A quick note - if you re-initialize the RAID, it will erase everything you have. You should 'rebuild' the drive, unless you have a hot-swap, in which case you just take out the bad drive, pop in the good one, and ur good to go.
I work for a company that uses all types of RAID. I've experience with 2 bay, 8 bay, and 16 bay RAIDs, as well as RAID cards. If you want the cheapest option, just get a two drive system (either with bays or just a card) and use RAID1. It's basically drive mirroring.
Bottom line, you need to figure out how much you're willing to spend on this and then go from there and see what your options are. RAID5 is the hotness, but it's very expensive (easily over $10K for large capacity devices).
Not that this has anything to do with the MPAA yet, this is the way things should be done. Once there is a decent standard in place, and there is a widespread enough install base of players that can paly these discs, the film industry will begin phasing over to this format for DVD releases, eventually phasing out the older format (or perhaps making it backwards compatible). Provided that pirates could (and eventually will) figure out how to rip these, would you really sit on kazaa waiting for a 30+GB movie download, just to avoid buying the DVD? Even with a great connection, it's just not worth the time / HDD space. I for one, would rather just buy the DVD.
The number one thing they should do IMHO is reduce overhead. Using Microsoft Windows as an example, windows 98 has much less overhead than 2k, which in turn has much less than XP. A lot of it is eye-candy, which is all well and good, but those should be options that are OFF by default. XP differs from previous versions because it uses a 'shell' based gui (similar to KDE / GNOME, etc), which, while nice, is going to cause some system slowdown. Using the 'explorer' shell, which is heavily intergrated into the Windows OS, is the fastest, and should be the default. Then if people want to change it to look pretty they can, by sacrificing speed (in slower machines).
Stop adding services / features that are on by default, and you'll see a huge improvement in speed.
It kinda depends on how much someone is willing to accept for the act of killing you. Crackheads will take $5, so I guess the answer to your question is: Five Dollars.
meanwhile, their record sales still plummet because they are still putting out crap, but the teeny-boppers that were buying are now older and wiser, and spend their money elsewhere.
There will always be Innovators and there will always be copiers.
read: There will always be innovators and there will always be Microsoft.
All kidding aside, this is nothing new. Xerox invented. Apple copied Xerox, and Microsoft copied Apple. It's the same with Japanese automobile makers. The innovator usually never reaps the rewards because the true potential of their innovation is only realized by an outside pair of eyes.
I wonder what kind of DOS attack could take down akamai? Their bandwidth is almost scary (I've downloaded stuff from them at well over 9 mbps from my home machine). I'd hate to think someone has enough bandwidth to attack them, unless it was some sort DDoS.
There are already facilities to block calls block their caller ID information. Not only for cell phones, but for land lines as well.
From this site (which I believe is standard across land lines):
Anonymous Call Block--(Included with Caller ID and Caller ID on Call Waiting, and available as a stand alone feature.) This option has some notable caveats, so please understand what it will and will not do before ordering or activating. Basically, this features allows you to reject calls coming from parties who have enabled Caller ID block on their line, thus preventing the display on your ID display unit of their name and/or number (you see "Private Caller"). Such callers are redirected to a message telling them you are not accepting ID-blocked calls and that they need to remove the block and call back if they wish to each you.
Note: This means that some cellular calls and calls from business's PBX phone systems may not get through to you. Callers on those systems may not be able to remove the ID block in order to have their call ring through.
This feature will not screen out most telemarketers' calls, nor any other calls where the caller's telco does not transmit ID info or the info is not available (these display as "Unavailable," or "Unknown Caller," or similar). Again, it works only on calls where the caller has enabled their own Caller ID block ("Private Caller").
* To activate: press *77
* To deactivate: press *87
The Do Not Call list could not have applied to cell phones because previously, telemarketers were barred from calling any phone where the receiver of the call could be charged for it (i.e. cell phone minutes). I guess that law has changed since inception, or otherwise, the cell phone companies have found a way to make incoming telemarketer calls "free."
Conversely (and perhaps slightly O/T), I've always been suspicious of the Do Not Call list, because if you consider it, on one hand it's like a free list that unscrupulous telemarketers can get and spam, and on the other hand, the "gub-mint" can link you email address to your phone number. (We can't call but we can sure spam that email account!) Of course you can get around it by using a quick free e-mail (like yahoo or hotmail) but who do you know outside of us savvy/.'ers, who probably have "junk" accounts anyway, would go through the trouble of setting one up just for this?
Everyone knows that true "gamehouses" value quality over deadlines. Imagine waiting for that new "Chronicles of Riddick" game for over a year because of release date pushbacks....
Some of you will berate me for saying so, but some movies based on video games are actually good. By any financial account, some have been VERY successful.
This does not follow when the roles are reversed; I have yet to witness a game based on a movie that was successful in any respect (unless someone can convince me otherwise). Even as a huge matrix fan, I have not been the least bit interested in playing Enter The Matrix.
As long as the movies make money, Hollywood will still make them, even if they are raffish.
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A quick note - if you re-initialize the RAID, it will erase everything you have. You should 'rebuild' the drive, unless you have a hot-swap, in which case you just take out the bad drive, pop in the good one, and ur good to go.
