Pick your hardware to fit the OS. Having ECC on your rust is alone a good reason for ZFS. The built in compression is nice for some files. Easy to grow/shrink file systems.
Unless you run a database, everything can run off a file server quite well. With gigabit ethernet you can get quite reasonable file transfers compared to local disk. Gigabit from my $300 file server (+ cost of disks) will likely beat your stock laptop drives in speed.
I had 3.1 on a 386sx with 4MB ram. I was running Excel 4.0, Turbo C++, a DOS editor (emacs or freemacs) and a LaTeX setup. It was way better then a DOS only setup. I could switch between 3 apps with the full 640k RAM in each.
The Excel was mostly developed on a Mac SE/30 running 4.0. If the fonts were compatible, the spreadsheet was portable.
I'm sure there's a way to crash intentionally on this thing.
As for laying down a bike intentionally, I bet you've never done it. You lose all control and it's *always* better to be in control.
Most of the comments here tell how wrong this is on the road.
It's also wrong off-road. I've been racing since I was nine, 30 years ago. I've done motocross, ice racing, flat track, etc. You can't use the brakes to slow down when you've laid it down. You can't save it & get back in the race either.
Heck, if you go by desktops, MacOSX has already supplanted Linux.
In any event, having the right tools for the job is great.
I wanted a file server with redundant RAID - ZFS is way easier to admin then Linux LVM/RAID. Easier then Windows, easier then Sun's Disksuite. As easy as a NetApp really.
I'm also picking supported hardware for it & not stuff that's lying about.
Then I wanted to run a virtual Windows to deal with TiVo stuff. Looks like Linux is the answer there. And I run owhttpd for 1-wire sensors. I have some hardware that Solaris doesn't have drivers for, but Linux does. And some video conversion tools.
For a firewall? I really like OpenBSD. Very security in multiple layers. Or a Linksys running dd-wrt linux.
When I worked in Cambridge, MA I was coming from Wilmington, MA.
40 minutes by motorcycle, 50 by car, 120 by MBTA.
MBTA was: 10-15 minutes to T stop x time waiting for the train 50 minutes on the Commuter rail to North Station x time waiting for the train 15 minutes on the Green line x time waiting for the train 15 minutes on Red line 10-15 minutes walking from the T to the office.
The Commuter rail was every 30 minutes during rush hour, every 60 otherwise.
My work had a parking garage nearby.
Now during that 50 minutes on the commuter, I could do some work, but that's till limited.
"Basically, I just finally told my boss that I would buy my own personal equipment and software and set that up at home. It serves me well, as I do freelance work at homne anyway."
The vast majority of auto mechanics are expected to provide their own hand tools, and a well-stocked toolbox can run tens of thousands of dollars. Why not have users provide their own computer (cheap by comparison) if they support it?
I'd be happy to provide my own PC anywhere I worked if it were permitted. I bring my own peripherals anyway.
Plumbers, Electricians, Carpenters, Masons, Refrigeration guys all have to do this. Steel toed shoes and uniforms too. My father is a Mechanical Contractor and bucks the standard by paying for some of it. But a plumber starting out will need over $1000 worth of tools.
Larger and more expensive tools, like cut off saws, ladders, torches, pipe cutters would be provided by the company. Anything that fits in a toolbox is the worker's responsibility.
I'm a sysadmin and I'm not sure how I'd do my own. I always need test systems and generally have over 100 windows open. I'm primarily a Unix type, but work in a Microsoft shop with Exchange, Sharepoint, Project, etc.
As a "mechanic" type I could choose Craftsman, Snap-on, or any other tool set as long as it was metric/standard. If I don't have a windows desktop at work, I'm not getting email, calendar (owa works poorly with firefox), Visio, Project, Windows Server tools (I do AD stuff) and Sharepoint. I wouldn't be surprised if there is $10k of hardware and software involved to support me with Windows.
