Actually, a hot drive case is not a bad thing, if you are confident that the heat is going somewhere, rather than just radiating inside the case. I had those drives sitting right on top of each other, in an already warm case from the twin CPU's. If you are familiar with the SuperMicro case, you can add enough fans to cool the thing to the point where you could almost keep your beer cold in it, so I added a couple of fans.
However, I think the fans, in addition to the underpowered supply might have done the damage.
Unless a company has a VERY close relationship with Microsoft, it is almost impossible to keep up with the changes in their licencing policies. Can you think of a company that can ON DEMAND produce 500 licences for Office, and prove that none has been used twice? Not me. From what I understand, the penalty with the Software Publishing Association is $250K per instance! No thanks.
Using Sun Microsystems again as an example, I think most companies would be much better off focusing on their own core business than to try to take on Microsoft. They leave a trail of dead and dying companies in their wake whenever attacked. They are like the Marines in Iraq.
If they cant kill you, they will wait and starve you out. They will lay siege to their opponents, who dont have the stomach for warfare like Microsoft does.
You cant kill the giant without a giant killer idea. Some company is going to have to take a risk, and develop something WAY better. Not just stuff that is just as good, almost as good, or just different.
The odds are, that isnt going to happen in a big corporation that has to answer to shareholders. It will probably be some dudes in a garage somewhere who can keep their mouths shut long enough to get a proper patent BEFORE they open their mouths.
Thanks. The box is definetly cool enough, but the power supply is a 250V OEM in a Supermicro SC750a case, which also powers dual PIII 450's, a CD burner and a DVD drive.
I dont think any of those so-called 800 pound gorillas want to take on Microsoft any time soon, unless they ALSO have hundreds of lawyers, and 40 Billion in the bank.
Suppose just one of those companies cant account for each and every one of their Windows or Office licences? Can you say MASSACRE? The cost of the audit (mandated by Discovery laws) would be enough for most to take a pass. The cost of fees, penalties, royalties, etc, for so much as a single violation, would wipe out any gains to be made in litigation.
In case you havent noticed, GOVERNMENTS have not been able to hurt Microsoft. Suing Microsoft almost killed Apple, WILL eventually kill Sun Microsystems, and pretty much anyone else who tries. Oracle? Bring it on. That is some nice Bayside property they've got there. Might be nice to see some flying Windows flags north of Mountain View.
With the current reliability of hard drives outside of RAID 5, this might be worth the money. I dont like having to devote 5 drives to a SCSI Array just to insure I dont lose data. If I can move a lot of rarely used crap over to a disk of that size, I think it would be a good deal.
I've had 3 Seagate 18Gb Ultra SCSI drives die in the last 6 months.
I know it's popular on Slashdot, but most of the general public has never heard of it. Countless times, I have had the pleasure of introducing the movie to someone who had never seen it, and enjoyed watching them fall on the floor laughing about the Stapler, and the Printer abuse scene.
One of the top 10 funniest and ACCURATE movies ever made; it should have made hundreds of millions of dollars. It does have a place however, in the Geek Hall of Fame.
First, how long are those Win9x clients going to be around after Microsoft drops support for them shortly? Then, when those folks are running either Win2K or XP workstations; just how many of them do you expect to be satified with domain services only, and not a full-blown directory service?
I dont think you are suggesting that RedHat start working on a Linux Directory, are you? They would be CRAZY to make such an attempt, because they would NEVER recoup the cost of the effort for it. Hell, even a NT Domain support would be cost-prohibitive.
In a decade, Java will be about as popular as Fortran. I very much applaud your efforts on Mono.
.NET is rapidly gaining acceptance, and I believe that Microsoft will stick with you in support of what you are doing. Dont apologize for squat, most of these folks here are going to be cursing you until they realize just what you have done, and by then it will be too late for them, and they will be behind the curve.
Frankly, short of that, nothing is gonna save that horrible show.
Unless she and Archer get down to some hot Human-Vulcan Hot Monkey Love; at least in silhouette where we can see those fun-bags unleashed, I dont plan to watch again.
The stories are lame, and they dont blow up enough shit. Give me an episode where they invent the Photon Torpedo, inspired by a violent T'Polgasm. Dont these people watch Fox, for christ's sake? T&A and explosions = Ratings. It aint that hard.
Thank you for injecting a bit of truth into this thread. I am so sick of the mindless liberals on Slashdot who know nothing of history, and are only against the war because they think it will help get them laid by some radical bitch with armpit hair.
State the law that makes the war illegal, you fool.
You can sit there in your myopic playpen and deny that France ignored its own resolution if you want, but facts are facts. When you know what is in Resolutions 678, 687 and 1441, then you will have some idea just how STUPID your rant is.
