I'm the general use computer fixit peroson for a lot of people I know. (and an amazingly high number of people I don't know.) I also manage about 40 systems and have about 5 in the house. HD failures happen. And the're happening more frequently recently.
I didn't type clearly enough. The iPod has been 100% trouble free (except for me stupidly forgetting to empty the recycling bin once after deleting about 5 gigs of data off it on one mac and then.. er, well, nevermind.)
I'm litterally to the point where I'm seriously contemplating just replacing them about once every 1.5 years. (Useing working old drive as a backup.)
Although, I've got a quartet of 9 gig scsi drives that have been on (except for 3 moves and power outages) since 1995. Those I trust.:)
Thankfully, ipod HD's are now pseudo user changable. Wonder about this little OOA gizmo?
Agree... I'll definatly have to replenish my 1012 from these guys. It's just too cool a concept to pass up. I think I'm going to do it just for the chance of launching into a atheo/agnostic debate with them.. Cool Beads.
The darn thing runs windows!. Oh.. Nm. All the other specs sound like my ibook. Needs more ram though.
I don't think this'll be fun to type on, though I'd say it would be much better than the PDA's of today. Looks well constructed from the pictures.
I'll wait for the solid state CF 2.0 GB internal drive. I've had it with HD's in portable devices. I love my iPod, but I've had so many HD's fail on me that I'm sick of replacing them.
This is more trivia... The ewoks were supposed to be wookies at one point. This ended up getting changed. It's also why they still have several similar aspects. (Both communities are really hairy and live in trees.) I can't remember which direction it went (whether ewoks were suppoesd to be taller, or whether they were supposed to be wookies instead.) And the're actually a bit taller than 2ft.
Chewie never wanted to live on endor in the movies or the books. I believe he only returned there twice. Once was with Lea in the Falcon (without Han) to meet up with one of vader's assisins and go to their homeworld.
Also listen in Return of the Jedi, one of the guys gives the Wilhelm when tossed into the pit. Or any of the indiana jones movies...or any other lucasfilm flick, actually. They all have it.
I did NOT want to be reminded of this. That horrid image was burnt into my mind for weeks you insensitive clod!..
It is scream worthy. The wilhelm has been really seen everywhere tough. I beileve you'll also find it in "Ants" a student production frrom Film school.
Listen to the punches.. The're all the same. Like 8 in a row in the elevator scene. Doesn't matter what's being hit, or by what: they all sound the same.
As soon as you start paying attention to the *details* of the sound, forever will it be your destiny...Basically, it's a pillar of geekdom.
And this is bad becasue...:) I already only use windows in a relatively locked down environment. And yes, all 30 or so survived realitively unscathed through a major college campus outbreak of slammer, blaster and naiche. (One exception was an luser grad student who brought in naichi on a floppy. No other machines were infected locally, and the virus wasn't able to get out of the firewall before being squashed. )
On the other side, campus has seen *properly* configured windows boxen with a ZoneAlarm get virii through the network which shouldn't have.
Honestly, would you rather deal with all the exploits as they are known, or know all the exloits (or be able to find them actively from the source) and get them patched?
It's the whole reason why MS is taking this approach to learn how linux deals with this stuff. The linux community has an outstanding patching track record; they want to figure out how it's done and then streamline their process.
I'd rather know. As we all know, knowing is half the battle.
There's something wrong with the whole concept of expecting a Journalist to think critically. It's mostly the fault of the sources for the jountalists info.
They really should add/. and groklaw to their books inorder to avoid grevious reporting errors. Even though, I guess it'll be tough to sensationalize "and in the geek online community the concensous is that $CO (yes, folks, that's with a dollar sign!) is vocalizing that age old adage of "all your base are belong to us."
I agree, we are in danger. However, this should in the end prove the GPL in court. I'm actually glad of this last posting by SCO group. Aside from the ROTFL fits of most people who have compiled their own kernels, I think this has been a step towards the conclusion. (And in the right direction.)
I am slightly concerned if this takes a whole different approach. It seems the're setting up now for attempt at challanging POSIX. If by some fluke they win, I'd say were fscked, as that would essentially prevent ANY gpl'd POSIX implementation. I don't thinkn that'll happen, as it's more far fetched than Bill Gates GPLing the next version of windows.
