This device is the perfect "turn key" style solution to home media storage.
For $1,300 (£750) you get 1 terabyte of RAID'd storage. So you can survive one drive dying without any data loss. Not only that, the box also offers all the network-gubbins, firewall and "easy" config.
Hide the box in the loft or well ventilated cupboard and combine with a couple of cheap modded Xboxes or Media Center PCs and you've got yourself a pretty perfect home media setup.
For a simple solution, this box is extremely good value for money.
That all said, I do wonder how much the original poster'll earn in comission for this article..
Tune in for an hours worth of "public information broadcast", or why I like to call "it's been a few years from CJD so we need a new overblown threat to hype".
Focusing on a specific strain, which isn't causing humans problems (if it mutates, it's a different strain) is idiotic.
If we're really worried about this, then we just need to subsidise even more PUBLIC (*NOT* private) medical research..
Surely they should be getting their priorities right - they should be increasing the penalties for Computer Crimes, so that the terrorists can't go around installing rootkits.......................
It refers to a practise carried out mainly in Middle England (tm) to make it appear that the owner has a greater social standing than they actually do.
I was thinking more along the lines of taking an old box with said malware installed, a invoice for my time (@ my standard $200/hour) and a videocamera.
[tinfoilhat]It's a conspiracy, they want to deny/. readers their vote![/tinfoilhat]
In reality, I expect these polls don't attract a huge vote. I'd be surprised if more than 100,000 individuals voted in past years. They've obviously only adopted the infrastructure to support those smaller volumes.
I'm using the K3 on "Auto" mode but have the same results using manual settings with low ISOs.
Even in excellent light the quality is not what I expect from Konica Minolta.
However, according to their engineering department there is nothing wrong with the camera. I still have my doubts, considering the results I've seen from other Z3s are excellent.
Thanks to network subsidies it will cost me around $10/month for the entire contract, and that includes a decent amount of calls. That, combined with a decent camera make it a good deal.
As for quality, to my eyes it is BETTER than a Konica Minolta Z3 - it is far less grainy. However the Z3 is a 4.2mp unit with a decent zoom lens, and the actual print quality is much better. The quality isn't a touch on my old 2pm Canon A60, but the difference isn't fatal - the pictures are perfectly acceptable in good lighting conditions, and will look nice printed at a standard size:)
Camera phones with a decent camera in are a great idea for the reasons posted with the article, although they'll never be a replacement for an SLR.
> Mr Gates said that the PC of today is still not the > PC he dreamed about 30 years ago however, and that > was a challenge he would continue to pursue.
I guess he saw himself turning his PC off by hitting "Finish".
Actually, Microsoft have (inadvertently) given Apple that very idea.
Xbox Media Center, which will run on a modded £100 Xbox, allows you to watch pretty much any media file you like, from DVD hard drive, network share, or network stream.
It also supports Shoutcast and other streaming methods.
All for £100 (or $100 I'd guess?) plus a £10 chip.
Microsoft *REALLY* dropped the ball with the Xbox 360, locking it into their own formats and all.
Mr Thompson is just a sad, lonely guy who wants some attention. As he obviously has no natural talent or charisma his only chance of doing this is by picking up contrivertial causes.
Sorry, I made the assumption that the core DNS servers were based in US.
I just find the reaction here to be unbelievable - you'd think it was WW3 by the way of some poster here.
As it is, we're just talking about the control of ICANN being held internationally. In the same way that the International Standards Organisation holds a huge raft of standards (including standard City/town codes) and is operated/owned internationally.
a) The internet had its roots in an ARPA project to provide decentralised communication, but it is not a military project. Parts of the topology to solve the problem were taken directly from other research projects in Europe. To call it "US-only" is simply xenophobia. I suggest you read " A Brief History of the Future: Origins of the Internet" ISBN 075381093X for a more detailed "history".
b) Yes, the "internet" != WWW. However, without the WWW we'd not have/., and we'd likely not be in the diplomatic position we're in today. We'd be back in position we were in 1988.
c) "We", are not spitting venom at "you". If you honestly believe that, then that's probably the root of all your problems.
d) I fully expect my posts to be modded into obscurity - after all I'm not stroking egos or making anti-MS posts.
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> 30. There are an estimated 1,000 people ..and most of those work in Parliment.
> in the UK in a persistent vegetative state.
Jesusland.
> A decent operating system doesn't
> need firewalls or antivirus/antispyware
> software to make it any more secure.
It doesn't need them if it wants to make the exact same mistake that Microsoft has with Windows again.
You'd be a fool to let *ANY* PC on the net without at least a firewall.
Antispyware, on the other hand, is just a produce of the Sirrus Marketing Corp........
...and they'd not have already done that before they handed in their resignation?
More likely they'd spent that time surfing the web and chatting to people.
The best isn't even a commercial venture..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
This device is the perfect "turn key" style solution to home media storage.
For $1,300 (£750) you get 1 terabyte of RAID'd storage. So you can survive one drive dying without any data loss. Not only that, the box also offers all the network-gubbins, firewall and "easy" config.
Hide the box in the loft or well ventilated cupboard and combine with a couple of cheap modded Xboxes or Media Center PCs and you've got yourself a pretty perfect home media setup.
For a simple solution, this box is extremely good value for money.
That all said, I do wonder how much the original poster'll earn in comission for this article..
$1300 isn't exactly expensive for an 1tb NAS device.
Heh, looks like they're not subsidising the price anything like as much in UK:
UK price: £280 inc tax / $482
Sales Tax: £49 / $84
Net price: £231 / $398
Build price: £273 / $470
Net loss: £42 / $72
Ironic really, especially considering the historically high console sales in UK / population, and relatively efficient distribution available.
