It doesn't matter if you're an overclocker. If you have a system that runs anything relatively new, you need to consider the heating.
I had an Athlon 2000+ that ran great for a year. I kept it clean by cleaning out the dust once every couple months or so. I made sure that there was a good exhaust fan on there, and that everything had some good airflow.
I left the system on over a weekend, came home and found it turned off. It wouldn't turn on.
Eventually, I took the thing apart, and found where some capacitors fried (we're talking charcoal). My exhaust fan siezed up, and that left my PSU fan left to do all the work.
I cleaned it out, replaced the exhaust fan, and learned a couple lessons the hard way.
I immediately installed a new intake fan, and set my new system to shutdown once it hit 70C. I now have balanced airflow, and a much bigger PSU (since I may have also pushed that to its limit). And it's been running happily for 18 months. I had to replace one of the fans since then, but with the balanced airflow it hasn't caused any trouble.
But it's important to note, that I never overclocked anything. I never cared to. I was happy with my system running at spec. So just saying that it's a problem for overclockers is... well... ignorant.
4 down and 256kup is officially for the dogs. I have a friend who just moved out there... I've already told her: If you're in that area, expect a large delivery and monthly subsidy checks... Hell, after the first upgrade, expect to send me some housing info for that area... I don't care if I don't have a job even considered out there... I'll find one...
I know the pain of diversifying, only to see one side go completely away.
I used to work at a university as a Windows support guy. I got bored with it, cause it was pretty much the same troubleshooting cases every day. To keep myself going, I started playing around with some of our internal Linux machines and I asked a lot of questions to our internal staff. Pretty quickly, I was doing more *nix support (Solaris, SGI, Linux) stuff than Windows, and after a short time I no longer received Windows cases.
Now, for me, that was some of the most rewarding and fun work I did.
My current employer is exclusively Windows (with a splash of Mac OS 9 and X), and looking back, I felt that I was much more valuable when I was actively working on the Unices too. I've lost alot of my Linux admin skill due to lack of application. I can setup a Linux desktop with almost any flavor (I have my Gentoo desktop running along nocely) but it's not the same.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, diversify if you have the interest, not because it looks good on your resume. Some people are much happier as NT admins, others as Unix admins... I loved working on everything, finding where they were similar, why they were different, and what worked better given a particual user base.
I work for a consulting firm, and because of that, my certifications are more for marketing than anything else. I knew the majority of the material before I took tests to verify it, and I learned a few things (like we're all prone to do once in a while). It shows a little self motivation which is always a plus.
I think that we all agree that having certifications can't *hurt* you. And it can be extremely beneficial if you go and *learn the material.* I thought I knew much more than I did when I went through the MCSE gauntlet. True to form, the more I leanred, the more I realized I didn't know. It helped me fill in the gaps, and identify what I didn't know, and I feel I'm a much better sysadmin now... Not because I have MCSE on my business card, but because I paid attention to what I needed to learn.
Just a note for all you who read comments before the article: The enemies line was brought in by the guy they were interviewing (Nelson Pratt). I wonder if VNUnet may have been a little condescending when they decided on that title.
Yes, IE has plenty of holes that allow exploits to ravage a system. That definately falls on the maker.
But, if you're a jackass who's making software to spy on people, claim it's something else, and then put in measures to ensure that the programs run "no matter what..." Well, I'm willing to put plenty of responsibility on you.
It doesn't matter what platform the author is targeting, nor what company makes that platform. You're still trying to find unethical (an in many cases illegal) ways to get your stuff to run on an unsuspecting target, and you plan on stealing with it (be it bank account numbers, passwords, or something as little as bandwidth to push ads).
Spyware targets whatever will attempt to remove it. I've seen trojans that prevent some scanners (Ad-Aware and Spybot especially) from detecting that the spy process even exists. I've seen processes that create backups to make sure that both keep each other running if one ends or gets cleaned out. It's something new all the time with these people. It was only a matter of time before something like this targeted Giant's product regardless of whether MS got involved or not.
Only problem with the first point is that the US doesn't count on the rest of the world for help of any sort. If something happens in the borders, it's an American problem.
Regardless of the reason (I'm sure both sides would love to go at who's at fault for that), international capital is a bunk reason for anything.
Now the second point is spot on. If we can't get the left wing skiing and the right wing ice fishing, we're gonna have a lot of extremists extremely pissed off.
With that, the Kyoto treaty looked to the average American as a "Hey, you're the most industrialized nation in the world, you need to pay the rest of the world for sucking up your CO2." I remember reading a report that stated the US generates more with each unit of energy used than any other country... Granted, the Scandanavians have a tendency to catch up and pass America with stats resembling those... but efficiency should be a concern, not just output.