If that IS where SCO thinks it's going, then I can't wait for the fits of apoplexy which their next offering will bring.
Maybe that's the trick: get Linus laughing so hard he has an anuerism...
At least this is now getting slightly entertaining.
And there's no such thing as puiblic domain? (not that all are) I was refering to the bulk of composed music. (ie, classical)
In otherwords, the *soure* of those 4 notes. Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony --> an "oringinal" song by Elton John with the same melodic structure. (The "I came to my senses" lick.)
I think he made a lot more than Tch off of it. And if I wanted to make perfect copies of a recording of a performance I played in of the symphony, I have to work at it just becasue someone, somewhere made a descision in the efforts of protecting the rights of the new *original* song.
I like the song, I don't like the mentality behind the music industry. And I also hate 128 bit MP3's. (Is that a cymbol being struck, or is someone breaking a wine glass?:) )
If I had half a mind, I'd look up the other 10 ways of getting Broadband to people in the boonies who can't currently get it which doesn't involve using the power line system.
Most of the early critizism for BPL was the state of the line infrastructure itself. Little has improved with that either.
I. BPL is a kludge of a solution. II. The fact that FEMA has recomended against it should say all that needs to be said about it's potential effects on the US Emergency management plans. III. There are other ways NOW and there will be more ways in the near future as other technologies mature.
I just got the willies.. Yeah. If windows code got out, it's take all of a week for there to be new versions which actually worked and didn't have the annoying "where do you want to go today (as long it's along the path we tell you to)" mentality.
This would be quite an event. Then again, the windows code may be so screwed up that the juice wounldn't be worth the squeeze.
At the very least, people would know how far to trust M$ products. I can't stop thinking about the Navy Destroyer running WinNT which was dead in the water for hours several years ago.:)
You might be suprised. More people in the right places are getting ticked at M$'s schemes. (I'm too lazy to quote the Isreal and Austin articles posted on this famed site.)
I wouldn't say it's effective yet. But it does make things annoying.
1. SAMS system on DAT players/recorders. (oh...why would you want to copy your original recording?) 2. Sony and the MD crisis. (That was cool. Now; how do I get the blasted music OFF the fsckin recorder?)
I'll ask though, was that popular or "electoral". And just to complete the shift off topic, is there any point in using the electoral system anymore.
3. Vaporware addition: statistics analysis of policical poll data. (since there is no way in hell the poll was accurate in florida to within 500 votes. It just didn't make sence.)
1. If Hams can't use HF, (when there is power) then we wont spend the thousands of dollars some spend on HF radios, antennas, towers, tuners, cables, mics, and rotars which could be used in case of an emergency. Then there's bateries, powersupplies, etc.
2. If we can't use it, we also wont spend the time gaining the skills necessary to be an effecient communications operator. It's not as easy as you'd think to pass traffic in an emergency situation. Air time is one way of gaing familiarity with the way things operate. You get experience with adverse band conditions, etc.
I can pull whole conversations out of static becasue I've done it for years. I've seen a friend (fellow ham) copy CW (morse code) out of dirt with two other conversations going on at the same time.
Would you want Cops to only get to touch there guns the second before they have to use them in a life or death situation?
3. I believe the last shuttle mission was an all ham crew. Most russian causmanoughts are amateur radio operators. Most nasa astro's are as well. The ISS uses Ham radio all the time too. (Different bandwidths, though, so BPL isn't that much of an issue here, I'm just making a point.
4. Expanding the internet is important. But at what cost? There are other ways of doing this aside from BPL. It may be a cheap quick solution, but how much cheaper? And, following the dollars involved, who benefits?
5. You're arguing that Amateur Radio should take a back seat to broadband. I argue against it. You are right, that most SHORT RANGE communications such as calling a fireman do involve higher VHF and UHF frequencies. But the point is, you're talking 50 miles to 100 miles. BPL interferrs with communications across the state, country and world. You may still have Hams with rigs that work on the UHF VHF bands, but you probably would not have (as many) hams, few as we already are who work on HF and have the equipment for it to pass traffic out of the regions hit by something like a hurricane and into the state emergency operations centers.
