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I have no doubt the quality of this was awful. None of the content delivery companies (Comcast, DirecTV, etc) give enough bandwidth to anything. I often think that YouTube 1080P streams are actually higher bandwidth than most things those guys are calling "HD".

I had a similar experience lately, but they were playing standard Blu-ray disks. I had to explain to them that if the content isn't 4k, they aren't getting much. They were unhappy that this hadn't been explained to them when they were up-sold at the store.

Auto switching itself isn't a lot of work. Unless you were relying on your ISP to provide everything (modem with built-in router and WiFi) and need to replicate those services.

This has me interested, but I haven't used Windows for storage in so long that I am completely unfamiliar with the storage spaces concept. A quick look seems to indicate that it manages pools (like ZFS) with variable amounts of redundancy. I really like this. Does it support cache drives...

Internal Shot ...and thanks Handruin for whatever you did to fix my image imbedding issue!

This is a turnkey solution from Koolance that includes the rad, fans, pump, reservoir, fan controller, and pump controller. I've modified it to include a flow meter for when the pipe run is longer. In the winter the rad just sits on top of my PC, in the summer I have pipes routed into the...

I wouldn't trust any single enclosure with my data. Even a massive NAS would be backed up daily to another unit at another site. Therefore all you risk with less redundant systems is some downtime, not data. For home use 48 hours of downtime is acceptable.

3x 120 Intake, 2x 120 blowing directly across the boards, 1x 120 exhaust, 9x 120 radiator. Plus tons of huge aftermarket aluminum heatsinks thermal epoxied to anything that thought about going above ambient (including the M.2 SSDs, which had been shown to thermally throttle during benchmarks).

I don't need hot-swap, and was looking at the enclosures at 45drives.com. Their base model (30 drives) with backplanes and a custom wiring harness for a Corsair HX power supply comes in at just under $1k. Of course, they also offer a maxed out turnkey 60x 6TB solution for $35k.

Sorry, didn't elaborate. Set up both WANs in failover. Disconnect the one you don't want to try. At any point if you are unhappy with the service, just plug in a cable to get the other service going again.

I don't do the bling these days, just maximum functionality. Here is my main home rig:

I've been running NAS appliances for a long time now. Thinking of switching back for the next generation. It would be nice to have automated system-level imaging of the workstations (like Home Server used to do). I've outgrown the 8x6TB and 5x8TB Synology units at home, and really want 10GbE to...

There are a number of routers that have more than one WAN port. I've used these with success. Link: http://amzn.com/B00O4UJHFG Note that this doesn't have WiFi built in, but getting an AP is not hard.

5k @ 60hz is lovely, but 27" is way too small for that many pixels in normal desktop use. 36" would be perfect for me. That bezel is also about twice as big as it should be.

I don't have access to my previous install, but I just installed Anti-Beacon on my current machine and enabled every option. Windows Update still works for me.

I don't know enough about how this works, but I suspect that there is additional information beyond SSID and security settings that differentiates APs. I number of places I've gone will show multiple networks even if they all have the same SSID/security (even going so far as to require the...

Not particularly. My experience with Android, Windows, iOS, and OSX are all about the same. They maintain a list of APs and that list has priorities assigned to them. Of all the APs available, it will choose the one highest up the list rather than the one with the highest strength.

You added both the APs to the same config, right? This will automatically give them both the same SSID/password and makes them play pretty well together. How low the reception needs to get before it jumps is an open question.

PG&E has made it really easy provided you are supplying less than 40kW and that the amount you are supplying is <15% of the total capacity of your service (up to 7.2kW in my case, which I will be right at). Two basic rules: 1. Use an Inverter that is approved by them (most of the ones for sale...

I'll just leave the whole system off. No batteries connected at all. I already have a UPS for all the important stuff. Code only requires that a manual shutoff switch be located adjacent to the main electrical panel and labeled clearly.

Signaling theory and the Prius Moved up the Solar City in-home to 30 minutes from now. The more research I do, the more likely I am to do the install with my usual local contractors and me running the project. Main reason for the timing is that I'm under the impression that the market will be...

