The meaning of that BIOS option may vary by system.
I have used utilities to view the SMART info on drives where this BIOS option is disabled, can't recall any systems where it flat-out didn't work. I won't say that this information couldn't be blocked in some cases, but I believe that this option is for whether the BIOS checks SMART status during POST. It has made the difference between a system merrily proceeding to boot with a SMART failure versus reporting that the drive's SMART indicates failure and waiting for keyboard input to continue.
I don't know if it affects whether the OS (Windows) can/does "see" and report a SMART failure.
The bigger issue, in my opinion, is that "warnings" (such as on the important metrics as decided by BackBlaze) are rarely if ever reported.
I've used the same metrics that BackBlaze reports using as an indicator to recommend drive replacement to my clients for a long time. With the exception of "Command Timeout", which I truthfully don't remember looking at.
Anyone else have some information, experience, anecdotes about SMART in BIOS?
Internet service is taxed in the US, right? In some way? I guess I could look at my bill, but aren't there any fees such as exist with a landline?
Not that I'm saying it should/shouldn't be taxed, but...
Say there is a really popular forum (the physical kind, not internet) for people to mingle with other people and discuss/argue about anything they feel like talking about.
Let's say there is some monthly membership fee paid to the government for the use of the place, say $10/month.
Now, imagine if the government decided that it needs more money, but wants to split the cost based on how much use you get out of the place. So they decide to charge you 1 cent ($0.01 [suck-it-verizon]) for each word you hear and each word you speak.
The effect of this policy is left as a mental exercise for the reader.
emotional and cultural payoff may be more valuable, helping women be more productive human beings.
Women are human beings?
I am seriously appalled at that parting shot. I think choosing to pursue a career vs raising a family is a perfectly valid option. Bonus points if you can do both, but there are trade-offs for any of the choices.
Also
encourage women to stay with their employer longer
Yeah, yeah, that's fine. "Encourage." Right up until the employer starts pressuring a woman into doing so and committing to her career before she can move ahead. For instance, unofficially giving preference to those who have done so when promoting/hiring. Might be a non-issue, as a woman could still choose to have children unless she's taken steps to remove that possibility.
If he's on the level, sounds like a wrongful termination suit against the firm, and possibly something related against Comcast? Not a lawyer, or anything.
IF he's on the level.
I'm not sure what he could have said (with regards to his employer) that anyone at Comcast should have taken into consideration with regards to whatever his problem was. If he did, he shouldn't have. If he did, Comcast shouldn't have cared. If he did, and Comcast cared, I don't think his employer should have cared.
Long story short, there's a HELL of a lot of information we are missing. *shrug*
most ISPs are already doing it. Try entering a non-existent domain. You'll be directed to a server that has search and advertising.
Yes, but that's not a "hard redirect". By default, your internet connection relies on the DNS servers indicated in your ISP's provisioning.
You request a webserver's address, the DNS server returns a result. If that server doesn't exist (bad address or typo), the DNS should return a message to that effect. They simply modify the behavior to return their own custom search/astro-turf page. I find this behavior distasteful, but you can always change your DNS configuration to point to a better-behaved server. Google's public DNS has treated me pretty well.
But I stray from the point; with this hard-redirect, they are FORCING you, not just tricking your computer.
there's an easy way to get that experience: enlist, serve, spend some time doing something for your country
From TFA:
two sons, Frank and Leo, aged ten and 11
I don't believe they are eligible for enlistment in Sweden; indeed, Iran is in a three-way tie for youngest military service at age 15.
I don't fault your recommendation. Rather, having a limited but real exposure to such situations might even encourage them to serve in the military. Let's not forget there are other ways to serve your country and the people around you. I don't think Military service is even the best way (although I do think it a good one).
No, seriously. This guy was thinking of his children.
I think it's great that he wants to give them a dose of reality. I think a lot of us in the US (and not just kids) could use that kind of experience.
