Hey. Only my wife or mom get to call me an idiot!:)
The reference was to a prostitute working hard to avoid the ire of her pimp, in this case Wayne Brady from the now infamous Chapelle's Show sketch.
Well, maybe your Macs don't do those things, but as you said, you produce music, not video. I'm specifically referring to GPU processing, so unless the music software utilizes the Leopard+ OpenCL APIs, your GPUs probably aren't hit that often. Aperture does, however, and just photo editing for me (when I edit the pictures I take in RAW format) is fairly fan intensive.
This. I already have the solution for movies and TV shows. I have a Synology 1511+ with 12 TB in conjunction with a Boxee box that does what I need for media. I'd like to achieve the same for games. Adam gets it. It's aesthetically pleasing to have one system, the wife doesn't mind, and it's just neat to be able to switch between games at will.
I was born in 80, so nostalgia for me is the NES, SNES, Genesis, and GBA. However, I've recently discovered Dolphin so I've been enjoying some GC games (LOVE WindWaker) in 1080p. I probably would have to sacrifice the Dolphin emulation, but I would really love to gut an old Gamecube or NES and create a nice little emulation station in its shell for the aforementioned (less Dolphin) systems...
That's interesting. When using makemkv or mkvtoolnix my Mac mini (was about 5 feet from me in my office closet) was spinning up like it was a race. The same goes for my Mac book Pro when I use Aperture. I've noticed that doing *anything* with Macs and graphics cause their fans to work like Wayne Brady is threatening to choke a bitch.
I like BSNES, or more specifically, I like OpenEMU on my Mac. However, the new system will likely run Windows since it runs everything. Maybe Ubuntu or OpenSUSE, we'll see.
Exactly. I've already looked at possible options, especially around PSU configurations since that is where a lot of the heat is generated. I posed the question to/. because of the discussion it might generate. I know that comes with a certain asshole quotient, but I'm willing to put up with you young whippersnappers (I'm 31 -- ancient) in hope of some interesting responses.
Macs in general (including my 2011 Macbook Pro) spin up like crazy when doing anything with their graphics cards. The Mac mini is no exception. When using the Dolphin emulator to run Wii and Gamecube games at 1080p the Mac mini's fans go into hyper active, ludicrous speed. I don't turn them down because I know that they're on for a reason.
I even wrote a security practical for SANS on sudowin (http://bit.ly/4b3Ohb) and how I achieved the program on Windows. Microsoft's filed patent directly apes how I created sudo for Windows.
And by the way, I'm not a hypochondriac, I in fact seldom worry about getting ill. I was just asking because after being so incredibly sick for several days (I still cannot remember Tuesday through Thursday) I did not wish to pass my illness onto others by carrying a contaminated laptop.
I appreciate everyone's feedback, even the silly posts : )
Wow. Talk about a posting delay. I submitted this on Friday January 25, @03:25PM. I got the flu the previous Tuesday, the day Heath Ledger passed away.
It was not my intent to start a series of posts about appropriate work content. So please let me clarify: I never had any intention of running a for-profit site on work machines, rather I only wanted to bring up a blog about code/tech. My conundrum is that type of material falls under what I do at work AND home. My boss would *love* if I published this material at work, we just do not have the framework in place (I would need to install Wordpress or something) to do it yet. However, the alternative was to take advantage of free sites or roll my own as well. Many of you made many assumptions, and while they were not accurate, I shoulder the blame for not being clear in my original intent.
I appreciate all your comments, truly. For the curious, here is my setup at home. I have a 10mbps Fiber connection to my home courtesy of Grande Communications. I happen to rent a duplex in a well-to-do neighborhood of Austin where my wife and I could never afford to actually buy, but the nice side-effect of renting here is that the Austin president of Grande lives in the same neighborhood making this area the first one with fiber to the doorstep:) Oh, and I pay for 3mbps! double-:)
My server is a P4-2.8ghz 83G5 Shuttle with 2GB of RAM. It runs Ubuntu Linux 5.10 Breezy Badger. All this setup does is run SSH (pubkey auth only ) and Apache2 with WebDav enabled so I can access my home directory from afar with ease. Oh, and I require client certificates to talk to my WebDav share for security.
On top of this though I run VMware GSX server. I run a virtual instance of Breezy that is my web/e-mail/ldap/svn server. The beauty of it being virtual is that if I ever need to move it I just move the directory to another machine! Since the VM was created under VMware GSX 3.2.1 I can easily move it into ESX 2.5 or VMware Workstation 5.5.1 (legacy mode). I went this route specifically in case of the need to migrate the server. I also run a virtual instance of Windows 2003 Server Enterprise and Exchange 2003 for testing code and projects on Windows.
I like running my own server, it teaches me a lot, and I feel that I have the minimum amount of competence to pull it off. That said, there are times when I would love to just give it to somebody to run for me!
P.S. I was using Lunarpages, but I got to the point when I decided that I needed shell access to much. However, Lunarpages is a spectacular hosting company and their support turnaround is second to none. Withing 2 hours on the weekends! Those guys rock!
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That's why Noctua makes different models. I chose the model best suited for an unimpeded environment.
Hey. Only my wife or mom get to call me an idiot! :)
The reference was to a prostitute working hard to avoid the ire of her pimp, in this case Wayne Brady from the now infamous Chapelle's Show sketch.
