Depending on who you ask, it is. My wife was 'charged' with indecent exposure. The police knew better and didn't even bother sending someone out, but that is one business we will never *ever* patronize again. -nb
I wish this were true. So many enterprise apps are Java (not JS) it is frightening. I maintain a whitelist for JVM apps allowed in the browser rather than uninstalling it. Annoying, but I can not do my job without it, nor can my wife go to school without it (on-line classes use it for the "classroom app"). -nB
But sadly, average users need better than this. Everyone on/. is at least computer literate, likely has fundamentals of data and system level security, and understands the importance of backups (even if they don't do it, they are accepting a known risk). The average user thinks that e-mails are private, that 'password' is a bad password but that 'pa$$word', 'mypassword', 'PaSsWoRd', and password123' are all good enough, and that their digital pictures are perfectly safe on their hard drive in their 5 year old PC that has never been opened and physically cleaned.
I also think Linux is bad for the average user, because while it is more secure than Windows by default, if you muck with it you can cause vastly more damage to the system if you are in the "just enough knowledge to be dangerous" camp. Ubuntu goes a long way towards this, but it needs an even friendlier interface (IMHO) for system setup and config. We won't get that till an OEM adopts it seriously for end user platforms.
I think the ideal solution is only now starting to be available (mostly to power users). Run everything in a VM jail. XPMode on Win7 is awesome for this. If only is was the default mode of operation, rather than limited to Pro and greater levels of the OS. And if only they made snapshotting and rollbacks easier (other guest OS's would be nice too).
I own a car that was built in 83 and didn't need major repairs until about 2003. Maintenance was not an issue to speak of, and while I agree that an ICE will need work, since the battery pack is the single most expensive consumable on an EV I compare it against a head gasket, transmission main seal, and gearbox friction pack all at the same time for relative cost expectations.
Another poster said that the Prius batteries have held up well, but I partially wonder if that's because it has an ICE to fall back on rather than the stresses the pack would sustain in an all EV? -nB
Hybrids of the current variety are a joke. Not really better mileage overall (better in city stop and go, but worse on the freeway). Add to that the manufacture of some of the components is decidedly eco-hostile and energy intensive. A good low tech sedan with a small displacement engine of proven design is vastly superior to a hybrid currently, based on TCO, purchase price, "green-ness", and sustainability. -nB
Also, gold was on a fixed standard for much of that time. Use the cost of steel or copper and it will give you a more accurate valuation compared to economy. -nB
I mis-read paper as proper and thought WTF? I don't own one, but I'm pretty sure the Impreza is a "proper" car... made for a nice self directed morning laugh.
I would argue that the Impreza is not at all targeted at the same market demographic as the Tesla, so is not really a shadow of the Tesla S. I'm not all to sure what the Tesla S target market is (I want one, but can not afford it).
As to GP about Top Gear being paid shills. Of course they are. It is the most enjoyable advertising I watch. When the challenges are not advertising for a given car they use old cars, if it is a new car (or set thereof, like finding the "best" road in Europe) the cars are provided by the manufacturers. I would guess that there were more than three manufacturers lining up, but Aston, Ferrari, and Lambo made the cut. -nB
A quick calculation shows I spend roughly $4K/year on fuel. I can charge an electric for free at work, but I don't think this car will run for 12 years without needing a battery pack...
While I agree with rsync overall there are three issues: It's not dead easy (though to be fair nor is a 5 drive/3active mirror rotation). It either: does not provide offsite backup OR runs into ever increasingly common bandwidth caps (which is my problem). -nB
Even then for topic poster I think HDDs are the way to go. My specific setup at home (for the important stuff): 3 disk mirror with one disk rotating out into another 2 disk set that is at a safe deposit box at the bank as follows: mirror (3 disks: A,B,C) remove disk A go to bank and into safe deposit box where there is disk (D,E) remove disk E from vault, replace with disk A go home replace disk A's slotin RAID with disk E sleep(1 month) repeat (alternating disks as appropriate). in addition there is another disk that maintains tables of all media (not just the mirrors, but JBOD files as well) and MD5sums of the files. This detects disk corruption that may not trigger SMART or filesystem CRC errors.
I do not back up into the cloud because of bandwidth requirements and privacy concerns.
* bit rot is detected by the MD5sum tables and the RAID, disk failure is not an issue really in this setup, there is never less than 2N redundancy in the RAID nor is there less than 1N backup of no more than one month old. * the bank is the best place to store the disks that is not specialized in media storage * the safe deposit box costs about $20/year for one that would hold a couple 3.5 inch drives, which is positively cheap. * if there is something that took out both the bank and my house at the same time then I have *vastly* bigger problems than my data/photos * it is a hassle, no doubt about it, but it is only once a month and manageable.
