++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[zzuupp]

sounds disgusting.

+1

 

[zzuupp]

Actually managed to get up early for once. Kind of have to though, they're coming for my alarm system, getting a new one since the old one uses 2G which is being phased out.

ooh cell phone alarm systems.
The last holdouts of folks with real phones is for their alarms. It seems that most require wired service down here

 

[zzuupp]

https://www.wavy.com/10-on-your-side/packages-piling-up-outside-local-fedex-facility/

ruhro Fedex ground is having problems on the peninsula

 

[Red Squirrel]

ooh cell phone alarm systems.
The last holdouts of folks with real phones is for their alarms. It seems that most require wired service down here

Yeah I specifically went with wireless, figured if someone cuts my line before going in, there's still a good chance of the alarm going off. Now if they know what they're doing they'll use a RF jammer but that's still not guarantee. Ideally I wanted one that does both but they didn't have that option. Maybe new one will though, if it can do internet/IP and cell that would be ideal.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Looks like they must be programming it now, getting weird emails from ADT like carbon monoxide detecting high levels.

Feeling a little sleepy thing I'll go for a nap.

 

[sdifox]

Looks like they must be programming it now, getting weird emails from ADT like carbon monoxide detecting high levels.

Feeling a little sleepy thing I'll go for a nap.

That is the CO speaking!

 

[Red Squirrel]

zzzzzzzzzz

 

[Red Squirrel]

Actually I don't have a CO detector hooked up to their system but they will be giving me one for free. Got 2 separate ones already.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I don't know if it's my system or just a case of bad luck but had like 4 USB sticks acting as bad in a row. I found a tool that lets you put a windows ISO on a USB stick and lets you boot from it and it keeps failing so I put the sticks in Linux and tried to zero them out and they all failed.

Stick #5 seems to be good so far.... zeroing flash is normally not a good idea but figured it's a good way to test that all "sectors" are good.

 

[sdifox]

I don't know if it's my system or just a case of bad luck but had like 4 USB sticks acting as bad in a row. I found a tool that lets you put a windows ISO on a USB stick and lets you boot from it and it keeps failing so I put the sticks in Linux and tried to zero them out and they all failed.

Stick #5 seems to be good so far.... zeroing flash is normally not a good idea but figured it's a good way to test that all "sectors" are good.

Where are you buying usb sticks? Back of a truck? I haven't had a single usb stick failure...

 

[Red Squirrel]

Where are you buying usb sticks? Back of a truck? I haven't had a single usb stick failure...

Never either until now. Not sure what is going on. I don't recall where I bought these, probably Tigerdirect or NCIX back in the day just to have them on hand. I recall there being a sale and I wanted to have a bunch of 8GB sticks on hand for Linux ISOs or for handing files to people where I don't expect the stick back. They are Adata not sure if that's considered a good brand or not.

Maybe I just got lucky with the first few I used and now I'm hitting bad ones.

 

[zzuupp]

I don't know if it's my system or just a case of bad luck but had like 4 USB sticks acting as bad in a row. I found a tool that lets you put a windows ISO on a USB stick and lets you boot from it and it keeps failing so I put the sticks in Linux and tried to zero them out and they all failed.

Stick #5 seems to be good so far.... zeroing flash is normally not a good idea but figured it's a good way to test that all "sectors" are good.

A sledgehammer is not the right tool for this.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I find CNC laser cutter is more precise. Hit the bad flash sectors directly on the chip.

But yeah guess it was just a case of bad luck to get 4 bad sticks in a row, this 5th one seems to be ok.

Either way this is still less trouble than burning a CD lol.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Alarm system guy is here we've been setting up the alarms and stuff. He's outside and I'm doing stuff inside.

 

[bigboxes]

I have lots of USB flash drives go bad. It's like saying that you've never had a hard drive go bad or a motherboard go bad. It happens. They're electronics.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Come to think of it I've been pretty lucky with hard drives. *touch wood* Had a couple die on me here and there but they were raid so no big deal. In the early days I had non raid ones fail and that is a huge pain having to restore everything. That's why I only do raid now for mass storage. Still have backups.

Speaking of hard drives I wonder if this sound I'm hearing from this laptop is not a fan but actually the hard drive. If that's the case I'm surprised it even let me copy files off it. That's some serious bad bearings.

Gonna install windows 8 and see how far that goes. I feel dirty doing that. Not my choice.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Woah guess that rain from yesterday did a number on the river.

Flood Watch Issued for the Mattagami River - KiSS 99.3 Timmins

**MATTAGAMI REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY NEWS RELEASE** The Timmins Flood Advisory Committee has issued a Flood Watch for the Mattagami River. The most recent streamflow information for the Mattagami River watershed shows that many area rivers and streams are rising in response to the recent...

www.kisstimmins.com

There's suppose to be a baseball diamond in there somewhere. Oh actually I think that's on the other side and is not flooded. Haven't been in that park for years.

 

[bigboxes]

Come to think of it I've been pretty lucky with hard drives. *touch wood* Had a couple die on me here and there but they were raid so no big deal. In the early days I had non raid ones fail and that is a huge pain having to restore everything. That's why I only do raid now for mass storage. Still have backups.

Speaking of hard drives I wonder if this sound I'm hearing from this laptop is not a fan but actually the hard drive. If that's the case I'm surprised it even let me copy files off it. That's some serious bad bearings.

Gonna install windows 8 and see how far that goes. I feel dirty doing that. Not my choice.

RAID is not backup.

 

[Red Squirrel]

RAID is not backup.

No but it saves a crap ton of trouble if you get a failure. You should still have backups.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Ugh forgot about needing a keygen when it comes to Windows installations. Guess I'll make a temporary VM for that... lot of those have viruses.

Wish people would not throw out the stuff that comes with their computer, it would make my life so much easier.

 

[zzuupp]

I have lots of USB flash drives go bad. It's like saying that you've never had a hard drive go bad or a motherboard go bad. It happens. They're electronics.

Hard drives,yeah. But, I've used them for years until the bad noises start

 

[shortylickens]

I have found its best to research individual models and find something that lasts a long time. I didnt learn about IBM Deskstars until it was too late.

 

[zzuupp]

ned

 

[Red Squirrel]

Ugh I'm so behind in the world of piracy. I don't even know what to trust.

I forgot how tedious Windows reinstalls are. It's why I got out of that. Too much time spent for so little reward.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Screw it. He's getting Windows 10. That one didn't ask for a key, think it's embedded in the system since it's OEM. It's also technically legal this way.