This was the early 90s. We had a bunch of 10BaseT hubs tied together with a 10Base2 backbone and a bunch of Appletalk bridges tossed in for good measure. SOP for those days.
He wasn't a bad guy and not stupid, he just didn't have a good handle on cause and effect. Or a clue about the big picture either.
It was actually Windoze for Workgroups (Win 3.11), not regular Win 3.1
Kind of like all of those MCSE-holders that thought they were going to get rich? Most of them aren't geekworthy (like the fool I worked with who thought he'd save disk space on a Win 3.x machine by setting up the swap space on the server).
I've worked with a lot of people who got CS degrees that have absolutely no apptitude or desire to excel in the field.
From this site: Time To Live, the number of seconds remaining on a cached record before it is purged. For authoritative records the TTL is fixed at a specific length. If a record is cached, the server providing the record will provide the time remaining on the TTL rather then the original length it was given.
We got most of them replaced under warranty. The ones that failed later on we just gave up on and bought first tier stuff. BTW: the decision to buy cheap was my bosses, not mine.
We've been burned several times recently buying lower tier RAM. Out of a lot of 20 pieces, nearly a third was DOA or died horrible with a month of installation (and yes, I know how to install RAM).
It could also be that people are sick of drinking Micro$ofts Kool-Aid and want a system that just works and doesn't get in their way.
Many of the Uber-geeks I know are opting for Macs rather than have to put up with blue-screens and the usual crap from Gates and company.
I use Win2K, , various flavors of Windoze servers, OS X, Linux and Solaris on a daily basis and I tend to use my Dual-G4 desktop and a 6 year old powerbook more than the others because they don't get in my way.
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It happened to me too.... I managed to get everything back though. There was a sparse diskimage file that contained my home directory. Once I mounted it, everything returned to normal.
If water won't free-flow through a failed pump, series operation won't be very useful. Series operation will also not yield any increase in flow rate.
You could put them in parallel and get increased flow and use a check valve on each outlet to ensure you don't pump water backwards through the failed pump (assuming the failed pump will pass water).
I built a system with the Aquarius II a while back. I agree. It was a major PITA and took a lot of space in the case as well.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the Aquarius. It's very quiet and keeps my 2800+ under 95F when doing "normal" activities like surfing and under 104F when playing more intensive apps like "Far Cry".
I'll probably use something like the SilentTower for my next box though.
We used to make fun of.25 auto and.22 guns (bad guys might get mad if you shoot them with one).
Most of the time when guns are used for defensive purposes, the gun is never fired. Just the fact that you have a gun is reason enough to make most bad guys back down or flee.
Q: Which would you rather get shot with: a.25 or a 9mm?
A: No, thank you.
The advantage of a.25 auto is that it is centerfire and MUCH more reliable than a.22 rimfire. I've shot hundreds of.22s that would never fire, even after multiple tries. The number of centerfire cartridges that have misfired for me are far lower..25 auto and.32 auto aren't great rounds, but they usually work and as long as you have a high quality gun that's not going to jam, they're a lot better than nothing..380 is marginal, 9mm and.38 Special are decent rounds and.357 Magnum,.357 SIG, and.45 ACP are great rounds.
I like my SIG 229, it's a great pistol, but it's a PITA to carry during the spring and summer. I usually carry a Beretta 85BB in.380 or my wifes Airweight (.38 Spl. Hydrashock).
Actually, a hydroshock is a semi-jacketed hollowpoint with a lead column that assists in controlling expansion. They're pretty good loads, but they and nearly all hollowpoints don't expand well if if clothing plugs the cavity.
Sounds like you're talking about frangible rounds. They're actually pretty safe (in that they don't over-penetrate or travel through walls very well). They're not super good at pure knockdown though. They lose mass too quickly to penetrate well. A controled expansion bullet is usually better.
I've never heard of ANY of these rounds being loaded with mercury. I think that Glaser Safety-Slugs were filled with Teflon liquid.
I'm dragging around a five year-old Apple laptop and it's still a very usable system (unlike my two year old Dell laptop). It's stable, light, and "just works". I recently handed out an old G3 laptop as a testing system to a co-worker. It's a bit slow, but it still gets the job done.
