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Beeftweeter: Jun 28, 2005; OFFICIAL #1 GNOME FAN

so yeah freezing it for about an hour didnt work lol

i just snapped it into 4 pieces and threw it out

# ? Jan 22, 2015 21:56

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# ? May 10, 2024 03:41

sleepy gary: Jan 11, 2006

EMILY BLUNTS posted:

now i'm sort of curious if there's any imaging system that will be affected by the charge in memory cells
just snapshot the card and turn the dots into data

Not really. There are a few scanning probe techniques that MIGHT be able to determine a difference in charge state between cells, but you'd have to etch down a bit through the passivation and top metal/polysi layer(s) to get near the floating gates. Then you would probably affect the charge by scanning over it by allowing tunneling to your probe. You'd probably have to do it at milli-Kelvin temperatures to have any shot at all.

Now to image the entire surface of all the memory would take years and cost millions of dollars, and this is assuming you can even extract all the memory dies from whatever you're talking about in the first place.

# ? Jan 22, 2015 22:15

sleepy gary: Jan 11, 2006

and then you need to know how to re-assemble the raw bitmap into usable data, which is really far from a trivial exercise given how complex memory management is for flash memory.

# ? Jan 22, 2015 22:17

A Wheezy Steampunk: Jul 16, 2006; High School Grads Eligible!

is there an extension or plug-in for explorer.exe in windows 7 that lets me color-code files and folders like os x labels (really system 7 labels)?

# ? Jan 24, 2015 15:38

enotnert: Jun 10, 2005; Only women bleed

my old phone carrier is dissolving, but still refusing to unlock phones, anyone have any experience with online imei unlocking services so I don't have 2 useless iPhones hanging around?

# ? Jan 25, 2015 17:52

Nintendo Kid: Aug 4, 2011; by Smythe

impossible, all iphones are useless

# ? Jan 25, 2015 19:16

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

what is yospos approved cloud storage
spideroak/box/gdrive/dropbox ? any of them? neither?

# ? Jan 25, 2015 19:30

computer toucher: Jan 8, 2012

kalstrams posted:

what is yospos approved cloud storage
spideroak/box/gdrive/dropbox ? any of them? neither?

they're all the same. I use onedrive because I have a terabyte there.

# ? Jan 25, 2015 22:02

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

kalstrams posted:

what is yospos approved cloud storage
spideroak/box/gdrive/dropbox ? any of them? neither?

do you care about "security" or ease of use

# ? Jan 25, 2015 22:18

Corla Plankun: May 8, 2007; improve the lives of everyone

spideroak's windows client is really slow

some of it is the encruption but most of it is just that it is a real bad client

# ? Jan 25, 2015 22:27

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

anthonypants posted:

do you care about "security" or ease of use

im not irl hitler so i don't require it, but i wouldn't like service that fucks up with their security, like dropbox iirc

ease of use is not too relevant, im sperg. however, easier photo sharing, like gallery or something, would be cool

# ? Jan 25, 2015 22:41

theadder: Dec 30, 2011

icloud by steve jorbs

# ? Jan 25, 2015 23:00

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

theadder posted:

icloud by steve jorbs

im anroid hostage

# ? Jan 25, 2015 23:15

enotnert: Jun 10, 2005; Only women bleed

Nintendo Kid posted:

impossible, all iphones are useless

if you're such an autist that you won "smartest kid in america" to get your own validation. . . I could agree with this.

. . . but hey fishmech, most of us just want a mobile device that actually works, and we don't have to plug up every 39.75383471384 minutes

# ? Jan 26, 2015 03:28

Nintendo Kid: Aug 4, 2011; by Smythe

enotnert posted:

if you're such an autist that you won "smartest kid in america" to get your own validation. . . I could agree with this.

. . . but hey fishmech, most of us just want a mobile device that actually works, and we don't have to plug up every 39.75383471384 minutes

so yeah, iphones are useless

# ? Jan 26, 2015 03:30

theadder: Dec 30, 2011

kalstrams posted:

im anroid hostage

# ? Jan 26, 2015 03:31

PS. Love the cabin: Dec 30, 2011; Bee Lincoln

im bored and core2 cpus are like 20 bucks now so...
i wanna lap it but im missing the 800 grit paper that should go between 600 and 1000, 1500 is that gonna matter?

