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by pyrella
June 27, 2011, 10:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275960

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

Davis admits he doesn't really know how many animals are lost each year to agriculture... Next. Because there's not an exact number you deny the fact that this happens? The land itself is plowed (good bye nests/homes), combines tear anything smaller than a cow to shreds. Do you need an exact number...
by pyrella
June 27, 2011, 9:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275960

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

This, Your vegan/vegetarian terrorism displaces and slaughters millions of creatures possessing a nervous system I'm not so sure about. Would you happen to have a source? Also, you're omnivore-ism does the exact same thing, plus a whole lot more since you eat meat. Unless you only eat meat. In whic...
by pyrella
June 27, 2011, 4:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275960

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

Carrots don't have a nervous system. I like this one. Insects, moles, rabbits, gophers, etc do - all slaughtered in the name of raising vegetables. They also all have nervous systems. At least the meat eaters have the decency to eat what we kill. In addition to usually having bred it in the first p...
by pyrella
June 16, 2011, 3:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Babies
Replies: 26
Views: 5368

Re: Babies

by pyrella
June 16, 2011, 3:43 pm
Forum: Home and Garden
Topic: Basement Finishing
Replies: 8
Views: 6917

Re: Basement Finishing

Co worker got this one for a demo job recently

Dual filter
by pyrella
June 16, 2011, 3:39 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: SQL Server 2008 & LUN Cloning/Fracturing
Replies: 12
Views: 2719

Re: SQL Server 2008 & LUN Cloning/Fracturing

VMWare guys pointed this out to me in a meeting yesterday as we just recently updated our CX array to the latest firmware: http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2010/07/vsphere-41---what-do-the-vstorage-apis-for-array-integration-mean-to-you.html long story short - cloning/moving/etc can happe...
by pyrella
June 13, 2011, 2:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Post something good from youtube!
Replies: 454
Views: 148474

Re: Post something good from youtube!

Epic rap battles of history:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PL505BA1F19CCEF7C2

my favorites are Easter bunny vs. Genghis khan, Napoleon vs. Napoleon, and Abe vs Chuck

Same guy also does something called picture songs that reminds me of Adam Sandler circa They're all gonna laugh at you!
by pyrella
June 4, 2011, 10:35 pm
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Knife Set
Replies: 44
Views: 19092

Re: Knife Set

by pyrella
May 27, 2011, 9:02 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: SQL Server 2008 & LUN Cloning/Fracturing
Replies: 12
Views: 2719

Re: SQL Server 2008 & LUN Cloning/Fracturing

Hmm if the data/drives in your luns are part of the vmdk you should be able to use and migrate snapshots - but if they are raw attached then the only thing you'll get out of the VM snapshot is your OS and apps - all data drives would still need to be connected (whether it be a cloned lun or whatever...
by pyrella
May 27, 2011, 6:06 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: SQL Server 2008 & LUN Cloning/Fracturing
Replies: 12
Views: 2719

Re: SQL Server 2008 & LUN Cloning/Fracturing

Sounds like snapshots that can be seen by the QA boxes may be the way to go. Our DBA's have been using our backup process as their cloning tool of choice - just restore to a different target - 8TB across the wire will be painful tho unless you're on 10GB.
by pyrella
May 27, 2011, 4:25 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: SQL Server 2008 & LUN Cloning/Fracturing
Replies: 12
Views: 2719

Re: SQL Server 2008 & LUN Cloning/Fracturing

From the system side, it just shouldn't matter - a disk is a disk. Most important thing will be drive letter and path. When you go to reattach your DB - you usually specify drive n path anyways - if it happens to be the same on the new box, you're good to go? Or maybe I'm not understanding the quest...
by pyrella
May 27, 2011, 3:21 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: NetApp
Replies: 1
Views: 916

Re: NetApp

Fuck certifications for storage systems, they change so frequently, unless you're a freelance contractor laying your hands on all the various storage types frequently it's not really needed. Perhaps if you're an authorized reseller/technician (again outside of one location) it might be worth pursuin...
by pyrella
May 19, 2011, 6:56 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Console forum
Replies: 19
Views: 3651

Re: Console forum

I actually like winnow's formatting of title's the best. But some consolidation isn't terrible either. Probably should combine the defunct MMO's into a defunct MMO forum with all posts in it. Games that live in a single thread are fine as well (Minecraft/eve/a few others). Did I kill Rift yet after ...
by pyrella
May 14, 2011, 4:52 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: EVE Online?
Replies: 205
Views: 58987

Re: EVE Online?

