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Journeyman Geek

00:12

@Bob: poorly photochopped

Bob

@JourneymanGeek ?

Journeyman Geek

The notice of extortion?

Bob

@JourneymanGeek troyhunt.com/2014/11/…

It's apparently real.

krebsonsecurity.com/2014/06/…

> An extortion letter sent to 900 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria in New Hampshire.

Journeyman Geek

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Journeyman Geek

01:21

engadget.com/2015/01/22/russia-combat-robot-putin/…

Psycogeek

" Its creators hope to develop it (the robot) further, so it can not only discharge firearm on the battlefield, but also administer first aid." Flinging bullets around is much harder then patching up the holes made afterwards :-)

That Brazilian Guy

Hey @JourneymanGeek are those speeds aceptable for a SATA HDD to SATA HDD copy?

8 hours ago, by That Brazilian Guy

On a gygabyte GA-C847N mini-ITX mobo w/ 2GB RAM

Both HDDs are Seagate ST3000DM001

Psycogeek

sure if the files sizes average 2k, and the HD is connected via USB2 :-)

That Brazilian Guy

You know what, I'll write a question :P

Psycogeek

It does show that there are a lot of files items. 200k writes of the "metadata" or files tables, 200k writes of the journaling stuff, 200k updates of the file bitmap etc.

Add any AV programs doing 200k live scans of the incomming files it sees, and what else we got? on the side programs syncing with the cloud ? comparison routine ,,, oh wait there probably ISNT any comparisons to see if the data actually arrived bit perfect :-)

DragonLord

01:38

As a test, can someone with an OpenPGP-capable email client send me an encrypted email? No sensitive information, please.

blog.fierydragonlord.com/index.php?/archives/…

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy: Looks about right to me

Psycogeek

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive :-) hmm, i remember something written about that yesterday :-)

Journeyman Geek

Oh, apparently its the 3tbs that suck. That said, I had one of the old, really unreliable ones at one point

Psycogeek

01:55

Yea the 3Ts (link posted by JMG back time ago) techreport.com/news/27697/…

Even the newegg Stars are way better for the 1T unit then the model from hell unit.

Journeyman Geek

You're still significantly better off with other brands, IMO. I've had hitachi drives go upwards of 5 years.

Unless you want to diversify storage, which isn't a bad idea

Psycogeek

Each of the brands has output a total lemon from time to time.

That is why i hope to see if other people are doing ok with the particular model (at least for the first few months) before "investing" .

DragonLord

02:13

Feedback on how I'm handling PGP?

That Brazilian Guy

@Psycogeek "Barracuda 7200.14" == ST3000DM001 ?

Psycogeek

OOps, i screwed up the model number on that drive, when searching.

Ok which one is it?

That Brazilian Guy

YES IT IS AND I AM OFFICIALLY FUCKED.

NOT ONLY I SPENT 25% OF MY SALARY ON AN HDD, BUT ON ONE WITH 40% FAILURE RATE

Psycogeek

"The vast majority of the 3TB Seagate failures are tied to a single model: the Barracuda 7200.14. That drive's annual failure rate jumped from under 10% at the end of 2013 to over 40% a year later. " Well not officially

That Brazilian Guy

Yeah, I had one from early 2013 that I've been using with no issues, so I thought "well, I'll buy another, why not".

Psycogeek

02:17

Ahh screw it, one number changes in the model

DragonLord

I've been using a 1 TB Barracuda 7200.12 (ST31000528AS) with absolutely zero trouble.

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy: with one company, that uses it 24/7.
Also, who knows, it may fail within the warranty period

DragonLord

I'm surprised there's this one model that that is known to have systematic problems

Journeyman Geek

@DragonLord: Thats the 7200.11

Psycogeek

They also pulled them on any first erroring.

That Brazilian Guy

02:20

@JourneymanGeek I had nearly all my non-DVD data on the (same model, older year) one, then last week it crashed mid-write and the NTFS data became read-only. I bought a new one (the shitty batch, apparently) and spent 23 hours copying

All my personal data, photos, videos, etc etc etc

DragonLord

My old eMachines desktop shipped with a 160 GB Barracuda 7200.10 and I'm not aware of any issues on that drive, either.