Yes, small disasters wouldn't be effected, but this DOES have the possibility of severly effecting the readyness of ARES, and RACES Amateur radio operators in large scale disasters.
If I couldn't get on 20 meters and talk to people in Michigan, canada, et al any time I had the chance, I wouldn't have spent my hard earned money on the equipment needed to do it. And if 20 meters was as bad as 40 meters can get with all the international broadcase stations already using those frequencies, I wouldn't have invested in that equipment.
6. It's can't justfy destryoing the tradition of a worthwile hobby for the sake of saving a few dollars on your broadband bill each month. Call me a moron, but I just can't see the benefits.
A good example is my RTCW experience with the same machine(s) unedr win2k and Linux 2.4.17 (debian stable). The Linux box was completely smooth with RTCW, I mean, absolutly no slow down in any gaming situation. Networking pings were the only thing I'd ever notice. Switching to the windows side, I get crashes about every 3 or 4 times I play. Sometimes the sound freaks. And the game slowdowns in scraps are much more noticeble.
Ham Radio Operators really fear the use of power lines for broadband. Tests in Europe have shown that this kills most of the communcations in the high frequency range currently employed in the Amateur Radio hobby.
I'll add that Hams have a vital role in most emergency situations. Not too long ago I got to listen to a traffic pass from a Ham in Mexico. He was providing the Hurricane Center with to the minute live information on storm conditions right up to the point where his roof came off.
Boradband over powerlines threatens to interfear with this sort of communication.
Thanks to FEMA for the reccomendation. I hope it playes towards keeping Ham Radio alive. (Umong other things.)
I found an NICE roller equiped HD rack mount system from a surplus auction. Thing weighs about 120 lbs, but is smooth as glass on the wheels. I've got all my ham equipment in it now, but plan on using it for a computer system (cluster of cheap rackmounted stuff) sometime.
It came with a reel to reel rig, and several 8 incher floppie drives as part of a data aquisition system. The original cabnet was built in '68 and then upgraded over the years. I stripped all the fans out of the components so cooling will be a breeze later. Also saved the cases for the components to build my own rack cases.
Cool part was, one of the cases is perfect for verticlally mounting ITX/flex ATX boards. The whole thing slides in and out with a hindged front for easy axis. I can't wait to start on that project.
The case for the reel to reel drive is almost perfect for 12" atx boards vertically, so I'm thinking two seperate clusters.
I'll add a rackable SMC 10 gigE switch at the top and gigabit all the nodes through it.
Okay, now back to reality: You can get rack rails from a local music/midi shop for about $30 for a desktop set for 4-6 2U. Then build a case around it. (Includes hardware for setting stuff on a tabletop and holding the rack together. Perfect for kkeeping spacing. )
As someone who works best with some of my huge classical collection playing, I must protest... You have no idea how much more comfortable, calm and collected I am now that I can lsiten to my MP3's at work. Just being able to drop the ipod into the cradle, turn on the speakers and let it play is such a good feeling. Litterally, I noticed a 3 fold jump in how much I was able to accomplish.
I'm a music person, I play several instruments and such. I seem to need to hear tunes to keep a part of my mind focused (so that some of it is focused on the music, the rest doesn't drift while working.) I guess, some people have a need to multitask.:)
Some people thought SCO+ Caldera was good too...Now look what's going on. I wasn't questioning the moves of Novell and Redhat. I'm just pointing out a fear about the possibilities. And the timeing.
As to Sun, I agree with you. They have means of obfuscating text files that are just plain wrong.
My whole "paranoia" thing is this: I've managed to convince the powers that be to go towards linux. I spent months talking with them about the benifits. We had many discussions about the money involved. They were dubious about getting something for free, about how it could actually work. Now, we've migrated the Alphas and one of the two Sun Ultra10's to linux (it flies now, by the way) and have about 6 other x86 based linux boxes. If I had to go back to solaris on everything and still get my job done I wouldn't be able to. And if we ended up having to pay SCO's slap-in-the-rump license fee per box, I'd probably lose my job. Or at lease it would be a possibility. Then again, I'd probably just leave If I had to deal with only Solaris.