At the same time the usability of their software seems to be going downhill, such as with the significant degradation of the Multi-Room Viewing function on Series 2 boxes.
I make significant use of Multiroom viewing and can attest to the downgrade.
Sub folders stopped working
Transfers from Galleon & pyTivo have become les reliable
My tivos lockup periodically (I need to unplug power)
Tivo Desktop loses sight of the tivo
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If you don't read comics, you'll probably be disappointed by many of the selections. Comics are serialized and people read them every month over the years. This gives future comics a history to draw from.
Every now and then the monthlies are collected into graphics novels. Some of the graphic novels are special stories that never have been out monthly.
Astro City, Supreme, Watchman, The Dark Knight Returns, Identity Crisis all draw on comic history. I think most comics after 1986 or so draw more heavily on the history as well. There's more emphasis on detail
Then there are titles outside the mainstream which don't draw on comic history.
Will Eisner's The City, The Building Maus - Art Speigleman Sandman by Neil Gaiman Preacher Love & Rockets - bros Hernandez
...options for new levies on blank discs, data storage and music and video players to compensate artists and copyright holders
I've gone through several hundred DVDs and CDs at work. I've been getting copies of Solaris, Linux and other freely downloadable OSes. I've been archiving user created data. Our file servers exclude.mp3 and many other file types to cut down on non-work related material.
So, there's a levy on the blanks in case I might be infringing. Does that mean I get to infringe for the value of that levy?
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By the way, does anybody else think "the ability to switch to a NONE cipher post authentication" is pretty dodgy?
I'd like it when I tunnel a new SSH or scp through another SSH tunnel. We call it a sleeve. I've had to sleeve within a sleeve's sleeve before to get through multiple SSH gateways and firewalls to an inner system. You can tell ssh to use XOR but I'm not sure you can in scp.
Of course, if speed is paramount, you can use netcat inside the sleeve(s) to copy files. No encryption of the netcat, but it's inside an encrypted sleeve so the stream is encrypted.
My wife My Boss's wife (on 0 day) My wife's coworker (on 0 day) My sister-in-law
Her daughter (my niece)
I have a Blackberry 8830 from work. I've been using Palm since I got a Pilot 128k & still use it. I think I'd get an iPhone, especially w/ the release of an SDK. The UI is terrific. Too bad it's only 8GB or else it could replace my 80GB iPod.
The original marketing of Lotus 123 stressed its use as a database. 123 stood for 1=spreadsheet, 2=database. and 3=word processor. Excel still has 13 choices on its |Data menu. Lotus was a bloody awful word processor. Copy Con was better.
It sure was an awful WP. Because the 3rd app was graphics. 1 Spreadsheet, 2 Graphing, 3 Database.
There were 3rd party extensions that did WP. Lotus 123 v1 and v2 did not even do bold/italic/regular font changes.
Apple has 2 systems they maintain right now: MacOSX (based on FreeBSD) and whatever the iPod runs. I suspect it's much easier to adapt something they already use (MacOSX/FreeBSD) then adopt someone else's OS (linux/vworks/solaris/windows/VMS).
They already have all the skills in house for MacOSX. They probably don't have Linux skills.
The GPL had nothing to do with them choosing to port MacOSX to the iPhone. They already ported it a few times (PowerPC and back to Intel).
It's a personal computer vs part of a system mentality.
It's just like the Palm vs other PDAs. One is something you carry around when you're not at a real computer and rthe other is a little computer you carry around.
I sync my Palm with Outlook/Exchange. My Yahoo calendar syncs with Outlook better then with the Palm My Blackberry syncs the calendar with Exchange I just install a simple app, a few configs and it's there. I don't have to do lots of work, as an end user, to make it work.
I have a Mac G4 dual 500 at home that I play with OSX on. It had 10.3 and I bought Tiger for it to upgrade. It cost more then the system did (I got it used). I'd love to play with Leopold but no way am I going to buy new hardware for it. I suspect it will be slow on my system if it ran at all.
