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V:lI:r']ery of mateeial at a slIr.i$me~Q.ry

some may

S~Ofed

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irQ

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~I)

itIh~ me~lI~'syslicmwas intui~hr~ly desi'gofld .~ndeasy navigate on. the 2.5 ...

qua!.imy.

'The .Ep!!ion styrnU.'l NX:400 [sEI.n al~-~[l-onJe Itb!llJ[delivers :1d.nlrur3lb~e ualiry on dOC[I.r q
meum,! ph,Qoos" sCillnS:~3:nd, C:OPlf',s",

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andwere
IJln;JJ3.~le.'l~mear :m,r of th.e text m:
'Q~

docurne:u:n teok 2:18 {m:inu[~:~ecoficll~) print. and. a 4x6 p:ho!)o Ql,n.eO'l,l!i[ ~ftJJ 0:46. Domments bmked 3.<iceptilllbte ;11:11: d1i1th[ quali11~.btn y,~'u.ll.probably W1!!.~~ [0
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use lIThe Best

The lone: downside ~~ ];he NX400is

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[h!~1t i.e:s

images

the pOlg.es.The d~'[Oli:i] small ~~

fcm.:s3.lld phor.o.s '~:vas .o;cd]e:lll. A'i you. may expectcolordeprh amID tenal :M~h~ I '_I ~ '".. ~.~-! WWO"l~ w'~re:n ~.,all~ee.1P,a,r Il!Jr!g>."Itt: .~. )"Cl1i!I .~
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see: f[,om a dedicased phom pir.inrer, SI::iH~ I[h(! NX4QQ [pmduGedi 8):J CI,ph.i)tio~at a 1IL'"~.Ii., h q~;UI~' flO. ]r:ame. T-'.-.I!,.· Wll."1!FI" _'I'··!':. W~:U5".H::[lJOUg .' U'S -'~"
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cut the n\l1!]sor:1I1:d."ihen It came to ~au~ ~nd. copies,

OI1Jeaill!so

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Specs: Color resolution: 5_760 x 1,40U: Scanner resolution: 4B-bit color. 1,200 optical
dpi: Memory card slots: SD. xO. MS Pro. CF

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PoGo uses ZmNK ,(Zero Ink] I[e'~:iniology.[ l:1.!>l1ead of ][Ik c~~!It]d!ges. the pri.B~er
uses .PO.13.l'oid.'s:spec;~a~.

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wbi~c sklntDIl,Cll s;ppearcd. ol\1e.r1y red. The: pl;ill[U were

i,mdeed\vater-, :smu.dge-,
3fi:eili"aJ. print
I

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rnion he:3iit pulses in a s:ingle

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PO'GIO

The .Z[NK phoiwpaper

oos~ber'IVoen 3,3 and 40 cents per pili nn 1 pucks of o

60 secoads

[0

prim, T r<lnsfell" rates

'$149 Polaroid
1

screen and ,ca:rd.resder that ~upl:OdlJQe 4~% 6-ilfllc:h

photus for

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miolJ][:e
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paper oo~'t $3.99', while [p::Il::k!liges of 30 papers; will !jet yOliii bil.ik $9 .. 9'. 9 Other fh~~ ~. ~~i.gh[h1!;!m= :
cOWWl!p~~'tielyqilJ~el[,

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p.rrullTIJJlI!eri'la:re~;l.rg.er. require ink can:ridges,. and dJon' I[

~ece,~r~~ypifQdtwc;e berrr.er
p:;in[s. For ul.tra-po:f.mlbmil:y and duralsle

or .a.1i1l:o.r-e bero.lIe the ph(uo

wOIJI~d

ming noise w:&ien priming, the pr:i[1l)~,er'iVM:

IbI~g~!I1!ml

prIm.

,~

Prlm qUllilit}l'W<l;s very

empty: ElIu~1'ODth;

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a ounces

prhn ... rth1!it won'[ .$n'!lydg:eorfil.cl~., r~oG(), s r.Jls~e ,g~l' .& .

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.:li. __

add!l'es$ooo.k in one ,easy 5r.ej~). As a result, . I bad 00 tmt:l,sfer CO£llta.:ers one by ene, This

pllH:i!!:U:')

don'lc

<1:lways~'r y<:iU dOWW1i~~OO.itbe ]

li:ry to force :!i';!fer d.[]'1ring.habits! use (witham a fuan.~6[ee

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h1l.ve pi1ilS~ed.L<1!~ lba!'Hlil~g cell pho~e

or h.eillrl:"

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The texr-te-speech v'oke sounded

~~ }I~'llrcar hands ..fro~:•a Bl'1iJJC'['Q~~ car klc . can be qU~lI!e u&e.ful .~:re!JCnt~y~t'SIDGd.me B~ueA]],t:Superroom 3,B.ltwel'Ool)ll'h :!;pe3kerph.one. Buile-ln rexMn~ :ii~h i'JIJid.voi.a: cuniJi:lL1oi. rnpiIlbi]i,cies set this w!:1.iraparlfi-om o~he.i ~.P(;~::erpllO~Cfj. ,\'Ilfilth
ltel{['<['Q;speeeh, [he SUiPe:l:tOilth, 3 $pe~s
3. caller's

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somewhat

(i~H:11pU terlsed

I)lllde'fstandalhle.

bur was sdll All[llil:ollgh 1 fu",cl r.o

\'(l.hen you pair 81 phorne w1(h.~e Super"''''' rh .;:),.'•.. __ ·..""m·c r .~". d t'">;W[l]r~~, J y ..... ~ ~.ill' 'l[IIiJU ,••" ... ':O"'r ,•.,0"._ ._.~v,,~

nameer

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be.r aloud.
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IPhotrlie~ adldJ.re.s;s boo:lc. Oncerhe address s ibook. ~i!i loaded: ou the Su(perwO'I:llil t:he 3.
or

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speak ]oliiid~y and ,d(i;]ibernl!dy~ the volce3ItSW,ering C3:Pi:d,,:ili ties w~rked. wdl T~~e :noise~suppress.ion and. echa-caecellaticu

IV'

fcamres made it possible fbr my voice w

be h.eanID.even WU[]h ~. ]oud. car rad[o in ~he b:<lckgmuWJid.Oveesll, I liked t[]e

Shoyld yo~ ch()(),_'ie

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~ocep[d~e odl, you

<Iccept.anS\ve:r.
!~!ll:,

<lIooepl! [..,1.1[,

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devioe wi U ,'l:p~kt~e name of fb.e ealler {e.g. 1'C"':I] fm[]f[i1 Sm~cll') on .i ncoming Joe

·'O~~o· at1SW't'!' rhe phone ..

calk Smi.ilrph~~es {~~dU!din:! y m

ptiii'St'H:!a1

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WHSOin Ele'ctroln~icsSi,g,nallBoost Mini i,-,Mlob~i le,Am, plill if~,er

<I.e ho tequ lres a con~t w
[!

the SMA ~lOnf1U~c~or. Theinremalanitenma"whi,cl:i 'If'I,I'i[ieh~sdyeemmunieates

oiSi.ng Q~1lpho.'ne reception

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Nex[, [ placed the gr<'ly arnp,litfi,e~b

O~

w.i.d~)I~~:r cell phcne, resides ~~sh.~c[he CudJePtu:s:. To li~~t the: MI,[I,i-Mobme, Edrgive I!:Oi '~Q semi-reral :l:trre~ []ghr (lu~:~deof
tlhe G'uty limirswheee re.oCe:pt~on.ES fah to poo!!'. My L:GPM,-22S received Q!)~y ,O!1!e bar of s~gn~~ streng,thprior[Q ]inking up

ITh1.c.3!Ger,espemily :fiol" Ill-liemob~le :mm!ll~

sWlng

OO[IJJDleC-

cl::I.MC:r]y behind iIll'rue d.rU:veT's seat and. cen]leered. the Cd] ,Phone Cradle Ptl!]S te Silgl1ll3,1B:llIos~. Mhllii·!MolbIHe AlII1,plllilier

tion, D1JJeWib;O\rI Eloo~mnics Sigl.1!aJm3o~~~ '~j" • 'M- 'IL 'I ~, - ~. ' £l]1 .L - - .1 ,L'!fI.II[U-',_ .Oll.ill. e .n:m:puuer ,CJ[U, u .. '1U1.at I'IIO!:U:: U~I; it fO ]!.1C[,CMe you!' OI.!!~1!',e!lf .-;i!Vl'~l«up,
['0

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[n:.'l~lhuioEl I~QQk

dropped! calls whUe on the' ecad, ap:p[O'x.ima~ely 0 ] external, magnetic

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$374.9\5 Wi ~50n E!ectron~I(lS

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wlrh rhe a rnpUfWer. 0 uce I I:ockied 1!ilile phon.e ~noo rhe Cr,~d]e Plus, dl,e; ,Ii,igma.!
~:hmUp' to

fun bars in less [!:u:al].

] 0 sec-

¥err ~.itf]etime

.aJtt8!dhed rhe a_luel4rl<l,~OWaN she

••••

onds. '\W~~al:'~ mo~e~Icould tlt<ll,k~a elear eall OR the PM~225 in aloeatien where the phonewould n.o.rma:l[yse<ll'cill:! fOIl' .::;ervioe.
hI! j;lniller fer yom phone
1lO

pasterioe of the ~oof fir m'[ISifi beinsrslled 3[ ~,ea5t12 inches <Ii\way 'i1iont other ;illI[l.!nI~ .~ason ~,rin. the liIehude) and ram [he QI!:!I!:= ,sine antenna cable under the doer sea].

reeeise

This

j~ rile

beu'i%ray

to

'alniC~a1 h:s ICfigth,

a ~i~a1 boost, ir necdfSoo :rt:St [!I1!the :l,diiU~iNI~:O:le radle Ahhough [he .kit dloes c indude an earpiece, .~."vmJ:Malso reeoWl1mendi nv,e-$dngin Ol qu~hy Blue.
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bur it \V3sn'ten:rr]re,]y ,muvenie[ru[.

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'moth h.ea.d~1[ICO fiher om

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much. noise

as possibk, •.

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we chese a[t;"be~~-ilfll-c~ruj~" omponents, c

b~.~ ~hey ::<III. oWel" e:xCieHen[ 'V3.1.~le,:lInd,
more

:pern[l!Y ..

i,I:iI,~ponnndy for

U$~

l,ll3l,ve signi.li'uGl.[1.[

headroom for everclecking,

AI!:under

rs e~to hruJih:il a suea.ing :rilg·wilh U'mIlim]Hld:fllmnds" bWl~ mQs,tto~ us h:a,\!t to bUild b1llldget. :Below ere ,the oo~e oOM(J)(l'nenls ,o:f O!l)!lf SJS~IiIi5, !2!mild hlllit ea;ch [part QO'5t w
1

Inll a

.~Core l ~me'

,a~in'5,(X2):SJ'~1100 • :Intel Sku~i~:~1D5~OOXS: $659 I

.~:61GBKilg$tDI KVRaOID!D4FS!K2/4G fs.:DIMM (xl.): $4'26 .~ ICi,eiFofCE! GIX 280 (:G!): $8001 , ·i..J1 11"'.'..... .t!'ji, _ OIOOL I~~~:

Co:r"€!: 1: Q,lImtldl Q930(),: $-2591 ~ Asus PSQ 1[Di,elJUle: $,199 AMI) Ra~oon I'm 495:0 (Q): $3[10 !I. ·~'B, (lors.aill' 1WIN:2~~()Q6"'ISIOC5[) OfJlmin~mr l'IiI.em,ory:S 1,39'
01'
1

$900, I[~e chaUeng.e r' S <core COIJl~pO[lemt.~ were 5.5 times [essexperns.iv,(!than die :S;k:~dltr;ti![5f$(:e1ll, \Xte. ehose dl!e 25GHz Core 2. Quad Q9300 row a r~rcM;~lns. FifS~.~h~CPU ha:s proven tn be Mgh~y 'O·VlerclockllJ,ble.

Oi'

~\'r';;;p.Q,~

GCI'r=:

lo1!aI,mst: $897

Second •.the Q9300 ~stlli:ie.filfil:Otit a:6'oir-dibl.e Pe'mryn.-ba1)ed. quad-core prOOeSJIlOfcurfel.lJdy l[l[nlJe1's pmil'lJ]ci:liueupthar h.IDl: a :re.lativdy large 6MB l2 cache, FInally, beesnse [he -Q9300 ~s only a 9'SW
1

ard I a lor

p.r-oreSSOif ~ we C1lJiI1 overelock if ~s:jrog the ,lloock ceoler.

We w:IDJu"ed. a P.j5~b~sed! mo eherbes rd bee auserhe (,hip'Se~:i~ known fori'~IO'W

high oyt;Klockab>i:l ilt)'. Cho ~sh'ag lllirueA.susP5Q De:lm:e Wa'laJ. . b'~l me re d,iffi,u~ t b eC<lIIJ.:!i'C:: rlte re arre: II'!!.O re o1.ffQ'lI'd~ Me metheeboards ffv,Ji]a'b]e d13[" \'!'\o:uld hOlJ,vt:, likcly dene rhe job as '\I'e~~, th,e .P5Q. Ban as
pO'i/¥er comJLm1:ptiorl and. we knewwe
'!.,{3:rI~ed, a

tween alillilltr,ij, ~Rliel OOSiOOImIlIE!:Oline ,8ndl:h.e' IT;lufil chmp~m' .modldBd chalieligoE!£ Imadi1illITte we assBmb[!dfoJ thii5lpm,.. ject...wt! Iputto,g~llIilr ill sim:plfl ,tlYall ~h benml" marlcsmr,es m!JO[Jf~:eilmr eioh mnmip:raUon. The ,mad 'fiOElst5, 'o~sc'.ores prod!1ed by lie SI:(I~kS!~ullltr-ai'~ s:yst~11It 'lJS. the S!Ofl'i!:. cha~l!Bilge
S¥~IlI1,

ITO show~he' performance' dilen:nce5, be.hl~h-end Sku'Utraml-

~heSkulltrail~:em b~r,ewti~e dloJnsO'ff o:urrelativelV low-ms~ madded rig. II~hemore: mernary Ibandwidthl ,jJlndigra:ptnics iln~en~we i8lioodi:mg and

memm, did'n1:dOl Sklillfr,ati a~y fa~Ofi\.) !lAME

:game 'tests\! h.owe\lIer,.the SIJDrresar,e f1i1:U!lch des'~'.I~m OltDmt ~ing: saddl~d with sTm'l!er ,aO,OM'H~
!lilly

,MT~klr eXilil1pille,

nilles; Uip tot:wo, IhreElds,

so our .odided PC's Ilru.gher~clo~oo IquacWl'ool:1£!

d,~d

out P'4S-ba.~,mo~lle~boord. <Incl.the f5 Q Deb:u:e goes ene seep fiudl,er by if!d~dirlg a very c(),mplere,IT"Wf:ake:r.. :fricn,dJ~,y BIOS. WeE:h,~ul~J~:[p'kki.ng fhe COfs:SJir. TW]N2X4096850(lC;D memory ki~ ~ sORllIewh.ar efa no~b["aruner.
d.iUlI.en lrs t,el.advc1y r
,~3,l'ge:

As!) fi'nill datal point, WE ~~,v,e 'il:~SO~isoodl the :p.@rf;omlBlm,fe:dlrftren~alsmr ,eiad\l~eSi\ repolfed j'n aSilll,m::en~ag;eg.~dn erless, We. W'illMlthe, bend"II'ili1l!)lrks oln Wiilildo/WS, Vti!rtBI
IllI:U.at,e :S'Pl,,'Wt~ich we iins,t3l11ed IOmll ,all We.$~eil'n Dilit.aIIIRa~to:r ~SOGi8,h!~lrd drive. 'We used the httes:~o'ffidallVtldeo d'II1Wers ilifai'iabllefco!f the respediR:gRlphks (~nflglralth:II:1li5, (as lo,flilis wri~irng.N~idia f,otooWa~~v111'.4::1.[lInd Alii, Imuch f~tl:lr (OJr ~rno.w~r) as OUF w I1lodd!ed systeM in (:(ImpaIiso[mI'~lh~ ubm pow= er'ho'l!lSleflat. IS :Sku~,l,1raim? Sa:m~at ~ur'pfisin~:Iv.lrue Ib!~dhrnarks alro sp~:it:altro~ llWielf@ Ole Slwilltr,a'il system wins, [t Wins [bIg. ll~ the: bendim·

an~~. the' Modded ,dhallen~so/StE'm.

IP~O(ess01was ab~e to, ,otVenake, lie Gml.,oor'e lS~umra~~ w.n,figuratiCf.rnl1 bec[I:Wis.e s~ o~Sjkull~rai'~'s !B~ (~I¥!swen~ unll!!lsed ilmilBl!. test I'm lITe aa:JWjng'tem. our madded syst:em~5 A111 'R.~!1IOO!lHID .-m (ms&Fir;l1! mn~~ura~om waS' ,a~l;e to ~1~piiK:ethe GTI< 280 ~ndem used 'lin ~he ~SktllltJaill rifl: mn~h~:lliiIip-resolutiorn ~al:f Um£! 2:
The 1()'~IiieSDIu1iGin (:rysis; benchmark, also favored ,our m1;od(i~dJ syst~ml'lbocau5e of its high@r proo~or dod< a~d increased Il1I1IeliJil€!ry'INndwidinl. E,l!mdelWD be;nrilmarit

Ca~:a~i¥S~:v8.8).

4GB capad'[jI'.

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So~~(lW

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an ~f'~

lilili,I}'J a~dI. aff'o.rdillMe p]",ioe,. A,n.d rhe g!:',a h ic.sc:ards .p . were an eai5Y choice, ~OO. Curi:r.::nt1~r~ [hie Rild.eon~]D

:SllIultmaiii rii,g, with 8GB of ~I amd ,ill pair orG~ :Fo~,ceGTX. 2!8CI:5,Wa5 too Ml!!ldrnl 'tin 'OUIi IlIil.Mlded

48 SOr,epre.i!:tn.ts; one: of rhe 'besi:, if :nOT d];e bes;[jwaJues in, grn,phlo; ,c<ITd~. e decidW
oo~opai.r two Radeon. UD 4850 cards together for the

m'.arks,itat af1l~mosma.ftederl ~V cru Qdm.e :$Ijlze: andmmplme perfiomBmtf:E:, nam:el¥ ~~e ~nUle1ll:( ~e:sltrs~ha~lre 'part ,p,f the S3iSoft $amfra XII SiP2 a
~uib'!' and Die mlDlIIWmiiu@l:td'@dI 3ri) r@Dld'etiml(g tm!ls.

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IbeJITtdinmalksa!.llne.IBm

,malle.n:lgesyste.w handle aoog~ding:ro' ~le'

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dea!Fhi Ite: beler vi\li1Iue.

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ahlefur

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'No Core CftmpC:J:nent Left, Unmodded

don
our

Ob'!l'1Iowdy,.rh~ ,compcmcms we chose WOI!]~d. be no ma:tciJJ. fOr a Sk:ul.ltrni.I.~b«red.

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wepo~i_ ..l~ecl bOllill.lh.e prm:'eS~Clir~simegr.Ired! heae spreaderand the base of tffi1lc stock

heatsi n:k

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Tll\te ~Intelf:ilS dili,pset I!.t thE! heaR of ".if! .Asus pSG: D~Iw::@ mollHr~
bO~lrdUsthe: ,ruuent da:rrlililg of: the' l'1odclilmlg oommunity dnme '00 Its lrelath/!!lly lOiN GUst"

'smn;g.I~~rf(Drmanoo., (werdockability:,ilJnd ~igh

low powew conslJmplJi:on.

