One of the plan9 file servers uses block hashing for it's file store. Thus if you save the same file twice it doesn't use any extra disk space (modulo housekeeping meta data)
thus you could backup 100 windows machines and you would consume the sum of their overlapping data, repeated data not repeatedly stored
in this way plan9's full daily snapshot backup system consumes something approaching the minimum disk space required, one can step through one's file system a day at a time
this would be a useful way to utilize your flash as it can, in certain situtations, reduce the number of writes
better to buy 8 EPIA 5000s & a bag of dimms and build a single custom power supply.
no HDS to fail (5 hds = 1 failure per yer) no fans to stick no super duper VGA cards to heat up
a 20 node cluster would cost pretty much the same and be a much better project than getting 20 HUGE xbox consoles modded, warranty violated, up and working.
with the added benefit of an upgrade path, 1.2ghz being the current mini-itx top end
# portupgrade -r firefox [Updating the pkgdb in/var/db/pkg... - 101 packages found (-0 +4).... done] ---> Upgrading 'firefox-1.0.r1,1' to 'firefox-1.0.r2_1,1' (www/firefox) >> firefox-1.0rc2-source.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in/usr/ports/distfiles/. >> Attempting to fetch from http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/rel eases/1.0rc2/source/.
oh, I guess I'll be doing it all again soon, rc1 is quite broken for me, middle click just opens a new untitled tab *and* I can't save preferences, I was going to try and sort it out but I'm on the upgrade treadmill. I'd forgotten what the constant cycle of upgrades was like since leaving Win32 on that oh so happy day.
I know what you mean about the outside world, my friend and I agreed to quit so that we wouldn't be jaded by the time EQ2 came out. I'm glad they have rushed it to market, it is supposed to fill up my long winter evenings. Provided it's reasonably playable and doesn't crash to desktop more than once every four hours I'll be happy. I say four hours because sometimes you need a catalyst to go to bed!
I want to be an early adopter, think of the loot they'll nerf later:)
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore,if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
There's no way in hell I'm buying another Peter Molyneaux game without checking it out first
how do you figure that this action will "ruin Lionhead"?
only if they ever release crap games from now on.
Fable isn't a crap game even, its just not what you thought it would be based on early interviews. It is eminently playable and a fun time to be had doing so.
Peter is carving his original niche, doing brave games and the gaming world is far better off for him tryin to do so.
Perhaps he should do:
"Lionhead Cart Racing" with all of your favourite Lionhead characters in head to head carting mahem. Battle your way through the Lionhead lands of the Dungeon Keeper, Pupulous, Black and White and Fable and show the Big Cow who's Boss at carting!
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work up to 12+ hours a day 7 days a week ...
:)
unless you specifically told them that would be their hours
Here in Europe, you could sue them the moment you signed the contract, got to love the maximum work hours laws
One of the plan9 file servers uses block hashing for it's file store. Thus if you save the same file twice it doesn't use any extra disk space (modulo housekeeping meta data)
thus you could backup 100 windows machines and you would consume the sum of their overlapping data, repeated data not repeatedly stored
in this way plan9's full daily snapshot backup system consumes something approaching the minimum disk space required, one can step through one's file system a day at a time
this would be a useful way to utilize your flash as it can, in certain situtations, reduce the number of writes
good luck
it's a ridiculous idea tbh
better to buy 8 EPIA 5000s & a bag of dimms and build a single custom power supply.
no HDS to fail (5 hds = 1 failure per yer)
no fans to stick
no super duper VGA cards to heat up
a 20 node cluster would cost pretty much the same and be a much better project than getting 20 HUGE xbox consoles modded, warranty violated, up and working.