I also have a Linux box running VMware. I run an instance of XP in it. I'd love to run OSX in a VM. I also have a Solaris box. I will run xVM on it when it gets into the production version. I might run XP in it. Or Linux in an lx zone.
I usually access these VMs via a laptop running Linux. The OSX system runs VNC, the XP VM runs remote desktop. If I ever need the gnome/kde console, I can run vncserver on the Solaris or Linux box, but X11 works. I'm running gigabit ethernet on all my systems (including laptop) and I don't need faster speed to my screens.
Apple will be left out of virtualized desktops if they don't come up with a MacOSX that will run in a VM. COmpanies are already starting to VM desktops.
Lots of users have unrealistic expectations of IT.
We had a group come to us to setup archiving. They used to send documents to another division that would store and index things. That division started saying "No. Give us an account to charge". Because it involved word files, they wanted IT to "handle it".
We pointed out that we had a document control system department in house. They could just as easily burn a CD and store that in the folder.
The whole thing was really a business process project that happened to involve computers at one point. Because of that, they thought they could throw it over the wall to IT.
Does anyone remember copy protected software? There were several on the Apple ][, C= 64, etc and lots of ways to defeat them. When the IBM PC came out, there was copy protection there as well.
The only form I personally still see of this are dongles and license servers. You can copy the disks (& even download them) but they won't work without a license server (local or network) or a dongle of some sort. Typically this is only for expensive software ($1000 / seat or more).
A place I worked at had a FDDI/CDDI backbone at 100Mbs before 100T. They also had 155Mbs ATM. This was used to develop the 100T switch. It turned out to be too late.
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I had one book ($75 in 1987) that was used for 2 pages of algorithms.
Pick your hardware to fit the OS.
Having ECC on your rust is alone a good reason for ZFS. The built in compression is nice for some files. Easy to grow/shrink file systems.
Unless you run a database, everything can run off a file server quite well. With gigabit ethernet you can get quite reasonable file transfers compared to local disk. Gigabit from my $300 file server (+ cost of disks) will likely beat your stock laptop drives in speed.
I had 3.1 on a 386sx with 4MB ram. I was running Excel 4.0, Turbo C++, a DOS editor (emacs or freemacs) and a LaTeX setup. It was way better then a DOS only setup. I could switch between 3 apps with the full 640k RAM in each.
The Excel was mostly developed on a Mac SE/30 running 4.0. If the fonts were compatible, the spreadsheet was portable.
It was a nice setup back in the day.
Desqview was a very nice DOS environment. You had to do a bit more configuring for the DOS apps then with windows.
Sometimes that flip can pound you into the ground.
Like if you high side in sand - speaking from experience.
Lay it down == crash intentionally.
I'm sure there's a way to crash intentionally on this thing.
As for laying down a bike intentionally, I bet you've never done it. You lose all control and it's *always* better to be in control.
Most of the comments here tell how wrong this is on the road.
It's also wrong off-road. I've been racing since I was nine, 30 years ago. I've done motocross, ice racing, flat track, etc. You can't use the brakes to slow down when you've laid it down. You can't save it & get back in the race either.
Well, maybe you can: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1UlEQtdUGc but these guys are at the top of the game.
Solaris 10 is very different IMO from Solaris 9.
Heck, if you go by desktops, MacOSX has already supplanted Linux.
In any event, having the right tools for the job is great.
I wanted a file server with redundant RAID - ZFS is way easier to admin then Linux LVM/RAID. Easier then Windows, easier then Sun's Disksuite. As easy as a NetApp really.
I'm also picking supported hardware for it & not stuff that's lying about.
Then I wanted to run a virtual Windows to deal with TiVo stuff. Looks like Linux is the answer there. And I run owhttpd for 1-wire sensors. I have some hardware that Solaris doesn't have drivers for, but Linux does. And some video conversion tools.
