Oh, im not saying it will never happen, im just saying the odds of it happening are very slim. In your case, I would imagine it wasnt static; it was probably that the pins were aligned wrong, and it sent power thru the 'wrong' lead. I have also seen mobos get fried from unplugging ps/2 ports while the computer is on. Serial devices tend to be a bit more solid, but issues still occasionally come up.
One thing worth checking into is one of the new mobos ABIT makes. Its a repplacement for the much-loved bh6, and is geared somewhat at overclockers, but the interesting thing is they are using top of the line transistors everywhere, not just a key spots. It will cost a bit more, but will probably run forever!
These are the kind of statements you get from a circa dot-bomb MBA. Tell him to get out of Dell for a while and see what real businesses (like some of their customers?) are using.
When you spend hundreds of thousands to millions for custom software running on a mainframe, you arent going to be replacing the hardware every year.
my mother freaked out over something I said one time, and tossed my Commodore 64's 5.25 floppy drive across the room. It even bounced once. Needless to say I was none too happy, since they were pretty darned expensive (hi-tech from Toy-R-Us, how 'bout that?).
Anyway, it still worked fine; probably still works.
Also, I get tired of these freaks who wear those anti-static wrist straps when they work on computers. I have NEVER seen a component get fried from static. If you shuffled the carpetting and intentially zapped the CPU, I could see there being a *chance* of it not working. But that stuff isnt made of paper mache, thats for sure.
the funny cause of the 500 LOTR games out now is the game rights for the book and movie are separate. Really makes no sense when the movie is based on the book, but its the law- it doesnt have to make sense.
Anyway, I will probably end up getting this just because its LOTR. WC3 is great, but I still hope its not TOO derivative.
well, its made in the air by lightning, yes. You can get ozone from any electric discharge: that smell around the xerox machine is ozone. However, earth-bound O3 will have a pretty hard time getting from the ground to the upper atmosphere, wont it?
Florocarbons have the same issue, but the amount of ozone they destroy is very high.
But all this is besides the point of what I said. If we want to use this as a means of replenishing the ozone layer, we will need to do it from up there. There are people doing this with balloons, however, but on a limited basis.
well, nobody seems to have a problem with third world dictators using Linux, or with countries that arent exactly friendly to us.
But somehow, when the people who fight and die to protect the ability of people to live in freedom want to use it, its judged as either bad or ambivalent.
its disgusting how silly and complacent most people are.
Is anyone studying the effects of prolonged exposure to wireless signals? If somethng like this becomes prevalent, the density of signals in a large city are going to be quite high.
Wow, mentioning B. Fleck and J. Lo in the same post... does that mean something?
Anyway, Im just hoping Halle Berry didnt talk them into giving her the part. Worst... Actress... Ever... Could anyone have done a worse job of playing a fricken comic book character?
Well, lets say you agree to pay $50 (or whatever) to secure a credit card for an ID of someone unemployed (or otherwise). You then rack up $4000 in fraudulent charges, and your net profit is $3950.
ID theft isnt about trying to use your existing cards (altho that happens too). Its mainly about people making fraudulent credit purchase on new lines of credit.
I guess the only protection is to have credit so bad nobody will want to lend you anything, but there will probably still be people willing to give a ccard.
Actaully, the ozone layer filters out radiation. The increased CO2 in the atmosphere is what is causing global warming.
Part of the problem with this is that O3 is denser than air, and will, for the most part, rise high enough into the atmosphere. O3 is also a very bad resperatory irritant, and inhaling large quantities could even cause death. Mild but prolonged exposure can also cause health problems.
Stangely enough, however, passing O3 thru something like olive oil before breathing is supposed to be theraputic for resperatory problems.
Im sure he is right about the 98%. One of my ISP's DNS server went down so much I just left it permanently pointed at the nearest root server. Hey, the mail must go through!
Really nice! However, the only issue I have with the article is where they show the apple and orange, with the label "Granny Smith Apple and Sunkist Orange".
Technically speaking, they are comparing a type of apple with a brand of orange. Thats like comparing... well, you know.
