Do you think it's possible to layer the wacom style interface on top of the touch sensitivity of the iPad? I'd love to be able to write notes with a stylus, and have the device ignore my hand resting on the touch sensitive panel. Then all you would need is a little checkbox to turn on/off the skin touch recognition. Any brainy types out there know if this is possible?
I definitely think you're on the right track here. Being able to aggregate all the CPU and memory together would be an awesome feature, but the hypervisor (or whatever it would be called) that controls all this would be staggeringly complex, wouldn't it? And software would have to be more flexible as well, so that threads can be split and run on any CPU that's available.
I'm not a computer engineer, so I don't know whether this is the step we need, but I've always wanted a laptop and desktop that would dock together and increase their speed when they were connected. Does that make sense? Obviously, syncing data and setting between them so that they could operate separately would be quite a chore, but I think it would be cool. Two slow computers, with one being portable, or one fast computer when you're at your desk (could we even have multiple desk units and sync to the portable?). Fun stuff.
Very interesting article. I find the comment that these might be test runs, or high frequency traders testing their algorithms before the markets open to be fairly reasonable. If you're trying to see if your program works, and you don't actually want to run a bunch of transactions, you might just set up loops that increase the price by steps, or increase the number of shares by steps.
Did I miss the part of the article where it says that they desalinate the water first? Wouldn't salt water rain be very bad for farming, fresh water fish, and contaminate reservoirs, streams, and lakes?
Okay, so truism aside - Isn't it sad that the behemoth of technology is aiming for second? Why not shoot for the top? Did MS get to be the biggest seller of software on the planet by aiming low? Whatever Ballmer is, he ain't Bill Gates!
I live in the affected area and we were speculating about this at the time, because it's hard to believe AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, etc. etc. would not have a significant amount of redundancy built in. I think this is why the rumors of it being the telecommunications workers union (which just signed a new contract that some might not have liked) are so persistent - the nature of the outage really tends to indicate insider knowledge.
So what you're saying is that as demand for used systems has increased, the supply has been reduced and the price of the newly scarce commodity has gone up? IANAE, but that seems pretty normal.
If you're into electrical work outside, you could look in to becoming a lineman for either the phone company or power company (or cable, etc. etc.). Lots of outdoor physical work, good money with overtime, and can't be outsourced.
I suspect that all the people who receive iPods as gifts are the primary driver of this expansion, more than the gift cards. Think about it, you get a $300 iPod for free, plus some extra cash for the holiday, what are you gonna do? That's right, go to Apple and buy all your favorite tunes!
I'm at work so I can't expound as much as I might otherwise, but your post and comments are the opposite of what I was saying with regards to calling the *AA the MaFIAA. You bring up valid points, compare and contrast the differences, and allow the reader to make up their own mind without using the "clue bat."
I agree with you that in certain cases the **AA is/are using legal means of extortion, but that's what many businesses do - granted, they're businesses most of the slashdot audience rightly despises (patent trolls, closed software companies, etc). Unfortunately, they're playing within the rules of our society and taking advantage of those rules, but until those rules change, it will continue.
And to bring it full circle, the rules may not be moral, but they are our best attempt at providing order, and there are ways to change them. Of course, those ways are being blocked from ordinary people/users by wealthy people/corporations, the very ones the **AA represents. I don't think the rules will change until we can push corporate money out of the process (good luck, eh?).
So it's the Music and Film Industry Asociation of America?
While I agree that their tactics are ridiculous, to compare them to a criminal organization whose actions include murder, drug dealing, burglary, kidnapping, arson, and other felonious crimes is ridiculous - it doesn't advance the debate, it distracts from it!
The military is obviously doing some very interesting development with this type of application. I'm curious if they've gone the next step and actually run 1st person shooter style virtual combat missions in these data spaces. Seems like you could get a really good idea of where the key strategic points were just by playing a few rounds of counter-strike on a map with this much data...
I'd suggest you need more info before you go start your dream office, this would be my list:
Budget - How much can you spend?
Space - How much room can you take up?
Uptime - How long do the systems need to run?
Growth - How many people and how many servers in the life of the building?
Due Date - How long do you have to design? How long to build?