# ? Jan 26, 2015 03:51

enotnert: Jun 10, 2005; Only women bleed

PS. Love the cabin posted:

im bored and core2 cpus are like 20 bucks now so...
i wanna lap it but im missing the 800 grit paper that should go between 600 and 1000, 1500 is that gonna matter?

it's twenty bux, who gives a gently caress?

# ? Jan 26, 2015 03:54

PS. Love the cabin: Dec 30, 2011; Bee Lincoln

sw8 temps broah

# ? Jan 26, 2015 03:55

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

domain management chat. im currently using cloudns for my single *.eu domain, and for proper functionality i pay for their premium service, $22/yr. anything to optimize here (as in, any better service recommendations?)
i use it for e-mail, and one subdomain for voip server

# ? Jan 26, 2015 10:13

Sweevo: Nov 8, 2007; i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

PS. Love the cabin posted:

im bored and core2 cpus are like 20 bucks now so...
i wanna lap it but im missing the 800 grit paper that should go between 600 and 1000, 1500 is that gonna matter?

lot of effort to make it run 0.5C cooler

# ? Jan 26, 2015 11:39

cowboy beepboop: Feb 24, 2001

kalstrams posted:

domain management chat. im currently using cloudns for my single *.eu domain, and for proper functionality i pay for their premium service, $22/yr. anything to optimize here (as in, any better service recommendations?)
i use it for e-mail, and one subdomain for voip server

i use iwantmyname they seem OK - what does the premium you pay for get you?

# ? Jan 26, 2015 12:03

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

my stepdads beer posted:

i use iwantmyname they seem OK - what does the premium you pay for get you?

# ? Jan 26, 2015 12:13

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

stupid wandows

code:

curl -LSso ~/autoload/pathogen.vim [url]https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim[/url]
curl: (23) Failed writing body (0 != 7335)

any ideas
ignore url tags in code, thanks lowtax

e:

code:

curl -LSso ~/autoload/pathogen.vim [url]https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen/blob/master/autoload/pathogen.vim[/url]
curl: (23) Failed writing body (0 != 1364)

cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 13:13 on Jan 26, 2015

# ? Jan 26, 2015 13:11

this sick filth: Jun 6, 2008; 3. Weird Child

kalstrams posted:

code:

curl -LSso ~/autoload/pathogen.vim [url]https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen/blob/master/autoload/pathogen.vim[/url]
curl: (23) Failed writing body (0 != 1364)

does ~/autoload actually exist rather than ~/.vim/autoload or whatever?

# ? Jan 26, 2015 13:33

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

this sick filth posted:

does ~/autoload actually exist rather than ~/.vim/autoload or whatever?

i run it cd'd to vimfiles folder where is autoload folder
e: structure is like

code:

c:\whatever\vim\vimfiles\autoload

so i

code:

cd c:\whatever\vim\vimfiles
curl -LSso ~/autoload/pathogen.vim [url]https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen/blob/master/autoload/pathogen.vim[/url]
curl: (23) Failed writing body (0 != 1364)

code:

cd c:\whatever\vim\vimfiles
curl -LSso ~/autoload/pathogen.vim [url]https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim[/url]
curl: (23) Failed writing body (0 != 7335)

e2: thanks, i cd'd further into autoload and it worked. im dumb and probably hosed up relative path somehow

cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 13:39 on Jan 26, 2015

# ? Jan 26, 2015 13:35

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

kalstrams posted:

domain management chat. im currently using cloudns for my single *.eu domain, and for proper functionality i pay for their premium service, $22/yr. anything to optimize here (as in, any better service recommendations?)
i use it for e-mail, and one subdomain for voip server

amazon route53

# ? Jan 26, 2015 15:55

HAIL eSATA-n: Apr 7, 2007

my computer becomes a slow piece of poo poo when transferring a lot of data to one disk or between disks

it lags, won't respond to input, etc, until the transfer is done

using an i5, windows 7, Evo 240 ssd, wd blue spinny drive

doesn't matter which disk is reading/writing for the slowdown to happen

all the special ssd poo poo is working, the drive isn't old. drivers, etc are updated

disk io queue or whatever is hosed during this time

please send help, tia

# ? Jan 26, 2015 18:57

Jonny 290: May 5, 2005; [ASK] me about OS/2 Warp

ive gotten a core2duo to 88 C and that chip works to this day

why the gently caress would you care about cooling

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:03

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

my computer becomes a slow piece of poo poo when transferring a lot of data to one disk or between disks

it lags, won't respond to input, etc, until the transfer is done

using an i5, windows 7, Evo 240 ssd, wd blue spinny drive

doesn't matter which disk is reading/writing for the slowdown to happen

all the special ssd poo poo is working, the drive isn't old. drivers, etc are updated

disk io queue or whatever is hosed during this time

please send help, tia

might be overheating
might be bad sectors on either/all drives
ram may have pooped
might be poo poo with caching
might be antivirus making GBS threads pants

id first check antivirus, then drives, then ram, then fuckery with caching if problem still exists

