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Yep, but while I was looking for that, I found this: Yep, those are 4 16x PCIe slots. Shame it's an Intel board, likely the same one Dell used in it's quad-SLI setup.

I'm agreeing with Lunar and Coug on this one, your power draw is much less than that. Considering you can get an AntecNEO HE power supply (80%+ efficiency) and a power meter to get a better idea of your consumption for less than one of the drives.

The concern about this tool, like any tool, is in how it is used. Trusting Google to hold my files isn't a big deal for me. Trusting my govornment not to be scum sucking bottom dwellers isn't bloody likely.

I actually had the internet in my car 2 different ways today. I have a PCMCIA card from Sprint that is slow as molasses, but works just about anywhere. The other toy is an Alvarion WiMaxx modem that ties in with a local supplier of broadband. He has antennas on the 3 tallest mountains bracketing...

Funny you should mention them. I actually have a pair of DCS-2100+ at the game center. They even carry really nice outdoor enclosures for them! Thanks for the tip!

Sweet! I just had a large, to go with my large Coke and 2 Big Macs...I can feel my heart slowing as we speak...

Name your price ;)

Actually, I have done the same thing. It seems I can never find a stud with a nail or screw, but my fist is 100% sure to catch one between the middle and index fingers of my writing hand. Look on the bright side, you could have found a drywall screw (eww).

I know it's hindsight, but that door would have been a great target for your anger ;) Here's the software I'm looking into: http://www.visiongs.de/

I'll have a camera outputting composite video connected to a dedicated computer, via a capture card of some kind. Here's what the customer wants: 1. Live webcasting of video 2. Saved images at a (much) lower framerate 3. Storage for ~1 week of video 3. Storage for 1 year of images Does anyone...

The nearest excuse for a commuter rail line is CalTrain, running from Gilroy (40 minutes north by car) to San Francisco (1:20 by car) takes 2:10; a 40-minute drive!. Even the commuter run from San Jose to SF takes an hour, where the drive is 35 minutes. Efficient? I think not.

The 7800GT is tempting, especially with an Arctic Cooling solution on it. Even though Newegg says otherwise, the package itself only says it's compatible with 6800-series cards (see below), any comments?

Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. I may have to go for a more expensive card then. The X800 isn't quite fast enough for me in my latest home addiction (Need for Speed: Most Wanted: Black Edition). I like to play games at the native res of my monitor (1280x1024) and I like some eye-candy...

I'm in the market, my stock X800 from gigabyte is nice and fanless, but it can't keep itself cool enough. I'd really like one of the video cards that exhausts outside the case. I currently have my eye on the HIS Hightech X1600XT IceQ, but I certainly don't want to go backwards in terms of...

PCI-based graphics cards are slow, but should work fine as a 3rd monitor. It's not tricky at all, I've even run more monitors using both ATI and nVidia cards simultaneously. Not fun, but possible. Cheap and Easy.

Mine actually sits still for about 18 hours a day, but most of it in different places that I got to using my car. Terrible utilization? Let's not talk about my HTPC or laptop.

Those people obviously won't be buying a $62,000 Porsche. I'll get back to this point. Considering that transportation to distant and remote areas are a vital part of my business, it's worth it. Quite a large percantage of the world isn't subway-accessible ;) Combining point #1 with universal...

Gas needs to be MUCH more expensive before it will play a real role in car decisions (therefore eventually design and market direction). I drive about 40k miles a year (my 2003 has over 130k miles on it). I get about 30mpg (360mi on 12gal, consistently, regardless on City/Hwy). Assuming...

When I try to follow that link (in firefox 1.5.1), it asks me what do I want to do with a ram.php file?

I'm really looking forward to this. It looks to me like their "low end" product is still really fricking powerful. I've been wanting to play with it in a production enviroment for some time now.

Fixed, thank you very much.

My GF's new computer is ready. All I need to do is move her information from her Mac to her PC. From what I can tell she needs the following info migrated: iCal Mail Address Book QuickBooks What's the easiest way to get these first three into Outlook 2003? And please, no Mac/PC comments. I...

How about this one: Why won't SF remember me? Every time I check the box but it doesn't stay. Firefox remembers me and enters the username and password, but by then my tabs have loaded while I'm logged out.

For the record, lifting the LCD's power brick off the analoge audio cable fixed that little issue.

