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Google Earth does really well with 3-Dimensions, but that 4th is a bitch.

2,976 miles (about 1 day 18 hours) ;)

2/27/06 ;)

I was just playing around on Google Earth and thought it would be interesting to see where we all physically are, possibly even put together a composite of some kind. (Perhaps a Google Earth overlay?) What I'd like to see here is a Lat/Lon that is as accurate to your primary computer as...

Wow, that was an interesting test. I ended up +25% male. I got perfect scores on the Angles, Systemising, Eyes, and 3D Shapes; while scoring incredibly badly on Spot the difference and words. Middle of the road, to just above average on the rest.

I didn't get the memo either :( Fortunatly, my DiNovio is doing quite well so far.

Sharp XR-20X. I was hoping to sell it to my old roommate when I moved out, but he wouldn't take it even at a discount. Now I feel compelled to make use of it at the new house. So here I am, spending twice the cost of the projector on a screen that passes the GF test.

I'm afraid I have to duck out. I was just "forced" into buying an in-ceiling electric projection screen. $2400 for a screen leaves no room for a $100 sound card.

In any practical application to any noticeable degree? I think not.

Do you have access to a scanner with an ADF? Perhaps pages of cards would even work through that?

That is indeed very interesting behavior. I've never experienced it and I only install to SATA HDDs from PATA CD-Roms. The only issue I've had loading windows in a long time was from a bad video card, and it crapped out long after the point you are menitioning.

jtr, you are quite crazy. Cooling an LED to -44C in the name of efficiency? Madness. My kind of madness ;). Going back to some other stuff: IIRC, a very steady voltage is requred to drive LEDs correctly. If I have a really nice 300W 12V source, whats the best way to use it?

The Dell 30" is big enough to make the widescreen acceptable for me. The height is still plenty for my needs.

As you talk of strings, the first few notes of "Green Day - Hitchin' a Ride" starts up, and I attempt to identify atrifacts in the strings... :P Nice review, I'll certainly consider one for my HTPC, once I get worthwhile speakers hooked up to the reciever.

Very nice ;) I love that cooler. I got my 2700+ (single core) up to 3Ghz, but it's not PRIME95 stable above 2.9Ghz. No games I've tried care, so I have it at 3Ghz anyway.

A Dell 20.1" LCD is 1600x1200 and can be had for just over $500; probably about as much as your 15" CRT when it was new ;)

Funny, that is my browsing habit as well. The only reason I use 1280x1024 is becuase that's the native res on my monitor. I was actually looking forward to the Dell 30" Screen because then I could use 1/4 of it's native res (1280x800) and still have a sharp image. A 1024x768 32" LCD would do...

I only made it to level 4, but I managed a score of 12982...not bad I'd say.

What's funny is that the link made my internet connection the fastest ever! :o

That is the technology I was talking about. All the AMD S939 boards use it as well. AFAIK, there is no further advantage to using 4 slots versus just the one. Furthermore, if you use AMD, the efficience of it's memory controller makes even this overkill.

Something that slow isn't going to win over passenger transportation, but cargo is certainly a possibility. And I would very much be interested in a sight-seeing trip on one; a "cruise" around the world, showing all kinds of wonders in a week would be a nice trip.

2-512MB sticks, no question. I don't know of any benchmarks that say 4-way interleaving is any better than 2-way. Considering a price/performance ratio, 512MB sticks are on their way out these days; consider 2x1GB.

Still my favorite snow experience was in a Lexus SC430 with stock tires...quite a blast.

I actually really like this idea. Granted, it gives us less control and gives MS more money (both things that we are fundamentally against), but it does make a certain kind of sense.

That larger screen helped me a lot; 38 with my first try.

meh, 2 minutes got me a score of 21.

FOr the record, that would be the MPAA

I'm still really liking my current home fileserver. Coolermaster stacker case filled with Supermicro Hotswap SATA racks. After swapping the fans out with quieter ones and dynamating the inside, it runs quiet enough.

