Don't blame the RAID, blame the DELL. Those PowerVault enclosures are steaming piles of garbage. We just had to replace about 12TB worth of PowerVaults due to repeated failures, averaging several a week for while there. We're now on EMC Symmetrix DMX hardware, and it's been much more reliable.
Our small Proliant (HP/Compaq) servers with internal arrays are also WAY more reliable than those PowerVaults. With 22 proliant servers, 8 drives in each, I think we've had one failure in three years.
RAID 10 is sometimes written as raid 1+0, which is different from 0+1. Basically, it's the order that the RAID system is applied. Do you mirror first, then stripe, or the other way around?
This is one of the biggest oddities of the imperial system. Letter sized paper is 8 1/2" x 11", but standard #10 envelopes are 4 1/8" x 9 1/2". In order for the paper to fit in the envelope, you have to fold it into thirds or fourths. Fold it in half and it'll be 1/4" too big. That's extremely annoying.
I wish Canada would finish the transition to metric as well. We're much farther along than the US, but we still use imperial for paper, most carpentry, some manufacturing, and even for our body weight and height most of the time.
We've done the hardest part by converting to km/h on the roads, and grams and litres on all of our retail products. Why not go the rest of the way?
Well, I've been on the Top Thrill Dragster coaster at Cedar Point. It does 0-120mph in around 4 seconds (0-60 in less than 2). Yes, it's pretty extreme, but I think I'd still be able to hold on to the steering wheel if there was one there. The Bugatti is significantly slower than that.
My point was that the Bugatti's acceleration is several times less than that of the dragster, therefore it would be well within the limits of most people to hang on to it.
For reference, assuming linear acceleration, a dragster averages ~3.6g during it's 0-320mph run. It's probably higher at the beginning of the run, and lower as it's approaching the top speed, but I don't have the data to do that calculation.
The Bugatti on the other hand, averages ~0.9g during it's 0-60mph run, and only ~0.6g if you average over the 0-186mph stretch. Still very impressive for a street legal car, but nothing close to a dragster.
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You could think of it as two of the Passat's W8 engines mounted end to end.
The W8 is the reason they never made a VR8. I think they can get a smaller overall package out of a W8 (two VR4 engines side by side) than a VR8 (longer and narrower).
Hell, I've had my stock 4-cylinder Accord up to 127mph, and it wasn't done accelerating when I gave up. I just wanted to get over that magic number of 200km/h.
A completely empty stretch of highway at 6am on Sunday is a lot of fun:)
A top fuel dragster can go from 0-320 mph in around 4 seconds, and they seem to be able to hang on ok. It's a hairy ride, I'm sure, but they manage. Those cars have well over 5000 HP by the way...
To really make people safer drivers, you should remove all that safety gear, and add a 6 inch sharpened steel spike to the center of the steering wheel. That ought to be a good incentive to drive a little more carefully:)
Really, all those electronic driving aids make it possible to pay less attention to your driving, without increasing your risk of death. Several of the items you listed do nothing to help avoid accidents, only to help survivability when you do smash into something.
Really, what we need on this continent (N.A.), is mandatory advanced driver training and skid school. There are far too many people out there on the roads that have no idea where the performance limits of their cars are, or what to do when they pass those limits.
Damn, you had me all excited that this was the burner for me. It supports nearly everything I want, and it's cheap. However, it doesn't support Mt. Rainier, so it just won't cut it for me. So close, and yet...:(
Qchain is no longer required to install multiple patches with a single reboot. Qchain functionality has been included in all windows patches for a while now. Just hit "no" when it asks you to reboot, then reboot manually when you've installed them all. If you want to script it, there are command line switches for all the patches allowing silent installs with no reboot.
Another great tool is SUS (Software Update Services). It's basically in internal copy of Windows Update, where you can approve patches that you've tested, and the clients will then pull approved updates down automatically according the schedule you set. Set the schedule via AD group policy, by manually editing the registry, or with a logon script.
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Don't blame the RAID, blame the DELL. Those PowerVault enclosures are steaming piles of garbage. We just had to replace about 12TB worth of PowerVaults due to repeated failures, averaging several a week for while there. We're now on EMC Symmetrix DMX hardware, and it's been much more reliable.
Our small Proliant (HP/Compaq) servers with internal arrays are also WAY more reliable than those PowerVaults. With 22 proliant servers, 8 drives in each, I think we've had one failure in three years.
RAID 10 is sometimes written as raid 1+0, which is different from 0+1. Basically, it's the order that the RAID system is applied. Do you mirror first, then stripe, or the other way around?
Free DSL for $20/month? That's awefully expensive for something that's free.
Yeah, in that case, the drive was definitely pooched... :)
Here's the same chart for Toronto in CDN cents/Litre and in US$/Gallon.
