How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
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Lets pretend I have an SSD that does not respond to the SECURE-ERASE command and the manufacturer has decided not to provide a tool that will allow me to blank out the drive. Could I be confident that the previous data on said SSD has been expunged simply by completely filling the drive with gibberish data? Like with say 120gb of WPA2 encrypted .pcap captures?
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If you're concerned about an attack by an opponent with significant resources (eg: NSA), then you cannot be 100% confident in such a method, because you don't know where the wear-leveling mechanism is actually writing those blocks. Hammers work much better for that sort of thing.
Lets pretend I have an SSD that does not respond to the SECURE-ERASE command and the manufacturer has decided not to provide a tool that will allow me to blank out the drive. Could I be confident that the previous data on said SSD has been expunged simply by completely filling the drive with gibberish data? Like with say 120gb of WPA2 encrypted .pcap captures?
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I'm assuming that, ignoring a general lack of enjoyment that one experiences when accelerating through the gears in a continuously variable gearbox, he is biased against CVTs because of their historically abysmal reliability record.
I'll start seriously considering a CVT in new/used vehicle purchases when they start showing up in full size trucks. When the Silverado, F-150, Sierra, Tundra, Ram, or Titan start rolling off of the factory with CVTs installed, then I'll recognize that the technology is probably ready for prime-time.
Unfortunately for CVT enthusiasts, Ford's line-up includes a 10-speed automatic transmission this year, which suggests to me that they think CVT may never be ready for a reliability showdown.
I'll start seriously considering a CVT in new/used vehicle purchases when they start showing up in full size trucks. When the Silverado, F-150, Sierra, Tundra, Ram, or Titan start rolling off of the factory with CVTs installed, then I'll recognize that the technology is probably ready for prime-time.
Unfortunately for CVT enthusiasts, Ford's line-up includes a 10-speed automatic transmission this year, which suggests to me that they think CVT may never be ready for a reliability showdown.
The driving experience is pretty good. You roll into the throttle a bit, the CVT just uses the torque of the 6, keeps the rpm's reasonably low, and the car feels like it has endless torque. It scoots. Accidental wheelspin in a good way kind of scoots. You drive it easy, it stays around 900-1100 rpm, everything's calm, gets good mileage.
I didn't realize it was a cvt when we first bought it. I like it, so far.
Waiting for a CVT to go into the full-size pickups before buying is a false analogy. Those are totally different applications. CVT's have not been, are currently not, and never will be built for towing applications. Towing is a heavier-duty application than they will ever be designed for, imo. We will see hybrid trucks before we see cvt trucks. If CVT were a good solution for high-torque towing, the railroads would have one in a locomotive instead of the diesel-electric tech they have used for the last 80 years. It's just not going to happen.
It works well for what it's used in now - light to moderate duty passenger applications (now that they have a decade of experience in them).
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If you're concerned about an attack by an opponent with significant resources (eg: NSA), then you cannot be 100% confident in such a method, because you don't know where the wear-leveling mechanism is actually writing those blocks. Hammers work much better for that sort of thing.
I also have access to a ridiculously giant press and a series of arbor punches. If it comes to that I'll take the GoPro over to the shop and make some videos
Also, the new router seems to be working REALLY ******* WELL
I was pulling 17/15 wired on my WRT54GL. This can't possibly be right, can it?
For spinning media, the simple way is a drill press. Put 8-10 half-inch holes through the platter and nothing useful is coming off of it.
With an SSD, if I was really concerned about the data, I'd burn it.
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I have a gripe with a cvt I have driven. On a business trip to ABQ, Hertz gave me a Jeep Compass. With any conventional transmission maintaining a relatively consistent travel speed on level ground involves applying a fixed amount of throttle. But not with the Chrysler cvt trans! It constantly diddles with the ratios yielding a 10 to 15 mph variation out of a single throttle position at interstate speeds. It was very annoying on a one hour interstate trip and necessitated the use of the cruise control to avoid frustration. Hopefully other manufacturers are doing a better job.
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If you delete all the data, then fill the drive to capacity with garbage, then repeat once, you can be reasonably sure that no one is going to recover the original data to probably 99% certainty unless they have the resources of a large corporation or government behind them, know exactly what they're looking for, and really want it quite badly.
The hammer & fire method is for when the FBI knows for a fact that you've been selling Hillary's emails to
Russia, and all they need is a few kilobytes to send you to a federal prison for the rest of your life.
The hammer & fire method is for when the FBI knows for a fact that you've been selling Hillary's emails to
Russia, and all they need is a few kilobytes to send you to a federal prison for the rest of your life.
