I went through this same search a little while back. There are a lot of good solutions out there, but I ended up going with a Thecus 5200. It's got tons of room, lots of RAID options, and the user interface doesn't suck. The only complaint I have is that it's very loud. But, it sits in a room I rarely go into, so that doesn't really bother me.
I live in Minneapolis. A few years ago we implemented a "conceal and carry" law which allows citizens to carry handguns on their person at all times. Since then the crime rate has risen steadily.
I'm not saying one caused the other, but I don't think there's much evidence for your statement.
I've recently done a lot of research about this. Apparently, sitting on an exercise ball is good for very short periods of time, but very bad for you back over long periods. The lack back support and angle of your pelvis causes a lot of compression on your lower vertebra.
I'm sure with a little googleing you can find more information.
Use the best tool for the job, regardless of whether your CS professors demonized it or not.
I've been a programmer for a number of years now and the more experience I have the more I realize that certain constructs or patterns are inherently bad and wrong. I think what's important to remember is that the decisions you make as to how you write something has as much or more to do with long-term maintainability and extensibility as it has to do with solving a particular problem in the best way. It's a hard lesson to learn, but in my experience it's true.
So, not to defend CS professors (a lot of them don't need defending or deserve it), but don't discount the "thinking" part of programming. Sometimes using a blunt tool works great, but overall it's best to shoot for something higher.
At my office we have Outlook Web Access. It has a keystroke sensing thing. It's awful! I have a laptop that's connected to an ergonomic keyboard at work. When I'm on the road I use the built-in keyboard. I'm not sure which one I used to "register", but I can't get in now using either.
Ever wonder why a certain bridge disaster disappeared from the news so quickly? Because it was exposing the system that is failing.
I live in Minneapolis, and we still have news about the bridge collapse and the re-build. It fell out of the national news because there's no more national interest. I distrust the government as much as anyone, and the bridge collapse was a failure of the system, but it's a little crazy to think the government is censoring news about it.
Don't think I mean to call you crazy, just your ideas.;)
The containers will be lowered 100m into the mine and linked to power, water cooling and network lines via external connectors.
Sun has been developing its Blackbox concept for three years and a typical one has 250 servers mounted in seven racks inside a standard 20-foot shipping container.
Not to be thick-headed here, but what happens when they have a hardware failure? I'm not sure what the failure rate is on their hardware, but it must be greater than zero, right?
We're starting to see the beginings of this concept with Sharepoint 2007. Somehow, at least at my job, this idea of easy, integrated unstructured content sharing has become a big deal. Our users don't seem to care, but the big-wigs writing the checks do. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how they pull this off.
I work for a very large multi-national company. Not long ago I sat through a talk that was given by the head of our European operations. He said that US airport security is getting so bad that people outside the US are avoiding coming here at all costs! Apparently, we're losing some serious business and tourism money, just because of our bone-headed "security" rules.
Ten fingerprints? I know I wouldn't travel anywhere where one was required!
In large sections of the country, although Republicans may be more socially conservative than Democrats, they're certainly not anywhere near the level of the rabid, religiously-motivated, hateful far-right (really authoritarian) bloc that seems to be most Democrats' stereotype of conservatives.
I noticed these on sale at my local hardware store about a year ago. I was interested in lowering my electric bill, so I bought a bunch. I replaced all the bulbs in my house and my electric bill dropped dramatically. I don't have any hard data to back this up, but I bet they've more than paid for themselves by now. As far as the negative side, they are fluorescent, so they light up slowly and they do have the slightest flicker. After a while I went back to normal bulbs in my livingroom and bedroom, where I wanted better light. As for hallways, the kitchen, bathrooms, etc, they're great. I'd highly suggest them to others, not just for the environment but for your own pocketbook.
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IMPACT (In-situ Measurements of Particles and CME Transient)
Dear God, an acronym inside another acronym! I think the space geeks have beat us computer geeks yet again.
I went through this same search a little while back. There are a lot of good solutions out there, but I ended up going with a Thecus 5200. It's got tons of room, lots of RAID options, and the user interface doesn't suck. The only complaint I have is that it's very loud. But, it sits in a room I rarely go into, so that doesn't really bother me.
Let's watch the DC crime rates go down.
I live in Minneapolis. A few years ago we implemented a "conceal and carry" law which allows citizens to carry handguns on their person at all times. Since then the crime rate has risen steadily.
