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Twitter is simply another way for people to freely provide information about themselves than can be used against them either immediately or in the future. Really. People are stupid enough to post their current whereabouts, providing prime info for burglars or child kidnappers. Ex: "Hey I'm...

Hmm. Maybe you can find out who builds this chassis for Sun. 48 drives in 4U.

We have a couple of these on our midrange. Dual-LTO4 drives, 48 cartridge capacity, 4 Gbps Fibre connect, web-based management. IIRC the last one ran around $20 grand with rackmount kit & redundant power. I've not really bothered to speed-test them as we do most of our backups while...

I wound up getting these Sony batteries which appear to be eneloop clones (2000MAh, made in Japan). I also picked up a 4-pack of Ultralast Hybrio AAAs and a charger w/ 4 AA Hybrios. I got everything at Fry's.

Ours is a tiered plan. For people earning under $60K total compensation (salary + target bonus), raises are normal. For people earning over $200K, raises are not offered. This includes all senior management. For those between the two, only the top-most performers who are in the lower portion...

Adcadet - As I said above, a $30 a month data plan is mandatory for an iPhone on AT&T. Go to the AT&T site & look up available plans in your area. Howell - Good update. FYI the original iPhone required iTunes for activation; the 3G does not. When uda refuted my statement on that I looked it...

Things that attract me to the Pre. Not all are unique to the platform, of course. The form factor, including the overall shape & contour lines, a real keyboard, and a replaceable battery. Not AT&T. I've documented before my issue with AT&T turning me over to a collection agency for refusing...

Never mind Fusighi's 'anti-Apple' bias, iTunes is not 'required' to purchase an iPhone, or to use, it per se. It was required for the original iPhone. Looks like that fixed that for the 3G. Nothing wrong with using iTunes w/iPhone however. Apple software on Windows is most definitely...

A few comments: 1. If you get an iPhone then you will use AT&T as your carrier (unlocking shenanigans aside). And iPhones require iTunes. For some like me that rules them out. 2. If cost is a factor, be sure to look at total cost, i.e. phone + cost of service for the contract duration. 3...

I just ordered a QC Pro for Notebooks with my corporate card. Using Office Communications Server at work we're going to update some of our conference calls to video. Amazon had the best overall price. That model was selected as our evaluators had really good success with it.

Actually, what I want is for people to make sensible decisions about their health & safety and the health & safety of those around them. For them to take responsibility for their lives & actions and to not try and run away or take the easy way out. Yeah, I know, good luck on that. But that is...

No experience with retail systems (we use ERP systems), but Googling 'open source pos' returns a number of options.

If you could keep the use restricted to private spaces I would in general agree that 'recreational' drugs should be legal. However, we all know that just doesn't happen. People show up to work while still under the influence. They drive vehicles while under the influence. They make life...

Yes, the 722. Actually the external drive connects via USB. Brochure (PDF). Up to 750GB is in the notes (PDF again) although I wonder if that's an actual limit or if 750s were the largest available when it was written. I'm guessing a 750 will at least double the recording time. But of course...

I took advantage of an offer from Dish Network & upgraded from SDTV w/DVR on our old set to HD DVR with connections to both the old SD & the new HD sets. The upgrade was free as long as I added HD programming to my package (about $10 a month). - Now the HD set gets 1080i while the old set...

Car dealers are pretty much by the hour & not flat rate. They also tend to bill in half hour increments. The ones I've seen lately are $96-110 an hour so $48+ minimum charge. Exceptions exist for things like oil changes where they have to compete with the corner shops, but even non-dealers...

Dells bought through Best Buy never had a Dell warranty. BB is the warranty provider. That's a dirty little secret that neither Dell nor BB makes much mention of. And while $80 may seem steep, what is your flat fee for working on a tech problem? Microsoft is something like $249. IBM doesn't...

Will OSX run on my existing hardware? No? Epic Fail.

The insider threat is one of the largest, if not the largest, threat to most companies. It is also the most difficult to mitigate. Even hiring someone you trust today doesn't mean they will be trustworthy tomorrow. Dovetailing on what Handy is saying, the iron mountain is literal. Recall is...

That link shows $299.99 with free shipping.

Vista defrags both ad hoc and on a schedule you can set. But there still aren't any settings to control how it defrags, which is why I kept Diskeeper on my personal machine. I haven't looked at W7, but in Vista the defragger is in the exact same location (Accessories - System Tools) as it is...

Merc, believe it or not, Best Buy has an Envy-based PCI sound card. I just used one to replace the mobo sound I couldn't get to work on my wife's XP PC. It retails for $25, which is I'm sure a fair bit more than what you paid for the HK source (probably even after the shipping). I've also had...

No one said to not do anything about it. Where did you read that? What dd mentioned is a standard risk mitigation strategy. The government has a limited budget with which to mitigate risk. Hence, they should examine the known risks, their relative probabilities, our current vulnerabilities...

