I didn't think it was possible to have a rational discussion on intangible things such as faith on a forum like Slashdot. The thread forming out of your post suggests I'm wrong and that it can be done. I think a large part of that is due to the mature way you phrased your question. Thanks.
Okay - here are some spoilers for those who have not read the Technomage trilogy... . . . The Technomage [book] trilogy which JMS has said is mostly canon, and an unfilmed Crusade script reveals much about the origins of the Technomages. They achieve their "magic" using organic implants provided by the Shadows. The Technomages' technology was originally used by the Shadows to create their ultimate warriors (in the same way that the Vorlons created a few "super weapons" like Lyta).
So it would look like magic to most of us since the First Ones were millions of years more advanced than humans. This is consistent with other things seen in the show - such as the Ikara warrior in the episode "Infection" which mutated a human into a machine. Look closely at the design of the armour and you'll see some Shadow-like material.
I tried playing with Solaris 10 X86 on my spare Shuttle and had a few hardware compatability issues (e.g., running init 5 didn't power off the machine). About six months later, I received a DVD of the latest OpenSolaris release and the hardware compatability has improved greatly (init 5 now does the job correctly and switches the machine off).
It's a very powerful operating system and in addition to ZFS and Dtrace, the Container technology (resource management and virtualisation using zones) is nice and very easy to use. It's possible to create a zone which has all the default permissions removed for a DMZ type server. The bundled tools (as others have commented) include GNU versions is/usr/sfw. There is a lot to Solaris that makes it different to Linux. It's worth a second look.
By no host operating system, I am of course referring to the fact that ESX _is_ the host operating system and provides it's own hardware drivers etc, and does not require another OS (Windows or Linux) to provide this functionality.
I've used both VMware Server (the free one) and Windows Virtual Server and they both do the same sort of virtualisation - on top of a host OS. In the case of VMware Server, I've installed on top of a stripped down Linux install and it's working pretty well. Obviously Windows Virtual Server requires a Windows OS underneath it which has a bigger overhead.
My personal preference is to use VMware Server as the product works incredibly well. That's not to say that Virtual Server doesn't work well, but it just feels more mature.
Of course, to be serious about it, have a look at Virtual Infrastructure 3 (aka ESX server). This really is an impressive piece of software. It runs without a host OS and can do all sorts of resource management, failover etc. We're in the process of rolling out four VM host servers running ESX Enterprise and although we're at the early stages, we've managed to make a good start in getting a virtualised Altiris deployment server and a couple of Unicenter monitoring servers running in VMs, saving us a fair amount in physical hardware.
It's a bit of a mind shift if you're used to specifying physical hardware, but the flexibility is very impressive.
No-one ever seems to notice that Ingres (not to be confused with Postgres) is now Open Source (GPL) software. As someone who has been using it for several years, I'm somewhat surprised. It's a mature and powerful RDBMS that can scale to very large systems. As an example, we supply systems capable of supporting upwards of 800 users running multiple complex queries on databases that are 80GB+. Of course, this is running on a 4 CPU Sun Fire V890 with 16GB RAM, but the point is that Ingres scales and is used in production for real mission critical applications.
The reason the Amiga had the ability to drag down a screen and see a different screen at a different resolution / colour depth was due to a custom processor called the Copper.
This processor was basically synched to the raster beam display, and could be programmed to change screen resolutions at the end of a line. This meant that for example, the first 100 lines were drawn at 640 horizontal resolution, and the Copper could then change the screen resolution (e.g. 320) for the remainder. Very clever, but very bespoke to the Amiga chipset.
I never owned an Amiga, but recognise it for being a very advanced design (for the time).
The games are simple and fun - that's why I bought a DS (and it's much cheaper than a PSP!). I like games I can play for five minutes and then get back to work (Brain Training, Project Rub etc...). We're all in the 20-30 age range.
I heard about this over the weekend and wrote to my MP this morning. Use FaxYourMP to get your message through. Text below:
Dear David Drew,
I am hoping you can reassure me concerning the proposed Legislative and Regulatory Reform (LRR) Bill which I saw reference to on TV over the weekend and was featured on Radio 4 this week.
