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Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. She is now home, and is really quiet compared to how Isaac was. It's taking some time to get used to. As for the name, yes, typically in Australia 'Gabriel' is the masculine spelling, while 'Gabrielle' is the feminine form. But we decided to stay with...

Thanks.

Only problem I've had, is with Firewire drives that are partitioned. Win7 will only see the first partition. (One drive I have is both FW and USB2, and on USB it will see/use both partitions, but on FW only the first). SP1 reportedly has a bucket load of Bluetooth and Firewire fixes coming.

Why Zoltan? (I tred to find a reference outside of gaming, but could oly come up with a Hungerian Prince)? PS. Thanks guys.

Hi Guys, Elin and I are pleased to announce the safe arrival of our daughter Gabriel at 9:26pm, 15 Jan 2010. She was bright eyed and looking around the room the moment she was born. Wt 3.09kg (6lb 13oz) and 51cm long. Mum and baby are doing great, and Isaac is intrigued with his new baby...

Tell me about it. My 23mth old likes to push my limits on a daily basis. From memory there has only been 1 incident where he has received a light spank, otherwise he does pretty well at listening if we keep calm in the situation (even when he digs his teeth into your leg while you're cooking...

I keep mine where possible.

Admittedly not many. (I can only think of US military personnel stationed in Europe as being a major group that would be affected).

Yes you can use yum to update, but your customised kernel will be replaced with a stock one as part of the upgrade. (But you can always redo the recompile of your kernel).

From http://forums.storagereview.net/index.php?showtopic=27940 Which I can guess that means Eugene has sold the site, and Might want to check our http://www.notebookreview.com and http://www.technologyguide.com/ to see what the future may hold. (Very sad if that is the future). PS. On...

To answer about the fate of SR, I know as much as you guys... I can only guess that Eugene has sold the site to another 3rd party?

StorageReview Looks like some new blood is in the mix at SR. http://forums.storagereview.net/index.php?showtopic=27940 (I still do visit once a week to see if anything new there, and read the 2-3 posts that have been made in the entire week).

Unfortunately I bought a Fuji camera just before they switched from XD to SD... Now stuck with biggest size of 2GB, as Fuji/Olympus have stopped developing the format. (and the cards are expensive compared to SD media).

It's mainly that he can see me each day before he goes to bed at night... It's a way that he knows that I'm still there, even though it's only on a phone. (He sleeps better at night). One of the joys of having a gifted child. Don't get me wrong, I'm extremely proud of having a gifted child...

In other news: EA has turned off some of their gaming servers... http://www.playstationuniversity.com/ea-shuts-down-video-game-servers-prematurely-1846/ and http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/01/06/0456202

What did you get? My wife and I both got new phones as well. We both got a Sony Ericsson W705a each (mine in grey/black, her's in pink). The plan we got was cheaper than our old plan and includes more call credits to boot. (12mth contract only). Having a SE K800i in the past, the phone is a...

Ummm... I really don't know to respond to this... So what you are saying is, that I should purchase my 2yr son a AU$1300+ laptop just to get video conferencing? So how would that help me, when I'm away from home (with no WiFi access), and that laptop is at home with my son? I think you missed...

Any more details on the id3 tag/symlink process? Did you use a script, or other application? Also with having such large archives, have you noticed any bit-rot when transferring data between the various systems the data has lived on in the past to the current setup? (esp anything that has come...

Found this one today... If you set a static IPv4 address on a LAN adapter that has no gateway or DNS setting, then Win7 will revert that connection back to DHCP on next reboot. (confirmed by using ipconfig /all from the CLI). BUT if you look at the IPv4 properties, it will show the correct...

As I'm going to be busy with friends and family over the holiday season (and won't be online for a week or two), just like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you enjoy a safe and pleasent holiday period.

That's funny... (and also true from what I've seen). My phone contract has expired, and 3 mobile have offered a 24mth renewal contract plus the "free" phone to go with it... I did look at an iPhone, but since it can't make a video call (which is an absolute requirement for me, as it allows me...

Nothing to see here, please move along... Oh com'n, we all know that sector sizes other than 512 bytes have existed previously? The fact that most optical formats use a 2KB sector size shouldn't make this move surprising. But it is good to see that HDD manufacturers have seen the sense to make...

Don't know the exact details, but may be related to the Intel C Compiler, and it's ability to produce multiple code paths, any of which can be executed depending on the installed CPU at runtime. eg, If I have a non-Intel CPU, it will execute the "fail-safe" code path. (no use of FPU, MMX, SSE...

Does anyone know of one that comes in green?

Just finished writing a GUI client for MP3 players that use MTP (and not UMS) to talk to a PC. It's targeted at Solaris 10, so it's requirements are fairly low. http://chewy509.110mb.com/gMTP.html Unlike most other Linux and *BSD distro's, S10 has an ancient version of GTK+ (v2.4.9), which...

