[OT] YOW! West
Hello all, in case you didn't see the Perth .NET Community post regarding YOU! West here it is http://perthdotnet.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/yow-west-conference-perth-may-2014.html This is excellent news and I hope its just the forst of many. As @wolfbyte suggests - spread the word! I'm trying to get an idea of how much tickets are going to be for the conference. Did anyone go last year? Cheers, Steve
Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro
Late reply - been sick. I use Adobe CC every day and in this situation i'd prefer to keep it in OSX mode than Windows simply because it performs better in a Parallels / OSX dual environment. I will also point out I also have a Thunderbolt Display for when i'm at my cubicle. When on the road I prefer retina display on the Macbook Pro when I design because of the sharpness (i'm not the best eye sight so every advantage i get works for me). However Adobe have only recently got their act together around supporting Retina display so it's only just *gotten* better to design with. Back in the old days I heard Adobe cross-compiled their apps to PC after OSX was taken care of. I don't know if that's still true today? Either way I haven't noticed much of a difference in specifics here as at home I use a desktop with Adobe CC and nothing changes other than short-cuts obviously. I will however say that OSX + Cinema4D is much better to work with in a portable situation (again I travel alot for work, so i need to have a portable Ux studio ). Short answer - there is really no + or - in choosing OSX vs Windows anymore (except gaming). --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 8:53 AM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.comwrote: I run windows 8 on MacBook Pro daily and no issues .. I use osx for design tools and MacBook for dev work and seamless work. If you run parallels that is. If you run it native ie via boot camp again it runs normal as you would with a PC laptop Do you use Creative Suite? Is it any better/more stable under OSX than under Windows? I'm contemplating changing platform when I go through the forced 'upgrade' to CC. David Connors da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors
RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?
Bose++ I've had the over ear type for years (QC2, followed by QC15) and have just bought a pair of the in-ear QC20. I can't recommend either of these options highly enough. While they're not cheap, they are awesome. This week I'm cutting code in a room with up to 10 people having interesting conversations about things which would usually distract me. I can't hear them at all when I'm wearing these, especially if I have music playing as well. Do it now, you won't regret it. Cheers, Coatsy Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 ∙ Mob +61 (416) 134 993 ∙ Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 ∙ http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat Sent from the new Officehttp://office.com/preview From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Sunday, 23 March 2014 4:27 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? +1 for the Bose gear. I wear them all the time on long flights and love them but have also used them in other environments and they are great. The noise reduction quality is amazing. +1 also to the idea of drowning out part of the other noise. While they work well without anything even plugged in, clearly you'll lose the other distractions better if you have sounds of your own. For the same reason, I often will have the TV, or music, etc. on when I'm home alone working just to provide background noise. Otherwise, every little sound seems to be distracting. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.comhttp://www.sqldownunder.com/ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Jorke Odolphi Sent: Monday, 24 March 2014 9:28 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? http://worldwide.bose.com/axa/en_au/web/quietcomfort_20i/page.html I have a set of these - there is an 'active' mode that basically reduces people talking to sounding like a faint version of the peanuts teacher (I hope that's not too old a reference for people...) I can vouch it works amazingly well in an open office, when I have them on ppl have to wave at me to get attention - I have a mechanical keyboard and I can't hear that either - YMMV of course - if you go to the bose store they're pretty good at helping you test for your situation, especially at that price tag. I had the guy do loud sniffles for me so I could see if it worked for that... From: Kirsten Greed kirst...@jobtalk.com.aumailto:kirst...@jobtalk.com.au Reply-To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Date: Sunday, 23 March 2014 1:20 pm To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? Hi All So that I can concentrate better, I am trying to filter out the mouse clicking sound from person at the desk next to me. Has anyone any tech recommendations on how to do this? Thanks Kirsten
Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?
+1 .. I use Bose at work. Only actual downside with these is i often leave them on my desk at the end of the day still on..and drain batteries... thankfully work has unlimited supply of AAA batteries but yeah it can be a downer to walk in the next morning and here it making a ticking sound due to low battery. Oh and at times your ears clammy / sweaty if you leave them on all day listening to music... but doubt anything will solve that.. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) andrew.coa...@microsoft.com wrote: Bose++ I’ve had the over ear type for years (QC2, followed by QC15) and have just bought a pair of the in-ear QC20. I can’t recommend either of these options highly enough. While they’re not cheap, they are awesome. This week I’m cutting code in a room with up to 10 people having interesting conversations about things which would usually distract me. I can’t hear them at all when I’m wearing these, especially if I have music playing as well. Do it now, you won’t regret it. Cheers, Coatsy Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 ∙ Mob +61 (416) 134 993 ∙ Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 ∙ http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat *Sent from the **new Office* http://office.com/preview *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *GregAtGregLowDotCom *Sent:* Sunday, 23 March 2014 4:27 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? +1 for the Bose gear. I wear them all the time on long flights and love them but have also used them in other environments and they are great. The noise reduction quality is amazing. +1 also to the idea of drowning out part of the other noise. While they work well without anything even plugged in, clearly you’ll lose the other distractions better if you have sounds of your own. For the same reason, I often will have the TV, or music, etc. on when I’m home alone working just to provide background noise. Otherwise, every little sound seems to be distracting. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Jorke Odolphi *Sent:* Monday, 24 March 2014 9:28 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? http://worldwide.bose.com/axa/en_au/web/quietcomfort_20i/page.html I have a set of these – there is an ‘active’ mode that basically reduces people talking to sounding like a faint version of the “peanuts teacher (I hope that’s not too old a reference for people…) I can vouch it works amazingly well in an open office, when I have them on ppl have to wave at me to get attention – I have a mechanical keyboard and I can’t hear that either – YMMV of course – if you go to the bose store they’re pretty good at helping you test for your situation, especially at that price tag. I had the guy do loud sniffles for me so I could see if it worked for that… *From: *Kirsten Greed kirst...@jobtalk.com.au *Reply-To: *ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Date: *Sunday, 23 March 2014 1:20 pm *To: *ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Subject: *[OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? Hi All So that I can concentrate better, I am trying to filter out the mouse clicking sound from person at the desk next to me. Has anyone any tech recommendations on how to do this? Thanks Kirsten
Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?
