My backup for a multi-boot laptop that other solutions (e.g.: running from one OS) don't seem to work for:
1) Buy a second copy of your main hard-drive + USB Interface (SATA enclosure) 2) Boot Linux on computer using CD 3) Use dd to mirror entire HD to external HD. Run before you go to bed, setup to shutdown when done. Save stdout/stderr somewhere like a USB flash drive. 4) Wakeup to a backup.
The advantage of this is when your hard drive fails, recovery is about 60 seconds away. Swap out one hard drive and you are done. Or you can recover specific files by just using the backup HD like a normal external HD, since everything is just under normal filesystems. If you'll be on business for a while take your second hard-drive with you (try to store somewhere it won't get stolen with laptop).
I actually keep two mirrors, partially because of travel and wanting to have one backup with me. This also makes sure that if your computer fails half-way through doing the mirror due to a power surge it doesn't fry your original + mirror. Keep one at a friends house or similar.
uhhh... why would a NEWS ARTICLE be cached? And if you were checking the latest news, you would be definition need to get an updated version of the site.
"The collection company was hired by hundreds of doctors and some utility companies to collect on delinquent bills. Every name is a customer or a patient."
Please note: you may want to steal the SS number of a doctor, I think their credit score is a bit better.
I got a Logicport (500 MHz, 32 channel logic analyzer for $350) some time ago, and never looked back. I use it for FPGA designs where I want to capture a lot more data.
I always bring out some spare pins to a header, that becomes my debug port. Then you can route any internal signals to this header. Provided you're not trying to debug anything insanely high-speed, it works great.
It also supports the SPI/I2C/Serial decoding like this project. Only downside is the software is Windows only, and it uses USB so not sure how well it would work on Wine. I've got VMWare to run Windows though so don't mind.
Article submitter is a sensationlist moron. The yearly fee is for somethng completely different talked about in the article.
"Other solutions exist to delete data or lock the computer if a user enters too many failed passwords or does not login at all over a specified length of time -- Beachhead Solutions will sell you their offering for $129 a year per computer."
>I found it nice to see how M$ worked around it, >just waiting 2 seconds, how ingenious !
What would you have done? Verifying all data would probably take longer than 2 seconds, and you can't trust the disk to tell you when it's written the data.
So you'd either have to figure out all the data that was in the cache, and verify that against the disk surface and only write when all that is done, or wait a bit. Making some assumptions about buffer size and transfer speed, then adding a saftey factor, is probably where the 2 second came from.
Did it work? Well it'd appear so. Whats so bad about MS's fix?
You see if GPS is 'shut off' it means that civillian GPS users no longer have access to reliable information. It used to be that GPS was inaccurate (few hundred metres) for civillian use, but perfectly accurate for military use (called Selective Availability or SA).
A while ago they disabled that so all users get the same information.
If GPS was jammed then military users would also be going down.
IMHO this is a military system that we civillians have been lucky enough to use around the world, and always remember that.
>Linksys is happy, and if everyone keeps their mouth >shut the FCC never knows about it
No, the FCC can still find out about it if it investigated a lot of complaints of interference... there is a reason devices are only allowed ot transmit a certain range!
I did RTFA - the parent didn't. Thats what I was trying to say in my post, you could fit MORE than 2 GB on the RAM stick since its not a 2 Gb RAM stick, its a 2 Gb ram CHIP.
The CD giveaway to schools, colleges and libraries in 50 states will cost an estimated $76 million.
To prevent the companies from dumping unwanted inventory, lawyers for the states came up with a formula based on how much time artists spent on the Billboard charts, Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Eric Wilson said. But he conceded, "it may be hard to believe looking at the selections."
A quick Google revealed a few examples of some games that use this engine, see http://www.spinheaddev.com/gameexpose0.html (NOT HTML clicking to help reduce load on server a tad...)
Slashdot Mirror
My backup for a multi-boot laptop that other solutions (e.g.: running from one OS) don't seem to work for:
1) Buy a second copy of your main hard-drive + USB Interface (SATA enclosure)
2) Boot Linux on computer using CD
3) Use dd to mirror entire HD to external HD. Run before you go to bed, setup to shutdown when done. Save stdout/stderr somewhere like a USB flash drive.
4) Wakeup to a backup.
The advantage of this is when your hard drive fails, recovery is about 60 seconds away. Swap out one hard drive and you are done. Or you can recover specific files by just using the backup HD like a normal external HD, since everything is just under normal filesystems. If you'll be on business for a while take your second hard-drive with you (try to store somewhere it won't get stolen with laptop).
I actually keep two mirrors, partially because of travel and wanting to have one backup with me. This also makes sure that if your computer fails half-way through doing the mirror due to a power surge it doesn't fry your original + mirror. Keep one at a friends house or similar.
So an H2 gets the same respect as a scrap heap? Sounds about right...
uhhh... why would a NEWS ARTICLE be cached? And if you were checking the latest news, you would be definition need to get an updated version of the site.
God damn Apple fan-boys
You can check some of the ones listed at http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02, which also qualifies them a bit!