My understanding is that the Bill will enable Ministers to reform legislation without referring directly to Parliament and that MPs and Peers will not have the ability to modify problematic proposals in the way they do at present.
Parliamentary scrutiny is at the heart of the democratic process and any action that weakens the powers of influence of MPs is of great concern to me.
Please can you help clarify what the Bill will allow and whether you will be supporting or opposing it.
Firstly, let me say that I use Linux on the desktop at home and I'm very happy using OpenOffice.org (1.x) for the majority of my work.
At work, I use Microsoft Office 2003 and there are a couple of things I like about it:
The task pane in Word allows me to have a WYSIWYG view of the styles I'm using in my document and set them with a single click.
The Document Map is a great way of navigating around the document (although I've found you need to reduce the font size to make it truly useful).
OOo has some similar functions, but isn't quite as polished yet in the UI. Maybe 2.0 will improve things.
Beyond the remit of OOo, but part of MS Office is the new Outlook. Outlook 2003 is a huge improvement over previous versions. The search folders work really well (I know other packages support this), and the ability to unplug from the network and carry on working without a glitch is worth the upgrade.
The original Cairo was the object oriented Windows NT 4. This was in the days before the web was big and everyone was getting excited about OO technology on the desktop (the big COM vs CORBA based OpenDoc). The biggest selling point for Cairo was the OFS - Object File System which extended the streams capabilities of NTFS (where a single file can have multiple resources) and built upon the docfile format used by Office.
It was obviously too difficult to do at the time because NT4 shipped with all the good stuff missing (sounds familiar?), and then Microsoft discovered the Internet and the company shifted focus.
Longhorn looks like the next Cairo. Loads of promise, but Vista will probably be the technical equivalent to NT4.
I have developed a fairly small PHP/MySQL driven site using Quanta under KDE. As an HTML editor it is extremely polished. The ability to publish a project to a website works very well enabling me to synchronise my local copy with the web server.
It doesn't have any problems maintaining source formatting either, and will assist in the generation of XHTML compliant code.
The developers are working on making Quanta Plus a Dreamweaver killer and at the moment, I think it's one of the best Linux applications going.
Best thing on TV at the moment
on
Dr Who Rolls On
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· Score: 4, Insightful
I have watched previous Dr Who series but the current series has me absolutely gripped. It is the best thing on TV at the moment.
This is largely in part due to the fantastic performances by Chris Eccleston and Billie Piper. The enthusiasm that they both bring to their roles is infectious and I spent the entire first episode with a silly grin on my face, loving every minute of it.
The Bad Wolf arc has kept certain newsgroups chattering for the last couple of months and it looks like a lot of threads will be tied up tomorrow.
The saddest thing is that Eccleston is not coming back. His successor has a lot to live up to.
I don't personally know anyone who has studied the Gospels take the view that Christ was meek and mild. Unfortunately this is a distortion that, as you rightly say, a lot of people today seem to have, but listening to the words and actions of Jesus is a very different story.
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While I agree that Elite was (is) a fantastic game, I'm amazed no-one else has mentioned Exile yet.
A huge world to explore, artificial intelligence, realistic physics; a truly great game.
All who want to hear the story about the rat and the missle range say "aye"...
I didn't think it was possible to have a rational discussion on intangible things such as faith on a forum like Slashdot. The thread forming out of your post suggests I'm wrong and that it can be done. I think a large part of that is due to the mature way you phrased your question. Thanks.
Okay - here are some spoilers for those who have not read the Technomage trilogy...
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.
The Technomage [book] trilogy which JMS has said is mostly canon, and an unfilmed Crusade script reveals much about the origins of the Technomages. They achieve their "magic" using organic implants provided by the Shadows. The Technomages' technology was originally used by the Shadows to create their ultimate warriors (in the same way that the Vorlons created a few "super weapons" like Lyta).
