[Discuss] FIOS, HD, DVR, and Mac Mini

2011-10-12 Thread Scott Ehrlich
Hello to all: I'm closing in on one year of FIOS service which comes with a complimentary year of DVR service. Unless I can get Verizon to come up with another way to save the $12 or so a month on the DVR, or get them to give me another free year of DVR service, I'd like to learn what others

Re: [Discuss] FIOS, HD, DVR, and Mac Mini

2011-10-12 Thread Jay Kramer
I am also interested in the same situation. I purchased a TIVO HD from e Bay for forty dollars that works great with a card from Fios. It is possible to hack the box but you need to purchase a custom EPROM. There are also several good HD boxes that accept fios cards and work with Mythtv. Jay

Re: [Discuss] PGP Basics

2011-10-12 Thread Jerry Feldman
There are a few ways you can mitigate this. First is to sign your new key with the old key, then send the new key to your trust group signed by your old key. So, if you send me your new key for me to sign, encrypted, and signed by your old key, I will then sign your new key. The main issue is

Re: [Discuss] Server Room Power

2011-10-12 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Kowalski Does anyone have any experience with running server equipment (Dell Power Edges, HP Proliant DL G7s HP c7000 Enclosures) at 208 VAC instead of 120 VAC? Right

Re: [Discuss] Server Room Power

2011-10-12 Thread Jack Coats
Back in the days of mainframes, 208 3ph was a normal choice.  Especially for large disk drives (large datawise for back them, today they are just large physically). If you are doing mainframe datacenters, yes, 208 3ph is still a reasonable standard. And even APCC sells UPSes that deliver that too