Meh. The highlight reel is good, but there isn't enough there.

Has anyone else been looking into this? My house consumes a fairly large amount of electricity, and I've been considering it for years. Finally decided to call Solar City and get a quote (they start with a preliminary over the phone, my at-home estimate is on the 27th). Based on past usage, I'm...

When I was doing IT for Dolby Labs (~2000?) I realized that most of the local disk space issues were MP3s. My solution to this was to grab one of our decommissioned servers, fill it with old hard drives and create a share on it. The disk space issue was immediately solved. Within a couple months...

Indeed. My lesson there was to just carry enough CF and SD cards to cover the trip. Even if I copy them off to a laptop I try to leave the cards full and just set them aside until I get home and things calm down.

Nope. The venue had a nice place for pictures, and some of the guests were only there for the day. As such, we scheduled group photos and a quick shoot with my wife and I for an hour before the ceremony. The photog (friend of my wife but still a "pro" - charges money and not his first wedding)...

The last time I saw one of those was when our wedding photog accidentally formatted all his cards after the shoot and before the ceremony.

I may not get the chance 'til it hits Netflix (darn kid), unless I use my international VPN for evil...

Exactly this. When my $200/hour accountant warned me that his patent attorney wasn't cheap I knew I was in trouble. My first goal is to get as much understanding as possible and assemble all the necessary information. From what I've head this can be non-trivial.

Has anyone here ever filed for a patent? I will be employing a lawyer later, but I'd like to get my prep done before their clock starts.

At 7 months putting things in their mouth is the thing. If you need a laugh give them a slice of lemon.

Yup. Just signed up for 250mb/s, now that my modem can handle it. The local 1Gbps fiber I was going to route in is running into LoS issues that will take some time to resolve.

I still have 3 XP machines in a business environment. Currently changing the configuration so that they won't be on the internet anymore.

New modem and better internet at home.

Nice. I also like their license.

I know I'm not entirely out of the woods, but I'm really happy that none of my systems' first level of authentication from the web is Windows based.

A couple years ago I was into macro. It seemed the best way to get the focus right was with an adjustable rail of some kind.

In my experience accuracy is only better in that you generally can "see" more satellites. More useful in mountains or cities.

Random Win10 glitch. I'm going through this stack of MS Surface books and ran into one that, on first startup after unpacking, went straight to a user prompt without any username being offered. Multiple reboots did the same. Thinking that this was either a corrupted install or a used unit, I...

I use my cell phone as my alarm clock (actually as my only clock). The time is very accurate (even auto-corrects for daylight savings and time zones), the battery backup can last all night, and I test it daily. No other solution that is nearly as effective.

While we don't have a section dedicated to reviews, any crawler should be able to see how many links are posted here that point to Amazon product pages.

Not sure what the appeals process is, and I don't want to waste your time, but it might be worth pursuing further if there is an opportunity to do so.

Way lighter. This is probably twice what you need and weighs 236g. Plus a short USB cable (that you're bringing anyway).

You seem to be drawing the opposite conclusion to what I would? The weight savings is definitely there, the solution is simple enough. Not sure what file format you want the export in, but this one will do GPX and KMZ...

I may have underestimated expenditures a bit. A lot of my purchases have moved to Amazon lately.

Even the smallest of the batteries we've linked will manage a full day, they at least double battery capacity. LG G4 ships with 2.9Ah. Even assuming a 50% loss from self-discharge and conversion (way pessimistic), anything larger than their tiniest will get you there.

That would be some power adapters and DC motors. The Surface Books are shipping later today. Tomorrows report should look pretty good.

I have that one and the 25.6Ah one as well, both are awesome. Both are also overkill for just keeping a phone running all day when weight is an issue.

Hoping someone here knows a way to streamline this part of my timelapse workflow: 1. Copy RAW images to SSD 2. Open sequence in Bridge 3. Choose image from middle of sequence and make changes using Adobe RAW 4. Apply those changes to all images using "develop settings", copy/paste in Bridge 5...

I've had good luck with these. Not only do I have them on my desk and at home, but I gutted one and built it into my car mount.