You can get special hardware to power cycle a number of boxes remotely. It works as you desribed for the Sun, but is more like a hub with many systems connected to it.
This is probably preferrable - it reduces the cord clutter and helps you centralize resources.
Maybe we've worked with different stule cases, but the ones I've used don't have power supply issues.
As for floppy drives - simple - don't put one in the box. For bulk serving you don't need it. Nor a CD ROM drive. If the box is at a colocation, you're going to get to it via ssh, not standing in front of it.
Every time I see a photo of one of these clusters (assuming the sandia photo os of the cluster they are using), it seems everyone has opted for full-sized boxes. Would seem they could cut down on rack space by 50% or more by going with a slim chassis. Go by any co-location and you can tell the newbies from the vets by who maximizes their shelf space.
Octavian was the adopted son. Octavian killed Antony.
Even if you failed Latin, you should have at least gleamed that much.
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Don't get me wrong, I was an early adopter of MiniDisc and I have a boatload of "mixed" discs that I really enjoy listening to, but the format has never really taken off. Its great for portable devices (try finding another device as small as the recent Sony models that can record onto digital media), but unfortunately, widespread adoption has not followed.
I went to MiniDisco.com a few months ago to stock up on blanks to see me through till 2020. Even if it dies I will probably still use it.
Apparently for you, nothing good will ever come from closed source.
The open-source movement just didn't fall out of the sky. Its a result of a number of people who over a long period of time have demonstrated that not only does open sourcing provide better software, but it protects your from the rises and falls of one company. If Be folded tomorrow, you'd be in major trouble - and this isn't a very far-fetched idea - sales of BeOS haven't been much to write home about.
Just be careful of that soapbox you stand on to preach to the masses - it's an awfully long fall.
That's exactly what open source protects you from.
Frankly, the only use I see for a word processor is to view to copious amount of Word attachments I get in email. If the Be word processor doesn't read Word files (not sure if it does or not), then its pretty much useless to me. Why do we need yet another proprietary word processor format????
WYSIWYG word processors are lame compared to LaTeX anyway. Anyone who tries to write a long (50+ pages) technical document in WYSIWYG soon relaizes why TeX works how it does.
BeOS seems to be repeating the mistakes of its predecessors - closed, binary-only, proprietary.
There are very few people who know enough about the internals of NT and linux simultaneously to make sweeping, or detailed statements about their relative stability. None of them post on slashdot. Everything above is pure conjecture and/or horseshit.
Take three unintersesting people and blow their piddly accomplishments and dreams into something you can write about. The worst was the girl they covered - she didn't even have a job. As for the guy at Infoseek who "wants to change the world" - you're at the wrong company.
Bronson is a literary opportunist - much like Katz. His MO is mostly to seize the weekly cultural zeitgeist and amplify to the nth power. Basically he's a hype man. He fits in well at Wired, the source of all hype...
Your correct in citing his technical errors, but I think he's fairly spot on in determining the quality of an investment in Red Hat.
Only hold Red Hat as long as open source is fashionable. Those who go long on it will be burnt. Open source stocks are hot concept - as in hot potato. Hold it and sell it to the day traders when they see the article in Forbes.
I've never heard so much complaining from people who pay nothing for a product (you can ftp red hat gratis).
So they want to make some money with special deals and CDs? Is that a crime? Once most of you college grads get out there and start getting bills for your loans, making money is going to be a motivation that dogs you night and day. I say kudos to Red Hat for figuring out how to make a buck from all of this.
You're turning into a bunch of little nazis. Haven't you people ever heard of free enterprise? The activestate people made a port of perl to win32 that you can use for free, but no, thats not good enough for you. Now when they actually try to do something to feed their kids you're going to piss all over it because it violates some ridiculous hippy commune principles you borrowed from the FSF.
This is getting really ridiculous. Slashdot is getting more Orwellian by the minute.
They can have whoever they want on their little board. Given that this is a Corel effort, I wouldn't count on said board even existing in twleve months, so there's no need to get in a tizzy.
Your post reminded me of my college days, when the campus nazis insisted that any decision making board have "representation" from groups X,Y and Z (you fill in the blanks).
Who says that his flavor of perfectionism and yours would mesh? Perfect is a rather subjective term.
More likely is the case that two anal-retentive perfectionists would want to kill each other in a matter of hours. Better to couple a slacker with a perfectionist - at least then they know who is going to comprimise.
Well, a programmer good enough to write this book can pull down $80k.
I am assuming that it will take at least three to four months of work to do right, and this is a minimal estimate from what friends who have written full-length books tell me (over a year is more likely for serious books).
Hence just by the straight numbers the FSF is getting a bargain at $20k.
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Those servers may have it built in - this unit would be used otherwise.
I forget the name of the manufacturer now...
You can get special hardware to power cycle a number of boxes remotely. It works as you desribed for the Sun, but is more like a hub with many systems connected to it.
This is probably preferrable - it reduces the cord clutter and helps you centralize resources.
Maybe we've worked with different stule cases, but the ones I've used don't have power supply issues.
As for floppy drives - simple - don't put one in the box. For bulk serving you don't need it. Nor a CD ROM drive. If the box is at a colocation, you're going to get to it via ssh, not standing in front of it.
