bummer, but if you check out the release dates of previous versions of OpenBSD you'll see they are released every six months, once in June and once in December, like clockwork.
As in Berkeley, University California of, hotbed of UNIX research. Originally Unix was invented by Bell Labs, then Berkeley licenced the code for academic use. Originally it was a great deal but as UNIX grew in popularity, AT&T dramatically raised prices for the source code release. In response BSD was re-written so as not to contain any of the original AT&T code. For more information, see the UNIX system administrators guide by Nemeth et. al., page 1. (BTW if you are a UNIX sysadmin, you should have this book.)
Linux may not be UNIX but BSD is indeed. UNIX does not necessarily mean a System V OS.
ah but the collector value. I'm looking for a first generation Mac - the kind with the tiny 9 inch greyscale monitor built right into the case. I think those, more than anything else from the era will eventually have some real collector value and once again be worth something.
I see several compaq machines out performing RS/6000s on tpc.org
My recommendations if you are on a budget: Stick with Linux and Sybase and get some vendor support. Definitely stick with x86 hardware since you are on a budget. The size of the database is less important than the actual design. How much data is going to be used at any one given time? Figuring that out will tell you if you need to add another gig or three of RAM. A good dual-processor machine should be sufficient, perhaps a quad if there are lots of simultaneous users. Bottlenecks in a database are rarely at the CPU.
IMHO, you should concentrate on your RAID setup. Get ~20 4GB disks and set them up with RAID 10(full mirroring+striping). That alone is going to give you much, much better performance than a solution with say 4 20GB disks. At $200 per disk this will run you about $4,000. Paying careful attention to this will get you your best database performance while still spending a hell of a lot less than you would with an RS/6000.
You need the performance, but obviously you can't fit the whole database in RAM. So get a good RAID controller and buy as many small disks for it as you can.
I have a strong feeling that MS is the main player in this coalition. Take a look at the press release. #1, its from Waggener Edstrom, MS' PR firm. #2, scroll down to the bottom and read the disclaimer.
After all, they were going against AOL head to head for a while by making MSN Messenger compatible with AIM and then they just gave up. How un-Microsoft like, it seemed back then.
So now they engineer this coalition(with the proper IETF backing of course) and they've got a real battle plan again. Obviously they haven't given up.
I wonder if messaging clients are something that could be complex enough that you'd get that software rivalry like there was between Netscape and IE. Does anyone care about the quality of their messaging client?
hey angry old fart. my grandpa was a real engineer and could build himself a way off a desert island with nothing more than a slide rule. He didn't need any of your fancy-schmancy punch cards.
>> I wonder if Microsoft will adopt this strategy.
They already do. They refer to China and other 2nd and 3rd world nations as "one-CD" nations, where someone buys the first CD and distributes it to his fellow countrymen. Or something like that. Their plan is to let everyone get hooked on Windows and then go in and start playing software cop.
I have a car that: -is paid for -gets great gas mileage -has a huge aftermarket, and thus an unlimited supply of cheap parts. Try getting a windshield for $89 installed on that Golf. -is easy to work on, and thus is kept in perfect mechanical condition. -slow perhaps, but very fun to drive. -Did I mention that its paid for? I love this car!(I also own a BMW, and had a Mercedes, but this is now my fav)
Please don't compare Beetles to Yugos. Its not fair.
>> I have serious doubt that most companies will want to exclude themselves from the only catalogs of the web that make any sense of it.
You are absolutely correct. Its only companies that are trying to monopolize the market they are in that fear the search engines. Ebay would greatly prefer that you never hear about any other auction company. However, for a small site trying to get off the ground, a popular comparison site is a great boon.
Everyone talks about rulings such as this one as being against the spirit of the internet - that it should be linked freely. I argue that companies that try to monopolize their particular segment are also against that spirit. The internet should have 1000 bookstores, auction companies, ticket agents etc. Otherwise we'll end up with a tasteless monocorporate Big Brother of an internet with Microsoft controlling everything.
