If you thought latency on a 56k line was bad, give modem channel bonding a try. Remember those "shotgun" modems? Worst idea ever. If you could get the channels to bond - and stay that way - the latency seemed to be at least 5 times higher than a standard analog link. My ISP at the time had a single dial-in number per geographic area but might have had as many as a dozen POPs, with dozens of modem racks in each - which was fine for standard single-link analog but the Multilink PPP behind the modem channel bonding only seem to work "reliably" ( ie barely ) if you could get both your calls to terminate on the same modem bank.
Good luck with that for a large ISP in a big city. The few times I managed to get shotgunning to work at all, I had to make long-distance calls to some small-ass suburb where I knew there was only a single rack in the POP. Even then, it wasn't worth it.
I've heard a lot of bitching about DSL over the years but it was a big, yet still affordable, step-up from dialup for those who couldn't afford a T1 to the home and was still significantly cheaper (and faster) than ISDN
Is that how things work in the US? I'm pretty sure that the loser has to reimburse the winner of a lawsuit for costs and fees in Canada. Also, the judge's has the right to cap the amount that must be re-imbursed - this is useful when one party has much greater resources that the other or when the judge feels that certain tactics were inappropriate.
For example, let's say I sue M$ for infringement of something I created and they start burying me in paperwork ( I can only afford basic legal representation ), use various methods to drag the case out for years, and then, after winning the judgment, stick me with a multi-million dollar bill for their high-falutin' Shylocks, etc. I can petition the judge to cap my costs ( there's a legal term for this but I can't remember what ) - it's not unusual for the decision to be about the same as what I paid for my own lawyer.
Except the French have about 20 different ways of speaking funny themselves. Their regional accents are far more varied and distinctive than that of French-Canadians ( with the possible exceptions of Acadians ).
To my ears, pretty much all Parisian men sound effeminate, the Alsaciens look and sound somewhat Germanic, and you haven't lived until you've heard a Marseillais order a glass of wine.
Of all the French accents I've heard, the one I like best and can most easily understand is that of the Swiss.
You're comparing apples to oranges -Virtualbox is a type 2 hypervisor like VMware Workstation / Player. How does Vbox scale compared to Workstation? How does XenServer scale compared to ESXi? Those are fair and relevant comparisons.
I've used both for a couple years. If you don't need the ACE and Developer features of VMware, then Virtualbox is a fantastic substitute. Performance is roughly the same on dual-core AMD 64-bit. From a usability standpoint, it's been ahead of VMware for quite a while.
For example, you can send keystrokes to Virtualbox without trapping the keyboard output - the VBox window only has to have focus. Also, attaching virtual or physical disks or images to VBox has long been simpler, but perhaps VMware has caught up.
And, i've found the VMware automatic installs to be a bit of a nuisance.
I guess I would still favor the VMware products for anything critical but, aside from that, I've been very pleased with Virtualbox for type 2 and Xenserver for type 1 hypervisors over VMware Workstation and ESX.
What were you trying to setup that failed with VBox but worked with VMware?
If we could find a way to force patent troll proceedings to be held in uncooled courtrooms in August, that would be punishment enough - Marshall gets HOT.
I believe the current weather record is 112 F / 44 C.
Thank you for pointing out that computers and software existed before "dub-dub-dub" became a household word. It seems to be forgotten a lot and not only on Slashdot.
On Windows? Foxit Reader or PDF Xchange viewer ( http://www.docu-track.com/ ). Unlike Acrobat Reader, both have tabbed interfaces, can remember which docs were open and reopen them automatically.
I think PDF Xchange also will track where you were in each opened document and will take you right back to the page you were reading when reopened.
I don't see broadband and clean air as mutually exclusive - at least in the city. As for open spaces, I expect there to be enough of that within city limits, even if it's not right in my neighbourhood
I'll give you a pass on being whipped if you got blown after seeing Twilight with her. If she suggests that you read the books so she can debate them with you - and you do - then she's the one with the penis ( if you're living The Crying Game, don't tell us, please ).
