And I speak knowingly since this is the setup I use at home: a small trusty ATX motherboard (Gigabyte GA7ZXE) and a 1.2GHz Duron with 512MB run using a Zallman CPU cooler on which I replaced the fan for a quieter one, and a quiet power supply in the mini case. A couple of quiet hard drives and a DVD/CD-RW (zone free of course:) )... add to that an ATI All-In-Wonder 7500 64MB DDR (TV out + DVI + cable capture + Video-In) with remote, and you have your own personal little PC that sits just next to the VCR/DVD/DTS Sound system. Add a small 300VA UPS (this setup does not uses much).
CAT5e was my choice for the connection, with a wire running along the wall connected to a 5 port switch (so that if a friends come with a laptop, he can get a DHCP IP), itself connected to another 5 port switch in the server room... the firewall/internet.
You can use it to record TV, watch your anime fansubs, your DVDs (Using Mplayer and a frame buffer kernel for X11, you can watch it all. See GATOS too), and do searches on the internet when a friend comes other (though you would have to go the 640x480 to be able to read it, which is why I put an old $20 14in monitor under the coffee table)
I do highly recommend this trilogy composed of "Daughter of The Blood", "Heir to the Shadows" and "Queen of the Darkness". Those stories are placed in a world where women "naturally" dominate society, both because of innate magical power and because of cultural and gender preferences. And where dark is good: magical strength is measured by a person's Jewels, and the darker the color, the stronger the wearer.
I was running tinydns on my home computers and the servers I maintain at work, but I was getting frustrated with the locations of the files and the use of non standards services. Note that this is my opinion and I understand that other people may want to continue using it.
But in case your installed it on your system in the "standard" location (/usr/local) (Note: I used dnscache and dnsclog as the users to create), here is a little script to "wipe" it (remember to have bind ready to take over after you kill the sv processes remaining).
Where I work, I have had to set up a few RAID systems, and the solution that we decided to work with was entirely based on IDE hard drives.
Here is the solution I did recommend and implement (we are working with 120GB hard drives for now, but with the now available 160GB it can be a 1120 GB RAID):
1) The Hard Drives : ~$1200 (1TB solution for $1600) MAXTOR 120GB about ~$150 a piece... 8 of them
2) 8 port Hardware RAID Controller: ~$900 3ware 7850 / ~$900 (This card is ATA133 compatible with 8 port Hot Swap/Hot spare independent ports and of course fully supported under Linux (kernel 2.4.18 is recommended)) (NB: we looked at the Promise solutions but preferred this solution over a SCSI Disk rack)
3) Case and Racks: $320 ENLIGHT 8950 / ~$160
(This case has 1x 3.5" floppy drive bay and 9x front 5.25" drive bays) Removable HD Rack with Dual cooling Fans / 8x$20
(with ATA100 compatible cables)
4) Computer: old parts (new... about ~$300) Athlon 500 / 256MB / 20GB HD / NIC (no Monitor)
And works as we have about 4 of them with the solution presented here in different total HD size configurations.
Running naked under your predator suit ... cute ;)
on
Paintable LCDs
·
· Score: 2, Interesting
Makes me think that people (I am sure the military have that in mind already) will use it to try to create the "predator" suit... which shows to your eyes the surrounding view... may be rather interesting...
Of course since it will have to be skin tight to work efficiently that means running naked under that transparent film... better make sure to have enough batteries on hand (which makes you wonder where to hide it now);)
Of course now would be a good idea to "finaly" release Indiana Jones on DVD... same for the first Star Wars movies or Back to the Future... then maybe even more "good old classics to be classified as classics"... grumble !
Get the latest source rpm for openssl (I used : openssl-0.9.6-3.src.rpm). It can be obtained from rpmfind.net Get the latest source rpm for openssh (3.1p1;) )
as root, do: > rpm --rebuilbd openssl-0.9.6-3.src.rpm
and let the system build
> cd/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 > rpm -Uvh --nodeps openssl-*
the nodeps is because two files called "/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0" and "/usr/lib/libssl.so.0" (not owned by any RPMs) need to be properly relinked.
