I think one of the most interesting toilets I saw in Japan was not a technological toilet or one with multiple flush types, but one that had an integrated sink. Water ran out of a spigot on top of the toilet during a flush, and into a sink basin in the lid. The drain fed into the toilet tank. This is a big water saver -- why flush with drinkable water?
On Star Island, http://www.starisland.org/ a place that I vacation, they use salt water in their toilets. That works if you're near the ocean I suppose (though apparently the waste treatment plant they had to install is close to one of a kind, so that part may reduce some of the savings).
I don't have too much to say to the second part... but as for the first part, sure... people throwing themselves at her... probably all pathetic. I assure you, I have discussed this with women.;) Would a woman chime in please?
You'll never see the top desirable women on these sites. They have way more opportunities than they know what to do with already.
Not sure that's necessarily true. Some hate the bar/etc. scene as much as I do, or are so desireable that they're too busy to date much and prefer to get to know someone without having to spend all that time finding out if they're worthless.
I'm not 100% certain of this, since I'm working from memory, but I was the admin of a 2 node Origin 200 system for awhile. I'm fairly certain the technology that connected the two was called CrayLink. We also had an Origin 200 in my HS, back in ~1998. Not sure when the Origin 2000 was released -- was it at the same time? If not, it was in the 200 first.
I gotta agree. My Ubuntu install on this PC is 3.1GB. That includes not only more stuff than anyone would need on a mobile/temp install (wallpapers, several different media players, etc.), but probably includes some installers/downloaded.debs, and the kernel source.
What I'm guessing is that it doesn't need the 3GB, that's just the device used.
I'm really not sure whether you're agreeing with me or disagreeing. The only clue you've given me is that you've called me a primadonna poser. You've said Sun is great, and then insulted Solaris 10. Then you've said that you can use any OS... but then you might want Solaris 10 for dtrace. Then you talk about shitty hardware while saying that no one has better support. Your post is lame and all over the place. Back to try to answer that which I could decipher:
1) So far I've dealt with support from Sun, HP, sgi, and Dell. sgi's has been the best. They call back, and quickly, if they need to. Generally the problem is solved right away. They don't fight with me over what hardware I need, and they typically send the right part. HP, I hear, USED to be excellent. These days the people they send don't seem to be trained... nice guys, and the hardware people follow up pretty well... however, it's almost as if they sent me a couple more people to puzzle over the problem and read the manual, not experts. Sun has been very bad about calling me back (their favorite was calling me at 6:00a, or 7:00p), they didn't really know what I was talking about when I asked them questions, and they knew less than the documentation did. I always got "oh, I'll look into that," and then an eventual call back to see if I'd made any progress. Thanks. sgi starts you out with tier 1 (note that tier 1 actually knows something as well -- unlike a lot of places)... but they get you quickly to tier 2. Maybe because they have no customers -- I don't know. They help me get my job done, and that's what I care about.
2) Solaris 10 introduced a lot of interesting things... true, not stuff that wasn't available elsewhere (in the form of sudo,/etc/init.d, etc.), but it was interesting stuff. It's a lot easier to hand out privileges to people on a stock system, or to run things with only certain elevated privileges (Apache2, or others that need to bind to low ports, etc.)... The containers thing is interesting.. it allows you to isolate the software that is outward facing from the REAL OS, making it harder to break in....however, a lot of this stuff is half baked. Having an interface only in a local zone and not in the global zone is not possible without playing tricks (or wasn't when I attempted to set it up months ago). Patching and installing software only in a local zone was also tricky. Sun admitted it hadn't gotten the kinks out, really, and that it would be more possible in later releases. I stopped following the situation somewhat, but my understanding is that things have not improved much. The patch manager is finally out, but it was not out for Solaris 10 for months after it was available to install. There was also spotty x86 support for random tools (SunNetConnect still doesn't work on x86 as far as I know, or maybe that wasn't it -- my memory is hazy on this one). I'm not talking x86 as in your average white-box, this is their own hardware... V20z's! I don't know too much about Solaris 9, as I've only started to be responsible for a couple of boxes running 9 (most of our production software runs on 8 right now), but I know this stuff exists for 9. If an OS is out of beta, you'd better support it with your own tools -- tell me THAT inspires vendor support when you don't even take care of support for your own new OS.
I'm not a developer, so none of that applies, however, nothing I said would indicate that I am a VB programmer that needs a GUI.
