...not fuel efficiency. They have been in the past- it was one of the biggest selling points of the Yamaha Virago back in the 70s. But no one cares now. They either want big, ground- pounding Harleys, or Grand Prix poseur sport bikes. If people really wanted fuel efficient motorcycles, they'd get them. Blame motorcyclists, not manufacturers.
hehehe, that's funny, because I LOVE my 'new' '84 Virago -
I like the look - Harley ripoff
Good mileago - 45MPG regularly
And it rumbles nice with non-stock pipes. - Nobody has stock pipes anymore anyways.
Can't beat the price - ~$1500 Blue Book.
Now I just need some saddle-bags, and I'm all set (stock 2.9gal - you can upgrade it to a 5gal)
Yeah.. Maybe it's just because I live in Milwaukee, but nobody buys a motorcycle and rides it 'as-is' anymore. You start with a style, or template, and make it 'your own'. Something like %50 of Harley's sales are in after-market parts. Pipes, handlebars, chrome, leather.. Gas mileage is secondary (unless you're cheap like me)
Plus.. Hell, this is Wisconsin. You know, the FROZEN TUNDRA. How can anyone consider a bike a good replacement for a car? He must be from CA, I just about froze my fingers off this morning..
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What is this world coming to if we have a COMPUTER to play our COMPUTER GAMES. I thought these things were for fun, and that people enjoyed playing games THEMSELVES! What was I thinking?
Ever play UO? It's THRILLING to sit for hours and practice magic, or hiding.
I had a little metal ball that sat on my Macro Key - so I didn't have to sit for hours before I could go out in the woods and be PK'd.
I grew up with this guy and he's ALWAYS been 'big', even baby pictures (and no, he wasn't over-fed). I think I stayed thin partly because I wrestled him all the time. In HS, I was 160, and he was around 300. I was the only one who could put him on my shoulders, spin around, and toss him in the deep end of the pool.
He's always lifted weights, and got me into it too. As you can see on his site, he's done a damn good job of trimming down. If you have a question, I'm sure he'd be happy to answer it.
Fitness and nutrition work for EVERYBODY, it's just a lot of large people don't have the resolve to follow-through. I know I don't, so I'm still 50lbs more than I was in HS - but that's better than the 90lbs more I was last year.
But I can still jump cubes, so maybe Bishop will give me a job:P (Obscure movie ref)
Ok, so it was really a big plaid towel.. But when worn around the neck (quite like a cape), I was able to duck into a garage, squat among 'stuff', and throw the 'cape' over my head.
I completely foiled my pursuer. (Who obviously was an idiot, but I digress.)
But, what if your project is only 5gigs? So you've got 8days worth of backup on your single drive. I've got 8 days on 8 tapes. Which is more reliable from your standpoint. -
But who would do that (one week on a single HD) and consider it a backup? Of course, MORE MEDIA is more reliable than less media, which is why you mentioned having mirrored backups on Optical in your last post. *Unless that's not SUPPOSED to be a question;)
I'm also amazed at the amount of time you spent on CDW, seeing as how you choose the cheapest IDE hard drive and the most expensive 50gb tape.By the way why did you choose 50gb when 40gb tapes are more common and cost so much less?
So let me correct your error by supplying you with the least expensive 40gig tape:
Verbatim 40GB 4MM Data Cartridge, single: $18.21
Err. There's no such thing as a 40GB 4mm tape. That's COMPRESSED. 4mm only goes to 20GB, which is why I COMPLETELY ignored that section, and picked the cheapest AIC tape, (Since you can just select 'lowest price first') which DOES have >20GB capacity, and compares nicely with the cheapest 40GB hd. My current position requires me to backup 20GB. I don't assume that I'm going to get ANYTHING other than what the media is rated for. Why should I get caught in the morning, with the drive beeping for a second tape? So going to AIC/DAT tapes is just logical (unless you want to get into multiple tape drives, what are those again, $500 each? Or 6 HD's?)
Tapes are easier to store as well. I also like how you didn't touch the fact that data recovery on a broken tape is worlds easier and less expensive than that of a hard drive.
I just find that odd. If a single days worth of data is THAT valuable that it can't be recreated, it's not just on the RAID and on tape, it's in another location. Then you don't HAVE to worry about data recovery...
I don't know about you, but if the guy doing data recovery on my hard drive isn't grounded in some way, I'm pretty annoyed.
... and clean room 'voodoo'.
