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  1. Re:Snail-mail USB sticks on BitTorrent For Enterprise File Distribution? · · Score: 2, Informative

    If it's between Windows servers, you can try DFS (although I haven't seen it really do one-way replication) or just use robocopy.
    We use both to replicate data between windows servers internally and on external sites.

  2. Re:Same problem as movies. on Survival-Horror Genre Going Extinct? · · Score: 1

    I treasure the memory of playing an "Aliens" mod for Doom.

    Exactly the same here. That mod was the one and only game that actually managed to scare the living shit out of me. *grins and goes in search of the files*

  3. Re:Obvious? on Diet of Fast Food and Candy May Cause Alzheimer's · · Score: 3, Insightful

    *tinfoil hat on*
    Don't forget that it's easier to control the sheeple when they're not healthy and strong.
    *tinfoil hat off*

  4. What about apps, not servers? on Red Hat & AMD Demo Live VM Migration Across CPU Vendors · · Score: 1

    With all the talk about virtualization in the last couple of years, I'm a bit surprised that I haven't seen major talks about live migration capabilities at application level.
    I'm not talking about cluster capable apps, but being able to run an app on one server, and then migrate it.
    Even the capability of FreeBSD jails, Solaris containers, OpenVZ, etc. to migrate live would come closer to live apps migration.

    There's always a good reason to virtualize at OS level, but ultimately it only comes down to being able to run the application that you need.

  5. Re:This is still unreleased test demo's on Red Hat & AMD Demo Live VM Migration Across CPU Vendors · · Score: 1

    just the same processor manufacturer

    And even that's not true. We had to buy an older server type because even if we bought a newer server with -in this case- AMD cpus it wouldn't mix with the others.
    The CPU has to be functionally the same, otherwise you'll have to resort to cpu masking.

  6. Re:Silent Money Maker on OpenBSD 4.4 Released · · Score: 1

    they'll wonder how you do it

    Crap! I'd better remove my sig right away.

  7. Re:A site geared towards Linux user, to learn Open on OpenBSD 4.4 Released · · Score: 1

    YMMV

    First time I installed FreeBSD (without any previous *nix knowledge) I had a server running in 5 minutes.
    Adding the packages was a no-brainer through sysinstall. Updating I do through compiling (portupgrade) but can be done just as easily by specifying to use packages only which is just as fast as using aptitude.
    I've seen no difference in ease on installing and maintaining Linux and BSD systems.

    Windows systems on the other hand... :-P

  8. Re:Turn down the volume on Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss · · Score: 1

    Your real objection is that you can't be alone with yourself for an extended time

    Good guess, but no. I'm single, so I'm alone with myself plenty of time. Good thing I'm good company, otherwise I'd thrown me out. :-P
    I prefer to listen to music on any long walk because it'll clear my mind of work related stuff and boost my creative thinking.

  9. Re:Turn down the volume on Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss · · Score: 1

    Maybe you misunderstood, I prefer not to cut off from the rest of the world.
    If I can't hear anything through the earbuds besides the music it's no good.

  10. Re:As a non-driver on People Prefer Angry-Faced Cars · · Score: 1

    'd have to think statistically, more discourteous drivers would be in more 'normal' makes of cars

    And you'd be correct.
    I just a few years I've seen less use of indicators (sometimes only 1 out of 6 drivers using it), less keeping an eye on other traffic on the road, and less drivers keeping a safe distance. And it has no longer anything to do with the brand of car.

  11. Re:Fiat Multipla - does not look bad on People Prefer Angry-Faced Cars · · Score: 1

    I don't get Fiats, but from the moment I bought my Alfa Romeo 164 Q4 I've had no idea what could ever replace it.
    And yes, I call it a monster because it roars when I put my foot down. Otherwise it just purrs gently. :-)

    Style, V6 power and four wheel drive FTW!

  12. Re:Turn down the volume on Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss · · Score: 1

    earbuds don't really cut down the ambient sound

    That's how I prefer it though. When I walk around in traffic I prefer to be able to hear the other traffic.
    I'd be too paranoid if I didn't hear anything like that as anything (car/cycle/scooter) could come up to me too sudden.
    Using a player is more about having some background music while walking.

  13. Re:strange on A 3D Curve Sketching System For Tablets · · Score: 1

    I thought it was going to be a 3d system for creating 2d drawings..

