I find no mention of handling fumes. Burning ABS plastic is notoriously toxic, one of the main things that has been holding me back from tackling this for a home installation. Ideally one would construct a fume hood of sorts and then vent it externally to the home, but there are also issues with exactly how/where and also filtering perhaps ?
It bothers me that there's hardly any mention of fume issues during the talk about these great machines.
You make a really good point, and it's really disappointing that this happened today of all days on the day after the Iranian elections were apparently stolen from the winner.
From my tests and working with MySQL professional services, once disk based clustering is turned on, performance tanks across the board, even on the memory portion.
This technology has a long, long way to go. There are very few real world applications for NDB cluster right now.
The most interesting part of this is that mobile usage (coding for mobile devices) is now okay with a separate agreement with AOL. When the first version of this initiative was launched, mobile device connectivity was not okay.
This might start turning up some interesting applications for cell phone usage, but it's doubtful that any old person could code an app for the majority of devices out there as the OEMs (motorola, nokia, LG, samsung, ericsson, etc etc) control what goes on their phones. It could be interesting on a windows mobile or iPhone platform (once the iPhone SDK is released).
Someone will a cool name like that, with Guinness in it would be so up on harshing other people's mellow..
Too bad indeed.
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I have to agree with other comments so far. MySQL has built its business on charging $3500 here and there for "Enterprise" support. They have also made a big push to sell their MySQL Cluster based on NDB. Unfortunately, NDB doesn't work for about 99% of the systems out there. That hasn't stopped them from selling it to customers that don't need it or can't use it.
In terms of their other high availability solutions, they are mostly hacks. Their multi-master replication option uses an auto-increment offset workaround to keep inserts from stomping on each other, but this isn't without its problems, also, recovery isn't easy. Their cluster solution uses DRBD and Heartbeat to compete with things like Veritas Cluster Server, it's okay but it's really not innovate, it's another patchwork of technologies. Finally, Without point-in-time recovery through the use of something like rollback logs, it's highly dubious to put anything requiring truly ACID type compliance on MySQL.
Sun needs to put resources into plugging all these holes. If they can fix the major shortcomings with NDB, and get cluster to work for more people, they may actually have a hugely successful "enterprise" offering.
Just download the source and unzip/untar it, put it in/tmp, download the patch that stargo put together, into the/micropolis-activity directory.
Then execute the patch command, like this for example: patch < micropolis_mac-osx.patch. The the paths are off, it will ask you what file to patch, take a look at the "diff" line and simply supply the file name from there, for example (src/tclx/ossupp/makefile), or whatever the right path is for you to that file.
Then run make from the src directory (assuming you have the developer tools installed of course).
Then, assuming it compiled with no errors, run make install (you don't need to be root to do any of this by the way).
Then launch X11 (assuming you have it installed of course) and from the top level directory run./Micropolis.
As I said in my original comment, the article is long, hard to read on a screen because it's full of footnotes and written by lawyers. The blog added value by taking the most interesting and relevant part of the article and calling it out. It's called journalism, that's what the do.
Obviously you didn't read the actual "article." Because , if you tried, you'd see it was a law review piece, with more footnotes per page than actual sentences and it's practically completely unreadable on a computer screen without shrinking the font way down.
I came here to thank the submitter for posting the blog posting of it.
Yes, like others have said, we don't need the 20th iteration of "Mash-up Maker" that lets us link to Google maps and have yet another proof of concept. The best use for mashups are behind the firewall, bringing together diverse sources of data that everyone struggles with a work.
I have server logs, databases, wikis, sysedge data, snmp information, ticketing system information, and I have to visit 20 different web pages a day to get all my information. Now, mash THAT INFORMATION up and give it to me in one page, without too much programming, and you have something useful.
"I think it's a brilliant idea -- using the Internet to correct OCR mistakes,"
Suggesting that the words have been OCR'd, and that the user is correct the mistakes. This goes on to suggest that there is a margin of error that takes into account OCR mistakes but will allow the corrected text.
With a little imagination, it's easy to think of many permutations to this, along with the idea of just asking for a new captcha if the first one doesn't work.
The article also states there's a speakable text version of itself for the hearing impaired.
