If not quiet, it may make for an adequate cheese grater?

If you get a chance, peruse all of the TED conference talks; some really great thinkers.

Heh. Just came across this today.

MADtv - John McCain Ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68NEc8EvV2Q

Heh... you're one to suggest others providing evidence. No, I admitted that I am not a scientist and I don't know. But there is apparently considerable disagreement on the subject of Folding, etc. I just mentioned it as an example where a lot of people believe something to be true without question, ...

Hey. Just thought of another one.

Who needs terrorists to destroy what America stands for. We have the Bush administration. I'm John McCain and I support his message; 90% of the time.

Too much? Hrmm..

Yes I realize that they're two totally separate areas. Ah the nuances of punctuation. Her message was to simply not get raped; otherwise you might have to bring a relatives/strangers child into the world and/or let the rapist go because you can't pay for a forensics kit. Hey. She hates woman. And th...

Hey. Anyone who doesn't support abortion for rape victims and also makes rape victims pay for their own forensic tests, is more deserving of the scumbag moniker. "The town of Wasilla had rape victims pay for their own medical exams during Palin's mayoral tenure, and Palin's hand-picked police chief ...

Yay. Saw my first Republican TV spot yesterday. At least it made me chuckle at the line "She stopped the Bridge to Nowhere". Heh.. and when Carl Rove starts stating that McCain's ads have gone to far I have to chuckle a bit more. Wow. If running a campaign is this easy, maybe I'll send them a few li...

Heh.. yeah. It says 2GB RAM.

Well.. if you need access to more RAM for apps, you can look into the /3GB Switch; the usual 2GB/2GB for user/kernel virtual address space is changed to 3GB/1GB. I'll occasionally use it for CG rendering/calculations/Photoshop at work when I need that extra bit of RAM. It tends to make the system a ...

Eh.. toss in a USB hub and you're good to go. LVDS would've be nice on a board like this for embedded applications. I guess there was talk about putting it into the next version of the board; if there is one. Just came across this Clear Acrylic Case . Hrm.. maybe if I nix a few other projects I coul...

Yeah. I'd love to play with a few Linux distros on it.

Anyone here playing with this yet? Looks like it might be a fun little system to play with.

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*nod* We're probably just going with a natural gas furnace. The Hallowell system is just too new, although a few of the big boys are working on similar systems. Thanks for the clarification jaganath.

Neat. Heat pumps are over 100% efficient, although the current generation are only useful down to about 30F. We're currently looking to replace our old oil furnace, after the house is properly insulated, with either a hybrid NG furnace/standard heat pump system or one of these heat pumps good to -15...

Hrmm.. actually, I just looked up current prices and it looks like LP is slightly cheaper than diesel? A gallon of LP provides about 1.5 times less BTUs compared to diesel; I'm not sure on the HP comparison, but the gov states current LP vehicles getting almost similar MPG vs modern gasoline vehicle...

Hrmm. From a few quick searches: - Although Propane burns very cleanly, it gives about a 25% loss of power, and efficiency, compared to gasoline. Unless you use a higher compression engine. - Below 50F outside air temp, it'll be difficult to start an auto running LP; often need a gasoline start firs...

Meh.

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet

Ah.. I knew I remembered it from somewhere. Yeah.. I had the same feeling. For the same amount, you'll be able to get something with far better range, research and usefulness.

Came across this last night, the NmG. About $30k? Hrm.

".... parabolic collectors are still a relatively new field of research." Huh? Where has the author of that article been hiding?

Some links to take a gander at for DIY from a great site.
BuilditSolar

+1 for vlite or nlite if you don't mind reinstalling your OS

Then all you have to do is remove WMP from Windows Update.

My current workstation setup:

C: 50 GB OS and Apps -
D: 320GB RAID 1 - Data; My Documents; Backups
P: Pagefile - Fixed size
S: Scratch - Downloads; Photoshop swap; virtual disk images; etc

Plus a 500GB external for backup

Not to mention a possible risk to the blind?

Hybrid vehicles' silence may pose risk for blind pedestrians

Students’ prototype counters quiet creep of hybrid cars

Is it possible to run MATLAB off a GPU? If so, it might be worth looking into getting a decent video card; a huge performance jump over using the CPU.

Hrmm.. I wonder if my local gun range would take my pile of old hard drives (1980's on) off my hands?

I'll second the Xigmatek HDT-S1283. Although, you'll have to spend another $6-something to get the bolt through connector. I replaced the included PWM fan with a 120mm x 38mm fan hooked to a fan controller.

Hey. Any issues with lapping this heatsink; with the copper and aluminum base? It's a great heatsink, but I wasn't thrilled with the machining of the unit I received; been playing with the idea of lapping it. Thanks.

Heh. I can work with 7C. At worst I'll put in a 120mm fan at 6V and maybe some ducting.

As for it being a "deactivated item", I've noticed Newegg do that on various items; the last I saw being an OEM Q9300.