In order to do so, please do: > rm -f/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0 > rm -f/usr/lib/libssl.so.0 > ln -s/usr/lib/libcrypto.so/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0 > ln -s/usr/lib/libssl.so/usr/lib/libssl.so.0
note that until you do the next line, you can not use "ssh" anymore (mismatch between the openssl version used by the previous openssh installation). Now to upgrade to the latest version of openssh
> rpm -Uvh openssh-*
note that files called "/etc/ssh/ssh_config.rpmnew" as well as "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.rpmnew" will be created. They are the default configuration files and will not replace your modified configuration files
1) does not release TV series on DVD (simple example of shows that have my interest are : Babylon 5, Quantum Leap, Malcom in the Middle, Batman Beyond, Addams Family (original B&W;) ) )... so yes I understand that people are doing this... note that Babylon 5 and Quantum Leap are showing on SciFi.
2) When they do release it... they make sure to:
a) release it in 50 DVDs
b) only put two episodes on each DVDs
c) release one DVD a month
So yes I can understand why people do it... now if only TV shows where released in a smart way... a cheap one season box (like the Buffy Box, Sex in the City or Simpsons) then yes maybe I would be interested in buying the DVDs.
I saw the news and went to the web page.. ok cool but no description of "what" it does
Then I try to see the gnome website to know what the software is about... same result... a change list... no info on "what" it is
So I finaly end up on freshmeat who tells me the software is "the GNOME mailer, calendar, contact manager, and communications tool"... well now I know... but sorry to say that it could have been useful to get some info about it in the articles...
This project is actualy quite simple, a room, some cameras, some microphones, you, a meeting and all on disk and/or live, with or without being process through some filters,... This while at the same time using and evaluating commercial tools to use our data transfer "SmartFlow"... and all of that on plenty of Linuxes... cute I think ?;)
That remind me of the time I was in a store and I saw the subtitled tape for "Kiki's Delivery Service" and someone asked me if this ``Disney'' movie was any good... there are days where I wish not everybody always think that since it is animated and released in the US, it is a Disney cartoon.
You know I sometime wonder why some of us fight to try to explain to people that contrary to common belief Japanese Animation is not only Violence and Sex... and that if they could only lay your eyes upon such fantastic movies made by Studio Ghibli as Kiki or Laputa, Nausicaa or "Omoide PoroPoro" as well as "Mimi wo Sumaseba", people's mind would change for sure.
As for Nadia, this show is a favorite of mine, and even if I am not sure I want to get into the Disney/Anime rant party, let me just tell you that if you want to see a great show, see Nadia...
I nearly finished a CPAN module for this device, it should be called "Device::CueCat", and does work by doing the extentded Base 64 xor 67 algorithm that a friend and I reverse engineered from the output of the device. I was adding a ibn/ib5 check code to it (because it not always reliable) as well as a small documentation (the code itself was 1K big), but now I am going to wait to see where this goes.
Still, I am gonna use the software for my DVD list... "wait to borrow a DVD ? sure, just scan it;)"
I develop a software called "Public Bookmark" Generator, and well it is designed to help people post their bookmarks on a web page to share links. Now let's say a PBM user link to a page that somehow link a second page that link to the DeCSS code... Then what ?
That sound kind of stupid but you can not be responsible for links to links to links ?
This may be a strange issue to come up with, but since the internet is linked in many ways, how come they would not have to actually sue the entire world (if they sue site who link to sites that link to site that...)
