Wikipedia is an excellent knowledge repository. Once you get what you came for there, you can better research what you are working on. There are just too many topics where a difference of opinion or perspective would be considered error or truth. I have yet to find a more comprehensive and accurate source of information though...
Windows is "more consistent, predictable, and easier to manage than Linux."
<sarcasm> Yep, I never know when I will need to reboot a Linux box. I never know when I will need to rebuild a Linux box. Windows is consitent enough with a two-month reboot and yearly rebuild. Managing my schedule therefore is tougher with Linux. </sarcasm>
I know a company with an SLA that states something to the effect that a smile must be given in a face to face meeting before any work is to be performed.
This man has been accused of corrupting the youth by claiming the Sun is at the centre of the Universe and by instigating revolutions. Considered extremely dangerous. If you've seen this man, please call your local law enforcement or scientist.
I thought they would have disconnected Internet access to Kansas by now!
Know when to hold and know when to fold. psykocrime writes "According to a recent press release SGI stock has been delisted by the New York Stock Exchange, as a result of falling below the NYSE's minimum share price." SGI, the former darling of the high-tech world, has been in trouble for a while, perhaps this is really the end.
This is sad that SGI cannot stay afloat. I put them akin to Next in that they both make(made) quality machines that not many people want to buy. Notice I did not say need to buy. SGI has been a perfect fit for many a project of mine, but for varied reasons no one wants to take them.
I guess this movie just isn't going to be accurate. One line I chuckled at during watching it was when it says, "Silicon Graphics Saves the World." Of course, this may be somewhat off...
The one that bugs me is when Ben repeats, "Obi-Wan? Now there's a name I've not heard in a long time." He goes on to say that no one called him since long before the rebellion. So, is the rebellion not started until after Tarkan, Vader and Palpatine climb in bed together?
I don't think that the problem is a lack of respect, but perhaps we are sensibly cautious. I mean, Microsoft has a documented history of wanting to destroy open source. Just because they layer some open source apps on their operating system without a mention of apology or cast-in-stone policy change we should all believe they seen the light?
So, here are the things that bug me about the lawfirm where my company is contracted to work. This building used to be a federal courthouse and post office. It is very old and the cracked wood around the windows whistles with the wind. There are crawlspaces between the floors for the old postmaster to use, and in the basement are old holding cells, boiler (heater), coal chute, and other funky stuff. To boot, the server room is an old magistrate office, and the servers are in the "closet", which was a holding cell. The bars have not been removed from the window!
So, one night Joel and I are working in offices next to each other separated by a wall with an open door. In Joel's room is an open doorway into the hallway, which I can see out through the open door between us and the open doorway to the hall. I see something move by the hall doorway, and call out to Joel. He answers and I tell him I saw something go by the doorway. He says for me to shut up and get back to work. Then, something goes by again; mind you I am seeing this via peripheral vision. When I mention this one, Joel is getting freaked. We investigate, and find that a bat is flying around the file room and occasionally makes it out to the hallway, up and down, and back into the file room.
Working late one night there and have my friend Alan to keep me company while waiting for a backup to finish. So, we are in the middle of the law library playing cards when I hear the heavy outer door open downstairs. I wouldn't expect anyone there past midnight, so I go out to the stair railing and see there is no one and the door is shut. I go back into the main room, and immediately rush back out, hearing the door again. There was nothing there! Alan will not go back there anymore.
Joel and I are working late and hear some noises. We are leaving that night and one night owl attorney is coming in. He laughs when we tell him how freaky the building is. He then relays that the postmaster shot himself in the room where we had hear the noises and that there have been reports of a ghost climbing the stairs.
Now, the funniest! One night I am working on the third floor and all the hallway (long hallway -- the one with the bat) lights had gone out (bad wiring, old bulbs, etc). So, I am finished checking out some Samba issues from a Windows computer, and I click Start, Shutdown. I am not usually the Windows kinda guy and this is the first time I have worked on this computer. I turn off the monitor and leave because the computer will power off from the shutdown request. Halfway down the hall, I hear an eerie "bye bye" and I flee. Talk about being freaked out! The next day I am laughing about it with the paralegal whose computer I had worked on (called to make sure she was working as expected). She then fires up her control panel (or whatever) to play me her shutdown sound. Apparently she had downloaded some cartoon sounds and this was some screechy voice saying "bye bye".
Ivan Barrera A, Chile: Bandwidth Limiter For Apache - When a user starts downloading something, the data goes through the mod. If there is a bandwidth limit, then the mod will start "splitting" the data into smaller pieces. Then it will start sending each piece with a small delay (less than 1 sec) between each piece, thus, reducing the speed the user downloads. This is useful for small web-hosting servers with limited outbound bandwidth (i.e. ADSLs customers).
I don't even have that limited of bandwidth and I would like to see this mod in production. Very needed code IMHO.
csaba, Hungary - Fuse / BSD / Network mount via SSH
This is what I have been waiting for since the dawn of time. Well, not that long, but I have always wondered when I would be able to mount remote file systems via secure shell.
How are these programmers immortalized? I mean, beyond placing that on a resume. Does Google use this as a sort of co-op system for hiring future talent?
