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I'm as forthright as they come, but sometimes you get a computer that looks like it has a routine infection but it turns out to be the tip of the iceberg. Fix one thing and then three other problems appear. I explain to my "slow computer" clients that this might be the case and that the hours...

Client's machine. You've disinfected, pared down the startup list, pruned the registry and streamlined the services. But the machine still crawls. Something still lurks beneath the surface, mocking you. You've reached your reasonable rate cap. A few more hours and the client may as well buy a...

Right. Other than renaming it. I name all my volumes, but I just noticed that one of the sorting columns available in My Computer is "Comments". With files it's easy to add a comment. With drives, there seems to be no way, but the field is available, making me wonder if I've missed something.

I guess this means that nobody's ever used one of these things...

Anyone had any particularly nasty experiences deploying XP SP3? I haven't rolled this one out yet so I figured I'd poll for opinions. ]-[

Is there a way to add comments to a drive in the My Computer view of Explorer?

Also, does the card show up as a drive on the computer or do I need special software to access the contents?

I want to get a SIM card reader to play with but I'm confused by the huge spread in prices; anywhere from $1.50 to $100. Is there a qualitative difference here? Are there specific features I should be looking for that aren't available on the cheaper models?

OK, found the micro switches on eBay (item number 130184547565). Hopefully the seller will ship to J-lem. In the meantime I swapped the left- and right-click switches so that I can continue more-or-less using the mouse. Call me crazy but I really like the idea of repairing my old shit instead...

The best way to get stuff over here is the buddy courier system, i.e. I have a parcel shipped to a friend in the States or Canada who's coming to Israel and they bring it here for me. That said, one of my Israeli suppliers has the mouse for the equivalent of about $19— same price for white...

Yeah... I'm in Israel. I'd have to find a mule and right now I can't think of anyone coming in from the states. My sister is coming from Toronto but my supplier no longer sells the Intellimouse Optical and there's no way in heaven I'm buying a retail-packaged mouse so I'll have to think of some...

Here we go again Less than two years has passed since I replaced the switches in this rodent and they are already misfiring. Clearly mine is not a reliable sample set but it would seem that the part with the MS-specific part number was rated for three times the cycles as the generic part...

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I, being without elucidation, would not know how it compares to Canada. Israel and Canada, however, I could discuss.

Drat, I knew my "location" field entry would catch up with me sooner or later. And now here I am without a shrewd elucidation. Busted.

I'm not saying they're the new DPReview; I'm just offering theirs as an informed opinion. More informed, at least, than the opinion of one who's not used the camera at all.

Have you read this article on AnandTech?

The Link I'm savin' my shekels!

I started this thread when I got frustrated during a particularly grueling job in Illustrator, where I was constantly using the ALT+SHIFT combo to constrain and copy while dragging and also doing a fair bit of typing in both Hebrew and English. The ALT+SHIFT motion is so ingrained in me and so...

Oh, wait, I know... it's the 420 part. Puff puff give.

I've always liked my dad's oly OM-1 so the name "Olympus" rings through my mind with positive connotations. That said I never really felt any deep love for their D-SLR models. Now for some mystical reason unknown I find myself attracted to the E-420, or at least — as it has yet to come to market...

P.s. I left my CoolPix 4500 unattended the other night (at a wedding, of all places) and it wandered off, probably with some floozy. Guess it had enough of my arm's-length self portraits. I'm sure it'll call in the morning once it sobers up and realizes what a mistake it's made... right? At...

Yeah, I see what you mean... Sigma seems to have erred on the side of caution, leaving untapped potential in the images to be brought out by further processing. Still, I want my 6400ISO.

Yeah, just noticed that one, too. Looks nifty. Love that they stuck a prime on it. Can't wait to see how sharp it is. I'd be really interested to see more lenses with multiple, discreet focal length stops like the Leica Tri-Elmar-M 16-18-21. Something like that can be optimized for the best...

I'll tell ya, I flipped through the sample gallery on the DP1 mini-site and wasn't floored. In a gallery of 37 photos only 2 are at ISOs higher than 100. One is at 400 and the other at 800 and in both grain is clearly visible. It's not *killing* me but it's there. Jaggies are clearly visible in...