I have a gripe with a cvt I have driven. On a business trip to ABQ, Hertz gave me a Jeep Compass. With any conventional transmission maintaining a relatively consistent travel speed on level ground involves applying a fixed amount of throttle. But not with the Chrysler cvt trans! It constantly diddles with the ratios yielding a 10 to 15 mph variation out of a single throttle position at interstate speeds. It was very annoying on a one hour interstate trip and necessitated the use of the cruise control to avoid frustration. Hopefully other manufacturers are doing a better job.
That, and as Mobius admitted, CVTs will never be as reliable as the gear-based boxes that we all grew up with.
Took my mother out with me to my bar that I go to. She normally tells me that she can drink me under the table, can't hang etc etc. She sang karaoke and was a big hit singing '*****' and 'dragula'. Towards the end of the night, she couldn't find her car
/ramble, she got home safe
/ramble, she got home safe
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We have a brand new 2016 Outback 3.6r.
The driving experience is pretty good. You roll into the throttle a bit, the CVT just uses the torque of the 6, keeps the rpm's reasonably low, and the car feels like it has endless torque. It scoots. Accidental wheelspin in a good way kind of scoots. You drive it easy, it stays around 900-1100 rpm, everything's calm, gets good mileage.
I didn't realize it was a cvt when we first bought it. I like it, so far.
Waiting for a CVT to go into the full-size pickups before buying is a false analogy. Those are totally different applications. CVT's have not been, are currently not, and never will be built for towing applications. Towing is a heavier-duty application than they will ever be designed for, imo. We will see hybrid trucks before we see cvt trucks. If CVT were a good solution for high-torque towing, the railroads would have one in a locomotive instead of the diesel-electric tech they have used for the last 80 years. It's just not going to happen.
It works well for what it's used in now - light to moderate duty passenger applications (now that they have a decade of experience in them).
The driving experience is pretty good. You roll into the throttle a bit, the CVT just uses the torque of the 6, keeps the rpm's reasonably low, and the car feels like it has endless torque. It scoots. Accidental wheelspin in a good way kind of scoots. You drive it easy, it stays around 900-1100 rpm, everything's calm, gets good mileage.
I didn't realize it was a cvt when we first bought it. I like it, so far.
Waiting for a CVT to go into the full-size pickups before buying is a false analogy. Those are totally different applications. CVT's have not been, are currently not, and never will be built for towing applications. Towing is a heavier-duty application than they will ever be designed for, imo. We will see hybrid trucks before we see cvt trucks. If CVT were a good solution for high-torque towing, the railroads would have one in a locomotive instead of the diesel-electric tech they have used for the last 80 years. It's just not going to happen.
It works well for what it's used in now - light to moderate duty passenger applications (now that they have a decade of experience in them).
I have a gripe with a cvt I have driven. On a business trip to ABQ, Hertz gave me a Jeep Compass. With any conventional transmission maintaining a relatively consistent travel speed on level ground involves applying a fixed amount of throttle. But not with the Chrysler cvt trans! It constantly diddles with the ratios yielding a 10 to 15 mph variation out of a single throttle position at interstate speeds. It was very annoying on a one hour interstate trip and necessitated the use of the cruise control to avoid frustration. Hopefully other manufacturers are doing a better job.
But yeah, CVTs are not for towing.
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I owned a TJ for 13 years. It is by far the worst driving vehicle I have ever owned and it was constantly in need of repair.
Though to be fair, most of the breakage occurred off-pavement. Even when new, Jeep's warranty is a joke, 99% of it is void when wheels leave pavement.
That being said, it was fun to own when I lived in the mountains. Moving to a urban area, loosing my Jeep club, and having a baby all led to its sale.
If I ever move back to an area with lots of off-road parks and trails, I would not buy another Jeep. I would most likely get back into dual-sport motorcycles and/or build a purpose built trail rig.
Every time someone tells me they want a Jeep, I tell them it's a mistake.
Though to be fair, most of the breakage occurred off-pavement. Even when new, Jeep's warranty is a joke, 99% of it is void when wheels leave pavement.
That being said, it was fun to own when I lived in the mountains. Moving to a urban area, loosing my Jeep club, and having a baby all led to its sale.
If I ever move back to an area with lots of off-road parks and trails, I would not buy another Jeep. I would most likely get back into dual-sport motorcycles and/or build a purpose built trail rig.
Every time someone tells me they want a Jeep, I tell them it's a mistake.
I have a gripe with a cvt I have driven. On a business trip to ABQ, Hertz gave me a Jeep Compass. With any conventional transmission maintaining a relatively consistent travel speed on level ground involves applying a fixed amount of throttle. But not with the Chrysler cvt trans! It constantly diddles with the ratios yielding a 10 to 15 mph variation out of a single throttle position at interstate speeds. It was very annoying on a one hour interstate trip and necessitated the use of the cruise control to avoid frustration. Hopefully other manufacturers are doing a better job.