:and! .FSB frt,qu.e~cy" lncressed ]ike

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course, [~~ing

lllimc s~IDemj'~.FSB

c.n~~t dl!'i.vC;:T ~l!l:ire (whiih i$ jillsf. <"l.$ suiJI1'~' aMe for orerdocking :a.srn.i.rlil.-parry utti]~ties wh .n vn ._x" ...ou're :[I(jIr Y~<Y_.g ~·'~1..vo~.. m-.:i~ or ;=".t:: .._. 71~"]ifil<. .'. u _... ".YW _.

abo had ~(Iffecr!ed[ihe mel1f:1oqr&equenC}'.

Thf' 1:'45 chlpser-based .Alus P'j.Q DC[ll.xe IntOl~h.erbo:l!nID. offer.!> a rnumhe~: of di.fferenr
memory div,i!lOfOS in :it'l

3!fre.rmllhe[ ,(]oolwtml!g). we werE S!h]e 10 tOe thos~ clack sprocls up to 69:5MHz. ~'Ol)~) :lind. I.,Q.90MH'l {meni!m)').

.BIOS. .AriI,d,\Yiil[h

a.

444MH~ FSB,\Ve'hed ,the :abm~y'~~d10~(~

Inen'llory speeds ["3:nging from l,!066MH:z.
to o'V~ill,.200M~b. ,BiU!t. to malntaln .srriMI,· it}' we ~tded t'lIln a fDlJem(;n:y freqt!cncy of l,l13MH:z:, wbk:h isa ~~ight Increase over

No grnplltcs ,card[ cUJiIlemJU¥ on the' mllrket ,can

match .~.~ ~e,]rwl~~~ oflhe-I~de(ln HI) 4850.A

pair offles€!'CilJidsRlll1ningin ,aCttOOSlfire I!J~UIfig= urattco:nrmel'S mo~"lulenough ho~~ror a IlnYlllmfl" ,and d'ie)!' call1 be had for lllllnder $300.
&cm.ry'j, the RiI.deon HD ,4:85,(1spoets a.

We'\\leJvell:li ([l1irte ab.le l.om31rCb the pe,l"~ '[ d.e;s!Pi~(! a.' eiJon:s, B1!:!~; QUI" mQ~!'dcdsystem peroormed ex:ceptD.onili.ywd~j furll1.e [price. Fer
furm<lJ.1cc 'of ll1\ie S,kuUt['<I~~, y.nelil:~. s

the Ceraair T\'Q1N2X4'09'6-8500C5 D's

rated.. frequency of 1)}66M:H:'Z.
Then we: turn.,~dourJ.ttendo·.n. 4850 is klI.own
to .ru[[l

t'h~ wh(), l;;i!{iUidn'[ mtf!!d spending a

.. ore n

f~i;¥'

tathe

Radeo'Jl ]--11) 4850 Clrm~The Radeon 'I--I:D

'very hat. sowepel-

i!i!!hedd4il: !b~~ of each .(}f the .Ra~~Or!>fS coolers; and ~placed. the ,!jj~ock lM.iF.ronl, the T

CPU clod:: s,p~(jdof 625MH~ omda memOlry frequency of9'93MHz. B'UI by mocl.~ ding the OOOli:ilg: Sietup and ·~v,e<l.ki.itlg the 'GPO core amd.me.nlory f.~t!end~ v.ia.me
overdrive tah 3:vaib.1JblewillIh.in ATf's

do.U(lf$;~ermar.ket coo.l.ulIiJighardwllIl.',e f6.r the gHfbics cl'IIrdarid CPU and perhaps

:s<o:me l~i~er_,doc:kednlleilinory'
p:tuh.ed.peafomli<lnce fmjther.A.

o~lldd ha;v,e

hard hat area

pc madder

eader
hen J~me~ "'G_Rjder:"I H;J,I:)'!dl.!!:\i; ~y~ everythin,g:'si:,lL!$~ tnm, II' Ilruemeans h •.11CNC (CoHl:pun'!'.r numeeieal CO[lI!:ron~d) mach irni£;(by d~y" HaAadus PUI[ ll~5 :;kllI~'()goad. U~(; 'when. cf3:rung his !Sa'p","[CC)~'bO'l:lliIl;[[;~ mde.s:ugn ,ofTa,g,3.1l's ma,d!::. Pent ATX ease, The .[(::~!J]ltw:ils:~iJTl,pn;cSsi;\'ie' creation thac [eft [1(1 a de:rnil ove~rnQ!l,ked gr 'Unpo,1i,dlled., Ah:ho~gh .i.e s b,er,ef~.of some fit the .1ll:[Iiqiil],efe-BJ.'I!IIJI!L.Ff'-5 'we saw <1'[ CPU' ~;m~im;i3JteC~e: M.od Co~pedt~n, h~~dar NYis[o~ 200S:~ die J.hl~ '[:>I:;u:,[ ~Qnerh'(;~~-:i~

oj

Hah~dllsreil~y didp~U o'lfqli!ii~ ol fear when D''!iQdd.ingthe :ml.J1Je :p,'eiut By smJffing both :md:U@llIJOrs;. pmnpsl ,md.mnb within [he clmssi8~m~ Blue P(~l'~ dil!liaf~~roooting .sys~~misfu][15Clf~oo:~~(id., The system's CPU and.m(}(1'bJeIDoIlllIID~:ll"]cl:g:es conneeeed m [he are :Ilrst leop, and the CPUs andha[id drives.share ~~e secend Ioop. T1he. .Bh;~eP·earlD:s flO sIQ'I~d~n. I~epms of~'ard.waJre, eidiew. ~
Hal<idlllillls 'IlJ:sd anm.nl[)e.l.E8400,whicb.he
overdock:ed.

tn 4.4GHz.

reflecrrs nOli!:Q.I'IL~r H~adu~' perrs:ever.l[!l~ie bue ~bo

W]OU!I: atten:!l:ioiTII 110 ,d!f:tii.U.

.~!!I~skeel'll> metio

..

to~k]mgfo-r a ease thar :~: (lo:urumd:modns nTh)" ~re.l.i(!oQ~~~g n~ed!r/' El;~ .liaY'S' f'!'!f~ tryingOC! put in ~he bimljesl: ." mdiar.on as, pfi.~ib]e. ~I flgll]xd :[ n~dJ~d, to h<li.¥c .~ooiP!l nvo iillnd"'lmnted, it il'!@' ~e ;3:5: big, '!il&]:[ could be. 1.statl''[ol::diwkb~ 2·4,0 [ro;di:(lj!lo~].•:I~nd~e!f'l mov.ed . ilIQ' 36lJs. m moug.h[! Wby :01)[ '!;JW.O 480~$r' «At rth<lJ[poim!:, 1 th(lll]~lliwl!: thi\'iW'o];][dbC"'v]l!: ~ettr[)j~off]?obuFbr .. da:e li'ig. ]t canme dowlfiID ~o a miUim,er<:r 00 ~t: ewery"~mg im@,f.k""

Ih.!e]l~rI wi1Uoorn. moHllg sysltel11l. '!iVS

~r

Q~~

of H~bJl(h.l~j' for •.l be<lfder need

W:;ll!ie'F~

H~ add~4{;'8 ,oH:~l1iaJrD0R3-1,~3.3'5mem:gq andrwo BPG 'Ge.F-,o:oceG'fX 2810s in SLl. TI~e' lll!1:eP'eul uses rWi/;O' 7 4G.~ B Westerfl! Dig':t.al, Raptorn fo:r pc:r.fo .r.ml.l:lIlcc, and. a 500GB. Seagate d.rive ~:!llpp[~ec$[be' m~s: s~c'rag;e.
l

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I ta:~r~ ~~~e o:nly ~e~~t. h~ lfu nefltso,the 1~ll£es§am !'lean" .boib dOV\ll1~o:. halt does it. take to ~!ave·a semnd,~hira~ or even fourlhmon~.·' W m~ keeptlil'e g.rap'h1a; ~wer 'iI~tyou have i,\l1]1~ whenyo~n systiflm is fl~madV SLI cap\1l!b~le?

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over the DNS

mcalITl!folC DNS? Secend,

Mkmsoft, :Red.Har" and the: ISC ma,,"em,oo~ of~:he: .D NS S~fV'.ef ':;Q.fcwa:re: [h:~r is In USt;~ by 1$I'>s wdil;Y. !'.rn:mstead. [hey calli. ,]'ILIlS:t use their exisrimg homers '['0 infecr the .DNS servers of
M.i.cro~ys~em~~j,
bO~ilIile offu,ce

Jil . IL 'IL ') mnaru, l!I!!one ~o oa,mlllJ.3.[rne pro· bl ..ems T'IIL"_'

what shouldbe

Ime.rnett Service Providers, small and. users, SnlillU and, rnedinm

f'lfell

businessesor
munhles

CiOl'porOl:d@u$.
rhoS'ecom~

~T~en. wh,e[l userswithin

vidil: 'l:hd.~ banks. 0,1' eB::3iY 0:1' •. P~YP:<1!t orr JiummIJ;l'l!~Hl,~hey wi.1I sometimes end up VI,s.[tl,ng it f3~e ev.11Web server

in~re~d.,o.f d~~:rea!lone.Wld[t, I'm ner in

[he hl!]siness of online crime, ID. can IOnly

\\,hen. sho~M.the sohJ.tiOi:ii 'OiQC:UiI'! They ilg.r,e~d! iW ~S$l:H:' a simul r;~J~eO'!lS, parnell O.1l Ju.ly 8rhar would. nor (iomp~e:[ely eUmi[l~,tli: rile issue bur would SCV'~fJ::]}~ decrease I[he oddsofa bad. guy gll:l.f'sswmg cl:!c T'R:il~act:[On [D nm:nbet;f{1if iii DNS lQ~kl!]p.fh.efeby ga.l!li]]g. the :Ol!b~H[y[!o, h.ijacIkWe:b siees, The patch, rsndomizes the scmoce port ~nd k~uodUQ~s 2;,O~,8(2 eo tile 11'r.iTI power) ~new~Jlbl:o!wI'!lPOSIl~bili~ d,es~o the I:tJd::er. Wile!], coupJed w;ththe 65.5316, po:~e(!ld~1 T.rn.f!:ftc;tiem]D num.bi:.!1i,
the l,6dn. powea."), ili.epIIJ~ch ..results in a'b,omt 1:34: mill.io[il guesses p,er D NS [oQir.[!P ;(:2 00 me 27ih PQWC;:'F)•. Add.i:~~onal. changes may()a::urlate;f~ woo For exampLe, (2
!DO

Aaww~fht!u~ ap:~flch,) The DNS flaw oo:u.ldon1y bethe hegim!ling of serious Wlteats to the strucrure of theInternet, he .sa.ys, l.md e~gi!n:eers :a!ll'l:d. de.s]g:tlers .fiI.eeo. eo
be
[ilJliOl1efoCll:llilled 011

security,
~h~I,lEwe :,l['e

"me" a 'wa!l!::e~upcall

'~It':5: a w<l:ke-~p call,' KamIfliskJt s;aYIli.

'Using eede

tUlJatis unsafe, And,. 1Jj\~C are lbujldi.ng ,~y~irems d1JJ.u lu.ve nnrel.~a:bte depel1ldencies.
,..... .AU [UNS sezvers] have [h'e same dc,sign. (;;le,mG[iJJt!i. .;.11 nd all were v1i:~]n(;rnbl~ tn dle same b~g, T~lI:1!,el'i in(;:red:illlble, We n ]d IL JI "IL ~, SlI,1:OiU 'u ae uomg lIJetlWer.

]m,a.,g~n:efhac if c!t!mi[JjaJs had 3JC,ce'S!lf,O Ithe tf;chuo.lo,gy d~<ll!:reduced their iCOc~I~S .

and the~F. .risb~ theywill lake ~dJ'\:'3ntS(ge of k~espe:c~al.lyifi[ o~]y [l'.;;q:1I:!.i.r,e.s1.1 ve:rf

s.imp]e arrack thae eakes .ahout 1 U sec-

ondste complttl.:,"

by u;fi;illg:aJ32-ibi( l'r.m~criQ[1! ID number, die number of possibi.l.itues\lwuld . .i1:D!Cllfeast: ~O~3~'OiiUt 4.29' ~~U ioWil.
l ._,

Obvioltdy.if )fOU 'Can'l[ '~Sl[ DNS. y~u ami "( trust dleWieb, nreaningrhis p[ob~ lem ~s e:xtre.m,e[y tto1l]bUn.gt:iiJ' seeuti.ty eNpen~, Vixie SllYS DNSSHC fDNS Secluh:y Exte'ns~ons) .is thel!echnol.(),&y 't~];at C01!!1!, .fix DNS, but, v~lfi,(,)~~botrlenecks
are plJevelui.llg .imp.lemerJJ~8icin[l.

-Pl

Despite scmeccnrreversy

and criri-

eism, the plan foil"oolubaring [he DN'S Aaw,am.€liogf!:r~er auer several .rnlo:rltfisof 'Wo'rk. suceessful I.", neg<lri ns [he in itial 'II_ . .] T [1.1reat., 'T'.'.ue ".,0.'1"utlO[l d'd' t com p ei[e~y ··.l··.o, t!]'d rht'! [hf~'U~bu[ h did. sign ific<l.rldy red.ucethe ,dharnee th3[ 3.11 u.msclrll!mpulol:rus hacke.r ()O:[I]cl. ts&6e adv.aIIt3~'C of the Haw, which is p;:tut of bi;Uk DMS code, '..p re p:lI.n D:iIJ.g, .[J.~ pii3Jn too 'II- d.O'le lIS 0' f .'.. 'IL . ~.' .. e A. l.n"~jji J"';"~''''rr' ·fb.. ·n..,,~, '''"'1'''''''.;11.· V'"'"",i",,.I,ii' n,_ .f,J1I;;j 'C:""r says he s:peu[ emOiugh time on dIe pr,oibruem to quailJ~~as a :ruU,~titnejob. "'I didnj'~ w~nr ~[f(lbe ai' erii[ine mon[h of worl~ but .... " Kiill'Ellnsky
1k!I,!I,_,

Kaminsky ~ayshacking l1!~mlgraced ~(j, is third. srrage."which h]~~w,ghr.s '[he dlln~ g,fraU,S poss.ibm,ti.es oftlli:1ie DNS flaw.
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"The .rIll.'!<1~ flx irs somerhl ng: called DNSSEC. w:M~hh~ been l'e~Jfyoo deploy fO:fyea['S~. hu[\cv.~ ieh IS being heidwiP hy the 'V ..S .• DdP(~ 'ofCo!1lilJ!iIIT!1c!!re,'" Vi);h:' ~ys.
otW.iIT.lll!OUI[

DNSSE~i~~s only a

mlI['[e!!r'

or

rim];!';beJo:[co:mot:her kl:.yboJe ~s discovered. or be.fb.re wmeome finds ~ more eff'tlcr.i.'IJ'e

way
1:0

Stagr:~. HlJIck:ersrargc'[edi. $'r\fers, g,oiing

guess

Olll.l:

I'Mldom

aie~ h:ems s'l]ch 'as oolncli:.o:!f!d. FTP. • Stage 2...H'8icikel:~wg,el1ied hrowsers Ilrnd sofh'i'<tfe mlJuringin tfrle:m, SlJiJich <IS ]1l!Y:3I, ~:1.dAcdveX
, SUlige 3. H3.ckelrS are tl1lrgeti.ngerery'"

~So. """hUepanic has

cern' is: s~fuIll with :w,'~ The :~rea.t concern

:n1UDlDen., (!!td(.~, 'grell!!:

c~n-

defi,n.itel:ye:dsts,

U'~"'·I!.u!'D

,I;.~!!I;JII.JjI!!l,.TI:i '[\;.!ili~'!!LIJ~1i)!K,j

fhifig~]:s:c~.including aU fle~~fk appliculons • .And, beDI:u;s;emany d]f~ feroe~[ 3.:!lpects of the~I],ite!rne:[' rely {Ill .DNS (:;uc.haJs en)ail), iiuch ~1~iC(i!cks: Caln extend. beyond. spoofing: Web sures.. !By

b.::t;~Y$e SO[!l'eQne '~.!,I'hQ'~!H:l't",:s:h.O~i~'St .a!S. K8I.m.i,DSky .and. Vix:i~ mi.gillil[ r..~d.t.he [llJel{t In~ctntf flaw,

ar tJ I cd a

w 11 t r

DNS A~,dThe Flaw

bllsirr)[ss. The ~hLom::hOD:k miiltGbe,s

the

IrUllnil~O

Arst. ~et's<deffllIe ONS" liliN,S (11!l~main Malill a :Svstem,), ~5<the 'Intemet 5'!i's:l:ern Il1:at maw.iTIes the! ~phaJIUme~ic Web site l1i.i1mes;we easily nHi!ilember amd u.~utElrslalld ,(sl~,mhas '1I1WM.~pl!mag ,!Bom) Wi~h~he n um!ulical liP' aAd~~$SeSlh!fllll1li 5~lre a~!llISier¥e rse~ the IfYrerlllell!se~®,1in]J Web sites, {FQjD.M', or jll!'lly Q!J!aJified rl®maio l11alflilie\ ls Wle ofiI1~ia~Ue: OO.r ne alp:~all!umeric WebslUi l1iaJrn~s,.).As· YiDli! n C3iill :~~ Jrom ~he[)(Nlip.rcrm!llt. ima~e a~ow, wlt8!11p.nlllQlinQl 81m! alphaJulfli!e~i:c Web s~:eInaime, yOll'lI recei~::a DJil,JlilU!r1iC :11' a.El~dlress in rel~lr~, wh1'th reqlUilF,8S a~:IiIJS hlli)kUll TI'lilllk or DN!Sas the dfgl~a!I' pl'loil'le ooolk,'md the II1iOOfJllPt, it stores ali (!If the ,pos'S!II)~eIII !lliId
alli!lfessestoI W@~tIsiL'I3S. liI1Illil!'!111I[lsirnga. phone ItI®dk, ~ol!lrre:lII'1:el!l1ibll3r~he filMiI,13 of th"e P!Hflllrll iDlIT' Ibus~n:e;ss. ~Oill walilt ~o&all~. lUi. Y'OOI IiIlleQUIul Illiiolilillll"'l1Ilul'ta a.c~u8Jr.~,oolil1a~t p>BfS'Illii or ~he

,!m'NiS works in a simHaf man ner to U!iB! IlIho:n_e Ibook~ 1tlillr~ous,secnOifj5 O'f DINS ~~51:illli!,FJ(JmlOOIlS 11:llDcati'0l1:;~1iI Ih'e 11n~81'Jil,e't [INS hiEltl~!iY'O!lIr illU:! Web browser flind' the c;oWli~ II!eca~id,nfor the ~paddresslnf:uII1ll1athrlTl !IIOll! waillt. QIf!~El the ibrow5'erdilil dsthe OI!Drrecllo caitiof! fur th'e ,~e,sired ONS inifonmati(!n" itther! steres the :IIP'addl~es5 lna neaJb!lj ~JJhe--IM3'!l!8iI~ya lo~l! n!i;!me~e!1llier'I!!s~d ~Y' yOll!!I'ISPr~f!)r ;aspecifie~, amiO!J!~t of~i!lll e. IS,W !.!sj!l~ ,S, !i!e.al!f,~Y oaohe, VOJl!~ browse:!:" can save ~ime' Wl1elil,retlievili),gth,e illlfiQrmnatiolii ~ail'lla!ieJ, (Bec!liu€' ,oUhel use or ,t!