If you are looking for information on "what is to be released on DVD in the states", look at : http://www.animeondvd.com/
First what is out on DVD :
Battle Angel (Gunnm) -- A cyber future vision of life of Gally (the manga is a pure piece of beauty)
Grave of the Fireflies -- drama -- this is the only Ghibli you do not want to see if you are feeling low, but it is a must see still; the story of two children during the 2nd world war
Castle of Cagliostro -- Adventure, action -- This a Lupin the IIIrd movie, that stands for action, laugh and good movie... to add to that, this was a Miyazaki work.
Project A-ko -- humor, parodie -- It is a super story of A-ko fighting B-ko to save C-ko, clear ? No ? Well, you will see and btw you may have to watch it plenty of time to recognize all hidden characters;)
Tenchi Muyo! -- humor, adventure -- some fantastic adventures in a comedy packed action series with plenty of OAVs and 3 great movies (especially the 3rd one if you ask me)
Macross Plus -- adventure, action -- another set of Macross, with great musics;)
Now what should come to DVD (soon enough let's hope) :
Princess Mononoke -- we talked about it on slashdot earlier, the latest Miyazaki movie, a must see.
PatLabor Movie 1,2 -- Mecha, action, adventure, politics...
Wings of Honeamise -- adventure -- or the conquest of space, in a fantastic movie
Urusei Yatsura -- romance, comedy -- the story of an alien (an oni actually) that comes to earth and find love; should be out soon...
Rurouni Kenshin -- action, romance, adventure -- one of the best anime in the genre; the story of
What we hope is gonna come to DVD one day :
Maison Ikkoku -- by Rumiko Takahashi, my favorite TV serie, a beautiful romance.
All Ghibli movies not out yet
And a simple web page for anime fans to discover a cool comic strip on the subject : http://www.sempai.org/comic/
Open Source Softwares are a quick and easy way to make people enjoy some of the things we may work on for ourselves... and then make it available to everybody, sharing ones code.
Sure it is a prompt and proud way to promote one self, especialy after the boom OSS got in big CPU companies (we just had an IBM Linux talk... and some time ago an SGI one)... so yes, I believe it is a way to "exist" even more in the CPU world nowadays.
As far as the only reason, I could not really believe/follow the movement; I believe one publishes OSS code because it helps people by providing a service that should be rewarded by the initial pride of releasing it.
I believe in the GPL/OSS work, and will continue to participate to it...;)
My GPL softwares are : http://pbm.sourceforge.net/ http://dlc.sourceforge.net/
I think some of you are going to find it quite interesting.
Note that I am working on my PhD thesis in this field of research (specialized in MPI), and we have softwares available at : http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/savg/auto/ designed to help user work with data-types in MPI.
Please drop me a note at martial.michel@nist.gov if you desire more information on our project (we hope it will be added on the CD-Rom of the O'Reilly book).
Slashdot Mirror
And I speak knowingly since this is the setup I use at home: a small trusty ATX motherboard (Gigabyte GA7ZXE) and a 1.2GHz Duron with 512MB run using a Zallman CPU cooler on which I replaced the fan for a quieter one, and a quiet power supply in the mini case. A couple of quiet hard drives and a DVD/CD-RW (zone free of course :) )... add to that an ATI All-In-Wonder 7500 64MB DDR (TV out + DVI + cable capture + Video-In) with remote, and you have your own personal little PC that sits just next to the VCR/DVD/DTS Sound system. Add a small 300VA UPS (this setup does not uses much).
... the firewall/internet.
:)
CAT5e was my choice for the connection, with a wire running along the wall connected to a 5 port switch (so that if a friends come with a laptop, he can get a DHCP IP), itself connected to another 5 port switch in the server room
You can use it to record TV, watch your anime fansubs, your DVDs (Using Mplayer and a frame buffer kernel for X11, you can watch it all. See GATOS too), and do searches on the internet when a friend comes other (though you would have to go the 640x480 to be able to read it, which is why I put an old $20 14in monitor under the coffee table)
And this baby makes less noises than my PS2
I do highly recommend this trilogy composed of "Daughter of The Blood", "Heir to the Shadows" and "Queen of the Darkness". Those stories are placed in a world where women "naturally" dominate society, both because of innate magical power and because of cultural and gender preferences. And where dark is good: magical strength is measured by a person's Jewels, and the darker the color, the stronger the wearer.
