As an FYI: on my primary system (a 2 CPU / 2 core - 4 total) frequently see about 50% CPU usage and about 2-4 times a day see at/near 100%.
As for IO bound (similar problem here) - I'm hoping to migrate to SSD (Raid 1; I could digress by asking why people tolerate the number of SSD failures, but that would be OT) and help reduce IO limitations.
Short sided people - are not (still?) not using - or seeing, or bothering to code for multi-core systems.
Well of course not. they're too busy attending physical therapy attempting to compensate for having one side of the body taller than the other. It's very short-sighted to expect them to be off coding instead.
eight core processors are dumb. though not for the reason he gave. they are dumb because nothing supports 8 cores, so 99% of the time, the extra 2-6 cores are totally wasted. if the software would catch up to the hard ware, we might see more use in 8+ cores
Ever open Task Manager (in windows)? There are other things going on in every OS besides just the application you are running.
Ever run more than one application?
Short sided people - are not (still?) not using - or seeing, or bothering to code for multi-core systems.
For some reason, PM's (especially those at larger companies) think that developers create code that works. Frequently -- at best there is a "let the customer find it, well fix it on the next revision" attitude, however more frequently there is a "just bury the problem all together". Another one is -- hire QA form China (I've seen this fail time and time again). They (the PM's) think these actions will save money -- and it never does. Lost customers, lost business relations, lost faith in company, products that just don't work.
A recent example in Slashdot : Twitter - is hiring. Look at the number of job openings for QA -- just THREE, and all of those are developer based (technically SDET's). Number of "testers" is zero. Number of testers should be 3 or 4 developers to 1 QA (max). Any ratio with a testing staff less than this and you (your company/product) are asking for trouble. Twitter has an 85 to 3 ratio (Yes, they might have 20 testers sitting around waiting for work from development that will be hired, but I don't think so). Think about those numbers for a minute. How many companies have a "Quality, that doesn't even make it on our radar" attitude? Surprisingly, most of them. Frequently these same company's actually resent meaningful testing.
In Auburn, WA a corrections officer was seeking another person. The DOC officer and King County police shot an unarmed man (Theoharis), the officers later claiming say they thought he (Theoharis) was reaching for a gun, though no weapons were found in the room.The independent review also found evidence the sheriff's office was more interested in advocating for its officers than uncovering the facts behind the shooting.
#1: Argue that at the point of a gun... or with 5-15 cops "talking" to you (Hint: You will lose)
#2: Once you "lose" control of your SD card (given to - or - taken by the officer)... it magically becomes erased with the images that were important.
I would think... is there someway to have a camera with 2 SD cards, one hidden? ... Wifi xfer images to a hidden system in the 'car' or in a backpack {yours or that of a friend}?
.... or one could try the old "watch in a camera" trick.
I'm not sure why the politicians would make an issue of trying to reduce the number of phone books. Just treat it like any other junk mail: send it right to the trash. And you only have to do it once a year.
From TFA:
"The city said the program's popularity led to a reduction of 2 million pounds of paper waste annually."
and as follow up: How much environmental damage was done to MAKE the phone books? We are talking about people that didn't want the phone books in the first place.
As the Federal Court of Appeals says... leaving phone books is protected free speech. Well, exercise the right! Take every phone book you can find, and leave it at the (Federal Court of Appeals) court house - and let THEM deal with the problem.
Get a (cheap) used windows computer. (For example: HP Pavilion zt1170... that screams "shiney buttons see"). Remove old stickers (P-III, "CD"). Add new stickers (Core 2 duo, Quad core, Equipped with 4GB RAM, Wifi, BlueRay, "Windows 8", "Password=GuessMe1", etc). Get "a" WRONG power supply for it, and lable it for the system. (In this case "HP Pavilion zt1170").
Optional 1: If system is *working* surf the internet for about 15 minutes with the AV turned Off. Place system near entrance point for break in (window, door).
Optional 2: Add "call home" tracking software, and/or make sure you can remote connect to it.
Optional 3: Get system with Cam... make sure you can remote access cam. (Might consider disabling the LED "cam on" light)
1. The PE 1950 has an energy saving setting, witch will reduce overall power consumption, not to mention that there are current SATA drives that use about 1/2 the power of the SAS counterparts. (I suspect that is where much of the power savings comes from)
2. I have yet to hear of a ANY lending company that will lend/lease based on "You will save..." feature of a product.
3. How much energey is put into making the mid-level R415?
4. I question your math. The PE 1950 ues about 250-350 watts of power.
Thank you for an honest attempt. The number of snide, inappropriate, does not apply, you shouldn't have, I wouldn't.....
.... Thank you.
I'll look into it further, but I don't think it will work. The problem is this system has "firmware", BMC. The BMC must be working for floppy disc. (I believe that the BMC actually controls the outside access). As such, unfortunately I don't think this solution will work.... But I will look into it -- who knows, I might be surprised!
Why on earth are you repurposing ~7-10 year old server hardware?.
