As others have noted, if you can't afford AT LEAST another drive, serious problem right off the bat. One wonders what the data is worth given this.
I'll move on, assume the data is worth AT LEAST another drive or two (we're talking a couple hundred bucks at most, come on):
1. drbd: raid to a low cost, remote machine with similar sized drive. Dead drive is now recoverable.
2. amanda or similar backup to drive on remote machine. No, not tape, just virtual on disk. Now have a backup history as well in case one needs that file that one deleted 6 months ago.
Yes, cost is a couple hundred and some older machines, but really, what is your data worth in the first place?
My 9th grade social studies teacher showed us the movie "Shane" in class. No, I don't know why. Anyone complain? No. Well, I was taken aback that I saw some guy get shot in the face in school, but whatever.
My local school showed my kid Trojans around the same grade. Did I complain? No. Thought it was dumb (what does English have to do with movies? Heh.), but not a stoning offense.
Some people are just ready to bitch and squeak to get their way, no matter what.
Gamefly is not the cat's meow, but I'd rather pay them and cycle through games than pay $60 for something I play for a couple of hours before deciding I hate it.
Of course, this just means the next step publishers will do is rent the game only. Too bad, that will be the end of my console days.
"1) Change all your information to complete and utter BS."
+2. I wish companies would give up asking me about my first girlfriend, where I was born and crap like that.
First, if they store these answers, well guess what, when next database gets cracked means bad guys have this info. Of course anyone who knows me or can use google can probably figure this out anyway.
Would be better if each company just asked secret answer 1,2 and 3 instead of personal information I can't change when it gets loose in the world. And gee, I don't know, store each answer in a separate secure database. A guy can dream, no?
Though I don't usually reply to ACs, in this case have to state:
There is NOTHING that guarantee's the software you install as "Google Chrome" has anything to do with the mentioned open source code. Google can wrap anything they want into Chrome (including recording any information they feel like and funneling back to their servers) and you have no way of checking up on it.
For those who might rightly say, sure, but one can check all the network traffic from Chrome. Really? Check and decipher ALL traffic back to Google servers? Good luck with that!
I am still using Google search, but they long ago lost their Tron status (Google does NOT fight for the Users).
We all need to make sure when we say "healthcare", we generally mean healthcare INSURANCE, not actual healthcare.
In my opinion, the big problem with healthcare is healthcare insurance. People tend to go for any procedures that are "covered" by insurance without regard for the actual cost. This puts the insurance companies in the customer role instead of the actual recipient. One can follow the downward spiral for non-insured recipients from there.
I've run linux on the desktop, both work AND home for the last 12 years.
Games: the only game that matters, Wolfenstein Enemy Territory, runs just fine.
I keep a Windows VM around for the annoying things: - iTunes for the stupid iPod (not mine) - Various Windows-only flash/management programs for other embedded devices - A reminder of why I run Linux
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As others have noted, if you can't afford AT LEAST another drive, serious problem right off the bat. One wonders what the data is worth given this.
I'll move on, assume the data is worth AT LEAST another drive or two (we're talking a couple hundred bucks at most, come on):
1. drbd: raid to a low cost, remote machine with similar sized drive. Dead drive is now recoverable.
2. amanda or similar backup to drive on remote machine. No, not tape, just virtual on disk. Now have a backup history as well in case one needs that file that one deleted 6 months ago.
Yes, cost is a couple hundred and some older machines, but really, what is your data worth in the first place?
Thanks for this!
Make sure to NOT see this movie, check!
Skip any movie associated with Michael Bay, check!
Keep my money away from Hollywood idiots, check!
My 9th grade social studies teacher showed us the movie "Shane" in class. No, I don't know why. Anyone complain? No. Well, I was taken aback that I saw some guy get shot in the face in school, but whatever.
My local school showed my kid Trojans around the same grade. Did I complain? No. Thought it was dumb (what does English have to do with movies? Heh.), but not a stoning offense.
Some people are just ready to bitch and squeak to get their way, no matter what.
Gamefly is not the cat's meow, but I'd rather pay them and cycle through games than pay $60 for something I play for a couple of hours before deciding I hate it.
