RAID 1 saved my life last night. On a related note, on the list of the Ten Most Wanted Design Bugs, the #1 computer design bug is “No safety from power failure”. This goes beyond UPSs. All modern power supplies should have 45 seconds of reserve and be able to signal the OS – all modern operating systems should receive that signal and immediately be able to suspend or shut down. Currently power supplies don’t because it would add $25-$50 to the system cost. Windows & OS X might be able to do it, but Linux has difficulty hibernating (although not shutting down) because BIOS & chipset manufacturers do not release enough information.
Archive for November, 2004
Tommy Douglas crowned ‘Greatest Canadian’
Yay Tommy! As MediaScout points out, even though we think he’s the greatest, there is no way he could be elected Prime Minister.
Neil Gaiman has amusing fans
Scroll down this entry until you reach Gilbert & Sullivan and goats.
Textbook disclaimer stickers
Textbook disclaimer stickers. No further commentary necessary :)
School orders boy to cover his T-shirt
A yes, a t-shirt saying “The Real Terrorist Is In The Whitehouse” is disruptive. Yup
The new Chinese counterfeit game
It seems that Chinese counterfeiters are filing utility or design patents for the products they are counterfeiting. The idea is to force extra delays in the convoluted legal process required of foreign entities to claim infringement. 100 years ago this would have happened in the US, but back then the US deliberately ignored foreign IP claims so none of this trickery was necessary.
Persistent coughs melt away with chocolate
Why am I eating this chocolate bar? Why, because I have a nasty cough. Doubting Mustapha! On a related note, the New Scientist article ID is going to roll over into 9 digits soon. I wonder what 99999999 will be.
