And you would be in line for the benefits of Hitler's "research" too? I think not.
The issue here is not "should we do R&D or not", it's about who is human. Benefits can be had from all kinds of things, the question is, are they ethical?
Whatever your view on human life and unborn babies, everone has to aknowledge it's a serious issue. Though obviously not as easy to evaluate, it has the same moral weight as if we were debating the "humanness" of all 8-year-olds. Whatever you decide, you're making a serious call.
For me the question is not what but who we're doing research on, and in the case of stem cell research, we've stepped over the line.
Here in Toronto we've had to use the full area code for a couple years now (416/647). Of course Bell Canada has things set up so that you normally dial 10 digits, if it's long distance you'll be told so, and you have to dial with the leading 1. However, I disabled long distance on my phone altogether (solves problems with housemates) and use a third-party long distance company. Much cheaper than Bell, and no "who-owns-this-call" detective work when I get the phone bill.
-Malloc
We use both a Mylex960 and Promise card here
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Here at work our main R&D server's been using a SCSI Mylex960 with RAID1 36GB drives. This has worked dandily for the past several years. This machine gets hit pretty had with tons of small IO, so I wouldn't consider IDE for it.
However, more recently we needed more builds/CDimage space so we picked up a Promise FastTrak100 (TX2) raid controller ($150CA) plus a couple 7200rpm 80GB Maxtors (~$150CA each), and have been living happily ever since. Now for sure we'd never put this in the main server, but for a cheap, reliable solution that gives you tons of space on a server that has only medium load, it can't be beat.
The point is, examine your needs and see what fits!
I tried this on the weekend. Everything was going beautifully till I was informed my 1900mb partition didn't cut it. Yes, that's right, the HD install off the single KNOPPIX CD requires 2200MB free! Which is too bad -- KNOPPIX is the only distribution I've seen that autodetected all my hardware (particularly my Asound NIC) -- and that includes Mandrake 9 and RedHat 8 (RedHat didn't even properly setup the awe driver for my SB64).
I was blown away when I first saw KNOPPIX, and immediately went around throwing the CD into all my 98/XP-using friends' machines.
Here at work (all SCSI) we have a webserver that had two consecutive failed Fujitsu drives (no, it wasn't my choice). Both died after a year or so of use while all the other-branded drives have kept going. The main difference I noticed between the Fujitsu's and everything else was how HOT they were! You couldn't hold your finger on them for more than a second. We also had a pair of mirrored Segate's in another server that also ran real hot (due to poor ventilation). They died almost simultaneously after two years. These times may sound par-for-the-course for home use, but we're talking expensive/scsi drives, not your cheapo IDE. The average drive-life here in our server room is easily 4+ years.
I've since installed extra fans in the front knockout spaces of all our servers, keeping all the HDs cool to touch.
If you've got a motherboard that has the usual symptoms (won't start up when you press power though PS is OK, suddenly shuts off during heavy use), then take heart:
My brother's Q-lity CPV4-T motherboard died. Before buying a new one I did a little googling, and 'bingo' I found the Abit/Garry Headlee info: Same symptoms, bulging caps. We picked up a few new caps and soon had them all replaced using $15 radio shack soldering equipment. It's still getting a burn in -- on initial testing the AGP video card didn't want to work though PCI would, but it decided to work later. Right now everything is working!
Moral of the story: Take...
an hour or two of time
a soldering iron
$3 worth of new capacitors
and a bit of patience
...you too can fix your dead motherboard (or whatever). You don't need expensive equipment or lots of skill, just try it!
Having A)lived in Canada all my life, and B) knowing a thing or two about governments in general, I have to ask the question:
Who seriously thinks this will cost anywhere near the projected cost? This is the *government* we're talking about here. Granted, some private companies are involved, but still I'd be surprised to see this come out less than double what they're saying.
Cost considerations aside, I also take issue with the priciple in general. Yes, I would love to have cheap broadband to my door, but if it comes at the cost of some other guy forcibly being made to pay for something he doesn't use (through taxes) then it is wrong. Sure you can argue this is the same case as with public roads, but I ask where are you going to stop? Will we have subsidized natural gas next? How about subsidized car repair? 'Everyone' needs a mechanic after all, right?, and we know how corrupt they are 'ripping people off' just like those large telecom corporations. Toothpaste, anyone?
