That's easy. The "lost tapes" saga was actually a hoax, just like the moon landing.
Since the public now thinks they've lost the original tapes, they can just re-render their models/scenes in 720p, then claim to have "found" the original tapes!
NASA just needed to wait for a generation to die out, so nobody asks the question "hang on a minute -- did we really have progressive scan back in the 60s?"
Raids work best when every disk in the array is the same model and revision. If you plan to build a 5 disk raid array you should also purchase a 6th drive to keep as a cold spare.
I hate to break it to you, but you're actually wrong.
A RAID array is most effective using completely different drives, but of the same capacity. Five hard disks from the same manufacturer, of the same model, bought at the same time means that you're highly likely to get five drives from the same batch. Let's posit that there was some defect in this batch. Now all five of your drives have a significantly higher probability of failing at the same time. Oops! RAID can only deal with one (or two) drive failures!
Using drives from different manufacturers or model lines means you spread the risk of simultaneous drive failure.
Does anyone even use mySQL when they have features like this?
That's easy, and can be answered in two words: first impressions
Like it or not, when you're marketing to the masses, first impressions count. With database systems, a good chunk of your userbase will be ex-Access or ex-MSSQL users. Postgres, while it's a technically fantastic database, sucks on first impressions, and the mindset required is significantly different to Access or MSSQL. "Schema" instead of "Database", and defaults to fairly restrictive permissions, making first-time use a bit of a hurdle.
MySQL on the other hand has a decent Windows installer, some great tools to manage the DB, and doesn't require a large shift in mindset to get apps up and running against it. And once they've installed and have a few apps running MySQL, they're far more likely to continue to...
If you're running a 64-bit version of Windows (Vista x64, etc), then give serious thought to running a 64-bit build of Firefox.
I've found this build to not only be noticably faster, but also infinitely more stable and less of a memory hog.
In terms of numbers, I've had only one crash in the last 8 months, and at the moment, it's using 159MB with 15 tabs open. I've never seen the official 32-bit build perform like that...
Why not have the power harvester tuned to 50hz (60hz for you Americans)? It's practically all around you, everywhere, especially in office buildings where there's cables running through walls and roofs.
I accept -- wait, no -- I PREFER all my tenants to pay electronically. Instantly appears in my account, instantly earn interest, and an instant audit trail.
Seriously, America's banking system is backwards. This is the 2009. Who pays in cash and cheques anymore???
Sure, we're not all US, but US households are becoming a de-facto benchmark because they're the biggest consumers of energy on a per-household (or per-capita) basis.
It makes sense that as developing nations, well, develop, their energy consumption increases respectively, and approaches the consumption of your average American household.
Unfortunately, the mere act of cleaning out the dust in the machine might spell its demise.
I can't even count the number of times I've thought "hey, there's a lot of dust in that machine, let's clean it", and the machine refused to power back on afterwards...
That's easy. Don't rely on Google for your business-critical applications.
In all seriousness, even if you have the Javascript source to Google Writer or GMail, how is this going to help you access your documents when Google decides to can the service?
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That's easy. The "lost tapes" saga was actually a hoax, just like the moon landing.
Since the public now thinks they've lost the original tapes, they can just re-render their models/scenes in 720p, then claim to have "found" the original tapes!
NASA just needed to wait for a generation to die out, so nobody asks the question "hang on a minute -- did we really have progressive scan back in the 60s?"
Raids work best when every disk in the array is the same model and revision. If you plan to build a 5 disk raid array you should also purchase a 6th drive to keep as a cold spare.
I hate to break it to you, but you're actually wrong.
A RAID array is most effective using completely different drives, but of the same capacity. Five hard disks from the same manufacturer, of the same model, bought at the same time means that you're highly likely to get five drives from the same batch. Let's posit that there was some defect in this batch. Now all five of your drives have a significantly higher probability of failing at the same time. Oops! RAID can only deal with one (or two) drive failures!
Using drives from different manufacturers or model lines means you spread the risk of simultaneous drive failure.
Does anyone even use mySQL when they have features like this?
