Perhaps I'm killing them (except for the one DOA), however I'm not sure how I do that.
They are stationary, in a well ventilated space. No extreme temperatures or humidity. No pets, no kids. There are no known issues with the power company (no brown-/blackouts in over a decade).
So please tell me how I kill them. It would save me a trip to the post office every now and then.
It seems I'm not alone in this. Google is filled to the brim with people that are on their n'th replacement.
So maybe it isn't me. Maybe it isn't all the others that suffer high failure rates. Maybe, just maybe, it's that the design or build quality is poor. I think so, at least.
I'm now on my ninth Xbox 360. All replaced under warranty. I've had multiple RRoD's, one dead-on-arrival, scratched disks (they didn't replace the disks) and other failures.
So, lets make this very clear.
I bought an Xbox 360, which broke. It was replaced, and it broke. It was replaced, and that one broke. It was replaced, and it broke again. It was replaced, and it broke, just as the ones before. It was replaced, and it broke. It was, once again, replaced, and it broke. It was replaced, and it broke, as usual. It was replaced, and now I'm waiting for it to break.
Ted Ts'o stresses in his answer to the bug report that Ext4 behaves precisely as demanded by the POSIX standard for file operations.
Mr Ts'o is mistaken about this. When he introduces optimasation features that other filesystems (Reiser, for example) have already tried and undone because it doesn't work he is not fit to write filing systems. First learn how others did it, then do it better.
With Ext4 now proven unstable, the only viable new filesystem is ZFS. Or just stick with ext3 or UFS.
No thanks. I switched to Gnome a few years ago and found that it worked better for me. It is less in my face and lets me do my work.
I understand other people like to customize everything, that's fine. And I'm sure I would like KDE after it is configured to my preferences. However, I don't have time to (nor do I want to) spend this time.
If this is how you overreact in real life, I can see why you have trouble with women.
This is a technical website, have you actually considered I might be a techie too? One with better social skills, but still, a techie nonetheless.
The point I was trying to make was that non-techies (also known as 'consumers') don't want an interface designed by and for technical people. They don't want (nor need) support for a gazillion file formats. They don't want to play Doom on their mp3-player.
What they do want is to have their mp3 player, well, play mp3's! Without having to navigate through seven levels of menu options.
Maybe I shouldn't have include techies in general. So let me rephrase my assertion:
Too bad Rockbox has a "by clueless techies, for clueless techies" approach to the user interface.
There. Happy now?
And, prick that you are, you called me American. So who's the insulting one here?
The first ipod shuffle was priced higher than it's competition, was one of the few players without a display at the time, had mediocre sound quality and was locked-in to all hell to itunes.
The first iPod Shuffle looked way better than the generic boxes the competition was pushing. Most people that want a small mp3-player for use during sports or commutes listen to music with the device in their pockets, so not having a screen isn't all that important. Integration with iTunes just works, for normal people. Yes, for us nerds it might be better to copy files from the commandline. Regular folks just want to plug it in and having it sync all by itself.
It just wasn't really any good.
It was so much better than the competition that it isn't funny anymore.
Stop comparing technical ticklist features. Compare ease-of-use for casual users. You'll see why Apple sells so well.
You might want to skip the vacuum sealing. The disk is not hermetically sealed, it actually has a small hole to equalize pressure. I'm not all that sure sucking it vacuum is all that healthy, when opening the packet will let a lot (relatively) of air in to the disk. The dust filter can do only so much.
My home directory is currently just over 170 gigs. And that's only because I regularly purge old records.
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Either I don't understand your reaction (between the beer and not having English as a mother tongue), or you paint a very disturbing picture of the world.
The day that marketing decides on serious development is the day I pull the trigger to end it all. It's that simple.
Yes, I do understand that the whole business world uses the engineers. And by 'uses' I mean the most degrading meaning possible. We are dirt, in your eyes.
But know that we don't care (and possibly don't know) about this. We exist to solve problems, to find new stuff. To know the things we did not know.
You wouldn't understand. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. Please know that we still love you, we care about you. Let us Get Shit Done and all's well.
