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I like Foxit, too. But too many pages were coming up wrong. The last specific ones I can cite are the Visa application forms for Russia, and the passport renewal forms for the US. Those are ones I had to get right.

Lovin' the frogs. You are going to want some significant noise reduction, but that will lose some detail. 8x10 should still be doable.

Well it doesn't look like the 9650SE supports online capacity expansion with RAID-50, so I'm ruling it out for technical reasons. After I get my data off I still might test it. Looks like another day or so...

That would work, but I'm looking for the most performance with what I have. Besides, I'm out of PCI-E slots ;)

I know RAID-50 is supposed to be faster, but what if the computations are happening on a dedicated card (specifically my 3Ware 9650SE)? From what I understand, reads from RAID-5 are essentially as fast as RAID-0 anyway (the data is striped, but to one less drive) and writes are limited to the...

Has anyone tried to install Adobe Acrobat Reader on a new Firefox install lately? It is impressively bad. There is a Firefox add-in that is just the download manager for the program, and if you don't uncheck a box, you get an e-bay toolbar for your trouble. Edit: And it requires a...

Did you watch last week's "Top Gear"? Alfa Romeo Challenge

Lets see if I understand this correctly: 1. Investors want "in" on some plays that are too risky to be insured by FDIC. 2. "Investment banks" are created for this purpose. 3. These institutions are able to show better performance during good economic times due to being able to take bigger risk...

It depends on what you do, but it probably won't make much difference. I would set it to the higher speed and run a cursory memory check (eg. MemTest86+, included as a boot option on Ubuntu install disks) just to make sure nothing goes wonky. Most of the "800Mhz" memory I have plays nice up to...

Too fast for what? Is it unstable? I assume the image migration worked with the new board?

Decent but free implies open source. Open source users usually use Linux. Hence no AV. Also, I suspect that there is actually quite a bit of daily updating and even a solid amount of innovation and research that goes into keeping an antivirus program effective. I'm now making the case to my...

I think even the ones built-in to XP SP2/3 and Vista can do this. Just go to the "exceptions" tab and uncheck everything. Now add back the IPs/Ports that you want.

The discussion that I'm hearing is whether it is better for the economy as a whole to have them collapse or to have an extra $12,000,000,000,000 in national debt. That would more than double it.

There is some clarification needed. Stereodude is correct, that Linksys (and the one built-in to Windows) block all incoming traffic unless otherwise specified OR unless the request originated at that machine. Do you want requests that a computer on the inside made to get through?

I'll have a new write-up on it when it is finished. Here is a teaser ;)

When my computer is back up, I'll have to post a video of Photoshop opening to show how painless it can be (even with extra plug-ins). You just need a system that draws 400W+ at idle and costs as much as a 1Ds MkIII and a 400/2.8 combined.

Nice video.

Well, I just bought a handful of additional 750GB drives. I'm still trying to determine the best RAID configuration for them. There are 12 now, so RAID-50? That should be decently fast...

Tempting. And I'm also tempted just to send down small photo albums from time to time. But I would like to get her more involved with the family, and she is the only one not on-line. The parents are in Europe, and sending updates via e-mail and Flickr daily, I'm calling grandma and passing on...

Quite funny. Nice find.

For the record, XFX's tech support is awesome. Sure, you have to register an item to get to it, but the ticket management system, techs, and RMA process are damn easy.

That was my thought as well, but I didn't find anything (other than telling the OS to use onboard video). Regardless, I've moved on to other things now, and won't have an opportunity to revisit this issue. Thanks for the follow-up.

Oh, and I saw a line out of the local ATT shop, presumably for the iPhone launch today. Stupid sheep; there is no indication that there will be shortages.

New mobo is in, I forgot how much that board cost ($300)! And the bad news is that it didn't last long enough for there to be anything better, so the replacement isn't an upgrade (only getting PCI-E 2.0)

Of course, to make this productive and useful, we should include why the program is bad, and what alternatives are available. Then we might be able to compile a document of some kind.

It sounds like a piece of crap, but it doesn't affect the rest of the system, and because of that it is clear which software is at fault. The number of people who are amazed when I blame McAfee for making their computer slow is near 100%. They know that their computer is slow, but they didn't...

1. McAfee 2. Norton 3. iTunes 4. WeatherChannel 5. Yahoo Toolbar

Might as well start a list. Requirements: 1. Must be very common (lots of people effected) 2. Must be bad at what it was designed to do (AV that doesn't, etc) 3. Must be misunderstood (users should have the impression that it's good) 4. Must effect the computers general operation (running at...

No chance. They have shown that more energetic reactions happen in the atmosphere all the time. And Hawking Radiation has been shown to exist, so it wouldn't last long anyway.

$100k. And although I think the 'Vette is prettier, it is also a very common shape. People who don't know will think you only paid 40k.

McAfee is the world's worst software, second is Norton, third is anything from Apple. AVG may not be good, but it has a long way to go for the title "world's worst"...

Nope. The wood doesn't conduct, and as long as the screws had a bit of space, they didn't warp the board. Worked great through 3 motherboard changes, but I got sloppy this time.

Looks like I managed to screw my motherboard (literally). It is surface-mounted to plywood with wood screws, and I think I put one in crooked. Now the board will only get to POST code 25 and halts, no matter what other components are involved. Bah.

Every once in a while a research firm does a comparison. Some googling might help.

Well, the rig I have now is starting to fill up. Total drive count for the single machine is: 12x 750GB, 2x 74GB, 3x 16GB. My RAID controller is only a 16-port, but the motherboard has another 6 SATA and 1 PATA if I need it. I might need to upgrade from a 700W PS soon....we'll see.

I actually did consider the purchase for several weeks, and even discussed it with the SO 3 hours beforehand. But I fail to see what age has to do with it? Personality, yes. Age?

I purchased 6 750GB drives today. You don't see me complaining (too much) ;)

Nevermind. It doesn't freeze forever, but it waits a long damn time, then boots correctly.

Intel DG31PR Intel Celeron 1.8Ghz single core (32W) 2x Geil 1GB 800Mhz DDR2 160GB Toshiba 2.5" SATA drive (OS) connected to onboard SATA controller Server 2003 R2 When I connect my 3Ware Escalade 9650SE-16 to the PCI-E 16x slot, it locks on post. The Intel splash-screen stays up forever and a...

That 5D II looks fine to me. I will miss the LiveView, but the one I don't understand is this: Can anyone clarify?

Smart ForTwo

Gorgeous, fantastic lens. Though I'm sure I couldn't do as well with it. Just out of curiosity, who do you trust to take pictures of you?

No AC here, which means I am more likely to work on hot days (most of my clients have AC).

Thanks for the advice, I'll be shopping locally tomorrow and see what I come up with.

I'm planning on buying one for my grandmother. She doesn't have a computer, but I would like to mail her SD cards and have her put them in. The less features beyond that the better. I'm not sure what size to get, either. Somewhere between 8-15", ideally less than $500. Thoughts?

Medium format and only 2.5" drives? They'll fit. Besides, at 300MB per image, you ought to be able to store a few (like, 3000).

The main thing you need to worry about is that when it goes, fragments can cut your inner arms fairly easily. That is why our master destroyer, Coug, uses more professional implements of destruction.

Thanks, I expected the FNumer to be much higher.

Capture rate: 1.2 /1.4 seconds per capture :rofl:

Nice sharpness and DOF. Shooting info?