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| 2003/12/31-2004/1/1 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:11620 Activity:nil |
12/30 When copying a file from one IDE hard disk to another in one PC,
what's to prevent a bit from getting flipped? are there hardware
checksums?
\_ yes, but.... Once you start copying gigs or TBs around the
error rates are high enough that bad bits really happen. The
odds of this happening on your mp3 or porn collection are really
slim and the odds that the altered bit actually changes a file
in such a way that you notice is even slimmer but yes it can
and does happen in the real world on PC quality hardware.
\_ isn't there error-checking? IDE drives are supposed to resend
data when there's too much cross-talk, aren't they?
\_ Get what you pay for, caveat emptor, and all those
other platitudes...
\_ urlP
\_ I don't know the answer, but you can do a file compare afterwards if
there's a way to tell the OS to flush all file cache. |
| 2003/12/31-2004/1/1 [Computer/HW/CPU, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:11621 Activity:nil |
12/30 Three weeks ago I accidentally overclocked my AthlonXP 2000MHz to
2500MHz for 24 hours running setiathome. A test with memtest86
showed no errors, but since then, I've had three different disk
drives get corrupt data with "IO" errors. I fear this is related.
badblocks -w showed no errors. drives work fine after reformatting
ext3. The overclocking was done with very fast case fans and a
copper CPU cooler rated for overclocking. The CPU fan was turned
up all the way. Do you think overclocking damage would cause this
error? Could overclocking fry an IDE controller?
\_ If you overclock the front side bus, you are stressing everything
on that bus, including IDE interfaces.
\_ It's quite likely you fucked your system, yes. Did you have
temp measurements before and during for this 'test' or did you
just figure it'd be fun to fry an expensive new chip?
\_ He said he'd done it accidentally.
\_ I had this EXACT same problem when I fried a memory stick.
Put a new RAM chip in and see if it goes away. Also, make
SURE that there is good air flow over the memory (I.e.. no
drive cables occluding the case air flow).
\_ I fried a mem as well. There were no smoke whatsoever, but
it's a goner forever. Overclocking ain't what it used to be
\_ I ran memtest86 for many hours w/o a single flaw. -op
\_ Really- just try to put in a new mem stick. In general,
don't trust software- Its a 10 minute experiment.
\_ then what? how to corrupt a hard drive in 10 min? |
| 2003/12/31 [Computer/SW/OS/Solaris] UID:11622 Activity:nil |
12/30 Does anyone know of a practical way to find out the sequence of
calls to functions from dynamically-linked libraries in a program
that doesn't have debug info? This is on solaris 8, btw. Also,
is there a utility that will show all the functions in a static or
shared library (on unix in general)? Thanks.
\_ "truss -u library program" will show you the function calls;
"nm library.so" will list the functions.
\_ thanks! i always assumed truss only did syscalls. |
| 2003/12/31 [Politics/Foreign/Canada] UID:11623 Activity:kinda low |
12/30 The sickness has spread to Canada.
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/viewpoints/stories/122903dnedishaidle.50b22.html
\_ By way of the Dallas News, yet another bastion of unbiased news.
If you really want to read this drivel, go ahead and use the
csua account instead of registering:
csuamotd@csua.berkeley.com , pwd=csuamotd
\_ This seems like a shill. It is not that hard to get a gun in canada
and I can't imagine anyone having "booed a speaker at the podium
whose father had died on Sept. 11" (Though, since the article
doesn't specify WHEN this happened it is hard to confirm/deny)
Tnx to the replyer for the login. -phuqm
\_ You must have missed the Bill Reilly show where the son of one
of the victims of the Second WTC attack was being chastised for
being against the Second Iraq War.
\_ sorry for not giving the login. I created it and figured it was
obvious. --op
\_ Of course, it could simply be a difference of opinion, rather than a
sickness. But that would require you to address content rather than
hurl ad hominem.
\_ You are right. It is time to teach these Canadians a lesson.
Can we rename Canadian Bacon to Freedom Bacon? |
| 2003/12/31 [Computer/SW/SpamAssassin] UID:11624 Activity:nil |
12/30 What's the best way to sign up for spam mail? I want to set an account
that collects spam for analysis, thanks.
\_ post to usenet, post your resume (fake one, obviously) to the net,
put your email on some mailing lists, and the best way is to
put your email on some maillist lists, and the best way is to
respond to any spams you do get from these other sources.
\_ Best way is to post e-mail address on web pages that are linked to
from sites already in the search engines. |
| 2003/12/31 [Industry/Startup] UID:11625 Activity:nil |
12/30 Suppose I send a money order to a new guy on eBay. The MO is addressed
to "Company LLC". What are some ways he could screw me up? Could
he cash the check even if Company LLC doesn't exist?
