to be doing this very often.

Almost. The same folks at Stanford (still supported by Audi) that won the DARPA challenges will be running an Audi TT up Pikes Peak at full racing speed, but without a pilot of any kind. The car will pilot itself based solely on GPS data and other inertial sensors. Video Link

The F-111 and the B-1 used to be incredible aircraft. This particular role is something AU needs more than pretty much anyone else (except for Russia). Perhaps developing something in-house based on the -111 tech would be a better solution?

What is with all the OCZ hate? "Reputable manufacturer"? Who here has lost an OCZ drive? "Stable Future"? Anyone know anything I don't?

Trying this out now. It seems to be a little faster, but I still can't seem to get over 2.5x with my internal SATA BR drive (LG).

I like motorsports, with rallying being my favorite. Pike's peak is awesome on many levels, but this is the best video I have seen on it to date. It is also the highest quality 1080P I've seen on youtube.

Just a bit overkill for your build ;) I've often been tempted to build a watercooled rig, just for the geekery of it. But really, watercooling is designed to get you better clock speeds. I've generally found it cheaper just to buy the faster chip (if such a thing exists).

Looks good to me.

I would disagree with you there. The Apache or A-10 pilot has quite a few additional tasks to perform (flying the plane) and more things on their mind (not dying). The amount of information at your disposal sitting in a trailer is also significantly higher, and your ability to change your...

Thrust vectoring + forward canards = awesome.

Why are we even designing aircraft with a cockpit at all? Better alternatives already exist. If you were on the ground, would you prefer an Apache, A-10, or 10 UAVs circling? This is one of the main reasons I like small government. The larger it (and it's projects) are, the slower it/they move...

Nah, just let someone know where you are going, and keep a flare gun handy for the rescue aircraft ;)

Can't stress this enough, but at the moment I can only dream...

Because it means you have less migrations to do? Going to 7 now means you won't need to test against another OS for many, many years. I assume you are coming off of 2000 now that it has EOL'd?

I have a blackberry, and I can verify that it sucks at everything, including e-mail, if it weren't for Google's mail app and their mail service on the backend. Blackberry Enterprise Manager is a ridiculous cost to pay for something that is free through other means. Every time I think back to...

My argument for HD would be that, at the top levels of competition, that level of detail may be necessary to differentiate two competitors.

I think you're missing an appreciation for physical capabilities, Merc. I don't have a favorite team or athlete, but I do enjoy watching the best at something push the limits of what is possible. Whether that is strength, dexterity, speed, accuracy, or engineering capability, is a pretty strong...

Not on the bleeding edge ;) You guys keep saying it is expensive, when it is $100 less than the C300. That is a good deal. It also ships with a 3 year warranty, so I don't know what all this talk about reliability is about.

That is indeed a beast.

Interesting tip Stereodude.

You can get a cheap 3U rackmount for about the same price, that will fit no problem.

Now you're cooking with gas ;)

Good review Stereodude. Reconsidering eSATA to get that kind of speed.

I'm in the market for an external BR reader for ripping disks. eSATA length limitations (2m) would make things inconvenient, and nothing short of USB3 will be fast enough to not be a bottleneck. I have eSATA, USB 3.0 and Firewire (1394a) available, and would love to run it about 9 feet. Has...

Are they bothering you in some way? I'm watching about an hour a day...different sports.

Thanks to the GPU computing, I suspect that there will be something equivalent from here on out.

My only complaint is removing multiple drives; it only lets you remove one drive at a time. This means that the data on that drive is re-balanced to all the remaining drives (including others you plan to remove), extending the process considerably. Considering the shares aren't available during...

I'm loving Windows Home Server. I hadn't played with it at all, but just built one for the house and it is awesome. The workstation backup/restore functionality is easier than anything else I've seen. Even traditionally complex tasks, like adding (or, even worse, subtracting) drives from the...

They said they would keep some for warranty replacement. But then again, if it fails in a year, I'm sure they will have something equivalent to give you.

Yup. I could have a dual-port GbE NIC that is 4x, a pair of 8x RAID cards, and then a bunch of ATI video cards for some Eyefinity multi-monitor madness! Or not...

Yup. That sucks...

My X25-E were very slim, but the X25-M G2s came with a plastic spacer screwed onto the top to make them as thick as the Vertex drives. I would measure, but I just sold them.

There are two standard thicknesses of 2.5" drive (IIRC, 9.5mm and 11mm). Even the Intel drives now ship with a spacer to make them conform to the more common, larger size.

Something kinda like this?

I was actually after one of those a while ago for a class.