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Does anyone have any thoughts on the WD Enterpise line of drives such as the WD RE4?
They are about twice the cost of the consumer drives such as the Caviar Green and Black drives.
I think these drives are identical to the Caviar Black drives, except for the fact that they are "RAID-enabled," meaning you can use them in any type of RAID. The regular Caviar Blacks, from what I've heard, are missing some kind of error-checking nonsense on them that prevent them from being used in RAIDs, though I may be wrong.
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Works fine here using the same browser and NoScript enabled.
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If your web host supports shell access (SSH), you can create a dynamic tunnel using PuTTY and then use Firefox to use that tunnel as a SOCKS proxy and route all DNS requests through the same tunnel.
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I'm not 100% sure, but I think PHP and AJAX/Javascript would be a good start.
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I think I got a similar one a few weeks back. They go straight to my spam box, so I don't really read them anymore.
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^^ What he said.
Also... Link = 404.
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My customers have bought a few of Western Digital 1.0TB Green last month. And i haven't heard any complaints for them yet. My two 500GB WDs also works smoothly until now, i bought them about 1 year ago.
I got two of these 1TB drives last week for my home media server - only actively using one at the moment. No complaints so far, but be aware that these new drives have a sector size of 4096 bytes instead of the 512-byte standard that legacy drives use. In other words, these drives will work fine out-of-the-box in newer operating systems (e.g., Windows 7, Mac OS X, most modern Linux flavours, etc.), but you will have to put a jumper on pins 7 and 8 of the drive OR run the WD Align utility from Western Digital if you want to use them properly in legacy operating systems (e.g., Windows XP). I ran the software as I didn't have any jumpers lying around and haven't run into any issues.
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I'm not too sure if you're aware, but you can easily search all of MSFN's posts using Google. Just add site:msfn.org to your search query along with some keywords and you should be able to find whatever you like.
As for the integrated search, I'm not too sure what the reason is for it being disabled for guests - probably something to do with bots/spammers.
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Hey guys,
Over the past few months while on an internship, one of my co-workers and I have been developing an instant SSL certificate provisioning site for the company I've been working for. The site is called SSLTree. The certificates are being targeted towards owners of online e-commerce sites and network admins looking to secure external and internal websites.
One of my side-projects while working for the same company included developing a free, automated Magento Installer for cPanel. For those of you who aren't familiar with Magento, it's a very customizable e-commerce platform, similar to osCommerce, for putting together online stores/shops.
Please check both out. I'd like to hear your comments now that my internship is over.
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Hey, how come Zxian... Xzian whatever gets a special day on the MSFN calendar? Who's in charge of that, Dencorso needs a special day too.
I think I started it for myself a while back (LOL) and then cluberti took over from there.
Happy birthday Zxian!!
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I want to try it at least once.
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You bought 10 of them!?!?!? WTF!?!?
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I guess that GrofLuigi and 5eraph were thinking as I was about fire traveling similar to ripples from rocks thrown in a pond - outward from the center in a circle. If that were true a firebreak wouldn't work, since as GrofLuigi stated:
"I can't imagine a situation where it won't spread towards me. If I start a fire in the middle, the two fires will cancel each other out on the other side, but 'my' fire will go towards me."
But that doesn't take into account wind, which will always drive a fire away from it faster than in can come toward it, so on the (assuming) flat concrete island it will go in mostly one direction, or at least in a spreading cone shape. And if there were absolutely no wind, it would indeed expand in a circle, but it would create wind blowing toward it from the updraft caused by the heat from the fire. You could then use that wind and create small fires at the edge of the expanding circle, where the greater heat from the larger fire would pull the other fires toward it creating a safe zone for you. Do I have the theory correct?
Cheers and Regards
Yeah, the wind is key here... I guess that's something else I forgot to mention in the original situation.
Oops...Here is my idea lol...
If it is a school of sharks, they are in a group, swimming around the island as one single unit? You would get in the water when they are on the opposite side of the island, and swim in the same direction as the sharks at the same speed, you will never catch them and they will never catch you. Then wait until the fire is burnt out.
