"but I seem to recall the Opteron systems were about 10-20% more expensive."
In terms of SMP performance, Opteron systems are about 80% faster that XEON systems. If you are going to run some sort of database on your server, an Opteron solution that is 10-20% more expensive would be worth it.
Have you even seen the reviews/benchmarks that compare the SMP XEON to SMP Opteron systems?
I only know a few high level programming languages (PHP, VBScript, and a few other misc languages), but it was my belief that with most programming languages, something can't be equal to nothing.
I have no idea what language the above code snippet is supposed to be, but I read the first code snippet as "if ptr is false". The second example jsut looks plain illogical to me.
What programming language supports that second code snippet? C/C++?
Isn't it good practice to keep "NULL", "false", and "0" seperate, since they are distictly different concepts?
Were these people spidering trackers, or just counting any site with a.torrent file on it as a "torrent site"?
If they were doing blind spidering for.torrent files, then their data on how many torrents were on how many/which sites means very little.
There are many "torrent sites" which simply act as a dumping ground for torrents found on other torrent sites, which actually run trackers. I can upload a a few torrent files to my webspace and link to them on my front page, and be counted as a "torrent site", when in fact, I am not one at all.
Lately, many (most?) torrent sites require authentication to even view the torrents that are avaiable, and their trackers deliver personalized torrents that keep track of how much each user uploads and downloads.
The torrent community I belong to requires authentication, so this spider completely missed it, and the 8,500+ torrents it hosts. I know of a few other sites which require authentication to view torrents, and they too host thousands of torrents.
I run a FreeBSD based DSL router/firewall. I set it forward every port from 2000 on up to my Windows box. Since all of the insecure native Windows ports are below 2000, this works quite well to keep the tardmuffins out.
Of course, the services I run that use the higer ports may have vulns some day.....but
toadlife.kicks-ass.net ---hack me (no wait...please don't!)
"How many of us geeks actually manage to run XP as a Power User as we're "supposed" to and not as a member of the Admin group at the very least?"
I have run as a power user for quite a long time now on both my work and home XP boxes.
"This guy can't seriously expect me to buy his argument that properly configuring a unix box is "easier", can he?"
Easier - perhaps not, but granted you have adequate knowledge of both enviroments, securing a Unix box MUCH less tedious.
"Is it Linux's fault that once you start piling OSS layers onto ALSA and jam the whole pile of shit into Gentoo's default devfsd setup, that it's a huge pain in the ass to get a non-root user to be able to play sounds? Cuz it is. Don't give me the bullshit about "all you have to do is add the user to the audio group" stuff."
I can run my X Evironment, play mp3's, videos, and play America's Army all under my normal user account in FreeBSD. Perhaps you should give it a whirl? You should do it while you can though, as I hear BSD is dying.:D
I use Windows handly little batch language for all kinds of tasks on my domain - from scheduling tasks, to archiving logs, to cleaning up old files. You really should learn a thing or two about Windows before blindly bashing it.
A interesting project, but 2GB is just not enough for most audio production needs. My father is in the audio production industry and uses a computer do most of his production. He would probably run out of space after 20 minutes of mixing.
I like the idea of using Linux for the software, but I would go with a sound deadening case like the "Acousticase" and use the traditional hard drive solution for storage.
The transition to Open Source is only made more difficulty by GPL. I'd much prefer the LGPL, which protects software while allowing others to adopt/build/bundle it without having to consult their lawyers first.
"The stupid license in XFree86 drove distros away."
The license is only 'stupid' to GPL zealots. If it weren't for the GPL's viral nature, these idiotic issues wouldn't be reeking havoc, and people could choose the best software for the job, instead of the software that's compatible with a certain license's idiotic restrictions.
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Yeah, used, with no warranty and no guarantee that it will even work when it arrives - if it arrives.;)
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I've worked at my job for 5 years now and have gone through over 2000 workstations with 3Com cards 3C509 Etherlink III/3c905/b/c. Failure of these cards is extrememly rare in my experience, and overall they have been great cards. I've never never had a single problem using Ghost with them (as someone here posted), and just recently I bought a 3c905c ($40.00) so I could turn my old gateway box into a BSD router/firewall. I could have bought a cheapy Linksys, which I use in my workstations, but since it was for my router, I wanted a card that handled part of the load itself. For this task, 3Com was a no-brainer to me.
As for 3Com making a comeback: aside from high end cards, the NIC market seems like a commodity market now. Perhaps they can make headway in the switch/router market?
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the benchmarks I saw where the opteron killed the xeon *were* x86-64 Linux/apache/mysql benchmrks.
"but I seem to recall the Opteron systems were about 10-20% more expensive."
In terms of SMP performance, Opteron systems are about 80% faster that XEON systems. If you are going to run some sort of database on your server, an Opteron solution that is 10-20% more expensive would be worth it.
Have you even seen the reviews/benchmarks that compare the SMP XEON to SMP Opteron systems?
