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  1. Re:The PIC was similar on Why the Arduino Won and Why It's Here To Stay · · Score: 1

    8052 are still sold/used today!
    I got a set of development boards for my school a few years back and they've become a lot faster! (think 20 MHz@ 1 clock/instruction)

    Atmel was more popular, but this fit the bill perfectly!

  2. Re:Saw a screening last night, not impressed on 'Tron: Legacy' Director Explains the Tron World · · Score: 1

    Equilibrium felt like someone decided to redo the matrix with the storyline of 1984.
    And "that odd fight style" deserves no further mention.

  3. Re:"awesomely bad 80s graphics" on 'Tron: Legacy' Director Explains the Tron World · · Score: 1

    I thought it was about "a program that starts other programs", A.K.A. cron.
    I'm not sure if cron was already around in those days, though.
    (like the Rowlf/TomWaits argument)

  4. Re:Sigh. Consparicy theorists on Hidden Backdoor Discovered On HP MSA2000 Arrays · · Score: 2

    You mean to say this admin !admin account doe not work on the Telnet/HTTP/FTP network services that are enabled by default on a MSA2000?

    The admin/!admin account are the documented defaults in the manual, just like monitor/!monitor.

    I don't know about the G3 but, on my MSA2000 G1's, I have been able to disable the "admin" account privilege (admin/monitor/disabled) and added my own admin account with a secure password.

    (Technically the G3's are a new OEM (LeftHand ), so it is possible this is locked, but I don't think so)

  5. Re:Also rans on In the Face of Android, Why Should Nokia Stick With MeeGo? · · Score: 1

    I'm still waiting for a decent DLNA client for my Android phone...

  6. Re:Linux has the same drag as Mac in business on Desktop Linux Is Dead · · Score: 1

    Take a look at the manuals on Ken Rockwell's site.
    It tells you exactly what you need to know to operate your camera.

  7. Re:Face the fact that laptops are ... on Why Are We Losing Vertical Pixels? · · Score: 1

    I'm typing this on a 4-year-old Dell laptop with a 17" 1900x1200 display.
    It was bought with Postfix debugging in mind.

    My previous laptop was also a Dell, with a 1600x1200 display.

  8. Re:Interpret it correctly on Publishing Company Puts Warning Label on Constitution · · Score: 1

    Indeed, it does not even mention firearms.
    Are you sure those are even implied?

    Indeed, its freedom only applies to presses.
    We'll be sending the bill for that laser printer. :-)

  9. Re:Copyright on Publishing Company Puts Warning Label on Constitution · · Score: 1

    What makes you think everyone was able to read in those days?

  10. Re:Don't let reality get in the way of your anger on MA High School Forces All Students To Buy MacBooks · · Score: 1

    And if you want to settle upon a single standard, consider something free (as in speech and beer), open (files will still work in 10 years) and multiplatform (runs on any computer), like *gasp* OpenOffice.

  11. Re:Don't let reality get in the way of your anger on MA High School Forces All Students To Buy MacBooks · · Score: 1

    The computer might not even live to 4 years:

    1. Apple decides when it's time to buy a new computer, not the owner.
    2. you're giving it to teenagers
    3. Stuff at school gets stolen.
    4. Expensive stuff at school gets stolen more often.
  12. Re:COTS = COST on US Air Force To Suffer From PS3 Update · · Score: 1

    Even the proprietary stuff relies on parts that have no guarantee that they will still be manufactured in 3 years' time.
    Just ask NASA about the processors in their Shuttles.

  13. Re:How Cheap? on Most File Sharers Would Pay For Legal Downloads · · Score: 1

    Same here.

    I pay just as much for a usenet subscription and a usenet search service as I pay for TV.
    But with the Usenet option, I consume a lot less content than TV broadcasts.

    I would guess that my payment for a handful of series outweighs the advertising revenue of downloading the episodes.

  14. Re:As a former employee of one of those companies. on Hot Aisle Or Cold Aisle For Containment? · · Score: 1

    Just a note about those silly Cisco switches:
    Servers have holes in the front and acbk to facilitate cooling. They can do this because the boards can be oriented in a way to facilitate this.

    Cisco Rack enclosures have high-density blades in the front(no roon to breathe) and a sizeable backbone in the back (A wall of PCB).

    Due to the hotplug nature of the blades, the backbone has to be mounted at the back (instead of using riser boards like in computers). The only other way to have it at the side is by making the server open at the side, like HP9000 computers. This means that every HP9000 rack has to stand alone to facilitate removal of the side panels (the servers are too heavy to slide out). You do not WANT be able to slide a Cisco 6500 out, because it usually has hundreds of cables attached.

    The blades, being solid in form, do not facilitate vertical cooling, either.

    This design leaves only one possible directioon of airflow: horizontal.
    And, yes, it has cost a friend of mine a core-switch when the cooling gave out (there were 3 of them stacked side-by-side).

