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I read a number of reviews a while ago where some onboard video would only mirror to the multiple outputs, only presenting one to the OS. I don't remember which one it was.

Other than knowing your system resource baseline by heart? You don't. But that is what having a "gaming PC" is all about.

I'm looking for motherboards whose onboard video can drive two monitors simultaneously. Spanned, not mirrored. The one I'm looking at is here. It has "Intel GMA X4500HD" graphics, which I know nothing about. Thanks.

Other than a crash every few hours, the Spore-RELOADED from TPB plays very well. The retail copy I bought (and opened once) now sits on my shelf, next to the other games I bought and cracked.

They did say that calling them and requesting more installs was easy. I haven't heard of anyone that has tried yet.

Thanks for the link to B&H, that led me to the Extreme IV! Even more money!

Wait, you said you wouldn't C&P large volumes of text? WTF?

Ugh, thanks for the link. How many 21MP RAW images will that hold?

I suspect it can tell the difference between 90 and 110. I'm just waiting until courts rule that this practice is unfair to stupid people.

My storage needs are going to go way up, shooting with a 21MP body. 16GB UDMA CF cards, anyone?

"out at the end of November" Doh!

Sweet. I need one by this weekend, specifically for the video. What are the odds?

I find that the best way to find out if someone likes technology is to ask questions about tech but not about work. Ask about the LHC, or something on Slashdot, or about some computer game. Find out how long they have been into computers, what their favorite <something> from the past has been...

Bought it, install failed with Daemon Tools installed, downloaded from TPB, installed from there with crack. No issues.

I just wanted to play the game through once to get the feel first, so I was into space in about 3 hours. I then spent 3 hours in space (forgetting to save) before it crashed. I then repeated the same twice more. It is able to run for several hours without crashing, I was just dumb. Repeatedly.

In the space section, you can't save while on a planet. Considering everything happens while on a planet, that is an issue.

Spores lack of an autosave feature, combined with its tendency to crash, and its inability to allow a manual save most of the time has led me to swear off the game before finishing it once. Lame.

Not really, its only a 6 digit number. I also want the users to be able to read them. The number of times people have grabbed each others laptops or cell phones is stupid.

Since I'm looking to buy a house in a bit, I just keep rooting for it to go down. If it keeps crashing for another year or so that would be great.

A couple time in the last few years I have suggested my clients get custom software. All I do it quote a ballpark price (last one was $300-500k) and offer to bring in a developer. I work with them as a project manager, but mostly stay out of the way.

We have a number of items that go in the field (it is a construction company). Because of this these tags will be embedded aluminum with some ridiculous adhesive. They have to be that big because it has been decided that they need to include "Property of..." and our phone number, as well as the...

I spend about 200 minutes a day commuting. It was always meant to be temporary; just until we found out if the relationship would work, and one of us could get a different job. It's been nearly 2 years now, and I drove ~78,000 miles last year (and am on track to beat that this year). This is not...

Oh well, that would have been too easy. I'll think on it for a bit.

The first thing I would do is stick it to the dick. Get one (or more) of those Intel SSDs and the fastest CPU you can get your hands on (IIRC, ACT isn't appreciably multithreaded) and see what that does.

I'm not a fan of wireless keyboards and mice either, but it is what it is. I do plan on tagging computers, monitors, and printers. Cell phones, cellular modems and PDAs are also part of my deal, but I'm not sure how to tag them (the tag is 3/4" x 2").

Does anyone have an opinion or recommendation about asset tags? How about a minimum value? LCD monitors are getting cheap enough that to track them would be a low threshold, but I don't want to be tracking wireless keyboards and mice...

I thought they fixed that a couple days ago...

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/09/10/1554215.shtml

Thanks Bozo, with all you guys talking gas, I'll have to take another look. The Fridge we are looking at is this one.

JTR, Living off-grid is a long-term goal, if it is less than 10 years out I would be surprised. We won't be in a position to buy for another year or so, and then the dream house is next in line. By then I may be using hydrogen storage instead of batteries; that way I can power the car, too...

Too much draw? Not enough batteries in the world? IMHO, propane isn't really off grid, it just means the grid comes to you monthly. When I think off grid, I think actually producing enough energy to handle consumption.

I'm thinking electric everything. The temporary house that we are moving into has an electric, and my long-term plan is to go off-grid in the house I will build. Generating electricity is easier then generating gas*. *Of acceptable quality and quantity...I can smell the jokes coming already...

Thanks for the advice, all. It really is helpful. That is what I'm noticing. Washing machine example: Bosch 500 Plus WFMC530CUC - $999 Kenmore Elite HE5t Steam - $1699 Same features, but the Kenmore is 10% larger. Fridges with the same feature sets are anywhere from $73-$350 / cu.ft. I...

We'll be moving in about a month, and will need a full suite of appliances when we do. Fridge, stove/oven, dishwasher, clothes washer and clothes dryer. Right now I'm flicking through all the manufacturers websites keying comparative data into a spreadsheet. Where should I be looking? What is...

My 03 VW has been really awesome. 274,000km and only one rattle to complain about.

That is my concern. I got the creature creator when it came out, and played for perhaps 30 minutes. It was cool, but I was bored in half an hour. I'm afraid the rest will be the same.

I've worked closely with Sage, they are nutjobs. What they really want to do is specify a maximum latency, but they can't do that.

I was really excited about Spore. I'll probably at least try it regardless.

Not me. I'm still using 750GB drives to keep the spindle count (transfer rate) up.

Damn, that is an amazing shot.

Nice thought Gilbo...it's already starting to outgrow the excel spreadsheet...

To the HDD or the foot?

Yup, I'm dying as well. In addition to some double posts, it's actually timing out from time to time.

250MB/sec is so not enough. This stitch is thoroughly disk limited, (CPU is at 5-10%, PS has maxed it's 3.446GB of RAM) and took about 4 hours last time. I think it's time for a new RAID-0 of SSDs... Why am I doing the stitch a second time? Because Photoshop crashed right at the end of saving...

Dupe.

OK, that is cheating. I can't even Google for "VF"...

Most people will charge at night, and electricity consumption is lowest at night. Having the car charger start up at 3AM would be easy to do. I already spoke to the apartment manager here, and she voiced interest in installing outlets in the carports (for a fee, of course).

No, but it is on my dream list, and is the only long prime there. It, on an APS-C sensor, would be pretty crazy. Shame it isn't any faster, but I know that wouldn't be possible.

That is about what I spend per image that I like, though you probably put your time to better use. The second half of your list I don't even understand. asymmetrical radial density correction? asymmetrical/offset lens corrections incl. POV? multiple/partial CA corrections? Off to the google...

Wishing all this good stuff was in a thread with an appropriate name, sorry for 'jacking your thread, e_dawg. I'll be quoting Lunar back in the DSLR thread...