IMHO this is the most realistic "bulletproof" system a home user could do. -nB
IIRC any nokia (my super low end one even does this) lets you assign a distinct ring for numbers in your phone book. All other numbers can have another distinct ring (in my case it's silence, no vibrate, no beep, nothing). Your phone will still say you missed a call, but at least you're not annoyed by it. -nB
Of course they won't pay the bill. But, I will send it, write it off as noncollectable, then file a 1099 with the IRS of forgiven debt. (nothing better than being pedantic with the IRS). I assume one of these days it'll get me audited, but until then I will continue to have fun (much like the guy who is suing spammers for violations of the CAN-SPAM act). -nB
yup. pre-paid phone. It suits my needs fine, and I only spend about $150-$200/year on my cell phone. Down side is that I pay for everything, listening to VM, text sent, received, calls).
The "Shop Rate" for my 1st amendment lawyer (farmersreallysucks.com) was $10K/hour. She did the work pro-bono, but had I the resources (or had she not thought my cause was just) I'm sure I would have been paying. -nB
Son of a bitch. Take a while off from the site (been busy at work for the last month or so) and Malda retires ?@?!?!? WTF and HTF did I miss that? oh, and yeah, interesting topic too.
My expense reporting tool is a java app. My timecard tool is a java app. I just had to install java web plugin support at home for my wife's on-line class. yeah, this will cause issues if there is not a whitelist capable entry that end-users can manage (but then Mr. Sixpack will likely "trust" everything). -nB
Yup. Also, to add... There are not only high end gaming machines, but amateur (and professional) video editing, content development, CAD work, etc. that demand high spec machines. -nB
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Depending on who you ask, it is.
My wife was 'charged' with indecent exposure. The police knew better and didn't even bother sending someone out, but that is one business we will never *ever* patronize again.
-nb
I wish this were true.
So many enterprise apps are Java (not JS) it is frightening.
I maintain a whitelist for JVM apps allowed in the browser rather than uninstalling it. Annoying, but I can not do my job without it, nor can my wife go to school without it (on-line classes use it for the "classroom app").
-nB
But sadly, average users need better than this. /. is at least computer literate, likely has fundamentals of data and system level security, and understands the importance of backups (even if they don't do it, they are accepting a known risk).
Everyone on
The average user thinks that e-mails are private, that 'password' is a bad password but that 'pa$$word', 'mypassword', 'PaSsWoRd', and password123' are all good enough, and that their digital pictures are perfectly safe on their hard drive in their 5 year old PC that has never been opened and physically cleaned.
I also think Linux is bad for the average user, because while it is more secure than Windows by default, if you muck with it you can cause vastly more damage to the system if you are in the "just enough knowledge to be dangerous" camp. Ubuntu goes a long way towards this, but it needs an even friendlier interface (IMHO) for system setup and config. We won't get that till an OEM adopts it seriously for end user platforms.
I think the ideal solution is only now starting to be available (mostly to power users). Run everything in a VM jail. XPMode on Win7 is awesome for this. If only is was the default mode of operation, rather than limited to Pro and greater levels of the OS. And if only they made snapshotting and rollbacks easier (other guest OS's would be nice too).
-nB
I own a car that was built in 83 and didn't need major repairs until about 2003.
Maintenance was not an issue to speak of, and while I agree that an ICE will need work, since the battery pack is the single most expensive consumable on an EV I compare it against a head gasket, transmission main seal, and gearbox friction pack all at the same time for relative cost expectations.
Another poster said that the Prius batteries have held up well, but I partially wonder if that's because it has an ICE to fall back on rather than the stresses the pack would sustain in an all EV?
-nB
Hybrids of the current variety are a joke.
Not really better mileage overall (better in city stop and go, but worse on the freeway).
Add to that the manufacture of some of the components is decidedly eco-hostile and energy intensive.
A good low tech sedan with a small displacement engine of proven design is vastly superior to a hybrid currently, based on TCO, purchase price, "green-ness", and sustainability.
-nB
Also, gold was on a fixed standard for much of that time. Use the cost of steel or copper and it will give you a more accurate valuation compared to economy.
-nB
I mis-read paper as proper and thought WTF? I don't own one, but I'm pretty sure the Impreza is a "proper" car...
made for a nice self directed morning laugh.