Around here (Michigan), the systems that went down were Detroit Edison, everything that's powered by the Fermi II Nulcear plant, and The Board of Water and Light in Lansing.
Consumers customers in the state ended up (for the most part) alright, and experienced either a couple of blinks or nothing at all. Now, around here The Board of Water and Light is about as public as it gets. Their prices are inflated, and the service is definately not worth what you have to pay. Depending on where you live in East Lansing, you get wither Consumers or BWL.
If people had a choice here, they'd mostly go for Consumers cause they're more efficient, and their service is more reliable (demonstrated yesterday).
There are alot of people here who would like to see competition increase here, especially after last night.
Competitive pressure can be amazing, becuase if you make a quality product (in this case a power system), it saves money in repairs, and lost business. Saying that a "greedy businesman" is going to instantly cut corners to save cash is... well.. ignorant. Managers and decision makers decide whether each decision will save or cost money, and the smart ones know that if you spend now, it'll save vastly more down the road. Those people are the ones that survive ultimately.
Yes, there's pressure to cut costs, but cutting them too much results in closed doors at the office.
AP - Redmond, WA
The national "Do Not Call List" website opened for business today promising the citizens of America freedom from dinnertime solicitations. Unfortunately, the server has come under massive attack from what can only be assumed to be terrorist telemarketing OSDN subordinates. The cell, identified by a cryptic symbol of a forward slash followed by a period have admitted responsibility for their actions, and continue to hammer the server.
A local anonymous CFO admitted that he himself has had trouble with this organization before, then excused himself to read his email from support@yahoo.com.
I have an Athlon XP 2000 and a Pentium 3/500 in my room.
This last winter, the heat in my old apartment died 10 times between January 1st and April 30th. Most notable was a week where the temperature outside never got above 15 Farenheit. I never noticed in the night because my room never went below 65, even with failed heat.
My poor roommate was not so lucky, not only did he not have an Athlon room heater, the air intake from outside was in his closet, and the seals broke. He had a 1.5'x1.5' hole to the outside.
Well gee.... Seems like some companies still need to learn the hard way.
*You don't dick your customers to increase profits.*
Maybe I'll consider this a good thing, sure it may cost the world some quality games, but in the long run this should prove to be a valuable lesson to others.
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Hold on there Bronco.
Gulf War I was all about oil. Rememeber, the reason we were involved was because of the oil interests we held "in the area."
So I assume you're implying is that we oust Saddam, and then take over the oil business in the area? Why on Earth didn't we just get it over with 12 years ago? The US beat back the Iraqi army, and had their chance, why didn't they grab it then?
I can see the marketing department now. "10 Terrahertz thanks to transporter technology! It also doubles as a home furnace when paired with your 8942 PAL heatsink!"
Higher health care costs have also come from the severe tort abuses recently. Doctors' malpractice insurance has skyrocketed in recent years. It has gotten to a point to where many physicans no longer perform high risk (as in lawsuit) procedures simply because the insurance costs more than what they make per year by performing the procedure.
For exactly the reasons I'm seeing this movie panned off. I'm a huge fan of space battles. I don't know why, I just am.
If they've for alot of flying, crashing, shooting, and exploding, all the better. The only way to make it even better is to have Scotty saying, "She canna take much more of the captain! She's breakin apart!" Which, sadly, just doesn't sound the same from LaForge.... But for some reason, I have to hear the phrase "auxillary power" at least once.
Better yet, maybe Riker will have to enter an engine compartment to restore main power while they're escaping an explosion in a nebula!
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Good to note: Hell happens to be fairly close to Detroit...
Christmas is in the Upper Penninsula... Coincidence? I think not.
It doesn't matter if you're an overclocker. If you have a system that runs anything relatively new, you need to consider the heating.
I had an Athlon 2000+ that ran great for a year. I kept it clean by cleaning out the dust once every couple months or so. I made sure that there was a good exhaust fan on there, and that everything had some good airflow.
I left the system on over a weekend, came home and found it turned off. It wouldn't turn on.
Eventually, I took the thing apart, and found where some capacitors fried (we're talking charcoal). My exhaust fan siezed up, and that left my PSU fan left to do all the work.
I cleaned it out, replaced the exhaust fan, and learned a couple lessons the hard way.
I immediately installed a new intake fan, and set my new system to shutdown once it hit 70C. I now have balanced airflow, and a much bigger PSU (since I may have also pushed that to its limit). And it's been running happily for 18 months. I had to replace one of the fans since then, but with the balanced airflow it hasn't caused any trouble.
