You are 100% right. You cannot solve the energy problem with windmills on a massive scale.
You can however solve it on a small scale. A good example is the Starfish Hill Wind Farm which provides mostly enough power for the Fleurieu Peninsula - about 18,000 homes worth.
Apparently when these windmills where going in, there was a lot of noise about how they made cattle be born with two heads and how people 30 miles away could hear the whine of the turbines... this is pretty much silenced now as people have found it has zero impact.
Of course, the SA government was very particluar in choosing the site for these turbines. I don't think the NY state government is being quite so particular - plonking them down wherever people say they want them, which is a bit daft imho.
The article spends about 95% of its words talking about how to get that specific hardware working under linux, and then one or two paragraphs actually talking about the interesting stuff - the software that he uses to run the media center. He even neglects to mention how he controls it.
Isn't there front-ends to make this stuff easier than having a gnome desktop on the TV? What about remote control devices and infra-red support? Is there a nice way to navigate all the media?
These are the things I couldn't solve easily two years ago... I'd like to see a decent article that actually covers ALL the aspects of setting up a media PC.
I'm sure I heard this elsewhere (Aesop's fables?), was watching an old episode of CSI last night and a murderer was behind bars and was explaining to Grissom why he killed.
I'm working from memory here because I rather liked the way it was told, so bear with me.
There once was a Turtle and a Scorpion, who had to cross a river. The Scorpion asked if the Turtle could carry him across. The Turtle asked "How do I know you won't sting me before we reach the other side?". The Scorpion replied "You can trust me.". Halfway across the river, the Scorpion stings the Turtle. The Turtle wailed "Why did you do that? Now we will both die!" just before they sink beneath the water. The Scorpion replies, "I cannot help it. I am a Scorpion, it is in my nature.".
I'm sure the wording is completely wrong. I had a quick look, but there was many different interpretations of this fable. Anyway, I like it. Not sure if it is relevant to the topic at hand though:)
Taco, dude, stop worry about the 'quality' of discussions.
It really doesn't matter.
At the end of the day, moderation can't be expected to keep discussions on topic. The best you can expect is that it will filter out the absolute worst of the cesspool - the ones who post the classic posts that are just offensive and only people who are new to/. think are funny - you know the posts I mean.
The rest of the crap that gets posted but not moderated off my screen, I ignore. Most of the time. If I ever post on the unrelated crap, it is usually because I am bored and either a) the story that was posted bores me or b) i felt like it.
There is no rhyme or reason. Most of the people who make a big deal out of submitters etc are just bored and have nothing better to do than come up with conspiracy theories.
So. I repeat. Stop worrying about it. It doesn't really matter.
I can't believe you got worked up enough to actually spend time writing a rant about this. Jesus. You should be used to this shit by now and should be able to just tune it out.
I think I could take him in hand to hand. So long as I don't have to fight him in a Valkyrie. He'd kick my ass. He's the Wedge Antilles of Macross.
I wouldn't try taking him in hand to hand. I'm pretty sure he could take anyone on to be honest. No matter WHAT kind of competition he is in, he never loses. In Macross 7 (which leaves a lot to be desired, but still enjoyable) he intuitively aims the main gun from the Battle 7 a few degrees to the right of a target knowing that it would move into the line of fire. Scary. Good thing he's only a cartoon character. And a good guy.
Local stuff I can get down pretty fast. Downloading FC4 iso from ftp.riken.jp at over 4MB/sec. I've not seen it go much faster than that so I probably don't get the full 100Mbit - what, 50Mbit?
But, its nice that my outbound is not restricted, so with a static IP I can host without being embarressed. They don't seem to have any restrictions about what you can and can't do with your line here (that I have found, at any rate) so hosting personal sites and mail is no problem.
Actually, it could go faster I'm sure if I didn't have such a cheap-ass ISP:) The one I'm with is one of the cheaper ones that use NTT's Flet's FTTH deal, I guess with OCN or someone like that I could probably get faster downloads... but as I get most of my stuff from the US, I'm not constrained by local bandwidth but rather the congested international pipes.
