That's just as easy as popping off the back of the HD removing a couple a screws and pulling out the platter.
You do that outside of a cleanroom and your data is gone forever.
False -- I've done it on a number of occasions (to drives I didn't care about), and was able to run the drives for months without their covers. I'd still be using the drives if I had need for drives as small as they were (somewhere in the 80GB range)...
Would I use a drive in this state for something critical? No, but saying you immediately lose the data if you pull a drive cover is just flat wrong.
I know I'll probably see negative moderation as a result of what I'm about to post (being as I'm about to talk up WHS2011 in a Linux related thread), however...
I stopped using RAID in any of my systems after I started using WHSv1. WHS2011 has the same feature -- live system backups. If a drive fails, I pop in a new one (of any type/size), boot a CD that came with WHS (essentially a WinPE environment with a recovery software baked in), select my backup (I save 7-10 days -- I forget what it's set to), and in about an hour my system is back to the state of the last backup. WHS is set to perform the system backups between 00:00 - 02:00 every night. The very first system backup is a 'full' backup, the rest are 'diffs'. I've had to use this feature on two of my systems, so far, and both were because of crappy WD drives (OOOOHhhh, I hate that brand soooo much). It came in really handy when I switched both my primary desktop and my laptop from mechanical HDD's to SSD's. I forced a backup, swapped the drives, and then restored...
This way, either my WHS storage pool (based on StableBit's DrivePool product) or my workstation HDD's can fail, and I can easily recover. It's automagic, manageable via a single UI, and because of DrivePool, I can easily increase the storage space at any time (without interrupting other users of the storage pool)./me puts on his asbestos underpants
I should have mentioned -- I'm also paid via direct deposit. If my 'default' pay were via one of these crappy cards, I'd do *whatever* paperwork was needed to get a normal check or direct deposit...
As someone who gets paid once monthly -- it's not that bad, once you get your budget set up. I get paid on the last day of the month, unless that is a weekend, in which case I get paid the Friday before. I have *most* of my bills set to be due on the 5'th, so I get them all out of the way right up front. I have a few that are due around the 20'th, but since they are stable (IE: they don't change), it's easy to budget around them.
In this scenario, there'd be no shared calendering, no contact management, and no remote web access (and those are just the items in Exchange that *I* use). Who knows what other functionality would be missing if people listened to this advice...
I have a 4u rack mount case at home (got it from a NewEgg daily deal with a mainboard and a HDD -- sold the mainboard on eBay and paid for the entire bundle). It has 8 5.25" bays. I have WHS2011 with StableBit's DrivePool installed running in that case. It'd be awesome if 4+TB drives were made in a 5.25" form factor so I could stuff a bunch in there and quit messing with these silly 3.5"5.25" adapters.:)
*CITIZENS* already have the right to engage in political speech, *even if they work for a corporation*. CORPORATE ENTITIES do not need the powers that were granted to them, which is why Citizens United was *wrong*.
There are two local telephone providers in my general area (that I know about), though neither serves my town with DSL. The one that also offers fixed wireless (which I *can* get) is twice as expensive for lower bandwidth, AND they have absolutely no issues in passing your information over to media companies wanting to sue you...
Realizing that apple is offering quite a bit less then even half a pecent, and while recognizing that the patents are valid they refuse to be responsible for the past, it doesn't take much sanity to see Apple is trying to leverage the threat of a long drawn out lawsuit to avoid paying for their past infringement. It's exactly the kind of behavior that Googlerola should be putting them to the screws for, and seeing that they both have disposable lawyers sitting around, it's not unlikely either.
Apple needs to realize it's not dealing with just any company here. Google may not have as much cash on hand as Apple currently does, but it is certainly wealthy enough to drag Apple through the courts just as long as Apple wants. The courts will hopefully realize this isn't the first time Apple has been caught using a competitors patented technology, offered a laughably small amount for their unlawful/unlicensed use of said competitors technology (they pulled pretty well the same crap with Samsung in Australia, if I recall correctly) while demanding HUGE sums from those they're suing for use of their technology, and smack their asses into next week for it.
I don't think the article was meant to mean the approach to audio/video capture they took was "better" than using professional body-pack mics and professional recording gear. I think the point was how such could be accomplished when funds aren't available for the professional gear...
After having watched a bit of the video they linked, I'd say it did rather well.
$425 a month rent for 300sq/ft?! My mortgage is $454 (I pay an extra $40 on top directly toward the principle, so the total payment I make is $494 per month) for a 1080sq/ft house with roughly 1/3 acre of land... Plus, I wouldn't call 1800sq/ft an 'oversized superdwelling' considering the far larger homes available in my area (a town of 17.5k people), though I could see where adding 1500sq/ft to what you're living in now could make that seem absolutely huge...:)
Six or seven years ago, I worked for a small computer repair company that was providing support for a K-12 in a rural area that was using SIS, and they were looking for ways to save a buck. I found OpenSIS, which they liked (much of the interface was apparently very similar to what they were using), but the folks I was working with at the school level couldn't get support from the district level to change over.
