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It can be, but I doubt (without evidence) that actual battery capacity is directly mapped to the number of bars on the display. I suspect that, in the interest of protecting device batteries from users, devices are powered down before complete discharge.

Considering the color of the car, I'm having second thoughts about matte black wheels. Gunmetal Grey appears to be almost exactly the same color as the body (don't forget I'm occasionally slightly colorblind...if someone could check that for me it would be great) and might be interesting.

According to Peter @ Forgestar, the closest dealer is Sonic Motorsports in Mountain View, just down the street from the McLaren dealership. Off goes an e-mail to them.

I would consider a porn star to be a high-level athlete ;)

So close and yet so, so far...

I've already e-mailed Forgestar looking for a local authorized dealer, though I'll also talk to my favorite local shop to see if they can handle it. I usually order from Tire Rack and have the local shop to the install, how much research have you done into online sellers of the Forgestar? How...

Now that my hopes of a 2013 S4 are gone, I'm considering making some changes to my current car to make it a bit quicker. 2011 Audi A3 Premium Quattro Titanium Sport Package (18" wheels and lower/stiffer suspension) Cold Weather Package (heated front seats/side mirrors) Bluetooth Value Package...

Sweet. I'd love to continue picking both of your brains (mmm....brains) on mods for the A3, and I don't want to derail this thread too much. Should I keep them here or put them elsewhere?

There are two markets for their last generation of cards. The largest is hardcore gamers. The other is using them for large scale scientific computing. This was awesome for the geeks, because (due to economies of scale) cards that would otherwise be special and very expensive weren't. Now...

It's complicated, and I really can't talk about it. It is legal, and theoretically discretionary, but not optional in my current circumstances. Just a but frustrating as you might imagine. As soon as my current tires wear out (soon) I'll be ordering those Forgestar wheels in the appropriate...

Quite so. I just cut a check for $25k that I wasn't expecting and will get nothing out of. That was the down payment for the S4 that would have made the monthly something I could deal with. Financing the whole thing basically doubles the monthly payment, and I can't deal with that. At this point...

That is worse. Someone on Slashdot said something about their change in architecture killing the GPGPU capabilities in exchange for better power consumption and slightly better graphics.

Nope. I won't put money on it until I can see an option list and know exactly what I'm getting. There is a looming issue that might scrub this whole thing anyway...more details later.

If the next one is blue you'll have to let us know. ;)

My new helmet must attract bees. Twice this morning they flew into my helmet, got stuck, and stung the top of my head. Sucks. For a moment I was concerned, having never been stung, that I might have an adverse reaction all alone in the boonies. Nope, doesn't even hurt anymore.

Now you sound like my wife :p

I've always felt that if a decision is really that difficult, it means all the choices are nearly equally as good, and you aren't really making a mistake with any of them.

I like the blue, but I still want white with black everything else.

Indeed. The only thing we won't have to wait for is them taking our money. :(

The Campagnolo stuff is excellent. Of course, anything made by the major manufacturers within the last decade will be lighter/faster, made from carbon fiber with ceramic bearings. My dream wheels at the moment are the Zipp Firecrest 404s shame they cost more than my bike.

;) A special thanks to the Coug for helping me get a ridiculous machine up and running for the cause! Not sure how long it'll be around, but it is making a mess of things while it is here!

That looks quite usable. Just wait until one of my users gets on it and tries to install some free games...then it will be crawling. I've looked at those screens so often I didn't notice it wasn't in English for quite a while.

You can see the exact tech specs under the second tab of my link above. I ride in the rain at least once a week this time of year; just hose the bike off and re-lube the chain every couple weeks.

Nope. I am now on a Specialized Roubaix Apex Compact. There is no way I could deliver that kind of performance on my old bike.

Within a processor family you don't need benchmarks for these, either. Performance scales fairly linearly with clock speed.

I don't check benches either. By default I go to the latest architecture/process/socket, and then choose either: 1. The fastest. 2. The best bang/buck 3. The cheapest This is determined exclusively by clock speed and price at the time. Occasionally there is variable cache to worry about, and I...

Encoding?

If you mean for duplicating a configured VM and then changing the key to another you have, 2008 and 7 will let you do that in the "Computer Properties" screen after the clone. If you are too lazy to do that, just keep activating with the same key until they refuse activation. At that point you...

Hah. I can make your day better. This thing is now reporting 403223PPD.

I should take some pictures the next time I'm near the beach in Santa Cruz or Carmel. You might like California a little more.

Nice.

For the record, the Zalman CNPS11x Performa is a great cooler. A pair of them (in series - one takes in the exhaust of the other) are able to keep a pair of 150W E5-2687W CPUs (at 100% load 24/7) between 55C and 68C very quietly. Just don't try to fit them in a 4U rackmount chassis...they are...

Today was the first (attempted) ride with my teammates. Of course, it was a race simulation on the local crit course. I managed to barely hang on when their pace up a false flat (2% grade) exceeded 30mph. Then someone started an attack, and they were gone. Still happy with my pace, particularly...

I use a drill, it is much faster.

I'll second that. An exhaust is mostly noisy behind you, where it doesn't matter. And the ricers aggressive driving includes driving on the shoulder, and merging into tight spots without signalling. Not safe no matter what. I always stop at stop signs, always signal, and never tailgate. Compared...

Got it and tested it. TightVNC was able to connect no problem. Thanks!

I've found VNC, and I even found the GUI configuration module that is pre-installed on this version of Ubuntu. Setting it up now and forwarding ports (5800 and 5900, correct?)

damsel in distress....dd....fitting ;) Why is it that people for whom English is their second language are so clever with the little things? My wife does the same all the time.

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I completely agree. That might explain why I've never heard of G-Data. The other office suites I've heard of are all based on OpenOffice/LibreOffice, and will likely have the same issues. Unless you want to go the Google Apps route and use their word processor and spreadsheet stuff.

I'm assuming you've already tried to hardcode a bypass for the file into G-Data?

This is true even on my bicycle. Above 30MPH for sustained periods is awful noisy.

There is a header on the motherboard specifically for the CPU fan. Many motherboards allow automatic fan speed variation with CPU temp. 73C may not be high enough to cause it to spin faster (80C+ is still safe according to Intel)

Apple products are a tremendous waste of money. I recommend them all the time. Any one of the following will cause me to recommend a Mac: 1. I want a computer but don't know what computers are for (massive training, no particular needs, no family/friend support) 2. I want a Mac because they are...

So to sum up, I could configure a couple dozen VMs that would happily run off a single HDD on a GbE connection (DCs, DNS, light web server, etc). I could also configure a single VM that would die at the end of a GbE connection (SQL or Oracle DB with lots of IO)

I've had good experiences with those if you can get the brick thing figured out. They also need the auxiliary 12v plug for the CPU.

Posted: Jul 10, 2001 Sweet. I wasn't even legal to drink at that point.

I guess it comes from commuting on a motorcycle in traffic in a big city. Simply assuming that no-one sees you is being too optimistic. You need to assume that they are out to kill you and actively deny them that opportunity.

Way too hot for me; spent the evening in a button down and a sport coat. Didn't look too different from the secret service guy...ok, I guess I did :(

Quite. They took the tips of my fingers more than once.