My latest build: AMD64 X2 3800+ 3GB PC3200 Gigabyte nForece4 SLI MB PCIe X800 fanless X-Mystique 74GB Raptor BenQ DVD-Burner Antec Phantom 350W P180 Scythe Ninja Samsung 19" LCD Klipsch 2.1 These are getting really expensive now that I buld them 2 at a time (one for me, one for the GF). Of...

Not to be a smartass, but in the first sentance: And a suggestion to emphasize that the first page is merely a summary of what will be convered in the rest of the document. Otherwise my users would (without reading the rest of the document) call me and ask "How do I download Firefox by going...

I have a few of these drives (smaller, but the same manufacturer and form factor. The design is really neat, and I haven't had one go bad yet. They seem to spin up fine, even from laptop USB connectors (usually lower-than-spec voltange). Only a non-powered USB hub can stop them.

I might add; this is a new occurance, never happened before, and that the speakers themselves are 3 feet to either side of the monitor. I'll play with the power cable and see what I can do.

Why the hell did I say that?....DVI, of course.....DVI.

VGA

I've used...about twenty? No failures. Of course, that's too small a sample to really mean much, but I'll keep buying them until I get at least one that doesn't work.

Why does turning down the brightness on my Samsung 191T cause significant single-frequency feedback on my Klipsch speakers? Having the display on at all causes static and turning the brightness below 70% causes a really nasty whine.

Yea, the David in this case would be me. I've been using this one lately: BenQ Black ATA/ATAPI DVD Burner With LightScribe Model DW1655 - OEM

You mean, how would 10 Atoms compare with one 427 Cobra; price-wise. ;)

For those who are interested... As I'd want it configured, ~$40k even. With $10k down upon order, $10k on shipment of the drivetrain, and the balance on delivery of the car. Current wait time is ~180 days. Production in Ashland, Oregon; test drives available upon request at the factory.

I prefer the big island, less people more "tropical" weather (think warm rain). I had a nice B&B in a macadamia orchard next to a waterfall, it was pretty much perfect (except for the price). In that regard, Thiland is the place to be.

I remember reading somewhere that 800x600 is down to like 15% of the userbase, but they all seem to be my clients :( Does anyone here consider designing for a fixed-width 1024x768 a "bad practice"?

Azureus

Yep, it's working just fine. I will be updating the BIOS as soon as I get the system on the network (actually an out of CAT5 cables...crazy).

Found it. Apparently the people who set the BIOS defaults thought that people who buy a budget integrated mobo would be using ECC ram exclusively :roll: Buried 3-layers deep in the BIOS...bastards.

For the record, I bought one of these and it won't POST. It boots all the way through sucessfully testing RAM and detecting the drives, then sits right there. Not frozen, numlock still responds and Alt-Crtl-Del will reboot it...right back to the same spot. Stupid ASUS...Stupid, Stupid Dave. :(...

Thanks for the link, and now that I already have the file... ...bad Merc! Moderators! :mrgrn:

I think with the extra 80 pounds you're carrying around is a workout in and of itself. I should start strapping weights to myself and just go about my day that way...

Look on the bright side, at the speed the GPU industry moves, even if it fails in one year it will be cheap to replace ;)

I currently do about 30 sit-ups, 30 squats, and 30 push-ups a day, in addition to basic yoga positions. I'm in pretty good shape, really, just bending over a workbench for 3-5 hours makes by back hurt.

I forgot how much my back hurts while I'm building a system. I just finished New systems for my GF and myself in matching P180 chassis. These things are sweet, and can run very quiet and cool, but take much linger to build properly.

My next video card will likely be one of their IceQ line of cards. These are the ones Groltz mentioned that use the arctic cooling system to push air straight out of the case.

Wierder things have happened. If she knows poetry, she can't be all that bad. Obviously she can't ask you out, as that is against company policy (don't ask how I know) and you can't ask her (because, well, you can't). So this is where flirting is fun until someone cracks. Best of luck. ;)

The advantage of gaming with other people is that at some point, someone says "wow, it's 4AM on a Tuesday, we should call it a night". Just got "Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Black Edition" from a friend who works for EA this afternoon. It's now 4:48AM and I'm ~18% of the way through the game...

Ugh, sorry for the butchered URL. Sparky's Root Beer