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  1. Are we a weakening industry? And is it our own fault?

    Trust me, we dont compete. Nor do I compete with any full shops. None of you want the 1 offs for printed and cut sticker work I do. Thats my niche'. Now if I were printing at say $4 a sq ft. Id be a problem. Infact when looking to get into this line as a hobbyist, I looked for that lone area...
  2. Are we a weakening industry? And is it our own fault?

    Problem with your statement Op is this. You dont have to be an artist and know bad work. Its a simple matter of perceptive. Now Im not going to bad mouth the work youve posted, but what I will say, its not as was stated "portfolio" work by any means. And to the matter of "most of you just wnat...
  3. Small Shops - How many active jobs do you have and what is your lead time?

    As few as the one Im working on to as many as 10. Depending on size of course. I try to keep turn around times down to 3 to 7 business days.
  4. Pistol Pete

    Google it, save it and redraw it by hand. Hes only 2 color so it shouldnt be more than an hour?!? Now, before the others kick in, he a copyrighted image of OSU and many here will want to pound on you for reproducing it at any number. Its and easy redraw depending on the software youre using.
  5. How do you conduct business?

    Im strictly a sticker guy s o almost all of my business is done through email and forums. It saves customers since Im not the people person Im sure you all have come to think of me as. :Big Laugh
  6. Are we a weakening industry? And is it our own fault?

    You cant blame the newer people joining the industry for the way the industry is heading. Its a bunch-o-crap. You have the older sign shop who have had a corner on their little area for a few years charging more than say a shop in a more saturated area. You have those saturated areas...
  7. How to wipe clean my hard drives?

    Big magnet :Big Laugh
  8. Hey There Sign Folks...From Texas

    Ola from the souths chewy center. You will indeed get a chance to get muddy in our NHB section. It can get a little like a Gallagher show sometimes, so bring youre slicker.
  9. How to wipe clean my hard drives?

    What you are looking for is a software that does a Milspec wipe. There are many and they make it so improbable to recover any usable data, it makes it not worth anyones time to try.
  10. How to wipe clean my hard drives?

    Just D/L and use Ultrawipe. It can be found as freeware (free of any Malware) at Majorgeeks.com. They check every program they list to ensure its clean to use.
  11. Firefox 3

    Hot damn, youre right. Thanks for the heads up.
  12. Firefox 3

    What Id like to see in the Toolbar button add-on is the ability to drag and drop to it from your bookmarks. I have hundreds of bookmarks for various interest and business dealings. It would be nice to be able to locate the most important ones to that bar like you can with Ebay, Paypal and a few...
  13. Ethics 101 Maybe

    Ok after reading most of what is written, bad idea at your place in the business world. But, its a common practice among those much larger a few decades back. FORD vs Chevy vs Dodge. Bud vs Coors. Its and old story. And unless you have an assload of cash, your the one who will suffer the most...
  14. Ok Whatcha think of this for a Design Station

    I prefer the Cosmos S case Ultra X3 1000watt ATX Asus M3a32-MVP withAMD X4 Phenom 9850 (AMD are true Quad cores unlike Intels) The rest rocks. I dont know if youll need the Raptors though. Id go for size over speed in a design center. Maybe 1 for a boot disk and then 2 to 3 of the Caviars for...
  15. Is RAID really worth it?

    RAID will speed up your system if setup correct. Load times will decrease and dick issues will lessen. if youre a RAID virgin, you can pick up enclosures now that dont need drives or other software to operate and rock. And 4Tb is no joke for data storage. No matter the route you go, large RAIDS...
  16. Contour Trace in Corel Photo Paint

    Be prepared to do a good bit of hand rework in node mode. If its a so-so quality image you arent getting anything worth the effort. Hand tracing isnt that hard once you get the hang and a pair of good reading glasses.
  17. Motherboards and PCI Slots ? ? ?

    Well you could go with a ABIT KA7 Slot-A Motherboard. Ive never liked them for performance reasons but it fits your need.The only other thing I know you could do is drop that MB in a server case with more expansion slots and get Dual parallel adapter cards like these Link Link Link
  18. Motherboards and PCI Slots ? ? ?

    As OP stated, the standard 3-4 PCI slot MB hooked to a couple few A/B switches will be the only way to do this without taking out a loan.
  19. External Hard Drive...........

    You can purchase a new enclosure from WD. And if Im not mistaken, you can install it as a second drive and it will recognize it.
  20. Shineright anyone?

    I use almost all Shinerite and Permacast since I can thermal print on both. The Shinerite color look very good even after a couple years on paintball equipment. And paintball can be extremely harsh on stickers. The adhesive is aggresive but both weed very nice. Shinerite is good price wise but...
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