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  1. Re:I'm using md, aka Linux Software Raid on What Kind Of Software RAID Are You Running? · · Score: 1

    I dont know about that, I am not a professional myself, but I have done it as a hobby, and mroe importantly I have set up such stuff for professionals who were dissolusioned with the mac and win32 solutions. I havent heard of cineralla, I just set the guy up with some home made guis over the top of software like dvgrab and transcode..He is totally happy with it and many other such professionals in the town want such a simialr system because the mac and windows solutions are so inferior.

  2. Re:I'm using md, aka Linux Software Raid on What Kind Of Software RAID Are You Running? · · Score: 1

    That all applies to the average home user of course, I could see roles for people doing video editing and compressing, dvd authoring etc, they could do with a speed improvement on their data drive where software raid would do, but if your a video editing pro then you will want the very best anyway... Once again hardware raid.

  3. Re:I'm using md, aka Linux Software Raid on What Kind Of Software RAID Are You Running? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unless you want to boot, in which case you will need a seperate boot drive because the BIOS cant load the kernel off a software raid.

    Which defeats the purpose, as the performance gains from RAID are going to be greater on the system drive (swap space, loading programs, libraries, program resources etc) than on the data drive, which is typically multimedia data where performance isnt a factor, as when you save it, your download speed is the bottleneck, and when you play it, the multimedia files have set bitrate.

    I just dont get software raid.. Its the system drive that has the most to gain from RAID yet software raid doesnt work on system drives. Who gives a shit if your mp3 drive is faster it only has to deliver a couple of hundred kbps.

  4. Re:the best is always improvable on Knoppix 3.8 at CeBIT w/ Kernel 2.6, FF, and More · · Score: 1

    Probably damaged cpu, mainboard or ram. You can choose to run memtest as knoppix boots and that might help diagnose your problem.

  5. Re:Yeah, We figured that one out... on BitTorrent May Prove Too Good to Quash · · Score: 1

    You possibly need traffic shaping, particularly with adsl. What happens is all your uploads take up all the outgoing bandwidth. But you also need to send out acknowledge packets to acknowledge all your downloads. When theres no room for those acks, your download speed suffers. You can use traffic shaping to prioritize those acks so they get out easily. Luckily linux has it built in and you can activate it simply with a script. I recommend googling for wondershaper. As far as windows goes i cant help, havent used that inferior piece of shit since 1995

  6. Re:Direct link to the movie on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trailer · · Score: 1

    Heh I got halfway through the ad filter bypassing process when I realised the trailer IS an ad! So I think I will give it a miss, hell to think those marketers almost had me too... Whats next, buying an iPod?

  7. Re:Spyware on Skype For Mac OS X and Linux · · Score: 1

    I consider the fact that one needs permission / assistance from the firewall administrator a good thing! But if skype was good for you thats fine. I wasnt even comparing skype and the phone line for anyones purposes other than my own. But you have to admit, to leave out video conferencing in this day and age pretty much presents skype as an obselete product from day one.

  8. Re:Spyware on Skype For Mac OS X and Linux · · Score: 1

    Its ok, I forgive you for jumping to assumptions. I am in Europe. In Germany. But I am from New Zealand. I call home for between 0.5 and 2.5 cents per minute with my phone.

  9. Re:Spyware on Skype For Mac OS X and Linux · · Score: 1

    Yeah NetMeeting and GnomeMeeting can. AND with standard VOIP protocols, not with proprietry bullshit. Through NATs and proxies, no problem.

    Yeah you werent aware of it because Skype is a bit more highly marketed....

    Personally if I want to ring a telephone, I call from a telephone, its still cheaper than skype when I use an alternative distance carrier.

  10. Re:You're assuming managers reward fairly on Google Rewards Employees With Millions · · Score: 1

    Ok, so the lesson is, be like Bob! But I think most of us knew that... Or did you have some other point?

  11. Re:Spyware on Skype For Mac OS X and Linux · · Score: 1

    And no video capabilities either! Why is this piece of shit getting all the hype? MSN, NetMeeting and Gnomemeeting could do all this PLUS video chat for ages.

    Lame lame lame....