We're sliding down the slippery slope of socialism.
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And you would be in line for the benefits of Hitler's "research" too? I think not.
The issue here is not "should we do R&D or not", it's about who is human. Benefits can be had from all kinds of things, the question is, are they ethical?
Whatever your view on human life and unborn babies, everone has to aknowledge it's a serious issue. Though obviously not as easy to evaluate, it has the same moral weight as if we were debating the "humanness" of all 8-year-olds. Whatever you decide, you're making a serious call.
For me the question is not what but who we're doing research on, and in the case of stem cell research, we've stepped over the line.
-MallocHere in Toronto we've had to use the full area code for a couple years now (416/647). Of course Bell Canada has things set up so that you normally dial 10 digits, if it's long distance you'll be told so, and you have to dial with the leading 1. However, I disabled long distance on my phone altogether (solves problems with housemates) and use a third-party long distance company. Much cheaper than Bell, and no "who-owns-this-call" detective work when I get the phone bill.
-Malloc
Here at work our main R&D server's been using a SCSI Mylex960 with RAID1 36GB drives. This has worked dandily for the past several years. This machine gets hit pretty had with tons of small IO, so I wouldn't consider IDE for it.
However, more recently we needed more builds/CDimage space so we picked up a Promise FastTrak100 (TX2) raid controller ($150CA) plus a couple 7200rpm 80GB Maxtors (~$150CA each), and have been living happily ever since. Now for sure we'd never put this in the main server, but for a cheap, reliable solution that gives you tons of space on a server that has only medium load, it can't be beat.
The point is, examine your needs and see what fits!
-Malloc
I tried this on the weekend. Everything was going beautifully till I was informed my 1900mb partition didn't cut it. Yes, that's right, the HD install off the single KNOPPIX CD requires 2200MB free! Which is too bad -- KNOPPIX is the only distribution I've seen that autodetected all my hardware (particularly my Asound NIC) -- and that includes Mandrake 9 and RedHat 8 (RedHat didn't even properly setup the awe driver for my SB64).
I was blown away when I first saw KNOPPIX, and immediately went around throwing the CD into all my 98/XP-using friends' machines.
I can certainly agree on that.
Here at work (all SCSI) we have a webserver that had two consecutive failed Fujitsu drives (no, it wasn't my choice). Both died after a year or so of use while all the other-branded drives have kept going. The main difference I noticed between the Fujitsu's and everything else was how HOT they were! You couldn't hold your finger on them for more than a second. We also had a pair of mirrored Segate's in another server that also ran real hot (due to poor ventilation). They died almost simultaneously after two years. These times may sound par-for-the-course for home use, but we're talking expensive/scsi drives, not your cheapo IDE. The average drive-life here in our server room is easily 4+ years.
I've since installed extra fans in the front knockout spaces of all our servers, keeping all the HDs cool to touch.
-Malloc
My brother's Q-lity CPV4-T motherboard died. Before buying a new one I did a little googling, and 'bingo' I found the Abit/Garry Headlee info: Same symptoms, bulging caps. We picked up a few new caps and soon had them all replaced using $15 radio shack soldering equipment. It's still getting a burn in -- on initial testing the AGP video card didn't want to work though PCI would, but it decided to work later. Right now everything is working!
Moral of the story:
Take...
Having A)lived in Canada all my life, and B) knowing a thing or two about governments in general, I have to ask the question:
Who seriously thinks this will cost anywhere near the projected cost? This is the *government* we're talking about here. Granted, some private companies are involved, but still I'd be surprised to see this come out less than double what they're saying.
Cost considerations aside, I also take issue with the priciple in general. Yes, I would love to have cheap broadband to my door, but if it comes at the cost of some other guy forcibly being made to pay for something he doesn't use (through taxes) then it is wrong. Sure you can argue this is the same case as with public roads, but I ask where are you going to stop? Will we have subsidized natural gas next? How about subsidized car repair? 'Everyone' needs a mechanic after all, right?, and we know how corrupt they are 'ripping people off' just like those large telecom corporations. Toothpaste, anyone?
We're sliding down the slippery slope of socialism.
Malloc