  15. Re:Don't rely only on system restore on Win7 Can Delete All System Restore Points On Reboot · · Score: 1

    Let me know when a popular Linux distro supports bare metal backup and a snapshotting filesystem with the ability to "go back in time" to a good state, I look forward to that day.

    I'll admit that Linux does not intelligently discern when your system has been successfully booted, but:
    a/ Bare Metal Backup
    Ever heard of 'dd', 'dump' or 'tar'?
    They make a binary, filesystem of file backup of your system, respectively.

    b/ Snapshotting
    You mean like LVM snapshots?
    As a general system, they provide copy-on-write snapshots for any block device, be it filesystems or Virtual Machines. http://www.heckofaworld.com/good-times-with-lvm-snapshots/

  16. Re:System restore stinks. Image your disk on Win7 Can Delete All System Restore Points On Reboot · · Score: 2, Informative

    it is pretty easy to do stuff like point an entire OU to a WSUS server and specify how updates are done.

    Apparently, you haven't heard of Red Hat Network or Satellite Server.
    It allows you to place all systems in groups and apply specific update packages to those groups.

    Network Bare Metal Installation is blazing fast with PXE boot and kickstart.
    System configuration can be completely automated with cfEngine or Puppet.

    Even without these tools, basic scripting knowledge allows you to do this with pre-installed tools or little helper apps like clusterSSH

    I admit all of the above tools have a rather steep learning curve, but they are fully customizable.
    The only limit of these tools is your imagination.

  17. Re:Normally, I'd say let them do what they want on Sony Refuses To Sanction PS3 "Other OS" Refunds · · Score: 1

    I guess Sony is hoping for option A, which became slightly less painful with the price of the PS3 Slim.
    The only good news is that you can re-download all your games for free on another console, using your existing PSN account.
    You can buy a fat 40GB PS3 for very little, if you know where to look.

    I don't think Sony fears option B much, assuming those people will soon stop buying games once someone hacks the PS3 (using OtherOS).

    Option C will assert Sony's status of being the sole un-hacked console.
    After the impending hack has been released, the PS3 users will be split between light and dark sides and Sony will start using their PSP tactics on the PS3. (required firmwares in games, hardware revisions to plug holes, etc, etc)

  18. Re:Normally, I'd say let them do what they want on Sony Refuses To Sanction PS3 "Other OS" Refunds · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure about Gran Tourismo, but both Wip3Out games (even Pain) will run without a network connection.
    However, you will not be able to play on-line against other players.

    Having 3 colleagues with their own PS3 and Wip3Out suddenly became a lot less fun.
    Re-installing will be a problem, but you can make a full back-up of your PS3, including games.

  19. Re:Normally, I'd say let them do what they want on Sony Refuses To Sanction PS3 "Other OS" Refunds · · Score: 1

    I think the best course of action would be "You can have the feature... for $150 extra" from moment zero - consoles with "Other OS" enabled not subsidized and sold at a good profit margin.

    I did exactly that by buying a "fat" PS3 for €600 ($800+, for a single controller, no games bundle and a 60GB harddisk)
    I was just looking forward to installing Fedora Core 11 on it, too.

  20. Re:And 1/2... on Toyota Accelerator Data Skewed Toward Elderly · · Score: 1

    The parent did not say how many euros per litre he used. It was probably €1.20, which translates to roughly $6.
    I live in the Netherlands, where we pay €1.5 /litre , which amounts to $7.67/gallon

  21. Re:A hypothetical question. on Open Source Deduplication For Linux With Opendedup · · Score: 1

    Deduplication often relies on copy-on-write to maintain seperate versions after deduplication.
    Once a block is deduplicated between users A, B and C into file Z and user B changes his file, the filesystem will record the change and point user B to block Z instead.
    Other security issues (permissions) should be handled by the filesystem table, not the physical file.

  22. Re:Stupid question on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 1

    The power of the cell tower is measured on the 'receiving' end of the antenna.
    The tower also gets the same 3dB boost from the antenna on incoming signals.
    Also, the antenna has some incredibly sensitive sensors.

  23. Re:It should have been phased out... on Will the Serial Console Ever Die? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Probably SPI, ISP or JTAG, of which only ISP is a RS-232 Serial Port and provides the fewest options.
    (no PC stepping, no memory access , no register access, no offline programming)

  24. Re:VLC on How To Play HD Video On a Netbook · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Step 3: grab a cup of coffee, because the standard h264 codec with VLC can't manage 720p on a netbook. (have you even tried the listed video?)
    Corecodec is a highly-optimized codec that can squeeze just that extra bit of power out of your CPU. There's even a wrapper for it on Linux.
    Should you be (un)lucky enough to have a GMA500 GPU in your netbook, it can take care of the decoding for you by using mplayer-vaapi (custom build)

  25. Re:Get rid of unnecessary one and zero keys on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 1

    They only key ya really need is the RRrrrr, matey!