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Ordinarily, currency values are largely affected by interest rate differentials. But what you have in the case of the AUD is largely to due with the unwinding of the AUDJPY, and other YEN related carry trades. In a carry trade, you borrow in a low yielding currency (like the YEN) and then...

Personally, I would have laughed my ass off if you had continued with "and selling copies in Chinatown for a buck a pop" or something to that effect :P

I use a commandline app, youtube-dl ... it should work in Windows.

perhaps some of you have already seen this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0aEp1oDOI

how about http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

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Ah, my mistake. It is indeed only the case with a few select models (T400s and T410s)...all the others use 2.5". Not sure why I'd thought they had moved to the smaller form factor across the entire lineup. Sorry for the noise. Now back to your regular SSD programming!

cool find Doug. I look forward to Sam's review.

As David mentions, most laptops currently use the 2.5'' SATA, which utilizes the regular size SATA connectors (power and data ... and are 5V/3.3V compatible). However, a growing number of laptops (and I'd imagine nettops) are adopting the 1.8" device size. For instance, the primary drive for...

it looks to me to be either: - a stylized pic, done in the xkcd genre, of Doug sitting at his workstation or - Doug is now an Apple appliance ... the new iHandruin

looks like it is gen 1, but if you're interested: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820157021

(although I hadn't been looking very hard) that is the first supplier I've seen list the 1.8" model -- which, they have posted, will be shipping in 2-3 wks. A brief note regarding the 1.8" Intel drives: * they use the micro SATA power and data connectors * they are true 3.3V devices (unlike the...

the out of kernel proprietary modules (both ATI & Nvidia) get built against a specific kernel. Any time you update your kernel, those former modules will no longer work. The same goes for other types of modules you add in yourself (you build/compile them against a specific kernel). Anytime...

I'll play devil's advocate and put in a bad word for it then. I encourage you to consider: what Jean said about Centos ... the comments are topically parallel (i.e. regarding long term support) * also see the 2009-08-21 17:44:51 comment from this...

My thoughts are: - KDE 4.0-4.2, nvidia driver, and firefox ... have seen many posts about slow behaviour with this combination ... whose to blame? I don't know -- I suspect the linux code for firefox is the bastard child in comparison to the emphasis and focus on Windows; nvidia is proprietary...

hmm ... it might be overiding it with its own config settings, but there might be a conflict in some way that causes the error. don't know that for sure, just speculating ...that might be the case with SMPlayer too ...anyway, SMPlayer has GUI configurable too ... SMPlayer is, in many ways...

double sorry first, I left out the point of telling what video output your going to use second "-vc blah blah blah " is appropriate for the command line, but not for the config file on the command line you would specifically tell MPlayer to use vdpau on a h.264 with something like: mplayer...

sorry, left out the others, so it should be: -vc ffmpeg12vdpau,ffh264vdpau,ffvc1vdpau,ffwmv3vdpau,

Okay, once you get the driver and apps set up you should be good to go. If you haven't manually installed the (proprietary) nvidia driver yet (and it doesn't sound like you have) then you will be using one of the base 2D drivers -- nv, nouveau, vesa ... I believe that Fedora now uses nouveau by...

The review was crud, but the (currently short) ensuing discussion is interesting as it points out a number of areas/things readers should be aware of in regards to reading SSD performance comparisons and determining whether the review was, more or less, on an apples-to-apples basis or bunk...

Regarding video player -- I like SMPlayer and Kaffeine Regarding video acceleration -- what video card/adapter are you using, and what driver are you using for it? ... makes a world of difference under linux (video acceleration is pretty ubiquitious under Windows, not so under Linux)

I know nothing about DiskProbe, but I successfully used TestDisk tonight, from within Linux, to non-destructively (i.e. preserve the existing data without backing up to some other disk first) convert a dynamic disk with 2 volumes to a basic disk with two primary partitions. It didn't work...

Well, another wild ride. A quick rally up, then a slow slide into hell, broken at 1:03 by remarks by Trichet, monkey rally hats back on, then everyone out of the exits in the last 15min. Before 1PM, I strongly felt that the big tank was coming. In the short term, I'm not sure now where things...

STOP. You are already missing a fundamental point in your premise against speculation -- The second bank, the one that issues the protection, has no financial exposure to IBM (in your example). Zero, nil, zilch. In doing so, they are speculating on a default event not triggering. The problem...

* Futures way again. Asian equity markets falling. Indonessia halted indefinitely. * Overnight rates appear static from yesterday * UK bailout should be announced any time now (its ~7:30AM London). * Short sale ban on financials expires tonight around midnight (meaning that the equity markets...

Ugh ... I was going to respond, but I'm too tired to do long form. - the sentiment is myopic -- its a global market, not an American market - his end comment is seditious - part of his argument is based upon that same old tired argument: shorts bad! speculation bad! ... why doesn't he call...

Exactly. Zombiefication of the banks is a leading contender for the outcome of the Paulson doctrine. These monkeys had plenty of evidence (from Japan's experience) to draw upon, yet, instead, have steadfastly sworn off the torpedoes and slammed the gear into full steam ahead. There is little...

