wouldnt a laser print (toner) be a better choice? inkjet printer ink tends to suck for archivability.
You say that like an individual who has never had laser prints "flake" away. I've used numerous laser printers ranging in age from 1 to 10 years old, and the toner sometimes doesn't adhere that well.
I was using an old HP LaserJet 4+ once (which is actually a work horse printer, don't get me wrong), and I lost nearly half a page of text due to having to stack/straighten up the pile of 15-20 sheets I had just printed-- the toner just flaked off. And, before anyone mentions needing to let the paper cool, etc, I've had the same thing occur with documents that have been left untouched on a desk for a day or more.
Wait? You mean things have manuals? There are instructions on stuff? This idea is going to revolutionize the laundry industry, nay, the entire world!!! Just like laundry, there are instructions for using computers/digital devices, too, you know...
I know that things like bytes and file formats aren't very tangible, but they still aren't that hard to grasp. It's the same concept as not overloading your washer, or putting too much stuff in your trunk-- a file is a certain "size", and it's just as easy to comprehend that as a quantity of liquid, or a dry good having a certain measure of quantity.
I'm sorry, but people saying this stuff is too hard is a cop-out. Sure, you can look at a 2-liter bottle and see it's larger than a 3-liter one. But, it's no different than being able to look at one thing that says "100MB", and another thing that says "600MB". People use mL and L all the time, and there's never a problem, so what's so hard about bytes, kilobytes, and megabytes? It's the same concept, applied to something else.
(That last part wasn't directly in response to the parent poster, but it is my $.02 on the matter.)
Mod me offtopic, or whatever, but this has to be the most dumb-ass review I've ever read. It's a drive meant for RAID use, as in RAID 5 or RAID 1, in servers, where data integrity is very important. But what does this guy do?
...he puts it through the paces of a desktop hard drive. Where's the test of how it could run under mySQL? It's been replaced by a comment about how you can never have too much space "in this age of DVD-burning, file-sharing, and 40 GB MP3 players." Who the fuck cares about that on a server?
Where's the review of how well it facilitates serving pages through Apache? Oh, that's replaced by "Look how neat the drive looks!"
...Nope. This FA was a waste of time, not just for the reader, but for the author, and for Western Digital to have even sent the drives to this guy. He should go back to playing UT2k4OMFGBF2, and find someone who actually knows something about industry usage patterns on hard drives like this to write a thoughful review.
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Please link to these claims; otherwise they are unsubstantiated. Thanks.
I once installed a NIC into a system where prior to installing DSL, the owner's only usage of the computer was to sit in front of it and smoke 2+ packs a day while playing Solitaire.
Anyways, this person had only had the system a year, but when I opened it, there was nearly 1/2 of an inch (over 1cm for you metric-er's) of this brown tar/dust mixture covering every surface of the system! About tje only way I ended up getting it out was by using the crevace tool on a vacuum set to LOW, and sucking the dirt out. Then, I hand-wiped down the PSU fan and processor fan. I was going to charge $30 to install the NIC, but when I got done with that, I charged $50 that day.
I live less than 10 miles outside of Nashville, TN. I know it's not a New York City, but it's considered a decent size metropolis. I can sit on my roof and read the words on the skyscrapers.
...but I'm out of range for DSL by about 200 feet. It's all about where the CO's positioned, and I just fell right outside the threshold for service. I checked this 3-4 years ago initially, and got the same message as you from Bellsouth-- "We're constantly upgrading our service! BlahBlahBlah". Here we are now, still no luck.
Don't hold your breath, I say. Just enjoy the fact that at least you're not on dial-up anymore...
I agree with you completely. We need to show compassion to people in need. The "black" spin added to this discussion is way off-base- the individual who introduced that part deserves modding down and then some.
The poster I was responding to made a blanket statement himself-- he/she seemed to say "look over all of these poor souls, rapists and all". At least, that's what I got out of it, hence my response.
Not meaning to be blunt, but I felt that there were two obvious points: 1.) Not everyone in New Orleans is raping/pillaging, and that 2.) These people are due LOADS of compassion because of what happened. Heck, I even mentioned I empathize with those who have to steal food and water down there!
I don't feel I made any generalizations in my comment. In fact, I don't think I even addressed those comments. I find that particular generalization personally offensive, because my wife is black, and by extension I'm a member of a black family. That's a whole other discussion, in my opinion-- you're not entitled to act stupid, no matter what race you are.
