Same here. After some research, I settled on a Zowie FK1, and I'm quite happy with it. The main criteria for me were similar shape and size to my old intellimouse, comfortable for a fingertip grip, and low lift-off distance. It has adjustable DPI and lift-off distance, which can be adjusted on the mouse. No special drivers.
I'll second forkboy's recommendation. I've got a year-old C32 AMG (comparable to the M3 being discussed) that runs in the 50-60k USD range. I think you can get a brand new C320 for 40-45k or so, and it'll be quicker and handle better than the older model. Navigation system is pretty nifty (although I hear the Japanese ones are better), and I don't have the built-in phone and voice-recognition, but that looks pretty good if you want gadgets.
A BMW would probably be a good choice too, I'm just a Mercedes fan.
Someone I work with is interested in this stuff, and has done some reading. Evidently they've made some progress on the ice-crystal issue... But something you don't generally hear about, is that lowering a body to super-cold temperatures causes it to break up. He said your frozen head will most likely break into several large chunks.:) That lowers my confidence in the whole process a little bit...
Do a Google search on cryonics and fracture, and you can find out more about the subject than you really want to know.
Ok, I didn't even make it through the Salon article. (Speaking of pulp...) But it looked like they really missed the boat.
I thought it was pretty common knowledge that the first movie was based on Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress? Lucas readily admits that it was a big inspiration.
Everbody do yourselves a favor, and rent Seven Samurai, and a couple other random Kurosawa movies. They're all a hell of a lot better than Phantom Menace.
I read an article about Tuvalu a while ago, when they first got.tv and started selling domains... For anyone who hasn't heard of Tuvalu before: It's an island chain in the south pacific. They really have no natural resources, the only thing going for them is the fortunate domain name. I couldn't remember the details... but a quick Google search reveals that the country is 26 km^2, and has a population of 11,000.
I find it very amusing that a country smaller than the university I went to, has scammed $45M out of a stupid corporation.
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Same here. After some research, I settled on a Zowie FK1, and I'm quite happy with it. The main criteria for me were similar shape and size to my old intellimouse, comfortable for a fingertip grip, and low lift-off distance. It has adjustable DPI and lift-off distance, which can be adjusted on the mouse. No special drivers.
I'll second forkboy's recommendation. I've got a year-old C32 AMG (comparable to the M3 being discussed) that runs in the 50-60k USD range. I think you can get a brand new C320 for 40-45k or so, and it'll be quicker and handle better than the older model. Navigation system is pretty nifty (although I hear the Japanese ones are better), and I don't have the built-in phone and voice-recognition, but that looks pretty good if you want gadgets.
A BMW would probably be a good choice too, I'm just a Mercedes fan.
Someone I work with is interested in this stuff, and has done some reading. Evidently they've made some progress on the ice-crystal issue... But something you don't generally hear about, is that lowering a body to super-cold temperatures causes it to break up. He said your frozen head will most likely break into several large chunks. :) That lowers my confidence in the whole process a little bit...
Do a Google search on cryonics and fracture, and you can find out more about the subject than you really want to know.
I think someone's already mentioned Dacta kits and/or Pitsco, they sell more spare parts packs and stuff than you can imagine.
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http://www.pitsco-legodacta.com/intro.htm
Here are the racks you want:
http://www.pldstore.com/pitsco2_30/catalog
They can also send you a nifty printed catalog, that I wish I'd had access to when I was a kid.
Ok, I didn't even make it through the Salon article. (Speaking of pulp...) But it looked like they really missed the boat.
I thought it was pretty common knowledge that the first movie was based on Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress? Lucas readily admits that it was a big inspiration.
Everbody do yourselves a favor, and rent Seven Samurai, and a couple other random Kurosawa movies. They're all a hell of a lot better than Phantom Menace.
I read an article about Tuvalu a while ago, when they first got .tv and started selling domains... For anyone who hasn't heard of Tuvalu before: It's an island chain in the south pacific. They really have no natural resources, the only thing going for them is the fortunate domain name. I couldn't remember the details... but a quick Google search reveals that the country is 26 km^2, and has a population of 11,000.
I find it very amusing that a country smaller than the university I went to, has scammed $45M out of a stupid corporation.