Comment Good Workbench, plenty of outlets (Score 1) 174
You don't say what your budget is, but good, sturdy workbenches (like these) with plenty of outlets for power supplies, scopes, meters, etc. as well as built in drawers and cabinet space.
If you are looking for suggestions on equipment, power supplies like the Topward 6000D series or similar (multiple output, adjustable, current limiting supplies) are invaluable. Good o-scope, handheld multimeter, etc. if you don't already have that stuff.
Comment Re:Scanning ethics (Score 1) 282
No, there is a big difference between Near-infrared (0.75 - 1.4 um) -- which is what CCD is sensitive to without a filter -- and Far-infrared (8 - 15 um) -- which is the thermal imaging range.
Comment Kindle PDF Support (Score 4, Informative) 260
Comment Re:Anyone even using VS 2008 yet? (Score 1) 236
Actually, I think the Eclipse CDT plugin provides some amount of C++ refactoring. I know it can at least do some simple variable renaming, since I did that the other day. Not sure how much it can do beyond that, though.
Other than that, yeah, automated refactoring is just going to be much harder for C++ than for most other languages.
Comment Re:Please let the auto-rotate feature be configura (Score 1) 312
Comment Re:My take - haven't read the other replies. (Score 1) 519
Comment And for all you Battletech fans... (Score 3, Funny) 120
Next up on ESPN: Davion vs Steiner, live from Solaris VII!
(maybe we should get these guys involved to speed up the process).
Comment NSLU2 (Score 2, Insightful) 802
Also, I did mod the box so that it powers back on automatically after a power failure.