Ideally, you'd have a ton of cash, plenty of time and space, and clear constraints from your management about growth and uptime. Of course, if any business operated like that, they'd be bankrupt already, so you'll probably get a small stipend for construction and move-in, no idea how many people you'll have to support, and a tiny little chunk in the middle of the building for your new digs.
Once you get what info you can, I'd suggest creating a list of priorities addressing the following issues:
Space - you need enough space to hold the racks, remember workspace in front and behind the gear.
Electricity - a few wall sockets aren't going to cut it for anything more than half a dozen servers. Depending on budget, try getting a sub-panel with emergency cut-off, UPS on main, and possibly diesel generator. Do you know what your required disaster recovery and uptime are?
Air Conditioning - four racks of gear can generate quite a lot of heat, work with a local heating and air conditioning vendor to get TWO cooling units and automatic switchover between them in the event of thermal events (heat beyond a set limit).
Racks - standardize and buy extra! You'll always need more space later, so build it out now, while the budget is already in the works. I'm a big fan of the four post style with square hole racks right now, a lot of new servers (including blade chassis) are coming with quick snap square brackets on the rails, so you can mount them quickly!
Sound dampening - there's no way you can work right next to four racks of gear, unless you're already deaf. PLEASE find a way to get some kind of wall and door between you and the gear, put a window in if you have to be able to see the equipment.
Fire suppression - depending on budget, these can be worth the high price for an energen, halon, etc. system.
Once you have the server portion of your office set up, I'd look for ways to make yourself comfortable. This is where it gets way more personal, but consider how many people will be on your staff, how much equipment you'll need, a workbench, network monitoring display (and sound system for switching over to movie mode), and always remember to FACE THE DOOR with your monitor in front of you... it's good feng shui, and your boss won't see when you're playing poker online.
I work for a company that has a couple of these SANs, purchased shortly after Dell burned bridges by saying their faulty PowerVault wasn't faulty. I've never been a big Dell fan, so we're all around bummed out about this.
Any physicists out there want to comment on whether or not this could contribute to the global magnetic polarity switch everyone seems to think will happen soon?
I think what he would claim is that by not forcing top-down structure, he has created an "atmosphere" that allows innovation and new work styles. And, if his hands-off style doesn't work and the CFO embezzles a billion dollars, he can be like, "I didn't even know most people were working flex time!"
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Do you think it's possible to layer the wacom style interface on top of the touch sensitivity of the iPad? I'd love to be able to write notes with a stylus, and have the device ignore my hand resting on the touch sensitive panel. Then all you would need is a little checkbox to turn on/off the skin touch recognition. Any brainy types out there know if this is possible?
How does hanging a rat by its tail simulate microgravity?
I definitely think you're on the right track here. Being able to aggregate all the CPU and memory together would be an awesome feature, but the hypervisor (or whatever it would be called) that controls all this would be staggeringly complex, wouldn't it? And software would have to be more flexible as well, so that threads can be split and run on any CPU that's available.
I'm not a computer engineer, so I don't know whether this is the step we need, but I've always wanted a laptop and desktop that would dock together and increase their speed when they were connected. Does that make sense? Obviously, syncing data and setting between them so that they could operate separately would be quite a chore, but I think it would be cool. Two slow computers, with one being portable, or one fast computer when you're at your desk (could we even have multiple desk units and sync to the portable?). Fun stuff.
Very interesting article. I find the comment that these might be test runs, or high frequency traders testing their algorithms before the markets open to be fairly reasonable. If you're trying to see if your program works, and you don't actually want to run a bunch of transactions, you might just set up loops that increase the price by steps, or increase the number of shares by steps.
Did I miss the part of the article where it says that they desalinate the water first? Wouldn't salt water rain be very bad for farming, fresh water fish, and contaminate reservoirs, streams, and lakes?
Corwin? Is that you?
No one ever won by being 2nd!
Okay, so truism aside - Isn't it sad that the behemoth of technology is aiming for second? Why not shoot for the top? Did MS get to be the biggest seller of software on the planet by aiming low? Whatever Ballmer is, he ain't Bill Gates!