Old post from a different board, holy jebus the colors do not work on this theme :P Ministry of Internal Order Found Agents: 7 Key: Name Corporation Division Lvl . Qlt. Solar System Mahtennita Hamiahoor Ministry of Internal Order Intelligence 1 -19 Nahyeen (0.77) Nahyeen VI - Ministry of Internal Or...
by pyrella
May 9, 2011, 11:15 pm
Forum: Site/Board Development
Topic: Cant create new threads/topics
Replies: 13
Views: 22070

Re: WTF is going on?

Still just using the dreamhost account you reccommended ;P I'm here every day but only read a couple forums really. I do answer pm's if stuff comes up. TheMachine is there for posterity reasons (remember the roots yo!). As far as dying - we're a specific board for a specific server for a specific ga...
by pyrella
May 6, 2011, 4:17 am
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: Roll A D6
Replies: 4
Views: 3558

Roll A D6

by pyrella
April 26, 2011, 8:57 pm
Forum: World of Warcraft
Topic: Cataclysm thread
Replies: 88
Views: 27482

Re: Cataclysm thread

They need to release wow 2 and need to stop making expansions. The combination of mechanics is fairly exhausted for any sense of originality within the game (which sees your old subscribers go bye bye) Also as Cata showed, people raged at the new mechanics implementation that completely changed what...
by pyrella
April 15, 2011, 11:12 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: I love NPD day..
Replies: 11
Views: 1634

Re: I love NPD day..

Winnow wrote: You can get a Blu-ray player practically as a free prize from a box of crackerjacks these days.

We got a care package from a client the other day that had many goodies, including 12 boxes of cracker jacks. The 'prizes' are fucking pieces of paper. It's disheartening!
by pyrella
April 12, 2011, 8:41 pm
Forum: Rift
Topic: Dear Rift
Replies: 29
Views: 11391

Re: Dear Rift

Damn you Ixtlan!
by pyrella
April 7, 2011, 6:54 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Taxation
Replies: 49
Views: 11000

Re: Taxation

Creepy - I was just looking at http://www.fairtax.org The one question I have....what's blatantly wrong with this - as this seems like something that would be too good to be true... The gist of it: Everyone pays 23% tax on consumption (a federal sales tax). This works out to the current cost of payr...
by pyrella
April 7, 2011, 1:19 am
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Dutch Oven Recipes?
Replies: 11
Views: 5463

Re: Dutch Oven Recipes?

Agreed Canelek - while it was delicious - you'd just get some nasty pieces unfortunately. However the veggies/sauce over some jasmine rice were the fucking bomb!
by pyrella
April 6, 2011, 8:34 pm
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Dutch Oven Recipes?
Replies: 11
Views: 5463

Re: Dutch Oven Recipes?

Sabek wrote:Look for a good Osso Buco recipe. Yummy braised beef shank goodness.

http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/200/Osso-Buco

Making this now - just slipped it in the oven (Beef shanks/red wine)
by pyrella
March 22, 2011, 5:53 pm
Forum: Rift
Topic: Rift - Who's who and where
Replies: 12
Views: 12017

Re: Rift - Who's who and where

Faeblight - PvE RP (not an rp'er, but RP servers tend to have a slightly more mature, if slightly more creepy crowd)

Pyrella - Pyro/Lock/Ele (good for just about everything) | Chloro/arch/dom (heals) | Ele/Chloro/lock (solo elite killah) | Pyro/arch/lock (single target boom)
by pyrella
March 9, 2011, 2:37 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Minecraft
Replies: 31
Views: 8737

Re: Minecraft

Luuuurch

http://pyrello.dyndns.org/TGMap/map.htm ... 277&zoom=3

It's been running for a few months - main link for map is http://pyrello.dyndns.org/TGMap/map.html - turn off the players and signs at the bottom to move around a bit faster
by pyrella
February 7, 2011, 8:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275960

