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As Clocker said, the worst part of it is over. (We didn't have to deal with jaundice with our two, but know of many cases that it was quite severe). Words of advise from my better half: 1. Trust your gut, and take everything anyone (whose not a medical professional) says to you with a grain of...

Thank for doing the math, it certainly brings things into perspective... (The old saying, of flying/spinning rust is certainly true) As a side note, aren't most modern 10K/15K discs only 1.8-2.5" internally?

Most artists I know have a setup on http://www.deviantart.com/ ... But if they want a dedicated page, no idea about the Canadian offerings sorry.

Back in the ye'olde days, the heads could only determine state changes (between a 1 and a 0) at certain speeds. As processes improved the frequency at which the head could determine a state change, meant they could use faster spindle speeds and thus improve performance without improving bit...

@Clocker, glad you son is over them, they really are a terrible experience. (Isaac had them only for a few weeks, and that was enough).

Speaking of kids, my son loves his pet spider (Australian Tarantula** - SP2), and my daughter got her first pet today - two fresh water crayfish, and she's named them Peppa and Flash! (nope she didn't want gold fish, she wanted the yabbies). ** Australian Tarantula's shouldn't be handled...

Sincerest congratulations to both of you... Now the fun really begins! (mind you, my wife always ask: why is it the husband gets congratulated, when it's the wife whose done all the work, eg 9 months of pregnancy, x hours of labour, the late nights feeding to come, etc? All the husband did was...

Working fine for me as well. Channel 9 (here) has been advertising the show a lot, and premieres on Wednesday night at 8:30...

Some food for thought: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/gallery-fneszy80-1226595505403

Either OpenOffice/LibreOffice Impress or Beamer. But way back when I was in the Army, we had "Death by Powerpoint" and some suggested that Powerpoint should be banned under the Geneva Convention as some believed it was a form of torture! Muhahahahaha! (I agree with Merc, Powerpoint is WAY...

I just thought of all the photocopier brands that I've dealt with in the past, as most if not all also had wide-format copiers as well. (Modern copiers are really just a flatbed scanner with paper feeder and one big arse printer underneath). So for me it was "ricoh wide-format", "canon...

Is the Ricoh MP WP7140 an option? (not a fan of Ricoh in general, as the local support company are a joke, but the hardware seems to be decent quality in general) http://www.ricoh.com.au/products/wide-format/aficio-mp-w7140-specification

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Does anyone know if iRiver is still competitive in the portable player market? I still use my ancient iRiver Clix 2GB, does pretty much everything a modern portable media player does (it even has the capacity to play flash games, in addition to audio, video, fm radio, audio recording and has a...

Re Software: Darktable seems to be gaining steam as a lightroom alternative. (But it's Linux/BSD/Solaris/Mac only).

Nope, certainly not waiting for MS to come up with a decent operating system... Jumped ship long ago and couldn't be happier... Side note: had a lecture today on the current state of IT business, and it was clearly noted that MS is losing market share (missed tablets/smart phones), and is...

I second the Canon's recommendation. I currently have an Epson all-in-one (Print/Copy/Scan/Fax), and while the flatbed scanner is excellent, Epson's software takes some time to get used to.

As Merc said, he's in for a world of trouble... I can find the reference for you, but there is a white paper (from back in Sun days) that clearly details setting up ZFS for performance applications, and one of the key points was that ZFS must be able to interact with the disks directly to...

Yep, just gfx card manufacturers write their own OpenGL drivers, sound card manufacturers write their own drivers, etc. IIRC, MS wouldn't sign drivers for hardware less than SCSI U320 or SAS on the SCSI side of things, with Windows 7 / Server 2008. Might be time to upgrade... Both Epson and...

Mostly crap - I've seen too many instances of malware to consider them.

IIRC, VueScan includes it's own scanner drivers, and only requires direct access to the device... I know SANE supports your scanner, so unless you're willing to run Linux or find a Windows application that uses SANE as a backend on Windows, I think you're out of luck. (Most applications just...

I've RMA'd a few laptops with Asus, and admittedly at the time it was quite pleasant. However, I will stress this, the RAM process was done by calling the local repair centre in Brisbane, speaking to one of the technicians directly to do a quick check over, issued an RMA number, and then the...

I was going to ask how does being a US citizen equate to be a religious zealot?

Seconded - you don't know how much your life is going to change! Best of luck!

Considering making this my new sig! ;) (Since when did you have a budget)? (j/k)

Oh, the memories - even remember having to try and source HDDs that had particular "Type" information that matched what the BIOS had (since the BIOS didn't have autodetection, nor CHS overrides, nor CHS user defined aka Type 47). eg http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/hdtypes/hdtypes-3.html The...

Hi everyone, just like to say we ended with the HTC Desire X - very happy with the handsets - vast improvement over our older HTC Wildfire's. Battery life has been good so far. (Only had them a just on 2 weeks, and even with heavy use due to playing with the handsets, still am getting 4-5 days...