I can get 800k or so from a good server in the US, but thats pushing it. Though, if I am downloading like 10 torrents at the same time I've seen it go up to 3-4MB/sec:)
So. Yeah. I think the more bandwidth the better.
Actually, the nicest thing is that I dont ever worry about contention. I can have my torrents running and STILL have enough bandwidth that my ssh sessions to work are not choppy. Without having to traffic shape or some other shenanigans.
I really hate it when someone counters everything with a "But, Apple do it!"... in any case... here goes:
But oh wait, you mean they ought to give it to you for free while you can make money out of it? Nice one, there.
But, Apple do it! (sigh, *embarrassed*)
We have not seen whether or not this business model is successful... they seem to be enjoying moderate growth but nothing anyone would call fantastic. However, maybe in a situation where you are not the monopoly (ie, not Microsoft), you have no choice but to give your development tools away for free to encourage support for your platform.
So, getting to the point, there is nothing wrong with any company requiring you to pay for their development tools per se, however it is symptomatic of the kind of vendor lock-in that one should (in my opinion) strenuously avoid if you ultimately intend to write software for profit.
Microsoft covers a LOT of ground. Its going to take a long, long time before anyone 'rapidly gains' anything on them.
Don't get me wrong, Google is doing a good job in the markets they are in - even creating some new ones.
But I don't think Microsoft is going to worry that GoogleOS is going to supplant Windows XP any day soon, nor is it worried that Google Office will suplant MS Office.
Well, yeah. Your point about indicating is well taken. Though, when you're really being tailgated, its hard to keep your cool and systematically do these things...
I always get out of the way. Soon as I can. I just am amazed at how impatient some of these gits are. I mean, really, you get past me - I'm doing 85Mph - and how much faster will you be going before you hit the tail bumper of the guy in front of me? Its not like highways are empty and I'm just sitting in the fast lane for the hell of it:)
I've lost count of the number of times that slowing down for a tailgater so I could get out of his way has saved me from being caught by the police, too. So many times, a guy will be impatient behind me, tailgating, and I'll let him go... then 15 minutes later he'll be on the verge talking to the cops. Ha ha!
I've found myself doing 20 or 30 over the speed limit, in the fast lane, over taking car after car and STILL have some wanker come up behind me flashing his lights, tailgating.
Often there is nowhere to go, so I do the only thing possible. I slow down.
I love watching the guys in my mirror go absolutely fucking INSANE, gnashing teeth and flashing lights and shaking fists...
Its a bad idea to continue at speed if someone is tailgating you. I think the best thing is to slow right down so that if you have an accident, your speeds are low enough to make it a minor one.
then, when you can, sure - get out of the way. But don't continue doing your 70-80mph with the guy standing on your back bumper. IMO:)
This is the recipe for *my* cake. In *my* cake, I like Exim. I like hardware load balancers. I even like spamassassin - properly configured.
You don't have to like my cake. You might like a different recipe, and thats fine.
The OP wanted opinions.
In my opinion, *my* cake tastes pretty good. Its working for me. You might not agree with it, but unless you build that exact system and try to run it with more than a handful of domains, you really don't know how it would work.
I've had 3 years with this system, migrated away from qmail, changed back-end NFS, changed the way virus/spam scanning is done... and its working well.
You eat your cake, I'll eat mine. We can both be happy then;)
The Courier-IMAP part is fine. I don't know about the MTA side, as I wouldn't touch it. But its a solid Maildir IMAP/POP3 server.
We currently use an EMC NAS, but if it were up to me we'd be using Netapps. Had some Solaris NFS servers in the past. Linux would work just as well, as woudl FreeBSD - as long as you were willing to sort out the HA stuff yourself.
Cyrys: No opinion on this. When I looked at it 3 years ago, it wasn't where I wanted it.
