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What is the motherboard chipset and SATA chipset? You might get a BSOD right out the gate. A repair install is probably the safest way.

Wow Tannin an entire post where I agree with you! But genocide would be much easier than trying to change a "democracy".

What OS? I used to use one that worked well, but not on Vista or on Domain-connected 2000/XP machines.

A friend's husband died a number of years ago, leaving quite a bit of stuff. Everything from woodworking tools to beat-up musical instruments to magazine collections, essentially a 3-car garage full and in no sort of order. I was able to find someone to take it all, in one day. The only rule was...

That would be the problem. No one is willing to think big enough. That's OK, a mass die-off will happen sooner or later anyway.

Central California last time we met. Time to say goodbye to SCSI! The SSDs are calling you!

Isn't it worth what someone will pay for it? The fact that it was purchased for more doesn't really mean anything. In order to reduce the fees on eBay, I'd recommend selling in lots; more items per auction. The same for Craigslist as well; the idea is to get rid of it, no?

Nice post Gilbo.

Spanking? Yes, but only after I made up for getting lost with a steak dinner ;)

We went for a hike yesterday and got lost. Like 9 miles lost, 2 miles of which through knee-high marsh and scrub without trail. I didn't think Olga would survive it, but she didn't complain once until we got out. We went in at 11AM and got out just before sunset. I'll process some pictures at...

So when you get there, you aren't alone :p

What would you prefer to talk about? I've been spending the last 2 days reading up on residential heat pumps and insulation technologies...

I'm here! I'm here!

Very interesting, but not very efficient. I was considering something along those lines for indirect room lighting (compact, high lumens, high CRI). Looks like the added space of an LED array is still worth it for the power savings.

I was told that all the neat software I used to use doesn't work on the newer ones, hopefully they will/have sorted that out. I don't own an iPod at the moment, so I can't say.

Nope, and their website looks like a $10 special. I would say "what have you got to lose?" but the answer is obvious; your printer. ;)

Pet? My condolences.

I go through a lot of music, but some albums keep coming back into my regular circulation. Most prominent of this group is The Dirtchamber Sessions: Volume 1. The link is to the Wikipedia entry on it, as no other site describes it as well.

Not in any formal sense. I graduated high school with a 0.7GPA (lowest technically possible at the time, a point of misguided pride). In 11th and 12th grade I was maintaining a part-time job doing circuit design, analysis and prototyping. I switched my focus to computers when I moved out, and...

Broken for me as well.

Mine weren't quite as understanding. The rule was simple and very black and white. If I did what they wanted me to do then they would do what they could (not much). If I decided to go against their advice, I was on my own. After our "talk" about college, I was out on my own in less than 2 weeks...

A little bit of all of them. If I had gone to college I would have received some support, but not enough to live off. I really didn't want to go to school after what my HS was like.

So what do you use now, Lunar? My concern is that I like large format prints. 12" is about the smallest dimension that I'll want. This means that all the printers are really expensive. I have a great picture printed on canvas in my dining room, about 24"x40".

Unfortunately, this is part of a larger sign that Merc brought up a while ago; they've decided to go the budget route, and compete directly with HP/Compaq, Toshiba, and Gateway on price. Meaning their build quality will be equally poor. I suspect there is room in the market for someone to take...

Interesting review. If I were to buy a photo printer, that would likely be it. However, having easy access to good prints from places online and nearby stores makes it a silly proposition. I ordered some 12"x56" panoramas the other day for $20 each, and I'm excited to see how they turn out...

Crucial > Kingston > * > Wintec But: The Wintec is DDR800. Though I bet the Crucial could easily handle 800 speeds.

(slightly OT): This is a problem I consistently have with every Brother printer. Add them to your crap list (HP, Lexmark, Brother).

This is the most important thing. It's fine that not charing completely or discharging completely aren't optimal, the question is: how tolerant are the batteries to this kind of treatment? Will they die 25% sooner? 50%? Worrying about batteries is not high on my list.

(The Cake is a Lie!)

I noticed that in another thread and was about to dig up the "milestones" thread, although this is a fine place for it. Congrats Bozo!

Dude....awesome. See you in about 18 years ;)

This one has had a fix on the schedule (but not the budget) for about 10 years.

Re: being cold. I don't get cold easily, I can go the whole year without wearing a sweater or coat. Olga, from Moscow, always comments that the weather is too hot or too cold, and is always adjusting her wardrobe accordingly. My theory is this: If you are from a place with extreme...

I'll see if I can get a picture of the intersection I have in mind (from one of my clients). Hwy 101 north of Prunedale, left turn across 2 oncoming lanes, uphill. Avg speed? ~65mph. Unfortunately, you only have a couple hundred yards of visibility. Even if there was a big enough hole in the...

4 seconds? No, but 9+ would make the wait for a sufficiently large hole in traffic much longer. Same with passing; the size of the gap in oncoming traffic is not determined by the capabilities of the driver.

I'll second Tim on the stock cooler. They are much better than they used to be, even for overclocking.

Looks very well substantiated to me. Here is the product at Amazon. And all my AA are 2500mAh.

Where I will be living soon, 40-70mph acceleration is very important. Lots of 2-lane roads that go on for many miles. Lots of farm equipment and other trucks driving ~45mph. Not to mention freeways with left-turn lanes and stop signs instead of on-ramps. Those make 0-60 times quite relevant.

Customer service is much easier without customers ;)

Thinking on this further, perhaps they could just grade the quality of the language skills based on your support level. Platinum-Uber support: All techs have graduate degrees in English literature from Oxford. Super-Gold support: All techs have a working knowledge of English from old movies...

Does it tell you both things at the same time? Because they seem mutually exclusive to me. Either there is a legitimate problem with their customers not understanding their support staff, or there isn't a legitimate problem, and Americans are racist. Considering that #1 is an outright...

If it's going to be one printer for 12 workstations, I'd assume speed would be an issue. Is there an administrative console that the printer could be connected to? I'm not seeing many networkable photo printers that aren't HP or Lexmark.

Last year's local car show had one of these. Probably less than 10 million ;)

I'm game, though some rules might have to be implemented...a private forum? ;) JTR, Howell, and I got enthusiastic a couple days ago...it happens.

If I only had 10 million, I wouldn't buy this either. But if I had 100 million, this would make a nice addition. ;)

This is the prettiest car I've seen in a long time.

I just added all the numbers in the columns you provided...and made a few mistakes. I'll total up the numbers direct from the source. # of Photos (DSLR only) Canon: 97,290,741 Nikon: 68,301,578 Olympus: 6,126,820 Avg Daily Users (DSLR only) Canon: 18,322 Nikon: 13,087 Olympus: 1,443

Typically these things drop in price once they hit numbers that are just better than existing tech. As we discussed in the car thread, people aren't likely to buy something that offers less than they currently have in any category. So, for the laptop market, that means ~128GB and ~50MB/sec...

If interest remained at it's current levels and the technology proceeded at it's current pace, you would be right. While I don't share JTR's degree of optimism, I suspect most of us with tech fetishes will own an SSD by this time next year.

Interesting e_dawg, thanks for compiling the list. Olympus total: 5,404 Nikon total: 202,757 Canon total: 291,790