Personally, I am sick and tired of the United States government meddling more and more in our lives. The movie and music industry is using our elected officials like puppets (muppets) and we are sitting idly by and letting it happen. Well, I signed the petition, and my voice will be heard next election. G.R.I.P. – Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians. If we really want to make changes, we have to get those that pander to big business out of office and let them know that we have the power to do it. After all, they are there to represent Read More…
Thecus has been on a winning streak lately with the introduction of some new products in their lineup. The N4200PRO proved to be a very competitive product and the introduction of the N8900 gave us power hungry enthusiasts with something to salivate over. Although the four bay N4200PRO delivered top notch performance and incorporated a built-in mini UPS, it was still missing something... another drive bay! Enter the Thecus N5200XXX.
Generally, many case makers like to feature top notch, expensive high end cases and seem to forget about the majority of people; those of us with a budget! The market is flooded with cheaply made, low cost cases that many just settle on purchasing because they can't afford cases by Lian Li, Silverstone, Zalman, or any of the other top end brand names. Recently, BitFenix has been making some waves by producing their Colossus with the soft touch element. Luckily for us, they want to continue their ways and offer a well designed inexpensive option for us named the Merc Alpha.
QNAP has limited the amount of resources dedicated to their NAS lineup when rebuilding a RAID array or performing rsync backups. The decision here was to limit the amount of impact these types of processes have on your system in order to maintain an acceptable level of responsiveness. This is very considerate of QNAP, however, I prefer a bit more control over my system and would like these processes to complete faster; well-knowing I will be sacrificing system responsiveness.
Read More...
Reviews
- Review: QNAP TS-879U-RP High Performance SMB NAS
- Review: RAIDAGE GAGE104U40SL-SAUF
- Review: Lian Li PC-6
- Review: Spire Cassi SP316PL
- Simplify Your Financial Life With Mint.com & Manilla.com
- Revew: D-Link DCS-1130 Wireless N Network Camera
- Review: Arctic Sound E461-BM Earphones
- Review: Thecus N4200PRO
- C.O.D. NAS Benchmarking Utility – Free!
- Mouse Without Borders
Articles
- Increase RAID Rebuild / rsync Performance for QNAP NAS
- Simplify Your Financial Life With Mint.com & Manilla.com
- Steve Jobs: 1955-2011 – Died at Age 56
- C.O.D. NAS Benchmarking Utility – Free!
- Mouse Without Borders
- Is Google DNS Better Than Your ISP’s?
- How to Configure MAXCDN with WordPress
- Only Show Featured Image on the First Page of a Post
- Using QNAP’s RTRR with Windows Server
- Remove That Smiley Face From Your WordPress Site
![]() Zimbabwe Tribune | Apple's iPad turns 2: A look back and ahead CNET by Josh Lowensohn January 27, 2012 12:03 PM PST Follow @Josh Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs showing off the iPad for the first time in 2010. Two years ago today Apple co-founder Steve Jobs took to the stage to unveil what was perhaps one of the ... Apple iPad: Happy 2nd Birthday Two Years of Apple's iPad: Happy Second Birthday, Innovative Tablet! Apple Textbook Controversy Isn't About Books—It's About Teaching |
![]() Chicago Tribune | Facebook Readies IPO Filing for Next Week Wall Street Journal By SHAYNDI RAICE And RANDALL SMITH Facebook Inc. could file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week and is currently looking at a deal that would value the social network between $75 billion to $100 billion, said people familiar ... Report: Facebook IPO Could Happen Next Week Facebook to File for IPO Next Week, Near Picking Banks, WSJ Says Facebook could file a $100B IPO next Wednesday |
![]() Chicago Tribune | Hewlett-Packard's Rubinstein Leaves as Palm Deal Commitment Ends BusinessWeek By Aaron Ricadela Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Jon Rubinstein, who joined Hewlett- Packard Co. through the ill-fated acquisition of Palm Inc. in 2010, has left the computer maker, a spokeswoman said. Rubinstein, who had been Palm's chief executive officer, ... Rubinstein Leaves HP Jon Rubinstein Leaves HP Former Palm head Jon Rubinstein leaves HP, taking a long-deserved break |
![]() Globe and Mail | Google privacy policy: Who will be affected and how you can choose what ... Washington Post Two days after Google announced sweeping changes to its privacy policy, analysts are weighing on who might be most affected by it. Cecilia Kang reports: Google this week announced a shift in its privacy policies that will allow it to follow the ... Google And Privacy: Nothing To See Here, Move On Google Defends Privacy Changes as Questions Mount Google pushes back against privacy policy uproar, misinformation |
![]() USA TODAY | #TwitterBlackout: Tweeters protest nation-specific blocks Los Angeles Times Twitter faced a growing backlash on Friday, less than a day after it announced that it can now block specific tweets from being published in specific countries that legally require such censorship. On Friday, a day after the country-specific plan was ... Twitter uncloaks a year's worth of DMCA takedown notices, 4410 in all Twitter Country Blocks: 10 Key Facts How to easily circumvent Twitter's censorship |