ttr:e 'rllJln~B\I',

Oilh~r seNers. as shoWI1I1[III ~hi8 'Bcmrnp[!il:!Of h(lw a le]l~tim8!te: iJiIlJ!S krnkup wo'r~.s witlil riO in,t:eI1f'ar~ elil,ell ~rollffl hackers. The! Mstil~s of the DNS llOOlIUlIlJil ililcludea 1EH~!il 'Tlhallilsacttt;m l[l', whtoo essentiQlll~vle!l(Js:211 mllldiCllm number' ~emreelil zero alild 65.535. thllit olil1y tbe, reai liIame&eN,81'"c5. would !!mev,. The bad guys e!nul!:l ondy g,!!!flSS at 1ihe 1l1'aJrIsactiolil ltD. WUhQul t~at IiIUilif!~er~ IPadd~~ ls i;l'flJ'rfld by the! an lotal Rl.lme.5e:Nl3f.. K'aminsky ,calla; ~.a "raQe~ ~5i t~e lel)iti[lila1te liIames.€MfS at1!empUo Ipe~lI!~!i[:~he a:etuaJi wesu I~be<]cr'e 1he h,mlffirs Gain gl!!l1lss.~13i

cachJ8\this r~:a:NSflawis ,sa~~ei~ a form of cache

piiisOfil ing','

'T!Ilili~lsao~vl!lrll [;D' !iiI!!d ~lehmi!a, 1iaJke. !'Iesl.:!'I~; WI'len a ,llIame5ie Ne:r rehl!fAS a, st!:ooe~.5'ful DriIS rre~'Uloouto be s~o,medifl~e Gache of llil3i
1

BIil!GaILEOO~he IillUil'!efiG liP a,d~,resses ~han.ge C01l'lslalilUy IOIli~he Ilnteu'Iet, [):NJSis imp®rlallit torr'

local name:se,!'!!I'ew,he nameSeMiI' a:T~!Q t d!e:1lermines ~he. ~e]lQ~1h f ~imet~e Ga£he can !S'OOrean o ~:p ae(!l!~ress.Vdl8'U1el~ it~s s mif1ltt~eOt 2~ I'IO:Urs
(ooliM ~ime~o' :lli\re. or

rrql. WI1:8!1II tl1le TIt

is

set,

D1I(fvllllg Irnformat[{ln,'e'!'ticfefllU.V"

say..s:,ev,e.ry ~ ~~B!I oflne a

11'l1t!!E'Il8l r,ell~es hea.vily LliIliElrnnailiolil

31t

As: KamiijSi~

011 []:r:lI15wl!I'rr:.IDnglIOOfIIi'ElIy. Mla'iiI,S' l1iaWl1;eSeMfS IilQill:llDN5

v:niol!Js !otati®ns o:n UII3~nJli!!rnet. You mIDI1J~ rn3k(!8i IblNS, re~iIJ~~ frolilll one: :server,i!lliId, ~~.t i dlllBSliIl't :hav'8~1iI1l! irnfmmatlol'l,lt. wm :sell'l~ you to

haok!rs 031i!I'IOt ailtem;pt .aIil.o~enraniSa.cti,Gi1I[l1 Q,uess 'OTI tliiat Qx.adt oameiUrulJU 'Ihs!ffL '~X!pifes. AlilitUlillg'h snm.s! ~llol]le migllllit &o!ils!~e(TfL a: s!U:unlt(y frealtu l"iefOr ID.[!!JS', 1~a:IiI1Tiilsl!Iy !Saysmlilat !limpi~y rsn't Ime"beG!ll!lse tllre Tral1liS~Il::~[OIil, 1:6) nl!lmiber' calill b~ c:ra.ctletl willil a ro.l1rect !lJlilI!SS....

LegitJmate DNS Lookup

lllYe IPC, also, call~ a c~lien~, !IIse'S.i.Ii e~ smte name '(F,Q~ r/4,)to ask far tne liP ;1[d~r'8~, W
.'
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Narneaerver

Na.meserver
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seru.er ~

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mo liie::<t

it Gafil~ry 10" !.d8.8 '00 cf~lIlmil [t.

4-lilile req]lulgi '~08~ 10 tlile lnamesellVl!

r ~I11!111ihe ro®t. server slIlgg8cste9" 'r:cnw

7-Th·e! :I:Oc8I1n:ameSBfII!',er Ui!!!s8i[l!)~'tIe:r lnameSi8M,Fi, as suggested by '~Iile.la"S't rn8imeSle'Mi~, Cill3illiiilU]ril!)00 I~O'k ft(lJr rlile 3111S:Mf. :B-IE\t,ei1~l1ally. ollie of tine, Il'Ialil1S;SeNers wlU lretuwntlne d~esim~ liP oo!ill1ess. ne daJla in 'lh~~i1~1 arr~we:r' i~ la~el~.d1 ~aM~linlnimf~,." mel1llii],l1Ig ~t's;ne:eil lIenliledl, '9·W.~liIlihe \i'08FJIliBdIlIP a!lldress8!li1dl coo.rmct iFraIllMl;.;tioll IID ilill!!iarnd, ~h8 Im:.al ln13im8S18'Mir Pii.sS~S~~El8lIilS~~r~a,dlt1 ~o thl! IP~, sa\rfngl:i3! q~:py of t1m8-aII'Is.w~IF fn Irs ca.ci1:e,. Ile elii~jMi IPro~SS.sG0CiMI1l~1iIiii. spil'lrt seoorllli., T

~:.:a11'il1~le, 3"dQ liI'Ia:ln na:III'1,8'SlBl"!ler. 5,-lin is!llmlB illlsijmom:, 8. domain 1'I11f11l8.8IlMf mrglhtseml ~l1Ie Ir'eoqullS~. Olll~®' 8J slllb·a:©ml!~n maJi1'8a~,I11IBr" tln,a,n tillS' liIJ1ISiJllmU tMiw.is inl1ck to tl11l diO!maJim name8i8Ner8illld 'Oil to th.8' 10 C':.I1 DIIllmElSiel'1Jer.

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~1111 :basic forlflll {If '~li~~oitinlg~he I[I~!S fla,w. the t~e ilIi.!.cker's 1iI,e'MOr1it tloll ds. nre ~'r:DtidmIme" seNetr witm 1!1I.uesses at th~ lransaetionllD d'!!Ilr~liIga ly:pical ~)N'S 11,(IIokl1,~" ~fthi£i hacker's lil,~MOrikleali! gILl~5'~ caNfliDily before the ~.ea~~P' alllldrl~s (Wi~h UiJil~' rEl.ill [Iransactlolil I [II) [is, re~l:Im~d~o ~he I~cal irJameSeli"i'iElf, it &31'1 h ~i3iQ'k t~e Webs-ute ln ~ Il!cstiOlrJ by ~ois[!nil'!@1 the

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Basic DNS Cache POisoning

Hacker's

network

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ibuJ:M a custom
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rhe hloCk,.) ~O[ of you have a:dldtcl.personal touches 00 y<YlU' SjfS'IDl:::IU, :51[Ulfcl.l~[ M.r.. Common :PC do~n·r. know Exis,TS, :H.ig[-lc-"t'lld. ro.mpooents are vi[lf;:naJ~y fJ!md<ltory;, YOUE:!i are Q'li'ercl.o~d.[f m you d,o]lJ"t h:ave ~ore 'ih~1l one hard drive $~~Ile(l il~ your dh;l5si$, d:u~·~"s. a f:ai.r chance you have a NAS box set up to ~enrefnes' itO an ·of your filelrr.¥Q~.kt1dPu, Dual mO!liJoo~? Will'h !IIll of the :pR")j(.;c~)i\ijJllh:a~ onYOI,rur p~;]Jre; hy nor? If you (lO[l·'t bave mwtIiph~ gm:phics m;rr;ds, w '}'i0I.D.\JVaI];t cltem, .Md 'Wehaven't even bep~!JijJto l5cR~chthe ~J]Jr&.cl! ofwlJlI~1rY m,odli;. whk:h ~ ~H'oQf dlatc~nnf~d~';Ig: Q1!;n) be: just .~
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and 100[.heF s~~e, )"O!l owe .i'e to Y'OiIUseJ( 00 haee ~ USB~~red 'ooolhol( at rb'e l'e3!dy. f'ThePorm:b]e PC .EMT" 'CQver"5 ourideal !S~lt[lf'.'!lJta[[itl~0111 ~~ 167. AI~l()Uglllall of the' pn~cedi.l1Ig prQj«~ h:;;vv( t.lle CPO seal of appmm" 'We'vesaved mil big f.i!lOe1;~OiOO show forihe end, Us~nga l~w-waJnage CPU~s :a .sure-.f.ireMY ro sa:ve .:ii. few :pcnoies on your moncl.dy electric b~U~bllltwe've assemMed. a ma.dM.ne thst smffi ;]!( 'Wl]]l ocke~ You'U de&:u:tdy '1va:l:iil:' tohclp yoursdif KI a serv][I,gof s SOI~rur;.' "Ger Off11:l:e Gdd." IQFII p~e 70 ;U~.ready 00 ddi\l~tr. Thes mOlliJi[b, c:reaJt:iwwtyt:ll:kes Genter SC1g;e.. Evel" .if fOt] dlon.'t ;re:pl,iau.e.our builds, we hop~ rhat ~hes:e'CR\~tio~!i will sJ~;u.k yJ~um produee wI1l1e thing [m[y 1,1IlI1COmmon ......
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grap,h~cs cards as weJI DVl .sp~iUit::rs and. e;Kpa!ui(ln ~dap rerS;,,[Q acid ~u:p(ton fo:r add~~iuona:lmonirors to your sysrernll. ,~Wl! rhls ;irdde" we'll walk dl,roU~~our
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s~lUila.r or scaleddewn setup il:1i ymJJr :ho:m.c.

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menitnrs .. However; W[ndlo,.,rs
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tfIk[!: ro basic .ITlitiilnil:1o,r org'lllli'mtlOIiiii. dUI~['!JJg the p:r,Qce,lls, But if YO'iJ~ve go!: rhe ca:sbmr the ~ward!wa:re,. you can crearea

V~B, <ITeom Umir,ed, to 1(I :monh:o[:s. You

such. as Re<iit:i.[1I1JJe Solit·.s U~ltrnM.on ($"9' ..9:5~ reaJ~ (ime'c50ft ..c;o'm), [0 y:dl~"e!1'Hlre [han 1'1)1 ~[Idepende.Dl['Olilllrp:u:rs&om. 3. s~[ljgle.PC .For iifllSt1i1n,C;e, ~,fou y ilad t;1i.!I'O' Iq.i~i<!id,-01J].t·plln graph.ics cards and dlree US~"lI:o~DV[

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small external ad.xP''ter., For' .e~.. mple, Tr~non's S.:EE.2 Xtrerne ($119.99'~ W\VW
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tors to OllIr mulriwQ[I,i,IJ(I':r serup.

set the monima as the primary

dl.nspl:alY.

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ks processon: on. fou.r [lC IIilISe: the sarue diriv·c.r. ]f Y,CUii' video, (a.r·dii usc dlil1cr,cli'!l[ Gr]versiVi:n.a w:iH disable one ·of Eh.e g;mphk's pFoceSSOil"') and. ,e!~hflillil[e :inll~'e in yo~.r Illul~]mom~~or~(1(!p.

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booti.rng. weiil.il:tached. om oilier

to the secoad videl~ cal!:'([.,w[lich forced Vista. torerog.DJillize both vide-o <cards.. M:e.r doing SO~ iillI d§ht 'Oti.ltpUt!l:l¥OI.'!ked.pcitGo flgu.r,e.

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Once aU. the moniroes were connected,

eil~oo ese AT~'s Car.alys[ Control

Two of Visii:onilisl\:'s; X11i350XT Clu(JId 'g)r,a:phics. canis provided us with ei,glh~

il1ldep'fl'tI'lldeli1it DVI outlPlUtS.

Centee sefiware m order the displfly"s p~ac;c.mentiilll!d, con flg~ re ea;dl mon i:tot's re~Ohi!!.fi()n.F or insrance, we' needed f!~J<
m.ove~e .ol].i[O[ i.de:i],lEifiediilili
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to the

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adapters, Yo1l]'d need tlh~td-iPa[ty:rofbwltr:e I~O (.'lO'IHI'O,1 rhe ll~h mon i.tor. To h<\I.~d~e resrPC
om nlultip]e [[IIIOn.I[l(If needs, weinstalled ~w,o'Visio~~~k X 1650XT QlJ)ad.($39~199i WVII'w"visianrekmm)g;roph]c-s cards for. a

Irl'iieqJ~ad OUl~pUI~, ea.c:b X1650XT QUSI.d. fearuresdual DMSS9' csbles J!:ha'l:in~achto d'l~~vO ourIPU~ mrlJ tile vwdeo c:arrdl, 'Xli[fu fou!i di:s;play
TCb'P!l!",o:d~It:e

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ro, Ithe

WlllmlJ~'rit good. ~dea. Th.er~

spaCle to add more

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[Omlofdght .independemvr.ideo 'Ourpuu. M.uldpon e.x.fie!1:na:l vidt1~ adaprers are

anotherway
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more

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conUOUeI!i.~ eaclliil XJ l(5.j·QXT Q,muJ can de]iv·er.four·aLCj~ive desk,t:op~.Fof ol:l.!1l.parib~Ji.[y, Vi.sionTek also ~l!:Icluded. :~o'lllr

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Fot<llddidtl'nal independecnt disp]:,tys, y.c:'1[]oouJd. 1!]se~:n:I exlte~iTIla:~rJ[pWLiics ,exp.ai::ls[on p:rodu;ct, SiJliich g as M~:[ffiXjS Du.uHe,a!d2GCI {S229]!N)Y_W .mla:~r·Qx.c.om} or Tr.i.pJe¥lead2Go {$329),
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d:t<lt ]e[;!iiYou

W menirors to }',gUIf

DV1-J-to-VGA adaptlc.rswi!:llil

~,11 calfd.,

see f!:'O!l~ .F~gun;] .r,e~'fgP!~~l!iad~n neew;,u: e.ssary. Sp[\eaJd~~g OI!JlIl '[ffi:le.11I1Clni.l:Q[S in one long roW'W'OIli!'1iI.Cl!il;lalliWy oa1J;m~~:lJrodu;c:tl'!/fe.

:I.n m(lmi'[ors
adaptee,

~lP<l:n<ll.sltl:glt':d:~!ii~top3.C[\O~

,conrnec~eJ, to the ,e~'rerEl(L]

If you w<lnit to do ne serne 0 f YOilU di;spl.~ys-ide.<li]'Wl1!e!l you waet (10 see :Si :~eydesiktop 3r mulriplelecariens-« :yOill. can. use a vk!oo spl lrter to divide du; vrud'eo, s:ug['l;:d ;llll!ong :several n1!oni'~or£,A~~'n \\13:S kind enDugh to send lIlS thlJec of ;its VSI-]64 ~p[itre!'s .. Eiich ~pline.r .ijlffers f~1iJj'
DV1 pa,rrsduu clIiID:I.repliGl!re dfSklIDop at a

u:p to a :I ~.9'20xW.200 \ri.deo reiSiOhnion. Add.i.dcln[ru]]Y, dll:e VSI- I64 {S40'O;. \!IilNW
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chain, so dhr~e VSI-Hi4 ~pnl[j~nli could clone' one ,de.!iibop (1[1 l 0 menirors, USB", to-D\fl iI.dap~e:rs are also aViilu]ab.l<t: ]ct t:c· yrJlll. ~.~eii:ld. o.r doneymu deskiIDlj'P 1!,M;]og <t

fiiglure 2. Mou~ti!lgl yo:ur monitors"

seen heni IUlsoir1:g the Vns'i'd1e,cRreiesta:FiI:dif~g Quae!trem

:A~ij:ec, a~es lit ea:sierto IIill:ov,ew.ino,ows between monitors a:lIld loc:ateyour mQuse. m

When sinin:g down, we could 'biHeilly see rhe ena ,;: ,r' I~1!. ~ .•"" ... ~, ",.,,'1.1. ,.1 1"1f ~ Y"'"'r-Ql''' .nC, •• ; "·!f1.]'I.,.,... rne >.n~· 0..• ~.!C ~.""'i~~
'Ii ..

sert of har-<i.'W3Ieo·F. sta(:k'~g: or gmuping f

f'Ou[Id rhsr wewere

'willli.~ting

rime just

II:hemonh:or.~ I~ essemial, A fl:tt.~t3.n:di.ng Jil' Ule5lgn, '1-!'-·1.. ene .A'·J! '0'1.. . :UKe ,'mec sMrn_ge. _ga'l.l'e' us HIe
t&'eedom
'OV3$
'[10

Workin.g with m n.Jltiple· rn1l0n~tors, means you mUHllto Idl3'alwi~ha lilot: {d cabll~as,
:moD~,tOI:, [:0

leearl ng (11J.]!r meuseenthe

:screen.

!!e~ up 't~e d~sp:iaY'swjdiio'l.1.t

[,0

d'ie: ·motop-mIJiUl:ued.

mem-

tet's lund A Wan

y(l~. couldplace a SfO~p of monltors
om. s!:u::~.ve's, II'iloundng tile moniters but miI!1besfor more effl.ci.cJI'I: vlie'!i¥i[iJg<l[ld, ease

making h{)~es ]~] the ~U or ce:ilirllg. Si!l1l:d ][

'easy
IO

~flliove.W,e; lso decl{ted a

.move

tors, T~i:s; c~!Ilfignr,..dom\\-lQ:rrked. bes:~ fo.r keepil[lg our mecln.8i.p~!:lI:yer, and other eem-

our rnoni'~o.! sc.:iI:l:1iP the corner ofm(;1wt00 rnnglalb, whioh.le~ us ;IDgte the :m'Q.n.ilt-or.w~U w the .Id'!:and. ri~];{ of om teH ['C.

mor.dy~ft\ocncOO, 3.p:piicatim:l~ al,va~ w.id'a".

