actually the correct term for 1,024 bytes is mebibyte, for 1,048,576 bytes is gibibyte.
mega/giga are decimal prefixes, so 1 megabyte = 1000 bytes, and 1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte. (google calculator is using the old convention)
so cooling it will do no good if it's not a mechanical problem? i have a maxtor drive that spins fine but no data can be read. what could be wrong? if there's something wrong with the pcb, swapping it with a good one will work right?
Hope this will eventually replace the expensive D-VHS equipment that must be used to record Japanese satellite programs. However this is only viable if it offers a recording mode that writes the streams directly on to the hard drive, without any recompression. FYI, 5 minutes of 1024x576 MPEG-2 video takes up about 500MB space, so the 160GB hdd can record around a whole day of programs.
Rackshack doesn't allow linking your ircd to any public networks (although I doubt any network will accept a Rackshack server anyway:p).
They won't mind if you run a private ircd on their servers, but I guess if it ever gets dos'ed/packetted you'll have to pay for the transfer used...
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actually the correct term for 1,024 bytes is mebibyte, for 1,048,576 bytes is gibibyte. mega/giga are decimal prefixes, so 1 megabyte = 1000 bytes, and 1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte. (google calculator is using the old convention)
drive recovery companies in asia can do it for a lot cheaper. if you are located in asia you might actually consider it a financially viable option.
so cooling it will do no good if it's not a mechanical problem? i have a maxtor drive that spins fine but no data can be read. what could be wrong? if there's something wrong with the pcb, swapping it with a good one will work right?
remember you learned about thermal expansion in high school. the more you heat it, the more gigs you have on that drive.
Hope this will eventually replace the expensive D-VHS equipment that must be used to record Japanese satellite programs. However this is only viable if it offers a recording mode that writes the streams directly on to the hard drive, without any recompression. FYI, 5 minutes of 1024x576 MPEG-2 video takes up about 500MB space, so the 160GB hdd can record around a whole day of programs.
Rackshack doesn't allow linking your ircd to any public networks (although I doubt any network will accept a Rackshack server anyway :p).
They won't mind if you run a private ircd on their servers, but I guess if it ever gets dos'ed/packetted you'll have to pay for the transfer used...