RTFA. First off, you wouldn't, you would buy a 2.5" SSD. However, Intel provided the testers with an interposer card than includes a standard SATA connection.
RTFA. Did you miss the part where Intel said these are primarily intended for dual drive devices with both this SSD and a HD? The SSD for OS/Apps/VM and the HD for mass storage.
I'll keep that in mind. Last Dell server I installed was Mar 2010, don't recall which RAID card. Went with 4 Dell drives, so no data to confirm or deny.
...a few years back, I came to realize just how crazy password management has become. The rule comes down to this:
The password must be impossible to remember and never written down.
...don't get online. Don't post more info about yourself than you want to have distributed. Don't assume your username or password gives you any anonymity. If you're concerned about tracking, use a password manager and use a unique username/password for every site. If you're not that concerned, use 3-5 different user names with different passwords, they may be able to link some of your info, but not all of it.
XP's Wi-Fi support was mediocre at best, and since W2k had none, vendors had already developed their own. I wasn't until Vista/Win7 that Windows included good Wi-Fi support such that a simple driver was really sufficient.
Dell says that, but I've never had an significant issue using non-Dell drives on their RAID controllers. Getting the drive trays can be challenging. I've also found that it's often cheaper to order the machine minimally configured on drives, and buy extra drives (with trays) from Dell parts and service. That's not always true, but it's worth checking into when ordering a machine.
FCC regulations only get involved if the card supports 5GHz (a/n) operation. Until relatively recently, 5GHz Wi-Fi devices had to be certified with their antenna and could not have a detachable antenna. That's no longer true, but it was a concern in the past. As long as the card passes it's FCC testing, and the built-in antenna passed with some card, it should now be allowable to replace any compatible card that passed FCC testing. IANAL, that's just my understanding of the current regulations.
Agreed. However, I had to reload an HP/Cpq laptop and ordered an install DVD from HP. The price was cheap ( US$17 including shipping), and it allowed you to select what to install. If they still do that same type of installer, I would highly recommend ordering one anytime you buy a machine from HP, then install from scratch rather than spend hours removing bloatware. All the selection of what to install is done up front, you you start it and forget it for an hour or so while it installs.
RTFA, those are two different categories of collections. $40k is from 1400 demand letters, not from the 42 of 157 reports that they pursued. According to TFA, they collected $200k from one client alone, and they don't say how much they collected in total.
"In 2010, SIIA sent approximately 1400 demand letters, collected close $40,000 in restitution."
That's under $30/letter on average.
From the SIIA website:
"Those who report piracy taking place within an organization to SIIA may be eligible for a reward of up to $1 million."
From TFA:
"In 2010, the Software and Information Industry Association received 157 reports of alleged corporate end user software piracy. Of the 157 reports, 42 (or 27%) were judged sufficiently reliable to pursue. Of these 16 qualified for rewards totaling $57,500."
$57k for 16 cases is a far cry from "Up to $1M". Could it be that they're being deceptive/misleading?
It's official, my previous Nokia (running Symbian S60r3) that I lost about 6 months ago will be my last Nokia phone. Mind you, my hand held cell phones have ALL been Nokia's from the late '90 until I picked up a used iPhone to replace my lost Nokia.
What part of my argument is illogicial or extreme? Let's not degenerate this thread into baseless acusations.. please elaborate what you mean.
How about this part?
... does that mean that we should be patching hardware and software written in '68? or '65? ...If you want to drive a Model T,...
You exaggerated my 3-5 year comment on computer support to over 45 years and my 45 yr extreme example with cars to nearly 100 years. Exaggerating what someone said to the point of absurdity is called a Straw Man, it's one of the logical fallacies. Logical fallacies are by definition illogical.
I made no assertions about using computers from the '60s, or the '20s, or even the 1990s. I didn't mention DOS and I didn't even mention Windows 2000 which XP replaced 10 years ago. However, MS was still selling XP less than 2 years ago for Netbooks. XP is stiil a significant portion of the installed base. They still represent over 50% of users browsing the Internet. Ignoring XP isn't just ignoring mom&pop, it's ignoring the majority of the user base.
You can still get parts and service for those 20-45yr old cars. Mostly, you can still get parts and service for 3-10 yr old computers, but it's getting hard to get security fixes for applications that will run on them. Applications, while not physical parts, are vital "parts" of a computer. Cars don't get less secure or more vulnerable to attack, computers do, so the analogy of not being able to get replacement parts for an older car is about the closest analogy you can get to being unable to get applications and security fixes for a computer. Once a networked computer can't get secure applications or security patches for the OS, it's life on the net gets very short.
Time to replace that '92 Mustang you're driving too. Or was it a '68 Camaro, or a '65 Corvette, etc.