Exim: I've tried the rest, Exim's the best.:)
MD4: You do it once, when the account is created, and put the location of the Maildir into the LDAP directory. No CPU hit.
Spam/ClamAV: I've found separating this stuff out makes it worse, not better. Having all the machines equal, and having lots of them, seems to work better. Don't ask me why, I'm not a professor at this stuff, I just know what works and what doesn't.
Disk images: Don't do it. Its a dark road. I use Fedora Core 4 and Kickstart. I build RPMs of everything, including configs, and build it all with the kickstart. You could do something similar with Debian if that's your poison.
NFS: NFS is good. Get a fast NFS server and you won7t have problems. Use gig for the interconnect. SAN based Global File Systems are not their yet. They are too buggy and unreliable.
IO: CPU does help a lot, actually, if you're doing the spam/antivirus thing. If you don't do that, then fine.
Hardware load balancers: Foundry kit is trustworthy. I've been using their stuff for years and never had any major problems with it. I've got ServerIrons that have been running for 3 years without a reboot and without a problem. The key is: understand how they work, and you won't have any problems.
Slashdot Mirror
A friend showed me this.
:)
b tnG=??&meta=cr%3DcountryCN
If you switch to Chinese mode and do a search for "Democracy", you get some interesting links. Be sure to check out the adwords link on the right
http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN&q=democracy&
You are 100% right. You cannot solve the energy problem with windmills on a massive scale.
You can however solve it on a small scale. A good example is the Starfish Hill Wind Farm which provides mostly enough power for the Fleurieu Peninsula - about 18,000 homes worth.
Apparently when these windmills where going in, there was a lot of noise about how they made cattle be born with two heads and how people 30 miles away could hear the whine of the turbines ... this is pretty much silenced now as people have found it has zero impact.
Of course, the SA government was very particluar in choosing the site for these turbines. I don't think the NY state government is being quite so particular - plonking them down wherever people say they want them, which is a bit daft imho.
The article spends about 95% of its words talking about how to get that specific hardware working under linux, and then one or two paragraphs actually talking about the interesting stuff - the software that he uses to run the media center. He even neglects to mention how he controls it.
... I'd like to see a decent article that actually covers ALL the aspects of setting up a media PC.
Isn't there front-ends to make this stuff easier than having a gnome desktop on the TV? What about remote control devices and infra-red support? Is there a nice way to navigate all the media?
These are the things I couldn't solve easily two years ago
Ever heard the phrase "trust a fox"?
I'm sure I heard this elsewhere (Aesop's fables?), was watching an old episode of CSI last night and a murderer was behind bars and was explaining to Grissom why he killed.
I'm working from memory here because I rather liked the way it was told, so bear with me.
There once was a Turtle and a Scorpion, who had to cross a river. The Scorpion asked if the Turtle could carry him across. The Turtle asked "How do I know you won't sting me before we reach the other side?". The Scorpion replied "You can trust me.". Halfway across the river, the Scorpion stings the Turtle. The Turtle wailed "Why did you do that? Now we will both die!" just before they sink beneath the water. The Scorpion replies, "I cannot help it. I am a Scorpion, it is in my nature.".
I'm sure the wording is completely wrong. I had a quick look, but there was many different interpretations of this fable. Anyway, I like it. Not sure if it is relevant to the topic at hand though :)
Taco, dude, stop worry about the 'quality' of discussions.
/. think are funny - you know the posts I mean.
It really doesn't matter.
At the end of the day, moderation can't be expected to keep discussions on topic. The best you can expect is that it will filter out the absolute worst of the cesspool - the ones who post the classic posts that are just offensive and only people who are new to
The rest of the crap that gets posted but not moderated off my screen, I ignore. Most of the time. If I ever post on the unrelated crap, it is usually because I am bored and either a) the story that was posted bores me or b) i felt like it.
There is no rhyme or reason. Most of the people who make a big deal out of submitters etc are just bored and have nothing better to do than come up with conspiracy theories.
