--I'm definitely with you on that. I haven't bought *anything* higher than a 320GB SATA drive because that's the maximum amount of data that I'm comfortable trusting to a single drive/unit. If it starts going bad, I have enough free space to copy it over somewhere else until the replacement arrives.
--I think standalone GPS manufacturers could secure more of the market by coming out with models that have *bigger screens.* That's the #1 complaint I have against my Garmin GPS, it's only got like a 4-inch screen, and I'd like to see more of the route.
--I've seen the new "Trek" trailer a couple of times now. I don't exactly know what it's trying to be, but it didn't really look or feel like " Star Trek " to me.
--If they had called it something completely different, I would probably be OK with it. But Trek has a LOT of past history, canon, and semi-canon (paperback books and novels.) Trying to "reboot" something like that seems kind of unnecessary to me -- they could make millions putting some of the best paperback treatments (Diane Duane, anyone?) on the big screen.
//TOS fan ///Will prolly still see the movie, but only pay matinee for it
--I discovered NDOS while using an old version of Norton Utilities (back when they were actually useful, and not bloated.) That led me to 4DOS and a whole world of useful stuff you could do in the extended-capability Command shell they supplied.
--WayCool stuff, if you were an old DOS hound like meself.;-)
//XTree Pro Gold FTW! ///Midnight Commander 4 Great Justice!
--Workaround is to use Daemon Tools or a VM. Realistically, I don't think they consider mounting an ISO natively in the OS to be any kind of priority -- their main focus is obviously on the Look and Feel (00h Sh1ny!) - not so much on functionality.
They may have learned from SOME of the Vista mistakes, but changing the menu structure *significantly* from XP is a huge pain in the ass for those of us who work in RDP-support roles.
Hopefully much of that issue can be addressed in the OS-image-creation dept at my company, but it's still an unnecessary learning curve because they decided to ditch " Classic mode " (for compatibility and ease of use) in favor of "New! Strange! Unfamiliar! Windows 7!!"
For God's sake, they even took RUN out of the Start menu. And that's just the beginning...
//Yes I did send Feedback on that ///Running 7 in Vmware Workstation, on Linux host;-)
--Say, can you recommend a decent, inexpensive player that supports Ogg + mp3? My range is ~$40 as long as it has at least 1GB of space. TIA (yes, serious question.)
--Wow - I haven't seen your name in years, but I do remember reading your articles in CS.:-) That mag is only a -shadow- of its former self now; back in the day, you almost had to have a special mailbox for it.
I dunno about YOU, but I literally couldn't WORK without multiple virtual desktops anymore. Linux is a given, but even in XP it's indispensible in my work environment.
--FYI, I am a big fan of ZFS; but the Next Big Thing in Linux-land is rumoured to be BTRFS. IIRC, Kerneltrap had a post saying the head coder of BTRFS was aiming to do things better than ZFS. (Either that or it was HAMMERFS for Dragonfly BSD.)
I'm with you. I signed up with Netflix in the 1st place months ago, when Slashdot had an article about their support staff *purposely* being kept in the US, via a conscious decision by the company **not to outsource.**
Impressed the hell out of me. I signed up pretty much the same day, called their support line and thanked them personally.
The few discs I've had that were unplayable, I followed the procedures and got a replacement. No fuss, no worries.
--When I did support work for $Major-US-based-Tax-Company, whenever we had a PGP W.D.E. call (Passphrase not working, etc) == REIMAGE THE BOX. Hope you have good backups!
--I do think the Vmware ACE suggestion above would be worth looking into; Vista as Host + XP as Guest is not the ideal, but as long as you don't try Vista + Vista it might work pretty well.
Slashdot Mirror
--I'm definitely with you on that. I haven't bought *anything* higher than a 320GB SATA drive because that's the maximum amount of data that I'm comfortable trusting to a single drive/unit. If it starts going bad, I have enough free space to copy it over somewhere else until the replacement arrives.
--I think standalone GPS manufacturers could secure more of the market by coming out with models that have *bigger screens.* That's the #1 complaint I have against my Garmin GPS, it's only got like a 4-inch screen, and I'd like to see more of the route.
Word - I use JFS for all my major filesystems, even USB/Firewire drives. Works very well with VMware, and has a very fast FSCK as well.
