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So you ended up going with a 20 panel 6kw system?

There are no conversion parts to run Buddy heaters on natural gas. But if you go for solar+batteries you could wire up your natural gas furnace to run the blower/ignitor off battery power, prob around 4-500W or so for a 1/2 HP blower. Or get a whole house natural gas genny, though to get long...

Prob too late now jtr but may want to look at getting a Mr. Heater Buddy propane heater for times when the power goes out and you need emergency heat, especially for your mum. It takes the small portable propane tanks but you can get a hose to hook up a 20lb bbq tank for longer run times. It has...

How about a big bank of flooded lead acid batteries and an appropriate charger/inverter? Main downsides would be venting, space and weight. Also would prob want to limit discharge to 50% of potential to extend battery system life.

Nice, did you get it when it was on sale for $2k? Seems to be the best option right now for HDR playback.

So here's why they are thicker - they integrated the USB interface onto the HDD circuit board, making then fatter but not as long as the slimmer drives where the USB interface sits at the end: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2GGTQF6oE3E/maxresdefault.jpg

Ah ok, my mistake. I was confusing the Backup Plus drives which use a 9.5mm drive inside with the MyPassports which must be using the fatties. Thanks.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00W8XXYN2 Does anyone know anything about this 3TB model? Is it a 9.5mm 2.5" drive inside? I have the 2TB model but will grab this to extract and upgrade a PS4 if that is the case.

Coug, I think when he says "there" he means Mother Russia. As opposed to "here", in California.

I haven't seen anything look good on Time Warner cable, just horrible macroblocking with high motion due to insufficient bitrate. Reading around looks like Amazon uhd streams are 16mbit/sec using h.265, and in general a 1080p blu-ray disc will look better. Which makes sense as blu-ray can...

That's a pretty high credit score. There's a few companies that provide scores/scales and it's hard to compare without knowing the source. I believe FICO scores generally max out at 850 so 868 is prob a TransUnion score, which would be the equivalent of 790 with Equifax, and 776 from Experian...

Pretty sure it was in 4k as he has a 50mbit download speed and this was on a Saturday morning with nothing else going on at the time. After the initial buffering I didnt see any change in clarity. There's no way to see what it's delivering at any one moment thru any menus that I can find. Also...

A friend of mine recently got a 65" curved Samsung 4k tv, I was watching The man in the high castle series on Amazon on it (the 4k version). Honestly at about 8 feet away I really couldn't see much if any difference to the 1080p version. Need a bigger screen or closer viewing distance I think.

Yes my last design I used 10 50" 1080 panels in a five wide two high array.

Will need to see if they are still limiting performance with thermal throttling, and which actual nvidia gpu they are using. The hinge seems strange in its closed position, I guess they couldn't pull off the Lenovo look with the full watchband type hinge.

Ah, the glory days of the Dell Inspiron 8200 with UltraSharp 1600*1200 15" screen :) in I think 2002? Of course these days the smartphone screens have far surpassed that. Trying to figure out the ideal screen size/rez for a new command center design, issue is that we have to accomodate a couple...

Random post I saw today: "Perfect lasagna should tremble at your approach like a virgin's breast."

Gonna get an hour of deja vu in 15 minutes :)

I believe that's the pacific northwest area that sees constant rain and fog.

No question, underfloor heating is fantastic, had electric underfloor with slate on top at one point, good times.

No personal experiences with heat pump hot water units or underfloor hot water based systems but: Where would you be siting the water heater? My only concern would be that it would not deliver enough hot water to satisfy heating demand with just 500W for compressor and fan, without kicking in...

Thanks Doug. She made it out OK, even managed to not become stranded despite Alan Joyces rugged determination to completely destroy the Qantas brand name by grounding the fleet. Great photos.

From back in the day: "Bose don't have a high end config. It's all turd. As for noise cancelling headphones, I got a pair of Sony NC-11s (the in-ear versions) for flight use, they work pretty well, turn them on and the drone of the engines just melt away. Doesn't attenuate high freqs much, but...

IIRC it's a charter school. At this point in time Merc you may want to deploy Santilli's Klipschorns, arranged so the sweet spot is beyond your walls and into the adjoining room in question. With 105db/per watt efficiency, 10W should be sufficient for desired effect.

All Monoprice HDMI cables work well with normal 2D Blu-ray IME. The problem occurs when playing back a 3D Blu-ray, which requires higher bandwidth between source and display. Ergo, the "high speed" cable. Can a "standard speed" cable do the job? Maybe, but certainly not at 75 feet. Now if Dave...