So. I repeat. Stop worrying about it. It doesn't really matter.
I can't believe you got worked up enough to actually spend time writing a rant about this. Jesus. You should be used to this shit by now and should be able to just tune it out.
Again. Stop worrying about it. It doesn't matter.
I think I could take him in hand to hand. So long as I don't have to fight him in a Valkyrie. He'd kick my ass. He's the Wedge Antilles of Macross.
I wouldn't try taking him in hand to hand. I'm pretty sure he could take anyone on to be honest. No matter WHAT kind of competition he is in, he never loses. In Macross 7 (which leaves a lot to be desired, but still enjoyable) he intuitively aims the main gun from the Battle 7 a few degrees to the right of a target knowing that it would move into the line of fire. Scary. Good thing he's only a cartoon character. And a good guy.
Either of you can take the whiny, self-absorbed, prick teasing cow.
I'd rather have that hot green-haired Zentraedi chick - Milia. Oh yeah baby. She knows how to pilot a Valkyrie.
Of course, I'd have to kill Maximilian first.
You're in Hiroshima?
:/
Yeah I have my site set up on my 100Mb line. Its worked fine since day one. Sounds like you have a weird problem, sorry I can't be much help
Have you been able to talk to anyone about it?
Probably me :)
:) The one I'm with is one of the cheaper ones that use NTT's Flet's FTTH deal, I guess with OCN or someone like that I could probably get faster downloads ... but as I get most of my stuff from the US, I'm not constrained by local bandwidth but rather the congested international pipes.
:)
Local stuff I can get down pretty fast. Downloading FC4 iso from ftp.riken.jp at over 4MB/sec. I've not seen it go much faster than that so I probably don't get the full 100Mbit - what, 50Mbit?
But, its nice that my outbound is not restricted, so with a static IP I can host without being embarressed. They don't seem to have any restrictions about what you can and can't do with your line here (that I have found, at any rate) so hosting personal sites and mail is no problem.
Actually, it could go faster I'm sure if I didn't have such a cheap-ass ISP
I can get 800k or so from a good server in the US, but thats pushing it. Though, if I am downloading like 10 torrents at the same time I've seen it go up to 3-4MB/sec
So. Yeah. I think the more bandwidth the better.
Actually, the nicest thing is that I dont ever worry about contention. I can have my torrents running and STILL have enough bandwidth that my ssh sessions to work are not choppy. Without having to traffic shape or some other shenanigans.
as someone who has 100mbit fiber to the home in Tokyo: Absofuckinglutely.
I really hate it when someone counters everything with a "But, Apple do it!" ... in any case ... here goes:
But, Apple do it! (sigh, *embarrassed*)
We have not seen whether or not this business model is successful ... they seem to be enjoying moderate growth but nothing anyone would call fantastic. However, maybe in a situation where you are not the monopoly (ie, not Microsoft), you have no choice but to give your development tools away for free to encourage support for your platform.
So, getting to the point, there is nothing wrong with any company requiring you to pay for their development tools per se, however it is symptomatic of the kind of vendor lock-in that one should (in my opinion) strenuously avoid if you ultimately intend to write software for profit.
"Google is rapidly gaining on Microsoft"
How, exactly?
Microsoft covers a LOT of ground. Its going to take a long, long time before anyone 'rapidly gains' anything on them.
Don't get me wrong, Google is doing a good job in the markets they are in - even creating some new ones.
But I don't think Microsoft is going to worry that GoogleOS is going to supplant Windows XP any day soon, nor is it worried that Google Office will suplant MS Office.
jd++ !!
For those wishing an easier way to manage their userbase in their LDAP directory:
http://phpldapadmin.sourceforge.net/
Yeah, he misspelled ad nauseam, ad nauseam.
Well, yeah. Your point about indicating is well taken. Though, when you're really being tailgated, its hard to keep your cool and systematically do these things ...