But clean images at high ISO is my top priority for this theoretical camera. What better way to achieve that than with big-ass pixel sites? I'm talking happy snaps, here. Party photos for Fakebook— er, Faecesbook— oh, dammit, what's the name again? Anyway, I could care less about prints for...

I was just dreaming about a point & shoot camera that trades pixel count for super-clean, super-high ISOs. With today's sensor and DSP technology this would be a breeze. The Nikon D3's sensor and processor combo can produce an incredibly clean image at 6400 ISO. Arguably the best available...

http://www.dcviews.com/press/Minox-DEC-50.htm

Yeah, I have the taskbar button, too, but I often have to switch back and forth constantly when typing. Can you imagine having to break your pace every ten seconds because you have to take one hand off the keyboard, put it on the mouse, locate the pointer and then hunt for the little blue icon...

Is there any way to change the keystroke for selecting input languages in XP from the standard "ctrl+shift" or "right alt+shift"? I've been putting up with the program conflicts for a couple of years (I constantly switch back and forth between Hebrew and English) and finally got annoyed enough...

Looks like it was a driver issue. Got the new Realtek drivers and everything seems OK now.

I recently started getting an error dialog box on startup with the title "EAccessViolation" and just an "OK" button to close it. I didn't pay much attention to it (I'm telling myself I'll reformat any day now) till I realized I don't have system sound. Turns out the Realtek HD control panel...

Anyone got $19,200 burning a hole in their wallet? http://www.tgdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34065

Every time Tannin sings Opera's praises I download a copy in the hopes that I may have missed something the last time. "Maybe I *can* work with this browser", I tell myself. Nope. Just feels funny. Buggy as FireFox may be for some of you, to me it just feels right. I have no idea what you mean...

I think geekyness is a measure of one's commitment to a particular discipline or interest, accreditation notwithstanding. No, not having a PhD does not make you a lesser geek, just a less highly-decorated one.

Same, although I don't have quite so much skill in maintaining a conversations past initial salutations, unless, of course the conversation happens to be revolving around the merits of running pentodes as dual triodes or the finer points of drum mic-ing or the benefits of lead-free solder...

The geek occurs in all walks of life and across a broad spectrum of activities. There are guitar geeks and recording geeks and audio geeks (present!). Woodworking geeks. Politics geeks. Enviro-geeks. Magicians are typically magic geeks while that girl in your abnormal psychology lecture who...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/13/firefox_3_beta/

How's this for pixel density? :)

Goodness, my apologies— I'll type slower next time. :) Ah, see, that explains it: in the narrow corridor of existence that is my reality, anything over f/2 is slow. I like shooting people up close in low light with no flash. What can I say... I dream of 35mm f/1.2 at noiseless high ISOs. I...

Meh. That's not a lens. This is a lens.

Right, but strap one of those 500mm f/4 puppies onto your D3 and you can make up for light lost to slower glass by crankin' the ISO without having to cringe at the results. That way you can fill the frame with tweetie *and* you get to sit put. A winning combination if ah ever hurda one.

Ah... that kind of big.

Ahhh, well that changes everything, then. In my ignorance I just sort of assumed that the Marquesan Kingfisher of your desires would be occupying prime real-estate in the frame. Birds fly away when you come close— Who knew? Sill, like you said, the best birders, with their peaceful auras or...

[Piyono awakens with a start] What?! Who?! Where!? Whuuh— Oh... Tea, hey. Startled me. [Piyono mutters something incoherent about bananas while nodding off]

Hey, Tannin, I'm still waiting for a follow-up on the matter of pixel density. Hop to!

Twisted. Very funny, but twisted. ]-[

I like my IntelliMouse Optical 1.1A so much I hunted down replacement micro switches when the left right buttons started to misfire. Believe me when I say they weren't easy to find. Soldering them in, however, was quite simple. OK, the truth is I don't *love* this mouse; it's more a complacency...

Wow!

A pleasure doing business. Now if Tony could only find the time to address my concerns...