I was just about to say the same thing... CDRInfo has a much better roundup....and true to the word "roundup" Though it still doesn't cover the NEC 35x0 line of burners I have (I have the 3520, 3540, and the 3550), it's still much better than just 4 burners from 3 companies. CDRInfo also has an article that covers burner and media reliability. In their tests, the Pioneer was the most compatible with various media (which I agree with though Pioneer's tend to be pricey). The next one in line was the NEC and we all know that the NEC's are very affordable and you get the a lot of bang for your buck. (Pioneer gets you the most bang but u also need more buck too).
...swapping a computer file that could contain viruses or be a poor quality copy of a film.
the funny thing is...they are the ones distributing viruses and fake files and corrupted files. most unofficial releases tend to take pride in quality and are sometimes better than the official ones.
I've already said that....in another post....at least his "official" income...who knows what other benefits he may got from the oil companies, big HAL, and for shooting his lawyer friend.;)
wow...were things that cheap in Texas? Hmm...but according to the paper, Ken Lay's condo in Houston cost him 4mill (and cost the American ppl billions).
ANYWAYS...what about OTHER politicians? You know, city officials, mayors, Senators and Reps.... And why apply the 5% to their "official" pay? Why not apply it to their kickbacks^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hcontributions?
As for Cheney, yea...I know he's not from Texas...but he SURELY does business in Texas. Actually, he did donate 6.87mill to charity...why not a few schools too? or rallied to get richer ppl to help too?
wtf.....why not a tax on stupid proposals and on stupid politicians.
you know...if these politicians took a 5% pay-cut (or just forgo a raise for a year), I'm sure they can collect the funds to help the schools....or tax the Texan oil companies that are forcing families to choose between school supplies, gas, and food.
heck...if Chenney would donate some of his return, damn...that's alot of money for a po' person like me and old Oprah.
I didn't (nor did the Mayor of Chicago) say that it was trivial...just that there are other things that take priority over it.
It's like a fire-fighter asking what you want for lunch tomorrow when your house is on fire.
Energy crisis, war in Iraq, wiretaps, crime, etc. should take priority over banning of cruel foreign delicacies or renaming fries to "freedom fries" as a manner of law.
has no one told you not to eat your dessert before you finish your dinner?
once you get the big issues resolved, then you can work on others including symbolic ones.
free market, fine. but there's a reason why they have "anti-competitive/anti-trust" laws on the books.
not to grill you but Verizon didn't make the phone...motorola did. And not only that, "NOT buying" would be an option if this "feature" was disclosed before purchase. Not all corporations will disclose such "limitations" as they believe the consumer need not know (if they did, they wouldn't buy it). It's too bad they don't have laws on the books that really grill companies for anti-competitive "features" like "unauthorized accessory" blocks.
then again, I thought lexmark/HP/etc. lost a generic cartridge case, so there's precedence.
anyways....just grinding an axe out of my 2 pennies.
o...as for "funding R&D" and compatibility....well...that's why there's an ISO and other standards organizations. By defining a standard and adhering to it, one can reduce the cost of R&D and getting a particular product compatible with others. Of course, making it compatible and then adding a few minor "fixes" to limit compatibility is VERY anti-innovative and anti-competitive. Even stupid if the device you are making "incompatible" is your own device.
Hope they don't point at other pilots or ppl on the ground....(though don't think there's anything in the law that says that pilots can't use laser pointers and point them towards ppl on the ground...the vice versa is prohibited.)
well...also remember that Maxtor and WD rolled back their warranties a few years ago as a way to "reduce" costs. The only reason why it costs them so much is because they have alot of failures and people get them replaced. Seagate on the other hand increased it to 5years.
Buffalo makes a product called "Terrastation" (or something similar in naming). It can do RAID5, and can expand using USB2.0. The only problem is that it uses Western Digital hard drives, which are in my experience proned to sudden death syndrome, more suddenly than newborns. (I've had about 9 out of 17 WD drives die, mainly when the partition table mysteriously disappears....of course, IBM deathstars have the all-time record....7 out of 9 and not just partition table death....but entire drive death)
I dunno if Buffalo sells it empty so you can use your own drives like the 500GB Seagate (the ones in it are 250GB WD's).
