All of the Sun servers I buy lately (E250/450s) come with DVD drives. I haven't seen any software released on DVD for Sun yet though. I seriously doubt they're in there to watch movies, as the machines don't have graphics cards.:)
I wouldn't say sparc is dying. The UltraSPARC III is out now and it kicks ass. I hope Sun doesn't adopt IA64 as their architecture. BTW, you missed MIPS in your list which is dead too, now that HP is moving to IA64. The HP's sucked anyways.
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Now we need to lobby for the.dot TLD. slashdot.dot
I think you're trying to say that moving to x86-64 architecture is going to be a slow process. I've been stormed by 64 bit architecture since the first Sun Sparc V9. Others have had the same thing with the Alpha chip.
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I have always wondered why it's slashdot and not dotslash. That would have made more sense.
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According to this article, no one else in the world has the abilities that I do! If I don't want to watch something, I turn off the TV! I don't flip through channels aimlessly! When I surf the web, I go to sites by URL! I rarely even use search engines unless a) I'm looking for a particular company or b) I'm searching google for a specific error message.
I don't think there is an "information overload" as stated, I think there are a lot of people who are too lazy to tune the crap out and just let themselves get bombarded. And I REALLY don't beleive the corelation with ADD.
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I work in a non-union shop and nobody gets fired. The most useless employee we have makes more than the rest of his peers (in that group) and he can't even change file permissions in Windows. He blames everyone else when things go wrong. The managers KNOW he's useless, they're too spineless to fire anyone. Rewards aren't based on our performance, I'm not really sure what they're based on, but it's obviously not our performance.
I'm not saying a union would help, I'm complaining that we have those same problems in a non-union environment. Woe is me. Hahaha.
Now if I could only find a job that DID reward good performance.
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RMS would beg to differ. It should be Linus Torvalds: The Info Page
I would have to agree with the CGPro recommendation. It's simple to install (just pkgadd it) and it runs with no configuration. Configuration is simple as well, all done through the web interface. It supports all sorts of protocols, and it handles load very well. We are still small (600 domains, 2000 users) but it only uses 0.6% of CPU max, and hardly any RAM.
My Thinkpad A21p was way more than that. 850MHz, 15.something" screen, lots of video ram, 128mb, 30gb, dvd, etc. It's a desktop replacement for work, so it's worth the money because it frees up a desktop (as opposed to having a desktop for heavy processing etc and the laptop for portability.)
Arrowpoint was purchased by Cisco who is now producing the Arrowpoint Swiches as Cisco Content Services Switches. Arrowpoint made their CLI almost identical to IOS (I assume in the hope that they'd be purchased). Cisco is phasing out their localdirector and distributed director products in favor of the Arrowpoints which do the job of both, and do it far better.
The Cisco (nee Arrowpoint) switches are slowly being "Ciscoized" over the next few software releases. The OS code is being changed to be more similar to IOS.
The Cisco CSS are (in my opinion) the best switches of their type on the market followed (REALLY closely) by Radware. These are both ASIC based switches with a central processing unit. They're fast due to the ASICs and flexible due to the CPU. The CPU makes the inital switching decision and hands the TCP flow over to the ASICs for switching.
The other options in this market space are either slow PC based systems (f5 which are BSDi based and Coyote Point which are Linux based) or inflexible ASIC based systems (Alteon, etc).
The problem is that NT is a "complex" system, it just appears simple. The sysadmins get trained as MCSE's but never truly UNDERSTAND how the OS works. I've been an NT sysadmin for 5 years (along with Sun and Linux) and feel that I have an understanding of the OS from a most basic level. That's how a sysadmin becomes "good"
As to the second point, EVERY good sysadmin knows to test the service packs on test servers first, preferrably built from a backup of the live system. If not that, built as close as possible.
And thirdly, every good MS sysadmin knows not to install service packs with even numbers.;)
"I recall several dumb movies from someplace (and a few dumb shows) where everyone was wired into the shoot-them up games systems, and the fantasy lives of being directly wired in."
That's called catering to the lowest common denominator. That's what gets ratings and pays the $$$. This may be stupid to intelligent people, but that's what sells.
I know someone who has a machine shop with high speed milling machines. The machines use an oil/water emulsion coolant sprayed on the tool, which creates a fine oil mist in the air. The oil mist mixes with dust and makes this ultra sticky crud that gets in everything and doesn't come off, no matter what you do.
This mouse has been working fine in this environment for 3-4 years, along with a similar keyboard with a stainless steel case and rubber membrane keys. I can't keep a ball mouse working at my house for 6 months.
I used to work for a streaming provider that streamed both radio stations and their own in house stations, and I always wondered why real radio stations had to pay every time they played a song and the streaming providers didn't. That looked like an advantage to the streaming companies. Now they are trying to level the playing field. Even with the advantages of not paying the royalties the streaming companies couldn't stay alive though.
You should read http://www.britain-in-canada.org. It isn't that easy. If you have a father born in the UK, you are entitiled to citizenship. If you have a grandparent born in the UK and you are a commonwealth citizen, you are entitled to a "right of abode" which allows you to work there. If you are more than third generation Canadian, too bad for you.
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All of the Sun servers I buy lately (E250/450s) come with DVD drives. I haven't seen any software released on DVD for Sun yet though. I seriously doubt they're in there to watch movies, as the machines don't have graphics cards. :)
I wouldn't say sparc is dying. The UltraSPARC III is out now and it kicks ass. I hope Sun doesn't adopt IA64 as their architecture. BTW, you missed MIPS in your list which is dead too, now that HP is moving to IA64. The HP's sucked anyways.
