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But do miners really care about per watt measurements, or only in the highest possible hash rate?

Thanks, unfortunately my wife's medical condition root cause is a genetic disorder ( EDS ), so there is little that can be done other than treating symptoms as they appear. We only found out the root cause of all her illness approx 18 mths ago, despite having symptoms for the last 35+ years (and...

I know I haven't posted much recently, but that's mainly because I don't have much to say in addition to what has already been said... Not much is going in my life at the moment... Work is picking up/getting more busy as more people are buying the companies primary product (...

Paging Dave: Lian-Li take... http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/dk-05/

IIRC, Zen cores are similar to current Intel offerings in single thread performance... http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-1700x-6950x-7700k-cpu-benchmarks/

Not on an SSD. (Considering how sectors are remapped constantly based on wear levelling). Maybe that value refers to cells at write capacity? :dunno:

FWIW, we've had a stack of WD Red's at work that have been quite good in our storage servers... But the Blue's and Black's, yep, no so great failure rates. (we only had 4x Green's, never again). As for the NAND, interested to know what the write-capacity of those cells are... With each feature...

FYI: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-18/ethereum-co-founder-says-crypto-coin-market-is-ticking-time-bomb

IDK, but the more I read about crypto-currencies, I'm seeing it more and more like playing the stock market... Some win, some break even, and a lot lose.

WTF? PIO = Programmed Input Output.... You know the first ATA transfer modes for IDE drives from the 80's/90's? PIO4 = 16MB/s max! Before UDMA modes! PS. please take the above post with humour and jest...

Typically I do for stuff that I use on a regular basis, but for stuff that I may only need once or only once in a blue-moon, then I typically don't.

Don't you hate it, when looking for a bit of older software, and you can't find it on the developers website anymore just because it's EOL. Now, I'm not talking about older versions which have been replaced with newer versions, but software that has no replacement... Case in point: Microsoft...

Something random: On the way to work today on my bike, I past a car for a mobile beautician... the company name as advertised on the rear window: "Luscious Lady Lips".

All I can suggest is a second opinion from a mechanic that specialises in brakes. (I don't know what you have around, but we have places around us that specialise in brakes, another in radiators/AC, another that specialises in suspension, etc). The other option is a new car, or if possibly a...

You should get similar symptons (eg video blanking) under Linux if it's a hardware issue. If none of the problems persist when running a Linux distro, this mostly points towards a software based issue being the cause.

My first thought was PSU as well... but with a G31 based motherboard have you had a very close look at the capacitors? (Might be a few bulging, causing power issues on the mainboard). IIRC there were a few boards from the era that suffered problems with caps when they all got 3+yrs old. Also...

Actually, that's very correct... From some training I undertook many, many moons ago: "The only secure computer is one that is locked in an EM proof/air tight safe, covered in cement, and dropped to the bottom of the ocean... And even then that may not be enough, considering your adversaries...

Hi time, In the forensics' world there are a number of tools to clone drives, the most common no-cost tool that handles bad-sectors with ease is ddrescue. ( https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ ). All the other tools that work all cost $$$$$. Also IIRC Symantec Ghost does a decent job with...

Not necessarily, just because they don't want to host mailboxes for customers doesn't mean they don't still want to run a virus-scanning/spam stopping gateway service. Also they may also white list some 3rd party services as well? Also have you contacted either your ISP to ensure there's no...

Have you confirmed that your ISP will allow direct sending of email outbound via a 3rd party SMTP server? (Some ISPs block all outbound email unless going through their own SMTP server to help stop SPAM being sent from their network). Also double check the IP Port for outbound email (some use...

Just some more Ryzen related news: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/03/amds-zen-goes-mainstream-with-ryzen-5-4-cores-8-threads-from-169/ and https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/03/16/2047215/microsoft-locks-ryzen-kaby-lake-users-out-of-updates-on-windows-7-81 Well done, MS, well done...

Avoid Hollywood productions then... Hollywood is only making remakes, sequels, prequels, spinoffs, etc, as they're low risk, high profit ventures. It appears the investors are very risk adverse, demanding a return on all monies spent.

Ouch, hope you're recovering well! ;)

Coug, out of interest, what does your boss actually do, if you're already doing most of it?

You might want to recheck that assumption... USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.1 0.0 53316 6648 ? Ss 12:52 0:00 /sbin/init root 205 0.0 0.0 77248 18692 ? Ss 12:52 0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald...