Re: SATA card. Does the card have a BIOS that is bootable (supports hooking int 13h for boot services)? (Cheaper SATA cards don't have the right software to support booting from them). Does the Dell BIOS support booting from external cards? (It should, but you never know). Also to go from IDE...

Assuming NWAM is disabled. # ifconfig e1000g0 unplumb # ifconfig e1000g1 unplumb # dladm create-aggr -d e1000g0 -d e1000g1 1 # ifconfig aggr1 plumb # ifconfig aggr1 192.168.0.253 netmask 255.255.255.0 up The rest of the LAN config is as per normal, (eg gateway, DNS, hostname, etc). IIRC, there...

Thanks for sharing... I've heard similar from a friend who works at an ISP... but what they don't mention, is that some services are going from 5-10Mbps (on ADSL2+ due to distance from the exchange) to 100Mbps at a very similar price with the same/similar download limit. I just don't get the...

Actually, only have about 4 left... :rambo:

Still going to get another bike, just waiting on insurance - should know something by next Wednesday if it's going to be repaired or if it's a write off and I need to go shopping. Bus is not an option where I live (there is only 1 bus service daily for the school kids in the area), and travel...

Tannin, thank you for extremely informative posts. (Hope it gives some of our international friends some insight to what our network is like).

Tannin, thanks for the update... it just feels like they are still being run like a government department. So what are your thoughts on the oppositions anti-fibre stance as part of the NBN? (Malcolm Turnbull was on The Project tonight). Anyway, placed my order with iiNet to switch over all...

<points finger at dd> Muhahahahahaha.... <runs back under my bridge>

This... agree 100%.

The big problem with the iPhone 4 and 5, is that Apple used thinner materials to keep weight down, which has had the effect of a less robust structural integrity. My boss went through 6x iPhone 4's and his iPhone 5 only lasted two weeks before it's screen cracked. According to him, it only fell...

Thanks Coug. What saved me was wearing all the right gear, so my advise for any rider is to wear it, and don't skip it. Full face helmet, jacket, gloves, real leather boots is a must. Case in point, my jacket has a 10cm gash along the belly region (from sliding along the top of the guard rail)...

Thanks.

It wouldn't bother me too much, it would be more a case of ,"&^*^* dropped the screwdriver, gotta climb back down to get it. Hope no-one was under the tower". ;) I've known a few riggers in my life time, and some of them are nuts...

In this instance, yes one does maintain control... Things happen too quickly... (The adrenaline doesn't have time to kick in nor reach sufficient levels for the typical instinctive bowel release - actually there is a lot of research into this instinctive reaction to fear or personal safety).

Thanks guys. No idea what happened with the front tyre, could've been a nail, screw, sharp stone, could've been the valve blowing, no idea... All I know is that I lost all air pressure in under 5 secs, saw a line to get off the road avoiding other traffic (so I don't get run over by a car -...

I had a "fun" day in hospital yesterday, due to being involved in a motorbike accident on the way to work... Basically, the front tyre blew, I managed to get off the freeway crossing 3 lanes to do so (as it was peak-hour I was only doing 45-60kmh), but couldn't pull up safely and went into the...

Thanks time... All our infrastructure is Telstra, but iiNET must now have access to the ADSL2+ DSLAMs at the exchange, as they are one 1 of 4 providers who offer ADSL2+ on our exchange (according to whirlpool and ads2lexchange). Actually one of the reasons for migrating all our services away...

If you can consolidate the Linux distributions to the few that offer full support for Xen, then Xen would be my recommendation. IIRC NetBSD and FreeBSD both support running as Xen guests, so that would allow you to consolidation both OSes onto the same hardware... (You can also run Windows on...

Hi Guys, This is mainly for time, LiamC and others who reside in Oz... My wife and I are heavily consider changing from Helstra to iiNet for our Landline, ADSL and 2x mobiles. Does anyone have any issues or stories they would like to share about their experiences with iiNet? We are looking at...

Unfortunately not here - one can get a new unlocked Samsung GS 3 cheaper... (avg here is AU$750+). Our budget is approx AU$300 per handset. (The Desire X is $299 for a network locked , or AU$325 for an unlocked one). And my wife doesn't trust Windows on her laptop, let alone her phone... Noted...

Not yet, but very tempting. Not keen on the larger size (about the only downside). Will keep it in mind if other options are difficult to narrow down.

Mid to Entry level Android handsets Hi All, While we would all love to get the latest and greatest, my wife and I are after 2 new handsets, so budget constraints prohibit it. Short story is that we are heavily considering changing from Helstra to iiNet (Optus network) for our mobile service...

Out of curiosity, have references for the crashy behaviour? (I'm still running the nVidia 295 driver series, since the 300 series offer nothing above what my current hardware is capable of). Also, currently I can run 10bit colour channels**, offer up to 16K x 16K displays (in multi-monitor)...