I work in the so-called real world (no more real than any other, I assure you) at a Real Large Company.
Guess what? There is no way we could store tapes off site. There is too much data (you know, terabytes (well, more than that for us)). You could do it, but restores would be a bitch, and trust me, when a restore is needed where I work it is already overdue.
To get around not being able to store offsite (and to get around a city being out of commission) we have redundant data centers (and a spare). I think a system like this, properly mirrored in different locations and all that, would be a very nice solution for us.
Personal opinion, based on experience: Tape Sucks!
And if you don't test your tape backups with frequent sample restores, you're just asking for it.
People who use Macs don't use them because they're faster.
This is moderated as insightful?
Of course people who use Macs don't use them because they're faster because they aren't faster.
Besides, the article is clearly being a link to a test to buck up those who prefer PC's. And if you read the article (I did) you'll see that digital video editing (what that site is about) can take time, a lot of time. So if you do digital video editing (or anything that will use lots of CPU) chances are the time you save there will more than make up for any disadvantages the PC platform might have (and remember, the Mac is not superior in all ways except for speed, it too has disadvantages).
If speed were really the end-all and be-all of graphic design (or computing in general) Apple would have died a long time ago and PC users would still be using DOS.
This comment is silly. No one claims that speed is the end-all or the be-all. But the many advantages of the PC platform (including increasingly a huge speed advantage) far outweigh those of the Mac platform unless you:
1. Hate Microsoft so much you'd get a stroke if you used their products.
2. Ditto Intel.
3. Love Unix but can't fix the problems Linux (and *BSD) has on portables (and can't deal with its generally ass interface) and running a portable is your end-all and be-all.
4. Are content in Mac space (you don't need speed, you like spending extra for your hardware, you don't mind that a lot of nifty products don't work on Macs, you prefer the interface).
I was in group 4 until Apple screwed up the interface. Now I'm switching to Linux on my CPU's and hoping to avoid XP on my next portable (Lindows portable, anyone?)
Besides, although Apple isn't dead, guess what % of people buy Macs compared to Windoze boxes? I think the advantages the
Wintel platform has have enabled it to marginalize the Mac and everything else below the workstation level pretty effectively.
Your logic fails to overwhelm me. Please note that I implied that the typical CD is not $18 but less.
This does not mean that I implied that you can't purchase CD's for $18 or more.
Of course, that implies that if you typically pay $18 or more for a typical CD you are probably...well, anything further would devolve into insult.
The typical price I see for what I'll call a standard CD (new or desirable old disc) is $13. Still too much but a full 5 to 7 dollars less than the typical BS I see on/.. Does that mean that there are not desirable CD's that cost more than $13? Of course not, but they aren't typical (compilations, special extras, etc).
Now what about $10 per year for Bloom County? That is still less than the cost of a CD and over the 5 years I figure it will take (assuming the subscription price doesn't rise in that time!) it is still less than the cost of the 15 year output of the typical rock band. And of course, you get all the other cartoons.
But I like the paper version. I'll see what the missus thinks.
I may agree with your point, but if you use bogus data and/or lies to make your point, you weaken it considerably and I end up having contempt for you. Don't even try to argue that the typical CD is $18.
Now $50 (15 years at a week every 2 days is a 5 year subscription) for all of Bloom County and his college cartoon is not bad and I agree with you, a fair price. And you get other comics as well.
My only important question is: How much does Berke get from this? If he isn't rewarded then my interest level goes way way down.
Oh boy, 2 replies. 1 reasonably intelligent, the other, well...
Linux is NOT GNU/Linux. That's silly. It is Linux in the context of the story (first) and it is Linux period. You can combine the kernel as you like and, guess what? I have a box that has almost nothing by the GNU team. But the kernel is Linux. Sheesh, next you'll be telling me it is CDE/HP-UX, or Gnome/Solaris. Or FreeBSD/Mach/Mac OS X.
What isn't clear to me is how and who will be able to access the information. Having strong encryption (seems to be optional, and it doesn't mention the expected hit on access speed) on the disc itself, while good, doesn't mean that the access is well protected. It could be as simple as putting the card in a machine, typing your password, and et voila, someone has your password. Or the gummint gets access built in. Or one is required to provide access or pay a penalty (legal or inability to access something desired).
It will come down to careful implementation at all levels of usage including social, if the encryption is to mean anything useful to end users.