So it would look like magic to most of us since the First Ones were millions of years more advanced than humans. This is consistent with other things seen in the show - such as the Ikara warrior in the episode "Infection" which mutated a human into a machine. Look closely at the design of the armour and you'll see some Shadow-like material.
I tried playing with Solaris 10 X86 on my spare Shuttle and had a few hardware compatability issues (e.g., running init 5 didn't power off the machine). About six months later, I received a DVD of the latest OpenSolaris release and the hardware compatability has improved greatly (init 5 now does the job correctly and switches the machine off).
/usr/sfw. There is a lot to Solaris that makes it different to Linux. It's worth a second look.
It's a very powerful operating system and in addition to ZFS and Dtrace, the Container technology (resource management and virtualisation using zones) is nice and very easy to use. It's possible to create a zone which has all the default permissions removed for a DMZ type server. The bundled tools (as others have commented) include GNU versions is
1) Who/What was Tom Bombadil?
2) Do Balrogs have wings?
By no host operating system, I am of course referring to the fact that ESX _is_ the host operating system and provides it's own hardware drivers etc, and does not require another OS (Windows or Linux) to provide this functionality.
I've used both VMware Server (the free one) and Windows Virtual Server and they both do the same sort of virtualisation - on top of a host OS. In the case of VMware Server, I've installed on top of a stripped down Linux install and it's working pretty well. Obviously Windows Virtual Server requires a Windows OS underneath it which has a bigger overhead.
My personal preference is to use VMware Server as the product works incredibly well. That's not to say that Virtual Server doesn't work well, but it just feels more mature.
Of course, to be serious about it, have a look at Virtual Infrastructure 3 (aka ESX server). This really is an impressive piece of software. It runs without a host OS and can do all sorts of resource management, failover etc. We're in the process of rolling out four VM host servers running ESX Enterprise and although we're at the early stages, we've managed to make a good start in getting a virtualised Altiris deployment server and a couple of Unicenter monitoring servers running in VMs, saving us a fair amount in physical hardware.
It's a bit of a mind shift if you're used to specifying physical hardware, but the flexibility is very impressive.
No-one ever seems to notice that Ingres (not to be confused with Postgres) is now Open Source (GPL) software. As someone who has been using it for several years, I'm somewhat surprised. It's a mature and powerful RDBMS that can scale to very large systems. As an example, we supply systems capable of supporting upwards of 800 users running multiple complex queries on databases that are 80GB+. Of course, this is running on a 4 CPU Sun Fire V890 with 16GB RAM, but the point is that Ingres scales and is used in production for real mission critical applications.
Oh yeah, the obligatory link: www.ingres.com
The reason the Amiga had the ability to drag down a screen and see a different screen at a different resolution / colour depth was due to a custom processor called the Copper.
This processor was basically synched to the raster beam display, and could be programmed to change screen resolutions at the end of a line. This meant that for example, the first 100 lines were drawn at 640 horizontal resolution, and the Copper could then change the screen resolution (e.g. 320) for the remainder. Very clever, but very bespoke to the Amiga chipset.
I never owned an Amiga, but recognise it for being a very advanced design (for the time).
I work in an IT department of about 20 people.
Four of us own Nintendo DS.
One owns a PSP.
The games are simple and fun - that's why I bought a DS (and it's much cheaper than a PSP!). I like games I can play for five minutes and then get back to work (Brain Training, Project Rub etc...). We're all in the 20-30 age range.
Yes, but will it explain who (or what) Tom Bombadil is?
Have a look at OpenFiler. It might be what you're looking for.
RAID10 (by most normal definitions) does not have parity.
RAID10 (aka RAID1+0) is a stripe of at least two mirrored pairs.
I heard about this over the weekend and wrote to my MP this morning. Use FaxYourMP to get your message through. Text below:
Dear David Drew,
I am hoping you can reassure me concerning the proposed Legislative and
Regulatory Reform (LRR) Bill which I saw reference to on TV over the
weekend and was featured on Radio 4 this week.
My understanding is that the Bill will enable Ministers to reform
legislation without referring directly to Parliament and that MPs and
Peers will not have the ability to modify problematic proposals in the
way they do at present.