Ugh. I dont even want to discuss the Itanium. I am really disgustipated with Intel on many levels dating back to their release of the P4, which was actually slower than the P3, all things being equal. Also, what they were thinking with RD-RAM is beyond me.
I was reading about the Itanium 2, and it sounds like another P3-P4 thing where they boost other things to artifically make the processor go faster. Now dont get me wrong, 6mb of L2 cache isnt necessary a bad thing, but when you use it to mask slow performance of the processor, its certainly a dodge.
As I said, I would imagine MS has the higher percentage. This doesnt make them more or less secure- there is really no correlation between security and number of discovered expliots.
Its the UNDISCOVERED exploits that get you!
If you think about it, this constant probing will eventaully just make Windows more and more secure. When you have a company with the resources and people MS has, it just makes them continue to polish their product.
I will say one thing, though, is its a shame they went and slammed IE4 into the OS. It really introduced a lot of crappy quirks and inconviences, as well as its share of bugs. I compare that decision to the likewise poor decision of slamming LanMan into into NT. LanMan introduced junk that has persisted until Windows 2000 allowed you to drop all that NBT crap if you choose.
Ok. I guess I was guilty of not reading the article that time!
However, they are always doing the PPC vs. Intel matchups, and it seems that PPC is generally on the losing end (at least overall). Now I know comparing processors by MHz is no more valid than comparing comparing apples and oranges, but it seems to me... well, never mind.
Anyway, I just want to see if this new PPC will beat out AMD's new x86-64 offerings. THAT will be news.
I have found that modifying a design is generally due to either prior sloppiness or poor understanding (or lack of due diligence) during implimentation. Or sometimes things just grow unchecked, without an overall plan, and get really disorganized.
I have actaully seen very little that I could attribute to a different style, at least as far as the overall design goes. If it works well and is a solid design, anyone knowledgable would be smart enough not to touch it (maybe aside from minor fine-tuning depending on experience differences or new developments).
For example, many inexperienced admins will have single points of failure scattered throughout their network. Just following simple best practices would make one introduce redundancy into the design.
It never ceases to amaze me how many companies get their good network designs hosed by some jackass consultant who comes in with the all-to-common "I dont know how you do it, but its all wrong" mentality. A lot of consultants really dont care about the design, they just want to milk those billable hours.
Believe me, modifying an existing architecture is no more fun than replacing an engine's fan belt while the motor is running.
True dat. Personally, I think the cost of Windows Admins is getting driven down by the sheer number of them; there is some power in obscurity.
However, since a lot of managers and HR people dont understand technology in general, you will often get "Jargon Monkeys" who can b.s. their way into the position. I mean, look at xchino; she half understands OSs and technology, but still manages to fool people into employing her. But when you cut your teeth on the help desk, its all too easy to let talking authoritatively about things you dont understand becomes second nature. Users need to be reassured, but when someone doesnt have the skills to know they need to resort to BS'ing.
Its sad, really, that there is so much work needing to be done, and so few good people, and not enough of them to go around.
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One thing worth checking into is one of the new mobos ABIT makes. Its a repplacement for the much-loved bh6, and is geared somewhat at overclockers, but the interesting thing is they are using top of the line transistors everywhere, not just a key spots. It will cost a bit more, but will probably run forever!
The key in an enterprise is to standardize. I even take away the ability to change backgrounds!
When you spend hundreds of thousands to millions for custom software running on a mainframe, you arent going to be replacing the hardware every year.
Anyway, it still worked fine; probably still works.
Also, I get tired of these freaks who wear those anti-static wrist straps when they work on computers. I have NEVER seen a component get fried from static. If you shuffled the carpetting and intentially zapped the CPU, I could see there being a *chance* of it not working. But that stuff isnt made of paper mache, thats for sure.
Anyway, I will probably end up getting this just because its LOTR. WC3 is great, but I still hope its not TOO derivative.
Florocarbons have the same issue, but the amount of ozone they destroy is very high.
But all this is besides the point of what I said. If we want to use this as a means of replenishing the ozone layer, we will need to do it from up there. There are people doing this with balloons, however, but on a limited basis.
