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The Sonata (I) was a great case, but now that I have P180s and 900s to play with, it seems like old tech.

Check the BIOS settings? I know in some (OEM at least) motherboards there are some crazy SATA (in)compatibility modes.

I didn't mean in a memory way, I meant in a general usability sort of way. Drivers and application compatibility specifically. Not to derail too much, but do you know how Photoshop plays with larger amounts of RAM? Can it use it? Could performance improve with 8GB of RAM and a 6GB image?

I was actually waiting for the bird to begin to fly away. I was approaching, with auto focus dialed in and sports mode set, waiting for the moment when he flew away. But he didn't. I had to stop for fear of kicking him. Then I took a picture and walked away, sad that it wouldn't play my game. Pout.

I have some users whose Exchange mailbox grows over 1GB/yr. One in particular sends ~1000/week.

Why not? Just make a copy first?

Thanks for the link, Pradeep. Those certainly aren't cheap, but it's nice to see some good quality products.

Media Player Classic?

While I can appreciate the concept of eliminating the IRS, and agree that the current system is irreparably broken, I think an income tax is still preferable to a consumption tax. Didn't we have a discussion of a flat tax a couple years ago? The problem with consumption taxes are that the rich...

...and that is not counting all the other threads that have mentioned it as well, or the problems people have that are attributable to Vista.

There was a while where I was getting 74GB raptors in exchange for 32GB ones. Considering pretty much my entire stock had failing SMART data, I sent them all in ;)

I think there are other things you could do that would give you more benefit. How is the lighting around your front yard? Do your cars cast a shadow behind them? Are there lights in the yard/walk that shine from multiple directions? Are there bushes that could help obscure someone? How hidden do...

I'll probably end up getting something like this. Keep in mind that the FPS capability of the card is for all channels combined, and at either 320x240 or 640x480, and that some have hardware compression and some need software. If you have the spare horsepower in your server, you could save some...

Here is the thread where I asked for suggestions. The larger systems I put in were turn-key, server with DVD-R and all the bells and whistles. My research is being very inconclusive, lots of manufacturers I haven't heard of making products that look identical sold by vendors I haven't heard of.

Wifi cameras tend to not work well in groups, they have their own webserver and operate independently. If you want multiple cameras, you might do better with non-IP cameras being captured live at the server. This way you can sync multiple cameras and have better awareness of what is going on...

For some time my sister had a few sugar gliders and a cat as pets. At first I was concerned, but those little suckers could so easily evade the cats that they eventually gave up. The sugar gliders were so light that they would fly across the room, land on your shoulder, and you wouldn't notice...

I have one Seagate that was replaced under warranty. It has served me just as well as the rest.

Type in the serial number here to check.

I like the concept. I just wonder how much additional weight is required.

I just use more drives.

I'm at 4GB because I use 32-bit Windows. 64-bit Windows is a special kind of hell; Vista is much better than XP, but it's still a minefield.

Perhaps we've finally found something that Vista does better? When I give my computer a good thrashing, it stays responsive and everything still works.

That got me thinking. What is the price differential between 512MB thumbdrives and CD-R media? Will software take this intermediary step, or go entirely to online distribution?

I noticed with my Samsung 191Ts that the image quality seemed much lower in Portrait. The "screen door effect" was worse, and view angle was much worse.

The OS can address more than 4GB of memory if page files are factored in. Physical RAM is limited to <4GB.

Let me know how it turns out. I'm thinking of using those in portrait mode as secondary screens, as their long dimension (20.4") is the same as the short dimension on my main screen.

Photoshop ;)

She's the highly competitive sort. If she looks at a game and determines that I would be inherently better, she'd rather not play. Unfortunately, this ruled out poker last week as well. I'll consider it a project for the relationship at some future date.

It does vary constantly, and since I'm using it as a monitor, I'm so close that I affect it as well. When I had the OSD showing that it was changing all the time it drove me crazy. Fortunately, I disabled the notification and it has fine enough settings that I don't notice all the changes.

Some people consider me too smug, or overconfident, or braggish, or that I talk too much. Guilty on all counts, really. It just seems to rub some people the wrong way.

Olga bought Polarity for me for new years, and I guilted her into giving it to me tonight. She refuses to play, but I've been playing around with the pieces and it looks awesome. Anyone else tried it?

Gibbon vs. Tiger (YouTube video)

I tend to bring that out in people...not sure why, but I'm kinda used to it.

XP works fine with SATA opticals. The issue seems to be with some chipsets not letting the OS install nicely.

Understandable. He's good at something, and I'm a beginner. The way I learn is not always compatible with everyone. I try to make statements based on what I think I know, and welcome people to correct me. This can be interpreted as me pretending to know more than I actually do.

Looks like this statement is true.

(scrambles to read up on the topic to figure out what I said) :crap:

If the image the lens projected was still full-frame, and the sensor only picked up a crop of it, I could understand that reasoning. But I was under the impression that the sensor's distance from the lens was adjusted to still catch the entire projected image.

I did that all through elementary school. I just considered myself a fast learner ;)

I was thinking specifically of the endless chain. 1. OS upgrade 2. Hardware upgrade due to chunkier OS 3. New functionality from new OS/Hardware increases users capability 4. New hardware required to optimize users increased capability 5. repeat This way you get 2 hardware upgrades for each...

There are windows opposite the monitor (~20ft away) and their is track lighting directly above. Depending on their combinations, there is a significant range of useful settings.

yup.

Wireless, and OS upgrades ;)

I like my Sharp Aquos because it has an ambient light sensor and adjusts automatically ;) With my Viewsonic LCD, I'm always tweaking the brightness.

;)

Damn, that is awesome. Forwarding to my prof. sister...

I don't know, but.....w00t ;)

Putumayo is great. Lots of the albums feature tango-able songs that I use in my classes. Can't help you much on the vibraphone jazz, except to point you towards the "Verve Jazz Masters" collection. Particularly Volumes 9 (Astrud Gilberto) and 39 (Cal Tjader). I have ~40 of them, and they are all...

Thanks Merc. I'm not very familiar with this stuff, either. I've done networked cameras, but this place needs multiple cameras (I think they've settled on 4). I can either get 4 expensive IP cameras and have them log on to them independently, or have 4 "dumb" cameras hooked up to a capture card...

There hasn't been that much discussion about it here, and I'm convinced. In fact, I don't know how you could logically think it didn't matter.