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I know...I was just looking at it. That would be excellent. The logistics of having a car that one of us can't drive just doesn't make sense. And she is adamant about not learning stick.

Even if an SUV were exactly what I needed, I wouldn't get one. The redneck association around here is simple too big to be ignored. I'm back to thinking about a used Subaru Legacy/Outback.

I do need high-CRI, I've become quite spoiled by 6500k/95+ CRI florescent bulbs and lots of light. That makes LEDs even more expensive.

Thanks for the tips, Chewy. I just want it all to be USB, visible within the device manager, and with standard drivers installed through the existing device manager MMC. Looks like the move from RMS 1.3 has been back-burnered, so I get to go back to my wireless troubleshooting.

I'm projecting a full-house-gutting remodel in about 2 years. I wonder if LED will be ready for a full-custom install by then? Should I plan on wiring the house with 24v circuits for lighting?

I really like having a Wagon, the added space comes into play quite often. It really makes sense for me to get an automatic, since she refuses to learn stick. My dream car would be an Evolution MR (hey, it's an automatic ;)). It is a shame that Subaru doesn't have any decent auto transmissions...

What would you (or anyone here) recommend in this price/feature range?

We are looking for a car with good fuel economy and another that will be comfortable on longer trips for us and friends. Her car is too unpleasant a place to be for the length of commute she has (97 Ford Escort LX) and my clutch and starter are failing and rust spots are starting to appear...

Sorry, forgot that part. Yes. Specifically, one for us and one for her and her massive commute (same as my old one, 145mi round-trip). Thanks for the Costco link, I was actually thinking of getting one of the pushier/abrasive people I know to do the haggling for me.

New cars are for people who like new cars, and are willing to pay for it. Granted, there is quite a premium, but you know what you are getting. I've only bought 2 used cars, and they were both crap. I was looking at the CPO (certified pre-owned) programs of the different manufacturers, but only...

Nice screen Uda, and it is down to $5.3k ;)

Would have been. CPO with a big chunk of warranty to ward off the benz shops, but she prefers a Yaris. WTF?

Well, she actually decided that she didn't want a Benz at all. Too much of a status car. Now she is looking at a Yaris. About the same price actually (CPO vs. New). And it looks like 6 years and ~200,000 miles will be the end of mine as well. I actually like the MazdaSpeed3, but with the SO not...

The fact that we are printing industry standard text and still need drivers at all is a sign of how much suckage and lack of innovation there is in this market.

I'm afraid Matrox isn't up to this sort of task. For reference, I currently have 1795MB of video memory. I rejected the triple-head-2-go a while ago, they don't support 3x 1920x1080. When they do, I will be all over it. I'm actually considering putting the 9800GTX back in to drive my other...

I think the problem is you are having a hard time acclimating to reality WRT pricing and size. D3X beats a camera 3x less expensive? D3X is too expensive, buy one that costs 3x less. Seems pretty simple to me. If I didn't have to drop $20k real soon I would have a 5DII already.

Yup. Too busy with work to post much. Buying a used C230 for the wife...that should be fun.

Won't be for a couple weeks at least, 32GB seems to be fine for my OS/Apps, minus games (2TB) and docs(160GB) for the moment.

I don't have any specific complaints about RMS, really. It is the system that it is tied into that seems so incestuous. Special protocols for receipt printers and cash drawers, proprietary interfaces for credit card processing, very little transparency or documentation anywhere. The worst was...

Blades only make sense if additional rack space costs a lot of money. Even if you are renting space by the unit at a super-secure datacenter, it doesn't cost that much anymore.

My money would be that it is the software falling over itself. It just sucks. You might even be able to swap out that server and network for a laptop and token ring without seeing a performance difference.

Maybe switching platter count? Cache size? Or just too many failures?