I work for a company that uses all types of RAID. I've experience with 2 bay, 8 bay, and 16 bay RAIDs, as well as RAID cards. If you want the cheapest option, just get a two drive system (either with bays or just a card) and use RAID1. It's basically drive mirroring.
Bottom line, you need to figure out how much you're willing to spend on this and then go from there and see what your options are. RAID5 is the hotness, but it's very expensive (easily over $10K for large capacity devices).
If ever anyone ever missed a point, it's you.
Interesting post, but doesn't belong here. He's talking about redering images, not meat.
Not that this has anything to do with the MPAA yet, this is the way things should be done. Once there is a decent standard in place, and there is a widespread enough install base of players that can paly these discs, the film industry will begin phasing over to this format for DVD releases, eventually phasing out the older format (or perhaps making it backwards compatible). Provided that pirates could (and eventually will) figure out how to rip these, would you really sit on kazaa waiting for a 30+GB movie download, just to avoid buying the DVD? Even with a great connection, it's just not worth the time / HDD space. I for one, would rather just buy the DVD.
New technology. It's sux but it's great.
try 2600. They keep archives of their show "Off the Hook."
NJOY
Except acid eats through plastic. Try glass. Good luck.
The number one thing they should do IMHO is reduce overhead. Using Microsoft Windows as an example, windows 98 has much less overhead than 2k, which in turn has much less than XP. A lot of it is eye-candy, which is all well and good, but those should be options that are OFF by default. XP differs from previous versions because it uses a 'shell' based gui (similar to KDE / GNOME, etc), which, while nice, is going to cause some system slowdown. Using the 'explorer' shell, which is heavily intergrated into the Windows OS, is the fastest, and should be the default. Then if people want to change it to look pretty they can, by sacrificing speed (in slower machines).
Stop adding services / features that are on by default, and you'll see a huge improvement in speed.
I cam only assume, that with ~30 minutes passed since this story's posting, and no comments, that no one has anything of note to say.
A moment of silence for Howard Carmak, who will undoubtedly get 'spammed' quite a bit during the next 3.5 - 7 years.
So your wife can't hear you on the computer as she sleeps while you slashdot.
It kinda depends on how much someone is willing to accept for the act of killing you. Crackheads will take $5, so I guess the answer to your question is: Five Dollars.
Here's an interesting article about the value of a life.
They may not fear death. I'd suggest limiting them to 33.6 kbps internet connections. That's the real hell.
Except the blimp material would have to be nothing short of plane-proof. One bullet to the balloon and you've got another Hindenburg on your hands.
meanwhile, their record sales still plummet because they are still putting out crap, but the teeny-boppers that were buying are now older and wiser, and spend their money elsewhere.
You'd have to buy it for $450,000 first. Cut out the middleman and buy the house now.
We assume the following is true:
:: crackheads : crack
nerds : bandwidth
Now we assume that I have the kind of bandwidth that makes this router useful. And we all know what crackheads will do for crack...
</sarcasm>
Not to mention that they have apparently repaired the problem. I checked using IE and Opera, and now you can see everything.
read: There will always be innovators and there will always be Microsoft.
All kidding aside, this is nothing new. Xerox invented. Apple copied Xerox, and Microsoft copied Apple. It's the same with Japanese automobile makers. The innovator usually never reaps the rewards because the true potential of their innovation is only realized by an outside pair of eyes.
I wonder what kind of DOS attack could take down akamai? Their bandwidth is almost scary (I've downloaded stuff from them at well over 9 mbps from my home machine). I'd hate to think someone has enough bandwidth to attack them, unless it was some sort DDoS.
From this site (which I believe is standard across land lines):
There is no guarantee that you have "Free Nights and/or Weekends."
The law still applies, as does the one that telemarketers cannot call you on Sunday.
I love how you answer the phone. No business calls on your cell, eh?
The Do Not Call list could not have applied to cell phones because previously, telemarketers were barred from calling any phone where the receiver of the call could be charged for it (i.e. cell phone minutes). I guess that law has changed since inception, or otherwise, the cell phone companies have found a way to make incoming telemarketer calls "free."
/.'ers, who probably have "junk" accounts anyway, would go through the trouble of setting one up just for this?
Conversely (and perhaps slightly O/T), I've always been suspicious of the Do Not Call list, because if you consider it, on one hand it's like a free list that unscrupulous telemarketers can get and spam, and on the other hand, the "gub-mint" can link you email address to your phone number. (We can't call but we can sure spam that email account!) Of course you can get around it by using a quick free e-mail (like yahoo or hotmail) but who do you know outside of us savvy
Everyone knows that true "gamehouses" value quality over deadlines. Imagine waiting for that new "Chronicles of Riddick" game for over a year because of release date pushbacks....
Some of you will berate me for saying so, but some movies based on video games are actually good. By any financial account, some have been VERY successful.
This does not follow when the roles are reversed; I have yet to witness a game based on a movie that was successful in any respect (unless someone can convince me otherwise). Even as a huge matrix fan, I have not been the least bit interested in playing Enter The Matrix.
As long as the movies make money, Hollywood will still make them, even if they are raffish.
Why sir, do we "really need to get a manned mission to Mars"?