Not much going on today. Since we’re coming up on a long weekend, there just isn’t a lot of activity. Stephan, who works in Ken’s lab, gave a presentation today on using SAS to analyze ERP data. Boy, SAS sure has some magic in it. The programmatic syntax is hairy and […]
Well, the new video card arrived this morning, which I found totally amazing. Ripped the old one out, slapped the new one in, installed the drivers and we’re off to the races. These new nVidia-based cards are HUGE. Plus, it has its own fan. I hope we won’t be stressing it […]
I heard back from the kind folks at Dell. We definitely have to add a second RAID controller to the server to plug in a second external controller, as I had suspected. That’s the cheapest route to more storage. A PERC 3/DC card and a burly 14-drive enclosure would double our capacity. […]
Looking for a monitor for the subject booth. After talking with Ken, Marcia, and Satoru, I’m looking for a 19″ monitor that can do at least 120Hz at 800×600. So far I’ve looked mainly at ViewSonic brand monitors, since I’ve heard good things about them, and they seem to do well in reviews. […]
Looking into video cards for the “Presentation Box”. We’re going to use this Dell Dimension 4300 as the stimulus machine. Right now, it’s sporting a 16MB ATI Rage 128 Ultra, which was state-of-the-art, five years ago. Since we’re thinking about the future, I’m replacing it with a nVidia GeForce 4 Ti […]