~n vie\\v, [10 mat~eri:f monlrors 3il:tllirueenter, c we we:rel1$il1lJg~e far ri,gln·. O[ :6Jt len.

jjf me. Te Illielp us .i.lhts'mue 'tlllisp(},i:n~ (~

F:igJIIe 2)j' .A.'[idec ~[IiII
1M>

F~t':sltan.ding Quad seands ($;;;;, 'WlWW .3iJljd]ec~mnn).'[hie sranm fe:l.(1IJlreboth hori.zental

:8Ind, V'eniGli~ ad.jmuillIC!l1its and 3illlm,!,1'

two of i[sVisidec

TimB,lm S:pl'i1
WIth room
Li®'

Woebad. srill hold ,one of Al!:e~\~ DV[

splil[(eil's free; bum at tiha[ poim[j .~~ :1100.run

add .Alien'.sVE:1-164i
[[1]["" ''!fIle :5pUtOruf

:spare" ,,\1(.; were able l10 Di'V[ :s;p:~.i'f,~ers )~:he n

"2" output:

(nIX 'OfpiiJiW,~r curlers,

e[l)OU~oo

DVI cable:s klns

<l:c:idi,ti:onal
nm,niw;r

reach orne' end of[ffiJJe morn~l)o'r

piIJrt

(vi.rtu:a&ly
inthe

wall, and. area to

f~,r PQfltr,aJidl<l!!ldscape

.ro'ta't.i,g'I'nJ.Besides

~cartcd to the dii.rcc[ ~e6t,ofd:n,e pr..i:m~uy di~

!pia}') 1;0 the
iJ!WO bO[tDl.lI'i1

stands .. mf yo:~. ~o~k clo'Sdy .u .Fip$ie 3" you

C-iJJnsee that we used CQllllpUlter cases tal:!> im.pmmp1fll. mlg,n.~wrn<! ds, Thesewirh n

~mp.mv,ed. orp.n.iza'lrio([l.rihe staeked moni = rotS us a ",igrgi fia!1~<IImliownt ,(!f~.pace,

.rnr you pl:l[l om

two orthree

~;voo

monirers

(:~!I1l]}ecjr~ng

more than
S'ome

monitoes to your~)C.

V~~d.cc f:f1~~n<llndlirng 'Q~ad ~f,<ln.d~.W~ senrwe u.jl} mltpu~, 'l{:l,ihidl w~s Vlll[1I)]!;tIJy ~!(lC3[cdaiml the direct ri~t of the primary

free "mdJ space ne.u thdr~C may ,f:i![Id lh.ar :rows of wl'lilll-lll!Ou[ltedd~sp.lay:s wOi,[,k best. Y~u.W~ll1tfhitve (0 dea!l 'widl~~diflg the moni'lim.s above a:[Idbel.1!i.nd. each other.

]n~ti,all.y~ it seemed. thac findi:llg. install ifl;g. and "o!lfigl1.ri~~~rhevjdeo hard\va.re '!?!I'ol!Jlh[. require [he 1ll0,SI[ effon. However. the two Visi,o[lTel. caeds 3imd

Aren':s vid~Q :s.pl.iu.er:s '\Mef,e.rd~~i\'\ei.y ~~C),

set up..We~oll]:ndtha[ monl.tor org.1:n.i:za~ l~iQn and. ab~ern;Ula~,(:me!'ir r,ook; li,pmO(l;C of OUII rime. .M!o!I!]!IJI~ing hauhva.fe; such as

Atd.!;;,c>sVisi.dec FreestxlcLi.l1:g Quad~ . made for a more dluoel.u:: :aJlld organized m:l~d!ple :mllni.to.r ~ynem.(~3lbl.e rllihe:ls. exrra po\ver sll:i:'ilP~! :lli!ld.A.ve-lbo[powera~ul yjdeo ca'M~ WOiU]d have beenwise inve;[menl[s .•

It aln"t e,asy being green,. bUit P,C 'Pow'er .. 'C'ooUn,g deUvelFS a superiior balance ,of'

eflIc::lency and p'ower that Is secondm

nOIAle.. Highly effitCient and 'with a tre!ndi-setl:ing ,Si'n'gle '+12V Rail (BOA), tbe :5i,lleln'cer 750 provides optimum io'lI1l to VOlulr system, dl'strlblut'l uitllll;dnig ulnlP'illra Illeled energy ma nillgemlelnt~ Hera'ildedby both expert users and top revii,ewers, the PC Power .. Coolin'g Silencer 750 IP,rovides Ihiglh ,qluaUly, effi.::ient,filrst-c::lass periormalnee: anld c:ilIn handle so,me rQ,if tho mostint:enlsB applicatio,ns and ,c:o,m1ponent: configUiraltions 'Iima'g'inable. When you d'ecide: to' mlalke a glr"een choice" P'C Pow,e'r It 'C:ooling i's the ,iglht choice ..

PII PIIWIII,& 11l1li111111

MR1OfrHf'Oa
PC PoWir.r:& CoaIiflll ., S995lveflfl:!a

TfCHNOI.OGYGROIJP
CAMOOe USA

Ph(!lI.~ 1~(1·9'3"·:!I1atl., fu::-jaa,.1!u.~!U'!IiIW\N','lIpoweu~om

Einema. ~ CIl~d,

A SE:,R·

irst iltl:M~re ~sBera.max.

vs.

'Wave of the furure,

VHS. Mostrec(!lilIicly il'~

Biu,~r,a:j:~ s, HD~DVD, v Otber I(;ha.~be.i.ng down-

these's nOIreason i['owairt fOf giatlllwrpO'[l'!:fi'ons eo ... t tip e

blJl![

form facmf. hu.t wewere deci.d:edly high ...

sbop when d]:e t{ldllnologyL .. hel:",e~,()clay~o

do it ourselves.
.

e:[I,d. ,i[JJout h::iifdW<i.i:'C cJ:Hl·ice~." For OUf NAS &e'vh'::e. we 0]1 red for the Thecus
N4]OOPRO If., The Thecas N4] OOfRO

And\~h.ileit

wi]]

I:":<likoe bit So.

righ~ an~(lying. an. of these

!l!O~l]ed. forr[lI1J:ru{ ..m~ hallie aflmhe.r
tffi:I~,l]g wnlmm:Ji: iiD CO\rl:lUI,lXr~~,o f(lr[[Il~;~ uJ![~l]uJ~d.y
'\!1'<11~,

b~ugh.c ]0
gOil[

()If elbow gt'C<lSC, somcdllhl§, tells us homeIlu'eJW d[gi.ud dw:!:uibllJ[[i,Q,n will be less , ilrlnlo'ri~g and cT.ipp]cd, by:F.:n ]e:li:S aw..
IP,rD,~ecl Ol!ll~inle
OU.!:

is '!.l;s'8.~n.[i:i!]ly .iii d~r

C~ mpurer,

powered

00
00

dlelosi

I]g

ehe shert !J!u:a\v. Thallkfutl]y~h:iswry has

taJugh'[ us

btli~1!ry of60lfm;a[

The
ii,

plafil wasm

S,~'[ Il!l!:P' NAS a

(n~'[-

mO$~ re(jeu~ one turned a'll1~ tQbemore of a I:o,ve:r'squanel than <Ill1.yIDi:ng eillscj:3:1: ,leas,! ;!t '~ f~.r the ~aVV'y :~ee;hnol)hiles d~~!!:.k!'!!ew bener than, I~Q ,F;~t mrnxoo. up in the wlli:lo.le

\mrk-.!li.ltached sro~g~) d!evi('edl~l!Ii: onrsins c

mil!il~titera'byte St'iOimgevelame
con~'e!H' 3.11

by an AMD 'Geiod.e .LX800 p]'10,cess:or, ell es j,gned $ ped flea Uy to acr :!IS a N AS de;vi.(;e. 111,>e N4100PRO ran ~ccelP~up' I~~' . four. b3:E'd. drives and. ccm:figw:etho$e drives if! fWD 0, i, s, 6, 0[' '~IOV'ohJmes" The uniT :aill$Ofeawr·es :1:. screen ~h.",~d.is'p]ay:s irs

l~h~ .fl1'iJ:U~ I:'!iled.i~ r~

device to

atildl !Stream s;~~i!'ed 0.11 I~he

m~s ~~h~:A~r!:p~~. \"<"eth~nk h',!; time to d.Q one beue.1i rt:hoill~3:nd. ba[JJ~sb foM\l3t!iWr'S al!wgether.Whr should we It!!:ch!H)[ogically
~I.ldjned
C:OD.SUrl:'IIers

HOT'll via a home neiMi'Oill. To do so ]x;':(]woos ome ~ped:fic hardJ~re s

U? address and. st<lms of [:be .RAID vol~ ~!ne. wbjc.h C<l.U come in h;~.n.d!y.i.Q the ab:5enc:e of a IJC. Dual. 'G.igabitEl:herne:t POlrt:!! with failover supperradd an t"1:e:.menr of .redundmcy to the N4100PIRO"s netwo~k eonnectien, <IJ]]Ja it .'lUppOlns dam
i~ra:nsr'e'f speeds

and a nerwmk

,infr~l:IililiITUfie dUI~~ QUI meet

have to d.e:tlllw][h

flH:::dii:a that's ~oiildedw.i~h advertisem:entS and does ]il:cle more [13:1[1rake up sh.df spil:ce? U~1ife'[e pa tient, d.[gi[~i. drus,l[~ibudQ ~~ \Iii!! :Sie'("~:[QP'
scrareh-peone phY:l]c<li] beses and r.heW;eb is supposed I~Q,berfue

om bandwidth .requi:r~men:ts~ hm\\l\ever .. The!:1eart a .n1.lJh:iJ~uclle of Wilfy.ll ~o set up 3.~ar1e NAS volwue,whicfu inCludes any~ il!hin,g fmmul'li:llg powerfu,1 ~yliitcml!! as servers Ito U1!ling ~impl:e]" s,f.:,1[1d~~orlene't"i!fO~~:""iJ.trached dJevi.oes tha:t house st3ilnu:~ard de:01!::oop drive:;. 'We d'lioM: di!:elarrer l;'{JIure tIlordie salce of S,iUIP.li.Cl[}1nd irs ~lnl1lUer a

of up

00

3,5MB[p!;. which is

ple:m), f3~[ for our pm,;ect,. f,c'.r Q1ilIf ac(u~l swrn:ge nccd~. w~~]tnCld ~oW,enel'n [)igi~<ll.A~dlO,ugh rheir per~ forl:1.'ilanlJ:C is semewhat ml,erk~:U~ot this ilpp[k~d~n,. the' WO C~Vh~,fB.Ii!ck TB 1
hard dlf.iv,es 'l,\l!lee~Oi!ie .ro,r '[lliru~sr.oject p .a:re a

g_ood fil, d~f I~,d!eifl)eta;[i:vely qlQ~el[,oper~ inion, hr,g:e' 3,.2MB C:,aJcile.l1:. :aJmd i&ligh
Cilipad.tty.. Witb, four] TB drives (lo.nf1;g'ured i~RA.JD 5" w,c:;'icl h<1:~ SQ~~ebuilt-in

:redilludancy" h~gh 'I[lr:3.llsfer speeds, ,!I:nd. up so 3TB of ~~or<lige capac!ity. That's (;mlii!Jiugh :space tQ soo~ h1!:!~~ of'TI.Qvi,e{;, To, ge[: come,m .fr1Q·mtib.eNAS device eo our l~DTV,w~ needed. a mulrimedia
f:X1(;.f'.nder. We wmmted :son1:ed]l,l],g
[h.lIit 'Wll$

S~eaJm~mgHD Oon~eim~i3Jm:I otih,er :m,ea:i:afl1om a Gsnt!FillotI:ation to ,alnl HllDnJ or home the'8ter r1eQtu:ires a: fast netwOJ~k,j]llenty of stor,3,g11;! sj]~~e, and a media extte:mler. We tUtm6~ to lhIH:US: and Wesmr.n [I,jiglnaJffor a speedy. hig t"u"cEiipacily n'etwo~k-a;lta.cl"ledl R.AJ[)se:tup .f!li1Ild ~o ml!i'C(limr the!s~ic'k IViX HD M651lOA m!edi~e.xtender.

easy ,enough. for ate:cl:Illopl:lJo:be to use btu 1lJs~, p(l1wel:"f~].l and (:on,pa!l[ib'~!e wi~h :II,
broad ffin~e of file M6 SOOA (.$399
fOl',[l1:lLt:s.

To rth~Jtend, price, w'Ww

we selected rh,eDVICO TViX HO

street
i

.dvico,(loml. The M6S00,A. ~~'w:h:lI'1t",ve~ d co n sider ::l!" earhnsiasr Sill Ul tim e~dI;ua

e'Xtende:I' .. The de:vkif:: is of audio,

jnclie:d~bly easy re useand Opef~Ut:md.s'l!!ppOf~ a wide range

~[lJJliage" a[':IIdivideo for~i!1I3U:i

home .. \Xleuse:d:ll. D-Un,k .DUl~655 ·wwe~ ..

assembly and configu.r.i ng. Each of

]llJ.stal[ed

OUf

less bw~dbarnd

]mdudJ~g

MP'.EG-nt.U4,

AVL X,,:iD·,

has :tIf! Gigahit .swit.dh" in roliljUi:ll'~(lt.n. ,~tb afil :8'-po:r[ D-.Unk DGS]ute;gf3l!ed four-pert 22mlS w.ir.b
<l

rOlHe:~, wh.ichi.rsdf

WMV9, H.264 •. AVCHD, and. VC ..1 whh fulJD 08{~'p Q1lJl[plill: ~.p3.b:ili~rne:s:. c There h even a~ online (io'm~I1J1i.1!~ifr (W'\I'II'w.orpenli.vUKQrn) ded.i.cared. ![o p[\oli'id~

b~;Rrer and 81. H;r';ti~1!.g OlJU5Gbp.s ~wh(h f'ail)dc means

~he BGS~2208 can handle

144.KB-per-d!ell'ice packe[ it1rlLlf' 16iGIb:p:s !jlv~il:c:hf3.b.[iJG. tFL.:I.I.l~dup.L~

flOur SATA hard drives neededro be in dlleir own individual drive tril:y. Each, tn.yfealtUriCS a quartet of hQ'~'es omtheir lUlde·u'sidl,e· d,Ol~ .Ihli'e·up
with du: moul].ilillgs ho:~e~ the botmm on

of arliT~u,~da!'d 3+5'~iflc.hhard d.riv,e .. W·e

simply s~id .3. d.rive
i.[JJ[O

e:a.dru [:.:lIf,

img free and open Hrrn.W3.rf for tbe DViCO TViX boxes [:har unleeks new fefIJmlies. silliIl:ima:r IO the open fiHlmf,w.refi]es a.'i.!ail<J!Me ma.ny U.n_~s Wi-Pi reuters. for Torake £IL!I~ adva.nlKage 'of the IEimJ.e Tht':CllS N4100P.RO'~ and DViCO lY:OC l~n M!650QiA'~ (1lpnbi~il~~eiS,. .I:u:edi;;d. I~O we
set Illp anatdequJ,1De: .menwQl,kinfrns:tn:u::m:re.

Gfgabit t"1-.tnsff.[8 [i.lrough all eight pons.

\'7hen~rn[ w~, sn,id and di)iIl.e. 0'11,11 sys,.. tems the Thecns: N4100r:RO and the
j

lnst:alled a :ft:w
OmiIJ

a~d sUd lheHa.ys (w~d~ d!ie dl'ilives ~~l!:olCb¢d)i.nro ehe :!;,I![I'lI5.

!lClC:WS!.

the: TlliIIoC::1I]~: IO!(rVRD. (l){m'[ N4:

1)0

£0:11'pll,OlIJ'!

TViX box!:a~l p,]uggedi into the swlteh, III

rurn, .:he swireh oo:JJli:n:lecr.M. [~]:e broadlEn b:il:nd. router.

get

leek the drives ln place j f you

project ..)

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HA.! Ha rdlWB,re S:etupi

'Getting !the Theeus N4 ]OOPRONAS
d:ev.i,ceread:y
fQf

Om:e phys:kaUy a:ssemMedl"we eonneicf:ed ~he Theeus N410QiPRQ ~o~:h.e

ne(wuli'~ llnd.comfligl!1red

[he RAID

~thcum!u

'p.iia'.(ii

s(),low, ~h~rc's]1(1 ~~

son to not :mn G~§flJbi[:E.du~r~:H:'[~n YOl!U

opemlt~om

!roQk a

but

of

arf;<li.y.COiITl!m;;",ring[~~~ N4·~'OO·fRO rorhe [Ie~·'r'\"llrik:reqlJlired [Iod~.ing. more than

Setti~g up the lhec,[U.s N!41 M.P'fN)i NAS devnce reqlllUired:mumpll,e :soops.f~rs[we hill(l to ilrnsHiIIl the hard drives ill1li~O the iinlo~uded dml:Vetrays, slide Ule driv'fls and trays: lilnto,till!! device, 31l1:d then ,aonnec·t ~h:~assem'bled un+! IDoth~ nerwo!rlt Once:oonnected, we als:o Il!a_ij~oIlog into the .N41(WPRO's :br'owser~bafi6id Cionmigumtioll1l menu to SIElt. up ~lh:e W'A:N. LAIN! an~1RAID options.
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:~e~€ctilmgthe dr~ves and (:hoos~ fi'lgthe array11ype nem a IIjis·t(RA.~1D5 ill om 1C~13: ). A~~IW,a~ bllillild~ngllhi~d ,amray" I, le YOli wail. ~lowe!Ver,C'aJn~ake elernity.lPil!alli'll on makirliga $level:1!l"COl!!llrse 'm:Si31lwhill ~n

one end . of a .s[iOIm:1dard.E![~ern.e[ ·~b·]e :im[lJ~lliIe: iIIllh.d. the 'od:u::,r :I:rn:othe

ph[ggin,g

Tihe IIll!1l.liimeidia ,Jl!llkehol

With
out l:'Die:D>Vm:k. amd

address,

W,e rlirun sel eeted e

00

one of [he

NAS ,de-vi~e,"00-'

JI • > .. 1;;; JI' . ,. (.b uevl,cc s rI.(;:tv.VOI::",nvc opt:UJim 'ItJU;:

TV' "",," lA~

.i

swi~c~. Tbe'~l~('l!.fre.rpowering lIJ,p d~.e N4WOnfRO,weio_gged into ~I:S cOll6gwrndo:1"!.miHr.y by opening: abwwrer w.indow
on one of o!)rPCs (lnd. nllv~g;lt:ing, '~IO'

r.~~d~ 'we !Ci~lu~d [hen turn our ~mrent~~[l 1[00 die 'lvnx. nn .M6:500A i:lHd HD1"\'\. Co:nJlgu.ring the M6S00A ~ul[t'S a CQ:U[pIeef :5~~,wh~dll i.l]dl1d!~' physiQdly G'Ollr

fourplmgro:muled ne~'!I'or.:k ~oca:tiOn$)3il.•d eme,red.~e neces-

M6500.A ean h;:t~· ijip

~a..ryin.f(H'tll~tion to access the .shaf~(llvolQme onrhe Thecus

http:Urn4,100pro.{,flli:lucli.
1~(:Id<\y·.Il b[!'~oob~[1.d .rO:UI~efS.

