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Video: Next-gen Mercedes C-Class caught in motion

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By Brandon Turkus

Mercedes-Benz C-Class Spy Video

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The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class has already been spied on this site, but we’ve yet to have a look at the new compact sedan in motion. Thanks to an intrepid YouTuber, though, we have five videos of the new C on the road.

The car(s) in question have a bit more cladding than in our previous spy shots, but several of the new MB familial traits are evident, particularly the S-Class inspired taillights.

Notably, the third video is the first time we’ve heard the C-Class at speed. It’s difficult to tell from the brief snippet of exhaust, but we certainly hear some V6 notes in there, meaning this could be the new C300/C350. We’ve posted all five videos below, so be sure to check them out and let us know what you think.

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Next-gen Mercedes C-Class caught in motion originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Report: Mercedes FWD platform to last until 2018, convertible and two-seater future uncertain

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By Brandon Turkus

2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA sedan - front three-quarter view, silver

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Mercedes-Benz seems to be expecting a lot of success from its front-wheel-drive CLA-Class. Automotive News is reporting that the sub-C-Class sedan could grow when its second generation arrives in 2018.

The current FWD platform for MB underpins the CLA, the B-Class, the GLA-Class, and the A-Class. The B-Class will arrive in North America as an EV for spring of 2014, while the production GLA crossover will arrive three to four months after that. The five-door A-Class won’t be crossing The Pond. Sad faces all around.

According to AN, another model will be based on the front-drive architecture, but it won’t be coming to the US market. Set to arrive next year, rumors are that it’ll be a wagon version of the CLA, sort of like the ill-named five-door CLS Shooting Brake that is also a Europe-only item.

As for the rumored CLA convertible and two-seat roadster, if those two arrive, it’s not going to be until the second-generation of the current architecture hits the market. Even then, their future is in uncertain, as Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler AG told Automotive News, “We are considering the final portfolio of the next generation of our compact cars. We have to define it and we may expand the portfolio.”

Mercedes FWD platform to last until 2018, convertible and two-seater future uncertain originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Video: BMW M135i vs. Mercedes A45 AMG in Euro small-lux throwdown

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By Brandon Turkus

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BMW and Mercedes-Benz – please, please, please bring the M135i and A45 AMG hatchbacks to North America. For as long as we can remember, buyers in the New World have been forced to look longingly at Europe and Great Britain and the excellent super hatches that are so routinely offered there. And while we’re quite content with the Ford Focus ST and Volkswagen GTI, having a 360-horse five-door with a premium, content-rich interior sounds quite nice.

Our envy for Europe has grown after watching the latest video from Drive, which stars Chris Harris, the Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG and the BMW M135i. This latest battle between MB and BMW takes place on both road and track, with Harris providing a running commentary. If you’re interested in the upcoming Mercedes CLA45 AMG, you should pay special attention to the section on the A45, as the two are essentially fraternal twins. While the video is a bit on the long side, it provides a comprehensive rundown of both cars, giving those of us in North America just a small taste of what we’re missing. Check it out by scrolling below.

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BMW M135i vs. Mercedes A45 AMG in Euro small-lux throwdown originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Video: Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG officially teased in mini video

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By Brandon Turkus

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The followup to the Mercedes-Benz S550, the S63 AMG, will sport a biturbocharged V8 that will likely turn out around 550 horsepower. The new engine is probably the 5.5-liter, biturbocharged V-8 that’s been popping up in everything from the ML63 to the E63 AMG. The front fascia is more aggressive, which shouldn’t come as a surprise, while a meaty exhaust setup can be found out back.

We managed to pick all that up from a short, 17-second video posted by MB. The original video that unveiled the S63 AMG has since been pulled down, making this YouTube clip the best look we now have at the new super sedan, at least until the Germans give up the goods for real.

Be sure to check out the video below, along with our original posting on the S63 AMG.

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Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG officially teased in mini video originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Report: Firing of M-B boss upheld

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Ernst Lieb, the disgraced former CEO of American operations for Mercedes-Benz, will not be getting any more money from the Silver Arrow’d teat. His wrongful dismissal suit against MB’s parent company, Daimler, was tossed out of a German appeals panel. This, followed the initial rejection by a lower court last year.

According to court documents acquired by Automotive News, Lieb was found to have “accepted payments of substantial value to which he – as he was aware – had no claim.”

