Then went round back to find this…..

I am a little scared of what I am going to find when they start on the main roof.

Wash Post

Security specialist Bruce Schneier will be online Friday, Oct. 31 at noon ET to answer your questions about the effectiveness of Metro’s new policy to search the bags of passengers before allowing them in a station.

Submit your questions and comments before or during the show.

Schneier is a noted cryptographer and security consultant. He’s the author of several books, including “Beyond Fear” and his newest, “Schneier on on Security.” He blogs at Schneier on Security, where he has written about the random bag searches implemented by the New York Subway system.

Options for a new commute from Herndon to Tysons Corner.

I doubt that this will add much to the safety on the metro other than to generally slow everyone down. Bruce will probably comment about on this as part blog postings on security theatre and the TSA and their security procedures. At least they are going to have a bomb sniffing dog so that they are one step above the useless checks at the Smithsonian Museums.

I am now looking at 1tb hard disks wondering if I should continue buying 500 GB hard disks at $69 or start buying 1TB disks for $129

Host:~$ sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 8 MB in 3.72 seconds = 2.15 MB/sec


so it looks like it has the same issue as my other machine

so I did
Host:~$ sudo lspci |grep -i ide
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
Host:~$ lsmod |grep -i ^libata
libata 159344 4 pata_acpi,pata_via,ata_generic,sata_via

and added the following to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

blacklist ata_generic


and the following to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

pata_via
blacklist ata_generic

After a reboot I now get

sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 164 MB in 3.02 seconds = 54.38 MB/sec


Amazing what this little tweak will do for performance.

Hiking in China is a little different than in the US, instead of trails that zig zag up the mountain they have built stairs that go all the way to the top. I am not sure if the pictures will convey exactly how steep these steps are.

I have watched this twice and my response is awww cute, then huh, Je ne comprends pas

I have met Louis in real life….