You should be able to access the drives with smartctl even though they're behind a RAID controller. For example, to access information about the drive in the first port of a 3ware controller:
Truth be told, I rather like the situation as it is now: Sony "supports" Windows users while us Linux users have calibre--which allows seamless conversion from many different formats, including Microsoft's.lit and offers library management.
Can't say I've regretted buying the Sony Reader. Gotten quite a bit of use from it.
I was wondering, have you by any chance put up a detailed posting of the cost/process you went through with renovating your home (Or some sources you consulted) ? I'm not anywhere near that point, but I'd like to keep what you learned in mind for future use. Thanks!
mcrbids,
I was wondering, have you by any chance put a detailed posting up of the cost/process you went through with the renovating of your home? (Or any decent sources you consulted) I'm not anywhere near that point, but I'd like to keep what you learned in mind for future use. Thanks and congrats!
Honestly, I am extremely sorry for your situation. It seems we're both talking from personal experience, but from different experiences. You state that, 'Kids will run from real abuse.' I'd disagree with that, some kids will. It depends entirely on the kid.
The scenario of divorce probably also plays a part in it. Your daughter has a parental figure to run to in the case of abuse, making her more likely to report and try to leave the home in question. The unfortunate flip-side to that situation is that DSHS is assuming that it's just a ploy stemming from the custody battle. Stupid doesn't even begin to describe them. I am sorry.
I think I know why you said that now. People falsely reporting abuse makes it harder for real abuse cases to be taken seriously. I think the real root of the problem was that due process was ignored in the first place, making it easy for kids to make fraudulent claims, and now some institutions swing to the equally wrong opposite extreme of assuming a child is lying--especially in custody cases.
I still don't think throwing a kid coming forward into an unpleasant environment is a good idea. It might weed out the spoiled little shits, but it'll also take with them kids who have little enough courage to report abuse as it is.
I wish you and your daughter the best. It pains me to know things like that happens. I only hope your ex gets what she has coming to her in the end.
No, I don't believe in presuming anyone guilty, no matter who the accuser is or what the charge. That was sort of the point of my first sentence, probably wasn't clear about it. Hell, I recall a case where two girls accused their father of sexual abuse and had him incarcerated only to later recant, revealing that the mother-in-law coerced them into that claim to get custody. Wouldn't have happened if there was such a thing as due process in this country when it comes to molestation or rape charges.
However, the GP's solution to the scenario--place the child making the report into an unpleasant environment to 'test' if they're really telling the truth or not--is asinine. Punishing them for coming forward is not going to endear them to telling the truth from that point on.
Whereas I agree that all semblance of due process tends to go right out the window when a woman or child claims rape, your suggestion is utterly fucking wrong on countless levels. Did you even think before typing that?
Why do you suppose many children won't report parental abuse? In their minds, the acceptance and attention of these people far outweighs the pain of the abuse. The thought of losing a family structure--even one as dysfunctional as that--is much more frightening to them than their daily existence.
It's a sad fact that children can learn to adapt to even the worst of circumstances, especially since they don't know anything different or better.
So yes, punish a child for reporting abuse so they'll know not to do it again. Fine idea.
Silent film restorations run in the vicinity of $30,000 or more, depending upon the state of the silver nitrate stock and general interest of the film itself. Companies such as Kino or Masters of Cinema take a substantial risk, as the intended market is extremely niche and the necessary higher cost for an "old" film on DVD may dissuade all but affecianados.
Given the investment, I can see why they want to copyright the restoration. Nothing stops anyone, however, from ponying up the funds to access, copy, and restore the original preserved stock and not copyrighting it and placing it in public--aside from pragmatism, I suppose.
You can almost always tell if someone is a native speaker of English or learned it as a second language. Native speakers are exposed to most of their vocabulary verbally rather than literately--and usually at an early age. They often screw up words that are identical in sound, but not spelling. It seems no amount of correcting will sink in with them.
In a manner of speaking, perhaps it is an American thing: the god awful primary educational institution of this country churns out hordes of marginally-literate cretins every year. I suppose there's only so many times you can fail a high school senior for having the writing ability of a fourth grader. 'No child left behind,' I'm sure...
Although your point about escalating military technology making basic arms seem like a toothpick against a sword is apt, keep in mind one thing: never underestimate a moderately equipped native populace with nothing to lose. Improvisational explosives, semi-automatics, and suicide missions can still do quite a bit of damage to a regimented force. See: Fallujah, Iraq.
Although unapersson gave an accurate response to your statement, I thought I might elaborate one thing concerning types of atheism. Namely, there are two: positive and negative atheism. Positive atheism states that because we have no empirical or logical evidence for a deity, that deity does not exist. Negative atheism states that because we have no empirical or logical evidence for a deity, we have no reason to believe at this time and place that such a deity exists. The former is a positive belief, the latter is an absence of a positive belief.
What you describe is positive atheism and does, in some cases, suffer from the problem that it assumes lack of knowledge implies non-existence. Some positive atheists might argue that because many forms of theism state that since such a deity is supernatural, one could not use natural means to discern its existence, and hence is no better than if it did not exist at all: we would be none the wiser either way from an empirical standpoint.
But you have a point. Positive atheism can often border rather close to religious thinking with some people. If you'd like, "Atheism: The Case Against God" by George H. Smith is a pretty good lay-person's primer on the topic. (Even though he believes negative atheism is just a form of agnosticism.) It's pretty useful for theists who want to think more critically about their beliefs.
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You should be able to access the drives with smartctl even though they're behind a RAID controller. For example, to access information about the drive in the first port of a 3ware controller:
smartctl -a -d 3ware,0
Check out the manpage for more example devices.