Just by using WD drives is sacrificing data integrity in my opinion.... (and I just lost another WD drive to the mysterious disappearing partition table and hence ppl around here call it "Whore Digital").
Plus I question the safety of the data especially since many of the newer drives do tend to get hot which causes metals to expand and warp which might put more strain on the polycarbonate as I'm sure that the heat expansion rate/ratio of the clear pc window is different than the metal that surrounds it. And how safe is the window if the head were to fly off (granted, WD is no IBM ["DeathStar"]; let's not forget, WD did license IBM hard drive technology, etc.).
O, for the record, I'm no Maxtor fan either....or as they are known in my circles as MaxWhore.
why can't they use a heat-exchanger with conjunction to the one-way thermal transfer materials (I think a product of nano-technology) that was being tested and was slashdotted last year so they don't have to worry about any marine growth growing or dying in the plant itself?
And why not also use the energy to produce methanol or methane using the freshwater and probably carbon dioxide from the air or from industrial waste from the mainland? Heck, even ethanol so it can be used in cars to help reduce reliance on foreign sources of energy?
Slashdot Mirror
So much for "sympathy"....they need to change their name from "Bell Sympatico" to "Bell Antipatico"
But then again...it is a Bell company....after the AT&T thing, I expect nothing less.
damn it...u had to ruin it for me!
I was trying to get Keanu's butt out of my mind....thx man...thx.
It was also in Highlander 2
I was just about to say the same thing...
CDRInfo has a much better roundup....and true to the word "roundup"
Though it still doesn't cover the NEC 35x0 line of burners I have (I have the 3520, 3540, and the 3550), it's still much better than just 4 burners from 3 companies.
CDRInfo also has an article that covers burner and media reliability.
In their tests, the Pioneer was the most compatible with various media (which I agree with though Pioneer's tend to be pricey). The next one in line was the NEC and we all know that the NEC's are very affordable and you get the a lot of bang for your buck. (Pioneer gets you the most bang but u also need more buck too).
the funny thing is...they are the ones distributing viruses and fake files and corrupted files.
most unofficial releases tend to take pride in quality and are sometimes better than the official ones.
I've already said that....in another post....at least his "official" income...who knows what other benefits he may got from the oil companies, big HAL, and for shooting his lawyer friend. ;)
wow...were things that cheap in Texas?
Hmm...but according to the paper, Ken Lay's condo in Houston cost him 4mill (and cost the American ppl billions).
ANYWAYS...what about OTHER politicians?
You know, city officials, mayors, Senators and Reps....
And why apply the 5% to their "official" pay? Why not apply it to their kickbacks^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hcontributions?
As for Cheney, yea...I know he's not from Texas...but he SURELY does business in Texas. Actually, he did donate 6.87mill to charity...why not a few schools too? or rallied to get richer ppl to help too?
wtf.....why not a tax on stupid proposals and on stupid politicians.
you know...if these politicians took a 5% pay-cut (or just forgo a raise for a year), I'm sure they can collect the funds to help the schools....or tax the Texan oil companies that are forcing families to choose between school supplies, gas, and food.
heck...if Chenney would donate some of his return, damn...that's alot of money for a po' person like me and old Oprah.
I didn't (nor did the Mayor of Chicago) say that it was trivial...just that there are other things that take priority over it.
It's like a fire-fighter asking what you want for lunch tomorrow when your house is on fire.
Energy crisis, war in Iraq, wiretaps, crime, etc. should take priority over banning of cruel foreign delicacies or renaming fries to "freedom fries" as a manner of law.
has no one told you not to eat your dessert before you finish your dinner?
once you get the big issues resolved, then you can work on others including symbolic ones.
err...that was the Mayor's point and my point as well.
but then again...what about the non-free range chickens?
it's similar in that the Mayor of Chicago commented that there are better things that the City Council can and should be doing than banning foie gras.
again...this is like the ban on foie gras (fatty goose liver) in Chicago.
don't they have better and more important issues to work out instead of "PERFORM"-ing for their lobbying bedroom buddies?
heck...Canadian Artists are against DRM. link: http://www.musiccreators.ca/
in fact, govt should stay out of it....and it should be between the webcasters and the artists to hammer out a deal.
