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kriston writes:
Like servers running non-ECC memory, Toyota's recall problems could be caused by cosmic rays creating memory errors according to this article from LiveScience.com.
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kriston writes:
I have lots of MP3 players, mobile phones, video devices, and game controllers. All of them can plug into USB sockets, but a curious few simply refuse to charge. The chief offenders are Motorola phones, Creative MP3 players, and most annoyingly, the Sony PlayStation 3 controllerss. Simply putting +5V at 500 mA on the port is not getting these things to charge. What is the magic secret ingredient these chargers have that make these USB devices start charging?
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kriston writes:
Searching data on a shared volume is tedious. If I try to use a Windows desktop search engine on a volume with hundreds of gigabytes the indexing process takes days and the search results are slow and unsatisfying. I'm thinking of an agent that runs on the server that regularly indexes and talks to the desktop machines running the search interface. How do you integrate your desktop search application with your remote file server without forcing each desktop to index the hundred gigabyte volume on its own?
