I have to agree with AC here. You're missing the point.
In any mission critical high availability system, testing is required.
If you're not willing to unplug the power cord that supplies your UPS, you don't trust your UPS. Redesign your system.
If you're unsure of the outcome, I have no problem with you saving all your files first... maybe even syncing the drives and remounting filesystems read-only... but you still need to pull the plug, or knock out a switch, or... whatever it takes to verify that things will fail appropriately.
Don't be afraid to pull the plug. Thinking you have a backup when you don't is much worse than thinking you don't have a backup when you do. Even worse is selling a backup that you don't have.
I know they do this in hospitals - everything switches to generator power (monthly, I believe). They find the glitches in the system. They fix the glitches. They want to be sure that when lightning takes out the substation 3 blocks away, their lights (and MRI machines, and the machine that goes "Ping!") come back on.
If you're afraid of your backup systems, your backup systems do not provide a safety net. If your application is critical, you need to have absolute confidence that it will keep going. Testing is how you get that confidence.
(Ever see a tightrope walker or trapeze artist? Ever seen them deliberately test their net by falling into it? I have.)
If the system works, there's nothing to worry about.
Testing transfers really shouldn't be a scary thing, particularly when grid power is available.
I'd rather find out about a problem on a sunny afternoon when I can have more than enough techs standing by to fix the problem, than at 2am on a Sunday during a thunderstorm/earthquake. I know I don't speak for everybody.
You will not, and will not permit users or other third parties to:
* incorporate Google Search Results as the primary content on your Property or any page on your Property;
That pretty much means "no, can't has, not yours" in this case.
Most of the people I know who've been through some injury have had some sort of daily therapeutic exercise recommended. (like... "this ten minute set of stretching exercises", or "walk around the block", or...)
That's in addition to office visits (every week or two), where basically the same stuff happens, but it's monitored.
Having used a Wii Fit, most of the "games" involve standing still (basic balance tests, part of the daily body check), standing and leaning (the segway games, the skateboard games, the snowball fight game), stretching poses with part of the body on the balance sensor (yoga), walking in place (bicycle), and walking in a very small area (basically step aerobics).
While your opinion ("NOOOOOO!", paraphrased) makes sense to cover the ass of the insurance companies (or other benefit providers), as I see it, they need to tell that to the doctor who prescribed this exercise regimen - not denying benefits to a patient.
By extending your logic, you also need to reverse the "send 'em home quicker & sicker" practice in hospitals, since recovery must be done under supervision, so that any issues can be addressed.
If the doctor prescribed it, the insurance / government should pay for it.
If the insurance / government has a problem with the doctor prescribing that sort of thing, they need to seek redress with the doctor, not the patient. It's the doctor's responsibility to recommend beneficial treatment; it's (probably) not the patient's fault for getting injured or sick.
Employees working in air conditioned comfort is a "nice to have". Equipment not overheating is a "need to have".
Omitting the building HVAC is probably a dumb idea. If the servers get more energy efficient, they throw off less waste heat, meaning now the building is freezing.
Designing an HVAC system for the offices that can utilize any available waste heat (or spare cooling capacity) is a GREAT idea, but if the power goes off and the diesels kick on, I wouldn't want to be limiting my runtime (or increasing my fuel delivery frequency) by using that constrained power supply to keep the offices a comfy 65F.
I have nothing against you, but I think my PHB has an iPhone, and I could probably benefit more directly from gifting him with the credit than some random person on the interwebs.
You can request a refund from Lala if you do it before May 31st.
I have.
I don't know if it will help with the songs you purchased for unlimited streaming, but you can try for a refund, at least. The situation is still disappointing, even if you do get a refund.:(
It won't.
Or rather, I should say that I won't fight tooth and nail for a nicety. I enjoyed it while it lasted, and at the price I paid, I ought not complain.
As is, I'll just consider the iTunes credit as a loss.
Eventually, I expect that any other services I use will also get gobbled up by Apple, who will offer me more iTunes credits. They may start honoring iTunes credit for hardware purchases, and I can get a computer from them.
(The last paragraph was intended as humor. This disclaimer is here because I know how things get misinterpreted around here.)
Which begs the question, why don't you have all your songs already downloaded and saved in MP3 format from LaLa?