We use the magnets to hold doors open in our office. The doors are really heavy type, and door stops were a pain in the butt.
'if (!ptr)' instead of 'if (ptr==NULL)'.
I only know a few high level programming languages (PHP, VBScript, and a few other misc languages), but it was my belief that with most programming languages, something can't be equal to nothing.
I have no idea what language the above code snippet is supposed to be, but I read the first code snippet as "if ptr is false". The second example jsut looks plain illogical to me.
What programming language supports that second code snippet? C/C++?
Isn't it good practice to keep "NULL", "false", and "0" seperate, since they are distictly different concepts?
You are wasting your time. They will not like the lab if it has Linux installed. A week after it comes up, they will wishing the lab had Windows.
"What do you mean we can't install _x in this lab?"
"MySQL" sounds like something Yahoo or Microsoft would release. PostgreSQL sounds like ... an open source application.
Were these people spidering trackers, or just counting any site with a .torrent file on it as a "torrent site"?
.torrent files, then their data on how many torrents were on how many/which sites means very little.
If they were doing blind spidering for
There are many "torrent sites" which simply act as a dumping ground for torrents found on other torrent sites, which actually run trackers. I can upload a a few torrent files to my webspace and link to them on my front page, and be counted as a "torrent site", when in fact, I am not one at all.
Lately, many (most?) torrent sites require authentication to even view the torrents that are avaiable, and their trackers deliver personalized torrents that keep track of how much each user uploads and downloads.
The torrent community I belong to requires authentication, so this spider completely missed it, and the 8,500+ torrents it hosts. I know of a few other sites which require authentication to view torrents, and they too host thousands of torrents.
Nuts I say! NUTS!
I run a FreeBSD based DSL router/firewall. I set it forward every port from 2000 on up to my Windows box. Since all of the insecure native Windows ports are below 2000, this works quite well to keep the tardmuffins out.
Of course, the services I run that use the higer ports may have vulns some day.....but
toadlife.kicks-ass.net ---hack me (no wait...please don't!)
"How many of us geeks actually manage to run XP as a Power User as we're "supposed" to and not as a member of the Admin group at the very least?" I have run as a power user for quite a long time now on both my work and home XP boxes.
:)
"Run As" is my friend.
"This guy can't seriously expect me to buy his argument that properly configuring a unix box is "easier", can he?"
:D
Easier - perhaps not, but granted you have adequate knowledge of both enviroments, securing a Unix box MUCH less tedious.
"Is it Linux's fault that once you start piling OSS layers onto ALSA and jam the whole pile of shit into Gentoo's default devfsd setup, that it's a huge pain in the ass to get a non-root user to be able to play sounds? Cuz it is. Don't give me the bullshit about "all you have to do is add the user to the audio group" stuff."
I can run my X Evironment, play mp3's, videos, and play America's Army all under my normal user account in FreeBSD. Perhaps you should give it a whirl? You should do it while you can though, as I hear BSD is dying.
I learned something new today. Thanks. :)
I use Windows handly little batch language for all kinds of tasks on my domain - from scheduling tasks, to archiving logs, to cleaning up old files. You really should learn a thing or two about Windows before blindly bashing it.
Here is just one example.
"It's set up to respond to rejected emails with instructions for contacting me via phone in case there's a false positive"
I hope you've set your mailserver to remove all attachments before boucing them. If not, you are propogating viruses.
A interesting project, but 2GB is just not enough for most audio production needs. My father is in the audio production industry and uses a computer do most of his production. He would probably run out of space after 20 minutes of mixing.
I like the idea of using Linux for the software, but I would go with a sound deadening case like the "Acousticase" and use the traditional hard drive solution for storage.
The transition to Open Source is only made more difficulty by GPL. I'd much prefer the LGPL, which protects software while allowing others to adopt/build/bundle it without having to consult their lawyers first.
"The stupid license in XFree86 drove distros away."
The license is only 'stupid' to GPL zealots. If it weren't for the GPL's viral nature, these idiotic issues wouldn't be reeking havoc, and people could choose the best software for the job, instead of the software that's compatible with a certain license's idiotic restrictions.
Yeah, used, with no warranty and no guarantee that it will even work when it arrives - if it arrives. ;)
I've worked at my job for 5 years now and have gone through over 2000 workstations with 3Com cards 3C509 Etherlink III/3c905/b/c. Failure of these cards is extrememly rare in my experience, and overall they have been great cards. I've never never had a single problem using Ghost with them (as someone here posted), and just recently I bought a 3c905c ($40.00) so I could turn my old gateway box into a BSD router/firewall. I could have bought a cheapy Linksys, which I use in my workstations, but since it was for my router, I wanted a card that handled part of the load itself. For this task, 3Com was a no-brainer to me.
As for 3Com making a comeback: aside from high end cards, the NIC market seems like a commodity market now. Perhaps they can make headway in the switch/router market?