Absolutely agree. HTML is designed for linking, and in general, if you've placed something up without placing a robots.txt in the same directory, it should be fair game for indexing.
agree, but ebay did put a robots.txt file in their search directory and the robot in question disregarded it.
>> IE: a department store, cannot pick out a specific individuals and claim they are trespassing while allowing the rest of the public free access.
Bullshit. The "bricks and mortar" part of the operation I work for has a "hall of shame" - pictures of about 80 people who have been banned from the store for shoplifting or other disruptive activity. If someone comes in and breaks the law we have every right to tell them not to come back.
As far as I'm concerned, these people were first politely asked to discontinue their activities. When they did not comply, thats when Ebay got tough with them.
Since your goal is to incorporate HTTP into the Linux kernel, I'll assume you are intimately familiar with how the OS deals with things like caching, memory, etc.
First of all, great job. For those of us whom speed is a primary concern, integrating HTTP into the kernel is a godsend. Obviously this will be a great improvement.
That said, don't you think the hardware differences in this last test are big enough to discredit the results? The W2K machine had an Ultra2 SCSI channel, 80MB per second data transfer vs. an Ultra 160, 160 MB per second data transfer rate of the Linux machine. The test operator claimed that since the machines more memory than the total size of the files they were serving that the SCSI bus speed did not matter. Is this true? Secondly, the Linux box had a dedicated 1000MB/s ethernet adapter while the W2K machine was using a 10/100/1000 NIC. The tester claimed that since they were plugged into the same network, that the NIC's were functionally equal.
In your opinion, do the hardware differences mean anything? I'm asking because if this were the other way around(and the Windows machine won) I think the Linux community would have been up in arms about it.
>> But, in the final analysis, what did you need transactions for?
If you need speed and the integrity of your database is not critical, then MySQL is an ideal choice. A search engine would be one ideal application; I'd be surprised if Google didn't run on MySQL. A site like Slashdot is another. It's not the end of the world if the site crashes and a few posts get lost. The speed of the database is more important than the integrity of the data in both applications.
However, any update that involves two or more SQL commands to run as a single unit must use a transaction to insure data integrity. The simple banking transfer is the classic case. I want to transfer $50 from my savings to my checking account. Two SQL statements are needed - one to debit my savings account and one to credit my checking account. If the computer fails after the first command has run I end up short 50 bucks. So here is one example that needs ACID properties to guarantee that both commands will succeed or they both get rolled back.
Any application that needs to guarantee data integrity or perform multiple SQL statements as a single unit must support the ACID properties and therefore transactions.
OK, I respect your opinion, and you've successfully persuaded me to ditch the work "Luddite" from my vocabulary(I assume this is your intention, no?).
However, re-read the last sentence of the article and tell me that its not crap. What gives him the right to claim that pen and paper are superior to computing in a learning environment? And even further, why should I allow that type of opinion to prevail when the educators are setting policies for public schools?
First of all, this story is merely this guys opinion so don't go mistaking this for scientific fact just because he is a big name in education.
This is just another example of the Luddite drivel we've all seen from so many people who fear the internets encroachment on their happy little lives. Anyone in a position to be affected by the internet(journalists, managers, teachers, etc.) while at the same time not being able to understand it is likely to be opposed to it.
I think the last sentence of his article says it all: "It's about acquiring knowledge and learning to think, in which case libraries, pens, and paper are the clear winner, hands down."
Exactly how are libraries, pens, and paper the clear winner in teaching someone how to think? They are not. They are merely tools, and as far as tools go, the internet and computing are far better ones.
It depends. If I was the CEO of Nike and you trashed my home while I was away, perhaps I shouldn't have incited you by employing 12 year olds in Indonesia for 50 cents a day.
The flip side of this is that the CEO gets his home fixed by the insurance and you go to jail for five years. Civil disobedience means you have to be willing to pay the consenquences, and that is what separates an act of civil disobedience from an act of violence.