Every time I see a photo of one of these clusters (assuming the sandia photo os of the cluster they are using), it seems everyone has opted for full-sized boxes. Would seem they could cut down on rack space by 50% or more by going with a slim chassis. Go by any co-location and you can tell the newbies from the vets by who maximizes their shelf space.
Octavian was the adopted son.
Octavian killed Antony.
Even if you failed Latin, you should have at least gleamed that much.
Don't get me wrong, I was an early adopter of MiniDisc and I have a boatload of "mixed" discs that I really enjoy listening to, but the format has never really taken off. Its great for portable devices (try finding another device as small as the recent Sony models that can record onto digital media), but unfortunately, widespread adoption has not followed.
I went to MiniDisco.com a few months ago to stock up on blanks to see me through till 2020. Even if it dies I will probably still use it.
Or Emacs? That knife cuts both ways hombre.
There's a load of open source code out there that closed-sourced solutions haven't been able to approach. Look around.
OS/2 was orphaned by IBM a long time ago and that community is still going strong
OS/2 users could have avoided the entire fiasco of IBM's mismanagement of the systems had they had access to source.
They had no choice but to watch IBM kill it slowly.
Apparently for you, nothing good will ever come from closed source.
The open-source movement just didn't fall out of the sky. Its a result of a number of people who over a long period of time have demonstrated that not only does open sourcing provide better software, but it protects your from the rises and falls of one company. If Be folded tomorrow, you'd be in major trouble - and this isn't a very far-fetched idea - sales of BeOS haven't been much to write home about.
Just be careful of that soapbox you stand on to preach to the masses - it's an awfully long fall.
That's exactly what open source protects you from.
BeOS is not different - its the same schtick MS and Apple have run for years, just with some more spit and polish:
Closed, binary-only, proprietary.
What's new about that?
Frankly, the only use I see for a word processor is to view to copious amount of Word attachments I get in email. If the Be word processor doesn't read Word files (not sure if it does or not), then its pretty much useless to me. Why do we need yet another proprietary word processor format????
WYSIWYG word processors are lame compared to LaTeX anyway. Anyone who tries to write a long (50+ pages) technical document in WYSIWYG soon relaizes why TeX works how it does.
BeOS seems to be repeating the mistakes of its predecessors - closed, binary-only, proprietary.
I really don't see anything compelling there.
There's no better way to demonstrate that you are a complete newbie than to use the patented lame-ass "M$" rebuttal.
Time for the bullshit filter.
There are very few people who know enough about the internals of NT and linux simultaneously to make sweeping, or detailed statements about their relative stability. None of them post on slashdot. Everything above is pure conjecture and/or horseshit.
If you wish to continue this habit in the future - mark your chair with a biohazard sticker so no one else has the misfortune of sitting on it.
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Take three unintersesting people and blow their piddly accomplishments and dreams into something you can write about. The worst was the girl they covered - she didn't even have a job. As for the guy at Infoseek who "wants to change the world" - you're at the wrong company.
Yawn.
Bronson is a literary opportunist - much like Katz. His MO is mostly to seize the weekly cultural zeitgeist and amplify to the nth power. Basically he's a hype man. He fits in well at Wired, the source of all hype...
Multiple in this case equals "two".
Win NT
Win 95/98
Win CE
MacOS
I count 4.
Word macro viruses can affect Word on multiple platforms.
Secondly, no the more OSs you support, the weaker your admin and security model will be, due to sheer complexity.
Here's a better rule - simply strip binary attachments from email automatically on the mail server.
Your correct in citing his technical errors, but I think he's fairly spot on in determining the quality of an investment in Red Hat.
Only hold Red Hat as long as open source is fashionable. Those who go long on it will be burnt. Open source stocks are hot concept - as in hot potato. Hold it and sell it to the day traders when they see the article in Forbes.
I've never heard so much complaining from people who pay nothing for a product (you can ftp red hat gratis).
So they want to make some money with special deals and CDs? Is that a crime? Once most of you college grads get out there and start getting bills for your loans, making money is going to be a motivation that dogs you night and day. I say kudos to Red Hat for figuring out how to make a buck from all of this.
You're turning into a bunch of little nazis. Haven't you people ever heard of free enterprise? The activestate people made a port of perl to win32 that you can use for free, but no, thats not good enough for you. Now when they actually try to do something to feed their kids you're going to piss all over it because it violates some ridiculous hippy commune principles you borrowed from the FSF.
This is getting really ridiculous. Slashdot is getting more Orwellian by the minute.
IBM is buying Whistle, the makers of the Interjet, which is a FreeBSD-based small-office internet box like the Cobalt Qube.
So it looks like IBM will be supporting two open operating systems, indirectly at least.
They can have whoever they want on their little board. Given that this is a Corel effort, I wouldn't count on said board even existing in twleve months, so there's no need to get in a tizzy.
Your post reminded me of my college days, when the campus nazis insisted that any decision making board have "representation" from groups X,Y and Z (you fill in the blanks).
Who says that his flavor of perfectionism and yours would mesh? Perfect is a rather subjective term.
More likely is the case that two anal-retentive perfectionists would want to kill each other in a matter of hours. Better to couple a slacker with a perfectionist - at least then they know who is going to comprimise.
Well, a programmer good enough to write this book can pull down $80k.
I am assuming that it will take at least three to four months of work to do right, and this is a minimal estimate from what friends who have written full-length books tell me (over a year is more likely for serious books).
Hence just by the straight numbers the FSF is getting a bargain at $20k.