You know, a reporter with even a regular phone could call back to the office and give his report/story.
Or, since internet enabled phones are not exactly uncommon these days, maybe tether the phone to the laptop/PDA and upload the story that way?
I think being on the internet going 80mph down a highway (in the passenger seat, not driving!) is pretty darn cool. I'd imagine this technology could be applied sitting in a chair at Macworld.
Last time I had drives with frozen bearings was quite a while ago. They were 5-1/4" full-height (stack two CD/DVD-ROM drives on top of each other, about that big) 9GB Seagates, and they'd stick every time you had them powered off for more than a day.
Took three smacks with a clawhammer right over (or under) the bearing to get them to spin (with power applied of course). Ran like that for the four years I maintained those machines, never had a bad sector. Love to see someone try that with a modern drive.;-)
I've had a couple older 1GB era drives that would get fixed by twisting them around with the power applied, so I have done the trick you describe before.
Drives have bearings, and they will fail. As long as we rely on lubrication, and there's friction, drives will fail mechanically.
I don't have a link, but I've witnessed hard drives put into storage for a number of years not spinning up when they were put back into a system for data retrieval. Drives are a semi-complicated piece of equipment, and WILL fail 100% given enough time. They just wear out, or bearings seize from sitting too long.
Tapes fail too, but it's usually over a much longer timeframe than hard drives. Data stored on tape medium is much more survivable during a mechanical failure than a hard drive.
For everyone who thinks I'm putting the company at risk: 1) My machine at home is behind a firewall. A real, separate, dedicated, hardware firewall - not some wanna-be software filter running locally. 2) I know for a fact there are people running Kazaa on their desktop machines here at work. Yes, the new ISP will address that issue.
Your company is absolutely at risk. You work there, and are apparently writing policies that concern some aspects of security.
I really hope someone in management knows your Slashdot ID.
Chicagoland radio is horrible, and getting worse. Thankfully, I only have to work in that area, I commute from a good distance away where there are a handful of decent, small, locally owned radio stations worth listening to. I can understand why you'd pull your advertising from the Chicagoland market... People like me would NEVER hear it.
Google is probably buying this corp for their contacts and expertise in advertising outside of the "virtual" arena. Makes a bit of sense, really. Why start from the ground and build up, when you can afford to buy someone/some company already established in the industry?
What will Google do with this new talent/resouce? Couldn't even begin to speculate. Maybe sell beagles on the black market, or something.
I know it might be a pain, but I think T-Mobile has a decent unlimited data plan for cell phones, and I know Verizon has a couple different options for data (14K/144K/2Mbit).
SBC couldn't get me decent DSL service, so I kicked ALL of their services to the curb. I now rely on cable for internet, and cell phones for voice. If I had to kick my cable provider to the curb, I'd switch to internet on the cell phone.
I saw the same thing when I first installed Ubuntu on a PII-400 system. Then I added more RAM, and it ran just fine!:-)
Started out with 192MB of RAM, ran great at 384MB or more. Ubuntu takes a decent amount of RAM if you want to run even the default applications, from what I've experienced, unless you don't mind swapping to disk. I minded.
LUGs are still important today, because Linux is NOT as wide-spread as the article would make it seem. Linux is still very much a grassroots type organization, regardless of which companies appear to have jumped on the bandwagon.
The big drive for the LUG I am in is making Linux known to more people in the community, and help others with hardware and software under Linux/GNU based operating systems. There are people who come to the group for help, from all walks of life.
Synchronizing files and services by use of a global server? I would bet that even in '95 you could find analogies somewhere -- incremental backups or some such. Wasn't database replication being worked back in 95 as well?
How about email servers with users connecting from more than one machine via IMAP?
It'll work real well until you burn up the guts of the UPS on an extended run off the batteries, or until you blow up the battery somehow. Car batteries should stay in cars, sealed lead acid batteries are what you want to use for a UPS (and especially indoors).
Me, I managed to snarf two 2200VA rated UPS units from a client's office which closed down last year. Each unit has batteries internally, and has two external battery packs rated at 24V 75A each. That's a whole lotta backup power at home.:-)
Speaking as someone who's traditionally had Intel, Cyrix, AMD, Sparc and various Motorola powered machines at home, the new AMD X2 chips rock. I just built a simple X2 system at home (3800+, 2.0Ghz dual core), and it's absolutely the fastest thing I've ever used, at work and at home, for a desktop system (and most servers).