When Stan Lee had to sue to get his cut of the proceeds from SpiderMan, I started to look at the MPAA's kvetching about pirates with a jaundiced eye. If they want us to care about alleged copyright infringement, then don't try to fuck over the icons that made us into fans and made them rich(er).
100 years ago, we didn't have the massive amount of carbon emissions we have today - from coal burning, oil/gas, mining, and construction (cement production is a significant CO2 emitter). If we are going to rely on trees as a source of carbon sequestration, we'll need a hell of a lot more than we've probably ever had in human history.
It wasn't just a matter of population - they had to do it all with hand tools. Let me tell you, if you haven't tried it - clearing dense growth by hand is very hard work. I did it several times a year for about 4 years and I would rather freeze and starve to death before I'd do that again.
Windows 2000 and XP can't make this work reliably with a laptop / docking station all the time. At work, I'm forever fiddling with this for our non-technical staff. Unfortunately, the PHBs won't spring for software to do this, say something like UltraMon, so every so often, especially after patching it's back to tweaking the damn desktops.
Which means you get to choose who that person is. And, no, "Everyone" doesn't know jack. Slashdot has a worldwide audience - in some European countries, you'd be crazy to leave without notice and typically have to provide at least 1 month's notice, depending on your job
I think you're reading this one right. I would add that since this guy seems to be technically adept, it might be that his company is looking to get tech support with having to pay those pesky overtime rates.
Depending on where you live & work, they are obliged to give you a neutral reference unless you were dismissed for cause. And, it's easy enough to check if they are sliming you or not.
Okay, imagine some archeologist of the distant future, researching the quaint copyright laws of the 20th and 21st century
("Who were Sonny Mouse and Mickey Bono?") coming across this in the partially restored digital records?
because it'll prove, once and for all, that there's really no intelligent life down here. And the new name sucks ass. Will the call the kid's version the PooPoo?
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If you thought latency on a 56k line was bad, give modem channel bonding a try. Remember those "shotgun" modems? Worst idea ever.
If you could get the channels to bond - and stay that way - the latency seemed to be at least 5 times higher than a standard analog link.
My ISP at the time had a single dial-in number per geographic area but might have had as many as a dozen POPs, with dozens of modem
racks in each - which was fine for standard single-link analog but the Multilink PPP behind the modem channel bonding only seem to work
"reliably" ( ie barely ) if you could get both your calls to terminate on the same modem bank.
Good luck with that for a large ISP in a big city. The few times I managed to get shotgunning to work at all, I had to make long-distance calls to some small-ass suburb where I knew there was only a single rack in the POP. Even then, it wasn't worth it.
I've heard a lot of bitching about DSL over the years but it was a big, yet still affordable, step-up from dialup for those who couldn't afford
a T1 to the home and was still significantly cheaper (and faster) than ISDN
Is that how things work in the US? I'm pretty sure that the loser has to reimburse the winner of a lawsuit for costs and fees in Canada. Also, the judge's has the right to cap the amount that must
be re-imbursed - this is useful when one party has much greater resources that the other or when
the judge feels that certain tactics were inappropriate.
For example, let's say I sue M$ for infringement of something I created and they start burying me in paperwork ( I can only afford basic legal representation ), use various methods to drag the case out for years, and then, after winning the judgment, stick me with a multi-million dollar bill for their high-falutin' Shylocks, etc.
I can petition the judge to cap my costs ( there's a legal term for this but I can't remember what ) - it's not unusual for the decision to be about the same as what I paid for my own lawyer.
You think anal sex is horribly wrong?
Like Windows? I'll help build that Ark.
Neo-cons? You mean like Dick Chen-yi?
Except the French have about 20 different ways of speaking funny themselves. Their regional accents are far more
varied and distinctive than that of French-Canadians ( with the possible exceptions of Acadians ).
To my ears, pretty much all Parisian men sound effeminate, the Alsaciens look and sound somewhat Germanic,
and you haven't lived until you've heard a Marseillais order a glass of wine.
Of all the French accents I've heard, the one I like best and can most easily understand is that of the Swiss.
Based on your other posts, it sounds like you have access to business / enterprise class hardware so why are you using type 2 hypervisors?
It sounds like your needs would be better served by ESX / ESXi / Xenserver.