Nah, keep it simple: 75 foot HDMI cable http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&cs_id=1024002&p_id=2893&seq=1&format=2 Note this is standard speed, so unlikely to pass 3D Blu-ray, there isn't any high speed solution for long cable runs that I know of. But for 2D...

So Mum is flying out of there tomorrow (if all goes well). Initially she was flying out Friday but thought it better to accelerate the schedule. Five days of holidays have been declared, apparently all of Bangkok may/will be under around 60cms of water before the end is in sight.

What is the distance between the playback devices and the projector position in the booth?

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/10/25/thai-floods-shut-down-bangkoks-second-airport/ One airport gone, we'll see if they can keep the new one that does the international flights dry and operational.

They may well write off that generation and go straight to next years model.

There seems to be a degree of human incompetence in terms of flood mitigation by the authorities (I.e. protect Bangkok at all costs, screw the outlying areas). Now they've decided they need to open up some gates, to let water through to the sea, perhaps a little late. Also the amount of...

"The NEX-7, the A65 and the new NEX-C3 and NEX-5n double kit packages will no more released on November 11." There was some talk of moving production to a third Sony factory but sounds like a total loss.

The 100mm "Macro". Better image quality than some L glass, at a very affordable price.

I've had no issues just using the regular Android browser to navigate this site. If you need a donation towards general running costs tho let me know I am happy to donate. Thanks for the hard work as always.

When a tweeter is offset from the woofers axis, they are often designated as a left/right pair, and marked as such. Ideally you would have symmetry, such that at least you, in the prime seating position, would have the best imaging possible. If you have plenty of off axis seating positions, a...

It's just an 80cc machine for the kids that wouldn't exceed 20mph in the forested back paddock with defined trails. A 30 foot reach would be sufficient. For the motorbike I guess I could go for some Motolights.

Ooh shiny. I wonder how their dual 300 would work on the ATV as primary lights and the motorbike as auxiliary lights mounted on the forks.

http://www.pembaserves.com/2011/04/review-petzl-ultra-wide-headlamp/ Note the ultra wide gives 180 coverage versus the standard ultra which has a narrower beam.

http://petzl.com/en/outdoor/headlamps/ultra-powerful/ultra-wide One of these with the handlebar or cycle helmet mount? Nice thing is just quick detach and take it with you if you have to park the bike to avoid theft. Downside: it isn't exactly light weight, but a 2000 mAh battery pack will...

It's certainly possible for the 720p Sim2 to deliver a better overall picture quality than that single chip 1080p Epson. More than likely better optics, 3 chip for no rainbows, better contrast ratio etc. The Epson may be able to punch thru ambient lighting in a board room ok, but isn't optimized...

My wife a nurse says its hard to diagnose from just one data point of 2mm depression (without knowing family history etc: "As an icu nurse I wouldn't be holding the paddles close by... But if you want a good quality of life in the long term you may have to deal with meds. Get the angioplasty...

Not to mention suitcases stuffed with cash to bribe OEMs like Dell with.

The FX series doesn't have the integrated GPU of the Fusion line. Trinity will combine GPU with Bulldozer cores sometime in 2012. Given the pricing I wasn't expecting an i7 slayer, still, think I'll wait out these first gen parts and bide my time till they have some lower power consumption...

Both models are the same price at Newegg

Actually if the model number is the same and the part number varies it's likely an "enhanced availability" model, i.e. less chance of going tits up after being asked to work 24*7. Seems like in this case it's more a case of charging for the new shiny, rather than expectations of reliability.

0F12460 is listed here: http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/9E4E119077AD1D8B86256DD0005A2F74/$file/3Q11_ProdRefCard_Final.pdf No sign of 0S03230, might be a previous years model, or a model known to die early which they've snuffed out without fanfare? (aborted DeathStar etc)...

Glad to hear you are ok. Crop losses :(

A Samsung Spinpoint M8 HN-M101MBB 1TB 2.5" 9.5mm laptop drive? Ah never mind deal has expired (was $74 shipped).

Hope Paugie is ok after yet another storm hits the Philippines.

Sounds like you and he were very lucky. Let me guess, he was running it hot to show off to you? Hope your back injury isn't anything permanent. Your huge muscular mass hanging off the backside prob threw off the balance of the vehicle ;) At least that would be my excuse if I was riding. Actually...