We won't get into the security/liability issues of Bill and Sally wrecklessly handling your company data (I mean, if you KNOW Bill is a drunk, why'd you let him drive the truck for the glass company?):P
There's many reason to use tape over ide hard drives, not the least of which being _less points of failure_.
That's definately a positive, but Tapes are also:
Slower.
Less accessible (you need the drive, or a compatible drive)
Not always cost effective
Less compatible (Ever used arcserve to restore NT data to Win98? - doesn't work. Needs the same medium)
If a tape gets left in someones car and melts, so what, you lost 1 tape, a few bucks and ones days backup, maybe not a huge lost since you've got a weeks worth of tapes.
A few bucks my ass.
How much does a 40GB HD cost? $80.29 at CDW.
How much does a tape cost? 84.64 (50GB AIT -192845)
And who says you wouldn't have a week's worth of drives?
Sally drops the drive "Oops, I better not tell Bill or Ted"
Of course, Ted get the drive and its dead. Tape on the other hand, if Sally dropped it, would be fine, even if the case cracked, so what, open another tape, switch the reels, no biggie. Hard drive platters don't take switching quite as well, and data recovery, in a clean room, ain't cheap.
Umm yeah.. I have a slew of HD's that have been dropped with no issues. I suppose you wear grounding straps too, because that PC may not work in 20 years from a small discharge. (Note: I'm sarcastic, don't buy permits to build fences, and cut mattress tags) Again, why would you only have one HD backup, and multiple tapes? Just because the media is different, or maybe because you already know it's EASIER TO ACCESS?
This also is the reason that backing up to optical media makes sense a lot of times, most of my real serious backups have at least one copy on optical (meaning CD) media.
That's no different from mirroring your tapes, and unless your backing up less than 650MB, you could be spending a butt-load of cash on DVD's.
secure authentication [...] dependent upon the Windows EAP-TLS infrastructure
Just by the sound of it it doesn't look very secure to me.
You think that's not secure.. I setup a wireless network for my mom, who runs XP. When I did the test setup on Win98 machines, I had to specify the 128bit key on each client, just so I could get a connection. I don't want unknowns to access the network. When I went to the XP box, guess what option was present:
"My key is provided for me"
"It seems that Apple has just released the very first trailer to X-Men 2 on their website. From what I've seen this movie looks like it's going to rock! Too bad I have to wait for May of next year!"
Maybe by that time my afternoons will be free because GoKu will have finally beaten Freeza..
Aren't we going on three weeks now? It's like trying to watch the whole Superbowl, BETWEEN commercials.
heheh that reminds me of a Far Side cartoon with Einstein in it:
"Albert Einstein was a star basketball player before a devastating knee injury changed his focus towards science."
Thats why the year after I left, they lowered the standards for grade point average YET AGAIN to the 90-80-70-60 college scale.
Those points don't matter. I was informed at one point that studies showed that the people who got F's, still got F's, and so on.
I can also prove it. I moved between schools a lot, and graduated with a 1.9. I can't remember the names of half the classes I took (slept through most of them), and I kept about the same grades no matter what the scale was. You learn what you need to do to 'pass', especially when you think it's all a bunch of shit in the first place.
In fact, during one year, I skipped school about half the time, telling the counselor I was with my mom (who was looking for a job out of state). (I hated that school, gf dumped me, I got suspended for being 10s late to class too many times, bleh) Upon moving from that school, my English teacher informed me I had a 46%, but gave me a 'D' because 'she knew I knew it'.
What am I saying? I've always put more credit in test scores than the amount of homework handed in...
Maybe I'm just pissed because my rebellion backfired:P
Yeah, I can't remember half of the stupid rules, but here are two of my favorites:
I'm MOVING troops with my carrier, so when you attacked my carrier, you actually killed that trooper there.
OR
My SUBMARINE traveled from Northern Russia to Spain in one turn. WTF? There some kind of time warp through England?
A study was done where people would wear a piece of headgear that would not only measure the placement of one's eyes but also brain activity while driving. Turns out that people talking on cellphones spend less time looking at the road and the parts of the brain which are active while concentrating only on the road are less active while the operator is talking on the phone. Similarly, while intoxicated, and they used this exact comparison, the brain is less concerned with the road and more concerned with other thoughts.
This doesn't even take into account the reality that most people still hold their cell phones with their hands, rather than using the headset.
You realize you've also just said, people holding conversations while driving can't pay attention to the road, therefore having passengers is just as dangerous.
What's the point of pushing for something either a) MS won't adopt b/c they don't have to, or more likely b) will adopt but will change to suit their needs?