You can only watch it on Sony Playstation 3 with 60 GB harddrive, or a PSP with the latest update, but it will check to make sure you're not running homebrew and , you have to provide your credit card number so if you ever watch anything copyrighted they can charge you the fee for the holder of the copyright.
Oh, and you better be ready to provide your SSN because they need to be able to send you to collections if your credit card doesn't go through . . . and, some videos may have viruses, but don't worry about, videos can't have viruses.
To upload, you need to buy a special upload program that only works with Vista!!
When I got the email this morning it was like a hand jumped out of the screen and punched me in the face. Yes, definitely silly to feel this way about an ISP, but like may others here, I feel that Speakeasy as be so great to me.
The cost is a little more and the speed is a little slower but the quality has been excellent. They are always up, my IP is static, ports are not blocked, and the support is excellent. I've been with them for almost 10 years now, and when I had Comcast Cable Modem that my work paid for, I found out how often comcast was either down or having problems, and Speakeasy was always my standby.
I can always schedule my upgrades and maintenance from home because I know my connection will be up. One time when it went down at 3:00 am, I called and they re-provisioned my line on the spot and I was back and working by 3:15.
I will not do business with Best Buy. There are too many shady business practices, too many anecdotes of bad experiences, and they're becoming bigger and bigger. The whole POINT of doing business with speakeasy was that they were a local, independent company with the kind of values that one could do business with with a clear conscience.
I will be calling to cancel m speakeasy service as soon as possible.
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I find no mention of handling fumes. Burning ABS plastic is notoriously toxic, one of the main things that has been holding me back from tackling this for a home installation. Ideally one would construct a fume hood of sorts and then vent it externally to the home, but there are also issues with exactly how/where and also filtering perhaps ?
It bothers me that there's hardly any mention of fume issues during the talk about these great machines.
You make a really good point, and it's really disappointing that this happened today of all days on the day after the Iranian elections were apparently stolen from the winner.
From my tests and working with MySQL professional services, once disk based clustering is turned on, performance tanks across the board, even on the memory portion.
This technology has a long, long way to go. There are very few real world applications for NDB cluster right now.
yeah, the timing is really interesting, I have a hard time believing that AOL planned it this way.
The most interesting part of this is that mobile usage (coding for mobile devices) is now okay with a separate agreement with AOL. When the first version of this initiative was launched, mobile device connectivity was not okay.
This might start turning up some interesting applications for cell phone usage, but it's doubtful that any old person could code an app for the majority of devices out there as the OEMs (motorola, nokia, LG, samsung, ericsson, etc etc) control what goes on their phones. It could be interesting on a windows mobile or iPhone platform (once the iPhone SDK is released).
Someone will a cool name like that, with Guinness in it would be so up on harshing other people's mellow..
Too bad indeed.
I have to agree with other comments so far. MySQL has built its business on charging $3500 here and there for "Enterprise" support. They have also made a big push to sell their MySQL Cluster based on NDB. Unfortunately, NDB doesn't work for about 99% of the systems out there. That hasn't stopped them from selling it to customers that don't need it or can't use it.
In terms of their other high availability solutions, they are mostly hacks. Their multi-master replication option uses an auto-increment offset workaround to keep inserts from stomping on each other, but this isn't without its problems, also, recovery isn't easy. Their cluster solution uses DRBD and Heartbeat to compete with things like Veritas Cluster Server, it's okay but it's really not innovate, it's another patchwork of technologies. Finally, Without point-in-time recovery through the use of something like rollback logs, it's highly dubious to put anything requiring truly ACID type compliance on MySQL.
Sun needs to put resources into plugging all these holes. If they can fix the major shortcomings with NDB, and get cluster to work for more people, they may actually have a hugely successful "enterprise" offering.
Wow, thanks stargo!
/tmp, download the patch that stargo put together, into the /micropolis-activity directory.
./Micropolis.
In regards to patching the files...
Just download the source and unzip/untar it, put it in
Then execute the patch command, like this for example: patch < micropolis_mac-osx.patch. The the paths are off, it will ask you what file to patch, take a look at the "diff" line and simply supply the file name from there, for example (src/tclx/ossupp/makefile), or whatever the right path is for you to that file.
