I cannot recommend the Synology NAS enough. Before I bought the DS411 (4 disks) I was using a general purpose Linux server. A Linux server is the way to go for customization and performance if you are comfortable as a linux sys admin. But for just plain file storage, including the TONS of other stuff DSM (Synology's management software) handles, I was much happier with the NAS.
What it came down to was this: A linux box can do more, but it's more work to manage. With the Synology, it just works. I cannot understate how important this is.
1) Precise is precise. It either is or it isn't. Saying "more precise" is like saying "more pregnant".
Do you work in the real world? There are varying levels of precision used in different contexts. Saying you're increasing the precision is entirely valid.
For example, a financial system that calculates using 2 digits of precision to the right of the decimal. It can be made "more precise" by using calculations that include 4 digits of precision to the right of the decimal.
This actually does happen. Police departments have gotten warrants by monitoring electricity usage. Whether or not they got that information after some other primary evidence, I don't know.
Exactly. The whole premise of LvM and others is to acknowledge human behaviour and build a system that works WITH it, instead of AGAINST it. That's why capitalism works where communism fails. It's built to acknowledge the inherent greed of individuals. So long as they can trade freely, with government prosecuting force or fraud, then both parties benefit.
I don't know which straw-man group of people you're criticizing, but any consistently liberty-oriented person calls BS anytime the government tells us we can't put something into our bodies. That's regardless of whether it's drugs or soda. Maybe you're thinking of conservatives or Republicans, which are in no way consistent about liberty. They only pull that card when it suits them.
So your premise is that if something's harmful, the State can ban it? Sound's rather open ended to me, given that almost all activities in life have an element of risk with them. And in this case we're talking about consensual behaviour.
The Libertarian stance on gay marriage is drop dead simple and obvious. Get the government out of the business of marriage and let people associate however they wish. Marriage is between the people getting married, their church (if they so wish), and their network of friends and family. What part of that does the government have any business being in?
How about Space X and other private space agencies? Granted, it's a budding industry, but with a focus on profit (and by extension, cost) we'll see less waste and more efficient use of funds.
It's even easier with a manual transmission, which is getting rare these days: You just slam the stick into the middle and you're done. Anyone in the vehicle, if it's a sedan, can get to it and do that. Easy as pie.
I like the point the mechanic is making about differentiating between critical and non-critical systems. However, a simple brake job is just one of those things anyone with any degree of self sufficiency should know how to do themselves. It's just sad when a person can't replace their brake pads.
I'll never understand all the hate that SugarCRM gets around here.
I've set it up for some small businesses, and even use it myself, and it works fine for a small group of users (less than 15). Aside from a few minor hiccups that were easily fixed, I haven't had any issues with it. And that includes moving data en masse into and out of it.
About the only thing I don't like about it is lack of reporting and a few other features. But those are features that I'd like to see added, not bugs in performance or some such.
That's what you get when you allow private industry and corporatist groups like ALEC to write the laws.
Funny, I thought it was politicians that created our laws. Now, if they're being influenced by private industry, then it's not private industry to blame, it's the politicians.
Take away the stranglehold of power the State has over our lives, and there's a lot less power to corrupt.
if the trailer has a different number you are breaking the law and deserve the problems.
Do you have any experience in using trailers? Any blue collar guy will gladly explain to you how utility trailers get passed around different vehicles. So to have to have the above requirement is absolutely un-reasonable.
For example, big tools like generators and compressors can be on their own purpose-built trailers. Depending on who needs it for their job site, a different truck will be towing it.
For me, I've got my motorcycle and jetski on trailers. So if I'm going on a full day or all weekend trip far away with the jetski, the trailer will be hooked to to whoever's car is taking us all.
How is publishing NOT a free market? With the traditional publishers, it's certainly an oligopoly. There's no doubt about that. But with today's digital distribution, it's a completely free and open market.
I knew about that potential conflict before I started working from home. To prevent it, I had a serious discussion with my significant other that while at home, I'm working and not to be interrupted. Since she respects my work time, it hasn't been a problem at all.
The only time it's an issue is when the significant other walks in half naked wanting some sexy time. At that point, work can wait a while.
Where I did have the same problem you describe is with people outside my home. Friends and family would email, IM, or call me during the day as if I had nothing else to do. It was annoying, especially family that acted like somehow I had quit my job and was taking a long term paid vacation. It's mostly older people who hold that stereotype. Over time, with some very direct and annoyed responses, people came to realize that I'm working just as hard, if not harder, at home as people in an office.
"I love engineers. They have made our lives so much better and are so unappreciated."
The flip side to making cars safer is that over the year's they've also gotten lighter and more powerful. It's a game of cat and mouse between increasing (potentially deadly) performance and safety.
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"emerging threats" to whom?
The government.
What they fear the most is a populace that can exchange value (money) freely amongst themselves without the government's knowledge.
Dangerous indeed...
You get what you pay for with Buffalo. For a 1 person home use case, maybe. But even then I wouldn't get it.
I cannot recommend the Synology NAS enough. Before I bought the DS411 (4 disks) I was using a general purpose Linux server. A Linux server is the way to go for customization and performance if you are comfortable as a linux sys admin. But for just plain file storage, including the TONS of other stuff DSM (Synology's management software) handles, I was much happier with the NAS.
