Look, read the PDF linked from the article I indicated. The EPA has been going down this path of library closure and electronic access for a number of years already. In the PDF they even note that the $2 million is a proposed reduction and not even final! All they say is that it has accelerated their time table. This story is just sensationalism. Stop defending it, there's no point. Read the PDF if you care but stop trying to dig up something that isn't there.
As I said in another post Jeff Ruch is simply trying to salvage his reputation from his stupid comments he made earlier on this issue. Where is the documentation to show that the EPA is fighting so hard for that money? He certainly doesn't site a source. If you read the first few paragraphs of the PDF document linked in the story I posted, you'd understand that the EPA has been going electronic for a while now and the new budget simply changes the plans to account for the funding change. This is a great big story about nothing.
Yes, any cut in funding is bad, and that's a completely different story then the sensationalism that was reported. It's also very important to know who decides how that funding affects the agency when wild claims are made about Bush doing X and Y. As for Jeff Ruch's comment, well he's just covering his ass for his stupid comments from earlier. He has to try and save a little face after all.
Even before Congress acts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to shut down three regional libraries by September 30
Let me make sure this is clear through the use of a lot of html tags: "the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning"
The EPA is its own entity. It makes decisions on its own based on a plan that it generates. Do you really think Bush walked in to the EPA headquarters and said "shut it all down now!"? Try and read the story completely next time.
As for the scanning, did you also miss the fact that you can order whatever material you want via library loan?
If, unlike the person that submitted the story, you did some research you'd find that the EPA is scanning things themselves to make them publically available online. Additionally you may get them through inter-library loan at any of the libraries that are still going to be open (despite the claims of the sensationalist story). So, um, no.
Some points: - The information will be made available online - The information will be available through library loan - Not all the libraries are closing - Bush is not defying Congress. He sent them a budget which they either approve or amend
Boy, it certainly made for a good story though! For about 2 minutes... *sigh* Do some research before posting or blogging next time.
The above linked post from the previous discussion is the best answer. Design your system for reuse of the CD sleeves to save money (assign a sleeves number separate from the project/owner/etc number). Keep the sleeves when you destroy the media at the end of the project. When new media arrives, log the room, cabinet and drawer you put it in. The sleeves only need to be sequential in the drawers, so you could have sleeves 1, 2 and 3 all in different cabinets. It doesn't matter, your database tells you where to initially look, and you do a binary search in that drawer to find the one you need.
TFA: In addition to the six person Mars exploration crew, one field support person will also participate in the expedition in an out of simulation role. This person should have excellent field mechanic and wilderness skills.
Fast food service is nothing but robotic work already, and that's the way the chains like it.
I hate to break it to you, but the reason that it's so robotic isn't because the chains like it that way, it's because customers prefer it that way.
Ok, this is a tough one to follow, but wouldn't you expect that the chains would like to have things that the customers prefer so that they keep coming back? I hate to break it to you, but you have agreed with me!
Yes, that's exactly what we need. Someone to manage a fast food restaurant'stalent. After all, the one thing every fast food manager looks for is an employee who will step outside of the box and innovate! Someone who will try new things with the franchise, even at the possibility of lost sales, for the larger return in the future!
End sarcasm. Get a grip on reality. Fast food service is nothing but robotic work already, and that's the way the chains like it. If you don't want to be a robot, get a job somewhere else.
Is the government trying to silence this guy? Have they confiscated his footage without leaving him a copy? Are they trying to change the story he's reporting? Are they locking him up for his political views?
No, no, no and no. In fact, it's exactly the opposite. The courts have ask him to produce video footage of a crime that he witnessed and he has refused. That's exactly the same as lying in court and it carries a penalty of jail time. This has absolutely nothing to do with the First Amendment so it's no wonder the judge wasn't impressed. He's trying to make the claim that all you have to do to be able to lie in court is start up the video camera on your cell phone and become an instant journalist. That's the implication of claiming that anyone that puts up a webpage falls under the shield laws. So maybe the law needs to be rewritten to better define what a journal is, or perhaps it's already clear, I haven't checked. However, all I can say to Josh is "what did you expect, you lied in court? The First Amendment allows you to peacefully criticize the government, it in no way allows you to withhold the details of a crime."
Has anyone managed to find and deploy a freestanding server rack/workstation/furniture system (probably something L-shaped) that can perform this many tasks in such a small space?"
Yes, it's called a rack and a desk. You can find both of them available from retailers the world over. Seriously, this question is... trivial. It's all up to how you want to arrange things. As others have suggested, you could buy a seriously powerful multicore system with plenty of RAID storage that takes up under 4U for a few thousand dollars. Ok, so put it in the rack with the UPSs on the bottom (wait, do you need them all anymore?), a shelf with a monitor and KVM (because you only need it for emergencies, since you should connect in normally by remote) and we just used up under 12 square feet. That's a lot of room left for a desk and chair! Even if you don't want to buy a new server, then buy a few more shelves for your rack and stick them in it standing up.