And no. I'm not some mindless Mac drone. I've been using and admining x86 and SPARC boxes since forever.
I use Solaris, Linux, OS X and Windows on a daily basis, and I'm totally blown away with the stability of OS X and how well the OS is integrated (ah, the joys of a propriarity system).
That being said, there are a few "Mac-isms" that drive me nuts (like command line user management, for instance).
While you're basically right, the previous administration was DEEPLY in bed with the Chinese.
As things are right now, try to imagine the effect of revoking MFN status for China. They'd cut us off at the knees economically. We've abandoned most of the manufacturing capability that we depend on them for.
I'm not very happy about having to buy so much stuff that originated in China, but nowdays, one would be hard pressed to find a reasonably priced consumer item that isn't related in some way to China.
You've obviously never run large-scale web server farms. A single Sun E250 can handle something 10 million hits/day. When you throw SSL into the mix, you're going to be maxxing out the E250 at about 10 hits/second. If you add an SSL accellerator card, you'll get 200 or so SSL-transactions/second.
You'll also need a sturdy back-end database server farm, some layer-4 switches, some hefty routers, etc.
Also keep in mind that a small cluster of machines like that are subject to outages related to network failure, so you'll need to spread across a few separate netowrks with no single points of failure.
And you're STILL subject to DDOS and fraudulent voting issues. Internet voting is a LONG way from being a viable option.
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Actually, it's more like a drinking fountain...
And... I actually just grossed myself out...
This was the early 90s. We had a bunch of 10BaseT hubs tied together with a 10Base2 backbone and a bunch of Appletalk bridges tossed in for good measure. SOP for those days.
He wasn't a bad guy and not stupid, he just didn't have a good handle on cause and effect. Or a clue about the big picture either.
It was actually Windoze for Workgroups (Win 3.11), not regular Win 3.1
Kind of like all of those MCSE-holders that thought they were going to get rich? Most of them aren't geekworthy (like the fool I worked with who thought he'd save disk space on a Win 3.x machine by setting up the swap space on the server).
I've worked with a lot of people who got CS degrees that have absolutely no apptitude or desire to excel in the field.
From this site: Time To Live, the number of seconds remaining on a cached record before it is purged. For authoritative records the TTL is fixed at a specific length. If a record is cached, the server providing the record will provide the time remaining on the TTL rather then the original length it was given.
We got most of them replaced under warranty. The ones that failed later on we just gave up on and bought first tier stuff. BTW: the decision to buy cheap was my bosses, not mine.
:)
He learned his lesson.
We've been burned several times recently buying lower tier RAM. Out of a lot of 20 pieces, nearly a third was DOA or died horrible with a month of installation (and yes, I know how to install RAM).
It could also be that people are sick of drinking Micro$ofts Kool-Aid and want a system that just works and doesn't get in their way.
Many of the Uber-geeks I know are opting for Macs rather than have to put up with blue-screens and the usual crap from Gates and company.
I use Win2K, , various flavors of Windoze servers, OS X, Linux and Solaris on a daily basis and I tend to use my Dual-G4 desktop and a 6 year old powerbook more than the others because they don't get in my way.
17.17 - 26.42 miles/litre
27.6 - 42.5 km / liter
If you really want to make your milage look good:
520 - 800 furlongs / gallon
Even better:
Make it appear to be an anonymous posting to the poster only. Everyone else sees their ID.
Hilarity ensues
Nero 6.6 works just fine too.
djo, oaiid.
Actually, that should be:
iah hsmihjjl emyy waay baoh ujauyj, pnh baij yavuyjg onpohmhnhmal vmusjio mo pjdalt hsj ijcvs aw baoh oycostahhjio. hsj cibd bclncy mo a zaat uycvj ha zjh ohcihjt
I really hate typos.
Very nice, but:
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Uhm... yeah.... right.
I wonder what Bruce Schneier thinks about this?
My stock options at AOL are basically toilet paper.
I got $72/share when I started there. When I left, I could opt to abandon them or go deeply into debt buying into a sinking ship.
My current job is employee owned and we get a grant based on a percentage of our annual salary. Much more realistic.
It happened to me too.... I managed to get everything back though. There was a sparse diskimage file that contained my home directory. Once I mounted it, everything returned to normal.
