i am asian. i find it difficult at times to compose the proper sentence because of exceptions to the rule in grammar. sometimes, it sounds weird even though it is correct. it is confusing to do something recursive in your mind if this, it's like this, if this, it's like this, and so on. probably after reading this text there may be grammatical errors in it.
the subject verb agreement is an example that sometimes can be confusing. e.g. he is big but microsoft are bigger. (i'm not sure about this) - all is good but all are reading slashdot. it is sometimes the singular and plural forms. i mean like equipment is for both. why not use childs for plural for child instead of children. or why not alumnuses instead of alumni.
there are lots of other cases that i don't remember right now as i probably don't use them often. but when i encounter these, it's a hit or miss and unfortunately, i think it is more of miss.
anyway (or is it anyways?), i am setting my sight on chinese interested and i hope to study soon.:P
can't this be considered as money laundering? i live in the philippines and we were just lifted from being a blacklisted country by the fatf (Financial Action Task Force.) anyway, major countries that probably are supporting these are members of the fatf, can't their money be tracked and have their accounts suspended and even confiscated because of this? if not, i just find this blacklisting more of a political clout than actually preventing illegas instances such as these (i mean did the us pass a law against spyware already?)
i think the reason for apple switching to intel is that ibm does not want to manufacture chips for apple anymore. with the demand for the new cell in the next generation of consoles and probably their focus on embedded and power family, it's easier for them to dump apple and pay them compared to retaining them.
apple will slow the adoption of linux on the desktop.
linux may be stuck in a niche market.
apple will now have the ability of gaining not just from the the cpu but all the other hardware that comes with it such as graphic cards and audio cards.
from this, applications may now include games and better multimedia applications in mac.
users now have a choice other than windows (as currently, i don't like linux is an option in games and multimedia.)
i welcome this change and looking into using a mac soon. i couldn't totally say that linux currently does job that i need with high efficiency (but the capabilities are now improving.)
given microsoft's excellent track record in security (based on documents published by microsoft,) what does the open source community need to emulate the good practices of microsoft?
given that microsoft does not disclose security flaws in its product to protect the users from malicious attacks reaching them before patches are made, how will the oss community improve on its disclosure rules and prevention of possible news regarding security flaws?
you get my point. just make their claims work against them. i am interested to see their response (that is if they respond at all.)
why not make the patents expire one year after the first commercial product has been made for that patent or if the patent has been licensed for use by others. if they license the patent for free, they get an extension for the patent.
i currently own an x40 and logged on right now. i can't wait for the x41 tablet!
the quality of both hardware and software utilities are excellent - you wonder how get to live with all the jurassic features. for example, one useful feature is the active protection system that disables the hdd in case of shocks. it has a good network connection profile software. it allows me to roam in different hotspots automatically even with different settings in each. the power utility is much better as it allows me to prevent charging until the level reaches at a particular level that prolongs battery life.
i like the hardware because it is very light and small! it is sturdy enough that you can actually step on it.
i can't wait for the tablet as i am looking for one now but the features offered by others are inferior - it's like if you get those ibm thinkpads (high end models,) you can't seem to switch to others. i was so happy with the laptop when i got it that i disposed of my desktop immediately. now i'm happy as i can expect to upgrade soon. i just hope i can move the accessories to the x41 such as the extended battery and docking bay.
how about configuring the spreadsheets (if using excel) to use pivot tables as it will reduce your chances of getting errors as source data is already in your main database.
we are operating a datacenter that can accommodate 36 equipment racks. we have been caught off hand with the new hardware because it eats practically double the power and generate double the heat compared to the previous generation of servers.
i guess getting a cooler server is not quite an option now as servers are getting more dense. we have blade servers installed and it just fills in half of the rack due to the power requirements needed. it eats up a lot of power. you must also have standby power in case power supply fails, imagine a power supply eating 2000watts each and you cannot put more load in each circuit as it will cause a cascaded tripping of the electrical circuit (as one of your power supply fails, all the load transfer to another circuit instead of load balanced, and after the transfer, it will become overloaded and that circuit will trip as well causing load to be transferred again for other circuits until all of your circuits will trip, depending in your design.) our main redundancy is placing it in a different rack with different circuits so tripping will not generate a 100% downtime.
the most important design for removing heat from servers is directing all the cold air into the intake of the servers. we have an experiment where we decreased the temperature of the ambient air to 17 degrees celcius retaining the existing air flow and 20 degrees celcius but directing the air flow to the intake of equipment. the output air of the equipment became cooler, the sensors detected a lower processor, chassis temperature than the 17 degrees ambient. this is much better for the equipment.