You're right about the p0rn, though. This kind of thing would be great paired with a sort of eBook reader;-)
Amazingly, within the card is an on-board processor containing integrated software controls that can encrypt data securely in real time.
so I went looking and found the StorCard website. It says
There are two types of cryptography logic; a PKI system providing authentication logic, and a block encryption algorithm, such as AES. The encryption keys for both the cryptography engines (supporting 1024 bit keys) are stored in local RAM, which is not accessible external to the card. All data on the StorCard's recording disk is encrypted and block encryption is done "on-the-fly".
What I am less thrilled with is their emphasis on storing biometric data and trying to get what they see as a huge amount of money being spent on ID cards.
There are 3 problems with your post. Working backwards:
Your cost per album estimate came out of your ass and it stinks. $20 per album is way off. Even when I buy new CDs they cost $13 at most (per disc). I buy lots of used discs at typically $8 or less. A rough estimate of an average for my collection is $7 per disc. Replacement cost, now that's something different.
Your estimates on how much music an 80 GB drive can hold don't list your assumptions and thus are useless for use in arguing or making a point. Using a (low) figure of 1 MB = 1 minute, and my collection's average of 52 minutes per disc (and 14 tracks per disc) I get about 1538 albums. I (and it seems many others) record at a higher bit rate, if you use 160/VBS it holds about 1326 of my average albums. Taking the higher bitrate and my averages, that's about $9900 worth of CDs this thing will hold. That's close to your $20,000 for goyim;-)
The final place you fall down is in your time estimates. You assume that everyone is a loser teen who has to fill the hard drive and fill it today. I'm old enough to have been buying CDs since 1985. And I've got a beautiful wife who has been buying her own CDs for our (instead of "my") collection. And I wouldn't fill the drive with what we have today, but guess what? Shock shock horror horror, we are still adding to our collection and we wouldn't be interested in something without expansion room. With our collection we've spent an average of a bit over $400 per year of which I've spent about 3/4 of that. (And yes, Napster led us to many new bands where we ended up buying the band's CD.)
Oh yes, Onkyo might not care if you don't buy this product. They sell many products aimed at different segments of the market. There are people whose CD collection makes mine look puny. Just because a coat doesn't fit you doesn't mean it shouldn't be for sale. The same for this product. But you have a point, too. I fail to see it, but I'm sure you have one.
Hey, here is an idea for record companies: Give away all music but at a low bit-rate. People can find what they like and what they think sucks a golf ball through 50 feet of garden hose. And the quality will be low enough that they'll want to buy, on CD, what they like.
If a "professional" doesn't know what he's doing, he's not going to be in business very long.
This is a type of fallacy I hear on slashdot a lot.
I live in a mid-sized city, approaching a million people in it's larger area. I had to find a plumber for a large job and there was no way for me to find out what the various reputations were. eopinions just doesn't cover the plumbers in my area:-)
BTW, anyone who says "ask for references" is kindly invited to sit in the corner and think over what they said until the 20 watt bulb over their head lights up.
That said, I agree with the rest of what meta-monkey said.
Here is my tip: if you hire someone to work on your computer, put in writing what you expect. Manage expectations, it is the best you can hope for.
If your house burns down, it will burn for a short time until the fire department puts the fire out. And even if it takes time for the entire house to burn, the portion with the safe will likely be Real Hot for a relatively short time (per this informative FAQ).
And your safe might not even be near the fire.
And although a safety deposit box is a good idea for level 0 or level 1 backups, what is the point of it being insured wrt data storage?
Next time you call someone names, know what you are talking about. And a "fireproof" safe can be a good part of an entire data safety plan.
What bothers me about all the people stating "get a fireproof safe" is that NO ONE has said if the normal kind actually work (or not) for protecting media from a fire. One person said he heard horror stories, but that's it. Ref. the previous FAQ link.
And please, if you get a "fireproof" safe, consider bolting it to something strong (e.g. cement in basement) because having someone steal your computer and your backups sucks!
Bullshit! Information does not want anything. That statement struck me as silly the first time I heard it and the more time goes by the more silly it seems.
You have a weak mind if you buy that quote. If you want information to free (whatever free may mean to you) it takes effort to make it so. Sit on your ass and it won't happen.
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"...here in the real world it's still important."
I work in the so-called real world (no more real than any other, I assure you) at a Real Large Company.
Guess what? There is no way we could store tapes off site. There is too much data (you know, terabytes (well, more than that for us)). You could do it, but restores would be a bitch, and trust me, when a restore is needed where I work it is already overdue.
To get around not being able to store offsite (and to get around a city being out of commission) we have redundant data centers (and a spare). I think a system like this, properly mirrored in different locations and all that, would be a very nice solution for us.
Personal opinion, based on experience: Tape Sucks!
