Comments for Nothing Fancy http://davidhilton.wordpress.com (mostly) Computer-related musings Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:00:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Graham Crackers and Milk by davidhilton http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/graham-crackers-and-milk/#comment-214 davidhilton Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:00:04 +0000 http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-214 It should be noted that Keebler graham crackers are less porous than most others - I recommend submerging them for 5-6 seconds. It should be noted that Keebler graham crackers are less porous than most others – I recommend submerging them for 5-6 seconds.

]]> Comment on Wiping Data (or Secure Deletion) from Linux by nexis http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/wiping-data-or-secure-deletion-from-linux/#comment-187 nexis Thu, 21 May 2009 05:42:35 +0000 http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-187 oh yeah... for secure deletion of everything in a hdd without screwing your warranty go with dod kill disc or active@ kill disc... dod kill disc fills the drive with the alphabet in binary and then fill with all 0's... active@ has a few different variations but all of them affective enough... i like the dod because i have done a thorough search of every bit on a disc when im done and there is nothing but 0's oh yeah… for secure deletion of everything in a hdd without screwing your warranty go with dod kill disc or active@ kill disc… dod kill disc fills the drive with the alphabet in binary and then fill with all 0’s… active@ has a few different variations but all of them affective enough… i like the dod because i have done a thorough search of every bit on a disc when im done and there is nothing but 0’s

]]> Comment on Wiping Data (or Secure Deletion) from Linux by nexis http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/wiping-data-or-secure-deletion-from-linux/#comment-186 nexis Thu, 21 May 2009 05:39:19 +0000 http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-186 i have had 3 of the seagate 7200.11 1.5tb drives brick on me... none of them more than an hour after getting them home... seagate wont do a damn thing and neither will best buy so now im out almost 500$ plus the agrivation of removing them from my reg and making sure their fragged firmware didnt attempt to affect my system... oh yeah and i ran spinright on one of them b4 i did anything else... 13million errors... seagate i used to love you guys but seriously you are starting to fail... im goin with something i cant read str8 from japan from now on... cheaper and reliable i have had 3 of the seagate 7200.11 1.5tb drives brick on me… none of them more than an hour after getting them home… seagate wont do a damn thing and neither will best buy so now im out almost 500$ plus the agrivation of removing them from my reg and making sure their fragged firmware didnt attempt to affect my system… oh yeah and i ran spinright on one of them b4 i did anything else… 13million errors… seagate i used to love you guys but seriously you are starting to fail… im goin with something i cant read str8 from japan from now on… cheaper and reliable

]]> Comment on Eating Aloe by Mark Judd http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/eating-aloe/#comment-183 Mark Judd Fri, 15 May 2009 14:57:05 +0000 http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/?p=346#comment-183 Hi David, interesting post on aloe. You may be interested to hear that you don't have to actually eat an aloe plant (of the Barbadensis Miller variety) to get the full benefit, you can get essentially the same benefits straight from the bottle and you might like to check out the proof document at :http://www.aloeresearch.com/docs/ProofAll.pdf This is not a blatant attempt to advertise where you can buy this from but if you would like a link to my online store then please email me and I will forward you the details. Hi David, interesting post on aloe. You may be interested to hear that you don’t have to actually eat an aloe plant (of the Barbadensis Miller variety) to get the full benefit, you can get essentially the same benefits straight from the bottle and you might like to check out the proof document at :http://www.aloeresearch.com/docs/ProofAll.pdf

This is not a blatant attempt to advertise where you can buy this from but if you would like a link to my online store then please email me and I will forward you the details.

]]> Comment on Directions to the Bloomington Caves by davidhilton http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/directions-to-the-bloomington-caves/#comment-179 davidhilton Wed, 06 May 2009 23:38:28 +0000 http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/?p=242#comment-179 You shouldn't have any problems going the Ivins way, at least up to the point where both turn off toward the caves (the little triangle island), and a half mile is certainly walkable if you don't feel confident about driving that part. You shouldn’t have any problems going the Ivins way, at least up to the point where both turn off toward the caves (the little triangle island), and a half mile is certainly walkable if you don’t feel confident about driving that part.

]]> Comment on Directions to the Bloomington Caves by Steve http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/directions-to-the-bloomington-caves/#comment-178 Steve Wed, 06 May 2009 23:24:37 +0000 http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/?p=242#comment-178 Do you think a car can make it the back way (highway 91) to the caves? or is it too rocky? please let me know Do you think a car can make it the back way (highway 91) to the caves? or is it too rocky? please let me know

]]> Comment on Xorg 1.5 – a step in the right direction by Top Posts « WordPress.com http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/xorg-15-a-step-in-the-right-direction/#comment-171 Top Posts « WordPress.com Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:12:36 +0000 http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/?p=379#comment-171 [...] Xorg 1.5 - a step in the right direction Interestingly enough, I recently upgraded to xorg-server 1.5 from 1.3. I removed my xorg file, and it works passably. [...] [...] [...] Xorg 1.5 – a step in the right direction Interestingly enough, I recently upgraded to xorg-server 1.5 from 1.3. I removed my xorg file, and it works passably. [...] [...]

]]> Comment on Eating Aloe by Mirza http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/eating-aloe/#comment-170 Mirza Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:11:14 +0000 http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/?p=346#comment-170 Some of the asian stores up here in the Provo area (1st Oriental Market on State St in Orem, for one) have aloe you can buy in a jar, and mix with hot water to make a drink. Looks and tastes like green grapes in a gel. Some of the asian stores up here in the Provo area (1st Oriental Market on State St in Orem, for one) have aloe you can buy in a jar, and mix with hot water to make a drink. Looks and tastes like green grapes in a gel.

]]> Comment on Why Gentoo? by pitchover http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/why-gentoo/#comment-169 pitchover Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:31:34 +0000 http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/?p=384#comment-169 Yes, gentoo is still my current flavor of Linux distribution. Although from first install (minimal) it cannot detect my ethernet (atl1e) card, I have to switch it to other ethernet card that use tulip driver. Yes, gentoo is still my current flavor of Linux distribution. Although from first install (minimal) it cannot detect my ethernet (atl1e) card, I have to switch it to other ethernet card that use tulip driver.

]]> Comment on Xorg 1.5 – a step in the right direction by davidhilton http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/xorg-15-a-step-in-the-right-direction/#comment-163 davidhilton Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:39:11 +0000 http://davidhilton.wordpress.com/?p=379#comment-163 I am aware that glxgears is not a good benchmark - however, that does not mean that it is useless as a benchmark. I have had speed variations of up to 1.5x when dealing with the same driver, which I do not consider particularly significant. However, 3-5x slower is a significant difference, and it will be painfully evident in many 3d accelerated programs. I am aware that glxgears is not a good benchmark – however, that does not mean that it is useless as a benchmark. I have had speed variations of up to 1.5x when dealing with the same driver, which I do not consider particularly significant. However, 3-5x slower is a significant difference, and it will be painfully evident in many 3d accelerated programs.

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