You said you had 40-60GB datasets, but not how many datasets you're backing up.
Tape may very well be the "best" solution at the moment, though hard drives actually make a lot of sense. I would consider a part/parity system with enough parity to rebuild the entire file (yes, 2x the storage space), with the resulting set copied to two separate hard drives. 2TB hard drives are fairly commonplace, and can be had for $80 each. So you've got 100GB (avg) backup sets, and you're making two copies. You should be able to write to the drives simultaneously using two eSATA docking stations (about $40 each) and get proper cases for the drives (~$5 each). You shouldn't be out more than $200 for 20 files backed up, or $10 per project. Might as well store them in two separate physical locations.
Finally, plan a migration path on a two-four year cycle. The migration should involve purchasing new media (presumably with 2x+ the initial storage density) and copying all of your files over. That will act as your bit-check, though in theory you could do the bit check without migration. Even with migration, the long term media cost should be less than $20-$25 per project, exclusive of the manpower to do the transfers.
You seem to be inverting the quote and implying that people who have money know how to handle money. Plus, WS doesn't count - they have money, but that's because they use other people's money to make money.
This. I happened to be quite pleased, however, that when the Gawker site passwords were compromised, mine was not in the 1M(?) password list, which means not only was my simple password not revealed, but nobody else who's was revealed used the same one.
They change editions every year so that the life cycle of a text in the resale market (for which you can only sell back a current version) is amazingly short. They get a huge cut on the first sale, nothing on the second, and by the time the third would happen, there's a new edition. This could reduce the revenue from the first sale, but allow for less need to churn editions to keep the new book sales in the forefront. I'll be interested to see what happens.
I might (I say might) go for this, especially if there was an option to buy a discounted hard copy (or, less enticingly, a perpetual digital copy) if I wanted to.
'Cause my 8 year old just got denied at a TSA screening for having a snow globe in her carry on. I'm still trying to figure out the specific logic. It's not a blunt weapon, since you can take on all sorts of similar sized objects which could be used as blunt weapons. I'm not sure if it's glass, but if it is it would be no less of a weapon when broken than the mirror in my overnight bag if broken. It might be the liquid, but a globe is sealed and can't be opened without tools - which they won't let you carry on, so it can't be part of a binary (or higher) explosive to be combined int he air. (N.B.: it fit in a quart bag, though I'm sure there was more than 3oz of liquid in it) Of course, that would mean that it would have to be primary explosive...but they let us just check the bag, so they've let us put the explosive on the plane.
DHS spends $50B a year; Half a Trillion dollars since the WTC/Pentagon incident. I want my fucking money back.
Actually, per dollar spent, putting men in orbit is very inefficient for the science gained (except, perhaps in the case of scientific research about the effects of extended space living on the human body...but that's a niche case). At one point, I believe more than half of the agencies budget was more or less dedicated to the manned program, and yet the returns (in science) were in the 10% range. Now, that's really a hard-to-quantify number, but I would not find that exceptionally out of line, because the overhead associated with safety, space, mass, and personnel support for manned missions is enormous.
Note: I was once a former astronaut candidate hopeful, and would sign up in an instant. I like manned flight because I think it's good for public morale and nationalism, and it drives dollars to the other research missions of NASA. Let's face it - Manned Flight is just plain fucking cool. But it's cost is disproportionate to the science is generates.
If you could create a quick map of a lot, or of a building, using this type of technique, it could save countless hours of measurement and recordation. It would make quick building surveys of existing conditions take hours instead of days. This could have some very cool applications in my world, indeed!
That's because 99% of iPhone users can't access an alternate store.
Interestingly enough, my TV can't access PAL broadcasts, and my car can't accept leaded gasoline from the pump. I could manually modify them to accept said content, but since my needs are served by the default options and the alternates could have negative consequences to normal operation, I choose not to do so.