I was running tinydns on my home computers and the servers I maintain at work, but I was getting frustrated with the locations of the files and the use of non standards services. Note that this is my opinion and I understand that other people may want to continue using it.
/package /command /service /etc/dnscachex /var/spool/djbdns /var/spool/mail/dnsc* /etc/dnsroots.global
/etc/inittab
/usr/local/bin
But in case your installed it on your system in the "standard" location (/usr/local) (Note: I used dnscache and dnsclog as the users to create), here is a little script to "wipe" it (remember to have bind ready to take over after you kill the sv processes remaining).
rm -rf
rm -rf
rm -rf
rm -rf
rm -rf
rm -f
rm -f
perl -pi.old -e 's%^(SV:123456:respawn:/command/svscanboot)%#$1%'
userdel dnscache
userdel dnsclog
cd
foreach i (fghack pgrphack readproctitle supervise svc svok svs* envdir envuidgi
d multilog setlock setuidgid softlimit tai64n* axfr* dns* pickdns* random-ip rbl
dns* tinydns* walldns*)
rm -f $i
end
Hope this helps,
-- M
Where I work, I have had to set up a few RAID systems, and the solution that we decided to work with was entirely based on IDE hard drives.
:
... 8 of them
... about ~$300)
Here is the solution I did recommend and implement (we are working with 120GB hard drives for now, but with the now available 160GB it can be a 1120 GB RAID)
1) The Hard Drives : ~$1200 (1TB solution for $1600)
MAXTOR 120GB about ~$150 a piece
2) 8 port Hardware RAID Controller: ~$900
3ware 7850 / ~$900
(This card is ATA133 compatible with 8 port Hot Swap/Hot spare independent ports and of course fully supported under Linux (kernel 2.4.18 is recommended))
(NB: we looked at the Promise solutions but preferred this solution over a SCSI Disk rack)
3) Case and Racks: $320
ENLIGHT 8950 / ~$160
(This case has 1x 3.5" floppy drive bay and 9x front 5.25" drive bays)
Removable HD Rack with Dual cooling Fans / 8x$20
(with ATA100 compatible cables)
4) Computer: old parts (new
Athlon 500 / 256MB / 20GB HD / NIC (no Monitor)
And works as we have about 4 of them with the solution presented here in different total HD size configurations.
Makes me think that people (I am sure the military have that in mind already) will use it to try to create the "predator" suit ... which shows to your eyes the surrounding view ... may be rather interesting ...
... better make sure to have enough batteries on hand (which makes you wonder where to hide it now) ;)
Of course since it will have to be skin tight to work efficiently that means running naked under that transparent film
Of course now would be a good idea to "finaly" release Indiana Jones on DVD ... same for the first Star Wars movies or Back to the Future ... then maybe even more "good old classics to be classified as classics" ... grumble !
Looks like they have good advices for _everybody- in this book ... look at the appendix "B.36 My Dishwasher Leaves Spots on My Glasses"
I must confess that since Purify is not available for Linux, we are always looking for interesting pieces of software to do this job.
:
Now the only question I have are
1) can it be used as a debugger too ?
2) how does it compare to other systems like electricfence ?
