Mod parent up. A good percentage of failed drives happens at the controller level. When a drive is refurbished, sometimes only the PCB controller board is swapped out leaving both the existing platters and data intact.
With regards to data exposure. Who's at fault depends on where the drive originated from. For example, NewEgg gets a shipment of drives from WD or Seagate and then directly resells one to a customer. If it had data on it, that would be the fault of the drive manufacture. However if the drive was returned from a customer and then resold to another customer, that would be NewEgg's fault. For a company as large as they are, it's not that expensive to purchase a stand-alone console in which you can connect a drive or two and wipe it with the press of button. A quick google search shows such a product in the link below.
...don't the citizens of China also have responsibility in improving their lives?
How? They don't have a democratic form of government to have their grievances properly heard and addressed accordingly to the will of the people. To most Chinese, it's best to not catch the attention of the government at all. But complaining to their fellow neighbors and family members is ok. But that doesn't really establish any meaningful results unfortunately.
Already happening in major Chinese cities thanks to its expanding economy and an increase in disposable income.
It's simple really. Intake more calories than you burn = the body converting excess energy into fat. Nature doesn't like to waste. That includes your body too.
But how would you write the data with lasers? Current optical drives use a mechanical tracking system. Perhaps some form of piezoelectric oscillating mirror would be preferred?
Hormones will do that. It's all part of the makeup of a female human being. Think about it. They have a menstrual cycle once a month, hormones are flooding the body while pregnant, then there's the period of time called menopause as women get older. And to throw a monkey wrench in it all, taking birth control along with facing unreal expectations of what "pretty and hot" are, is it any wonder they all haven't committed mass suicide yet?
For men it's easy. We just have to think with both heads. Often with one type over the other.
On a serious note, I know several people in real life that have used eHarmony before. Most of them ended up getting married after their first or second date using the service and shortly after a year or so of meeting each other for the first time. That tells me two things. First, eHarmony has got the system down to a science with regards to their list of questions they ask members to take. Second, (and most important) members of eHarmony are already taking a serious and mature attitude with regards to finding a mate for life. When two people make it a serious effort to make a relationship work, I'm not surprised that eHarmony has what I think is the best success rate of them all.
Excellent point AC. I've seen those available for my Droid 2 as my current battery has lost almost half of its charging capacity. And yes, it pretty much runs stock without any fancy animated backgrounds and stuff. The dilemma is that a replacement goes for about 50 bucks. The ones listed for about 4 bucks on Amazon are pirated scams that hold a questionable amount of power. Not to mention burning a hole in your pocket in more ways than one. So being that my phone is over a year old now, I might save the money and upgrade to an iPhone 5.
What I'm saying is this. If you plan on doing a lot of talking and e-mailing, get the extended battery when you buy the phone new. It seems a waste to purchase it after the phone has reached EOL for support.
What's wrong with having both platforms? I game on my PC when I want a personalized environment that offers a richer experience. But playing alone in meatspace is no fun at times. Some friends, a case of beer, peanuts, large TV and a comfy couch all demand a console gaming experience. Just turn on the unit, pass out a few controllers and let the good times roll.
Sheesh. It's not that difficult to choose when and were to use the appropriate gaming hardware, is it? Why are we even having this stupid debate? I guess I'm too much of an old skool gamer or something to be taking it personal.
Businesses won't self-regulate unless it costs them money.
YES! That's the entire point. I'm absolutely in favor of this so long as we don't have monopolies. What you just described defines self-imposed efficiency. Money isn't just profit, it's also a metric by which to measure efficiencies. It's how industries thrive when you have consumerism fund risky R&D ventures that have the potential for huge payoff. In turn, people (like you and I) reap the rewards for this progress. iPad for example. Profit is a GOOD THING!
You want IT regulation? Here's just bitter taste of what's to come. SOX! Nuff said.
Compare our public education today to the previous years before it in sequential order. Part of the problem is that teachers are not held accountable as they once were. You can equally thank both the teachers union and parents for that. Also, the teachers that do genuinely care are not (by law) allowed to discipline children appropriately. Effectively we now have daycare for teens in which they call the shots. Eventually they will have children on their own. Some of these new adults go on to become teachers themselves while others run for public office. Parents forget how to be parents, and children carry the torch from hell onto the next generation.
Regulation also kills innovation at the expense unnecessary bureaucracy. Not at first, but eventually it becomes the very cancer you're trying to prevent (stagnation). The reason the IT industry exploded with productivity starting in late 80s was *precisely* because of lack of government regulation. Clearly it can regulate itself with ISO and IEEE standards just fine.
And then enacting policies to dumb people down over an extended period of time. Often spanning many many generations. Eventually to the point where they depend on an oppressive government.
Apple hasn't shown much willingness to cater to the enterprise market. They do of course have such a product division, but they treat it like a red headed stepchild and with low priority. Their server is basically a joke for small businesses in comparison to an MS SBS box. I should know, we deployed one at the request of one of our clients. Actually, I thought it would be an awesome experience. I was wrong, sadly.
