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by yokem55
Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:51 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Webb delayed again
Replies: 16
Views: 1969

Re: Webb delayed again

JustAnEngineer wrote:
Northrop Grummqn mostly stays in business by racking up cost overruns at the taxoayers’ expense.

They've been on a roll lately. Especially after screwing up the Zuma payload adapter.
by yokem55
Sun Feb 11, 2018 3:34 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Issue with Router "talking" to Modem
Replies: 4
Views: 2127

Re: Issue with Router "talking" to Modem

With two devices connected to the modem, I assume the modem has its own router built in? If that's the case, and your external router is really there just to act as a wireless access point, what you probably want to do is connect your router to the modem via one of its LAN ports instead of the WAN ...
by yokem55
Fri Aug 18, 2017 12:32 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Eclipse on August 21
Replies: 76
Views: 19913

Re: Eclipse on August 21

I live in Bend in central Oregon. We're at 99.7%. I'm planning on getting up early Monday morning and trying to sneak out of town on the back roads and head towards Prineville. Weather is looking clear, but the wildfires have kicked in a couple notches today, so hopefully the smoke won't interfere. ...
by yokem55
Fri Sep 16, 2016 4:42 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Becoming a father
Replies: 80
Views: 8373

Re: Becoming a father

As a father of 5 (oldest is 13) a few things - - Take care of yourselves. Eat. Sleep. Shower. Read. Play. You cannot serve from an empty vessel, so don't let yourself get run down. - Be patient. And then more patient. Find more patience. - Make your peace with handling poop. And puke. And other bodi...
by yokem55
Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:12 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Shadows of Mordor uses tons of Vram!! Thoughts?
Replies: 18
Views: 4296

Re: Shadows of Mordor uses tons of Vram!! Thoughts?

This is why I'm waiting for 8 gig 970's. I've long thought that with the new consoles carrying 8 gigs of shared vram (6 Gb Usable) would mean that PC's would have to get that much to keep ahead of the texture sets that the newer games are keeping in vram all at once. I'm also thinking this new wealt...
by yokem55
Thu Aug 28, 2014 10:56 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: Moving to VPS from shared hosting
Replies: 18
Views: 3782

Re: Moving to VPS from shared hosting

I've had a great experience with RamNode. They vps's are very fast and they have an exceptional level of uptime. Their support is also very responsive.
by yokem55
Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:10 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Haiku contest entry thread
Replies: 365
Views: 42456

Re: Haiku contest entry thread

Oh Sandy Bridge K!
Such wondrous big overclock
Much creamy smoothness
by yokem55
Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:16 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: VLAN help - Dell, HP H3C, SonicWall, ahhhh!
Replies: 15
Views: 4576

Re: VLAN help - Dell, HP H3C, SonicWall, ahhhh!

Speaking of ADtran, have you ever run across a problem with their S-tags getting dropped/ignored on Cisco L3 switches? I ran into that issue at a military installation, handed it off to Adtran support, and never got a usable workaround. We ended up dragging in a Navy tech, and he fixed it, but negl...
by yokem55
Fri Aug 01, 2014 4:16 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: VLAN help - Dell, HP H3C, SonicWall, ahhhh!
Replies: 15
Views: 4576

Re: VLAN help - Dell, HP H3C, SonicWall, ahhhh!

I've got another thought. What model dell is connecting to the PBX via PRI? And what model PBX are you using? ... It's been many moons since I've used a dedicated PBX with fractional T1s, and am used to devices that include SIP engines in hardware, so I could easily be wrong here. I'm pretty sure t...
by yokem55
Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:41 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: VLAN help - Dell, HP H3C, SonicWall, ahhhh!
Replies: 15
Views: 4576

Re: VLAN help - Dell, HP H3C, SonicWall, ahhhh!

Can the PBX accept a trunked connection with both vlans on it straight off the Dell and then be able to talk to both networks?
by yokem55
Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:24 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: VLAN help - Dell, HP H3C, SonicWall, ahhhh!
Replies: 15
Views: 4576

Re: VLAN help - Dell, HP H3C, SonicWall, ahhhh!

Internet | SonicWall I'm not sure if the Sonicwall really is the culprit here, but in my experience Sonicwalls and Voip are a bad, bad, bad idea. It might work if you sacrifice three goats under a waning crescent moon while balancing on a floating log using a pair of left handed kiddy scissors. At ...
by yokem55
Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:58 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Low-E Linux Home Server
Replies: 10
Views: 13815

Re: Low-E Linux Home Server

Losergamer04 wrote:
Is that the same board in the Netgate APU2/APU4?

It looks like identical hardware (the case and board look the same), but NetGate preloads pfSense onto it and probably offers a support package for it, hence the $299 price compared to the ~$150 or so to build your own.
by yokem55
Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:24 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Low-E Linux Home Server
Replies: 10
Views: 13815

Re: Low-E Linux Home Server

If you don't mind interfacing on a serial console, you might want to look at a PC Engines Board. Their new APU based ones look pretty sweet - http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm And if you need more sata - you could put a couple of this in the mini-pcie slots on the board - http://www.amazon.com/PM1061-...
by yokem55
Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:57 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Why Aren't Executable Attachments Blocked By Mail Servers?
Replies: 34
Views: 12761

Re: Why Aren't Executable Attachments Blocked By Mail Server

As someone who runs a mail server for an ISP (Postfix+Amavis+SA+Clam), I can say that yes, executable filtering is one of the first things we do in the filtering process. The tricky thing is defining what exactly an executable is. The executable bit is a filesystem flag/attribute, something that get...
by yokem55
Sat May 31, 2014 2:45 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Sanity Check
Replies: 50
Views: 9930

Re: Sanity Check

Maybe wait a few more weeks for a 4690K with better IHS TIM?
by yokem55
Tue May 20, 2014 4:31 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: VDSL?
Replies: 18
Views: 11129

Re: VDSL?