I have five machines, one of which runs five other VMs, several UPSs an LTO-3 backup system, two ancient mini-fridge sized servers and a KVM all taking up less than 25 square feet. Half of that is the two ancient servers I'm about to get rid of. It's not that hard...
So, let us review. A software developer had access to a blog set up specifically for collaborating on software issues. She instead uses it as an opinion journal, and even go so far as to reveal classified information that she has seen in the course of her previous job. Regardless of the clearance required to access the site, she shouldn't have been using the resource the way she was and she certainly shouldn't have been discussing interogation transcripts in her roll as a software developer!
This is an article from the UK. They have steel cans in Europe, which confused the hell out of me when I first drank from one. They are heavier so I kept thinking there was soda left in it!
This is really interesting. Will Cornell come and defend me in court if I get caught with a radar detector in a state where it's legal to own them but illegal to use them? After all, it's just telling me my position and speed relative to a police car!
Did anyone honestly believe the random blogger who said that some random Microsoft guy said that "if you don't install WGA we'll use WGA (which isn't installed) to kill your copy of Windows"!? However, it made for some great sensational headlines.
It has full control of your OS. How about it just LIES. Even if it slowed you down a little bit, how many windows users wouldn't think it was just Windows being slow again?
Ditto. For one example, if your MTA does not have correct delivery retry settings you'll get "blocked" by certain anti-spam methods. I've run into the issue several times where someone thought it was a good idea to set their retry interval to under *five minutes* even though their delay notification was still set to four hours! It tried delivery twice in five minute then gave up. Heck, forget anti-Spam, that might not even get you into a heavily loaded server. Obviously they didn't really know what they were doing.
I think you aren't reading that comment right. They are saying that since all of this music is available on so many different channels at the same time, the user can always find music they like listening to and therefore have no need to purchase recordings for use when there is nothing good on the radio.
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Look, read the PDF linked from the article I indicated. The EPA has been going down this path of library closure and electronic access for a number of years already. In the PDF they even note that the $2 million is a proposed reduction and not even final! All they say is that it has accelerated their time table. This story is just sensationalism. Stop defending it, there's no point. Read the PDF if you care but stop trying to dig up something that isn't there.
As I said in another post Jeff Ruch is simply trying to salvage his reputation from his stupid comments he made earlier on this issue. Where is the documentation to show that the EPA is fighting so hard for that money? He certainly doesn't site a source. If you read the first few paragraphs of the PDF document linked in the story I posted, you'd understand that the EPA has been going electronic for a while now and the new budget simply changes the plans to account for the funding change. This is a great big story about nothing.
Yes, any cut in funding is bad, and that's a completely different story then the sensationalism that was reported. It's also very important to know who decides how that funding affects the agency when wild claims are made about Bush doing X and Y. As for Jeff Ruch's comment, well he's just covering his ass for his stupid comments from earlier. He has to try and save a little face after all.
Even before Congress acts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to shut down three regional libraries by September 30
Let me make sure this is clear through the use of a lot of html tags: " the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning "
The EPA is its own entity. It makes decisions on its own based on a plan that it generates. Do you really think Bush walked in to the EPA headquarters and said "shut it all down now!"? Try and read the story completely next time.
As for the scanning, did you also miss the fact that you can order whatever material you want via library loan?
If, unlike the person that submitted the story, you did some research you'd find that the EPA is scanning things themselves to make them publically available online. Additionally you may get them through inter-library loan at any of the libraries that are still going to be open (despite the claims of the sensationalist story). So, um, no.
Yeah, except today's story is wrong. How much of that book is wrong too? It's hard to say with all the sensationalism that exists today.
For a more useful story, please see http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6365379.ht ml
Some points:
- The information will be made available online
- The information will be available through library loan
- Not all the libraries are closing
- Bush is not defying Congress. He sent them a budget which they either approve or amend
Boy, it certainly made for a good story though! For about 2 minutes... *sigh* Do some research before posting or blogging next time.
The above linked post from the previous discussion is the best answer. Design your system for reuse of the CD sleeves to save money (assign a sleeves number separate from the project/owner/etc number). Keep the sleeves when you destroy the media at the end of the project. When new media arrives, log the room, cabinet and drawer you put it in. The sleeves only need to be sequential in the drawers, so you could have sleeves 1, 2 and 3 all in different cabinets. It doesn't matter, your database tells you where to initially look, and you do a binary search in that drawer to find the one you need.
TFA: In addition to the six
person Mars exploration crew, one field support person will also
participate in the expedition in an out of simulation role. This
person should have excellent field mechanic and wilderness skills.