You and your ilk spouting that the war is illegal, are simply using talking points of which you know nothing of.
Again, I dare you to state and produce the LAW that makes this war illegal. You cant, and you wont because there ISNT ANY INTERNATIONAL LAW governing the rights of a sovereign state.
But then, you wouldnt know that would you?
Michael Moore is a fat-fuck-fool, and if you pay any attention to him, so are you.
The first Gulf War was in a state of cease-fire only, dependent upon the unconditional disarming of Iraq. The US is within it's rights, by the surrender treaty (signed by Saddam) to commence fire on Iraq if they refused to disarm.
Not only did they not disarm, they fire weapons at US aircraft in the no-fly zone instead.
So again, I challenge you, idiot. State the LAW, tell us all how the war is illegal, and I'll retract calling you an idiot. I trust you will remain an idiot, because you cannot back up your idiotic statement.
"We should all go work for Microsoft then! Won't that be FUN?!?!?!?!? "
Dude, I dont think you could ever make it through the first round of interviews with your loser attitude.
Better to be a festering troll to a whining loser, than to be the whining loser. Good luck getting beyond your borders, you clown.
I dont care if you dont like what I said, I HATE WHINERS! If you had any balls, you would take up the challenge to prove me wrong.
Oh, and you forgot the kick-ass health club, the expense account, and the subsidized housing. So busy indeed. Now, take the last word, I am done with you.
Yes, other countries are more protectionist. But they are protecting their economies, not just keeping people out. Other countries welcome productive visitors in droves. The US is probably the only country on Earth that regularly welcomes the criminals, the diseased and welfare-sucking dregs from other countries.
Example: All those oil wells in Saudi Arabia and Iraq were not built by men in turbans. They had neither the knowledge or the forsight about how to get that oil out of the ground. They hired Americans, French and British engineers to find, pump and produce that oil.
I could give you more examples, but thats enough of this thread. The point is, countries will have you, if you have something to offer them. Our pal here, either has nothing, or doesnt have the stomach to find out. This country should not fear a little competition from outsiders. It makes us better. Anyone who doesnt want to compete, probably cant.
Our sensitive friend wants the government to protect him from his own shortcomings.
I'm not a Libertarian, but I would bet you are a socialist/liberal dollars to donuts. I just offered you advice, and what did you do, besides offer more excuses for your own personal failure.
There are no laws keeping you from working elsewhere, IF YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH. You obviously are not, or you would have taken my advice in the spirit given. Instead, you want to suggest that somehow I had opportunities dropped in my lap. You are a victim (fool), that is why you cant find work elsewhere. When you knock it off, you might just get somewhere.
But hey, we cant all be good at what we do, can we. Some of us have to suck, I guess.
Because I could tell from your bitching that you have not tried to do what you claim is impossible, and that makes you a whiner. I know from fact and experience that it is EASY to work overseas, and I dont like people spewing hyperbole on Slashdot.
You want some advice? Build relationships with people in companies in the countries you want to work in. In the mean time build your reputation by getting published or something else that can display your skills in advance of your just showing up. Pick the companies you want to work for and HAMMER them. Dont pick a country, pick a company. If you write a book, and it is so much as marginal, you wont need 3 years income to survive on it. Are you good enough at what you do to write a book? If so, get on it dude, and stop bitching.
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Shut up ya fuckin hippie. Stay on topic or get the fuck out.
However, I think the fans, in addition to the underpowered supply might have done the damage.
Using Sun Microsystems again as an example, I think most companies would be much better off focusing on their own core business than to try to take on Microsoft. They leave a trail of dead and dying companies in their wake whenever attacked. They are like the Marines in Iraq.
If they cant kill you, they will wait and starve you out. They will lay siege to their opponents, who dont have the stomach for warfare like Microsoft does.
You cant kill the giant without a giant killer idea. Some company is going to have to take a risk, and develop something WAY better. Not just stuff that is just as good, almost as good, or just different.
The odds are, that isnt going to happen in a big corporation that has to answer to shareholders. It will probably be some dudes in a garage somewhere who can keep their mouths shut long enough to get a proper patent BEFORE they open their mouths.
You might be exactly right.
I run 4 drives and a spare. Running only 3 loses too much space. With 4 it's 25% rather than 33% on 3.
Suppose just one of those companies cant account for each and every one of their Windows or Office licences? Can you say MASSACRE? The cost of the audit (mandated by Discovery laws) would be enough for most to take a pass. The cost of fees, penalties, royalties, etc, for so much as a single violation, would wipe out any gains to be made in litigation.