When big corporations such as McDonalds trash the environment, acts that will force climate changes in the next 50 years, what do you call that? Its mass destruction of our common property at the hands of the corporations. What is the proper way to fight it? Sorry, but I think there is a place in the world for the Monkey Wrench Gang.
Lots of comments trashing Jose Bove as a common vandal. But these are missing the point, since they don't have the background of the story.
France banned hormone-injected American beef that was not labelled. Instead of labelling our meat properly, our government childishly responded by adding a 100% tax on Roquefort cheese and other French delicacies.
Yes, he broke the law when he vandalized a McDonalds. However there is one very American thing most of you forgot about: Civil Disobedience - breaking the law as a form of protest. It is indeed a valid, time honored way to get your point across, and as long as you aren't directly hurting anyone and are willing to pay the consenquences, is a noble act.
do you have plants in your yard or home? do you wear clothes made out of cotton or wool? do you eat meat or vegetables? do you use medicine?
Your whole life already revolves around stuff that is genetically engineered. So what's the problem? Besides, I think if you'll go back and read your Bible you'll see that it says God gave man domain over His creation.
Well I must say, I'm impressed. The whole kerberos thing was kind of the last straw for me as far as considering buying Microsoftware in the future.(its gotta work with Unix, or its gotta go) I guess I'll cautiously keep an open mind about them.
As far as the date on the page is concerned, well they make heavy use of headers, footers & other automated elements on their site, so I don't think they are trying to claim its been there since Jan. 21st.
Hmm...a perfectly good comment, marked as a troll being pro-Microsoft. Typical, substitute 'Linux' for Microsoft/Win2K and this probably would have been +3, Informative.
Ah Well. So much for getting all sides of a story on this forum.
This guy is right: check out tpc.org and you will see an industry standard ranking of database servers. Windows 2000/SQL Server does indeed blow away all other contenders, running the heaviest IBM and Sun iron and Oracle.
However, I don't think Sun is really in trouble. Rather, Microsoft is. The are still the belligerent company they always have been, and I for one have developed a severe distaste of having to deal with incompatible software and devious methods to hook people into staying their customers. So what if it performs better, I need software that works well with everything else I use.
Take a lesson from IBM, and quit trying to dominate the world. Treat people as humans rather than competitors to be crushed, and perhaps the anti-Microsoft sentiment will fade. Until then, expect people to go with other solutions.
There is a great book you should pick up, Programming Web Graphics with Perl and GNU software, from O'reilly. This goes into detail about scripting the Gimp with Perl. You also learn about ImageMagick and other image scripting utilities.
Debian, more than any of the other distros, follows the GNU philosophy. It is committed to supporting free software released under the GNU, BSD, or similar free licences. Unlike the others, they respect Richard Stallman's wish to call Linux GNU/Linux. See more about this on their social contract page.
Its not that its technically more advanced, it just follows the GNU philosophy more than the other distros.
Slashdot Mirror
Are there some text-based ads being used?
I've not tried Free, but Open rocks.
That would be the Berkeley Software Distribution.
As in Berkeley, University California of, hotbed of UNIX research. Originally Unix was invented by Bell Labs, then Berkeley licenced the code for academic use. Originally it was a great deal but as UNIX grew in popularity, AT&T dramatically raised prices for the source code release. In response BSD was re-written so as not to contain any of the original AT&T code. For more information, see the UNIX system administrators guide by Nemeth et. al., page 1. (BTW if you are a UNIX sysadmin, you should have this book.)
Linux may not be UNIX but BSD is indeed. UNIX does not necessarily mean a System V OS.
My recommendations if you are on a budget: Stick with Linux and Sybase and get some vendor support. Definitely stick with x86 hardware since you are on a budget. The size of the database is less important than the actual design. How much data is going to be used at any one given time? Figuring that out will tell you if you need to add another gig or three of RAM. A good dual-processor machine should be sufficient, perhaps a quad if there are lots of simultaneous users. Bottlenecks in a database are rarely at the CPU.
