The actions of the US Government ARE the Actions of the United States. The actions of individual citizens without direct government sanction are not.
If you feel the government is not acting as commanded by the people you are obligated to remove them from office.
But hey. The current war in Iraq was well and truly on and known to be a fraud before the last presidential election. Even so Bush was returned to office. That tells me he has the approval of the American people. Those who disagree are free to do so vocally and repeatedly but don't delude yourself.
These planes are being deployed by the United States of America.
Bob just determines to not govern in a sane way. Every thing in Zimbabwe just flows from that.
As for the grand parent. That isn't funny. It's informative. The last few times the copyright term has been extended it came just in time to prevent Micky Mouse from slipping into the public domain and after extensive lobbying from Disney.
But seriously. Can you imagine seeding on this link while all your peers are on similar bandwidth? How long would it take to download the full run of any popular series (5 to 10 seasons)?
Somebody stop me... Please... I can't help it.
How much is that in Libraries of Congress per blink of a human eye?
Another thing social healthcare dose is pay 1st rate GPs the same as 1st rate specialists. So in places with social healthcare, not only do you get a better balance of Specialist vs General Practitioner. You also get referrals based on need, rather than helping out a pal from med school.
And finally, since MDs in Britain are on fixed salaries rather than per hour or per visit fees, treating you once and leaving you cured suites them better than having you come back twice a week for the next 3 years.
Strangely enough, that is what actually happens when it is within the skill of the British doctor.
The relative cost of DC PSUs is (as you mention) a function of market forces. Specifically volume production. This however can be changed over time. Hate to draw a car analogy but I have to.
In most places, spare parts for different Japanese sedans are pretty close.
In Jamaica, that was the case until the Police Force standardised on the Toyota Corolla over a decade ago. These days Corolla spare parts cost a fraction of Honda spares.
Yeah. It's depressing. No Data centre customer has large enough needs and influence to resemble a small islands police force.
It took a while but a logical fact infested response to each point I make.
I won't go point by point because much of what you say amounts to a command for me to do more in-depth research before claiming either of us is right. And some of it makes me go "gee, I didn't see it that way". (The ducts for hot air spring to mind)
However to the wattage. The Solder iron isn't wasting energy. Generating heat is what it dose. The 60 Watt TV is cool BECAUSE it is efficient. Most of It's power is being used to put a bright image on your screen.
Now to DC/AC. In my world Each rack would have a small UPS without an inverter that feeds equipment in that rack alone. Inside the Servers, DC to DC conversion is going on anyway so dropping the losses from AC to DC conversion can't help but be a net gain.
Any computer I can run for extended periods in a none air conditioned building here (Jamaica) can be considered a solid desktop. Haven't met server like that yet. An AC breakdown at the datacenter is a major crises. The repair crew on that system has 30 to 90 minutes to repair the C before servers start dropping.
Where I come from the air coming out the back of your servers is usually cooler than the air outside. 80 degrees is average all year round.:)
Which by the way is why I have had to worry so much about cooling.
As for not going to battery. I guess we don't have any large data centres here. Our largest phone company only has around 1.6 Million subscribers. Almost twice as many clients as our largest bank.
The thing with power usage is that nobody seems interested in attacking the 2 largest areas of power wastage. (except maybe google)
#1. DCAC conversion. Your typical Datacenter has a UPS or batteries and inverters (Enterprise scale UPS). What this amounts it is AC power from your utility company converted to DC for storage in a battery and then converted back to AC to supply the Server's power supply, then converted back to DC to actually run the components of the computer.
Ever notice how hot a UPS gets during normal operation? That's power going to waste. The solution is to run our servers at a standardised DC voltage. 48 Volts sounds good since that is already defined for Telecom equipment (correct me if I'm wrong. I am not sure of the figure)
#2. Raised flour and underground AC. A good chunk of datacenter power is used to run the air conditioning. If we abandoned the notion of raised flours and replaced them with say insulated celling mounted ducts with vents faceing each rack.
While we are at it here is another simple power tip. Turn your rows of racks back to back. When they all face the same direction, hot air blows from the back of one machine to the frunt of another, forcing the AC to work overtime. In my design, I would have extraction fans betwean my back to back racks, pumping the hot air outside (or into the office during winter. For those of you who have winter.
That's actually the biggest indictment against this car. A simple rule of thumb which has served me well is "never buy discount model from a premium vendor. It will be deliberately crippled in a dozen ways to give the impression that "cheap == crap and expensive == quality".
Get your cheap items from someone for who that is the main business. I.e. Need a cheap low mileage car to bustle around town? Talk to Toyota. The Corolla is very low cost but after driving a 1997 model for the 6 years (It was 4 years old when I bought it) I can safely say that the ROI has been incredibly high. The quality is as good as Toyota can produce, which in the modern car market is only a little lower than the regular Mercedes models.
For an example of this phenomenon a little closer to Slashdot readers hearts. Remember the 386 SX?
That's it exactly. People tend to buy the movies they love in the best available format (Available means it fits within the budget and the player they own).
