Okay, all he's saying is that the OS can override DEFAULT power management settings, not issue the commands to park... which is exactly what you said, albeit rather childishly paraphrased. Otherwise, how is it a DEFAULT value, rather than The Only Frickin Choice?
The ignoring bit, you seem to have misunderstood. By ignoring the manufacturer's default power saving options and overwriting them with the OS's more relaxed values, the hard drive is NOT parking itself every 5 minutes. The QA testers may not even notice the obsessive parking because windows is overwriting the default values that they themselves are trying to test.
There are APM settings you can configure in windows, too. You know in Power Options Properties? Where it says: Turn off disks after...
Does THAT make sense to you?
Oh, and what kebes posted... was a comment. Nothing less, nothing more. He was not stating this as fact by any means. In fact, he even said "The comments in the bug report speculate that Windows either completely ignores..." He's COMMENTING on a SPECULATION... and you interpret this as him stating fact?
Allow me to quote Google:
Definitions of comment on the Web:
- remark: a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"
So "God I hate incompetent comments." is probably one of the most incompetent, and thusly ironic, comments I've heard in years. well... besides anything that's come out of GWB's gob.
Now for the disclaimer. I didn't RTFA, and I don't have any degrees or anything besides some standard CompTIA and MS certs that any monkey can get with the proper study guides and a few hundred bucks. However, I DO understand a tiny bit about how some of the world operates, and this makes sense to me. So please, make this world a better place and don't crap on someone because they offer an opinion, thought, or even a Comment!
Okay, we all hate the guy, or at least what the guy stood for: money. But really, all he was doing was trying to keep himself employed. His tactics sucked ass, and his technique was a little bit... sub-par, but what I've seen of this story so far, the reader-base response has been pretty ugly.
The guy is dead. No need to be disrespectful of a dead guy. Don't send flowers, that's fine. But no need to piss yourself over it.
just my opinion, feel free to disagree.. it's your right. Someone out there probably liked the guy..
I have a HP inkjet that has been sitting on a shelf, probably dried and clogged and broken long ago, as it hasn't been used in at least 2 years.. and a nice fancy HP Color Laserjet 2600n that I picked up on sale for about $250cdn. The quality is amazing, and it's fast and relatively quiet... but to replace the toners (the ones in the box with it are about 1/3 capacity) would cost around $300. I've been using it for about a year off and on without having to replace them yet..
I also have a little samsung 2010 mono laser for the non-colored stuff. again, fast, quiet. I don't plan on using another inkjet unless absolutely nessesary. In fact... I'm unloading the inkjet on a poor sucker--I mean friend of mine.... as soon as I can find someone who'll take the bloody thing....... any takers?
You sound like one of them damn hippies... Are you a damn hippy?
sketchbook in a satchel?... Feh! what the hell is a satchel?
(I'm only kidding.....
I know what a satchel is)
why noone's used convection (hot air rises)... Didn't the Mac G5 do this?
I seem to recall that they have the case configured so that there are no fans, and the rising hot air pulls in cooler air in the bottom. as long as the vents at the top aren't covered, it should be fine.. right?
Of course, I'm not a mac user, and my behemoth beside me sounds like a small aircraft.
With 5 HDDs and 2 optical drives to power, I needed something with a little kick, and I must say that the quietest piece of equipment in there is the 550W PSU. I think it's EnerMax.....
just my $0.02
Uh.. Vista IS an existing product.. it's already been released to businesses, and at school yesterday there was someone writing an exam for administrering it. I'd say that qualifies as an existing product.
Do harddrive manufacturers promise support of operating systems, or just hardware platforms?
Do they even promise support of platforms? I thought pretty much everything is Sata now. what connectors do macs use? Can a harddrive function under one OS but not another (with proper formatting)?
Actually my XP SP2 install is 2.5GB... which is actually surprising to me. hmm. I never realised it was so big...
XP requires 1.5-2GB free space to install. vista, is around 13 as i understand, which is ridiculous, considering they removed all legacy support from it, what is filling up that extra space now?
that's a windows security alert.. either an antivirus warning (there is no antivirus protection enabled) or a firewall alert (firewall is not active)
nothing to do with a harddrive.
