Just because HP is sells a 42U rack doesn't mean you have to cram blades into all 42Us. It's cheaper to spread the heat load across a larger area than to figure out how to put 1500 CFM out of a floor tile so the top of a blade rack gets air.
Agreed, to a point.
Google did a study about Datacenter Power Density a couple of years ago and IIRC, concluded that Blades were not the most cost efficient solution (for them) because of the increased environmental conditioning required...
If we dumb it down to "There's an ickky virus going around which sill hurt your PC!" then it's no use to us geeks with a clue. Just leave the real explination and put "Install this to fix the problem" at the bottom of the page for the idiots.
Actually the "Install this to fix the problem" should be at the top of the page or you'll lose them as they scan through the Geek explaination.
The reason why companys hire contractors is easy - it's cheaper. I've been told that to be converted would cost the company nearly 3 times the amount they currently pay.
See, that's the thing, it's not.
Here's my argument: Your contracting company pays you $X and gives you Y in benefits. They pay all the same taxes and expenses to Unca Sam that the customer would if you were the customer's employee. Let's call that amount Z. They then bill the customer anywhere from 1.5(X+Y+Z) to 3(X+Y+Z) for your time.
The customer is paying for your real estate and utilities already, so that's a wash.
My argument is that the customer could get you as an employee for the same hourly rate and benefits, the Z, Real Estate and Utilities are fixed.
The customers do it because it goes into the books differently and it looks better forthe bottom line.
Just like the Government. Fire X PATCO air traffic controllers. Contract with Lockheed Martin for X air traffic control contractors.
As I recall, a similar situation used to (does?) exist at Microsoft -- people could stay as contractors for years in the same position. They got none of the perks and benefits, and were effectively second-class citizens (or so I've heard, I've never even been to Washington State).
All true.
The result is that contractors at Micorsoft NOW can only work for 12 months and then are required to leave the contract for 100 days, before they can be rehired to work on the contract for another 12 months.
There are a whole bunch of contractors working that way at Microsoft's support center in Charlotte, NC.
One of my current co-workers has been through the cycle twice and is going back again in May.
Firstly, speaking as a former EDS employee, I'm going to tell you to BITE ME.
Secondly, I'm going to remind you that just because the Corporation sucks, that doesn't mean that all the employees are incompetent. Many, if not most, sucky-ass companies are the product sucky-ass management.
And on that note I'm going to invite former CEO Dick Brown to BITE ME as well.
The corporate network is going to disappear, because defense is at the servers and a the machines. Many companies already mix the lan and internet, and that's the way to go.
I don't agree with this.
Any "solution" which places sensitive corporate data on hardware which is not under complete control, physical and logical, of the corporation, is just asking for IP theft (read: Industrial Espionage), and in my opinion, the CIO/IT Management should be dissmissed on the grounds of malfeasance.
This man's writing is so amazingly stilted even reading the first paragraph makes me cringe in horror. For the love of my life, I can't understand the Slashdot infatuation with him. Everything I've ever seen by him has been awful even by pulp SF standards
I agree.
But, he's even written a book about getting your Sci-Fi (I use this term purposefully) published, so the publishers must like him too...
The simulations suggest that over the next hundred years we could see average rises of average temperatures of up to 11K, more than twice what was previously thought.
Ok, who else besides me read that as 11 Thousand Degrees, instead of the intended 11 Degrees Kelvin?
It doesn't come with the following essential tools: gcc grep find ls man wget
You have no idea what you're talking about. Let's compare: *nix vs Windows gcc = compiler (Don't need this for day to day use.) grep = fc find = find ls = dir man = help (or the/? switch) wget = Ok, maybe this one, but I can download it if I need it.
Is IE a piece of crap? Of course, but that's not what we're talking about.
Anybody who has used the unix comandline for REAL knows why even experienced admins think that windows lacks a commandline. No completion, no reverse-search in history, no pipe filters (and no, pipe more does not count), and so on...
Personally, I find completion a huge pain. And with DosKey there is a CLI history, easily accessed.
Most of what *nix users use on the command line are add-ons and most have equivalents available for Windows.
Not saying the Windows CLI is perfect, but it is there and quite usable. In my book, anyone who can't use it has no right to claim to be a SysAdmin.
