Nighly (or more frequently, if you like) rsync to an OpenSolaris server running ZFS w/ Time Slider.
Quality versioned backups with little effort, plus data integrity (checksums built into the filesystem), compression, and (if desired) RAID-Z(2) goodness! In addition, the provided time slider interface allows easy browsing of versions.
That's like saying that you're 'cool' or a 'maverick'. If you call yourself one, chances are, you aren't.
Of course, you could spend the ten seconds to google the guy.. Let's see.... MIT media lab; Worked at MIT since '86, now at Harvard... "8 years experience architecting and administrating large networks of Unix workstations." I think he can use the label if he wants to.:)
There are still a number of studios, most notably Paramount, committed exclusively to HD-DVD. Of course, the
$150M payoff might have something to do with that.
For myself, I'm much better off with a notebook -- I can go back and correct items much easier, I can enter equations as fast or faster than by hand (Equation Editor -- learn the shortcuts) -- and perhaps the best part is I find I can actually read and use my notes later. For sketches, I keep a pad & pencil handy, and scan them in later.
I'm sure this is not the rule, but for those (such as myself) how work best this way, having to use pen & paper would be a big step back. My handwriting is such a mess that I never found much use for them. My typed notes are actually useful!
It's two player co-op; your GF can throw bombs and help turbo you through the curves, while you do all the "twitch" driving. Lots of fun for a couple with mixed gaming backgrounds...
-Eric
My aunt used to work for this israeli company called actelis who was pioneering an algorithm that would allow fiber speeds to be achieved over existing copper.
I imagine this is in the 1G - 10G arena, in which case with the appropriate copper (CAT7 in some cases) and significant (up to multiple Watts per port of heat) processing power, this can be achieved. (See the 1GbE copper port in your latest laptop for an example. The 10GbE chips are still on the horizon.)
On the other hand I've also read about a technology called DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing [protocol]) which allows each wavelength of light (aka each color) to be it's own data channel on the same fiber line. With this protocol they estimate a single fiber optic wire could transmit 2 GB of data per second.
2Gb (lower case b) of data per second is trivial at this point over optical fiber. (Search EBay for a 2G SFP.) 2GB (16Gb) is certainly achievable as well, without resorting to WDM. A fiber using a DWDM system for going long distances will not be outperformed by a copper system over the same distance and bandwidth requirement -- and the market reflects this. No one uses copper for long-distance communication.
The in-office or data center (
Just my humble opinion; not representing any company, etc...
I've wondered why nobody's developed a fiber standard for things like connecting external disk drives to personal computers?
It's called Fibre Channel; but it is mainly enterprise class. (And yes, the spelling I just gave is correct.) You can buy portions of it cheap on EBay (Optics for $10 - Search for "Optical SFP" or HBAs for $50 (Host Bus Adapter; PCI card with optical connections) -- search for "Fibre Channel HBA")... but then you need the drive enclosure (typically rack mount) and the drives themselves.
The optics themselves aren't the expensive part of this system, at least according to the EBay ecosystem.
I'd love to see cheap plastic fiber replace cat-5 cabling for any runs from 1 to 100 meters.
Well, plastic fiber won't likely go 100m (too much attenuation).. but glass optical fiber is fairy flexible -- a little more so than my mouse's cable -- but it is not kind to kinks, especially. There is a post later that indicated it's all or nothing wrt. bend radius -- not true. Increasing tightness will cause increasing attenuation, but true cut-off (no light passed) is difficult to attain, even when you are trying to do so.
Just my thoughts; not representing any particular company view, yadda, yadda...
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Nighly (or more frequently, if you like) rsync to an OpenSolaris server running ZFS w/ Time Slider.
Quality versioned backups with little effort, plus data integrity (checksums built into the filesystem), compression, and (if desired) RAID-Z(2) goodness! In addition, the provided time slider interface allows easy browsing of versions.
Just my 2c...
I'm a Unix wizard.
That's like saying that you're 'cool' or a 'maverick'. If you call yourself one, chances are, you aren't.
Of course, you could spend the ten seconds to google the guy.. Let's see.... MIT media lab; Worked at MIT since '86, now at Harvard... "8 years experience architecting and administrating large networks of Unix workstations." I think he can use the label if he wants to. :)
Beyond TV has done this for years, FWIW...
I'm sure this is not the rule, but for those (such as myself) how work best this way, having to use pen & paper would be a big step back. My handwriting is such a mess that I never found much use for them. My typed notes are actually useful!
-Eric
It's two player co-op; your GF can throw bombs and help turbo you through the curves, while you do all the "twitch" driving. Lots of fun for a couple with mixed gaming backgrounds... -Eric
I imagine this is in the 1G - 10G arena, in which case with the appropriate copper (CAT7 in some cases) and significant (up to multiple Watts per port of heat) processing power, this can be achieved. (See the 1GbE copper port in your latest laptop for an example. The 10GbE chips are still on the horizon.)
2Gb (lower case b) of data per second is trivial at this point over optical fiber. (Search EBay for a 2G SFP.) 2GB (16Gb) is certainly achievable as well, without resorting to WDM. A fiber using a DWDM system for going long distances will not be outperformed by a copper system over the same distance and bandwidth requirement -- and the market reflects this. No one uses copper for long-distance communication.
The in-office or data center ( Just my humble opinion; not representing any company, etc...
It's called Fibre Channel; but it is mainly enterprise class. (And yes, the spelling I just gave is correct.) You can buy portions of it cheap on EBay (Optics for $10 - Search for "Optical SFP" or HBAs for $50 (Host Bus Adapter; PCI card with optical connections) -- search for "Fibre Channel HBA")... but then you need the drive enclosure (typically rack mount) and the drives themselves.
The optics themselves aren't the expensive part of this system, at least according to the EBay ecosystem.
Well, plastic fiber won't likely go 100m (too much attenuation) .. but glass optical fiber is fairy flexible -- a little more so than my mouse's cable -- but it is not kind to kinks, especially. There is a post later that indicated it's all or nothing wrt. bend radius -- not true. Increasing tightness will cause increasing attenuation, but true cut-off (no light passed) is difficult to attain, even when you are trying to do so.
Just my thoughts; not representing any particular company view, yadda, yadda...
This is Blue Gene. Read the article...
http://www.pctechguide.com/08cdrom2.htm
or
http://www.kenwoodtech.com/72x_atapi.html
-Eric