\_ You should look into their buyer protection policy and see how
well you're covered.
\_ Ebay is built entirely on trust. Period.
\_ You could ask for escrow. |
| 2003/12/31 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:11626 Activity:nil |
12/30 http://www.wilddivine.com - anyone played this? Cool or crap? \_ Reviewed on http://Discover.com http://csua.org/u/5ee |
| 2003/12/31 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:11627 Activity:nil |
12/30 Special counsel to investigate Plame leak; Ashcroft recuses himself
from the investigation. I hear the other shoe dropping.
http://msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?ID=3840566&p1=0
\_ and if he didnt remove himself you'd be screaming he's hiding
something. it must be nice to think you're right and the other
guy is the Devil no matter what he does.
\_ He should have done it on day one, but better late
than never. -!op |
| 2003/12/31 [Reference/Military] UID:11628 Activity:moderate |
12/30 How come sniper rifles need cranking? Why can't they be made
automatic like machine guns or the pistols?
\_ I suppose by what you call "cranking" is properly referred to
as bolt-action. THere are few "sniper" rifles that are semi-auto
like the M21/M25 (based on the M-14). What the public thinks
and fears as "sniper" rifle is more than likely based upon
hunting rifles. Cycling the bolt slowly minimizes movement of
the entire gun. Also the springs in box magazines are affected
by weather. in fact, snipers often use the same kind round out
of the same box when zereoing them for training and operations
\_ bolt action is simpler than any automatic/semi-automatic.
in addition to less movement, less parts to get involved
the shooting process in general. but there are many fine
semi-automatic "sniping" rifiles. check out this site:
http://www.snipercentral.com
\_ Bolt action rifles are more accurate (complex feed mechanisms
affect accuracy). Furthermore, a sniper often wants control
over when the round gets ejected, something many semi-autos
do not give him. Nothing is worse than a tell-tale "plink"
noise from an ejected round when the enemy is around, something
american GIs with garand rifles found out the hard way in WWII.
-- ilyas
\_ One Shot, One Kill! Only street sweeping punks use anything else.
\_ The above are all wrong. It's simple: One Shot, One Kill, baby! |
| 2003/12/31 [Transportation/Car] UID:11629 Activity:nil |
12/30 Hmm, it seems smog tests cost rought 2x as much here as they do in
Socal. Anyone reccommend a Cheap place to get my practically new
car smogged in or around Oakland? (410 miles on a new honda and
I have to get it smogged 'cause i bought it used. It's so nice to
live in a state/county with such reasonable laws).
\_ what prices are you comparing? smog tests in norcal just doubled
back in october.. and probably in socal as well.
\_ move to SoCal, everything is cheaper, like housing, food,
transportation, movies, entertainment, asian massage parlor,
etc. -ucla cs guy
\_ aren't you afraid of catching STDs, ucla cs guy?
\_ heh, i don't think he worries too much about it anymore,
seeing as how he's already collected a small menagerie
of em.
\_ more to share with everyone! |
| 2003/12/31-2004/1/2 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:11631 Activity:moderate |
12/31 How do I go about getting tickets for Friday night's Cal BBall game?
I'm an alum. I've never gone to a Cal ball game before. -crebbs
\_ why are you going now?
\_ Part of friend's 30th B-day.
\_ http://calbears.ocsn.com/tickets/cal-tickets.html
if there are any left. If not, you can try craigslist
\_ Isn't that illegal?
or stubhub, or if you are really determined, buy them
scalpers outside the arena before the game. -ausman
or stubhub, or if you are really determined, buy them
from scalpers outside the arena before the game. -ausman
\_ Isn't that illegal?
\_ No, it's not. Scalping tickets for less than or equal to
the amount than the printed price on the ticket is
perfectly legal. |
| 2003/12/31-2004/1/1 [Politics/Domestic] UID:11632 Activity:kinda low |
12/31 No mocking of Republicans in the motd will be tolerated.
\_ I mock any labels for the sheer fact they are not all true.
\_ It wasn't the Republicans that started the whole
"freedom fries" nonsenese? |
| 2003/12/31-2004/1/1 [Industry/Startup] UID:11633 Activity:nil |
12/31 Suppose I give money order to Company LLC to a friend but he doesn't
really own that company yet (didn't yet incorporate Company LLC).
Can he cash that money order in the bank or somewhere else?
\_Yes, as long as he has a business bank account under the name of
said company. |
| 2003/12/31-2004/1/6 [Industry/Jobs] UID:11634 Activity:nil |
12/31 I'd like to see more Berkeley grads work at AMZN so I'm announcing this
one more time. Anyone here looking for a job? AMZN is aggressively
hiring SDE IIs and IIIs right now. Pretty much all positions are up in
Seattle though. Send me your resume and I'll refer you -larryl
\_ I thought they are expanding down in the Bay Area?
