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Also want to add: I've been using a 2 second shutter delay to get my hand clear - is that enough? Or should I use a 10-second delay?

Thanks for the advice, Tannin. I've found that the camera can do F 7.2 if the optical zoom is completely...zoomed? but that the minimum focus distance is now 50cm! It's at 10cm when completely zoomed out, but then I can only manage F 4.0, and only at ISO 100 and higher. Working with the...

That sure is a pretty picture. Just for grins I opened it on my old laptop. It's an XP-M 1600+ with 384MB running XP Pro SP2 and I opened it in Photoshop CS2. Glutton for punishment.

Why do I always end up committed to projects I'm not qualified for? Anyway...I find myself needing to take the best pictures possible of jewelry (silver, gold, and stones). I have control of the environment and just need the cleanest shots I can get. I'm currently using a Fuji FinePix S602Zoom...

Any comments on this contraption? In my designs I'd be more than happy to get the heat of the GPU near the heat of the CPU. It seems every case is designed to deal with the latter and not the former. By doing this, it allows the dual 120mm fans common to the top-back of high-end cases to deal...

Just got a new phone, the LG VX9800 looks like fun. The speakers sound much better than I expected.

I'm slightly sick, 102 with significant sweating and other "weight loss" qualities. Yuk.

People always tend to pay ridiculous amounts for "the best" - whatever that is. This is the best SATA drive. It's not the best 10k rpm drive, but I would pay more to avoid putting a SCSI card in my machine.

Drool. That is the sexiest thing I've seen today. Isn't that way above the DVI spec? Any guestimates on the price? My 191T is getting a bit old in the tooth, it will soon be sent to the kitchen.

Quite so, as they have told me every time they pull me over. But I'm a friendly enough person ;)

10-4 Merc, looking forward to a better one coming up. My hope is to keep a beter perspective on what makes me happy and not to lose focus on that. This year seemed to be full of senseless projects and silly objectives. Best wishes to all, see you next year.

When he blows I call dibs on his Aston Martin Roadster.....85mph; psh.

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Here it is. This board would do it for you ;)

Most of the SLI boards I have looked at (actually, all the consumer-level PCI-e boards) have ben limited to 20 channels of PCI-e. Thus the funky behavior and speed divisions amongst the slots. That ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe claims that it is using a different chipset. I'd bet that the chipset gives...

If you have no one who would particulary care what happens to you, I wouldn't worry about it that much. I know I don't really care what happens to this body after I'm done with it. What's your timeframe?

Just a bit o' braggin'... 11PM December 22nd, 62F with light rain. I love our seasons here (rain in the winter and summer, fog in the fall, and sun in the spring)

nice idea bozo...

Mubs, The rail tou care about in that system is the 12v rail (for both the CPU and video card) and those 600W PSs that you're looking at are about double what you need in my experience. If you get Seasonic's 400W you should be fine. How many hard drives?

Her business is small, but when I asked her important questions, like: How much did you sell this year? What type of work was it? Who did you sell it to? How much inventory are you holding? How much raw materiel are you holding? What do you call this piece? etc... It should hire me, but the...

I've purchased a dozen or so Seasonic units and have had no complaints. I do tend to oversize significantly (a 350W PSU is huge for most of my single-dive systems).

I disagree. I install it on all the systems I build. Since all users expect to be able to see all media without any effort, it's a logical thing to but on a system. Just like flash, acrobat reader, .NET framework, and in the old days winzip.

Interesting. Ilike the calculator for going from candella/angle to lumens...

Very interesting math timwhit, I wonder what that means in a broader sense.

She chose a macbecause she didn't know better, and their hardware does look more attractive. She asked me to help her on a number of projects that she had already started, I just gave her new ideas on how to do it. Her ideason home audio distribution involved a mini FM-transmitter and boomboxes...

I would be funnier if "Office 2004 for Mac - Premium Edition" Wasn't just that; and sold as a bundle!

2k :eekers: Doing search engine optimization sucks.