]ike many of

Wlben :~ogged.~n[othe N'~lOOrRO. we enteredthe 'WAN. UN! aad Admin~s.(rator Inenus to ensure '~h,e devicew,!Is
confi.gured fo], our network, Ty'p',ic~[~y,. Oitll'U w<tnt ItO (;'I.MaMe lJHCP', Y set <1:. usme rem [be device on [he llelWO~-kj

[[Ioctlr.1i.g the deeice to ;aJ TV and nerwoek ;lnd!. £~I~rim.ga handful of 0p'r~mls iniu Co.!ltIlgJJ.ra;tiiol.l menn, T:be M6j OOA cenaeers ~o! the ]]et'!r~u.rk jUil~~ iUly other d!(!vi.D!;
one end. 'o,I an ElEil,elT!!e:t caJb~e: oornmeC:;l[;[lmo'

our network CIJJ!S N4100fRO had! :i1.n[P acl!d.ress of l'92.168kO.196 and. the []8!mewe ass[gJlOO It,o, Ithe: .'i.h;ar~d. \/,OhUlIt'W3.S caned
j

N4] OO'PRO. In etl.vhQ]:JIm.en.t~the The-

!~ln~di:~t_F1]e!l;'1 ,We

pr,aperly

and Ch.3Jtg;<::dte: aclmi.nili!:n'iI;~c!.rP'lll!'!word. !from irs dk: f~.u.h,.We rhen en~e.re'di.the

LAN lpo.[ii:;and 'l:ne otl'le.r end to the ~wjoch.lr!. Qijlr case, 'y"re ,iliiso oClli:!tneo~ed. an Ii.D.Ml eJJble f[iom [be M6500A'sOi[lltpm 1Ii~ ;m iWPUf em our "[:~i!:!hib~. HDl"V, alld'l of OOn;!It:G:'$e', e :J.I:~Q' p'~'Qgged rhe M6500A w
irs ~nto 00, electritCCIl. outlet,

enl!e.red [he rnecess:~ry oO[[JJfi.gurati.,o[[JJ dataiuto the M65,O(JA's me,m,)Ii. p[llIgtd the:l~ef'W'Qfk u~i:~gth'eP.in£
burton
1[:10

ensureir was cOmllul1l[liG:l.l:ing

ptoper[y over ~~c n~nvQfk·l ~:Il,d fin.aUy s3.\l;edour settings. Sh ul. Oft '10 U 11' ICleIII Pllliin II I

RAID ~tup mel1U. C:OrifiglLW(1e ou:[ :u.ray. to 0'1]. the RAID menu, [~e RAIOo/pe ]s selec[3lbh~. as SJIre [he d.rives [0 be used ]n the array. 'We checlrod aJ!1four da-ivles and seleeeed dleRA.ID 5 1;9!d~o. b""[lI)On.RAID
) ill a striped. set with. distributed. pari.ty.

OQoe i[ne M6S0ClA WiIS connected ro eur TV. we 'powered. them up ;Sind. hose c I[~e i81lPpwrp.rlate Inpu!t en out TV. Willen ir."~powe·.red. up' •. the M6500A pr,eslel'l~$
lIillI!iler.> \""ll.lth
3.

IEnjmylhle M.IlI\riel
WIl'h the NASvohun,e ,o·nihllf; and ~O$dedwith SOl1:1e eenreut, 3nd.[~le Inedi~l
exrendercennecred
1:0

This
£lIS

ffl6<l.f!S you ge[ the pe!!Fonn~ll.ce heneof .RAID Owim. :SQ.I.1!H:lev,e:~. redunof

dam:y~ because the auay can s;[iUoperate

one

Qr ~~,
j

be Iep:]ii1ced because: of.:l!seeend dri\u; win .destror~Ih~(ljmy.

IiruO'iiVieVer [t [[!Jiust

.i~

simple

ieen-hased

IITiII:I~nusys,"

t,ile:: H.DTV aad

nem

fOf

configurado,!). From w~fhhl it's

~f

menus, u.sirng; n included ..remete oo[ltt01, a IIillISfT8 b,tvr;; the a:bU ity to $(;:11: the dare and
I~llim~,oonfig,ure
3.1lUUO

~~e net\>vork... we c.ou[d si'[bock,!}e[ax, and e'l1jo]i'ou.r h!'l:[Idiworn.We.e![lded. upw.iih

massive uerwoek-atrachedvelurue that oo!J!ld hold a ~]1 ,of digital ~om;e.[lt~lld a nifllJ l[uJe bmx [h;3It OOIl]M. access IthaJt carr~e:iCi~'aJfidpipeit ~h.mllghour HDTV (~,1' home theater). Once conng.ulled, IJlsirng ~'Verythi[lgwas ~credib]y (;'aSy. We could sinlp~yropy wh:;lq;eVerfl]es we WOln~J~d. ~I). watch on the H DTV :["0 liili:le .N.AS vlo:lume
3.

fa!~~$, S~lI.,g:l(!illd a

d.riveraa,
ibl'.~

QW:PtH

opti-O]]S,

v'ideo and Qucpm ar

options, and. network senlmg s,

our 5{,jfljp,Wit.iM!ie

Wid~

sble

(10,

Configm.ringrneRAJ:.n

:lm:Lyi~: reletive-

~y easy.b!IJf It does fake SOI:l.'I!(: time for the ~.r.rayu> build (ou.r.\i Ul{lil:: it .~i.n~eOl\!'~:r ~l!1e ' ~
liruours).O[1J:ced'lf~array was built. {l'IJ.rflinal
!l~ep waste
Se'[
W~

full] OSOp resolurien 'l;II/h[h d.i.gital. audio, W~th those lew-level sertl tills out of I[he way, ~t 'was dll!lle fO cDnfi.gu.re ~he

d,('stgr.t~IC~a.¥o']ume name

9J!d

Uc5:er a.ccess ~e$n.ic:ri.ons. Ar d1J[s poinr,

i!jO

'L;;:OI.W~d.COp'Y rhe n'Jiediil.wC~Dltcd ~~'lre00 [he NAS vQ~.lJme.

M6:H]'OA to access tbe m!tJ]lldter3l.bvte :shar.odNAS volume, To do 8~,. we naviS~lIecll:oilie·M6,500A's network oon:l:lgl,l... tnJiti'o':r1 W'I::HIJI: and. fi rs[ set the I!]W1Iic [0 DHeEl so our mmer ,could ~igl'lir an lP
,j

a nd seleet d1;cR~C5 wimrhe medl~<l.C~U:C:!l~ de!':. It ,do~n"~ ge'[aJny easierthan war, ....

-, e

knew how
t

lr is, You. le<litn.

a ] iti!: le :a h(l'u
00 [JJJiplJlten:

s>uch d~u.ve."Oln !be :llIJ. Ji:IDEi!ep:ricq. rFyou're :reaJJy hii:il:gl)' fOf &ee SPiiC:C, yo.u. c3lliiJ~ ii, USB h~l1d dlrliveinste,:;l,d of~. f1a:,j[lJ! ,drive,
blIDt

anel

rem 'U lose mtme pormb.iliry- ..

rU.. "X1[

suddenly everyonethinks
Y;OU"!l''e

The

is

fog:!:iI'I .6iCWif.

If

)IO'll.".re

goln:g

I~(I j~18[ IOISS

afl'01l,,,h dr.ive in your

GOmpl.lli[er

!:vb. (or Ms.) fi)tk "fiIdwonde~ if yo~ Cll1Lhelp diem. OU[

\!;,itha. ].itdeprolbletil'l.. Of course,
yO!U'tt

bag O.f gkl,ve COnllpaItmen{~, then almost

any name-brand
]!ii

dr~ve'wil] do,

B1!U

~f

lJI:nl(l:!1J. YOlLl'r-eone of d1WC folks whose Hash drive

Noo., yOIJ can't jl!lnAx oom:p1ilit~~ wirh your' miuet Yo,urnCj:ed WIDe ~ool:s to
fj,g!1IJIieout ,:vIhalt the .p]1o~b]et:L1i:S ate" more
I~Ool:s w .fi!x

never ~.par.uGd hnrn,;3i la£I.yafd.~~[I[~ir's pluggedi.llfO' a PC, ,~ookfOlra d.ri.veJi:ru:n'.r.rnJ.

'IL eomno t., ... tnat uses

rhem, :;;!I~dsdU "l'iJ.~lre ooo·];!; I~O'

blJlilt

salvage dam. ~Ib;;

wlho always carries

."" 'I" a p,osu:Jv-e CHe.kin ,. U1.g q~ick-Fe~~",e n'lled~:an]sm ~n~~l!!eadiff Of!ie .!.' tht,l![ r~]i:f'.50I:nJ .&~Q[i.on~o![le .. Trus[ us, fric-

ehosetoels <l:rou~d ~~ th_£i~'poekeili? WeU, mb!;: bmr.tUy honest, we do,

And! tbill.nks
til:!

.iuexpen!i~'!!'e USB Hiils.h

drive~ aJ~d.d1!e.expl(Mio~ 'of dll.~mb ddv~

c:o:m[D<1Jt[ble sDftwaJ.e. rOll can. tQO. We'll ~how you. IElllile hal:d!w<lIean·d, ooFtwa(~ we use ~I) accomplish ,C:Qmpmertl'olLll" b~es:hooti.[Ig .000nd, datil sillviil:gewithour 3,

.mechJlni:;~ will loiO!!le]JJ ove:rdme and dim;1l four d.r.i.¥e when you'renor ]ookrurng. For flash. dd'l,l'fS you. <lilliCh. to your .1re1~ d!lain.,~h!l:: .i.mpoft,;'lIf,.'t wO.fd.i~ "metal." Le o:k for drlves with flIr:JJecd cases a nd I or
ciOfli

me~a[ ,dipping h;trd!~re:~ mil plastic tends

jIIOUi'

H)

tn~]bo)(

Dr

a ~tl.!ld1!of

en.!;,

brea:k in drruero1l.1!gh~~I1ld:"~Il:!:m]:"l~wo.r.ld.of pocket .. Ou[p:refe[[~. keyd:liti:n iLive

]1;
l

the A~D.OlJr4S701, whidl is ~In~mern] and.

ChlDose 110m Wea,plmIlfiI:The fUrghl USB f~ash I rhte

.~fY{DU'\I'C strolled clown the nash dri.vc aisle IClf <lineleccrenics store ~a'rdy. you IDH).wdlat USB mash dI!i~v'es 'GO.IllC i[1J virtu.d]y all shapes and sj:1J~;. hUll: W~'VE l,eaw[le;"!I, I~O'~ook :lUrcePt;un~Mn~ in :;!A;Mh drive, Thefirst ls C4paicUty. AlIll:~ougha 1GB dri ve is all you reaBy need mg,er :;lIway with OIU' seif;boor.ing"wel.I,.loaded rescue patk~ "vitAl prices being 'I.~.hat th.ey aa/e, '}'lJlJ. rrdgJH;;It~ well pici1::up at leasta 4,GB
d[•.ive, We fou[U;c:! uch a d.rj.ve enliue s

IIJImlibeliewh]ytiny,

Ie I H~'IQtin 9 En\! iif,an 1m e IiIrbi:: UDCIl 8; IJbun:~u

Mo'S( ,comp'lH:efsbui[~ wirhinthe last three years QIn beoli flotu ::Ii. poopc::'rRy conA{Ju red USB devlce, T~.lilSis <I h~~e advan-

tage£o:r trQuble·s.hQo'cing and d.a~rlecQVery ,dciVI!!: C3n'[ boo~ OI Winclow$ is: I~onup;oc-d or full ,~.fIn;;1i~\M3fe.
when an l.nterna]h,'iIlI:rd

.A wdl~lblJliil[ [:un:m ,dis;tribution such. as

Ubutul1 is ~.n.v<lllualble

6'011"twO,

reas 0,[1 S.
a

First. i.fWi.I''ncd~,'Ws on.'n; boon: o~' if'~e'.I'i~~~n w

hardwaee won'I work undE'rWind.o\.vs,

for

~~Il.th<'!r.!S20. 'With 4GB at your di!lptl~, you'U have !plernl[]1of free .spaoe fio,r dsra :rC(:oV1ellf .i n addi~i,on 'W' :yonr tools. A ~inger 8G:B or I 6GB dl'ive is even .be~~eF. bur

working Linux disno can quickly ~e1:p

you de(;ermjne if [be base hardlwlue is OK, For e)l:amp.l.el,if yol.ll 'CaJI"t .~t an [P add.re,ss in W~.lldow~ bu~: u ca nonce

r()

you. boot in L:inuxt

d~:iI.'l:lI. [rom tli.

yOill

c.

rule

OUIt

a 'bad is

.sdf;,.b OQ!ti.n,g. USEtllash: d.rive;[]he process

N~C •. Us also afnj1!a~i.!l:gl.y e<l!S;Y1[0' rerrieve

d.ri.vewh.efe\Vun.d.ows
y01ill1l'

I!:akes aJbQ!J[ fhu.: mi!lMu:s andruns

Winao,ws.
iI:,he fia~h dll'i,V',r;:ro
~!IIakie~lJ.U(;

from

.All1:houg;h :::df:.,boo[i og cnviro~:mC!HS

cSin be l~fesave[J's, any troublesheoeer
. ---

Onoe (lonrup,leted, b·QOi(from

~t work s,

]:!l

me5sed.up bue

h"udw<ltoe Is R,nc ..
oopytliel],1,
[[jO

Ublln[~ ~n re:ll:d '~be6!,e-li: from the NTFS

parti.6,ons and. then either

CI~eckyoil,u B.~OS bOQ!!: s:creel'll.$ro see what ley eo press to seleer a USB hoot deviee,
t(H..i!'!l
l:

also gojn~,to needto d(':OIl~vlthW~Ddo\V's w.hen ilt's runnins. ~- Thar's -- where - a few -... vita] utiliries t:3J1l. fcany save rhe d8iY.
._-

anodier hard d!!'iv,ecH' <it second US.S .Bash dlll]'V,e; bUlrn a CD or DVD:, 0[" GOpy files via FT.P' 'OJ over the LAN. It can ,eas,Hy d,ele~eor edit :fllil.es l<u areotherwise d ~oC:kedillil[ld ull[olJllc:ha:b]e in \'iVindo'!iVs,. On 11:0 p C1,f~h is, Ubua I!: t!. has; G parred, OUI
fa;vo1[ilLefme gmpbiaJi[ disk parti.riolnli.ma:n~ 3~ef! .P~'usaU the Lieux ool:1i'lllUaod line
l~oQI:5airli)"one

fU

and .f8 are common enes),

These are

'[~t:

tools needed

to

kkk~[a.u: a

anil.iJhen boot hm:::J.::. ~~ \'qiifildorws, Copy sll the HIes from mat Rash dr1\,c: In~I) aremtp()'nlfY dil"ecro.ry. m~i.ng s:lC!!re 'Yo1!,:!'~e :a!ble 1[0 see a~d. copy 3.1.1 hiddel]J~~oC:ked,aJ,[Id :::ysrem Bles, Th'ii; lallt: :!;t/cpis im[porrn:'_llf. Nexrr. follow anerher tutorial 311[ P'e:n:l.~
Drlvel.inox.com M), cenvert the!laten UBCDi.!loo ~.sdf~lbgQting USB, .ma!lhdrhr~
1('l!:ill1~!lJrl.comI32:ewlililk)j whi.ch alse rakes

m ishehavi.n:g,Wi
O'WI'!i

11dowsim:\l:ltan;l~iI:i'onamd. help, :gel[ dill!!::'" cop'led off when W~Wldows'

IUi~i~~['ies either
C;(ljn.'~

do !~hejob

(H

malware

is aoti.vely

pfeventing

'[helm

fromw,orking. If you1ve made :iI bootable Hash drive, ~bere aee snmet'hing£ to do, to :makeU1l'i:i:ng
W.indIQW~~!d~ .. icies Qni~ 11 Jiu:l.ee:aJsier. First, :ren.9JlmJille the Rash riViC': [0 something ~il«: "R~s,cu!C:i'i!::ust rigbE-cli,ek the dtive j
from_ [he My Compuurrwind.ow choose RCr'I.ame fl!(l\iIl the pOip"'Up

ccn,dd. ,eVIer

I!1!1;:OO,.

Ultlimate Boot GI) wotks, is just as e"e,e~ive! on a USB flash drniv8 ss it is 'On a CD.•

The UnCD {Uldn~ate Boor CD} ~s a oo~p]e'reiY' diiff'efCIDt: kind of s:elf-Iboodng disk. Its ceeaeers have combiaed more il:b;Lfl a hundred clif[etGJu iharclm[lc; dhg1[I.osdc IiItilities.file treublleshooil:elrS~BlOS updaters, bcmd:rmaJl'b
I11t1l!1l1lg;e'rs"
j

foUowi.n;g mo, r.nes ftr{linl l~heUBCD~IJ,I1t1b ddvc: .Au'li:orun.inf <lind Ma~ebooot,.ba,t. Nelt'r~ c;opy eve'Y[~li!]ig fro~ till:Ie' remporary Ubwffilru Iol:d.er onYOl1f hard dll'i~Ve(1[111[0 the
!I'OOt

and rU['iI1! from also reform iII [ [he una: comp:lct'edl !boor from the .flash drive to m~ke :S'1.i!~ if wo['.ks:,mdi then bOQ[ bilek intn Windows. Lase, we combine the two, D~lerell!c:
Windm1!l~. And it wi.n dj,rh'e agll,in .•. As before,

aheuc

:fiv,cminn[cs;

and
menu,

1'4'~.[;

·w.i~ other

my

simcemle wo(:r~lder ]s' !tQw6]]ed fil.es .a:ndoo:.I.deril, add some easfind;aMe subdirecrorles, such <1.8
and. ",(m'=D:lIU" and

"{ltO.",. \'V]nU~iliries"

rokier of thefhumb

drilve

l1;;"NuCpt

t:h~

!l\onQw]ng r.'\\'eirelru~ the Sys]]nyx fo]der.,

~nd anr.ivwrn£1 eeels ;:),U on~~' 0111(; beerable CD~a 'l'exr,.buodm,einll1Lll:i:[Ig sys~em. :~eIS~Ol1 d!oose' w:hat you .rn~oo.A1t:holJJ~hirs, fi[e manro:g~men[ :aJnd.aO'I?}'ing[O(l:~ halve: been ecl.i:psedby UbU:ll::lil:uiu tenus of ease of use (bue d~,eyeendre work on hardw;<1I:re
dcesn' [ recognize .) IL. .ere ' $ [10, . r» 'h noesn better set of tool~o!ut there to diag%lOfie
'U"'Lnuntu . .

ldlll:ilux,"~",!AliItoru:n.irJi~[foll[)1lJiX.d~. and. Syslinux.dg. F:i"~llr. edjr ehe fiJe CWlDm:u.c:£g inthe 1g]srrom. folcler on the tfIashdrlv~~ add~It,~d]il': [![krllving fow.ooe!l: £
:LABIHLUv~

fv,kler Olndstore recovered ,d,(ljltOl! ~~ the second .. .Pu ir,o:rspeci:fic tQo]:s-'wefi.ncl, the f01~OWi.Dg IIlJ[tJl;;t~y jndi~p~fi!!!,ib[e,. nd ~hey run a d]~"e(:dyffol]~rheflas:h d!l'ive> S~ you d.Q1m! "r need to il,lIS1[3.11. aJiD:Iythin,gn the trouble· e some Pc. & a b~fmjh !tbey're all ff,ee~
:ins~3n fOUt' uttmitll(!'s bno '~JI!;: flrst
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a:pl,l)iem1ldl ftte ....!adm.m/p.r,esee<ill

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b~.d h.awwOU'e: and pe:rfonn(ll~lIer :s:pecifii~

mainten millJic=eJsupport tasks",

wbulltu.sl:cd bQO<t=(:as'p~~ :in~~ld,,,, l~p;tlirlil~l:trd.g7- 'qtlr~!tspl<1!:sh .~ You. csn CQP~1 and! pasre these HflIt!s f[,'OI.n SJslinux:.c::fg in the 'irempQ,r~ry UbuntlJ fo:]def. Make sure [here>s ,iI blank rn.inle ar irhe end. ,of rhisfile, or Ubunn1
:m.igl~t
iffiI(l!1:

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v. lOiU
I[~i Sf![:

~~

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. up menus.-.. . [0

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Explerer

boot.
It:~S(

boor [roID~and as a bonus, have plc!1l.ty

of Wind.ows loo15" [00" Tfuep'l)o~s" WS a [h:de ~nyollvecl. hut you ,can do it ~n l; min!Y.lt'e~'omoe YO'Y''!i'e d(IWddoaJded everyIIih~l:1Ig" T.ake nme; T~UIS\'-ldU reforma[ YlOUJ

f1allh drive t:'I.¥ic~" .ilo ,ofIloiid <i:l"iy;rhing ·!NOl.rn to .kee'p and. ]l'lUIt if back: .1,'311Der. U~ux,oo~

')"Oti

first. ''0]10""" the tUf'olia~, atPenDdve(dr'l~u l.c-om/3g3~!:J1Dto c:om..

