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I don't see any anti-AVG conspiracy here. I don't use AVAST or MSE or any of the others either. If a user insists on AV they get NOD32. But it has been years since I've seen any coloration between machines with AV installed and machines that have viruses. I'm completely comfortable deploying...

Yup. A buddy just got back from a honeymoon there. Very nice.

Or you could move to a spot on the earth that supports life.

I actually watched a YouTube video recently on how to work one of those. No thanks.

21C outside at 4:30PM on the 17th of December. This is just the right amount of global warming ;)

In case you were wondering. Merc really nailed it with that last post. The best AV can do it block viruses it already knows about and possibly ask "are you sure?" on Malware. Running without is not as crazy as it may sound; I would take a slightly educated user running Firefox and no AV over an...

So you are using the 270 over the 290 because of a bang/buck ratio? Or is it actually faster in this application for some reason?

Other than groceries I haven't been in a physical store in nearly two years. I know "personalized pricing" is coming to online stores soon, but I don't think its here yet.

I guess they just fit my frame better? I love the things. I've fallen asleep in them for 6-8 hours and woke up without being sore. The mesh is perfect for remaining cool and dry for prolonged periods. The two at home are also right in the middle of the living room, so appearance is a thing.

The best place for 98 to live is in a Virtual Machine. There was no proper GPU acceleration anyway, and this resolves many of the device driver issues.

I love the full-sized units. I've purchased three over the years, with the cheapest being about $800 for the PostureFit and about $950 for the executive. The OfficeMax special chairs at the house are starting to fail after a decade, and I'd love to pick up a pair.

My elementary school had a lab full of Mac Classic IIs that no one used because no one knew how to use them. IIRC, they sat there for 3 years before they were removed and the space converted to a classroom. I don't even know if they were switched on once.

Where are you getting Aerons for only $500?

I can appreciate all the good there. It wasn't until I started to want to do remodel stuff that the apartment became difficult.

That is about the price they quoted me for my office. Even if we did the trenching, installed the conduit, and then handed the whole thing over to them.

There's been some frost around here as well. I saw -1C yesterday ;)

That is why I went "off the reservation" with RAM that wasn't on the list. Grr. Now I've ordered 4x the module you mentioned and this sweet looking chassis. (ATX PSU and 12x 2.5" hotswap).

... And that RAM is not compatible at all. Working fine with the 8GB I pulled from my wife's machine. I'd still like to get 64GB I here somehow.

For arrays of rackmount systems, it lets you identify a machine from the front/back and then see which machine is lit from the other side. When you press the button, a light goes on in back and front of the same system. If you have 42 1U machines in a rack and need to work on one, it is handy to...

My dad gave me an Epson HX-20 when I was 10 with no support or documentation. I didn't get very far with it. The first computer at home was a 386-33 that I wasn't allowed to play with. When we got the 486-66 my father installed a CD-ROM that required a cartridge system so we could look at a...

I was afraid of no POST on the board. Swapped RAM, PSU, disconnected everything. Finally gave up and came over here to type in a complaint to ASROCK when it came up. At least 3 minutes to display initialization with only 8GB of RAM in there. Also a design complaint. I know that compromises have...

Quite so. Whenever I'm done with it I'll sell it at that point for something that isn't a loss. Several machines a week pass through my office; it is only a matter of time before someone's needs match that machine.

Red vs. Blue was awesome.

...and just 'cause...uncut video of baby standing in playpen with poor audio.

Nope, cancelled the Xeon and I'm going to experiment with the Atom box. Do some load testing and familiarize myself with Hyper-V. Even if it doesn't go to production, I've put off learning MS' Virtualization product too long.

Still real, but 10-dimensional real instead of 11-dimensional real. ;)

Most of my clients have already heard of the "group of experts" I always need to fall back on. "Someone who knows more than I do" will probably work as well.

Geek cred follows the gold standard, so conversion is really difficult ;)

Thanks for that. Mind if I use it? Send credit to your website or something?

You win 10^81 geek cred points.

The one I use here (and other places I'm not worried about): 3 hours. The ones I use where it matters have a base that would take 37 sextillion years and the longest would be a duodecillion years. http://xkcd.com/936/

It looks like the Note 10.1 currently being offered by Verizon is not the 2014 edition. In my role as Santa I've been tasked with securing several of these things. Google is not giving me what I want. Does anyone here have word on a release date for a 4G capable Note 10.1 2014? Thanks!

Let me know how it works. I'm holding out on some 16km and 22km links that look perfect for their AirFiber 5Ghz product (both ends are in the boonies, owned by us for 10+ km, and no other sources in the background either).

I have tons ([possibly literally) of Ubiquiti wireless stuff deployed at this point. Great equipment IMHO, as reliable as the Canopy stuff at 10% the price. I have not deployed the AirFiber yet, but am considering for a longer haul. 1km is nothing; many of their cheaper products will work...

Thought about it. If it was a real 3840 wide I'd consider it. At 2560 it is just a weak U3014.

24" is a bit too small for 4k for me, and I don't want to go smaller than my current 30". And just because Tannin will love it, I noticed they offer an "ultrawide" 29" (2560x1080) monitor...

Down to $3300.

I haven't watched it, either.

Had to Google that. Looks neat, but.....ugh. Another one...

Wow. How long before the major laptop vendors drop 2.5" completely? There are a lot of offerings in mSATA already.

Between Merc and I we may have cleared them out. I'm surprised that the board isn't on Amazon.

I wouldn't be surprised if 7 or 8 had many of those drivers in it already...

Just ordered: ASRock C2750D4I Mini ITX Server Motherboard FCBGA1283 DDR3 1600/1333 4x Kingston 16GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model KVR16LR11D4/16 2x SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE750BW 2.5" 750GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Total: $2100...

...and cancelled the order. That ASRock looks like a great board, just need to get the right RAM for it. That would almost run on a PICO PSU with 4 SSDs and 64GB...

Not a problem, you gave enough info ;) Just ordered a Supermicro SYS-5018A-FTN4, 32GB of 1600 ECC LV, and 4 SSDs to play with....I'll just figure out how to fit in some larger, slower fans (probably at an angle, maybe with some homemade air guides of some kind... This might be my Hyper-V...

That had completely escaped me, thanks for the tip! The A1SRi-2758F looks pretty sweet!

Was just reading that, thanks again. Some really interesting pictures and technical information on the pages of the new Zeppelin company in Germany. They are doing semi-rigid, which I wouldn't trust for the kind of durability I'd want at the scale I have in mind.

Cool. Thanks for the info. Most of the ligher-than-air craft being designed currently seem to have some element of lifting-body in their design, that can't be a part of mine as loitering will be the primary occupation.

I'd imagine only about 30% of what I do would be considered IT by normal corporate standards. For my smaller clients I've done everything from financial planning to hiring, to architecture and property management. The "team" I can call on for projects includes general contractors, fabricators...

We are running out, but I don't think it will go that quickly. And even if it was 5 times more expensive than it is now (too much for party balloons, which would cut consumption considerably), it wouldn't be an appreciable percentage of this total build. Of course, Hydrogen is a very tempting...