They generally do not buy movies they already own in another format. I.e. While DVD was the "hot thing" very few people bought DVD movies they already owned in VHS.
With that in mind. How many Pirates fans haven't gotten around to buying Dead Man's Chest on DVD? Compare with Matrix fans. Hell, I could compile a Star Trek Univers (tm) boxed set in ANY format containing all the series, Movies and documentaries. I could then toss in a player and sell the whole package for $2000. Dosn't matter weather I pick Blue Ray or HD-DVD. It would outsell any other $2000 TV bundle.
Darn. I should go back to school and study marketing, so I can know why this won't work.
Yes. It can be made lighter, Conservatively, 35 lbs. add 10 lbs of additional weight for a built in AC unit (patent pending) and we would be nearing the Iron man ideal.
A fit 210 lb man can run around for 1/2 a day with 80 lbps of armour and equipment.
My design would have air pockets under the armour. Not only will this help you float but it should help distribute the shock of the bullet.
While on the subject of design, I would want to get past the "vest" paradigm. I don't know about everyone else but I want my Legs arms and Head protected too.
You must pay for maintenance regardless of how much acquisition costs. In my experience, maintainance costs go up the more closed a system is. I spent the last 6 years working for the Jamaican arm of a global enterprise IT support company. We charged more to support Solaris on Sun hardware than to support Linux or Windows on Dell hardware. Our support rates were even higher on ATMs.
So to clarify (And these figures are not gospel)
Closed Hardware plus closed software solution: $135,000 Open Hardware plus Open software solution: $27,000
Annual Support for closed Solution: $45,000 Annual support for open solution: $14,000
That's just how the market works. BTW: In this example the hardware for both solutions was made by Sun. Except what I called "open" is built on AMD CPUs.
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The actions of the US Government ARE the Actions of the United States. The actions of individual citizens without direct government sanction are not.
If you feel the government is not acting as commanded by the people you are obligated to remove them from office.
But hey. The current war in Iraq was well and truly on and known to be a fraud before the last presidential election. Even so Bush was returned to office. That tells me he has the approval of the American people. Those who disagree are free to do so vocally and repeatedly but don't delude yourself.
These planes are being deployed by the United States of America.
Bob just determines to not govern in a sane way. Every thing in Zimbabwe just flows from that.
As for the grand parent. That isn't funny. It's informative. The last few times the copyright term has been extended it came just in time to prevent Micky Mouse from slipping into the public domain and after extensive lobbying from Disney.
You mean like how we have left the Telegraphs up?
Gotta love Slashdot.
But seriously. Can you imagine seeding on this link while all your peers are on similar bandwidth? How long would it take to download the full run of any popular series (5 to 10 seasons)?
Somebody stop me... Please... I can't help it.
How much is that in Libraries of Congress per blink of a human eye?
There. I can breath again.
Everybody know you are supposed to use a Gerbil. Here are detailed instructions.
ohm. bad link. etc...
Maybe he saw a movie or something.
Maybe he saw a or something.
What makes your Gmail account auctionable?
Another thing social healthcare dose is pay 1st rate GPs the same as 1st rate specialists. So in places with social healthcare, not only do you get a better balance of Specialist vs General Practitioner. You also get referrals based on need, rather than helping out a pal from med school.
And finally, since MDs in Britain are on fixed salaries rather than per hour or per visit fees, treating you once and leaving you cured suites them better than having you come back twice a week for the next 3 years.
Strangely enough, that is what actually happens when it is within the skill of the British doctor.
Could someone please mod the parent back up to visible levels.
AC makes a valid point, even if in a crude way.
The relative cost of DC PSUs is (as you mention) a function of market forces. Specifically volume production. This however can be changed over time. Hate to draw a car analogy but I have to.
In most places, spare parts for different Japanese sedans are pretty close.
In Jamaica, that was the case until the Police Force standardised on the Toyota Corolla over a decade ago. These days Corolla spare parts cost a fraction of Honda spares.
Yeah. It's depressing. No Data centre customer has large enough needs and influence to resemble a small islands police force.
It took a while but a logical fact infested response to each point I make.
I won't go point by point because much of what you say amounts to a command for me to do more in-depth research before claiming either of us is right. And some of it makes me go "gee, I didn't see it that way". (The ducts for hot air spring to mind)
However to the wattage. The Solder iron isn't wasting energy. Generating heat is what it dose. The 60 Watt TV is cool BECAUSE it is efficient. Most of It's power is being used to put a bright image on your screen.
Now to DC/AC. In my world Each rack would have a small UPS without an inverter that feeds equipment in that rack alone. Inside the Servers, DC to DC conversion is going on anyway so dropping the losses from AC to DC conversion can't help but be a net gain.
Hmm.. Reminds me of that Pentium egg oven :)
Any computer I can run for extended periods in a none air conditioned building here (Jamaica) can be considered a solid desktop. Haven't met server like that yet. An AC breakdown at the datacenter is a major crises. The repair crew on that system has 30 to 90 minutes to repair the C before servers start dropping.