Maybe it's growth. Maybe they're setting up the pieces for the final "keystone" to capture all market share including the enterprise segment. Doesn't matter in the end though because it hasn't happened. Apple is sticking with the two fastest growing markets. Mobile computing and cloud-based services. In fact, I'm willing to bet they will start to abandon OSX over iOS purely from a philosophical view point. That is to say, they might even abhor decentralization. How much longer will it be before you can only install apps on your MacBook from App Store? Effectively locking out all other channels to obtain your software from.
Some of the best Z80 ROM music I've heard has to be M.U.S.H.A (Musha Aleste) on the Sega Genesis (Mega-Drive). Herzog Zwei comes in a close 2nd place. The composers were Gods, and they got paid to do what they loved to do. You've got to admire that kind of talent.
True. I haven't thought of that. It would also cut down on the amount of bandwidth and CPU cycles back to the servers too. With all of those iPhones out there, it surely adds up in cost and reliability.
I remember a few years back using a similar app as Siri on my BlackBerry Curve 8330. The accuracy wasn't perfect, but it was the closest thing in comparison with the built voice recognition software. If you've used a BB before, it always started out with "Say a command...**beep**". Anyways, I used it to Google where I would have my next lunch break. Other than that, it wasn't all that useful.
Aside from DeBeers control of the market, the diamonds that are in high demand are based off the four "C"s. Cut, Color, Clarity, and Carat. The diamonds that fall in the worst ranking of all categories are relegated to the industrial market (cutting, drilling, etc).
Wait a minute. I thought Siri just captured and forwarded the audio to the servers. Surely the mic hardware didn't change much between each iPhone generation. So that leaves the audio cleanup processing to take place at the data center. Based off examples and adaptive software algorithms, an upgrade is just a software update away server-side.
So again, what does the CPU have anything to do with the iPhone aside from faster compression time?
It's what I call the holy SSD Trinity. NAND, Controller, and the Firmware.
The quality of the hardware is important, but these days it's more or less commoditized across the industry anyways. So that leaves the firmware. Given the level of voodoo nessary to pull of the LBA remapping magic and garbage collection across all the cells, I would rather spend my money on a reputable company such as Intel. Especially on a new form of storage as complicated as this under the hood.
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Mod parent up. A good percentage of failed drives happens at the controller level. When a drive is refurbished, sometimes only the PCB controller board is swapped out leaving both the existing platters and data intact.
With regards to data exposure. Who's at fault depends on where the drive originated from. For example, NewEgg gets a shipment of drives from WD or Seagate and then directly resells one to a customer. If it had data on it, that would be the fault of the drive manufacture. However if the drive was returned from a customer and then resold to another customer, that would be NewEgg's fault. For a company as large as they are, it's not that expensive to purchase a stand-alone console in which you can connect a drive or two and wipe it with the press of button. A quick google search shows such a product in the link below.
http://www.wiebetech.com/products/Drive_eRazer_Ultra.php
You know, holding the US record for being the most taxed man in history is a "problem" I would love to have. I'm just sayin...
...don't the citizens of China also have responsibility in improving their lives?
How? They don't have a democratic form of government to have their grievances properly heard and addressed accordingly to the will of the people. To most Chinese, it's best to not catch the attention of the government at all. But complaining to their fellow neighbors and family members is ok. But that doesn't really establish any meaningful results unfortunately.
Already happening in major Chinese cities thanks to its expanding economy and an increase in disposable income.
It's simple really. Intake more calories than you burn = the body converting excess energy into fat. Nature doesn't like to waste. That includes your body too.
Is that a lightsaber in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Into the scanner you go. Move along please.
But how would you write the data with lasers? Current optical drives use a mechanical tracking system. Perhaps some form of piezoelectric oscillating mirror would be preferred?
All Hot chicks are insane
Hormones will do that. It's all part of the makeup of a female human being. Think about it. They have a menstrual cycle once a month, hormones are flooding the body while pregnant, then there's the period of time called menopause as women get older. And to throw a monkey wrench in it all, taking birth control along with facing unreal expectations of what "pretty and hot" are, is it any wonder they all haven't committed mass suicide yet?
For men it's easy. We just have to think with both heads. Often with one type over the other.
Hah! So true.
On a serious note, I know several people in real life that have used eHarmony before. Most of them ended up getting married after their first or second date using the service and shortly after a year or so of meeting each other for the first time. That tells me two things. First, eHarmony has got the system down to a science with regards to their list of questions they ask members to take. Second, (and most important) members of eHarmony are already taking a serious and mature attitude with regards to finding a mate for life. When two people make it a serious effort to make a relationship work, I'm not surprised that eHarmony has what I think is the best success rate of them all.
Excellent point AC. I've seen those available for my Droid 2 as my current battery has lost almost half of its charging capacity. And yes, it pretty much runs stock without any fancy animated backgrounds and stuff. The dilemma is that a replacement goes for about 50 bucks. The ones listed for about 4 bucks on Amazon are pirated scams that hold a questionable amount of power. Not to mention burning a hole in your pocket in more ways than one. So being that my phone is over a year old now, I might save the money and upgrade to an iPhone 5.
