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You would need to have applied for Advanced Parole before leaving if you wanted to re-enter whilst an I-485 is pending. That's pretty safe *as long as there isn't anything in the visitors background that would make them ineligible to successfully adjust status* Safest thing is to definitely...

The PS3 is helping a lot with my point production. Far outweighs my old p4 2.4 The kids need a couputer or two so it may be time to build a new box, and trade the p4 down to them. Edited to add: The 40GB PS3 costs $399 and consumes 135W when folding, with an output of 900 points per day.

We wil be using 10GB links to connect our gigabit switches to the core (Cisco 4948-10s). But from where I sit 4GB FC is still doing just fine. Most hosts will make do with 1 or 2GB links anyway. In this case FC for SAN connectivity. 10GB port costs are still quite significant.

Of course the cost of natural gas/propane has risen significantly in the last few years. Prices have basically doubled in a 10 year timeframe. Costs me about $300 per month during winter to heat the house with natural gas, using a high efficiency gas furnace. It's a significant expense. And the...

The vast majority of US based online stores will only accept a US issued credit card. The reason is usually because the US cards will work with the address verification system which cuts down on fraud. Strangely enough most other countries banks won't disclose such information. Some nonsense...

PS3 is doing fine, it outsold the 360 in the last sales reporting period in the US, and has been outselling in the rest of the world for some time. Not bad given that no "system seller" software has yet been released, such as GT5 or MGS4, and the $600 initial pricepoint. As for HD DVD...

Congrats Chewy! All the best in the lubbly Qld sun.

The new ATI HD 3450/3650 series looks like good value at the $100-$150 price level. http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ1MSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA== Greg, remember that many of the larger memory cards actually have slower running speeds or smaller interface widths, and actually run...

So you get a month off for paternity? Nice.

Party for your country Cayla Dengate 'Don't worry," Dad said as thick, black smoke billowed out of the barbecue. "The first sausage always burns." There is a rule in our house that the barbecue is the man's domain. Sure, women can observe, and most definitely make the accompaniments, but...

Well you can always set the PS3 to output video via HDMI (or component, composite, svideo etc) and set the audio to output from the optical out. You will get dolby digital 5.1 that way (provided your receiver can decode it).

For the $2000 mark you can get the Sony A3000 series 60" SXRD rear projection telly. You would have to pay for replacement lamps but no worries about DLP rainbows. Or for a little more and provided you have light control in your viewing room a 1080p front projector would give you a screen size...

I find the Wegmans bbq chicken pizza to be very pleasing to the tummy (the one they make for you, not the frozen wegmans brand). Plus you can call ahead and pick up on arrrival.

When you say xbox 3 I assume you mean a PS3. The xbox 360 doesn't do any HD optical video, unless you buy a $189 dollar addon that will let you playback hd dvds (a dying format). The 360 also sounds like a small vacuum cleaner. The PS3 has a built-in bluray drive, wifi, HDMI, gigabit ethernet...

Adding insult to injury: USB 3G modems won't fit in the MacBook Air http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/adding-insult-to-injury-usb-3g-modems-wont-fit-in-the-macbo/ More of that Jobs genius at work.

I think the mortgage foreclosure situation is going to get far worse before it gets any better. In the boom times of just a few years ago it was possible to go with a stated income loan for a few fractions of a percentage point premium. So joe6pack who wants the fancy house to keep up with the...

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10400 "The ThinkPad X300 features a 13.3", 1440x900 LED backlit display, two DIMM slots for a maximum of 4GB of DDR2 memory, fingerprint reader, touchpad and trackpoint inputs, webcam, and a full-size keyboard. When it comes to connectivity, Lenovo...

T2 collectors edition on LD was indeed awesome, however the CAV discs meant that you would have to switch sides/discs every 30 minutes. My Sony LD player did have the dual sided player functionality but it was still a reasonable wait whilst the transport grinded it's way to the other side of the...

Yes the thinness seems to be far less useful then something a little thicker yet more compact in height/width dimensions.

Yes apparently Paramount has a clause that lets them switch to BR in the event that Warner switched over. Universal is not bound by any contract and could also switch. They have plenty of inventory of both hardware and software in the pipeline, I'm sure there's a good few months yet. In the end...

http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.php?reviewid=309&page=Performance Basically you are looking at 45 minutes to burn a dual layer (BD50) disc at 4x. This drive also supports 6x burn speeds for single layer (BD25) which can be burnt in a tad under 22 minutes.

Sounds like NetApp with their "aggregates" aka bunch of spindles based on IO needs.

Hmm, a sealed battery that is not user replaceable. Single USB2 port, no firewire. 2GB of ram that seems to be soldered onto the mobo. Let me rant for a minute on the "new" Apple TV. HD is 1280*720, maybe with lossy 5.1 surround. No wonder the studios are OK with selling rentals for $4 or 5...