Psycogeek

Because they pulled the first time they get things like a "rebuild" and because it is classed as a "desktop" drive, and because they applied them in raid, there is a possibility that problems could exist from the first error TLER bs timeout thing.

DragonLord

Guess I've been lucky...

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy: That's prolly why if I don't go with the 8TB drives on my storage box, I'll end up going with drives from different manufacturers ;p

Annoyingly my favourite HW shop dosen't sell HGST any more

That Brazilian Guy

> it crashed mid-write

"crashed" in this context means bad USB cable, not the drive's fault.

Journeyman Geek

02:25

ahh

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@ThatBrazilianGuy: I do not trust USB drives for long term storage

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek USB case/adapter

Anyway, gotta go, doctor appointment tomorrow, they'll scan my bones ~~looking for computer malware~~.

Psycogeek

Naw they scan your body looking for your wallet :-) If it shows up thick enough , your sick.

There is always a Plus side "•70% or more of the materials used to build Seagate Desktop HDDs are recyclable."

(even if only 60% of your data will be recoverable)

Journeyman Geek

By which they mean they reflash the firmware on the dead ones and send them out as spares ;)

Bob

02:48

@Psycogeek technically anything inorganic is recyclable

allquixotic

organic cells practically invented recycling

look at how many organisms / animals eat the feces of something else

you guys liked my virus, eh? :P ("my" -- not really, but still)

it even fits (in full) into the star wall

Bob

@allquixotic well, recyclable by humans :P

Psycogeek

Yea and about that organic computer, who is going to clean up after it :-)

I figure newspapers will make a comeback

allquixotic

AFK, my computer has to poop

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your computer coughed on mine and gave it a virus!!!! >:(

Bob

o.O

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Q: Pre-allocate (guarantee) memory in a .NET application

Is it possible for a .NET 3.5 application to tell the .NET runtime: "hey, I'm going to use n MB memory later on, so please either commit that much now or fail now?" The context for this is: I have a C# console application that runs a database query that returns a lot of data and and then does so...

Psycogeek

03:00

You should have changed the fluidic transverter more often and maintaned the level on the microbiotic feed mechanism, you know you cant visit the cloud without ending up with a moisture conversion bacterial infection.

Why would anyone need that even a well written .Net program will eventually eat up all your memory :-)

(not like you have to purposfully code that in :-)

DragonLord

03:18

A bit of an unusual request, but is anyone here able to recommend a wheeled backpack with extra-durable wheels?

The wheels on my High Sierra backpack have failed after about one year of use.

Budget is US$100 but we can stretch that a bit if there's a good reason to

Psycogeek

get air tires with ball bearings, uhh i dont suppose you have a weight restriction :-)

DragonLord

Typical load is about 10-15 lb but may hit 25 lb with textbooks

Psycogeek

Oh well i guess that discludes the axel

One of these, and you wont have wheel problems anymore

DragonLord

Look, I'm serious here.

Psycogeek

I have KIT plans for it :-) only $50 the rest you can pick up at any farm machinery auction.

There are "cart" wheels at local hardware stores, they are about the only thing that holds up. "castors" and other cheap furnature wheels all get stopped by hitting a small rock, are plastic junk and no bearings.

Bob

03:31

@DragonLord ...that's pretty damn heavy

and here I am trying to cut 1kg off the laptop weight... electronic textbooks ftw

Psycogeek

Rollerblades wheels support mass weight, have some flex and good bearings, and you can get parts and pieces for them.

DragonLord

25lb is not the usual load for what it's worth

Most of the time, it's a 10-15 lb load

The laptop is what contributes the most weight

The Dragon is an old-style, full-thickness laptop and the AC adapter does not help

Psycogeek

Bumpity bumpity on electronics, some kind of air or partly soft tire to reduce shock.

The larger of the foot pedal scooters (vrses the tiny wheel ones) qualify as lightweight and would offer some shock reduction. Just the tires. but then we dont know what your possible mounting system is.

DragonLord

Okay, I need a bit of a consensus on this one: Should I step back from community moderation activities for a few days?

