While I would agree that we are losing ice, what I would want to know is this: how does this compare to the "long warm" we experienced during the middle ages?
Let's put it this way: Oetzi didn't thaw out of that glacier in Medieval times.
"It was an iPod with video and photos of her 2007 trip to the United States. How thoughtless."
Given the crap Apple Computer versus Apple the label/Beatles went through, I would have thought it was possibly insulting. Maybe the settlement makes all the difference.
Obama's relying on Bush material for their gift. I find that oddly funny.
I have the feeling he thinks you replied to the (+3 Funny) post, not the (-1 Troll AC). That may mean non-Aspergers don't have an eye for finer details.
It takes a veteran slashdotter to not recognize the appropriateness of a walking stick inscribed with the Ten Commandments.
And is the fact the Gordon Brown decided not to purchase a nearly $1000 jacket supposed to be significant?
Ohh, let's see: a lame walking stick with the Protestant version of the 10C for the pope, and a tacky leather jacket for a stuffy suit and tie brit - yeah, that shows some thought by Dubya. And all it took was a AC to miss that.
They use Linux, so the kernel is stable and updates aren't needed unless new features are implemented that the older kernel doesn't support.
So fixing vulnerabilities is a feature now? http://secunia.com/advisories/14295/ 5 seconds of Googleing, and BAMM, Multiple Vulnerabilities across two "stable" strains of kernels.
The sound Linux makes when it crashes is the sound of one hand clapping.
The fact that you claim not to understand what I want explained can mean two things: either you are stupid, or you know you are wrong and are being evasive. Figure 4 clearly shows the difference between stress testing and no stress testing.
I would refer to you and the other posters to my later posts where I correct the link. I did read the little study, but unfortunately, it seems the summary I initially linked was wrong.
I was talking about the "real" study - thanks for confirming that you didn't read it, just like you didn't actually read my post. Figure 4 (nowhere to be found at your first link), explain it.
4) Extensive testing - Essentially arguing that Apple does burn-in testing (which you could easily do yourself) however...again from the FAST paper:
"Contrary to common and proposed models, hard drive replacement rates do not enter steady state after the first year of operation. Instead replacement rates seem to steadily increase over time."
Drives act like mechanical devices NOT electronic devices.
Since you're such an expert - care to explain Figure 4, difference between compute nodes (left) and the file system nodes (middle) of HPC1, 1st month?
Dell does the same thing with their poweredge drive modules and there are no electronics on the back, the sata connections go directly into the backplane . Prices are ridiculously out of whack. A 1TB drive is like $600 for a market priced $100 drive and a $10 piece of plastic and metal.
While they _are_ overpriced, it's not by that much. The 1TB drive you get in a Dell server will be something like a Seagate ES.2 - these retail for 50%-100% higher than the bottom of the barrel el-cheapos you are comparing to. They might even be SAS-interfaced drives.
Gee, haven't you read any of the above posts? At best Dell got ripped off, these magic "server grade disks" are nothing but make believe.
Doesn't change the fact that none of that costs anything substantial to implement (certainly not a $275 premium over the cost of the drive itself), and you're an idiot if you really believe you need custom grommets for mounting drives. There are plenty of cheap off-the-shelf rubber parts that will isolate the drives just as well.
Yeah, but for the equivalent Dell and HP parts, the pixy dust is real?
Wouldn't hurt if you actually read your little study. Look at Figure 4, and tell me the reason for the obvious difference between HPC1's compute nodes and file system nodes for the first month.
The odd thing about all this is that this woman seems to be the only one repeatedly contaminating (some) swabs over several years - as there is only one such Phantom.
If that were the case then some mysterious phantom DNA that is specifically unique to one brand of cotton swabs wouldn't be a news story nor would it have the police looking for the same notorious woman in more then 20 crimes separated by national boundaries. In other words, when the DNA showed up on the control samples, someone would have put 2 and 2 together and it would have been caught. Well, that is assuming the police, as unintelligent as they are, are actually smart enough to notice the obvious.
And by all means, you didn't get in the way of any assumptions I had. Even if you think you did.
Well, let me guess what your assumptions were.
A) all swabs from a batch were equally spoiled, so the DNA would always show up on the control swab too.
B) if a DNA sample was excluded as being contamination because it was on the control swab, it would still be checked against the DNA-database just to see if someone who was in the database was not involved in the crime.
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While I would agree that we are losing ice, what I would want to know is this: how does this compare to the "long warm" we experienced during the middle ages?
Let's put it this way: Oetzi didn't thaw out of that glacier in Medieval times.
"It was an iPod with video and photos of her 2007 trip to the United States. How thoughtless."
Given the crap Apple Computer versus Apple the label/Beatles went through, I would have thought it was possibly insulting. Maybe the settlement makes all the difference.
Obama's relying on Bush material for their gift. I find that oddly funny.
You mean Dubya took the pictures?
I have the feeling he thinks you replied to the (+3 Funny) post, not the (-1 Troll AC). That may mean non-Aspergers don't have an eye for finer details.
It takes a veteran slashdotter to not recognize the appropriateness of a walking stick inscribed with the Ten Commandments.