You're comparing apples to oranges -Virtualbox is a type 2 hypervisor like VMware Workstation / Player. How does Vbox scale compared to Workstation?
How does XenServer scale compared to ESXi?
Those are fair and relevant comparisons.
I've used both for a couple years. If you don't need the ACE and Developer features of VMware, then Virtualbox is a fantastic substitute. Performance is roughly the same
on dual-core AMD 64-bit.
From a usability standpoint, it's been ahead of VMware for quite a while.
For example, you can send keystrokes to Virtualbox without trapping the keyboard output - the VBox window only has to have focus. Also, attaching virtual or physical disks
or images to VBox has long been simpler, but perhaps VMware has caught up.
And, i've found the VMware automatic installs to be a bit of a nuisance.
I guess I would still favor the VMware products for anything critical but, aside from that, I've been very pleased with Virtualbox for type 2 and Xenserver for type 1 hypervisors over
VMware Workstation and ESX.
What were you trying to setup that failed with VBox but worked with VMware?
If we could find a way to force patent troll proceedings to be held in uncooled courtrooms in August, that would be punishment
enough - Marshall gets HOT.
I believe the current weather record is 112 F / 44 C.
Thank you for pointing out that computers and software existed before "dub-dub-dub" became a household word.
It seems to be forgotten a lot and not only on Slashdot.
On Windows? Foxit Reader or PDF Xchange viewer ( http://www.docu-track.com/ ). Unlike Acrobat Reader, both have tabbed interfaces, can remember which docs were open and reopen them automatically.
I think PDF Xchange also will track where you were in each opened document and will take you right
back to the page you were reading when reopened.
I don't see broadband and clean air as mutually exclusive - at least in the city. As for open spaces, I expect there to be enough
of that within city limits, even if it's not right in my neighbourhood
I'll give you a pass on being whipped if you got blown after seeing Twilight with her.
If she suggests that you read the books so she can debate them with you - and you do - then she's the one
with the penis ( if you're living The Crying Game, don't tell us, please ).
When Stan Lee had to sue to get his cut of the proceeds from SpiderMan, I started to look at the MPAA's kvetching about pirates
with a jaundiced eye. If they want us to care about alleged copyright infringement, then don't try to fuck over the icons that made us
into fans and made them rich(er).
100 years ago, we didn't have the massive amount of carbon emissions we have today - from coal burning, oil/gas, mining, and
construction (cement production is a significant CO2 emitter).
If we are going to rely on trees as a source of carbon sequestration, we'll need a hell of a lot more than we've probably ever had
in human history.
It wasn't just a matter of population - they had to do it all with hand tools. Let me tell you, if you haven't tried it - clearing
dense growth by hand is very hard work. I did it several times a year for about 4 years and I would rather freeze and starve
to death before I'd do that again.
Think we've Slashdotted the Citrix Communities. The searches seem to work but all pages are returned as Not Found
Vista is now several years old - they couldn't get the bugs out in all that time?
Windows 2000 and XP can't make this work reliably with a laptop / docking station all the time.
At work, I'm forever fiddling with this for our non-technical staff. Unfortunately, the PHBs won't spring
for software to do this, say something like UltraMon, so every so often, especially after patching
it's back to tweaking the damn desktops.
Which means you get to choose who that person is.
And, no, "Everyone" doesn't know jack.
Slashdot has a worldwide audience - in some European countries, you'd be crazy to leave without notice and typically have to provide at least 1 month's notice, depending on your job
I think you're reading this one right. I would add that since this guy seems to be technically adept, it might be that his company is looking to get tech support with
having to pay those pesky overtime rates.
Depending on where you live & work, they are obliged to give you a neutral reference unless you were dismissed for cause.
And, it's easy enough to check if they are sliming you or not.
Okay, imagine some archeologist of the distant future, researching the quaint copyright laws of the 20th and 21st century
("Who were Sonny Mouse and Mickey Bono?") coming across this in the partially restored digital records?
Truth is truly stranger than fiction.
because it'll prove, once and for all, that there's really no intelligent life down here.
And the new name sucks ass. Will the call the kid's version the PooPoo?