You completely missed the point. You have to support what out there in common use, not just the latest and greatest version. When they reformulate gasoline, it doesn't mean you have to replace your old car. When then changed to OPD valves on propane tanks, you didn't have to replace you grills and heaters. It's only in electronics that we allow companies/industries to make 3-5 yr old devices obsolete by discontinuing support and maintenance of compatible hardware and accessories. In today's networked world, if you can't get security updates for an OS or networked app (e.g browser), that machine quickly becomes unsafe to use, changing it from "obsolescent" to "obsolete". XP isn't in that category yet, but MS is trying to put it there, and Vista is right there with it (check MS support lifecycle). And this isn't MS bashing, Apple is even worse about this than MS. Consumer electronics companies are even worse. This is about industrywide practices that promote waste and screw customers for whom older products work just fine.
That's why I immediately destroy anything that might be incriminating.:)
Here's you legal thought experiment for the day: if it's SOP to regularly destroy anything that might be incriminating along with other confidential, secret, or private information, then is it destruction of evidence?
I understand that MS wants users to move off of XP, but given that means new hardware for most of the people still using XP, and the economy being where it is, and businesses still having internal stuff tied to XP & IE6, do they really think that IE9 abandoning XP will actually give people an incentive to upgrade? I hope they're not foolish enough to believe that. Anyone on XP who wants a faster browser will just use Chrome, Firefox, or Opera (sorry Apple, Safari on Windows is not competitive in speed unless you're only comparing to FF3.x and IE6-8, and it doesn't have anything to recommend it over the faster browsers).
Actually, what you said is "I've only had one NIC which would do it". That's a small and statistically insignificant sample size, which is the reason I responded do your "I've never seen any" comment. The fact that you haven't seen any from your one NIC doesn't mean they're rare, and as I pointed out, there are other uses of 5.8GHz that you wouldn't see even with a compatible NIC.
Now, lighten up and get a sense of humor. And it might not be a bad idea to take some lessons on statistics.
The products aren't finished, the OS isn't ready, and announcing now does absolutely nothing to slow down the iPad. The Moto Xoom is overpriced, which will self limit it's sales. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is notably smaller, different market segment. And no one else is actually shipping a competitor. A pointless pre-announcement with no pricing, insufficient product info, and no product for an unspecified number or months. Way to kill off sales of current WebOS phones and have essentially no impact on the competition.
Is HP trying to kill WebOS before it has a chance to succeed, or are they just clueless?
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RTFA. First off, you wouldn't, you would buy a 2.5" SSD. However, Intel provided the testers with an interposer card than includes a standard SATA connection.
Actually, these SSDs are much smaller than a credit card, and not much thicker.
RTFA. Did you miss the part where Intel said these are primarily intended for dual drive devices with both this SSD and a HD? The SSD for OS/Apps/VM and the HD for mass storage.
I'll keep that in mind. Last Dell server I installed was Mar 2010, don't recall which RAID card. Went with 4 Dell drives, so no data to confirm or deny.
...a few years back, I came to realize just how crazy password management has become. The rule comes down to this:
The password must be impossible to remember and never written down.
Duh! +1 (Sorry, I'm out of mod points)
...don't get online. Don't post more info about yourself than you want to have distributed. Don't assume your username or password gives you any anonymity. If you're concerned about tracking, use a password manager and use a unique username/password for every site. If you're not that concerned, use 3-5 different user names with different passwords, they may be able to link some of your info, but not all of it.
XP's Wi-Fi support was mediocre at best, and since W2k had none, vendors had already developed their own. I wasn't until Vista/Win7 that Windows included good Wi-Fi support such that a simple driver was really sufficient.
Dell says that, but I've never had an significant issue using non-Dell drives on their RAID controllers. Getting the drive trays can be challenging. I've also found that it's often cheaper to order the machine minimally configured on drives, and buy extra drives (with trays) from Dell parts and service. That's not always true, but it's worth checking into when ordering a machine.
FCC regulations only get involved if the card supports 5GHz (a/n) operation. Until relatively recently, 5GHz Wi-Fi devices had to be certified with their antenna and could not have a detachable antenna. That's no longer true, but it was a concern in the past. As long as the card passes it's FCC testing, and the built-in antenna passed with some card, it should now be allowable to replace any compatible card that passed FCC testing. IANAL, that's just my understanding of the current regulations.
Agreed. However, I had to reload an HP/Cpq laptop and ordered an install DVD from HP. The price was cheap ( US$17 including shipping), and it allowed you to select what to install. If they still do that same type of installer, I would highly recommend ordering one anytime you buy a machine from HP, then install from scratch rather than spend hours removing bloatware. All the selection of what to install is done up front, you you start it and forget it for an hour or so while it installs.
RTFA, those are two different categories of collections. $40k is from 1400 demand letters, not from the 42 of 157 reports that they pursued. According to TFA, they collected $200k from one client alone, and they don't say how much they collected in total.
Rarely.
come off it... Apple only exist now because Microsoft pumped money into them to keep them alive so that:
MS only invested $150M, and Apple did not need that cash. MS tripled their investment
"In 2010, SIIA sent approximately 1400 demand letters, collected close $40,000 in restitution."
