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Yes. I have one of those. They work, but their range isn't fantastic. The do have flexible firmware that allows them to be used as range extenders or 802.11 to ethernet bridges though, so at least there's some extra utility.

Not in my experience they don't. You need Nero or Roxio or Ulead software to extract the video if absolutely any edits (e.g. commercial skips or multiple titles on the same disc) have been made on the discs.

Actually, those things don't work great. Those things make a weirdo disc called a DVD-VR that has very limited compatibility with anything other than another set-top recorder.

Why not an Intel-branded system? Bozo has certainly expressed reservations about Supermicro parts recently and with Intel OEM stuff you know there's a serious support organization behind it. If you're going to roll your own systems they're probably at least worth a look.

Isn't Diablo 3 a special award winner in the field of retarded shit in the first place?

I don't think I care what the people who make Steam think about anything. Games I get from Microsoft aren't going to require constant check-ins to run once I download them.

I've never been particularly amused by the Three Stooges. The Marx Brothers, yes. But not the Three Stooges.

Presumably the administrative cost of logging and archiving all of it, combined with easy security leaks over IMs.

I probably will move at least a couple machines to Windows 8. I dislike the Metro interface, but I use Windows 8 on my work desktop and I really don't notice it very much unless I'm trying to figure out what the fuck they did with something that used to be in Control Panel. I still spend all my...

It's a JBOD. I assume that in traditional JBOD fashion, it will write the disk #0 in the array first and until that drive is full, then move on to writing on disk #1, then #2 and so on. That's what JBODs do. Given your concerns about data integrity, it's probably not a good answer for you.

My brother had to declare bankruptcy.

I played with the trial version last night. What I can say right now is that it makes a quasi-JBOD where the disks can maintain their identity as an independent drives or be addressed as a unique volume. Drives that already have content merge into a single directory structure within the volume...

I use imo.im to handle instant messaging, mostly because it supports Skype without needing the bloated-ass Skype client. Somehow Skype became a standard for communication for a few people that I deal with. Since it's owned by Microsoft now, I wonder if it will be integrated in Exchange or...

My local Craigslist is an awesome resource for people who need used $50 off-brand VCRs.

Giant robots SMASH.

So I murdered all those penguins for nothing but their delicious drumsticks?

Actually, I think I'm going to try Drive Bender instead of screwing around with WHS. It will install on Windows machines I already have and if it works OK, the license is only $20.

ejabberd looks ridiculously easy to get running and seems feature-complete for your needs. I can't say I've needed to do it but given about five minutes I think I could.

I imagine a high-gloss mag with a monthly column devoted to Penguin taxidermy.

I dunno. Antarctic Living seems it would have a small but very devoted readership. ;)

I would think that testing across different video hardware would be sufficient to determine that the problem is not with specific video acceleration features. Hilariously, Flash works about as well as ever on Linux (i.e. not well, but better than Windows has been for the last few months).

After this weekend, I'm basically down to just using these drives in WHS.

I've removed Flash from all my Windows machines. I stooped to using Opera, since it uses the same Plugin as Firefox to see if it's a specific issue with Mozilla software. It's not. It's also not a video driver issue since I've tried all three of nVidia, Intel and ATI-based systems. I don't know...

I dislike things that require me to be a Facebook or Twitter user.

I have been blessed with most excellent hair.

The third film in the first volume of the Spider-Man franchise was very poorly received. The director wanted to make a wildly different movie from the one the studio wanted and the result was a sub-par movie. Given that Spider-Man 2 is likely going to show up on anyone's top 5 list of favorite...

I'm boycotting it. Everyone else should as well. The Spider-Man rights need to revert to Marvel.

I sincerely doubt that it will.

... Today I learned that FreeNAS knows my email address and will happily tell me when a drive drops out of an array.

d'ya think they let antipodeans such as time have copies of Southern Living? Is it really Northern Living when they're down there or do you think they take their styles from the heart of the Antarctic?

I really didn't care for Dark Knight Rises. I think it might take an entire essay to explain the fullness of my objections, but the short version is that the movie tries so hard to be grounded in realism that anything that doesn't follow along with that becomes jarring; I shouldn't be sitting...

I like for a mirror to have a frame and to be located someplace where it will multiply natural light. Not very much. There was also a period when I was about six years old when my father's renovations required that the outer wall to the one bathroom in the house be removed for about five...

One of the most misbegotten things I've ever seen was a Windows Server set up by an MSSQL DBA. He had managed to configure four drives attached to a RAID controller as RAID0 (for performance!, though I suspect they were delivered from HP in that configuration because I don't think he knew what a...

Many strippers are 20 years old and they still manage to be a lot of fun.

That's VERY related to the topic, though unfortunately that little quad-core ARM looks like it's stuck with USB for expansion and that's kind of crappy.

You need the equipment on both sides to support 802.3ax, which is a feature you're pretty much only going to find on a managed switch. I think there are some configuration options for that on Intel NICs with PROset installed but since I don't have anything with a dual NIC running Windows I can't...

Not disagreeing. On the other hand, I know've met assloads of developers and DBAs who don't know the first thing about general purpose IT. DBAs in particular seem to have problems with things you'd think they would pay attention to, like network latency and disk performance, let alone concepts...

Bought a ThinkStation S20 off Ebay for a customer. The unit I was shipped has a pair of 300GB x15s and a Quadro 4000 in it. Also, Coug, I got that. :)

Will ESX obey a soft shutdown when it's not in maintenance mode?

So far, what I have learned from this experience is that my coworker can't comprehend what vsphere is or how to shut down an ESX server in a way that does not involve a power button.

I've just noticed how ridiculously affordable TVs have gotten in the last short while. I have two friends who simply do not own a flat-panel TV. I was able to find new 40" 1080p displays for under $270, less than I had expected to pay for a 32" set. My local Sam's Club has a mammoth 65" Vizio...

14.01 is out now and it's still semi-retarded with Flash. Of course, I blame Adobe. "Plugin Container for Firefox has stopped working" is pretty much my computer's favorite phrase these days. So that's awesome. Anyway, I saw this and it is cute.

I'm sure there's a republican someplace massaging his boner to that idea though. Anyway, so far the drives have stayed in my zPool. I'm kind of impressed. That's longer than they were able to run in a SoftRAID1.

I've found Synology devices to be a good, stable option for network storage. I've been dealing with them for a couple years without any real issues.

How about a VW Beetle? Or my toaster. Which is entirely distinct from similar vehicles like the Qube and the Scion. Most mid-size cars aren't terribly distinct. That audi doesn't look much different from a Volvo, either.

I don't think the changes are quite that severe. Activated copies of Windows and Office should maintain their activated status even after the license expires. I base that on how I know MSAA stuff works. You just won't be able to activate new copies on keys that come from a lapsed Technet account.

Perhaps it would be better to say that it's unremarkable in its appearance. The overall body shape doesn't seem to have any distinct styling. It's very similar to a lot of other present-era sedans or coupes or whatever the hell mid-size cars are called these days.

In overall shape, it doesn't look that different from a Camry to me. the grill on the front is the only thing that seems distinctive. It's a pretty generic-looking vehicle.

Actually it's not an A5. It's a 2013 rs5.