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In that case, any webcam will do. You are looking for a software solution. Actually, let me qualify. As I'm sure you are aware, the sensors and lenses on these things really suck. That is what you are looking for hardware-wise, and I don't know how to suggest you shop for it. I have many...

If you want the camera itself to have direct FTP capability, then you need something more advanced.

Stupid UPS was supposed to deliver between 7AM and 10AM, it is now past noon and no sign. I have no idea what I'll do if I don't get the machine they are supposed to deliver (emergency replacement for a $22k box at one of the plants).

Who is back at work today? I was here at 6:45AM :(

I haven't even started accumulating PTO yet; this is only my second month (90 days are "trial"). The whole company is vacation without pay from before Christmas til after new years.

I got in at 7AM because FedEx informed me that my package may arrive at 7, and the office doesn't officially open until 8. The receptionist didn't show until 9, the package arrived at 9:05. I'm glad I installed a gaming card in my work PC.

Nice link Merc.

They all get resold/redistributed. My home machine now holds the old SSDs, but because they are so small, that machine also has the Raptors as data drives. The 360GDs went out in workstations, and the Velociraptor (that was only in my machine for 2 weeks) got put in my boss' machine.

I know it makes fiscal sense, but I can't bring myself to do it. Too eco-unfriendly. I don't even recycle my cans, but something about tossing a printer when it is designed to be reusable is just too much.

The only reason I can see for such a device is getting 30-40 people someplace that takes 2-3 hours to drive. Farther and you should get a private jet, closer and there is no point in this amount of comfort.

Nope. The X-25M is all I need*. my next big purchase (after the wedding and honeymoon) will be a car or a 5DII. *need, in this case, meaning "could possibly appreciate". I'm sure the Velociraptor was fine, as were the 3x 1st Gen SSDs before them, and the 2x 740GDs before them, and the 4x 360GDs...

I'm sure many people have gotten good deals with MIRs, but I've never bothered, and simply calculate the cost without factoring it in. If they want to sell it to me for less, they can sell it for less.

World's largest limo (based in SoCal, of course)

That is the plan. Whatever I end up getting to replace the 10-22 for FF duty will be a prime (possibly two). I'm actually getting quite used to framing/walking as needed with a prime as opposed to zooming to everything. Walking around while looking at something tends to yield better results.

He campaigned on how much money he brought to the state. Not how much they needed, or what use that money was. If all you want from the feds is money, someone like him is who you want getting it for you. Further, his seniority alone guarantees that the new guy won't be able to do as much.

That is the first thing I use the Customize Google plug-in to strip out.

My monitor had a switch that went between amber and green. I remember changing my mind every few minutes as a form of procrastination.

I like the stock theme, very close to here, actually.

Also, 200MB/s is not "close" to saturating a 300MB/s link.

That is getting to silly sizes now. I'm sure there are applications out there, but I don't think I'd want anything larger than a 128GB for my stuff. Exchange has a 100GB cap, none of my other databases are larger than about 60GB. Even running an army of VMs on a machine only takes up 10-25GB...

The point difference was actually 1104 points (16*69)

My advice depends on your brand of social issues. I only really stress when I will have to work with this person again. If I don't have to worry about it, then I can be quite rude without feeling remorse. Besides, it is very rare to have such a clear and deserving target. As such, I would simply...

I was looking at the various Linux/BSD-as-firewall appliance things, and none of them did all the stuff this does. I could have set up a machine myself with IPTables up the wazoo and BIND and the rest, but since I don't know how to do that, I would be hiring someone to do it. And then I have a...

I was looking at the various Linux/BSD-as-firewall appliance things, and none of them did all the stuff this does. I could have set up a machine myself with IPTables up the wazoo and BIND and the rest, but since I don't know how to do that, I would be hiring someone to do it. And then I have a...

I haven't had an issue installing the demo, and I've tried it on a few different machines.

I've just ordered a FatPipe for the office. Based on the demos I received, it should be pretty amazing (better be for $13k). It will be merging a pair of T-1s and a 5/5 wireless connection. Does anyone have experience with these things?

News to me. I've been running CS4 on the Intel SSD since it came out. Perhaps they are just trying to avoid the performance issues with the cheap ones?

I really like this one. Where is it? I'm in the same boat. People at work and friends like my stuff and have even purchased some of it, going so far as to say i should be selling it online/wherever. All the pros make it clear that my work isn't there yet, without necessarily saying why. :dunno:

I have a few here that are inkjets, and one that is a laser. I haven't seen one that used a pen since high school.

Adobe Reader will to it, I think FoxIt will as well. File > Page Setup > Choose the correct paper size > OK. File > Print > Scale to fit media. I was doing it with PDFs to a 48" wide laser printer all day yesterday from Acrobat Reader.

Boobs...boobs are good.

Boobs...boobs are good.

I wouldn't consider a move from Samsung to WD an "upgrade". I'd consider Samsung's lower price a bonus and get them regardless.

I have a hard time taking advice from a site that rates Norton so highly.

I just placed a bid on an item on EBay. No reserve, no starting bid. Buy it now is $350 and I bid $50. It showed as the winning bid for a couple hours, but now it says that she "has declined your offer of US $50.00." WTF? That is not how bidding works. Can I bid a massive amount and then decline...

I hear that. I'm about a decade younger than most of my friends, but I'm falling apart much more quickly. Just like my car; it's not the years, it's the mileage.

Today I get to replace the fan in an HP 130 plotter power supply, rebuild a projector, and I just finished stripping the 6-disk DVD changer from a Land Rover HSE so I could clean the DVD pickup. Despite all the manual labor, I am really enjoying myself. Is this a geek thing? I also got to go...

One of the things I like about the new gig is that I work for them. I'm putting into place all the systems I want, can approve all the bits I want, and can set the policy any way I like. I'll have them off Exchange/Outlook and onto Google Apps within the month. I've already begun locking down...

It's great how candid they are about the performance limitations, and the workarounds. When I started reading, I expected them to blame XP; but they did a good job explaining stuff.

I think Merc was commenting more on the chipset being limited to 1GB, so adding more wouldn't do any good.

Yup, the 3x SSD got broken down and put into a bunch of cheap workstations. Even with the lagging it's faster than a 5400RPM dog all the time and a 7200RPM dog some of the time. The Intel is the only SSD that hasn't had lagging of some kind. I suspect that it will stitch much better, but I...

The move went well, and it was awesome to walk to work this morning. The walk to the office is about twice the previous walk to the parking lot! Waking up at 6:30, having a shower, and still being in the office by 7 is an amazing thing.

Glad you are still intact, Bozo. I'm breaking down the computer in prep for our move today. Of course it's raining, and I've found a leak in the uHaul, and they got me a 17' instead of a 26'. But I'm stoked to not have to commute anymore. I should be online by this time tomorrow.

It would need to be something that supported transparency. From memory, ICO doesn't.

I'm not saying that it was purely HDD bound; I'm saying that it was a dog, and exhibited the performance freezes that we discussed in the SSD thread. I'm not saying it was a rocket the rest of the time, a 1.6Ghz Atom is not a rocket of a CPU.

At least everything you have a key to doesn't have to be re-keyed. A past place made you pay for it if you lost your keys more than once, it was over $1k.

At work we use RFID sensors. Useful, but still very easy to forget/lose.

That looks very neat. Thanks Blake. Merc: $15/device for monitoring! Holy crap!

Actually, it seemed to be HDD-limited most of the time (see the notes about cheap SSD performance in that thread).

I local place does french fries and gravy...I'll pass on the cheese curds...