OTOH if they don't do it you wouldn't be able to hear it on headphones in the street or on some cheap PC speakers - which is how most people listen to music these days.
The music industry isn't there to make audiophiles happy.
A black hole can't have more gravitational pull the the mass of the matter inside it. Small black holes won't suck up the earth and will evaporate before it can do any real damage.
I had a similar problem with a macbook pro battery I bought in Jan 2010. By Jan 2011, it would barely hold 30 minutes of operating energy, and reported a health of 15%. The number of cycles reported was 49. Not a typo. Forty-nine.
Assuming the bettery started out ok, the only thing that would cause that is overheating.
Laptop disks tend to be either much lower capacity or much more expensive than equivalently priced 'desktop' drives.
Plus... you soon run out of USB ports if you want half a dozen of them (a lot of the bigger ones need two USB cables to get enough current). This means buying powered USB hubs... and... the hubs are usually powered by cheap-ass wall-warts!
Should be trivial to make a monitor with integrated short cables and where the stand folds into itself and fits nicely into a laptop bag, with maybe some kind of protective cover for the screen. Would seem a much simpler approach than this contraption.
Yep. You also get to choose the spec of the laptop you use it with...
Unless you buy extremely good archival grade discs, optical media is the worst suggestion.
Even with archival-grade disks it's still the worst suggestion.
Apart from tape - yeah, let's put all our data on something that can't be read without specialized hardware! (where will you get a tape drive from in an emergency?)
Hard disks can be connected to any PC, they're cheap, they're fast. The only problems I've ever had with USB disks is failure of the cheap-ass wall-warts they supply them with. Luckily all USB drives use either 5V/12V so it's easy to wire them up to a spare PC power supply. I have one under the desk and any USB disk which is switched on all day gets connected to that. The wall-wart goes in a drawer for emergencies.
All other considerations aside though, the only thing that's going to garantee long-term success is: a) Use something that can be read on any machine with no special hardware or drivers. b) Make multiple copies of the data and store it in different locations. c) Use some widely used, non-proprietary format for combining/compressing the files (eg. zip).
Base whatever you do on this philosophy and you should be OK.
I have never seen a successful restore from tape. I understand that my experience is not unique. Many companies have made regular tape backups for years, but never tried to do a restore, until that day came when they needed it. Then, they found out that it didn't work.
I've been backing up data to hard drives for 20 years. I've rarely had a problem getting my data off a hard drive, and redundancy has been a big help. I maintain about 4.5 TB of data on about 7 TB of external HDDs.
I'm 100% with you on all that. Tape looks/sounds good on paper but never seems to work when you need it most.
Hard disks have never failed me so far.
PS: Always test your backup system to see if it can restore.
I've also been in the situation where I had tapes but no working tape drive. Buying a new tape drive can be very expensive, especially if it's an 'obsolete' model (and in the tape world the hardware changes frequently). If the drive fails, it's after four in the afternoon and you need the data NOW then you're totally screwed.
OTOH I never had a problem connecting a hard drive to the nearest PC. Hard drives are so cheap now that making a few redundant copies isn't a problem, redundant copies can be stored in different locations in case of fire.
Focus blame on users who click "yes" to any old popup window (it could happen on any OS no matter how secure).
It will be interesting to see what happens next. Huge bounties followed by a well publicized trial where people go to prison might actually work to deter other wannabe botnet makers.
The really fun part is that this actually takes away some government control. Monitoring of DNS lookups at your ISP is a useful way for the feds to track what sites you're visiting. By forcing you to use IP addresses directly they're cutting out the middle man and it will be harder to track you.
Experts: "they can still access non-filtered DNS servers or directly enter the blocked site's IP address if it is known"
MPAA: "typical users lack the expertise to select a different DNS server"
Dear MPAA,
What about the other half of the expert's statement? Typical users are perfectly capable of typing in four numbers with periods between them. Web links and bookmarks can be IP addresses. etc.
Nah, with their pockets full of money they'd be too permanently drunk to bother with hard work like piracy.
OTOH there's a lot of Somalians, paying all of them might cost a lot of money.
OTOH... it's only bits of paper. Give them enough and the inflation it causes will ruin the Somalian economy. Maybe their own government will shoot them for us if we do that.
i'm not sure they can afford the bandwidth without either stealing it or finding some source of income for the site.
They control huge botnets, the bandwidth they can bring to bear is precisely what makes them dangerous to big sites (or "effective", depending on your political position).
I don't think running a social network will be a problem for them. They can probably serve most people from their own machine, making the site feel much snappier then either Facebook/Google+.
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OTOH if they don't do it you wouldn't be able to hear it on headphones in the street or on some cheap PC speakers - which is how most people listen to music these days.
The music industry isn't there to make audiophiles happy.
A black hole can't have more gravitational pull the the mass of the matter inside it. Small black holes won't suck up the earth and will evaporate before it can do any real damage.
I had a similar problem with a macbook pro battery I bought in Jan 2010. By Jan 2011, it would barely hold 30 minutes of operating energy, and reported a health of 15%. The number of cycles reported was 49. Not a typo. Forty-nine.
Assuming the bettery started out ok, the only thing that would cause that is overheating.
Laptop disks tend to be either much lower capacity or much more expensive than equivalently priced 'desktop' drives.
Plus ... you soon run out of USB ports if you want half a dozen of them (a lot of the bigger ones need two USB cables to get enough current). This means buying powered USB hubs ... and ... the hubs are usually powered by cheap-ass wall-warts!