Add to this the fact that most/. readers think the're full of crap, IBM thinks the're full of crap and everyone who's looked at the IP thinks there full of crap.
There're banking on a buyout allright. But will IBM come to the rescue? I'm putting my centavos on MS. They would get to come in, be a hero to the Linux community and then have a player on the inside. (Possibly two, now with redhat's repsotioning.)
It is just one more disturbing piece. I'm almost starting to lose sleep over this whole SCO debalacle. From the begining, I actually thought that SCO was put up to this whole thing by an outside source. (MS perhapse) as a way of severly harming the linux/FSF/GPL movement.
Now we see: 1. Novell bought out SuSE. (one down) 2. Redhat won't be messing with the desktop anymore. (twp down.) 3. Sun Microsystems has all but said "Linux is for the birds". The'll ship boxes with it if you want, but don't reccomend it. (Three down.)
And now this thing about the laywers getting a cut if SCO sells out.
Now we must ask, who is right now looking around and buying stuff up: Novell's out, since they just got SuSE. MS's looking for searchengines and feeling the market... So if the "deal" was, if SCO could take out three Linux companies, or at least shift their focus, they'd get bought out.
I just hope it isn't six. If MS buys them out this month, I'll sleep a lot better.
The only Gem in this whole mess is that IBM is staying true and HP is continuing with its Pro linux initiative. I haven't had a driver issue in either windows or linux/Mac OSX since.:) Best,
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I'm the general use computer fixit peroson for a lot of people I know. (and an amazingly high number of people I don't know.) I also manage about 40 systems and have about 5 in the house. HD failures happen. And the're happening more frequently recently.
I didn't type clearly enough. The iPod has been 100% trouble free (except for me stupidly forgetting to empty the recycling bin once after deleting about 5 gigs of data off it on one mac and then.. er, well, nevermind.)
I'm litterally to the point where I'm seriously contemplating just replacing them about once every 1.5 years. (Useing working old drive as a backup.)
Although, I've got a quartet of 9 gig scsi drives that have been on (except for 3 moves and power outages) since 1995. Those I trust.
Thankfully, ipod HD's are now pseudo user changable. Wonder about this little OOA gizmo?
Agree... I'll definatly have to replenish my 1012 from these guys. It's just too cool a concept to pass up. I think I'm going to do it just for the chance of launching into a atheo/agnostic debate with them.. Cool Beads.
The darn thing runs windows!. Oh.. Nm. All the other specs sound like my ibook. Needs more ram though.
I don't think this'll be fun to type on, though I'd say it would be much better than the PDA's of today. Looks well constructed from the pictures.
I'll wait for the solid state CF 2.0 GB internal drive. I've had it with HD's in portable devices. I love my iPod, but I've had so many HD's fail on me that I'm sick of replacing them.
Isn't that the same amount as the SCO ameleriation bribe? (sp)
Interesting....
This is more trivia... The ewoks were supposed to be wookies at one point. This ended up getting changed. It's also why they still have several similar aspects. (Both communities are really hairy and live in trees.) I can't remember which direction it went (whether ewoks were suppoesd to be taller, or whether they were supposed to be wookies instead.) And the're actually a bit taller than 2ft.
Chewie never wanted to live on endor in the movies or the books. I believe he only returned there twice. Once was with Lea in the Falcon (without Han) to meet up with one of vader's assisins and go to their homeworld.
Also listen in Return of the Jedi, one of the guys gives the Wilhelm when tossed into the pit. Or any of the indiana jones movies...or any other lucasfilm flick, actually. They all have it.
I did NOT want to be reminded of this. That horrid image was burnt into my mind for weeks you insensitive clod!..
It is scream worthy. The wilhelm has been really seen everywhere tough. I beileve you'll also find it in "Ants" a student production frrom Film school.
Listen to the punches.. The're all the same. Like 8 in a row in the elevator scene. Doesn't matter what's being hit, or by what: they all sound the same.
As soon as you start paying attention to the *details* of the sound, forever will it be your destiny...Basically, it's a pillar of geekdom.