Lieb took over American operations from former CEO Paul Halata in September of 2006. Reports surfaced in October of 2011 that Lieb was dismissed from his posting at MB, with a variety of rumors swirling. Eventually, news broke that financial wrong doing was responsible for the German’s firing.

Lieb misappropriated over $100,000 of corporate funds for home improvements to his Mahwah, New Jersey residence, which were used for new beds, a home gym, a theater and a built-in barbecue. Mercedes-Benz replaced Lieb with current CEO Steve Cannon in December of 2011.

Firing of M-B boss upheld originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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DOODAD launches the world's easiest pay-as-you-go travel data SIM card

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DOODAD launches the world’s easiest pay-as-you-go travel data SIM card


Keeping international travelers connected, when in roam.

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– DOODAD, the data-only MVNO for people who travel internationally, today launched the simple, affordable, headache-free way to get international data around the world. DOODAD works in unlocked GSM smart phones and tablets, snapping out as either a mini or micro SIM (with Nano on the way), and is powered by a simple pay-as-you-go system. Place the DOODAD in your device, add some DOO-DATA, and you’re able to access the Internet in 54 countries around the world with no contracts, no fine print and no nonsense.

Rather than relying on expensive and limited carrier-based data plans, the DOODAD works on a simple tier-based structure. For example, use your DOODAD in australia and you’ll pay just 30 cents/MB, while in the UK it’s 60c/MB. In comparison, a single megabyte of Data Roaming through most carriers sits around $20/MB in either of those countries – easy to push into the hundreds of dollars in a single day.

“We rely upon our data for a lot of things, business, getting directions, finding where to eat, and staying in touch with the people who matter. So we found it odd that when traveling internationally, data was complicated, inconvenient, or just way too expensive,” said Sarah Neill, CEO of DOODAD. “So we launched DOODAD. You control how much you want to spend each day, so you can stay connected, without worrying.”

Over 70% of people turn off Data Roaming while overseas to avoid these outrageous data charges. But people need not go without any longer. Get a DOODAD, load it up with DOO-DATA, and use it each time you travel away. DOO-DATA lasts 365 days, so any you don’t use, is ready for your next trip.

With the data access DOODAD provides, you can look up maps and find your way around, keep in touch with your loved ones, make VoIP calls, check your email, and keep using Facebook without coming home to bill shock.

So don’t drop off the grid when you next travel – get a free DOODAD at GETADOODAD.com

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/getadoodad

TWITTER: @getadoodad

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Science & Technology

New York auto showcase is venue for Mercedes-Benz EV

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(Phys.org) —Mercedes-Benz is to show off its electric car at the New York International Auto Show, open to the public from March 29 to April 7 at the Jacob Javits Center. Mercedes-Benz calls its vehicle the B-Class Electric Drive. This is an all-electric five-seater to be available for sale in the U.S. next year. What was MB thinking in coming up with such an unfortunate title for such a good-looking vehicle? Naming it B-Class Electric Drive, while indicating it is one of MB‘s smaller designs, in a larger context may be confused with a general perception of the letter B as signifying mediocrity, which is not the case with this vehicle. The car maker is positioning it as “the first luxury battery electric car from Mercedes-Benz in the market,” one that will give its drivers “electric driving at the premium level.” …read more
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Linux

Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

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By jediwannabe

I’ve installed Oracle Linux 5 as a guess OS on VirtualBox. I’ve added a new disk to the virtual machine.

Code:
[root@11gr2-secondary ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 32.2 GB, 32212254720 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3916 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 32 257008+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 33 1337 10482412+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 1338 1990 5245222+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 1991 3916 15470595 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1991 2643 5245191 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 2644 3165 4192933+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 3166 3687 4192933+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 4294 MB, 4294967296 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 522 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

Before the above I’ve done a mkfs on the new virtual disk, i.e.

Code:

[root@11gr2-secondary ~]# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sd
sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6 sda7 sdb
[root@11gr2-secondary ~]# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sd
sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6 sda7 sdb
[root@11gr2-secondary ~]# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sd
sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6 sda7 sdb
[root@11gr2-secondary ~]# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb
mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
/dev/sdb is entire device, not just one partition!
Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
524288 inodes, 1048576 blocks
52428 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=1073741824
32 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per ...read more
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Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

DigiDev TV Launches Media Blasters, Cinema Libre, and Kontakt TV into Its Growing Internet TV Offeri

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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DigiDev TV Launches Media Blasters, Cinema Libre, and Kontakt TV into Its Growing Internet TV Offerings; Coming Soon to Roku

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Digital Development Group (OTCBB: DIDG) (DigiDev), a Hollywood, California based OTT (Over the Top) TV company, announced today the expansion of its content offerings when three channels are launched this week. Media Blasters, the Cinema Libre Studio Channel, and Kontakt TV are available on www.digidev.tv and soon to be live on the Roku Player channel store.