See recent chat messages in Ask a Super User Moderator to understand why I'm asking this

Psycogeek

Is this about you herassing ramhound? i thought yous guys were getting along a lot better?

DragonLord

03:43

No, this has nothing to do with the Ramhound dispute

That matter is resolved.

Psycogeek

well if it is burnout, the answer to that is always a vacation.

allquixotic

@DragonLord You are the most qualified person to answer that question

How do you feel? If you feel like your head is spinning because you're doing too much, give it a rest to reflect and simplify things in your mind

Journeyman Geek

(or as I keep saying. have fun)

DragonLord

I'm worried about mistakes reflecting badly on me, but I'm getting a nagging feeling that the community needs me

I'm one of just a few users who do a full 40 close vote reviews a day.

Psycogeek

04:01

You probably wouldnt have to work so hard, if i wasnt re-opening them again :-)

Journeyman Geek

rofl

The close queue is automatically refilled. I did over a hundred closures at one point, but meh, its boring, and I have better things to do with my time

Bob

Huh.

So, should I stop pinging you so much @JourneymanGeek? :P

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: Oh, if its something actually concerning me, directly its fine.

killermist

04:33

@mdpc I think you missed the point with the following edit.

superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/333789

Bob

@killermist pings only work if they were recently in chat

killermist

Even as a novice of the format, it was laid out in a manner I could understand. The problems I saw were the software recommendation nature built-in, and the unnecessary tag.

@Bob I was hoping that (as others had used on me) that it would constitute a lesser summon of some sort.

Along the lines of "Hey, you guy that was mentioned in chat. You were mentioned in chat. You probably should join in that."

Based on "mdpc has approved 127 edit suggestions and rejected 71 edit suggestions", I'd say that he's a bit of an edit hater to begin with. So, especially having the edit succeed, I don't feel insulted in total, but I wonder if the particular edit moderator actually knows what he's (she's?) doing.

Journeyman Geek

@killermist: dosen't unless you're a mod. ;p

Bob

@killermist if they haven't been in the room recently, only mods can ping them

Journeyman Geek

and that's a special ping

Bob

04:44

and it's a special kind of ping ("superping"), not the normal @user (though it renders the same)

...I need to type faster

killermist

Ah. Makes sense.

Journeyman Geek

Ahh joy. I need to keep an eye on stuff. Scripted it so it checks and autorefreshes.

Bob

@killermist If you feel it's a general issue, you can mention it on meta, though specifically naming/shaming someone can result in a bad reaction - it's better to keep meta questions general where possible

If it's a severe issue with one person, you might be able to convince a mod to bring them in

Not sure how this ranks on the severity scale

killermist

@Bob I think if I were to phrase this as a meta question, I think I could sufficiently ambiguate it to not directly call the person out.

Journeyman Geek

@killermist: I suppose that's another reason we need more than one user approving edits

reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/2taaa8/please_do_the_needful

@Sathya ^ ;p

killermist

05:13

@JourneymanGeek Not sure how to insert the image from a Dropbox link in meta.superuser.com/questions/9085/…

Journeyman Geek

@killermist: if all else fails, copy/paste into imgur, then upload from there?

or ugh
use imgur to start with ;p

Sathya

05:25

@JourneymanGeek haha

killermist

Bah. and such.

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Q: How much negative result is there to having some aggressive edit refusers?

I generally don't take a strong interest in the process behind what occurs between when I suggest an edit and the edit becoming formalized. I was a bit bored today, and so I watched a little more intently the process as it occurred. After the edit was accepted, something kinda struck me. I'm...

discussion

Got the image cross-posted to someplace that seems to work.

Journeyman Geek

05:47

Better. imgur is probably the easiest way of doing it still ;p

killermist

Well, I did it.

Off to bed now.

Bob

Ahhhhh Friday afternoon

Half an hour to go and I really don't want to do anything :(

Journeyman Geek

cheezburger.com/68142593/…

@Bob: 5 hours to go for me ;p

allquixotic

06:05

I have yet to go to bed to sleep before my workday lol

Journeyman Geek

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Bob

:S

Damn Americans, stuck in the past...