we don't do raise floors by the way so we just adjusted the vents from the ducts to where the air will flow to.
i think for me, if you really are interested in learning something, you will not go to the school for it - it is just a formally.
for me, i am now working in it (part time) and most (if not all) are things i learn by researching in my own will. i get to learn more than sitting all day in a classroom and not absorb anything. for me, i just go to classes just to finish a degree and that's it.
i pay for my own tuition so it actually sucks because you cannot really look for something that will actually be teaching you something relevant.
some insights, currently heads of our it department are run by faculty members and we are having problems with that. they are very theoretical and bookish - they cannot seem to apply anything they know in real life. currently, my team are just fixing their mistakes (and i don't have any mba or degrees yet!) from technical (software development) to management (we are spearheading a reorganization of our it department.)
imho, we should spend less time learning all the subjects in school to no avail and instead try to let students specialize in fields that are not common. i mean most of the offered courses are very limited and students tend to just pick one for the sake of finishing college because there are no specialized courses available except for a very few schools and exceptionally high tuition that i can't afford. (for me like astronomy and computer forensics)
i don't think amd will be able to supply dell with the quantity it requires even if dell would like to. also, a shortage, production problems no matter how small will immediately translate to loss for dell and their shares going down. i think that is the reason why dell is not yet choosing amd. but if amd will increase its fab capacity, then maybe dell can rethink of getting amd.
let's take a scenario where dell will order 1 million chips from amd. dell would want it right here right now. if you can't provide it, sorry. and what would that amount (%) to the total amount of their sales?
i think on the other hand, if dell would source its chips from amd, amd will have to stop selling chips to other oems and retail channel due to shortage of chips. the average price per chip will be reduced and will not spell great profit for amd.
we are doing a development work (though i am not a programmer but more of a consultant.) i am emphasizing more on better code quality. it is easier to add new equipment to handle the increase load from more operations such as checks rather than modifying software that may potentially cause problems. it is easier to add new equipment than having to redo most of the code due to poor planning. it is easier to add new equipment due to increased load from designing your software to be very compatible to changes and customizations.
for me, programming is much difficult as it involves too much variables compared to hardware.:) john
it is very difficult to secure corporate networks.
we changed our approach the other way around, the corporate intranet is as filthy as the internet. what we do is assume that any computer connected in the intranet will get worms, viruses, and other malicious programs as much as connecting it to the internet. the main problem is plugging of computers outside of the network back in like a laptop.
what we do is move and lock down all computers that are critical from the general intranet. much like having two logical network with the highest level of security for the critical services. this way, when something bad happens to the computer of a user, we usually just reformat them. and if it quite complicated, we just say we cannot recover the data. this will wake them up to be more careful (this may seem bad but we need to slap them in the face to wake up!)
typical gigabit ethernet cards today can transfer an average throughput of 400mbps only without special tweaking and multiple transfers. this is probably the same concept as the one alacritech, adaptec, and qlogic offers. they can saturate the network link at full 1gbps with minimal cpu load. i haven't tested this but we plan on progressively putting this in our servers (though a bit expensive, a little cheaper than the single port fc card.) this is the limiting factor right now. we have an fc for our storage that is doing wonders with speed but when it comes to the network, puft! hopefully this technology will be standard in servers soon as it will greatly improve performance of file transfers (especially network backups!)
honestly, i would want a switch line card to be in a computer to provide non-blocking high i/o and real time processing to network traffic much like a router and a switch does.
anyway, we'll be waiting for the offload of the 10gbe cards! this time we need to upgrade our fc to support 10gbe as well.:)
i think other open source applications should be promoted together with firefox. people now find out that there is a better alternative. more promotion should be made to applications such as open office, and of course, linux. i hope this is a start of something better for everyone.
ahh yes. the program mentioned is written in c/c++. maybe for our case what we did was to reprogram software written in oracle developer to full java.:)
i think the main reason of issuing a certificate is validating that the company is who they say they are. now this is different from issuing a certificate to companies that you like or companies that are "good."
my analogy would be the issuance of a driver's license. a check will be done to authenticate a person and imprint the details in the id card. now, the dmv or whatever department does not check for a person (or maybe in a limited basis - since i don't live in the usa) if they have a tainted image as long as probably they don't have any police records (not sure about this.) they won't be asking your peers if you are a good and worthy person.
now what i think should be done is to create something that will validate companies based on their behavior, track record, customer service and satisfaction, etc.
sometimes, it is much cheaper just to rewrite the entire software in a new platform than having to port the code. at least, you get to improve the previous software in terms of features and all the bad programming stuff. this is problem that we are actually facing, and we decided for ourselves to write applications (and i am still in the process of trying to convince to make it open source in the future.)
