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Intel Pulls SSD Firmware Day After Release
CWmike writes "Intel has pulled a firmware upgrade it released on Monday for its X25-M consumer solid-state drives after users complained that the software caused crashes. The company on Monday made available a software package called SSD Toolbox to monitor and manage the performance and health of X25-M SSDs on systems running Windows 7. The package included a firmware upgrade and software called SSD Optimizer that included diagnostic tools to help keep the Intel SSD running at high performance. 'We have been contacted by users with issues with the 34-nanometer Intel SSD firmware upgrade and are investigating. We take all sightings and issues seriously and are working toward resolution. We have temporarily taken down the firmware link while we investigate,' an Intel spokesman said in an e-mail. The spokesman declined to comment on when the company would issue updated firmware."
I don't know where else to log this complaint. I've only been using Slashdot for a week or two. I've really been enjoying it and I've been commenting a lot. I've received a positive or at least neutral response to all of my comments, but I logged on today and discovered that my karma had gone from "positive" to "bad" over night. I started checking around, and it seems that four of my comments have suddenly been modded down as trolls. They clearly aren't. I think I'm the victim of either a glitch or a moderator's personal vendetta, but I can't find anywhere to voice a complaint. What do I do?
First: prepare to be modded down again. This is simply the way of things.
I am a long-time visitor to Slashdot, who started by lurking, created an account, rose to the giddy heights and sank to the murky depths a number of times over an illustrious trolling history, only to return to lurking.
The one constant to this place is that nobody really gives a shit. It's not meant in a malicious way; no, it's more like the dispassionate indifference of nature towards its weakest strains, or corporate-provided tech support.
To survive -- indeed, to thrive! -- you must, too, not give a shit. Post facts that aren't true! Make courageous posts that start with "I know I'll get modded down for this, but..."! You'll have more karma than you know what to do with, and when you hit that tippity-top, start posting some real stinkers. I used to enjoy the occasional movie spoiler in the middle of a post regarding Java performance analysis, slightly misremembered Star Trek quotes, or letting people in on the real history of skyscrapers (the first was built in Japan to commemorate the southernmost part of the Great Wall.)
My favorite bit was watching my worst posts go up, go down, etc.; I think I got over thirty points spent on a post one time, and it wasn't long after that they would just show percentages spent in each moderation category. Boooo.
I don't know why it is, but the very worst thing you can do on here is try to hold an intellectual conversation. Though in my case, I suppose it would have helped if I was somewhat intellectual. Anyway, you can probably start getting the karma back up on your account by making smart-sounding comments to low-traffic stories. Just make stuff up if you don't happen to know anything, it works gangbusters.
Is there a certain reason why people love two "O"s in a row? Really, why do people always fucking spell "lose" as "loose"? Is english really that hard?
If it phases you or upsets you do yourself a favour and leave. I'd rather you stay of course, but leaving is a better choice than worrying about it.
Just yesterday I had two posts on the same discussion that were very similar modded very differently. One ended up at +5:Insightful. The other at -1:Troll.
I regularly find that my posts get modded up to plus 5 then 4 days later get eroded to -1:Troll by people who don't like them. The only way I can see this happening is people bookmarking and coming back to mod things down. If you don't believe me just say something legitimate but negative about Apple or Google. Watch the moderation yoyo! I've got no way to prove it but I don't think I'm just being paranoid when I say that these people don't just mod down the post you don't like but then look at ALL your comments and mod them down too.
The only solution I can think of is to weight negative feedback lower than positive or cut off negative feedback once a comment gets enough positive. The trouble is that this too could be abused by a group or person with multiple accounts. Personally, despite only reading at +4 I'd like to see moderation abolished. People keep saying that occassionally idiots get mod points but it all works out, but the truth is moderation here has gone to the dogs.
These posts express my own personal views, not those of my employer
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