Comments for Technology Kills http://technologykills.com Deconstructing technology, one piece at a time... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on SugarSync’s Bitter Aftertaste by Ben McClure http://technologykills.com/2010/03/15/sugarsyncs-bitter-aftertaste/#comment-7914 Ben McClure Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:14:00 +0000 http://technologykills.com/?p=116#comment-7914 I'm under the impression that it'll sync PST and things like accounting files after they are unlocked (when the program using them is closed). I completely agree regarding it not telling you the things it didn't back up, and just having a lot of missing files (or replaced files which return to the original) and other sync issues. I love the idea behind SugarSync, and the way in which it works in theory--it just doesn't do an adequate job of ensuring data consistency in all cases. After several years of testing, I can safely say that I have found nothing which syncs half as well as Dropbox, even though its feature set is more limited than most other services. It's caused me to gladly shell out the extra cash required for adequate Dropbox space, because it's the only thing I've found that works quickly, and has never caused me any data consistency issues. Ben I’m under the impression that it’ll sync PST and things like accounting files after they are unlocked (when the program using them is closed).

I completely agree regarding it not telling you the things it didn’t back up, and just having a lot of missing files (or replaced files which return to the original) and other sync issues.

I love the idea behind SugarSync, and the way in which it works in theory–it just doesn’t do an adequate job of ensuring data consistency in all cases.

After several years of testing, I can safely say that I have found nothing which syncs half as well as Dropbox, even though its feature set is more limited than most other services. It’s caused me to gladly shell out the extra cash required for adequate Dropbox space, because it’s the only thing I’ve found that works quickly, and has never caused me any data consistency issues.

Ben

]]> Comment on SugarSync’s Bitter Aftertaste by Disappointed http://technologykills.com/2010/03/15/sugarsyncs-bitter-aftertaste/#comment-7913 Disappointed Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:05:00 +0000 http://technologykills.com/?p=116#comment-7913 Unfortunately there are a number of problems, it wont sync pst files or accounting files (MYOB, Quickbooks). It also doesn't tell you what it didn't backup, I suggest you start checking your web account as there may be other folders totally missing as well. Unfortunately there are a number of problems, it wont sync pst files or accounting files (MYOB, Quickbooks). It also doesn’t tell you what it didn’t backup, I suggest you start checking your web account as there may be other folders totally missing as well.

]]> Comment on Asus WL-500g Premium Power Supply Issue by Ben McClure http://technologykills.com/2010/03/17/asus-wl-500g-premium-power-supply-issue/#comment-7910 Ben McClure Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:42:00 +0000 http://technologykills.com/?p=132#comment-7910 Great to hear! The WL-500g really is a special router. Powerful WiFi, enough internal memory for OpenWRT to run comfortably, built-in USB ports, etc. It's still a much better router than most current offerings so many years later. Great to hear! The WL-500g really is a special router. Powerful WiFi, enough internal memory for OpenWRT to run comfortably, built-in USB ports, etc. It’s still a much better router than most current offerings so many years later.

]]> Comment on Asus WL-500g Premium Power Supply Issue by Aleš Balcar http://technologykills.com/2010/03/17/asus-wl-500g-premium-power-supply-issue/#comment-7909 Aleš Balcar Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:07:00 +0000 http://technologykills.com/?p=132#comment-7909 Thanks a lot! I was just going to throw my 6 years old Asus WL-500g out of the window, since the "Troubleshooting" section of the instruction manual does not cover this issue (steady light of all indicators EXCEPT power and air). Since I am no tech geek, I bought a new power supply 15 menutes ago and it works again. Unfortunately, these come expensive here in Czech Republic, so it cost me about 1/2 of the price of the cheapest WLAN router. But still - this is a much niftier machine and I do not like to litter by throwing away what is good to use for another decade. Thanks a lot!

I was just going to throw my 6 years old Asus WL-500g out of the window, since the “Troubleshooting” section of the instruction manual does not cover this issue (steady light of all indicators EXCEPT power and air).
Since I am no tech geek, I bought a new power supply 15 menutes ago and it works again.
Unfortunately, these come expensive here in Czech Republic, so it cost me about 1/2 of the price of the cheapest WLAN router.
But still – this is a much niftier machine and I do not like to litter by throwing away what is good to use for another decade.

