I've had a lot of servers running on mini-itx boards. Like yourself, I've no need for anything really powerful.
The Travla C146 and C147 cases are fantastic. If you need a system with a few PCI cards, go for the C146, if you don't need any expansion, the C147 will hold two mini-itx motherboards and disks, all in 1U of space.
The benefits are low space consumption and low power too. They aren't very deep either so can fit in a small size rack, unlike a lot of off the shelf servers from the big companies.
There's no WPA support according to the FAQ. Also, how does it handle captive portals? Maybe it has a built in web browser, but I can't find any mention of it.
Maybe we need to convince more hotspot providers to allow free skype calls!
Anyway, wifi is still pretty rare around me, unless you want to 'borrow' home users connections, and thats getting quite dicey now.
Typing in 100's of lines of C64 Basic out of INPUT magazines (Still got all 52 in the binders!), only to find that it didn't work! (well before my typing speed was anything more than 1 word a minute!)
Or maybe that fateful day when I said to the resident geek in the computer labs at Uni; "So what is this linux thing anyway?"
Saving up £300 for a 16Mb simm, then seeing the price half within a few months of buying it!
Freeworlddialup can use IAX too. Register for a free account, then either get a soft client (tho' I've had trouble finding a decent stable one) or get a little box of tricks from http://www.digium.com/ called the IAXy which will convert a POTS phone to a IAX VoIP phone.
Of course, running an asterisk server gives you a lot more options and is definately the geek thing to do!
First off, Solaris 8 binaries will run perfectly well on Solaris 9, thats what binary compatability is all about!
Secondly, when you get the Solaris 9 media kit, there is a CD included with KDE on it, ready to install with a nice GUI install program (well, as nice as a java program can be!)
I'm running KDE 3.1.3 at work on Solaris 9 and it all works beautifully. Now, if only they wouldn't insist on using MS Exchange for email and suchlike, then I can get rid of the slow SunPCIii card!
I totally agree. I was hoping for some interesting stuff on IDE vs SCSI ( I know, flog a dead horse!) and the various RAID options open to both. I'm currently looking at building a file server with RAID and have seen some pretty good stuff that is priced pretty well for the home user.
I got bored half way through the article when it just got more and more involved in making this system 1337!
This is exactly the type of thing that the music industry should do. How many times do you hear the argument for ripping CD's for personal use only. Whenever I get a CD, the first thing I do is put it in my MP3 jukebox (linux, or course!) and rip it. If I could get away with putting it in the jukebox and simply copying the files from it I'd be just as happy.
This way, you know if you find a copy of the song in the wild it is there as an illegal copy. Hopefully the number and availability of pirated material will lessen (there's always hope) and the music industry can concentrate their legal might onto the actual criminals!
I do have an old compaq "portable". Classed as a portable because it has a handle!.
Its about the size of a suitcase with a zip around one of the edges. Unzip it and lift off the rather large keyboard (about the size and shape of a C64) revealing a tiny screen and 5 1/4 inch floppy drive.
Still powers up (at least it did last time I saw it... stashed in the parents attic now)
No idea on make or model, but is intel based and runs dos.
I used to play a mud called tron, based on the film. Nothing like a traditional mud. You'd enter a game with a few other people (light cycles, tanks, disc) and run around a randomly generated game grid.
You have got the option for the thin client to run linux (maybe a custom knoppix) with rdesktop which will connect to windows terminal server. If you use Citrix, of course there is the citrix client for linux. Both of these options mean that whilst everyone would still be running windows as far as they are concerned, you could save a lot of money on the thin client front. Maybe even re-using your old PC's (always a good option to tell the bean counters!)
How about setting up an asterisk (www.asterisk.org) exchange. This way you can also tie it all in with the phone system. Net meeting 4.[67] will work with SIP over the network, and you can use gnophone on the linux side of things. I've not personally tried video with it, but I do use it at home.
I doubt there is a much more "minimal" approach than what is already used by the shuttle. As for getting another shuttle up, the soonest an emergency launch of atlantis could be performed would be a week, assuming everything went well. Considering how often launch dates have to be pushed back even under ideal conditions, actually pulling off an emergency launch in a week is a long shot.
So, they can launch a shuttle in a week or two in the event of an emergency? How long was the actual mission and how long would it have taken them to inspect the craft? If they thought that something was wrong right after lift-off, the shuttle could have been checked as soon as it was in orbit. If any damage was found NASA could work out an alternate re-entry, prep and launch a rescue mission, all whilst Columbia continued its mission.
The relevant info would be during the months before a terrorist attack. I'm not advocating the retention of all data, just the pointlessness of this approach.
Feel free to prove me wrong (that'll never happen on/.!)
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This was mentioned in the opening chapters of A Ghost from Grand Banks. Smart guy that Clarke dude.
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Darren.
I've had a lot of servers running on mini-itx boards. Like yourself, I've no need for anything really powerful.
The Travla C146 and C147 cases are fantastic. If you need a system with a few PCI cards, go for the C146, if you don't need any expansion, the C147 will hold two mini-itx motherboards and disks, all in 1U of space.
The benefits are low space consumption and low power too. They aren't very deep either so can fit in a small size rack, unlike a lot of off the shelf servers from the big companies.
Darren.
Definately. I'm still waiting.
