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What sort of BS is that!!!!

Thanks for the clarification - I knew it was another European country that did it.

Not that one in particular, but IIRC both Finland and Sweden make the fine a percentage of annual income, rather than a fixed amount. (Which makes a lot of sense). So if you're rich, expect a larger fine than someone who is borderline in poverty.

My thoughts as well. Set the SSD(s) as L2ARC on the zpool, so it acts as a cache in front of the other drives, boosting IOPS for regular data. But you still need at least 2 spindles for raid1 or raidz functionality.

What do they make these days?

past = time reference passed = movement reference.

Thanks, didn't know that. I haven't seen any reviews of their drives, so wasn't aware they did them.

I've used Win7 on a netbook (Atom 1.6 w/1GB RAM), and it was very usable. I only found issues when trying to load too apps at once, would exhaust the free RAM, but otherwise it was just as good as XP on the same hardware.

That's my feeling as well. None of the traditional large HDD makers have moved portions of their operations to SSDs yet, despite having years of experience with drive firmware and compatiability with ATA/SCSI/SAS/SATA controllers. Anyway who's left in the traditional HDD market? Seagate...

But mega-maid can! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VptOUWC-Itc

That's what I'm starting to think myself. And the product list is very limited compared to either the normal MSDN or TechNet subs (which I've both had access to in the past).

As part of my Uni degree, I've just had a MSDN Academic Alliance account created, and the ability to download select software... (WinXP, Win7, Visual Studio 2008, MS SQL 2008 Dev Edn, etc - but no Office2010 ). The catch - You can only download the ISO once, and you only have 1 key issued that...

Yes.

FreeBSD-CURRENT is currently integrates version 28. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-August/019541.html

It lags behind by about 3 months in feature set, but performance otherwise is very similar. (It lags behind, as some small modifications need to be done to the Oracle released code in order to integrate well with the FreeBSD kernel). Oh, I did forget another feature - L2ARC. You can add a disk...

If you mean 4K sectors and 2TB+ sizes. Solaris 10 u9 (released last month) supports both on standard ICH9/10 and AMD 800+ chipset controllers in AHCI mode. Just 4K sector support in the BIOS support is needed to get GRUB loaded correctly. Also EFI is NOT required. Linux distro's with kernel...

That's the approach I'm taking. I've got my Sol10 installation working exactly how I want, with all the tools I need. I'm overly bothered by not having security updates, since my box is behind a firewall with nothing forwarded to it. The one feature I do love about ZFS, are the snapshots and...

That is something everyone outside of Oracle is wondering. Oracle's official stance is that Solaris 10 will be supported, and Solaris 11 will be coming out supporting both SPARC and x64. Oracle IIRC has also renewed OEM agreements with selected OEMs (HP and Dell come to mind) to supply and sell...

I think it's pretty bad that some fries (or chips depending where you are from) can have up to 9 additional ingredients besides potato, oil and salt. Hungry Jacks (aka Burger King) uses 3 additional ingredients on their fries to make them appear white and stay crispy after cooking. One of those...

Don't happen to have the Vendor ID and Product IDs handy of the devices that you are missing drivers for? (Into the properties of the missing devices, and on the last tab will be the info).

Something I would also recommend for large DIY storage arrays. But alas, since it's not embedded in Linux, it seems like a dirty word these days.

I found these articles, which summarises the paper quite nicely: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/why-raid-5-stops-working-in-2009/162 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/sorry-about-your-broken-raid-5/164?tag=rbxccnbzd1...

It'll work fine.

I wonder what RAID setup they'll be using. I recently read a paper of RAID recovery and array rebuilds with 2TB disks, and the conclusion was basically that if you run more than 5 disks in an array (with disks of 2TB or larger), in the time it took to rebuild the array you had a 10% chance of...

The old Antec SX-1040B would suite those requirements perfectly... pity they don't make them any more? (It's the case I currently have and using for my main box). Here's a link to a review: http://www.elektrik-sheep.com/reviews/antec/sx1040B.shtml Actually what about the Antec P183...

Yes, Win XP x64 does support GPT, but for data drives only. It can't boot from GPT drives. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/gpt_faq.mspx

Which IIRC, most Intel X58 and Intel boards with PCH all have (it's a BIOS option to use legacy BIOS or EFI). PS. Geniune Intel boards like the DX58SO, not stuff made by Gigabyte, Asus, etc. (They may include it, but I only know that Intel definitely do have EFI available if needed).

