Posts by Keith_C
40 posts • joined Monday 23rd June 2008 13:40 GMT
Re: another advert for supermicro?
Just checking; are you referring to the full remote console iDrac/iLO, where you can see even a gui console (Windows), mount ISO's/floppy images, have mouse control, etc etc? I was under the impression that was an iDrac Enterprise set of features, which have a decent cost.
Posted in Build a BONKERS gaming PC
Re: Bonkers?
Not had *any* of those problems with my Revo, nor has my mate with either of the ones he has, both original and Revo 3 (and he's running quad SLI in one rig), so I would suggest that perhaps the problem isn't with the Revo but elsewhere...
Posted in Build a BONKERS gaming PC
Re: Bonkers?
Good point. In fact, take out the SanDisk SSD and replace it with a 5900rpm SATA drive, or slower if you can find one. Sure, load times will increase to durations best measure in ice ages, but even though you've called your build 'bonkers' and gone as far as speccing a GTX Titan it's important to save those pennies and cut back on the storage.
Posted in Build a BONKERS gaming PC
Bonkers?
That's not bonkers, not with such a rubbish SSD. SATA? Pah!
No, what you want is one of these:
http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-revodrive-pci-express-ssd.html
Posted in Review: Intel 335 240GB SSD
Re: 7% overprovisioning and a data protection nightmare
Or just buy drives that employ drive encryption. Change the encryption key (a 1-second job) and job done.
Re: lets just modify a typical Fandroid commentard on an iPad article
Nexus S is 2 years old and runs Jelly Bean.
Unreal?
That looks more like a Quake, not Unreal.
Posted in Apple adds Fusion Drive IO to iMac
Not a new concept
OCZ were doing this last year: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005J4P0JS
Re: endless rental
If you have an Xbox 360 you can do exactly this with the Zune service; 1080p (yes, p) downloads (and streaming with a >6Mbit/s connection) with 5.1 DD sound. Have to say it's absolutely fine for most of *my* viewing needs, and only costs ~£4 for a HD rental.
As a result, I have more Bluray drives in the house than I do discs - I just don't feel the need to buy films these days...
Posted in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean review
My Galaxy Nexus got JB last week, and it's massively, *massively* smoother and slicker in comparison to ICS. The Gnex is 'only' dual-core too.
It's a massive improvement in every way over ICS - it has made what was already a phone I was happy with to one I am *extremely* happy with.
Re: storage
To a degree, yes - and yes, it can be annoying, although phones these days seem to have simplified the process, some apps seem to install straight to SD anyway, and apps like App2SD can mop up the rest.
The exception to this appears to be the Galaxy Nexus - you have 16GB of storage, end of story, that can be used by anything - it's very iOS like in that behaviour, and I must admit I feel it's the better approach.
The catch is there's no 'block level' mounting the GN as a mass storage device and it communicates with the host via MTP - not a problem for Windows, but I believe Linux users have trouble. I have no idea at all for Mac users.
Posted in Gamers grumble over Steam outage
Not entirely true
When I open my laptop on the way to work, sans internet connection, Steam tries to connect, quickly gives up, and asks if I want to start in offline mode, even if it was in 'online' mode last time I used it.
Hmm, doesn't really seem to have made much of a difference in the LINX stats though:
https://www.linx.net/pubtools/trafficstats.html?stats=week
Posted in No new strings for Guitar Hero
Good laugh after the pub
This comic seems appropriate right now:
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rock_band.png
Posted in BBC iPlayer iPad app out this week
In fairness
That's not the BBC's fault - it's Microsoft's. MS want VoD services such as SkyPlayer to only be available to Gold subscribers, but the BBC cannot have a charge in place for access to iPlayer, as it's already part of the license fee.
All MS would have to do is make it available to *all* XBL subscribers and then it could be on the Xbox too, but they won't.
Showing ID
Clearly that's not the case and he doesn't and didn't have to show ID.
Posted in 1kW of sexy GPU love
Optional though
You don't have to make use of the realtec if you don't want to - the IPMI can share with LAN1 on the mobo. It also supports vlan tagging when sharing in this manner.
Posted in Amazon buys Lovefilm
Not just me
Someone else who remembers VideoIsland!
I signed up with them because at the time they were using our company to host their service with, and kept the account until about a year ago. The quality of service did seem to drop through each successive buy-out though, and after having some high priority items end up on Sky Movies before they were delivered was the final nail in the coffin for me.
Moon on a stick
So you want failover and DR and all that malarky, but you're going to a budget hosting provider like Webfusion?
If you're with them, accept the fact that you *don't* have these services available - certainly not without additional spend.
In my experience it's the ones who spend the least that complain the most - the people who were spending a proper sum for decent service in the first place already had and subsequently enjoyed the protection their spend gave them.
Posted in Apple Mac App Store to go live January
No big deal.
Why would Valve care? No serious gamer actually plays games on a Mac ;)
Posted in Toyota Auris hybrid e-car
Be fair...
...the IQ doesn't seat 4 adults *and* any amount of luggage. In fact, saying it fits 4 adults is a bit a stretch - 3 full-sized blokes is comfortable enough for shorter journeys, but you couldn't fit a 4th bloke in there without having to scoot the drivers seat forward a fair bit. 'Adults' applies only when said adults are of Paris-esque frame and bulk.
Paris, because she likes to have a number of full-sized blokes inside her.
Posted in Orange gives the green light
Spotty
If I leave it for an indeterminate amount of time, eventually when looking at the phone it might have a data connection.