I think that's part of the reason why Pauline Hanson is getting so much support from the populous. The general population now see that most politicians are there (especially those in the two main parties), do not support the people as a whole, but merely in parliament to enhance their own...

Our thoughts were the firmware sucks if you try too much async IO on them... They are OK if you are doing synchronous read operations, but if start overlapping read IO requests, they drop in performance significantly... But that doesn't explain the fast start but slow ending? Maybe something to...

Arch is changing the i686 version to a second-tier community supported version, the same as the PPC and ARM versions of Arch... Does this change effect you in any manner? (You sig would indicate not). Also, why OpenRC instead of systemd?

sd, we've been seeing similar things at work with some newer model USB Keys and SD Cards. I had to image a few USB keys last week, and 2 out of 10 keys would only read at 500KBps once you got past half way in the key (16GB and 32GB keys). Two SD Cards read at 50MB/s for the first 4GB, and then...

And yet here we had 39C yesterday, and around the same predicted for today... (39C = 102F)

Australia introduced labelling laws quite a few years ago to help people understand how much you are drinking... http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/code/userguide/pages/labellingofalcoholic4967.aspx

My guess, they figure they can get away with it, since the public are quite happy to acknowledge that 4K TV don't actually display 4096 pixels wide, but 3840 pixels, because you know, it's close enough to be called 4K... So 196GB is close enough to 200GB...

Can't give you exact details, but the Fax service is controlled by a number of registry keys in the following locations: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fax HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Fax HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Fax\FaxAccounts HKCU\Printers\Connections\,,<fax server>,Fax...

IIRC, there are splitters and switches available, however they may cause issues with the DRM/HDCP that's embedded with HDMI or may not provide support the bandwidth required for newer HDMI specifications... eg, https://www.jaycar.com.au/3-input-hdmi-switcher-with-remote-control/p/AC1705 is one...

My 2cents... Smart or Not... Definitely not. As a lot of manufacturers are basing the Smart side of things on Android, you're essentially running a huge tablet as your main TV... And there is a growing amount of malware targeting Smart TV installations...

Happy New Year to all! I hope 2017 brings joy and peace for you and your loved ones.

@Tannin @Tea, I assume this wasn't your store? http://www.hepburnadvocate.com.au/story/4376247/owner-of-central-ballarat-business-shocked-after-fire/?cs=12

Just like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you enjoy a safe and pleasant holiday period. For all others who also celebrate other events at this time I also wish a: Happy Hanukkah Io, Saturnalia! Happy and Joyful Kwanzaa Happy Constitution Day Joyful Feast of Winter Veil Happy...

Any chance of getting a crash dump log (the log that occurs on a BSOD)? It'll at least point you were the BSOD is occurring. (most likely the WLAN and/or VPN driver).

My family and I had lunch at the local tavern's restaurant today, and across from us were a group of young blokes having lunch and a beer. Nothing strange about this, however one of them had a lot of ice in his beer and was drinking it through a cocktail straw? My wife and I have never seen...

Is it this: http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/10956-Chrome-and-quoted-reply

Ol'e times: Doom3 BFG in VR (via HTC Vive). http://motherboard.vice.com/read/new-mod-successfully-brings-doom-3-to-virtual-reality

I hope he's well...

Pretty scary for what Lockwood are selling as a high-end lock. (Our's are Carbine's, not Lockwoods).

Admittedly, some would consider high-end for residential, but I would still consider low-end of the market... (having maintained Class A safes with dual keys, etc in the past jobs). Our primary dead-bolts are similar to these (in addition to the regular door handles/locks)...

We have, as the primary benefit was reduced house/contents insurance premiums. (High end locks on all doors, and locks on all windows reduced the premium by ~10%). At the end of the day, if someone wants in, they'll get it. But if you make your place that little bit harder than the neighbours...

Is Cowon America still an option these days? (other than being super expensive). http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/cowon/x9/

No idea, locally, the only dedicated MP3 players are either from Sandisk or Sony (and Apple). Philips still advertise a 2015 based model, but it looks awfully similar to a Sandisk... In saying that, the Sandisk Clip Sport meets all requirements, except no MicroSD slot and has a fixed battery...

If it's internal, it's normally, "Hello, <name> speaking". External calls, as per before...

Most companies I've worked for, the standard greeting is: "Hello, thank you for calling <company name>. You're speaking with <name>, how can I help you?" or similar.