If you want to scan your library I expect you want something to take to the bookshelf, not something that you carry your bookshelf to...
I've gotten good results from the Symbol CS200
link although with it is a little limited on memory for extended inventory (350 item memory) and while I never had enough time to get the RS232 interface to run under Linux they provide enough documentation on the API that I'd hope it's be a breeze if you had a few hours to spare.
UPC codes are good. End-user access to UPC databases is also good. Both of these don't diminish in my mind the fact that CueCat is bad.
Frankly, I'm not sure how you can describe this as a bold and necessary move
What have they done? They stopped marking their own clockspeed on the chip case (along with the obligatory strongarming of motherboard manufacturers to try to discourage them from printing it). Instead, they decided to start marking an approximation of someone else's clockspeed.
The MHz equivalent that you clain had no place in the article IS the important element that you congratulate AMD for using.
I don't see Sun shying away from putting a $6000 price tag on their UltraSparc III processor that runs at 750MHz. Why not? Because the people who buy them already know that clock isn't everything.
Likewise, I don't see how anything OTHER can clockspeed can be marked on a chip since actual performance (even if you want to look at SPECint or SPECfp figures) depends on an awfully large number of components that aren't IN the chip.
Mirroring will *improve* read performance because you have the possibility of reading the same data from two different places, one of which will be faster to seek to.
Mirroring will also *decrease* write performance because (for 'true mirroring') you have to write the same data to two places
It's not linux specific, but I always find the ars technica buyers guides useful to help keep up to date on high/middle/low end hardware. Perhaps the budget box doesn't go ultra-cheap, but it goes cheap without sacrificing too much quality.
There's really no other way to dice it. Due to the very nature of crypto in algorithm and implementation there just isn't space for a clueless user to stumble around and not expect to eithe (1) break something critical or (2) break something critical without realizing it.
Repeat after me... security is a process, not a product.
As long as you're mostly doing read operations you may do ok. As soon as you want read/write your performance will plummet and the CompactFlash will start to reach it's end-of-life.
CompactFlash - very fast reads, very very slow writes; and a limited number of writebacks before it degrades to uselessness.
Good for digital cameras, very very bad for what it looks like you want to do to it.
There's also a very significant profit made from stamps bought at face value and never used for postage. Count em - how many collectors, how many of each stamp... it's free money for the P.O.
Yes, it's more expensive to make than a plain stamp but it doesn't have the associated cost of having each one deliver a letter.
HP/SUX comes with VxFS, a jounaling file system, built in. It comes with a much better volume manager than any linux distro I know of.
Veritas Foundation Suite has been ported to Linux. It simply isn't available to the public, and won't be until licensing concerns are sorted out. Of course, that doesn't help now, but give it time and VxFS / VxVM will be there for the buying.
Talk to your Veritas sales contact - they'll confirm this, but probably still won't divulge who it was that paid for the original port.
> This is what clustering is all about, turning cheap off the shelf systems into a super computer.
No, this is not what clustering is about.
Beowulf, specifically, is about gaining raw performance without concern for stability or fault tolerance/redundancy.
There are many other uses for and of clustering; not all of them are concerned with speed (your super computer quotient, if you will), less of them are concerned with saving money.
Granted, the original post specifically mentioned Beowulf, but from that one should not assume that clustering == Beowulf.
Oh, and why on earth do you need a monitor to do the install??
Above all else... above the monitor, battery life, video card, hard disk.... get a laptop with a keyboard you can type on.
I used a Dell Inspiron 7500 as a desktop replacement for about a year with no problems whatsoever. I used a Thinkpad T20 for about an hour before swearing I'd never use that rediculous keyboard again.
If it's on your desk you can plug an external keyboard in. If you're using it while travelling it's not an option... and if you can't type on it comfortably that pretty much makes it worthless.
It (T20) does have a neat dome light though.
My mistake. It's actually called unpoison and is written by Tom Vogt.
Freshmeat Application Page reads as follows: unpoison.pl is a simple Squid redirector plugin that disables (and returns the favor of) a new customer-tracking scheme developed by 7val.com that the author has labeled "Location Poisoning". The Web page explains how Location Poisoning works and why the author considers it a Bad Thing(tm).
The App home page gives more information, including the patent request by 7val.com... (which in all liklihood is the same deal as sevenval.de now I've woken up enough to remember how to spell my numbers)
Freshmeat already has a program registered called 'depoison' that will remove this session management information. I'm sure it was for a different web site, so perhaps THAT is prior art in itself?
Anyway, what's the big deal? Even Network Solution suggests that you get all three dot com, dot net and dot org to "protect" your company. Perhaps this is because they make a bunch of money off each one and not for any other reason?
Slashdot Mirror
There's nothing wrong with scanners.
If you want to scan your library I expect you want something to take to the bookshelf, not something that you carry your bookshelf to...
I've gotten good results from the Symbol CS200
link although with it is a little limited on memory for extended inventory (350 item memory) and while I never had enough time to get the RS232 interface to run under Linux they provide enough documentation on the API that I'd hope it's be a breeze if you had a few hours to spare.
UPC codes are good. End-user access to UPC databases is also good. Both of these don't diminish in my mind the fact that CueCat is bad.