And is the fact the Gordon Brown decided not to purchase a nearly $1000 jacket supposed to be significant?
Ohh, let's see: a lame walking stick with the Protestant version of the 10C for the pope, and a tacky leather jacket for a stuffy suit and tie brit - yeah, that shows some thought by Dubya. And all it took was a AC to miss that.
It was an iPod with video and photos of her 2007 trip to the United States. How thoughtless.
Why Bush Gave Benedict a Walking Stick, Gordon Brown rejects gift of leather jacket from George W Bush
Zero Kevin: "Bugs are features in the Linux Kernel, but you can't count on those feature being there." What drugs are you taking?
They use Linux, so the kernel is stable and updates aren't needed unless new features are implemented that the older kernel doesn't support.
So fixing vulnerabilities is a feature now? http://secunia.com/advisories/14295/ 5 seconds of Googleing, and BAMM, Multiple Vulnerabilities across two "stable" strains of kernels.
The sound Linux makes when it crashes is the sound of one hand clapping.
Like Bart Simpson said: "Peace o' cake" - Clap.
Let's see, several people have called you on your little reign of bullshit, yet it is you who wins - SUUUUURE.
You keep digging yourself in deeper and deeper. I'm not interested in your trolling. Go away.
So, GCC is making what should be technical decisions on a political basis?
GCC is making decisions to protect their intellectual property.
So now suddenly there is such a thing as IP?
So what is the difference between the compute and the file system nodes - no more weaseling around.
The fact that you claim not to understand what I want explained can mean two things: either you are stupid, or you know you are wrong and are being evasive. Figure 4 clearly shows the difference between stress testing and no stress testing.
Seriously though. Explain in reference to what exactly?
TFA - and your complaint that Apple does burn-in testing.
I would refer to you and the other posters to my later posts where I correct the link. I did read the little study, but unfortunately, it seems the summary I initially linked was wrong.
I was talking about the "real" study - thanks for confirming that you didn't read it, just like you didn't actually read my post. Figure 4 (nowhere to be found at your first link), explain it.
I'm pretty sure the I in raid stands for "inexpensive". Isn't the whole point of RAID to avoid paying extra for high performance disks?
Some say "Independent" - anyway, even if you use a forgiving RAID level (which means more drives), you may be better off not diving the bargain bin.
4) Extensive testing - Essentially arguing that Apple does burn-in testing (which you could easily do yourself) however...again from the FAST paper:
"Contrary to common and proposed models, hard drive replacement rates do not enter steady state after the first year of operation. Instead replacement rates seem to steadily increase over time."
Drives act like mechanical devices NOT electronic devices.
Since you're such an expert - care to explain Figure 4, difference between compute nodes (left) and the file system nodes (middle) of HPC1, 1st month?
Dell does the same thing with their poweredge drive modules and there are no electronics on the back, the sata connections go directly into the backplane . Prices are ridiculously out of whack. A 1TB drive is like $600 for a market priced $100 drive and a $10 piece of plastic and metal.
While they _are_ overpriced, it's not by that much. The 1TB drive you get in a Dell server will be something like a Seagate ES.2 - these retail for 50%-100% higher than the bottom of the barrel el-cheapos you are comparing to. They might even be SAS-interfaced drives.
Gee, haven't you read any of the above posts? At best Dell got ripped off, these magic "server grade disks" are nothing but make believe.
Your conclusion seems to be at odds with all those before. You must be an Apple fanboi.
Or you get some Dell or HP part with the same specs. Hello? Not to mention that a SSD may not be the right drive for a server.
Doesn't change the fact that none of that costs anything substantial to implement (certainly not a $275 premium over the cost of the drive itself), and you're an idiot if you really believe you need custom grommets for mounting drives. There are plenty of cheap off-the-shelf rubber parts that will isolate the drives just as well.
Yeah, but for the equivalent Dell and HP parts, the pixy dust is real?
What a long winded justification for why apple can charge over twice as much for some "enterprise level" equipment.
I'd rather just double up on equipment for the same money.
So what is your long winded justification for why Dell and HP can charge more than Apple for some "enterprise level" equipment?
Wouldn't hurt if you actually read your little study. Look at Figure 4, and tell me the reason for the obvious difference between HPC1's compute nodes and file system nodes for the first month.
The odd thing about all this is that this woman seems to be the only one repeatedly contaminating (some) swabs over several years - as there is only one such Phantom.
If that were the case then some mysterious phantom DNA that is specifically unique to one brand of cotton swabs wouldn't be a news story nor would it have the police looking for the same notorious woman in more then 20 crimes separated by national boundaries. In other words, when the DNA showed up on the control samples, someone would have put 2 and 2 together and it would have been caught. Well, that is assuming the police, as unintelligent as they are, are actually smart enough to notice the obvious.
And by all means, you didn't get in the way of any assumptions I had. Even if you think you did.
Well, let me guess what your assumptions were.
A) all swabs from a batch were equally spoiled, so the DNA would always show up on the control swab too.
B) if a DNA sample was excluded as being contamination because it was on the control swab, it would still be checked against the DNA-database just to see if someone who was in the database was not involved in the crime.