That's easy, and can be answered in two words: first impressions
Like it or not, when you're marketing to the masses, first impressions count. With database systems, a good chunk of your userbase will be ex-Access or ex-MSSQL users. Postgres, while it's a technically fantastic database, sucks on first impressions, and the mindset required is significantly different to Access or MSSQL. "Schema" instead of "Database", and defaults to fairly restrictive permissions, making first-time use a bit of a hurdle.
MySQL on the other hand has a decent Windows installer, some great tools to manage the DB, and doesn't require a large shift in mindset to get apps up and running against it. And once they've installed and have a few apps running MySQL, they're far more likely to continue to...
If you're running a 64-bit version of Windows (Vista x64, etc), then give serious thought to running a 64-bit build of Firefox.
I've found this build to not only be noticably faster, but also infinitely more stable and less of a memory hog.
In terms of numbers, I've had only one crash in the last 8 months, and at the moment, it's using 159MB with 15 tabs open. I've never seen the official 32-bit build perform like that...
Why not have the power harvester tuned to 50hz (60hz for you Americans)? It's practically all around you, everywhere, especially in office buildings where there's cables running through walls and roofs.
Wonder how long it'll take for some bored slashdotter to go and register asdfdsafdsafhdsds.com...
Australia FTW!
...And you link to a British news site...
Why do certain companies insist on changing making their applications look inconsistent with the rest of the operating system?
The main reason I don't use Chrome (and abhor iTunes) is that Ultramon doesn't work with them. And that makes working with dual monitors painful.
Also, neither would you. Hence, rendering the whole facility useless, and causing you extra inconvenience.
Make sure you have offsite backups
In this case, even offline (as opposed to offsite) backups would have sufficed.
Removable hard disks, DVDs -- hell, even tapes. These are all forms of backups that can't be compromised (well, easily) over the internets.
which will support space research, innovation and skills development
Note, this doesn't include the engineering and development of engines, any sort of space-faring capability, or warp drive.
AU$50m ain't gonna buy you a whole lot of space program.
I accept -- wait, no -- I PREFER all my tenants to pay electronically. Instantly appears in my account, instantly earn interest, and an instant audit trail.
Seriously, America's banking system is backwards. This is the 2009. Who pays in cash and cheques anymore???
The Internet was created by the US defense department.
You mean it WASN'T created by Al Gore???
You messed up. CAPCHA is not a test to tell if your viewers have any money. It is just a test if they are a human or computer.
Actually, CAPTCHA is usually a test to see if the viewer can read English. The biggest problem with reCAPTCHA is that all of the words are English.
I can't imagine it'd have anywhere near the success it's seen if it were trying to get you to do OCR for Japanese, or even Polish...
This'll only work if it costs someone their left testicle, and is sponsored by CISCO.
Or at least has huge CISCO product placement opportunities.
Sure, we're not all US, but US households are becoming a de-facto benchmark because they're the biggest consumers of energy on a per-household (or per-capita) basis.
It makes sense that as developing nations, well, develop, their energy consumption increases respectively, and approaches the consumption of your average American household.
> How does Redmond make an 80% gain in netbook market share without the sales numbers reflecting that gain?
That's easy. I'd hazard a guess, and say that 80% of netbook users aren't running a legitimate copy of Windows XP.
They're going to rename the high-school subject to 'Syence', in an attempt to appeal to a wider audience.
I hear the English department is considering renaming one of their courses to "Fyction", too.
Unfortunately, the mere act of cleaning out the dust in the machine might spell its demise.
I can't even count the number of times I've thought "hey, there's a lot of dust in that machine, let's clean it", and the machine refused to power back on afterwards...
3. PROFIT!
For that matter, almost all of the images on the web are non-free too! And what's worse, I don't have the PSDs for them either!
Maybe I should start a crusade against proprietary closed-source images.
That's easy. Don't rely on Google for your business-critical applications.
In all seriousness, even if you have the Javascript source to Google Writer or GMail, how is this going to help you access your documents when Google decides to can the service?
My vote's for low light sensitivity!
My biggest complaint about digital cameras is that the photos I take when I'm drunk always come out blurry.
Funnily enough, in Australia, the "Liberal" party is the conservative party.
The Australian Liberal Party is akin to the Republicans in the US -- but not as far "right" on the political spectrum.
And that is why you NEVER type "google" into google.