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  1. Re:Cheaper solution - add shared storage on Wanted: Turn-Key 10-Node Beowulf Cluster · · Score: 2

    does anyone know of an affordable shared storage solution for this?
    I know that SCSI can operate on a shared bus for 2 nodes, but I'd really like to test out Oracle 9i Real Application Cluster (RAC) (formally Parallel Server) on a 4 node setup on Linux - but would need a shared storage device for log files, data files, control files.

    FC would be a little pricey.
    NetApp filers are outta my league.
    thanks.

  2. Re:Too much power- 150,000% BSA penalties on Under The Surface Of The BSA Anti-Piracy Campaign · · Score: 2

    If you don't like the license,
    don't accept the click-thru EULA
    don't install the software.

    That would seem to be the most simple solution.

    Have an *un*-installfest, followed by an Installfest.

    a simpleton response.

  3. Re:More like an offshore thing. on Los Angeles County To Tax Outer Space · · Score: 1

    and *THAT* is the American (USA) way.

  4. Re:What about spam? on Georgia Sues RC5 User For $415,000 · · Score: 1

    Mr. dillon rinker, you are an asshole.
    You assertion is completely invalid.

    The power comes from the alternator.
    Instead of the excess power being diverted to /dev/nul - it was applied to the radio.
    The gasoline is consumed in the internal combustion used to power the driveshaft which propels the vehicle. A series of belts are used to derive power off of this via the alternator - which powers the electrical system (and AC).
    Do you know how long an FM radio can run off of a pair of AA (1.5 V) batteries? The radio power in no way harms the system - the power would have been sent to ground, just like the unused bandwidth of the messages of the RC5 client would have gone unused.

  5. Software RAID is bad - use hardware RAID instead. on How Do BSA Raids Work? · · Score: 2

    "Most investigations begin with a call to BSA's hotline, 1-888-NOPIRACY, or with a report to BSA's Online Reporting Form, at www.bsa.org. In this case, BSA contacted Dayton Granger through its
    attorneys, although in some cases BSA pursues a *software raid*."

    btw, this was an attempt at humor.

  6. Re:Wife's company on How Do BSA Raids Work? · · Score: 2

    What if its a Sun box?
    What if its a Linux box?
    What about laptops - say you're a consultant onsite and they quarrantine *your* laptop?
    They can quarrantine all computers?

    Sounds like the only solution is to have ZERO MS software installed.

  7. RedHat and Oracle divorce on Red Hat DB = PostgreSQL - Confirmed · · Score: 2

    RedHat and Oracle are not even on speaking terms.
    Count the days down that RH 6.2 Enterprise stays on their website.
    SuSE 7.1 was the primary Linux porting platform.
    Anything from the 9.0 series will not be supported by Oracle Worldwide Support on RH Linux.

    It is apparently an ugly falling out. Too bad.
    But after the RH 7.0 release - I'd say that they get what they deserve.

    Use SuSE.

  8. buy it at bookpool for 39% off instead on Hack Attacks Revealed · · Score: 5

    http://www.bookpool.com

    He also wrote Hack Attacks Denied.
    not an employee or investor, just a customer.

  9. Re:What for? on PanQuake · · Score: 1

    that was in Redneck Rampage - 'cept it was likely the green label JD (bleah!).

  10. Re:Had a little fun, got a little sick on PanQuake · · Score: 2

    that is such a great hack.
    Pick out a page on amihotornot.com and link to it.
    watch the gullible /. readers think that its actually you in that photo WHILE posting setting hints (e.g.pfov=360).

    but if it really is you - don't marry that other guy. ;)

  11. Re:impressive on The Quickly Descending Unix Timestamp · · Score: 1

    and the yound blondes in pigtails ...

  12. Re:Encryption? on Bush Won't Be "The Online President" · · Score: 2

    only criminals use encryption ;)

  13. got to get that book off of the shelf on Guido Von Rossum on Python · · Score: 1

    any chance for a python:DDL interface?

  14. Re:Very interesting... on More Evidence For An Extinction Comet · · Score: 2

    I have to ask - is the atmosphere actually boilng off?