Prices in Canada are higher than the US mostly due to the extra taxes we pay on gas. The spikes match up perfectly though.
Were you using windows? It may have been a "safeguard" windows uses in the event of more than six data errors on the bus.
Look here for how to re-enable dma mode: http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm
Specifically, read the section "Re-enable DMA using the Registry Editor".
Fixed it for me.
This is one of the biggest oddities of the imperial system. Letter sized paper is 8 1/2" x 11", but standard #10 envelopes are 4 1/8" x 9 1/2". In order for the paper to fit in the envelope, you have to fold it into thirds or fourths. Fold it in half and it'll be 1/4" too big. That's extremely annoying.
I wish Canada would finish the transition to metric as well. We're much farther along than the US, but we still use imperial for paper, most carpentry, some manufacturing, and even for our body weight and height most of the time.
We've done the hardest part by converting to km/h on the roads, and grams and litres on all of our retail products. Why not go the rest of the way?
Yes, we're all well aware that a mirror image is reversed. The hand in the mirror looks like a right hand, meaning it has to be a left hand. Sheesh.
Sounds more like Fozzie Bear to me...
Well, I've been on the Top Thrill Dragster coaster at Cedar Point. It does 0-120mph in around 4 seconds (0-60 in less than 2). Yes, it's pretty extreme, but I think I'd still be able to hold on to the steering wheel if there was one there. The Bugatti is significantly slower than that.
My point was that the Bugatti's acceleration is several times less than that of the dragster, therefore it would be well within the limits of most people to hang on to it.
For reference, assuming linear acceleration, a dragster averages ~3.6g during it's 0-320mph run. It's probably higher at the beginning of the run, and lower as it's approaching the top speed, but I don't have the data to do that calculation.
The Bugatti on the other hand, averages ~0.9g during it's 0-60mph run, and only ~0.6g if you average over the 0-186mph stretch. Still very impressive for a street legal car, but nothing close to a dragster.
You could think of it as two of the Passat's W8 engines mounted end to end.
The W8 is the reason they never made a VR8. I think they can get a smaller overall package out of a W8 (two VR4 engines side by side) than a VR8 (longer and narrower).
However, his current daily driver is a McLaren-Mercedes SLR. He seems to like it quite a bit too.
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Hell, I've had my stock 4-cylinder Accord up to 127mph, and it wasn't done accelerating when I gave up. I just wanted to get over that magic number of 200km/h.
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A completely empty stretch of highway at 6am on Sunday is a lot of fun
A top fuel dragster can go from 0-320 mph in around 4 seconds, and they seem to be able to hang on ok. It's a hairy ride, I'm sure, but they manage. Those cars have well over 5000 HP by the way...
Sorry to be a spelling nazi, but I can't resist. I've seen this mistake far too many times recently.
Noone is not a word. It's two. No one. Seriously, look it up.
Otherwise, a very insightful post.
He'll be a little closer to a dealer this fall, when the Smart goes on sale in Canada. He'll have to wait until 2006 for local help though...
To really make people safer drivers, you should remove all that safety gear, and add a 6 inch sharpened steel spike to the center of the steering wheel. That ought to be a good incentive to drive a little more carefully :)
Really, all those electronic driving aids make it possible to pay less attention to your driving, without increasing your risk of death. Several of the items you listed do nothing to help avoid accidents, only to help survivability when you do smash into something.
Really, what we need on this continent (N.A.), is mandatory advanced driver training and skid school. There are far too many people out there on the roads that have no idea where the performance limits of their cars are, or what to do when they pass those limits.
Damn, you had me all excited that this was the burner for me. It supports nearly everything I want, and it's cheap. However, it doesn't support Mt. Rainier, so it just won't cut it for me. So close, and yet... :(
Nope, try again. That software is for ripping the audio out of DVD movies, not for ripping "DVD-Audio" discs. They're two very different things.
I had 1GB in '95, so I don't think 500MB in '94 would be a big deal.
Qchain is no longer required to install multiple patches with a single reboot. Qchain functionality has been included in all windows patches for a while now. Just hit "no" when it asks you to reboot, then reboot manually when you've installed them all. If you want to script it, there are command line switches for all the patches allowing silent installs with no reboot.
Also, you should be using the new MBSA (Microsoft Baseline Security Analyser) instead of HFNetChk.
Another great tool is SUS (Software Update Services). It's basically in internal copy of Windows Update, where you can approve patches that you've tested, and the clients will then pull approved updates down automatically according the schedule you set. Set the schedule via AD group policy, by manually editing the registry, or with a logon script.
Deficit is not the same as debt. Debt is how much you're in the hole. Deficit is the rate at which you're going deeper into the hole.
Thank you. That really does make a big difference!
Good point. I think anyone who's willing to carry around a 9 lb notebook probably wouldn't mind if it was a little bulky too :)