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...and you (and the rest of you).

Being on-contract is a liability. I would pass on it if I could.

I've been directed to plan something like this for next year. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qezz_casailuminadamusica_people A fun project, to be sure. 3-color LEDs all around, and one hell of a controller. Let the research begin.

We'll find out ;) I'll leave one of the X25-Es out and replace it with an HTS541040G9SA00 (Hitachi 5400RPM 2.5" 40GB). If I can't tell the difference, the SSDs go elsewhere. But I suspect that it will make a difference.

Right on...now I'm talking to myself ;)

That doesn't make sense to me. The way I see it, either disk access matters or it doesn't. I'm not that sure it does (other than for backup, which should rock). But if disk access matters, surely faster disks are better? It isn't a capacity thing, as most of my VMs are under 6GB.

Yup. The previous machine had enough CPU and disk, but nowhere near enough RAM. Taking it from 12GB to 36GB should do the trick. I'll be giving up my 2x X25-M and 2x X25-E to handle the storage.

Not that I can think of. I'd make sure that it is running a firmware after the garbage collection was introduced, then start appreciating the speedy goodness.

My workstation hasn't had a virus since the days of BBS on 14.4. The only server application that is running on my machine directly is VMWare Server, which is running, fully up-to-date, and hosting test environments all the time anyway. It may not be the ideal, but it is the easiest way for me...

Can't blame you really, it is the easiest and most obvious solution.

That would be making an assumption about the brains ;) Honestly, considering my workstation is the backup target and backup VM server, it needs some horsepower. Building a backup server that was unused most of the time just bugged the heck out of me, so now my workstation has the cojones to run...

Just ordered one of these. Cheaper than 4x 160GB G2 and a RAID card. After some musical-drives, this will be my boot drive ;)

Now I get to take clips from a DVD and upload them to youtube...is Ulead still the winner?

It is pricey, but this looks pretty awesome.

That is what a dedicated server room with cinder block walls is for. It isn't cramped if you get a pre-built; everything already has it's place.

Use an Ubuntu LiveCD, it has partition resizing tools in it for free. There may be some googling involved in figuring it out, but it took me about 15 minutes the first time around, and I don't know Linux very well.

About to order the following: TYAN B7016G24V4H 1U Barebone Server 2x Intel Xeon E5506 2.13GHz Quad-Core Processor 6x Kingston 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1333 ECC Registered w/Parity 4x Intel X25-M SSDSA2M160G2XXX 2.5" 160GB It doesn't look like there are any cheap barebones servers that can...

A nettop under your seat with a 7" touchscreen would do nicely.

Ah, thanks.

Not at all. And I have been doing "bad" things to them, as well. Copying on/off lots of large files, that would have caused any negative performance to happen already.

Ah, thanks. I knew Kyocera Mita, and did search there, but didn't find anything. It seems that no one allows you to sort/search by this feature.

I didn't know Toshiba made copiers, and I've never heard of Copystar. I searched all the manufacturers I knew and went talked to the local service techs. Thanks for the tips.

From what I can see on the Brother site, they AIOs you were talking about can print 11x17, but can only scan 8.5x17. That is dumb, and rules them out.

Were they active glasses? Those should be able to support full color depth, no? (as opposed to those red/green things)

Thanks, uda. And very tempting, but inkjet is likely too far from what they will be expecting. I will pass on the information and see if they'll take it. For the purpose of this conversation, let's call an 11x17 copier a device where you put an 11x17 original in, press one button, and get an...

What is wrong with the concept of a 3D movie? I agree that a lot is wrong with a lot of 3D movies, but that is because no one seems to have figured out how to do it right. It sounds like you are generalizing a bit more? Isn't 3D movies a logical extension of making a recorded experience more...

We haven't gone out to see a movie in the theater in over a year, but we are currently planning on seeing Avatar in 3D.

I completely understand. I had the same issue for a couple weeks until the next release. I'd also like to mention that my nVidia cards didn't have this issue. :thumbleft:

I know I Had some issues when I first got my new card. The driver installed, but the CCC didn't work for another release.

I'm afraid the scanner isn't an option, more than one button would only confuse them. I couldn't find any cheaper than $3k, but I figured I'd ask.

That would fall under the "dumb, poor bastard" category.

I'm looking for the best in power protection; an on-line UPS. It should also support SNMP, and a climate (temp/humidity) sensor would be great as well. But they will only be powering about 20W, and only need to do so for about an hour. Thoughts?

I actually have an EPIRB on my boat. Bought it when I attempted some open ocean single-handed goodness a while back. That is dangerous stuff.

Not really. We have ways to get internet to you just about anywhere. Right now I'm up in Tahoe at the condo waiting on the Charter Communications guy to install the cable modem. We also have an army of long-range wireless links to our WAN, cellular internet connections, and a couple satellite...

Nah, my 1080P projector will do fine for movies. I'm looking or a better monitor.

Didn't lose any of mine.

I'm looking for the cheapest copier that will do 11"x17". The load won't be large, and it will be in a crappy environment so it won't last long. The Canon imageRUNNER 3025 is a bit under $3k. Are there any desktop models capable of 11"x17"?

I'm not worried, I wouldn't say anything here that I wouldn't say to their face.

I know. I went to Best Buy and they didn't have any. :(

We've gone a different way. There is no storage of company data on workstations or laptops, period. You want to work while away from the office? Here is a MiFi and RDC credentials. No internet access? Enjoy your vacation.

That is fantastic. Can't find a price, though. The question is how many tens of thousands is it? $20k? $40k?

Has it really been that long since the migration? Time flies when you're married ;)

I've thought about that. If they do/did, they found it on their own. As such, they can understand that the communication was not meant for/directed at them, and can come to terms with it, or not. Regardless, the opinions I voice here are honestly mine, and aren't that different (just less...

Same here. I also feel that I can be more truthful here. In real life, everyone is either a boss, a subordinate, a student, a client, or some other critical relationship. As such, I need to maneuver and pose, always considering the angles and repercussions. Here, the lack of consequences is...

Just say what you feel like saying. When you've said all that, and had all your questions answered, I guess that would be time to stop.

Are you still out in the boonies somewhere. You are being very prolific this evening.

Yes. You want the standard known as 4k (4096×3072 pixels). There are already projectors that support it.

I think that that kind of distance would drive me to a RAID-1 of any kind of disk. I trust Vertex drives more than any moving-parts drive I've ever owned. I've deployed more than 50 of them, including into file servers, database servers, exchange servers, laptops, and desktops. I haven't even...

You are expecting the video player to alter the video in some way? There are quite a few post-processing plugins available to the back-end engine, but they require a crapload of CPU to do in real-time. I have a bunch running to help upsample DVD to 1080p, and it keeps an i7 pretty busy ;)

For the record, it would have been easier to just download Ubuntu onto a thumbdrive. You could boot completely off the thumbdrive, and have complete access to the hard drive via a nifty GUI. You'd even be able to copy files off to the network or thumbdrive.