I personally use Avira AntiVir and like it! I started with the free edition but quickly upgraded, it's pretty cheap and might as well support them...
You CAN fit authentication into these devices. The Contiki example was in a device with 16K of RAM and 128K of ROM.
So the fact you have a tiny stack leaves enough room to run authentication. Simple authentication, yes, but hopefully enough...
Wrongo. The USB stick plugs into Linux and shows up as a network interface, instantly working with Linux (or Windows) IPv6 network.
There is a quick demo at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjztYx_F2Ko
And you can browse some of the documentation. It is fully IPv6 compliant, hence should work with anything...
"The collection company was hired by hundreds of doctors and some utility companies to collect on delinquent bills. Every name is a customer or a patient."
Please note: you may want to steal the SS number of a doctor, I think their credit score is a bit better.
I put my $50 el cheapo MP3 player off ebay through the washer + dryer. It was one with a full colour LCD screen too... and still works fine!
So doesn't have to be good quality to survive!
I got a Logicport (500 MHz, 32 channel logic analyzer for $350) some time ago, and never looked back. I use it for FPGA designs where I want to capture a lot more data.
I always bring out some spare pins to a header, that becomes my debug port. Then you can route any internal signals to this header. Provided you're not trying to debug anything insanely high-speed, it works great.
It also supports the SPI/I2C/Serial decoding like this project. Only downside is the software is Windows only, and it uses USB so not sure how well it would work on Wine. I've got VMWare to run Windows though so don't mind.
-Colin
RTFA.
It existed already for other Intel processors, it was made more pronounced by the new hardware.
What's the QA for your post?
Article submitter is a sensationlist moron. The yearly fee is for somethng completely different talked about in the article.
"Other solutions exist to delete data or lock the computer if a user enters too many failed passwords or does not login at all over a specified length of time -- Beachhead Solutions will sell you their offering for $129 a year per computer."
So somehow your video card explodes from lightning, but nothing else would otherwise be damaged if it wasn't for that damn liquid metal?
>I found it nice to see how M$ worked around it,
>just waiting 2 seconds, how ingenious !
What would you have done? Verifying all data would probably take longer than 2 seconds, and you can't trust the disk to tell you when it's written the data.
So you'd either have to figure out all the data that was in the cache, and verify that against the disk surface and only write when all that is done, or wait a bit. Making some assumptions about buffer size and transfer speed, then adding a saftey factor, is probably where the 2 second came from.
Did it work? Well it'd appear so. Whats so bad about MS's fix?
No - this is quite different.
You see if GPS is 'shut off' it means that civillian GPS users no longer have access to reliable information. It used to be that GPS was inaccurate (few hundred metres) for civillian use, but perfectly accurate for military use (called Selective Availability or SA).
A while ago they disabled that so all users get the same information.
If GPS was jammed then military users would also be going down.
IMHO this is a military system that we civillians have been lucky enough to use around the world, and always remember that.
>Linksys is happy, and if everyone keeps their mouth >shut the FCC never knows about it
No, the FCC can still find out about it if it investigated a lot of complaints of interference... there is a reason devices are only allowed ot transmit a certain range!
Man, you are wasting your talent here on Slashdot. With such super-sleuthing abilities, no mystery would be too great for you!
Can't Agree More :D
I did RTFA - the parent didn't. Thats what I was trying to say in my post, you could fit MORE than 2 GB on the RAM stick since its not a 2 Gb RAM stick, its a 2 Gb ram CHIP.
Could you point out where I can find a 256 MB RAM chip? I don't mean a ram stick with 8 or more ram chips, I mean just one ram chip.
Ditto for the flash memory chips. Can't seem to find any 1GB flash chips (again not the drive, just the chip).
Few things - first of all the ram chip is GigaBITs. 8 bits = one byte, so that ram chip is actually 0.25 GB of space.
As well this is a ram chip, NOT a ram Stick. So you can have a number of this ram chip on one stick to make different sizes of ram sticks.
What is this? The linked page had a section CLEARLY TITLED "Project Cost"? Oh but no one would read that...
Well it says about $29000 Canadian.
No, he means how much quicktime sucks.
Please, RTFA:
The CD giveaway to schools, colleges and libraries in 50 states will cost an estimated $76 million.
To prevent the companies from dumping unwanted inventory, lawyers for the states came up with a formula based on how much time artists spent on the Billboard charts, Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Eric Wilson said. But he conceded, "it may be hard to believe looking at the selections."
PS: In case of slashdotting, here is the links from the article on some games:
t p://www.shadeless.dk/3d/?site=darksquad.htm: //project-blender.onlinehome.de/n storm-studios.netg /blengine/sachie .de/
http://www.spinheaddev.com/?id=crescentdawn
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http://www.brai
http://zerooneentertainment.or
http://project-blender.onlinehom
http://www.tudbzd.com/
A quick Google revealed a few examples of some games that use this engine, see http://www.spinheaddev.com/gameexpose0.html (NOT HTML clicking to help reduce load on server a tad...)