It's cute how it's so easy to pick out one atrocity and focus on it to the exclusion of all else. Lets say we killed all the rapists in NO right now, this very second. How many do you think there are? Do you think thats the major problem there?
I think there are FAR more major problems than that going on down there. People are dying due to being stuck where they are without neccessities-- that's the major issue. I've not lost perspective on this, please don't think that.
People are going to act badly in those sort of circumstances. Hell, a shitload of people are acting badly in far milder ones - here in Baton Rouge people with food, water, power, and vehicles are beating the shit out of each other over cutting in line for gas. People are so scared of all the brown criminals from NO coming here that the town was practically paralyzed by rumors (non-factual) of rioting and looting at the local mall.
See, and that's fucked up. I can completely agree with you-- people are almost guaranteed to act badly in situations like these. But, I can still recognize that it's not right, no matter what the situation. Sure, there's going to be a great deal of situational morality-- people do what they have to so they can survive. You'll never catch me judging people for breaking through a storefront for essentials when there's a lack of food like there is; however, you will find me angry at people raping one another, or anyone else who takes the opportunity to "get it for themselves", like grabbing a DVD player while in Wal-Mart getting food.
No, NO is not a healthy place to be right now. Poeople aren't at thier best. But honestly, a lot of people here on slashdot wouldn't do any better in the same circumstances. Get them out of there, get some food and water, clothes, basic hygiene in place and you'll see a marked improvment in character and behavior. It sure would be nice if everyone there had come together and supported each other until outside help could come. But human nature has it's dark side and getting on your own high horse about it is just hypocritical.
You didn't make a differentiation in who was covered by your initial statement. I specifically focused on rape because it's not essntial to live. Senseless shit is what I'm incensed about. People are out there-- theft of food, water, etc will undoubtedly be looked over, but there's no excuse for just going ape-shit when a disaster strikes.
It's not hypocritical at all to condemn senseless acts of violence, even in a disaster situation, where it's almost expected that people will go nuts. My main point is that in times like this, it's perfectly OK to still maintain standards of decency, but be able to survive. I don't care what's going on, it's not acceptable to corner someone with a weapon, and force yourself upon them.
Hate to push you off of your high horse, but how exactly are we to show compassion towards someone committing rape?
Looting for food and water, maybe beating somebody up that went wacko all of a sudden (posing a risk for you and the people around), maybe I can see, but what justification can you give for, "Whoops! All hell is breaking loose, water's everywhere, I gots to get my freak on!"
Seriously, it should be either *AA or ??AA. **AA is completely reduntant...
actually, you wouldn't do that, even. ??AA would be any character in those ?? spots. With *AA, You could then say, "imapleasantmotherpheasantpluckerAA". Couldn't you do {RI|MP}AA?
I agree with the Parent poster. If people will loot merchandise during times of need and disaster, they'll abuse other resources during that same period.
If that is the case, it must not have worked... I've got a Mad Catz branded N64 controller that "works" (works as in "so long as the analog stick doesn't get stuck") on my N64. I dust it off every now and then if a visitor wants to play a round or two of GoldenEye
Good idea, but it might not be as useful when you consider that the average PDA keyboard is even smaller than a laptop keyboard. Take the keyboard for my Dell Axim X30, for instance. It's about 1" shorter than a laptop keyboard, and the keys are smaller, and more scrunched up-- I often find myself hitting the UP arrow, rather than the shift key that I was aiming for.
I'm thinking you missed some points on his post. I agree with him, but for different reasons-- he hit the nail on the head by choosing the best of what's available: the general public doesn't give enough of a care to really fool with boycotts-- they just want to put their HD-DVD into the drive, and have it work. Anything that doesn't do just that will fall by the wayside; anything that does do that, even if it has DRM or copy-protection features in it, will likely be consumed, despite the restrictive technology's ramifications.
If you really cared, on the enterprise side, if you use Exchange messaging with an SIP server, you have this option. My company uses SIP messaging via Windows Messenger, and if a user is offline, it's integrated into Outlook-- it opens up a blank email with the recipient's email address in it, rather than throwing an error stating the individual is not online.
I'm assuming that you'd be keeping track of that. Are you planning on just making one backup, leaving it for a few months/years, and then restoring from that outdated set later on when disaster strikes?
I'd imagine that you'd have some regular backup schedule implemented, and you'd know if the place went out of business. If the company went belly-up, make local backup, and then simply pick another backup host. There'd be a slight risk of disaster while you chose the new host, but otherwise you'd still be in good shape.
