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I'd map two of them to a VM and run Smoothwall on that, then bond the other two for more bandwidth to the server.

Not exactly normal desktop user. AutoCAD Civil with the Carlson extensions is pretty hardcore, especially once you start importing topos based on thousands of GPS readings. Each company only has one or two people that are qualified to do this stuff, so they can have a dozen jobs open at once.

There are a couple of power users around here that could use more RAM, but they have a ridiculous amount of apps and special configs on their machines. Is there a way to upgrade without losing all the apps? I assume no, since the programs need to move from "Program Files" to "Program Files...

So nVidia said there wasn't a problem, then that there was a problem but it didn't affect Macs, then Apple said they were affected, then nVidia said that Macs had been affected, but that it was fixed, but that Apple should judge for itself. Right. nVidia is not the most trustworthy company at...

I'm fairly certain that the windows don't open and that the balconies are part of private offices/residences...

Title says it all. I only need managed for basic reporting and 2 VLans, so nothing major. I need Gigabit and at least 48 ports per switch, and I'll be getting 2 or 3 of them. The cheapest non Linksys/Netgear is the 3Com 3CBLSG48. Thoughts?

I was poking at you, I hope you realize...What has happened to an XP OEM licence over there?

Hell, I'd base-jump off that just for fun ;)

I'm still getting XP Pro SP3 OEM licenses for $139.

I relayed the info, thanks.

All good points. She said that tripods aren't allowed in most places.

Not illegal. My sister is a historian, working on her PhD. She has fellowships to do research at various universities and libraries around the country. She will need this permanently, so a loan from me won't work. Something smaller than an SLR would be beneficial.

What are people's thoughts on the Samsung NV24HD?

Don't worry about the compact so much. When she says archive, think a basement under a library full of books. Lighting is poor, and the environment is very quiet and acoustically live. This camera will be used as a copy machine for documents that she can't touch, or at the very least remove from...

I'm helping my sister pick a camera for her needs: She wants to spend less than $200, and was looking at the Canon SD700 ELPH or the Fujifilm Finepix F50fd. Though other options will certainly be entertained. Thanks!

I'm PUI, quoting and AC from /.

So...if you were to build an ideal HD/BR playback HTPC, what components would you recommend?

You should have kept my 16-port 3Ware card ;)

Thanks for the info guys, looks like I'll be switching to these. They say PCL6 and that they support OSX. Should be good, yes?

Thanks Howell, it stated PCL6 somewhere I looked and I assumed I was safe. GRRR!

Ugh...do you know of any indication on the box or marketing info of printers that would indicate one way or another?

To be honest I don't know. My soundcard encodes everything to DD before my receiver gets it, and it is 5.1. I haven't payed any attention since it just works.

We have an accounting program with a really out-dated back-end. Some reports need to be sent to a network printer directly from the unix/dos-based server. Apparently, the SAMSUNG CLP Series CLP-315W I recently purchased doesn't support that, even though it is PCL6 compliant. According to the...

I still use RipIt4Me as a front-end for DVDDecrypter, then I encode using AutoGK as a front-end for the various tools it needs to output XviD. It will preserve DD and DTS streams if you like, I convert to 5.1 MP3 with a target file size of 2GB per movie. That is plenty to not lose quality.

If you look at the daily graph for the indexes today, it really looks like a rollercoaster.

So long as you maintain a balance of over $50k, SFCU will give you a better rate. Right now it is about 3.2%.

The only deer issue was when one ran into me. I was enjoying a spirited drive down a country road at night, and saw the deer in time to stop. The thing didn't move, and was right in my lane, so I slowly drove around it. Just as my window was passing the deer, it bolted straight into my window...

Merc, Thanks for sticking around for 11,000+ posts. I've enjoyed all of them.

Anyone here listen to Marketplace on NPR? They had an interesting and not groundbreaking concept the other day. That those who are older want the govt to do whatever it takes to save some of what is there now, and younger people are willing to watch it take a massive hit now, so long as it...

Just wrapped a 20 hour day, and I need to leave for work again in 7 hours. Catch you guys later.

...and how much redundancy you support.

Mentally disabled is mentally disabled. Stupid is stupid. You are not allowed to discriminate based on disability, but I can certainly fire you for being stupid.

I'm not saying that there aren't any intelligent people in the south/southwest; the odds against that are quite low. I'm just saying that they are in sufficiently short supply to create a very strong stereotype.

I figured ;) He's from Texas, and not a part of Texas that is known for intelligence, if there were such a part. In fact, none of the states that border Texas are known for their intelligence.

Tannin, I would agree with you, that he is so eloquent that he makes it even more obvious that he doesn't actually know anything, but the accent ruins it completely. He just sounds clueless.

That is the new version. I'm using the last, and it doesn't support output to .hdr or .exr That is one of the reasons I'm looking to buy the new version. After giving Photoshop all night to chew, it seems to have came up with a good result. Just under 1GP @ 32BPP; I told it to save and then...

And Paulson as CEO of GS wasn't?

Nope. It doesn't like the 32-bit part. It just spit out a highly underexposed 16-bit TIFF. Time to try the Photomerge function in CS3. Shame it doesn't give the same kinds of controls. If that doesn't work, I'll have to try doing the tone mapping to the individual images before the stitch, which...

I've already used Photomatix to convert the 388 RAW files into 96 radiance (.hdr) images - it's batch mode is great, as it the ability for it to crop any edges that didn't include all the exposures. Now I just want to send the 96 32-bit images into a stitching app. What other programs should I...

I'm getting ready to order the new version of PTGui Pro. Is it still the best app for doing massive HDR stitching?

I now have a RAID-0 of 3 1st Gen SSDs and a RAID-0 of 3 VelociRaptors. In real world photo editing stuff, the 10k disks win hands down. Within the month I'll order the X25s, and by the end of the year I'll have some FusionIO cards (tricky to RAID them, how many PCI-E slots do you have?

Has anyone gotten an X25 yet? I see a number of sites selling them on google, but none that I recognize.

Not a fan of the 5DII? Not enough of an improvement? Too many kitchen sinks?

Baylands Nature Preserve :-P

I'm really happy with this shot. I know it is too over processed for most of the people here, but I like it.

My grandfather died on December the 6th some years ago, and we are considering getting married on the same day. (Yes, Pearl Harbor, too.)

Three strikes laws would be one way.

Sorry to hear that. Do you have any pictures to share?

Looks like it does.

Synergy is awesome. It is very smooth.