A large number of people on the internet who use stuff like BT to download legit software really don't give a rat's ass about dickhead movie/software pirates.
I use BT to get ISOs for Linux distros and other legal free data. I don't like the fact BT gets whatever negative publicity the *AA like to throw out to the public due to people using it for illegal acts, and I'm sure there are others who feel the same.
Get a job, buy the movie/CD/software. Don't like the prices? Buy second-hand. Don't like that? Complain to the *AA/developer and/or don't buy it. Stop acting like a 12-year old with a cable modem.
You're not quite up to date with your information, then. AMD currently produces processors for desktops and servers that require significantly less power and generate significantly less heat than Intel's competing processors.
Laptops are give and take, depending on the core and speeds. I used to own a Sony VAIO laptop that had been upgraded with a 25W Athlon XP-M, and it had decent battery life and never ran hot. I hear some of the newer mobile Athlon64 processors are down to 29W or less, which isn't too shabby.
Traditionally, AMD used to produce a lot of heat, but they've never required significantly more power than a comparable Intel processor. This changed about two years ago.
While it is possible for a diesel engine to be built to withstand an EGT of over 850C (1500F), it's not likely to be cost effective or power efficient.
That's an interesting issue to deal with. I wonder if there's any way to process the fuel at some point during its production to eliminate any existing prions?
Fine... Newspapers and magazines were a bad example. It's like paying for cable, then... You stop paying, you lose service.
Honestly, I don't understand why this is difficult to understand from their perspective. You are paying for a SERVICE, not buying a product outright. You are licensed to use whatever product you have a subscription to for as long as you pay for the subscription.
It's like all the games on GetItNow... Pay more to buy it and keep it forever, or pay for a subscription. Stop paying for the subscription, and the game goes away.
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You know, a reporter with even a regular phone could call back to the office and give his report/story.
Or, since internet enabled phones are not exactly uncommon these days, maybe tether the phone to the laptop/PDA and upload the story that way?
I think being on the internet going 80mph down a highway (in the passenger seat, not driving!) is pretty darn cool. I'd imagine this technology could be applied sitting in a chair at Macworld.
Hey, me too! Except all I got was a lousy t-shirt!
The travel mugs were pretty spiffy too.
Last time I had drives with frozen bearings was quite a while ago. They were 5-1/4" full-height (stack two CD/DVD-ROM drives on top of each other, about that big) 9GB Seagates, and they'd stick every time you had them powered off for more than a day.
;-)
Took three smacks with a clawhammer right over (or under) the bearing to get them to spin (with power applied of course). Ran like that for the four years I maintained those machines, never had a bad sector. Love to see someone try that with a modern drive.
I've had a couple older 1GB era drives that would get fixed by twisting them around with the power applied, so I have done the trick you describe before.
Drives have bearings, and they will fail. As long as we rely on lubrication, and there's friction, drives will fail mechanically.
I don't have a link, but I've witnessed hard drives put into storage for a number of years not spinning up when they were put back into a system for data retrieval. Drives are a semi-complicated piece of equipment, and WILL fail 100% given enough time. They just wear out, or bearings seize from sitting too long.
Tapes fail too, but it's usually over a much longer timeframe than hard drives. Data stored on tape medium is much more survivable during a mechanical failure than a hard drive.
Your company is absolutely at risk. You work there, and are apparently writing policies that concern some aspects of security.
I really hope someone in management knows your Slashdot ID.
Chicagoland radio is horrible, and getting worse. Thankfully, I only have to work in that area, I commute from a good distance away where there are a handful of decent, small, locally owned radio stations worth listening to. I can understand why you'd pull your advertising from the Chicagoland market... People like me would NEVER hear it.
Google is probably buying this corp for their contacts and expertise in advertising outside of the "virtual" arena. Makes a bit of sense, really. Why start from the ground and build up, when you can afford to buy someone/some company already established in the industry?
What will Google do with this new talent/resouce? Couldn't even begin to speculate. Maybe sell beagles on the black market, or something.
I know it might be a pain, but I think T-Mobile has a decent unlimited data plan for cell phones, and I know Verizon has a couple different options for data (14K/144K/2Mbit).