Parliamentary scrutiny is at the heart of the democratic process and
any action that weakens the powers of influence of MPs is of great
concern to me.
Please can you help clarify what the Bill will allow and whether you
will be supporting or opposing it.
Yours sincerely...
Some of the useful shortcuts I use a lot:
/a/very/long/directory/pathname
/a/very/long/directory/pathname
To display the size of all subdirectories in the current working directory, sorted by size:
du -sk * | sort -nr
In bash, a very useful feature is the ability to reference the last parameter of the previous command line using !$
For example:
# mkdir
# cd !$
The shell will expand the second command to:
# cd
Running subshells from within programs like vi and ftp using the ! command (e.g., !ls in ftp).
Someone else has already commented on ^r in bash to reverse search through the history.
Not Unix, but on Windows, tcpview and process explorer (both available from sysinternals) are invaluable.
ls -l | grep ^d
This will give a long listing for lines starting with "d" (i.e. a directory). Pipe the output to awk if you just want the directory name at the end.
Firstly, let me say that I use Linux on the desktop at home and I'm very happy using OpenOffice.org (1.x) for the majority of my work.
At work, I use Microsoft Office 2003 and there are a couple of things I like about it:
The task pane in Word allows me to have a WYSIWYG view of the styles I'm using in my document and set them with a single click.
The Document Map is a great way of navigating around the document (although I've found you need to reduce the font size to make it truly useful).
OOo has some similar functions, but isn't quite as polished yet in the UI. Maybe 2.0 will improve things.
Beyond the remit of OOo, but part of MS Office is the new Outlook. Outlook 2003 is a huge improvement over previous versions. The search folders work really well (I know other packages support this), and the ability to unplug from the network and carry on working without a glitch is worth the upgrade.
The original Cairo was the object oriented Windows NT 4. This was in the days before the web was big and everyone was getting excited about OO technology on the desktop (the big COM vs CORBA based OpenDoc). The biggest selling point for Cairo was the OFS - Object File System which extended the streams capabilities of NTFS (where a single file can have multiple resources) and built upon the docfile format used by Office.
It was obviously too difficult to do at the time because NT4 shipped with all the good stuff missing (sounds familiar?), and then Microsoft discovered the Internet and the company shifted focus.
Longhorn looks like the next Cairo. Loads of promise, but Vista will probably be the technical equivalent to NT4.
Not a movie (unfortunately), but the Shadow slice-n-dice beam has got to be up there in terms of efficient chopping ability.
I have developed a fairly small PHP/MySQL driven site using Quanta under KDE. As an HTML editor it is extremely polished. The ability to publish a project to a website works very well enabling me to synchronise my local copy with the web server.
It doesn't have any problems maintaining source formatting either, and will assist in the generation of XHTML compliant code.
The developers are working on making Quanta Plus a Dreamweaver killer and at the moment, I think it's one of the best Linux applications going.
I have watched previous Dr Who series but the current series has me absolutely gripped. It is the best thing on TV at the moment.
This is largely in part due to the fantastic performances by Chris Eccleston and Billie Piper. The enthusiasm that they both bring to their roles is infectious and I spent the entire first episode with a silly grin on my face, loving every minute of it.
The Bad Wolf arc has kept certain newsgroups chattering for the last couple of months and it looks like a lot of threads will be tied up tomorrow.
The saddest thing is that Eccleston is not coming back. His successor has a lot to live up to.
Already done...
I call it the "Sphere of Fear"...
Planet Death...
The Killing Ball...
Death Moon...
Giant Hurt Ball!
The Deathticle!
Credit to http://www.sequentialpictures.com/
I don't personally know anyone who has studied the Gospels take the view that Christ was meek and mild. Unfortunately this is a distortion that, as you rightly say, a lot of people today seem to have, but listening to the words and actions of Jesus is a very different story.
If I had mod points right now...
Perhaps this will put the "Gore claims to invent the Internet" comments to bed forever, at least on Slashdot.