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Hi Guys, I've uploaded some photos to my personal website ( http://chewy509.110mb.com/pic.html ), and would like to get some feedback on the best ways to touch up some of them, before having them professionally printed. I'm looking at getting them ready for 8x10 print sizes... I know a...

I’ve been cleaning out my old CD draw and have the following I thought some of you may be interested in: 1. Personal Oracle 7.1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Database 2. Windows 95A - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 3. IBM O/S 2 v2.1 and O/S 2 Wrap 3 -...

Yep, very big in medical imaging due to solid 10bit per channel colour support, and in the financial industry due to the solid multi-monitor support. nVidia only introduced 10bit per channel colour with the G80's, and AMD I believe only 2 generations ago as well, and both multi-monitor support...

I've read through a couple of the recent reports, and all focus *solely* on BMI, which IMO is crap. (The report naming Australia as the "Fattest" has this flaw). eg, take most people is the military/defence force, and most will be considered obese due to high BMIs, even though a good proportion...

How are you selecting the build/module options? I tend to use "make menuconfig" from the root of the kernel source directory...

Umm, Linux has supported GPT and Dynamic Disks for a while now? (GPT was added in when the Linux Kernel started to support Itanium based systems, and Dynamic Disks has been in for at least 3-4 years). You may just need to recompile your kernel to support those options. (It's under the...

Thanks for the heads up, but may just wait until it's released on DVD-A and/or CD.

I did the day it was released... ;)

This is what Trent has done with the last 2 NINs releases, available as DVD-A, CD, MP3, WAV. Works well at no additionally cost, other than spending the time downsampling to the lower resolutions from 32bit/128kHz...

Starting to deploy it on our boxes, and no issues so far. (And our boxes run the MS RMS Software that caused SP3 to be revoked, and then re-released)! So far have installed it on 13 boxes without major problems. The only issue we've had is with TrendMicro PC-Cillin 2008 and if the scan engine...

No idea, I still do read SR, but due to the low quality of posts (at SR) rarely post anything there these days. Site was down for me as well... no idea why, no notice on SR prior either? Edit: Site is back up now: From SR:

The Russian entrant won the Eurovision 2008 song contest... Notable entries were the entries from: Finland, Greece, Ireland and Estonia. Hit google/youtube if you want to watch the event online. PS. www.sbs.com.au has the whole show available...

I don't consider AU$50 a waste for noticeable increase in performance, considering there are people who speed AU$500 for in 2% increase in a benchmark score that they'll never notice using real world applications.

Wouldn't a CRM system like ACT! be more appropriate than Outlook for handling those customers? (I'm only thinking of ACT! as it's really aimed at the SMB market, instead of something like Microsoft CRM). Last time I used ACT! was about 5yrs ago (when it was still owned by Symantec), but it...

I remember when I first started, I was shocking at it... Now, like a pro, off and on in less time Isaac has to realise I have it off so he can pee everywhere! (It's like taking the nappy off is the queue for him to pee everywhere, but I guess most boys are like that). He's now starting to...

Sorry, it's something my wife used to say, that "we" were both pregnant even though all I did was have 2secs on fun, and she got the 9 months of morning sickness ... oops, I mean pregnancy ... I did share in most aspects of the pregnancy, including trying all the cravings. (Hint: pickles and...

IIRC, you need either Exchange or the latest SharePoint (w/Outlook 2007) for that. Alternatively you can use AD, and publish a contact list there, and have each client use that as an alternate address book. (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=238007) But as you can see, all solutions need a...

Being a proud dad here are some pics: (Top 2 are when he was a few weeks old, and the last one was about 2 weeks ago).

Already have... I'm just glad with DVD rental you can stop/play them as needed.

This is what my wife was on, when we became pregnant. (We fell pregnant mid-cycle as well). The only contraception that is fool-proof is not doing it all, (expect for permanent sterilisation ). But back OT: Australia is in the midst of a baby promotion (which has been going on for a few years...

There's quite a few movies my wife and i would like to go and see, but having our little son around makes it a little hard. So we've just been renting a few DVDs from blockbuster recently... All I can say is, that I wasn't overly impressed with SAW IV, despite being a fan on the first 3...

So how are applications meant to update themselves? (The overwrite a file is really a delete, copy File I/O transaction).

Case scenario 1: Software updates. Most software use a secondary *.exe to auto-update software, which download the updated exe/dll/data from an internet based server, and then copy said updates files over the top on the files in C:\Program Files\<Application>\*. Even though the user account...

The other side of the table, is that UAC is simply more than a Prompt, it alters how Windows operates. The number of applications that either fail to install or not work correctly with UAC enabled is quite large (yes even with full local admin rights, apps still break with UAC enabled). Turn...

Congratulations. :thumbleft:

Yep, she's crap. But then again, look who one of the main sponsors are? Telstra.

Oh I remember the days of the crappy Creative SB Live! drivers on 98SE/2K, as well as the incompatibles with certain chip sets (the Via 686B south bridge comes to mind). It was about that time I switched to Redhat 6 (or was it 7)?, and the Linux kernel at the time had better Live! drivers than...