Yep, the crème de la crème, without a doubt: http://funmeme.com/?tag=/nigerian+scammers
Truth be told, I rather like the situation as it is now: Sony "supports" Windows users while us Linux users have calibre--which allows seamless conversion from many different formats, including Microsoft's .lit and offers library management.
Can't say I've regretted buying the Sony Reader. Gotten quite a bit of use from it.
Dear lord, what the fuck did you take?
mcrbids,
I was wondering, have you by any chance put up a detailed posting of the cost/process you went through with renovating your home (Or some sources you consulted) ? I'm not anywhere near that point, but I'd like to keep what you learned in mind for future use. Thanks!
mcrbids, I was wondering, have you by any chance put a detailed posting up of the cost/process you went through with the renovating of your home? (Or any decent sources you consulted) I'm not anywhere near that point, but I'd like to keep what you learned in mind for future use. Thanks and congrats!
Honestly, I am extremely sorry for your situation. It seems we're both talking from personal experience, but from different experiences. You state that, 'Kids will run from real abuse.' I'd disagree with that, some kids will. It depends entirely on the kid.
The scenario of divorce probably also plays a part in it. Your daughter has a parental figure to run to in the case of abuse, making her more likely to report and try to leave the home in question. The unfortunate flip-side to that situation is that DSHS is assuming that it's just a ploy stemming from the custody battle. Stupid doesn't even begin to describe them. I am sorry.
I think I know why you said that now. People falsely reporting abuse makes it harder for real abuse cases to be taken seriously. I think the real root of the problem was that due process was ignored in the first place, making it easy for kids to make fraudulent claims, and now some institutions swing to the equally wrong opposite extreme of assuming a child is lying--especially in custody cases.
I still don't think throwing a kid coming forward into an unpleasant environment is a good idea. It might weed out the spoiled little shits, but it'll also take with them kids who have little enough courage to report abuse as it is.
I wish you and your daughter the best. It pains me to know things like that happens. I only hope your ex gets what she has coming to her in the end.
No, I don't believe in presuming anyone guilty, no matter who the accuser is or what the charge. That was sort of the point of my first sentence, probably wasn't clear about it. Hell, I recall a case where two girls accused their father of sexual abuse and had him incarcerated only to later recant, revealing that the mother-in-law coerced them into that claim to get custody. Wouldn't have happened if there was such a thing as due process in this country when it comes to molestation or rape charges.
However, the GP's solution to the scenario--place the child making the report into an unpleasant environment to 'test' if they're really telling the truth or not--is asinine. Punishing them for coming forward is not going to endear them to telling the truth from that point on.
Whereas I agree that all semblance of due process tends to go right out the window when a woman or child claims rape, your suggestion is utterly fucking wrong on countless levels. Did you even think before typing that?
Why do you suppose many children won't report parental abuse? In their minds, the acceptance and attention of these people far outweighs the pain of the abuse. The thought of losing a family structure--even one as dysfunctional as that--is much more frightening to them than their daily existence. It's a sad fact that children can learn to adapt to even the worst of circumstances, especially since they don't know anything different or better. So yes, punish a child for reporting abuse so they'll know not to do it again. Fine idea.
Silent film restorations run in the vicinity of $30,000 or more, depending upon the state of the silver nitrate stock and general interest of the film itself. Companies such as Kino or Masters of Cinema take a substantial risk, as the intended market is extremely niche and the necessary higher cost for an "old" film on DVD may dissuade all but affecianados.
Given the investment, I can see why they want to copyright the restoration. Nothing stops anyone, however, from ponying up the funds to access, copy, and restore the original preserved stock and not copyrighting it and placing it in public--aside from pragmatism, I suppose.
If I ever win the lottery, I'll do it.
Yep, thanks. Couldn't recall the word off the top of my head at the time.
You can almost always tell if someone is a native speaker of English or learned it as a second language. Native speakers are exposed to most of their vocabulary verbally rather than literately--and usually at an early age. They often screw up words that are identical in sound, but not spelling. It seems no amount of correcting will sink in with them.
In a manner of speaking, perhaps it is an American thing: the god awful primary educational institution of this country churns out hordes of marginally-literate cretins every year. I suppose there's only so many times you can fail a high school senior for having the writing ability of a fourth grader. 'No child left behind,' I'm sure...
Although your point about escalating military technology making basic arms seem like a toothpick against a sword is apt, keep in mind one thing: never underestimate a moderately equipped native populace with nothing to lose. Improvisational explosives, semi-automatics, and suicide missions can still do quite a bit of damage to a regimented force. See: Fallujah, Iraq.
A comedy, you mean like this? Unfortunately, in this case it would be more appropriate to cry rather than laugh.
Needless to say, I won't feel the least bit bad when someone shoots them in the heads. Hey, they can just say that the voices told them to do it.
Although unapersson gave an accurate response to your statement, I thought I might elaborate one thing concerning types of atheism. Namely, there are two: positive and negative atheism. Positive atheism states that because we have no empirical or logical evidence for a deity, that deity does not exist. Negative atheism states that because we have no empirical or logical evidence for a deity, we have no reason to believe at this time and place that such a deity exists. The former is a positive belief, the latter is an absence of a positive belief.
What you describe is positive atheism and does, in some cases, suffer from the problem that it assumes lack of knowledge implies non-existence. Some positive atheists might argue that because many forms of theism state that since such a deity is supernatural, one could not use natural means to discern its existence, and hence is no better than if it did not exist at all: we would be none the wiser either way from an empirical standpoint.
But you have a point. Positive atheism can often border rather close to religious thinking with some people. If you'd like, "Atheism: The Case Against God" by George H. Smith is a pretty good lay-person's primer on the topic. (Even though he believes negative atheism is just a form of agnosticism.) It's pretty useful for theists who want to think more critically about their beliefs.
Regards, Tom