I never concern myself with not being able to SSH into a server from my iPhone. I'll admit that part of that lack of concern is that for four years of working with "another" phone OS that could, I never used such function.
Lots of sibling posts are missing the fact that if 1/3 of their subscribers actually leave (unlikely), they still won't make more money because many of their remaining subscribers are likely to drop either streaming or mail, resulting in a net revenue loss of 20% (gross) per retained subscriber. Chances are, those that will be dropping one side of the service weren't using the other side, so that "extra" service was almost exclusively profit.
I understand why they did it (specter of higher licensing fees), but they probably could have softened the blow a bit. This is the wrong way to boil a frog.
Holy shit that would be complex. And that presumes that the federal government would actually distribute the money without strings. I presume they would also take a few percent off the top for the agency that would be added to manage the trillions of dollars of transactions.
Well, does TN stand to gain more than they would potentially lose in tax revenue? It's no different that other tax incentives or outright gifts states give to large employers to get them to move into an area. Whether you give them (really the residents) a $10M tax break for sales tax or a $10M tax break on employment tax or a $10M tax break on property tax or a $10M tax break on income tax...does it really matter. In all cases, they are negotiating a better deal than the general business population gets because of their size.
I would agree, and there will be a niche for RIM for quite some time, except that people are getting less and less tolerant of having multiple, overlapping devices they have to carry. The newer phones targeted at consumers can do what RIM does from a user point of view, and they do most of it better.
In business, the old adage is that you're either growing or you're dying. And RIM is not in the position to grow with their current plans.
Yes, actually, you can. It's the difficult logic of infinity. It doesn't matter what the probability is of a particular keystroke, as long as there is a finite chance - no matter how small - of a keystroke being registered on every key.
Or grab a 1TB/$50 usenet account. If you're not so picky as to need raw BR rates, that's over 100 HD flicks. And, since you're theoretically already paying for the license to view the movies, it's really just like time shifting (though in the "impossible time travel" direction).
Well, since incandescents that met the requirements have already been made, I'd say it's not spin. If you want to talk spin, how about the spin that "not extending a temporary tax break" is considered a tax increase?
I've had no less than four die in the past two years - most within a month of installation. Sadly, it costs more to send them in for a warranty exchange than they're worth (i.e. - it's cheaper for me to get a new one at the store).
The biggest issue I have is that there are no standards or requirements for labeling with color temperature or CRI, so you get what you get most of the time, and you get this ugly pastelly rainbow of different lighting when one dies early unless you bought extras originally. Between that and the "warm up" effect - i.e. "instant on" really means "instantly on at about 50% brightness" for the best CFLs, ad they warm up over 2-5 minutes depending on the brand and model. Oh, and every one I've bought (maybe half a dozen different brands) puts off so much EMI/RFI that until they're warmed up, the IR remote controls won't work if I use a repeater. Marginal case, I'll admit, but still a PITA.
Incandescents also have the advantage of all falling on the blackbody curve. And they're dimmable - which is a huge deal in my house.
Like when we got a bit from the Dentist, or a broken thermometer, and rolled it around in our palms for a while 'cause it was cool. But, hey - you know - think of the children and all that.
Easy. Copyrights not registered last for 5 years. Copyrights first registered to a private individual are valid for the life of of the individual. Copyrights held by corporations or transferred from one individual to another entity are valid for 20 years.
No, I'm pretty certain that for printed works, the right to loan out is statutory. The recording industries have their own exceptions built into the copyright code that prevents the lending of A/V media except as authorized. I'm sure if I'm wrong, someone here at/. will put in a kind work of correction with with the pertinent language;-)
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You said you had 40-60GB datasets, but not how many datasets you're backing up.