You were looking to pick a fight, and you didn't know what the fuck you were talking about. Then you had even less of an idea of how to get that drivel out of your head and into the text box. Way to be.
I found their support to be excellent. Give them an error message, and chances are it was in their interna l knowledgebase already. I knew that if I didn't know the answer, they would, and in under 20 mins.
Now my support contract is cancelled, so I gotta work on my own.
My experiences with Sun have been rather negative. They have a great chance at having a good OS, and their hardware is interesting. However, their support is awful, and adoption of Solaris 10 has been more like a beta in quality and in support tools than a production OS. They are a waste of my time.
This is actually something I've been looking for the ability to do. Can one have a wireless card on, say, someone else's wireless network and re-transmit it on a local network with a single card?
RTFA. This is the same thing MySpace did -- it generated requests from other users. He would still have to accept all of the requests, maybe with a script, but it didn't automatically make them friends.
I've had very good luck with Sony's stuff. TV's, not so much as it used to be. My dad had a Sony color TV that lasted 20-30 years. The recent one didn't hold out quite that long, but had an acceptible lifespan. The camcorder we have is nice and has held up well, as have the two CyberShots I owned (one got submerged in seawater and one was lost -- no reflection on the manufacturer). I like that their products work like you'd expect them to and you don't really need help figuring out how to work them.
Oh... IN lots of 10. I thought what you did is messed up the punctuation on that and meant 10/100/1000 or something like that. lots of and in lots of are hard to differentiate.
I do this too, and recommend it to people at my helpdesk. I can always draw a shape on the keyboard starting from a particular location and it works, whereas sometimes even the most random things fail a dictionary search (our strong password module is a bit overzealous).
I struggled against it for a very long time, and then everything just started going farther and farther to hell without any sign of stopping, so this is exactly what I did. Something rewarding about that, I have to say. Anyway, management noticed and gave me a better role and now things have evened off. Willing to bet it doesn't often work that way.
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I think one of the most interesting toilets I saw in Japan was not a technological toilet or one with multiple flush types, but one that had an integrated sink. Water ran out of a spigot on top of the toilet during a flush, and into a sink basin in the lid. The drain fed into the toilet tank. This is a big water saver -- why flush with drinkable water?
On Star Island, http://www.starisland.org/ a place that I vacation, they use salt water in their toilets. That works if you're near the ocean I suppose (though apparently the waste treatment plant they had to install is close to one of a kind, so that part may reduce some of the savings).
Get the media, erase the shit that they ship on it and you have a perfectly good storage medium. ;)
I don't have too much to say to the second part... but as for the first part, sure... people throwing themselves at her... probably all pathetic. I assure you, I have discussed this with women. ;) Would a woman chime in please?
You'll never see the top desirable women on these sites. They have way more opportunities than they know what to do with already.
Not sure that's necessarily true. Some hate the bar/etc. scene as much as I do, or are so desireable that they're too busy to date much and prefer to get to know someone without having to spend all that time finding out if they're worthless.
Off topic nothing. I read the same thing about 5 times over.
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I'm not 100% certain of this, since I'm working from memory, but I was the admin of a 2 node Origin 200 system for awhile. I'm fairly certain the technology that connected the two was called CrayLink. We also had an Origin 200 in my HS, back in ~1998. Not sure when the Origin 2000 was released -- was it at the same time? If not, it was in the 200 first.
I gotta agree. My Ubuntu install on this PC is 3.1GB. That includes not only more stuff than anyone would need on a mobile/temp install (wallpapers, several different media players, etc.), but probably includes some installers/downloaded .debs, and the kernel source.
What I'm guessing is that it doesn't need the 3GB, that's just the device used.