.mn

the new drive, reboer mer.li1tlS smoul.d. appear, hut ~fYO]] :navig·~te to the User, Detlf!ed T,~ol:; !~lIJen~, tb,er,e's; a Ubu!I'iJJ'm enlliry. SdcWrII:g'it boots Ub~t11l ~s .ifhom~ng from a LivtCD, bUlt:iE"S much fiiil'i:CJ once ~[ ger.~ ro~~~mg. s \"'.i[11 d'l!e Li.veGD A iItOfl1 whleh i~'s;b~, you caD,'t i.m;;tlil. :n.e\V
from. it, Thellom;liBi~UBCD
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io .~[~:I)dby rors[ec'p' mode.

iFm the PSU. we chose a '5,i)O.=wat[ PC ,pqW~[ &: Coc~,ing Si.len.oer fSU~wlli:l~d1I is 810 .]lill~~e!rlbit1ed,. ,n,e...~ing .ir's beli~e:i d:~m ...

tl;aiY We I?l~!\ to ru it fMs~yi![c~~ equals 4:84 li-W[U pell" day., Mrntipiy IEhat 'b,y seven &Jfflpeilt wed:!OOl.e8 52wceh 'per yeat~ dlvi.dedby 1,1000 w~u,'!; per l!::il.~w:au eq~ a ~s: ~7'6.18kWh ,pee year .. Basoo. on [his u~e p<'l(~r:m 't~:):e cent'l per kWh ourlecal aad 'I lJ][irnirycha[;ga.u[wmtIM OOS[ IU: j'll1srr $] 2.33 pel: yc<ti to ,(JJ'UJ the ~~~ero Q\lJ:-g~id.. T" ,~p tlbings simple,. wejm~iunw'Olrk wi~ .k.\'lib

per day:~wchicb~qlua~s 0.484 k\Vh. Next\,,'e needto dererrn~lwtira DIY uray can oolk-.cr enQ1L]ghsun ul.1:d.e.r .1L".~I~wodd cond:utions,
.F~irStwe tOl!]mdclte solar .irol::!I.ti.otl. Level.
.DleOli:i:I;I.red in.k~~I:l,w."'111; ho~r:;: 2'd3!,ji'. pel!" sq'llIiITf' meter per day. or kWhlm ]l!~ NASA, Su:r.&t1~ MC[l;)!DtoJogy ;:Q;n.JCJ,Solar El1:e'rgy \V:eb sire (@os.\M@b1arc.!1IdLSil,govlqtij:
(l!;rrea:~

£Orrour

~l:!.I;aJlmr rh ... ~er. us t

b~lfIi:ss:e!gll"id.cgj~)th.~s '!!QI3i: energy "al~~' ill, ~uput OUf .Ioc:ado~ ~lJr

~"c.i.d.ef!.lr:

de[e~mltH: lhc3!ve'f<lge momJlly ~solatio];l for our ",re·;:t yea:r~f:~,'!!!."dLIn

j

A.lJJJgusl: [he mon.th. inwhiehwe mClu'i1l:~-' [y bui ~[ til e .5yst(lm ~ easee rn N eb ras k::a had! .111. 22-yeali avera!ge .soh:lIrr is:ol.tillin~. o.f SA8k\,(lhlm2id~y. The a'l,I'CX'J1J;;e o_!a:r isola~

wstem! hO"lre\"er~ another smrv a1rorneth·· is ~'.tr. The 'Web oAiel's .sev>efaJl goodr,es~'t!:! .. es c IIDOI :hdp you. IIJIJlnJldenr.m!d the bask eoneeprs,
.. , ,~ ,i:;)-

press, there 'was a. 'I-'I!lor~d.w~desbonage of

siliee», d~e p'r~m<1!ry OCHI'pO~!ler!irr ,of

modules; . sn we didn 't .havea.
]0'['

~ol~l!.r of selee-

bUll: It's d.eru:oom ,(jllH: !)~stc"M'C:b~ihatlhi~ rni~dWl;ry :has: a, .IOf of m:atI~:r]:ng ~() do ·be'.fore
solar :projects b.ecome aecesslhle
["0

the

do[)for [be yeaJli is 4.(14kWb'm21d:a!y .. ~.f you phm ItO useY01JJlr !>o~l:lr-po'We:md :s;ystem
Of!

;l"I~!!"3.ge •. FOl much 'Of.~ltU::lolar ~ompojoC :[Iem s;dec[].on. ,\VIe cousulaed M~!Ch.j]L.e.1

~ia·n.. 'Xle selea.OO. three 12-voh: Amps AT~1.30 MnLl1h:icrrysrallliine J1'1QI[OV(l:~[;aJ.c::: .Modules ($5701 eacb; \!'!IWw;al[Ip,$cochno~I!ogillil,c.o[)l1I1) ~ 'whkJb produce a ~ol:n.~!i!~l I~~!I'l(!~n~ eueW
pur of ]JI~I,.va.~rseilc.h ... \¥le purchased the modeles hom CQ\n~fg)' (~.l;:Qlf1IemY'w)~

a mere per.man~tl!iI! brulls

Y~!!'I".i~.~¥llru:WO

S he·n ka of S 001:31" H e <1.[ <In,d Elecrric

i(w'IIV'W.:50Ianlllul.ha.colTill) ~o I.'end. a baRd.,

des:igIi <l. solar <ll.r.tydla~is

OI.l~ble IC,f deli);';"

dudng

edi:lg the lreqil]h'll~e .<II:mOUil\IiI: ofpm¥ef

the II~s( l'il.!:!l:!ly .fnQfH:h. 1., ()it!if~egion.. the minimurn solar isolation mon~h is

offer afdv.ice, <i:nd. l"isk H&:aJ:1Iic:ill~lrn.b i.1l: ·our .i!iire~d whi.le \\f.iring the hil(i!!ery b.:mk
W~[~1:om solar budgel[ .in mjnd, we selected themi3ian con'iLponeil1!Cof OlU; ~oiar ~.nay; rhe ~ml:arl':medules .. lu we, went 1]0

December (L 74·~~ WlIl:m 2lday).

J u]y

0]11

rhe 'Q,~her hand, yi.,el.d.s an i:RThpr,es ...ive .. 6.5'5:kW,h/[lCl2Id~y. We ~.i:v·e~ln a. very solar-

friit:ndly region: Central Ausr.r:di,<li., a reg) en o.f pa rticularl y bwg;h ye;i3iir~rO und
!j'O]81.f lsolarlca,

a s:o'~alr WdU(:fS distribumr and. 5ys(!em P inrtegra:rntbased. 'D;ut of S<.m;raFe:,N..M. We ilh{lll purchased a u!]iRacf!tQI.!1J~dW!g~d dlr ~ kit fO:r'l:hemedales, OtliGll we~eliv [j]:t; com.bined 390-wal[f ompur of OLU" ~mry, we were!lble [OeH"ec~ ~iivl.'!:lr cal.>CIlJJ1.IHe[ihe daily :iiWlliiIampul: of our sOllar<li!ufory. TI~c .390 ·W'll.t(mfaltCdi OU[put measured ~.[STC (SI[Slnd.ard Ten
Condltlo:[li!i.;

gets

on3:v{;ra~e

about

1.!OOO"wan p(;r sq.lJ:3J1'eII\1(;~f:r f

')..S:9;k\Wll/m21d~y wille .l-1ds:nmllkil,.fin.lf1!!t1:d, gets just 7; Al kWh} m2/day. To play it ~afe; we usedthe December $O~:a:r. imliiJriOin numher for OUf .ca]c~ln:[ion;sjand even in this !lW1.-llita£'\i'edcim.e of year! 0111' pan.Cls :s~owd be able ookreep p~ 'www ,C)Ur PC.

;).~. :5 dey,ees 2

Cd:s;h:ns) tim,e'i a der.lte F..(:~lj'r of7tO%. tc.accouut foil' DC :biIJt[eryeffld.el1 .• cy (39:0 :x: O..1).rimcJ.l: l'i'lic number of hours: ~hepfind:swiU receJ]ve dIillma slI1:n:1Lighr (min-

im1!]Jlllof about 3.73

.WiNW

hOUli1i

in Deeember;

.el1lel1fg~·pro dlJ(It··re'Vi,~ws,(JClm/m,a~
0 1111

Gollar Arlf,i;J', [Ha,rd.wan~ H~ere,:oU CPU; we could selecr Pc.

porlit:nts

nnsoblti
100m.",

m3Jl? vJi.:phRl, divided by

We

mOll!Ht~e'dthe (:;h~r,ge,oOl1tfiioller,

fm'OIlJ~'

I n ol.]lt~b:e.p. Chloo:si.t1I.g the ~Q~ar

eomponenrs

fen: a Dmy sQ~a.rel.e,c~!ik

dim::ol1li1:ect. box, and fllll:s;e tlogethe:r t.o more lla8~lyj;TllifJll1Iagethe wiiming.

PC That's morei:h:1l!nJJ .3.3 times roe amount need.edl., Qu.rPC shouhill have e.l1ou~ sun ~~,run for el{~~nd.OOc:omputing

1,000', gives us L(i:~M;;kWh of dailliy ,c:nc[';u

Eluitdlng off the design of the best-selling Nine Hundred enclosure. the Antec Twelve Hundred delivers even more capacity, cooling, and convenience. With twelve drive bays, six fans, arrd a stylish frame. the Twelve Hundred truly dominates l1e competi ion.

Rnt:ec Believ,£ it.

"'\,: .~.

:amaZOAI com.

year ][1

sessions, e'l.tr,::n the shortesc d;r-ys ofrhe en the ]eas:[~S'l(l.nnymenrh, However, that a5s,unrj;Cii me sun sh:ifi~S ~ry day and erher ]im.l!!:ing f;u:.::mf5 del'll> t sign.il1ca:n:u::ly
~~ll\lpa>Ct he [

i'i!o~ar:arr,ar- :a!1idbarmery~~upp[ied, DC eleeilIrioil)!' ,i1nd converts it ~nm AC elecuuc:ilI}'.

~c~~"'d\<lnrid.eaJ sun) a dh;1rg.~ ·com:ro][er beoome~ nfCe'SSary m make sure IDl'H~b~[[eries d.o'~'1t

L .. ."5 t ~ U' , 'jrj , ..1 1~ , on W:j.,i'C,~>:itt: .Jw: .()I~<'I!i 1--mJ~ :i!y,o!i.il~ri'

a:rrny'sab!!lOi.rpti.on rate (OOf more

[[he fot'm of pOlv-er O~:r PC and mon ito:r !I](;)(;)d run, We .decided tn go ' Miffi a 24fO v,oillt :i:[IVerrerDecame im h:ig~ef 'voltage SJi'S-Item car.riC!! less ctifrcf!l!t, wh.i~le[ swailller,iVil.-e.'i sizes enthe battery side and [put n':lolte

beco:m.e '(l've:tcha:rg!r::d.~whi.ch COl:" dam.~~ rhem penIDi1.l;;1!:nencly.W,e chQse an MPPT (maximum powe:r poim tm,cking) us ~!1st<1iLl CO~i[W()Jjc:r, which is :!ophi;!!dc~cd c~!!Jillgh
l ["

Once we hlH!da good ide.a. of how much

!!UfiI

'we

wuld oolla::t.,'ivc chese the: oompo:-·

merll!:d':l~x wO'I(!]d fflake ·dle eIH!~ lI!;)~b~e Ii!" .. .]-" .~~ _J wor oinr ·~[)C"'·AI:'I. :so ar e.]ecmc sysl:ems .Iln::u. .. '. . .

d iscance between, the biiil.uefie... and dl,e .i nv~rre'r.We' chose ~. S~nlLleM. 24voh, 1,OOO-\\I~n:pu;,e sine
lV3i.lf!:·

eo rnuveEi[ the raw energy coming fron1rhe ~OhliJL'3H<II1 to the OOiflit:U !lImpll and volt's

i:n:JIv'erIDe r

]'Iece~~!IJ' 00 ch~!rgethe b~l!]:ernes eHi.d.endy and saJeIy.. The S1[mSav<cr MPPT ($175;
~1,!I,iI.m!Oiroj!l!g5ta.1fwrQ .. _om) fC<ltures posic ~~\i'eand ne_gil.fuve terminals fflr .in]lUi:$ .&o.m a.solar array andourpuas for a.bam:iI!i:]i'baIlI!;:

some form o.f Invereer, which t:<Jik~sthe

1($639; d/Clinlta.wleJ:-o~ml. A1t'Oll,gh 11, modi!lied sine w~veinv-e['liEer would haVle: heen du:eapt'r, iii: prodnces a noi8}f Id.ectIr~ slgnal l~h~r Col" ~o:rn.efime$ fail [lO f,~wer S:(l!lue dievire£. This ~n;ven:el' dd:uvers ~~ jOOOI!,V3itW contlnuous pioweir .0100, 2~OOO warrs p~ak
IPO~~" ,ev-el'iltibol!l!gJ1 OI,UPC
OOn:5ll!l!me5

j~r

ilnd.o~llJ!erDC [oilcls. This c[Ulrg:e oonitr·oUel ]50 slso r-:aJ[ed. ~,Ol a:mill.e12~; 24-; o:f36-ViO~t h "OfilLF!a1 :solar atr.a'"YS. ma.il!cl!1_gi'[ perruc:t ~.l:' a [h~mod'U]e ~rraJy,
component isan e'lecrr.ia& dj!iic'Q~'H'l:e(;[ box ($.24.50), wbkh is IlI]se:ful. for uso:lsring the :5-ohl!l:' array fmm

a, ftad~oEl ofth3Jt. StaI'fiI,p bld! 011' the surge of lellJ.ergy!le~!;a;~ [0 s:carl~dte PC •.is an
impo.rnun
:it:iilmj;ploit.~ our p-.eeHi
l[WQ

A.nother convenlent

fSi.ClIO.r [:0

l\ceetp~n mi[uill. The

can be as
W;aI!Tmge.f..01r

!l'If ~@mcilf.!p-li;tn~
StaJ1iiJP\V3:t1ta:~

much. as five ~~mes its rated

~he [C~~ of w~~ystie[flJ. Y,gu. can .pic];; Qm~ ~p :From :lny h.ardw~.re st~).re:.\Yf.r:. ~hQ)1
picked. up threel -foot is'ec:tiom. of2-gaug.e

[lC,

:~sdQs.et~o

~.!"

three time!! ~he typka~.lood. b:~( we

ill

lP!a~cl ][ sJe witll1l

1,OOO"wi1I!(i[i[l.ve.ner'.

b<'liltery ·QlJ:g:]etowire the baereries Hlg_e[her and a 20~J·an~p fu.£e:k][Wlt.h. 2-gaJtAge bat-

The next compon ents we p~rchased

were 'rhe baH:edf'$. .!four 6.!vnl.~ dee'$! eel I 220 amp-~,IDII.ilIa; 'biIJrte~~es, called g:o~r('3rt ial~'O

n:~f cables
~~Q.ni'lfor

[0 OOf:ltlec[

iOlllf

b"'Ut'fy

b<ltlk

~G)

~hein'l!'erre~'. 'B;L~ed.on rhe reeemmeuda'r~e :liQI8iJi" mocl!u~e~ and. the 'c:i:ul.fg.e C(lIDI[~(lJler, 'we used 510rfu~[k:~gf:h:s of red

baneeies, '!.:\fUI eep a healthy amount of k

jiu.ice .klH!l1dy eveJ[I. when

rhe sun i.sn~[ shinCOlI]]

be expell$~ve> ~Ol wereooMmend pun;11a-S]og I!:hem~.ocal.~y.We picked curs i1JJl from 3.!!l! Iaeerseare Ba~f~r.i~s (Wwwjl]ltLer~lI!:alll!e ba:liJ[ernes.Gorn) dealeJ.i... Mer a $2j~ ..ibi3!oery rore chru-ge,. each h:lt£ery oos~ Sl·~19'9;1~.Wif .. a oonrl 01'$4'79. SO.• The h~1i: milli,orcolli.ponentwe selected wasrhe Ii::ha:f'ge lc:onf,mU~r. Becsuse each :soiar modl~e is de..signe-d [0 generar.e m,6~l)1
20 vo.lts:of .elecffid,ty (:~:nor·<I,er to .gii:neJ:-' ate dlle ~.irn im.um U V'O~tsMCei'>S;a!ry in

~n~. Tt.anspoding these bauerles

and Macik 1 O~ga:l!1gl::'wir.ing 1[0 handle tlle DC e~,ectl[kityA,owi,ng f.rom the solar mQdu~e!! ~'OI rhe b~t~eryb.-mk. Another 501.

foO[

l.ern,g,l[hof green

Hij,ffid,t:!'i~ ferthe
wire,

w.lring 'W'35 inverter's gro1!md~!\g

mO~gaug:e

y,ou'li want ropurehase sun-resism[llrwiril1.a; fo:D'my pCirdo[l, of the sys[e;m I~hm:lsex:p(l!l'ied 'w~e elemems, We :a!~o

p1.nx::h<LSed a second fuse to sit between the charge cemrollerand ehe biil:ltfe.ry'bank. Otheeincldenrals we needed ~.Q billy [include bol'>es of spiilld~and [r:i:i:lg tiennil1a1lS fOf che wki~ga,nd .Ol!. quartet of dnclle.r

'fibs ilr1iVertE!f delivers, our PC wit~ lease. Mocks th:at~'!/fou:M ,gil~e (lUI aitmy:il ~~uille groU.'lcl dea~<1if.!a:while ,se:~ingi[ IlJP" We also wed a fe'll\! pieces 'of scmi? p~,1r"'!OOod ~o mount sorue 'Cf~[l;~ componenrs, ~~dI QI!! fO:i. [he fill~int£I::ruJIlaltru!l)!O.

GII:l:ElIl, plUm power

001

mw numbers,
Moul1Jt andlwire the: cbn,me: ;contro'.llLer we ~ln a pi.ec.::e·0'£ !pJ~o",d. rh.u ' would form. [he base' fOf the' disc:cmnect bIYi!:1 SynS<l[VCf MP'PT charge: oonnOIU~rj ami ehe .friiI.'S~ DC fuse, We dI.ri]h~Jddle bClles .md. mOUf'itled. them I~O the p!at:lem and fhe~. dr~]led .~.pair of sp:~rellJ.Q[e·s .'>0 we could mountthe panel I!orfue .pegbQ9JFd in OUIf g.uiilge,We then cur secrloes of red.
.e

N'i!:'l';lt,

SI~lalr~ns1alnatiofll
\l((o:rki.llg wit.h solar elecrrieiry i,SViery

,si.mJ]~~oowurllclngwich ~d,-m,p'pllro elecu.icirry> andi.m'r ~hi, reasoln you shoLi!d naf .. anempc it unless YOU'll: e:x;perie.nCic!:ill.a:nd fed oo.mfi:nl:~b~)ewo,rkingwidl decEl!'i:,ciryolr
ba.'lfe!l.ll eleecrician

and. bLack wire and eonaeered dllJe discenneetboa, 't:h.arge cantrol.lc:r. 31111,d. fuse
I~l:lgerl]el;, the besresposure,
Y{)Ul

le3!vi!l,1J
3IiDd.