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:03

butt dickus: Jul 7, 2007; top ten juiced up coaches
and the top ten juiced up players

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

wd blue

lol

maybe try disabling rapid and see if that helps. no idea if it will but sarnsung is bad at softwares

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:08

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

my computer becomes a slow piece of poo poo when transferring a lot of data to one disk or between disks

it lags, won't respond to input, etc, until the transfer is done

using an i5, windows 7, Evo 240 ssd, wd blue spinny drive

doesn't matter which disk is reading/writing for the slowdown to happen

all the special ssd poo poo is working, the drive isn't old. drivers, etc are updated

disk io queue or whatever is hosed during this time

please send help, tia

is your sata controller set to ata instead of ahci/raid?

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:11

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

my computer becomes a slow piece of poo poo when transferring a lot of data to one disk or between disks

it lags, won't respond to input, etc, until the transfer is done

using an i5, windows 7, Evo 240 ssd, wd blue spinny drive

doesn't matter which disk is reading/writing for the slowdown to happen

all the special ssd poo poo is working, the drive isn't old. drivers, etc are updated

disk io queue or whatever is hosed during this time

please send help, tia

whichever disk has the high disk queue might be fubar. also if that disk is also where you have the swap file, it will make the entire system drag.

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:12

Cocoa Crispies: Jul 20, 2001; Vehicular Manslaughter!; Pillbug

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

my computer becomes a slow piece of poo poo when transferring a lot of data to one disk or between disks

find more useful things to do with computers than copying your animes between drives

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:22

HAIL eSATA-n: Apr 7, 2007

kalstrams posted:

might be overheating
might be bad sectors on either/all drives
ram may have pooped
might be poo poo with caching
might be antivirus making GBS threads pants

id first check antivirus, then drives, then ram, then fuckery with caching if problem still exists

temps are good
~smart~ and disk diag come up ok
ram is ok
av isn't set to watch either folder i'm transferring to/from

butt dickus posted:

lol

maybe try disabling rapid and see if that helps. no idea if it will but sarnsung is bad at softwares

what's wrong with wd blues?

could be rapid, i'll try that

anthonypants posted:

is your sata controller set to ata instead of ahci/raid?

???

Shaggar posted:

whichever disk has the high disk queue might be fubar. also if that disk is also where you have the swap file, it will make the entire system drag.

resource monitor shows spinny HD as highest active at 100% but since the ssd is a billion times faster than makes sense
swap file is on the spinny drive too

Cocoa Crispies posted:

find more useful things to do with computers than copying your animes between drives

lol no

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:34

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

move the swap file to the ssd. jeeze that's like 50% of the reason to have a ssd

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:35

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

also so avs, say avg for example, used to gently caress wiyh transfer by just being installed and running, without any scans or watching of folders

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:42

A Wheezy Steampunk: Jul 16, 2006; High School Grads Eligible!

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

my computer becomes a slow piece of poo poo when transferring a lot of data to one disk or between disks

it lags, won't respond to input, etc, until the transfer is done

using an i5, windows 7, Evo 240 ssd, wd blue spinny drive

doesn't matter which disk is reading/writing for the slowdown to happen

all the special ssd poo poo is working, the drive isn't old. drivers, etc are updated

disk io queue or whatever is hosed during this time

please send help, tia

there's this old tip:

but i don't think that will help if your entire system is tanking

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:47

Nintendo Kid: Aug 4, 2011; by Smythe

also if you think having swap on your ssd will ruin it, you're either using a like 10 year old very early model of ssd or you're an idiot.

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:48

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# ? May 10, 2024 03:41

Forums Terrorist: Dec 8, 2011

Shaggar posted:

move the swap file to the ssd. jeeze that's like 50% of the reason to have a ssd

why even have a non-token swap file in tyool 2015, i have 8gb of ram and i almost never use all of it

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:48

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