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Update: the free HD Tune also has an Error Scan section-city_zen (October 15, 2008, 09:28 AM)
What I definitely DO advise you to do is to take a look at the S.M.A.R.T. info from that drive (Speedfan is a great program for that), particularly at the "Reallocated Sector Count" value-city_zen (October 15, 2008, 09:28 AM)
NOTE : your hard disk has 1 pending sectors. Those are sectors that couldn't be properly read and that the hard disk logic is waiting for a write operation to try to remap to a spare sector (if available). According to the Reallocated Sector Count attribute, your hard disk seems to have available spare sectors. A simple disk surface scan won't be enough to force the remap operation. You need a read/write surface scan to remap the sector. The best option should be a tool that knows about what should be read from that sector so that it has some option to apply the best fix to the missing data.
NOTE : your hard disk has 1 offline uncorrectable sectors. Those are sectors that an offline scanning found as unreadable. Offline scanning is a process that can be automatically started by the hard disk logic when a long enough idle period is detected or that can be forced by some tool. Those unreadable sectors are identified and the hard disk logic is waiting for a write command that will overwrite them to try to remap them to spare sectors (if available). According to the Reallocated Sector Count attribute, your hard disk seems to have available spare sectors. A simple disk surface scan won't be enough to force the remap operation. You need a read/write surface scan to remap the sector. The best option should be a tool that knows about what should be read from that sector so that it has some option to apply the best fix to the missing data.
Invalid parameter - /B
Did you run chkdsk with the /R parameter?-f0dder (October 14, 2008, 10:00 PM)
Well, so early in development it's natural. It should be said that given that Windows 7 is slated to be an improvement of Vista more than a new OS, don't be surprised if it ends up looking mostly the same.-Lashiec (October 14, 2008, 02:38 PM)
What's the point of DAS Keyboard?-Deozaan (October 13, 2008, 07:09 PM)
- the point of Das Keyboard is the mechanical quality, not some features.-Curt (October 14, 2008, 03:03 AM)
I have only one question: how can i order the album?-mouser (October 13, 2008, 09:01 PM)
What this now means is that, for consumers, more or less anything that has come into contact with that pirated item can be seized by the government. The statute is worded in such a broad manner that it would be theoretically possible to seize all of the computers in a home or office if one pirated MP3 or piece of software was present. More importantly, the penalties have changed so that individual elements are now imputed as works. For example, before it was considered to be downloading a 'work' to download an entire CD. Now, each individual track would be considered a 'work,' so one CD is now ten or more times the penalty that it once was. Similarly, if you copied a magazine with 100 photographs in it, you would now be liable for each copywritten photograph and article separately.(Emphasis added)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush signed into law on Monday a controversial bill that would stiffen penalties for movie and music piracy at the federal level.
The law creates an intellectual property czar who will report directly to the president on how to better protect copyrights both domestically and internationally. The Justice Department had argued that the creation of this position would undermine its authority.
The PRO-IP Act does three things, generally: 1) it increases the penalties for infringement by expanding what is considered a 'work;' 2) it broadens the ability of the government to permanently seize goods; and 3) it creates an Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, a new cabinet position whose sole job is to increase intellectual property enforcement. In short, it's a load of bad news for consumers, but really, it's not that much good news for many intellectual property owners either, as I'll explain.
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I hesitate to think what might happen if a machinima is made from a game using the licensed soundtrack in absence of a Machinima Rule from the developer. Not only could the machinima maker be looking at issues from both the game developer and the musicians, but so could anyone who downloads the video.
Mouser isn't a cat, he just likes those cruel animals - for some strange and unfathomable reason.-f0dder (October 13, 2008, 07:31 PM)
Before anybody gets the strange misconception that cats are intelligent, the critters were probably just trying to use the handle to climb up the toilet, and stare down because of the sound the flushing water makes. No, cats aren't intelligent. You don't need to be intelligent to be egoistic and evil-f0dder (October 13, 2008, 07:28 PM)
Plowing through the Wikipedia article, but I think I'm going to have to do some additional reading before I can comment. I found one factual error* in the article that makes me wonder what else in there is wrong...-40hz (October 12, 2008, 06:29 PM)
I think that the article price of "€599 for a network of 20" is way off - you might be able to put together a single box for that kind of cash if you find the right deals, though(€599 ~ $810).
-f0dder (October 13, 2008, 07:13 PM)
Besides, it a real laugh watching some techno-snob Half-Life 2 fanboy (with a tricked-out $4K gaming rig) admit that "These old games are awesome!"-40hz (October 13, 2008, 05:24 PM)