Frankly, I'm not sure how you can describe this as a bold and necessary move
What have they done? They stopped marking their own clockspeed on the chip case (along with the obligatory strongarming of motherboard manufacturers to try to discourage them from printing it). Instead, they decided to start marking an approximation of someone else's clockspeed.
The MHz equivalent that you clain had no place in the article IS the important element that you congratulate AMD for using.
I don't see Sun shying away from putting a $6000 price tag on their UltraSparc III processor that runs at 750MHz. Why not? Because the people who buy them already know that clock isn't everything.
Likewise, I don't see how anything OTHER can clockspeed can be marked on a chip since actual performance (even if you want to look at SPECint or SPECfp figures) depends on an awfully large number of components that aren't IN the chip.
Mirroring will *improve* read performance because you have the possibility of reading the same data from two different places, one of which will be faster to seek to.
Mirroring will also *decrease* write performance because (for 'true mirroring') you have to write the same data to two places
It's not linux specific, but I always find the ars technica buyers guides useful to help keep up to date on high/middle/low end hardware. Perhaps the budget box doesn't go ultra-cheap, but it goes cheap without sacrificing too much quality.
God Box
Hot Rod
Budget box
Dell has a relatively interesting cheap box on sale at the moment.
$599 for a P-4 1.6GHz with 256M ram (after rebates, etc).
Hard Crypto + Clueless Users == Weak Crypto.
... security is a process, not a product.
There's really no other way to dice it. Due to the very nature of crypto in algorithm and implementation there just isn't space for a clueless user to stumble around and not expect to eithe (1) break something critical or (2) break something critical without realizing it.
Repeat after me
But surely your agreeing to the Netscape Enterprise license explicitly forbade you from posting this benchmark.
I hope Netscape didn't read your post!
As long as you're mostly doing read operations you may do ok. As soon as you want read/write your performance will plummet and the CompactFlash will start to reach it's end-of-life.
CompactFlash - very fast reads, very very slow writes; and a limited number of writebacks before it degrades to uselessness.
Good for digital cameras, very very bad for what it looks like you want to do to it.
There's also a very significant profit made from stamps bought at face value and never used for postage. Count em - how many collectors, how many of each stamp ... it's free money for the P.O.
Yes, it's more expensive to make than a plain stamp but it doesn't have the associated cost of having each one deliver a letter.
See OpenOffice.org for that one.
If you want to see this stuff Done Right (imho) just browse on over to http://alteon.com/ to see what they've done.
Veritas Foundation Suite has been ported to Linux. It simply isn't available to the public, and won't be until licensing concerns are sorted out. Of course, that doesn't help now, but give it time and VxFS / VxVM will be there for the buying.
Talk to your Veritas sales contact - they'll confirm this, but probably still won't divulge who it was that paid for the original port.
Advanced Communications Riser
two kernel monte:
m on te.html
http://www.scyld.com/products/beowulf/software/
(hyperlink didn't work/wouldn't preview - you can cut/paste yourself)
I'll be more pissed the first time I buy a CD and discover I bought one by Michael Jackson. <shudder>
No, this is not what clustering is about. Beowulf, specifically, is about gaining raw performance without concern for stability or fault tolerance/redundancy.
There are many other uses for and of clustering; not all of them are concerned with speed (your super computer quotient, if you will), less of them are concerned with saving money.
Granted, the original post specifically mentioned Beowulf, but from that one should not assume that clustering == Beowulf.
Oh, and why on earth do you need a monitor to do the install??
Above all else ... above the monitor, battery life, video card, hard disk .... get a laptop with a keyboard you can type on.
I used a Dell Inspiron 7500 as a desktop replacement for about a year with no problems whatsoever. I used a Thinkpad T20 for about an hour before swearing I'd never use that rediculous keyboard again.
If it's on your desk you can plug an external keyboard in. If you're using it while travelling it's not an option... and if you can't type on it comfortably that pretty much makes it worthless.
It (T20) does have a neat dome light though.
My mistake. It's actually called unpoison and is written by Tom Vogt.
... (which in all liklihood is the same deal as sevenval.de now I've woken up enough to remember how to spell my numbers)
Freshmeat Application Page reads as follows:
unpoison.pl is a simple Squid redirector plugin that disables (and returns the favor of) a new customer-tracking scheme developed by 7val.com that the author has labeled "Location Poisoning". The Web page explains how Location Poisoning works and why the author considers it a Bad Thing(tm).
The App home page gives more information, including the patent request by 7val.com
Freshmeat already has a program registered called 'depoison' that will remove this session management information. I'm sure it was for a different web site, so perhaps THAT is prior art in itself?
Anyway, what's the big deal? Even Network Solution suggests that you get all three dot com, dot net and dot org to "protect" your company. Perhaps this is because they make a bunch of money off each one and not for any other reason?
Try this:
# export XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority
(where user is the owner of the display you want to use - it's safer than xhost)
It's been on the gnu.org page for a week or two.
ok. who else writes comments on the wrong articles and doesn't realize until after they've hit 'submit'?
Perhaps?
Wouldn't we cry foul if MS decided to hold a W2K media-fesk the day 2.4 came out? Um. No.