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November 2007 - Posts

Puzzle solution: Xen voting algorithm

I think that the problem stated in one of my earlier posts is one of the most fascinating puzzles I came across recently. Many people that got confronted with it said bluntly that the problem simply has no solution, otherwise it would contradict common Read More...
Posted Monday, November 26, 2007 1:19 PM by AdiOltean | 3 Comments
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Zune 80 - $400 on eBay?

A few completed transactions: - $420: http://cgi.ebay.com/Microsoft-ZUNE-2-Gen-Black-80-GB-mp3-NEW-NIB-EXTRAS_W0QQitemZ320182867203QQihZ011QQcategoryZ147175QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem - $405: http://cgi.ebay.com/Microsoft-ZUNE-2-Gen-Black-80-GB-mp3-NEW-NIB-EXTRAS_W0QQitemZ320183303981QQihZ011QQcategoryZ147175QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Read More...
Posted Friday, November 16, 2007 3:44 PM by AdiOltean | 1 Comments
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Is my harddisk (almost) dead?

I just started to play with HD Tune , just to get a tool to look at my S.M.A.R.T. data. Not that I trust SMART a lot, but I wanted to see what's there. So that's how I discovered my main drive has a bunch of reallocated sectors. Ouch! What is a reallocated Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:03 AM by AdiOltean | 3 Comments
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What causes Harddisk failures?

A fascinating article in ACM Queue examines the various ways in which a harddisk can fail. Here is an example - the fault tree for reading failures. Read More...
Posted Monday, November 12, 2007 11:48 PM by AdiOltean | 1 Comments
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