Slightly off topic, but I always find it a bit sad to be working somewhere where everyone is sitting at the computer wearing their headphones and I want to make a witty remark about something or other, or just generally chew the fat with the guy opposite. Kind of anti-social. From: Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.com To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? +1 .. I use Bose at work. Only actual downside with these is i often leave them on my desk at the end of the day still on..and drain batteries... thankfully work has unlimited supply of AAA batteries but yeah it can be a downer to walk in the next morning and here it making a ticking sound due to low battery. Oh and at times your ears clammy / sweaty if you leave them on all day listening to music... but doubt anything will solve that.. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) andrew.coa...@microsoft.com wrote: Bose++ I’ve had the over ear type for years (QC2, followed by QC15) and have just bought a pair of the in-ear QC20. I can’t recommend either of these options highly enough. While they’re not cheap, they are awesome. This week I’m cutting code in a room with up to 10 people having interesting conversations about things which would usually distract me. I can’t hear them at all when I’m wearing these, especially if I have music playing as well. Do it now, you won’t regret it. Cheers, Coatsy Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 ∙ Mob +61 (416) 134 993 ∙ Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 ∙ http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat Sent from the new Office From:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Sunday, 23 March 2014 4:27 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? +1 for the Bose gear. I wear them all the time on long flights and love them but have also used them in other environments and they are great. The noise reduction quality is amazing. +1 also to the idea of drowning out part of the other noise. While they work well without anything even plugged in, clearly you’ll lose the other distractions better if you have sounds of your own. For the same reason, I often will have the TV, or music, etc. on when I’m home alone working just to provide background noise. Otherwise, every little sound seems to be distracting. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under| Web: www.sqldownunder.com From:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Jorke Odolphi Sent: Monday, 24 March 2014 9:28 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? http://worldwide.bose.com/axa/en_au/web/quietcomfort_20i/page.html I have a set of these – there is an ‘active’ mode that basically reduces people talking to sounding like a faint version of the “peanuts teacher (I hope that’s not too old a reference for people…) I can vouch it works amazingly well in an open office, when I have them on ppl have to wave at me to get attention – I have a mechanical keyboard and I can’t hear that either – YMMV of course – if you go to the bose store they’re pretty good at helping you test for your situation, especially at that price tag. I had the guy do loud sniffles for me so I could see if it worked for that… From: Kirsten Greed kirst...@jobtalk.com.au Reply-To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Date: Sunday, 23 March 2014 1:20 pm To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? Hi All So that I can concentrate better, I am trying to filter out the mouse clicking sound from person at the desk next to me. Has anyone any tech recommendations on how to do this? Thanks Kirsten
RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?
Hey Coatsy, I've been using the QC15's for a few years and have loved them. I've looked at the QC20's a few times wondering if I should upgrade (smaller to carry around) but have not made the move. Have you found the transition from the 15's (over the ear) to the 20's (in ear) has been OK? Are the comfortable? Cheers Anthony Borton Senior ALM Trainer/Consultant Visual Studio ALM MVP Enhance ALM Pty Ltd From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 5:52 AM To: g...@greglow.com; ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? Bose++ I've had the over ear type for years (QC2, followed by QC15) and have just bought a pair of the in-ear QC20. I can't recommend either of these options highly enough. While they're not cheap, they are awesome. This week I'm cutting code in a room with up to 10 people having interesting conversations about things which would usually distract me. I can't hear them at all when I'm wearing these, especially if I have music playing as well. Do it now, you won't regret it. Cheers, Coatsy Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 ∙ Mob +61 (416) 134 993 ∙ Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 ∙ http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat Sent from the new Officehttp://office.com/preview From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Sunday, 23 March 2014 4:27 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? +1 for the Bose gear. I wear them all the time on long flights and love them but have also used them in other environments and they are great. The noise reduction quality is amazing. +1 also to the idea of drowning out part of the other noise. While they work well without anything even plugged in, clearly you'll lose the other distractions better if you have sounds of your own. For the same reason, I often will have the TV, or music, etc. on when I'm home alone working just to provide background noise. Otherwise, every little sound seems to be distracting. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.comhttp://www.sqldownunder.com/ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Jorke Odolphi Sent: Monday, 24 March 2014 9:28 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? http://worldwide.bose.com/axa/en_au/web/quietcomfort_20i/page.html I have a set of these - there is an 'active' mode that basically reduces people talking to sounding like a faint version of the peanuts teacher (I hope that's not too old a reference for people...) I can vouch it works amazingly well in an open office, when I have them on ppl have to wave at me to get attention - I have a mechanical keyboard and I can't hear that either - YMMV of course - if you go to the bose store they're pretty good at helping you test for your situation, especially at that price tag. I had the guy do loud sniffles for me so I could see if it worked for that... From: Kirsten Greed kirst...@jobtalk.com.aumailto:kirst...@jobtalk.com.au Reply-To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Date: Sunday, 23 March 2014 1:20 pm To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? Hi All So that I can concentrate better, I am trying to filter out the mouse clicking sound from person at the desk next to me. Has anyone any tech recommendations on how to do this? Thanks Kirsten
Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?