I inherited a real nightmare with servers going up and down......PWC chose OpenBSD, an operating system he is comfortable with, because of its "security, stability, and cost"......My predecessor spent too much [so] I was told not to spend any money......The whole office was relying on one domain controller which was dying...
This would be true of any company where the directive is to fix problems without spending any money. Now, money could have been spent to stay on Windows and have a reliable network. As much as I do not like Windows, it can be designed for a stable environment (believe me, I have seen nice all-Windows networks with excellent MTBF). Here we have a case of someone familiar and comfortable with OpenBSD using it to cheaply (freely) fix Windows issues, which may have been correctable with patches, updates, upgrades, or equipment replacement (low resources, etc).
If I could dupe tools and was told to fix a Windows network without spending any licensing or hardware dollars, I would do the same. This is far different than saying Microsoft forces you to go open source. Looks like management decisions forced this worker to choose a non-Microsoft solution based on expenses, and OpenBSD won simply because he knew how to implement it.
I think that Wikipedia is a great service. The people behind it should be compensated for time, effort, hardware and bandwidth. I have no problem with advertisements to fund this. I mean, it is better than paying for a subscription!
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Wikipedia is an excellent knowledge repository. Once you get what you came for there, you can better research what you are working on. There are just too many topics where a difference of opinion or perspective would be considered error or truth. I have yet to find a more comprehensive and accurate source of information though...
Windows is "more consistent, predictable, and easier to manage than Linux."
<sarcasm>
Yep, I never know when I will need to reboot a Linux box. I never know when I will need to rebuild a Linux box. Windows is consitent enough with a two-month reboot and yearly rebuild. Managing my schedule therefore is tougher with Linux.
</sarcasm>
I know a company with an SLA that states something to the effect that a smile must be given in a face to face meeting before any work is to be performed.
I thought they would have disconnected Internet access to Kansas by now!
This is sad that SGI cannot stay afloat. I put them akin to Next in that they both make(made) quality machines that not many people want to buy. Notice I did not say need to buy. SGI has been a perfect fit for many a project of mine, but for varied reasons no one wants to take them.
I guess this movie just isn't going to be accurate. One line I chuckled at during watching it was when it says, "Silicon Graphics Saves the World." Of course, this may be somewhat off...
The one that bugs me is when Ben repeats, "Obi-Wan? Now there's a name I've not heard in a long time." He goes on to say that no one called him since long before the rebellion. So, is the rebellion not started until after Tarkan, Vader and Palpatine climb in bed together?
b=0 ; for i in `cat .bash_history | awk '{ print $1 }' | grep -v ^$ | grep -v ^"(" | sort | uniq` ; do a=`grep $i .bash_history | wc -l` ; echo "${i}: $a" ; b=$((b+1)) ; if [ $b == "6" ]; then b=0 ; echo "====== Lame Length Filter ======" ; fi ; done
I don't think that the problem is a lack of respect, but perhaps we are sensibly cautious. I mean, Microsoft has a documented history of wanting to destroy open source. Just because they layer some open source apps on their operating system without a mention of apology or cast-in-stone policy change we should all believe they seen the light?
Who is this? Private message me (totallygeek) on VLE. I am running through a list of who left here in 2000 for UT.... Drawing a blank.
I am a big guy and I love ordering shirts from OpenBSD over some other places because they have XXXL on their site!
Starring Christopher Walker, Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, and Sissy Spacek. Oh, nevermind!
could you bump your mtu to 2937498723498, I don't want to keep fragmenting these...
So, I finally get a first post and didn't exploit it. Well, I guess not until now!
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of...oh, nevermind.
I don't even have that limited of bandwidth and I would like to see this mod in production. Very needed code IMHO.
This is what I have been waiting for since the dawn of time. Well, not that long, but I have always wondered when I would be able to mount remote file systems via secure shell.
How are these programmers immortalized? I mean, beyond placing that on a resume. Does Google use this as a sort of co-op system for hiring future talent?
Get a box with four 250GB IDE drives and find an old copy of Stacker! 1TB should become 25TB after installation.
This would be true of any company where the directive is to fix problems without spending any money. Now, money could have been spent to stay on Windows and have a reliable network. As much as I do not like Windows, it can be designed for a stable environment (believe me, I have seen nice all-Windows networks with excellent MTBF). Here we have a case of someone familiar and comfortable with OpenBSD using it to cheaply (freely) fix Windows issues, which may have been correctable with patches, updates, upgrades, or equipment replacement (low resources, etc).
If I could dupe tools and was told to fix a Windows network without spending any licensing or hardware dollars, I would do the same. This is far different than saying Microsoft forces you to go open source. Looks like management decisions forced this worker to choose a non-Microsoft solution based on expenses, and OpenBSD won simply because he knew how to implement it.
I think that Wikipedia is a great service. The people behind it should be compensated for time, effort, hardware and bandwidth. I have no problem with advertisements to fund this. I mean, it is better than paying for a subscription!
Uh, if I were doing time, you better believe I would be aware of my official release date!
Hell, most of the networks I encounter have Linux and Windows co-existing. Sometimes even interoperating!
Point it at passing cars' windshields.
Finally posting something proving that Linux sucks!