In my experience with HDDs you'll usually get some warning that your drive has issues before it completely calls it quits. Whether it's bad sectors turning up or noises from the drive itself. If you pay attention to that (and you're a little lucky), you can manage to salvage most of the drive's contents before it dies completely.
In 2009, I had a 10 year-old 5 GB (yes, 5) enterprise SCSI disk (at home, not work) that failed to spin up after being off for over a year. (before that it had been running almost continuously) I tapped it (pretty hard) on the side with a screwdriver handle while it was "clicking" when I powered it up after removing the PC case. I slooowly spun up and worked fine. It had some bearing noise, but that went away after the drive warmed up. I pulled the data off and ran the drive for a couple of days w/o incident. Fun times...
... the diversity of underworld species bears comparison to the Amazon or the Galapagos Islands, but unlike those places the environment is still largely pristine because people have yet to probe most of the subsurface.
What is really news here? A worker with a forklift could do this just as easily and readily as a robot.
Ya, but, robots don't get tired, don't need breaks, don't need benefits, don't complain, don't unionize, etc... -- and are just as disposable, like the society and economy we're creating.
It's handy to just push a button to unlock both doors rather then walk around and unlock the passenger door after unlocking the drivers door.
True enough, though both my Hondas have a power lock button on the driver's side to un/lock the other doors and locking the driver-side door with the key locks both doors. My wife's previous car was a 1991 Toyota Celica GT and the outside door locks had some nice intelligence. Unlocking the passenger door from the outside unlocked both doors and when unlocking the driver door, turning the key once unlocked just the driver door while turning it twice in rapid succession unlocked both doors. I actually wish my Hondas had that.
Could someone explain again why pushing a button is so hard?
And, by extension, why using a regular key -- that has worked since the invention of the automobile -- is so hard?
Ya, ya. (1) I understand there were a few isolated issues in recent memory with keys because a manufacturer cheaped out on a spring in the ignition lock and (2) I get the convenience of key-less entry and ignition, but some solutions just create new problems. Both my 2001 Honda Civic and 2003 Honda CR-V have a key-fob to unlock the doors, but I *never* carry/use them (okay, maybe during a rainstorm) because they're too big to comfortably carry in my pocket. I just use the keys - and have never had a problem. I'm also not a fan of key-less ignition (and have read articles about people getting killed using them), though I concede that my next car will probably have it because manufacturers are going that way to (a) save on providing locks/keys and (b) raping consumers on the cost of key-less systems. I would pay extra to *not* have key-less ignition. Sometimes newer and/or fancier is not better. In a related story, I have a friend with a new(ish) Toyota Highlander which won't start if both his and his wife's key-fobs are (detected) in the car at the same time -- which seems like a design flaw.
You couldn't just say 64? It's right there in TFS and TFA -- and "Launches 64" is shorter (and more accurate) than "Launches More Than 60". Yes, I realize that's the actual title of TFA (I checked), but seriously editors, you can edit stuff.
That may seem weird, but IPv6 addresses are nothing at all like their older cousins and come in a bizarre format that doesn't lend itself to simple analysis or prediction.
Slashdot Mirror
Played it.
Over IPX.
With multiple players.
Over a parallel port cable.
Up hill (both ways).
...
In the snow.
In my experience with HDDs you'll usually get some warning that your drive has issues before it completely calls it quits. Whether it's bad sectors turning up or noises from the drive itself. If you pay attention to that (and you're a little lucky), you can manage to salvage most of the drive's contents before it dies completely.
In 2009, I had a 10 year-old 5 GB (yes, 5) enterprise SCSI disk (at home, not work) that failed to spin up after being off for over a year. (before that it had been running almost continuously) I tapped it (pretty hard) on the side with a screwdriver handle while it was "clicking" when I powered it up after removing the PC case. I slooowly spun up and worked fine. It had some bearing noise, but that went away after the drive warmed up. I pulled the data off and ran the drive for a couple of days w/o incident. Fun times...
So: Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow Linus's Law
At first I thought I was reading the thread Scientists Identify Vast Underground Ecosystem Containing Billions of Micro-organisms and laughed, but then realized I was looking at the wrong tab. Still, you may have a point as TFS of that thread points out:
... the diversity of underworld species bears comparison to the Amazon or the Galapagos Islands, but unlike those places the environment is still largely pristine because people have yet to probe most of the subsurface.