Of course I forgot to add that between : /usr/lib/libssl.so /usr/lib/libssl.so.0
: /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386
> ln -s
and
> rpm -Uvh openssh-*
you have to do
> rpm --rebuild openssh-3.1p1.src.rpm
let it run
> cd
(sorry)
(lines preceeded by ">" are command prompt lines)
;) )
:
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386
: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0 /usr/lib/libssl.so.0 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0 /usr/lib/libssl.so /usr/lib/libssl.so.0
;)
Get the latest source rpm for openssl (I used : openssl-0.9.6-3.src.rpm). It can be obtained from rpmfind.net
Get the latest source rpm for openssh (3.1p1
as root, do
> rpm --rebuilbd openssl-0.9.6-3.src.rpm
and let the system build
> cd
> rpm -Uvh --nodeps openssl-*
the nodeps is because two files called
"/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0" and "/usr/lib/libssl.so.0" (not owned by any
RPMs) need to be properly relinked.
In order to do so, please do
> rm -f
> rm -f
> ln -s
> ln -s
note that until you do the next line, you can not use "ssh"
anymore (mismatch between the openssl version used by the previous
openssh installation). Now to upgrade to the latest version of openssh
> rpm -Uvh openssh-*
note that files called "/etc/ssh/ssh_config.rpmnew" as well as
"/etc/ssh/sshd_config.rpmnew" will be created. They are the default
configuration files and will not replace your modified configuration
files
Hope this helps
The trick is that the TV/Movie industry :
;) ) ) ... so yes I understand that people are doing this ... note that Babylon 5 and Quantum Leap are showing on SciFi.
... they make sure to :
... now if only TV shows where released in a smart way ... a cheap one season box (like the Buffy Box, Sex in the City or Simpsons) then yes maybe I would be interested in buying the DVDs.
1) does not release TV series on DVD (simple example of shows that have my interest are : Babylon 5, Quantum Leap, Malcom in the Middle, Batman Beyond, Addams Family (original B&W
2) When they do release it
a) release it in 50 DVDs
b) only put two episodes on each DVDs
c) release one DVD a month
So yes I can understand why people do it
http://www.nist.gov/smartspace/
If you have questions about the system, please feel
free to ask.
12:50p ... still here ... and I did not see any news about negotations being solved ... wait and see
Well still no shutdown ... so far so good ...
...
... bad surprise ... If Comcast is still up I will post a reply to my entry ... otherwise ...
Well I guess I will know when I wake up
Good
I saw the news and went to the web page .. ok cool but no description of "what" it does
... same result ... a change list ... no info on "what" it is
... well now I know ... but sorry to say that it could have been useful to get some info about it in the articles ...
Then I try to see the gnome website to know what the software is about
So I finaly end up on freshmeat who tells me the software is "the GNOME mailer, calendar, contact manager, and communications tool"
This project is actualy quite simple, a room, some cameras, some microphones, you, a meeting and all on disk and/or live, with or without being process through some filters, ... This while at the same time using and evaluating commercial tools to use our data transfer "SmartFlow" ... and all of that on plenty of Linuxes ... cute I think ? ;)
More details at http://www.nist.gov/smartspace/
That remind me of the time I was in a store and I saw the subtitled tape for "Kiki's Delivery Service" and someone asked me if this ``Disney'' movie was any good ... there are days where I wish not everybody always think that since it is animated and released in the US, it is a Disney cartoon.
... and that if they could only lay your eyes upon such fantastic movies made by Studio Ghibli as Kiki or Laputa, Nausicaa or "Omoide PoroPoro" as well as "Mimi wo Sumaseba", people's mind would change for sure.
m l for more details).
...
;)
You know I sometime wonder why some of us fight to try to explain to people that contrary to common belief Japanese Animation is not only Violence and Sex
I am only very happy that all those fantastic movies are finaly coming to DVD (See http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/video/release.ht
As for Nadia, this show is a favorite of mine, and even if I am not sure I want to get into the Disney/Anime rant party, let me just tell you that if you want to see a great show, see Nadia
Btw, for a few anime links, try my bookmark section on my web page
Now I am annoyed.