Please also factor in the amount of static files on the drive. This has been, historically, forgotten. You do not have the whole drive to do 'swap-the-crappy-block' on.
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p.s. You're much more honest than I am too.
Thank you. I know we are both strangers amidst a sea of strangers. However, you have given me hope and a feeling that, in the end, it might be all for the better.
I don't know you personally. I wish I would. I've got your back, if you've got mine.
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You know, I'm tired of bullshitting my way through life. I call them as I sees them. And that is a serious confession, coming from me.
The whole song and dance about Hollywood grinds my whole existance. I believe in making things. In combining things in non-obvious ways. My whole upbringing has thought me to further the cause. Whatever that may mean, btw.
Point is, I value 'creators'. If you happen to make something that doesn't already exist I'm all for it. Maybe you invent a new mathematical proof or algorithm, a new kind of music, or some practical application of science, you have my backing. Further the cause, and all that.
However, the brokers of stuff? The lawyers? The middle-men? No love for them at all. If it were my call, I would find a nice wall to put them against it. Not a popular view, I know.
Point is, we as mankind, are in this together. Find a way to cope as one, or face trouble. My tribe is the engineers, the makers, the original inventors. I think my tribe will prevail after all is said and done. Choose carefully, grasshopper.
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Perhaps I'm killing them (except for the one DOA), however I'm not sure how I do that.
They are stationary, in a well ventilated space. No extreme temperatures or humidity. No pets, no kids. There are no known issues with the power company (no brown-/blackouts in over a decade).
So please tell me how I kill them. It would save me a trip to the post office every now and then.
It seems I'm not alone in this. Google is filled to the brim with people that are on their n'th replacement.
So maybe it isn't me. Maybe it isn't all the others that suffer high failure rates. Maybe, just maybe, it's that the design or build quality is poor. I think so, at least.
I'm now on my ninth Xbox 360. All replaced under warranty. I've had multiple RRoD's, one dead-on-arrival, scratched disks (they didn't replace the disks) and other failures.
So, lets make this very clear.
I bought an Xbox 360, which broke. It was replaced, and it broke. It was replaced, and that one broke. It was replaced, and it broke again. It was replaced, and it broke, just as the ones before. It was replaced, and it broke. It was, once again, replaced, and it broke. It was replaced, and it broke, as usual. It was replaced, and now I'm waiting for it to break.
Nope, scratch that one. The Grand Proxy was actually Neelix in drag. For real.
Wasn't that the Grand Proxy?
Geez, a board full of nerds and we can't seem to get this simple trivia right? What are the worlds coming to...
Ted Ts'o stresses in his answer to the bug report that Ext4 behaves precisely as demanded by the POSIX standard for file operations.
Mr Ts'o is mistaken about this. When he introduces optimasation features that other filesystems (Reiser, for example) have already tried and undone because it doesn't work he is not fit to write filing systems. First learn how others did it, then do it better.
With Ext4 now proven unstable, the only viable new filesystem is ZFS. Or just stick with ext3 or UFS.
Looks do matter for initial purchase. People buy sleek looking shiny things. Not poop colored Zunes, for example.
No thanks. I switched to Gnome a few years ago and found that it worked better for me. It is less in my face and lets me do my work.
I understand other people like to customize everything, that's fine. And I'm sure I would like KDE after it is configured to my preferences. However, I don't have time to (nor do I want to) spend this time.
To each his own.
KDE? Is that still around after the 4.0 disaster?
If this is how you overreact in real life, I can see why you have trouble with women.
This is a technical website, have you actually considered I might be a techie too? One with better social skills, but still, a techie nonetheless.
The point I was trying to make was that non-techies (also known as 'consumers') don't want an interface designed by and for technical people. They don't want (nor need) support for a gazillion file formats. They don't want to play Doom on their mp3-player.
What they do want is to have their mp3 player, well, play mp3's! Without having to navigate through seven levels of menu options.
Maybe I shouldn't have include techies in general. So let me rephrase my assertion:
Too bad Rockbox has a "by clueless techies, for clueless techies" approach to the user interface.
There. Happy now?