I thought I'd bust something when I dropped it the other day, so was relieved to find out it was Orange!
It's a computer. Viruses will happen.
Untrusted .apks on Android, security vulnerabilities in iOS that means a PDF can pwn your iPhone. No-one is 'safe', but then again, life ain't 'safe'.
Engage brain before fingers. Good advice for some of the commentards too.
Posted in ISS cooling pump refuses to come quietly
Clearly...
...they omitted the stage where you soak everything you can reach in WD40 for a few hours. I have no doubts that something as insignificant as the cold of space isn't going to stand in the way of WD40's magical powers.
Paris, she understands the important of being well lubed before trying to get nuts off.
What about...
...the iPod - Apple have pretty large share in that market, and seem very interested in keeping it.
Posted in YoYoTech Warbird i750CX
I might be missing something...
...but that article wasn't using hardware RAID controllers.
If you're going to use RAID, either use proper hardware controllers or accept the limitations of fakeraid.
32bit is only for the consumers
Server 08 R2 is the same kernel generation as W7, and that doesn't even come in a 32bit flavour. I suspect that W7 32bit will be the last 32bit OS they release.
Just wish the Linux crowd would get the stones to make future releases 64bit-only.
@Small Wee Jobbie
That's only an issue in backward countries that persist in burning stuff to make electricity - those countries that use nuclear power to provide massive amounts of cheap electricity can welcome the electric car with open baguettes.
If this rankles with you, have a word with all those NIMBYs that object to anything nuclear.
To those who turn off search...
...try actually *using* it for a while first - and let it actually build its indexes before slating it for disk/CPU load.
It was one of the features I most enjoyed in Vista, and in W7 it has been improved still further. After you let it build, which can take a few days to properly settle down, it enables me to search not just my own mailbox in a couple of seconds, but also indexes our shared mailboxes - and will include results from them just as quickly. Just checked, and my index has some 160k+ items in it, the very vast majority of which are email items. It even looks inside recognized attachments in emails and indexes them too.
The load it places on a system while generating the indexes takes but a few days. The benefits give you value for months. Once it's built the indexes the load to maintain them is minimal, there's very little ongoing CPU or disk load.
Stop this filth!
Shock pretty late-20's girl enjoying night out with mates horror.
Anyone who claims they haven't done similar is either a) lying b) so old they can't remember that far back.
Paris because she'll let anyone grab her funbags.
Posted in IBM bricking Seagate SATA disks
Not as big a problem as it seems
After chatting to a Seagate engineer, the deal is that this only happens when an event log on the drive itself reaches an exact figure. However if you reach this figure then the drive is probably fubar anyway. I recall that if the event log goes above this figure you're also safe - it's only if you cycle the power at that exact point you have an issue.
I am *not* a Seagate engineer, and the conversation was a couple of weeks ago, so I may have some details wrong, don't take as gospel, blah blah arse cover.
What is odd though that BB10 isn't a Seagate firmware code for those drives. Seagate firmwares start SN0x (SN06 is the latest).
@still pointless
One of these would be very good in virtualisation environments to name just one example.
Good old BoJo
Once again he affirms his position as one of the very few politicians in the world I would willingly buy a drink for.
Entanet
Seems that Entanet are filtering as well, although only for ADSL customers. Our leased line with them is fine, as is their transit feed.
Posted in BMW unwraps electric Mini
@Max Jalil
Ah, but that's because here in Blighty we get all up in arms as soon as anyone even mentions the prospect of a nuclear power station, with NIMBY nitwits ensuring that they never get any further than the 'Hey, I have an idea' stage without so many complaints, caveats, protests and mouth-froths in the Daily Mail that anyone involved just gives up.
Whereas in France for example where they have massives amounts of very cheap, very low emission electricity, they can all tool around in electric cars all day long with smug grins on their faces.
Posted in MS confirms European Xbox 360 price cuts
@Liam
No - the £170 Premium model also has a hard disk. It's only 20GB though compared to the 120GB HDD in the Elite.
The rule of thumb with this gen of consoles is ignore the fanbois and buy what all your mates have got, otherwise you'll be a lonely billy-no-mates.
Posted in Amazon flash mob mauls Spore DRM
@CD-checking is annoying but permissable, DRM is not.
CD checking is seriously annoying if, like me, you like to play games on the move on a laptop, and have to:
1) Take the DVD everywhere with you, exposing it to increased risk of damage
2) Take multiple DVD's with you in case you want to play more than one game - again, increasing the risk of damage and also making your bag heavier
3) In the case of Take2's Civilization games, the discs were so cheaply made that multiple clips/unclips from the laptop DVD drive caused the disc to crack from the centre outwards within 6 months. Didn't give me a free replacement though - I had to buy another copy of the game!
4) Use up valuable battery life powering the DVD drive, which in my case *also* prevents me from using the second battery in the modular bay thereby giving me a double whammy on the battery life.
It was Unreal Tournament that removed the CD check after a few months. An example of how it should be done.
Posted in Jeremy Clarkson tilts at windmills
@ John Curry
Expert body eh?
This is a 30mph road:
http://tinyurl.com/57ncgb
This is a 60mph road:
http://tinyurl.com/5lkus2
Re: Ordinary people and their people carriers?
You're forgetting of course that since the original CC was introduced, no-one in their right mind willingly drives in/through London if there is any other practical alternative.
All this did was increase profits for Ken
Posted in GTA IV website prompts outrage
Erm...
...is it just me, or is Mark posting replies to his own posts congratulating himself on how right and clever he is?
Think you need a lie down old chap.