In other words. Add "tropics" to "desert"
Where I come from the air coming out the back of your servers is usually cooler than the air outside. 80 degrees is average all year round. :)
Which by the way is why I have had to worry so much about cooling.
As for not going to battery. I guess we don't have any large data centres here. Our largest phone company only has around 1.6 Million subscribers. Almost twice as many clients as our largest bank.
The thing with power usage is that nobody seems interested in attacking the 2 largest areas of power wastage. (except maybe google)
#1. DCAC conversion.
Your typical Datacenter has a UPS or batteries and inverters (Enterprise scale UPS). What this amounts it is AC power from your utility company converted to DC for storage in a battery and then converted back to AC to supply the Server's power supply, then converted back to DC to actually run the components of the computer.
Ever notice how hot a UPS gets during normal operation? That's power going to waste. The solution is to run our servers at a standardised DC voltage. 48 Volts sounds good since that is already defined for Telecom equipment (correct me if I'm wrong. I am not sure of the figure)
#2. Raised flour and underground AC. A good chunk of datacenter power is used to run the air conditioning. If we abandoned the notion of raised flours and replaced them with say insulated celling mounted ducts with vents faceing each rack.
While we are at it here is another simple power tip. Turn your rows of racks back to back. When they all face the same direction, hot air blows from the back of one machine to the frunt of another, forcing the AC to work overtime. In my design, I would have extraction fans betwean my back to back racks, pumping the hot air outside (or into the office during winter. For those of you who have winter.
I really should stop commenting on Moderation but how did this become off topic?
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The guy is obviously turned on by fat, long dead Egyptians. Now if he was moderated troll or just "-1 sick, twisted, pervert"
What? No such moderation option? OK. I'll take it back.
"it's a Mercedes"
That's actually the biggest indictment against this car. A simple rule of thumb which has served me well is "never buy discount model from a premium vendor. It will be deliberately crippled in a dozen ways to give the impression that "cheap == crap and expensive == quality".
Get your cheap items from someone for who that is the main business. I.e. Need a cheap low mileage car to bustle around town? Talk to Toyota. The Corolla is very low cost but after driving a 1997 model for the 6 years (It was 4 years old when I bought it) I can safely say that the ROI has been incredibly high. The quality is as good as Toyota can produce, which in the modern car market is only a little lower than the regular Mercedes models.
For an example of this phenomenon a little closer to Slashdot readers hearts. Remember the 386 SX?
Great. Now everyone knows where I found my desktop wallpaper.
I am actually replying to your next post.
Once you are recruited from an existing job, there is a premium offered. Working in an industry that people reject offhand also caries a premium.
Bottom line. If you don't personally have a problem with porn, This is a way to triple your take-home pay and build that early retirement fund.
If it sickens you however. Stay right where you are. One must sleep at night.
Forcing this response to the top of the page, just so visitors don't think Slashdotters don't know RAID math.
I.e. 3 500 GB drives in a RAID 5 doesn't give you 1.5 TB. (RAID 0 dose that). With RAID 5 you only get 1 TB.
That's it exactly. People tend to buy the movies they love in the best available format (Available means it fits within the budget and the player they own).
They generally do not buy movies they already own in another format. I.e. While DVD was the "hot thing" very few people bought DVD movies they already owned in VHS.
With that in mind. How many Pirates fans haven't gotten around to buying Dead Man's Chest on DVD? Compare with Matrix fans. Hell, I could compile a Star Trek Univers (tm) boxed set in ANY format containing all the series, Movies and documentaries. I could then toss in a player and sell the whole package for $2000. Dosn't matter weather I pick Blue Ray or HD-DVD. It would outsell any other $2000 TV bundle.
Darn. I should go back to school and study marketing, so I can know why this won't work.
Yes. I remember seeing that news item.
Yes. It can be made lighter, Conservatively, 35 lbs. add 10 lbs of additional weight for a built in AC unit (patent pending) and we would be nearing the Iron man ideal.
A fit 210 lb man can run around for 1/2 a day with 80 lbps of armour and equipment.
My design would have air pockets under the armour. Not only will this help you float but it should help distribute the shock of the bullet.
While on the subject of design, I would want to get past the "vest" paradigm. I don't know about everyone else but I want my Legs arms and Head protected too.
Tony Stark had the right idea.
You must pay for maintenance regardless of how much acquisition costs. In my experience, maintainance costs go up the more closed a system is. I spent the last 6 years working for the Jamaican arm of a global enterprise IT support company. We charged more to support Solaris on Sun hardware than to support Linux or Windows on Dell hardware. Our support rates were even higher on ATMs.
So to clarify (And these figures are not gospel)
Closed Hardware plus closed software solution: $135,000
Open Hardware plus Open software solution: $27,000
Annual Support for closed Solution: $45,000
Annual support for open solution: $14,000
That's just how the market works. BTW: In this example the hardware for both solutions was made by Sun. Except what I called "open" is built on AMD CPUs.