He wanted this because he was going to Hawaii for six months and didn't want to carry a second monitor.
Does that make sense to anybody? This has to be the most complicated/expensive solution possible to the problem.
How about:
a) Fly to Hawaii
b) Buy a second monitor when you arrive there.
Should be trivial to make a monitor with integrated short cables and where the stand folds into itself and fits nicely into a laptop bag, with maybe some kind of protective cover for the screen. Would seem a much simpler approach than this contraption.
Yep. You also get to choose the spec of the laptop you use it with...
Unless you buy extremely good archival grade discs, optical media is the worst suggestion.
Even with archival-grade disks it's still the worst suggestion.
Apart from tape - yeah, let's put all our data on something that can't be read without specialized hardware! (where will you get a tape drive from in an emergency?)
Hard disks can be connected to any PC, they're cheap, they're fast. The only problems I've ever had with USB disks is failure of the cheap-ass wall-warts they supply them with. Luckily all USB drives use either 5V/12V so it's easy to wire them up to a spare PC power supply. I have one under the desk and any USB disk which is switched on all day gets connected to that. The wall-wart goes in a drawer for emergencies.
All other considerations aside though, the only thing that's going to garantee long-term success is:
a) Use something that can be read on any machine with no special hardware or drivers.
b) Make multiple copies of the data and store it in different locations.
c) Use some widely used, non-proprietary format for combining/compressing the files (eg. zip).
Base whatever you do on this philosophy and you should be OK.
I have never seen a successful restore from tape. I understand that my experience is not unique. Many companies have made regular tape backups for years, but never tried to do a restore, until that day came when they needed it. Then, they found out that it didn't work.
I've been backing up data to hard drives for 20 years. I've rarely had a problem getting my data off a hard drive, and redundancy has been a big help. I maintain about 4.5 TB of data on about 7 TB of external HDDs.
I'm 100% with you on all that. Tape looks/sounds good on paper but never seems to work when you need it most.
Hard disks have never failed me so far.
PS: Always test your backup system to see if it can restore.
you cannot beat tape.
I've seen plenty of tape failures.
I've also been in the situation where I had tapes but no working tape drive. Buying a new tape drive can be very expensive, especially if it's an 'obsolete' model (and in the tape world the hardware changes frequently). If the drive fails, it's after four in the afternoon and you need the data NOW then you're totally screwed.
OTOH I never had a problem connecting a hard drive to the nearest PC. Hard drives are so cheap now that making a few redundant copies isn't a problem, redundant copies can be stored in different locations in case of fire.
Tape most definitely can be beaten.
What does that have to do with anything?
Focus blame on users who click "yes" to any old popup window (it could happen on any OS no matter how secure).
It will be interesting to see what happens next. Huge bounties followed by a well publicized trial where people go to prison might actually work to deter other wannabe botnet makers.
The "Compact Disc" was created in the 1970s... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc#History
You won't be able to use IP addresses on such a server so that problem sorts itself out.
I dunno. You could accidentally go to 12.34.56.78, going to "http://www.badnastyillegalstuff.com/" is harder to deny in court.
Around there's a whole bunch of open routers that serve up adverts on every web page if you connect via them.
The really fun part is that this actually takes away some government control. Monitoring of DNS lookups at your ISP is a useful way for the feds to track what sites you're visiting. By forcing you to use IP addresses directly they're cutting out the middle man and it will be harder to track you.
Experts: "they can still access non-filtered DNS servers or directly enter the blocked site's IP address if it is known"
MPAA: "typical users lack the expertise to select a different DNS server"
Dear MPAA,
What about the other half of the expert's statement? Typical users are perfectly capable of typing in four numbers with periods between them. Web links and bookmarks can be IP addresses. etc.
I've seen analysis that the number is about right, and that most of the cost is getting diesel out there for the generators.
I'm sure they could spray the tents with foam or something though to make it much more efficient. Tinfoil on the outside...?
You use your tongue purtier than a five dollar whore...
Nah, with their pockets full of money they'd be too permanently drunk to bother with hard work like piracy.
OTOH there's a lot of Somalians, paying all of them might cost a lot of money.
OTOH ... it's only bits of paper. Give them enough and the inflation it causes will ruin the Somalian economy. Maybe their own government will shoot them for us if we do that.
Tons of older protocols...
So? This is the USPTO we're talking about, they stamp anything (so long as they get their fee...)
No, a terrorist is someone who TERRORISES through acts or threats of violence against CIVILIAN targets to achieve political change
By that definition the US Army are terrorists in the eyes of most Afghani/Iraqi people.
(Around 80% of people they've killed over there were civilians)
"to have a fondness for" is a verb.
Splitting the infinitive of it is a question of taste, but it's a complete verb in itself.
i'm not sure they can afford the bandwidth without either stealing it or finding some source of income for the site.
They control huge botnets, the bandwidth they can bring to bear is precisely what makes them dangerous to big sites (or "effective", depending on your political position).
I don't think running a social network will be a problem for them. They can probably serve most people from their own machine, making the site feel much snappier then either Facebook/Google+.
A terrorist is a freedom fighter who isn't on your side.
Imagine some country invaded/occupied the USA, would the rednecks with AR15s be called "terrorists" by the American people? I think not.
I don't think they'd be using the euphemism "Insurgent", either.