There's quite a bounty now to have a skype channel in Asterisk. Up to $1545 USD now.
You mean like:
http://www.utstar.com/Solutions/Handsets/WiFi/
or
http://www.vocera.com/ (star trek - like)
or
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/ZyXEL+P2000W
All are wifi SIP phones and work well with Asterisk
There's no WPA support according to the FAQ. Also, how does it handle captive portals? Maybe it has a built in web browser, but I can't find any mention of it.
Maybe we need to convince more hotspot providers to allow free skype calls!
Anyway, wifi is still pretty rare around me, unless you want to 'borrow' home users connections, and thats getting quite dicey now.
Darren.
Typing in 100's of lines of C64 Basic out of INPUT magazines (Still got all 52 in the binders!), only to find that it didn't work! (well before my typing speed was anything more than 1 word a minute!)
Or maybe that fateful day when I said to the resident geek in the computer labs at Uni; "So what is this linux thing anyway?"
Saving up £300 for a 16Mb simm, then seeing the price half within a few months of buying it!
Freeworlddialup can use IAX too. Register for a free account, then either get a soft client (tho' I've had trouble finding a decent stable one) or get a little box of tricks from http://www.digium.com/ called the IAXy which will convert a POTS phone to a IAX VoIP phone.
Of course, running an asterisk server gives you a lot more options and is definately the geek thing to do!
Programmers in 30 countries all seem overcome by fits of laughter.
You could try feeding the cat, then it wouldn't be hungry and chew the cables!
Jake 2.0 hasn't even started over in the UK yet, and its already cancelled! Another good buy by Sky!
Enterprise is a good series, much grittier than TNG, on a par with DS9. Pity to see it go.
First off, Solaris 8 binaries will run perfectly well on Solaris 9, thats what binary compatability is all about!
Secondly, when you get the Solaris 9 media kit, there is a CD included with KDE on it, ready to install with a nice GUI install program (well, as nice as a java program can be!)
I'm running KDE 3.1.3 at work on Solaris 9 and it all works beautifully. Now, if only they wouldn't insist on using MS Exchange for email and suchlike, then I can get rid of the slow SunPCIii card!
Slight error in article. Opie 1.0.3 was only released today, so isn't in OZ 3.3.5. They didn't have time to update it.
It may be getting better but why did the gits release the iso's less than 12 hours after I'd just reinstalled 9.1! *8-(
Grrr..
I totally agree. I was hoping for some interesting stuff on IDE vs SCSI ( I know, flog a dead horse!) and the various RAID options open to both. I'm currently looking at building a file server with RAID and have seen some pretty good stuff that is priced pretty well for the home user.
I got bored half way through the article when it just got more and more involved in making this system 1337!
This is exactly the type of thing that the music industry should do. How many times do you hear the argument for ripping CD's for personal use only. Whenever I get a CD, the first thing I do is put it in my MP3 jukebox (linux, or course!) and rip it. If I could get away with putting it in the jukebox and simply copying the files from it I'd be just as happy.
This way, you know if you find a copy of the song in the wild it is there as an illegal copy. Hopefully the number and availability of pirated material will lessen (there's always hope) and the music industry can concentrate their legal might onto the actual criminals!
I do have an old compaq "portable". Classed as a portable because it has a handle!.
Its about the size of a suitcase with a zip around one of the edges. Unzip it and lift off the rather large keyboard (about the size and shape of a C64) revealing a tiny screen and 5 1/4 inch floppy drive.
Still powers up (at least it did last time I saw it... stashed in the parents attic now)
No idea on make or model, but is intel based and runs dos.
I used to play a mud called tron, based on the film. Nothing like a traditional mud. You'd enter a game with a few other people (light cycles, tanks, disc) and run around a randomly generated game grid.
Excellent concept and extremely well implemented.
Also used to play Zebedee and BatMUD
You have got the option for the thin client to run linux (maybe a custom knoppix) with rdesktop which will connect to windows terminal server. If you use Citrix, of course there is the citrix client for linux.
Both of these options mean that whilst everyone would still be running windows as far as they are concerned, you could save a lot of money on the thin client front. Maybe even re-using your old PC's (always a good option to tell the bean counters!)
Big Brother
Both are good monitoring packages, it's up to personal preference really.
How about setting up an asterisk (www.asterisk.org) exchange. This way you can also tie it all in with the phone system. Net meeting 4.[67] will work with SIP over the network, and you can use gnophone on the linux side of things. I've not personally tried video with it, but I do use it at home.
Besides, IIRC 911 works in the UK too. Mainly due to the fact that it is mentioned so often on TV shows that kids tend to remember it before 999.
I saw this article and had to double check the date to make sure it wasn't April 1st. Thought I'd entered a time warp!
So, they can launch a shuttle in a week or two in the event of an emergency? How long was the actual mission and how long would it have taken them to inspect the craft? If they thought that something was wrong right after lift-off, the shuttle could have been checked as soon as it was in orbit. If any damage was found NASA could work out an alternate re-entry, prep and launch a rescue mission, all whilst Columbia continued its mission.
Surely this is a bit late?
/.!)
The relevant info would be during the months before a terrorist attack. I'm not advocating the retention of all data, just the pointlessness of this approach.
Feel free to prove me wrong (that'll never happen on