I have a long memory of failing WD drives, so I have been avoiding them like the plague for the last 6 years. It's only 2 data points, but:
- 8x1.5TB array seagates in a RAIDZ2 configuration, ran essentially 24x7 for 2 or 3 years with no failures - 8x3TB array seagates in same configuration, been running for about 2 years with no failures.
Seems my experience is not the norm... Or maybe I need to cross that 3-year barrier. Shame I fill them up too fast to make it 3 years so far.
End to end encryption is the only answer here. Maybe instead of relying on server certificates, which could be compromised, do the reverse -- the client certificate is used to secure the connection. That way everyone can use a CA (or even issue their own) that they trust. It puts the client in the driver seat, so instead of just stealing Google's key (or tapping Google's fiber), they have to get yours... One might argue that they could target you with advanced malware and steal your private key, but that is no different than what could happen today if they REALLY target you.
Makes sense that if you trust no one, why do you trust their SSL certificate? Why not make them use yours. In the case of on-line purchases, you trust the server based on their certificate but the client still controls the session key. And they trust you based on your login rather than the certificate.
Shrug... Something has to be done by the users. These governments are never, ever going to stop spying.
Exactly. After years of mooching free DNS and mail servers from friends, I switched to the google apps account I had created years before and never used. It works great and I don't have to worry about my ISP ever turning off my service for running "unauthorized servers", plus google runs the spam filters for me. There is no such thing as a free lunch, so get the best value for it.
Google appears to be the most up-front about their privacy options and IMO has the best interface for controlling it.
What better way to attract the best nerds than high altitude wi-fi balloons? All those crazy projects attract people who want to feel their career won't be confined.
In theory, the savings went to the shareholders as profits the first year they fired those people. After that, it wasn't in the budget and wasn't a savings any more (in the most BASIC form of accounting).
It's very, very hard to justify spending money on something that will take a decade to pay for itself. There is almost always something else you can spend it on that will have a better return. And the computer systems are largely "soft" dollars -- ask yourself "what check did I not have to write" -- so unless you can cut some more people, it probably won't be approved.
Seconded. I bought another 8 drives at black friday prices and doubled my RAIDZ2 to 18TB. There just is no alternative to the functionality provided by ZFS. If you need big storage on an open source platform, you either pay a ton for fancy controllers or use ZFS. I've used FreeBSD for over 12 years now and there was only a brief time when I considered an alternative (Dragonfly), but ZFS has me locked in now. I wish the linux guys had gone for it instead of relying on btrfs.
I think it's more likely that the target audience for these games are far more likely to pirate them. Most of the people I know who have an Android phone would never be able to pirate a game, and I'm sure they would pay for the right app, it just wouldn't be a game. If your audience is pirates, then expect rampant piracy! Sure, the closed iOS platform makes it a bit harder to pirate, but I believe the same person is just as likely to enable sideloading on an Android as he would be to jailbreak an iPhone.
As previous posts have mentioned, plenty of software still made money. Back in the DOS days software was much easier to pirate, but somehow games like Space Quest, DOOM, Zork, etc. made money.
But the ground ISN'T moving, the car/wheels are. Someone draw me a free body diagram showing the forces acting on the vehicle allowing it to accelerate to a speed faster than the wind and I'll believe it when the forces don't sum to zero at Vcar = Vwind.
Pfft, and give up the chance to have an unknown exotic effect named after you? Small price to pay my friend! Did you think all those crazy radiations and particles from Star Trek were named after unmanned probes???
I think the conversion to fiber might have made the local phone networks less reliable, actually. I remember in 1989, our town was hit by a hurricane. Knocked out the power for a week and water for 2 weeks... The phones never quit working. Since then, the local coop laid down all fiber. My parents have said they lost phones several times when the power went out. Not sure if it was related, but I have to wonder if the new fiber networks require more powered devices and are more susceptible to downtime.
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There are many legitimate use cases for a stateless protocol. It's not "broken".
I have a long memory of failing WD drives, so I have been avoiding them like the plague for the last 6 years. It's only 2 data points, but:
- 8x1.5TB array seagates in a RAIDZ2 configuration, ran essentially 24x7 for 2 or 3 years with no failures
- 8x3TB array seagates in same configuration, been running for about 2 years with no failures.
Seems my experience is not the norm... Or maybe I need to cross that 3-year barrier. Shame I fill them up too fast to make it 3 years so far.
