Task Manager Bug: The Process that Refused to Die! - ShopTalk!

Task Manager, DNS, PDP11, and more in this weeks ShopTalk! 00:00 - Intro 00:10 - Task Manager bug?…. 03:40 - Dave’s shirt! 04:37 - Bob Armstrong designed Dave’s PDP11? 05:37 - Why aren’t DNS entries that have been previously resolved cached locally? 07:00 - Wouldn’t it be a good idea to have backups of standby type dns to help with dns downtime? 07:34 - So short of a massive power outage DNS seems to be the Achilles heel of the Internet? 09:06 - Can you talk about the future of ternary computing?å 09:33 - How does one submit questions for consideration on Dave’s Garage?? 10:52 - You never here about this happening to banks… better controls? 12:15 - Curious about why you gave up on Claude? 13:31 - Is there value to doing this 200lb HD or are you just testing? 15:13 - Any chance of running CP/M in an emulator on that? 15:52 - Any idea how the dual processors on the controller communicated with each other? 16:45 - Other bus issues on the PDP11/34 19:46 - How the heck is that drive STILL running?! 21:06 - Does anyone know the original price of this beast? 22:07 - Throwback to one of the DEC machines at the U of R in the late 80’s/early 90’s? 22:30 - Was this when DEC was pushing hard on the HSC for Vax and PDP-10 systems? 23:36 - How will you maintain this beast when the inevitable head crash happens? 24:38 - How often do you need to make an oil change on it ? 25:37 - But what happened to the video between 11:50 and 12:45? 26:58 - Aren’t the drives susceptible to vibrations and read/write errors if stacked? 28:57 - Quesitons about power consumption… 29:09 - Do the lights dim when spinning up that monster? 29:39 - How many of your neighboring houses saw their lights dim when you started it up? 29:49 - So do you have a 400amp residential service in the garage? 31:59 - How does this beast effect your power bill? 33:31 - what the heck is a “servant” processor .. ? 34:02 - Unit confusion… LBS?!? 34:31 - GB=gigabytes TB=terabytes YB=yottabytes LB=lottabytes? 34:43 - OK so how many MB are in an LB? 35:05 - Is that 200LB == 200 LardoBytes? 35:25 - On old PC drives you had to enter the ‘bad sectors’ into the ? 37:21 - Screws and rods in your back? What happened? 38:26 - Edelbrock or Holley? 39:05 - What is that amazing thing over the co-host’s shoulder? 39:24 - How big is your Garage!? 41:23 - Is this the primary heater in your shop or is it the backup? 41:46 - why would you work on Carpet? 42:47 - What happened to the “”Friendly Giant”” outro? 43:12 - Why the surgical gloves in the Friendly Giant closing? 44:45 - Why are Canadian airports YYx? 45:27 - Who doesn’t make it to the end of the video? 47:03 - The Friendly Coder outro… 47:27 - Glen’s blooper (x2)