What motherboard and what raid controller? Most RAID setups store the RAID meta-data on the connected HDDs, so as long as you have the same RAID controller, you should be able to just plug them in and the RAID BIOS will see a degraded RAID5 array and a spare to which to rebuild with. But this...

The only flash replacement I know of is GNU's gnash. However it only provides limited Flash v9 support, and is a standalone app, not a browser plugin. The only way to be rid of Flash is to get content providers to stop using it, or you simply go without Flash being installed. The only site...

Maybe in Alaska or Siberia? But not where I am...

I remember the MythBusters episode on that! Yes, frozen chickens are much more deadly than defrosted ones!

Sounds like frass? (Insect poop). Could be roach or mites? I've seen gecko poop in PCs as well. They like the warmth? But being a lappie, unlikely to be gecko. PS. Google Image 'insect poop': http://www.google.com.au/images?q=insect poop - 10th picture... (hoping everyone else gets the same...

LM, Have you tried connecting the monitor with a VGA cable, and not a DVI cable? Some manufacturers went cheap with the DVI setups and only included a single TDMS, and not dual TDMS for high-res DVI. (A single TDMS can only handle 1600x1200, hence you need two for any res higher). Some...

Do you have the COA's associated with the keys. It's normally printed on the license sticker what they are? Unless if they're the big orange ones, which are either MSDN or Volume License. If not, get a copy of the keys and call MS licensing to confirm what version they are...

IIRC, BSD trails Solaris feature set by a few months in implementation timeline. OpenSolaris has been renamed as Solaris 11 Express, but the first release isn't out yet. You can however download all the source code from Oracle as needed, and this is what the other OpenSolaris based OS's have...

Been doing some research into malware (for a Uni assignment, one of the reasons I've been rather quiet), and stumbled across these 2 little tidbits: "Chuck Norris" worm capable of infecting Linux based routers...

Does anyone know of any PC games that let you build rockets, like the Saturn V? Or any simple side or down scrolling space orientated games? even lunar lander type games? All the stuff I'm finding is flashed based and needs to be played online, but I'm after something that is installed and...

Non-Windows: grip + lame + gnomad2/gmtp/gtkpod Windows: Windows Media Player (it's in the options to encode to wma or mp3: Tools > Options > Rip Music > Format ). If your phone supports MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) as well, then WMP will handle syncing the mp3s to your phone including being...

Does this review help? http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/ipad-office-app-showdown-four-apps-to-help-you-get-work-done/3445?pg=2

They do, or have local caches... Just about everything I've downloaded from IBM, Dell, HP, Sun or Microsoft has come from a local server somewhere in Oz.

from what I've read on NBN, yes that is correct. For areas with no 3G, sat is still being considered for inclusion in the NBN setup, but AFAIK it's still undecided (or it's been dropped and the gov is being very quiet about it).

If it means being able to see or not see the image, then yes. PS. I've read in another article, that you can directly control the backlight via a small switch.

Slight OT: Panel designs Actually I would like one of these panels in my next netbook/laptop. http://www.pixelqi.com/products 5x less power than a conventional LCD and able to viewed in any light conditions (esp outdoors in bright sunlight).

These capthcha's reminded me of these fine examples: http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/CAPTCHAd.aspx I like the last one listed.

Congratulations...

Don't know, but the following links hint that DishNet stuff is plain MPEG2? http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/115294.html http://ask.pvrblog.com/2004/10/dish_dvr_usb_co.html (Search for TSP). Maybe try to rename for *.TSP to *.MPG and see what happens?

I've actually enjoyed the HTC vs iPhone clips. (There's a few of them - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAOtC9QfXac&feature=channel ).

Have you tried playing them with mplayer? Run it from the command line on the file, and hopefully it should be able to detect the container format and codec... It may be a start. PS. I thought most DVRs recorded MPEG2, MPEG4 or similar industry standard?

What happened to the subsidised Rural Broadband scheme, that covered up to $2500 for installation and capped the monthly cost to the end user to $89 for 2M/2M with 10GB of data? (2-way Sat). The only condition was no DSL/Cable/Fibre/Wirelss was available to your area. Did it die, when the ALP...

Seconded... But is it worth the money for the performance improvement over say a $3000 PC? BTW. Anyone know if companies are shipping bozes powered by AMD Opteron 6000 series yet? (The 12 core Opteron 6176SE in particular)?