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A couple time in the last few years I have suggested my clients get custom software. All I do it quote a ballpark price (last one was $300-500k) and offer to bring in a developer. I work with them as a project manager, but mostly stay out of the way.

We have a number of items that go in the field (it is a construction company). Because of this these tags will be embedded aluminum with some ridiculous adhesive. They have to be that big because it has been decided that they need to include "Property of..." and our phone number, as well as the...

I spend about 200 minutes a day commuting. It was always meant to be temporary; just until we found out if the relationship would work, and one of us could get a different job. It's been nearly 2 years now, and I drove ~78,000 miles last year (and am on track to beat that this year). This is not...

Oh well, that would have been too easy. I'll think on it for a bit.

The first thing I would do is stick it to the dick. Get one (or more) of those Intel SSDs and the fastest CPU you can get your hands on (IIRC, ACT isn't appreciably multithreaded) and see what that does.

I'm not a fan of wireless keyboards and mice either, but it is what it is. I do plan on tagging computers, monitors, and printers. Cell phones, cellular modems and PDAs are also part of my deal, but I'm not sure how to tag them (the tag is 3/4" x 2").

Does anyone have an opinion or recommendation about asset tags? How about a minimum value? LCD monitors are getting cheap enough that to track them would be a low threshold, but I don't want to be tracking wireless keyboards and mice...

I thought they fixed that a couple days ago...

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/09/10/1554215.shtml

Thanks Bozo, with all you guys talking gas, I'll have to take another look. The Fridge we are looking at is this one.

JTR, Living off-grid is a long-term goal, if it is less than 10 years out I would be surprised. We won't be in a position to buy for another year or so, and then the dream house is next in line. By then I may be using hydrogen storage instead of batteries; that way I can power the car, too...

Too much draw? Not enough batteries in the world? IMHO, propane isn't really off grid, it just means the grid comes to you monthly. When I think off grid, I think actually producing enough energy to handle consumption.

I'm thinking electric everything. The temporary house that we are moving into has an electric, and my long-term plan is to go off-grid in the house I will build. Generating electricity is easier then generating gas*. *Of acceptable quality and quantity...I can smell the jokes coming already...

Thanks for the advice, all. It really is helpful. That is what I'm noticing. Washing machine example: Bosch 500 Plus WFMC530CUC - $999 Kenmore Elite HE5t Steam - $1699 Same features, but the Kenmore is 10% larger. Fridges with the same feature sets are anywhere from $73-$350 / cu.ft. I...

We'll be moving in about a month, and will need a full suite of appliances when we do. Fridge, stove/oven, dishwasher, clothes washer and clothes dryer. Right now I'm flicking through all the manufacturers websites keying comparative data into a spreadsheet. Where should I be looking? What is...

My 03 VW has been really awesome. 274,000km and only one rattle to complain about.

That is my concern. I got the creature creator when it came out, and played for perhaps 30 minutes. It was cool, but I was bored in half an hour. I'm afraid the rest will be the same.

I've worked closely with Sage, they are nutjobs. What they really want to do is specify a maximum latency, but they can't do that.

I was really excited about Spore. I'll probably at least try it regardless.

Not me. I'm still using 750GB drives to keep the spindle count (transfer rate) up.

Damn, that is an amazing shot.

Nice thought Gilbo...it's already starting to outgrow the excel spreadsheet...

To the HDD or the foot?

Yup, I'm dying as well. In addition to some double posts, it's actually timing out from time to time.

250MB/sec is so not enough. This stitch is thoroughly disk limited, (CPU is at 5-10%, PS has maxed it's 3.446GB of RAM) and took about 4 hours last time. I think it's time for a new RAID-0 of SSDs... Why am I doing the stitch a second time? Because Photoshop crashed right at the end of saving...

Dupe.

OK, that is cheating. I can't even Google for "VF"...

Most people will charge at night, and electricity consumption is lowest at night. Having the car charger start up at 3AM would be easy to do. I already spoke to the apartment manager here, and she voiced interest in installing outlets in the carports (for a fee, of course).

No, but it is on my dream list, and is the only long prime there. It, on an APS-C sensor, would be pretty crazy. Shame it isn't any faster, but I know that wouldn't be possible.

That is about what I spend per image that I like, though you probably put your time to better use. The second half of your list I don't even understand. asymmetrical radial density correction? asymmetrical/offset lens corrections incl. POV? multiple/partial CA corrections? Off to the google...

Wishing all this good stuff was in a thread with an appropriate name, sorry for 'jacking your thread, e_dawg. I'll be quoting Lunar back in the DSLR thread...

I'm actually back to practical-land WRT vehicles...considering a Toyota Yaris and a Hyundai Genesis.

Gotcha, thanks e_dawg. I suspected as much, but I still haven't found any one-size-fits-all processing. If I were doing a shoot where I actually wanted lots of images as a result, I can see it being useful. As it stands, I mostly just pick the best example and work on it. If it could run the...

I'm glad I could amuse ;) But seriously, for batch processing a bunch of happy-snaps, I use Canon's Digital Photo Professional. For complex jobs with detail work I use PS CS3, for HDR screwing about I use Photomatix, and for massive stitching jobs I use PTGui. Is Lightroom better at any of these...

I decided to take a look at Lightroom 2. I pointed it at my photo collection, and after taking 30 minutes to look at them (not move, just look), it now takes several GB of RAM just sitting there. What does this program do again?

Nice rig. My only issue would be my distaste for ASUS boards, but it should be darn quick.

Great, I was getting ready to complain about no posts in 17 hours, when I was relieved to see a post! When I read the post it is about the expectation that I will complain about no posts in 17 hours. Crap.

I read somewhere that the weight savings put into the Tahoe Hybrid (in order to fit the motors and batteries) could have caused the efficiency increase on it's own. Instead, they but them in, just so they could make up for themselves. Stupid.

More good stuff. Thanks.

Great info, thanks Mercutio!

That would be me. ;) But I was picking on a typo; you had said mamory.

No kidding. It looks like that will be me real soon. I'm just hoping that I can work with our vendors/controller to get things rolling soon.

I signed up in early 1999, and had been lurking before that. I'd rather not compare ;)

China was much better than Russia, and either beat India by a mile. Of course, you can pay a lot in the right places and get great food just about anywhere, but I try to eat where the locals eat when I travel.

There are automated asset tracking tools, but they are difficult to modify if the facts don't agree with the...erm...reality of the situation. This is a private, non-union, non-financial company with no board and no real responsibility to maintain a certain standard. I start on the first, and am...

I hadn't remembered all those names, Eric ;)

One of the things I get to do as IT Manager is document everything. Does anyone have a template that they like? A format? Does anyone see the need to include system specs for workstations? How about including every software license? How far is too far?

Me too.

That is why this particular device taps directly into the PCI-E slot, bypassing the slower interfaces. They also aren't really selling with access time or STR in mind, but with number of IOPS available. I still don't think they will be getting anywhere that the commodity stuff won't very soon.

I agree, but my point is that this technology will not be the super-high performance for long enough. The commodity storage is increasing in performance so quickly, that this will be overshadowed long before it is profitable. OT: Sweet, this is post #111111