It's definitely more noisy than I'd prefer. I'd say it's above average for a desktop system. Noise wasn't so much a factor for me, but an ultra-quiet fan would be nice. They probably should have given it more consideration and shipped it with something better. I got a better heat sink for it a couple weeks after I built it. The one they include seems to be adequate though and haven't taken the time to swap it. If you were considering buying a better heat sink and fan for the processor, maybe you want to get a better case fan instead....
I picked one of these up last November. I put in a 1GHz PIII, 1GB Ram (when it cost about 1/3 of what it does now), and 100GB HD. It runs great so far. The on board video card could be better, but I'm using it as a little server at home. I'm pretty surprised that the little thing isn't running hot after 3 months of running dnetc non stop.
I've been eyeing up Intrinsyc's CerfCube. It cost $379 but it's worth a look. There was an thread on/. a couple months ago so maybe some/.ers can give you some first hand feedback.
Didn't we just hear about Bin Laden's obsession with encryption? And isn't Carnivore or (DCS1000 or whatever) only supposed to examine email headers? If I'm not mistaken, they are only supposed to be allowed to view the message bodies to/from certain usernames/IPs and by court order on a case by case basis. I don't mean to be naive, but don't be naive enough to believe that Bin Laden and pals wouldn't use encryption or that they would be that foolish. My guess is that they will not find anything significant that they aren't already aware of.
Remember, "if we outlaw encryption, only the outlaws will have encryption" - source? i forget, i think it was someone from the EFF.
take care.
If the addictivness of news and information interests you, you might want to check out a book I read recently. Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut. It's been out for a couple years, so maybe some of you have read it. Let us know what you about it. I'm sure most of you would enjoy it...
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this site was mentioned here about a year ago. theres's a good list of books there. others might like to contribute the titles they've mentioned.
the server is NT 4 running SQL 6.5 w/ a blank SA password
what's your IP? ; )It's definitely more noisy than I'd prefer. I'd say it's above average for a desktop system. Noise wasn't so much a factor for me, but an ultra-quiet fan would be nice. They probably should have given it more consideration and shipped it with something better. I got a better heat sink for it a couple weeks after I built it. The one they include seems to be adequate though and haven't taken the time to swap it. If you were considering buying a better heat sink and fan for the processor, maybe you want to get a better case fan instead....
I picked one of these up last November. I put in a 1GHz PIII, 1GB Ram (when it cost about 1/3 of what it does now), and 100GB HD. It runs great so far. The on board video card could be better, but I'm using it as a little server at home. I'm pretty surprised that the little thing isn't running hot after 3 months of running dnetc non stop.
Car hacking is dead. I've moved on to hacking IT.
I've been eyeing up Intrinsyc's CerfCube. It cost $379 but it's worth a look. There was an thread on /. a couple months ago so maybe some /.ers can give you some first hand feedback.
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Didn't we just hear about Bin Laden's obsession with encryption? And isn't Carnivore or (DCS1000 or whatever) only supposed to examine email headers? If I'm not mistaken, they are only supposed to be allowed to view the message bodies to/from certain usernames/IPs and by court order on a case by case basis. I don't mean to be naive, but don't be naive enough to believe that Bin Laden and pals wouldn't use encryption or that they would be that foolish. My guess is that they will not find anything significant that they aren't already aware of. Remember, "if we outlaw encryption, only the outlaws will have encryption" - source? i forget, i think it was someone from the EFF. take care.
If the addictivness of news and information interests you, you might want to check out a book I read recently. Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut. It's been out for a couple years, so maybe some of you have read it. Let us know what you about it. I'm sure most of you would enjoy it...