Because when a head comes off (or anything comes loose in there) it gets caught up in the 200+ MPH wind that exists inside your hard drive. Every surface would become contaminated. All the platters could be destroyed.
It's the only room for my computers. I also have the kids computer in the same room. The fan & HD noise get a bit annoying at times but I don't want to be an isolationist and I want to see what they are getting into.
I do want faster and more secure disks though. They are too big to back up with DVDs and I think RAID 0+1 could make all ny apps fly faster. Especially editing and burning video.
I have been envisioning a personal hot swap RAID array that will fit into, at most, two drive bays for a long time. The SATA RAID stuff from 3ware have been tempting but require a pretty big case and add a lot of fan noise. A bit loud for my family room.
And, in fact any file sharing network would become illegal. Even private business networks would allow file copying and if I allowed VPN connections into my "private business network" people could (gasp) exchange files. OMG, we must stop all computer networking.
I'm sure you all remember someone who back in the 80s or early 90s who had a BBS (Wildcat rocks!) just chock full of games and software available for downloading. The only difference between then and now is that the GUI to exchanging files has become so simple that even the lusers can figure it out.
Well, we could do with about 20 years of no procreating and instead concentrating on how to restore some balance to the environment. THEN we might have some long term survival potential!
I didn't say it would. It's just a handy tool to get a machine up and running in a confined space without the users having access to a keyboard. It's a bit more secure that way since the hackers have to come prepared. Lets face it, if you have physical access you own the machine.
I used to use Network General remote sniffers and they had no attached keyboard or monitor. You attached via an X session. It was cool, no keyboard or cables in the rack taking up space just ethernet and power. I think a keyboard fakeout dongle would be a handy tool.
I think this would be a good idea/product! It could make servers in a public are more secure. Without the keyboard the users can't use that old PC acting as a printserver (or whatever) as a workstation. Even if I booted Knoppix or NT recovery console I wouldn't be able to do anything until I found a keyboard.
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Because when a head comes off (or anything comes loose in there) it gets caught up in the 200+ MPH wind that exists inside your hard drive. Every surface would become contaminated. All the platters could be destroyed.
It's the only room for my computers. I also have the kids computer in the same room. The fan & HD noise get a bit annoying at times but I don't want to be an isolationist and I want to see what they are getting into. I do want faster and more secure disks though. They are too big to back up with DVDs and I think RAID 0+1 could make all ny apps fly faster. Especially editing and burning video.
I have been envisioning a personal hot swap RAID array that will fit into, at most, two drive bays for a long time. The SATA RAID stuff from 3ware have been tempting but require a pretty big case and add a lot of fan noise. A bit loud for my family room.
I'm sure you all remember someone who back in the 80s or early 90s who had a BBS (Wildcat rocks!) just chock full of games and software available for downloading. The only difference between then and now is that the GUI to exchanging files has become so simple that even the lusers can figure it out.
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Well, we could do with about 20 years of no procreating and instead concentrating on how to restore some balance to the environment. THEN we might have some long term survival potential!
I didn't say it would. It's just a handy tool to get a machine up and running in a confined space without the users having access to a keyboard. It's a bit more secure that way since the hackers have to come prepared. Lets face it, if you have physical access you own the machine. I used to use Network General remote sniffers and they had no attached keyboard or monitor. You attached via an X session. It was cool, no keyboard or cables in the rack taking up space just ethernet and power. I think a keyboard fakeout dongle would be a handy tool.
I think this would be a good idea/product! It could make servers in a public are more secure. Without the keyboard the users can't use that old PC acting as a printserver (or whatever) as a workstation. Even if I booted Knoppix or NT recovery console I wouldn't be able to do anything until I found a keyboard.