And, prick that you are, you called me American. So who's the insulting one here?
Too bad Rockbox has "by techies, for techies" approach to the user interface.
It really isn't very good.
The first ipod shuffle was priced higher than it's competition, was one of the few players without a display at the time, had mediocre sound quality and was locked-in to all hell to itunes.
The first iPod Shuffle looked way better than the generic boxes the competition was pushing. Most people that want a small mp3-player for use during sports or commutes listen to music with the device in their pockets, so not having a screen isn't all that important. Integration with iTunes just works, for normal people. Yes, for us nerds it might be better to copy files from the commandline. Regular folks just want to plug it in and having it sync all by itself.
It just wasn't really any good.
It was so much better than the competition that it isn't funny anymore.
Stop comparing technical ticklist features. Compare ease-of-use for casual users. You'll see why Apple sells so well.
You have a lot to learn, young grasshopper.
XML is to be written and read by computers. Not by human beings.
And obviously he never met an astronomer or computer scientist either.
(La-)Tex is the de facto standard for documents in those fields. For long reports and for one-page flyers. Everything is TeX.
Man, I need some coffee...
I ment to say: ...but even MySQL does a better job [b]than Postgresql[/b] at fuzzy string matching.
Well, if parent is using fuzzy full-text searches he's well better off with Oracle.
Even non-fuzzy full-text searches on Postgresql are a pain. Yes, they do work great, but the syntax is an abomination.
I loathe Oracle as much as the next guy, but even MySQL does a better job at fuzzy string matching! Really.
You might want to skip the vacuum sealing. The disk is not hermetically sealed, it actually has a small hole to equalize pressure. I'm not all that sure sucking it vacuum is all that healthy, when opening the packet will let a lot (relatively) of air in to the disk. The dust filter can do only so much.
Yes, seal it, but do not vacuum seal it.
Venus can be (and often is) visible during the day. The Moon also, and I'm sure you've seen that some time.
The only problem is that ISS isn't stationary, so you have to know where to look and at the right time as well!
My home directory is currently just over 170 gigs. And that's only because I regularly purge old records.
Either I don't understand your reaction (between the beer and not having English as a mother tongue), or you paint a very disturbing picture of the world.
The day that marketing decides on serious development is the day I pull the trigger to end it all. It's that simple.
Yes, I do understand that the whole business world uses the engineers. And by 'uses' I mean the most degrading meaning possible. We are dirt, in your eyes.
But know that we don't care (and possibly don't know) about this. We exist to solve problems, to find new stuff. To know the things we did not know.
You wouldn't understand. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. Please know that we still love you, we care about you. Let us Get Shit Done and all's well.
You haven't actually done much work with these drives have you? I can tell because of the pixels and the amount of nonsense you display....
Point is, for significant use, SSD's crap out in less than a year.
And yes, I have statistics and anecdotal evidence both on my side.
Please also factor in the amount of static files on the drive. This has been, historically, forgotten. You do not have the whole drive to do 'swap-the-crappy-block' on.
p.s. You're much more honest than I am too.
Thank you. I know we are both strangers amidst a sea of strangers. However, you have given me hope and a feeling that, in the end, it might be all for the better.
I don't know you personally. I wish I would. I've got your back, if you've got mine.
You know, I'm tired of bullshitting my way through life. I call them as I sees them. And that is a serious confession, coming from me.
The whole song and dance about Hollywood grinds my whole existance. I believe in making things. In combining things in non-obvious ways. My whole upbringing has thought me to further the cause. Whatever that may mean, btw.
Point is, I value 'creators'. If you happen to make something that doesn't already exist I'm all for it. Maybe you invent a new mathematical proof or algorithm, a new kind of music, or some practical application of science, you have my backing. Further the cause, and all that.
However, the brokers of stuff? The lawyers? The middle-men? No love for them at all. If it were my call, I would find a nice wall to put them against it. Not a popular view, I know.
Point is, we as mankind, are in this together. Find a way to cope as one, or face trouble. My tribe is the engineers, the makers, the original inventors. I think my tribe will prevail after all is said and done. Choose carefully, grasshopper.