What does the Fox say?

[envirotex]

^^^ penguins 4ever.

 

[engineergurl]

nevermind

This belongs in the "random thoughts" thread.

no I just remembered I may need to work for them again

 

[engineergurl]

the fact that I have the hic cups belongs in the random thoughts thread

 

[matt267 PE]

Fox, do you build linux machines too?

Any PC can be made into a Linux machine, used or new.

well, some hardware is more linux friendly then others.

 

[knight1fox3]

Fox, do you build linux machines too?

Any PC can be made into a Linux machine, used or new.

well, some hardware is more linux friendly then others.

Back in the day this was the case. Most new hardware vendors today publish a good amount of Linux drivers.

 

[knight1fox3]

The Fox is officially switching to Chrome exclusively. I like being able to navigate between different computers (i.e. home, work, tablet, etc.) and have all my settings be cloud-based. All my add-ons, themes, settings, favorites and history are the same across all PCs.

 

[matt267 PE]

Fox, do you build linux machines too?

Any PC can be made into a Linux machine, used or new.

well, some hardware is more linux friendly then others.

Back in the day this was the case.  Most new hardware vendors today publish a good amount of Linux drivers.

I'm still using my last home built linux desktop (8 years old). My next desktop will be prebuilt with linux already installed.

 

[Master slacker]

Or spend $340 and build your own.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

^ I used a free program to recover files we thought were lost from a memory card and that sucker found long deleted pictures along with it.

Yup. A lot of good free programs out there to do that. And even better paid-for utilities.

On the flip side, there are also a number of utilities (some used by the U.S. military) used for deletion that will leave no trace if you do not wish to.

I've been in a USAF supercomputer facility before. They have these big rolling machines that is nothing but a schload of electro-magnets. They are designed to completely wipe a magnetic hard drive. I'm not sure how'd they do on an SSD, though.

 

[knight1fox3]

^ cool! I mean, that's doing it the hard way but it's certainly a reliable means of data destruction. LOL

 

[YMZ PE]

Would a hammer or other bludgeon be similarly effective?

 

[NJmike PE]

New one. I have a 3m filtrete wifi thermostat. Up until this morning, it never gave me trouble. Out of no where I happened to notice it had disconnected from the network. Normally when this happens it means my network is down but today everything was fully connected just not the thermostat. I tried to manually access the thermostat through the wifi network controls. Was successful once. However now I cannot even do that. This model has a wifi module which is inserted into it. Is it possible that went bad?

 

[engineergurl]

Would a hammer or other bludgeon be similarly effective?

This is actually the manner that was utilized to "retire" hard drives at my last job- they kept two sledge hammers in the IT department and would take it our to the parking lot...

 

[knight1fox3]

New one. I have a 3m filtrete wifi thermostat. Up until this morning, it never gave me trouble. Out of no where I happened to notice it had disconnected from the network. Normally when this happens it means my network is down but today everything was fully connected just not the thermostat. I tried to manually access the thermostat through the wifi network controls. Was successful once. However now I cannot even do that. This model has a wifi module which is inserted into it. Is it possible that went bad?

What wireless band is the thermostat using (i.e. G, N, AC, etc.)? Maybe try rebooting the router and see if that has any effect. Have you recently added any new devices nearby that could be a potential cause for interference? You could also assign the thermostat a static IP address in the router's DHCP table. That way the thermo always has the same IP rather than waiting for the router to assign one. Occasionally there can be addressing conflicts especially now with more devices being Wi-Fi capable. And of course, there is always the slight chance of hardware failure. Does the thermostat have any type of diagnostic system where it displays some sort of fault code that would aid in troubleshooting? Can you remove/re-insert the Wi-Fi module?

 

[snickerd3]

^reason enough to stick with a plain programmable thermostat...

 

[knight1fox3]

^reason enough to stick with a plain programmable thermostat...

Or buy a Nest thermostat.

Also reminds me of a funny EE phrase we used say in the test labs, "If it isn't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet." :thumbs:

 

[NJmike PE]

New one. I have a 3m filtrete wifi thermostat. Up until this morning, it never gave me trouble. Out of no where I happened to notice it had disconnected from the network. Normally when this happens it means my network is down but today everything was fully connected just not the thermostat. I tried to manually access the thermostat through the wifi network controls. Was successful once. However now I cannot even do that. This model has a wifi module which is inserted into it. Is it possible that went bad?

What wireless band is the thermostat using (i.e. G, N, AC, etc.)? Maybe try rebooting the router and see if that has any effect. Have you recently added any new devices nearby that could be a potential cause for interference? You could also assign the thermostat a static IP address in the router's DHCP table. That way the thermo always has the same IP rather than waiting for the router to assign one. Occasionally there can be conflicts especially now with more devices being Wi-Fi capable. And of course, there is always the slight chance of hardware failure. Does the thermostat have any type of diagnostic system where it displays some sort of fault code that would aid in troubleshooting? Can you remove/re-insert the Wi-Fi module?

It must have been temporary interference because now it seems to be working fine. was very strange at the thyme though. I can remove the wifi module. I actually looked online to see if anyone was experiencing similar issues but it did not appear so. I will probably establish a static IP and be done with it. Thanks Fox :thumbs:

 

[engineergurl]

omfg NJ you are driving me CRAZY TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mudpuppy]

Would a hammer or other bludgeon be similarly effective?

No, the bludgeoning doesn't make the magnetic memory go away, and someone really dedicated might be able to get at least some of the data off. However, I doubt anyone would bother in most cases.

 

[knight1fox3]

Would a hammer or other bludgeon be similarly effective?

No, the bludgeoning doesn't make the magnetic memory go away, and someone really dedicated might be able to get at least some of the data off. However, I doubt anyone would bother in most cases.

Actually, that would all depend on how much damage was caused by the bludgeoning tool. A typical magnetic region of a disk where data is stored is 200-250nm wide. That is extremely small and any sort of damage to the disk area will render it unreadable (i.e. a reading head couldn't be aligned properly for extraction). Even the tiniest spec of dirt/dust can cause a sector to become damaged and/or unreadable. And generally why professional recovery service providers will only open a HDD within the confines of a clean room. If only the circuit board was damaged, the data could still likely be salvaged. But if the platter(s) become damages, it's a pretty safe bet that the data dies with it.

omfg NJ you are driving me CRAZY TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe he does this to irritate various people on FB. However, while on EB.com, I believe he should maintain grammatical proficiency. Or suffer the noobish consequences.