But it's important to note, that I never overclocked anything. I never cared to. I was happy with my system running at spec. So just saying that it's a problem for overclockers is... well... ignorant.
You still need to keep an eye on temps.
Yea, I know... we're freaking out for something that you all consider sliced bread...
Lots of my friends had broadband before I ever touched it. I didn't care. It was just as wonderful when I got it, regardless of when.
Think of it like landing on the moon... Sure the first guys got the most recognition... But everyone who did it felt the rush!
Now if I could just find a way out there...
4 down and 256kup is officially for the dogs. I have a friend who just moved out there... I've already told her:
If you're in that area, expect a large delivery and monthly subsidy checks... Hell, after the first upgrade, expect to send me some housing info for that area... I don't care if I don't have a job even considered out there... I'll find one...
I know the pain of diversifying, only to see one side go completely away.
I used to work at a university as a Windows support guy. I got bored with it, cause it was pretty much the same troubleshooting cases every day. To keep myself going, I started playing around with some of our internal Linux machines and I asked a lot of questions to our internal staff. Pretty quickly, I was doing more *nix support (Solaris, SGI, Linux) stuff than Windows, and after a short time I no longer received Windows cases.
Now, for me, that was some of the most rewarding and fun work I did.
My current employer is exclusively Windows (with a splash of Mac OS 9 and X), and looking back, I felt that I was much more valuable when I was actively working on the Unices too. I've lost alot of my Linux admin skill due to lack of application. I can setup a Linux desktop with almost any flavor (I have my Gentoo desktop running along nocely) but it's not the same.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, diversify if you have the interest, not because it looks good on your resume. Some people are much happier as NT admins, others as Unix admins... I loved working on everything, finding where they were similar, why they were different, and what worked better given a particual user base.
The joys of certification...
I work for a consulting firm, and because of that, my certifications are more for marketing than anything else. I knew the majority of the material before I took tests to verify it, and I learned a few things (like we're all prone to do once in a while). It shows a little self motivation which is always a plus.
I think that we all agree that having certifications can't *hurt* you. And it can be extremely beneficial if you go and *learn the material.* I thought I knew much more than I did when I went through the MCSE gauntlet. True to form, the more I leanred, the more I realized I didn't know. It helped me fill in the gaps, and identify what I didn't know, and I feel I'm a much better sysadmin now... Not because I have MCSE on my business card, but because I paid attention to what I needed to learn.
I've owned an Athlon 64 for about a year now... I'm happy that now I can get it running in the mode it was designed for.
I can finally justify my purchase... well... Sort of...
Just a note for all you who read comments before the article:
The enemies line was brought in by the guy they were interviewing (Nelson Pratt). I wonder if VNUnet may have been a little condescending when they decided on that title.
Yes, IE has plenty of holes that allow exploits to ravage a system. That definately falls on the maker.
But, if you're a jackass who's making software to spy on people, claim it's something else, and then put in measures to ensure that the programs run "no matter what..." Well, I'm willing to put plenty of responsibility on you.
It doesn't matter what platform the author is targeting, nor what company makes that platform. You're still trying to find unethical (an in many cases illegal) ways to get your stuff to run on an unsuspecting target, and you plan on stealing with it (be it bank account numbers, passwords, or something as little as bandwidth to push ads).
Spyware targets whatever will attempt to remove it. I've seen trojans that prevent some scanners (Ad-Aware and Spybot especially) from detecting that the spy process even exists. I've seen processes that create backups to make sure that both keep each other running if one ends or gets cleaned out. It's something new all the time with these people. It was only a matter of time before something like this targeted Giant's product regardless of whether MS got involved or not.
Only problem with the first point is that the US doesn't count on the rest of the world for help of any sort. If something happens in the borders, it's an American problem.
Regardless of the reason (I'm sure both sides would love to go at who's at fault for that), international capital is a bunk reason for anything.
Now the second point is spot on. If we can't get the left wing skiing and the right wing ice fishing, we're gonna have a lot of extremists extremely pissed off.
With that, the Kyoto treaty looked to the average American as a "Hey, you're the most industrialized nation in the world, you need to pay the rest of the world for sucking up your CO2." I remember reading a report that stated the US generates more with each unit of energy used than any other country... Granted, the Scandanavians have a tendency to catch up and pass America with stats resembling those... but efficiency should be a concern, not just output.
Around here (Michigan), the systems that went down were Detroit Edison, everything that's powered by the Fermi II Nulcear plant, and The Board of Water and Light in Lansing.