Alleged or suspected terrorists. You have no way of knowing if the remaining prisoners are guilty or not, seeing as how they have not had trials and been convicted. We may assume some, most, or even all are guilty but we do not know it until a verdict has been reached. A verdict in court, not...

Does this still hold true? I've seen some 2000mAH NiMHs at Microcenter under the UltraLast (pdf) name. But the label on both the packaging and the batteries themselves says made in China.

Mark, have you seem the 9th & 10th Doctors? Especially with Tennant's 10th Doctor I think the beefs against acting, plots, and effects have all been addressed. And I could easily see an occasional lines being written by Joss Whedon. Not to say it's the greatest thing since sliced bread (or...

So you don't like Doctor Who not because of the show itself but because of a hardcore fanatic from before it's past three or four incarnations? Really, as someone who in the '80s was a fan (but not a fanatic) of the show from the original Hartnell Doctor through the Tom Baker years and even...

1-20-09: The end of an error.

Sadly, Patrick McGoohan died last week. I'd have to call Chuck my current favorite show. It's got a good blend of comedy, action, and a touch of SF. And it doesn't hurt when Sarah is shown getting dressed or in costume (Sarah Walker is portrayed by Yvonne Strahovski [originally Strzechowski]...

On my Vista 64 machine I do add printer - let it try & find the printer by IP and fail since there's no printer at the IP I gaave it - manual driver selection - and select HP. There's a full run of Laserjets, including "Color LaserJet 5500 PCL 5". I'll grant that for the Color LJ 5 they only...

No keyboard no sale. While I'd never be a smartphone touch typist I won't go without tactile feedback and it makes even basic data entry better. re: Palm Pre. I'm looking forward to this being released. Seems it was one of the few top-rated items at CES. As to Sprint-only, for me that's...

You need a few power users. One person in each major group/department with above-average skills. That person would be the one to turn to when doing migrations. They can also serve as resident app experts and even level-1 support. That said, for your migration you definitely want to do a...

Not dead as in broken, but I have taken part of the farm off-line. Our electric bills are just too high and my wife pays them; I don't. So it's hard to justify her paying for my frivolous efforts. I did fire up the machines yesterday, though, to add a little heat to the basement while I'm...

Real temp is -26F at the moment. Last night's wind chill was reported at -45 to -50; I wouldn't know how realistic that is as we stayed inside. But our dog was certainly feeling it every time she went out to potty. The heat wave is already underway, though; today's high can get all the way up...

Weatherman said this morning it was colder in Elgin, IL (a Chicago 'burb) than at the South Pole (base temp; doesn't include wind chill). In my 'burb it's been as low as -14F today. That's what I've seen, at least. -10F right now.

No, you are wrong. You said it yourself. MS specifically enables or disables technologies depending on whether or not the product is intended for desktop or server usage. It matters not if the code is identical. How it is licensed and how it is packaged is what matters. My only fault would...

I've a need for rechargeable batteries. Two needs, actually: 1. Wii remotes. 4 remotes x 2AA each. 2. Siemens cordless phone handsets. 8 handsets x 2AA each. For the Wii, eneloops seem like the right solution. Easy decision. Use eneloops & the basic Sanyo charger. For the handsets, I'm a...

Actually, that's what Microsoft thinks. They're the ones who put the word "Server" in the name and included server technologies in the product. Since you apparently think they're wrong, feel free to correct them.

That's not a desktop OS.

BTW .. XP is the worst OS to use with an SSD. In order, the fastest OSes are W2K, Linux, Mac OS, Vista, then XP in that order. W98 is actually faster still, but that's getting pretty ancient and hard to support. Apparently there's a legit reason for it: (There are some issues with the...

Divide it by the 64 cores and you're still at 20+GB/s/core. And not only does it run IBM i (current name for OS/400) and AIX, it runs both Power Linux and via VM it can run x86 Linux.

Since you mentioned supercomputers, MB/s and GB/s are no longer the measure. Try 1.3TB/s.

FWIW, Dell seems to have just one model using a 4200 RPM drive, and it's really a large netbook more than a true laptop. Their smaller (the Mini 9) is SSD and most everything else is 5400 in the mainstream lineup. 7200s and SSDs are available in the higher-end Latitudes. When I speced my...

That sounds like a job for a traditional storage subsystem (SAN/NAS) with lots of cache.

I can see lots of reasons for BD's market penetration to be slow: - What is the current HDTV market penetration? I really don't know; that's why I ask. No reason to go BD until you have an HDTV. I mean, I just bought our first HDTV last month and I know plenty of people who cannot afford to...

Just a slight bit of server overkill.

This has what to do with the state of the art of SSDs? :p

To me, if the packaging was so awful that drives were being damaged or arriving DOA, the higher return rates would inspire the retailer to use better packaging since returns impact their margins & costs. Since the retailers aren't re-thinking their packaging, the packaging must be adequate...

Yes, they are.

Welcome to the club, dd. Here's how we did it: Bought a book for planning your own wedding. It included software for planning/budgeting and checklists for what items should be done how far in advance. Did things ourselves in advance as far as possible. Hired my brother to be the photographer...