I'm not saying one caused the other, but I don't think there's much evidence for your statement.
I'm picking up on a bit of sarcasm.
I've recently done a lot of research about this. Apparently, sitting on an exercise ball is good for very short periods of time, but very bad for you back over long periods. The lack back support and angle of your pelvis causes a lot of compression on your lower vertebra.
I'm sure with a little googleing you can find more information.
Britain's running on Hurd, thank you very much.
At least someone is!
Not to be argumentative, but aren't those all cases that fall under criminal law? Isn't small-scale copyright infringement a civil issue?
I have no URL to back this up, but I know M$ only allows XP to be preloaded on low-end PCs. This is to keep the Vista numbers up. Maybe that's why?
Sure: this flash drive measures 0.5 Imerial Lighers and holds 0.10 Libraries of Congress worth of data.
mmm ... donut universe <drool>
I've been a programmer for a number of years now and the more experience I have the more I realize that certain constructs or patterns are inherently bad and wrong. I think what's important to remember is that the decisions you make as to how you write something has as much or more to do with long-term maintainability and extensibility as it has to do with solving a particular problem in the best way. It's a hard lesson to learn, but in my experience it's true.
So, not to defend CS professors (a lot of them don't need defending or deserve it), but don't discount the "thinking" part of programming. Sometimes using a blunt tool works great, but overall it's best to shoot for something higher.
You gotta give MADD respect for staying focused!
At my office we have Outlook Web Access. It has a keystroke sensing thing. It's awful! I have a laptop that's connected to an ergonomic keyboard at work. When I'm on the road I use the built-in keyboard. I'm not sure which one I used to "register", but I can't get in now using either.
Softer around the middle? Funny, my wife has been saying the same thing about me. :)
Worst. Christmas. Gift. Ever.
I live in Minneapolis, and we still have news about the bridge collapse and the re-build. It fell out of the national news because there's no more national interest. I distrust the government as much as anyone, and the bridge collapse was a failure of the system, but it's a little crazy to think the government is censoring news about it.
Don't think I mean to call you crazy, just your ideas. ;)
From TFA...
The containers will be lowered 100m into the mine and linked to power, water cooling and network lines via external connectors.
Sun has been developing its Blackbox concept for three years and a typical one has 250 servers mounted in seven racks inside a standard 20-foot shipping container.
Not to be thick-headed here, but what happens when they have a hardware failure? I'm not sure what the failure rate is on their hardware, but it must be greater than zero, right?
I have mod points today. I was going to mod your post but I couldn't find 'Bitter' or 'Grizzled'.
Not to date myself, but I remember using Netscape LiveWire. It sucked. I was so glad to move to Perl/CGI and then even happier when we moved to J2EE.
Anyway, there's been a number of server side JavaScript implementations.
We're starting to see the beginings of this concept with Sharepoint 2007. Somehow, at least at my job, this idea of easy, integrated unstructured content sharing has become a big deal. Our users don't seem to care, but the big-wigs writing the checks do. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how they pull this off.
I work for a very large multi-national company. Not long ago I sat through a talk that was given by the head of our European operations. He said that US airport security is getting so bad that people outside the US are avoiding coming here at all costs! Apparently, we're losing some serious business and tourism money, just because of our bone-headed "security" rules.
Ten fingerprints? I know I wouldn't travel anywhere where one was required!
Anyway, it's just something to think about.
In large sections of the country, although Republicans may be more socially conservative than Democrats, they're certainly not anywhere near the level of the rabid, religiously-motivated, hateful far-right (really authoritarian) bloc that seems to be most Democrats' stereotype of conservatives.
All evidence to the contrary. ;)
So connect three computers to the LCD and from the center you see Windows, Linux from the left and MacOS from the right.
I've got a KVM switch that does the same thing. Cost $20, if I remember correctly. :)
Dupe!!!
I noticed these on sale at my local hardware store about a year ago. I was interested in lowering my electric bill, so I bought a bunch. I replaced all the bulbs in my house and my electric bill dropped dramatically. I don't have any hard data to back this up, but I bet they've more than paid for themselves by now. As far as the negative side, they are fluorescent, so they light up slowly and they do have the slightest flicker. After a while I went back to normal bulbs in my livingroom and bedroom, where I wanted better light. As for hallways, the kitchen, bathrooms, etc, they're great. I'd highly suggest them to others, not just for the environment but for your own pocketbook.