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  1. Re:RAID5 is stupid, RAID 10 or no RAID on What NAS To Buy? · · Score: 1

    i run raid6 + hot spare

    because i really don't like arrays failing.. it keeps me up at night

  2. Re:Apple on Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells · · Score: 1

    it would only be antitrust if the pecificly designed the equipment so that only they could do the upgrades - then charged you 200% for the same hardware and service

  3. Re:RAID5 is stupid, RAID 10 or no RAID on What NAS To Buy? · · Score: 2, Informative

    raid 10 is a waist of disks and power

    raid6 is the way to go

  4. Re:Why not use... on Casting Doubt On the Hawkeye Ball-Calling System · · Score: 1

    wouldn't this be a good use for RFID tags/? they should be tough enough to handel it

  5. Re:Abuse of TLDs on ICANN Board Approves Wide Expansion of TLDs · · Score: 1

    well that is good news

  6. Re:Abuse of TLDs on ICANN Board Approves Wide Expansion of TLDs · · Score: 1

    no not to the host file..

    too many times i have seen poeple setup domains with .local

    then go to the router provided by their net connection company and jsut add the internal ip of server.local to the dns server list.

    that way when a client gets the DNS info via DHCP it will have

    isp1's ip
    isp2's ip
    server.local's id

    it's stupid i know.. but it happens alot more than you would think

  7. Re:Abuse of TLDs on ICANN Board Approves Wide Expansion of TLDs · · Score: 1

    oh i know but really how many times have you seen people do it??

    it happens alot.. and a .local TLD will screw them..

    as for the DHCP thing.. in places i go that i see configured like this.. it is normaly beacuse they are using some netproviders router that has DHCP on it.. and rather than run their own DHCP server they just use the one provided (small biz)

    it is a much more common mistake than it should ever be

  8. Re:Abuse of TLDs on ICANN Board Approves Wide Expansion of TLDs · · Score: 1

    nope.. here is an example

    someone set up domain server..

    server.local

    local is the domain server is thename of the server

    adds a domain PC.. call PC

    then they have something OTHER than the AD acting as the dhcp and DNS server for their network.

    now when doing a .local domain pratice is to add your server.local's ip to the DNS name list.. (should be the first they ask but not always).. that way when .local isn't resolvable to the other DNS serves it will find server.local and resolve servers ip so that the PC can talk and auth the login

    now say that .local can be resolved.. before it asks server.local.. and you have a DNS box for local that gives 1 ip for *.local

    PC tries to login.. finds server.local but is using the IP given by the wonderfuly newly registered .local TLD instead fo server.local

    now users can't login.. other servers on .local get confused when trying to reach each other

    while all is avoildable - and all can be fixed - all will be pains in the asses

  9. Re:In other news, on DoE-Sponsored Project Readies Human Trial For Artificial Retinas · · Score: 1

    i know - i just don't have any mod points.. so i give the best version of them i had at the time

  10. Re:In other news, on DoE-Sponsored Project Readies Human Trial For Artificial Retinas · · Score: 4, Insightful

    +1 for perfect refrence

    i was thinking the same thing when i read that

  11. Re:Abuse of TLDs on ICANN Board Approves Wide Expansion of TLDs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    persontal i want to try and get .local

    just so i can fuck with all the small biz NT/AD domain installs out there that doen't use a fully qualified name

    as soon as .local is resolvable soooo many people are going to have a bad day

  12. Re:Just deserts... on IT Students Contract Out Coursework To India · · Score: 1

    in IT that is slowly changing as large compaines are realizing that good talent isn't alwasy the person with the paper - if you look at job postings for IT now days they will say "x paper" or experience

  13. Re:been wondering about this also on Power Consumption of a Typical PC While Gaming · · Score: 1

    kinda simple

    watts = amps * voltage

    if you are in the US normal AC is between 110-125v

    at 20 amps that outlet can provide 2,200-2,500 watts before the current load flips the breaker

    unless you have alot of computers all on the same circute you don't need to worrie about the draw on the outlet

    at home i have 2 computers 1 lcd monitor 1 crt monitor a laser printer and networking stuff.. constant draw is about 250 watts (at 124v that is 2 amps) when the printer fires up it draws 10 amps for a second but other than that power is normal

    if you are looking to make a strong but lower power comp.. the ATOM will give you the extream low power but the strong isn't there - the ATOM is made for simple tasks at low power availability

  14. Re:I love kill-a-watt on Power Consumption of a Typical PC While Gaming · · Score: 2, Informative

    on top of that the ratings you see on the power blocks is normaly the dc output - the kill-a-watt meausres the power draw on the AC side before conversion - there is no doubt that router is running on less than 8watts as you lose in the conversion and heat. and most bricks arn't what you would call effecient devices they are cheap.

    but as the power total isn't much the effeciency isn't that big of a deal

    if you are only 50% effecient in conversion but that loss is only say 10 watts no big deal compared to a loss of several hundrad watts with an old AT non switching powersupply

  15. humm - the hell? on Google Begat the End of the Scientific Method? · · Score: 1

    what?

    the current qoute "Never frighten a small man -- he'll kill you." seems more relevent

  16. Re:Thats a heck of a pole on First US Offshore Wind Power Park In Delaware · · Score: 1

    with a 1.6 billion investment.. i would count on "pretty rare" being "pretty common"

    then again.. that is just my luck

  17. Re:cool tour, but no real surprise on Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History · · Score: 3, Insightful

    well damn then.. i have been waisting alot of mod points..

  18. Re:Legos on Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History · · Score: 1

    same here.. i liked jsut having the random blocks and building what i could.. my favorite was a sub i built.. it worked quite well

  19. Re:cool tour, but no real surprise on Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History · · Score: 5

    that is why i use underrated

  20. Re:Bonus points if... on Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History · · Score: 2, Interesting

    i would love to have a set of metal legos

    get them in diffrent alloys.. make a car.. could be fun

  21. Re:Petard, meet hoist. on Google Trends vs. Community Standards On Obscenity · · Score: 1

    "once Adam & Eve ate the fruit and became smart, they put clothes on - to be in public without clothes on is an affront to modesty and morality."

    so in that view.. before they ate the apple... god is a perv?

  22. Re:How stupid can you get? on Bell, SuperMicro Sued Over GPL · · Score: 1

    sadly the commercial licenses usualy make more sence to me, as they arn't normaly trying to be all encompasing of all posiable software but rather writen around the software in question

  23. Re:Can we do this with /.? on Visualizing Open Source Contributions · · Score: 3, Interesting

    that would be really entertaining to watch.. expecialy if they get get a live feed going..

    i might even hook up another monitor and have it run as a screen saver and aim it at the hallway - and see who figures out what it is first

  24. Re:Condoms? on International Field Engineer Travel Tips? · · Score: 1

    that jsut means the price goes up

  25. Re:How about artfully Gameplay-entwined stories? on Games Need More Artfully Story-Entwined Gameplay · · Score: 1

    while it has a limited view for interaction - the Hitman and SOF seiries did a great job of this.. make a noise here be see with x there.. it changed the environment - either making things easier or harder.. i agree it didn't change the overall storyline.. but rather jsut how you progressed in it..

    but they both did alot better than most of the stuff you see out there today