Journeyman Geek

lol

I was thinking more the lack of sleep

Bob

This is really a beautifully detailed question:

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Q: What components in a computer have the potential to damage a GPU?

Something in my computer is damaging any graphics card that is put into the computer. I would like to know what components have the capability of damaging a graphics card, and how to determine which component is the culprit. Some Specifics: I know the graphics card isn't the problem, as multip...

windows-7 graphics-card motherboard power-supply

I wish every troubleshooting question was like that.

Michael Frank

06:21

new SSD up and running. :D

Journeyman Geek

Ya

Psycogeek

06:34

@Bob I have reworked the hardware (cooling) and the software for my GPU over and over again (different ones) to have it be manuel, cool the freaking rams better, and discard thier opinion that ~100*c is still "ok" (when chip research shows that <80*c would be "better" .) Then they live a much longer happier life. When this stuff was slower, less power, less overclocked from the factory, they did fine too. First thing he says is it is not the card, well the cards dont make it easy :-)

I hate Thermal pads , mentally they look more like some form of insulation :-) than transfer. They always jam the ram under something (vrses ram freeair) then expect that the thermal pads will solution it. The temperature probe says Meh about that.

Then the users get thier hands on a slider that shoves the ram speed up to like 1400, test it poorly with the wrong thing for testing it, then run around forums saying "ohh lookie 1400 works fine" 2 days later " why my game crash" Uhh NO!! they are alredy pushing it (from the factory), and unless you cool it, moving that slider that far , well thats just wrong .

Journeyman Geek

heh
I've had a motherboard that would burn out ram installed in a specific slot

Bob

urk

just spent half an hour catching up with close to a month's worth of timesheets... this timesheeting software... blargh

@JourneymanGeek etherkiller's long lost brother? :P

Psycogeek

06:49

Then watercoolers , can sometimes completly "miss the boat" $1200 water cooling system , $125 billet chrome waterblock, UV glowing tubing, and minimal air flow across the board itself. The CPU is like 22below 0, and some components on the motherboard are glowing red :-)

Back some time ago, they would do the water cooling, and a temp probe would show that the voltage regulation components were at 100*c . at least now they addresses the "VRMs" in most of the stuff.

It was less of the water cooling people, who still recognised that all the turbulance that would have been there before, all "other places" that the cpu fan blew on, as thier almighty single component was cooler than it actually "needed" to be even for thier overclock.

I have always been of the opinion that if instead i can have everything sit < 50-60*c (kind of idea) that the whole thing would survive just fine.

Journeyman Geek

heh. Water cooling isn't that much more efficient than aircooling. Its just quieter in some cases

Psycogeek

Move heat 1 foot , repeat as needed :-)

Another thing that bugged me about the water cooling, the pumps inards look more like something you put in a $100 fountain , not a $2200 computer. I wanted ball bearings, brass fins , and a Pump that i could put the radiator (and fans) 10 feet away out the window (california) .

Journeyman Geek

Sure, people do that. Then use a car radiator

Psycogeek

Then to finish the idea of me ever doing it, maintance :-) yea like thats gonna happen.

I could start the water out with green dye :-) so the algie wouldnt distract .

So now using very high end tested recommended air coolers, and full thermal control, i basically get within ~2% of the final OC 24-7 they do, overall flow control, and i am pretty sure it is quieter most of the time than it would be.

-Over at the overclockers they always would have the bestest PSU, and the Seasonic is the Beez Kneez , but there are an inordinate ammount of PSUs still causing problems, really weird ones they should not have anything to do with. Especially interesting to me, when i buy a brand new Johhney Guru PSU and dont even get it installed.

Tops rated PSU after hours of research, and something it rattling inside. Before installing (goodby warrenty) i find out it had been fully shorted out inside. Phhht, all that work finding the best one, and they had damaged it severly at the factory (void sticker still in place)

That one

The weird symptoms for this strange PSU issue were only apparent when sleeping the computer, or changing the uefi. other than that it would run thier computer full OC roasting. I am still trying to figure the logic by which that would happen?

Journeyman Geek