If I were an industry analyst, I'd be sitting on the short end of the fence if I had to make a decision whether or not HP would move to the middle end!
Shut the fuck up. Just because a bunch of people in a country do something stupid, it doesn't mean that everyone there takes part in it. Take your xenophobic shit elsewhere.
(Mod me down all you want, too-- I'm willing to take a Karma hit to call out this asshole.)
I could see the uproar over the BBC broadcasting another group's performance of the works, but this is the BBC orchestra we're talking about here-- there aren't any royalties to pay. Can this even be considered competition in any form?
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You say that like an individual who has never had laser prints "flake" away. I've used numerous laser printers ranging in age from 1 to 10 years old, and the toner sometimes doesn't adhere that well.
I was using an old HP LaserJet 4+ once (which is actually a work horse printer, don't get me wrong), and I lost nearly half a page of text due to having to stack/straighten up the pile of 15-20 sheets I had just printed-- the toner just flaked off. And, before anyone mentions needing to let the paper cool, etc, I've had the same thing occur with documents that have been left untouched on a desk for a day or more.
Wait? You mean things have manuals? There are instructions on stuff? This idea is going to revolutionize the laundry industry, nay, the entire world!!! Just like laundry, there are instructions for using computers/digital devices, too, you know...
I know that things like bytes and file formats aren't very tangible, but they still aren't that hard to grasp. It's the same concept as not overloading your washer, or putting too much stuff in your trunk-- a file is a certain "size", and it's just as easy to comprehend that as a quantity of liquid, or a dry good having a certain measure of quantity.
I'm sorry, but people saying this stuff is too hard is a cop-out. Sure, you can look at a 2-liter bottle and see it's larger than a 3-liter one. But, it's no different than being able to look at one thing that says "100MB", and another thing that says "600MB". People use mL and L all the time, and there's never a problem, so what's so hard about bytes, kilobytes, and megabytes? It's the same concept, applied to something else.
(That last part wasn't directly in response to the parent poster, but it is my $.02 on the matter.)
Yeah... That's the only way to explain it, being an old person and all...
Ok, fine:
Happy now?
Where's the review of how well it facilitates serving pages through Apache? Oh, that's replaced by "Look how neat the drive looks!"
Please link to these claims; otherwise they are unsubstantiated. Thanks.
I once installed a NIC into a system where prior to installing DSL, the owner's only usage of the computer was to sit in front of it and smoke 2+ packs a day while playing Solitaire.
Anyways, this person had only had the system a year, but when I opened it, there was nearly 1/2 of an inch (over 1cm for you metric-er's) of this brown tar/dust mixture covering every surface of the system! About tje only way I ended up getting it out was by using the crevace tool on a vacuum set to LOW, and sucking the dirt out. Then, I hand-wiped down the PSU fan and processor fan. I was going to charge $30 to install the NIC, but when I got done with that, I charged $50 that day.
I live less than 10 miles outside of Nashville, TN. I know it's not a New York City, but it's considered a decent size metropolis. I can sit on my roof and read the words on the skyscrapers.
Don't hold your breath, I say. Just enjoy the fact that at least you're not on dial-up anymore...
The poster I was responding to made a blanket statement himself-- he/she seemed to say "look over all of these poor souls, rapists and all". At least, that's what I got out of it, hence my response.
Not meaning to be blunt, but I felt that there were two obvious points: 1.) Not everyone in New Orleans is raping/pillaging, and that 2.) These people are due LOADS of compassion because of what happened. Heck, I even mentioned I empathize with those who have to steal food and water down there!
I don't feel I made any generalizations in my comment. In fact, I don't think I even addressed those comments. I find that particular generalization personally offensive, because my wife is black, and by extension I'm a member of a black family. That's a whole other discussion, in my opinion-- you're not entitled to act stupid, no matter what race you are.
I think there are FAR more major problems than that going on down there. People are dying due to being stuck where they are without neccessities-- that's the major issue. I've not lost perspective on this, please don't think that.
People are going to act badly in those sort of circumstances. Hell, a shitload of people are acting badly in far milder ones - here in Baton Rouge people with food, water, power, and vehicles are beating the shit out of each other over cutting in line for gas. People are so scared of all the brown criminals from NO coming here that the town was practically paralyzed by rumors (non-factual) of rioting and looting at the local mall.