I've installed it on my new Win7 Pro x64 laptop, and seems to work well. I haven't noticed any performance drop, with it running in the background. Also note, that MSE uses the same engine and definition files as MS Forefront Security (the corporate offering), it just has a different front end...

I don't know what support is like in other countries, but this is my experience here in Australia. HP support for the Compaq/HP consumer range products is, well, less to the desired - I will fully admit that. (I would never touch one of their general consumer products anyway). HP support for...

I just did a test on a HP2140 with a 3cell battery. (Sorry I thought it was a 4cell). Win7 Enterprise, MS Forefront security. 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD. Power mode set to max performance, with monitor set to not sleep and at max brightness. Running Prime95 (Torture test set to blend), and running...

Admittedly, yes, at least 50% of the time...

I think everyone has that opinion of their own recorded voice. :bglaugh:

Congratulations!!! :thumbleft: :beer: Being a parent is a wonderful thing, (except my wife is currently complaining about being pregnant, and wants it over with - and she's only at 33 weeks now - but I do have to give it too her, as she is constantly looking after our 22mth old, which is tiring...

My wife and I purchased a JVC GZ-MG330 Standard Def 30GB HDD camcorder about 6 mths ago, and overall are happy with it. (The 30GB model has been replaced with a 60GB model (GZ-MG630), but specs are otherwise exactly the same). The only downside that I've found is the battery life with the...

We've had a few HP 2140's with the bottom end 4 cell battery, and regularly get 4hrs on them in general usage, even running Win7? Not disputing the 90min claim, especially if you're running them at 100% cpu constantly (doing RAW photo conversion and the like), but we don't see that with normal...

Thanks all, I order the HP 4510s with extended 3yr wty. (It came out cheaper than the Lenovo, even having to pay a little bit extra for the 3yr warranty). It came down to, cost and I know HP warranty (and I work for a HP reseller so deal with their support services all the time).

Last post in that thread was 11 days ago? But the google search does highlight a dislike for the service...

http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=93895 I just googled "Why steam sucks" and this link came up...

And in other news, Australia has had it's first legal same-sex union in Canberra, ACT. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gvKHAgcwJ0JFR0hDJPsvXXCR_RBA

Since my wife's PC is acting up, and following up on the other thread "Laptop for kids", I'm in the market for a new laptop to replace her desktop. (I get to inherit her 20" LCD, so I'll have dual 20" LCDs for my PC :bglaugh: ). Primary use will be web, office, email, education games, and...

Have you considered using UFRaw? ( http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/index.html ) While it's *nix application, they do have Windows port that works with GIMP. It also has a cmd line utility - ufraw-batch - that will batch convert your RAWs into TIFF / PNG / JPEG as needed...

I've uploaded it to: http://chewy509.110mb.com for those that are interested, listed under fun stuff. (Screenshot on the website).

USB Missile Launcher I finally got off my arse, and wrote a client application that runs on Sun Solaris 10 for those USB Missile Launchers that you can get from thinkgeek. ( http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/8a0f/ ). I've only had it for approx 12mths... Took approx 2 days to get a...

Why it often that will compromise for no given reason, other than "because they want to". Case in example, A friend of mine is building a new i7 setup for himself. 1. Buys a new i7 based Xeon 3520 CPU. (cheaper than a i7-920 and in stock at supplier, runs at same clock speed as a i7-920). 2...

I thought SR had died...

1. Yes. 2. Ship SAS setups in file/database servers, at approx 1 per fortnight. SAS is no more difficult than SCSI when using SCA drives and enclosures. Typically we use HP P400 or P600 based controllers, coupled with an 8 bay 2.5" hot swap enclosure. (Normally fitted with either 2 or 4 drives)...

Thanks, I'll have a look at one the keyboards and mice developed for small kids and buy some edu sw to install on a PC. We had a good look at the various models at Toys'R'Us on the weekend, and quite frankly, on the surface they look ideal, but when you start using them, they tend to miss the...

That certainly is the truth... He often teaches my wife a few things as well, like FullScreen mode in IE, and is very good at deleting things... We also spend some time on YouTube watching clips on trucks and choppers.

I would say both desperate for $$$ and the cross-license agreement was valuable.

Nice to see. At least the dollars used for suing each other, can now go back into R&D for bigger and better products...

Hi Everyone, Some quick background: My son Isaac, who is nearing 2 yrs old, has been classified as being "extremely gifted" with an estimated IQ of 179+. As such whilst being under the physical age of 2, has the same mental capacity and capability as a 3yr old. (For fans of the TV show "Big...

The sad thing is, the ULV series of Core2's are coming close to the power draw of an Atom, while offering double to triple the performance. The new HP Core2Duo SU4100 powered netbooks have a claimed battery life of 7-9 hours. Similar to Atom powered netbooks, while offering at least double the...