I wonder if there isn't some chunk of arrowhead embedded in an asteroid smashed off the Earth in some titanic collision.
Pretty sure that's all at the bottom of the ocean.
The NYC Coroner's office uses the Alibaba Voice Assistant to schedule pick-ups. /too-soon?
Governments, companies and individuals all have unique roles to play.
And each wants something different from/for the Internet.
In other words... Apple makes and pretends to drink its own Kool-Aid while pouring refills for their customers and handing them straws.
Yayyyyy ... Just what I haven't been waiting for. [ shoots self in head ]
What is really news here? A worker with a forklift could do this just as easily and readily as a robot.
Ya, but, robots don't get tired, don't need breaks, don't need benefits, don't complain, don't unionize, etc... -- and are just as disposable, like the society and economy we're creating.
Since the point of using a burner phone is not to let people know, how would anyone credibly be able to assess the widespread use of burner phones?
Simple. Just load the Facebook app on the burner phones and ... Oh, wait.
It's handy to just push a button to unlock both doors rather then walk around and unlock the passenger door after unlocking the drivers door.
True enough, though both my Hondas have a power lock button on the driver's side to un/lock the other doors and locking the driver-side door with the key locks both doors. My wife's previous car was a 1991 Toyota Celica GT and the outside door locks had some nice intelligence. Unlocking the passenger door from the outside unlocked both doors and when unlocking the driver door, turning the key once unlocked just the driver door while turning it twice in rapid succession unlocked both doors. I actually wish my Hondas had that.
Could someone explain again why pushing a button is so hard?
And, by extension, why using a regular key -- that has worked since the invention of the automobile -- is so hard?
Ya, ya. (1) I understand there were a few isolated issues in recent memory with keys because a manufacturer cheaped out on a spring in the ignition lock and (2) I get the convenience of key-less entry and ignition, but some solutions just create new problems. Both my 2001 Honda Civic and 2003 Honda CR-V have a key-fob to unlock the doors, but I *never* carry/use them (okay, maybe during a rainstorm) because they're too big to comfortably carry in my pocket. I just use the keys - and have never had a problem. I'm also not a fan of key-less ignition (and have read articles about people getting killed using them), though I concede that my next car will probably have it because manufacturers are going that way to (a) save on providing locks/keys and (b) raping consumers on the cost of key-less systems. I would pay extra to *not* have key-less ignition. Sometimes newer and/or fancier is not better. In a related story, I have a friend with a new(ish) Toyota Highlander which won't start if both his and his wife's key-fobs are (detected) in the car at the same time -- which seems like a design flaw.
This is just one more step closer to that docu-drama TV show from the '80s called "Max Headroom".
I have the series on DVD ...
Meaning now instead of just a "pause", I must now "pause and then mute"?
Don't be silly. You won't be able to mute these ads. /cynical-prediction
I've never heard of any of these apps....
No one has heard of them, yet, oddly (or predictably) there have been Emacs modes to emulate them since the late 80s.
Can you say root? I knew you could.
"Groot" -- Damn it! So close...
This is just Trump fluffing the Saudis.
Thanks for that imagery.
Perhaps they'll also kill the (up to) $12 Billion in subsidies to farmers getting hammered by the Administration's own tariffs. Oh, wait ...
... and have to present a copy of the "Abmeldebescheinigung" ...
That made me think of the "safe word" scene in the movie Eurotrip:
Sexy girl: Bring out the testical clamps!
Guy: Oh Crap! Flugan..basja..sbiner holzeen?
Sexy girl: do u mean Fluggaenkoecchicebolsen?
Which you can apparently get on a t-shirt
In related news, AT&T will also be using testicle clamps on people canceling their service.
The text of the study is available via Blockchain.
You couldn't just say 64? It's right there in TFS and TFA -- and "Launches 64" is shorter (and more accurate) than "Launches More Than 60". Yes, I realize that's the actual title of TFA (I checked), but seriously editors, you can edit stuff.
*Now* where will I go for porn on the Internet? I guess it's back to looking at extra-curvy pieces of driftwood.
That may seem weird, but IPv6 addresses are nothing at all like their older cousins and come in a bizarre format that doesn't lend itself to simple analysis or prediction.
Just wait until IPv8 comes out.
I have both seasons on DVD. Still funny every time I watch it through.