Okay, I lied. Two things: 1) Right now, the overnight markets are not doing so hot (Asian and the futures). Don't be surprised if tomorrow is another manufactured down day ... think of a hostage situation (equity markets) with a crazed gunman (banks) negotiating with the authorities (congress)...

Nor I. The senate bill was a complete farce. I'm absolutely disgusted. I'm sickened by the: - manipulation of media sources to obfuscate the issues and false portrayal of the bailout bill - CNN, CNBC etc cheerleading for a bailout - the political and regulatory manipulation and interference...

As a final note about the down day in the equity markets: this was nothing ... much of the sell off was retrenchment of the gains already baked in with respect to the assumption that a bailout was a sure thing...The real deal is yet to come. As for tomorrow, wouldn't surprise me if we get a...

Really? There have been a lot of articles; some good, some bad. Anyway, blogs are where its at Merc if you want the real deal and discussion -- I recommend nakedcapitalism, calculatedrisk, MISH, FTalphaville, Thebigpicture. In fact, I use those exclusively to aggregate everything ...

McCain picking a woman running mate was a good move. Picking SP to be that woman was a grave (and I use that word lightly around issues dealing with McCain) error. Check out the CNN criticism: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=L8__aXxXPVc&feature=user And now for a little SNL treatment...

Watching the jackass vs jackass debate as I type. Haven't been paying too much attention, but so far, I haven't been terribly impressed by BO's performance...kind of thought that he was going to decimate the old guy, but haven't seen that yet. Interesting. Anyway, I also thought I'd mention...

Just before 4, the newswires broke that Wachovia had begun talks with Citigroup. Since then the reported list has expanded, including Banco Santander SA, Wells Fargo & Co. etc etc. Be assured, they are talking to everyone. Strong chance they'll be gone by the end of the weekend. They won't...

good grief jtr! I have no idea where you came up with such, but that is a grossly misinformed sentiment to the ninth degree !!!!!!!!!!!! Shorting is a fundamental aspect of a well functioning financial system. Without it you can kiss good bye price discovery, hedging, and liquidity. Hell...

But here's the catch about that -- he'd be half right. What we don't need is more regulatory agencies and government intervention. Governments are always prone to messing up -- hell they'd over spend getting out of a paper bag. But a wave of over regulation is exactly what we'll see soon, and...

Here are two things I came across tonight that I thought are worth sharing: 1) Remember how Paulson and Bernenke and the likes have been telling you all along that all is contained, everyone is well capitalized, the economy is sound blah blah blah? From an NY Times "Congressional Leaders...

also bear in mind dd that a crash & or depression is not a guaranteed thing ... and I hate sounding like an alarmist (for that matter most people won't even listen -- they don't want to hear this kind of stuff, and who can blame them -- life is hard enough on a regular daily basis without...

Well, if you don't mind any disruptions and hassles of having funds in a failed bank then I guess (... though you will have to keep in mind that, IIRC, it is only your capital that is covered .. i.e. no interest paid on your deposits/CD during the period ... but you'll have to check that for...

Jtr's got it right -- deflation. Right now we are in the mother of all deflations. Yes, there is certainly price inflation of certain assets (gas, groceries, etc), but that pales to the deflation of the money/& credit stock that is occurring. One need turn no further then housing to see the...

Just reading through the news and blogs/forums today, it is apparent that a lot of retail investors are capitulating, but in other areas too. An insane amount of money fled the money market funds the past day -- confidence clearly shaken. Gold was 780/oz on Tues, but jumped to 865 on Wed, and...

I can not begin to tell you how bad things have become. Make no mistake, the equity markets were teetering on the edge of a cliff on Thursday (if you were just to look at the indexes you won't see that, as they weren't particularly too far down, but the volatility was climbing dramatically, and...

Thain did well to get that, but make no mistake, MER was desperate and guided (read: pushed) to the alter. But there is a problem. First, lets take note that its an all stock deal (which, in itself, doesn't exactly give an resounding vote of confidence by BAC's mgmt!) of 1:0.8595 BAC. Now...

Good bye Lehman (Ch.7). Good night Merrill (just bought, in a desperation sale, by BAC)

I think Orleans really dodged a bullet on that one. Talk about almost taking dead aim at the levees. One of the things I really didn't like seeing during the leadup was the political appearances made by some prior to the storm's hit. Useless jackasses should stay out of the way and not be a...

On this historically interesting Orleans anniversary date, and while most other traders pussied out (likely because of an abundence of sense), my greedy twitchy index finger has sent me long Texas tea into the weekend. I hope you can forgive my opportunistic behaviour. If you can't then...

Yes, in back in mid-Dec I couldn't get a laptop to burn. Same messages. Changed software, no effect. Chalked it up as the burner gone bad. Might have to revisit that assumption given your recent experience.

Have you tried doing this with WebMail? http://webmail.mozdev.org/index.html

Its getting pretty bad here. I'm always having to fend off bootleggers trying to peddle me their copies. Seems like just the other day there was none, but now there are like four or five at every corner. Its gotten to the point where I just ignore them. I look right through them -- like they...

Ugh. Me spell no good.