:)
... then 15 minutes later he'll be on the verge talking to the cops. Ha ha!
I always get out of the way. Soon as I can. I just am amazed at how impatient some of these gits are. I mean, really, you get past me - I'm doing 85Mph - and how much faster will you be going before you hit the tail bumper of the guy in front of me? Its not like highways are empty and I'm just sitting in the fast lane for the hell of it
I've lost count of the number of times that slowing down for a tailgater so I could get out of his way has saved me from being caught by the police, too. So many times, a guy will be impatient behind me, tailgating, and I'll let him go
I've found myself doing 20 or 30 over the speed limit, in the fast lane, over taking car after car and STILL have some wanker come up behind me flashing his lights, tailgating.
...
:)
Often there is nowhere to go, so I do the only thing possible. I slow down.
I love watching the guys in my mirror go absolutely fucking INSANE, gnashing teeth and flashing lights and shaking fists
Its a bad idea to continue at speed if someone is tailgating you. I think the best thing is to slow right down so that if you have an accident, your speeds are low enough to make it a minor one.
then, when you can, sure - get out of the way. But don't continue doing your 70-80mph with the guy standing on your back bumper. IMO
Someone should draw up a "Song Yoo-guen" self-destruction pool, whereby everyone buys a particular date at which he will self destruct.
:)
How morbid
give it up, nobody cares anymore.
Uh, you're kidding right?
:)
Even if you're didn't see that episode, it wouldn't take a rocket scientist to work out that Stewie was using a mind control device on Chris.
Duuuuuh!!!!!!!
This is the recipe for *my* cake. In *my* cake, I like Exim. I like hardware load balancers. I even like spamassassin - properly configured.
... and its working well.
;)
You don't have to like my cake. You might like a different recipe, and thats fine.
The OP wanted opinions.
In my opinion, *my* cake tastes pretty good. Its working for me. You might not agree with it, but unless you build that exact system and try to run it with more than a handful of domains, you really don't know how it would work.
I've had 3 years with this system, migrated away from qmail, changed back-end NFS, changed the way virus/spam scanning is done
You eat your cake, I'll eat mine. We can both be happy then
The Courier-IMAP part is fine. I don't know about the MTA side, as I wouldn't touch it. But its a solid Maildir IMAP/POP3 server.
We currently use an EMC NAS, but if it were up to me we'd be using Netapps. Had some Solaris NFS servers in the past. Linux would work just as well, as woudl FreeBSD - as long as you were willing to sort out the HA stuff yourself.
Ah yes, but I stole this design off a large ISP in the UK that I used to work for, and they had it scaled up to 500,000 users :)
So, I know that it works.
But, I guess thats why you need to employ smart people that can adapt the design as you need to scale out.
Cyrys: No opinion on this. When I looked at it 3 years ago, it wasn't where I wanted it.
:)
Exim: I've tried the rest, Exim's the best.
MD4: You do it once, when the account is created, and put the location of the Maildir into the LDAP directory. No CPU hit.
Spam/ClamAV: I've found separating this stuff out makes it worse, not better. Having all the machines equal, and having lots of them, seems to work better. Don't ask me why, I'm not a professor at this stuff, I just know what works and what doesn't.
Disk images: Don't do it. Its a dark road. I use Fedora Core 4 and Kickstart. I build RPMs of everything, including configs, and build it all with the kickstart. You could do something similar with Debian if that's your poison.
NFS: NFS is good. Get a fast NFS server and you won7t have problems. Use gig for the interconnect. SAN based Global File Systems are not their yet. They are too buggy and unreliable.
IO: CPU does help a lot, actually, if you're doing the spam/antivirus thing. If you don't do that, then fine.
Hardware load balancers: Foundry kit is trustworthy. I've been using their stuff for years and never had any major problems with it. I've got ServerIrons that have been running for 3 years without a reboot and without a problem. The key is: understand how they work, and you won't have any problems.
Give the man a cigar! :)
Or a cookie, if you don't smoke.