    If we perform a mass balance around the exosphere, yes, meteors do rain down an contribute mass. But, does the earth "shed" a sufficient amount of gaseous matter to even things out a bit?

    If not, maybe we should just catapult old Buicks out of the exosphere?

  15. NBC called it at 2:18 AM - Bush on Election Wrapping Up (Part 2) · · Score: 2

    glad its over.
    Too bad Nader didn't get 5%.
    Bush took Florida.

  16. Re:God bless socialism. on Alberta, Canada Goes Broadband -- By 2004 · · Score: 1

    vote capitalism.
    Get a fat pipe NOW, not 3 years from now. Enjoy your dialup connection for the next three years ...

    somehow, I feel a little better now ...

  17. Re:Oh, Please... on Quickie Twister · · Score: 1

    you forgot:

    guess.
    Get lucky.
    obtain response time of 0.016 seconds
    "you have the reflexes of a snake"

  18. Re:OT: Fatbrain - use BookPool.com on The Hack Furby Two-Fifty Challenge · · Score: 2

    http://www.bookpool.com

    41% off O'Reilly Texts.
    40% off Oracle Texts.
    Very fast shipping.

    ... just a customer that used to use Amazon (years ago) then Fatbrain (well, Computer Literacy) then BookPool.

  19. Re:digital convergence on Slashback: Mud, Expansion, Patentability · · Score: 2

    look for them on fscked company in 13 weeks.

  20. Re: its only bloated if you include the bloat on Is There Anyone Left To Buy PCs? · · Score: 2

    "Trying to run GNOME, KDE, or E on anything less than a well equiped Pentium class computer
    will leave you in the cold really fast"

    So don't run Gnome or KDE.
    If you don't want it - don't include it.
    Its your operating system, its your choice.
    There's several other wlightweight window managers out there.

    Why did you want to run X again?

  21. Re:Big gun - for DDoS on Fiber Optics Lines Can Offer Much More · · Score: 1

    > all traffic coming from one network would be
    > *easy* to stop.

    agreed - but individual hosts on a cable modem typically have a 128 kbps on shared bandwidth.

    100 Mbps of dedicated bandwidth could devastate lots of targets at once - the term MIRV comes to mind.

    so if you have a distributed attack from lots of these hosts ...

  22. soon we'll have hundreds of metalab mirrors on Fiber Optics Lines Can Offer Much More · · Score: 3

    new Linux release out - time to grab an .iso:

    100 Mbps / 8 bits/byte / 1024/1024 = 11.9 MB/sec

    so for 50% utilization - figure 6 MB/sec

    654 MB
    ------ = 109 seconds.
    6 MB/sec

    I'm going to need a faster CDROM burner.

    Seriously - I still think that snail-mailing the latest Linux distro is a more efficient use of (very limited) resources than each person downloading their own .iso.

    BUT - (Anne Marie) - its not up to me (or anyone else) to determine how people use THEIR Internet connection. The ISP can certainly cache content locally, thus only impacting other users on that part of the network when they access something that's bandwidth intensive. If the user is complying with the TERMS OF SERVICE of their user agreement, then it doesn't matter if they look at goat pr0n 24 x 7 x 365 - as long as it isn't kiddie goat pr0n.

    Don't impose your morals on something that is Amoral - how people user their Internet connection.

  23. Big gun - for DDoS on Fiber Optics Lines Can Offer Much More · · Score: 2

    Can you imagine if a powerful host on 100Mbps was compromised - how big of a gun that would be for DDos? If you're driving a big truck, you have to obtain a commercial driver's license.
    The ISP should not issue 100 Mbps connections to anyone not running a seriously hardened firewall.

    They should bundle one in - or have the site sign off that they have a serious solution deployed.

  24. Re:I've seen- why was this modded up? mod him down on Legal On-line Gambling In Nevada · · Score: 1

    Look - the poster was stating personal experience, and was called a asshole out of a the fact that Pig_Fscker didn't have the same opinion.
    If he's just posting at +2 - that should be revoked.

  25. Re:It'd be a boon to public schools on Should The Government Go Open Source? · · Score: 2

    http://www.openclassroom.org

    The site will look sorta familiar ...