And if this matters, make a boat out of unburnt wood, then do the steps above.
Close?
Let me ask you this... How fast can you swim?
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Again depending on more variables: shape of the island, wind, rate at which the fire spreads, 'geometry' by which it spreads (radial/perfect circle?)...
I break one branch off, set it on fire and start another fire at the opposite end of the island (not directly oposite - imagine a triangle within a circle - touching point 1 is the thunder fire, 2 is the fire I started, and 3 is where I run to). The two fires should cancel out (burn each other's fuel).
There is a tiny flaw though - at some point I'll need to cross the 'line of fire'.
I'm dead, I know...
GL
Believe it or not, your answer is pretty close to the actual answer I was told. But think a bit harder... What would happen if you were to set two fires, both spreading in the same direction and burning at the same rate (ignore geometry for now)?
It crossed my mind (square within a circle; or other polygons). But no matter how many fires I start, I will always have to retreat to an area with trees - and I can't imagine a situation where it won't spread towards me. If I start a fire in the middle, the two fires will cancel each other out on the other side, but 'my' fire will go towards me.
It's all about geometry
GL
GrofLuigi is correct. Fire only ever travels in one direction: outward from the starting point. In the absence of natural restrictions in the terrain, it will spread in an expanding circular pattern. Refuge must be created before starting a new fire because fire knows no ally.
?WTH? Am I missing something?
Standard practice is a Firebreak... Go to the middle, set another fire, follow the burn and let the original fire burn its course to previously (you) burned area. Even if it moves outward (toward you again), you can still walk around the outer unburned area back into the (your) burned area.
SOP (or is this some kind of trick question)
(edit - same answer as last two I just noticed... a little obvious)
submix8c explained it the best.
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Again depending on more variables: shape of the island, wind, rate at which the fire spreads, 'geometry' by which it spreads (radial/perfect circle?)...
I break one branch off, set it on fire and start another fire at the opposite end of the island (not directly oposite - imagine a triangle within a circle - touching point 1 is the thunder fire, 2 is the fire I started, and 3 is where I run to). The two fires should cancel out (burn each other's fuel).
There is a tiny flaw though - at some point I'll need to cross the 'line of fire'.
I'm dead, I know...
GL
Believe it or not, your answer is pretty close to the actual answer I was told. But think a bit harder... What would happen if you were to set two fires, both spreading in the same direction and burning at the same rate (ignore geometry for now)?
Given the following new information I have another solution that may be more plausible:
The treetops are low enough to the ground that if you were to approach a tree that was on fire, it is likely that you would catch fire. The lightning bolt strikes a tree while its raining. [it's not raining hard enough to extinguish or prevent the spread of the fire.][sharks do not fear tree branches.]
Let's not think of about long-term survival
In this solution let us assume that I'm human in the real world. Further, it is known that trees cannot grow in concrete and that the trees are short as stated above. Therefore, all trees on our concrete island are potted and low enough in mass to be tipped.
The trees are dense enough to prevent a person from walking between them without coming into contact with them. However, since they're densely clustered, I will tip a nearby tree into any burning tree and cause a cascade of falling trees that will clear a path for me to an area of the island that is no longer on fire. Or, to save some trees, I simply tip trees in a line to block the spread of the fire.
I have survived the fire without tempting the sharks until my inevitable rescue by flying eagles.
Good work at the assumptions - if I were the interviewer, I'd accept this as a valid answer.
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In this story's logic, are the following true:1. Are the treetops high? (do branches start growing near to the ground concrete?) - you could pass below2. Does the lightning strike out of the blue, or does it start raining (as it usually does)? - obvious NOP :PGL
The treetops are low enough to the ground that if you were to approach a tree that was on fire, it is likely that you would catch fire. The lightning bolt strikes a tree while its raining. If you're going on the assumption that the rain would extinguish the fire, then you're thinking of a heck of a lot of rain.
