Do many people put links in away messages anyway? Wouldn't people think it was strange that there is a link to something they've never heard about in an away message? I've never used AOL, so can someone tell me if you can use a text link, or is it only a URL?
A lot of people can't accept that if you go out in public, you lose privacy. It really doesn't matter if your mobil phone company can find your position, because you're transmitting RF to their towers. I EXPECT them to know roughly where I am from which tower I am connected to.
CCTV cameras? They can't be serious, how much damage do CCTV cameras do? How much damage would have been done if the shops can't see who's stealing stuff? Privacy is important, but if CCTV cameras are a problem, then don't go into shops. If camera phones are a problem to you, don't go out in public. They can't invade your privacy unless you let them.
No offence, but parents should take a proactive stance toward keeping their kids "in line," rather than a passive one
And you think that just pushing kids into line is a good idea? Being under-18 doesn't mean we don't need to be kept away from all the "evil things" in music. Maybe there are some things that should be kept away from yound kids, but trying to stop teenagers from listening to music they like is just stupid.
I know that isn't really what you meant, but if people think that kids should be pushed "into line" with the way their parents act, you really should see how out-of-sync the parents beliefs are with current reality.
Could I rephrase that question as "Why spend so much money on an SCSI RAID controller and drives when you can just RAID-5 consumer drives in software?".
This is a one-gig system, so it can run in dual channel mode if you use 2x512 rather than 4x256. If the motherboard could do quad-channel memory, you'd have an argument, but not this time.
With RAID-n (for non-zero n), you lose nothing. You say "oh well", put in a spare drive, and send the old one back for replacement...Without even shutting down the machine, if you have the hot-swappable drive cages
The really high-budget people here have a hot-spare setup.
Until SCSI gets cheaper or IDE gets more reliable, neither of which I see happening any time soon
It's not the interface that makes IDE drives less reliable, it's just that manufacturers want to keep server/workstation drives out of desktop machines for good reason - the 10/15kRPM drives need to be cooled, and as soon as people start to put them in desktop machines, they're gonna get a lot of warranty returns. Thereby lowering their profits further, and removing any advantage that they had.
There are two possible choices:
Make server drives with an IDE interface
Make cheaper drives with SCSI interface, thereby forcing it into the mainstream
#1 has been done by WD with their Raptor drives, but they are still expensive, and have a low capacity to reduce heat.
#2 is unlikely to work unless all the manufacturers do it at once, which isn't going to happen. And, they can't separate the pro and consumer drives as easily as when the consumer drives were IDE and pro were on SCSI.
There just isn't anything in it for the drive makers.
It's not really uCLinux, u is like the Greek symbol which means micro now, which/. is kind enough not to let me write, and C stands for computer, making it Micro-Computer Linux.
That's because microwaves put out the best part of a kilowatt of RF, and Wi-Fi output is measured in millwatts. I know the microwave whould be shielded, but you MIGHT want to test it for leaks.
I'd like to go to Defcon, if it wan't on the other side of the world I would, but am I really a minority in the hacker world? Am I the only person who hasn't, and has no desire to look at goatse?
I'd shit myself too. Then fire up ethereal, but I would shit myself first.
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Do many people put links in away messages anyway? Wouldn't people think it was strange that there is a link to something they've never heard about in an away message? I've never used AOL, so can someone tell me if you can use a text link, or is it only a URL?
He who gives up liberty for security deserves neither.
For security, I can understand why, but, to give up your rights for cheaper phone calls????
But you could just run it on a different port/encrypt it/disguise it as HTTP traffic.
You always have the choice of living in an earthed underground vault. If you want to be with people though, you have to let them.
No, I'm saying that we should put up with some people seeing us.
A lot of people can't accept that if you go out in public, you lose privacy. It really doesn't matter if your mobil phone company can find your position, because you're transmitting RF to their towers. I EXPECT them to know roughly where I am from which tower I am connected to.