Hmmm...apparently it was slashdotted even before I can read it.
talk about efficiency!
anyone have the google cache version handy?
free market, fine.
but there's a reason why they have "anti-competitive/anti-trust" laws on the books.
not to grill you but Verizon didn't make the phone...motorola did.
And not only that, "NOT buying" would be an option if this "feature" was disclosed before purchase. Not all corporations will disclose such "limitations" as they believe the consumer need not know (if they did, they wouldn't buy it). It's too bad they don't have laws on the books that really grill companies for anti-competitive "features" like "unauthorized accessory" blocks.
then again, I thought lexmark/HP/etc. lost a generic cartridge case, so there's precedence.
anyways....just grinding an axe out of my 2 pennies.
o...as for "funding R&D" and compatibility....well...that's why there's an ISO and other standards organizations. By defining a standard and adhering to it, one can reduce the cost of R&D and getting a particular product compatible with others. Of course, making it compatible and then adding a few minor "fixes" to limit compatibility is VERY anti-innovative and anti-competitive. Even stupid if the device you are making "incompatible" is your own device.
since when does the US care about the Geneva Convention?
Hmmm...a big laser pointer....and a big plane....
Does Homeland Security (and FAA) know?
Hope they don't point at other pilots or ppl on the ground....(though don't think there's anything in the law that says that pilots can't use laser pointers and point them towards ppl on the ground...the vice versa is prohibited.)
I'd say Fibre Channel.
One benefit that SATA does have over SCSI is the cabling....it's smaller and blocks less airflow (and easier to do the cabling).
SCSI on the other had has other benefits....like it's used in enterprise servers now. Faster, daisy-chained, more RAID options, etc.
Of course, Fibre Channel is basically SCSI on steroids and has the cabling benefits that SATA has.
With more room thanks to less data cabling, u can add watercooling to reduce the heat generated by the 15k+ rpm drives.
well...also remember that Maxtor and WD rolled back their warranties a few years ago as a way to "reduce" costs. The only reason why it costs them so much is because they have alot of failures and people get them replaced.
Seagate on the other hand increased it to 5years.
Some things to think about.
Buffalo makes a product called "Terrastation" (or something similar in naming).
It can do RAID5, and can expand using USB2.0.
The only problem is that it uses Western Digital hard drives, which are in my experience proned to sudden death syndrome, more suddenly than newborns. (I've had about 9 out of 17 WD drives die, mainly when the partition table mysteriously disappears....of course, IBM deathstars have the all-time record....7 out of 9 and not just partition table death....but entire drive death)
I dunno if Buffalo sells it empty so you can use your own drives like the 500GB Seagate (the ones in it are 250GB WD's).
how's it violating the second law of td?
_ heat_valve_possible_061202.html4 0&tid=126
heat-exchangers have been in use for quite some time.
As for the one-way thermally conductive materials ("heat valves" as they seem to be called)....it doesn't violate the 2nd law of TD as it can't move "heat" from where there is none, it just blocks the heat going back.
http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2002/061202/One-way
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/09/08/01272
Just by using WD drives is sacrificing data integrity in my opinion....
:p
(and I just lost another WD drive to the mysterious disappearing partition table and hence ppl around here call it "Whore Digital").
Plus I question the safety of the data especially since many of the newer drives do tend to get hot which causes metals to expand and warp which might put more strain on the polycarbonate as I'm sure that the heat expansion rate/ratio of the clear pc window is different than the metal that surrounds it.
And how safe is the window if the head were to fly off (granted, WD is no IBM ["DeathStar"]; let's not forget, WD did license IBM hard drive technology, etc.).
O, for the record, I'm no Maxtor fan either....or as they are known in my circles as MaxWhore.
ahhh....feel the whoring love.
ssshhh....u might be bugged....(Bush Administration's Decision explains alot)
why can't they use a heat-exchanger with conjunction to the one-way thermal transfer materials (I think a product of nano-technology) that was being tested and was slashdotted last year so they don't have to worry about any marine growth growing or dying in the plant itself?
And why not also use the energy to produce methanol or methane using the freshwater and probably carbon dioxide from the air or from industrial waste from the mainland? Heck, even ethanol so it can be used in cars to help reduce reliance on foreign sources of energy?
what about copy-"left right left right up down up down a b a b select start"?