[OT] YOW! West

2014-03-24 Thread Stephen Liedig
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

Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro

2014-03-24 Thread Scott Barnes
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

RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?

2014-03-24 Thread Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA)
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

Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?

2014-03-24 Thread Scott Barnes
+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

Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?

2014-03-24 Thread Jamie Surman
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.

RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?

2014-03-24 Thread Anthony Borton
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?

Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?

2014-03-24 Thread Scott Barnes
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

Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?

2014-03-24 Thread mike smith
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,

Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro

2014-03-24 Thread mike smith
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

Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro

2014-03-24 Thread David Connors
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

Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro

2014-03-24 Thread Scott Barnes
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

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2014-03-24 Thread A Campbell
​ 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

Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro

2014-03-24 Thread David Connors
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

[OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Greg Keogh
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

RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
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RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Ben.Robbins
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

Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Mark Hurd
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

RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread David Szkilnyk
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

Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Greg Keogh
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

RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread ILT (O)
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

RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Stephen Price
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

Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Greg Keogh
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

RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Ken Schaefer
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:

Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread mike smith
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

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