OpenBSD 3.9 Adds Sensor Framework

wbglinks writes to tell us ZDNet is reporting that the newest version of OpenBSD will include a sensor framework to help system administrators keep tabs on the environmental conditions of their servers. From the article: "At present, there are a number of commercial products that allow the environmental conditions of servers to be monitored, but different brands of server require different products. For example, Dell PowerEdge servers use the Embedded Server Management tool, while Sun Fire Servers use Sun's Remote System Control. This can make server management tricky when running a heterogeneous architecture. OpenBSD 3.9, which is scheduled for release on 1 May, includes support for the sensors and the sensor management tools used on a number of architectures."

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sensors and slashdotting

[cabinetsoft]

De Raadt has already been using the sensor framework to monitor the machines running in the project's server room. "I now get a call on my cell phone whenever something is wrong in the machine room," he said.

and I bet the temperature warning reads something along the lines of "Link to your site posted on slashdot.org"

is_computer_on_fire()

[Anonymous Coward]

while Sun Fire Servers

Finally some use for BeOS' is_computer_on_fire() function!

Re:File cabinets and fires

[merdaccia]

Remember when you could go back to work on Monday and find a disaster that would take you three weeks of painstaking work to fix because you had no way of knowing a fan died?

Re:File cabinets and fires

[eraserewind]

Ah, the good old days!

Mod parent up!

[dildo]

Seriously. If my job wasn't so boring, I wouldn't give /. any of my time. But for now it serves an important purpose keeping me from going insane due to the tedium.

I think I may code an AI script that will learn how to have conversations based on the content of slashdot. After the program has digested a few thousand posts it will surely pass the /. Turing test (Can a human distinguish this program from a typical /. poster?)

I imagine a conversation would run like this:

Human: "I'm impressed with this new Linux distro. This may actually be an operating system my grandmother can use without any problems!"

Slashdotbot: "Heh. Your mother should use Debian. If she uses Ubuntu she is going to get p0wn3d."

Human: "I use BSD personally on my servers, but I don't think my Grandmother has much to worry about on her computer."

/.Bot: "BSD is dying!"

Human: "Um... okay... I guess that made a little sense -- if I cross my eyes and think real hard. I wonder what will happen when I say this: I've been running YourMomOS on my laptop and she is humming away beautifully."

/.Bot: "YourMomOS used to be cool, but now it is filled with bloatware, all of the great developers have left, and it is only a matter of time until she becomes a calcified dinosaur that is no better than what is running on M$ boxen."

Human: "I think I'm on to you. Hey guy, tell me about your girl."

/.Bot: "I do not know what a 'girl' is. But I bet it sucks."

Human: "Wait. Proves nothing. But that response is suspicious. Hey guy, tell me about your 7545121116577545454."

/.Bot: "I do not know what a '7545121116577545454' is. But I bet it sucks."

Human: "This is a computer program, but I was nearly fooled. Another thousand posts and it will be absolutely indistinguishable from the average slashdot poster. You merely need to dumb down its grammar, interject more spelling mistakes, and give it more pop culture references (i.e. the mention of the word 'Ballmer' should trigger the 'make_joke_about_chairs()' subroutine) and this AI construct will truly be perfect."