m0ng0l - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Both GM and Chrysler were handle poorly (Score 2, Insightful) 336

by m0ng0l on Saturday August 08, 2009 @11:01PM (#29000167) Attached to: GM Gets To Dump Its Polluted Sites

Because the profits, go back to a corporation that is headquartered in Japan. That's why a car that's made in Mexico, from parts made in China, and steel from Japan, can be called an "American" car, when it's got a Chrysler / GM / Ford badge on it.

Comment My current box... (Score 1) 272

by m0ng0l on Sunday March 22, 2009 @10:55PM (#27294097) Attached to: Reasonable Hardware For Home VM Experimentation?

My current box hosting VMs is the following:
Core2 Duo 6600
4GB Ram
2 100+GB HDs (might be 250s, don't recall off hand)
MB is a Supermicro X7SBA (probably the most expensive part)

I'm using MS Hyper-V server (I'm not a Linux user), and it works quite well. Yeah, I can't run 10 different VMs simultaneously, but I can run what I need for learning / experimentation, etc.

Comment Pick a year, then adjust the clocks by 1/2 hour... (Score 1) 755

by m0ng0l on Thursday October 23, 2008 @06:55PM (#25490211) Attached to: Alternatives to Daylight Saving Time?

and be done with it. No more DST. So, if it were decided that next spring, would be the year, everyone would adjust their clocks by 1/2 hour forward, and then never adjust them (for DST) again. If you're a state that doesn't do DST, tough, adjust your clock to match everyone else in the time zone, you won't be doing it again, anyways.

Recovering Moldy Electronics? 512

Posted by kdawson on Monday October 20, 2008 @08:17PM from the moldy-oldies dept.

cookiej writes "We just completed having our basement gutted and our house decontaminated from mold. The finished basement is gone, my office floor has been removed as well as 24' of drywall around the base of the room. So, we had a full home theater downstairs along with a couple of computers in the electronics closet that were completely immersed (rainwater, not sewage). We moved them to a sheltered area outside and covered them with a plastic tarp. Since the electronics were off when the water hit them, 1) do I have a chance of recovering them? 2) If so, is there a way to clean them with some sort of liquid bath that would not damage the electronics? and 3) I don't want to bring moldy pieces back in the clean house. How could I decontaminate the electronics themselves, pre-bath? Not looking to save the speakers, just the amp, DirecTV box, video switch, etc. Thanks for any help, here, Slashdot." Read on for more details of this reader's plight.

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