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How many BitCoin is that worth? ;)

For shit's and giggles, I replaced sha256sum with sha512sum, and now it says: 127 octillion quinquagintillion years (aka 127 * 10^180 years).

For any of my passwords: It would take a desktop PC about 31 sesvigintillion years to crack your password Oh, my mine are really easy to remember: $ echo <insertmypassword><site> | sha256sum PS. sesvigintillion = 10^81 years

PS. The Cisco routers, were part of a whole-infrastructure upgrade timed at the same time, so I'll note they weren't purchased specifically for the installation.

Depends on the laser units, and speed. The unit I deployed was just under AU$4K for 2x 100Mbps transmitters/receivers, fibre-to-copper converters and installation. IIRC The transmitters/receivers units themselves were only about AU$900 ea. (This was about 9yr ago). The distance was just under...

If you're looking for point to point links, and have clear line of sight between site, Free Space Optics (FSO) based technology can provide up to 1GigE for far less cost than microwave based systems. I've personally used 100Mbit FSO between sites (about 1km apart), and it worked extremely well...

I myself am waiting for 4K monitors in the 20"-24" size... My 7yr old 20" LCDs (1680x1050) are still doing well, and looking at replacements means about the only thing to look forward to would be an IPS panel (as my current ones are TNs). The resolution hasn't changed, or gone backwards as far...

Lubuntu i386 (32bit), yes, just, Lubuntu x64 (64bit), no, unless you have CD media supporting 710MB ISO, Fedora with LXDE, yes, but not the KDE or GNOME editions of Fedora. Also, the kernel with CentOS is heavily patches as well and includes many features from 3.x kernels... not to mention it...

Debian Stable CD sets (you only need the first CD to install): http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.2.0/amd64/iso-cd/ Also, there are a few variations on the first CD, each with a different DE... CentOS 6.5 CD sets: http://wiki.centos.org/Download Arch Installation CD...

The Atom C2750 supports VT-x (as do all the C2xxx Atoms), so Hyper-V should work... http://ark.intel.com/products/77987/Intel-Atom-Processor-C2750-4M-Cache-2_40-GHz

I thought everyone in the US worked for the US military machine in some capacity?

Not to mention the PCIe SSDs work fantastically as ZIL and L2ARC caches in ZFS setups...

Agree. Windows 7 should be fine (but tight on memory). If it's an original Pentium4 (not a PentiumD), then no, Windows 8.1 most likely won't work. Noting: your motherboard uses an ATi Xpress200 chipset, and is limited to 2GB DDR-400 maximum. Also be aware that AMD does not support that chipset...

Not necessarily, a number of C2D/C2Qs and most Xeons (based on the C2D/C2Q cores) have that required functionality... (VT-x being the main one for HyperV in 2012). If your C2D/C2Q has VT-x, I would surprised if Win8.1 doesn't work on it. (As VT-x includes PREFETCHx, LAHF/SAHF, NX, Intel64 and...

Interesting, the only question I have is: Are the PCIe models bootable? Or are they like the current PCIe versions, where they can only be a data drive in the system?

So, vote with your dollars and don't support companies that don't or are too arrogant to care about their users... okily dokily...

Sorry, poor wording. Typically single license for Windows 8 is valid for both x86 or x64 editions of the OS. You just choose which one to install. If you need to switch between 32bit and 64bit editions, just wipe the machine and install the other edition. IIRC/AFAIK the only requirement is that...

Isn't that the mantra for most manufacturers these days... ship it now to bring in more $$$ and we'll fix the bugs if/when they complain? Glad it's also fixed.

I agree 100%. But, money matters, and with a slow-down in desktop sales, maybe it was MS's way of scratching Intel's/AMDs back by getting more hardware sales in the pipeline... Now the funny thing is, what are most people going to do: 1. Nothing, and whinge they are stuck on Windows 8.0. 2...

To be honest, I think the number is more than most people expect... How many people how have entry-level boxes, or 2-3 yr old boxes that upgraded to Win8 to have the latest and greatest? I know Tannin is a fan some of the lower end stuff, as it offers incredible performance for the dollar, and...

I thought about this on the way to work this morning (it's amazing how the clear the mind becomes going down the freeway on my bike at 110). We now the actual kernel itself is pretty much the same between all editions of Windows. (as in respect to the IO Scheduler, the task/process/thread...

Now onto the restrictions. (This is my own speculation, but having programmed in assembler for many years and work on system level code at work, I think I can provide some insight). PREFETCHW - This allows the application to request blocks of RAM to be filled into the L1/L2/L3 caches, as it's...

According to the license info as read in the companies Action Pack subscription, the one Windows 8 key is for both x86 and x64 editions. (You can only install 1 version of either, but if you have x64 installed, and can remove that and install the x86 image with the same key). Win8 Pro downgrade...

Use DBAN to wipe... http://www.dban.org/ Also, if you need the data off it, most imaging tools (that are boot into their own environment) can handle dying drives by skipping bad blocks (assuming it's not the logic board dying).