The downloads I purchased are downloaded and stored away, but these are not the only Lala purchases I've made.
One of the services Lala offered was a web streaming only purchase, for a very attractive (ten cent!) price. Listen to the song as often as you'd like, so long as you're online.
Apple intends to compensate me for those purchases with a comparable dollar value of iTunes credit. Suppose I'd selected 100 songs which I like to listen to occasionally... I can now use my $10 iTunes credit to buy about ten songs that I can download. (Hopefully, you can see that there's a slight disparity between those numbers. I had 100 songs, I can now get 10 songs.)
The libraries around here do not allow installation of software on their public access computers. Any school that would allow a stranger like me to walk in off the street and install software on their computers has computers I certainly don't want to put writable media into - they're surely infected with something nasty.
Friends, family, and neighbors... since I wouldn't run the software on my own computer, how could I, in good conscience, ask to install and run the software on theirs?
You seem to be suggesting that it's my obligation to do inconvenient or unpleasant things, because that's what Apple is offering in exchange for what they're taking away. While I could jump through those arbitrary hoops, I'll probably just spend the equivalent money with one of their fine competitors that doesn't make me run their software to buy things.
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I have to agree with AC here. You're missing the point.
In any mission critical high availability system, testing is required.
If you're not willing to unplug the power cord that supplies your UPS, you don't trust your UPS. Redesign your system.
If you're unsure of the outcome, I have no problem with you saving all your files first... maybe even syncing the drives and remounting filesystems read-only... but you still need to pull the plug, or knock out a switch, or... whatever it takes to verify that things will fail appropriately.
Don't be afraid to pull the plug. Thinking you have a backup when you don't is much worse than thinking you don't have a backup when you do. Even worse is selling a backup that you don't have.
I know they do this in hospitals - everything switches to generator power (monthly, I believe). They find the glitches in the system. They fix the glitches. They want to be sure that when lightning takes out the substation 3 blocks away, their lights (and MRI machines, and the machine that goes "Ping!") come back on.
If you're afraid of your backup systems, your backup systems do not provide a safety net. If your application is critical, you need to have absolute confidence that it will keep going. Testing is how you get that confidence.
(Ever see a tightrope walker or trapeze artist? Ever seen them deliberately test their net by falling into it? I have.)
If the system works, there's nothing to worry about.
Testing transfers really shouldn't be a scary thing, particularly when grid power is available.
I'd rather find out about a problem on a sunny afternoon when I can have more than enough techs standing by to fix the problem, than at 2am on a Sunday during a thunderstorm/earthquake. I know I don't speak for everybody.
Good planning includes maintenance.
If a system isn't tested, you can't know that it works.
Test it before you go live, if you have to. Manually switch to a backup system first if you must, to test only the offline parts.
If you don't test it, you don't find problems. You must assume that it won't work.
Push the button once a week. Make sure the generators start.
Some higher-end Dell laptops have them, too. Look at the Latitude and Precision lines.
Not a Dell employee or stockholder, no pecuniary interest.
I believe the term is "tits on a keyboard".
You're supposed to update your wardrobe in the spring.
Yeah, but their ordering system seems to be borked, too.
Terms of Use section 1.4:
You will not, and will not permit users or other third parties to: * incorporate Google Search Results as the primary content on your Property or any page on your Property;
That pretty much means "no, can't has, not yours" in this case.
Different isn't always better. Sometimes, it's just different.
Instant on is great. I kind of miss the instant command prompt from the diskless Apple II days. I'm not dissing instant on.
Maybe this is the next great thing in user interfaces, but I hope there's another alternative on the install.
there are no Flash fans!
Sure there are. Despite their questionable taste in website aesthetics, they're both pretty nice people.
+1.
The goal isn't to act like a good person, the goal is to be a good person.
It's ok to become a better person over time.
In Soviet Russia, scanner image adds clothing!
Yes! The drug sniffing dogs love bratwurst.
All the EULAs I've read in the past 30 years say that you're not buying the software, you're licensing the use of a copy of the software.
Weird that it's getting twisted like this, but I've been surprised by Australian law before.