I have Centurylink VDSL and it's proving to be quite nice. I'm currently trained up at 15x896, but my modem (I use my own SmartRG/ClearAccess modem, not the Zyxel crap Centurylink sells) reports that I have an atainable speed of 40x7 (the DSLAM is ~1000 feet away). If I can get the right tech on the...
by yokem55
Mon May 12, 2014 7:05 pm
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: btrfs file server
Replies: 16
Views: 5292

Re: btrfs file server

I'm experimenting with (read using, but not trusting) a raid 5 btrfs setup with 4 3tb Toshiba drives. By and large, it works. The on the fly raid conversions between raid types is a really nice feature and the object level raid (mixing different raid types within an array on a per file or directory ...
by yokem55
Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:58 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Free Disk Wipe Tools
Replies: 13
Views: 3033

Re: Free Disk Wipe Tools

These days I generally just use a Linux live distro burned to a CD or loaded on a thumbdrive. If you open up a CLI window and do a "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=4k" it will write zeros to the entire drive. Nowadays coreutils has a tool called "shred" that will write random dat...
by yokem55
Sat Jan 04, 2014 9:25 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Why I will downgrade my broadband.
Replies: 148
Views: 21147

Re: Why I will downgrade my broadband.

Yes, the situation sucks. I know of several people who have made the exact same choice to go with "slower" last mile DSL based service that has great upstream connectivity to the Netflix CDN and as a result has a better Netflix experience. However, you do have a work around available. If y...
by yokem55
Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:58 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Pre-paid mobile plans...
Replies: 19
Views: 3794

Re: Pre-paid mobile plans...

Page Plus is a fantastic option for prepaid if a basic/dumb phone is all you need. $80 gets you 2000 minutes that are good for a year. You get Verizon coverage (arguably the best coverage for rural areas) with the option to roam on sprint towers if need be at 30 cents/minute, and pretty much any Ver...
by yokem55
Tue Apr 16, 2013 2:41 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging
Replies: 30
Views: 11317

Re: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging

Tech for a small ISP here: If you log into your modem, can you get any performance stats out of it? I.e, train rate, SNR margins, corrected blocks, etc? Low SNR margins (below 6 db and things get iffy) or uncorrected or corrected blocks, errored seconds, low train uptimes, all indicate problems. If ...
by yokem55
Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:53 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: best place to buy a tv
Replies: 8
Views: 2654

Re: best place to buy a tv

Costco. The Automatic 2nd Year warranty is a great deal.....
by yokem55
Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:18 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: I Need a Smartphone with more accurate typing
Replies: 31
Views: 10024

Re: I Need a Smartphone with more accurate typing

If you are on Verizon, the Droid 4 might be right up your alley. It has a very good physical keyboard with an excellent, sturdy sliding mechanism. Granted a physical keyboard makes trade-offs for size and weight, but it might just be what you are looking for...
by yokem55
Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:58 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: So... Curiousity has landed. How 'bout that?
Replies: 23
Views: 3914

Re: So... Curiousity has landed. How 'bout that?

Well, the JWST is still in progress, which will be cool. And JUNO and New Horizons are still en route. There are a couple of new orbiters for Mars planned. There probably won't be the huge projects there have been for a while, but there are still projects in the works....
by yokem55
Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:59 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: Anyone Tried UEFI Boot?
Replies: 8
Views: 15383

Re: Anyone Tried UEFI Boot?

I recently transitioned my system to a strictly efi+gpt setup. The linux side of things went really well. Using the Refind boot manager along with the linux 3.3 efi boot stub made the process really easy. No nasty grub2 and it's horrible configuration format to deal with. I just needed to boot into ...
by yokem55
Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:29 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Mobile TR or APP
Replies: 5
Views: 2797

Re: Mobile TR or APP

I don't really feel the need for a dedicated mobile version of the site since Android's text reflow works pretty well. It only really breaks on comments in the articles, but even then it's fine in landscape mode. I tend to really dislike mobile sites since they tend to really gut the functionality o...
by yokem55
Sat May 19, 2012 8:25 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Thinking about bankruptcy
Replies: 51
Views: 7255

Re: Thinking about bankruptcy

Seriously, as far as cell phones go, you can save quite a bit going to an MVNO/Prepaid setup. Page Plus, Straight Talk, Net10 all have great options that cost substantially less than what the big carriers charge. Your $50/mo bill could possibly be cut down to $50 every 3-4 months depending on your u...
by yokem55
Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:51 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: The new iPad (3rd-gen) has arrived
Replies: 40
Views: 10068

Re: The new iPad (3rd-gen) has arrived

Scott, you saw the Asus TF700's display at CES didn't you? Can you say from memory how that unit's display compares to the new iPad's?
by yokem55
Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:59 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Square Inc - Asking for too much information?
Replies: 8
Views: 2544

Re: Square Inc - Asking for too much information?

What I'm refusing to do is send them information about the top 3 things I do in my business, invoices from vendors on what I buy, ect. I don't believe any of that is their business, and to be honest it sounds like an easy way for them to sell information off to someone else for a profit (statistics...
by yokem55
Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:59 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Square Inc - Asking for too much information?
Replies: 8
Views: 2544

Re: Square Inc - Asking for too much information?

While I agree they could do a better job of making the request more securely, they can make this kind of request per their User Agreement. See item #4 Here . 4. Verification and Inspection. If your request to open a Square Account is approved, Square may request additional information from you at an...
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