I'm really not sure whether you're agreeing with me or disagreeing. The only clue you've given me is that you've called me a primadonna poser. You've said Sun is great, and then insulted Solaris 10. Then you've said that you can use any OS... but then you might want Solaris 10 for dtrace. Then you talk about shitty hardware while saying that no one has better support. Your post is lame and all over the place. Back to try to answer that which I could decipher:
/etc/init.d, etc.), but it was interesting stuff. It's a lot easier to hand out privileges to people on a stock system, or to run things with only certain elevated privileges (Apache2, or others that need to bind to low ports, etc.)... The containers thing is interesting.. it allows you to isolate the software that is outward facing from the REAL OS, making it harder to break in. ...however, a lot of this stuff is half baked. Having an interface only in a local zone and not in the global zone is not possible without playing tricks (or wasn't when I attempted to set it up months ago). Patching and installing software only in a local zone was also tricky. Sun admitted it hadn't gotten the kinks out, really, and that it would be more possible in later releases. I stopped following the situation somewhat, but my understanding is that things have not improved much. The patch manager is finally out, but it was not out for Solaris 10 for months after it was available to install. There was also spotty x86 support for random tools (SunNetConnect still doesn't work on x86 as far as I know, or maybe that wasn't it -- my memory is hazy on this one). I'm not talking x86 as in your average white-box, this is their own hardware... V20z's! I don't know too much about Solaris 9, as I've only started to be responsible for a couple of boxes running 9 (most of our production software runs on 8 right now), but I know this stuff exists for 9. If an OS is out of beta, you'd better support it with your own tools -- tell me THAT inspires vendor support when you don't even take care of support for your own new OS.
1) So far I've dealt with support from Sun, HP, sgi, and Dell. sgi's has been the best. They call back, and quickly, if they need to. Generally the problem is solved right away. They don't fight with me over what hardware I need, and they typically send the right part. HP, I hear, USED to be excellent. These days the people they send don't seem to be trained... nice guys, and the hardware people follow up pretty well... however, it's almost as if they sent me a couple more people to puzzle over the problem and read the manual, not experts. Sun has been very bad about calling me back (their favorite was calling me at 6:00a, or 7:00p), they didn't really know what I was talking about when I asked them questions, and they knew less than the documentation did. I always got "oh, I'll look into that," and then an eventual call back to see if I'd made any progress. Thanks. sgi starts you out with tier 1 (note that tier 1 actually knows something as well -- unlike a lot of places)... but they get you quickly to tier 2. Maybe because they have no customers -- I don't know. They help me get my job done, and that's what I care about.
2) Solaris 10 introduced a lot of interesting things... true, not stuff that wasn't available elsewhere (in the form of sudo,
I'm not a developer, so none of that applies, however, nothing I said would indicate that I am a VB programmer that needs a GUI.
You were looking to pick a fight, and you didn't know what the fuck you were talking about. Then you had even less of an idea of how to get that drivel out of your head and into the text box. Way to be.
I found their support to be excellent. Give them an error message, and chances are it was in their interna l knowledgebase already. I knew that if I didn't know the answer, they would, and in under 20 mins.
Now my support contract is cancelled, so I gotta work on my own.
My experiences with Sun have been rather negative. They have a great chance at having a good OS, and their hardware is interesting. However, their support is awful, and adoption of Solaris 10 has been more like a beta in quality and in support tools than a production OS. They are a waste of my time.
I'd probably say "better safe than sorry" in this case. "We only might be killing ourselves" is plenty close for me.
When it was about to rain, my mother got pains in her joints where she'd had screws/broken bones. I don't think she got her kicks making it up.
This is actually something I've been looking for the ability to do. Can one have a wireless card on, say, someone else's wireless network and re-transmit it on a local network with a single card?
RTFA. This is the same thing MySpace did -- it generated requests from other users. He would still have to accept all of the requests, maybe with a script, but it didn't automatically make them friends.
I've had very good luck with Sony's stuff. TV's, not so much as it used to be. My dad had a Sony color TV that lasted 20-30 years. The recent one didn't hold out quite that long, but had an acceptible lifespan. The camcorder we have is nice and has held up well, as have the two CyberShots I owned (one got submerged in seawater and one was lost -- no reflection on the manufacturer). I like that their products work like you'd expect them to and you don't really need help figuring out how to work them.
You must be new here.
Oh... IN lots of 10. I thought what you did is messed up the punctuation on that and meant 10/100/1000 or something like that. lots of and in lots of are hard to differentiate.
Oh, no; $5 apiece. Whoops! Can probably do better on eBay though, in bulk.
Or perhaps "No Office-Suite Google?"
I dunno...
$40? Try $5 at CompUSA most of the time.
Which came first, the gcc or the egcs?
I do this too, and recommend it to people at my helpdesk. I can always draw a shape on the keyboard starting from a particular location and it works, whereas sometimes even the most random things fail a dictionary search (our strong password module is a bit overzealous).
I struggled against it for a very long time, and then everything just started going farther and farther to hell without any sign of stopping, so this is exactly what I did. Something rewarding about that, I have to say. Anyway, management noticed and gave me a better role and now things have evened off. Willing to bet it doesn't often work that way.