IMHO, you should concentrate on your RAID setup. Get ~20 4GB disks and set them up with RAID 10(full mirroring+striping). That alone is going to give you much, much better performance than a solution with say 4 20GB disks. At $200 per disk this will run you about $4,000. Paying careful attention to this will get you your best database performance while still spending a hell of a lot less than you would with an RS/6000.
You need the performance, but obviously you can't fit the whole database in RAM. So get a good RAID controller and buy as many small disks for it as you can.
After all, they were going against AOL head to head for a while by making MSN Messenger compatible with AIM and then they just gave up. How un-Microsoft like, it seemed back then.
So now they engineer this coalition(with the proper IETF backing of course) and they've got a real battle plan again. Obviously they haven't given up.
I wonder if messaging clients are something that could be complex enough that you'd get that software rivalry like there was between Netscape and IE. Does anyone care about the quality of their messaging client?
err...meant to say over four times the caffeine. It's 4AM here, guess I need to refuel.
Jolt Cola: 72 mg. caffeine
Drip Coffee(7 oz.) 115-175 mg. caffeine
Espresso (2 oz.) 100 mg. caffeine
Now I now why those coffees with two shots of espresso that I drink when I need to wake up work so well. Its almost four times the caffeine as a Jolt!
Thank you.
They already do. They refer to China and other 2nd and 3rd world nations as "one-CD" nations, where someone buys the first CD and distributes it to his fellow countrymen. Or something like that. Their plan is to let everyone get hooked on Windows and then go in and start playing software cop.
I have a car that:
-is paid for
-gets great gas mileage
-has a huge aftermarket, and thus an unlimited supply of cheap parts. Try getting a windshield for $89 installed on that Golf.
-is easy to work on, and thus is kept in perfect mechanical condition.
-slow perhaps, but very fun to drive.
-Did I mention that its paid for? I love this car!(I also own a BMW, and had a Mercedes, but this is now my fav)
Please don't compare Beetles to Yugos. Its not fair.
You are absolutely correct. Its only companies that are trying to monopolize the market they are in that fear the search engines. Ebay would greatly prefer that you never hear about any other auction company. However, for a small site trying to get off the ground, a popular comparison site is a great boon.
Everyone talks about rulings such as this one as being against the spirit of the internet - that it should be linked freely. I argue that companies that try to monopolize their particular segment are also against that spirit. The internet should have 1000 bookstores, auction companies, ticket agents etc. Otherwise we'll end up with a tasteless monocorporate Big Brother of an internet with Microsoft controlling everything.
agree, but ebay did put a robots.txt file in their search directory and the robot in question disregarded it.
Bullshit. The "bricks and mortar" part of the operation I work for has a "hall of shame" - pictures of about 80 people who have been banned from the store for shoplifting or other disruptive activity. If someone comes in and breaks the law we have every right to tell them not to come back.
As far as I'm concerned, these people were first politely asked to discontinue their activities. When they did not comply, thats when Ebay got tough with them.
First of all, great job. For those of us whom speed is a primary concern, integrating HTTP into the kernel is a godsend. Obviously this will be a great improvement.
That said, don't you think the hardware differences in this last test are big enough to discredit the results? The W2K machine had an Ultra2 SCSI channel, 80MB per second data transfer vs. an Ultra 160, 160 MB per second data transfer rate of the Linux machine. The test operator claimed that since the machines more memory than the total size of the files they were serving that the SCSI bus speed did not matter. Is this true? Secondly, the Linux box had a dedicated 1000MB/s ethernet adapter while the W2K machine was using a 10/100/1000 NIC. The tester claimed that since they were plugged into the same network, that the NIC's were functionally equal.
In your opinion, do the hardware differences mean anything? I'm asking because if this were the other way around(and the Windows machine won) I think the Linux community would have been up in arms about it.