There are different versions, depending on what you need. If you don't need some of the advanced features of it, the software shouldn't cost you anything (they charge for support/advanced features).
I'm glad to see, judging by all the "Anonymous Coward" comments, that I'm not the only one who believes that parents that aren't specifically trained to replace the teachers their children would normally encounter in a public/private school *shouldn't* be allowed to home school. You are doing nothing but a HUGE disservice to your child(ren) by keeping them from their peers, sheltered from the world, and away from opinions that are different from yours. We all *NEED* these kinds of interactions in order to better cope with the world when we become adults and move out on our own.
If the parents that do this to their kids use the "schools aren't safe", "schools aren't teaching what I think they should be", or "schools are failing our children" excuses should *get involved* in their local school, and encourage all other parents to do the same. If their schools really are falling behind in some way, it's *THE PARENTS FAULT* for not being involved.
I specifically left out any of the varied religious excuses, as I don't believe they're valid -- religion has zero place in a publicly funded school, and should be reserved exclusively for church and home. If parents want their child to have some schooling with religious content, they need to pay to send them to such a school.
I also don't want to hear any of this "I don't have the time to get involved in (insert public school function) here" excuses. If you don't have the time to raise your kid(s) properly, DON'T HAVE THEM.
Yet they will be buying the electricity that is subsidizing those $60 bulbs to $20.
So what? They are getting exactly what they are paying for. So long as the electricity keeps flowing (and the utility isn't in the red every month), what should it matter how the utility spends the cash it brings in?
I'd post more, but as it's past 17:00, I need to head home. Just search youtube for "Teller Speaks" and you'll receive a good number of examples. The last link I provided is even Penn and Teller doing some sort of interview for their stupid show, "Penn and Teller Tell a Lie" (that show was retarded -- I only managed to make myself watch two of 'em).
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When you have a single developer responsible for 47K apps, I always take app store numbers from any company with a pinch of salt.
That'd be all well and good, if we were talking about RIM/Blackberry, but the article you linked has *NOTHING* to do with the topic at hand...
Proof reading on the internet. goo luck wiv that.
I'm pretty sure you meant, "Ain't nobody got time for dat!"
You do that outside of a cleanroom and your data is gone forever.
False -- I've done it on a number of occasions (to drives I didn't care about), and was able to run the drives for months without their covers. I'd still be using the drives if I had need for drives as small as they were (somewhere in the 80GB range)...
Would I use a drive in this state for something critical? No, but saying you immediately lose the data if you pull a drive cover is just flat wrong.
I know I'll probably see negative moderation as a result of what I'm about to post (being as I'm about to talk up WHS2011 in a Linux related thread), however...
I stopped using RAID in any of my systems after I started using WHSv1. WHS2011 has the same feature -- live system backups. If a drive fails, I pop in a new one (of any type/size), boot a CD that came with WHS (essentially a WinPE environment with a recovery software baked in), select my backup (I save 7-10 days -- I forget what it's set to), and in about an hour my system is back to the state of the last backup. WHS is set to perform the system backups between 00:00 - 02:00 every night. The very first system backup is a 'full' backup, the rest are 'diffs'. I've had to use this feature on two of my systems, so far, and both were because of crappy WD drives (OOOOHhhh, I hate that brand soooo much). It came in really handy when I switched both my primary desktop and my laptop from mechanical HDD's to SSD's. I forced a backup, swapped the drives, and then restored...
This way, either my WHS storage pool (based on StableBit's DrivePool product) or my workstation HDD's can fail, and I can easily recover. It's automagic, manageable via a single UI, and because of DrivePool, I can easily increase the storage space at any time (without interrupting other users of the storage pool). /me puts on his asbestos underpants
Route poisoning would like to have a word with you. He is waiting in Room 641A.
Are you sure?
Thanks, Balmer! I'll keep that in mind next time...
Mitt, is that you?
I should have mentioned -- I'm also paid via direct deposit. If my 'default' pay were via one of these crappy cards, I'd do *whatever* paperwork was needed to get a normal check or direct deposit...
As someone who gets paid once monthly -- it's not that bad, once you get your budget set up. I get paid on the last day of the month, unless that is a weekend, in which case I get paid the Friday before. I have *most* of my bills set to be due on the 5'th, so I get them all out of the way right up front. I have a few that are due around the 20'th, but since they are stable (IE: they don't change), it's easy to budget around them.
No.. No... It was chickens and cows.
In this scenario, there'd be no shared calendering, no contact management, and no remote web access (and those are just the items in Exchange that *I* use). Who knows what other functionality would be missing if people listened to this advice...
For me, voting Democrat came down to social issues and *where* the Democrats wish to 'spend spend spend' compared to the Republicans...