If these two sentences are correct then I am not human. I am an Ent and I'm not alone. We'll extinguish the flames in the water, since the sharks do not pose a threat to me and my kind.You're stranded on an island made entirely of solid concrete (comment: unlikely, but OK) in the middle of the ocean. The island has nothing but trees on it.Break off a branch to use as protection from the sharks, jump in the water to get totally wet as protection from the fire, get out of the water, run through the fire to arrive safely on the side that's already been burned.Cheers and Regards
You jump in the water and one of the sharks grabs your branch. What protection do you have from the sharks now?
Next question:
- Where would you find fresh water and food on your concrete island? You can't drink saltwater and you have no weapons to kill the sharks for food.
Perhaps it would be better to die quickly through obvious means than slowly due to thirst and starvation.
Let's not think of about long-term survival, just this one situation for now.
Here we have a cognitive problem. :ph34r:An answer can be either valid or not, but NOT necessarily the one you know.The teacher in second grade asks to one pupil:... but this isn't the answer. Good thinking, though)
The pupil:On a tree there are 13 starlings.A hunter shoots down with one shot 5 of them.How many starlings remain on the tree?
The teacher:None, as all the others will fly away, scared by the sound of the shot.
Then the pupil asks the (female) teacher .....jaclazThat is not the right answer, but I like your way of thinking.Then I guess I didn't phrase the original question as clearly as I should have. Everything I've mentioned above and in my previous posts should clarify the situation now. If something's still unclear, feel free to ask for a clarification.
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Digerati has a good point.
Also, islands are usually round, so walking on the shore/ends would mean you evade the fire and reach the other side where everything has already burned down.
You risk getting eaten by one of the sharks.
(Yes, I know the shore is shallow, but this isn't the answer. Good thinking, though). 0 -
you cut all the trees from your end before the fire reaches them. That away the fire will not spread any further...
With what tools?
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What kind of sharks? Not all will attack and eat an unharmed man in the ocean
. This is a good question, and I've used it along with a few others to "watch" someone's cognitive skills in motion.Sharks that kill you, obviously.
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I got asked this in an interview once so that the interviewer could understand my thought process. The answer is actually extremely simple, but unfortunately, I wasn't able to get the right answer at the time.
Here goes...
You're stranded on an island made entirely of solid concrete (comment: unlikely, but OK) in the middle of the ocean. The island has nothing but trees on it. There is a school of sharks swimming around the island. While you're on one side of the island, a lightning bolt strikes a tree on the opposite side of the island and the tree catches fire. Slowly, but surely, the fire spreads from one tree to the next and makes its way towards you.
How do you survive?
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? Works ok for me. Try using the "full sign-on" screen for kix (it's somewhere above the initial Board Index). That's the one I always use, but still...
I use FF on all of my computers and I've never had an issue with it on this site. Suggestions:
- Clear your cookies
- Clear your cache
- What submix8c said above
- Then restart FF and try again
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The same thing happened to me at home when I installed and launched Google Chrome for the first time. I'm the only one that ever visits MSFN at my place...
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So, are you considering, and what are the chances, of creating a version of msfn.org for mobile phones?
Looking forward to your thoughts
Edit: seems I have posted in the wrong place, but I won't delete it, because I don't want to create a mess. If you find it necessary, I'm sure you will take appropriate action.
I doubt this is one of xper's priorities right now. He's currently up to optimizing the site for regular use, so it may or may not happen in the very near future (though, you'd have to ask him yourself, or, at the very least, he'd have to answer for himself.
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Could it possibly be easier to install an ssh server on the home machine. Then establish the tunnel and configure the application to use socks proxy (assuming it is a configurable option). Tip: port 443 sometimes works better in certain environments..
Joakim
If it isn't a configurable option but you have the option to define a game server to connect to, you could always just setup a static tunnel over SSH, pointing that to the actual game server and the port the game uses to connect.
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Is word 2003 more stable than word xp
in Microsoft Office
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In my experience, Office 2003 has been more stable than Office XP (Word included) - the only other difference from what I can remember is that Office 2003 has a "prettier" GUI.
I wouldn't have bothered with the updates had it been me installing it... Or I would have just installed SP3 and left it as is. I don't use Office as much as I used to anymore...