Oh come on, don't spoil it for the other kids...
I've been referred to the script, I've seen that movie a few times and should've picked up on it. I need to watch more old movies.
had one of these. back in 1996 my mom bought a Compaq Presario that came loaded with a windows shell called Tabworks. it was laid out like a day planner with different pages for the different (windows 3.1) windows. it also came loaded with a speakerphone. a graphical representation of a phone.. that you use the mouse to dial, and everything. I'm just amazed that Intel finally came up with something like that, I was getting worried that I may have been insane, imagining future technology.
I, for one, welcome out graphical-represented telephony-patenting overlords.
but does it run on linux?
Anyone here seen the music video for A Perfect Circle's song 'Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums' ?
kinda says a lot about where Maynard sees Bush..
I installed realplayer once, probably back in 93 or 94.. I didn't think anything of it until one day, when I dialed my local ISP, and before ICQ could even connect, Zonealarm popped up an incoming request from Realnetworks. INCOMING! I didn't have the player or the retarded agent running, as far as I could tell, nothing should have alerted them to my net presence. Immediately, I uninstalled (and soon formatted) and fired off an angry email.
I've since used RealAlternative, and with media player classic, it's Way more functional than anything Real offers.
Sorry to break the news to you, but he IS bad.
Giving away national secrets? Oh, you mean that distraction he set up....
If you want extreme bias, watch Fox News.
oh, and my sources are.. soon to be shot.
720p is (IMO) far better than 1080i, quality-wise, though admittedly, I usually don't notice much difference.
Once HD goes 1080p I'm sure it'll be dazzling, but at the same time, who's going to want to shell out another $20,000 for another new TV when they just dropped 8,000 on their current HD model?
This is all just a downward spiral. I think I'll stick with my 43" Sony. Even though it's Sony, they make a nice tube, and the best picture you can get is still a tube. (the component video inputs are pretty handy, also)
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Okay, all he's saying is that the OS can override DEFAULT power management settings, not issue the commands to park... which is exactly what you said, albeit rather childishly paraphrased. Otherwise, how is it a DEFAULT value, rather than The Only Frickin Choice?
The ignoring bit, you seem to have misunderstood. By ignoring the manufacturer's default power saving options and overwriting them with the OS's more relaxed values, the hard drive is NOT parking itself every 5 minutes. The QA testers may not even notice the obsessive parking because windows is overwriting the default values that they themselves are trying to test.
There are APM settings you can configure in windows, too. You know in Power Options Properties? Where it says: Turn off disks after...
Does THAT make sense to you?
Oh, and what kebes posted... was a comment. Nothing less, nothing more. He was not stating this as fact by any means. In fact, he even said "The comments in the bug report speculate that Windows either completely ignores ..." He's COMMENTING on a SPECULATION... and you interpret this as him stating fact?
Allow me to quote Google:
Definitions of comment on the Web:
- remark: a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"
So "God I hate incompetent comments." is probably one of the most incompetent, and thusly ironic, comments I've heard in years. well... besides anything that's come out of GWB's gob.
Now for the disclaimer. I didn't RTFA, and I don't have any degrees or anything besides some standard CompTIA and MS certs that any monkey can get with the proper study guides and a few hundred bucks. However, I DO understand a tiny bit about how some of the world operates, and this makes sense to me. So please, make this world a better place and don't crap on someone because they offer an opinion, thought, or even a Comment!
Okay, we all hate the guy, or at least what the guy stood for: money. But really, all he was doing was trying to keep himself employed. His tactics sucked ass, and his technique was a little bit... sub-par, but what I've seen of this story so far, the reader-base response has been pretty ugly.
The guy is dead. No need to be disrespectful of a dead guy. Don't send flowers, that's fine. But no need to piss yourself over it.
just my opinion, feel free to disagree.. it's your right. Someone out there probably liked the guy..
I also have a little samsung 2010 mono laser for the non-colored stuff. again, fast, quiet. I don't plan on using another inkjet unless absolutely nessesary. In fact... I'm unloading the inkjet on a poor sucker--I mean friend of mine.... as soon as I can find someone who'll take the bloody thing....... any takers?
