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This did the trick. I don't know what was going on with the hard drive, but the new version installed just fine from USB after I did this and let it run. Thanks!

I can't remember the last time I went over ISO 400, most are at 100, so that isn't the source of my noise. Some of these are long exposures (10s-30s) but I'm getting some noise in the gradation of the sky that is annoying me. I'll try and find some samples. I have a 10-22 that is still...

I don't think I'm willing to step away from Canon at this point. I'm too comfortable with the tools, interface, and product lineup at the moment. I'm currently reconsidering a T1i and a 17-40L. That lens should be up for 15MP, and the crop body means the corners don't have to be as nice. I would...

I got a VCR/DVD-R thingy last week. The dubbing feature works well.

Tried 8.10 from CD (what it had before) and it is throwing errors of some kind. Is there any part of the drive that isn't wiped during the install? How would I do so?

Good find. Too bad there is no X18-E for my netbook ;)

People don't like that here, either. I have fiber running from the office to my house; my home office is on the main office LAN. It takes as long to walk from my house to the boss' office as it does from my office in the west wing. There is absolutely no reason why I can't work from home all the...

The sound works fine. The only thing I used that didn't work is the WLAN indicator light. The switch still worked to turn on and off the wireless, but the little LED didn't work. No biggie.

I go to work one way or the other, I just lock my door, put a note on it, and don't see anyone. I work everything through the phone and remote desktop. Just another way to remind people that I don't actually need to be present more than 5 hours a week.

Not a bad idea, as soon as I get to the office I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

That is the part I was enjoying, actually :p

I've heard several times that cheap macro lenses have high quality (was it Tannin that said it?). What is the deal there? That pano is great, lots of detail and fun to explore. What hardware/settings/software did you use?

I believe in good optics, I'm just not sure that a $700 L lens isn't up to the task. I am a big fan of panos, but I've shot most of them with a 35/2 on a 1.6-crop body. That would be 21-ish with a FF sensor, and I'm still wishing for a little more from time to time. Quite a few of my shots have...

To be fair, it isn't like Microsoft products don't have critical security issues that aren't fixed for at least six months, they just keep their mouths shut about it.

Unfortunately, the BIOS has no settings whatsoever beyond time and boot order. I had previous versions of Ubuntu installed on here fine, and once it is running from the stick it sees the drive and all it's contents. Really weird.

An interesting point. Is this doing the human-human thing? Or just directly from animals?

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda1 Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device...

Haven't tried it. That is a command for the console, yes? I think it should be /dev/sda in my case? GParted shows the partitions as sda1 and sda2.

I'm thinking maybe a damaged MBR? How would I fix that?

I've done a whole bunch of Googling on this, but I'm afraid I don't know enough about my issue to help myself. Acer Aspire One Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix, USB install Imaged the USB stick, boots off the stick fine. Ran install both from the stick and from the desktop, told to use entire disk...

I don't think anyone here is particularly pro-Adobe. We just accept it as a necessary evil, like Microsoft (but worse).

I only have 4 folders, with about 6 subfolders each.

I have the menu bar, address bar, and the bookmarks toolbar on the same row, even at 1024x600. I just wish the tabs could be smaller.

Crap, another post gone (my fault) Thanks Lunar for the writeup. I've read it quite a few times, and have a few questions. 1. Can you show or link to an image that is lens limited? I understand the concept that the lens is not capable of treating all the pixels properly, but I don't know what...

We have a single full-time guy who cleans the office. I gave him an iPod I won in some auction for Christmas. I now get the deluxe treatment.

I appreciate the thought. Whenever you have time.

This has worked well for me, the middle shot of a 3-round burst (no shutter press or release) gives me quite a bit more stability. Great posts by Lunar, Uda, P5, e-dawg, and Tannin.

The women freak out about hygiene, so they aren't a problem. The guys get the computers so physically dirty that they clean them themselves.

Also don't forget that rule is for FF cameras, so if you have a crop sensor, you need it to be faster.

Well, the flu already moved to CA.

I am certain that my gear is not the limiting factor, but I likes me some toys. I have always been averse to getting non-Canon lenses for my Canon camera, but perhaps I need to shake that? Trying to get some different compositional stuff going, and some more color. I think I am happiest with...

I'll certainly get those on my Acer once I get the new Ubuntu 9.04 NBR on it.

Not sure about the others, but I read everything on the site. Toolbox or not...

Just to show I'm not alone in my craziness.

I'd probably do balloons before kites. Something that inherently wants to stay up.

What do the pros do? Well, I am on my way to a PPL, and my boss' R44 is parked about 300 yards from my desk ;)

I don't think that is my problem. Half my lenses are primes, and my "walk around" set is 5 lenses. I'm also more than happy to walk around with only 2 primes (35/2 and 50/1.8 ). I can deal with limited lengths to get better glass. So what are the lenses you would suggest at the wide end? I...

These are just regular APCs. So probably the cheapest there are. Probably not a best/recommended practice, but I do it anyway.

Just started the pork chops marinating for tomorrow night. ;)

It is the only way I can think of to know where a camera is pointing when it is flying 50' overhead. Even if the live view is 2fps, at least I know about where it is pointing.

Ahh...got it. Never really looked at them that small. I'll see what I can do.

I still haven't figured out an effective NOT argument to put in the search to dump the sellers. I've ended up putting most of them in my exclude filter.

There are plenty of ways to kill a drive using these enclosures, but nearly all of them involve user error. Pulling the drive too fast, formatting the wrong drive, etc. I wouldn't worry about that so much, so long as you are careful.

That is great.

There was some variation in the grass, and the clouds were throwing shadows on the hills, but I don't see what you are looking at? The number of images stitched here is high enough that blotchy-ness should be avoided.

Works fine with me. What is better in the composition?

In an attempt to shake some of this, I went out looking for distinctly unnatural stuff to shoot. If the air is impacting things, perhaps my subjects should be closer? Perhaps not keeping the entire shot in focus? Something slightly less natural? Here is what I came up with...nope, still boring...

For my workbench I use one of these, with the power cable tapped directly from the PSU in my workstation.

Now the madness of getting a 5DII makes sense. Combining it with a WFT-E4A gives me complete remote control, including live view and focus, over WiFi.

;)