hmm...that may have just talked me out of it. thanks for the info, amych and Jessica!

bon, my iteration of Word 2007 automatically creates lists whether I want it to or not. Is the list icon highlighted in the top bar while you're typing?

Thanks Jess and Gud for their Word advice. Unfortunately I lost internet for a day -- unrelated issue-- and redid the document as a regular bulleted list, which did multilevels as normal with no problem. So still don't know what the problem was, although I can say that the multilevel list icon switched off every time I pressed enter.

Behold - I have seen the future!

ioDrive solid-state hard drive is world's fastest, but not cheap

This Fusion-io ioDrive prototype is a solid-state hard drive that plugs into the PCI bus, that place inside your computer where video cards go, and that means a lot of your computing will go a whole lot faster.

How fast? It reads data at 473 megabytes per second (MB/sec), nearly twice as fast as that Micron solid-state drive we were raving about last month, and blowing away any spinning hard drive with ease. So far, this test unit only works on 64-bit systems, and you can't use it as a boot drive. But when you can, expect startup times to be a lot quicker. Also you'll see applications launch a lot faster, and anything you do that accesses a hard drive to be noticeably accelerated.

However, in comes that fundamental truth: "Good, fast, cheap — pick two." These drives will be really good and enormously fast, but not cheap, starting out at $3,000 for a smallish 80GB unit, up to a jaw-dropping $14,400 for a proper 320GB drive. Those prices will drop a lot, and quickily, because someday soon all hard drives will be made this way.

I want to convert one set of XLR audio outputs to 2 on my old Beta SP deck (so I can connect the to the SDI converter AND dub w/ BITC to DVD). What search terms should I be plugging in at Markertek.com to find the widget that does this?

I'm not sure, but lemme make sure I understand the question: You're looking for an adaptor that will mult one XLR connector (male or female?) to two XLR connectors (male-male or female-female?)?

Jessica, try this: [link] They might have some of these at your local Guitar Center if you want a more instant gratification.

You're looking for an adaptor that will mult one XLR connector (male or female?) to two XLR connectors (male-male or female-female?)?

Basically, yeah.

The deck has 1 set of 2-channel audio outputs (male). I want to export audio to 2 locations (not simultaneously).

The output to the SDI converter has to be balanced (XLR), and the output to the DVD recorder can be either balanced or not (it only has RCA inputs, but I have an audio converter box that will change XLR to RCA and vice versa).

so a pair of what I linked to should do the trick.

The splitter should work, the only drawback is that it will drop the output voltage slightly so you won't getting a true +4dB output with them connected. In most applications that shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks guys, I'll look into those. (My supervisor is out of the office until the new year, so until she gets back all I can do is research.)