And yet the Linux kernel only dropped i386 support earlier this year (kernel 3.8 officially the last kernel to support the i386), and the kernel team still support it running on 486SX systems (lacking FPU) or 486DX (with FPU). The reasoning: there are a lot of embedded systems that run on the...

My thoughts as well... Most of the older systems would be running DDR2 RAM as well, which depending on cost would be $$$ to bring the installed RAM to an acceptable level... From what I've read, the real issue was the requirement on the PREFECTW instruction. A lot of the "new" Pentium and...

I've only ever done it twice, and the last time was a complete reinstallation of Windows + SQL Server and then restoring the SQL server DBs... (plus some fudging the in the registry)... A good way to blow away a few days...

Sharepoint is nice (and I use that term very, very loosely) if you are a 100% windows/office environment. But it certainly breaks down if you run a mixed environment, (eg Win, Mac and Lin). The one thing to note with Sharepoint, is that it requires MS SQL server which will add $$$ to it's own...

I think I found it: It's in the link I posted: New hardware requirements : for 64bit systems a CPU that supports CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, and LAHF/SAHF. Only early single core AMD Athlion 64's are missing CMPXCHG16b... (Clawhammer/sledgehammer based CPUs). LAHF/SAHF was introduced in 2005... AMD...

I'm also interested to know what new hardware restriction is in Win8.1, and not in Win8.0. All official documentation indicate the same hardware requirements. (SSE2, NX bit and PAE, etc as denoted here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows-8/system-requirements ).

I've installed mediawiki (the wiki engine that wikipedia uses) a few times... Basic installation guide: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide Some Linux distro's even have it as a native package, so it's as simple as "apt-get install mediawiki". eg ...

I've installed mediawiki (the wiki engine that wikipedia uses) a few times... Basic installation guide: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide Some Linux distro's even have it as a native package, so it's as simple as "apt-get install mediawiki". eg ...

Most have gone from GPU based rigs to using dedicated FPGA based or purposed built ASIC accelerator cards... (GPU = 200-400MHash for top end GPU, ASIC = 10000-7500000 MHash depending on cost $300 - $15K for the card). PS. Yes a $300 ASIC based card will do more 5-6x more mining that your $500...

The stock browser on Android isn't Chrome, but is webkit based. (It uses the same renderer as Chrome)... However IIRC and AFAIK, the Google Nexus range is the only one that uses Chrome as the default... everything else uses "Browser"...

Very interested to know why plugging in a VOIP phone killed the LAN, if it was only bridging? (I assume your VOIP LAN and regular PC LAN are on two different subnet's)? Was the LAN being flooded with traffic? causing ARP traffic issues? Your switches couldn't handle loops in the topology...

Just received some photos from my wife's' cousin in Canada, and their first snow... very picturesque.

JTR, Happy Birthday... :beer:

FYI. ACPI = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. It's the standard method for the OS/drivers to control system state including power (and by extension fan control). (And most implementations are extremely buggy). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Configuration_and_Power_Interface...

If there is a bug in the BIOS firmware, that is triggered by enabling the fan speed control, then yes it could affect stability... Also could be a bug the ACPI interface, the OS drivers that talk to it via ACPI, or a number of other things... So, there is a possibility that it could affect...

No, all things being equal... The only items the fan speed will effect, is the movement of air around the case. (In a properly ventilated system, it'll bring in cold air, and expel the warm air). All this will stop your systems chip from overheating, or essentially cooking the electronics. (not...

They will be missed...

I've had DVDShrink running on Win7 x64 for a number of years without issue... (I only run it in ISO mode though). And DVD Decrypter has worked on everything I've tried... But we don't rip a lot with it, so hard to tell how effective DVD Decrypter is these days on modern DVDs. The only trick...

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html (This also does other MS software as well).

What's wrong with DVD Decryptor -> DVD Shrink -> <insert favourite ISO burning tool> ?

Re: Minecraft - I didn't realise Minecraft was delivered as an Applet? I thought it was a standalone desktop Java application? (If the latter, Java can still be installed, but the browser plugin removed). I don't play Mindcraft, so not sure? Re: Blackboard - Having used Blackboard whilst at Uni...

It'll be peak STR... or peak rate from platter to drive controller.

In order to answer your question, I have to question the mere definition of a vomit box... My personal understanding of a vomit box, was one of low quality and underperforming for the price paid... A decent spec'ed box from a major OEM, at a low price could not be considered a vomit box IMHO...

Re: the clock: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/CustomizingTheClock

It's because the Flash installer (or package manger you're using) only installs the plugin for found installations of supported web browsers... eg. 1. Install Firefox... 2. Install Adobe Flash. The installer/package manager only sees Firefox installed so only installs the flash plugin for FF...

Dave, you have my wife's sympathy... (I'm from a Ukrainian background, and my Mum can be the mother-in-law from hell sometimes.).