I've built quite a few custom chassis. There might even be some links here (or at SPCR). Mostly designed to be larger and really, really quiet. I've build all mine of wood, all based on an existing motherboard tray. Of course, for this you chould just slot-mount them. As a warning: my first...

An ancient fond memory of women rollerblading in bikinis during a warm rain in Philly....

Tannin, I feel much the same way, only I'm more particular. Anything below 50F and I hate to go outdoors. Anything above 80F and I'll find a reason to drive someplace cooler. Perhaps you should consider heading up here for vacation? We just remodeled the kitchen.

Garry's Mod is really too much fun. I think I've spent more time in there than actually playing the game. I've never managed anything that complex, but the possibilities are endless (if you have the RAM).

Yes, custom steel backplate attaching to a custom plastic frame on the MB. Basically it causes the AMD to look like a P4, so the 4-point clip can work for both. Really easy.

Neat stuff, I'd forgotten that Supermicro did Opteron stuff. Does anyone have a reccomended reseller for them?

Nexus it is, though the stock fans in a P180 set to "low" work incredibly well and are nearly as quiet. I currently have my A64 running at 2.76Ghz with a Ninja and the forementioned fans on "low" - no fans attached to the Ninja at all.

The VMWare forums say good things about running on dual-core Opterons and I've had good experiences with Tyan in the past, and the 1U chassis with 4 hot-swappable SATA drives looked really slick. I don't think it's overpriced at all considering the features: Motherboard with: Dual Dual-Core...

Low importance is a relative term I guess. In many of my companies, many of the departments run software that "requires" it's own server (in other words, they are whiny about sharing server space with other apps). In some cases this is for good reason (like not changing the name of your SQL...

I'm now very interested in this technology. I'm looking at building a server that I can test out in low-importance, production machines. Here's the spec I have so far: Tyan Transport GX28 Samsung 250GB Drive Dual-Core Opteron 265 2x Crucial 1GB PC3200 Total - $1,510 Which scales well into...

I'm now very interested in this technology. I'm looking at building a server that I can test out in low-importance, production machines. Here's the spec I have so far: Tyan Transport GX28$890 Samsung 250GB Drives 1 $100 $100 Dual-Core Opteron 265 1 $350 $350 Crucial 1GB PC3200 2 $85 $170...

The system I was using had no mail cliens installed, it was a server running 2003.

An interesting observation Tannin, this occured to me for the first time yesterday. Only one window open, and here is the history of the browser window: http://www.google.com http://msdn.microsoft.com MS Knowledgebase article opened into 3 tabs, (one each), and left open for about 6 minutes.

Here's a shot of Shanghai in the afternoon I took last year: This is in the afternoon! Notice how dark it is? And the buildings in the distance are less than a mile away, visibility is horrible.

I have their google extension installed, it works very well. Of course, the user has to be willing to read the information it provides. It makes you a more informed user, but you still make the choices.

I'm very particular about climate. Right now it's perfect; 67F and sunny with a 5mph breese. That would be 20C and 8kmh breese for you other guys...

A safety deposit box at a bank is a pretty trustworthy place. But burying it underground is an interesting option. You would need to go deep enough that the temperature stabalized, and do something to insure the humidity was stable as well, perhaps vacum-seal it in an anti-static bag with some...

Nice pictures. Yesterday was brutal for me; I went for a hike in the morning with the dog at Garland Ranch regional park (about 30 minutes from my home), and the temps got too high for my taste (mid-70s). After climbing the hill I was ready to pass out. After recovering from that, we went to the...

Just for the record, the motherboard I linked to is fanless. IIRC, the ultra edition includes another 4 SATA ports, more firewire, and dual GbE. I bought them before, but can't find them now.

I tend to stip the ends, solder them together, then put a crimp-tube over it to crimp on wither side of the joint (stress relief) and then shrink-tube over that. Of course, this is a lot of work, and I only do it for my own systems. Others are luck if I use some tie straps to keep the wires out...

On a sidenote, this board and some spiffy RAM just got my A64 to 2.7Ghz stable, with no fan on the cooler.

This is my favorite 939 board: Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - $104