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2003/2/8-11 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:27348 Activity:moderate |
2/8 I'm going on a digital photography jaunt soon and I need a simple way to store a large amount of images from my compact flash cards. Is there some sort of device (say 10G of space) that would allow me to transfer files from the CF cards? I don't want to purchase a laptop for this purpose alone, and I also don't want to buy several gigs worth of CF. \_ you need a CF->CD Burner. lemme know if you find out that this exists \_ uh, no, he needs CF->HD. There are a number of such devices. \_ http://www.interactivemediacorp.com/mediaxchange.html http://www.mindsatwork.net \_ http://www.dpreview.com Look at Storage and Media forum. You are looking for something called Digital Wallet. Cheapest price without HD is about $80. \- are you going to be near electrical power on your "jaunt"? if not, what are you going to do to juice up non-disposable battery powered stuff? does anyone have experience with a solar charger? i am thinking about one for 2003 Sola Khumbu Expedition. --psb \- i gave this some more thought. i dont know where you are going [what kinds of conditions you will be facing] or how long you will be gone or how many pix you expect to take, but i think a not unreasonable idea is to beg/borrow/ steal as many compact flash/micro drives as you can from your friends. keep in mind some drives may not work at altitude, and i'd be a little nervous about carrying all on one potentially fragile digital wallet ... especially under harsh conditions ... altitude, dusty, crossing streams etc. are you sure you will need 10gigs? i think jpegs shot at 2-3megs are pretty decent quality and that is 300+ shots on a 1gb microdrive. if you were an associate of and you had reasonable liquidity and not a history of being ass, i would probably loan you my digital media in return for lunch or even a good postcard. if we are talking about a 3month trip, of course that is a different matter.--psb \_ A microdrive is more fragile than a Digital Wallet. Even if the Wallet fails, the hard disk inside will likely still be usable. -tom \_ it'd be cool to be able to use an iPod to this end. \_ or an XBox! \_ well... I made the iPod remark in light of psb's "what about electricity" comment. ok tnx. \_ Yeah, but with an XBox it's a sleek looking digital entertainment center, and you'd also be able store your photos on it for just $200 and you'd be socking it to Microsoft. Modchips rule. \_ how is buying products from Microsoft "socking it to Microsoft"? \_ supposedly Xboxes are sold at a loss. \_ of course if you buy one microsoft gets to add 1 to the numbers of xboes sold column which is a big deal. The fact that the xbox is outselling the gamecube is killing the cube. Also it is giving the xbox incredible amounts of credibility. \_ try the archos jukebox multimedia with optional card reader. 20gb. http://www.archos.com |
2003/2/8 [Politics/Domestic/Immigration] UID:27349 Activity:high |
2/8 Border hospitals claim money ills (from having to treat nonpaying Mexicans) http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/6081174p-7037208c.html 'Grah estimates 30 percent of the babies delivered at Chula Vista are to women who live south of the border. ' 'If someone is six or seven months' pregnant, they will come up from Tijuana on a shopping expedition and never go back," \_ The above is posted by jblack \_ the costs of the technology and militias that we fund to hunt down (and often kill) these immigrants is far greater than the cost of childbirths to illegal immigrants. but thanks for revealing your ignorace, jblack. \_ Hearsay, unfortunately admissable on the motd. Care to back up your assertion with facts or is this what you wish for? The irony is you are too stupid to realize you and your children pay for this out of your pocket. Tell this to displaced Blacks in innercities. \_ no, I have no desire to scour the web finding facts to try and enlighten the ignorant on the motd. Why don't you try and find some facts to disprove the stmt if you care so much. part of my point: how could you even hope to quantify "the cost of childbirths to illegal immigrants". I mean, there are so many economic factors at play, you couldn't even make any sort of meaningful comparisson. But thanks for reducing your argument to snivelling and name-calling. Anyway, what do you have against immigrants? ... did your dad once lose his job scrubbing toilets to a Mexican once? Please continue to display your racist ignorace. it is entertaining as always. PS - jblack is a racist. \_ Hi Tom! \_ bzzt. -tom \_ Been waiting for the classic liberal ploy, someone who disagrees with you is a racist. Can't your puny little intellect evolve beyond this ruse. migrated to America I see a problem. You see - there is no problem with LEGAL immigration. Spell it with me L-E-G-A-L. Contrarily, when 20% of all Hondurans have migrated to America, and when there are 11 million undocumented illegals who on average have less than a 3rd degree education, and who form 30% of California's prison population - I see a problem. Oh, but wait its racist and offensive to present facts. |