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I would definitely be attending and buying, if it wasn't a 6 hour drive to the closest one :)

If the battery is out, and the power goes out, you are as screwed as if you were using a desktop. Most machines nowadays use LiIon batteries, and the chargers are smart enough to charge only when required. If storing outside the machine, remove when fully charged, then top off every few...

Gold support allows me to get something fixed without buggering around with the standard support queue (seperate phone number, straight to a senior tech). So when the serial port on a workstation is knackered, I can just tell them that and they will next day me a new mobo (or come and install it...

We should have an Intel DC 3GiggleHerz Dell to play with in the next week or two. I have big hopes for it to help with Abbyy Finereader performance. AMD is out until we can get something that is close to Dell Gold support.

I dunno. I much prefer the 4-stroke for easy starting, lower emissions and noise, and better fuel consumption. That said, Honda USA doesn't sell a 4 stroke hedge-trimmer or blower for some reason (they do in Europe/Aus), so I had to go with 2 stroke Stihls for that. My newest addition to the...

I have one of these: http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=APPL&pid=04276129000&tab=spe#tablink Works OK, reasonably quiet. House has central air, definitely worth the cost for the convenience.

About US$1400 in the USA.

GM's Woes Bring No Joy to Toyota (from caranddriver.com) The Daily Auto Insider Thursday, June 9, 2005 June 2005 The chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. said he feared the possibility that U.S. policy could turn against Japanese automakers if American icons such as GM and Ford were to...

If it's emotional now, it's going to be contemplating suicide after you whack a DSLR and 500mm lens on it :)

From what I understand you have to return the hardware after a year. So it's more a lease rather than a purchase.

I can recommend the APC BackUPS XS 1500, got it for $199 at CompUSA. I think the RS version has the RJ-45 protection. 6 battery, and 2 surge outlets, USB connection for monitoring/shutdown.

500GB are available for configgy via Dell (for a very steep premium). Come to mama.

Teh skoop from the WWDC http://anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2438

Ah, never mind, it uses the lithium ion battery (I've had good luck with generics from ebay and my D70 if you are worried about cost).

Isn't there a Coolpix 4800 or something with 8.3x optical zoom?

SATA so you could boot off it, without any special drivers. And as sechs mentioned, faster than 32bit PCI. I would imagine a SATA II version would be handy.

Next purchase for us once the 99 Taurus finally dies will be a minivan. Apparently Hyundai will have one out sometime next year, Honda Odyssey would be nice but at around $30K, a little expensive. The Crysler T&C with stowNgo is also very handy, but the engine/transmission leaves something to...

The 1DsII is perfectly capable of saving a RAW shot via FW in less than 3 seconds. The problem is that I then need at least four computers to convert the RAWs to TIFFs at a rate that can keep up with the camera. This is only going to get worse when the III comes out at around 22MP. Currently...

Down the crapper as it were. I think 5% down on same time last year. The GM employee price is nice, the problem is, what do they make that people want to buy, at any price? Apart from the Corvette of course.

If they make OS X runnable on any old PC, Apple is going to go tits-up pretty quick. Why would anyone pay the "Apple Tax" when they can run it on a $300 Dell SC420 or similar? They are still going to have to make it proprietary to Apple hardware only via BIOS etc.

I'm pretty sure Central and South America aren't included either Coug, so you're not alone. If they wanted to include you guys they would probably have said "everyone in North America" :p

I'm assuming he wants to shoot a wider picture with lots of megapixels, then crop out the shot and still have reasonable resolution. The problem is that a lot of these consumer sensors are very small, so you get noise issues from each receptor, as the pixel count goes up.

GM, Chevy, same thing :) My wife's grandparents bought an 05 Chevy Colorado, the frigging bumper has huge gaps (several inches) where it attaches to the front end, I thought it was some installation screw up but no, all of them are like that.

Better than the F-150 interior? I hope so, the current GM trucks are pretty agricultural. I would hate to think what would happen to GM if the 900 series doesn't do very well.

I would be happy if the 1Ds-MkII had an option to save as a TIFF, rather than have to bugger around for 15 secs per image extracting TIFF from RAW after-the-fact.

People who need access to more than 4GB of RAM need it now, not two years down the road when Longhorn pops out of the womb. I just need 2GB DIMMS to drop a little in pricing.

Ouch. At least the check-in guys noticed in LA and didn't put him on the plane, just for him to be sent back at Auckland. Did the travel agent just assume he had a US passport?

Go into Disk Management (Right click My Computer->Manage->Disk Management). Check that the drive is active, you may just need to assign it a drive letter/name. Once you have done that, you will be able to see it in Windows Explorer.

Turned away because of visa problems? Looked dodgy?

I'm assuming you aren't in an area covered by Verizon FIOS?

Weight isn't too bad when you wear the harness.

Looks good. FrozenCPU is only 10 mins drive from my work :)

Was it a Brill (German)? http://www.composters.com/docs/lawncare.html (one down from top) I use one of these for the fiddly areas, 4 stroke so it's easy to fill.

Actually I'm still thinking about getting a reel mower like the picture, apparently it gives a cut that can't be beat (scissor cutting action rather than the brutal tearing of a gas powered rotary). Idealy it would be a gas powered reel mower, but I think they only make em real expensive for...

Hoiw many hours a week is he going to be working? I'm assuming you have given him a position that is "exempt" :) I spent the arvo sprayin Ortho Weed b' Gone Max on the lawn. Death to all dandelions!

I have a 2016 unmanaged Dell switch (16 port 100BaseT), works fine, no fans. I think I'll have to get me a 2716 tho. Could use the VLAN capability to segment the 100Mb interfaced cable modem from the rest of the machines which could then run Jumbo frames.

Qualia 004 - 1920*1080 Mercury HD - 1280*720 I know which one I want :) Tho $3K for a Qualia Xenon bulb is quite breathtaking, same price as the lenses.

Problem with crabgrass is that once it's established it can't be killed with a broadleaf herbicide such as the one included in Step 2 or similar. Step 2 will get rid of the dandelions tho. Perhaps something like this...

So I have joined the legion of obsessed Americans and fertilised my lawn today. No real idea what crabgrass looks like, but Step 1 of my 4-step program promises to rid me of the evil. Only took about 15 minutes with my trusty rotary spreader. Now I await the rain and results. Step 2 commences...

Looks like a crock pot cover/bag.

And the weight may come in handy if you need to use it as a defensive weapon.

I guess the Toughbook would be best, I dunno if the keyboard is waterproof tho :)

Excel? You could have a new sheet for each week. That's what we use at work.

I believe XP Media Center is more closely related to XP Home.

Got the camera back from Canon the other day, they did honor the warranty and camera was fixed at no charge :) We probably do wonders for their R&D, working out weak points.

Might be able to get a P4 3.6 2MB cache crunching in the overnight hours.

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-7699

On a happy note to US readers, the broadcast flag is temporarily dead in the water. FCC's Broadcast Flag Overturned Federal court strikes down regs that would limit viewers' ability to record and copy over-the-air hi-def TV programs. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120748,00.asp

USB is the debil.

Horribly gaudy. I don't know how they can live with that on a daily basis. For projection, I would like a Sony Qualia projector with the SRXD tech. A little less than $38,000 as well.