Typically, I feel that nitche products cost a premium, and paying a premium when it isn't necessary is silly. State your wishes in your will, and set aside the rescources to carry them out. No burden on your family at all.

Excellent. Any suggestions on a piece of OSX Personal Information Management software?

Why am I actually considering buying one of these? Does the geek factor really extend to pets?

Option #3 (currently employed) Extension cord from house to electric heater sitting in shed. Still looking for any efficiency info on electric space heaters.

A personal organiser? Like those made by palm or compaq? Portability isn't the issue, tying together callendar, to do, e-mail, and contacts are. I was seriously considering setting her up on MS Project, considering the number of items that need to be scheduled, and the...

Her curent workshop is a 10'x10' freestanding shed built in 1935 that sit's in her garden. We can ignore the house and freestanding garage for now. The shed is 100sqft and has no insullation, one singlepane window and one door that doesn't close correctly. She is hesitant to put any money into...

I give up, consistently 70m with the occasional 150m, but then I'm so bored I lose focus and crash...

I'm at my GFs house and it has the remarkable capability of maintaing a temp LOWER than ambient when the heater isn't on. I need to figure out which wierd dimension it's using and harness it's power. Right now it's 60F outside and 56F inside. The heater was on earlier, so after turning off the...

So here I am trying to organize my GFs business, struggling with her implementation of "Mail", "iCal", and "Address Book". "Screw this" I think, "let' just get her on Outlook". Outlook, with it's integrated calendar, contacts list, to do list, easy management of multiple email accounts...

I'd say that depends on how many extnsions you have installed and how it sales to many tabs/windows. If that's a "clean" install, it's a bit heavy but not bad. It 47 tabs in 7 windows take 1GB of RAM, that'd be a bit much.

I need an electric space heater. Does anyone have a favorite? Room is stand-alone workshop about 10'x10' with no insulation. Outside temp could get down to 35F. I'd like to be able to keep the inside as high as 75F. Should I just look at somesimple insulation and a killer lighting system...

I see your point Bozo, but I don't think mobo manufacturers will ditch the PATA port before the opticals change their ways. Just a warning for anyone interested; I've tried a number of the aftermarket PATA drive-to-SATA port adapters on optical drives (including many that claimed they would...

I used to do this quite a bit, but I am really not inclined to help someone if their need comes from a massive fuckup on their part without excuse or signs of change.

Most days of my life I would agree with you. I've often looked around at what life has to offer, and the trials set before us to gain access to the gifts, and questioned whether I was getting a good deal. I'm not saying the world owes me more; quite the contrary. I consider myself very...

That does look fun. I was actually checking out the squeezebox as well.

Awesome. Thanks for the information (again). I'm really liking the idea of using th 5mm LEDs on the spots. an aray of 7x7 would only be 4x4cm. More questions: 1. Can they be mounted this closely? 2. How much heat would be involved? 3. Any ideas for a flexible/steerable clean-looking mount...

Durability is a big factor on this project, but total on-hours really isn't. They will be on 12 hours a day, 4 days a month. If they last for 2 years (1152 hours) that's fine. Actually replacing the total lumens of 1000w of halogen is also not required. Those 1000W are currently illuminating...

After talking more with the artist (anyone here try working with an artist on a technical project?) It seems the power consumption is a lower issue and the ability to provide unobtrusive lighting with both a wash and steerable spots. I'm still interestd in going the LED route, but am curious how...

I now have a real problem that I think would best be served using LED lighting. My GF is a jeweler (http://www.kupkepeyla.com) and goes to shows where a booth must be constructed to display her work. I just went to a show with her in SF and was really amazed at how much work her current...

This is to be considered Tannin complaining about iTunes DRM...

Undirected complaints become complaint credits, which can be applied as desired...

Merc, While I understand that the existence of alternative software doesn't help your current dillema, I was simply reminding those thinking of not getting an iPod because of iTunes that they aren't mutually inclusive.