What it came down to was this: A linux box can do more, but it's more work to manage. With the Synology, it just works. I cannot understate how important this is.
Depends on the use case. RAID 0 has it's place when performance is paramount, especially for temporary storage.
1) Precise is precise. It either is or it isn't. Saying "more precise" is like saying "more pregnant".
Do you work in the real world? There are varying levels of precision used in different contexts. Saying you're increasing the precision is entirely valid.
For example, a financial system that calculates using 2 digits of precision to the right of the decimal. It can be made "more precise" by using calculations that include 4 digits of precision to the right of the decimal.
This actually does happen. Police departments have gotten warrants by monitoring electricity usage. Whether or not they got that information after some other primary evidence, I don't know.
Exactly. The whole premise of LvM and others is to acknowledge human behaviour and build a system that works WITH it, instead of AGAINST it. That's why capitalism works where communism fails. It's built to acknowledge the inherent greed of individuals. So long as they can trade freely, with government prosecuting force or fraud, then both parties benefit.
Read his massive tomb Human Action for more info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Action
Bingo!
The very State banning processed foods for our own good is also then taxing us to subsidize the ingredients going into them. America!
I don't know which straw-man group of people you're criticizing, but any consistently liberty-oriented person calls BS anytime the government tells us we can't put something into our bodies. That's regardless of whether it's drugs or soda. Maybe you're thinking of conservatives or Republicans, which are in no way consistent about liberty. They only pull that card when it suits them.
So your premise is that if something's harmful, the State can ban it? Sound's rather open ended to me, given that almost all activities in life have an element of risk with them. And in this case we're talking about consensual behaviour.
The Libertarian stance on gay marriage is drop dead simple and obvious. Get the government out of the business of marriage and let people associate however they wish. Marriage is between the people getting married, their church (if they so wish), and their network of friends and family. What part of that does the government have any business being in?
Your metaphor fails, given that in this case the State is using force to alter consensual behaviour.
How about Space X and other private space agencies? Granted, it's a budding industry, but with a focus on profit (and by extension, cost) we'll see less waste and more efficient use of funds.
It's even easier with a manual transmission, which is getting rare these days: You just slam the stick into the middle and you're done. Anyone in the vehicle, if it's a sedan, can get to it and do that. Easy as pie.
I like the point the mechanic is making about differentiating between critical and non-critical systems. However, a simple brake job is just one of those things anyone with any degree of self sufficiency should know how to do themselves. It's just sad when a person can't replace their brake pads.
I'll never understand all the hate that SugarCRM gets around here.
I've set it up for some small businesses, and even use it myself, and it works fine for a small group of users (less than 15). Aside from a few minor hiccups that were easily fixed, I haven't had any issues with it. And that includes moving data en masse into and out of it.
About the only thing I don't like about it is lack of reporting and a few other features. But those are features that I'd like to see added, not bugs in performance or some such.
That's what you get when you allow private industry and corporatist groups like ALEC to write the laws.
Funny, I thought it was politicians that created our laws. Now, if they're being influenced by private industry, then it's not private industry to blame, it's the politicians.
Take away the stranglehold of power the State has over our lives, and there's a lot less power to corrupt.
if the trailer has a different number you are breaking the law and deserve the problems.
Do you have any experience in using trailers? Any blue collar guy will gladly explain to you how utility trailers get passed around different vehicles. So to have to have the above requirement is absolutely un-reasonable.
For example, big tools like generators and compressors can be on their own purpose-built trailers. Depending on who needs it for their job site, a different truck will be towing it.
For me, I've got my motorcycle and jetski on trailers. So if I'm going on a full day or all weekend trip far away with the jetski, the trailer will be hooked to to whoever's car is taking us all.
How is publishing NOT a free market? With the traditional publishers, it's certainly an oligopoly. There's no doubt about that. But with today's digital distribution, it's a completely free and open market.
They have those. They're called "laptops".
I knew about that potential conflict before I started working from home. To prevent it, I had a serious discussion with my significant other that while at home, I'm working and not to be interrupted. Since she respects my work time, it hasn't been a problem at all.
The only time it's an issue is when the significant other walks in half naked wanting some sexy time. At that point, work can wait a while.
Where I did have the same problem you describe is with people outside my home. Friends and family would email, IM, or call me during the day as if I had nothing else to do. It was annoying, especially family that acted like somehow I had quit my job and was taking a long term paid vacation. It's mostly older people who hold that stereotype. Over time, with some very direct and annoyed responses, people came to realize that I'm working just as hard, if not harder, at home as people in an office.
"We shouldn't allow the white kids to leave."
And there's your Liberal comment of the day. Yes, because it's your job to enforce racial diversity in a school as the most important metric.
In a voluntary society, if people racially segregate, it's their business. It doesn't mean that that's bad, or good. It's just how it is.
As for the vouchers, as long as all students have equal access to them, the racial component should be left out of the equation.
I wish I had Mod points for this. It's so on point it's not even funny.
"I love engineers. They have made our lives so much better and are so unappreciated."
The flip side to making cars safer is that over the year's they've also gotten lighter and more powerful. It's a game of cat and mouse between increasing (potentially deadly) performance and safety.
I know people who get spare connectors from the junk yards and keep them plugged in so the car doesn't keep beeping at them about the seatbelt.
Why people go so far to avoid wearing a seat belt is beyond me.