You sound like one of them damn hippies... Are you a damn hippy? sketchbook in a satchel?... Feh! what the hell is a satchel? (I'm only kidding..... I know what a satchel is)
LOL. That's one of the early singles/EPs. Look it up.
I'm trying to find a copy locally... though I'm sure I'll find it eventually. I downloaded first, and it led to a (eventual) sale. The internet works.
why noone's used convection (hot air rises) ... Didn't the Mac G5 do this?
I seem to recall that they have the case configured so that there are no fans, and the rising hot air pulls in cooler air in the bottom. as long as the vents at the top aren't covered, it should be fine.. right?
Of course, I'm not a mac user, and my behemoth beside me sounds like a small aircraft.
With 5 HDDs and 2 optical drives to power, I needed something with a little kick, and I must say that the quietest piece of equipment in there is the 550W PSU. I think it's EnerMax .....
just my $0.02
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Uh.. Vista IS an existing product.. it's already been released to businesses, and at school yesterday there was someone writing an exam for administrering it. I'd say that qualifies as an existing product. Do harddrive manufacturers promise support of operating systems, or just hardware platforms? Do they even promise support of platforms? I thought pretty much everything is Sata now. what connectors do macs use? Can a harddrive function under one OS but not another (with proper formatting)?
Actually my XP SP2 install is 2.5GB ... which is actually surprising to me. hmm. I never realised it was so big...
XP requires 1.5-2GB free space to install. vista, is around 13 as i understand, which is ridiculous, considering they removed all legacy support from it, what is filling up that extra space now?
that's a windows security alert.. either an antivirus warning (there is no antivirus protection enabled) or a firewall alert (firewall is not active) nothing to do with a harddrive.
touche, mon frere!
Oh come on, don't spoil it for the other kids... I've been referred to the script, I've seen that movie a few times and should've picked up on it. I need to watch more old movies.
don't worry, I doubt it was sarcasm.
had one of these. back in 1996 my mom bought a Compaq Presario that came loaded with a windows shell called Tabworks. it was laid out like a day planner with different pages for the different (windows 3.1) windows. it also came loaded with a speakerphone. a graphical representation of a phone.. that you use the mouse to dial, and everything. I'm just amazed that Intel finally came up with something like that, I was getting worried that I may have been insane, imagining future technology. I, for one, welcome out graphical-represented telephony-patenting overlords. but does it run on linux?
no, I believe you have to vote for the following candidates: A, B, A, C, A, B, B .. then it unlocks the blood mode.
does it run linux? I for one welcome our pack-computing, chewing gum-sized, wi-fi sensory overlords
Anyone here seen the music video for A Perfect Circle's song 'Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums' ? kinda says a lot about where Maynard sees Bush..
a fraction of a percent.... isn't 1/2 of 100% still a fraction of a percent? hell, 2/2 of 100% is also!
Reference the Spice Girls?? what the hell?!
I installed realplayer once, probably back in 93 or 94.. I didn't think anything of it until one day, when I dialed my local ISP, and before ICQ could even connect, Zonealarm popped up an incoming request from Realnetworks. INCOMING! I didn't have the player or the retarded agent running, as far as I could tell, nothing should have alerted them to my net presence. Immediately, I uninstalled (and soon formatted) and fired off an angry email. I've since used RealAlternative, and with media player classic, it's Way more functional than anything Real offers.
Sorry to break the news to you, but he IS bad. Giving away national secrets? Oh, you mean that distraction he set up.... If you want extreme bias, watch Fox News. oh, and my sources are.. soon to be shot.
720p is (IMO) far better than 1080i, quality-wise, though admittedly, I usually don't notice much difference.
Once HD goes 1080p I'm sure it'll be dazzling, but at the same time, who's going to want to shell out another $20,000 for another new TV when they just dropped 8,000 on their current HD model?
This is all just a downward spiral. I think I'll stick with my 43" Sony. Even though it's Sony, they make a nice tube, and the best picture you can get is still a tube. (the component video inputs are pretty handy, also)
Shh! you'll have us all arrested by the DHS as terrorists, trying to destroy the traditional meanings of Marriage, Sex, and Terrorism!