And if you don't test your tape backups with frequent sample restores, you're just asking for it.
People who use Macs don't use them because they're faster.
This is moderated as insightful?
Of course people who use Macs don't use them because they're faster because they aren't faster.
Besides, the article is clearly being a link to a test to buck up those who prefer PC's. And if you read the article (I did) you'll see that digital video editing (what that site is about) can take time, a lot of time. So if you do digital video editing (or anything that will use lots of CPU) chances are the time you save there will more than make up for any disadvantages the PC platform might have (and remember, the Mac is not superior in all ways except for speed, it too has disadvantages).
If speed were really the end-all and be-all of graphic design (or computing in general) Apple would have died a long time ago and PC users would still be using DOS.
This comment is silly. No one claims that speed is the end-all or the be-all. But the many advantages of the PC platform (including increasingly a huge speed advantage) far outweigh those of the Mac platform unless you:
1. Hate Microsoft so much you'd get a stroke if you used their products.
2. Ditto Intel.
3. Love Unix but can't fix the problems Linux (and *BSD) has on portables (and can't deal with its generally ass interface) and running a portable is your end-all and be-all.
4. Are content in Mac space (you don't need speed, you like spending extra for your hardware, you don't mind that a lot of nifty products don't work on Macs, you prefer the interface).
I was in group 4 until Apple screwed up the interface. Now I'm switching to Linux on my CPU's and hoping to avoid XP on my next portable (Lindows portable, anyone?)
Besides, although Apple isn't dead, guess what % of people buy Macs compared to Windoze boxes? I think the advantages the Wintel platform has have enabled it to marginalize the Mac and everything else below the workstation level pretty effectively.
I read through the document, searching on terms "pearl harbor" and "korea" that you reference. You lied.
It does not wish for a "Pearl Harbor" type event, nor does it call for invading North Korea.
Your logic fails to overwhelm me. Please note that I implied that the typical CD is not $18 but less.
/.. Does that mean that there are not desirable CD's that cost more than $13? Of course not, but they aren't typical (compilations, special extras, etc).
This does not mean that I implied that you can't purchase CD's for $18 or more.
Of course, that implies that if you typically pay $18 or more for a typical CD you are probably...well, anything further would devolve into insult.
The typical price I see for what I'll call a standard CD (new or desirable old disc) is $13. Still too much but a full 5 to 7 dollars less than the typical BS I see on
Now what about $10 per year for Bloom County? That is still less than the cost of a CD and over the 5 years I figure it will take (assuming the subscription price doesn't rise in that time!) it is still less than the cost of the 15 year output of the typical rock band. And of course, you get all the other cartoons.
But I like the paper version. I'll see what the missus thinks.
...$18 a CD...
I may agree with your point, but if you use bogus data and/or lies to make your point, you weaken it considerably and I end up having contempt for you. Don't even try to argue that the typical CD is $18.
Now $50 (15 years at a week every 2 days is a 5 year subscription) for all of Bloom County and his college cartoon is not bad and I agree with you, a fair price. And you get other comics as well.
My only important question is: How much does Berke get from this? If he isn't rewarded then my interest level goes way way down.
Oh boy, 2 replies. 1 reasonably intelligent, the other, well...
Linux is NOT GNU/Linux. That's silly. It is Linux in the context of the story (first) and it is Linux period. You can combine the kernel as you like and, guess what? I have a box that has almost nothing by the GNU team. But the kernel is Linux. Sheesh, next you'll be telling me it is CDE/HP-UX, or Gnome/Solaris. Or FreeBSD/Mach/Mac OS X.
That is a big correction.
Send them feedback. For both incorrect statements in that sentence.
Technically Linux is a Unix-like operating system written from scratch. It is not a variant of Unix(tm and all that).
The URL for corrections is http://quote.bloomberg.com/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi.
Wouldn't it be easier to go up into the false ceiling and over the door?
What isn't clear to me is how and who will be able to access the information. Having strong encryption (seems to be optional, and it doesn't mention the expected hit on access speed) on the disc itself, while good, doesn't mean that the access is well protected. It could be as simple as putting the card in a machine, typing your password, and et voila, someone has your password. Or the gummint gets access built in. Or one is required to provide access or pay a penalty (legal or inability to access something desired).
;-)
It will come down to careful implementation at all levels of usage including social, if the encryption is to mean anything useful to end users.
