One option you may try is utilizing an Intel NUC computer in an industrial fanless chassis (something similar to this: http://www.logicsupply.com/com...). The NUC should be fine for a HTPC and the chassis is designed for usage in harsh environments.
The biggest thing I've found in 10 years in the IT sector is that just like in any other career path, networking (and not the cisco kind) will get you further than any other single thing. The old adage that "It's not what you know, it's who you know, and what they know" still holds true.
Never burn your bridges, and remember that the people asking you for that emergency favor are people that you might in return need a favor from someday.
In my case, it's a toddler fascinated with CDs and computers (which I do try to encourage... but pretty much forces me to keep all my important CDs locked up.) Until I had kids, I didn't really see a great importance in being able to create backup copies of CDs, etc. Now I couldn't live or work without that capability.
It's especially troublesome when one grabs the CD out of the drive while you're in the restroom and you don't find out until the disc is well beyond unusable.
Maybe it's just me, but isn't it interesting that SCO is apparently attempting to circumvent the purchase agreements by including language in the licensing agreements giving them rights they previously may not have had? I for one would love for someone to post a copy of or link to the SVRX license agreement.
And just how long will it be until the military-industrial complex puts this technology to its inevitable use... weaponry?
The idea of a hand-held weapon that can blast apart your molecules is enough to frankly worry me.
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One option you may try is utilizing an Intel NUC computer in an industrial fanless chassis (something similar to this: http://www.logicsupply.com/com...). The NUC should be fine for a HTPC and the chassis is designed for usage in harsh environments.
The biggest thing I've found in 10 years in the IT sector is that just like in any other career path, networking (and not the cisco kind) will get you further than any other single thing. The old adage that "It's not what you know, it's who you know, and what they know" still holds true. Never burn your bridges, and remember that the people asking you for that emergency favor are people that you might in return need a favor from someday.
In my case, it's a toddler fascinated with CDs and computers (which I do try to encourage... but pretty much forces me to keep all my important CDs locked up.) Until I had kids, I didn't really see a great importance in being able to create backup copies of CDs, etc. Now I couldn't live or work without that capability. It's especially troublesome when one grabs the CD out of the drive while you're in the restroom and you don't find out until the disc is well beyond unusable.
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In supposedly unrelated news, Slashdot has done away with the Karma system for ranking members of its online community.
Maybe it's just me, but isn't it interesting that SCO is apparently attempting to circumvent the purchase agreements by including language in the licensing agreements giving them rights they previously may not have had? I for one would love for someone to post a copy of or link to the SVRX license agreement.
And just how long will it be until the military-industrial complex puts this technology to its inevitable use... weaponry? The idea of a hand-held weapon that can blast apart your molecules is enough to frankly worry me.