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I don't mind them letting the ISOs go beyond what the sensor really should be doing, at least it gives me the option if I need that shot (social events, happy snaps, whatever). 20fps 1080p is more dumb, but again, allowing the options to max out the hardware isn't a bad thing. 20fps does get a...

The camera does look interesting, and if it allowed 5 shots, each 2 stops apart, for a total range from 4 stops darker to 4 stops lighter, I would buy it today. It would be easy, the new UI would make it easy to control, and no one else does it. WTF.

Not in the way that matters. It is all about latency now for most applications, and nothing with moving parts is even in the race. RAID level doesn't play a factor. Even 5400RPM drives can do 100MB/s.

Campaigning is not manipulating. If that is all we had to worry about in elections, I would feel much better.

I mentioned the Supermicro M28E1 here and other places. It looked like a great way to hold a bunch of 2.5" drives in a normal tower chassis. Due to my stupidity, I didn't RTFM until it got here. On page 3-5, at the bottom, it says the following: So it looks like they sell 2 versions of their...

I think that is the wrong link, uda.

That they are already handicapping based on time put in? It wasn't really a 1:1 since GPUs came in.

In the past I've ended up getting higher-res screens and running them at 1/4 resolution (1920x1200 into 960x600) that ends up pretty bright and very clear. Even bad pixels become less relevant ;)

Interesting article, though it doesn't really go into the "power user" level of detail. I've gotten interested in night photography, specifically of areas with light sources (airports, cities, etc) taken from above. I'm imagining that 6-8 stops of DR might be enough; I don't mind some highs and...

Wireless is nice when it is easy, but when problems arise, it quickly becomes black magic.

I've done it a couple times. On the firmware version I was using (some time ago), it actually mentioned having to cool the chip (case mod and heatsink) above a certain power setting. There were pictures, but I never bothered. The things are cheap enough that if it cooks in a year I'll get...

From the images I've been able to look at, it looks fairly normal. Just be sure you can change the setting to favor a single antenna, or you will need 3 directionals ;)

The antenna I suggested earlier would attach to the WMP54G, not the WRT150N. Getting the antenna out from behind the computer would be the biggest help, IMHO.

For some shots I have in mind, the typical -2,0,+2 AEB isn't going to be enough DR. Is there another way to get more exposures without resorting to manual adjustments? If I use a tethered laptop, is there some kind of scripting I can do? Stitching will also be involved, so I'd like to automate...

Yeah, I'll probably stick to the onboard controller. I don't have the slots available anyway.

Yup. When I was watching them as a kid, I got excited when an older B&W one came on. Now my parents have the whole DVD set. I haven't borrowed them yet.

Current Max is 300MB/s per channel. Depending on what RAID mode you want, you can get good RAID performance off the onboard for RAIDs 0, 1 and 10. I wouldn't bother with any of the stuff between that and the Areca/3Ware level. Once you go there, you can saturate an 8x PCI-E connection (2GB/s)...

It'll work just fine on an $800 rig, but I want it to work better. Still cheaper than a PPL and a 172.

If I got one more Velociraptor I could do a RAID-10 with a 4-port 7000-series 3Ware I have sitting around. IIRC, it does twin store. 300GB wouldn't be enough.

That is what I ended up doing. Hell you can get a 40" Samsung 1080P for less than a grand. I have the 42" as my primary display and it is one hell of a monitor.

That is what I ended up doing. Hell you can get a 40" Samsung 1080P for less than a grand. I have the 42" as my primary display and it is one hell of a monitor.

That is my experience as well, three drives seems to be the cut-off for the slotted-styrofoam treatment.

Thanks for the tips blakerwry. File overhead is significant, but I don't really care (other than potential performance impacts). I'm not downloading the whole earth, just the bits I like to fly over (my location, and the Italian Alps). When it is downloading, it does so on-demand while flying...

All it does is hold SATA drives (it can do more with SAS, but ignore that). Since all it does is hold the drives, the maximum speed is that of the drives, and whatever you plug them into.

That is why I download most of my TV from the BBC ;)

100+MB/s from a 5400RPM...who woulda thought. Very basic and not entirely related question: Lots of small files, copied in bulk, are copied sequentially, correct? As such, their transfer rate is closer to STR rather than seek limited, correct?

Most of the NPR shows I listen to have their own MP3 download.

No, I ordered something else (2.5" SATA hotswap enclosure) To prepare for the new SSDs I anticipate getting soon. Sorry to hear you are injured?

<shrug> I just ordered something there that I couldn't find anywhere else. It shipped the same day. I'll tell you if it arrives on Monday. Seems they are doing some of that Amazon "other vendors" thing. That is bound to get you crappy ratings and complaints. I only ordered from Buy.com directly.

Right here. For about the same price as we paid for the 32GB ;) Funny enough, I just closed Spacemonger after thinking the same thing. So am I going to buy your 32GB instead and RAID-0? Or the other way around?

Well said, and I would agree.

You don't really know whether it was damaged during shipping or during their crappy packaging. I would still go though Newegg.

My main workstation regularly runs for a month at a time. I only take it down to work on it, then it goes back up. Typically it has something going on; batch processing of images, a bunch of downloads, some torrenting, video compression, whatever, every night. JTR, just a thought. Check if Data...

Whoremongering FTW! :cheers:

Awesome. Thanks Mercutio.

Most of the time I'm on a laptop I'm traveling. Most of the time I'm traveling I'm working on photos. I'm hoping for some muscle and an SSD in my next laptop.

4k pr0n...I hope they are going for wider angles instead of close-ups. Nobody's body will hold up to that level of inspection...;)

That is a great guide as well. Mind if I send people in that direction?

Nice URL Merc.

Nice. Noticeable difference?

Let me know how that Vertex performs. I have 3 of the 250GB models in my shopping card right now.

That has always broken app installs for me. They still show up, but double-clicking them causes either a crash (Photoshop CS3) or a re-run of the setup program (Office 2003).

Based on that article, the only drive currently on the market, other than Intel, that doesn't suck, is the OCZ Vertex. Unfortunately, I would need at least 3 of the 250GB models to do what I want, and that is prohibitively expensive. I'll try implementing the Velociraptors that I have sitting...

There are writes, but they are few and far between at this point. Not sure the impact it would have.

Excellent (so far, I'm on page 8 ), recommended for anyone interested in SSDs.

If I were to get some SSDs for this, I take it the access pattern here would highlight the performance issues of the cheaper/larger MLC SSDs? So I would need the Intel ones, or something equally fast?

Thanks all. It is very unlikely that these files will be read sequentially. Based on the design of the file structure, it is virtually guaranteed to be 100% random across the drive.

I'm afraid an OS reinstall would require a reinstall of everything. Best of luck.

Wow, so you went straight into the deep end. Congrats.

With explorer crashing and fundamental parts of the OS not being accessible, I wouldn't waste more time digging; I would just start a re-install now. Of course, finding the culprit can be fun, but you are likely doing it the "hard way" from here on out.