CCTV cameras? They can't be serious, how much damage do CCTV cameras do? How much damage would have been done if the shops can't see who's stealing stuff? Privacy is important, but if CCTV cameras are a problem, then don't go into shops. If camera phones are a problem to you, don't go out in public. They can't invade your privacy unless you let them.
You go to a hacker conference, you should know that this may happen when you log onto the network.
No offence, but parents should take a proactive stance toward keeping their kids "in line," rather than a passive one
And you think that just pushing kids into line is a good idea? Being under-18 doesn't mean we don't need to be kept away from all the "evil things" in music. Maybe there are some things that should be kept away from yound kids, but trying to stop teenagers from listening to music they like is just stupid.
I know that isn't really what you meant, but if people think that kids should be pushed "into line" with the way their parents act, you really should see how out-of-sync the parents beliefs are with current reality.
Could I rephrase that question as "Why spend so much money on an SCSI RAID controller and drives when you can just RAID-5 consumer drives in software?".
This is a one-gig system, so it can run in dual channel mode if you use 2x512 rather than 4x256. If the motherboard could do quad-channel memory, you'd have an argument, but not this time.
2x256mb is cheaper then 1x512mb
At the shop where I buy from, 1x512 is cheaper than 2x256. the prices are:
256MB PC-3200 - AU$75
512MB PC-2700 - AU$129
Maybe it's not the same everywhere, but here it is.
I've heard bad things about Dell here on /., how is it expected to stand up?
Also, is there any reason to completely fill up the RAM slots with 256Mb DIMMs when 512MB are easily available? This makes it harder to upgrade.
What about software?
With RAID-n (for non-zero n), you lose nothing. You say "oh well", put in a spare drive, and send the old one back for replacement...Without even shutting down the machine, if you have the hot-swappable drive cages
The really high-budget people here have a hot-spare setup.
It's not the interface that makes IDE drives less reliable, it's just that manufacturers want to keep server/workstation drives out of desktop machines for good reason - the 10/15kRPM drives need to be cooled, and as soon as people start to put them in desktop machines, they're gonna get a lot of warranty returns. Thereby lowering their profits further, and removing any advantage that they had.
There are two possible choices:
#1 has been done by WD with their Raptor drives, but they are still expensive, and have a low capacity to reduce heat.
#2 is unlikely to work unless all the manufacturers do it at once, which isn't going to happen. And, they can't separate the pro and consumer drives as easily as when the consumer drives were IDE and pro were on SCSI.
There just isn't anything in it for the drive makers.
If that's all you want, you should stick with JBOD. It won't be as fast, but if a drive goes, you have a better chance of getting your data back.
It's not really uCLinux, u is like the Greek symbol which means micro now, which /. is kind enough not to let me write, and C stands for computer, making it Micro-Computer Linux.
IIRC, sattelites use 10GHz+ radio links, so this wouldn't work very well.
That beep was the RF interfering with your sound card. Haven't you heard what a mobile phone does when it goes off near a computer?
That's because microwaves put out the best part of a kilowatt of RF, and Wi-Fi output is measured in millwatts. I know the microwave whould be shielded, but you MIGHT want to test it for leaks.
Meh....I shit myself when I found out one of my friends was running Windows 2003 on his web server, and not Apache on Linux. It doesn't take a lot.
I'd like to go to Defcon, if it wan't on the other side of the world I would, but am I really a minority in the hacker world? Am I the only person who hasn't, and has no desire to look at goatse?
I'd shit myself too. Then fire up ethereal, but I would shit myself first.
50% of this year's attendees could probably figure out how to hack the vote before their third Mountain Dew
If that many people CAN hack it, then you have proved that e-voting is not secure enough for mainstream use.
Because with the giant antenna-rifle you don't need to wait for a phone-call.
Why the heck vendors are sticking with their own crappy command-line-only installs is really beyond me
Because making people compile software themselves saves the guy at home writing software for free a few hundred dollars.