User: RalfM

also available here (java version)

On: Kerberos Outside the US?

http://security.dstc.edu.au/pr ojects/java/index.html courtesy of the security research group at DSTC

Ralf

Oz Salary Information

On: IT Salary Comparisons Worldwide

There is salary survey information, and links to other such sites, at the new e-zine put up by the Australian Government to address the IT skills shortage.

http://www.ignite.net.au

Specifically, see the lifestyle implications section under Careers.

Enjoy,

Ralf

Commercial 'xterm' rental & Stanford SLIM proj

On: Linux/UNIX Usability Research

Have a look at the SLIM project from Stanford University. I went to a keynote by Monica Lam in January in NZ where she described such a system using terminals that don't need to be upgraded -- the monitors can handle screen refreshes at human eye limits. The server is upgraded to do more and more, but the end user never needs to know...

Unfortunately I can't find a URL... anyone from Stanford reading this and can help?
http://www.dstc.edu.au/~ralf

Smarter power supplies...

On: Can Linux Work Without Shutdown?

I've often wondered abou this. Laptops don't have the problem of dying when disconnected from the mains because they have a battery (obviously seeing as they're portable :-)

How about a powersupply with a battery built in, so that a powerloss will switch to battery, which in turn can be detected (laptops tell you when they're on mains or bat) and which could then force an immediate shutdown. The battery for this type of powersupply wouldn't even need to be real big. 5-10 minutes would surely be enough. In other words, batteries out of ancient laptops would suffice...

Does anyone know of such a project already having been attempted? What is wrong with this idea? Would it be possible to build such an animal to just replace a normal power supply in a desktop box? Or does a desk top box just simply suck way too much juice for a battery to even cope for an immediate shutdown?

Ralf
http://www.dstc.edu.au/~ralf