Whelp, if I had read the article all the way, through, I would have noticed that the writer said pretty much exactly what I did, with exactly the same link. Oops.
I encourage interested folks to browse the CfAO web site. They've got pointers to all manner of AO research nation-wide, including several active projects on MEMS. The focus of the last AO summer school was almost entirely MEMS.
MEMS also has a bright future in Adaptive Optics, for both astronomy and vision sciences.
AO for the next generation of extremely large telescopes requires something like 500k to 1,000k actuators, something that is only economically feasible with something like MEMS.
I've got two 75GXP's in a striped RAID configuration that haven't given me a lick of problems. They've been humming along for the past six months.
However, we've had an equally recent IBM IDE drive (model unknown) and an IBM SCSI drive give out at work; both failures were easily attributed to the high-vibration environment that these drives were operating in (nearby construction).
Almost anyone that's not support staff @ UCO/Lick uses Linux or Solaris as their operating system of choice. That comes out to about 150-200 machines total.
That's what happens when people want to do tricky things like "research" with their computers.
Wouldn't you be better off courting new customers rather than spending any more time trying to win over lost customers? I mean, sure, point out the mistake, and leave your card; at that point, if they're willing to stick with a bad decision, let them learn the hard way.
Let us remember the lesson of the VHS tape backup system: a single flubbed bit in an analog data stream gets lost in the shuffle; a single flubbed bit in a digital data stream will flub the readout of an entire portion of the tape.
Imagine digital artifacts from a dirty DVD disc, except permanent.
Almost any strongly supported program (that works on linux) will run on BSD, without emulation.
The best way to check is to look at each OS's ports listing, or to check the support at the application's website. OpenBSD has an excellent ports tree; anything in there will run on OpenBSD, almost always without linux emulation. There's a few applications that require emulation, but it's almost always things like Acrobat Reader, or Netscape Navigator.
I use both postgresql and mysql on an OpenBSD machine, and have every reason to believe that they both run on NetBSD or FreeBSD. If you want to know if a particular BSD will work for your particular application, the best way to find out is to try it.
Having tried it, I'll doubt I'll ever go back to a linux distribution... OpenBSD and FreeBSD handle my needs far too well for me to need anything else.
Logitech's had an optical trackball (the Trackman Marble) for years now, a wonderful little number that I don't think has ever gotten the recognition it deserves. I'm admittedly behind the times in that I don't use one with a wheelie-dealie on it, but this is the only pointing device I'll use with my computers anymore.
Not only that, but everyone I've introduced to the Trackman Marble has adopted it as their exclusive pointing device of choice. They're easy to use, you never have to worry about a surface to use it on, and they're amazingly easy to clean.
The next pointing device I buy will probably have to be linked directly to my brain in order for it to merit me getting rid of my Trackman Marble.
I know everyone will have their own list, but I figured I'd contribute part of mine.
Some titles that I haven't seen much mention of here but are definately worth a look are Combustible Campus Guardress, and Dragon Half. I don't believe you can get anything but a fansub of CCG in the US, but I do believe Amazon has Dragon Half available on VHS, with a DVD imminent.
Another excellent, if somewhat confusing title is X/1999. This was in theaters recently in the US, and will be out on DVD this summer.
You can find oodles of info on these anime (and many others) at AniPike. Happy hunting!
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Whelp, if I had read the article all the way, through, I would have noticed that the writer said pretty much exactly what I did, with exactly the same link. Oops.
I encourage interested folks to browse the CfAO web site. They've got pointers to all manner of AO research nation-wide, including several active projects on MEMS. The focus of the last AO summer school was almost entirely MEMS.
MEMS also has a bright future in Adaptive Optics, for both astronomy and vision sciences.
AO for the next generation of extremely large telescopes requires something like 500k to 1,000k actuators, something that is only economically feasible with something like MEMS.
I've got two 75GXP's in a striped RAID configuration that haven't given me a lick of problems. They've been humming along for the past six months.
However, we've had an equally recent IBM IDE drive (model unknown) and an IBM SCSI drive give out at work; both failures were easily attributed to the high-vibration environment that these drives were operating in (nearby construction).
Back it up if it's important to you.
Almost anyone that's not support staff @ UCO/Lick uses Linux or Solaris as their operating system of choice. That comes out to about 150-200 machines total.
That's what happens when people want to do tricky things like "research" with their computers.
Wouldn't you be better off courting new customers rather than spending any more time trying to win over lost customers? I mean, sure, point out the mistake, and leave your card; at that point, if they're willing to stick with a bad decision, let them learn the hard way.
Let us remember the lesson of the VHS tape backup system: a single flubbed bit in an analog data stream gets lost in the shuffle; a single flubbed bit in a digital data stream will flub the readout of an entire portion of the tape.
Imagine digital artifacts from a dirty DVD disc, except permanent.
Almost any strongly supported program (that works on linux) will run on BSD, without emulation.
The best way to check is to look at each OS's ports listing, or to check the support at the application's website. OpenBSD has an excellent ports tree; anything in there will run on OpenBSD, almost always without linux emulation. There's a few applications that require emulation, but it's almost always things like Acrobat Reader, or Netscape Navigator.
I use both postgresql and mysql on an OpenBSD machine, and have every reason to believe that they both run on NetBSD or FreeBSD. If you want to know if a particular BSD will work for your particular application, the best way to find out is to try it.
Having tried it, I'll doubt I'll ever go back to a linux distribution... OpenBSD and FreeBSD handle my needs far too well for me to need anything else.
Logitech's had an optical trackball (the Trackman Marble) for years now, a wonderful little number that I don't think has ever gotten the recognition it deserves. I'm admittedly behind the times in that I don't use one with a wheelie-dealie on it, but this is the only pointing device I'll use with my computers anymore.
Not only that, but everyone I've introduced to the Trackman Marble has adopted it as their exclusive pointing device of choice. They're easy to use, you never have to worry about a surface to use it on, and they're amazingly easy to clean.
The next pointing device I buy will probably have to be linked directly to my brain in order for it to merit me getting rid of my Trackman Marble.
I know everyone will have their own list, but I figured I'd contribute part of mine.
Some titles that I haven't seen much mention of here but are definately worth a look are Combustible Campus Guardress, and Dragon Half. I don't believe you can get anything but a fansub of CCG in the US, but I do believe Amazon has Dragon Half available on VHS, with a DVD imminent.
Another excellent, if somewhat confusing title is X/1999. This was in theaters recently in the US, and will be out on DVD this summer.
You can find oodles of info on these anime (and many others) at AniPike. Happy hunting!
Given this comment, it's worthy to note that Intel is an investor in C|Net, as they like to note every time they have a "positive" Intel story.
IPv4, in general, has already been extended like crazy... why not just work towards developing and migrating to IPv6 instead?