if we use dnssec. i read an article just this week about the integrity of the dns. initially, i thought that why would you need this type of implementation - here comes the reason. we can see it happen more. by using dnssec, in theory it should be able to "legitimize" dns requests and verify their authenticity before changes are being made to dns records. in this case, 3rd party will not be able to change the records because they will not have the private key from panix, for example.
this technology is new but this type of scenarios should speed things up in making it a requirement for dns deployments.
i agree. can't they be charged with money laundering instead? i mean our country (philippines) is still on the blacklist of the fatf. most of the countries are not and can they not use their own rules to hold the accounts even if money is transferred internationally?
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the subject verb agreement is an example that sometimes can be confusing. e.g. he is big but microsoft are bigger. (i'm not sure about this) - all is good but all are reading slashdot. it is sometimes the singular and plural forms. i mean like equipment is for both. why not use childs for plural for child instead of children. or why not alumnuses instead of alumni.
there are lots of other cases that i don't remember right now as i probably don't use them often. but when i encounter these, it's a hit or miss and unfortunately, i think it is more of miss.
anyway (or is it anyways?), i am setting my sight on chinese interested and i hope to study soon.
can't this be considered as money laundering? i live in the philippines and we were just lifted from being a blacklisted country by the fatf (Financial Action Task Force.) anyway, major countries that probably are supporting these are members of the fatf, can't their money be tracked and have their accounts suspended and even confiscated because of this? if not, i just find this blacklisting more of a political clout than actually preventing illegas instances such as these (i mean did the us pass a law against spyware already?)
i think the reason for apple switching to intel is that ibm does not want to manufacture chips for apple anymore. with the demand for the new cell in the next generation of consoles and probably their focus on embedded and power family, it's easier for them to dump apple and pay them compared to retaining them.
seriously, if the ink cost is bother you, try getting a dot matrix printer.
anybody with comparisons between long term cost of printer, maintenance, and inks of dot matrix and laser?
linux may be stuck in a niche market.
apple will now have the ability of gaining not just from the the cpu but all the other hardware that comes with it such as graphic cards and audio cards.
from this, applications may now include games and better multimedia applications in mac.
users now have a choice other than windows (as currently, i don't like linux is an option in games and multimedia.)
i welcome this change and looking into using a mac soon. i couldn't totally say that linux currently does job that i need with high efficiency (but the capabilities are now improving.)
given microsoft's excellent track record in security (based on documents published by microsoft,) what does the open source community need to emulate the good practices of microsoft?
given that microsoft does not disclose security flaws in its product to protect the users from malicious attacks reaching them before patches are made, how will the oss community improve on its disclosure rules and prevention of possible news regarding security flaws?
you get my point. just make their claims work against them. i am interested to see their response (that is if they respond at all.)
why not make the patents expire one year after the first commercial product has been made for that patent or if the patent has been licensed for use by others. if they license the patent for free, they get an extension for the patent.
the quality of both hardware and software utilities are excellent - you wonder how get to live with all the jurassic features. for example, one useful feature is the active protection system that disables the hdd in case of shocks. it has a good network connection profile software. it allows me to roam in different hotspots automatically even with different settings in each. the power utility is much better as it allows me to prevent charging until the level reaches at a particular level that prolongs battery life.
i like the hardware because it is very light and small! it is sturdy enough that you can actually step on it.
i can't wait for the tablet as i am looking for one now but the features offered by others are inferior - it's like if you get those ibm thinkpads (high end models,) you can't seem to switch to others. i was so happy with the laptop when i got it that i disposed of my desktop immediately. now i'm happy as i can expect to upgrade soon. i just hope i can move the accessories to the x41 such as the extended battery and docking bay.
how about configuring the spreadsheets (if using excel) to use pivot tables as it will reduce your chances of getting errors as source data is already in your main database.
iirc, it goes something like heating the popcorn then removing it away from the heat and cooking them again.
i guess getting a cooler server is not quite an option now as servers are getting more dense. we have blade servers installed and it just fills in half of the rack due to the power requirements needed. it eats up a lot of power. you must also have standby power in case power supply fails, imagine a power supply eating 2000watts each and you cannot put more load in each circuit as it will cause a cascaded tripping of the electrical circuit (as one of your power supply fails, all the load transfer to another circuit instead of load balanced, and after the transfer, it will become overloaded and that circuit will trip as well causing load to be transferred again for other circuits until all of your circuits will trip, depending in your design.) our main redundancy is placing it in a different rack with different circuits so tripping will not generate a 100% downtime.