Does it pose some risk to the kids? Yeah, sure. Growing up has all sorts of risks.
Which is why some of us never do.
Yes; however, until the problem of the DoJ getting all this data is resolved, I'm not going to separately quibble over the opportunists riding the coattails.
What saddens me is that I reloaded the page to check and see whether my comment had actually submitted (I thought I'd accidentally pushed it through before being truly ready), but I guess I didn't wait long enough before checking. *sigh*
No, not really.
I'm inundated with tech. It's what I do for a living (not uncommon, on this site). If anything, I'd prefer easier ways to disconnect rather than add an additional stream of information.
Until they're ready to override my optic nerve or provide (nearly) seamless Augmented Reality, I am perfectly happy to live without. I still enjoy seeing the progression, but I just think I'm still happier not using most such things.
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Not a good idea. The NSA doesn't use lube.
That's never stopped 'em.
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It's too bad that there's not a higher bar for "good faith." It'd be nice if it could be more readily disproven, in some cases.
"I did a Google search for [term] and have a good faith belief that there's no possible way any of the results could be non-infringing. Because I can't believe that any of the results could possibly be non-infringing, I'm not going to examine any of the results more closely. I require you to remove all these results I came up with or be subject to liability under ridiculous laws if it turns out my head isn't *completely* up my ass. In addition, unless you can *prove* that I'm not acting in good faith, through a time-consuming and expensive process, there's absolutely nothing you can do about it! Have a nice day! ---Jackass-in-a-suit"
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When clicking on this article my first thought was: "The first post on discussion just HAS to use the word 'shocking'."
Thank you.
I have used utilities to view the SMART info on drives where this BIOS option is disabled, can't recall any systems where it flat-out didn't work. I won't say that this information couldn't be blocked in some cases, but I believe that this option is for whether the BIOS checks SMART status during POST. It has made the difference between a system merrily proceeding to boot with a SMART failure versus reporting that the drive's SMART indicates failure and waiting for keyboard input to continue.
I don't know if it affects whether the OS (Windows) can/does "see" and report a SMART failure.
The bigger issue, in my opinion, is that "warnings" (such as on the important metrics as decided by BackBlaze) are rarely if ever reported.
I've used the same metrics that BackBlaze reports using as an indicator to recommend drive replacement to my clients for a long time. With the exception of "Command Timeout", which I truthfully don't remember looking at.
Anyone else have some information, experience, anecdotes about SMART in BIOS?
Internet service is taxed in the US, right? In some way? I guess I could look at my bill, but aren't there any fees such as exist with a landline?
Not that I'm saying it should/shouldn't be taxed, but...
Say there is a really popular forum (the physical kind, not internet) for people to mingle with other people and discuss/argue about anything they feel like talking about.
Let's say there is some monthly membership fee paid to the government for the use of the place, say $10/month.
Now, imagine if the government decided that it needs more money, but wants to split the cost based on how much use you get out of the place. So they decide to charge you 1 cent ($0.01 [suck-it-verizon]) for each word you hear and each word you speak.
The effect of this policy is left as a mental exercise for the reader.
Just the Doctor.
Women are human beings?
Slashdot ate my [/Sarcasm] tag, if it wasn't apparent from the context.
emotional and cultural payoff may be more valuable, helping women be more productive human beings.
Women are human beings?
I am seriously appalled at that parting shot. I think choosing to pursue a career vs raising a family is a perfectly valid option. Bonus points if you can do both, but there are trade-offs for any of the choices.
Also
encourage women to stay with their employer longer
Yeah, yeah, that's fine. "Encourage." Right up until the employer starts pressuring a woman into doing so and committing to her career before she can move ahead. For instance, unofficially giving preference to those who have done so when promoting/hiring. Might be a non-issue, as a woman could still choose to have children unless she's taken steps to remove that possibility.
If he's on the level, sounds like a wrongful termination suit against the firm, and possibly something related against Comcast? Not a lawyer, or anything. IF he's on the level.