You're right about the p0rn, though. This kind of thing would be great paired with a sort of eBook reader
The article says
Amazingly, within the card is an on-board processor containing integrated software controls that can encrypt data securely in real time.
so I went looking and found the StorCard website. It says
There are two types of cryptography logic; a PKI system providing authentication logic, and a block encryption algorithm, such as AES. The encryption keys for both the cryptography engines (supporting 1024 bit keys) are stored in local RAM, which is not accessible external to the card. All data on the StorCard's recording disk is encrypted and block encryption is done "on-the-fly".
What I am less thrilled with is their emphasis on storing biometric data and trying to get what they see as a huge amount of money being spent on ID cards.
...adding a hardware component to the plug-in? "iCommune, a plug-in to make the CapsLock key on your keyboard flash in time to the music"?
:-)
Or am I being evil but naive again?
Why Stanley, you are a troll!
Hi Oblio!
;-)
They must be rich...
There are 3 problems with your post. Working backwards:
Your cost per album estimate came out of your ass and it stinks. $20 per album is way off. Even when I buy new CDs they cost $13 at most (per disc). I buy lots of used discs at typically $8 or less. A rough estimate of an average for my collection is $7 per disc. Replacement cost, now that's something different.
Your estimates on how much music an 80 GB drive can hold don't list your assumptions and thus are useless for use in arguing or making a point. Using a (low) figure of 1 MB = 1 minute, and my collection's average of 52 minutes per disc (and 14 tracks per disc) I get about 1538 albums. I (and it seems many others) record at a higher bit rate, if you use 160/VBS it holds about 1326 of my average albums. Taking the higher bitrate and my averages, that's about $9900 worth of CDs this thing will hold. That's close to your $20,000 for goyim
The final place you fall down is in your time estimates. You assume that everyone is a loser teen who has to fill the hard drive and fill it today. I'm old enough to have been buying CDs since 1985. And I've got a beautiful wife who has been buying her own CDs for our (instead of "my") collection. And I wouldn't fill the drive with what we have today, but guess what? Shock shock horror horror, we are still adding to our collection and we wouldn't be interested in something without expansion room. With our collection we've spent an average of a bit over $400 per year of which I've spent about 3/4 of that. (And yes, Napster led us to many new bands where we ended up buying the band's CD.)
Oh yes, Onkyo might not care if you don't buy this product. They sell many products aimed at different segments of the market. There are people whose CD collection makes mine look puny. Just because a coat doesn't fit you doesn't mean it shouldn't be for sale. The same for this product. But you have a point, too. I fail to see it, but I'm sure you have one.
Hey, here is an idea for record companies: Give away all music but at a low bit-rate. People can find what they like and what they think sucks a golf ball through 50 feet of garden hose. And the quality will be low enough that they'll want to buy, on CD, what they like.
If a "professional" doesn't know what he's doing, he's not going to be in business very long.
:-)
This is a type of fallacy I hear on slashdot a lot.
I live in a mid-sized city, approaching a million people in it's larger area. I had to find a plumber for a large job and there was no way for me to find out what the various reputations were. eopinions just doesn't cover the plumbers in my area
BTW, anyone who says "ask for references" is kindly invited to sit in the corner and think over what they said until the 20 watt bulb over their head lights up.
That said, I agree with the rest of what meta-monkey said.
Here is my tip: if you hire someone to work on your computer, put in writing what you expect. Manage expectations, it is the best you can hope for.
You, sir, are an ass.
If your house burns down, it will burn for a short time until the fire department puts the fire out. And even if it takes time for the entire house to burn, the portion with the safe will likely be Real Hot for a relatively short time (per this informative FAQ).
And your safe might not even be near the fire.
And although a safety deposit box is a good idea for level 0 or level 1 backups, what is the point of it being insured wrt data storage?
Next time you call someone names, know what you are talking about. And a "fireproof" safe can be a good part of an entire data safety plan.
What bothers me about all the people stating "get a fireproof safe" is that NO ONE has said if the normal kind actually work (or not) for protecting media from a fire. One person said he heard horror stories, but that's it. Ref. the previous FAQ link.
And please, if you get a "fireproof" safe, consider bolting it to something strong (e.g. cement in basement) because having someone steal your computer and your backups sucks!
"Information wants to be free."
Bullshit! Information does not want anything. That statement struck me as silly the first time I heard it and the more time goes by the more silly it seems.
You have a weak mind if you buy that quote. If you want information to free (whatever free may mean to you) it takes effort to make it so. Sit on your ass and it won't happen.
I had a lot of trouble on my Mac (Classic Mac OS) until I figured out two things:
1) Use the ChromiVNC server.
2) Turn off the support for RRE.
That said, the support isn't the best and ChromiVNC has been unchanged for 9 months (3.4 a5).