the most important design for removing heat from servers is directing all the cold air into the intake of the servers. we have an experiment where we decreased the temperature of the ambient air to 17 degrees celcius retaining the existing air flow and 20 degrees celcius but directing the air flow to the intake of equipment. the output air of the equipment became cooler, the sensors detected a lower processor, chassis temperature than the 17 degrees ambient. this is much better for the equipment.
we don't do raise floors by the way so we just adjusted the vents from the ducts to where the air will flow to.
i use mp3 for my ringtone, sms/mms, alarms, etc. so i can change them arbitrarily. but mostly, it is in silent mode especially during meetings. :P
for me, i am now working in it (part time) and most (if not all) are things i learn by researching in my own will. i get to learn more than sitting all day in a classroom and not absorb anything. for me, i just go to classes just to finish a degree and that's it.
i pay for my own tuition so it actually sucks because you cannot really look for something that will actually be teaching you something relevant.
some insights, currently heads of our it department are run by faculty members and we are having problems with that. they are very theoretical and bookish - they cannot seem to apply anything they know in real life. currently, my team are just fixing their mistakes (and i don't have any mba or degrees yet!) from technical (software development) to management (we are spearheading a reorganization of our it department.)
imho, we should spend less time learning all the subjects in school to no avail and instead try to let students specialize in fields that are not common. i mean most of the offered courses are very limited and students tend to just pick one for the sake of finishing college because there are no specialized courses available except for a very few schools and exceptionally high tuition that i can't afford. (for me like astronomy and computer forensics)
let's take a scenario where dell will order 1 million chips from amd. dell would want it right here right now. if you can't provide it, sorry. and what would that amount (%) to the total amount of their sales?
i think on the other hand, if dell would source its chips from amd, amd will have to stop selling chips to other oems and retail channel due to shortage of chips. the average price per chip will be reduced and will not spell great profit for amd.
we are doing a development work (though i am not a programmer but more of a consultant.) i am emphasizing more on better code quality. it is easier to add new equipment to handle the increase load from more operations such as checks rather than modifying software that may potentially cause problems. it is easier to add new equipment than having to redo most of the code due to poor planning. it is easier to add new equipment due to increased load from designing your software to be very compatible to changes and customizations.
:) john
for me, programming is much difficult as it involves too much variables compared to hardware.
we changed our approach the other way around, the corporate intranet is as filthy as the internet. what we do is assume that any computer connected in the intranet will get worms, viruses, and other malicious programs as much as connecting it to the internet. the main problem is plugging of computers outside of the network back in like a laptop.
what we do is move and lock down all computers that are critical from the general intranet. much like having two logical network with the highest level of security for the critical services. this way, when something bad happens to the computer of a user, we usually just reformat them. and if it quite complicated, we just say we cannot recover the data. this will wake them up to be more careful (this may seem bad but we need to slap them in the face to wake up!)
honestly, i would want a switch line card to be in a computer to provide non-blocking high i/o and real time processing to network traffic much like a router and a switch does.
anyway, we'll be waiting for the offload of the 10gbe cards! this time we need to upgrade our fc to support 10gbe as well. :)
i think other open source applications should be promoted together with firefox. people now find out that there is a better alternative. more promotion should be made to applications such as open office, and of course, linux. i hope this is a start of something better for everyone.
ahh yes. the program mentioned is written in c/c++. maybe for our case what we did was to reprogram software written in oracle developer to full java. :)
my analogy would be the issuance of a driver's license. a check will be done to authenticate a person and imprint the details in the id card. now, the dmv or whatever department does not check for a person (or maybe in a limited basis - since i don't live in the usa) if they have a tainted image as long as probably they don't have any police records (not sure about this.) they won't be asking your peers if you are a good and worthy person.
now what i think should be done is to create something that will validate companies based on their behavior, track record, customer service and satisfaction, etc.
sometimes, it is much cheaper just to rewrite the entire software in a new platform than having to port the code. at least, you get to improve the previous software in terms of features and all the bad programming stuff. this is problem that we are actually facing, and we decided for ourselves to write applications (and i am still in the process of trying to convince to make it open source in the future.)
i think that most students spend their time outside of dormitories anyway so why pay for something that you do not use? i am not surprised at this.
this technology is new but this type of scenarios should speed things up in making it a requirement for dns deployments.
i agree. can't they be charged with money laundering instead? i mean our country (philippines) is still on the blacklist of the fatf. most of the countries are not and can they not use their own rules to hold the accounts even if money is transferred internationally?
NASA uses Speedera as their CDN much like Akamai. So I think their site will withstand the /. effect.