Comments on: The Personal Computer – part three https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/the-personal-computer-part-three/ Wimminz Sun, 08 Apr 2018 01:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: hans https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/the-personal-computer-part-three/#comment-7274 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 03:21:16 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4278#comment-7274 Can´t wait for part vier..

Left me pondering.
I´ve been too lazy and succumbed too much to the easy life of the spoon fed NSA-computing we get tempted with at every corner.

]]> By: wimminz https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/the-personal-computer-part-three/#comment-7271 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 17:57:07 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4278#comment-7271 1/ Anything can read them, 2 TB is under the limit for MBR disks.
2/ they are a tried and trusted technology
3/ You can *always* buy a 2 TB disk off the shelf almost anywhere
4/ Trust me, 2 TB is “big enough” when it comes to rebuilding a dead disk in an array, at a steady 50 MB/sec you’re only looking at 3 GB a minute, 2,000 / 3 = 11+ hours.
5/ You *must* always use all the same size disks in a storage array, 2 TB is a sweet spot, *when* one dies, you don’t lose too much data for the array to rebuild, but even a 4 bay NAS with duplication will still store 4 TB

In a 4 bay NAS with 2 TB drives and duplication, yeah, you could do the same “job” with a 2 bays and 4 TB drives, but with the 4 x 2 bay NAS there is only a 50% chance any read or write operation will actually hit a disk, not a 100% chance as in the 2 x 4 array, so if a drive dies it is only 25% of your spindles, not 50%, eg ALL, when rebuilding the duplication, which will thrash the disk(s) with the dupe data, and if you have two disks and one dies, well, if your right shoe needs resoling…. your left ain’t far behind.

My 2c

YMMV

]]> By: Digger Nick https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/the-personal-computer-part-three/#comment-7270 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:59:40 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4278#comment-7270 Ahhahahaha. Meanwhile in the landy if i run one tank dry i simply turn the tank changeover valve, maybe prime the fuel pump if neccesary and im on my way.

She still drives like a total and utter uncomfortable cunt tough. And the brakes and steering, don’t get me started. But at least i can fix ‘er myself.

]]> By: pinzon https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/the-personal-computer-part-three/#comment-7268 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:03:07 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4278#comment-7268 Mother’s coworker bought either a 2013 or 2014 Mercedes C-Class and ran the gas tank dry. Called another coworker to pick her up so that she could buy a gallon of gas to get her to a gas station. Turns the key. Nothing. Calls the dealer, explains what going on, and they send a tech with a jump pack and a laptop. Apparently, the new mercs won’t start after being run dry without reflashing the computer or some such shit. All I could think of is when its 2018 and that car is well out of warranty, who the fuck is going to want to touch something like this who has even an inkling of knowledge about its workings.

]]> By: andy https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/the-personal-computer-part-three/#comment-7267 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:19:58 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4278#comment-7267 “…I guarantee it will be amongst that small sub-set of humanity that is the independent Man…”

+1, here’s a living testament to your accuracy, surrounded by pre-chiclet stinkpads and satisfied owner of a car with manual windows.

]]> By: Digger Nick https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/the-personal-computer-part-three/#comment-7266 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 10:59:22 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4278#comment-7266 http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/ Also some more data. Because we love data.

]]> By: Digger Nick https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/the-personal-computer-part-three/#comment-7265 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 10:57:57 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4278#comment-7265 Prolly the old google datacentre reliability study?
research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf

]]> By: ello https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/the-personal-computer-part-three/#comment-7264 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:09:07 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4278#comment-7264 Why did you suggest only 2TB disks?

Sorry if this has been asked before, I searched.

]]> By: Davis M.J. Aurini https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/the-personal-computer-part-three/#comment-7262 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:29:50 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4278#comment-7262 “It is also outside the scope of this series of posts to delve into what the fuck we are all doing with the vast amounts of personal time liberated by giving up personal control, shades of the modern housewife with the washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher, microwave, refrigerator, freezer, mixer, juicer, electric can opener, toaster, hoover, spray cans of everything, disposable nappies and everything, and yet they have no time now to keep a house in order…”

In other words, we are all becoming the whiny little bitches that made up second-wave feminism.

]]> By: Digger Nick https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/the-personal-computer-part-three/#comment-7260 Sun, 06 Apr 2014 18:13:43 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4278#comment-7260 Eh, it’s nice and efficient and all, and certainly the division of labor is nice. But the key to that is trust.
You can only keep the car you can maintain yourself if you can’t trust the mechanic not to fuck you over.
You can only store your money yourself, if you cant trust the banks not to fuck you over.

And so on, and so forth, all the way down the supply chain.

Add feminism, import half of somalia, allow everyone to fuck everyone over, and wait for the eventual collapse, heh.

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