--That's going to be a real PITA if you're trying to type Throughput, or Thread, or Thrust, or...
" Hey hav u seen Brian around? "
" Naw, last I saw him he was taking off like a bat outta Hell... "
--I've seen the new "Trek" trailer a couple of times now. I don't exactly know what it's trying to be, but it didn't really look or feel like " Star Trek " to me.
--If they had called it something completely different, I would probably be OK with it. But Trek has a LOT of past history, canon, and semi-canon (paperback books and novels.) Trying to "reboot" something like that seems kind of unnecessary to me -- they could make millions putting some of the best paperback treatments (Diane Duane, anyone?) on the big screen.
--I discovered NDOS while using an old version of Norton Utilities (back when they were actually useful, and not bloated.) That led me to 4DOS and a whole world of useful stuff you could do in the extended-capability Command shell they supplied.
--WayCool stuff, if you were an old DOS hound like meself. ;-)
--Workaround is to use Daemon Tools or a VM. Realistically, I don't think they consider mounting an ISO natively in the OS to be any kind of priority -- their main focus is obviously on the Look and Feel (00h Sh1ny!) - not so much on functionality.
-Not quite "every" Firefox install out there -- I usually run mine on Linux. ;-)
Mod parent up ;-)
--Yes, but that costs a little extra...
:b
They may have learned from SOME of the Vista mistakes, but changing the menu structure *significantly* from XP is a huge pain in the ass for those of us who work in RDP-support roles.
Hopefully much of that issue can be addressed in the OS-image-creation dept at my company, but it's still an unnecessary learning curve because they decided to ditch " Classic mode " (for compatibility and ease of use) in favor of "New! Strange! Unfamiliar! Windows 7!!"
For God's sake, they even took RUN out of the Start menu. And that's just the beginning...
--Thanx to all for replying... :-)
Candyman.
--Say, can you recommend a decent, inexpensive player that supports Ogg + mp3? My range is ~$40 as long as it has at least 1GB of space. TIA (yes, serious question.)
--Wow - I haven't seen your name in years, but I do remember reading your articles in CS. :-) That mag is only a -shadow- of its former self now; back in the day, you almost had to have a special mailbox for it.
Hope you're doing well - best wishes!
/Vehement Disagreement
I dunno about YOU, but I literally couldn't WORK without multiple virtual desktops anymore. Linux is a given, but even in XP it's indispensible in my work environment.
--I'll back you up on that. Been a loyal Tigerdirect customer for years and years. Avoid refurb and rebate items, and you should be OK.
--FYI, I am a big fan of ZFS; but the Next Big Thing in Linux-land is rumoured to be BTRFS. IIRC, Kerneltrap had a post saying the head coder of BTRFS was aiming to do things better than ZFS. (Either that or it was HAMMERFS for Dragonfly BSD.)
I'm with you. I signed up with Netflix in the 1st place months ago, when Slashdot had an article about their support staff *purposely* being kept in the US, via a conscious decision by the company **not to outsource.**
Impressed the hell out of me. I signed up pretty much the same day, called their support line and thanked them personally.
The few discs I've had that were unplayable, I followed the procedures and got a replacement. No fuss, no worries.
I'm pretty happy with their pricing and service.
--Ah, yes -- but IF they optimized the code, AND threw in additional 2GB RAM, THEN they can run MORE things on the server! :b
" Never go up against the Subway, when MONEY is on the line! Ahaha!! - aha--" // Falls over dead
--When I did support work for $Major-US-based-Tax-Company, whenever we had a PGP W.D.E. call (Passphrase not working, etc) == REIMAGE THE BOX.
Hope you have good backups!
--I do think the Vmware ACE suggestion above would be worth looking into; Vista as Host + XP as Guest is not the ideal, but as long as you don't try Vista + Vista it might work pretty well.
You could always try dd_rescue in Linux; it will keep going despite read errors. Been there, done that.
Obtain a SCSI CDROM + cheap SCSI card + SCSI cable. (I recommend the Adaptec AHA2940; can be had for ~$20.)
A 6x SCSI CDROM (in my own personal experience) can read/recover discs that other (IDE) drives cannot. Also try reading the disc at 1x speed.
Won't help with DVD, but quite good for audio CDs, especially with cdparanoia.