I don't believe that just because it's old it should be thrown away. The speed is comparable with "modern" (current) equipment, the maintiance cost is less. I'm tired of "Oh, this is the latest, you must have it."
I don't fall for that marketing hype, it's a shame that so many do.
Most of the comments are not helpful, and are borderline in fantasy. (I especially laughed at the line "YOU bought the systems, as designed." Ya, right like they are going to tell us how it is designed?!?)
... however:
If their firmware updates were breaking devices left and right, they'd be out one hell of a lot of money.
And if the actions brick 2/3 of the systems, and support says "You are on your own", how are "we" going to find out that "their" upgrade (which only affects out of warranty systems) is the causing this failure? The few that are in warranty are being upgraded and replaced (Oh, must have been a componant failure). The rest are bing scrapped due to a bad BIOS upgrade (Oh, must have been a componant failure). Who is asking: Wow, must have been a bad BIOS upgrade! Given the history of some makers of motherboards to lie about the cause of the failure, just how are we going to know?
If the firmware is so risky that "Any time you install a new firmware you are rolling the dice", maybe the manufacturer should re-think the hardware / solution they are providing. Upgrade of the firmware should NEVER... NEVER... NEVER be risky.
Great customer support: on day "warranty expire +1", you are on your own. They have my business (NOT).
Also, tell that to FTC. They have NO problem going after companies whose warranties have long since expired.
How is one going to tell if the system is Bad-Bios-Brickable or not? 2nd BIOS didn't help. Windows install didn't help. (And... Support form the Dell BEFORE upgrade didn't help)
Perhaps there is a way to re-flash it back to the older firmware?
Unfortunately - no. The system will not (complete) the post to get to the level of ability to flash. ALSO, Dell does not have previous version(s) available. (Note: I've already ordered ANOTHER replacement motherboard)
"Lapsed" warranty is not fair. They (Dell) won't let me renew it. Up to the (Urgent: Recommended) flash upgrade, the systems worked fine, and were being re-purposed.
Also, do you think that they (the manufacturer) is going to say (or admit) or have a warning that says: "66% of the people that applied this critical update bricked their system" ??
As for "OMGWTF PONIES! CLICK HERE"; there is a radical difference between "critical by manufacturer" and "ponies"
But if the manufacturer said "This is a criticl update that you must perform" your response would be...
... or "your tires on this care are not legal to be used on street anymore. If you want to user your car, you must upgrade the tires." So, you upgrade the tires, and the upgrade of tires causes the car to crash. What would you do then?
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As an FYI: on my primary system (a 2 CPU / 2 core - 4 total) frequently see about 50% CPU usage and about 2-4 times a day see at/near 100%.
As for IO bound (similar problem here) - I'm hoping to migrate to SSD (Raid 1; I could digress by asking why people tolerate the number of SSD failures, but that would be OT) and help reduce IO limitations.
Short sided people - are not (still?) not using - or seeing, or bothering to code for multi-core systems.
Well of course not. they're too busy attending physical therapy attempting to compensate for having one side of the body taller than the other. It's very short-sighted to expect them to be off coding instead.
I hate it when I fat figure ... finger like that.
eight core processors are dumb. though not for the reason he gave. they are dumb because nothing supports 8 cores, so 99% of the time, the extra 2-6 cores are totally wasted. if the software would catch up to the hard ware, we might see more use in 8+ cores
Ever open Task Manager (in windows)? There are other things going on in every OS besides just the application you are running.
Ever run more than one application?
Short sided people - are not (still?) not using - or seeing, or bothering to code for multi-core systems.
For some reason, PM's (especially those at larger companies) think that developers create code that works. Frequently -- at best there is a "let the customer find it, well fix it on the next revision" attitude, however more frequently there is a "just bury the problem all together". Another one is -- hire QA form China (I've seen this fail time and time again). They (the PM's) think these actions will save money -- and it never does. Lost customers, lost business relations, lost faith in company, products that just don't work.
A recent example in Slashdot : Twitter - is hiring. Look at the number of job openings for QA -- just THREE, and all of those are developer based (technically SDET's). Number of "testers" is zero. Number of testers should be 3 or 4 developers to 1 QA (max). Any ratio with a testing staff less than this and you (your company/product) are asking for trouble. Twitter has an 85 to 3 ratio (Yes, they might have 20 testers sitting around waiting for work from development that will be hired, but I don't think so). Think about those numbers for a minute. How many companies have a "Quality, that doesn't even make it on our radar" attitude? Surprisingly, most of them. Frequently these same company's actually resent meaningful testing.
In Auburn, WA a corrections officer was seeking another person. The DOC officer and King County police shot an unarmed man (Theoharis), the officers later claiming say they thought he (Theoharis) was reaching for a gun, though no weapons were found in the room.The independent review also found evidence the sheriff's office was more interested in advocating for its officers than uncovering the facts behind the shooting.
Pics or it didn't happen!