For a firewall? I really like OpenBSD. Very security in multiple layers. Or a Linksys running dd-wrt linux.
When I worked in Cambridge, MA I was coming from Wilmington, MA.
40 minutes by motorcycle, 50 by car, 120 by MBTA.
MBTA was:
10-15 minutes to T stop
x time waiting for the train
50 minutes on the Commuter rail to North Station
x time waiting for the train
15 minutes on the Green line
x time waiting for the train
15 minutes on Red line
10-15 minutes walking from the T to the office.
The Commuter rail was every 30 minutes during rush hour, every 60 otherwise.
My work had a parking garage nearby.
Now during that 50 minutes on the commuter, I could do some work, but that's till limited.
Frank Herbert liked the original. He apprciated that things had to be done to convert his novel into a different medium, the movie.
He didn't like that they subsequently cut it down so much to fit into a movie theater time frame.
Today, after LoTR, I think they'd have more leeway on movie length.
Dune is partly based on the the Britsh handling of the middle east and oil in the 20s (30s?) and even Lawrence of Arabia.
So, of course it provides insight. It was derived from it.
The vast majority of auto mechanics are expected to provide their own hand tools, and a well-stocked toolbox can run tens of thousands of dollars. Why not have users provide their own computer (cheap by comparison) if they support it?
I'd be happy to provide my own PC anywhere I worked if it were permitted. I bring my own peripherals anyway.
Plumbers, Electricians, Carpenters, Masons, Refrigeration guys all have to do this. Steel toed shoes and uniforms too. My father is a Mechanical Contractor and bucks the standard by paying for some of it. But a plumber starting out will need over $1000 worth of tools.
Larger and more expensive tools, like cut off saws, ladders, torches, pipe cutters would be provided by the company. Anything that fits in a toolbox is the worker's responsibility.
I'm a sysadmin and I'm not sure how I'd do my own. I always need test systems and generally have over 100 windows open. I'm primarily a Unix type, but work in a Microsoft shop with Exchange, Sharepoint, Project, etc.
As a "mechanic" type I could choose Craftsman, Snap-on, or any other tool set as long as it was metric/standard. If I don't have a windows desktop at work, I'm not getting email, calendar (owa works poorly with firefox), Visio, Project, Windows Server tools (I do AD stuff) and Sharepoint. I wouldn't be surprised if there is $10k of hardware and software involved to support me with Windows.
At the same time the usability of their software seems to be going downhill, such as with the significant degradation of the Multi-Room Viewing function on Series 2 boxes.
I make significant use of Multiroom viewing and can attest to the downgrade.
If you don't read comics, you'll probably be disappointed by many of the selections. Comics are serialized and people read them every month over the years. This gives future comics a history to draw from.
Every now and then the monthlies are collected into graphics novels. Some of the graphic novels are special stories that never have been out monthly.
Astro City, Supreme, Watchman, The Dark Knight Returns, Identity Crisis all draw on comic history.
I think most comics after 1986 or so draw more heavily on the history as well. There's more emphasis on detail
Then there are titles outside the mainstream which don't draw on comic history.
Will Eisner's The City, The Building
Maus - Art Speigleman
Sandman by Neil Gaiman
Preacher
Love & Rockets - bros Hernandez
I've gone through several hundred DVDs and CDs at work. I've been getting copies of Solaris, Linux and other freely downloadable OSes. I've been archiving user created data. Our file servers exclude .mp3 and many other file types to cut down on non-work related material.
So, there's a levy on the blanks in case I might be infringing. Does that mean I get to infringe for the value of that levy?
By the way, does anybody else think "the ability to switch to a NONE cipher post authentication" is pretty dodgy?
I'd like it when I tunnel a new SSH or scp through another SSH tunnel. We call it a sleeve. I've had to sleeve within a sleeve's sleeve before to get through multiple SSH gateways and firewalls to an inner system. You can tell ssh to use XOR but I'm not sure you can in scp.