First of all, with licensing 6.0, we see that the customers are pushing back. They're not blindly accepting anymore. An XML format would help MS keep Office marketshare by being able to import and export that format.
Secondly, XML is said to be 'human readable'. It's plain text. I'd say like EDI, which does have some garbage in it, but you can read the files themselves. If Microsoft were to try and 'extend' the XML format, it would first be sensationalized (probably producing bad PR), and then, if the standards body approves it, adopted (Assuming OO, and not MS is playing catchup at that point).
I really don't understand what the big deal with XML is. The word processor people could just decide on one standard format, XML or no XML. The real inovation is that they would use the same format. XML is really more of way of thinking about things than a specific set of instructions, so I think it is a bit overrated.
You hit it on the head. XML is a way of thinking.
Would you rather go to your boss and say, "Let's take a look at replacing MS Office with Open Office. They've started using a standard file format, so multiple vendors applications can read and interact with those files without any issues. This standard is available for Microsoft to implement also."
OR
"Let's take a look at replacing MS Office with Open Office. They've started using an XML-compliant file format, so multiple vendors applications can read and interact with those files without any issues. This standard is available for Microsoft to implement also, who is not yet using XML."
The Boss's brain stops at 'XML', and says "I know that word, everybody is moving in that direction*".
*all the guys on the golf course are talking about it - so they must already be using it.
Two critical mutations appeared roughly 200,000 years ago in a gene linked to language, then swept through the population at roughly the same time anatomically modern humans began to dominate the planet, according to new research.
There are some basic things to know, that have NOTHING to do with your apparent youth-inspired "do the world some good" furvor:
1. Does SHE want a diamond?
2. Does she want an EXPENSIVE diamond?
First, if she wants an diamond, get her one.
Second, if she wants an EXPENSIVE diamond, get a new girlfriend, because she's just too materialistic.
I paid the same amount for the ring, (Don't be fooled, a REAL engagement ring, is just the half of the wedding ring that has the diamonds on it) as I paid for the honeymoon. Personally, I think that's a good mix.
That's the truth, BUT then it comes down to the person.
I work for a small company, where I am the only IT person. The owners KNOW they don't really know what needs to be done, and leaves it all in my (IMHO, capable:P) hands.
On the flip side, I also consult (because of my grueling 40hr work week) for an ex boss with an accounting background. He's one of those guys who will say, "I need Email, what does MS do for email."
Everytime he calls, I can tell by the tone of his voice if it's Microsoft Software, or Non-Microsoft software failing. The MS tone is bewilderment. While the non-MS tone is exasperation, as if the problem is normal. For example, I changed the IP address on the mail server (BSD), and 'partner' companies have some sort of 'non-updating' DNS- so it was my fault:( -a MONTH after the face...
That's one of those guys who WILL pay for endless software, because he BELIEVES it's less trouble. Even as he's re-installing Windows, telling me Microsoft produces the best of everything (I will give him Office, and Developer environments), he still doesn't 'get' it. He didn't 'get' it the next day when he was rebooting his Terminal Server, and his NT production server because SNA was being screwy (of course, he used SNA for 3270 emulation, because pure IP isn't 'Microsoft-enough').. It's like talking to my 8 year old..
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hehehe, that's funny, because I LOVE my 'new' '84 Virago -
Now I just need some saddle-bags, and I'm all set (stock 2.9gal - you can upgrade it to a 5gal)
Yeah.. Maybe it's just because I live in Milwaukee, but nobody buys a motorcycle and rides it 'as-is' anymore. You start with a style, or template, and make it 'your own'. Something like %50 of Harley's sales are in after-market parts. Pipes, handlebars, chrome, leather.. Gas mileage is secondary (unless you're cheap like me)
Plus.. Hell, this is Wisconsin. You know, the FROZEN TUNDRA. How can anyone consider a bike a good replacement for a car? He must be from CA, I just about froze my fingers off this morning..
Ever play UO? It's THRILLING to sit for hours and practice magic, or hiding.
I had a little metal ball that sat on my Macro Key - so I didn't have to sit for hours before I could go out in the woods and be PK'd.
He's always lifted weights, and got me into it too. As you can see on his site, he's done a damn good job of trimming down. If you have a question, I'm sure he'd be happy to answer it.
Fitness and nutrition work for EVERYBODY, it's just a lot of large people don't have the resolve to follow-through. I know I don't, so I'm still 50lbs more than I was in HS - but that's better than the 90lbs more I was last year.
