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...or would an aluminium gutter (for heat dispersion) make more sense? Here is a 20' Length of .032" thick aluminium gutter with a 6" width. Would that work better?

OK, let's get the ball rolling on a flouescent solution. Here is a sample gutter. 4.5" wide at the top, and about 3" deep. What should I get to put in there? If you could include links to tubes, ballasts, etc. that would be great. Don't worry about dimmers, this should provide enough light...

Great info guys...thanks. WRT power consumption: In this apartment, utilities are included ;) further, we have the heater cycling on about 10% of the time anyway; and it's noisier than the light fixture. But if we were to move, than this would be of greater concern. So far I like 2 options...

Unfortunatly, this laptop requires an "F6" SATA driver to install the OS, and I don't have a USB floppy handy. I tried slipstreaming the driver and it didn't work :(

Thanks for the lengthly response JTR: I was considering a stepped Flourescent solution, but one of the things that really appealed to me about the Xenon system I linked to is the very low profile. The ceilings here are of the standard 8-foot variety, and the GF and I are tall (5'10" and 6'2")...

This guy is easy. If there is a phone that does e-mail better than others, he will switch carriers and pay anything. He has had Treo 650s, 700Ws, Palms, Blackberries, etc.

Just to check (no pressure)...is this broken again?

Yep.

Sweet. Almost time to unload these tiny 750s ;)

A client wants to check his e-mail via cell phone. He has his own exchange server. Suggestions?

Actually, one of the things that makes this so expensive is that the dimmer is on the 24v side and designed to handle 1200W. The dimmer alone is $250+ :(

My new apartment has no in-ceiling lighting in the living and bedroom. That's great, as I hate the ugly fixtures usually stuck up there in apartments. This is my opportunity to do something I've always wanted to do; install dimmable indirect lighting into a picture rail around the entire room...

One of my laptops is a Gateway Tablet: Model CX2726 After restoring a backup image via acronis, it boots to the screen right before the login screen; a blue one that has the "Microsoft Windows XP" logo (you've all seen it before) and stops. Occasionaly, if I let it sit there, I will see the...

Pot Roast braising with vegetables and a London Broil in the oven...I got a deli meat slicer for Christmas, and want some good meat ;)

...or at least that the WD drive is more power-hungary than the Samsung.

$600 is not bad. That is cheaper than an iRAM of half it's capacity. Of course, it would be great if they would sell it for less ;) My recent domestic spree has siphoned all the money from my tech fund, but I suspect that this drive or something similar is in my near future.

To be honest, the speed sucks...but it's better than this. Why?

16GB? Excellent. And the speed looks OK as well.

I'd take this over that....faster with an easier interface, provided your board supports boot-to-USB

Mine is about that old as well. :( What crap.

Shipping by ship is very cheap; if you are willing to wait a month or so. If you spend $2-3k on a couch, a pretty small percentage of that will get it anywhere in the world...eventually.

Microsoft. Or any other firewall software you have installed on your machine. Uninstall/disable any firewall/"internet security" crap and try again. Make sure you don't have any funky port-forwarding rules on your router.

Why is my C:\windows\system32\DLLCache folder over 600MB? Why is C:\Windows over 2.5GB? Server 2003. I gave myself a 10GB OS partition, and I'm bouncing off it :(

70KB/s....not bad.

That's the worst part...none of it will be delivered for weeks. It's all designer special-order stuff. I get the bed-frame and bar mid-January, and the couch on the 28th. And we may be visiting the GF's relatives in Houston for her birthday, which means none of it until late Jan. Just in time...

Ugh...just spent many thousands of dollars. Got a 6' leather couch with reclining ends, a wrought-iron CA King bedframe, and an oak bar. I still need a big desk (long enough for 2 people...8ft?) and a low media center.

I actually don't have an issue with it. Once I recognise that a person has this trait, I am able to ignore it completely. I just told the GF yesterday that if she has a real problem, she'll need to find some way to let me know. I now just say "that's nice" and it really doesn't bother me. I...

That is really wierd stereodude...and I applaud your research before posting!

Thanks for the feedback guys. There are some local furniture shops that I'll be taking a look at either today or tuesday*. I'll also do a swing by Macy's and check out the Stanford shopping center. My concern with shopping around here is that you get away from IKEA pricing very, very quickly...

Here's a new one... I need to buy furniture. IKEA is about a mile away, and we were there for a few hours last night. I'm not happy with their designs or build quality. I've been checking out some sites online (e.g. furniture.com) and am not sure what I'm doing. Considering I've never put much...

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Modular cables are a must-have for the P180; there really isn't anywhere to hide the octopus.

This motherboard does not have native SATA support. Drivers will be needed during the boot-up phase for the OS to boot properly. I'm not sure if these are the same drivers with the same config as ones in the OS that allow basic drive access. I also suspect that serious fooling with the boot.ini...

Which motherboard are you going to? If it's a newer board with native SATA ports you should be fine. If its an older board with the SATA ports as an add-on controller, you will have too many issues to be worthwhile.

Agreed. That is an awesome tool.

To be honest, I'm not that worried about the spedo at this point; my GPS will give me accurate info no matter what. And it's not like doing 100 instead of 110 will keep me from a ticket ;) I drive whatever speed feels safe; generally from 85 to 110, but once I hit the rev limiter in the 120+ range.

So any hints as to how to recalibrate the spedo? Should the place that I have install the tires be able to recalibrate it?

Mark, If I were driving in those conditions I would drive much slower. Typically, I'm driving at 10AM or 3PM on a straight highway of at least 3 lanes. There are no cars in front of me within 2-4 miles and no one even in adjacent lanes. Visibility is often over 10 miles. Other cars on the road...

It a regular 2003 Golf with a 2.0L gas engine. It has 123k miles on it, and it essentially had an engine rebuild last month.* Because it looks to have a fair bit of life left in it, I'd like to make it more fuel efficient/quieter when I'm driving at speed. I've already gone from the stock...

IIRC, it would be Vista Business. (edit)linky

My main issue is that at 100mph my engine is running at near 5000RPM. Considering my commute is about 100mi and I drive about that fast, my engine is running at 5000RPM for nearly an hour; I know that can't be good. This strikes me as the simplest/cheapest way to get the revs down a bit...

Thanks jtr, it is good to have you around again.

As an extension of this, if I increase the diameter from the current 24.97in to 26.74in, the circumference will increase from 78.44in to 84.00in; which is 7% more than the factory stock of 78.47in. I'm also assuming that this would have a direct impact on the accuracy of my spedometer and...

I think I'm doing this right, but could certainly use someone to check my math. Wheel sizes are in inches, and are the diameter of the wheel. Tire sizes come in the format x/y-z where: x = width of the tred pattern in mm y = height of the sidewall as a percentage of the tred pattern width z =...

If you want to use XP and play with Vista, this is the most affordable way to end up with a licence for both. Do not actually "upgrade" from XP to Vista (or from any MS OS to any other for that matter). Do a clean install every time.

I love outspec'ing Dell for servers...the money just comes rolling in. ;)

Monte Cristo are my favorite. There is one place in monterey county that serves them (the Monterey airport), and they are fantastic.

Seconded. Grado SR60s are the best headphones I've ever used. They blow away my $200+ Sony "DJ" headphones.

My doctor has been dead for over 10 years now. Taking health advice from him seems...ill advised ;)

Monte Cristo Sandwiches are better deep fried. Just be sure to use enough cheese to hold it together first.