Then run make from the src directory (assuming you have the developer tools installed of course).
Then, assuming it compiled with no errors, run make install (you don't need to be root to do any of this by the way).
Then launch X11 (assuming you have it installed of course) and from the top level directory run
Works great so far!
I tend to agree with the point you're trying to make. I just don't think this is a good example to back up the point.
:-)
There is a problem, but, this isn't just a good case of it
As I said in my original comment, the article is long, hard to read on a screen because it's full of footnotes and written by lawyers. The blog added value by taking the most interesting and relevant part of the article and calling it out. It's called journalism, that's what the do.
Without Schneier writing the summary, there would have been nothing for Slashdot to put on their site.
Get it?
Obviously you didn't read the actual "article." Because , if you tried, you'd see it was a law review piece, with more footnotes per page than actual sentences and it's practically completely unreadable on a computer screen without shrinking the font way down.
;)
I came here to thank the submitter for posting the blog posting of it.
So Neener neener to you.
I'm reading and replying to this from my wii. oh...I just dusted it last week too...
Yes, like others have said, we don't need the 20th iteration of "Mash-up Maker" that lets us link to Google maps and have yet another proof of concept. The best use for mashups are behind the firewall, bringing together diverse sources of data that everyone struggles with a work.
I have server logs, databases, wikis, sysedge data, snmp information, ticketing system information, and I have to visit 20 different web pages a day to get all my information. Now, mash THAT INFORMATION up and give it to me in one page, without too much programming, and you have something useful.
He probably stopped in at burning man , took some happy pills and is just chillin' on the playa.
dude, where do you live, so I can avoid you at all costs!
thank you making my eyes bleed.
Both excellent replies! I didn't even think of an adaptor.... thanks!
God, if they can do this in an SD card, why not a compact flash? Is it just that there's a much bigger market for SD cards?
I have a Nikon D70 and this sure would be nice....
You are correct, there's really not point in cheating at poker...
;)
I should have qualified the statement thusly.....
The online gambling systems cheat.... plain and simple.
If not an outright ban, some type of legal protection is required.
The article states:
"I think it's a brilliant idea -- using the Internet to correct OCR mistakes,"
Suggesting that the words have been OCR'd, and that the user is correct the mistakes. This goes on to suggest that there is a margin of error that takes into account OCR mistakes but will allow the corrected text.
With a little imagination, it's easy to think of many permutations to this, along with the idea of just asking for a new captcha if the first one doesn't work.
The article also states there's a speakable text version of itself for the hearing impaired.
You can only watch it on Sony Playstation 3 with 60 GB harddrive, or a PSP with the latest update, but it will check to make sure you're not running homebrew and , you have to provide your credit card number so if you ever watch anything copyrighted they can charge you the fee for the holder of the copyright.
Oh, and you better be ready to provide your SSN because they need to be able to send you to collections if your credit card doesn't go through . . . and, some videos may have viruses, but don't worry about, videos can't have viruses.
To upload, you need to buy a special upload program that only works with Vista!!
I'm so excited about this.
Oh, and ninteno sucks.
Out.
When I got the email this morning it was like a hand jumped out of the screen and punched me in the face. Yes, definitely silly to feel this way about an ISP, but like may others here, I feel that Speakeasy as be so great to me.
The cost is a little more and the speed is a little slower but the quality has been excellent. They are always up, my IP is static, ports are not blocked, and the support is excellent. I've been with them for almost 10 years now, and when I had Comcast Cable Modem that my work paid for, I found out how often comcast was either down or having problems, and Speakeasy was always my standby.
I can always schedule my upgrades and maintenance from home because I know my connection will be up. One time when it went down at 3:00 am, I called and they re-provisioned my line on the spot and I was back and working by 3:15.
I will not do business with Best Buy. There are too many shady business practices, too many anecdotes of bad experiences, and they're becoming bigger and bigger. The whole POINT of doing business with speakeasy was that they were a local, independent company with the kind of values that one could do business with with a clear conscience.
I will be calling to cancel m speakeasy service as soon as possible.
Yeah, "body work" ... hmph. Oh well, I guess it's kind of cool to have been "groped" by a legend of phreaking.