It seems (to me anyway) that people dont think a single byte being defective is a big deal, when in fact its dead blocks which are somewhat larger.
Logs, most databases and many other things have frequent small writes.
It means that the SSD can be fried somewhat faster than people think. Wear leveling just means it all fails at the same time instead of some bits failing sooner than others.
And if someone has got a copy of the OSS binary, 3 years later they are still obligated to have a copy of the source available for that person.
Not sure how your going to release a revolutionary new version which blows away the old version just with a change of licence. Thats the most implausible thing that you've said. The old version that people use just fine will still continue to do the same job.
If there is enough need for the project then someone will keep it going. Your idea would only work if the software was small and/or useless/redundant.
Care to back up your last claim? It would not be trademark infringement to say "This is a fork of blah"
The source would have to still be available for 3 years for existing customers, and there is nothing stopping anyone from making a fork of it and keeping it open source.
The parent was saying that it was good for consumers because it would drive out all the competition and then Microsoft would not be allowed to charge for it due to anti-trust.
Thats where the competency of Microsoft comes in to question.
Thats with RAID 5, RAID 6 can reduce the possibility of data loss even further and if your data is critical then RAID 10 would be *extremely* to fail completely.
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It seems (to me anyway) that people dont think a single byte being defective is a big deal, when in fact its dead blocks which are somewhat larger.
Logs, most databases and many other things have frequent small writes.
It means that the SSD can be fried somewhat faster than people think.
Wear leveling just means it all fails at the same time instead of some bits failing sooner than others.
Calibrated motor? You think that they have to specially make motors which run at exactly 7,200rpm? O_o
They just use a feedback mechanism for precise positioning and speed.
Flash on the other hand chews up massive amounts of space on silicon.
That is quite expensive.
No fans? Do you want some roasted nuts? :P
One problem is they write in blocks (128kb?) and the entire block needs to be erased to modify a single byte.
That chews those writes faster than you'd expect, and write leveling can only do so much especially if the drive is mostly full.
The GP's point in the first sentence was that they didnt need to provide the source if you only had a binary.
Thats what I think the GP meant anyway. It was a rather stupid sentence.
Really?
Damn. Put that one on your 'to watch' list.
Based on true events, very funny and it shows a nice slice of history.
And if someone has got a copy of the OSS binary, 3 years later they are still obligated to have a copy of the source available for that person.
Not sure how your going to release a revolutionary new version which blows away the old version just with a change of licence.
Thats the most implausible thing that you've said. The old version that people use just fine will still continue to do the same job.
If there is enough need for the project then someone will keep it going.
Your idea would only work if the software was small and/or useless/redundant.
Care to back up your last claim?
It would not be trademark infringement to say "This is a fork of blah"
I prefer the soldering iron approach. :)
30 seconds later no more lights.
The source would have to still be available for 3 years for existing customers, and there is nothing stopping anyone from making a fork of it and keeping it open source.
Erm I just outlined how to bypass it in my post.
There is no way to block it properly on Windows.
No thats what the admins at my old school thought too.
It only means explorer cant execute anything from there.
Any other program can in fact still execute programs.
For example a single line of vbscript in a word document works rather well. :)
noexec on Linux prevents any execution at all.
Mmmm......Mammoth
As opposed to licking circuit boards, which are probably live?
The problem with lead in electronics wasnt due to immediate risks, the problem was when the products got thrown out.
Erm this is a super computer we are talking about, not a gaming PC or even a few servers.
Queensland, Australia has had the Go card system for awhile now.
IMHO it works brilliantly. Its sped busses up a lot and there havent been major problems.
Its a bit tricky for a bus far away to contact a central server to validate everything in a reasonable amount of time.
But what if your balance goes below 0?
The turnstile wouldnt know unless it had a mirror of the central database.
You mean you either hate it (Americans) or you love it (the rest of the known universe)? :P
The parent was saying that it was good for consumers because it would drive out all the competition and then Microsoft would not be allowed to charge for it due to anti-trust.
Thats where the competency of Microsoft comes in to question.
Your assuming that Microsoft is competent and this new software actually does a effective job and continues to do so in the future.
No where near as efficient as generating power directly as required.
Wind cannot provide consistent power.
It can supplement other forms of power, but you cant rely on it.
You'd fry the power lines on a windy day and have massive brownouts on a still day if they did your plan.
It also means that its probably harmlessly diluted by now.
Thats with RAID 5, RAID 6 can reduce the possibility of data loss even further and if your data is critical then RAID 10 would be *extremely* to fail completely.
Possibly buggy firmware. Its only when reading files slowly so it must fill the read buffer and then forget to refill it when it gets empty?
My theory anyway from the limited information.