« 2009/12/10 » 2030 | computer realestate theroad weather winter | | Ok, yup, I bought a place.  It still hasn't quite sunk in yet. I mean, I believe it to be true and am slowly (slowly) warming up to the idea but until I actually move in it's still a rather unreal thing for me. Certainly, it is nice to not have to flip through ugly, ugly housing listings. Now, paperwork and all the tedium that it brings are my daily plate. Oh, and financial strains, indeed and oh yes. Speaking of strains, my freakin' harddrive died! And it would seem I lost everything -- old photos (more recent ones are on flickr and at work), shows, movies.. and all my saved games! My personal notes on stuff. Gone. Well, not GONE gone.. presumably they're in statis, comatose on a few drive platters, locked by a $1k key ie. a data retrieval service. It's a frakking nightmare I tells ya! Although to be truthful I am getting more reading done at home; nearly halfway through The Crossing. Saw a couple movies recently, A Serious Man, the new Coen brothers film, and The Road. The first quietly delighted me, the second made my blood boil; it seemed like a flagrant slap to those that had read the book. Looking back I suppose it's made the story more palatable to those who've not read it, but I still think it unnecessary and an insult to viewers. But ah well. Winter is here with a frosty backfist to the cheeks. Bicycling has become officially a painful thing to do, so I've been taking the streetcar for the past couple of days. Gives me a chance to catch up on "The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe" podcast. HOLY COW it's -9 outside? That's Mother Nature for ya: turn around and she's kicking you in the ballsack.
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| Kyle Lahnakoski (hp)
You got to get yourself hardware raid6! I have a drive failure at least every year, and it has saved me many times. I also have a separate machine for nightly backup.
I am developing a peer2peer, fully encrypted, raided, backup. This way I, and others, do not have to resort to complicated and expensive setups just to get reliable backup. It will be ready in the spring. Want to be a guinea pig? Hwan
Sure! I had actually given thought to getting a Drobo, but I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about those things. I just like it because I don't need to learn much. whatever
Raid 6 is completely useless in a home environment. Raid 6 provides double disk protection by doing pairity calculations on both horizontal and diagonal directions, and requires 2 extra drives for pairity. If you have a drive distribution that's larger than 8 drives, then raid 6 makes sense as a larger grouping has an exponentially greater possibility for failure.
if you really wanted to maximize your efficiency then use zfs on a solaris system, connected to a storage array with raid 4 or raid dp. that will allow instant snapshots, and protect against any single failures. Kyle Lahnakoski
Whatever's use of the word "efficiency" really means danger! I want to protecting myself from more than one point of failure. Rebuilding a terabyte will take all day, and during that time a failure will be catastrophic.
Yes, I am paranoid. dangerman in sgh
wow! congrats on your new place! |
Recent comments | 2010/08/03 Hwan I won't say that all is well (for I don't believe it to be so), but I am better. Thanks to all for asking!
2010/07/20 QYV Expected range for Creatinine for guys is 60 - 110 umol/L
2010/07/20 llamariffic Hmm, macrocytosis here as well, but to be honest I've had it since before I truly embarked on drinking as a proper hobby. Similarly, stopped drinking entirely, and it didn't go away. Just one of those things, I think.
2010/07/19 girl ack!! It's weird to think that I am now a parental unit. It was nice to see you hwan!
2010/05/21 Hwan I recall trying earplugs well back in my undergrad years, to mixed results. My sleep was troubled by feelings of claustrophobia. I also have a, perhaps unfounded, fear of not hearing the essential alarm in the mornings. However, I may give these another go, thanks.
2010/05/21 llamatron Have you tried sleeping with earplugs? My flat faces out onto a main road, so I've started using the standard foam plugs. It took a few nights to get used to them, but they make a big difference.
2010/05/21 girl The original swedish title: "Men who hate women". I'm not sure if it's the fault of the translation, but I never liked the reporter dude.
2001/03/07 Hwan Damn.. it seems Unweb has since died. http://www.gamegrene.com/node/183
2001/03/07 TY SHARDEL YOU CAN TRADE WITH THE UNIVERSE AND ENABLE SOCIAL NEEDS, OR PERHAPS POST WISH LISTS, HUG THE GLOBE LIKE A BIG OCTOPUS... TY
2010/03/24 Hwan I am amused by the John Irving comparison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Irving#Recurring_themes
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