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4-bay enclosure. Internal? External? SATA? USB? Firewire? Network-attached? The best place to get a quick introduction to RAID is here. RAID-1 (mirroring) is pretty much copy and paste; except that it does it for every file transaction. You don't need to schedule it, or remember to do it...

Yep, and I even quoted you. But the one I just linked includes removal instructions ;)

Just to be sure I understand: 1. You don't use the embedded SCSI adapter 2. The errors only occur when the embedded SCSI adapter is enabled Why is it enabled at all?

Speak of the devil...rootkit in Bioshock.

I suspect Sony. Microsoft, while evil, is just greedy evil. Sony is greedy, horny, and without lube.

Good and random, Fushigi! ;)

:rolleyes: Fixed. Shows you how often I use the website. I typically just go to mail.ddrueding.com.

Wow, that is a very scary game. I haven't played anything that scary since the original Half Life.

I was just about to install the demo. I'm hesitating, but WTF?

I've been using this for the ddrueding.com domain for about 5 months now. Really happy with it.

Downloading the 1.8GB Bioshock demo now, thanks for the tip Merc.

That tilt/shift stuff is amazing. I had no idea that was even possible. http://www.wirtoft.com/foto/TSE90test/img_0477.html

Either that or she was encouraging you to flood your office.

This machine used to run Server 2003. I don't see a difference.

This is an open invitation for anyone here to come by and see if my machine runs like shit. I would disagree.

Nice Tea! If you want to keep one of Tannin's toes, you could always sell me one of the 20Ds cheap ;)

Ever? Wow, I didn't even hear about it.

The Seasonic M12 700W (what I have) has the following connections on the back: Hardwired: ATX (20/24 pin) 4-Pin ATX 12V 8-Pin EPS 12V Modular: 2x PCI-E 5x Everything else The PCI-E cables that it ships with split, so each one can support 2 video cards (4 total) The 5 "Everything Else" plugs...

I like the modular cables, because I can order additional SATA ones and not include all the Molex.

Some BB guns are certainly more powerful than others. As a kid, I actually shot another kid with a BB gun intentionally. He knew it was coming, too. It was for a school film, documenting the assassination of someone. I wanted a shot through the scope, including the rifle jumping, and the...

"Well there's your problem..." :rotfl:

What could it reveal? A whirlpool? ;)

I've been thinking of starting a poll titled "What will destroy civilization first?" With options such as: Global warming Running out of fossil fuels Nuclear Winter All the bees dying Space invaders Political corruption I can now add: Disintegration of moral framework due to bad parenting...

I think the better question is; what parent let their kids not understand the consequences of shooting cars with a BB gun? Sucks about your car, Merc. I once had some kids unload on my car (while I was driving) with paintball guns. I got out of the car and caught one of the fuckers, and had...

My incredibly limited experience always had me further from a subject to increase DOF.

I really like my Seasonic S12 700W, but that is out of your price range, so I'll second the 650W model

What was the cause?

Seconded. A very good movie. (Thanks for the recommendation, Merc ;) )

Your PDF crashed Acrobat for me, but I found most of the specs here. Very impressive. 21MP is going to keep 1TB HDDs in demand ;)

$8k for a body, and assuming you spend more on glass, and that that couldn't possibly be your only body... That is an expensive hobby you have there.

Then we have something in common, I was born in 1980, and that was the last time a doctor had a good look at me ;) Ditto. My last doctor wasn't officially my doctor; he was my best friend's dad. He was a doctor, and got me samples of stuff when I was really sick, but he saw me at his house...

When I had a washer and dryer to worry about, the hose clogged with clothes fibers. There isn't much you can do about that other than increase the diameter of the hose and maintain a significant incline for the length of the hose (keep the water's speed up so the stuff doesn't settle out, and...

I don't even know if that is good or not. What are "normal" numbers? My last doctor died 9 years ago.

What runs very well is Winamp, Media Player Classic, Microsoft Streets, and Firefox. Combine those applications with an emergency ability to do pretty much anything (thanks to the fact that it is a real computer) and it is quite useful. Further, the 7" display is decent for video/web and the...

I had a 12" laptop for a while, and I got rid of it. It was so much faster to sit at someone else's desk and use their machine. If you need a real computer, this isn't it. But it is the most capable PDA I've ever used.

A long, long, long time ;) If you send me one I will give it a shot. I wasn't even going to install Photoshop CS3 on it because of the slow CPU/HDD.

To give you some numbers, I've broken out a stopwatch: Power button to responsive desktop (including login with fingerprint): 61.8s Shutdown button to silent: 53.6s Enter Hibernate to silent: 28.6s Recover from Hibernate to a responsive desktop: 31.2s Launching Firefox (with ABP and IE Tab...

Thats the way it is with windows. And considering it is based on the hardware spec, I doubt it is different with macs.

About 6 hours of tinkering later, and I am still very impressed by this little toy. The combination of voice and handwriting recognition make a keyboard practically redundant (Vista is ages ahead of XP on both of these) for all but the longest technical documents. The onboard microphone is...

Thanks for mentioning the OS, as it saves me a lot of time. I'm sorry, I have no experience with OSX ;)

Ah, well....try to have fun anyway ;)

After cleaning up and updating, it is quite snappy. After discounting the "gaming" score, it achieves a respectable 2.4 on the Vista Performance scale (Aero Graphics). The hard drive is what really cripples it, IMHO. I suspect I'll be swapping in an SSD within the month...

Initial setup is a fairly significant PITA. The welcome wizard for Vista doesn't support the soft-keyboard, and requires keystrokes, so a USB keyboard better be handy. The machine comes loaded with loads of software and custom utilities for the devices, including Nero and Lightscribe...

I ended up buying the ASUS R2Hv-A1 from Newegg, it arrived about an hour ago. First impressions: This thing is loaded! Unpacking all the accessories is an experience; every adapter and gizmo is already included. This includes a USB mouse, USB sync cable (with software), external GPS antenna...

http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0131581020070801

Not sure. I just thought you liked quoting me ;)

Nothing has to take 22 years to build. Something can take that long, but only because of bureaucracy and funding issues.

I'll second all of what Fushigi has said, and also warn of mold/mildew. Hard drives also do not like getting wet. When I was working for CNet, we were in the process of moving to a new office on 3rd street. After some of us had moved with our servers, a fire sprinkler in the...

Short-term that is true, but long-term I don't think so. One of the reasons oil is so popular is because you can transport it easily without loss along the way. Oil is also easy and cheap because it is already made; all we have to do is find it and use it. Switching to a renewable source for...

$1500 for an SSD that can do 100MB/sec. For my desktop, I'll definatly be doing 2x Samsung SSD @ 67MB/sec for $1000