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Yep, I remember hearing about them about a year ago. They are going the wrong way, IMHO. Commodity storage will get really close really soon, and then they will have nothing.

Well, I signed a paper last night, so soon I too will be a working stiff. It actually feels pretty good ;) Thanks for everyone's help.

Ouch. That seems like it would kill one of these cards in a hurry.

I've noticed some performance differences in systems that all scored 5.9 (the maximum). It's a shame they don't have the scoring go higher...

The thermal stresses are less if the thing stays pegged 100% of the time.

Actually, my next car will have...300HP. Specifically because I make left turns (across traffic) on to and off of a 70MPH freeway at an uncontrolled intersection. That 300HP will be really nice for 0.1% of the time. Same as the quad-core when I first sit down and launch Photoshop, DPP...

I'm pretty sure I want the 100-400, as it is the longest zoom lens available and is said to perform well along the whole range. I'd imagine that it will be used mostly for wildlife photography. Naturally something faster and even longer would be nice, but everything faster that is even near...

Big advantage of a wider lens? It makes the hike look much longer. This was only about 3 miles each way.

If buildings and other structures are to be rated effectively, there needs to be a way to describe the full range. Doesn't the amount of energy increase with the square of the wind speed?

My entire domain is dumped to a single mailbox (anything@ddrueding.com goes to me). I deal with less than one spam a week, and I can't remember the last false positive. Google rocks.

Newegg is still my main supplier, but I have used Directron as well with good results. ZipZoomFly is also a major reseller.

There was an article featured at Slashdot a while ago where they showed that e-mail addresses that started near the beginning of the alphabet received more spam than those that started near the end of the alphabet. Least affected were those starting with numbers.

I'm with Bozo on this. Even for the most mundane office uses you are asking your CPU to perform a series of tasks with long waiting periods in between. Everyone can use the extra power to complete those tasks faster, it's just a matter of knowing the experience can be better.

That is the hope. It seems imminent, and I'm hoping to have that be my second body. Having two different crop factors should give a smaller lens collection more variety. At the same time, my EF-S lenses will be less useful, and I'm looking for a new set that will take over where my 10-22 and...

It had about 4 layers, but the part that really slowed it down was the 32-bit per pixel thing. Once I got it down to 16-bit, it sped up dramatically. I've since altered my workflow to perform the tone mapping earlier in the process; it seems much faster to tone map the whole thing and crop after...

If I do end up getting a 5DII, I'll need a new set of lenses to go with it. Looking for a 3-lens set that covers the range and isn't too expensive, I've come up with this: EF 17-40mm f/4L USM EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM I'm a little concerned about the lack of...

Yup. And we were there ;) It's hard to keep anything going for a decade...

It requires Java (not JavaScript).

I'm happy enough where I am, but thanks for letting me know there is another option.

Assuming there is another one available. My complex doesn't have any CAT-3 or -5 wiring anymore, the only cable is coax, that means Comcast. They even offered a package deal with VoIP, but I'd rather give money to Vonage.

Nah, I'm pretty sure it was disk limited. Quad core at 3.6Ghz isn't "slow" yet.

;) Thanks guys.

Nice find Mark, that is good stuff.

Ah, well, Happy Belated!

You know you are in trouble when a simple crop command brings up a very slow progress bar (2 minutes?). The image is only about 30MP, I think it's the 32-bit part that is dragging it down...

I just found out I share birthdays with John McCain. I liked it better when the important things were Hurricane Katrina and Judgment Day.

I like NOD32, and install it on every machine that I work on, but I don't have any AV on mine. Of course, if anything goes wrong I thoroughly deserve it.

Nice ;) I have bricks for just about every machine out there. The ones with the standard barrel connector are easy, and every once in a while a laptop is a write-off and I keep the power adapter.

Joe, if you use IE, you deserve what you get. Really, you do know better. I have never, ever, seen one of these pop-ups, because I only use Firefox.

I'm almost ready! Announce the sucker now so they will be available when I want to buy (late December).

That does look like fun. I'd need a larger indoor space to really play with it, but at $30 each, I could see having two and doing battles ;)

Yup.

Yup, just the monkey. Don't worry about it.

Yup. And a bunch of this stuff will make it up there when I get back. BTW, WTF is up with :monky:?

Don't want video or a stupid speaker. I want a lighter camera. Seconded on the 5D II.

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/08/canon-makes-eos.html

A heatsink and case is all you haven't been able to sell? I have motherboards, CPUs, RAM, cases, routers, DSL modems, T-1 routers, fiber-optic to GbE converters, KVMs, and loads of other crap in storage and on my couch behind me. Probably a couple grand a year worth of crap, either the...

100% matching on 401k with a ridiculous cap, and profit sharing. Gotta love that...

IT work is not like other jobs. To most of your clients, you are a magician. They don't know what you are doing, they don't know how you do it, and they don't want to know. The only confidence they have in you is based on the performance of the entire system. I think the closest thing would be...

This position will not qualify for overtime, and therefore lunch won't matter. The recognized holidays list is short, but the PTO accrues every pay period and doesn't expire (convert to cash) until you have a couple months saved. This will certainly increase my quality of life; a small commute...

Seconded. Using IE is like walking around prison without pants. Technically you should be safe, but it is a stupid thing to do, and people will have a hard time feeling sorry for you afterwards.

Well, I have an Intel DG31PR here with a Celeron 1.8Ghz (45W, IIRC). I also happen to have some PicoPSUs sitting around and I'll see if I can dig up an Antec 380W from the parts bin. Combined with some spare RAM and a 2.5" HDD, looks like we have a show ;) Unfortunatly, I'm leaving for Tahoe...

So if a watt is 70 cents a year, a 15 watt savings is worth $10.51.

Thanks. Stupid decimal :eekers:

What is the math for cost savings per watt per year (assuming 24/7 usage)? 1 watt = 8.67Kwh/year If 1Kwh=8 cents, than 1 watt of savings = $69.36 That seems damn high, where is my math off?

I've been using PicoPSUs for a couple years now, probably 40 in the field, some of them literally, and most of them are in nasty industrial environments. I have never had a failure of the PicoPSU. The brick has failed, but that is easy to replace and to keep spares.

I have a DG31PR board right here, and it is exactly what Intel wants. I do like the Gigabyte boards DVI port. If they go dual-monitor, they still won't have to use VGA.

I've done the CF as a local drive thing. I've even done the PXE boot to network for everything thing. Neither comes close to "fast" for even the most basic applications. I agree that losing the optical is a good idea 90% of the time, but installing them when they are requested costs more in time...

Quite. Come sailboat racing with me sometime and we'll talk ;)

All good points. The optical was simply the cheapest SATA DVD-RW, most will never be used at all. The SSD is offering some performance that even basic users can appreciate (boot time, outlook loading, etc) and the power and noise are second to none. A 2.5" hard drive would bring the power and...