Your milage may vary.
If water won't free-flow through a failed pump, series operation won't be very useful. Series operation will also not yield any increase in flow rate.
You could put them in parallel and get increased flow and use a check valve on each outlet to ensure you don't pump water backwards through the failed pump (assuming the failed pump will pass water).
I built a system with the Aquarius II a while back. I agree. It was a major PITA and took a lot of space in the case as well.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the Aquarius. It's very quiet and keeps my 2800+ under 95F when doing "normal" activities like surfing and under 104F when playing more intensive apps like "Far Cry".
I'll probably use something like the SilentTower for my next box though.
Not many I'd think. Most sysadmin types need to be able to lay hands on the systems they're supporting.
Hard to add new hardware to a box if you can't touch it.
We used to make fun of .25 auto and .22 guns (bad guys might get mad if you shoot them with one).
.25 or a 9mm?
.25 auto is that it is centerfire and MUCH more reliable than a .22 rimfire. I've shot hundreds of .22s that would never fire, even after multiple tries. The number of centerfire cartridges that have misfired for me are far lower. .25 auto and .32 auto aren't great rounds, but they usually work and as long as you have a high quality gun that's not going to jam, they're a lot better than nothing. .380 is marginal, 9mm and .38 Special are decent rounds and .357 Magnum, .357 SIG, and .45 ACP are great rounds.
.380 or my wifes Airweight (.38 Spl. Hydrashock).
Most of the time when guns are used for defensive purposes, the gun is never fired. Just the fact that you have a gun is reason enough to make most bad guys back down or flee.
Q: Which would you rather get shot with: a
A: No, thank you.
The advantage of a
I like my SIG 229, it's a great pistol, but it's a PITA to carry during the spring and summer. I usually carry a Beretta 85BB in
Actually, a hydroshock is a semi-jacketed hollowpoint with a lead column that assists in controlling expansion. They're pretty good loads, but they and nearly all hollowpoints don't expand well if if clothing plugs the cavity.
Sounds like you're talking about frangible rounds. They're actually pretty safe (in that they don't over-penetrate or travel through walls very well). They're not super good at pure knockdown though. They lose mass too quickly to penetrate well. A controled expansion bullet is usually better.
I've never heard of ANY of these rounds being loaded with mercury. I think that Glaser Safety-Slugs were filled with Teflon liquid.
Check out this site for a good intro.
Hollowpoints and frangible ammunition are legal in most of the USA.
As long as you have the ability to flash back to a working version, you're golden.
Re: powerball...
I prefer to break even by not playing at all.
Lotteries are a tax on the stupid.
I'm dragging around a five year-old Apple laptop and it's still a very usable system (unlike my two year old Dell laptop). It's stable, light, and "just works". I recently handed out an old G3 laptop as a testing system to a co-worker. It's a bit slow, but it still gets the job done.
And no. I'm not some mindless Mac drone. I've been using and admining x86 and SPARC boxes since forever.
I use Solaris, Linux, OS X and Windows on a daily basis, and I'm totally blown away with the stability of OS X and how well the OS is integrated (ah, the joys of a propriarity system).
That being said, there are a few "Mac-isms" that drive me nuts (like command line user management, for instance).
While you're basically right, the previous administration was DEEPLY in bed with the Chinese.
As things are right now, try to imagine the effect of revoking MFN status for China. They'd cut us off at the knees economically. We've abandoned most of the manufacturing capability that we depend on them for.
I'm not very happy about having to buy so much stuff that originated in China, but nowdays, one would be hard pressed to find a reasonably priced consumer item that isn't related in some way to China.
You've obviously never run large-scale web server farms.
A single Sun E250 can handle something 10 million hits/day. When you throw SSL into the mix, you're going to be maxxing out the E250 at about 10 hits/second. If you add an SSL accellerator card, you'll get 200 or so SSL-transactions/second.
You'll also need a sturdy back-end database server farm, some layer-4 switches, some hefty routers, etc.
Also keep in mind that a small cluster of machines like that are subject to outages related to network failure, so you'll need to spread across a few separate netowrks with no single points of failure.
And you're STILL subject to DDOS and fraudulent voting issues. Internet voting is a LONG way from being a viable option.