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

I'm curious how much meat was consumed over this weekend due to this thread. Not even trying to be snide or facetious - all day long on Friday after reading this I had a hankering for meat. Went to the butcher and got 4lbs of rib eye, 2lb of armenian seasoned kebab, pork shoulder, a few pounds of va...
by pyrella
February 3, 2011, 10:17 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Backup/clone/hdd help! URGENT OMFG
Replies: 23
Views: 4064

Re: Backup/clone/hdd help! URGENT OMFG

Hook me up moocow -

I retract my endorsement of mozy. All new accounts, and existing accounts starting next month see a dollar increase for service up to 50GB, double for up to 125, and 2 bucks per 10 gig i believe after that.

Someone recommended idrive.com - but I'll check out xou's too.
by pyrella
January 26, 2011, 11:26 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Backup/clone/hdd help! URGENT OMFG
Replies: 23
Views: 4064

Re: Backup/clone/hdd help! URGENT OMFG

It will install a Mozy Home Folder that you can see in your file explorer. If you want to use the versioning (it backs up twice a day and keeps it for a month, so up to 60 versions of a file) you will need to open up there client piece to get anything but the latest file. One thing that is the same ...
by pyrella
January 26, 2011, 9:10 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Backup/clone/hdd help! URGENT OMFG
Replies: 23
Views: 4064

Re: Backup/clone/hdd help! URGENT OMFG

In regards to online backup - I've been using Mozy for just about a year now. Pretty much same as above, but I don't know of any limitations as far as what you're allowed to backup. I've got a few hundred gig up there now,system images for vmware, pictures, docs, music, some movies, etc. The advanta...
by pyrella
January 19, 2011, 10:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Road trip in the Congo
Replies: 13
Views: 3353

Re: Road trip in the Congo

Fairweather Pure wrote: Amazing to think of how much time and money went into this adventure. I always wonder what people like this do for a living to be afforded the luxury of putting themselves in such misery.

They sold everything they owned and bought a Landcruiser.
by pyrella
January 17, 2011, 10:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Road trip in the Congo
Replies: 13
Views: 3353

Road trip in the Congo

This is just a small portion of the overall trip apparently, but damn

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/r ... hasa-53285
by pyrella
November 16, 2010, 8:00 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Minecraft
Replies: 31
Views: 8737

Re: Minecraft

Here's a google map of 2 weeks of a moderated public server i threw up for shits and giggles:

http://www.ppp-mc.com/gmap
by pyrella
October 29, 2010, 6:13 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Minecraft
Replies: 31
Views: 8737

Re: Minecraft

Interesting but why just play with blocks when building in Second Life is so much more detailed while remaining easy to master? Star Trek Enterprise in SL compared to the blocks above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqg_LiGpMOM Second Life hasn't improved in years but the building tools are more fu...
by pyrella
October 29, 2010, 4:04 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Minecraft
Replies: 31
Views: 8737

Re: Minecraft

With the new update coming on Sunday - hopefully monsters/players will be able to take damage, cart tracks will work, etc and there will be more of the 'survival' element.



http://minecraft.net/boo

Image
by pyrella
October 28, 2010, 7:16 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Minecraft
Replies: 31
Views: 8737

Minecraft

Searched here and couldn't find anything on it. Ridiculously addictive game - fairly straight forward...you mine, and you craft. You extract blocks and place blocks and make everything that is used. Super simple (8 bit level) graphics, but infinite world size (as you travel it creates new chunks), m...
by pyrella
October 25, 2010, 4:07 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: iPhone 4 Pre-Order Today
Replies: 92
Views: 22921

Re: iPhone 4 Pre-Order Today

Also - this is jailbreak only, not an unlock - so at&t only for the phones
by pyrella
October 25, 2010, 4:05 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: iPhone 4 Pre-Order Today
Replies: 92
Views: 22921

Re: iPhone 4 Pre-Order Today

I used limera1n on a coworkers 4.1 ipod touch - worked just fine, cydia - hackulous - done and done. Only problem was making sure you're up to date on your itunes install as the way it enters/deals with DFU seems to be different (and what limera1n does to exploit it).
by pyrella
October 11, 2010, 9:55 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: 2003 R2 issues
Replies: 6
Views: 1714