~JbOUf

rwo feel!: of wire 'c:o

p[e,sem: to s'ltlpelov.ise. You. cen d.eleil1m]ne the

make the conneesicn

to the battery ba:[I1l::.

Th~fb~ing said. if you rnkethf:p~iPr;'r pr& r:aJllrudo.ll$.YQ!(I sbQuld 'be mn:n:umg YU!l11r~Iarr
po\ve1Li~d,g;71mru: [11. no time.

W~fce

v,em the batte:ry baWilk. To

besrposhion fo.r yQua: a~r.ly by ]npii:lui:ng

.Ioenltion at dn)ilin1I.<:Dm/Sp'9coo. \'\filirJb. a

workwilrri] 1(.l1!W 24"vQ.itinvertef,\vt;: neOO~'OI wire o~;r four Hooded.~ .I.ea.dli1dd~6j~l~ed 16~
\ilc,]r.ooneri~ in .:1i. se'i]e~.• jlus~ ]iktd~e :;jij.]a.r modules, ].1] tffilJecase of I!;he b3JI;:r.eri.es:;this
'iV! n;[!g OOIi:ii]"~~illmfj:Oi:t! a~!!J."irne l.tiI!JillVl • uar
•• ,tl • JJ :L • JI'

M_,(i!@n!~!pos:hio.!1~m.d.,iVi~dl~ !IllQdY]~. We s~mm:I by .moUluilhllgcl:n:eclmJl)t:e piI[le~$~O thernek. TheUnIR_al,c moootW1;; p~ased cons,i\;red 'Qlf f\'ifO g4".im::ffil ~Is '!:h"uti:lrnnthe baekhone of QUf s-:ol,u :lI:rm.r~ a series {If d~~p~ 'ID~ secure r.i1e: panels t)o'dlerni]$, and
a pillir of50~.ill1d1t,bw=poofJile ]egs thaT ler us d,](:me p;m~~ as ne:ed!ed. Bcawi'i: ollr 0013:[
e~ecr-cic ~renl
w<t)

bi~~:r b:1I.1dg'"t,mailingeqw!pmenl or :hrund.'~J!le designed loro~~e 1I.ndtUI!: we :a!r.ray~tll

aut"Q[na'[.imUy

m'lckrhe movement of [)he

IT!

id -,

i.~ht be a smart if!li~ttr:l!ci1lf. :SQ.Ill!e ,so]af I1J.mdu.I.e..,_~ ~Il"~prewir.ed, but otl!W's<l:ren.'I. We popped. ope:i:ltbe j1l'lnc~· d~n. !bQJ\J:.'O aad win::d rhe~ ooge<ther ]F! it
series cornfigUl.'.lI[1!on. ltts be,!'lr to wrnre I[\he p:amel-'l at
mod'[I~.ei>

~un hl. rthc: ~

ViO:]r:a~~ ["Q§.emer

ro equal 24V(1Irs, bijll; the

affipemge of om ba.twry :ba:nK remaias the same as ,tbe; ~mpernge of.;lJ~ingle b~ue'Y' Ag~i~l.wi.lre~be pOiS[ti.ve rermiaal of [he

j'm:~ aterniPg~:ryr
:posi:tiDn~e'

in$~.~ assem-

ni,glu,.in

s~ilJde .• er

with the

:A~t ba.ttCly to the ne,gilJti.'II'C'term inal of

tilt

~8ii!.a.oil1,wc;: ,decidec:i[o

bled array in the sunniesr po.rr.l.olrlJl!Jlf our

dri'lllew,l]Y.jlUt 210 feet from a §il!rn.ge where we would house the mnre sett~iti.'IIr.; compo-!lie'rill's.Wh.en huildwng 3. sobili :aJ1:'n;yim we N erthern HelIlIllsph,er-e, you :s-hould. geme[ru.·

cevered IriO i!lvo~d.sh.ock..We wi..ed the pO!li.!t.iv,e tC:fml.hJall, of t:b.e £ina: r

moou[,e

00

l[hef!.cpriivere:rmirIJaiI
to

of the sec-

secorndb<ltll:.ery ;l!:"lJd. $0 on un:rr.iil ~n~n.m!l': b<lll;~ teries ate eenaected. Y.ou ihould. have 3. n~[1vt: llierrn]!l1!a]open on d1t::fli!:1iit:bam:tery and. a positive ternlJJi[l::l!!.open OIl. ~~e]ast

Ql:1ld modJWle !iJimlid. positi.vl:: teeminal of I;he

barrery, '8ecanse the il)aueifk;!'iweu: fully

that module

the

:[IE!j;.aJtiV6

terminal of rhe

dlal'ged~wedid,n)rr 'eonne.c;:(:

1~~:lIem tmrJJl;.ilwe

ty aim you!: panels due !'loud! and adjlJ:S[ the

mgle .Il1lomlih]y
~<K

dlirdmod!l1IDe. Tille re[ID1J~J[!IJi'ltgpO$i:tive and m;:s~t~ve t.etml.irnla~s0[1. ei,mle:r end of the

so~al:

they

il!Ile,

peu.pe'ndicur

dlUll?ing ~heholJfS ·of IP~ $un ear::h ~y,:B.~g~ we sum's ;aliJlmdJe in :re~iiit[OIIlto O[lWlregian
l

to the [nust clir(.'Ct r~ys of tlhesun

ana.)' formed. rhe '~llrpu~~ I!:har we would evel.Twally C:OI][D];eCl[~C) the diliSGonnecr bex, W'e ]eft id:l.esewh:es ,CQve'[,ed and ,capped. ~d]"ve·'\\'ile.re· re... to p:tu;grnelil1 ililto ~he Ay bexes were Wt'lU :i(;-ak-d"we woo. 1i)iQr.maJmi:y sbidd.ed. wiling, but wereconuilllJe]]Jdlllsing sua-resistaucwire for the mw:li etweelliTl th.e b
arr.;'ljla!f'l!di. the di:S:OQifln~CJr 'box. d:iSQ(}[[lJiIi1eubox: later, Bemuse' the j [lnaio."

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apJ)~icad.o[lS~i[[ run olJl.3:[If~n.i:x:

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iPhone Dials Up The Mobile Data Market
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still fG,rm gu~'S[d,t:Apple a~d

We b share i11C reased to 0.3 [%.. In. a zesearcb staremc n IiN'~' .!. nvesro rs, Pac]£icCres[ an·alyst Andiy
·[":lafgteaves stated. that

.p~nefor the: seata clevilioe. B·y sci.lie estin!:!;;;Jj~e:fi,over 5 rn.miofl ;3,GIllICP dd~f1ew
off tlhe shelves since the ]aJlllIllCh., :neall"ly doubUng Apple":) shan; of the bat!ld5el[
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matt

~~iPhofle'share of Inrers
net browsing is now four

dmcsrhar
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and 1"eaJ.dy 40qf,

to matly peoph:: in. the m~M]e '~XHnn'lyniry ~sthe

whait' s even more staggerl.ng i.[I:f]uemce

ofLinux:'o::; share .."

Mayor W,eb dev,e~opel's

:s:aw evidence

the. .A:pp]e ~.Pho[le ~!:mJ'w£e[has

had. on rhe mobUcWeb andIn overall

d:<lta U~aJge, M,o,re rhan <1. coo,rn phone that seta [:!H!W staeidard fo:r handset

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ily d~SIP·mpQ:r6on:ate rQle

dr;;;s~glll;Indu..-ser j,:lirer&ce. A!pph;::~S 'lI¥Yfi .. become a key (IDr:i'l{,eirr in o,v!i:raU m,obH,~ ·Wl'!b~!ii·e and. <li.D 1I:I.n-

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~alilm.chedi[:li amb.w~~.ous

d,eirrkirnd.hms

Mobjle

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·Nellwork:

for mo bi le Web :3ind. <lipplicatlon. developers. Soon after d~e ~.ni.t~.aru.n"!,odd. arrived
1l1aJg;llIJe'f

p:recedemed.

s~re

~crcfl'S:S :s.[@nd:!l!l'dWAP

and iPhone opt:i!nl~z.ed. .pages

~a:s[sprin,g~ .ill: received

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2. mi.~Hon
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[]I].ore than 31. year ago, merrics compsnies srarred not:ic[n§ am:. ton:i~h,irlg petcent~

tpilge. views in irsfi.I.'s'lImcarhs,

:;J!ge of hlllEemer tr~ffic (omil'llglionl. d~e iPhane. App~e' s ,dlevi:c·e indudl,!:s a full

Jdf UfV.ack.g1obald!ID:recror, New Media

j

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feature-rich." AP Ne:ws hasinvested nUlI.ltip]ie mllliens in. building OllH [LS fI;~ob~[C~it'Mce.for .'imatt i?'hon.e~and the
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M.ardcet:s AP Drngwta,l.!'On~y 1 '5% to

Web browser via rheenboard

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AltJu:mgh there are mOf">C ~han 2S.o milliomlindividual mobile :pho~e subscrip[i,ons in [he llS., fCli!;'er~l3iI].H)1 million have ani Phone, .And yet '-'1,$ ea rlf as Augus:Q; of 2007, 0.05% of .~~ W~ib tr~ffie from ruR d.eskto]) ;;iIU& mobile Ibimrw:sers

shsre of the;ir [raffle eomi:ngrrn stand~rd Web and. m()lb.~:~eWAl' siees frolm. Idle ]Pho!l1e. Despirerhe small user base, CQ.mpan.ies !l:uc;lli.asfaGebook,. Go,o:g]e', Yah.oo~]?'opCt=l.p GanllC8 (Eejewel.ed1. ~'l!d eVlen B.c 'OifA:n:~eriP1!q,,:ick~y d-ev·doped s[llesm8i[ made speeifle use of the

any other phone," ::lays Orl Soen, fcnln.d.e:r.an.d ClEO o:f Mu.seStt:OrHl, ~vh.i.,.b W:ud ps media ,coml]._pal:lllie:s .<I..ud

b~.I1d:fi ]jke·Meg~Dei~.h
mobile
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create Welb, <1!.rnd wiJ~gets .. "Yes it is a smaller :imb~

;il!)hO:!1dS~f.ui's AJAX-illrukelilncrionsruio/= siljdi.ng .ll1el.wl]S;ill"pag.eiut-emc[iv.i:ry; and m.oblle h:l.dusrt:ry experts censsdered fiJi [11 IliIU;:d.i <Ii. ".1.81 bac k, "Thewa ri Y' i[I ·w.b.i.c:.I\ new:> is read. on dl.ese l!n'l~U"f :lIs;oo'n]sMng;.. B·y Jul.}" '0£2;008, hOl!l\Vev.~r! (iildudifiIJ Internee &p~(ll'~r and Fil'~ fox) W;M coming: mom. th.e ifhone·.wi.lI]ch
the .iPh.o[l.!l:·s sfu<Jille of Web use had gmwn ~o O•.20%".a..n1Q or!~y3. mC1nrth afier [he in[fOduniolli of [he 3GiP'i1o[lle, its devices is fundamentally bertee," says

ofmohil~

users, bur ~ is ~. much [

of

~arger subset

en;g:aged users, The

SUI,[i~i[i,c~~ fr·omM~

iP'hon.e -ch3.11!?;ed 111.e gMlle on mob]~e.'~

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Mertriic:s:foomS:oore; Soenisqui:~e rigbt. EvC'ru mO!:'ef.harl ,~op'h[~t~c<lif:~d 81:1::liiI.fCf,hones Iilee previous EUackbell:fY and

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'Orl~.r f~s~er

dc:Uvery

vilS:I!1!lJ!],more ol!l$[Qnll~zable. and

Wffirndo'l'll"s MobUe mcdels, the iPhone

demoastrates how ~argef screens, easier input, ::lind. !"']'10o~he.rin1i::er£aC'e." ."l1llb.sl:al]J~

them th.m!J1.gh.the

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was ef

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set, 85% of ~~Phome users do. Rewriting
were

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[the wP:I:i.oneoffers

everydl.ing: fmm

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calculators

to map~

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the

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s :g.eQ]o(c~n'i~,Il.i..fe~.!:u re$, Nt: or·e th.i3J.:n ,60 .IIlJ:iri.i.on fre,e aad ~ee ..based

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July 10 when. it openelcli th.e

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fr,om ehe store in its nrs[ IlUll].rdb. preduced $30 million in sales, Apple CEO Steve Jobs to:ld Th'lfWatl Str,~et jf!)!ctr.''Jal. J 0 bs Feh I!:·h a t ~e~~. i.l'IIg apip.l.ialti.ol.u w d..e iPho.I.:JJe could g.erner~ aee Qy.cf $5CO mIllion a;!U1Ua~~y.

dewnlcads

tion to bundreds of ·differe[l[ :haJlclSf:~:S. "'h ~s; ery much meee OO~[ efli"C!:t-ve Hom v d!:a:tt pempect~ve.~· S'<'llysR.oh.in.son.. MOJ"e
.irtlpon:antillYl tbe ]TlJItles SliO[feko.rn: :~e[s

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informatiomru sho!11~' abo~1.s,pedfic.~M!eS.

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'c'i~~ applka~iQrns on fll~ ~Pi~o~eand ~)a,t hel,s rus·U>d~tefmiimle h:ow

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~ggrE1lg;a.tor M~3,l,IIE1lS to

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!pop I~p ~. window'. Incd~i:~p>Op-1!.!p. you ean

add descr.i:pri:o:rli.. Click cl;ilesquare in

the]ocatiml

, ionth 1L. '. '1... map~ pO~lnO]] tee CtOSSn<lrlrs, jlll'Ji.d itn(;ro d ick G~o'r,ag em 'Ge~n~gAJ[1' andlh.eyw.iJl be :p:,I3Jcedac:aoird.i.[Ig:~r., Bhllggimlgl ',DUIr Ma,pI
These are a [[JJutl.nbet 'O{I;;v.JP
(0

you took i[llilJep.icmr.e :in [he

I!:OOuiPper right ,of 'ri1i~window to ecUt the :shade of [he .5hape, ~tsOilldinecn!or"e![i(:.
"no :PO:l[ Ith~s ,inOOF',[l]aJti,on ~.lITIItCl <I blog. lI.W~e ~he Lin k To, "fbi'! Page kem ~n.rhe IillIffilperri:ghr" .A[ the bouom. of [he pop-up '!i'li;ndow~ d kk, d'l/C C1J:iwm,iz.e ,Amd :r~f;C'!r]ew Embedded. Map ]refliTh Hlo 1b:r.ung Up.Ul ·edii(..
~[Igliwi.ndo",v." 1:-[ere is where you can CUSl-

in~udc

your goo~dm~p
demOtits[[ate'

in yom :Ib~Q§. 1b~,u well one of the mOI~ s~igbt[o:r ...

ward ~ys. Create and save' the KlVIL Hie plloducedbyPici1Is::1I!. Of' hy ~ving one elf
}'OUl"

ilio.mi~ howth~ g,t;:{llroggcd !Uf!I_P will appea:r o!l"l!.yourWeb page. When you hillive ~he
map ~:OONn,g 35 you
n'
'I"~

[Ji<l:Ct'S .1[1 GoogJeEanh~GI' a :me. 'Go~()

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'.

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belleamll. ,~.e .fell[ll!Jl.r·ed ConlJeu[ wii.lldo'l,l\\'.

lIThe M:Clg. copy [he HTMl ..eeele :fro:m the w.indo,~'sbdow and si~l'I,:lypaste it into
yOu:lfblo,~, GOlde.

weIman !M)rking in an i'P,honefad,rv sorldelil'lv 'fllmild! her15 .inltei of Iinttlrneit faIDe when .~feIlDwwolikeli snlEl"ped her pilato 01 '1Ile'lofEl. amlld tlJe p.erson who. eVEintually bOllii~hUh,f ph~:mE!' foullild it on the dmlicfl. H~ posted'

Y·

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QU'

,.g
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tfle pltotoat Macrulililours.COI111~

and (llrno1iher ~lmeffletMali'

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di sli l!ceWiudQw~

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yUIJ1J

WC~[IOm3IIU.lmage

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U~IJ1::'fI. anulIMl:p ~t.

.BeJoirc elll,bedd~ng this mapl however, Irherc:: is .:lome cYsoolni.:z;a;r.ion you. can p¢;:r(om]. Most cfclheite[]t'ls you
'C:<'I:nJJ

PC and s~ows

To, 5Heandin{;[he

3U ql[e:uies 00 a ,emwl . pr'ocess:"g.O in~l(] rhe

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add. Ito a

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tips & tricks

we added the mUk. :'l,[ [he end, wc'.II. nexr delete the peanut bU.litc.r. Assuming

To do ~h.n.we move

00

the line we wain

I
The [Many Editors Of Unux

~o delete, then. lJJ'iefue'cl,.' cemnsand .. \Ve

type 3. press ENTER. du;n type D:iln.d

press ENTER.

finall.y,.we
tw.ol(lctd:onJl

'V3JI!1: to

rep.l~

wttb. MUClberry.

We

:stmw:l:u~[U:yin
eaJiI"I

a.llliy

in a .'i]ngJe oommillud, I ~$!iiltll"awberl'yllM~eb,e:rty/. This says,

dod.'1llU

actu1Ypi ng

'~bet"lvee:n.li:[lJe: 1. arldi the' end Ciiflile. {$)" ~b. S'li::urtllL[O(;~ b]ueoerry :for SIiJr3:l,\\lbelfry .•" Fi n<lU:Y. ·we type W~g 'I,'i'rhr.: dleflle and Iq Ito quit,

Vi
k a dlMlllb

A!d1!ill!1!gh ed may be g~IL i.F aU youhalYe re:r:mmilli, [1LIJiOSt o.ldl~~(loJ HolLIX. pC~ilf userswoold rnlf:iJcrusc [he vi cd1ro!:'.

Ilerher rit'~~wrirwng a $hiOPpi ng H~n'~irf;'!OWeak:-

chang.e srrawhenv.f _'

[Do

blueherrv

,Il'

]Dth.e

tl,!!,!O

YOlJll tllln

scm. me

d. the

S3I11e' d e

eemmands,

~!(}calti!o·lIs ihoocun.

in,!! <\.