Tape may very well be the "best" solution at the moment, though hard drives actually make a lot of sense. I would consider a part/parity system with enough parity to rebuild the entire file (yes, 2x the storage space), with the resulting set copied to two separate hard drives. 2TB hard drives are fairly commonplace, and can be had for $80 each. So you've got 100GB (avg) backup sets, and you're making two copies. You should be able to write to the drives simultaneously using two eSATA docking stations (about $40 each) and get proper cases for the drives (~$5 each). You shouldn't be out more than $200 for 20 files backed up, or $10 per project. Might as well store them in two separate physical locations.
Finally, plan a migration path on a two-four year cycle. The migration should involve purchasing new media (presumably with 2x+ the initial storage density) and copying all of your files over. That will act as your bit-check, though in theory you could do the bit check without migration. Even with migration, the long term media cost should be less than $20-$25 per project, exclusive of the manpower to do the transfers.
You seem to be inverting the quote and implying that people who have money know how to handle money. Plus, WS doesn't count - they have money, but that's because they use other people's money to make money.
Seriously. I expected at least a 6MP (25 preferrably, but I'm willing to go small), tack sharp photo, and all I saw was something from the Apollo era.
And I'd prefer a D3x, thankyouverymuch.
This. I happened to be quite pleased, however, that when the Gawker site passwords were compromised, mine was not in the 1M(?) password list, which means not only was my simple password not revealed, but nobody else who's was revealed used the same one.
They change editions every year so that the life cycle of a text in the resale market (for which you can only sell back a current version) is amazingly short. They get a huge cut on the first sale, nothing on the second, and by the time the third would happen, there's a new edition. This could reduce the revenue from the first sale, but allow for less need to churn editions to keep the new book sales in the forefront. I'll be interested to see what happens.
I might (I say might) go for this, especially if there was an option to buy a discounted hard copy (or, less enticingly, a perpetual digital copy) if I wanted to.
Or do they simply not care any more?
They only care about the money we let them spend.
'Cause my 8 year old just got denied at a TSA screening for having a snow globe in her carry on. I'm still trying to figure out the specific logic. It's not a blunt weapon, since you can take on all sorts of similar sized objects which could be used as blunt weapons. I'm not sure if it's glass, but if it is it would be no less of a weapon when broken than the mirror in my overnight bag if broken. It might be the liquid, but a globe is sealed and can't be opened without tools - which they won't let you carry on, so it can't be part of a binary (or higher) explosive to be combined int he air. (N.B.: it fit in a quart bag, though I'm sure there was more than 3oz of liquid in it) Of course, that would mean that it would have to be primary explosive...but they let us just check the bag, so they've let us put the explosive on the plane.
DHS spends $50B a year; Half a Trillion dollars since the WTC/Pentagon incident. I want my fucking money back.
Yeah, but he's only 4 miles from his TELCO. By the time IPv6 is rolled out, he'll have FTTH. ;-)
Actually, per dollar spent, putting men in orbit is very inefficient for the science gained (except, perhaps in the case of scientific research about the effects of extended space living on the human body...but that's a niche case). At one point, I believe more than half of the agencies budget was more or less dedicated to the manned program, and yet the returns (in science) were in the 10% range. Now, that's really a hard-to-quantify number, but I would not find that exceptionally out of line, because the overhead associated with safety, space, mass, and personnel support for manned missions is enormous.
Note: I was once a former astronaut candidate hopeful, and would sign up in an instant. I like manned flight because I think it's good for public morale and nationalism, and it drives dollars to the other research missions of NASA. Let's face it - Manned Flight is just plain fucking cool. But it's cost is disproportionate to the science is generates.
Tell them it can detect terrorists carrying weapons onto an aircraft and they'll order one for every major airport in the US.
If you could create a quick map of a lot, or of a building, using this type of technique, it could save countless hours of measurement and recordation. It would make quick building surveys of existing conditions take hours instead of days. This could have some very cool applications in my world, indeed!
That's because 99% of iPhone users can't access an alternate store.
Interestingly enough, my TV can't access PAL broadcasts, and my car can't accept leaded gasoline from the pump. I could manually modify them to accept said content, but since my needs are served by the default options and the alternates could have negative consequences to normal operation, I choose not to do so.