See, and that's fucked up. I can completely agree with you-- people are almost guaranteed to act badly in situations like these. But, I can still recognize that it's not right, no matter what the situation. Sure, there's going to be a great deal of situational morality-- people do what they have to so they can survive. You'll never catch me judging people for breaking through a storefront for essentials when there's a lack of food like there is; however, you will find me angry at people raping one another, or anyone else who takes the opportunity to "get it for themselves", like grabbing a DVD player while in Wal-Mart getting food.
No, NO is not a healthy place to be right now. Poeople aren't at thier best. But honestly, a lot of people here on slashdot wouldn't do any better in the same circumstances. Get them out of there, get some food and water, clothes, basic hygiene in place and you'll see a marked improvment in character and behavior. It sure would be nice if everyone there had come together and supported each other until outside help could come. But human nature has it's dark side and getting on your own high horse about it is just hypocritical.
You didn't make a differentiation in who was covered by your initial statement. I specifically focused on rape because it's not essntial to live. Senseless shit is what I'm incensed about. People are out there-- theft of food, water, etc will undoubtedly be looked over, but there's no excuse for just going ape-shit when a disaster strikes.
It's not hypocritical at all to condemn senseless acts of violence, even in a disaster situation, where it's almost expected that people will go nuts. My main point is that in times like this, it's perfectly OK to still maintain standards of decency, but be able to survive. I don't care what's going on, it's not acceptable to corner someone with a weapon, and force yourself upon them.
Looting for food and water, maybe beating somebody up that went wacko all of a sudden (posing a risk for you and the people around), maybe I can see, but what justification can you give for, "Whoops! All hell is breaking loose, water's everywhere, I gots to get my freak on!"
actually, you wouldn't do that, even. ??AA would be any character in those ?? spots. With *AA, You could then say, "imapleasantmotherpheasantpluckerAA". Couldn't you do {RI|MP}AA?
I agree with the Parent poster. If people will loot merchandise during times of need and disaster, they'll abuse other resources during that same period.
Because anytime you're at an Internet-connected computer, you can say, "I can see my house from here!"
If that is the case, it must not have worked... I've got a Mad Catz branded N64 controller that "works" (works as in "so long as the analog stick doesn't get stuck") on my N64. I dust it off every now and then if a visitor wants to play a round or two of GoldenEye
Good idea, but it might not be as useful when you consider that the average PDA keyboard is even smaller than a laptop keyboard. Take the keyboard for my Dell Axim X30, for instance. It's about 1" shorter than a laptop keyboard, and the keys are smaller, and more scrunched up-- I often find myself hitting the UP arrow, rather than the shift key that I was aiming for.
I'm thinking you missed some points on his post. I agree with him, but for different reasons-- he hit the nail on the head by choosing the best of what's available: the general public doesn't give enough of a care to really fool with boycotts-- they just want to put their HD-DVD into the drive, and have it work. Anything that doesn't do just that will fall by the wayside; anything that does do that, even if it has DRM or copy-protection features in it, will likely be consumed, despite the restrictive technology's ramifications.
If you really cared, on the enterprise side, if you use Exchange messaging with an SIP server, you have this option. My company uses SIP messaging via Windows Messenger, and if a user is offline, it's integrated into Outlook-- it opens up a blank email with the recipient's email address in it, rather than throwing an error stating the individual is not online.
I'd imagine that you'd have some regular backup schedule implemented, and you'd know if the place went out of business. If the company went belly-up, make local backup, and then simply pick another backup host. There'd be a slight risk of disaster while you chose the new host, but otherwise you'd still be in good shape.
If I were an industry analyst, I'd be sitting on the short end of the fence if I had to make a decision whether or not HP would move to the middle end!
The original article doesn't say anything about Snape or Dumbledore in the article.
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Labor force - by occupation:
Definition Field Listing:
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Shut the fuck up. Just because a bunch of people in a country do something stupid, it doesn't mean that everyone there takes part in it. Take your xenophobic shit elsewhere.
(Mod me down all you want, too-- I'm willing to take a Karma hit to call out this asshole.)
I think you have to measure it in PPM now-- flip a stack of these, and you get your 30PPM!
Or, even better, you could configure it with an extra "D" key or two, just so you don't mistype "endless"
I could see the uproar over the BBC broadcasting another group's performance of the works, but this is the BBC orchestra we're talking about here-- there aren't any royalties to pay. Can this even be considered competition in any form?