Link to the actual artical "Viewpoint: A New Look at the Hydrogen Wave Function" (with pics!) or PDF available.
Or SPL, BASIC, Batch (DOS), Fortran...
#1: Argue that at the point of a gun ... or with 5-15 cops "talking" to you (Hint: You will lose) ... it magically becomes erased with the images that were important.
... is there someway to have a camera with 2 SD cards, one hidden?
... Wifi xfer images to a hidden system in the 'car' or in a backpack {yours or that of a friend}?
.... or one could try the old "watch in a camera" trick.
#2: Once you "lose" control of your SD card (given to - or - taken by the officer)
I would think
No, don't tell them BEFORE he leaves. Save this info for when they need to call him back.
Well duh, I was kicked off the team!
I'm not sure why the politicians would make an issue of trying to reduce the number of phone books. Just treat it like any other junk mail: send it right to the trash. And you only have to do it once a year.
From TFA:
"The city said the program's popularity led to a reduction of 2 million pounds of paper waste annually."
and as follow up: How much environmental damage was done to MAKE the phone books? We are talking about people that didn't want the phone books in the first place.
As the Federal Court of Appeals says... leaving phone books is protected free speech. Well, exercise the right! Take every phone book you can find, and leave it at the (Federal Court of Appeals) court house - and let THEM deal with the problem.
Optional 1: If system is *working* surf the internet for about 15 minutes with the AV turned Off. Place system near entrance point for break in (window, door).
Optional 2: Add "call home" tracking software, and/or make sure you can remote connect to it.
Optional 3: Get system with Cam... make sure you can remote access cam. (Might consider disabling the LED "cam on" light)
1. The PE 1950 has an energy saving setting, witch will reduce overall power consumption, not to mention that there are current SATA drives that use about 1/2 the power of the SAS counterparts. (I suspect that is where much of the power savings comes from)
2. I have yet to hear of a ANY lending company that will lend/lease based on "You will save..." feature of a product.
3. How much energey is put into making the mid-level R415?
4. I question your math. The PE 1950 ues about 250-350 watts of power.
I'll look into it further, but I don't think it will work. The problem is this system has "firmware", BMC. The BMC must be working for floppy disc. (I believe that the BMC actually controls the outside access). As such, unfortunately I don't think this solution will work.... But I will look into it -- who knows, I might be surprised!
Them: Ya, this is Bing Repair shop. Are you the owner of Big Company system Super 1000?
You: Yes
Them: Well we just wanted to call and let you know that we are done with the system.
You: Yes, and what are the charges?
Them: Well, we hand to express deliver a replacement motherboard. To Flash you BIOS: $1,500.00, and sale tax"
Them: Oh, I forgot to add the $100.00 for the BIOS upgrade
Why on earth are you repurposing ~7-10 year old server hardware?.
I don't believe that just because it's old it should be thrown away. The speed is comparable with "modern" (current) equipment, the maintiance cost is less. I'm tired of "Oh, this is the latest, you must have it." I don't fall for that marketing hype, it's a shame that so many do.
My question is: Why the BIOS/firmware upgrade if they were working fine?
1. It wasn't working fine
2. It was recommended by the support tech
3. It was recommended by Dell "Urgent"
And when support says "you need this firmware version?"; with no other version between "a" and "b" (ALL other version have been removed by Dell)
If their firmware updates were breaking devices left and right, they'd be out one hell of a lot of money.
And if the actions brick 2/3 of the systems, and support says "You are on your own", how are "we" going to find out that "their" upgrade (which only affects out of warranty systems) is the causing this failure? The few that are in warranty are being upgraded and replaced (Oh, must have been a componant failure). The rest are bing scrapped due to a bad BIOS upgrade (Oh, must have been a componant failure). Who is asking: Wow, must have been a bad BIOS upgrade! Given the history of some makers of motherboards to lie about the cause of the failure, just how are we going to know?
If the firmware is so risky that "Any time you install a new firmware you are rolling the dice", maybe the manufacturer should re-think the hardware / solution they are providing. Upgrade of the firmware should NEVER... NEVER... NEVER be risky.
Great customer support: on day "warranty expire +1", you are on your own. They have my business (NOT).
Also, tell that to FTC. They have NO problem going after companies whose warranties have long since expired.
How is one going to tell if the system is Bad-Bios-Brickable or not? 2nd BIOS didn't help. Windows install didn't help. (And... Support form the Dell BEFORE upgrade didn't help)
Perhaps there is a way to re-flash it back to the older firmware?
Unfortunately - no. The system will not (complete) the post to get to the level of ability to flash. ALSO, Dell does not have previous version(s) available. (Note: I've already ordered ANOTHER replacement motherboard)
Also, do you think that they (the manufacturer) is going to say (or admit) or have a warning that says: "66% of the people that applied this critical update bricked their system" ??
As for "OMGWTF PONIES! CLICK HERE"; there is a radical difference between "critical by manufacturer" and "ponies"