I never concern myself with not being able to SSH into a server from my iPhone. I'll admit that part of that lack of concern is that for four years of working with "another" phone OS that could, I never used such function.
Lots of sibling posts are missing the fact that if 1/3 of their subscribers actually leave (unlikely), they still won't make more money because many of their remaining subscribers are likely to drop either streaming or mail, resulting in a net revenue loss of 20% (gross) per retained subscriber. Chances are, those that will be dropping one side of the service weren't using the other side, so that "extra" service was almost exclusively profit.
I understand why they did it (specter of higher licensing fees), but they probably could have softened the blow a bit. This is the wrong way to boil a frog.
Holy shit that would be complex. And that presumes that the federal government would actually distribute the money without strings. I presume they would also take a few percent off the top for the agency that would be added to manage the trillions of dollars of transactions.
Good luck
The California State Government pays Federal Income Tax? Wow, that is a new one.
Well, does TN stand to gain more than they would potentially lose in tax revenue? It's no different that other tax incentives or outright gifts states give to large employers to get them to move into an area. Whether you give them (really the residents) a $10M tax break for sales tax or a $10M tax break on employment tax or a $10M tax break on property tax or a $10M tax break on income tax...does it really matter. In all cases, they are negotiating a better deal than the general business population gets because of their size.
I would agree, and there will be a niche for RIM for quite some time, except that people are getting less and less tolerant of having multiple, overlapping devices they have to carry. The newer phones targeted at consumers can do what RIM does from a user point of view, and they do most of it better.
In business, the old adage is that you're either growing or you're dying. And RIM is not in the position to grow with their current plans.
Yes, actually, you can. It's the difficult logic of infinity. It doesn't matter what the probability is of a particular keystroke, as long as there is a finite chance - no matter how small - of a keystroke being registered on every key.
Or grab a 1TB/$50 usenet account. If you're not so picky as to need raw BR rates, that's over 100 HD flicks. And, since you're theoretically already paying for the license to view the movies, it's really just like time shifting (though in the "impossible time travel" direction).
Well, since incandescents that met the requirements have already been made, I'd say it's not spin. If you want to talk spin, how about the spin that "not extending a temporary tax break" is considered a tax increase?
I've had no less than four die in the past two years - most within a month of installation. Sadly, it costs more to send them in for a warranty exchange than they're worth (i.e. - it's cheaper for me to get a new one at the store).
The biggest issue I have is that there are no standards or requirements for labeling with color temperature or CRI, so you get what you get most of the time, and you get this ugly pastelly rainbow of different lighting when one dies early unless you bought extras originally. Between that and the "warm up" effect - i.e. "instant on" really means "instantly on at about 50% brightness" for the best CFLs, ad they warm up over 2-5 minutes depending on the brand and model. Oh, and every one I've bought (maybe half a dozen different brands) puts off so much EMI/RFI that until they're warmed up, the IR remote controls won't work if I use a repeater. Marginal case, I'll admit, but still a PITA.
Incandescents also have the advantage of all falling on the blackbody curve. And they're dimmable - which is a huge deal in my house.
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Like when we got a bit from the Dentist, or a broken thermometer, and rolled it around in our palms for a while 'cause it was cool. But, hey - you know - think of the children and all that.
Hey. We didn't start the fire.
Easy. Copyrights not registered last for 5 years. Copyrights first registered to a private individual are valid for the life of of the individual. Copyrights held by corporations or transferred from one individual to another entity are valid for 20 years.
Problem solved. You're welcome.
No, I'm pretty certain that for printed works, the right to loan out is statutory. The recording industries have their own exceptions built into the copyright code that prevents the lending of A/V media except as authorized. I'm sure if I'm wrong, someone here at /. will put in a kind work of correction with with the pertinent language ;-)