Well, maybe your Macs don't do those things, but as you said, you produce music, not video. I'm specifically referring to GPU processing, so unless the music software utilizes the Leopard+ OpenCL APIs, your GPUs probably aren't hit that often. Aperture does, however, and just photo editing for me (when I edit the pictures I take in RAW format) is fairly fan intensive.
This. I already have the solution for movies and TV shows. I have a Synology 1511+ with 12 TB in conjunction with a Boxee box that does what I need for media. I'd like to achieve the same for games. Adam gets it. It's aesthetically pleasing to have one system, the wife doesn't mind, and it's just neat to be able to switch between games at will.
I was born in 80, so nostalgia for me is the NES, SNES, Genesis, and GBA. However, I've recently discovered Dolphin so I've been enjoying some GC games (LOVE WindWaker) in 1080p. I probably would have to sacrifice the Dolphin emulation, but I would really love to gut an old Gamecube or NES and create a nice little emulation station in its shell for the aforementioned (less Dolphin) systems...
That's why I went with the 120mm Noctua fans for my media center. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2041483608086.109253.1574203932&l=b86a32bbdd&type=1. They are very, very quiet.
Too cool for school. You know it! :)
That's interesting. When using makemkv or mkvtoolnix my Mac mini (was about 5 feet from me in my office closet) was spinning up like it was a race. The same goes for my Mac book Pro when I use Aperture. I've noticed that doing *anything* with Macs and graphics cause their fans to work like Wayne Brady is threatening to choke a bitch.
Thanks! I was looking at the Zotac solutions on NewEgg in fact.
http://files.lostcreations.com/bluray.JPG
I like BSNES, or more specifically, I like OpenEMU on my Mac. However, the new system will likely run Windows since it runs everything. Maybe Ubuntu or OpenSUSE, we'll see.
I used the external LG Super MultiBlu drive in combination with makemkv and mkvtoolnix (for muxing the PSG subtitles back in).
Exactly. I've already looked at possible options, especially around PSU configurations since that is where a lot of the heat is generated. I posed the question to /. because of the discussion it might generate. I know that comes with a certain asshole quotient, but I'm willing to put up with you young whippersnappers (I'm 31 -- ancient) in hope of some interesting responses.
Macs in general (including my 2011 Macbook Pro) spin up like crazy when doing anything with their graphics cards. The Mac mini is no exception. When using the Dolphin emulator to run Wii and Gamecube games at 1080p the Mac mini's fans go into hyper active, ludicrous speed. I don't turn them down because I know that they're on for a reason.
I even wrote a security practical for SANS on sudowin (http://bit.ly/4b3Ohb) and how I achieved the program on Windows. Microsoft's filed patent directly apes how I created sudo for Windows.
I created Sudo for Windows (sudowin) in 2005. It is a free, open source project available at http://sudowin.sf.net/.
And by the way, I'm not a hypochondriac, I in fact seldom worry about getting ill. I was just asking because after being so incredibly sick for several days (I still cannot remember Tuesday through Thursday) I did not wish to pass my illness onto others by carrying a contaminated laptop.
I appreciate everyone's feedback, even the silly posts : )
Thank you very much. I appreciate your response.
Wow. Talk about a posting delay. I submitted this on Friday January 25, @03:25PM. I got the flu the previous Tuesday, the day Heath Ledger passed away.
It was not my intent to start a series of posts about appropriate work content. So please let me clarify: I never had any intention of running a for-profit site on work machines, rather I only wanted to bring up a blog about code/tech. My conundrum is that type of material falls under what I do at work AND home. My boss would *love* if I published this material at work, we just do not have the framework in place (I would need to install Wordpress or something) to do it yet. However, the alternative was to take advantage of free sites or roll my own as well. Many of you made many assumptions, and while they were not accurate, I shoulder the blame for not being clear in my original intent.
I hope that helps clear things up.
I appreciate all your comments, truly. For the curious, here is my setup at home. I have a 10mbps Fiber connection to my home courtesy of Grande Communications. I happen to rent a duplex in a well-to-do neighborhood of Austin where my wife and I could never afford to actually buy, but the nice side-effect of renting here is that the Austin president of Grande lives in the same neighborhood making this area the first one with fiber to the doorstep :) Oh, and I pay for 3mbps! double-:)
My server is a P4-2.8ghz 83G5 Shuttle with 2GB of RAM. It runs Ubuntu Linux 5.10 Breezy Badger. All this setup does is run SSH (pubkey auth only ) and Apache2 with WebDav enabled so I can access my home directory from afar with ease. Oh, and I require client certificates to talk to my WebDav share for security.
On top of this though I run VMware GSX server. I run a virtual instance of Breezy that is my web/e-mail/ldap/svn server. The beauty of it being virtual is that if I ever need to move it I just move the directory to another machine! Since the VM was created under VMware GSX 3.2.1 I can easily move it into ESX 2.5 or VMware Workstation 5.5.1 (legacy mode). I went this route specifically in case of the need to migrate the server. I also run a virtual instance of Windows 2003 Server Enterprise and Exchange 2003 for testing code and projects on Windows.
I like running my own server, it teaches me a lot, and I feel that I have the minimum amount of competence to pull it off. That said, there are times when I would love to just give it to somebody to run for me!
P.S. I was using Lunarpages, but I got to the point when I decided that I needed shell access to much. However, Lunarpages is a spectacular hosting company and their support turnaround is second to none. Withing 2 hours on the weekends! Those guys rock!