Of course, if speed is paramount, you can use netcat inside the sleeve(s) to copy files. No encryption of the netcat, but it's inside an encrypted sleeve so the stream is encrypted.
My wife
My Boss's wife (on 0 day)
My wife's coworker (on 0 day)
My sister-in-law
Her daughter (my niece)
I have a Blackberry 8830 from work. I've been using Palm since I got a Pilot 128k & still use it.
I think I'd get an iPhone, especially w/ the release of an SDK. The UI is terrific. Too bad it's only 8GB or else it could replace my 80GB iPod.
It sure was an awful WP. Because the 3rd app was graphics. 1 Spreadsheet, 2 Graphing, 3 Database.
There were 3rd party extensions that did WP. Lotus 123 v1 and v2 did not even do bold/italic/regular font changes.
Apple has 2 systems they maintain right now: MacOSX (based on FreeBSD) and whatever the iPod runs. I suspect it's much easier to adapt something they already use (MacOSX/FreeBSD) then adopt someone else's OS (linux/vworks/solaris/windows/VMS).
They already have all the skills in house for MacOSX. They probably don't have Linux skills.
The GPL had nothing to do with them choosing to port MacOSX to the iPhone. They already ported it a few times (PowerPC and back to Intel).
s/PC/Macintosh/g
s/Windows/MacOS/g
It's a personal computer vs part of a system mentality.
It's just like the Palm vs other PDAs. One is something you carry around when you're not at a real computer and rthe other is a little computer you carry around.
Syncing!
I sync my Palm with Outlook/Exchange.
My Yahoo calendar syncs with Outlook better then with the Palm
My Blackberry syncs the calendar with Exchange
I just install a simple app, a few configs and it's there. I don't have to do lots of work, as an end user, to make it work.
I stopped buying comics reguarly about 5-8 years ago because I was spending $50 / week and didn't have time.
I still do get graphic novels from time to time. The bonus is that the good stuff usually gets into a GN.
If I had time, $10/month is a deal.
I have a Mac G4 dual 500 at home that I play with OSX on. It had 10.3 and I bought Tiger for it to upgrade. It cost more then the system did (I got it used). I'd love to play with Leopold but no way am I going to buy new hardware for it. I suspect it will be slow on my system if it ran at all.
I also have a Linux box running VMware. I run an instance of XP in it. I'd love to run OSX in a VM. I also have a Solaris box. I will run xVM on it when it gets into the production version. I might run XP in it. Or Linux in an lx zone.
I usually access these VMs via a laptop running Linux. The OSX system runs VNC, the XP VM runs remote desktop. If I ever need the gnome/kde console, I can run vncserver on the Solaris or Linux box, but X11 works. I'm running gigabit ethernet on all my systems (including laptop) and I don't need faster speed to my screens.
Apple will be left out of virtualized desktops if they don't come up with a MacOSX that will run in a VM. COmpanies are already starting to VM desktops.
Lots of users have unrealistic expectations of IT.
We had a group come to us to setup archiving. They used to send documents to another division that would store and index things. That division started saying "No. Give us an account to charge". Because it involved word files, they wanted IT to "handle it".
We pointed out that we had a document control system department in house. They could just as easily burn a CD and store that in the folder.
The whole thing was really a business process project that happened to involve computers at one point. Because of that, they thought they could throw it over the wall to IT.
Does anyone remember copy protected software? There were several on the Apple ][, C= 64, etc and lots of ways to defeat them. When the IBM PC came out, there was copy protection there as well.
The only form I personally still see of this are dongles and license servers. You can copy the disks (& even download them) but they won't work without a license server (local or network) or a dongle of some sort. Typically this is only for expensive software ($1000 / seat or more).
I suspect DRM will eventually go this way.
A place I worked at had a FDDI/CDDI backbone at 100Mbs before 100T. They also had 155Mbs ATM. This was used to develop the 100T switch. It turned out to be too late.