]]> Comment on Dropbox vs SugarSync by Ben McClure http://technologykills.com/2010/02/23/dropbox-vs-sugarsync/#comment-7907 Ben McClure Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:27:00 +0000 http://technologykills.com/?p=111#comment-7907 I would appreciate keeping the affiliate links to a minimum, as I told the commenter just before you. If you feel you must post the link, that's fine, but please then make the rest of the comment at least useful, informative, or directly related to the article content in the future. Thank you! :) I would appreciate keeping the affiliate links to a minimum, as I told the commenter just before you. If you feel you must post the link, that’s fine, but please then make the rest of the comment at least useful, informative, or directly related to the article content in the future.

Thank you! :)

]]> Comment on Dropbox vs SugarSync by Ben http://technologykills.com/2010/02/23/dropbox-vs-sugarsync/#comment-7906 Ben Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:46:00 +0000 http://technologykills.com/?p=111#comment-7906 A handy tip for signing up to DropBox… If you want some extra storage from the start use my referral link to sign up http://goo.gl/StEow Both Dropbox users ( you and I) get an extra 250MB on top of the free 2GB. Once Joined you can then refer others and receive an extra 250MB per referral up to a max of 8Gig… Free. A handy tip for signing up to DropBox… If you want some extra storage from the start
use my referral link to sign up

http://goo.gl/StEow

Both Dropbox users ( you and I) get an extra 250MB on top of the free 2GB.

Once Joined you can then refer others and receive an extra 250MB per referral up to a max of 8Gig… Free.

]]> Comment on About by Alexander Nyberg http://technologykills.com/about/#comment-7904 Alexander Nyberg Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:18:00 +0000 http://technologykills.com/?page_id=2#comment-7904 Hello I saw your post at http://andrewsheppard.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/a-real-time-data-rtd-server-written-in-c/ and tried to find an email to you. I have a third party RTD server provider that I'm trying to access via C# and have the same problems that you faced (getting null returns). Did you solve the problem? Would you mind sharing the solution? Hello

I saw your post at http://andrewsheppard.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/a-real-time-data-rtd-server-written-in-c/ and tried to find an email to you. I have a third party RTD server provider that I’m trying to access via C# and have the same problems that you faced (getting null returns). Did you solve the problem? Would you mind sharing the solution?

]]> Comment on Asus WL-500g Premium Power Supply Issue by JGtex http://technologykills.com/2010/03/17/asus-wl-500g-premium-power-supply-issue/#comment-7903 JGtex Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:22:00 +0000 http://technologykills.com/?p=132#comment-7903 Thanks for the suggestion on the Enercell. I've had problems trying to find the right one for this router and been burned twice. For anyone who finds this post, the router uses positive polarity. Took me forever to find that answer.  Thanks for the suggestion on the Enercell. I’ve had problems trying to find the right one for this router and been burned twice. For anyone who finds this post, the router uses positive polarity. Took me forever to find that answer. 

]]> Comment on SugarSync’s Bitter Aftertaste by Ricardorivaldo http://technologykills.com/2010/03/15/sugarsyncs-bitter-aftertaste/#comment-7902 Ricardorivaldo Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:03:00 +0000 http://technologykills.com/?p=116#comment-7902 I got an entire folder that just "vanish" from my laptop. The web interface shows the folder, but no way to get it back. I have reset the configuration and try to download everything again, no lucky yet. But I HAVE A BACKUP, actually, I keep at least 2 backups, just in case. My conclusion: NOT READY FOR CRITICAL MISSION WORK.  I got an entire folder that just “vanish” from my laptop. The web interface shows the folder, but no way to get it back. I have reset the configuration and try to download everything again, no lucky yet. But I HAVE A BACKUP, actually, I keep at least 2 backups, just in case. My conclusion: NOT READY FOR CRITICAL MISSION WORK. 

]]> Comment on Collaborative fiction is pretty cool by Ben McClure http://technologykills.com/2008/04/21/collaborative-fiction-is-pretty-cool/#comment-7901 Ben McClure Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:36:00 +0000 http://technologykills.com/?p=9#comment-7901 Thanks, it looks very interesting--I'll check it out! Thanks, it looks very interesting–I’ll check it out!

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