If that's the case, why vote Democrat instead of Republican?
I have a 4u rack mount case at home (got it from a NewEgg daily deal with a mainboard and a HDD -- sold the mainboard on eBay and paid for the entire bundle). It has 8 5.25" bays. I have WHS2011 with StableBit's DrivePool installed running in that case. It'd be awesome if 4+TB drives were made in a 5.25" form factor so I could stuff a bunch in there and quit messing with these silly 3.5"5.25" adapters. :)
no that's stupid
Thanks for your thoughts, Darl. Now, get on home -- adults are talking here...
*CITIZENS* already have the right to engage in political speech, *even if they work for a corporation*. CORPORATE ENTITIES do not need the powers that were granted to them, which is why Citizens United was *wrong*.
Asheron's Call is still up -- 14 years now, if I'm not mistaken...
There are two local telephone providers in my general area (that I know about), though neither serves my town with DSL. The one that also offers fixed wireless (which I *can* get) is twice as expensive for lower bandwidth, AND they have absolutely no issues in passing your information over to media companies wanting to sue you...
Realizing that apple is offering quite a bit less then even half a pecent, and while recognizing that the patents are valid they refuse to be responsible for the past, it doesn't take much sanity to see Apple is trying to leverage the threat of a long drawn out lawsuit to avoid paying for their past infringement. It's exactly the kind of behavior that Googlerola should be putting them to the screws for, and seeing that they both have disposable lawyers sitting around, it's not unlikely either.
Apple needs to realize it's not dealing with just any company here. Google may not have as much cash on hand as Apple currently does, but it is certainly wealthy enough to drag Apple through the courts just as long as Apple wants. The courts will hopefully realize this isn't the first time Apple has been caught using a competitors patented technology, offered a laughably small amount for their unlawful/unlicensed use of said competitors technology (they pulled pretty well the same crap with Samsung in Australia, if I recall correctly) while demanding HUGE sums from those they're suing for use of their technology, and smack their asses into next week for it.
I think Natalie Portman and the Hot Grits had something to do with it...
Holy shit, when did memes get banned from the internet?
I don't think the article was meant to mean the approach to audio/video capture they took was "better" than using professional body-pack mics and professional recording gear. I think the point was how such could be accomplished when funds aren't available for the professional gear...
After having watched a bit of the video they linked, I'd say it did rather well.
$425 a month rent for 300sq/ft?! My mortgage is $454 (I pay an extra $40 on top directly toward the principle, so the total payment I make is $494 per month) for a 1080sq/ft house with roughly 1/3 acre of land... Plus, I wouldn't call 1800sq/ft an 'oversized superdwelling' considering the far larger homes available in my area (a town of 17.5k people), though I could see where adding 1500sq/ft to what you're living in now could make that seem absolutely huge... :)
Six or seven years ago, I worked for a small computer repair company that was providing support for a K-12 in a rural area that was using SIS, and they were looking for ways to save a buck. I found OpenSIS, which they liked (much of the interface was apparently very similar to what they were using), but the folks I was working with at the school level couldn't get support from the district level to change over.
There are different versions, depending on what you need. If you don't need some of the advanced features of it, the software shouldn't cost you anything (they charge for support/advanced features).
http://opensis.com/index.php
I'm glad to see, judging by all the "Anonymous Coward" comments, that I'm not the only one who believes that parents that aren't specifically trained to replace the teachers their children would normally encounter in a public/private school *shouldn't* be allowed to home school. You are doing nothing but a HUGE disservice to your child(ren) by keeping them from their peers, sheltered from the world, and away from opinions that are different from yours. We all *NEED* these kinds of interactions in order to better cope with the world when we become adults and move out on our own.
If the parents that do this to their kids use the "schools aren't safe", "schools aren't teaching what I think they should be", or "schools are failing our children" excuses should *get involved* in their local school, and encourage all other parents to do the same. If their schools really are falling behind in some way, it's *THE PARENTS FAULT* for not being involved.
I specifically left out any of the varied religious excuses, as I don't believe they're valid -- religion has zero place in a publicly funded school, and should be reserved exclusively for church and home. If parents want their child to have some schooling with religious content, they need to pay to send them to such a school.
I also don't want to hear any of this "I don't have the time to get involved in (insert public school function) here" excuses. If you don't have the time to raise your kid(s) properly, DON'T HAVE THEM.
Yet they will be buying the electricity that is subsidizing those $60 bulbs to $20.
So what? They are getting exactly what they are paying for. So long as the electricity keeps flowing (and the utility isn't in the red every month), what should it matter how the utility spends the cash it brings in?
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I'd post more, but as it's past 17:00, I need to head home. Just search youtube for "Teller Speaks" and you'll receive a good number of examples. The last link I provided is even Penn and Teller doing some sort of interview for their stupid show, "Penn and Teller Tell a Lie" (that show was retarded -- I only managed to make myself watch two of 'em).