And this is bad becasue... :) I already only use windows in a relatively locked down environment. And yes, all 30 or so survived realitively unscathed through a major college campus outbreak of slammer, blaster and naiche. (One exception was an luser grad student who brought in naichi on a floppy. No other machines were infected locally, and the virus wasn't able to get out of the firewall before being squashed. )
On the other side, campus has seen *properly* configured windows boxen with a ZoneAlarm get virii through the network which shouldn't have.
Honestly, would you rather deal with all the exploits as they are known, or know all the exloits (or be able to find them actively from the source) and get them patched?
It's the whole reason why MS is taking this approach to learn how linux deals with this stuff. The linux community has an outstanding patching track record; they want to figure out how it's done and then streamline their process.
I'd rather know. As we all know, knowing is half the battle.
There's something wrong with the whole concept of expecting a Journalist to think critically. It's mostly the fault of the sources for the jountalists info.
/. and groklaw to their books inorder to avoid grevious reporting errors. Even though, I guess it'll be tough to sensationalize "and in the geek online community the concensous is that $CO (yes, folks, that's with a dollar sign!) is vocalizing that age old adage of "all your base are belong to us."
They really should add
I agree, we are in danger. However, this should in the end prove the GPL in court. I'm actually glad of this last posting by SCO group. Aside from the ROTFL fits of most people who have compiled their own kernels, I think this has been a step towards the conclusion. (And in the right direction.)
I am slightly concerned if this takes a whole different approach. It seems the're setting up now for attempt at challanging POSIX. If by some fluke they win, I'd say were fscked, as that would essentially prevent ANY gpl'd POSIX implementation. I don't thinkn that'll happen, as it's more far fetched than Bill Gates GPLing the next version of windows.
If that IS where SCO thinks it's going, then I can't wait for the fits of apoplexy which their next offering will bring.
Maybe that's the trick: get Linus laughing so hard he has an anuerism...
At least this is now getting slightly entertaining.
And there's no such thing as puiblic domain? (not that all are) I was refering to the bulk of composed music. (ie, classical)
:) )
In otherwords, the *soure* of those 4 notes. Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony --> an "oringinal" song by Elton John with the same melodic structure. (The "I came to my senses" lick.)
I think he made a lot more than Tch off of it. And if I wanted to make perfect copies of a recording of a performance I played in of the symphony, I have to work at it just becasue someone, somewhere made a descision in the efforts of protecting the rights of the new *original* song.
I like the song, I don't like the mentality behind the music industry. And I also hate 128 bit MP3's. (Is that a cymbol being struck, or is someone breaking a wine glass?
If I had half a mind, I'd look up the other 10 ways of getting Broadband to people in the boonies who can't currently get it which doesn't involve using the power line system.
Most of the early critizism for BPL was the state of the line infrastructure itself. Little has improved with that either.
I. BPL is a kludge of a solution. II. The fact that FEMA has recomended against it should say all that needs to be said about it's potential effects on the US Emergency management plans. III. There are other ways NOW and there will be more ways in the near future as other technologies mature.
I just got the willies.. Yeah. If windows code got out, it's take all of a week for there to be new versions which actually worked and didn't have the annoying "where do you want to go today (as long it's along the path we tell you to)" mentality.
:)
This would be quite an event. Then again, the windows code may be so screwed up that the juice wounldn't be worth the squeeze.
At the very least, people would know how far to trust M$ products. I can't stop thinking about the Navy Destroyer running WinNT which was dead in the water for hours several years ago.
You might be suprised. More people in the right places are getting ticked at M$'s schemes. (I'm too lazy to quote the Isreal and Austin articles posted on this famed site.)
I wouldn't say it's effective yet. But it does make things annoying.
1. SAMS system on DAT players/recorders. (oh...why would you want to copy your original recording?)
2. Sony and the MD crisis. (That was cool. Now; how do I get the blasted music OFF the fsckin recorder?)
There are always ways.
So we're not going to use our nukes either?
Time for a good Dr. Strangelove quote. I'm to fried to think of one though.
Ah, "It is EssEntial!"
2. Vapor ware addition: Secure Voting Machines...
I'll ask though, was that popular or "electoral". And just to complete the shift off topic, is there any point in using the electoral system anymore.