The 360 is *much* louder than any PS3. It's bad enough with the cooling fans blowing straight into the EMI shrouding, but once that DVD drive hits 12x it's like a vacuum cleaner. The only small relief is when it dies with RROD and has to be shipped back to MS for replacement. Or were you talking...

From what I understand you can rip the entire movie to disk, and play it back, if using PowerDVD 3104, 3319 or 3319a. This is due to a bug in PowerDVD that allowed BD+ titles to playback even if they didn't have AACS protection (which AnyDVD can remove). Later versions of PowerDVD have fixed...

From what I understand AnyDVD will allow you to playback your "ripped" BD+ disc only when used with one specific version of PowerDVD Ultra, due to a flaw in PowerDVD. If you burn your rip onto a BD-R and try playing it back on a player, it will fail, because BD+ is still there. As far as the...

PIP in the case of blu-ray means that you can be watching the main feature "full screen" and have an overlayed window with another video/audio stream with director commentary/extras. Certainly no need to get a bluray player now if you have an SDTV, by the time you upgrade to an HDTV it's...

The 40GB PS3 is almost silent *makes some audible noise when folding* It's curved shape certainly doesn't lend to stacking on top of it. I have mine vertical. Battlestar Galactica apparently looks like total ass on HD DVD (perhaps a poor compression job). Artifacts galore. Heroes and Serenity...

One would imagine they have it packaged in the same form factor as a SAS or FC drive. That way you could use existing drive enclosures, have the same hotswap incase of "drive" failure etc.

Upconversion is all fine and dandy but you can't beat the resolution of bluray. 40mbit/sec+ peaks just for the video, 6.9mbit/sec for audio, with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

I'm guessing that a PS3 is not an option for you? It's a fantastic blu-ray player. Any copy protection that will allow me to hook up my PSP to my PS3 and download a portable copy of a blu-ray movie is fine by me, it offers me more value than DVD at present. *feature shown at CES, not implemented...

Bluray has three profiles, they have to do with PIP functionality and in the ultimate version, 2.0, an internet connection. All bluray discs will playback in all bluray players with total quality audio/video, it's just that instead of getting PIP with 1.1, with 1.0 you can watch the PIP as a...

In summary, IO performance of 30 15K drives in one 72 or 144 GB drive. And of course no need to pay the middle man (i.e. drive maker), can just get the best deals directly from the flash ram manufacturers. That's going to be fantastic for performance. Just what we want for Exchange. Have to see...

I'm looking for a drive to upgrade my PS3. I may go with a 7200rpm (doesn't look like they run any warmer than 5400rpm units), so I can install demos/load levels a tad faster.

Problem is powering the cameras outside. Generally for snowy climates you would want a heated dome. http://www.axis.com/products/video/camera/ Not cheap but the quality is very nice, you can use their software to turn a PC into a DVR recording multiple cameras.

Is this poor design carried over into the 1Ds Mk III? That would not be good.

South Korean Scientists Clone Glowing Cat http://www.dailytech.com/South+Korean+Scientists+Clone+Glowing+Cat/article10042.htm

From what I understand 20K SAS drives will be with us "soon" I think there will definitely come a time when solid state exceeds spinning disks, it's just a matter of time as process shrinks occur and capacities increase. Having a rotating mechanical device that is bulky and liable to fail is an...

The program link is included in the PS3 menus, it downloads and updates itself, seeems like about 7.5 hours per work unit. You can set it to run automatically when the PS3 is idle.

Got me a PS3, should be good for some extra points per day.

Sounds like he needs the acceleration to minimise the time he spends in the wrong (oncoming lane). A barge like SUV would only make this worse. Head on at 60 each will give you a closing speed of 120mph. Doesn't matter if you are in an SUV or a Smart car, the end is inevitable. And perhaps...

I can only recommend what I've used, the 70-200mm L 2.8, and the 100mm Macro (this has very nice resolution). Enjoy.

Found this recently: http://www.audioholics.com/education/display-formats-technology/lifi-lamp-technology-primer Very good lamp life for such a high output device, 20,000 hours pretty much negates lamp replacements (this is currently being used in some rear projector TVs).

If you are worried about cost of ink then the "new" Kodak inkjet printers may be worth a gander.

Congrats. Enjoy the sleep while you can.

http://reviews.pimprig.com/audio_hardware/zalman_usb_sound_card_zm-rssc.php Looks like it has a single port which can give you toslink optical or co-ax?

Ahh, the Ultrasound. Sounded brilliant in the few games that explicitly supported it. Then I went to an SB16 with WaveBlaster daughterboard.

I believe the transition to ultra low sulfphur diesel in the USA is complete (apart from Alaska).

Toyota warranties are shameful. They really need to put more faith in their products. I had a Toyota Corolla as a first car, but when it came time to buy new I went with Hyundai. Having to deal with out of pocket costs when their Toyotas only have 40,000 miles on the clock is unacceptable.

Oops, make that an m240.