Of course, this just means the next step publishers will do is rent the game only. Too bad, that will be the end of my console days.
One of my favs, surprised no mention here.
The Black Company by Glen Cook starts the series.
Fantasy or science fiction? No, it's military fiction. And awesome. Cook is on my annual re-read list.
Get with Croaker, Oneeye, Silent and the gang.
+1
Don't need to run my nitro buggy into a fence (or worse) because the phone twitched.
So, they watch Big Bang in Germany?
Or are the Big Bang writers secret followers of Hackerdom?
Bazinga!
My input for BIND 10:
Keep it. ISC, you suck.
Funny.
I'm sure Robert Noyce would find that funny as well. He and I graduated from the same high school. Yes, in Iowa.
"1) Change all your information to complete and utter BS."
+2. I wish companies would give up asking me about my first girlfriend, where I was born and crap like that.
First, if they store these answers, well guess what, when next database gets cracked means bad guys have this info. Of course anyone who knows me or can use google can probably figure this out anyway.
Would be better if each company just asked secret answer 1,2 and 3 instead of personal information I can't change when it gets loose in the world. And gee, I don't know, store each answer in a separate secure database. A guy can dream, no?
Doh. Guilty.
I can claim nothing other than being touchy because Google is making me overly grumpy these days. :)
Though I don't usually reply to ACs, in this case have to state:
There is NOTHING that guarantee's the software you install as "Google Chrome" has anything to do with the mentioned open source code. Google can wrap anything they want into Chrome (including recording any information they feel like and funneling back to their servers) and you have no way of checking up on it.
For those who might rightly say, sure, but one can check all the network traffic from Chrome. Really? Check and decipher ALL traffic back to Google servers? Good luck with that!
I am still using Google search, but they long ago lost their Tron status (Google does NOT fight for the Users).
Given that I average 3-4 pieces of crap mail EVERY DAY, I simply don't understand how they can be losing this much money.
The demand is there, the need is there. Someone needs to kick their spending in the shorts.
Out of work linux guru. Unfortunately, privacy has meaning to me, what to do?
PASS.
I'm sorry for all your troubles.
Hate to add on top, but opensuse is junk in my opinion.
Wait, some of y'all been getting overtime pay?
I'VE BEEN ROBBED!
syslog is one of those things that needs to work when things break, so one can figure out what to fix.
Making it more complicated with more things to go wrong goes against this purpose.
Example:
Hmm, database server is acting weird, wonder what's wrong? I'll check syslog. Hmm, syslog is toast. Ah.....
Pfffpt. It's either bitch because things change or bitch because things DON'T change fast enough.
There will always be someone who is unhappy, change or not.
Linux will continue to succeed BECAUSE there are choices.
Given a smaller team where one is the only IT resource, telecommuting makes no difference; coworkers never understood what one did in the first place.
The real issue with telecommuting: one is always at work. Employers like to leverage this unfortunately.
r u serious?
wat a da
lol
For lack of mod points, second this!
Not only 8 hours a day, but sleepless nights as well.
Thanks for mentioning Infoworld in the summary. Otherwise, I might have actually visited the link.
We all need to make sure when we say "healthcare", we generally mean healthcare INSURANCE, not actual healthcare.
In my opinion, the big problem with healthcare is healthcare insurance. People tend to go for any procedures that are "covered" by insurance without regard for the actual cost. This puts the insurance companies in the customer role instead of the actual recipient. One can follow the downward spiral for non-insured recipients from there.
This is NOT about "power users".
This is about users having the power to work the way they prefer.
Ubuntu/Canonical/Gnome has consistently shown they think they know how we should choose to work and they are WRONG.
Taking away choice is not what users want. Calling anyone who actually KNOWS what they want a "power user" is just insulting.
I've run linux on the desktop, both work AND home for the last 12 years.
Games: the only game that matters, Wolfenstein Enemy Territory, runs just fine.
I keep a Windows VM around for the annoying things:
- iTunes for the stupid iPod (not mine)
- Various Windows-only flash/management programs for other embedded devices
- A reminder of why I run Linux