Re: 2003 R2 issues

x86/64?
by pyrella
October 11, 2010, 7:57 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: 2003 R2 issues
Replies: 6
Views: 1714

Re: 2003 R2 issues

AV perhaps? We have to exclude the data dirs and mdf/ldf files because we were getting time out issues. I know you said without SQL running as well - but worth a shot. With our R710's I remember when we were getting them for our VM boxes there was a lot of confusion about memory type - only in tripl...
by pyrella
October 2, 2010, 7:23 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Virtualization
Replies: 13
Views: 2550

Re: Virtualization

First and foremost - get shared storage for them - you can set up dirt cheap iscsi with a box with a bunch of harddrives and a linux distro (openfiler, etc) that will do the trick for testing and development. Then you can go to pro iscsi or FC solutions. It's good to tier like cheap iscsi for archiv...
by pyrella
September 17, 2010, 9:44 pm
Forum: Site/Board Development
Topic: Image Resizer
Replies: 4
Views: 15100

Re: Image Resizer

I have a feeling I need to completely overhaul the installation as we're running off a version of the phpbb3 beta that doesn't support most of the new plugins/addons/features - but I'm a bit wary of doing it due to the great purge of....a while ago ;P I'll see how feasible it is to run a side by sid...
by pyrella
May 22, 2010, 2:14 am
Forum: Site/Board Development
Topic: Error Message
Replies: 3
Views: 2689

Re: Error Message

When I've contacted Dreamhost about this in the past, they've said it's usually from someone being abusive with their account (few hundred per box), or someone who's been hacked, and then they are being abusive. Getting what we pay for type thing - with home packages offering multi MB uploads, I sho...
by pyrella
May 10, 2010, 3:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Bday Sylvus! ###ASSCLOWNS THIS MEANS YOU!!!###
Replies: 12
Views: 2730

Happy Bday Sylvus! ###ASSCLOWNS THIS MEANS YOU!!!###

Happy Birthday mofaka!!!!!!!!
by pyrella
May 7, 2010, 10:13 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: SATA -> IDE Cable
Replies: 3
Views: 1295

Re: SATA -> IDE Cable

for 10-15 bucks you can get a SATA/IDE to usb + power adapter. Keep one in my bag all the time = all you need is a wall plug and a usb port.
by pyrella
May 6, 2010, 5:35 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Windows 7 question
Replies: 25
Views: 5068

Re: Windows 7 question

I use VLC with 7 and don't have that problem - it's when i'm watching stuff on tv websites that it kicks off and pisses me off.
by pyrella
May 6, 2010, 4:10 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The iphone as a gaming platform
Replies: 33
Views: 3903

Re: The iphone as a gaming platform

After 2 5 hour flights in the past week, I'm going to give props to the iPhone's battery life with the caveat that it was in 'Airplane mode' and I was using headphones instead of built in speaker. So no Cell/WiFi/Speaker munching up my battery - but I listened to music the entire flights and played ...
by pyrella
April 9, 2010, 3:24 pm
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Rice Wars
Replies: 27
Views: 8490

Re: Rice Wars

Jasmine rice > *
by pyrella
April 7, 2010, 5:33 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Collateral Murder
Replies: 33
Views: 3275

Re: Collateral Murder

I watched the long version Kwon posted on the Modern Warfare thread that had no commentary. I watched the entire thing, and thought it was another standard op video. I kept waiting to see the part where journalists were blatantly killed. When they show the inital group of 8 and the 2 guys with the c...
by pyrella
April 7, 2010, 2:58 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165472

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

You can use calibre to convert just about any book format, to any other format (epub included) http://calibre-ebook.com/about What size are you using for your PDF files so that they take up all of the iPad's screen? Default leaves everything a little too tiny to read for long periods. I know you ca...
by pyrella
April 5, 2010, 2:49 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165472

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

You can use calibre to convert just about any book format, to any other format (epub included)

http://calibre-ebook.com/about
by pyrella
April 1, 2010, 6:49 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Mount & Blade UPDATE: Version 1.003 is ready
Replies: 34
Views: 5716

Re: Mount & Blade UPDATE: Version 1.003 is ready

Expansion out! http://store.steampowered.com/app/48700/ About the Game In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia! Mount ...