    And I was thinking of how it would improve my drawing of 3D curves... *facepalm*

    Remind me to lay off the reading on ./ first thing after waking up early in the morning...

  14. Re:Is Desktops-1.0 any better than powertoy versio on Microsoft Updates Multiple Sysinternals Tools · · Score: 1

    Another possibilty: Virtual Dimension. (works fine on my XP 32bit and Vista 64bit)

  15. Re:Sweet on Microsoft Updates Multiple Sysinternals Tools · · Score: 1

    I haven't run it on XP 64bit, but Virtual Dimension, despite the last version coming from 2005, runs well on my Vista 64bit version. (even I didn't expect that)

  16. Re:Wow. on Achewood Creator on NPR · · Score: 1

    Taste is subjective, so you can't say someone has no taste.

    As for comics, what makes them funny, or exciting all depends. I've got a list of all sorts of comics.that I've been reading some time before.
    A dozen or so of them I still read, some are more for reference, and some I found funny once, but then it changed in a way that it lost its appeal.

  17. Re:Furry warning on Achewood Creator on NPR · · Score: 3, Funny

    Could you please enhance your warning next time that these furries are not the naughty, hot, well endowed, luscious creature versions...

    You got me all excited for nothing dammit!

  18. Re:I can see they fixed the big problem with Vista on Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, for those that want a bitch of an OS. :-P

  19. Did just that. on Metallica Guitar Hero Release Has Higher Quality Than CDs · · Score: 1

    Got the retail and the GH version (flac) and compared them.

    The songs themselves are a whole lot better than St. Anger. That one I listened to once and didn't bother even trying to again, that was dislike at first hearing.

    The GH version sounds a lot better, in Audacious I can turn the volume up to maximum and enjoy it, the retail version I had to turn down not just because of the difference in loudness, but also because the sound made my ears hurt.
    When looking at the visualisation plugins scope and voiceprint the scope on the retail was a lot more agressive and the voiceprint was almost a complete blue bar.

    The flac files of the retail version were larger, so ripping them to ogg q10 also delivered larger files. The bitrate for "That was just your life" was on average 450Kb for the GH version, the retail version was 520. During playback I saw that one peak several times over 600Kb! Everything's so load across the whole frequency spectrum the encoder has a lot less to mask and reduce bitrate.

    If the recording company won't re-release the album with decent sound I'll just see if I can get a copy of the Guitar Hero version (I'm not interested in the game itself). It doesn't matter if it's metal and supposed to sound distorted, if I have to turn down the volume to pop levels because otherwise my ears hurt it's crap quality.

  20. Re:Somebody had to do it... on Canonical Offers Sale of Proprietary Codecs for Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    I'm glad I have a horrifically crap taste instead of a closed mind. Yes, I prefer KDE 3.5 customized over others.

  21. Re:Somebody had to do it... on Canonical Offers Sale of Proprietary Codecs for Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    it's only on Linux (the so-called "Free software" platform) where I've been coerced into paying.

    So your copy of Windows didn't cost anything?

  22. Re:Wow. Just ... wow. on Fire Your IT Boss · · Score: 1

    Which is why it's important to have a manager who knows he can trust your knowledge of whatever technical matters he has no clue about.

  23. Re:How do you know they know their job? on Fire Your IT Boss · · Score: 1

    They will know by the results and feedback they get from the individuals, the team, from other managers, published articles, etc.
    A good manager knows what to look for and it doesn't have to be specialized knowledge.

  24. Re:Writing hello world is not a manager job on Fire Your IT Boss · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yep, what matters to me is a manager who listens to the people who know their job.
    As long as the communication's right, a manager doen't need the technical skills.

  25. Re:Vindication on Canadian Researchers Say Hard Thinking Leads To Big Meals · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Although I don't disagree with the desire for money being a real problem, it has nothing to do with the study.
    Whether it's one day, or 5 days in the week, when I'm at work solving whatever problems show up on network/server/client side, I feel more hungry and eat something several times a day.
    I'm much less hungry when I can relax during the day and don't have to sort out a chaos. In the past 3 weeks vacation I've eaten mostly 1 or 2 times a day and lost about 5 kgs. And I'm definitely eating a lot more healthy at work than in these weeks. I've also been a lot less active so that's no excuse either.