“DigiDev is committed to providing compelling programming for the Internet TV space, allowing people worldwide to easily access information and entertainment in a variety of subject areas and genres that they might not otherwise be able to regularly enjoy,” says Joe Q. Bretz, president of DigiDev.

New York based Media Blasters (MB) is known for labels including Animeworks (Japanese animation), Tokyo Shock (Asian film), and Shriek Show (Horror). MB has handled licensing, production, localizing and distribution for groundbreaking titles including perennial blockbuster, “Berserk,” cult classic “Ichi the Killer,” and the legendary original “Voltron Defender of the Universe” TV series.

Cinema Libre brings hundreds of award-winning films and documentaries to DigiDev TV, and is at the forefront of the independent film movement with some of the most sought after indie films on the market.

Kontakt TV features a collection of some of the greatest mixed martial arts fights of this century by some of the biggest names such as Tito Ortiz vs. Matt Hughes, Urijah Faber vs. David Velasquez, and Minotauro Nogueira vs. Jeremy Horn.

Channels in DigiDev’s pipeline are Great Chefs (cooking shows), The Sports Lodge (Dan Hernandez hunting and fishing channel), and Private Screenings (romance films).

ABOUT DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP, CORP.

The Digital Development Group Corporation Company’s founders, CEO Martin W. Greenwald and President Joe Q. Bretz, have extensive experience in the entertainment industry. As the former CEO of Image Entertainment Inc., Mr. Greenwald oversaw its growth to over $120 million in revenues. Given Greenwald‘s focus in content licensing and Bretz’s technological

know-how, Digital Development Group is well positioned to be a leader in the Internet television revolution. For more information, visit: www.DigiDev.com.

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Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Cintas & Carhartt Cold Crew Voting Begins

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Cintas & Carhartt Cold Crew Voting Begins

Voting to take place Mar. 11 – 31 at www.cintas.com/carharttcoldcrew/vote

CINCINNATI–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nominations for the second annual Cintas & Carhartt Cold Crew contest have closed, and it’s time for the public to select the most worthy cold-weather worker out of our top finalists at the contest website. Voting takes place beginning March 11th, and the grand prize winner will be announced in early April. He or she will receive an all-expenses-paid trip for two to the CMA Music Festival from June 6 – 9 in Nashville, TN.

The Cintas & Carhartt Cold Crew finalists, in no particular order, are:

  • Armand Cournoyer, an electrical inspector from Lorette, MB, Canada
  • James Tatem, an arborist foreman from Hooksett, NH
  • Rebecca Barrett, a property management laborer from Negaunee, MI
  • Amanda Smith, a water and sewer superintendent from Winterport, ME
  • Paul Wright, a certified pump operator from Pineville, NC
  • Dawn Martin, a horse and cattle rancher from Beulah, ND
  • Dave Bensette, a mail carrier from Tecumseh, ON Canada
  • Cynthia Gottwald, a mail carrier from Toronto, ON Canada
  • Tim Ahlstrom, a framing contractor from Arvada, CO

More information about these finalists, including their entry essays and downloadable photos, can be found at http://www.cintas.com/carharttcoldcrew/vote.

“This contest is a great reflection of the character of our companies,” says Brad Heizman, Director of Garment Strategy at Cintas Corporation. “Both Carhartt and Cintas are known for providing tough, durable products and quality, dependable service, and we want to recognize the workers who reflect those same characteristics.”

Cintas Corporation and Carhartt launched the 2nd Annual Cintas & Carhartt Cold Crew contest in September 2012 after the success of the previous year’s competition. The contest targets workers in the U.S. and Canada whose jobs require them to endure tough conditions in cold temperatures. These individuals were encouraged to share their stories and photos and explain why Carhartt workwear is essential to their jobs.

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Linux

How to Split a source file in specified format?

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By mad_man12


Requirement: Need to split a source file say a1.txt which can be of size upto 150 MB into 25 target files each with a max size of 25 MB along with the header line in each target file.