Consumers customers in the state ended up (for the most part) alright, and experienced either a couple of blinks or nothing at all.
Now, around here The Board of Water and Light is about as public as it gets. Their prices are inflated, and the service is definately not worth what you have to pay. Depending on where you live in East Lansing, you get wither Consumers or BWL.
If people had a choice here, they'd mostly go for Consumers cause they're more efficient, and their service is more reliable (demonstrated yesterday).
There are alot of people here who would like to see competition increase here, especially after last night.
Competitive pressure can be amazing, becuase if you make a quality product (in this case a power system), it saves money in repairs, and lost business. Saying that a "greedy businesman" is going to instantly cut corners to save cash is... well.. ignorant. Managers and decision makers decide whether each decision will save or cost money, and the smart ones know that if you spend now, it'll save vastly more down the road. Those people are the ones that survive ultimately.
Yes, there's pressure to cut costs, but cutting them too much results in closed doors at the office.
"Now come on, was Wisconsin that bad?"
With all the delays and all with Doom III, I'm surprised that Doom IV would be placed on the slate so soon afterward.
Is Id planning on using the same engine? Kinda how Doom II seemed more like an expansion on Doom I..
Seems Kernelesque... Maybe we can assume that the Odd versions on Doom will be the development line, and the even versions are the stable releases.
AP - Redmond, WA
The national "Do Not Call List" website opened for business today promising the citizens of America freedom from dinnertime solicitations. Unfortunately, the server has come under massive attack from what can only be assumed to be terrorist telemarketing OSDN subordinates. The cell, identified by a cryptic symbol of a forward slash followed by a period have admitted responsibility for their actions, and continue to hammer the server.
A local anonymous CFO admitted that he himself has had trouble with this organization before, then excused himself to read his email from support@yahoo.com.
I have an Athlon XP 2000 and a Pentium 3/500 in my room.
This last winter, the heat in my old apartment died 10 times between January 1st and April 30th. Most notable was a week where the temperature outside never got above 15 Farenheit. I never noticed in the night because my room never went below 65, even with failed heat.
My poor roommate was not so lucky, not only did he not have an Athlon room heater, the air intake from outside was in his closet, and the seals broke. He had a 1.5'x1.5' hole to the outside.
The nearest one for me is "only" 90 minutes, one direction....
But seriously, how can they say it's about the "hard sell" when they run an online store of their own?
Well gee.... Seems like some companies still need to learn the hard way.
*You don't dick your customers to increase profits.*
Maybe I'll consider this a good thing, sure it may cost the world some quality games, but in the long run this should prove to be a valuable lesson to others.
Hold on there Bronco.
Gulf War I was all about oil. Rememeber, the reason we were involved was because of the oil interests we held "in the area."
So I assume you're implying is that we oust Saddam, and then take over the oil business in the area? Why on Earth didn't we just get it over with 12 years ago? The US beat back the Iraqi army, and had their chance, why didn't they grab it then?
Is there a google cache?
In a processor?
I can see the marketing department now. "10 Terrahertz thanks to transporter technology! It also doubles as a home furnace when paired with your 8942 PAL heatsink!"
Actually, my A+ certification was probably a deciding factor in getting me the student jobs I've had.
Granted, the job experience will be of much more use, but the cert did help me get started.
Plus, it taught me how to teach myself.
Also, a side note of health care costs:
Higher health care costs have also come from the severe tort abuses recently. Doctors' malpractice insurance has skyrocketed in recent years. It has gotten to a point to where many physicans no longer perform high risk (as in lawsuit) procedures simply because the insurance costs more than what they make per year by performing the procedure.
Just look at West Virginia's situation and Pennsylvania avoided a close situation
Public service announcement: If you move your left hand one key left, "got" becomes "for", and F7 won't save you.
Okay, my favorite Star Trek movie was #2.
Why?
For exactly the reasons I'm seeing this movie panned off. I'm a huge fan of space battles. I don't know why, I just am.
If they've for alot of flying, crashing, shooting, and exploding, all the better. The only way to make it even better is to have Scotty saying, "She canna take much more of the captain! She's breakin apart!" Which, sadly, just doesn't sound the same from LaForge.... But for some reason, I have to hear the phrase "auxillary power" at least once.
Better yet, maybe Riker will have to enter an engine compartment to restore main power while they're escaping an explosion in a nebula!
What?? That can't be right, that's the funniest thing I've read all day!
As far as I'm concerned, Star Trek V has the same place in my heart as Leisure Suit Larry IV: The Case of the Missing Floppies......