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Agreed. Not much you can do as far as a solution. Open Task Manager and go to the "processes" tab. Check the "all users" box at the bottom. Then go to "View" and choose "Select Columns". Add the CPU Time and "Peak Memory Usage" items. After a reboot, take note of the items that use the most of...

Got 3 of the 1TB drives for a server project. Filled them with the same ~850GB of data, compared them. All fine, I'm happy.

Wow, that looks really real.

Those are the big players, but the bulk of the IT sector has been spread out over smaller companies for a long time. Before there was PARC, Bell Labs, and IBM. I can't imagine being that much of a drone. Unless I can at least see the top of the chain of command, I don't want to play.

I'd imagine you would want very tight control of the focal plane, so something fast. You will also want to stay out of the way, so something slightly long. A 50/1.2 would be great, but my 50/1.8 could do as well. Whose funeral?

That would require enough spare space somewhere else to hold the image file.

It will be rough, but I'm sure you will enjoy every minute of it!

That's what expansion cards and big-ass power supplies are for ;)

The only thing Yahoo I have is Flickr. I should have known better than to trust my stuff to a third party. I hope Google allows custom pages on their web hosting soon.

Yep. I believe you, but those numbers seem almost impossibly fast, particularly for small files.

Wow that is fast. Are you sure there was no buffering involved?

That Zeiss 1700mm lens doesn't look that big until you realize that it has a 6x6 medium-format camera attached.

Wow that looks good.

If you are replacing all the drives in the array with larger ones, wouldn't it be easier to add all the new drives and then remove all the old ones?

Nikon 500mm/4 - $7900 Canon 500mm/4 - $5500

I like this shot. You lose all sense of scale on the bean.

I grew up in the "Salad Bowl of the World", where lettuce was grown in fields starting one block from my house and stretching on to the horizon. The best lettuce, celery, artichoke, strawberries, any many more are grown there year round. This produce has never been iced, the tractor towing a...

More to the point...are you sure you are not wasted? ;)

Sorry. I'm cool with silly, but it seems out of character, so I missed it.

OK...who was the first everyone?

All the cards at Fry's yesterday had at least 256MB of RAM. For $109 you could get an 8400 with 512MB.

Neat. That huge aircraft and the amazing width of that cockpit, and they still couldn't give the pilots an easy way in or out of their seats.

Charlie Foxtrot.

I wall-mounted the LCD behind my desk this afternoon. It gives me so much space, it's amazing.

That was from one Slashdot story down...;)

Nope. That is what you get when the dollar sucks.

Depends on what you want to do with it. If all you want is to watch movies than just about anything will do. If you want some hardcore gaming action, get an 8800GT, it is awesome and great bang-for-the-buck. I use a DVI - HDMI converter cable for video and coaxial SPDIF to a receiver for audio.

It does, just to a lesser degree. Someone who makes $1M/yr doesn't use the roads, police, or schools 20x more than someone who makes $50k/yr. In fact, even though they pay for public schools, it's likely that they would pay for private schools as well.

20%? Any guesses on what it would take?

I'll stand behind that.

It is fair. But long ago we decided that instead of just being fair, that taxes would take on a "Robin Hood" role of wealth distribution. It is (a bit) better for the society as a whole. But don't say that the wealthy paying more is fair. It's a good idea, but it isn't fair.

I play games on my 42" 1080P hooked up to my computer, and it kicks the ass of any console. It better, considering the cost, but it really is. I've played PS3 and the rest at Fry's on the big HD screen, but it isn't as good. Besides the obvious advantages of the interface (keyboard and mouse)...

I typically carry 2GB files around. The smallest are multi-MB RAW files and the largest are system images. They are the quickest I've tried for this stuff.

Nice. But I still stick to the "GT" version. Seems they only have the 8GB model, and it is a pricey sucker.

I think it's mainly because it is much warmer.

It is a screen cap from a BBC channel 4 TV show called "Grand Designs". Season 4, episode 3 - "Sugar Cube Sussex". I've been to the website, and gone down the list of credited suppliers, and can't find anything like it.

Damn, that sounds good to me.

I was trying to sell her on the buy one/get one free mentality. That what her religion really wanted was big happy families, not single moms who couldn't support their kids. She disagreed, saying that every child should be born. No wonder we're going to lose this...they'll just out number us.

Can anyone identify this sink/workstation or one like it? I like the concept, and would like to see more. There are trays that slide around a circular track, and a couple sinks underneath.

My only complaint about my current mouse is that it could be about 10% larger. Although wood would be a nice look and feel, it would be too heavy for me. The less inertia the better.

nice story

I know some things about Champagne, though I prefer Veuve-Clicquot to most of them. In wine, I stick to Cabernet and Merlot. My favorite "cheap stuff" is Page Mill Winery and Galante Vineyards. It's easy to like the stuff that costs $100+ per bottle. Finding good wine for less is the adventure.

Sounds good Merc, though I will be reducing the spice by a factor of 10 or so. I'll also probably throw in some flank steak that I've marinated in tequila and lime juice and seared on the grill. (That is my favorite topping for pizza, BTW).

oops. missed the page wrap. What would you guys recommend?

Jamba Juice is nice. I'm not PUI, as I could barely finish a single drink. I'm not sure what you guys were going on about, this stuff is crap. I'm going back to my Vodka. If my choice is wrong enough to completely miss the flavor, let me know and I will try something else.

Everyone has been talking about whiskey, so I figured I would try some. I bought a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black (12yr) and am trying it straight, rocks, and water-back (or however you call it). All of them make me do that head-shaking thing that sorority girls get teased for. More details to...

I agree that we need to get the debt eliminated, but I'm sure I could find a way to do it without raising taxes. Some people might not like me, but the economy would be doing a hell of a lot better. Hillary is fine. She's old-school Washington, and has been taking money from the usual suspects...

I would prefer Obama to Hillary, but I don't think that is going to happen, and I don't really "like" either; they are just better than what we have now. Might we see Obama as VP? I think you have a pretty good analysis of the conservative side, and I don't fit in anywhere. What happened to...

Yup. It rained like crazy here, though it never got below 55F. I don't recall any chili conversations, though I am interested in trying out any suggestions.

Sweet guys. I had them just order three smoothwalls and three whitebox 1TB servers to handle this. I'll have a while to play with it before it goes live. The smoothwalls are going to be fun; each office has 2 internet connections (T-1 and Cable/DSL) that should be tied in somehow. One of the...