]jnm;

config!..lnl-

riou :file. ed.iti.ng text

fd
" .. •• .1." .~ 'bl . pl:umu~ve 01 e~l!l[o:r 1II.'!nIU:;":' e '0.11 rna d ern a ..

but you. g:t'tdi,e advaJ1tll1ge:of ,haYing ili cons·[a n tlyupd.ut.:-d view of the' fi]e., Y·ouc~n
aliso manfilJiVer around inside the6:1e IIlsing

filc~ is one of rhe more muad ... but ul!'(;:

.il:li~:PQri:llnt La;sks thaI[ users "fled to per-

The ,(;d editor ]S prlD bab 1)1 rhe mesr

S~f[g'k1,r.5t:ro.k~ commands. 501, (Q p",dorm b d:u~ :same ed.i~ng '~b, YOL!·'dtype: vi. s.llOp"
p,.i,ng;-.l.ist, and thewindew would dear. ~eol!vjng only rh,e (or $mlllc.h of r1~e file 3,s w.iU £it on the SiC reen) displayed, Te d~[(!tc the pcanUt!: burrer, l''ii.cpresl'i t.he ''j'' key rw.ic.e,'",41Jich moves '[he cu.rsor downlD ahe ~ine ~1iI ques;rnon. Thell, we: type dd.w delt"~e ~llej~I~,e. I:ine willi~talldy disaipTh~ pear f[om the display, ]ea'V.ing 'me ClllfSO.r Minking 'Oitl cite' ice crt".~mline. Typing $ m()"\l'E,~~ecursor TIO the end of ihe line, oilnd

form Oifl a regu];L[ basis .. Ay"snch, one of d,e: mesr .hje~~edd.ebare.s ,000!1liCiUg h:ardcore lin'llI.x users is \V,h3,[Linnx texr ed.i.to,r

Linux sy:nem. [-mow p:ri.niliitive? WeU,. ed d:ar,e£ Ib~e-kw 'rbe daysb d~re llhe:re wrere
termieals that eeuld IiI:lOVed:~e cursor a~'(Hmd (lIn ehe screen, Think of rhe lo,hd re![etfpe term inals you see in
eompurer

me

r,dgt'!s .$uprum~. The ~'Vi V5. Em >lIO!i" W<!:l' h.;lS been om :;]I. rnntu[ll:udboi.! for att least
20 yean. while ethers S~,\i'e3ir by :J:JJ8JUO. The:re are even :lome' p.ragm.O'I.dsu(we (10[1.111: ourselves among iliem) who use a

movies
ItOO

from tba 'nOs, and. you're

not

f:.:lfO,ff. :EverY'f.hing you dQ i0, eel ~:s

mbtturi!.: of (';ditig'f~depending, Qn~he rask,

So, presemedfer your Inspeceicn are

dlone ~:y ,(:omm ands [YlPoo. [0 a pmm pr. Lili;c; all the: r.:d.h:or:i!j!f(;·U l.oQk '!.I[, you edi r a hIe in ed by ryping :$ Ill:d. shop .. fing:-I.ist. ~n erhe rwerds you type the
j

some oft:he many c,holces :YDU have when you ~eed. 00 edir a,.tUe under Li nux,

a enrers ~ppend mode. Thenwe

C@ItI

P(l~

~.l~mleof the edltor followed by rhe :fill,;'

YOU.\!;'.I,S.Ul.
• 'IL

Grol: ries, Fo-rEnmple

As
il

to e ditt;

EN'l"ER. rypcil] our line

f'of

milk, ~~~d

seandard

:rnr ~(lrn~p!lirison.

well

'When l1I!'emn 00, 'on our file, w(; rt:ceh1e IITheh.elpful resp0f'l:!>e' "83." Wh~[ in the
wo(;ld. is 83?Wb']i',ffie
l!i(;:'~

pre:ssESCAPE to exit append Mode'. The suhsrltutlon cemmand In V] is udieuLical 00 ed. wi.rh one exception: :p~:IDce
II eelon {:)Ibefof!l!me command ~o run ir,

assume

that lbellfe:'!l: 11 :Iil,,;::called "lSho,ppina~liSi[jjth~1." we wish roeale, wldcli!. b3S.

[he~cd](}willg 'OOllrents:

number of charsc-

in rhe flle, of

COI.Hsd

\VI e'll begin try

I. loaf b read

l jar s!:r~wbe.U"'Y 1 jar !J<eilliL\lut butter

r~m

add]ng~e q'lllIm of ,1:1.1i.lk to [he end. of rile ~I[$t.We do thi~ by typing a and. p:~i[lg ENTER,. wbi~h enters :append mode,
The'.O\\'ie'd,

The disp]ar wil[ iOO)s'toorffiyupdate to show ~he cham:lge Tl::!e O!w'" and "q" comenands ..
writctohe

me<ll!1id

lpinr 81!:1Jrnwberry iee cream

\W:r;;w<mt to ruidl :3quarr of m til to the Iist, remove d~e peanut butter, and

ENTER,

type .~ qillil~lrt m.1,~k.<Ij[JJd iness .. d~Cfi a 10ne pt.:tjgd (.) ;tIl on fhe

fllont

~~vdy, ur ~inJ b of each commsnd,

N;inn

exit the editor, r(;:!ip~cyOIl] m1JLSl[p'Yl~ a (j~]011 in

nexrline Ii!!) exitappend mode. Whje~.1 ed :first :s~:;jJrtSi, the 3iplfiend, ennnnand wiJl

aPiPend '~o ~:he'~Ild.of dlle Hie.,

these d.aysprefer nann ItO. vi,~s .i.t's a lir.de s~m~)~If,':r lI!-~.Whem yo!.] u~,
Man), peop~e

ttps & tricks

~'UOU'lJf.H·:li

~or[be :s~ri~llg[o search

~or" ar
and

which point you.'do/pt':

p:.e.ss ENTER.

l!it.rn... <vIberr.ry

pn;.s~EN 1'"E.R.Tb)e~.(ype bh.l~b~v'f}I' and

Like na:no. E:mac:5. moves the cursor to the firn1i: ccurrence ~r:nrn,we be,rry and.!!s.b if you W;;Inr. 'ro dH'I:nge if. YOijjJ ean press, Y fur yes) N &n no; or ~'to replace t1hierts:[o.f the oecurrences i~lthe ~~e.Them press CTRLX and CTRLrS ['0

,t~U~~'t

fY'LIOC4Ilf).-:mIIlllJ"1 LII~~t-liJ""r"'I'IIi'i"').~l'YInD

¥oo

tal <lo>t.lllt

60lafQ '0lIl1 aw ..alll ID

':Y"llillTi'

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n.JU'"

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b'r> ~"«.~-'lI
~'hllft~(!"!iJa~r.,.~I~'rn~! ~·Or· trp.Qo C-3-n!:.noi.z tr,rGt::!I'i.t ~~'.' ~.~'Co.~~to::>~f'<Ibe!"'~6CfB'1

T~ ~<f~~' N'II!I!!r ..,i;IW;I''''''!f!Jj\i!\

savethe Ale. A[~ho1i:!gh''''ire explalined how ~on;:a:vigare

f".!:'l;ll.
t'~

U~J.fiOO'llfil~ IfMfttl i"~2 EiiJt Em.J..tlI 1'I__ O[i!!iM~~~l

~ll"

around flles using k:eystro:kes in Emacs,

Thio '" {,t.tu EOmJUI2~.1.i 1)4M>polou.-!f11.f," Ed.rt ~... ~ .<1<11 ill"-" ..r~~~Q1 ~".!J1W"-"'>!I"~~~
... ~1iM

you

OHl

also use the mouse wmth modem,

~,,~~",,"~s.

IEm!Elcs i~ ]ru::fiedib!y powerrtful ooulollr ~halt you can ,an

1m!'!

from

i311l\'!:rlllifhllll

window or as a GNOME or I{DE a~iPmication.

][Jivokc nano 01:1 the !:ihoppi.ng li:5~.you C3[1 open a main w.ifldo:w thal d.isplay.o; rhe fi]e .h alse starts Ul'l vi. B~aJ.U&; ohhi'l, v~ is often IPrefell"red&u qQ.iit~ fi~e fld.~'[S,
much w.o.re memory,

mum

.5IQ~,\I't:if

man ed

Of

w.illd.(l'\,v~sy:5l!jem aW.illi!l'eversions of Emaes . Em,li.cs is an incredlbly pawe:tftd edi~oii'. W][~Th buH:rr~.in fUnlcdo.lJJ.s such as' a mail reader and the ab]]~I:y [(I view ['!I,mo:r mere Hies at once on the same screen, movi ng bark .!Ind.fonb berweea [h,em.. At. you can sec. LiD:ilu)! iliit!!li awiide varie'~y,of,edi~I;).. a~ilab~e. induding some we i"S c!l:ud:[JI't even :menti,on, such as GNOME'!> T ext Edi ror, Sd(Ccdngwhkh ODlI;; tQ use
can

hel.pow:mdow he~owi:lliJJ;lt shows conmllo:niy used commands. YO!l1 can n;;3!yi· g.:'I!'~e arouad rhe fire l!.!s~ngthearrow l"ey~!
;md a srna~
i' • d '. arrow rour umes .am-, starr tY.pm:g,

he a macter of ~asre,.0[' 'lJ!.Si:ng d:lf~righr

job.
The.D",e'.Sifc<I]ly
11:0'

such

so

[Q

add tne nllj'~kiwe press [!be. now[I

-r

,,!JIii::ID

rcservl ng, Emaes for more cotn;p]extasb, filS sofcw,~re d.e'veJ.QI)~~n r. Lik~ vi, .v.be.1Il 'liveinveke emacs on Ol!.llili .ftl.e; we' g,et 3 wi ndow thO'lt dj~pI:.'!yt rhe COff!rt:ii::[['!~ ,oft_he
OOl'$l:l':

tool. fa.r the: right

wrong

CJ'Il.,it:;e yOi~,!c~m .!l'Ml!,kie.

we :p,res:s:rhe Up,

:UlrGlI'\!'

~o move m the

f..h=:' wi.mll. rhe

ar

pea.llut burrerline and :Pre5S CTRl-K re delete it~, Fi.naUy W'c!uo'~e OiUr curser brad; up m tili:le: I!Opandpress CTRIA. which is the n:plaot: .:ming ecmmand, This C<lUS~ of' 'h .' nan .. tn pmmp[ ror tne .;afung we ~re o
seawchiD:ilg fo,t. at whlchpeiatwe'd type

str~wb~wwy~nd. press ENTER.

will as~ for the stlfi:[Igto rephlce it wid:n In this case. we rype MlIie!l)eltry. \'lVhe.n we press
NOlJl('l

Most ceusmands ~I]J Emacs invelve usi ng CTIU.~ AlT, or both, Po r e}1~n~ple, ]]0. meve down ro '[he pe'<lnu[ butter ]i 14!:" ''i~ pr~:l!SCTRL-N twice. This drops the cursor tn the beginning IOf '[he third. line, We til en pre:5S CTRL-K (kill H:!le) twice. The Ars~ rime deletes the
eontenes of '[he Une, h~:Iving it ,e'lupty. The second dme deletes (he blanklin~. You ~o!~,~d[h{~npl"e.'''f> ALT-> (go [0 end of Hie) and emtc:::f.'ehe qU1iI:D't of ~,lIilk.

Im~ 'IIl:pper~ef~.

Dead Se,8 Scroll~l~s

Get Dig:itaJ Upgrade
If you \~€il!\!'El ~wal1kdl to ~et l!~' (;:lo!3eand ! pemonal wi'llhl tirnJHl Dead. Sea Scmllls, ym.Ji'1i

ENTER agaillL, nann wuU[move m '[~[er.Sf r

IJOCIlU"ire:na:: and

to .replace all accurrences m [he fiLe"Press CrRL-XtO' exIt, and. llano wiU ask if you 'YIlaIH 00 s~vemef.i]~'.

h:.

Y01!1i

ask ifwc"IVllnt ['Ii) ~eiPi1lice "aln press Y for yes., N {oUnol, 0]' A

Press,iug ALT-< eerurns you ~~.rhe begiil:[I~lIiJig,of

the lile" and you could [hen 'Use the

seen be .a~~eto do, so 1[JIl'lIimlAtern of Iswooliscie mtisttsMs Lmde ria~e:n Ule task 01sn:iJJpplngdigItal pl'1otognl~hs:of '~he tVf~"miUenni:a-o~dre:x1wtul~h eons i sts of ~
apprO'}()Ir:naltely QI,OOO ~1i1,div~dui3J1 frng~

i
~

lE

Q,U1!lf-:replaccfuucti)ln to S'!¥<lp ~trawbe[[y for hlil1eberry" just like we d:ud in

EmIli:

nano, TOo dlo this. you'd. press AlT~ X. w~!!kh pminpfil: you f!:),.f rhe command lla.me;[}q:M~ ql!rue:ry~

mel1ltS'. The II,srael A:miqtJ iilies AlJlhO my,

~h~ st,ll!II~," caretak-

,I
..,j

~.

er, 18simaws Ih{l:

tcpbce: and press ENTER. Emacs the 11

p.ol.. htlilll,k.

I !l

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by Mike Magee

AMD 'Worm Beglilns, To lIurn

ABu~.a.o(':()rd.ing
oO·l1illb]lles menu; of d'll'anoed MwcrQ.Dev~c~s h~ cernllinly ~]aJdi[s sha.re .mneever &.IC last 13 mond.ls.
00 i.1::I
j

Oif mi:'lfi:u~

~e,"II'el::j!l souro!!':~·we[~Ulced ~~,during Irbe Inrel

San Fli'W::lci.soo i,~AU,glUJSl t~~l['sillm3bout
OU;[ j[J~[ I!O

n~Viellioper forum

laurnch~;lgainJ i~ doesn'rtt w;m.t to n'l!ess[hings up if some ,g[:itcll UiillfllSi up jLls'l:i:Je6o,[(; i.t'sabout tiO'g;o-go. The truth i~'~!lafin d'ue l~s'[:flHllllf.h '0'[ MO 1!llieU'$heen .sonliei~~li]ng .of a. palaGe I)evo:~ution goi,ng 1O:[If11ll Alv[D. SlJLcc~ss~'Io'ie.qU3.r1!f:illiS of [05S-

Cha!lge, .0;0 do·n"f count ~hem

yu.

The oonlpanyh:fl!s .i,mpol!red heavy nond~sdosure agreel:1l'rueIM,s 'on :peo:ple' about the fits:t iltc::t.3I1Ii:ion.of its "Fu!i.io]]··tech 1l10.hlg)',wh i.d!.
,dell4e!UJi
it

of a CPU whh degraph ics prnoessor . .As: I

wdt'C~hi:il.AMD is expected ~C<i$il:mpl~ ~his chip within d!ay~<.][ ]s scheduled.

to be anneuneed

es ha.v.e]eft!: Dirk MI!;;ye:r"he rorm.er chief operal!:h1!g officer and ~e t a.rch.~ICe:c:[ of AMD's ,s'l:J!roe:ss, as [!he cihief executive Qiffioe:r. Meye~'W;I]JS rhelead Qfichltect of i~lhe lpha mil.:rop,rocessor.whcn he was <111" .DEC A <ln~} ~he day be.for~] wrolretllis: oo~j~sr UJnR~sold .AJvIU'sDigiial TV divisiea [0 Brcadcorn. There wi,li be more 1f,im~
ming ofeX!oes:s:firt:llt .A.MD, ·@1Srn.e fi.rm
~e~
[}O

ln the fOllirdl rq.i1f1ue,r

recover

:!torn ~t!iP<i:rl()iUiS ~,nil:n-

ofth is ye.u.
So wihy isn"[ AMD ,o:fferi:mg a mng

d.f1i~S,t.l.[,e •.
Seeing as Ierel will ne d.ou'b't ,deliver

and dance abeur ~h€mlrade ch1p? SOiU!l"Ces !,leU me ~lliJJaf.ir.:s very nel'''I.I'011lS aboui:m.I.klng up rutuf·e tech too much, p~J,[.kilt.lad)rd~e;r '~hedebacle .
w.i.lIIh .i,[sBarcelona prodiu.c(.wffiru,idl frr;;a1lydi!:f1.!ted. the chipma~'f':s [~iPutalkm.h "W1!1!'~S ~o be ~b,~oll.!,I.jjely sure rhar i.t'sg,ot evelryth.~.ng;[.;glw~befc[ie

on hs L.m:abeegraphiC!i! dl"ipfS, .d[ 'of this must be '\i!.I'or.rying; Nvi.d~a. mr'sin

the

p osi dam

'of lu;vi ngto

r.:gh~ tile:

fu\4D-A]] gr:!p'hics team, which has

griIlbbecl, marker
s,ha.r-e, as well as chip

'[he launchand ~e~oe rile feweaf~:y

samples In a ye.1)' few trusted journal ~

isrs

;a:lJ:Id

Whe.re

Lrl!dusr~y ,pil!nn~rs. d.oe'.s dla!~.1!envehlllEf:.l~shr,didn'j[ tell jour-

.ra:lbee·il:llii[i::;lIt]ve?'[ntf:~

:n.aJ]i~r.'i t irs .rorumnill11chrhaJI: a didn't al.n~adl}.' know. It's clear oOiJI;i),pan.y is dead !'ietioll]s

rh1ey rhar [he

gi i.lJU IntJ~]iuel f. Tn:a!~led [:011 [illI!l!mberof news: outlets ope~:~y I'lpecu;~adng dura,[Ig the ~ntel De:vd~J)t,;:i For umrhat Nv]d!.i~ could. 'b,erue subject of!l: ta:keover.;, ThJ!S w01J:lJd not li'iIoce::SSitri[y le ..d to <l:]]Y k~n.d of all!irr.ir:rUS·fllc~iCl~~ th.ere: ;lite 'rwo <lL[[Id. a bit >:;8:6, fi'fms (I:~nd,~AMD, and V]a,). and Ir\'KI!11:nd a bi[ graph.ic-s processo.r eompanies {Nvidia"AJv[[) ..A'ft

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and, 5:3].. Iipe,d,od of QO'l:uo]idadolJJi :5ieelns .i.nev.i.caJlble in the gr~lp'hi~$indl.1!.slry,

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aswe've noted inprevieus eelutuns,

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'the '~fa~bof .\r~ag.c ,f bUnd!)' wo,.r5blppi.ng ~

N\i'id:ia ~nd. AT[ seems to be auend,

:sop errra .grealE' deal. of time

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laek of excitJemen[

'me~iI!:!re. wh]ch be(lrs :an une<lIl]1JY resem'IJ:~all1cc to ~..jD and ulti,mal!e:~yAlpha

air f.he .b~J'rrd. evdoper Feeum, 'Wh~~e 10.D td~~ foray wuto,solid,~~tflre d:ri;v>csooks inl

:proc~s:sor~~d! n,a~o'[r.That will be available hy uhe time youre'3.d. [b:i:!):, or ve~~y :s:oon3I1:e[~ with large qll!]alll~hies hiHln~
d~er:n~rke!:j., 2009, But other ~lo'I;H'ce$il] the know tell. :m.e that the first wn~[:8Il[ionof

tere~d~g and performance isexpeered

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be hi.gh~y impressive, the next Ne:h~e:lIl. architectuee W,<lii!i: g:re,eu.>d, by most jOlJr~ai.-

N~ba]cm~wh ile ~o ed, could be berrer,

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isrs wirh mildi!lldiffe:repoe. So, if AMD can arise foom the do.ldmms .it's bClt.i~ in, w~~ihbod~.a:superior micropf.Ooessor anda .Fusion.ch.ip [haT m~[1S busi.l1.el5'S,. ~tis: bound. toge;llcmte much.!l,e~doo.1b1U!:z.~inrhe .indu.-s'[ry.A
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AMD ts re;ad:rhlg irs "S.ha:n:gh:1l1'"CPU gepe'r.ukHl, (:00. ;a:~d. dru.i:s: ls ~d.liohlO'~~'t1!:~ff, acuoiooi[[lg to people dose W 'l:hefJirlIlts :p:I~Wli~. with .Fusion. AM.D has been A~; somewhat .rnode~[about this .PI']Or. m irs

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