. . . . "This is like… the perfect example of how not to build a media centre. Especially one that you expect to “last you a very long time”. I’m going to have to show this to the SAN guys at work on Monday, because this entire build is absolutely hilarious." But still really Neet-o
The idea of a computer in the tables (not just this one) is on one side really smart use of space and , cool ways to show it. but dogs and people bumping up against it, would drive me batty.
The dog would lean up against it fully, and start scratching hisself Whadda Whadda Whadda while 38 drive heads are trying to hit a space the size of a few microns
Staples (office supply store) confirmed on Friday that suspicious cyber activity, first spotted in September, was most likely a malware attack that may have breached 1.16 million credit cards.
A preliminary investigation found evidence of malware installed in the point-of-sales systems at 115 locations.
Security official Lee Hendrick said, there are so many exploits to go still and so much bad programming, and so many ways to infect a system, we have decided to just let it all be and "Let God Sort It out" :-)
""Boeing has joined forces with BlackBerry to develop a high-security ‘black phone’, running on Android software. Designed for government agencies, it will encrypt calls, as well as destruct all its data if it is tampered with."" Microsoft called them , and stated that they invented failures of that type, and had 2 patents on BSODs :-)
"T-Mobile will be paying $90 million in refunds paid to customers over so-called “cramming” techniques which put bogus charges on customers' bills to boost the bottom line of the company" Officials at T-mobile say the investors should not worry because they will pay for it all with subversive rate increases in the form of "fees", and are offering 100 free minutes via a CD that will be mailed out to everyone :-)
Disclaimer: these are news parodies, not to be confused with anything real.
"Microsoft Combats Tech Support Scammers with Lawsuit
The software giant is trying to crack down on scammers that allegedly took advantage of consumers by claiming their PCs were infected with malware." Through an agreement in arbitration , the makers of the malware have agreed to only offer this software in the macrosoft store, from now on.
@Psycogeek, what do you think about my new post style?
I'm waiting for Thaddeus to respond in the feedback room
With @JourneymanGeek much less active than before due to work, and with the recent increase in site-wide activity, I genuinely think we need new moderators, just as you said
SE need to hire extra holiday help. Temporary moderators to pitch in (secretly being given trials , if nobody complains then after the hollidays you got 2 more mods).
I have to wait 6months till this guy gets done "I purchased 15 of these drives in both the OEM and boxed retail version when they first came out and they were not cheap at that time. All 15 failed "
Back here "BlackBerry & Boeing make self-destructing 'black phone'" i still had one more joke. the way it self destructs is the battery catches fire, it is also known as a DreamBerry
Well that does make me think, most places I work the equipment is made for such an environment.. using a zip tie with a screw hole isn't a bad idea if your equipment isn't exactly make for a NOC / whatever else
Where I'm at now, it's like being a full time employee making minimum wage with no benefits
At my previous one, the guy I worked with was knowledgeable enough to ask questions on almost anything - now the guy I work with is really advanced in networking (routing, traffic shaping, etc.) and a little Linux, but no windows..
also, no one there uses Windows and they hate it, so I'm being pushed (although I don't mind) into the server administration role. I like that aspect =p ... overall I think it's a pretty good experience, it starts me out in the field with real world experience that most people my age don't have
It's frustrating sometimes working with people who aren't generalists - if Windows messes up, or a competing brand in networking equipment fails, it's always that piece of technologies fault.. that view is never taken when it's something they use
That "slow computer" feeling is the result of more and more content piling up on a hard drive and the attendant increase in disk seeks required to perform normal tasks
Files get scattered across the disk and seeks take longer and longer to complete
With an SSD, you eliminate this I/O-bound behavior and dramatically increase both perceived and real performance by vastly increasing I/O throughput
As a result, upgrading from HDD to SSD typically makes an old, slow computer feel like new again
@DragonLord Adding an SSD cache has mostly the same effect.
And it makes better use of available SSD space, so it's arguably more effective (depending on the workload - this applies for standard home use where a single SSD isn't enough space)
Unfortunately, caching software is still rather poor in many aspects.
Intel SRT is probably the best at the moment, but it has a limit of 64 GB for the cache, and only works where the drives are on the same controller.
Other alternatives (VeloSSD, PrimoCache) are unpolished and potentially dangerous.
"It's Christmas, and we must give frontline officers better access to firearms to fight the inevitable sugle in family violence." Wow! How much wrongness can you cram into one sentence?
