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I'm hoping that just the estimators will need to manage users. They are not IT personnel, but they have degrees and work on computers every day. Most of them are under 40 as well, so have less fear of tech than most. (No offense intended. In my experience those that grew up with tech are more...

The new project I've been given (at 4PM on a Sunday) is to put together a system for providing plans/contracts to our subcontractors. Each job should have it's own subfolder. Users should be easy to create and assign read-only or read/write on a per-folder basis. So far this is a brain-dead FTP...

Haven't been sold in the states in a very long time, but yes they are still a decently sized brand.

Indeed. But I think that is always the case at the top end of motorsport. The difference between a $100,000/year driver and a $20,000,000/year driver is a few percent.

Here is the same website covering last year's run.

I always wondered why the WRC guys didn't do Pikes Peak. This is what happens when you take the many-times-over world champion and stick him in an amazing car. 0-60 in 1.8, 0-150 in 7. Great in-car video.

I do get my hands dirty, but I also have a full staff of specialists handy (general contractor friend, and I work for a construction company). Anything tricky and I bring in someone (just stocked the fridge with beer for the concrete guy on Monday). The Plastidip was something else. No...

Getting all the loose material off is a must. Plastidip probably isn't the best product for a lasting finish, but it is so cheap and so easy that I'd still recommend it. The only masking necessary is to keep it off the tires/brakes and out of the engine and other vents. Even going straight over...

I think it was Stereodude who turned me on to a product called plasti-dip. Great stuff, and would make your car look "sick" or "dope" or "trick" or whatever youthful term they use in your neck of the woods. $300 will get you all you need for a normal color, but $436 will get you Electric Lime...

That is awesome. Juicy bit:

New Vette looks nice. Particularly pleased to hear the interior quality has improved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NjYGtxClsM

Because I programmed a speed dial icon for myself on the one remaining desktop of the smartphone? It has my picture on it and everything.

No comments on the Google Chromecast yet?

When I read in bed, what I want is something with a big enough screen that I can keep it some distance from my face. If I don't my eyes tire quickly. I also want something with a heavy base I can use to prop the screen up without holding it or my arms get tired. I've found that this new...

I must admit that I don't often pay attention to tracking, but it has always been there when I've looked?

Nope. For that you don't even get a "thank you" e-mail. But the fact that there has _never_ been an issue with an order from Amazon.com (not talking about the other vendors listed on their website, I don't deal with them if I can help it) at that volume is pretty amazing.

For a while Mark was 14 years away. I'm rebuilding my machines at the moment. Hope to have the Titans back up in a day or so.

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Yes, all of this. Probably $15k/mo all with free 2nd day shipping.

Those are the two that came to my mind (and make up a large part of their volume). It seems much easier to achieve with smaller engines, though Koenigsegg managed 1018bhp from a 4.8l engine. (212hp/l, NA)

Funny enough we had a power outage last night as well for about 30 minutes. No good reason.

Anyone here not end up doing exactly that at least once a week?

Indeed. She didn't reply to the scam e-mail with her username and password. She even knew not to trust the contact information or links in the e-mail. Independently going to (what she believed to be) the companies website and using contact info there puts her in the top 20% of my users. She...

One of my better users got an e-mail claiming to be from AOL and requesting her username and password. She knew this was probably a scam, deleted the message and went to Google. Did a Google search for AOL support and got a phone number. This is where the story gets a little foggy. She can't...

Have you had a proper bike fit done?

Don't get me started. MS stepped over the line on that one.

I'm still recommending cheap laptops with HDMI out rather than deal with this unresolved mess.

This one you can. The optics are designed in such a way that the top and side edges of the beam are very hard; if you are outside the beam you see very little other than the illuminated cone on the ground. I typically aim it about 5 degrees down from horizontal. Even at 30MPH that would allow me...

Our team kits are pretty much all black. But the lights are the big deal, reflectors have a much shorter range.

Thanks again for all you do to keep this place running! I know I forget that someone is working behind the scenes most of the time...

Indeed. The virtualization features were necessary. I'm just used to being able to squeeze something extra, even if it is only 10%.

It isn't about liking it or not liking it. I prefer the previous setup myself. But that really doesn't matter, does it? The ribbon interface is what is sold, people buy, what they use. Getting people on to Google Docs is my priority, but if they want a copy of MS Office they get the ribbon...

Or more recently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_C-X75

Yup. No OC'ing at all. I knew the multiplier would be locked, but I didn't expect the bclk to be useless as well.

I've decided I want to play with fabricating carbon fiber stuff. This is my final objective:

It isn't an unlocked chip.

I've been under the impression that power/displacement relates closely to power/efficiency and power/fuel economy. Something about the stoichiometry and extracting power from the fuel in the cylinders. Disregarding that seems pretty silly.

3000ft of climbing is certainly respectable. And you did manage to hit 40mph! I've only been managing one ride a week lately; that needs to change.

Finally got around to starting to OC this thing (my sig, "Work2"). I can't even take the base clock from 100 to 103 without an instant hard-freeze. Something must be wrong.

The last version of Office to not use the current interface was released a decade ago. We can't get over this yet?

My rear light does more of a pulsing thing than a blinking thing, reducing the strobe effect. And I'm about to upgrade my 1200 lumen headlight to a 2000.

The seat heating in my car works fine, but there are many days where I wish for ventilated seats. Adaptive cruise control is another very worthy upgrade. Oh, and 4-wheel drive for those days where I need to go out to one of the quarries in the rain. I really like a hatchback to keep all my...

Thanks for the explanation. Unlikely to top 1.2M in a day anytime soon.

One of the reasons I'm looking at an APR reprogramming for my car. Looking at the torque improvement below 4000RPM, I can see it would significantly benefit my driving style.

Yup, beautiful place. It's been about 15C here lately. Just about perfect for me.

I can agree with this, but might push it to 4000rpm. Above that is uncivilized in a road car. Race cars are different. To start, there is only room for one car per adult in my garage. I also prefer the versatility of not having to decide before I leave what kind of drive I'm about to take...

1M+ points today. The stars must have aligned or something.

Lately I've considered being close to 100hp/l to be the standard? BMW has been doing it for years among others. And that is before you get into forced induction.

I haven't put in time to OC the 4770 yet. I'll need to do that before I can tell you for sure, but I suspect it may be. And the fewer cores makes it a more consistent performer.

Not the most sophisticated engine. 6.2L V8 with only 426HP and 16/24MPG. It needs all the help it can get.