Fortunately someone attending the DC Slashdot meetup had the great idea to actually call the place where the meetup is being held, and reserved a large table for us. It seems the restaurant heard about the meetup, but didn't know much about it, so it's a good thing someone called them.
Interesting app idea, but scanners are slow as molasses, especially when you consider hand-placing 1500 photos in the scanner.
Any idea how fast the Photo Funnel processes photos. I assume it is connected to a scanner. If it can process 10 photos per minute, then it's only 1 cent per photo, or only $15 for all 1500 of my photos. Are there additional fees involved?
I asked a similar question on the Olympus Talk forum at DPReview.
I wanted to know the quickest way to scan 1500 photos into my computer. If I could scan 3 at a time on a fast scanner that takes 60 seconds to scan, it would take over 8 hours. If I used a stand and my digital camera to photograph each one, if it took 5 seconds per photo, it would take over 2 hours.
Is there a page feed scanner that can feed 4x6 and 3x5 prints?
Also, a great way to get real photo quality prints from your digital images is to get them printed at Walmart.com. They're inexpensive, very high quality, and they're printed on real photo paper.
PS: I have some of my recent digital albums on my web site.
Yes, "The Real Me" is one of my favorite songs because of Entwistle's great bass playing. I used to do lighting for a band on Long Island that did a cover of that song. It was so cool.
If you look at my CD collection list on my web site, you'll see that I like listening to great bass players. I do need to get more of Entwistle's stuff. Any suggestions on where to start (besides Quadrophenia of course)?
Yes, I've recommended ZoneAlarm to many people, and I have been using it for a long time now, even with my NAT broadband router protecting me from incoming attacks. ZoneAlarm also prevents unwanted outbound traffic, unlike many other products.
I want to know what added value the record companies are going to provide for the royalty fees on used CD's? They can't think we are willing to pay extra royalties without some benefit in return. What are they going to do to make that used CD worth 6% more?
I've recommended AVG to many people. I haven't had any problems with it, like I've had with Norton and McAfee. It doesn't take a huge hit on performance. And it is really easy to update: no manual app restart or reboot needed.
One way I made this happen was to standardize the desktops. I reformatted all the desktop hard drives and installed one standard configuration on every workstation.
Of course everyone had to move their data to the server otherwise it would be lost. You should help each user with that, to make sure they get everything, and that they put it in the correct locations.
As part of the workstation rebuild, make sure all apps default to saving to the LAN drive, and make sure everyone knows how to use the LAN drives.
Of course server security configuration will be important so people can't access or change what they are not supposed to.
I worked at a small AM radio station a couple of decades ago. I still have one of the dead tubes from the transmitter -- Impressive thing. But that station wasn't powerful enough to require water cooling (or maybe it was, and that explanis the dead tube I have).
The only tube that needs 16,000 volts is a cathode ray tube (CRT, aka. picture tube, like in a TV or monitor). Anyway, it's easy to generate the 50-100v needed for the tube with a small dc-dc inverter.
The thing I don't get is why is there only one tube? Is it a mono amplifier? Are there two tubes in the one tube casing for stereo?
Telix was my "Netscape" of the pre-web era. I remember setting up scripts to access each different BBS system. And I remembered how great it was when a new version came out. I also remember the cool sounds it would make when it made a connection, or when it finished a download.
The Casio Pocket Viewer PV-S400Plus is nice. It's under $80 US, has 4.Meg RAM, comes with useful apps including a spreadsheet, works with MS Office apps, you can load apps on it, it's durable, and it has a long battery life.
A friend had an earlier model, and I almost bought one myself until another friend sold me his barely used Palm-3e for $50 (over a year ago).
My Palm-3e has been working fine since I got it. It's been durable, and the batteries last me a few months. I just wish it was smaller, with the same sized screen, better text input, the same durability, and the same low cost.
What should a 38 year old, currently unemployed network administrator do? I have lots of experience, a 2-year degree, and some minor certifications. Should I get my BS or get additional certification?