I'm not sure what he could have said (with regards to his employer) that anyone at Comcast should have taken into consideration with regards to whatever his problem was. If he did, he shouldn't have. If he did, Comcast shouldn't have cared. If he did, and Comcast cared, I don't think his employer should have cared.
Long story short, there's a HELL of a lot of information we are missing. *shrug*
Why not just call it a tariff and be done with it?
most ISPs are already doing it. Try entering a non-existent domain. You'll be directed to a server that has search and advertising.
Yes, but that's not a "hard redirect". By default, your internet connection relies on the DNS servers indicated in your ISP's provisioning.
You request a webserver's address, the DNS server returns a result. If that server doesn't exist (bad address or typo), the DNS should return a message to that effect. They simply modify the behavior to return their own custom search/astro-turf page. I find this behavior distasteful, but you can always change your DNS configuration to point to a better-behaved server. Google's public DNS has treated me pretty well.
But I stray from the point; with this hard-redirect, they are FORCING you, not just tricking your computer.
there's an easy way to get that experience: enlist, serve, spend some time doing something for your country
From TFA:
two sons, Frank and Leo, aged ten and 11
I don't believe they are eligible for enlistment in Sweden; indeed, Iran is in a three-way tie for youngest military service at age 15.
I don't fault your recommendation. Rather, having a limited but real exposure to such situations might even encourage them to serve in the military.
Let's not forget there are other ways to serve your country and the people around you. I don't think Military service is even the best way (although I do think it a good one).
No, seriously. This guy was thinking of his children.
I think it's great that he wants to give them a dose of reality. I think a lot of us in the US (and not just kids) could use that kind of experience.
Does it pose some risk to the kids? Yeah, sure. Growing up has all sorts of risks.
Which is why some of us never do.
We're seriously paying? For this?
I think I might be sick. I know the government is.
Can we save the rhetoric for when we need it?
By the time we "need" it, it will be too late.
Yes; however, until the problem of the DoJ getting all this data is resolved, I'm not going to separately quibble over the opportunists riding the coattails.
having to use real names has made it far less.
FTFY. Full stop. Emphasis mine.
What saddens me is that I reloaded the page to check and see whether my comment had actually submitted (I thought I'd accidentally pushed it through before being truly ready), but I guess I didn't wait long enough before checking. *sigh*
They can pry control of the steering wheel out of my cold, dead han---wait. That would actually be a good thing! ;)
They pry control of the steering wheel out of my cold, dead han-------wait. That would actually be a good thing. ;)
Perhaps they should try and contact Edward Snowden and see if he has copies of those email messages that'd he'd care to release.
No, not really.
I'm inundated with tech. It's what I do for a living (not uncommon, on this site). If anything, I'd prefer easier ways to disconnect rather than add an additional stream of information.
Until they're ready to override my optic nerve or provide (nearly) seamless Augmented Reality, I am perfectly happy to live without. I still enjoy seeing the progression, but I just think I'm still happier not using most such things.
Not a good idea. The NSA doesn't use lube.
That's never stopped 'em.
The NSA will want a backdoor.
Then the NSA should just use the backdoor.
It's too bad that there's not a higher bar for "good faith." It'd be nice if it could be more readily disproven, in some cases.
"I did a Google search for [term] and have a good faith belief that there's no possible way any of the results could be non-infringing. Because I can't believe that any of the results could possibly be non-infringing, I'm not going to examine any of the results more closely. I require you to remove all these results I came up with or be subject to liability under ridiculous laws if it turns out my head isn't *completely* up my ass. In addition, unless you can *prove* that I'm not acting in good faith, through a time-consuming and expensive process, there's absolutely nothing you can do about it! Have a nice day! ---Jackass-in-a-suit"
Personally, I welcome our flexible new overlords!
It's all about teamwork!
Also, knowingly responding to an obvious troll can itself be a subtle form of trolling ;)