In case you havent noticed, GOVERNMENTS have not been able to hurt Microsoft. Suing Microsoft almost killed Apple, WILL eventually kill Sun Microsystems, and pretty much anyone else who tries. Oracle? Bring it on. That is some nice Bayside property they've got there. Might be nice to see some flying Windows flags north of Mountain View.
I've had 3 Seagate 18Gb Ultra SCSI drives die in the last 6 months.
30G? I think I shall have one.
Classic.
One of the top 10 funniest and ACCURATE movies ever made; it should have made hundreds of millions of dollars. It does have a place however, in the Geek Hall of Fame.
I'm speechless. I cant muster a reply to such a stupid statement.
I dont think you are suggesting that RedHat start working on a Linux Directory, are you? They would be CRAZY to make such an attempt, because they would NEVER recoup the cost of the effort for it. Hell, even a NT Domain support would be cost-prohibitive.
In short, dont hold your breath.
Shut the fuck up.
Just because we may have once had reasons on the same side as Saddam, doesnt mean we have to be forever.
If Saddam was at war against North Korea, just whose side do you think we would be on? Politics makes strange bedfellows, so grow up.
Unless she and Archer get down to some hot Human-Vulcan Hot Monkey Love; at least in silhouette where we can see those fun-bags unleashed, I dont plan to watch again.
The stories are lame, and they dont blow up enough shit. Give me an episode where they invent the Photon Torpedo, inspired by a violent T'Polgasm. Dont these people watch Fox, for christ's sake? T&A and explosions = Ratings. It aint that hard.
Give that man a star! Most of you suck.
Thank you for injecting a bit of truth into this thread. I am so sick of the mindless liberals on Slashdot who know nothing of history, and are only against the war because they think it will help get them laid by some radical bitch with armpit hair.
You can sit there in your myopic playpen and deny that France ignored its own resolution if you want, but facts are facts. When you know what is in Resolutions 678, 687 and 1441, then you will have some idea just how STUPID your rant is.
You and your ilk spouting that the war is illegal, are simply using talking points of which you know nothing of.
Again, I dare you to state and produce the LAW that makes this war illegal. You cant, and you wont because there ISNT ANY INTERNATIONAL LAW governing the rights of a sovereign state.
But then, you wouldnt know that would you?
Michael Moore is a fat-fuck-fool, and if you pay any attention to him, so are you.
The first Gulf War was in a state of cease-fire only, dependent upon the unconditional disarming of Iraq. The US is within it's rights, by the surrender treaty (signed by Saddam) to commence fire on Iraq if they refused to disarm.
Not only did they not disarm, they fire weapons at US aircraft in the no-fly zone instead.
So again, I challenge you, idiot. State the LAW, tell us all how the war is illegal, and I'll retract calling you an idiot. I trust you will remain an idiot, because you cannot back up your idiotic statement.
Man, I would'nt want to be your kid. Geez. I would probably want to run off with some homeless preacher for a year just to be away from you.
There are hundreds of examples of you being dead wrong on this. You are full of shit.
Dude, I dont think you could ever make it through the first round of interviews with your loser attitude.
Better to be a festering troll to a whining loser, than to be the whining loser. Good luck getting beyond your borders, you clown.
I dont care if you dont like what I said, I HATE WHINERS! If you had any balls, you would take up the challenge to prove me wrong.
Oh, and you forgot the kick-ass health club, the expense account, and the subsidized housing. So busy indeed. Now, take the last word, I am done with you.
Example: All those oil wells in Saudi Arabia and Iraq were not built by men in turbans. They had neither the knowledge or the forsight about how to get that oil out of the ground. They hired Americans, French and British engineers to find, pump and produce that oil.
I could give you more examples, but thats enough of this thread. The point is, countries will have you, if you have something to offer them. Our pal here, either has nothing, or doesnt have the stomach to find out. This country should not fear a little competition from outsiders. It makes us better. Anyone who doesnt want to compete, probably cant.
Our sensitive friend wants the government to protect him from his own shortcomings.
Abusive is a word that only women use. Go cry in your corner, bitch.
There are no laws keeping you from working elsewhere, IF YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH. You obviously are not, or you would have taken my advice in the spirit given. Instead, you want to suggest that somehow I had opportunities dropped in my lap. You are a victim (fool), that is why you cant find work elsewhere. When you knock it off, you might just get somewhere.
But hey, we cant all be good at what we do, can we. Some of us have to suck, I guess.
You want some advice? Build relationships with people in companies in the countries you want to work in. In the mean time build your reputation by getting published or something else that can display your skills in advance of your just showing up. Pick the companies you want to work for and HAMMER them. Dont pick a country, pick a company. If you write a book, and it is so much as marginal, you wont need 3 years income to survive on it. Are you good enough at what you do to write a book? If so, get on it dude, and stop bitching.