SBC couldn't get me decent DSL service, so I kicked ALL of their services to the curb. I now rely on cable for internet, and cell phones for voice. If I had to kick my cable provider to the curb, I'd switch to internet on the cell phone.
Don't they have four times the number of citizens? Sounds like we're staying on par...
I saw the same thing when I first installed Ubuntu on a PII-400 system. Then I added more RAM, and it ran just fine! :-)
Started out with 192MB of RAM, ran great at 384MB or more. Ubuntu takes a decent amount of RAM if you want to run even the default applications, from what I've experienced, unless you don't mind swapping to disk. I minded.
LUGs are still important today, because Linux is NOT as wide-spread as the article would make it seem. Linux is still very much a grassroots type organization, regardless of which companies appear to have jumped on the bandwagon.
The big drive for the LUG I am in is making Linux known to more people in the community, and help others with hardware and software under Linux/GNU based operating systems. There are people who come to the group for help, from all walks of life.
How about email servers with users connecting from more than one machine via IMAP?
And now the government will be able to take it back!
I use TimeWhiz (http://www.timewhiz.st/) on my PDA. Works great.
Another app I've tried is Titrax (no URL for that one, sorry).
It'll work real well until you burn up the guts of the UPS on an extended run off the batteries, or until you blow up the battery somehow. Car batteries should stay in cars, sealed lead acid batteries are what you want to use for a UPS (and especially indoors).
:-)
Me, I managed to snarf two 2200VA rated UPS units from a client's office which closed down last year. Each unit has batteries internally, and has two external battery packs rated at 24V 75A each. That's a whole lotta backup power at home.
Speaking as someone who's traditionally had Intel, Cyrix, AMD, Sparc and various Motorola powered machines at home, the new AMD X2 chips rock. I just built a simple X2 system at home (3800+, 2.0Ghz dual core), and it's absolutely the fastest thing I've ever used, at work and at home, for a desktop system (and most servers).
You'll be happy if you give AMD a try.
Grab a seat yourself...
A large number of people on the internet who use stuff like BT to download legit software really don't give a rat's ass about dickhead movie/software pirates.
I use BT to get ISOs for Linux distros and other legal free data. I don't like the fact BT gets whatever negative publicity the *AA like to throw out to the public due to people using it for illegal acts, and I'm sure there are others who feel the same.
Get a job, buy the movie/CD/software. Don't like the prices? Buy second-hand. Don't like that? Complain to the *AA/developer and/or don't buy it. Stop acting like a 12-year old with a cable modem.
How much are those Yonah's going for these days? Where can I get one?
You're not quite up to date with your information, then. AMD currently produces processors for desktops and servers that require significantly less power and generate significantly less heat than Intel's competing processors.
Laptops are give and take, depending on the core and speeds. I used to own a Sony VAIO laptop that had been upgraded with a 25W Athlon XP-M, and it had decent battery life and never ran hot. I hear some of the newer mobile Athlon64 processors are down to 29W or less, which isn't too shabby.
Traditionally, AMD used to produce a lot of heat, but they've never required significantly more power than a comparable Intel processor. This changed about two years ago.
the DotCom Bubble v2.0!!!
Act now! No one is standing by!
While it is possible for a diesel engine to be built to withstand an EGT of over 850C (1500F), it's not likely to be cost effective or power efficient.
That's an interesting issue to deal with. I wonder if there's any way to process the fuel at some point during its production to eliminate any existing prions?
My family (farmers in Indiana) tell me they're bringing a biodiesel plant online in southern Indiana, I think around Mt. Morris.
Makes me feel a little warm inside, knowing I just killed off all of my SBC services last week.
Screw those bastards.
Fine... Newspapers and magazines were a bad example. It's like paying for cable, then... You stop paying, you lose service.
Honestly, I don't understand why this is difficult to understand from their perspective. You are paying for a SERVICE, not buying a product outright. You are licensed to use whatever product you have a subscription to for as long as you pay for the subscription.
It's like all the games on GetItNow... Pay more to buy it and keep it forever, or pay for a subscription. Stop paying for the subscription, and the game goes away.
I guess magazine subscriptions and newspaper subscriptions are extortion as well?
Oh, the horror.
When you can produce hydrogen efficiently using nuke power. That's how.