Most of the people I know who've been through some injury have had some sort of daily therapeutic exercise recommended. (like... "this ten minute set of stretching exercises", or "walk around the block", or...)
That's in addition to office visits (every week or two), where basically the same stuff happens, but it's monitored.
Having used a Wii Fit, most of the "games" involve standing still (basic balance tests, part of the daily body check), standing and leaning (the segway games, the skateboard games, the snowball fight game), stretching poses with part of the body on the balance sensor (yoga), walking in place (bicycle), and walking in a very small area (basically step aerobics).
While your opinion ("NOOOOOO!", paraphrased) makes sense to cover the ass of the insurance companies (or other benefit providers), as I see it, they need to tell that to the doctor who prescribed this exercise regimen - not denying benefits to a patient.
By extending your logic, you also need to reverse the "send 'em home quicker & sicker" practice in hospitals, since recovery must be done under supervision, so that any issues can be addressed.
If the doctor prescribed it, the insurance / government should pay for it.
If the insurance / government has a problem with the doctor prescribing that sort of thing, they need to seek redress with the doctor, not the patient. It's the doctor's responsibility to recommend beneficial treatment; it's (probably) not the patient's fault for getting injured or sick.
Employees working in air conditioned comfort is a "nice to have". Equipment not overheating is a "need to have".
Omitting the building HVAC is probably a dumb idea. If the servers get more energy efficient, they throw off less waste heat, meaning now the building is freezing.
Designing an HVAC system for the offices that can utilize any available waste heat (or spare cooling capacity) is a GREAT idea, but if the power goes off and the diesels kick on, I wouldn't want to be limiting my runtime (or increasing my fuel delivery frequency) by using that constrained power supply to keep the offices a comfy 65F.
No.
I have nothing against you, but I think my PHB has an iPhone, and I could probably benefit more directly from gifting him with the credit than some random person on the interwebs.
They're not offering refunds. They're offering to write a check for any unspent credit balance - money customers have paid in but not spent yet.
If you spent money for unlimited online streaming of music, they're offering to give you some credit for an as-yet non-comparable service.
You can request a refund from Lala if you do it before May 31st.
I have.
I don't know if it will help with the songs you purchased for unlimited streaming, but you can try for a refund, at least. The situation is still disappointing, even if you do get a refund. :(
It won't.
Or rather, I should say that I won't fight tooth and nail for a nicety. I enjoyed it while it lasted, and at the price I paid, I ought not complain.
Oddly, that would offend me less.
As is, I'll just consider the iTunes credit as a loss.
Eventually, I expect that any other services I use will also get gobbled up by Apple, who will offer me more iTunes credits. They may start honoring iTunes credit for hardware purchases, and I can get a computer from them.
(The last paragraph was intended as humor. This disclaimer is here because I know how things get misinterpreted around here.)
Which begs the question, why don't you have all your songs already downloaded and saved in MP3 format from LaLa?
The downloads I purchased are downloaded and stored away, but these are not the only Lala purchases I've made.
One of the services Lala offered was a web streaming only purchase, for a very attractive (ten cent!) price. Listen to the song as often as you'd like, so long as you're online.
Apple intends to compensate me for those purchases with a comparable dollar value of iTunes credit. Suppose I'd selected 100 songs which I like to listen to occasionally... I can now use my $10 iTunes credit to buy about ten songs that I can download. (Hopefully, you can see that there's a slight disparity between those numbers. I had 100 songs, I can now get 10 songs.)
The libraries around here do not allow installation of software on their public access computers. Any school that would allow a stranger like me to walk in off the street and install software on their computers has computers I certainly don't want to put writable media into - they're surely infected with something nasty.
Friends, family, and neighbors... since I wouldn't run the software on my own computer, how could I, in good conscience, ask to install and run the software on theirs?
You seem to be suggesting that it's my obligation to do inconvenient or unpleasant things, because that's what Apple is offering in exchange for what they're taking away. While I could jump through those arbitrary hoops, I'll probably just spend the equivalent money with one of their fine competitors that doesn't make me run their software to buy things.
On the upside (?), Ubuntu seems to have a new music store, which they conveniently launched yesterday.
That reminds me, I should screen-scrape or print off my collection before it goes dark.
And hang out at the used CD stores more.