But I can still jump cubes, so maybe Bishop will give me a job :P (Obscure movie ref)
I completely foiled my pursuer. (Who obviously was an idiot, but I digress.)
But who would do that (one week on a single HD) and consider it a backup? Of course, MORE MEDIA is more reliable than less media, which is why you mentioned having mirrored backups on Optical in your last post. *Unless that's not SUPPOSED to be a question ;)
I'm also amazed at the amount of time you spent on CDW, seeing as how you choose the cheapest IDE hard drive and the most expensive 50gb tape.By the way why did you choose 50gb when 40gb tapes are more common and cost so much less?
So let me correct your error by supplying you with the least expensive 40gig tape:
Verbatim 40GB 4MM Data Cartridge, single: $18.21
Err. There's no such thing as a 40GB 4mm tape. That's COMPRESSED. 4mm only goes to 20GB, which is why I COMPLETELY ignored that section, and picked the cheapest AIC tape, (Since you can just select 'lowest price first') which DOES have >20GB capacity, and compares nicely with the cheapest 40GB hd. My current position requires me to backup 20GB. I don't assume that I'm going to get ANYTHING other than what the media is rated for. Why should I get caught in the morning, with the drive beeping for a second tape? So going to AIC/DAT tapes is just logical (unless you want to get into multiple tape drives, what are those again, $500 each? Or 6 HD's?)
Tapes are easier to store as well. I also like how you didn't touch the fact that data recovery on a broken tape is worlds easier and less expensive than that of a hard drive.
I just find that odd. If a single days worth of data is THAT valuable that it can't be recreated, it's not just on the RAID and on tape, it's in another location. Then you don't HAVE to worry about data recovery...
I don't know about you, but if the guy doing data recovery on my hard drive isn't grounded in some way, I'm pretty annoyed.
We won't get into the security/liability issues of Bill and Sally wrecklessly handling your company data (I mean, if you KNOW Bill is a drunk, why'd you let him drive the truck for the glass company?)
In Ohio, they're keeping a DNA database [enquirer.com] of CLEARED suspects!
Do you really think those fingerprints taken from you as a kid suddenly vanish when you become an adult?
You've already been filed.
That's definately a positive, but Tapes are also:
If a tape gets left in someones car and melts, so what, you lost 1 tape, a few bucks and ones days backup, maybe not a huge lost since you've got a weeks worth of tapes.
A few bucks my ass.
How much does a 40GB HD cost? $80.29 at CDW.
How much does a tape cost? 84.64 (50GB AIT -192845)
And who says you wouldn't have a week's worth of drives?
Sally drops the drive "Oops, I better not tell Bill or Ted" Of course, Ted get the drive and its dead. Tape on the other hand, if Sally dropped it, would be fine, even if the case cracked, so what, open another tape, switch the reels, no biggie. Hard drive platters don't take switching quite as well, and data recovery, in a clean room, ain't cheap.
Umm yeah.. I have a slew of HD's that have been dropped with no issues. I suppose you wear grounding straps too, because that PC may not work in 20 years from a small discharge. (Note: I'm sarcastic, don't buy permits to build fences, and cut mattress tags) Again, why would you only have one HD backup, and multiple tapes? Just because the media is different, or maybe because you already know it's EASIER TO ACCESS?
This also is the reason that backing up to optical media makes sense a lot of times, most of my real serious backups have at least one copy on optical (meaning CD) media.
That's no different from mirroring your tapes, and unless your backing up less than 650MB, you could be spending a butt-load of cash on DVD's.
I'd hate to submit your budget.
Just by the sound of it it doesn't look very secure to me.
You think that's not secure.. I setup a wireless network for my mom, who runs XP. When I did the test setup on Win98 machines, I had to specify the 128bit key on each client, just so I could get a connection. I don't want unknowns to access the network. When I went to the XP box, guess what option was present:
"My key is provided for me"
WTF?
Fortunately it didn't work.
Maybe by that time my afternoons will be free because GoKu will have finally beaten Freeza..
Aren't we going on three weeks now? It's like trying to watch the whole Superbowl, BETWEEN commercials.
hehe, but he also said:
"you want this and can't have it, loser"
He makes Cybil look stable. :P
heheh that reminds me of a Far Side cartoon with Einstein in it:
"Albert Einstein was a star basketball player before a devastating knee injury changed his focus towards science."
Step 2: ????