3. Vaporware addition: statistics analysis of policical poll data. (since there is no way in hell the poll was accurate in florida to within 500 votes. It just didn't make sence.)
1. If Hams can't use HF, (when there is power) then we wont spend the thousands of dollars some spend on HF radios, antennas, towers, tuners, cables, mics, and rotars which could be used in case of an emergency. Then there's bateries, powersupplies, etc.
2. If we can't use it, we also wont spend the time gaining the skills necessary to be an effecient communications operator. It's not as easy as you'd think to pass traffic in an emergency situation. Air time is one way of gaing familiarity with the way things operate. You get experience with adverse band conditions, etc.
I can pull whole conversations out of static becasue I've done it for years. I've seen a friend (fellow ham) copy CW (morse code) out of dirt with two other conversations going on at the same time.
Would you want Cops to only get to touch there guns the second before they have to use them in a life or death situation?
3. I believe the last shuttle mission was an all ham crew. Most russian causmanoughts are amateur radio operators. Most nasa astro's are as well. The ISS uses Ham radio all the time too. (Different bandwidths, though, so BPL isn't that much of an issue here, I'm just making a point.
4. Expanding the internet is important. But at what cost? There are other ways of doing this aside from BPL. It may be a cheap quick solution, but how much cheaper? And, following the dollars involved, who benefits?
5. You're arguing that Amateur Radio should take a back seat to broadband. I argue against it. You are right, that most SHORT RANGE communications such as calling a fireman do involve higher VHF and UHF frequencies. But the point is, you're talking 50 miles to 100 miles. BPL interferrs with communications across the state, country and world. You may still have Hams with rigs that work on the UHF VHF bands, but you probably would not have (as many) hams, few as we already are who work on HF and have the equipment for it to pass traffic out of the regions hit by something like a hurricane and into the state emergency operations centers.
Yes, small disasters wouldn't be effected, but this DOES have the possibility of severly effecting the readyness of ARES, and RACES Amateur radio operators in large scale disasters.
If I couldn't get on 20 meters and talk to people in Michigan, canada, et al any time I had the chance, I wouldn't have spent my hard earned money on the equipment needed to do it. And if 20 meters was as bad as 40 meters can get with all the international broadcase stations already using those frequencies, I wouldn't have invested in that equipment.
6. It's can't justfy destryoing the tradition of a worthwile hobby for the sake of saving a few dollars on your broadband bill each month. Call me a moron, but I just can't see the benefits.
A good example is my RTCW experience with the same machine(s) unedr win2k and Linux 2.4.17 (debian stable). The Linux box was completely smooth with RTCW, I mean, absolutly no slow down in any gaming situation. Networking pings were the only thing I'd ever notice. Switching to the windows side, I get crashes about every 3 or 4 times I play. Sometimes the sound freaks. And the game slowdowns in scraps are much more noticeble.
Machine specs:
Machine I:
AMD tbird 1100, 512 MB/768 MB ram (two tests.)
Abit K7A raid.
Machine II:
AMD tbird 1100, 512 MB/ 768 MB ram
Gigabyte K133 genero.
Abit board performed a bit better in linux, but had more crashes in windows (though was faster when it worked. Less integrated stuff.)
WIndows performance was much noticably worse on both systems. 512-768 improved *feel* in linux but didn't change anything for windows.
I also did a lot of tweaking of hunks and such in config files.
Both systems used same ram and sblive soundcard. CPU was also same. Video card was an ATI Radeon 7500. (No complaints there.)
My reccomendation, throw an RTCW setver on one of the machines and play tram till you're all blue in the face.
Reccomend playing on Wod and Foshibiosh servers too. Kitty Karnage is good for a warmup.
"I'm a Medic!"
Ham Radio Operators really fear the use of power lines for broadband. Tests in Europe have shown that this kills most of the communcations in the high frequency range currently employed in the Amateur Radio hobby.
I'll add that Hams have a vital role in most emergency situations. Not too long ago I got to listen to a traffic pass from a Ham in Mexico. He was providing the Hurricane Center with to the minute live information on storm conditions right up to the point where his roof came off.
