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100% on both. Go figure ;)

That is what having multiple monitors is for! Besides, CS3 won't install until I get SP2 to install. Which won't happen until I re-install the OS, which is why I'm looking into SSDs with more urgency than before.

I agree with SD. I use CF cards in IDE adapters all the time for my firewalls (2-4 a month?). The only trick is to be sure the BIOS can disable DMA support, as the adapters don't support it (even when the cards do).

Although shopping for my specific needs of the moment is nice, I really was hoping for more of a summary of what is out there. Who is currently shipping SSDs in volume? What is the range of speeds available? For my needs, I'm hoping not to lose too much STR over my current RAID-0 of Raptors...

We've seen a bunch of announcements, and a bunch of reviews. I've had them in my shopping cart at least 4 times, but no one I know actually has one. I'm hoping for information anyone has on what is currently available, how they compare, and what the best place to buy is. Links to reviews that...

Supreme Commander dies with a low-STR disk. Even with my Raptors in RAID-0, it takes nearly a minute to load a new level.

4:20 here. But as they said back then, "it's always 4:20 somewhere...". I really like the pancake lens. Is there anything like it that will fit on a Cannon 20D?

I'm still sick. Sleeping in as long as I can before I leave for work (now).

Too ashamed to post. I'll try again when the meds wear off.

Congratulations, you are now doomed ;) There is still one last glimmer of hope, go buy a Canon A710is now. Otherwise you will never be done spending money.

Not the first time. I took the Coast Starlight (train) and only took what I could carry in one trip. The second time I had my hatchback and only took what would fit.

I'm not sure about the ones with "live preview"s, but pretty much the definition of how an SLR works will prevent it from doing movies.

Agreed. Though I don't think China is the answer. They still have a long, long way to go. They have too many people to do anything quickly. I was actually thinking of Singapore for a while, but now that I'm learning Russian, perhaps the *stans are a decent place to "get ahead".

Don't forget the massive markup that makes you feel like you bought something special. (And the different BIOS).

The first time I moved, I was just out of high school and had less than $1k total. I had no job and no apartment waiting for me. I had no help from family, and a friend could only put me up for a week. When I moved to Eugene, Oregon I had no job waiting for me and minimal cash. I had a lead on...

If you take one of these crazy 10MP P&S cameras and do a high-speed shot with it, then take it into PP with the intent to leave with only a 1MP image, what sort of quality to you get? Surely being able to "burn" that much resolution will get you somewhere?

It does have firewire (1), but I understand the desire to have more upgrade options. In this lingering world of 32-bit OSes, taking the RAM to 4GB just seems "enough".

There are plenty of places where you can live if you are poor. It is not your gov't guaranteed right to live in NYC or SF, or around Silicon Valley. I personally consider it a privilege and am working hard to maintain it. I felt the same when I was living in NYC and in SF. There are many places...

Awesome, thanks for all the work you put into this Handruin.

Core2Quad is too geeky and too cheap to ignore. It is fast and will be fast for a long time. Gigabyte has a bunch of motherboards with tons of features. If you are interested in low power and you don't game, consider using onboard video. Do you need parallel and serial ports? More than 4GB of...

Move somewhere cheaper. Really, I mean it. If you can't afford to live where you are, it is your problem not the governments. Where I live is very expensive, and there is no cheap place to live nearby. Therefore even the illegal mexican maid or gardener charges $15/hr. Fine. If they are good...

Just curious Udaman...are you Asian? Or do you just have a thing for Asian women (like jtr)?

I just got home from splitting 2 pitchers of margaritas with 2 women, attention span indeed...

If he didn't use any shelters or deductions and payed exactly the declared percentage, how much extra money would the government get? Compared to having those shelters and deductions removed, making sure that everyone pays what they are supposed to?

People will try to avoid paying taxes regardless of the system or how much they are supposed to pay. Buffett not using a loophole doesn't fix the problem. Bringing it to the attention of the public so it can be closed is the more effective method. Any tax plan more than a few pages long is too...

Excellent summary Gilbo. I've heard Warren Buffet speak a number of times, and he seems to have a good grasp of the situation (go figure).

Check your local printer repair shop. Mine still gets parts and sells refurbed units with their own warranty.

I have about 20 clients total, perhaps 700 employees in all. This client in particular only has 3 offices; I visit each office about once a week, sometimes less.

Thanks for the link, timwhit! That is the best looking solution I've seen so far.

That is because it's really Friday morning. I doubt you are very interesting on a Friday morning yourself.

Interesting, but I don't think it would be fast enough. I've never done the digiscoping thing myself, so I don't really know.

I still have my HP 48GX (4MHz) with expansion memory (128kB baby!) I think I struggled more with RPN than with my first year of physics...

Perhaps only 5-10 items a day, but the trick is in my resolution schedule. What sometimes happens is that I will roll into an office with a single issue on my plate, and end up swamped for the rest of the day with items that I didn't even know about. Or get a call from the boss about...

Why is it that Mac owners are so fanatical? It has this tinge of desperation; like they are afraid if they don't convert one more user this week the ridiculous prices they paid for their hardware won't be justified even in their own minds...

Olga gets Tuesdays and Thursdays off; I try to work from home those days when I can. Sa, Su, Tu, & Th we walk between 4 and 8 miles. I'm trying to get her trained for some proper backpacking.

Just finished a 5 mile walk to a burger joint and back. I feel less guilty when I walk there.

Dual Core 1.8Ghz? That price can be beat elsewhere I think...

Wait a sec...(checks calendar)...today is Thursday! Aren't some of you people supposed to be at work, or something?

Where is everybody? Well, we all seem to be here; waiting for each other to post....

lol

Yup. I've actually been typing all that was needed in one, then going back and doing the Cyrillic bits. Though I'm sure your work is more intensive than mine, this was the best I could figure out.

25. Took probably a minute at each, plus the minute I spent yesterday (30+30).

I've recently moved away from KVMs entirely. I spent too much time troubleshooting the KVMs and cables when I should have been fixing the problem on the server that I couldn't get to! Solution? USB keyboard and mouse, and VGA direct. All hot-pluggable. Of course, I use remote desktop when I can...

I don't know nearly enough to help you, but it is an interesting insight into your workflow. It's actually not that different (though more complicated) from mine.

IMHO, the 4000, 4050, and 4100 series are the next best thing to the LJ4 and LJ5; as far as pure bullet-proof-ness is concerned. If features, speed, size, and noise are concerned; look elsewhere.

Thanks for the tip Mark. And I'm not joking about them being the printers to get; I'm still getting about one refurb a month to install for new clients or end users.

Either my declaration of Samsung drives as slow, or my attempt at spelling "areal" without the safety of a dictionary?

I'm looking for a way to manage the issues at a client. 3 offices, about 30 employees, and me stopping by occasionally to fix stuff. Things seem to end up forgotten or ignored for a long time, and I want something that lets the boss monitor how many issues there are, how long I've known about...

Both aren't bad. But I generally refer to "snappiness" which is probably more seeks than throughput. To be honest, with that much cache and areal density, it is hard to be slow.

HP LaserJet4.