\_ I believe they have announced moving a small search division
there. Don't count on too many positions though.
\_ what are SDE's?
\_ Software Development Engineer (as opposed to hardware, tech
support)
\_ What is a "SDE"?
\_ Software Development Engineer?
\_ http://www.hyperdictionary.com/computing/sde
Software Development Environment
\_ http://www.lsc.co.uk/otherinformation/glossary.html#s
Shared Data Environment
\_ Maybe no one wants to work with someone who is such a moron he
uses stock symbols for company names. Doesn't it hurt when
someone asks you where you work and you choke on saying AMZN and
cover them in spit and they beat the shit out of you?
wierd. They seemed more like recent initiates into a religious
\_ What world do you live in where anyone cares about this crap?!
\_ I don't know about that. I have never met larryl. I did live for
in Seattle for two and half years. The Amazon kids were a little
weird. They seemed more like recent initiates into a religious
cult than employees. Anybody else have this impression?
\_ I thought using AMZN was okay.
\_ Well AMZN we at least get. What about SDE ?
\_ I emailed larryl a tongue-in-cheek letter asking him
what amazon was doing with second order stochastic
differential equations, it was the only thing I could
think of when I saw SDE-II. First time I saw his post
I thought it was some sort of brokerage firm looking
for a math person to do voodoo forcasting on stocks.
If said person is really serious about looking for
candidates, he should post a complete description
written in standard english to the motd and to
the /csua/pub/jobs directory. I mean seriously, stop
wasting other people's time if you're just fucking around.
--williamc
\_ Isn't "wasting other people's time if you're just
fucking around" exactly what you were doing with
your "tongue-in-cheek letter"?
\_ You fruits are all lame. He's offering a referral to work at a
stable, reputable company, even if you have to move to Seattle.
I also had no problem with reading the terms "AMZN" and "SDE II".
\_ So what is an SDE II? Why not say s/w engineer or s/w
developer? "SDE II" is too fucking formal for the motd. What's
the difference between an "SDE II" and an "SDE III" (or an
"SDE I" for that matter)?
\_ If you don't know what it stands for, just ask. No need
to resort to profanity (too formal of a word for you?).
I thought it's nice gesture. And to people who have
\_ Well AMZN we at least get. What about SDE ?
--williamc
worked for a while, SDE, SQA are quite common terms.
Have you thought of the possibility that he was
trying to filter out people who have no prior experience?
\_ 9 years experience and never heard of SDE. You ever
hear of MTS?
\_ You know, it's okay to be ignorant. No one's going
to hold it against you if you have to ask what a given
acronym means. You can even do it politely without
profanity!
\_ Here's a good acronym: FOAD
\_ Member of Technical Staff |
| 2003/12/31-2004/1/2 [Recreation/Activities] UID:11635 Activity:nil |
12/30 Does anyone know if Bear Mountain has a ski class?
\_ don't all ski resorts have ski classes?
\_ I'm bored this New Year so I googled for you:
http://www.bearmtn.com/bm_schools.php
\_ Pretty much. ObGoogle. |
| 2003/12/31-2004/1/1 [Computer/SW] UID:11640 Activity:nil |
12/31 Anyone seen this offer for "3 years of free web hosting"?
(1and1.com) - what's the catch?
\_ have you tried reading the page explaining exactly "what the catch"
is?
\_ Yes. Do you believe everything you read?
\_ do you always ask dumb questions like this? what about it
don't you understand? if you don't give them payment info
(which they don't ask for, btw), what catch can there
possibly be?
\_ Lots of popup ads? -- !OP
\_ they say no popups. ok, there are lots of *possible*
catches, but if you're not paying anything or giving
away any real important info, what do you really care.
maybe they're actually telling the truth, then you win.
\_ Looks legit! (tried it out) - 500 MB of free web storage, for 3
years... -OP
\_ Most likely the catch is marketing, i.e. they'll attract lots of
people and those who sign up may or may not be grandfathered
into their for-fee services that will come.
\_ they tel you as much. also, learn to format.
\_ umm there's no definitive motd formatting guide, ok?
\_ umm yeah, but there's common sense, ok? |
| 2003/12/31 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:29739 Activity:high |
12/31 So I understand that we are supposed to call French Fries and
French Toast, Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast now, but what
about French Kissing? Should I call it "Freedom Kissing" now?
How about French Bread or French Poodles? Is it now Freedom
Bread and Freedom Poodles? The last one sounds kind of
funny to me.
\_ And don't forget French onion soup, French dip and French coffee to
complete a five-course French cuisine.
\_ The "french" in french fries has nothing to do with France and
shouldn't even be capitalized. Is Quayle back in DC? |
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