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Where are the 1600x1200 LED S-IPS business screens?

Amen! My second monitor at home is my old Hitachi 751 because I can't find an affordable ($250) LCD that will do 1600x1200. At work I'll probably wind up making some kind of stand so I can use my 22" in portrait mode.

it's a "Rotational Hand Controller".

It was made by Thrustmaster, which later sold a version to the public that is usable with a home computer for flight simulation purposes.

Thrustmaster Millennium 3D Interceptor - Review

Materials: 1 Linux server, 1 winxp desktop, 2 removable HD cartridges.

The desktop has a removable hard drive cradle.

1. Every week I plug in one of the HD's to the XP machine and mount it onto the linux box via samba.
2. I tar my entire linux box, piped through GNU Privacy Guard (to protect against unauthorized access) and 'split' (to avoid the 2GB file limit) and store it on the HD in date-stamped directory.
3. I store the removable HD offsite.

My windows box stores all of its critical files (ie My Documents) on a samba share on the server.

I also do a daily rsync of the most critical / volatile files offsite nightly.

there was even a special controller for it, SpaceOrb 360. I got one and it's terribly hard to use in real life -- so it was back to joystick w/ hat control. but the theory is good. i have heard of people getting really good on that thing. the company seem to be out of business now -- their "space orb" technology used to be marketed as a specialized input device for molecular visualization / CAD etc... but i guess that never picked up either; again, great theory, TOUGH (i mean it) learning curve.

waiting for direct mind contolled video games

Video phones exist and are actually reasonably common, especially in business circumstances. The reason most home users don't see them though is that for the most part the quality is sorely lacking, and they're often way too expensive...

a quick search on google netted me this:
a home videophone...
another home video phone...
and, for what appears to be the prevailing standard: h.232

molecular manufacturing is a bit of a different story, but:
a group devoted to molecular manufacturing
some interesting stuff on it
and, last but not least:
IBM does some cool stuff sometimes

hope this helps dispel your mistrust of tech previews (Although i'll admit that at least a grain or two of salt is warranted in many occasions)

No work at all if you go removable.

(Removable drive rack review)

All of the removable IDE (or SCSI) racks are pretty much the same as the gadget in the review, with minor variations on the theme.

As a bonus, they make futzing around with other operating systems and/or distros (benchmarking, porting, fooling around) a piece of cake, and are a great way to "use up" those old Other uses - sneakernet with 20G removable media. If you live in an apartment and can't h4x0r j00r w4llz with cable runs, it makes loading content onto your "MP3/DiVX jukebox" computer a snap.

I've got two on my "main" machine (one to boot from, one to use as a backup / "gigabyte floppy drive"), and one on each of my "media playback" machines.

If you're wiring an existing house, I have one word: fishtape (go to your local home improvement big-box and ask). If I was building a house, I'd ask the contractor to put some thick cable conduit in the walls, terminating in key spots. That way, you could fish wires in and out later, with minimal hassle.

Greg

Fuck.

- A.P.

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* CmdrTaco is an idiot.