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I don't like chocolate. I was told fish, but I don't like that either. I do have lots of iced tea (unsweetened) every day, as my only source of caffeine. The ratio thing was told to me by the guy doing the health exam. I haven't done any independent research, as I'm honestly not that interested.

Those are cholesterol levels, and there are three things that matter. 1. HDL is bad cholesterol, anything under 200 is good, mine is 133 (very good). 2. LDL is good cholesterol, anything over 40 is good, mine is 23 (very bad). 3. The ratio of good to bad should be under 4.5. Because my "good"...

Good news/Bad news HDL: 133 LDL: 23 I hate fish.

What are people's (specifically JTR's) thoughts on this 60W dimmable LED power supply?

No, even after the rootkits were removed updates would still fail or cause the system to fail. I don't remember if a repair install fixed the issue or not.

The boss invited me up for dinner tonight (his son and I the only guests). Jalapeno poppers and artichokes as appetizers, then salad, baked potatoes, and steaks. Beverages were cocktails before, his wine during, then cognac and scotch after. Life is good.

I completely agree. It would be great if they posted a time for a mid-level driver on each car. Vehicles that are a huge handful (like the ZR-1, 911 or Viper) would take a beating, and cars that make it easy to go fast (GT-R, R8, Exige) would be rewarded.

At least you are allowed to go to Tampa and get it, or even call someone in Tampa. I had to trust the Chinese service agents working for Dragon Air...

They do make an Atom V8 with 500hp...

I've only had this issue with machines that had (in the past) had rootkits installed.

If it is anything like the theaters around here, it will be less crowded, but everyone will be 12 years old and talking continuously.

That is a tube-framed race car with some fiberglass that makes it look like a mustang. You could make it look like a pinto if you wanted.

In the rest of the world they sell cars with sub-1 liter engines.

Making days memorable is a fun hobby.

I get serious time with my boss' dogs every week. Two corgis, a lab, and something very mutt-like (and very cool). I do enjoy the fact that they are someone else's concern. It's like what I imagine being a grandparent to be.

My best defense so far is going to the court and pointing out how unreasonable the trap was. The judges around here seem to be pretty good.

I spin my own cooling these days; none of those guys can manage a decent combination of airflow, noise, and longevity. At home I put in a GIGABYTE GV-R797OC-3GD, pulled the shroud and all three fans, replacing them with a pair of Antec 140mm fans about 1cm from the heatsink. Fortunately for...

I can back this up. My last significant ticket was from an aircraft. No radar was detected by my V1, and the CHP was already moving towards me before I came over the ridge towards him.

Inelegant. ;) Also, my car insurance will cover the contents of my car up to the value of my car, but not anything on the rack. It has been over 500,000 miles since I was in any kind of accident. It has been two days since I last saw someone touching my bike while it was on my car. I prefer my...

That is still outside the car. My bike is already too valuable to leave out there (and getting more valuable all the time). I ride every day somewhere, and once I start competing will be travelling over most of central California. Because of all the riding, having the bike in the car at all...

Nothing was cut, split, or harmed in any way. Everything I've done is completely reversible, probably within an hour. A total of 4 bolts were removed, and I even have the torque spec for putting them back in. That said, I've basically made the choice that this will be my vehicle for some time...

Had some fun over the weekend. The roof rack with my bikes on it isn't as secure as I would like, plus wind noise and measurably worse fuel economy. I decided to put the bikes in the car. After pulling all the wheels and folding down the rear seat they fit, but barely and stuff is...

Or plug the gaping holes in the code that let a (fundamentally) American company to pull crap like this.

Yup. Don't bother calling Supermicro, those turds are useless.

Indeed. And turnover of your inventory is never a bad thing.

Even if you get the extra length by removing drive bays or such, that board is also (barely) too wide, and I don't see a way around that.

If this won't get Merc outside, nothing will.

I've gone through 2 kill-a-watts and the numbers can't be right. <7W idle and ~10W max load. I'll try to find something more accurate for these small loads.

Windows Experience Index: CPU: 6.9 RAM: 7.4 GPU: 5.2 Game: 5.8 HDD: 7.7

This makes perfect sense to me; the smaller the screen the more uncomfortable the experience. At the same time, the smaller the tablet the more often you have it available for that emergency lookup of MTG oracle rulings.

IIRC, higher performance Mustangs of the past have had IRS to good effect. It'll probably hurt the drag racing scene, but the car will be much better for it.

Primary viewing is from the front (the bed) with secondary viewing from the tub being a much lower priority. The screen itself will be in line with the foot of the bed, so would be too intrusive to leave down all the time.

I hear the next generation will be entering the 20th century with independent rear suspension.

I just installed PowerDVD 12 on an HTPC. I hate it, but Media Player Classic Homecinema won't correctly decode stereoscopic (3D) .MKV files to the projector.

Mr. Steed and Mrs. Peel could have made an awesome porn...

That is very funny. It reminds me of a musing from earlier in the month. The cover of this months Cosmopolitan magazine declares that it is "The Sex Issue". Now I'm confused on what the others were about.

mmm.....S6 Avant....

The projector will be buried in one of the far walls. The screen needs to be able to retract into the ceiling with an electric motor. This would be difficult with a pair of HDTVs. The closest I've found so far is this one. It is larger than I was planning, but I could make it fit.

I have a(nother) special need. 1. Rear projection 2. Electrically lowered 3. Ceiling recessed 4. Tab tensioned 5. About 55" I'm having a hard time finding a screen that matches these requirements. I'm pretty sure I need the tab tensioning as it will be in the middle of a room, ideally viewable...

Just finishing a significantly low-voltage build: Intel i3-2120T Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H OCZ NOC-MSATA120G 2x Crucial 4GB 1.35v PicoPSU 65W Still getting Win7 installed on it, but next chance I have I'll get it on a Kill-a-watt.

The main things I'm interested in is light levels, colors, heat dissipation, etc. so I do need to get the same stuff that I plan on deploying elsewhere. Though that does look like a cool (and ridiculously cheap) system.

Alright...getting ready to order some parts and play. (1) 24v 5A power supply (2) A009-D-V-2100 BuckBlock 2100mA power modules (14) Nichia NVSL219AT-H1 4500K, 92 CRI, B10 Bin - 20mm Star (1) Heatsink - 4.230" wide x 1" high x 48" long (1) Arctic Silver Thermal Epoxy Well under $250 total...no...

Nevermind...quite a bit more money....and less flexible...

What are people's thoughts on the LuxDrive LuxStrip products? Seems to save quite a bit of time/effort for not much more money?

And the other interesting bit. I just got an email saying that my Google Apps domains will be switching the Docs list to Drive soon...many of those Docs are permissions based. Of course, I don't believe that they will publish this stuff, but it's annoying that they think they might want to.

I thought I remembered it being 50V. In either case, everything I'm doing is at or below 24V.

That is one of the reasons I got cans that are designed to be surrounded by insulation, and then surrounded them with insulation. Most of the heat goes down (it can noticeably heat whatever is underneath it within minutes).

They can publish my encrypted files all they like ;)

Sorry to hear that, Bozo. Ten years is a long time to have a friend.

I don't mean to derail tagger's thread, but I'm still missing some chunks of knowledge. (Thanks for your patience!) 120v AC -> Light Switch -> 12v Power Supply -> LED DC-DC driver -> LEDs Is that right? If I don't need dimming, what are the most important factors for the driver? How to compute...