with the added benefit of an upgrade path, 1.2ghz being the current mini-itx top end
it should be
#!/usr/local/bin/rc
for(ip in 192.168.1.11 192.168.1.12 192.168.1.13) {
ssh root@$ip $*
}
hey, drugs are great, don't be such a big baby
"oh no, teacher said coke was bad, oh no I've taken some, I'm such a bad person, I need punishing"
it's only chemicals, let be sensible
man join
man sort
man grep
that is all
you're trusting your include to provide the expected behaviour from printf
you're trusting your compiler and linker to provide you with the expected behaviour from compiling and linking your source code
you're trusting the kernel to not modify the behaviour of the syscalls required to print
you're trusting the CPU to execute the instructions you think it executes
Reflections on Trusting Trust
Ken Thompson
a new firefox arrived in cvsup just now
# portupgrade -r firefox
[Updating the pkgdb in
---> Upgrading 'firefox-1.0.r1,1' to 'firefox-1.0.r2_1,1' (www/firefox)
>> firefox-1.0rc2-source.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in
>> Attempting to fetch from http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/re
oh, I guess I'll be doing it all again soon, rc1 is quite broken for me, middle click just opens a new untitled tab *and* I can't save preferences, I was going to try and sort it out but I'm on the upgrade treadmill. I'd forgotten what the constant cycle of upgrades was like since leaving Win32 on that oh so happy day.
You forgot : and a ton of AOL cash to burn and they *still* use I.E., go figure
"paid beta"
:)
you say it like it's a bad thing
I know what you mean about the outside world, my friend and I agreed to quit so that we wouldn't be jaded by the time EQ2 came out. I'm glad they have rushed it to market, it is supposed to fill up my long winter evenings. Provided it's reasonably playable and doesn't crash to desktop more than once every four hours I'll be happy. I say four hours because sometimes you need a catalyst to go to bed!
I want to be an early adopter, think of the loot they'll nerf later
Melly
Perhaps it was a desperate attempt to recapture the flag with no armour and just using gauntlet
Four Other Words : Prime Minister of Australia
"NOT TO BE WORN BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. HIGHLY FLAMABLE. IF YOU BURN AND DIE, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE."
:
this is a disclaimer, not a licence agreeement
it is very much different from
"NOT TO BE WORN BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. YOU WILL GO TO JAIL IF YOU WEAR THIS GARMENT. NO EXCUSES."
sell the hard drives and buy decent network cards then use
http://pxes.sourceforge.net/
boot the thin clients from the network, and hey presto : Rdesktop kiosks
The only departments which LCDs can't match a CRT for is Brightness and Contrast.
& refresh rate, can't run those LCD shutter glasses as 60Hz you need 100-120hz for those
& price : my 21" CRT was $300 and copes easily with Quad XGA at 2048 x 1536
Can you think of any OSes that are *not* posix ?
hint
Likewise
FreeBSD, RedHat, Debian, WinXPPro, and Win2KPro
POSIX is for weeners, use a proper OS
can one "cat perldoc://someuri/perldoc1" ?
if not then it is at the wrong layer to be "transparent"
plan's approach of a unified file system approach is far more transparent
a daemon runs and serves the appropriate files in the namespace as regular filenames
cat
grep bunny
etc.
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore,if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
-- Brian W. Kernighan
There's no way in hell I'm buying another Peter Molyneaux game without checking it out first
how do you figure that this action will "ruin Lionhead"?
only if they ever release crap games from now on.
Fable isn't a crap game even, its just not what you thought it would be based on early interviews. It is eminently playable and a fun time to be had doing so.
Peter is carving his original niche, doing brave games and the gaming world is far better off for him tryin to do so.
Perhaps he should do
"Lionhead Cart Racing" with all of your favourite Lionhead characters in head to head carting mahem. Battle your way through the Lionhead lands of the Dungeon Keeper, Pupulous, Black and White and Fable and show the Big Cow who's Boss at carting!
the restriction of airwave wavelengths is a fallacy
you should remember that the airwaves serve *no* purpose
you said it
I *know* that eq2 won't be finished at launch, just like eq1 and swg before it
but I, and my friends, will be there day 1
I only stopped playing cos of needing a rest, we've been drumming fingers in anticipation, even avoiding the beta program so that we aren't jaded
As far as I can see, nothing is fundamentally different about EQ2. More candy, same substance.
I know, I can't wait !
My creature in Black and White shit where we ate, was great for killing rival villagers!