We are currently using an older version of Microsoft Retail Manager (1.2 or 1.3) Frankly I am fed up with the lock-in and distribution chain maddness. Does anyone out there know of a good POS/RMS system? We have two retail locations and admin/reporting is done at the central office. Looking for...

This very much sounds like an ACT problem. I haven't had to deal with ACT for at least 3 years, but I built a similar bad-ass server and had similar performance issues. No bottlenecks, no processing issues. The CPUs were never over 2% utilization and the RAM was completely unused. Nothing going...

How does that even happen? I just tried to do it on purpose and got this: "This post is a duplicate of a post that you have posted in the last five minutes."

Nah, that is worth losing some hair over. But I already have some make-up on that count.

Act is never a good idea. Ever. The only thing worse is PageMaker, or...ok there are things worse, but it still should be an offense worthy of losing your nuts.

Act is never a good idea. Ever. The only thing worse is PageMaker, or...ok there are things worse, but it still should be an offense worthy of losing your nuts.

I don't know what that is. My system certainly doesn't have one. I would login as administrator, disable the account, and see if it affects anything.

That review didn't show it, but the first ones I saw (can't find it now) actually showed the single X25-E outperforming the RAID-0 in low load scenarios.

The only thing I remember about The Giver is that they like to speak about themselves in the third person...

uhhh...what was the question? ;)

Here is a review, though I'm not sure if it is the same one.

Not sure yet. I've been looking online for ~$200 amplified 2.1 speakers that can take SPDIF as an input. Klipsch had a little box that went from SPDIF to 1/8" line out a couple years ago, but I can't find it now.

I would be running HDMI for the video, but being able to pull the SPDIF out without needing a receiver saves space and money at the remote locations (kitchen, living room, etc). I didn't even know that HDMI audio was better than SPDIF, time to read up more.

I don't think doing something once in your life makes you a druggie. And I suspect that way more than half the population has tried marijuana at some point.

Shame you are so far away, I have a stack of them sitting here. I don't pay attention to brands or performance, they all seem to do what I need.

Sounds about right to me...

How many members apply per day? Perhaps we could require that new members request via e-mail? I could handle some of that load.

I'm thinking HDMI is good enough to use as a home video distribution system. The non-amplified cables are good to 50' and that will handle most of the runs. The repeaters and other wizardry will work for the outliers. Now all I need is a good HDMI splitter (1 input, 4-6 outputs).

Thanks Handy, should have looked there :study:

Then you don't have enough job security. Quick, make a bunch of changes and don't document them anywhere ;)

I agree with all the comments above, but I have to add a couple things. 1. This is really friggin' far from a performance enhancing drug; it actually damages your lungs (kind of important for a swimmer). 2. How dumb do you have to be being caught smoking weed? I mean, even for a famous person...

A year ago it would have had a 10k SATA drive in it, possibly even a stock 7.2k drive. But the SSDs are getting amazing reviews. I'm not even telling them what is in the box, and they can tell the difference. I recently replaced a P4 3Ghz/2GB/7.2k machine with a 2.66Ghz C2D/4GB/X25-M machine and...

This one looks interesting. HDMI into the monitor and then SPDIF out to some decent speakers. What is the max length of HDMI, anyway?

So if I were to order tomorrow, and wanted something as snappy as an X25-M that was at least 30GB, the best deal is still the X25-M 80GB? I'm building a low-end (for me) workstation and that is a little steep.

There is no way that any administration will give up the control that comes with a paranoid populace, they will just change the tune. At least all the money poured into welfare programs and clean energy aren't killing people.

Yup, I read about that. The crack in the system that makes it unworkable is that the Amtrak corporate security are actual cops. The rules for dealing with private security are quite straightforward, and your options for recourse are much larger.

I'm actually looking for smaller 1080p screens, so I can mirror my main display to other rooms in the house without scaling issues. 1080p projectors are still steep, though.

I vaguely recall something about a fire ax and a misbehaving computer. And a steel-toe boot to the reset button...