But somehow, when the people who fight and die to protect the ability of people to live in freedom want to use it, its judged as either bad or ambivalent.
its disgusting how silly and complacent most people are.
WAN = Wide Area Network
Any questions?
You think they will get sued by Starbucks for making this? Maybe they made him a her so they can name the character "Starbuckie"
Is anyone studying the effects of prolonged exposure to wireless signals? If somethng like this becomes prevalent, the density of signals in a large city are going to be quite high.
could be a world record for the largest non-female grouping of people ever! And "Laura Croft" doesnt count.
Cue "Twilight Zone" music...
Anyway, Im just hoping Halle Berry didnt talk them into giving her the part. Worst... Actress... Ever... Could anyone have done a worse job of playing a fricken comic book character?
ID theft isnt about trying to use your existing cards (altho that happens too). Its mainly about people making fraudulent credit purchase on new lines of credit.
I guess the only protection is to have credit so bad nobody will want to lend you anything, but there will probably still be people willing to give a ccard.
Part of the problem with this is that O3 is denser than air, and will, for the most part, rise high enough into the atmosphere. O3 is also a very bad resperatory irritant, and inhaling large quantities could even cause death. Mild but prolonged exposure can also cause health problems.
Stangely enough, however, passing O3 thru something like olive oil before breathing is supposed to be theraputic for resperatory problems.
I dont, but Im sure Google and ten minutes can get you an answer
How would you like to slam into some stardust going 120au/hour =)
Im sure he is right about the 98%. One of my ISP's DNS server went down so much I just left it permanently pointed at the nearest root server. Hey, the mail must go through!
Technically speaking, they are comparing a type of apple with a brand of orange. Thats like comparing... well, you know.
I was reading about the Itanium 2, and it sounds like another P3-P4 thing where they boost other things to artifically make the processor go faster. Now dont get me wrong, 6mb of L2 cache isnt necessary a bad thing, but when you use it to mask slow performance of the processor, its certainly a dodge.
All I know is I cant wait for this game to be released for the PC in a few months. I love GTA3!
Its the UNDISCOVERED exploits that get you!
If you think about it, this constant probing will eventaully just make Windows more and more secure. When you have a company with the resources and people MS has, it just makes them continue to polish their product.
I will say one thing, though, is its a shame they went and slammed IE4 into the OS. It really introduced a lot of crappy quirks and inconviences, as well as its share of bugs. I compare that decision to the likewise poor decision of slamming LanMan into into NT. LanMan introduced junk that has persisted until Windows 2000 allowed you to drop all that NBT crap if you choose.
However, they are always doing the PPC vs. Intel matchups, and it seems that PPC is generally on the losing end (at least overall). Now I know comparing processors by MHz is no more valid than comparing comparing apples and oranges, but it seems to me... well, never mind.
Anyway, I just want to see if this new PPC will beat out AMD's new x86-64 offerings. THAT will be news.
I have actaully seen very little that I could attribute to a different style, at least as far as the overall design goes. If it works well and is a solid design, anyone knowledgable would be smart enough not to touch it (maybe aside from minor fine-tuning depending on experience differences or new developments).
For example, many inexperienced admins will have single points of failure scattered throughout their network. Just following simple best practices would make one introduce redundancy into the design.
It never ceases to amaze me how many companies get their good network designs hosed by some jackass consultant who comes in with the all-to-common "I dont know how you do it, but its all wrong" mentality. A lot of consultants really dont care about the design, they just want to milk those billable hours.
Believe me, modifying an existing architecture is no more fun than replacing an engine's fan belt while the motor is running.
However, since a lot of managers and HR people dont understand technology in general, you will often get "Jargon Monkeys" who can b.s. their way into the position. I mean, look at xchino; she half understands OSs and technology, but still manages to fool people into employing her. But when you cut your teeth on the help desk, its all too easy to let talking authoritatively about things you dont understand becomes second nature. Users need to be reassured, but when someone doesnt have the skills to know they need to resort to BS'ing.
Its sad, really, that there is so much work needing to be done, and so few good people, and not enough of them to go around.