Boradband over powerlines threatens to interfear with this sort of communication.
Thanks to FEMA for the reccomendation. I hope it playes towards keeping Ham Radio alive. (Umong other things.)
I found an NICE roller equiped HD rack mount system from a surplus auction. Thing weighs about 120 lbs, but is smooth as glass on the wheels. I've got all my ham equipment in it now, but plan on using it for a computer system (cluster of cheap rackmounted stuff) sometime.
It came with a reel to reel rig, and several 8 incher floppie drives as part of a data aquisition system. The original cabnet was built in '68 and then upgraded over the years. I stripped all the fans out of the components so cooling will be a breeze later. Also saved the cases for the components to build my own rack cases.
Cool part was, one of the cases is perfect for verticlally mounting ITX/flex ATX boards. The whole thing slides in and out with a hindged front for easy axis. I can't wait to start on that project.
The case for the reel to reel drive is almost perfect for 12" atx boards vertically, so I'm thinking two seperate clusters.
I'll add a rackable SMC 10 gigE switch at the top and gigabit all the nodes through it.
Okay, now back to reality: You can get rack rails from a local music/midi shop for about $30 for a desktop set for 4-6 2U. Then build a case around it. (Includes hardware for setting stuff on a tabletop and holding the rack together. Perfect for kkeeping spacing. )
Surplus is your friend for premade racks.
As someone who works best with some of my huge classical collection playing, I must protest... You have no idea how much more comfortable, calm and collected I am now that I can lsiten to my MP3's at work. Just being able to drop the ipod into the cradle, turn on the speakers and let it play is such a good feeling. Litterally, I noticed a 3 fold jump in how much I was able to accomplish.
:)
I'm a music person, I play several instruments and such. I seem to need to hear tunes to keep a part of my mind focused (so that some of it is focused on the music, the rest doesn't drift while working.) I guess, some people have a need to multitask.
Some people thought SCO+ Caldera was good too...Now look what's going on. I wasn't questioning the moves of Novell and Redhat. I'm just pointing out a fear about the possibilities. And the timeing.
As to Sun, I agree with you. They have means of obfuscating text files that are just plain wrong.
My whole "paranoia" thing is this: I've managed to convince the powers that be to go towards linux. I spent months talking with them about the benifits. We had many discussions about the money involved. They were dubious about getting something for free, about how it could actually work. Now, we've migrated the Alphas and one of the two Sun Ultra10's to linux (it flies now, by the way) and have about 6 other x86 based linux boxes. If I had to go back to solaris on everything and still get my job done I wouldn't be able to. And if we ended up having to pay SCO's slap-in-the-rump license fee per box, I'd probably lose my job. Or at lease it would be a possibility. Then again, I'd probably just leave If I had to deal with only Solaris.
Add to this the fact that most /. readers think the're full of crap, IBM thinks the're full of crap and everyone who's looked at the IP thinks there full of crap.
There're banking on a buyout allright. But will IBM come to the rescue? I'm putting my centavos on MS. They would get to come in, be a hero to the Linux community and then have a player on the inside. (Possibly two, now with redhat's repsotioning.)
It is just one more disturbing piece. I'm almost starting to lose sleep over this whole SCO debalacle. From the begining, I actually thought that SCO was put up to this whole thing by an outside source. (MS perhapse) as a way of severly harming the linux/FSF/GPL movement.
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Now we see:
1. Novell bought out SuSE. (one down)
2. Redhat won't be messing with the desktop anymore. (twp down.)
3. Sun Microsystems has all but said "Linux is for the birds". The'll ship boxes with it if you want, but don't reccomend it. (Three down.)
And now this thing about the laywers getting a cut if SCO sells out.
Now we must ask, who is right now looking around and buying stuff up: Novell's out, since they just got SuSE. MS's looking for searchengines and feeling the market... So if the "deal" was, if SCO could take out three Linux companies, or at least shift their focus, they'd get bought out.
I just hope it isn't six. If MS buys them out this month, I'll sleep a lot better.
The only Gem in this whole mess is that IBM is staying true and HP is continuing with its Pro linux initiative. I haven't had a driver issue in either windows or linux/Mac OSX since.
Best,