Now we need to lobby for the .dot TLD. slashdot.dot
I think you're trying to say that moving to x86-64 architecture is going to be a slow process. I've been stormed by 64 bit architecture since the first Sun Sparc V9. Others have had the same thing with the Alpha chip.
I have always wondered why it's slashdot and not dotslash. That would have made more sense.
According to this article, no one else in the world has the abilities that I do! If I don't want to watch something, I turn off the TV! I don't flip through channels aimlessly! When I surf the web, I go to sites by URL! I rarely even use search engines unless a) I'm looking for a particular company or b) I'm searching google for a specific error message.
I don't think there is an "information overload" as stated, I think there are a lot of people who are too lazy to tune the crap out and just let themselves get bombarded. And I REALLY don't beleive the corelation with ADD.
I work in a non-union shop and nobody gets fired. The most useless employee we have makes more than the rest of his peers (in that group) and he can't even change file permissions in Windows. He blames everyone else when things go wrong. The managers KNOW he's useless, they're too spineless to fire anyone. Rewards aren't based on our performance, I'm not really sure what they're based on, but it's obviously not our performance.
I'm not saying a union would help, I'm complaining that we have those same problems in a non-union environment. Woe is me. Hahaha.
Now if I could only find a job that DID reward good performance.
RMS would beg to differ. It should be Linus Torvalds: The Info Page
I would have to agree with the CGPro recommendation. It's simple to install (just pkgadd it) and it runs with no configuration. Configuration is simple as well, all done through the web interface. It supports all sorts of protocols, and it handles load very well. We are still small (600 domains, 2000 users) but it only uses 0.6% of CPU max, and hardly any RAM.
Have you ever seen the movie "Stripes"? That RV ruled. The whole movie was pretty damn good though.
Beats working.
Did you know they made a 1U appliance server? I never did. I thought they were just the distro, and I stumbled across the firewall stuff by accident.
That's over $8300 per day, if it lasts the entire 30 days they hope for.
My Thinkpad A21p was way more than that. 850MHz, 15.something" screen, lots of video ram, 128mb, 30gb, dvd, etc. It's a desktop replacement for work, so it's worth the money because it frees up a desktop (as opposed to having a desktop for heavy processing etc and the laptop for portability.)
Arrowpoint was purchased by Cisco who is now producing the Arrowpoint Swiches as Cisco Content Services Switches. Arrowpoint made their CLI almost identical to IOS (I assume in the hope that they'd be purchased). Cisco is phasing out their localdirector and distributed director products in favor of the Arrowpoints which do the job of both, and do it far better.
The Cisco (nee Arrowpoint) switches are slowly being "Ciscoized" over the next few software releases. The OS code is being changed to be more similar to IOS.
The Cisco CSS are (in my opinion) the best switches of their type on the market followed (REALLY closely) by Radware. These are both ASIC based switches with a central processing unit. They're fast due to the ASICs and flexible due to the CPU. The CPU makes the inital switching decision and hands the TCP flow over to the ASICs for switching.
The other options in this market space are either slow PC based systems (f5 which are BSDi based and Coyote Point which are Linux based) or inflexible ASIC based systems (Alteon, etc).
The problem is that NT is a "complex" system, it just appears simple. The sysadmins get trained as MCSE's but never truly UNDERSTAND how the OS works. I've been an NT sysadmin for 5 years (along with Sun and Linux) and feel that I have an understanding of the OS from a most basic level. That's how a sysadmin becomes "good"
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As to the second point, EVERY good sysadmin knows to test the service packs on test servers first, preferrably built from a backup of the live system. If not that, built as close as possible.
And thirdly, every good MS sysadmin knows not to install service packs with even numbers.
This seems like karma whoring to me. What business person in their right minds would open source a PROFITABLE product? That makes no sense.
These people are business people, not idealists.
I've heard that smoke (esp. from cigarettes) is acidic and slowly etches away the ICs and circuts on the boards. But that's just what I've heard.
Except that some days they would say "Shop Sweat" and that doesn't make much sense.
He would have to throw away the left "Shop" and the right "sweat."
Hey, Tron RULED!
That's called catering to the lowest common denominator. That's what gets ratings and pays the $$$. This may be stupid to intelligent people, but that's what sells.
I know someone who has a machine shop with high speed milling machines. The machines use an oil/water emulsion coolant sprayed on the tool, which creates a fine oil mist in the air. The oil mist mixes with dust and makes this ultra sticky crud that gets in everything and doesn't come off, no matter what you do.
This mouse has been working fine in this environment for 3-4 years, along with a similar keyboard with a stainless steel case and rubber membrane keys. I can't keep a ball mouse working at my house for 6 months.
I used to work for a streaming provider that streamed both radio stations and their own in house stations, and I always wondered why real radio stations had to pay every time they played a song and the streaming providers didn't. That looked like an advantage to the streaming companies. Now they are trying to level the playing field. Even with the advantages of not paying the royalties the streaming companies couldn't stay alive though.
You should read http://www.britain-in-canada.org. It isn't that easy. If you have a father born in the UK, you are entitiled to citizenship. If you have a grandparent born in the UK and you are a commonwealth citizen, you are entitled to a "right of abode" which allows you to work there. If you are more than third generation Canadian, too bad for you.
Maybe the servers can be in the Iriduim Sats. Who would govern them then? Hahaha.