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Once your data is online - its online (forever) |
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Two recent news stories have brought to light the dangers of what data people are happy to put online, without really considering the wider implications.
The both stories have different antagonists, and both highlight the very real world dangers of storing data online, whether its on a social platform like Facebook, or a more traditionally unseen platform like a database.
The moral of both stories is clear: Once something is 'online', it is online, and there is no taking it back.
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New Ati cards cause boot issues on Nvidia nForce chipset motherboards |
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I recently had two Nvidia graphics cards go pop on me (article here: Link) because of this I needed to replace those cards with a new one. I consulted with a friend who's into PC Hardware and he recommended a few of cards out of the current ATI lineup.
So I bought an ATI 5770, which looked like a good all round desktop and light gaming card.
It is a great card, but it seems there is an issue running it on some of the Nvidia nForce motherboards. The card causes there to be a 20-30 second boot delay. The card appears to spin up a few times, like there is a seek issues with it, then it loads fine.
I've raised Forum topics in both the AMD and the Nvidia forums, but the only solution seems to be flashing your motherboard, which isn't going to happen for me, as I have an Abit motherboard, and they went bust two years ago.
XFX 5770
Link to XFX 5770 on aria.co.uk
AMD Forums:
http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=133694&enterthread=y
Nvidia Forums:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=169038
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Scotch On the Rocks – day two review |
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Following quickly on the heels of my first article about the 2010 Scotch on the Rocks, is my run down of the second day. I'll apologise now for this being quite so wordy, but I've tried to keep things succinct. I'd also like to say up front how much I enjoyed this years Scotch on the Rocks. It was a great venue, with great speakers, covering a very wide variety of topics.
It was a very intense two day thought explosion, where your left feeling kind of drained, but also with a ridiculous amount of 'development energy'.
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Scotch On the Rocks – day one review |
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Monday was the first day of the 'Scotch on the Rocks' 2010 Adobe conference (sponsored by Fuzzy Orange). I went along for a couple of reasons. To see what has been happening in the community, what development ideas people were throwing around as it is a bit of a two day think tank, and to put some faces to the Twitter accounts I've been following.
This article is a breakdown of the first days seminars I attended, and some thoughts and considerations about the content on show.