  12. Re:Where the checkpoints are - magic explained on Business Under Fire · · Score: 1

    This is a type of apartheid like what was in south africa. The checkpoints do in fact only apply to palestinians and the israelis can bypass. The zionists have to give the palestinians their land back now. Believing that you are a special race chosen by god to take this land away from another people is backward, insulting, and a threat to the stability of the whole region.

  13. Re:How neccessary is this for home users? on Desktop Search Engines Compared · · Score: 1

    I am pretty anal about where I put my files
    Yeah, I figure if the sun dont even shine there, my files will be pretty safe.

  14. Apprentice shows that spamming works on Meet Millionaire Spammer Jeremy Jaynes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    On last weeks apprentice, one team passed out flyers in the street, and the other team sent out email spam as part of marketing a briday shop. The spammers had queues, and ended earning 12 times as much profit. The non-spammers only sold 2 dresses and their shop was empty most of the day.

    The lesson? Spam works.

  15. Re:So... on Crackdown On Internet 'Hate' in Canada · · Score: 1

    Hahaha, I dont know if America was the best example to use. Countries like North Korea, America, and China still have quite a way to go in these regards.
    Why not use Holland or New Zealand as an example instead? I know in New Zealand speech is free.

  16. Re:Need a different monitor on Does Your LCD Play Catch-Up To Your Mouse? · · Score: 1

    Who would make a monitor at 1280x1024? Its not even 4:3, its not even square pixels..Yuk.. Anyone know how it ever caught on as being a mode?
    Good choice running it at a normal resolution 1280x960 though, just sad theres no native support for this most useful of resolutions on most hardware.

  17. Simple on Accurate ANSI Emulation in Mac OS X? · · Score: 1

    Why not start with the program that works the best, grab its source, find the bits that dont quite render the ANSI right, and simply fix it up so that it works right. Or am I missing something here?

  18. Re:My Fear on The IOC's 'Clean Venue' Policy · · Score: 1

    Yes I have forgotten, please provide more information or possibly a link to an article about the subject. Coke and Pepsi arent exactly nringing up anything relevant in google.

  19. Re:Pronounced with a short "I" on Primer · · Score: 1

    If its pronounced like "primma" to rhyme with "dimmer" then thats nothing to do with British or American, its a totally different word. It refers to the first classes of school, like primmer 1, primmer 2 etc, or the books that these classes use, such as an english primmer, social studies primmer etc.

    In all other uses its pronounced to rhyme with "timer".

  20. Re:See, this is what's wrong with Microsoft... on Microsoft Longhorn To Support HD DVD Format · · Score: 1

    Your an idiot. In an ideal world only interrupt handlers and system calls are built into the OS. Everything else should be in user mode.

    And linux encodes and decodes DVDs, and music and other video formats better than windows.

  21. Re:More Mirrors on History Of Doom Movie Debuts · · Score: 1

    WARNING: Parent link is just an html file labelled as a .torrent file.

  22. Hey its only affecting windows on Should Colleges Monitor Students' PCs? · · Score: 1

    I think this is a great idea. Well, banning windows outright would be preferable, but that might get in the way of microsoft cash donations to the university. As a CS student you wont be using windows anyway so wheres the problem? After seeing all the damage that microsoft software such as IE and Outlook have inflicted on the net as a whole, (I notice theres yet ANOTHER IE flaw permitting the slient installation of a keylogger just by visiting a webpage!).

    Yeah, this is almost as good an idea as banning windows full stop. Its not like there arent much better alternatives such as linux anyway.

  23. Work Experience on Resumes for New Grads? · · Score: 1

    Much more important than marks are all the part time jobs you had whle studying that were related to your field so focus on them. Didnt have any? Oh dear.. You might want to spend a couple of years getting some work experience as a volunteer first. After all work involves actual work, not sitting exams.

    Also dont apply through the email. You really must send in a printed copies of your CV, with photo, and application letter. And keep it brief. Hobbies and interests are no longer required unless related to the job.

  24. What about crossing the road? on Networking in the Danger Zone? · · Score: 1

    Hi. I was thinking about crossing the street, to get to the other side. But it seems what with people getting run over all the time, I just wonder, is it worth it? I mean more people die crossing the street than they do being contracters in Iraq, so I suspect its not worth trading my life in just to get to the other side. I am thinking it will be best to stay on this side of the street.

    What do you all think?

  25. Re:VMs will solve this issue on The History of Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    What language is that? It looks familar, like something I leant once but havent used day to day.