That's under $30/letter on average. From the SIIA website:
"Those who report piracy taking place within an organization to SIIA may be eligible for a reward of up to $1 million."
From TFA:
"In 2010, the Software and Information Industry Association received 157 reports of alleged corporate end user software piracy. Of the 157 reports, 42 (or 27%) were judged sufficiently reliable to pursue. Of these 16 qualified for rewards totaling $57,500."
$57k for 16 cases is a far cry from "Up to $1M". Could it be that they're being deceptive/misleading?
Depends upon how much of a jerk you want him to be. A rich, jerk maybe, but...
...the day Nokia committed suicide, abandoning their own top selling smartphone OS for one of the worst selling smartphone OS on the market.
It's official, my previous Nokia (running Symbian S60r3) that I lost about 6 months ago will be my last Nokia phone. Mind you, my hand held cell phones have ALL been Nokia's from the late '90 until I picked up a used iPhone to replace my lost Nokia.
What part of my argument is illogicial or extreme? Let's not degenerate this thread into baseless acusations.. please elaborate what you mean.
How about this part?
... does that mean that we should be patching hardware and software written in '68? or '65?
...If you want to drive a Model T,...
You exaggerated my 3-5 year comment on computer support to over 45 years and my 45 yr extreme example with cars to nearly 100 years. Exaggerating what someone said to the point of absurdity is called a Straw Man, it's one of the logical fallacies. Logical fallacies are by definition illogical.
I made no assertions about using computers from the '60s, or the '20s, or even the 1990s. I didn't mention DOS and I didn't even mention Windows 2000 which XP replaced 10 years ago. However, MS was still selling XP less than 2 years ago for Netbooks. XP is stiil a significant portion of the installed base. They still represent over 50% of users browsing the Internet. Ignoring XP isn't just ignoring mom&pop, it's ignoring the majority of the user base.
You can still get parts and service for those 20-45yr old cars. Mostly, you can still get parts and service for 3-10 yr old computers, but it's getting hard to get security fixes for applications that will run on them. Applications, while not physical parts, are vital "parts" of a computer. Cars don't get less secure or more vulnerable to attack, computers do, so the analogy of not being able to get replacement parts for an older car is about the closest analogy you can get to being unable to get applications and security fixes for a computer. Once a networked computer can't get secure applications or security patches for the OS, it's life on the net gets very short.
Do you always jump to illogical extreme conclusions, or do you only do it when posting on /.?
Time to replace that '92 Mustang you're driving too. Or was it a '68 Camaro, or a '65 Corvette, etc.
You completely missed the point. You have to support what out there in common use, not just the latest and greatest version. When they reformulate gasoline, it doesn't mean you have to replace your old car. When then changed to OPD valves on propane tanks, you didn't have to replace you grills and heaters. It's only in electronics that we allow companies/industries to make 3-5 yr old devices obsolete by discontinuing support and maintenance of compatible hardware and accessories. In today's networked world, if you can't get security updates for an OS or networked app (e.g browser), that machine quickly becomes unsafe to use, changing it from "obsolescent" to "obsolete". XP isn't in that category yet, but MS is trying to put it there, and Vista is right there with it (check MS support lifecycle). And this isn't MS bashing, Apple is even worse about this than MS. Consumer electronics companies are even worse. This is about industrywide practices that promote waste and screw customers for whom older products work just fine.
That's why I immediately destroy anything that might be incriminating. :)
Here's you legal thought experiment for the day: if it's SOP to regularly destroy anything that might be incriminating along with other confidential, secret, or private information, then is it destruction of evidence?
I understand that MS wants users to move off of XP, but given that means new hardware for most of the people still using XP, and the economy being where it is, and businesses still having internal stuff tied to XP & IE6, do they really think that IE9 abandoning XP will actually give people an incentive to upgrade? I hope they're not foolish enough to believe that. Anyone on XP who wants a faster browser will just use Chrome, Firefox, or Opera (sorry Apple, Safari on Windows is not competitive in speed unless you're only comparing to FF3.x and IE6-8, and it doesn't have anything to recommend it over the faster browsers).
Actually, what you said is "I've only had one NIC which would do it". That's a small and statistically insignificant sample size, which is the reason I responded do your "I've never seen any" comment. The fact that you haven't seen any from your one NIC doesn't mean they're rare, and as I pointed out, there are other uses of 5.8GHz that you wouldn't see even with a compatible NIC.
Now, lighten up and get a sense of humor. And it might not be a bad idea to take some lessons on statistics.
The products aren't finished, the OS isn't ready, and announcing now does absolutely nothing to slow down the iPad. The Moto Xoom is overpriced, which will self limit it's sales. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is notably smaller, different market segment. And no one else is actually shipping a competitor. A pointless pre-announcement with no pricing, insufficient product info, and no product for an unspecified number or months. Way to kill off sales of current WebOS phones and have essentially no impact on the competition.
Is HP trying to kill WebOS before it has a chance to succeed, or are they just clueless?