Bill Gates also decided the GUI was the way to go during this time. After seeing that Apple refused to license the Mac OS, he announced Windows in 1983, and how it would revolutionize the PC industry. The first version of Windows would not be released for 4 more years. During the development of Windows, Bill Gates feared Apple would sue him due to the fact that his OS was looking a lot like the Mac OS. So on November 22, 1983, John Sculley, then CEO of Apple, signed an agreement to allow Microsoft use Mac OS technology in exchange for further development of Microsoft software for the Mac.
Win 3.1? Usefull? Have you used it? Or used anything that is actually less stable than Windows 95(!)?
Well, of course I have. I've been in the business since 1982. Windows 3.1 was surely a piece of crap, that's easy to see with 15+ years of hindsight... But back then, it was not too shabby, except when compared to a Mac...
Slashdot Mirror
...GoBots in disguise!
I guess you had to be there.
Just because HP is sells a 42U rack doesn't mean you have to cram blades into all 42Us. It's cheaper to spread the heat load across a larger area than to figure out how to put 1500 CFM out of a floor tile so the top of a blade rack gets air.
Agreed, to a point.
Google did a study about Datacenter Power Density a couple of years ago and IIRC, concluded that Blades were not the most cost efficient solution (for them) because of the increased environmental conditioning required...
Wish I could find that link...
If we dumb it down to "There's an ickky virus going around which sill hurt your PC!" then it's no use to us geeks with a clue. Just leave the real explination and put "Install this to fix the problem" at the bottom of the page for the idiots.
Actually the "Install this to fix the problem" should be at the top of the page or you'll lose them as they scan through the Geek explaination.
Ok, obviously /. has implemented an Auto April Fools Submittal mechanism.
/. staff are actually at work today, the AAFS is handling all of these submissions automagically.
None of the
Come on 12am...
Unlike most of today's headlines...
Go to your Gmail account for more info...
The reason why companys hire contractors is easy - it's cheaper.
I've been told that to be converted would cost the company nearly 3 times the amount they currently pay.
See, that's the thing, it's not.
Here's my argument:
Your contracting company pays you $X and gives you Y in benefits.
They pay all the same taxes and expenses to Unca Sam that the customer would if you were the customer's employee. Let's call that amount Z.
They then bill the customer anywhere from 1.5(X+Y+Z) to 3(X+Y+Z) for your time.
The customer is paying for your real estate and utilities already, so that's a wash.
My argument is that the customer could get you as an employee for the same hourly rate and benefits, the Z, Real Estate and Utilities are fixed.
The customers do it because it goes into the books differently and it looks better forthe bottom line.
Just like the Government.
Fire X PATCO air traffic controllers.
Contract with Lockheed Martin for X air traffic control contractors.
As I recall, a similar situation used to (does?) exist at Microsoft -- people could stay as contractors for years in the same position. They got none of the perks and benefits, and were effectively second-class citizens (or so I've heard, I've never even been to Washington State).
All true.
The result is that contractors at Micorsoft NOW can only work for 12 months and then are required to leave the contract for 100 days, before they can be rehired to work on the contract for another 12 months.
There are a whole bunch of contractors working that way at Microsoft's support center in Charlotte, NC.
One of my current co-workers has been through the cycle twice and is going back again in May.
Whether you like to hear it or not, the parent poster's opinion is shared by many.
And you have every right to have that opinion.
And about opinions, it has been said:
They're like assholes.
Everyone has one and they all stink.
"Those who can, do; those who can't work at EDS."
Ahem...
Firstly, speaking as a former EDS employee, I'm going to tell you to BITE ME.
Secondly, I'm going to remind you that just because the Corporation sucks, that doesn't mean that all the employees are incompetent.
Many, if not most, sucky-ass companies are the product sucky-ass management.
And on that note I'm going to invite former CEO Dick Brown to BITE ME as well.
Why did you buy the software? You can fill the entire thing out online and save half the cash.
I agree.
I bought Turbo Tax 1 time, 1998 I think, and have been doing it online ever since.
My only complaint is that my stupid State (NC) is ALWAYS late getting their bit together.
It's almost always into March before they have everything working for NC.
The corporate network is going to disappear, because defense is at the servers and a the machines. Many companies already mix the lan and internet, and that's the way to go.
I don't agree with this.
Any "solution" which places sensitive corporate data on hardware which is not under complete control, physical and logical, of the corporation, is just asking for IP theft (read: Industrial Espionage), and in my opinion, the CIO/IT Management should be dissmissed on the grounds of malfeasance.