I would argue that the Impreza is not at all targeted at the same market demographic as the Tesla, so is not really a shadow of the Tesla S. I'm not all to sure what the Tesla S target market is (I want one, but can not afford it).
As to GP about Top Gear being paid shills. Of course they are. It is the most enjoyable advertising I watch. When the challenges are not advertising for a given car they use old cars, if it is a new car (or set thereof, like finding the "best" road in Europe) the cars are provided by the manufacturers. I would guess that there were more than three manufacturers lining up, but Aston, Ferrari, and Lambo made the cut.
-nB
A quick calculation shows I spend roughly $4K/year on fuel.
I can charge an electric for free at work, but I don't think this car will run for 12 years without needing a battery pack...
T mobile pre-paid does not charge for leaving voicemails. They do charge for listening to them though.
While I agree with rsync overall there are three issues:
It's not dead easy (though to be fair nor is a 5 drive/3active mirror rotation).
It either: does not provide offsite backup OR runs into ever increasingly common bandwidth caps (which is my problem).
-nB
I haven't read your link yet, but if it does what I think, I'm sold.
need help?
Even then for topic poster I think HDDs are the way to go.
My specific setup at home (for the important stuff):
3 disk mirror with one disk rotating out into another 2 disk set that is at a safe deposit box at the bank as follows:
mirror (3 disks: A,B,C)
remove disk A
go to bank and into safe deposit box where there is disk (D,E)
remove disk E from vault, replace with disk A
go home replace disk A's slotin RAID with disk E
sleep(1 month)
repeat (alternating disks as appropriate).
in addition there is another disk that maintains tables of all media (not just the mirrors, but JBOD files as well) and MD5sums of the files. This detects disk corruption that may not trigger SMART or filesystem CRC errors.
I do not back up into the cloud because of bandwidth requirements and privacy concerns.
* bit rot is detected by the MD5sum tables and the RAID, disk failure is not an issue really in this setup, there is never less than 2N redundancy in the RAID nor is there less than 1N backup of no more than one month old.
* the bank is the best place to store the disks that is not specialized in media storage
* the safe deposit box costs about $20/year for one that would hold a couple 3.5 inch drives, which is positively cheap.
* if there is something that took out both the bank and my house at the same time then I have *vastly* bigger problems than my data/photos
* it is a hassle, no doubt about it, but it is only once a month and manageable.
IMHO this is the most realistic "bulletproof" system a home user could do.
-nB
IIRC any nokia (my super low end one even does this) lets you assign a distinct ring for numbers in your phone book. All other numbers can have another distinct ring (in my case it's silence, no vibrate, no beep, nothing). Your phone will still say you missed a call, but at least you're not annoyed by it.
-nB
If the appellate court were as pedantic as most of /. they would agree to hear the case just so they could smack WrongHaven even harder :-)
Of course they won't pay the bill. But, I will send it, write it off as noncollectable, then file a 1099 with the IRS of forgiven debt. (nothing better than being pedantic with the IRS). I assume one of these days it'll get me audited, but until then I will continue to have fun (much like the guy who is suing spammers for violations of the CAN-SPAM act).
-nB
yup.
pre-paid phone. It suits my needs fine, and I only spend about $150-$200/year on my cell phone. Down side is that I pay for everything, listening to VM, text sent, received, calls).
I will send them a bill if they get through, and only pre-approved (i.e. in my phonebook) calls will ring my phone.
I ignore voicemail from everyone.
yes, you can appeal, but the appellate court can refuse on the same grounds (as I expect they would).
The "Shop Rate" for my 1st amendment lawyer (farmersreallysucks.com) was $10K/hour.
She did the work pro-bono, but had I the resources (or had she not thought my cause was just) I'm sure I would have been paying.
-nB
Son of a bitch.
Take a while off from the site (been busy at work for the last month or so) and Malda retires ?@?!?!?
WTF and HTF did I miss that?
oh, and yeah, interesting topic too.
My expense reporting tool is a java app.
My timecard tool is a java app.
I just had to install java web plugin support at home for my wife's on-line class.
yeah, this will cause issues if there is not a whitelist capable entry that end-users can manage (but then Mr. Sixpack will likely "trust" everything).
-nB
For me it is discover/science channel not ESPN. I don't think I've ever watched ESPN except at a friends house....
Yup.
Also, to add...
There are not only high end gaming machines, but amateur (and professional) video editing, content development, CAD work, etc. that demand high spec machines.
-nB
does your UPS last that long?
mine lasts 40 min.
I still don't trust cached writes.