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Wait, it's 11PM on the night before I get married...why am I camping the forums? 'night all!

So the Logitech Fusion and Skype? I'll have to get some and try them out before I make the recommendation. Thanks for the info.

I'm getting a bunch of requests about webcams and simple software. People want to talk to grandma or the grand kids. I'm hoping for recommendations on the best cheap cameras (under $50), and the simplest software to use. I have never done it, so I'm hoping someone here has. Thanks.

He also has some 50Ds, but I'm looking forward to playing with the 5DIIs. And he isn't a pro, just a (fairly rich) friend.

We'll see if my $13k UPS shipment arrives today.

All the stuff was from my home office, so it was deducted already. I'm the one that manages the inventory system, and my stuff isn't tagged, so it's pretty clear.

I brought in pretty much my entire office; chair, monitors, stereo, art, even keyboard and mouse. I sold it to the other employees as me setting the precedent that they, too, could bring in their own stuff.

The new software more closely integrates with the rest of their software (ESXi, Virtual Infrastructure, etc). And if you are using them, then using the VMWare converter was already happening.

Correction: My boss obviously knows how to have fun. ;)

Here is Gigabyte's board. Thanks for the tips on Vista optimization, I'll roll them out on future machines.

The Samsung is purely a staging area for backups. All the running VMs will be on the SSD, with scheduled clones to the Samsung at night. This is part of a successful backup strategy I've used for a while. Every machine backs itself up to a local store during the "maintenance window" at night*...

All great comments, Coug. And by the time I get aproval for this project (another month or so), Gigabyte will likely have a motherboard that supports i7. In the meantime, this can be a price placeholder. I picked the twelve hundred because of airflow and looks; I'm tempted to get the skeleton...

It is for entertainment. There will be at least two of these, and you can race against your friends.

Here is my current worksheet with parts and links. Something similar to this is being sold as a package for $25k+. This doesn't include the frame for everything. Fortunatly, I have a fab shop at my disposal ;)

Video on DSLR is an afterthought, but a rig like this seems to make it less kludgy. It is, of course, still video. And therefore not what I am interested in. But it doesn't seem specifically worse than any other 1080P video camera.

A friend who will be shooting my wedding Saturday will be doing so with some 5DIIs. I'm almost looking forward to playing with them more than the wedding. ;)

Thanks for the info. It looks like the product I'm looking to beat uses the TripleHead2Go, as their supported product list is identical. I consider the lost resolution unacceptable, so I'll likely be going to a single 65" and calling it good.

If I had 3 52" 1080P screens in front of me, and I wanted games to play across all three (driving simulators specifically), what would it take? Is this only possible with software that is designed for it? Most gaming cards only have two outputs, would games support a pair of cards? Is ATI or...

Looking to consolidate our servers to a pair that could each handle everything in an emergency. I'm looking at these: TYAN B2933G14S2M 1U Barebone Server - Retail 2x AMD Opteron 2376 Shanghai 2.3GHz 45nm Socket F 75W Quad-Core Server Processor 8x Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM...

Thanks for the tip, blakerwry. The 223M is the most bad-ass surveillance camera I've seen yet.

I followed the link and started reading. My first thought was "this sounds like a press release"...check the headline...doh, too early. But a resolution of 6048 x 4032 would be pretty awesome.

I suspect it depends on your emergency room, or more specifically, your neighborhood. If there are a significant number of people without health insurance, they go into the emergency room for anything, so they get flooded with patients who don't pay, so the hospital stops putting resources into...

Nah, just mount another TV on the ceiling ;)

LOL

Then you have a network; unless the connection to your machine is USB. All you would need is a switch.

So you were going to be uploading via dial-up?

Kevin Smith is great, I don't know why I didn't hear about that one. Oh yeah, because I don't go to the movies...

The ones I linked to can really be that simple. You don't need a laptop at all. Plug the camera into power and the network, configure it to send directly to FTP via the web interface, and be done.

While I agree that those are some fine selections, they aren't really conversation starters.

UPS typically does alright for us, our usual driver is great. Of course, with that being the day after thanksgiving, it wasn't our usual driver. Here is the story. I called our vendor at around noon, asking for the tracking number and other info. It was being shipped directly from their depot...

Went to the movies once in the past year (Iron Man). And even that was just to pass the time before a dinner reservation. Most movies that the SO and I can agree on I can only watch if I'm allowed to vent. Venting usually involves pausing the movie 2-3 times to explain to her how stupid the...

In that case, any webcam will do. You are looking for a software solution. Actually, let me qualify. As I'm sure you are aware, the sensors and lenses on these things really suck. That is what you are looking for hardware-wise, and I don't know how to suggest you shop for it. I have many...

If you want the camera itself to have direct FTP capability, then you need something more advanced.

Stupid UPS was supposed to deliver between 7AM and 10AM, it is now past noon and no sign. I have no idea what I'll do if I don't get the machine they are supposed to deliver (emergency replacement for a $22k box at one of the plants).

Who is back at work today? I was here at 6:45AM :(

I haven't even started accumulating PTO yet; this is only my second month (90 days are "trial"). The whole company is vacation without pay from before Christmas til after new years.

I got in at 7AM because FedEx informed me that my package may arrive at 7, and the office doesn't officially open until 8. The receptionist didn't show until 9, the package arrived at 9:05. I'm glad I installed a gaming card in my work PC.

Nice link Merc.

They all get resold/redistributed. My home machine now holds the old SSDs, but because they are so small, that machine also has the Raptors as data drives. The 360GDs went out in workstations, and the Velociraptor (that was only in my machine for 2 weeks) got put in my boss' machine.

I know it makes fiscal sense, but I can't bring myself to do it. Too eco-unfriendly. I don't even recycle my cans, but something about tossing a printer when it is designed to be reusable is just too much.

The only reason I can see for such a device is getting 30-40 people someplace that takes 2-3 hours to drive. Farther and you should get a private jet, closer and there is no point in this amount of comfort.

Nope. The X-25M is all I need*. my next big purchase (after the wedding and honeymoon) will be a car or a 5DII. *need, in this case, meaning "could possibly appreciate". I'm sure the Velociraptor was fine, as were the 3x 1st Gen SSDs before them, and the 2x 740GDs before them, and the 4x 360GDs...

I'm sure many people have gotten good deals with MIRs, but I've never bothered, and simply calculate the cost without factoring it in. If they want to sell it to me for less, they can sell it for less.

World's largest limo (based in SoCal, of course)

That is the plan. Whatever I end up getting to replace the 10-22 for FF duty will be a prime (possibly two). I'm actually getting quite used to framing/walking as needed with a prime as opposed to zooming to everything. Walking around while looking at something tends to yield better results.

He campaigned on how much money he brought to the state. Not how much they needed, or what use that money was. If all you want from the feds is money, someone like him is who you want getting it for you. Further, his seniority alone guarantees that the new guy won't be able to do as much.

That is the first thing I use the Customize Google plug-in to strip out.

My monitor had a switch that went between amber and green. I remember changing my mind every few minutes as a form of procrastination.

I like the stock theme, very close to here, actually.

Also, 200MB/s is not "close" to saturating a 300MB/s link.