... "wait to borrow a DVD ? sure, just scan it ;)"
I nearly finished a CPAN module for this device, it should be called "Device::CueCat", and does work by doing the extentded Base 64 xor 67 algorithm that a friend and I reverse engineered from the output of the device. I was adding a ibn/ib5 check code to it (because it not always reliable) as well as a small documentation (the code itself was 1K big), but now I am going to wait to see where this goes.
Still, I am gonna use the software for my DVD list
Well, looks like they already scared some people there ... the link is not there anymore ... ;)
I develop a software called "Public Bookmark" Generator, and well it is designed to help people post their bookmarks on a web page to share links. Now let's say a PBM user link to a page that somehow link a second page that link to the DeCSS code ... Then what ?
That sound kind of stupid but you can not be responsible for links to links to links ?
This may be a strange issue to come up with, but since the internet is linked in many ways, how come they would not have to actually sue the entire world (if they sue site who link to sites that link to site that ...)
If you are looking for information on "what is to be released on DVD in the states", look at : http://www.animeondvd.com/
... to add to that, this was a Miyazaki work.
;)
;)
...
...
;)
First what is out on DVD :
Battle Angel (Gunnm) -- A cyber future vision of life of Gally (the manga is a pure piece of beauty)
Grave of the Fireflies -- drama -- this is the only Ghibli you do not want to see if you are feeling low, but it is a must see still; the story of two children during the 2nd world war
Castle of Cagliostro -- Adventure, action -- This a Lupin the IIIrd movie, that stands for action, laugh and good movie
Project A-ko -- humor, parodie -- It is a super story of A-ko fighting B-ko to save C-ko, clear ? No ? Well, you will see and btw you may have to watch it plenty of time to recognize all hidden characters
Tenchi Muyo! -- humor, adventure -- some fantastic adventures in a comedy packed action series with plenty of OAVs and 3 great movies (especially the 3rd one if you ask me)
Macross Plus -- adventure, action -- another set of Macross, with great musics
Now what should come to DVD (soon enough let's hope) :
Princess Mononoke -- we talked about it on slashdot earlier, the latest Miyazaki movie, a must see.
PatLabor Movie 1,2 -- Mecha, action, adventure, politics
Wings of Honeamise -- adventure -- or the conquest of space, in a fantastic movie
Urusei Yatsura -- romance, comedy -- the story of an alien (an oni actually) that comes to earth and find love; should be out soon
Rurouni Kenshin -- action, romance, adventure -- one of the best anime in the genre; the story of
What we hope is gonna come to DVD one day :
Maison Ikkoku -- by Rumiko Takahashi, my favorite TV serie, a beautiful romance.
All Ghibli movies not out yet
And a simple web page for anime fans to discover a cool comic strip on the subject :
http://www.sempai.org/comic/
Well hope that helps
... you see a pigeon flying in slow motion through a door in flames
;)
Open Source Softwares are a quick and easy way to make people enjoy some of the things we may work on for ourselves ... and then make it available to everybody, sharing ones code.
... and some time ago an SGI one) ... so yes, I believe it is a way to "exist" even more in the CPU world nowadays.
... ;)
... and so little time)
;)
Sure it is a prompt and proud way to promote one self, especialy after the boom OSS got in big CPU companies (we just had an IBM Linux talk
As far as the only reason, I could not really believe/follow the movement; I believe one publishes OSS code because it helps people by providing a service that should be rewarded by the initial pride of releasing it.
I believe in the GPL/OSS work, and will continue to participate to it
My GPL softwares are :
http://pbm.sourceforge.net/
http://dlc.sourceforge.net/
(and too many projects
Hope you will enjoy them
O'Reilly is coming soon (august --supposedely) with a book called Building Linux Clusters.
I think some of you are going to find it quite interesting.
Note that I am working on my PhD thesis in this field of research (specialized in MPI), and we have softwares available at : http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/savg/auto/ designed to help user work with data-types in MPI.
Please drop me a note at martial.michel@nist.gov if you desire more information on our project (we hope it will be added on the CD-Rom of the O'Reilly book).