Is a Layer 1 attack a cyber attack? If I unplug your ethernet cable as denial of service, is that a cyber attack?
Is the accuracy of the term "cyber attack" dependent on the motive of the attacker?
I don't think Civil War re-creations really help us plan for redundant Internet/communications infrastructure...
I live in the affected area and we were speculating about this at the time, because it's hard to believe AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, etc. etc. would not have a significant amount of redundancy built in. I think this is why the rumors of it being the telecommunications workers union (which just signed a new contract that some might not have liked) are so persistent - the nature of the outage really tends to indicate insider knowledge.
Maybe. But not knowing that the earth takes one year to revolve around the sun indicates a pretty serious failure to know what the fuck is going on.
Doesn't the earth orbit the sun?
So what you're saying is that as demand for used systems has increased, the supply has been reduced and the price of the newly scarce commodity has gone up? IANAE, but that seems pretty normal.
Clearly, the which which can be which'd is not the true which.
"I'm an IT professional, if I told you what I did it would mean nothing to you."
I like that one and also, "If you ever need me to work on something instead of the desktop support tech, it means things have gone horribly wrong."
If you're into electrical work outside, you could look in to becoming a lineman for either the phone company or power company (or cable, etc. etc.). Lots of outdoor physical work, good money with overtime, and can't be outsourced.
"More creepy than sexy" -- four words that sum up most of the women I've been subjected to.
Actually, it's probably: "More creepy than sexy" -- four words that sum up most of the reactions of the women who've been subjected to me.
I suspect that all the people who receive iPods as gifts are the primary driver of this expansion, more than the gift cards. Think about it, you get a $300 iPod for free, plus some extra cash for the holiday, what are you gonna do? That's right, go to Apple and buy all your favorite tunes!
I agree with you that in certain cases the **AA is/are using legal means of extortion, but that's what many businesses do - granted, they're businesses most of the slashdot audience rightly despises (patent trolls, closed software companies, etc). Unfortunately, they're playing within the rules of our society and taking advantage of those rules, but until those rules change, it will continue.
And to bring it full circle, the rules may not be moral, but they are our best attempt at providing order, and there are ways to change them. Of course, those ways are being blocked from ordinary people/users by wealthy people/corporations, the very ones the **AA represents. I don't think the rules will change until we can push corporate money out of the process (good luck, eh?).
So it's the Music and Film Industry Asociation of America?
While I agree that their tactics are ridiculous, to compare them to a criminal organization whose actions include murder, drug dealing, burglary, kidnapping, arson, and other felonious crimes is ridiculous - it doesn't advance the debate, it distracts from it!
The military is obviously doing some very interesting development with this type of application. I'm curious if they've gone the next step and actually run 1st person shooter style virtual combat missions in these data spaces. Seems like you could get a really good idea of where the key strategic points were just by playing a few rounds of counter-strike on a map with this much data...
Ideally, you'd have a ton of cash, plenty of time and space, and clear constraints from your management about growth and uptime. Of course, if any business operated like that, they'd be bankrupt already, so you'll probably get a small stipend for construction and move-in, no idea how many people you'll have to support, and a tiny little chunk in the middle of the building for your new digs.
Once you get what info you can, I'd suggest creating a list of priorities addressing the following issues:
Once you have the server portion of your office set up, I'd look for ways to make yourself comfortable. This is where it gets way more personal, but consider how many people will be on your staff, how much equipment you'll need, a workbench, network monitoring display (and sound system for switching over to movie mode), and always remember to FACE THE DOOR with your monitor in front of you... it's good feng shui, and your boss won't see when you're playing poker online.
Good luck, and have fun!
Cheers!
I work for a company that has a couple of these SANs, purchased shortly after Dell burned bridges by saying their faulty PowerVault wasn't faulty. I've never been a big Dell fan, so we're all around bummed out about this.
Any physicists out there want to comment on whether or not this could contribute to the global magnetic polarity switch everyone seems to think will happen soon?
I think what he would claim is that by not forcing top-down structure, he has created an "atmosphere" that allows innovation and new work styles. And, if his hands-off style doesn't work and the CFO embezzles a billion dollars, he can be like, "I didn't even know most people were working flex time!"