You know, that's really true about the data ports!
Makes the iPod a much less universal-pocket-hard-disk for me if I have to carry a farkin' cradle with me everywhere I go...
Having the firewire connector on the iPod means that I have a universal method across all my Macs -- 2 powerbooks, a powermac, an iMac and 3 XServe's at work...
I have a pair of E10k's at work that each have 64gb of RAM in them, and could probably stand to use some more...
When we replace them with SF 15k's, we'll probably go with 256GB of memory each...
Yeah, so really, there are OS's that can not only address, but use (and efficiently too!) that much memory...
You don't know the meaning of Super Duper Ultra F'n Cool until you dynamically reconfigure a 10k/15k... It's just awe-inspiring.:) Rip boards out, take CPU's, memory & I/O offline and keep the OS running.... nice! And even better, add 'em back in...
I agree with the 2.x series of VxVM.... when the vxva GUI was around --- that thing ROCKED.
Now with VxVM 3.x.... the gui BLOWS. It's awful.
Terribly awful.
Hell, on some of my servers, I *CAN'T* run it... it just spinlocks into the ground because I have too many disks (16 Sun A5200's fully loaded with 22 disks each on a single E10k domain)......
Yuck. VxVM + Perl really work well together.......
I had the same problem -- I ended up removing Banyan from my resume as well!
Last time I was "on the market" was March/April of 2000. Neat stuff. I had built a pair of Beowulf clusters at the time (before it was fashionable, mind you...) and I can't tell you how many headhunters picked up on that too. I ended up dropping _that_ from my resume as well......
Correct, CDMA is spread-spectrum and the encryption is relatively difficult to crack.
Nobody's been able to demonstrate real-time listening capabilities (yet).
But it is a well-known fact that the law enforcement guys have taps at the cellular switches, so they just plug into the call before it goes to hardwire -- they don't even bother trying to listen out of the air, and why should they? It's a lot easier to listen at the switch.........
Now, as for GSM, its encryption is definitely crackable in realtime... In fact, there have been industrial espionage problems across the English channel because of this.... go look it up:)
The difference is we call one a pimply-faced 16-year-old working so he can smoke weed on the weekends, and we call the other a professional field engineer.
When I'm the root user, my shell is/sbin/sh (No, *NOT*/bin/sh!) On Solaris, one should *NEVER* change root's shell.
Ever. Ever. EVER. Instead, in root's.profile, I have the following:
if [ -x/usr/bin/bash ]; then
exec/usr/bin/bash fi
This _will_ cause problems using dtlogin, but real admins use serial consoles!
All my scripting is done using/bin/sh.... I know it's standard, I know it's on ALL my Solaris machines (The 2.5.1/2.6 ones don't have bash by default... thank GOODNESS we're retiring most of them:)
For simple sysadmin-type tasks, the bourne shell has almost all the features you need... but if you need to do hairy things with I/O, then it's nuttin' but Perl.... Remind me to share my Veritas Volume Mangler scripts some day:)
If you really, truly need your data, no matter what, go with Tivoli Storage Manager
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/tivoli/solutions/s to rage/
Sure, you have to pay for it, but it's really no more expensive than Veritas NetBackup, and certainly a better product!
Cross-platform (everything from Wintendo to OS/390, Solaris, Mac OS X, Linux...)
TSM is more of a hierarchical storage manager than more "traditional" backup programs.... but with things like Portable Backup Sets and multiple storage pools, you can replicate your data for both onsite and offsite copies with minimum fuss (automated, even, with the Disaster Recovery Manager), so this way your data is _ALWAYS_ available!
TSM probably isn't for your home Linux user, but it's definitely a great product for the data center!
Well, the original plans for the STS included a pad in California; I have no idea if they could resurrect that plan, but that's just me.
Personally, I'd also like to see landings go back to Edwards AFB. I think they're a lot safer..... The weather for landing at KSC is usually worse than Edwards, and the runway's a LOT smaller... any small miscalculation, and Bad Things (tm) would happen, where at Edwards you have lots of room to play.:)
That's difficult to do without putting 2 shuttles on the pad at once...
There's 39-A and 39-B; you'd have to have the other shuttle on the pad during the first one's mission for a shot at this... it takes a full day just to move the shuttle from the VAB to the pad....
Great, and the first time you stand next to a stereo speaker, there goes your cash. It's not like an ATM card or credit card where the transaction record & balance live somewhere else, so if you wreck the card, who cares...
I'll take the swipes, thanks.
We use RF-based ID cards at work. Just touch it to the sensor to unlock the door.... I replace mine at least one a year because it stops working. No thanks. I'll take the disposable metrocard....
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I still have a 5.25" floppy with BSW for MS-DOS 1.0 on it somewhere.
//e version as well, but I have no idea where that floppy went ....
I had the Apple
+15 for being the first post in years to make me burst out loud laughing.
Thanks for all the fish.
You know, that's really true about the data ports!
...
...
Makes the iPod a much less universal-pocket-hard-disk for me if I have to carry a farkin' cradle with me everywhere I go
Having the firewire connector on the iPod means that I have a universal method across all my Macs -- 2 powerbooks, a powermac, an iMac and 3 XServe's at work
--DM
Hahahaha, Stupid-Fast is exactly what I called OOL on my last post!
That should really be their new slogan:
Cablevision, our TV service blows, but our cable modem service is Stupid Fast (tm)!
http://www.sun.com/servers/highend/sunfire15k/inde x.xml
...
