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So what did we get from PK this year? Canon has the 5D MK II yuck, and only two new lenses which are not really interesting. They just keep tweaking and regurgitating MK II of everything. Meanwhile, there is no D3X from Nikon. :( Sony has some possibilities, but lacks long teles and pro...

I don't really understand, but that is nothing new. ;)

Is that near Area 54 or a similar place?

:blue: It's all over. :cry: RIP Spotto (1995-2008). :(

:blue: It's all over. :cry:

Yes, and $95 for some of them now.

Where are those Momentus 5400.6 and Momentus 7200.4 drives? I want some. :)

One product I never finish is a tube of Neosporin ointment. They always expire with about 85% remaining. :(

Apparently you don't spend much time outside in the elements. ;) I can consume a chapstick in 3 weeks or so. It seems the content of each unit has been shrinking over the decades.

Even if the OS were free I'm certain such a change would be quite painful for other reasons.

I am so afraid to ask how you know that. So I will need to upgrade the OS by ~2010 when hard drives exceed 2TB in capacity? That is really a bummer. :(

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Grrr! I hate computers. :(

So what happens if one has 2 or more really big dicks in an array? I'm thinking that several of the 1.5TB drives could free up some space, but is it possible to exceed 2TB on the old OS such as XP? Is a special controller or filesystem needed?

Why, does Newegg pack the Samsung drives better?

I forgot to mention that I subsequently purchased a Buffalos 1TB Turbo USB drive and it is fine. The case is reasonably made and it even has a fan that snaps on. Crapware is on a CD, not preinstalled.

Yes, I know. :( No internal connector was available on the 3 notebooks. How does Fry's treat returns for retail hard drives? It is possible to get a refund? What do they do with the drives? I don't see drives back on the shelves with the ridiculous slightly reduced price tags. However, I...

Does anyone have the Seagate 1500GB drive? I don't trust the poorly packaged Newegg OEM drives and therefore have none. Maybe Merc has a 20-pack of the new drives for his *data* storage needs. :)

XP error checking does not complete - unable to check whatever. PM indicates some partition errors, however accepting the changes does not fix the problem. It is not possible to create a simple 238GB partition in the disk manager. Formatting fails with Unable to format, yet a 1TB format and...

I am having difficulty formatting a 1TB drive in a USB enclosure (tried two different brands). There is no problem when there is only one partition of 1TB, but 3 smaller partitions are absolutely necessary since this is a backup drive for other drives. There was no problem with 500GB USB...

I think you mean SLR. ;) I bought an FE2 in 1987 when they were being closed out. It still works fine.

Lack of IS is a huge issue for me with lenses at 600mm +. IS makes a difference even on a 5-series tripod, especially if there is any wind. 600/4IS w/2X is optically OK, but not the greatest. For me the point of the 800/5.6 would be to use it with and without the 1.4x.

Me too. Is anyone else already thinking about replacing their 1TB drives with 1.5TB drives? ;)

Yes, there was damage.

Well, it depends on your culture. I could not stand living in NYC and too many of the people on public transportation are just plain gross. Last time I took a train (years ago) a bag was stolen. F*** that I say. I prefer living in suburban to slightly rural areas if I had to make that choice.

I having much difficulty tonight with the site. Anyone else notice?

POV is point of view and CA is chromatic aberration. CA is not necessarily quite symmetric, so it may be desirable to apply different amounts to different parts of the image by using layers and masks. You probably won't see it that much with EF lenses on 1.6x bodies. Many corrections are...

I understand that the electric motors and control systems are probably long-lived, but how long will the batteries perform well? After some years there will be plenty of older cars that will require new batteries. How much does that cost? Especially in the southland there are a lot of old...

I'd probably use it once a year, mostly on the 1Ds MK III. 500/4 is a much more useful lens overall for most purposes. Unfortunately Canon 1.6x bodies don't AF at f/8, so that is only a limited solution. Additionally, the crappy AF pattern of xxD bodies is not good for moving subjects. That...

Does anyone have the 800/5.6 EF-L yet (maybe Tony)? Other than the main problem, getting on the airlines, a serious concern would be selling the lens later on, though it should not depreciate too much over time.

Stupid board crapped out and ate my post earlier. :mad: I don't understand the value of LR either. From what I gather it is a software used for photographers to do everything in a workflow. I don't have all the fancy modern software and hardware everyone here has. ;) I just know about glass...

Another point is that everyone does not live close to work. In some areas many younger people (20- or 30-something) with children that have a 30-40 mile, 60-90 minute one-way commute because that is the only way they can afford a decent house.

Where is all the power for charging coming from? The power grid is marginal as it is in many places and there are possibilities of rolling blackouts, etc. in the summers. I can just see people coming home at 6-7 PM, plugging hundreds of thousands or a million of their cars in on those >100 °F...

:rofl: Oh, now the diet Coke shot out of my nose. ;) I can't breathe. :D

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I would not want a vehicle with a range of less than 250 miles/city and 300 miles/highway.

I dropped a 500G hard drive on my foot (very painful). Is there any way to know if it is broken? :(

I bought some graphics card a couple of months ago that someone here liked. Will the card fail if I only use it a few dozen hours per month and with no 3D functions? I am not sure if the failure is primarily heat threshold dependent or if it degrades over time even with low power use.

The 500GB drive appears to be fine, but would be rather noisy for a notebook. I have little confidence in the Samsung HD reliability, however.

How can one determine if the graphics card is affected? Will it create a fire hazrd?

I never cared so much for the three lenses you mentioned, though they are versatile in some ways. I will be disposing of a 100-400 and 24-105 along with a 1Ds MK II. Assuming that the theoretical new Canon body is around that MP, you may want to consider how the lenses will be used.

Well, that is crap. :( I capitulated and closed the account.

I will be traveling for a few weeks and 320GB drives may not be enough to store all the .CR2 and .NEF files, so three of the 500GB drives are needed now. However, only some unfamiliar sites carry the Samsung 500GB M6, i.e., not NewEgg.com. http://www.google.com/products?q=samsung+500gb+m6...

You definitely have a suboptimal system and workflow. I was processing and printing 100-120 megapixel images 6 years ago with XP2200, 1.5GB RAM and 15k drive. Yes it was a struglle, but 30MP is nothing today if you have an efficient workflow. Do you have a file with a dozen image layers or...

5D MK II?

It is my SF username @domainname.com. In case anyone is thinking that there is an SF-related issue, it is not an e-mail address used for notifications from this forum.

It is very strange that I received spam on an account that was never published. How did the crooks get my e-mail address?

Heh, perhaps he has no java; a tea drinker like Tony. :)