Vista is coming to an end Well, I've had Vista on my work laptop since Jul-07, and to be honest I've had it with Vista.... So Tannin, I'm taking your advice and Vista is going, and here comes Windows XP for the laptop. Why? I'm sick of it, hate the lack of performance, the *constant* issues...

For those that may of missed it: Q6600 vs Q9300 @ anandtech. http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3272&p=5 (Review is of the new AMD Phenom X4 and new Intel 45nm offerings).

Xeons can use normal DDR2 as well as FB-DIMMs, it all depends on the chipset on the mainboard. Xeons paired with the 5000, or 5400 series chipsets require FB-DIMMs, however when paired with the 5100 or the 3000/3200 series chipsets normal Reg ECC DDR2 DIMMs are all that's required. eg...

Looks like a HDD cooling chassis with rubber mounts?

When's the proposal? (If it already hasn't happened)?

Could it be that MS has finally realised that the public perceives Vista as a not-so-great product and are discounting accordingly... in an effort to boost sales. Hopefully the price won't jack up again with the release of the next (and rushed) version of Windows. PS. Let's not forget that the...

That was back in the PentiumMMX-P2-era... Sorry cant remember the models. They just left a good impression on being indestructable when given to us to fall out of planes with. PS. The ones we had looked like the 19, but without the swivel display. And since we used Win3.11 on them we used SSDs...

I used Toughbooks whilst in the Army out field. Great little machines that can survive para-drops quite well... (Well they were padded in our packs, but they can take abuse quite well).

I saw MASSIVE difference going from a 4500rpm PATA drive (cheap HP laptop) to a 7200rpm PATA... While greater than a 5400rpm -> 7200rpm transistion, you should notice the difference. If you don't need the space that the slower HDDs offer, then by all means go for it.

While I can see CF + Adapters as a quiet and low power storage solution which is great for laptops or HTPC (OS Drive), I can't see the merit in it for genreal purpose desktop systems... 4x Kingston 8GB 266x CF Card (45MB/s Read) ($170 ea + adapters) = $680 for 32GB of storage for a potential...

Thanks everyone. Now that I've had a 8hr sleep while mum and Jr are still in the Hospital (they're coming home tomorrow), It's finally sunk in that I'm a Dad. And over the moon about it. In the past I've never been one to handle or play with small kids or babies, but now I can't get enough...

I am also happy to announce that today (8th Feb 2008 ) at 2pm EST, my wife Elin and I are now the proud parents of Isaac. Isaac weighs in at 6lb 3oz. Both Mum and Jr are doing extremely well, and no complications experienced during or after birth. (Perfectly natural birth, abeilt 1 week early)...

Have a read through the log file, and if it's the local catalogue to blame, then the following KB will fix it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798 PS. The exact error should be: "Unable to update the catalog" within th elog file. PPS. You need to start with the first step, reboot, try...

Something else that has to be considered, is also Yahoo! has it fingers in other forms of media as well, (including TV, magazines, newspaper, etc) through connections with Seven Media Group here in Australia. Interestingly, MS has afflition with Channel 9 (owned by PBL Media), so if MS took...

I know we have all our hobbies and stuff, (I personally like the outdoors; camping, fishing, 4WD'ing, running (10K and half-marathon), bushwalking/hiking), but I also have another 'geeky' hobby as my wife calls it. Today I've uploaded the latest release of the compiler I have been writing for...

The sad thing is MM is better viewing than "Big Brother" as most of the critters in MM have more intelligence than those in BB... PS. Not a fan of either, only watch them if nothing else is on TV at that time...

Just out of interest, how much in tapes?

I'm using a MS Intellimouse (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826105184)...

3x 36GB Seagate 10K.6 in RAID5 (OS/Apps/Data) 1x 400GB Seagate 7200.10 internal (Archive Storage, MP3s, DVD rips) 1x 500GB Seagate 7200.10 external w/firewire800 (Archive Storage - copy of 400GB drive and data off the RAID5 Array) = 1008GB or just under 1TB. (without redundancy in HDDs) The...

I'm seeing the same thing with my work HP 6710b laptop (also Vista Certified). I just love the fact that at times it can't keep up with my typing, as I can watch the words appear 2-3 secs after I type them...

I had an issue on a motherboard with a ICH7R controller, and for no reason it would dump drives from the array and fail to rebuild unless a new drive was put in as a hot spare. The dumped drives passed ALL manufacturer and other tests. ** One case lead to a complete re-installation of a SBS2003...

Off chance, exactly what motherboard and have you researched that that particular motherboard is ok with RAID controllers in the x4,x8,x16 PCIe slots? The Dell PERC5i has become quite popular due to low cost, but many have found that about 40-50% of desktop motherboards don't work with that...

BR is certainly ahead in Australia, last figures I heard was 9:1 in BR's favour in sales of both Players (stand-alone) and media. While there is nothing technically wrong with either format (discounting DRM and the silly region encoding in BR), it's unfortunately the content that will sell...