NOTE: Few target files can be empty also ,but 25 files must be generated for 1 source file( I can expect upto 80 source files)

Target name format must be : XXX_YYY1001.CSV , XXX_YYY1002.CSV,…. XXX_YYY1025.CSV
for 2nd source file it must be
XXX_YYY2001…XXX_YYY2025
and so on for 80 th source file it should be
XXX_YYY8001…XXX_YYY8025

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Linux

How to Split a source file in specfied format?

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By mad_man12


Requirement: Need to split a source file say a1.txt which can be of size upto 150 MB into 25 target files each with a max size of 25 MB along with the header line in each target file.

NOTE: Few target files can be empty also ,but 25 files must be generated for 1 source file( I can expect upto 80 source files)

Target name format must be : XXX_YYY1001.CSV , XXX_YYY1002.CSV,…. XXX_YYY1025.CSV
for 2nd source file it must be
XXX_YYY2001…XXX_YYY2025
and so on for 80 th source file it should be
XXX_YYY80001…XXX_YYY80025

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Linux

Size calculation MB to GB

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By Daniel Gate

PHP Code:


pcmpath query device |awk 'BEGIN{print "TYPEtDEVICE NAMEtSERIALtSIZEtHOSTNAME"}
/DEVICE/ {
disk=$5
printf "%st", $7
printf "%st", disk
getline; printf "%st", substr($2, length($2)-3)
("bootinfo -s " disk) | getline; printf "%st",$0; sum+=$0
printf "%sn", hostname
} END {print "TOTAL SIZE:", sum}' hostname=`uname -n`

I have this query working, but it returns SIZE in MB. I want the SIZE output in GB. I tried

HTML Code:
("bootinfo -s " disk)/1024

, but not working.

Please advise.

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Linux

For Loop & SUM

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By Daniel Gate

HTML Code:
pcmpath query device |awk 'BEGIN{print "DEVICE NAMEtSERIAL"} /DEVICE NAME/ {printf "%st", $5; getline; print substr($2, length($2)-3)}'

This script returns output like below to pull out “DEVICE NAME SERIAL”.

HTML Code:
......
hdisk28 110B
hdisk29 1112
hdisk30 1115
hdisk31 1116
hdisk32 1128
hdisk33 112D
hdisk34 112E
hdisk35 1147
hdisk36 1148
hdisk37 1149
hdisk38 114A
hdisk39 114B
hdisk40 114C
hdisk41 114D
hdisk42 114E
hdisk43 116B
hdisk44 116C
hdisk45 116D
hdisk46 116E
.....

The script below is to pull out the disk size.

HTML Code:
for disk in `pcmpath query device |awk 'BEGIN{print "DEVICE NAMEtSERIAL"} /DEVICE NAME/ {printf "%st", $5; getline; print substr($2, length($2)-3)}' |awk '{print$1}'`
do
printf "%st" $disk; bootinfo -s $disk
done

But, what I need to have is the sum of hdisks with the output:

HTML Code:

List of the output first:

DEVICE NAME SERIAL SIZE
hdisk28 110B 36864
hdisk29 1112 36864
hdisk30 1115 36864
hdisk31 1116 24576
hdisk32 1116 16384
......

and then add them up as Sub-Total and Grand Total followed by:

DISK SUMMARY in MB
SIZE: 36864 NUMBER OF DISKS: 3 SUB-TOTAL: 110592
SIZE: 24576 NUMBER OF DISKS: 1 SUB-TOTAL: 24576
SIZE: 16384 NUMBER OF DISKS: 1 SUB-TOTAL: 16384
....
GRAND TOTAL ======================== xxxxxxxx

Please let me me know how to get the disk size per each disk size and disk summary (SIZE: NUMBER OF DISKS: SUB-TOTAL & GRAND TOTAL)

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Linux

Issue about PP size

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By adilyos

Hello everyone,

I have many VGs on my system. I have created them whith the same command. I haven’t specified the PP size while creating them. Logically, the PP size should be the same (default value) in all the VGs. However, I have different PP size : 32 MB, 256 MB, 64 MB and 128 MB.

Can anyone explain why I haven’t the same PP size ? what’s the PP size default value ?

What’s the utility of having small PP size rather than big PP size ?

Thank you

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Linux

Memory leak?

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By dasx

Hey everybody.
There’s a built in command in Max OSX Mountain Lion called caffeinate. (Man page here).
It basically creates an assertion so the computer doesn’t go to sleep.

I leave my computer uploading and/or downloading small files from our work FTP server at night, problem is due to new behave rules of sleeping mode in Mountain Lion it goes to sleep 10 minutes after I turned the screen off. I don’t wanna just disable “Sleep”, because I want my computer to go to sleep as soon as it finished.