Actually, there's no echo problem with the next person's mike picking up your voice. It's the mic at the other side of a large room that is a problem, and a noise gate would solve that problem, unless the person at the opther side of the room was also talking, which would open the noise gate.
I've used and supported many Toshiba laptops, and they have had very few problems. My girlfriend even bought one at my recommendation.
I've worked with Dells, and they have been okay too.
I also supported a few Gateway laptops, and the ones we had were constantly having problems. We started out with 4 working Gateways, all of which had problems. By combining parts from the four I was able to get two working. I had to swap out hard drives, screens, CD drives, keyboards, and more.
That's too bad. The kids on our team (team 116) do lots of the work. Of course we have the advantage of having Dave Lavery from Nasa on our team (you saw him speak on the kickoff broadcast), and he's great at getting everyone involved. Out team was also featured on A&E's "The competition", on which you can see how involved some of our students are (I was visible on the show for a few seconds, but I didn't have any speaking parts).
I've got lots of photos of out team's activities so far this year on my web site. I plan to add more soon, and to add photos from last years regional and nation competitions.
Plastic milk crates make good cheap 19" racks if your equipment isn't too deep, and you don't care about looks. I knew some local bands that used to use them for their audio equipment. They're very durable, and provide plenty of ventilation, and they're free (if you don't get caught).
I'm very thankful to you for keeping the site up and running. At work we had the radio and Slashdot for our news. I also let my friends and family know that Slashdot was alive.
It was great to be able to see comments and information from real people during the crisis. And thanks to all the real people who posted the thousands of messages. It really helped.
Slashdot Mirror
Fortunately someone attending the DC Slashdot meetup had the great idea to actually call the place where the meetup is being held, and reserved a large table for us. It seems the restaurant heard about the meetup, but didn't know much about it, so it's a good thing someone called them.
Thanks.
Interesting app idea, but scanners are slow as molasses, especially when you consider hand-placing 1500 photos in the scanner.
Any idea how fast the Photo Funnel processes photos. I assume it is connected to a scanner. If it can process 10 photos per minute, then it's only 1 cent per photo, or only $15 for all 1500 of my photos. Are there additional fees involved?
I asked a similar question on the Olympus Talk forum at DPReview.
I wanted to know the quickest way to scan 1500 photos into my computer. If I could scan 3 at a time on a fast scanner that takes 60 seconds to scan, it would take over 8 hours. If I used a stand and my digital camera to photograph each one, if it took 5 seconds per photo, it would take over 2 hours.
Is there a page feed scanner that can feed 4x6 and 3x5 prints?
Also, a great way to get real photo quality prints from your digital images is to get them printed at Walmart.com. They're inexpensive, very high quality, and they're printed on real photo paper.
PS: I have some of my recent digital albums on my web site.
Yes, "The Real Me" is one of my favorite songs because of Entwistle's great bass playing. I used to do lighting for a band on Long Island that did a cover of that song. It was so cool.
If you look at my CD collection list on my web site, you'll see that I like listening to great bass players. I do need to get more of Entwistle's stuff. Any suggestions on where to start (besides Quadrophenia of course)?
Yes, I've recommended ZoneAlarm to many people, and I have been using it for a long time now, even with my NAT broadband router protecting me from incoming attacks. ZoneAlarm also prevents unwanted outbound traffic, unlike many other products.
I want to know what added value the record companies are going to provide for the royalty fees on used CD's? They can't think we are willing to pay extra royalties without some benefit in return. What are they going to do to make that used CD worth 6% more?
Who here is going to be first to buy one and review it for us?
PS: I love that there is no floppy on the low-end model.
AVG doesn't add those messages to Netscape or Mozilla. And you can turn them off for Outlook.
But I do agree that they shouldn't be on by default.
I've recommended AVG to many people. I haven't had any problems with it, like I've had with Norton and McAfee. It doesn't take a huge hit on performance. And it is really easy to update: no manual app restart or reboot needed.