What I'm saying is this. If you plan on doing a lot of talking and e-mailing, get the extended battery when you buy the phone new. It seems a waste to purchase it after the phone has reached EOL for support.
What's wrong with having both platforms? I game on my PC when I want a personalized environment that offers a richer experience. But playing alone in meatspace is no fun at times. Some friends, a case of beer, peanuts, large TV and a comfy couch all demand a console gaming experience. Just turn on the unit, pass out a few controllers and let the good times roll.
Sheesh. It's not that difficult to choose when and were to use the appropriate gaming hardware, is it? Why are we even having this stupid debate? I guess I'm too much of an old skool gamer or something to be taking it personal.
No, it was goatse.cx from the original shock website. ASCII art example below.
http://goatse.ch/
I've been a slashdot member for about 14 years now. I remember the days.
YES! That's the entire point. I'm absolutely in favor of this so long as we don't have monopolies. What you just described defines self-imposed efficiency. Money isn't just profit, it's also a metric by which to measure efficiencies. It's how industries thrive when you have consumerism fund risky R&D ventures that have the potential for huge payoff. In turn, people (like you and I) reap the rewards for this progress. iPad for example. Profit is a GOOD THING!
You want IT regulation? Here's just bitter taste of what's to come. SOX! Nuff said.
Compare our public education today to the previous years before it in sequential order. Part of the problem is that teachers are not held accountable as they once were. You can equally thank both the teachers union and parents for that. Also, the teachers that do genuinely care are not (by law) allowed to discipline children appropriately. Effectively we now have daycare for teens in which they call the shots. Eventually they will have children on their own. Some of these new adults go on to become teachers themselves while others run for public office. Parents forget how to be parents, and children carry the torch from hell onto the next generation.
Pigs are controlled by DRM? I have to say, that's news to me!
Regulation also kills innovation at the expense unnecessary bureaucracy. Not at first, but eventually it becomes the very cancer you're trying to prevent (stagnation). The reason the IT industry exploded with productivity starting in late 80s was *precisely* because of lack of government regulation. Clearly it can regulate itself with ISO and IEEE standards just fine.
Fuck no!
And then enacting policies to dumb people down over an extended period of time. Often spanning many many generations. Eventually to the point where they depend on an oppressive government.
Apple hasn't shown much willingness to cater to the enterprise market. They do of course have such a product division, but they treat it like a red headed stepchild and with low priority. Their server is basically a joke for small businesses in comparison to an MS SBS box. I should know, we deployed one at the request of one of our clients. Actually, I thought it would be an awesome experience. I was wrong, sadly.
Maybe it's growth. Maybe they're setting up the pieces for the final "keystone" to capture all market share including the enterprise segment. Doesn't matter in the end though because it hasn't happened. Apple is sticking with the two fastest growing markets. Mobile computing and cloud-based services. In fact, I'm willing to bet they will start to abandon OSX over iOS purely from a philosophical view point. That is to say, they might even abhor decentralization. How much longer will it be before you can only install apps on your MacBook from App Store? Effectively locking out all other channels to obtain your software from.
I'm willing to bet that Fusion and Parallels users outnumber Boot Camp users by magnitudes. If that's the case, Boot Camp may go the way of the dodo.
Some of the best Z80 ROM music I've heard has to be M.U.S.H.A (Musha Aleste) on the Sega Genesis (Mega-Drive). Herzog Zwei comes in a close 2nd place. The composers were Gods, and they got paid to do what they loved to do. You've got to admire that kind of talent.
True. I haven't thought of that. It would also cut down on the amount of bandwidth and CPU cycles back to the servers too. With all of those iPhones out there, it surely adds up in cost and reliability.
I remember a few years back using a similar app as Siri on my BlackBerry Curve 8330. The accuracy wasn't perfect, but it was the closest thing in comparison with the built voice recognition software. If you've used a BB before, it always started out with "Say a command ...**beep**". Anyways, I used it to Google where I would have my next lunch break. Other than that, it wasn't all that useful.
Aside from DeBeers control of the market, the diamonds that are in high demand are based off the four "C"s. Cut, Color, Clarity, and Carat. The diamonds that fall in the worst ranking of all categories are relegated to the industrial market (cutting, drilling, etc).
I should know. I'm married.
Wait a minute. I thought Siri just captured and forwarded the audio to the servers. Surely the mic hardware didn't change much between each iPhone generation. So that leaves the audio cleanup processing to take place at the data center. Based off examples and adaptive software algorithms, an upgrade is just a software update away server-side.
So again, what does the CPU have anything to do with the iPhone aside from faster compression time?
It's what I call the holy SSD Trinity. NAND, Controller, and the Firmware.
The quality of the hardware is important, but these days it's more or less commoditized across the industry anyways. So that leaves the firmware. Given the level of voodoo nessary to pull of the LBA remapping magic and garbage collection across all the cells, I would rather spend my money on a reputable company such as Intel. Especially on a new form of storage as complicated as this under the hood.
You guys laugh now, but of all places to find pockets of oil and natural gas in space, Mars is our closest workable candidate.