So created this function that I run when downloading something:
(Got another one for when uploading)

Code:
echo
echo "AWAKE WHILE DOWNLOAD SPEED IS OVER 30KB/s"
echo
caffeinate &
id=$!
s1=`date '+%s'`
echo
v=100
avg=0
mins=0
while [ $v -gt 30 ]
do sleep 1
a=`netstat -ib -I en1 | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $7}'`
sleep 59
b=`netstat -ib -I en1 | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $7}'`
v=$(((b-a)/1024/59))
avg=$((avg+v))
mins=$((mins+1))
vmedia=$((avg/mins))
if [ $v -gt 30 ]
then echo -ne "r33[K"
echo -ne "LAST MINUTE AVERAGE: "$v"KB/s [GA: "$vmedia"KB/s]"
else echo -ne "r33[KGLOBAL SPEED AVERAGE: "$vmedia"KB/s"
s2=`date '+%s'`
a=$((s2-s1))
echo
down=$((vmedia*a))
echo -ne "TOTAL DOWNLOADED: "
if [ $down -lt 1024 ]
then echo -ne $down
elif [ $down -lt $((1024*1024)) ]
then echo $down | awk '{printf "%.2f",$1/1024}'
else echo $down | awk '{printf "%.2f",$1/1024/1024}'
fi
if [ $down -lt 1024 ]
then echo -ne KB
elif [ $down -lt $((1024*1024)) ]
then echo -ne MB
else echo -ne GB
fi
fi
done
kill $id
echo
h=$((a/3600))
a=$((a-3600*h))
m=$((a/60))
echo
echo "TOTAL TIME AWAKE: "$h"h"$m"m"
hora=`date '+%H'`
minuto=`date '+%M'`
echo "JOB FINISHED AT $hora:$minuto"
echo

Problem comes when it’s been running for long periods of time. (i.e. 8 hours).
When I wake the computer up memory usage is up to 99-100%.

First time I noticed this went straight to activity monitor and saw the 85% was inactive memory. It did eventually free up but this got me thinking. Ran my script again and I could see the inactive memory going up at like 1MB/s or so.

Any ideas why this happens?

Thanks!

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Computers

Kingston's 1TB thumb drive packs massive storage capacity in tiny package

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For anyone interested in fitting every digital music file you own onto one USB thumb drive, you are in luck. Kingston has just broken the thumb drive capacity limit, cramming 1 TB of storage into its’ latest USB drive announced Monday. But before you get too excited, there are two things to consider. One, the price of this thumb will likely be $2000 or more. Second, this thumb drive is just as easy to lose, leave behind, and accidentally send through the washing machine as all your missing 265 MB thumb drives.

On Monday Kingston unveiled its 1 TB USB flash drive called the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0. The Kingston DataTraveler has read/write speeds of up to 240MB/s and 160MB/s respectively. With a USB 2.0 connection on your computer, you will only achieve speeds of up to 30MB/s.

The price for the 1TB model has not been announced, but judging by the tag on its half-capacity sibling, it won’t be too affordable either. A comparable 512GB Kingston model costs a whopping $1750, which is $3.41 per GB, compared to $1.17 per GB for an average 128GB drive.

Kingston also announced two DataTraveler Ultimate USB 3.0 G3 drives in 32GB and 64GB capacities, with read speeds of 150MB/s and 70MB/s for writing data. The drives are also backward compatible with USB 2.0 with speed limitation, and pricing and availability hasn’t been announced.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at PCWorld

Linux

Bryan Quigley: On Upgrading Routers

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Below are the speedtests of two different routers using a wired connection.

Actiontec (about 2011) – 53.22 MB (down) 8.23 (up)
Linksys WRT54G v2 (about 2004) – 23 MB (down) 7.76 (up)

Generally I like the older Linksys routers because I can install OpenWRT on them.  With my faster internet connection they can’t really stand up to new routers though.  Worth checking if your router is the bottleneck in your Internet experience.

Speaking of new routers, I’ve been researching to buy with IPv6 support and preferably an open firmware out of the box.  I haven’t been able to find one yet…Buffalo is a great choice for the open part, but doesn’t have IPv6 by default.  In addition, the DD-WRT project appears to have stalled somewhat this last year.  In an ideal world I’d get a router who’s manufacturer officially loads OpenWRT and enables IPv6 out of the box.   Am I missing said vendor?

Source: Planet Ubuntu