Maybe the difference is retail margin? I'd expect it is, given that Game Group has a near monopoly on videogame sales here.
I've been speaking to Lorraine via email, and she has now set up a legal defense fund.
/. reader would like to make a donation towards the fight, you can make a donation here:
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If any generous
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Personally I see her cause as worthy - lets face it, if we don't stand up dirty business people like that will just continue to bully the little guy.
(I'd appreciate this being modded up, or maybe added as an update to the original article?)
Tune in for an hours worth of "public information broadcast", or why I like to call "it's been a few years from CJD so we need a new overblown threat to hype".
Focusing on a specific strain, which isn't causing humans problems (if it mutates, it's a different strain) is idiotic.
If we're really worried about this, then we just need to subsidise even more PUBLIC (*NOT* private) medical research..
Surely they should be getting their priorities right - they should be increasing the penalties for Computer Crimes, so that the terrorists can't go around installing rootkits.......................
I posted this on rllmukforum.com on Friday, in response to the posting of this article:
[quote="wikipedia"]Randell L. Mills was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Chemistry[/quote]
Looks like he'd be in good company with some other quacks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_McKeith.
Also, I expect a LOT more from the Guardian, expecially after reading this.. http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/badscience/.
Double Barrelled C**t.
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It refers to a practise carried out mainly in Middle England (tm) to make it appear that the owner has a greater social standing than they actually do.
Parody'd to death in Keeping Up Apperances ahref=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/
Wow, the bastards responsible for this technology are talking about putting RFID directly into the CD/DVD:
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I was thinking more along the lines of taking an old box with said malware installed, a invoice for my time (@ my standard $200/hour) and a videocamera.
The malware installed is created by a company called First4Internet.
/. community with me? ;)
They're based in Banbury, Oxford and their CEO is Mathew Gilliant-Smith DBC.
6 South Bar Street
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 9AA
United Kingdom
All info (and more) available on their website here http://www.first4internet.com/contact.aspx/
That's about 20 minutes in the car for me, should I go pay them a visit - taking the best wishes of the
[tinfoilhat]It's a conspiracy, they want to deny /. readers their vote![/tinfoilhat]
In reality, I expect these polls don't attract a huge vote. I'd be surprised if more than 100,000 individuals voted in past years. They've obviously only adopted the infrastructure to support those smaller volumes.
I'm using the K3 on "Auto" mode but have the same results using manual settings with low ISOs.
Even in excellent light the quality is not what I expect from Konica Minolta.
However, according to their engineering department there is nothing wrong with the camera. I still have my doubts, considering the results I've seen from other Z3s are excellent.
I'm in the UK too ;) However 90% of /. are too stupid to do the £>$ conversion, so I help them out ;)
I have Sony's CE kit, but the SE phones have always been fantastic. Much better than Nokias (and I'm an ex-Nokia whore).
I've got the K750i, and I'm impressed.
:)
Thanks to network subsidies it will cost me around $10/month for the entire contract, and that includes a decent amount of calls. That, combined with a decent camera make it a good deal.
As for quality, to my eyes it is BETTER than a Konica Minolta Z3 - it is far less grainy. However the Z3 is a 4.2mp unit with a decent zoom lens, and the actual print quality is much better. The quality isn't a touch on my old 2pm Canon A60, but the difference isn't fatal - the pictures are perfectly acceptable in good lighting conditions, and will look nice printed at a standard size
Camera phones with a decent camera in are a great idea for the reasons posted with the article, although they'll never be a replacement for an SLR.
> Mr Gates said that the PC of today is still not the
> PC he dreamed about 30 years ago however, and that
> was a challenge he would continue to pursue.
I guess he saw himself turning his PC off by hitting "Finish".
Actually, Microsoft have (inadvertently) given Apple that very idea.
Xbox Media Center, which will run on a modded £100 Xbox, allows you to watch pretty much any media file you like, from DVD hard drive, network share, or network stream.
It also supports Shoutcast and other streaming methods.
All for £100 (or $100 I'd guess?) plus a £10 chip.
Microsoft *REALLY* dropped the ball with the Xbox 360, locking it into their own formats and all.
Mr Thompson is just a sad, lonely guy who wants some attention. As he obviously has no natural talent or charisma his only chance of doing this is by picking up contrivertial causes.
Just like Kevin Warwick http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Warwick, Uri Gellar http://www.sisyfos.cz/sisyfos/geller.htm and co will all go away if we just ignore them.
Sorry, I made the assumption that the core DNS servers were based in US.
I just find the reaction here to be unbelievable - you'd think it was WW3 by the way of some poster here.
As it is, we're just talking about the control of ICANN being held internationally. In the same way that the International Standards Organisation holds a huge raft of standards (including standard City/town codes) and is operated/owned internationally.
a) The internet had its roots in an ARPA project to provide decentralised communication, but it is not a military project. Parts of the topology to solve the problem were taken directly from other research projects in Europe. To call it "US-only" is simply xenophobia. I suggest you read " A Brief History of the Future: Origins of the Internet" ISBN 075381093X for a more detailed "history".
/., and we'd likely not be in the diplomatic position we're in today. We'd be back in position we were in 1988.
b) Yes, the "internet" != WWW. However, without the WWW we'd not have
c) "We", are not spitting venom at "you". If you honestly believe that, then that's probably the root of all your problems.
d) I fully expect my posts to be modded into obscurity - after all I'm not stroking egos or making anti-MS posts.