July 2010
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The Best Backup Drive is Two Backup Drives
In the past year (or so) I have had four hard drives fail on me. Three of them have failed since about Thanksgiving, and the trendsetter actually kicked off this horrible slide something like a year and a half ago, but four drives in two years doesn’t sound as awful as it felt. Four drives in a year sounds much more awful, although still not actually as awful as it felt. But anyway:
The...
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The Vista: a proposal for the SI unit for failure
penllawen:
Like the Farad, the Vista is an overly large unit for everyday use. Should you hit a patch of black ice and skid your car into a busload of nuns, you might say “I’ve had an awful day, it’s at least 600 milliVistas of fail”. NASA smearing the Mars lander across the surface of the planet after confusing metres and feet scores 3 kiloVista. Stubbing your toe getting out of the shower is...
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“The process can frustrate employees, who may have a lot at stake — from a raise...”
– Annual Job Review Is ‘Total Baloney,’ Expert Says : NPR
Oh come on, that will never work!*
* sarcasm
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