It's very hit/miss socially though. I've worked in Agencies that fluctuate between loud environments and quiet ones. There was one agency in Seattle that I did a few weeks with that played rap/techno really loud throughout the entire building (Zaaz.com) and at first the music annoyed me but afterawhile I found myself concentrating as to me it was whitenoise in the background. I've also worked in agencies that have lawn / mini-golf / half-pipes in the middle of the floor while you worked. I even went to one place that had whale/forest sounds in the background as you worked all i remember is i wanted to wee a lot more than usual. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Jamie Surman jamiesur...@yahoo.com wrote: Slightly off topic, but I always find it a bit sad to be working somewhere where everyone is sitting at the computer wearing their headphones and I want to make a witty remark about something or other, or just generally chew the fat with the guy opposite. Kind of anti-social. -- *From:* Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.com *To:* ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 March 2014 9:35 AM *Subject:* Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? +1 .. I use Bose at work. Only actual downside with these is i often leave them on my desk at the end of the day still on..and drain batteries... thankfully work has unlimited supply of AAA batteries but yeah it can be a downer to walk in the next morning and here it making a ticking sound due to low battery. Oh and at times your ears clammy / sweaty if you leave them on all day listening to music... but doubt anything will solve that.. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) andrew.coa...@microsoft.com wrote: Bose++ I’ve had the over ear type for years (QC2, followed by QC15) and have just bought a pair of the in-ear QC20. I can’t recommend either of these options highly enough. While they’re not cheap, they are awesome. This week I’m cutting code in a room with up to 10 people having interesting conversations about things which would usually distract me. I can’t hear them at all when I’m wearing these, especially if I have music playing as well. Do it now, you won’t regret it. Cheers, Coatsy Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 ∙ Mob +61 (416) 134 993 ∙ Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 ∙ http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat *Sent from the **new Office* http://office.com/preview *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *GregAtGregLowDotCom *Sent:* Sunday, 23 March 2014 4:27 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? +1 for the Bose gear. I wear them all the time on long flights and love them but have also used them in other environments and they are great. The noise reduction quality is amazing. +1 also to the idea of drowning out part of the other noise. While they work well without anything even plugged in, clearly you’ll lose the other distractions better if you have sounds of your own. For the same reason, I often will have the TV, or music, etc. on when I’m home alone working just to provide background noise. Otherwise, every little sound seems to be distracting. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Jorke Odolphi *Sent:* Monday, 24 March 2014 9:28 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? http://worldwide.bose.com/axa/en_au/web/quietcomfort_20i/page.html I have a set of these – there is an ‘active’ mode that basically reduces people talking to sounding like a faint version of the “peanuts teacher (I hope that’s not too old a reference for people…) I can vouch it works amazingly well in an open office, when I have them on ppl have to wave at me to get attention – I have a mechanical keyboard and I can’t hear that either – YMMV of course – if you go to the bose store they’re pretty good at helping you test for your situation, especially at that price tag. I had the guy do loud sniffles for me so I could see if it worked for that… *From: *Kirsten Greed kirst...@jobtalk.com.au *Reply-To: *ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Date: *Sunday, 23 March 2014 1:20 pm *To: *ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Subject: *[OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? Hi All So that I can concentrate better, I am trying to filter out the mouse clicking sound from person at the
Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?
THese. http://www.californiaheadphones.com/silverado.html Even turned off, they block everything. And music through them sounds damned good. The down-side is they don't have a long enough cord to reach the computer (at my feet) so you might need extension On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) andrew.coa...@microsoft.com wrote: Bose++ I’ve had the over ear type for years (QC2, followed by QC15) and have just bought a pair of the in-ear QC20. I can’t recommend either of these options highly enough. While they’re not cheap, they are awesome. This week I’m cutting code in a room with up to 10 people having interesting conversations about things which would usually distract me. I can’t hear them at all when I’m wearing these, especially if I have music playing as well. Do it now, you won’t regret it. Cheers, Coatsy Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 ∙ Mob +61 (416) 134 993 ∙ Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 ∙ http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat *Sent from the **new Office* http://office.com/preview *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *GregAtGregLowDotCom *Sent:* Sunday, 23 March 2014 4:27 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? +1 for the Bose gear. I wear them all the time on long flights and love them but have also used them in other environments and they are great. The noise reduction quality is amazing. +1 also to the idea of drowning out part of the other noise. While they work well without anything even plugged in, clearly you’ll lose the other distractions better if you have sounds of your own. For the same reason, I often will have the TV, or music, etc. on when I’m home alone working just to provide background noise. Otherwise, every little sound seems to be distracting. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Jorke Odolphi *Sent:* Monday, 24 March 2014 9:28 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? http://worldwide.bose.com/axa/en_au/web/quietcomfort_20i/page.html I have a set of these – there is an ‘active’ mode that basically reduces people talking to sounding like a faint version of the “peanuts teacher (I hope that’s not too old a reference for people…) I can vouch it works amazingly well in an open office, when I have them on ppl have to wave at me to get attention – I have a mechanical keyboard and I can’t hear that either – YMMV of course – if you go to the bose store they’re pretty good at helping you test for your situation, especially at that price tag. I had the guy do loud sniffles for me so I could see if it worked for that… *From: *Kirsten Greed kirst...@jobtalk.com.au *Reply-To: *ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Date: *Sunday, 23 March 2014 1:20 pm *To: *ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Subject: *[OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? Hi All So that I can concentrate better, I am trying to filter out the mouse clicking sound from person at the desk next to me. Has anyone any tech recommendations on how to do this? Thanks Kirsten -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills
Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:33 PM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.comwrote: Late reply - been sick. I use Adobe CC every day and in this situation i'd prefer to keep it in OSX mode than Windows simply because it performs better in a Parallels / OSX dual environment. I will also point out I also have a Thunderbolt Display for when i'm at my cubicle. When on the road I prefer retina display on the Macbook Pro when I design because of the sharpness (i'm not the best eye sight so every advantage i get works for me). However Adobe have only recently got their act together around supporting Retina display so it's only just *gotten* better to design with. Back in the old days I heard Adobe cross-compiled their apps to PC after OSX was taken care of. I don't know if that's still true today? Either way I haven't noticed much of a difference in specifics here as at home I use a desktop with Adobe CC and nothing changes other than short-cuts obviously. I'd have thought with the common processor that there'd be a lot more in common now, and they'd develop in parallel, or even have one build that produced both. Letting stuff get out of sync is a headache. I like the feel of the OSX UI, and bear in mind I'm using both, day to day. I will however say that OSX + Cinema4D is much better to work with in a portable situation (again I travel alot for work, so i need to have a portable Ux studio ). Short answer - there is really no + or - in choosing OSX vs Windows anymore (except gaming). Even there, there's a lot of games released on both, and increasingly Linux. -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills
Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.comwrote: I will however say that OSX + Cinema4D is much better to work with in a portable situation (again I travel alot for work, so i need to have a portable Ux studio ). Short answer - there is really no + or - in choosing OSX vs Windows anymore (except gaming). Do you render much video in Premier? My main issues are OpenGL acceleration in Photoshop crapping out (which is largely resolved since I left nVidia for good and have AMD GPU in my M4600) and also Premier dying at random points when rendering projects.
Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro
Not so much in Premier but Adobe After Effects initially... Also if you haven't gone to CC then you should in that case as they've tuned the software much betterer for the RAM renders. I also do 3D rendering (Cinema4D) and it seems to be more efficient for a portable scenario. I do have a rendering farm at home, so to be fair the more CPU you throw at this whole thing the easier it gets but when i'm on the road i think the MBP is finely tuned for this sort of thing. I've wondered if it has to do with with prescribed hardware in that with Macs typically software vendors know ahead of time what they are dealing with that have very tightly controlled specifics so i've always wondered if they use that to their advantage or simply ignore it? --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:34 AM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.comwrote: I will however say that OSX + Cinema4D is much better to work with in a portable situation (again I travel alot for work, so i need to have a portable Ux studio ). Short answer - there is really no + or - in choosing OSX vs Windows anymore (except gaming). Do you render much video in Premier? My main issues are OpenGL acceleration in Photoshop crapping out (which is largely resolved since I left nVidia for good and have AMD GPU in my M4600) and also Premier dying at random points when rendering projects.
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Kind Regards, Andrew Campbell MB: 0409 684 443 HM: 08 9478 1848 EM: campbel...@gmail.com On 25 March 2014 03:52, Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) andrew.coa...@microsoft.com wrote: Bose++ I’ve had the over ear type for years (QC2, followed by QC15) and have just bought a pair of the in-ear QC20. I can’t recommend either of these options highly enough. While they’re not cheap, they are awesome. This week I’m cutting code in a room with up to 10 people having interesting conversations about things which would usually distract me. I can’t hear them at all when I’m wearing these, especially if I have music playing as well. Do it now, you won’t regret it. Cheers, Coatsy Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 ∙ Mob +61 (416) 134 993 ∙ Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 ∙ http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat *Sent from the **new Office* http://office.com/preview *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *GregAtGregLowDotCom *Sent:* Sunday, 23 March 2014 4:27 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? +1 for the Bose gear. I wear them all the time on long flights and love them but have also used them in other environments and they are great. The noise reduction quality is amazing. +1 also to the idea of drowning out part of the other noise. While they work well without anything even plugged in, clearly you’ll lose the other distractions better if you have sounds of your own. For the same reason, I often will have the TV, or music, etc. on when I’m home alone working just to provide background noise. Otherwise, every little sound seems to be distracting. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Jorke Odolphi *Sent:* Monday, 24 March 2014 9:28 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? http://worldwide.bose.com/axa/en_au/web/quietcomfort_20i/page.html I have a set of these – there is an ‘active’ mode that basically reduces people talking to sounding like a faint version of the “peanuts teacher (I hope that’s not too old a reference for people…) I can vouch it works amazingly well in an open office, when I have them on ppl have to wave at me to get attention – I have a mechanical keyboard and I can’t hear that either – YMMV of course – if you go to the bose store they’re pretty good at helping you test for your situation, especially at that price tag. I had the guy do loud sniffles for me so I could see if it worked for that… *From: *Kirsten Greed kirst...@jobtalk.com.au *Reply-To: *ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Date: *Sunday, 23 March 2014 1:20 pm *To: *ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Subject: *[OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? Hi All So that I can concentrate better, I am trying to filter out the mouse clicking sound from person at the desk next to me. Has anyone any tech recommendations on how to do this? Thanks Kirsten
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On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.comwrote: I've wondered if it has to do with with prescribed hardware in that with Macs typically software vendors know ahead of time what they are dealing with that have very tightly controlled specifics so i've always wondered if they use that to their advantage or simply ignore it? Probably a bit of both. I put Windows 7 on my MacBook air when I got it but it had the normal Windows power management issues (sometimes never sleeps and nearly melts your backpack, sometimes wakes with a black screen etc). The biggest thing I think is that Apple seems to do a better job of QAing drivers. The nvidia chipset in my Air is run. The nearly same chipset in my previous workstation was a catastrophe of crashes and aero stopping working and whatever. Patiently waiting for an nacl/asm.js + webGL version of CC. Then I really won't care any more. David.