One way I made this happen was to standardize the desktops. I reformatted all the desktop hard drives and installed one standard configuration on every workstation.
Of course everyone had to move their data to the server otherwise it would be lost. You should help each user with that, to make sure they get everything, and that they put it in the correct locations.
As part of the workstation rebuild, make sure all apps default to saving to the LAN drive, and make sure everyone knows how to use the LAN drives.
Of course server security configuration will be important so people can't access or change what they are not supposed to.
I worked at a small AM radio station a couple of decades ago. I still have one of the dead tubes from the transmitter -- Impressive thing. But that station wasn't powerful enough to require water cooling (or maybe it was, and that explanis the dead tube I have).
If you water cooled the tube, it would stop working. The tube contains a heating element that heats it up so it will function.
The only tube that needs 16,000 volts is a cathode ray tube (CRT, aka. picture tube, like in a TV or monitor). Anyway, it's easy to generate the 50-100v needed for the tube with a small dc-dc inverter.
The thing I don't get is why is there only one tube? Is it a mono amplifier? Are there two tubes in the one tube casing for stereo?
Telix was my "Netscape" of the pre-web era. I remember setting up scripts to access each different BBS system. And I remembered how great it was when a new version came out. I also remember the cool sounds it would make when it made a connection, or when it finished a download.
The Casio Pocket Viewer PV-S400Plus is nice. It's under $80 US, has 4.Meg RAM, comes with useful apps including a spreadsheet, works with MS Office apps, you can load apps on it, it's durable, and it has a long battery life.
A friend had an earlier model, and I almost bought one myself until another friend sold me his barely used Palm-3e for $50 (over a year ago).
My Palm-3e has been working fine since I got it. It's been durable, and the batteries last me a few months. I just wish it was smaller, with the same sized screen, better text input, the same durability, and the same low cost.
What should a 38 year old, currently unemployed network administrator do? I have lots of experience, a 2-year degree, and some minor certifications. Should I get my BS or get additional certification?
Actually, there's no echo problem with the next person's mike picking up your voice. It's the mic at the other side of a large room that is a problem, and a noise gate would solve that problem, unless the person at the opther side of the room was also talking, which would open the noise gate.
- Eric My web page
I've worked with Dells, and they have been okay too.
I also supported a few Gateway laptops, and the ones we had were constantly having problems. We started out with 4 working Gateways, all of which had problems. By combining parts from the four I was able to get two working. I had to swap out hard drives, screens, CD drives, keyboards, and more.
- Eric, My web site
- Eric, My web site
But most likely, they found another solution, or lost interest in the hour it took you to send them a password.
- Eric, My web site
That's too bad. The kids on our team (team 116) do lots of the work. Of course we have the advantage of having Dave Lavery from Nasa on our team (you saw him speak on the kickoff broadcast), and he's great at getting everyone involved. Out team was also featured on A&E's "The competition", on which you can see how involved some of our students are (I was visible on the show for a few seconds, but I didn't have any speaking parts).
I've got lots of photos of out team's activities so far this year on my web site. I plan to add more soon, and to add photos from last years regional and nation competitions.
Eric, http://www.InvisibleRobot.com/
I wish. Hopefully they'll release the box set in 2002. See http://sctvguide.ca/
- Eric, http://www.InvisibleRobot.com/
Plastic milk crates make good cheap 19" racks if your equipment isn't too deep, and you don't care about looks. I knew some local bands that used to use them for their audio equipment. They're very durable, and provide plenty of ventilation, and they're free (if you don't get caught).
I'm very thankful to you for keeping the site up and running. At work we had the radio and Slashdot for our news. I also let my friends and family know that Slashdot was alive.
It was great to be able to see comments and information from real people during the crisis. And thanks to all the real people who posted the thousands of messages. It really helped.
- Eric, http://www.InvisibleRobot.com/