Step 3: Profit
Those points don't matter. I was informed at one point that studies showed that the people who got F's, still got F's, and so on.
I can also prove it. I moved between schools a lot, and graduated with a 1.9. I can't remember the names of half the classes I took (slept through most of them), and I kept about the same grades no matter what the scale was. You learn what you need to do to 'pass', especially when you think it's all a bunch of shit in the first place.
In fact, during one year, I skipped school about half the time, telling the counselor I was with my mom (who was looking for a job out of state). (I hated that school, gf dumped me, I got suspended for being 10s late to class too many times, bleh) Upon moving from that school, my English teacher informed me I had a 46%, but gave me a 'D' because 'she knew I knew it'.
What am I saying? I've always put more credit in test scores than the amount of homework handed in...
Maybe I'm just pissed because my rebellion backfired :P
Hey look, my sig is relevent!
Bernstein is standing behind his code, but he can only do that if it is in fact his code, his distribution.
True but irrelevant
Not unlike this thread. :P
Yeah, I can't remember half of the stupid rules, but here are two of my favorites:
I'm MOVING troops with my carrier, so when you attacked my carrier, you actually killed that trooper there.
OR
My SUBMARINE traveled from Northern Russia to Spain in one turn. WTF? There some kind of time warp through England?
Rant off...
This doesn't even take into account the reality that most people still hold their cell phones with their hands, rather than using the headset.
You realize you've also just said, people holding conversations while driving can't pay attention to the road, therefore having passengers is just as dangerous.
First of all, with licensing 6.0, we see that the customers are pushing back. They're not blindly accepting anymore. An XML format would help MS keep Office marketshare by being able to import and export that format.
Secondly, XML is said to be 'human readable'. It's plain text. I'd say like EDI, which does have some garbage in it, but you can read the files themselves. If Microsoft were to try and 'extend' the XML format, it would first be sensationalized (probably producing bad PR), and then, if the standards body approves it, adopted (Assuming OO, and not MS is playing catchup at that point).
Not an issue.
You hit it on the head. XML is a way of thinking.
Would you rather go to your boss and say, "Let's take a look at replacing MS Office with Open Office. They've started using a standard file format, so multiple vendors applications can read and interact with those files without any issues. This standard is available for Microsoft to implement also."
OR
"Let's take a look at replacing MS Office with Open Office. They've started using an XML-compliant file format, so multiple vendors applications can read and interact with those files without any issues. This standard is available for Microsoft to implement also, who is not yet using XML."
The Boss's brain stops at 'XML', and says "I know that word, everybody is moving in that direction*".
*all the guys on the golf course are talking about it - so they must already be using it.
-Havok reels him in...-
Why? Was their faith in question? :P
I thought that was called evolution.
1. Does SHE want a diamond?
2. Does she want an EXPENSIVE diamond?
First, if she wants an diamond, get her one.
Second, if she wants an EXPENSIVE diamond, get a new girlfriend, because she's just too materialistic.
I paid the same amount for the ring, (Don't be fooled, a REAL engagement ring, is just the half of the wedding ring that has the diamonds on it) as I paid for the honeymoon. Personally, I think that's a good mix.
I work for a small company, where I am the only IT person. The owners KNOW they don't really know what needs to be done, and leaves it all in my (IMHO, capable :P) hands.
On the flip side, I also consult (because of my grueling 40hr work week) for an ex boss with an accounting background. He's one of those guys who will say, "I need Email, what does MS do for email." :( -a MONTH after the face...
Everytime he calls, I can tell by the tone of his voice if it's Microsoft Software, or Non-Microsoft software failing. The MS tone is bewilderment. While the non-MS tone is exasperation, as if the problem is normal. For example, I changed the IP address on the mail server (BSD), and 'partner' companies have some sort of 'non-updating' DNS- so it was my fault
That's one of those guys who WILL pay for endless software, because he BELIEVES it's less trouble. Even as he's re-installing Windows, telling me Microsoft produces the best of everything (I will give him Office, and Developer environments), he still doesn't 'get' it. He didn't 'get' it the next day when he was rebooting his Terminal Server, and his NT production server because SNA was being screwy (of course, he used SNA for 3270 emulation, because pure IP isn't 'Microsoft-enough').. It's like talking to my 8 year old..
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I actually saw a moron on Bill O'Reilly a couple weeks ago who's trying to sue fast food chains because he didn't know that fast food was bad for him.
He wants more laws to protect the stupid.
So while we're having a 'Barrel of Fun', you're having a keg-o-fun -eh? :P