*sigh* RBC (read before comment)
Fast food service is nothing but robotic work already, and that's the way the chains like it.
I hate to break it to you, but the reason that it's so robotic isn't because the chains like it that way, it's because customers prefer it that way.
Ok, this is a tough one to follow, but wouldn't you expect that the chains would like to have things that the customers prefer so that they keep coming back? I hate to break it to you, but you have agreed with me!
Yes, that's exactly what we need. Someone to manage a fast food restaurant's talent. After all, the one thing every fast food manager looks for is an employee who will step outside of the box and innovate! Someone who will try new things with the franchise, even at the possibility of lost sales, for the larger return in the future!
End sarcasm. Get a grip on reality. Fast food service is nothing but robotic work already, and that's the way the chains like it. If you don't want to be a robot, get a job somewhere else.
Is the government trying to silence this guy? Have they confiscated his footage without leaving him a copy? Are they trying to change the story he's reporting? Are they locking him up for his political views?
No, no, no and no. In fact, it's exactly the opposite. The courts have ask him to produce video footage of a crime that he witnessed and he has refused. That's exactly the same as lying in court and it carries a penalty of jail time. This has absolutely nothing to do with the First Amendment so it's no wonder the judge wasn't impressed. He's trying to make the claim that all you have to do to be able to lie in court is start up the video camera on your cell phone and become an instant journalist. That's the implication of claiming that anyone that puts up a webpage falls under the shield laws. So maybe the law needs to be rewritten to better define what a journal is, or perhaps it's already clear, I haven't checked. However, all I can say to Josh is "what did you expect, you lied in court? The First Amendment allows you to peacefully criticize the government, it in no way allows you to withhold the details of a crime."
That's a nice rant... that has absolutely nothing to do with this particular technology.
Has anyone managed to find and deploy a freestanding server rack/workstation/furniture system (probably something L-shaped) that can perform this many tasks in such a small space?"
Yes, it's called a rack and a desk. You can find both of them available from retailers the world over. Seriously, this question is... trivial. It's all up to how you want to arrange things. As others have suggested, you could buy a seriously powerful multicore system with plenty of RAID storage that takes up under 4U for a few thousand dollars. Ok, so put it in the rack with the UPSs on the bottom (wait, do you need them all anymore?), a shelf with a monitor and KVM (because you only need it for emergencies, since you should connect in normally by remote) and we just used up under 12 square feet. That's a lot of room left for a desk and chair! Even if you don't want to buy a new server, then buy a few more shelves for your rack and stick them in it standing up.
I have five machines, one of which runs five other VMs, several UPSs an LTO-3 backup system, two ancient mini-fridge sized servers and a KVM all taking up less than 25 square feet. Half of that is the two ancient servers I'm about to get rid of. It's not that hard...
Yeah, but this is slashdot, not the real world. See, here it's important because.... well... um.... I get back to you on that.
So, let us review. A software developer had access to a blog set up specifically for collaborating on software issues. She instead uses it as an opinion journal, and even go so far as to reveal classified information that she has seen in the course of her previous job. Regardless of the clearance required to access the site, she shouldn't have been using the resource the way she was and she certainly shouldn't have been discussing interogation transcripts in her roll as a software developer!
Being fired seems like the logical concequence.
Ok, times have changed maybe? It was in fact 15 years ago when the above happened. So much for my rational explination.
They've corrected the original article to read 8.2%. Someone should correct the slashdot article....
This is an article from the UK. They have steel cans in Europe, which confused the hell out of me when I first drank from one. They are heavier so I kept thinking there was soda left in it!
This is really interesting. Will Cornell come and defend me in court if I get caught with a radar detector in a state where it's legal to own them but illegal to use them? After all, it's just telling me my position and speed relative to a police car!
Did anyone honestly believe the random blogger who said that some random Microsoft guy said that "if you don't install WGA we'll use WGA (which isn't installed) to kill your copy of Windows"!? However, it made for some great sensational headlines.
It has full control of your OS. How about it just LIES. Even if it slowed you down a little bit, how many windows users wouldn't think it was just Windows being slow again?
Ditto. For one example, if your MTA does not have correct delivery retry settings you'll get "blocked" by certain anti-spam methods. I've run into the issue several times where someone thought it was a good idea to set their retry interval to under *five minutes* even though their delay notification was still set to four hours! It tried delivery twice in five minute then gave up. Heck, forget anti-Spam, that might not even get you into a heavily loaded server. Obviously they didn't really know what they were doing.
Welcome to the world of blogging!
I think you aren't reading that comment right. They are saying that since all of this music is available on so many different channels at the same time, the user can always find music they like listening to and therefore have no need to purchase recordings for use when there is nothing good on the radio.