[OT] Weird symptoms and SSD
Folks, I have a warning post: Since I installed a fresh Windows 7 on an SSD as Xmas I've been suspicious of how one time in 20 it will stop and say Bad boot drive and I have to power off and on again and then it always starts okay. No other symptoms have been observed. Well today, I was shutting down my PC when it blue screened on the way down, it said SERVICE_EXCEPTION. Just to be safe I rebooted it normally to check it was okay. First problem. IE 32-bit shortcut says it's invalid, but I can see the iexplore.exe in the correct place. Double-clicking it does nothing. The 64-bit iexplore.exe tells me The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. Then I notice most of my Start menu All Programs are gone. The Administrative Tools menu is empty. I searched for an hour but none of the advice is relevant or useful. Last known good config recover did nothing. I even thought I had a virus, but found no evidence. Finally I did a chkdsk C: /F and rebooted and I saw about 20 repairs (including iexplore.exe) and now it seems to be back to normal. However I suspect the SSD is about to die unpredictably and all of my mysterious symptoms were side effects. I'm just posting this in case it might be useful for someone in a similar situation. Now I'm going to the shops to get a new SSD and psych myself up for a possible Windows reinstall over the whole weekend. At Xmas it took 4 x 12 hour days to get to a satisfactory working state. *Greg K*
RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD
Hi Greg, Always horrible to hear that. What sort of drive was it? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/ www.sqldownunder.com From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 2:00 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Folks, I have a warning post: Since I installed a fresh Windows 7 on an SSD as Xmas I've been suspicious of how one time in 20 it will stop and say Bad boot drive and I have to power off and on again and then it always starts okay. No other symptoms have been observed. Well today, I was shutting down my PC when it blue screened on the way down, it said SERVICE_EXCEPTION. Just to be safe I rebooted it normally to check it was okay. First problem. IE 32-bit shortcut says it's invalid, but I can see the iexplore.exe in the correct place. Double-clicking it does nothing. The 64-bit iexplore.exe tells me The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. Then I notice most of my Start menu All Programs are gone. The Administrative Tools menu is empty. I searched for an hour but none of the advice is relevant or useful. Last known good config recover did nothing. I even thought I had a virus, but found no evidence. Finally I did a chkdsk C: /F and rebooted and I saw about 20 repairs (including iexplore.exe) and now it seems to be back to normal. However I suspect the SSD is about to die unpredictably and all of my mysterious symptoms were side effects. I'm just posting this in case it might be useful for someone in a similar situation. Now I'm going to the shops to get a new SSD and psych myself up for a possible Windows reinstall over the whole weekend. At Xmas it took 4 x 12 hour days to get to a satisfactory working state. Greg K
RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD
My guess is a drive based on a SandForce controller. You've described the symptoms I had before my SandForce SDD died a couple of years ago. I was going to replace it with a newer SandForce drive until I Googled a bit and then opted to go with an Intel 510 which used a Marvell controller and have had no problems with it. I'd back up everything you want to keep that is on that drive ASAP. Ben From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 11:26 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Hi Greg, Always horrible to hear that. What sort of drive was it? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.comhttp://www.sqldownunder.com/ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 2:00 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Folks, I have a warning post: Since I installed a fresh Windows 7 on an SSD as Xmas I've been suspicious of how one time in 20 it will stop and say Bad boot drive and I have to power off and on again and then it always starts okay. No other symptoms have been observed. Well today, I was shutting down my PC when it blue screened on the way down, it said SERVICE_EXCEPTION. Just to be safe I rebooted it normally to check it was okay. First problem. IE 32-bit shortcut says it's invalid, but I can see the iexplore.exe in the correct place. Double-clicking it does nothing. The 64-bit iexplore.exe tells me The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. Then I notice most of my Start menu All Programs are gone. The Administrative Tools menu is empty. I searched for an hour but none of the advice is relevant or useful. Last known good config recover did nothing. I even thought I had a virus, but found no evidence. Finally I did a chkdsk C: /F and rebooted and I saw about 20 repairs (including iexplore.exe) and now it seems to be back to normal. However I suspect the SSD is about to die unpredictably and all of my mysterious symptoms were side effects. I'm just posting this in case it might be useful for someone in a similar situation. Now I'm going to the shops to get a new SSD and psych myself up for a possible Windows reinstall over the whole weekend. At Xmas it took 4 x 12 hour days to get to a satisfactory working state. Greg K This email is intended for the named recipient only. The information it contains may be confidential or commercially sensitive. If you are not the intended recipient you must not reproduce or distribute any part of this email, disclose its contents to any other party, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the message from your computer.
Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD
I'd also not trust the backups from now on either. I.e. don't overwrite previous backups with current ones, until you can check that the contents haven't been corrupted already. -- Regards, *Mark Hurd*, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) On 25 March 2014 14:20, ben.robb...@jlta.com.au wrote: My guess is a drive based on a SandForce controller. You’ve described the symptoms I had before my SandForce SDD died a couple of years ago. I was going to replace it with a newer SandForce drive until I Googled a bit and then opted to go with an Intel 510 which used a Marvell controller and have had no problems with it. I’d back up everything you want to keep that is on that drive ASAP. Ben *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *GregAtGregLowDotCom *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 March 2014 11:26 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Hi Greg, Always horrible to hear that. What sort of drive was it? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 March 2014 2:00 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Folks, I have a warning post: Since I installed a fresh Windows 7 on an SSD as Xmas I've been suspicious of how one time in 20 it will stop and say Bad boot drive and I have to power off and on again and then it always starts okay. No other symptoms have been observed. Well today, I was shutting down my PC when it blue screened on the way down, it said SERVICE_EXCEPTION. Just to be safe I rebooted it normally to check it was okay. First problem. IE 32-bit shortcut says it's invalid, but I can see the iexplore.exe in the correct place. Double-clicking it does nothing. The 64-bit iexplore.exe tells me The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. Then I notice most of my Start menu All Programs are gone. The Administrative Tools menu is empty. I searched for an hour but none of the advice is relevant or useful. Last known good config recover did nothing. I even thought I had a virus, but found no evidence. Finally I did a chkdsk C: /F and rebooted and I saw about 20 repairs (including iexplore.exe) and now it seems to be back to normal. However I suspect the SSD is about to die unpredictably and all of my mysterious symptoms were side effects. I'm just posting this in case it might be useful for someone in a similar situation. Now I'm going to the shops to get a new SSD and psych myself up for a possible Windows reinstall over the whole weekend. At Xmas it took 4 x 12 hour days to get to a satisfactory working state. *Greg K* This email is intended for the named recipient only. The information it contains may be confidential or commercially sensitive. If you are not the intended recipient you must not reproduce or distribute any part of this email, disclose its contents to any other party, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the message from your computer.
RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD
I had something similar not too long ago. I have a 128g SSD that all it's had was my Virtualboxes on it. After the same thing happen and after some investigation I removed the SSD for a large Velicoraptor drive. The diffence between the SSD and Velicoraptor is minor in speed but I was sceptical that the SSD wasn't going to hold up. As much as I'd like SSD's I have seen quite few fail over the past 2yrs. The SSD in this machine had been running for easy over 12mths without a hiccup. I moved all my development to a set of VM's so if something goes wrong I can be back up and running in what it takes to bring back a backup. Good luck. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 2:00 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Folks, I have a warning post: Since I installed a fresh Windows 7 on an SSD as Xmas I've been suspicious of how one time in 20 it will stop and say Bad boot drive and I have to power off and on again and then it always starts okay. No other symptoms have been observed. Well today, I was shutting down my PC when it blue screened on the way down, it said SERVICE_EXCEPTION. Just to be safe I rebooted it normally to check it was okay. First problem. IE 32-bit shortcut says it's invalid, but I can see the iexplore.exe in the correct place. Double-clicking it does nothing. The 64-bit iexplore.exe tells me The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. Then I notice most of my Start menu All Programs are gone. The Administrative Tools menu is empty. I searched for an hour but none of the advice is relevant or useful. Last known good config recover did nothing. I even thought I had a virus, but found no evidence. Finally I did a chkdsk C: /F and rebooted and I saw about 20 repairs (including iexplore.exe) and now it seems to be back to normal. However I suspect the SSD is about to die unpredictably and all of my mysterious symptoms were side effects. I'm just posting this in case it might be useful for someone in a similar situation. Now I'm going to the shops to get a new SSD and psych myself up for a possible Windows reinstall over the whole weekend. At Xmas it took 4 x 12 hour days to get to a satisfactory working state. Greg K
Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD
Chaps, it's a SanDisk 240MB, which is suspicious regarding your comments! I just went up to MSY and got a replacement, a Kingston this time, not another SanDisk. The shop guy said they'll send the SSD back to be analysed and either repaired or replaced. I told him it was my C: drive so I'll have to reinstall before I can give him the old one. After reading some technical stuff on SSDs several weeks ago and how they work and wear-levelling and the like I became a bit worried and moved the swap file to a HDD in an attempt to cut down the writes. It's actually a bit worrying how SSDs work when you look into them. If the C: drive can stay on life support until the weekend I'll be happy. Luckily the main work I'm on at the moment is inside a VM on a HDD D: drive. *Greg* On 25 March 2014 14:50, ben.robb...@jlta.com.au wrote: My guess is a drive based on a SandForce controller. You’ve described the symptoms I had before my SandForce SDD died a couple of years ago. I was going to replace it with a newer SandForce drive until I Googled a bit and then opted to go with an Intel 510 which used a Marvell controller and have had no problems with it. I’d back up everything you want to keep that is on that drive ASAP. Ben *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *GregAtGregLowDotCom *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 March 2014 11:26 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Hi Greg, Always horrible to hear that. What sort of drive was it? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 March 2014 2:00 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Folks, I have a warning post: Since I installed a fresh Windows 7 on an SSD as Xmas I've been suspicious of how one time in 20 it will stop and say Bad boot drive and I have to power off and on again and then it always starts okay. No other symptoms have been observed. Well today, I was shutting down my PC when it blue screened on the way down, it said SERVICE_EXCEPTION. Just to be safe I rebooted it normally to check it was okay. First problem. IE 32-bit shortcut says it's invalid, but I can see the iexplore.exe in the correct place. Double-clicking it does nothing. The 64-bit iexplore.exe tells me The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. Then I notice most of my Start menu All Programs are gone. The Administrative Tools menu is empty. I searched for an hour but none of the advice is relevant or useful. Last known good config recover did nothing. I even thought I had a virus, but found no evidence. Finally I did a chkdsk C: /F and rebooted and I saw about 20 repairs (including iexplore.exe) and now it seems to be back to normal. However I suspect the SSD is about to die unpredictably and all of my mysterious symptoms were side effects. I'm just posting this in case it might be useful for someone in a similar situation. Now I'm going to the shops to get a new SSD and psych myself up for a possible Windows reinstall over the whole weekend. At Xmas it took 4 x 12 hour days to get to a satisfactory working state. *Greg K* This email is intended for the named recipient only. The information it contains may be confidential or commercially sensitive. If you are not the intended recipient you must not reproduce or distribute any part of this email, disclose its contents to any other party, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the message from your computer.
RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD
SandForce is not SanDisk (SanForce has been acquired by LSI, anyway). I’m not sure who manufactured for SandForce – they are described as a fabless manufacturing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabless_semiconductor_company company. (that’s not fabulous J ) Look them up on Wikipedia. I don’t know where the components for your particular SanDisk SSD were made. It is interesting that the latest supercomputers, just funded by US government bodies, have been designed to use massive amounts of RAM (SSD) rather than an ever-increasing CPU count. It seems to indicate that there are SSDs and SSDs (and probably, controllers). _ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 12:16 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Chaps, it's a SanDisk 240MB, which is suspicious regarding your comments! I just went up to MSY and got a replacement, a Kingston this time, not another SanDisk. The shop guy said they'll send the SSD back to be analysed and either repaired or replaced. I told him it was my C: drive so I'll have to reinstall before I can give him the old one. After reading some technical stuff on SSDs several weeks ago and how they work and wear-levelling and the like I became a bit worried and moved the swap file to a HDD in an attempt to cut down the writes. It's actually a bit worrying how SSDs work when you look into them. If the C: drive can stay on life support until the weekend I'll be happy. Luckily the main work I'm on at the moment is inside a VM on a HDD D: drive. Greg On 25 March 2014 14:50, ben.robb...@jlta.com.au wrote: My guess is a drive based on a SandForce controller. You’ve described the symptoms I had before my SandForce SDD died a couple of years ago. I was going to replace it with a newer SandForce drive until I Googled a bit and then opted to go with an Intel 510 which used a Marvell controller and have had no problems with it. I’d back up everything you want to keep that is on that drive ASAP. Ben From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 11:26 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Hi Greg, Always horrible to hear that. What sort of drive was it? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/ www.sqldownunder.com From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 2:00 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Folks, I have a warning post: Since I installed a fresh Windows 7 on an SSD as Xmas I've been suspicious of how one time in 20 it will stop and say Bad boot drive and I have to power off and on again and then it always starts okay. No other symptoms have been observed. Well today, I was shutting down my PC when it blue screened on the way down, it said SERVICE_EXCEPTION. Just to be safe I rebooted it normally to check it was okay. First problem. IE 32-bit shortcut says it's invalid, but I can see the iexplore.exe in the correct place. Double-clicking it does nothing. The 64-bit iexplore.exe tells me The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. Then I notice most of my Start menu All Programs are gone. The Administrative Tools menu is empty. I searched for an hour but none of the advice is relevant or useful. Last known good config recover did nothing. I even thought I had a virus, but found no evidence. Finally I did a chkdsk C: /F and rebooted and I saw about 20 repairs (including iexplore.exe) and now it seems to be back to normal. However I suspect the SSD is about to die unpredictably and all of my mysterious symptoms were side effects. I'm just posting this in case it might be useful for someone in a similar situation. Now I'm going to the shops to get a new SSD and psych myself up for a possible Windows reinstall over the whole weekend. At Xmas it took 4 x 12 hour days to get to a satisfactory working state. Greg K This email is intended for the named recipient only. The information it contains may be confidential or commercially sensitive. If you are not the intended recipient you must not reproduce or distribute any part of this email, disclose its contents to any other party, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the message from your computer.
RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD
All this talk of Macs, maybe its time you switched to Apple? -Original Message- From: Greg Keogh g...@mira.net Sent: 25/03/2014 10:59 AM To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Folks, I have a warning post: Since I installed a fresh Windows 7 on an SSD as Xmas I've been suspicious of how one time in 20 it will stop and say Bad boot drive and I have to power off and on again and then it always starts okay. No other symptoms have been observed. Well today, I was shutting down my PC when it blue screened on the way down, it said SERVICE_EXCEPTION. Just to be safe I rebooted it normally to check it was okay. First problem. IE 32-bit shortcut says it's invalid, but I can see the iexplore.exe in the correct place. Double-clicking it does nothing. The 64-bit iexplore.exe tells me The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. Then I notice most of my Start menu All Programs are gone. The Administrative Tools menu is empty. I searched for an hour but none of the advice is relevant or useful. Last known good config recover did nothing. I even thought I had a virus, but found no evidence. Finally I did a chkdsk C: /F and rebooted and I saw about 20 repairs (including iexplore.exe) and now it seems to be back to normal. However I suspect the SSD is about to die unpredictably and all of my mysterious symptoms were side effects. I'm just posting this in case it might be useful for someone in a similar situation. Now I'm going to the shops to get a new SSD and psych myself up for a possible Windows reinstall over the whole weekend. At Xmas it took 4 x 12 hour days to get to a satisfactory working state. Greg K
Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD
All this talk of Macs, maybe its time you switched to Apple? I saw some of *Star Trek Generations* movie on telly last night, and want one of their computers, it does everything, but you till seem to need a keyboard even though you can talk to it. I'd like to be able to sit down at the PC in the morning and say write a web site for selling gumboots and you come back after breakfast and it's ready to deploy. Surely Apple can't be far behind that -- *Greg*
RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD
Early generation SSDs had a bunch of issues (I’ve lost several OCZ Vertex SSDs – pity they had such crap controllers). I don’t think you need to worry too much about current generation SSDs. Here’s some stress testing of current SSDs: http://techreport.com/review/26058/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-data-retention-after-600tb 600TB written to these SSDs, and they’re still going. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 3:16 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Chaps, it's a SanDisk 240MB, which is suspicious regarding your comments! I just went up to MSY and got a replacement, a Kingston this time, not another SanDisk. The shop guy said they'll send the SSD back to be analysed and either repaired or replaced. I told him it was my C: drive so I'll have to reinstall before I can give him the old one. After reading some technical stuff on SSDs several weeks ago and how they work and wear-levelling and the like I became a bit worried and moved the swap file to a HDD in an attempt to cut down the writes. It's actually a bit worrying how SSDs work when you look into them. If the C: drive can stay on life support until the weekend I'll be happy. Luckily the main work I'm on at the moment is inside a VM on a HDD D: drive. Greg
Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Chaps, it's a SanDisk 240MB, which is suspicious regarding your comments! I just went up to MSY and got a replacement, a Kingston this time, not another SanDisk. The shop guy said they'll send the SSD back to be analysed and either repaired or replaced. I told him it was my C: drive so I'll have to reinstall before I can give him the old one. After reading some technical stuff on SSDs several weeks ago and how they work and wear-levelling and the like I became a bit worried and moved the swap file to a HDD in an attempt to cut down the writes. It's actually a bit worrying how SSDs work when you look into them. Whilst the idea of a really fast swap file is nice, the implementation of SSD's suggest that its a bad combo. Unless you do something like use a dedicated SSD for the swap drive, and eat the cost when it dies. I'm still a bit wary about the integrity of 'dirty' data on the swap file getting written thru to a magnetic drive. Thoughts? Now I'm going to the shops to get a new SSD and psych myself up for a possible Windows reinstall over the whole weekend. At Xmas it took 4 x 12 hour days to get to a satisfactory working state. Was that because it was Xmas? :) -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills
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Like this. Reply-To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com List-Id: ozDotNet ozdotnet.ozdotnet.com*List-Unsubscribe: http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozdotnet http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozdotnet, mailto:ozdotnet-requ...@ozdotnet.com ozdotnet-requ...@ozdotnet.com?subject=unsubscribe* List-Archive: http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/pipermail/ozdotnet List-Post: mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com List-Help: mailto:ozdotnet-requ...@ozdotnet.com?subject=help List-Subscribe: http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozdotnet, mailto:ozdotnet-requ...@ozdotnet.com?subject=subscribe On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:38 PM, A Campbell campbel...@gmail.com wrote: Kind Regards, Andrew Campbell MB: 0409 684 443 HM: 08 9478 1848 EM: campbel...@gmail.com On 25 March 2014 03:52, Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) andrew.coa...@microsoft.com wrote: Bose++ I’ve had the over ear type for years (QC2, followed by QC15) and have just bought a pair of the in-ear QC20. I can’t recommend either of these options highly enough. While they’re not cheap, they are awesome. This week I’m cutting code in a room with up to 10 people having interesting conversations about things which would usually distract me. I can’t hear them at all when I’m wearing these, especially if I have music playing as well. Do it now, you won’t regret it. Cheers, Coatsy Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 ∙ Mob +61 (416) 134 993 ∙ Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 ∙ http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat *Sent from the **new Office* http://office.com/preview *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *GregAtGregLowDotCom *Sent:* Sunday, 23 March 2014 4:27 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? +1 for the Bose gear. I wear them all the time on long flights and love them but have also used them in other environments and they are great. The noise reduction quality is amazing. +1 also to the idea of drowning out part of the other noise. While they work well without anything even plugged in, clearly you’ll lose the other distractions better if you have sounds of your own. For the same reason, I often will have the TV, or music, etc. on when I’m home alone working just to provide background noise. Otherwise, every little sound seems to be distracting. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Jorke Odolphi *Sent:* Monday, 24 March 2014 9:28 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? http://worldwide.bose.com/axa/en_au/web/quietcomfort_20i/page.html I have a set of these – there is an ‘active’ mode that basically reduces people talking to sounding like a faint version of the “peanuts teacher (I hope that’s not too old a reference for people…) I can vouch it works amazingly well in an open office, when I have them on ppl have to wave at me to get attention – I have a mechanical keyboard and I can’t hear that either – YMMV of course – if you go to the bose store they’re pretty good at helping you test for your situation, especially at that price tag. I had the guy do loud sniffles for me so I could see if it worked for that… *From: *Kirsten Greed kirst...@jobtalk.com.au *Reply-To: *ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Date: *Sunday, 23 March 2014 1:20 pm *To: *ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Subject: *[OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? Hi All So that I can concentrate better, I am trying to filter out the mouse clicking sound from person at the desk next to me. Has anyone any tech recommendations on how to do this? Thanks Kirsten -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills
