While XM's sattelites are generally way, way, way out there on the horizon near 30 degrees, Sirius has a sattelite (three in opposing orbits) over 60-90 degrees overhead. This is why XM has to worry about a repeater network and that Sirus doesn't have to deploy nearly as many repeaters. (ie: cities with tall buildings, not just places with semi-tall buildings) Its not an indication that 'Oh sirius has less repeaters so its not as good.' Its: "Oh, they picked a far better technology for mobile radio reception from sattelites."
Uh. Its essentially a bgp peering between schools. Its nothing special.
PlanetLab machines at.edu's talk to eachother over i2 (or other peered netwokrs such as canet or the european.edu networks) implicitly because of the network design.
In the end, its just faster bandwidth for any applicaiton between educational institutions. In this case, its not really research.
And seriously, there are many good CSci departments not using Macs much at all. I fathom we can manage a lab full of Linux or Windows machines far better than a lab of macs, even with the right tools. Apple never did a horribly great job on the whole mass-desktop-site concept. Labs sure, but large-scale sites never seemed to get much lip service.
If you dont want one of these, get a Fujitsu P7000 series. I've got a P2046 and the form factor rocks *and* the screen beats out a powerbook's anemic 1024x768 any day.
Plus, you get compact flash/sd slots that the powerbook doesn't have.
How is AM with their huge power and totally different band have anything to do with any of the PCS bands and their relative piddly power for health effects?
Get one of the Gateway 840 storage arrays, its a rebadged nStor box. 1TB is minimally $4,749. 3TB is $7,149.
Alternatively, you could buy it nearly empty, (3 250GB drives) and get it for $4,499. With 250GB SATA drives for 'only' $200/piece you could fill it for $6,299 instead of paying $7,149.
It beats out a xserve even *without* academic prices.
Yeah, but the central cooridor has far more opposition and cost. It would easily break the billion-dollar barrier if it were the first line (ie: for infrastructure and construction)
The Regents have said that they would want it underground near the university.
Hiawatha was the 'cheapest option of least resistance'.
Yeah. I'm convinced they are turning on the rail signals way too early.
But, with the way that I've seen people try and avoid other rail signals in the twin cities metro -- you can't blame them. They are bringing in two 'professionals' who've dealt with the issue in other cities and should be able to get it working out.
Mind you, the same issue would happen with busways that have preemption. Its a problem unique to dedicated fixed guideways, not just rail.
Many routes are *very* efficient. The 850 route, the bus I take every day, from Foley Park and Ride is a 23 minute service door-to-door from over 15 miles from downtown Minneapolis. It operates 23 inbound, 24 outbound daily. Many of these trips are over half full.
Foley Park and Ride has 1,250 parking spots. The lower deck nearly fills daily and the upper deck is about a quarter to half full. The lower deck is larger than the upper deck since there are surrounding parking areas not covered by the upper deck. http://www.sbsarchitects.com/foley.htm
Additional service by the 827 adds 15 trips inbound and 14 trips outbound for midday and evening service when the 850 isn't running. It just isn't nearly as fast as the 850 -- it takes about 40 minutes -- but it services another park and ride at Northtown Mall.
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And broadcom, too! (look at all those nifty mips home routers running linux!)
You, my friend, are crazy.
While XM's sattelites are generally way, way, way out there on the horizon near 30 degrees, Sirius has a sattelite (three in opposing orbits) over 60-90 degrees overhead. This is why XM has to worry about a repeater network and that Sirus doesn't have to deploy nearly as many repeaters. (ie: cities with tall buildings, not just places with semi-tall buildings) Its not an indication that 'Oh sirius has less repeaters so its not as good.' Its: "Oh, they picked a far better technology for mobile radio reception from sattelites."
What happens when you buy a pc and apple decides that they can't exist anymore? How is this not a rental with an up-front cost?
I'm sorry I've still not put all of the extra stuff (configs) online, but this is how I do it:
Read my paper from the Asia Debian Mini-Conf 2005, Mass Debian Desktop Administration.
We got an 8-way opteron *with* processors for under $30k with 32gb of memory. With a .edu discount, but sitll it can't be much more for a business.
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http://www.wsm.com/amd/servers/fusiona8/index.h
Uh, Um. They do sell 64-bit desktops, too. They just aren't as cool feeling as the suns. (I've got a small pile of them running ubuntu.)
:)
We're looking at the sun desktops, but unless they have a significant cost difference I don't see how we're going to go with them.
Plus, dell warranty parts direct is far easier.
Uh. Its essentially a bgp peering between schools. Its nothing special.
.edu's talk to eachother over i2 (or other peered netwokrs such as canet or the european .edu networks) implicitly because of the network design.
PlanetLab machines at
In the end, its just faster bandwidth for any applicaiton between educational institutions. In this case, its not really research.
Sure, thats why the Ford Focus was rated above the VW Jetta! The only reason this year it wasn't recommended was because of side crash test ratings.
Perhaps you should read the mag before slamming it.
Have you ever checked out fujitsu? The P7000 series looks great! I've got a P2040 and its an excellent laptop.
And seriously, there are many good CSci departments not using Macs much at all. I fathom we can manage a lab full of Linux or Windows machines far better than a lab of macs, even with the right tools. Apple never did a horribly great job on the whole mass-desktop-site concept. Labs sure, but large-scale sites never seemed to get much lip service.
Actually, I pay something like $50-60 for a 1.5/1mbps DSL line with a static IP in the USA. Non-restrctive AUP, even.
Hands down. Its debian, its got support, and we're going to see a new release every six months until they run out of cash. :)
H1B is close to servant status, IMO.
If cisco needs them so bad, they need to go open a branch in India.
The T-Mobile GPRS cards usually Just Work(tm) since they use serial and the AT command set. Just have to use PPP and off you go.
Its not the fastest, but its cheap. ($30/mo)
Good luck!
Commuter Rail can be more cost efficient depending on the situation. There is no magic pill for transit!
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They say its 10.5 Million Dollars per mile for PRT Capitol costs. Commuter Rail here will be, in 2008 dollars, about 5.815 Million Dollars per mile.
http://railworks.org/node/view/46
http://www.skywebexpress.com/130b_comparisons.s
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Uh. Better screen, with less screen real-estate.
If you dont want one of these, get a Fujitsu P7000 series. I've got a P2046 and the form factor rocks *and* the screen beats out a powerbook's anemic 1024x768 any day.
Plus, you get compact flash/sd slots that the powerbook doesn't have.
How is AM with their huge power and totally different band have anything to do with any of the PCS bands and their relative piddly power for health effects?
The content you are trying to request is not available.
BTW, the $6,299 is $2.09 per GB. (Not GiB)
Its scsi attach, so you'll need to throw a $1k or so 1u machine into the cost. Still, $2.43/GB.
Get one of the Gateway 840 storage arrays, its a rebadged nStor box. 1TB is minimally $4,749. 3TB is $7,149.
Alternatively, you could buy it nearly empty, (3 250GB drives) and get it for $4,499. With 250GB SATA drives for 'only' $200/piece you could fill it for $6,299 instead of paying $7,149.
It beats out a xserve even *without* academic prices.
Roads lose money every day.
Your sewer and water loses money every day.
Your point is?
If you don't live in Hennepin County its not far off. I missed the $20mil from mndot.
The rest of that is local funds, which in theory isn't evil -- pick better people next time you vote if you actually live in Hennepin County.
Yeah, but the central cooridor has far more opposition and cost. It would easily break the billion-dollar barrier if it were the first line (ie: for infrastructure and construction)
The Regents have said that they would want it underground near the university.
Hiawatha was the 'cheapest option of least resistance'.
Yeah. I'm convinced they are turning on the rail signals way too early.
But, with the way that I've seen people try and avoid other rail signals in the twin cities metro -- you can't blame them. They are bringing in two 'professionals' who've dealt with the issue in other cities and should be able to get it working out.
Mind you, the same issue would happen with busways that have preemption. Its a problem unique to dedicated fixed guideways, not just rail.
And no, the bus system is not much the same.
Many routes are *very* efficient. The 850 route, the bus I take every day, from Foley Park and Ride is a 23 minute service door-to-door from over 15 miles from downtown Minneapolis. It operates 23 inbound, 24 outbound daily. Many of these trips are over half full.
Foley Park and Ride has 1,250 parking spots. The lower deck nearly fills daily and the upper deck is about a quarter to half full. The lower deck is larger than the upper deck since there are surrounding parking areas not covered by the upper deck.
http://www.sbsarchitects.com/foley.htm
Example of upper deck here
Additional service by the 827 adds 15 trips inbound and 14 trips outbound for midday and evening service when the 850 isn't running. It just isn't nearly as fast as the 850 -- it takes about 40 minutes -- but it services another park and ride at Northtown Mall.