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This is why I wrote exactly what I wanted the officiant to say, and insisted that they read it, and only it, during the ceremony. 5 minutes, tops.

That is what I figured. My hearing had taken quite a hit at the ball game (the luxury suites are tucked underneath the top stands, and redirects a lot of crowd noise into the room).

No idea. 2-3 years old and I never keep the receipts.

Just got back to the office from a trip to the Giants baseball game with the boss. Had too much to drink, and am now listening to music far too loud at my desk (at 1AM). The Adam A8X speakers actually feel like I have a fan on my desk blowing on me. Is this bad for them?

Lasik is on my short list. I normally pay $1k without insurance for my glasses, (plus another $700 for sunglasses) and they last a couple years before I bother to go back in for another appointment. The reason for the sunglasses is that my transition lenses do not change at all in the car. I...

Those who learned English as a second or third language (this includes my wife) construct some of the best puns and other word play.

Closed loop is fine. I'm not having an issue reading about it; I want to buy one right now, and can't find a reliable source. Really? That isn't the conclusions reviewers were reaching in earlier articles. I should do some more research.

Most of the people who used those in the later years flashed the firmware to one of many 3rd party alternatives. All of these allowed you to pretty crazy on the transmit power (well outside FCC regs)

Still haven't found a 1080 from a reputable seller that has more than the single 8-pin power connector. Based on the reviews, this seems to resolve a potential bottleneck in overclocking. I would love that card with the EK waterblock on it, but haven't found that either.

Let me step in and say you should get a Sony a7R II and FE 85/1.4 I can't say that I'm not tempted to switch over to the mirrorless game.

Of course, they aren't spending their own money...

It also has weird interactions with the print engine in Firefox, which occasionally likes to rotate and resize things.

I do wear glasses, but I haven't done any research on the different options out there. I normally just go to the optometrist, let their receptionist pick out the frames, and then say yes to every option offered. I should be getting a new pair soon, and look forward to any information your...

Yup, we've encountered this issue here as well. We print plans that have an actual scale on them that is supposed to relate to reality. I've left the machine in the copy room running Win7 for just this purpose.

Time to water cool. ;)

That company was mine. I'd negotiated the sale and left. The tech industry collapsed so completely immediately after I left that one of their escape clauses was triggered. Without guidance, the staff (~30) just kept paying themselves until they ran out of money.

This has never been an option for me. I did it once anyway, and the company literally ended up in bankruptcy before I returned 3 months later. Go team. Since then the longest I've been out of touch is the 12-hours I spend on a single flight.

The second case I went with allowed a full ATX power supply (I went with an AX760i). It also gave me enough space in the lower compartment (since the only thing there was the PSU) to bundle the miles of spare cable that this case did not require. The big thing that will make the next one...

I did the simple thing of 32" 4k to 42" 4k and it has changed my computer using position considerably.

Not really.

Most of the time it was just the power supply that failed. When there was a situation where reliability was paramount I'd put in a scientific power supply, strip the casing, attach a bunch of aftermarket heatsinks, and mount the board directly to the wall. Never had one of those fail.

My parents and I stopped talking when I made it clear that I wouldn't be attending college. That lasted about two years and since then we get along much better and very differently. I suppose changing gears on the fly can be difficult. My wife still has these issues.

Just a note on that stuff. It doesn't stick at all for about 3 minutes, and if it is moving at all during that time the bond will never be strong (so don't think you can hold it in place during cure). Also, it can be very strong if done correctly. The best way I've found to remove one after it...

With about a month to go I was able to make her very happy by letting her know we won The War against Hitler.

Yup. More than a little faint, I'd say. Possibly 10% still there for about 15 seconds? Other than a synthetic I must say I've never noticed any issues related to this.

IIRC, that service is required for the simple start->search of local programs.

English has no language authority. IIRC, only the French do this.

Afraid so, but I'll likely be building another similar one soon. I strip the double-sided tape off and use 2-part thermal adhesive. Normally I have a larger selection of heatsink sizes, but for this one I was limited to black anodized for appearance purposes.

The other problem with riding a 55lb bike is the added injury potential in a crash. If you come down under that thing it will be a major issue. I crashed on an 8lb bike and it ended up on top of me without additional injury.

My grandmother didn't recognize me for the last 3 months or so. She was still nice so long as you presented yourself as a nice stranger and didn't try to remind her of anything or treat her as more than that.

When I mentioned this topic to my wife, she proceeded to go down the list of things that are totally capable of killing a mother during childbirth even if you are at a hospital with full services. So yeah, don't do that.

That picture also doesn't include all the custom black heatsinks stuck everywhere. Not just on chips that got hot (7 or 8 IIRC), but on any piece of cheap-looking chrome flashing that needed to be covered.

I did clean and polish out the very soft plastic window before delivery; it shipped with protective sheets on both sides that protected the dust and minor scratches below. I advised that swapping the plastic for a piece of tempered glass would be easy to do and provide a much better appearance...

That is most unfortunate. My wife used to be an OB/GYN and has delivered many babies. When she came to this country she was shocked at the number of prospective mothers that decided to have their children in a place that wasn't a hospital. During the birth of our own child there were enough...

The 1080 is considerably better at specific things than any other card. Specifically VR and games that don't support SLI. If money is not a significant hurdle, this is the way to go.

...unless you wanted the card ASAP. Founders edition cards shipped several weeks before the rest.

There is a type of road race called a criterium that is frequently held around a couple city blocks with 90-degree corners everywhere. Effectively it becomes a bunch of sprints with potentially huge breaking points. I don't do them, too many crashes, but they are popular because it is so easy to...

This one is for a customer, and they weren't willing to splash more cash. That means no custom water cooling and no overclocking from me. If a 1080 with an AIO water cooler was available, I'd have taken it.

They did remotely access the NAS, and did try to reach me to tell me what was up, but I still haven't been available. I suspect they closed the ticket.

I'm not worried about it threatening the future of competitive cycling; if doping didn't do that it can't be done. I'm more into it from the geek/detective, white/black hat side of things.

Hardware is finally together. Had to do a BIOS upgrade before the i7-6850K would work.

It is better (as it has been for at least 15 years) to not use any products by Norton/Symantec or McAfee. There are decent products still out there, but these haven't been them for a long, long time. I'm still confident in NOD32, though I don't bother on my own systems. Just the built-in...

Man, makes me wish I'd gotten the diesel. I'd take that buy back in a heartbeat, and use the settlement as a down-payment.

I'm pretty sure just a thermal camera is enough to identify it. Carbon Fiber doesn't conduct heat very well, so it should be an isolated spot where the motor/battery/electronics are.

Afraid not, been in the field for a week so far. That GTX 1080 is sitting on my desk at work too....

I'll try to get some numbers, but it will be tricky as the house has its own PG&E Vault on the grounds that splits to multiple main panels that then split to multiple sub panels.

Yeah, you won't have any issues getting the issue resolved.

Upgrading the grid strikes me as fairly inefficient. Local production and local storage are both seeing huge advances right now; using the grid just for balancing local storage seems like a far better idea.

I've had the wrong item arrive a few times. Filled out the form, got a return label, accepted, refunded. No problem. For the record, I've only had these errors when the purchase wasn't "fulfilled by Amazon". I feel it was a mistake on their part to not at least have the items they are selling...

I bought the 16GB version. Partly because I knew I'd be testing the limits of performance and wanted it to have the best chance, and partly for availability.