Human life should not be saved at the cost of human life....
So, then committing troops to battle, no matter for what cause, shouldn't be done?
I'm not a supporter of the current administration's colonial policies, but what about WWII?
Should we not have intervened to stop the Nazi domination of Europe and the wholesale slaughter of Jews, Slavs and Gypsies?
Your comment is just wrong and ill-informed.
This man's writing is so amazingly stilted even reading the first paragraph makes me cringe in horror. For the love of my life, I can't understand the Slashdot infatuation with him. Everything I've ever seen by him has been awful even by pulp SF standards
I agree.
But, he's even written a book about getting your Sci-Fi (I use this term purposefully) published, so the publishers must like him too...
Go figure.
A Kim Stanley Robinson (SF writer) short story which he later expanded into 3 novels (Red/Green/Blue Mars).
Covers this is a believeable and seemingly plausible way...
One of my all-time favorite SF series, right next to the Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson and the original Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov.
The simulations suggest that over the next hundred years we could see average rises of average temperatures of up to 11K, more than twice what was previously thought.
Ok, who else besides me read that as 11 Thousand Degrees, instead of the intended 11 Degrees Kelvin?
Come on, admit it!
It doesn't come with the following essential tools: gcc grep find ls man wget
/? switch)
You have no idea what you're talking about.
Let's compare:
*nix vs Windows
gcc = compiler (Don't need this for day to day use.)
grep = fc
find = find
ls = dir
man = help (or the
wget = Ok, maybe this one, but I can download it if I need it.
Is IE a piece of crap?
Of course, but that's not what we're talking about.
Remember, he wrote this in 1999. The state-of-the-art "enterprise" version of Windows then was what, NT 3.5?
NT 4.0
Anybody who has used the unix comandline for REAL knows why even experienced admins think that windows lacks a commandline.
No completion, no reverse-search in history, no pipe filters (and no, pipe more does not count), and so on...
Personally, I find completion a huge pain.
And with DosKey there is a CLI history, easily accessed.
Most of what *nix users use on the command line are add-ons and most have equivalents available for Windows.
Not saying the Windows CLI is perfect, but it is there and quite usable.
In my book, anyone who can't use it has no right to claim to be a SysAdmin.
I read this book when it first came out and I have to say that I was quite disappointed.
His insistance that Windows doesn't have a command line shows a deliberate distortion of the truth to try to make his point.
Any REAL Windows Admin knows this is false and it's a prime way to identify an Anti-MS zealot.
Anyway, it hasn't stopped me being a fan of NS, but it did disappoint me in a big way.
Indicentally, I am also using the Pimsleur course this guy recommends. I'm on level 1 lesson 21, and so far it has been great.
Pimsleur is the best!
I studied conversational Russian 5 years ago before making 2 trips to the Former Soviet Union (Moscow-1999, Kiev-2000).
I was by no means fluent, but was able to function for weeks on my own, with the help of a good English/Russian dictionary...
The question is, what sort of lasers do the military use for painting targets? Green?
Infrared.
I know, I got to "fire" one from a USAF F-4D back in the 70's...
Yep, I'm old...
I'm not knocking OS/2...
Hell, I used it as my home OS right up until Win98 came out...
I'm still responsible for 10 OS/2 boxen where I work...
This is from the Apple Museum website:
Apple and Microsoft Declare War
Bill Gates also decided the GUI was the way to go during this time. After seeing that Apple refused to license the Mac OS, he announced Windows in 1983, and how it would revolutionize the PC industry. The first version of Windows would not be released for 4 more years. During the development of Windows, Bill Gates feared Apple would sue him due to the fact that his OS was looking a lot like the Mac OS. So on November 22, 1983, John Sculley, then CEO of Apple, signed an agreement to allow Microsoft use Mac OS technology in exchange for further development of Microsoft software for the Mac.
There must be a better way, but nobody seems to be able to think of one! Oh well."
I didn't say that no one would ever have come up with it, but Xerox sat on that thing for YEARS before Apple finally took the ball and ran with it...
Win 3.1?
Usefull?
Have you used it? Or used anything that is actually less stable than Windows 95(!)?
Well, of course I have.
I've been in the business since 1982.
Windows 3.1 was surely a piece of crap, that's easy to see with 15+ years of hindsight...
But back then, it was not too shabby, except when compared to a Mac...