If you need speed and the integrity of your database is not critical, then MySQL is an ideal choice. A search engine would be one ideal application; I'd be surprised if Google didn't run on MySQL. A site like Slashdot is another. It's not the end of the world if the site crashes and a few posts get lost. The speed of the database is more important than the integrity of the data in both applications.
However, any update that involves two or more SQL commands to run as a single unit must use a transaction to insure data integrity. The simple banking transfer is the classic case. I want to transfer $50 from my savings to my checking account. Two SQL statements are needed - one to debit my savings account and one to credit my checking account. If the computer fails after the first command has run I end up short 50 bucks. So here is one example that needs ACID properties to guarantee that both commands will succeed or they both get rolled back.
Any application that needs to guarantee data integrity or perform multiple SQL statements as a single unit must support the ACID properties and therefore transactions.
However, re-read the last sentence of the article and tell me that its not crap. What gives him the right to claim that pen and paper are superior to computing in a learning environment? And even further, why should I allow that type of opinion to prevail when the educators are setting policies for public schools?
This is just another example of the Luddite drivel we've all seen from so many people who fear the internets encroachment on their happy little lives. Anyone in a position to be affected by the internet(journalists, managers, teachers, etc.) while at the same time not being able to understand it is likely to be opposed to it.
I think the last sentence of his article says it all: "It's about acquiring knowledge and learning to think, in which case libraries, pens, and paper are the clear winner, hands down."
Exactly how are libraries, pens, and paper the clear winner in teaching someone how to think? They are not. They are merely tools, and as far as tools go, the internet and computing are far better ones.
The flip side of this is that the CEO gets his home fixed by the insurance and you go to jail for five years. Civil disobedience means you have to be willing to pay the consenquences, and that is what separates an act of civil disobedience from an act of violence.
When big corporations such as McDonalds trash the environment, acts that will force climate changes in the next 50 years, what do you call that? Its mass destruction of our common property at the hands of the corporations. What is the proper way to fight it? Sorry, but I think there is a place in the world for the Monkey Wrench Gang.
France banned hormone-injected American beef that was not labelled. Instead of labelling our meat properly, our government childishly responded by adding a 100% tax on Roquefort cheese and other French delicacies.
Yes, he broke the law when he vandalized a McDonalds. However there is one very American thing most of you forgot about: Civil Disobedience - breaking the law as a form of protest. It is indeed a valid, time honored way to get your point across, and as long as you aren't directly hurting anyone and are willing to pay the consenquences, is a noble act.
do you wear clothes made out of cotton or wool?
do you eat meat or vegetables?
do you use medicine?
Your whole life already revolves around stuff that is genetically engineered. So what's the problem? Besides, I think if you'll go back and read your Bible you'll see that it says God gave man domain over His creation.
Thank you.
As far as the date on the page is concerned, well they make heavy use of headers, footers & other automated elements on their site, so I don't think they are trying to claim its been there since Jan. 21st.
Ah Well. So much for getting all sides of a story on this forum.
This guy is right: check out tpc.org and you will see an industry standard ranking of database servers. Windows 2000/SQL Server does indeed blow away all other contenders, running the heaviest IBM and Sun iron and Oracle.
However, I don't think Sun is really in trouble. Rather, Microsoft is. The are still the belligerent company they always have been, and I for one have developed a severe distaste of having to deal with incompatible software and devious methods to hook people into staying their customers. So what if it performs better, I need software that works well with everything else I use.
Take a lesson from IBM, and quit trying to dominate the world. Treat people as humans rather than competitors to be crushed, and perhaps the anti-Microsoft sentiment will fade. Until then, expect people to go with other solutions.
There is a great book you should pick up, Programming Web Graphics with Perl and GNU software, from O'reilly. This goes into detail about scripting the Gimp with Perl. You also learn about ImageMagick and other image scripting utilities.
Its not that its technically more advanced, it just follows the GNU philosophy more than the other distros.