Agreed. I need the vertical space WAY more than the horizontal. If all you want to do is watch movies get a f'ing tablet.
It's a big hole to pour money in. Governments are always looking for those, especially ones that no political party will argue against.
End to end encryption is the only answer here. Maybe instead of relying on server certificates, which could be compromised, do the reverse -- the client certificate is used to secure the connection. That way everyone can use a CA (or even issue their own) that they trust. It puts the client in the driver seat, so instead of just stealing Google's key (or tapping Google's fiber), they have to get yours... One might argue that they could target you with advanced malware and steal your private key, but that is no different than what could happen today if they REALLY target you.
Makes sense that if you trust no one, why do you trust their SSL certificate? Why not make them use yours. In the case of on-line purchases, you trust the server based on their certificate but the client still controls the session key. And they trust you based on your login rather than the certificate.
Shrug... Something has to be done by the users. These governments are never, ever going to stop spying.
It will only happen if there is money to be made from it.
Exactly. After years of mooching free DNS and mail servers from friends, I switched to the google apps account I had created years before and never used. It works great and I don't have to worry about my ISP ever turning off my service for running "unauthorized servers", plus google runs the spam filters for me. There is no such thing as a free lunch, so get the best value for it.
Google appears to be the most up-front about their privacy options and IMO has the best interface for controlling it.
If by few advantages you mean in addition to having a superior mobile app, better website, yes it is a small thing.
If someone is going to get your info, it may as well be the same company who knows how often you search for midget porn as well (you, not me).
Build your own storage array. It's not hard. ZFS!!!
I really think that is part of it.
What about standard deviation and median? At least give me a histogram.
What better way to attract the best nerds than high altitude wi-fi balloons? All those crazy projects attract people who want to feel their career won't be confined.
That is how it works. The turbines are always steam driven.
In theory, the savings went to the shareholders as profits the first year they fired those people. After that, it wasn't in the budget and wasn't a savings any more (in the most BASIC form of accounting).
It's very, very hard to justify spending money on something that will take a decade to pay for itself. There is almost always something else you can spend it on that will have a better return. And the computer systems are largely "soft" dollars -- ask yourself "what check did I not have to write" -- so unless you can cut some more people, it probably won't be approved.
Seconded. I bought another 8 drives at black friday prices and doubled my RAIDZ2 to 18TB. There just is no alternative to the functionality provided by ZFS. If you need big storage on an open source platform, you either pay a ton for fancy controllers or use ZFS. I've used FreeBSD for over 12 years now and there was only a brief time when I considered an alternative (Dragonfly), but ZFS has me locked in now. I wish the linux guys had gone for it instead of relying on btrfs.
I think it's more likely that the target audience for these games are far more likely to pirate them. Most of the people I know who have an Android phone would never be able to pirate a game, and I'm sure they would pay for the right app, it just wouldn't be a game. If your audience is pirates, then expect rampant piracy! Sure, the closed iOS platform makes it a bit harder to pirate, but I believe the same person is just as likely to enable sideloading on an Android as he would be to jailbreak an iPhone.
As previous posts have mentioned, plenty of software still made money. Back in the DOS days software was much easier to pirate, but somehow games like Space Quest, DOOM, Zork, etc. made money.
Unless it's just trillions of mealworms, what happens when 100 billion cockroaches escape from the farm down the road? Or locusts?
But the ground ISN'T moving, the car/wheels are. Someone draw me a free body diagram showing the forces acting on the vehicle allowing it to accelerate to a speed faster than the wind and I'll believe it when the forces don't sum to zero at Vcar = Vwind.
And, as everyone knows, that is the ONLY way to be sure.
That's because there are more vaginas involved in the application of diamond products than pirated movies.
Cartesian coordinates (0,0) on the axes of evil of course.
Pfft, and give up the chance to have an unknown exotic effect named after you? Small price to pay my friend! Did you think all those crazy radiations and particles from Star Trek were named after unmanned probes???
I will only support this if the goal is to achieve metric time, Simpsons' style.
Hopefully the drag from all those windmills will slow the earth's rotation enough to eliminate those damnable leap years.
I think the conversion to fiber might have made the local phone networks less reliable, actually. I remember in 1989, our town was hit by a hurricane. Knocked out the power for a week and water for 2 weeks... The phones never quit working. Since then, the local coop laid down all fiber. My parents have said they lost phones several times when the power went out. Not sure if it was related, but I have to wonder if the new fiber networks require more powered devices and are more susceptible to downtime.