...
...
:) Rip boards out, take CPU's, memory & I/O offline and keep the OS running .... nice! And even better, add 'em back in...
Sometimes, you just need the memory.
I have a pair of E10k's at work that each have 64gb of RAM in them, and could probably stand to use some more
When we replace them with SF 15k's, we'll probably go with 256GB of memory each
Yeah, so really, there are OS's that can not only address, but use (and efficiently too!) that much memory
You don't know the meaning of Super Duper Ultra F'n Cool until you dynamically reconfigure a 10k/15k... It's just awe-inspiring.
--DM
Sure.
Would you like my 3B2?
http://unixpc.taronga.com/
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:)
Hughes GXCEBOT (40hr) (x2)
Hughes GXCEBOT (80hr) (Only one)
It's easier to script vxassist ....
I agree with the 2.x series of VxVM .... when the vxva GUI was around --- that thing ROCKED.
... it just spinlocks into the ground because I have too many disks (16 Sun A5200's fully loaded with 22 disks each on a single E10k domain) ......
.......
:)
Now with VxVM 3.x.... the gui BLOWS. It's awful.
Terribly awful.
Hell, on some of my servers, I *CAN'T* run it
Yuck. VxVM + Perl really work well together
vxassist is your friend
--DM
That sounds SOOOOOO familiar ....
I had the same problem -- I ended up removing Banyan from my resume as well!
Last time I was "on the market" was March/April of 2000. Neat stuff. I had built a pair of Beowulf clusters at the time (before it was fashionable, mind you...) and I can't tell you how many headhunters picked up on that too. I ended up dropping _that_ from my resume as well......
--DM
Correct, CDMA is spread-spectrum and the encryption is relatively difficult to crack.
.........
.... go look it up :)
Nobody's been able to demonstrate real-time listening capabilities (yet).
But it is a well-known fact that the law enforcement guys have taps at the cellular switches, so they just plug into the call before it goes to hardwire -- they don't even bother trying to listen out of the air, and why should they? It's a lot easier to listen at the switch
Now, as for GSM, its encryption is definitely crackable in realtime... In fact, there have been industrial espionage problems across the English channel because of this
Well then, stop sticking the / between the PS and the 2, and I'll stop joking about it.
If you bought your wife a PS/2 for Christmas this year, I'd bet you're STILL sleeping on the couch.
Seriously. Even the most
advanced PS/2 Models only had a Pentium-60 chip.
Next time, don't be such a cheapskate. At least get one of those Lintendo systems from Walmart....
~NBVB
Which book is that, Dianetics?
The difference is we call one a pimply-faced 16-year-old working so he can smoke weed on the weekends, and we call the other a professional field engineer.
Homer: But why eat hamburger when you can have steak?
That's because you're using CDE or GNOME or some other crap that Sun ships.
:)
I use WindowMaker. 3 of my co-workers use BlackBox, FVWM (one, not two), and CTWM respectively.
Trust me; it makes a difference
--DM
Yeah yeah, I gots me one of them thar Itanic workstations at work .... I bought it to run HP-UX, and well, it bites.
...
:)
Ready for prime-time my ass.
I'll stick with my SunBlade & PA-RISC workstation, thanks
Now off to get a nice shiny AlphaStation
Hrm, worked fine here with Safari on OSX and Mozilla on Solaris.... dunno what your problem is...
Oh wait, yes I do. The OS.
When I'm the root user, my shell is
Ever. Ever. EVER. Instead, in root's
All my scripting is done using
For simple sysadmin-type tasks, the bourne shell has almost all the features you need
--NBVB
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P.
P.
L.
E.
That's not true, there *is* a good answer.
s to rage/
...)
If you really, truly need your data, no matter what, go with Tivoli Storage Manager
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/tivoli/solutions/
Sure, you have to pay for it, but it's really no more expensive than Veritas NetBackup, and certainly a better product!
Cross-platform (everything from Wintendo to OS/390, Solaris, Mac OS X, Linux
TSM is more of a hierarchical storage manager than more "traditional" backup programs.... but with things like Portable Backup Sets and multiple storage pools, you can replicate your data for both onsite and offsite copies with minimum fuss (automated, even, with the Disaster Recovery Manager), so this way your data is _ALWAYS_ available!
TSM probably isn't for your home Linux user, but it's definitely a great product for the data center!
--NBVB
Well, the original plans for the STS included a pad in California; I have no idea if they could resurrect that plan, but that's just me.
..... The weather for landing at KSC is usually worse than Edwards, and the runway's a LOT smaller ... any small miscalculation, and Bad Things (tm) would happen, where at Edwards you have lots of room to play. :)
Personally, I'd also like to see landings go back to Edwards AFB. I think they're a lot safer
That's difficult to do without putting 2 shuttles on the pad at once ...
... it takes a full day just to move the shuttle from the VAB to the pad....
There's 39-A and 39-B; you'd have to have the other shuttle on the pad during the first one's mission for a shot at this
Great, and the first time you stand next to a stereo speaker, there goes your cash. It's not like an ATM card or credit card where the transaction record & balance live somewhere else, so if you wreck the card, who cares...
.... I replace mine at least one a year because it stops working. No thanks. I'll take the disposable metrocard....
I'll take the swipes, thanks.
We use RF-based ID cards at work. Just touch it to the sensor to unlock the door
--DM