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There were aftershocks or repeat earthquakes, but no tsunami, thankfully. These were sliding type earthquakes, so they didn't generate one. I didn't see anything about casualties, so I think we got off good on this one.

Cool!

+1 !

I felt a slight swaying at 2:30 pm local time. Thought I was hallucinating, but it lasted a good 15 seconds, though barely enough to notice. My brother who lives across town (about 20 km as the crow flies) said his apartment building shook for about 5 minutes, enough for everybody to flee the...

Macallan 15yr and older is awesome.

No idea sir, I am out of touch with a world wizzing by too fast!

Sorry was out a couple of days. LM is correct. Use Truecrypt to mount the encrypted container (folder) as a logical drive. Then access / use it. All use is transparent. You can drag and drop, open a file with an app, etc. When done, use Truecrypt to unmount the drive. Or shutdown the PC, which...

Here you go. Scroll down to the "Chipset Comparison" table.

Use the "Encrypted File Container" option. Store the sensitive files there. I've been using Truecrypt for the last 8 years or so. Has never, ever, failed. Be warned, if you forget the password you're screwed. There are ways to back up the key access info; make sure you read up.

I'm not suggesting the individual viewpoint is valuable. I'm referring to the aggregate of the opinions. If a WD product has 1500 reviews and is rated at 4.5 eggs or stars, I would seriously consider that product over another that had 20 reviews and 5 eggs or 500 reviews and 4.5 eggs.

Don't the high number of reviews (comparatively speaking) on the 'Egg and Amz say anything? Granted, there are crackpots in there, but still.

Based on Anandtech's write-up, the H77 seems to be the budget chipset. Single PCIe slot, no CPU overclocking.

Thanks Coug. But I only use the English version of all sw.

I think I'll buy a couple of Nokia Symbian phones while they're still available. Darn good phones, do everything I need. At least I can put off the day when I have to parade naked in front of the world.

Vun moar: Solar Highways

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Coug, you have a way with words!

That is why in my culture, life is referred to as "the ocean of family life", for the breadth, depth, and unending nature of it!

Congrats, Paugie! You're a "free man" now, no more responsibilities or worries about the kids. Good for you!

The biggest issue I have with CFL is the flimsy glass; I've broken too many trying to put them in the socket or take them out. Since the CFL glass tube is usually long, trying to put them in a wall socket with a built in fluted shade is a nightmare. Incandescents never had this problem; never...

Sheesh, how do you do that? Set the camera at 10 fps, use a cable release, and go to sleep for an hour? (I know the math is off).

I think you hit the nail on the head, LM. D700 in spot focus, matrix metering mode. Thom Hogan's book on the D700 says: Most of the stage was dark. Even though I think I focused on a face, half pressed the shutter and recomposed the shot, many faces in each shot were overexposed (burned...

I'd like print out the Exif info for a bunch of pics; I'll pipe the output to PDFs. Output can be in one file with the picture file name preceding the Exif dump for that pic (so I can identify which pic the info belongs to), or it can be multiple files, one file of Exif info per pic. I took a...

Happy Birthday, Greg. I wish you a hamper full of iThings as gifts. Maybe you'll eventually get to like them.

I was eyeing one, especially because I drove a lot over the Christmas holidays and wanted to use it for navigation. I ended up buying a dedicated GPS device instead. In no hurry now, with the developments on the job scene. Someday guess I'll buy a Samsung. So many people gush about the iPad, but...

It is well known that if you see more than a few similar shades at a time, your brain starts to get confused.

That's why you need DST. Daylight Shortening Time.

Since we're swapping tooth stories: All 4 of my wisdom teeth have been removed; all impacted and painful. Most painful experience was the tooth taken out in the US when I was visiting in 1983. Was referred to this old geezer who couldn't get a grip on the upper wisdom. He calls for the aide to...

Indeed!

Mass suicide threat at Foxconn factory in Eastern China

There's a write-up here I read in October.

Awesome! We're a nice, cozy community. Here's to another fab decade.

I've never used a CDMA phone, so I have no idea how to change anything there. My experience is limited to GSM phones. In your world, that's either AT&T or T-Mobile (mostly). In the GSM Samsung Galaxy S (also known as Vibrant, Fascinate or Captivate, depending on the carrier) running Android...

And of course, assuming the Social Security fund is still solvent. Living abroad also comes with other baggage, such as having to file a tax return each year, and declaring all bank accounts and investments worth > $10k. American citizens are obliged to pay income tax to the US on their...

Can't help there, I don't have an Android. Am still on Symbian. I'll check tomorrow with some other guys in the office and get back to you.

Coug, no offence at all taken! What you are alluding to is this here. See #4 on the lists. I've had my dark days when I've lived off savings and depleted them down to nothing. So regardless of how much I make, I am careful about new expenditures when I know my income stream will stop soon...

There are plenty of natives with incredible amounts of wealth. As in any rapidly growing economy, they took advantage of opportunities by being in the right place at the right time. There is a waiting list for Roll-Royce cars. Audi is a hot seller. Porsche sells the Panamera here ( I know a guy...

I was born and brought up in India and have brown skin & dark eyes, and had black hair (what's left of it is mostly gray now). I lived in Orange County, So Cal for 22+ years; a few miles from Buck. Decided to move back to India for good. Didn't like the way things were going with respect to the...

No idea. It's usually in your phone set up options. If it's a GSM phone, under the "Network Mode" option, you'll see an option to use GSM or UMTS. GSM is 2G, UMTS is 3G.

Using the phone in 3G mode drains the battery a lot quicker than using it in 2G. I keep my phone in 2G mode unless I want to look something up on the net. It takes a few seconds to switch it to 3G, do my data thing, and switch it back to 2G. Email sync with Exchange works just fine with 2G.

Gosh Coug, you don't miss a thing, don't you?! Thanks for the concern, but we're safe and sound. We were away traveling starting Dec. 26 and returned on New Year's day. Most of the action from the cyclone was some 190 km south of where I live. Overall, I hear the wind was worse than the rain...

It's a legal requirement to have heating in the dwelling place, AFAIK.

Happy Holidays, All!

Awesome, Coug!

Haven't tried to rip audio from music DVDs yet. Tried EAC ripping a CD to FLAC. Looks like EAC is a rat's nest of config options. Trawled the net and did some reading, configured as best I could. I'm out of time, that's the problem. Leaving on a long trip Christmas day and wanted to get the...

The danger is if Junior decides to pull some stunts to impress his people that he's the boss. Playing with nookillear toys is not good.

Many, Many Happy Returns of the Day, Doug!

Good luck, Coug. I hope this keeps up for you.

My bad with respect to DVD Audio. What I really meant was that I wanted to rips bit of music out of DVD movies. I guess that changes the game somewhat.

Thanks all.