Home server:
i7-4770s, 32gb RAM, Gigabyte Z87 motherboard (don't remember the model, but it was the cheapest with 3 x16 slots), LSI 9211, Dell PERC H800, 2x 240gb SSDs (Intel 520, Corsair Force 3) in a software RAID 1, 6x Seagate 2TB HDD in a software RAID 6, 8x 3TB HDDs (mixed models, some Seagate, some WD Reds) in a software RAID 6, plus external drive array with 8x 3TB WD Reds in a HW RAID 6. Oh, and a Chenbro SAS expander on the internal SAS bus.
Primary laptop: Dell Precision M3800 (i7-4712HQ, 16gb RAM, 1TB Samsung 840 EVO mSata, 960gb Crucial M500 2.5")
Primary desktop: temporarily in pieces, not working, but Dell Precision T3500 (Xeon W3570, 12gb RAM [6x 2gb]) no hard drives right now, Nvidia GTX560 don't remember who made the card.
The "pay is better" part is made up for in part by lack of benefits, and often being on 1099 where you have to pay about 7-10% more in federal and sometimes state self-employment taxes... but even if you want benefits and a full-time gig eventually, it's a great way to get a foot in the door and start making connections if you've been out of the industry for a while.
Small, but decidely real on some. The more common "chiclets" are still better than on-screen by a mile.
has crap multimedia format support
It supports high def, unlike netbooks generally.
For a narrow set of Apple-blessed codecs. And it's still resolution-limited to 1024x768, unlike some netbooks (most are still 1024x600, but some do native 720p) and a lot of netbooks will handle 720p just fine (except with flash) if you use the right software. And yeah, having to use multiple media players (VLC for MP4, something windows-native either MPC or WMP for WMV/VC1 is kinda a pain, but at least you have a choice of media players.)
and a crap web browser with no plugin or extension support.
Flash runs like shit on netbooks.
SD flash video runs fine on most netbooks. HD, notsomuch.
Many flash games run fine. A few lag badly.
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Home server: i7-4770s, 32gb RAM, Gigabyte Z87 motherboard (don't remember the model, but it was the cheapest with 3 x16 slots), LSI 9211, Dell PERC H800, 2x 240gb SSDs (Intel 520, Corsair Force 3) in a software RAID 1, 6x Seagate 2TB HDD in a software RAID 6, 8x 3TB HDDs (mixed models, some Seagate, some WD Reds) in a software RAID 6, plus external drive array with 8x 3TB WD Reds in a HW RAID 6. Oh, and a Chenbro SAS expander on the internal SAS bus. Primary laptop: Dell Precision M3800 (i7-4712HQ, 16gb RAM, 1TB Samsung 840 EVO mSata, 960gb Crucial M500 2.5") Primary desktop: temporarily in pieces, not working, but Dell Precision T3500 (Xeon W3570, 12gb RAM [6x 2gb]) no hard drives right now, Nvidia GTX560 don't remember who made the card.
Yo dawg, I heard you liked Java...
Two different copies of Word don't guarantee that, at least unless Word has started embedding fonts by default since I last checked.
Thanks to the casting choice of this movie, If I ever meet Julian Assange, I am going to walk up to him and say "KHAN!!!!!"
See also this paper/presentation: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/fast13/fast13-final80.pdf https://www.usenix.org/conference/fast13/understanding-robustness-ssds-under-power-fault
The "pay is better" part is made up for in part by lack of benefits, and often being on 1099 where you have to pay about 7-10% more in federal and sometimes state self-employment taxes... but even if you want benefits and a full-time gig eventually, it's a great way to get a foot in the door and start making connections if you've been out of the industry for a while.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gosu OK snark aside I think that is the meaning they were going for.
Rock on. I just learned a new profanity in another language. I love Slashdot.
...except the iPad doesn't have a real keyboard,
Neither do netbooks.
Small, but decidely real on some. The more common "chiclets" are still better than on-screen by a mile.
has crap multimedia format support
It supports high def, unlike netbooks generally.
For a narrow set of Apple-blessed codecs. And it's still resolution-limited to 1024x768, unlike some netbooks (most are still 1024x600, but some do native 720p) and a lot of netbooks will handle 720p just fine (except with flash) if you use the right software. And yeah, having to use multiple media players (VLC for MP4, something windows-native either MPC or WMP for WMV/VC1 is kinda a pain, but at least you have a choice of media players.)
and a crap web browser with no plugin or extension support.
Flash runs like shit on netbooks.
SD flash video runs fine on most netbooks. HD, notsomuch. Many flash games run fine. A few lag badly.