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I knew that this was an issue, but I didn't know how serious. I also knew that when I took care of it, I would want to do it right. Unfortunately, things have changed and I just don't have the cash to splash around at the moment. From what I understand, exact accuracy isn't as important as...

Probably. Come by and check it out on my screen, they look great ;)

Stock settings on the display and driver. No adjustments whatsoever. I know, I know. :smack:

Ouch! I thought the days of paying $1k+ for a monitor were over! Even the 21" SV is over $1k. Over $500 would be tough for me at the moment.

e_dawg, great, because I already ordered it ;) Re: Monitor accuracy My left screen (Viewsonic 2130b) is really stating to lose it's backlight. If I were to replace it with something in the 24" range with an eye towards color accuracy, where is the sweet spot? My right monitor is a Dell...

Autohide doesn't seem to work with the Ubuntu Netbook Remix UI, but Image Zoom is great.

Only if the question is who can bend you over further.

Meh, I don't have to order until noon and it will still ship today. ;)

Indeed, but that will only get you so far as well. IIRC, the best anyone has done with Liquid He is 7Ghz.

The problem is not getting a demand high enough that it will saturate all your cores. The problem is getting that demand to use all your cores. The more cores you have, the less likely it is that whatever load you have will use it. You probably see that already; one core sitting at 100% while...

At medium spec, 8-core Mac Pros cost $7k. So I would call them idiots, not pros, Uda.

An excellent point e_dawg. This is the one you use? It is in my shopping cart now.

Intel i7, Intel X58, and Intel SSD is a very happy place to be.

If you can get them to take down slashdot as well, It will be the most productive day of my career. ;)

Copying to the clipboard first doesn't work for you? FWIW I have never had this issue (I use the quick reply unless quoting someone).

Mine don't. I have a 150GB VR, a 740GD, and a 1TB 7200.10 stacked on my desk right now.

Neat.

Think you used enough font there, Butch?

For the record, the MTRON MSD-PATA3018-ZIF2 is working great in my ASUS R2Hv, and is a massive improvement over the Toshiba MK8009GAH (4200RPM) that was in there. 100MB/s and 0.1ms without any lag issues with small file writes. I suspect the interface in the Acer isn't standards-compliant in...

This did the trick. I don't know what was going on with the hard drive, but the new version installed just fine from USB after I did this and let it run. Thanks!

I can't remember the last time I went over ISO 400, most are at 100, so that isn't the source of my noise. Some of these are long exposures (10s-30s) but I'm getting some noise in the gradation of the sky that is annoying me. I'll try and find some samples. I have a 10-22 that is still...

I don't think I'm willing to step away from Canon at this point. I'm too comfortable with the tools, interface, and product lineup at the moment. I'm currently reconsidering a T1i and a 17-40L. That lens should be up for 15MP, and the crop body means the corners don't have to be as nice. I would...

I got a VCR/DVD-R thingy last week. The dubbing feature works well.

Tried 8.10 from CD (what it had before) and it is throwing errors of some kind. Is there any part of the drive that isn't wiped during the install? How would I do so?

Good find. Too bad there is no X18-E for my netbook ;)

People don't like that here, either. I have fiber running from the office to my house; my home office is on the main office LAN. It takes as long to walk from my house to the boss' office as it does from my office in the west wing. There is absolutely no reason why I can't work from home all the...

The sound works fine. The only thing I used that didn't work is the WLAN indicator light. The switch still worked to turn on and off the wireless, but the little LED didn't work. No biggie.

I go to work one way or the other, I just lock my door, put a note on it, and don't see anyone. I work everything through the phone and remote desktop. Just another way to remind people that I don't actually need to be present more than 5 hours a week.

Not a bad idea, as soon as I get to the office I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

That is the part I was enjoying, actually :p

I've heard several times that cheap macro lenses have high quality (was it Tannin that said it?). What is the deal there? That pano is great, lots of detail and fun to explore. What hardware/settings/software did you use?

I believe in good optics, I'm just not sure that a $700 L lens isn't up to the task. I am a big fan of panos, but I've shot most of them with a 35/2 on a 1.6-crop body. That would be 21-ish with a FF sensor, and I'm still wishing for a little more from time to time. Quite a few of my shots have...

To be fair, it isn't like Microsoft products don't have critical security issues that aren't fixed for at least six months, they just keep their mouths shut about it.

Unfortunately, the BIOS has no settings whatsoever beyond time and boot order. I had previous versions of Ubuntu installed on here fine, and once it is running from the stick it sees the drive and all it's contents. Really weird.

An interesting point. Is this doing the human-human thing? Or just directly from animals?

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda1 Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device...

Haven't tried it. That is a command for the console, yes? I think it should be /dev/sda in my case? GParted shows the partitions as sda1 and sda2.

I'm thinking maybe a damaged MBR? How would I fix that?

I've done a whole bunch of Googling on this, but I'm afraid I don't know enough about my issue to help myself. Acer Aspire One Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix, USB install Imaged the USB stick, boots off the stick fine. Ran install both from the stick and from the desktop, told to use entire disk...

I don't think anyone here is particularly pro-Adobe. We just accept it as a necessary evil, like Microsoft (but worse).

I only have 4 folders, with about 6 subfolders each.

I have the menu bar, address bar, and the bookmarks toolbar on the same row, even at 1024x600. I just wish the tabs could be smaller.

Crap, another post gone (my fault) Thanks Lunar for the writeup. I've read it quite a few times, and have a few questions. 1. Can you show or link to an image that is lens limited? I understand the concept that the lens is not capable of treating all the pixels properly, but I don't know what...

We have a single full-time guy who cleans the office. I gave him an iPod I won in some auction for Christmas. I now get the deluxe treatment.

I appreciate the thought. Whenever you have time.

This has worked well for me, the middle shot of a 3-round burst (no shutter press or release) gives me quite a bit more stability. Great posts by Lunar, Uda, P5, e-dawg, and Tannin.

The women freak out about hygiene, so they aren't a problem. The guys get the computers so physically dirty that they clean them themselves.

Also don't forget that rule is for FF cameras, so if you have a crop sensor, you need it to be faster.

Well, the flu already moved to CA.

I am certain that my gear is not the limiting factor, but I likes me some toys. I have always been averse to getting non-Canon lenses for my Canon camera, but perhaps I need to shake that? Trying to get some different compositional stuff going, and some more color. I think I am happiest with...