When you consume millions of gallons of water it's not something you disclose after hooking up to the main.
So it's a negotiated setup between two companies with the intention to reserve X amount.
It's like any other industries that needs resources to operate and for the most part it is harmless.
The concern I believe is the reliance and need on the great sums of water. Thus there is a good deal of focus on reducing cost and usage while maintaining the same level of performance. Essentially, an increase in efficiency is sought.
A good bit of those early AM2 boards have shitty voltage regulators on the memory controller.
The problem is a bit of an inverse of what you described. They had issues running higher then 1.8v and a good deal of memory runs higher. Newer boards attempt to autodetect and set the regulator voltage and in some cases they get it wrong. It's part of the fun of building a new system.
When I built my system I looked up the voltage regulator and grabbed memory that was 1.8v.
I blasted the memory, cpu and disk for 24 hours to force any errors and everything was mostly OK. (Disk developed bad sectors within a few weeks)
I had a friend whose "kids" were apparently downloading movies through live wire.
Adelphia shut his connection off and sent a letter. He had to call back in to have it turned on.
They shut off his connection first and afterward sent letter. He naturally assumed it was due to some issue with his provider and called support. They had no idea why his account was down so they turned it on. Later, after receiving the letter he completely flipped out because he thought it meant legal action. It worked and his "kids" never pirated again.
There were several stories like this before the barrage litigation and it was effective.
A good deal of the people I knew couldn't handle a settlement fee so I'm glad it came down to a warning. Sure, they shouldn't be doing the crime unless they accept the responsibilities, but in a few real cases I've really found the parents children were responsible.
Which brings me to comment an older friend of mine said after receiving a letter, "You mean you can really download movies online?"
The lesson of the day is not to base critical business applications on consumer bandwidth.
This is why nearly every ISP I have dealt with or worked with offered a free for all business package. Sure, they cost a bit more, but it's usually worth it.
Local broadcasters don't mind streaming their content, but there are restrictions imposed upon them. Just like hulu.
What you will find are local broadcasters seeking any means necessary to get their self produced content out there and generate revenue on alternate models.
At least the smart ones anyway.
It's free advertising that pays for itself.
It's brand marketing that pays for itself.
It's also promoting the community which creates loyalty.
I knew a station once that the running joke was they would get a 4 share even if they ran bars and tone.
I've see an issue just like that about once a year, but working with a sick number of systems globally the chances of seeing one offs becomes fairly regular.
Depending on the failure it might have logged what it was doing, but I'll presume since your monitoring didn't catch the spike it was because it was just random garbage.
It's more like the widgets that were required to perform a certain function can now be replaced by one super widget. When super widget costs less then all three components combined it results in a net savings.
The new super widget also saves some board space as it no longer requires the previous interconnects.
In some cases, a redesign might lose some functionality that was previously available, but never used.
In other situations, due to increased production the cost of producing a widget decreases as the initial cost to produce is overcome. ie, the early adopters fee.
I don't think he separating the amplifier from the antenna, but perhaps feeding the amplifier directly attached to the antenna. The loss in signal from source to antenna from the distance of the run has to be made up. This is done by stepping up the output of the amplifier stage.
This configuration isn't uncommon and many microwave systems employ this technique. (Attaching the amplifier nearly directly to the antenna.)
Though I would have to look a bit at the design this is only item I can think of. From nearly every phone I have busted the antenna is usually separated quite a bit from the rest of the components.
So occassionlly my system would lock up. Oblivion is so crash prone it isn't funny (not that it stopped me).
Turns out the lens was getting fairly dirty. A bit of an alcohol and scratch free pad really did the trick there.
The problem is that when the unit locked up the sucker would spin down incredibly quickly and consequently scratch the disk. I could hear it going schizo inside the box.
Someone who repaired these units noticed this and actually put a disc in with marker dye on the top. This revealed the points where the DVD was physically touching the top. He came up with a patch idea using few foam pads applied in four points.
I did the same and even if the game locks up it prevents the disk from going nuts. No more grinding the discs down to return them to a playable state.
I don't know if I would recommend that fix to someone who has an in warranty unit.
Your local television station merely serves as a redistribution point. Local affiliates have little right to tape delay or re-schedule network block programming. To do this requires paper work and authorization. (To double broadcast a show requires additional fees because the actors were only paid for one airing!).
So yes, football seasons suck and the networks don't make it easy to work around.
Contracts vary from production to production, but in most cases it's always been possible to drop the commentary (if provided) to end on time. Sports productions units usually try their best to to wrap up cleanly or at least assist.
For overages, sometimes it's been possible to stop broadcasting and flip to network. The problem with that is normally commercial time for sporting events was a higher revenue earner then prime time.
So it may or may not be their fault, but rather contractual obligation.
I had went home to visit and found my family had a ton of movies. It was pretty much the norm to purchase one or two titles. (christmas usually boosted that by some more).
I asked why they were not renting more.
a) The kids in the family would watch a flick multiple times. b) They had some disputes with late charges a long time ago (multiple times) and consequently ceased renting.
Now, b) is actually my fault because even after I moved out I used the family rental card for years;)
The trick is to get them to believe your idea is their idea. Some reading on confidence cons will probably help.
Sometimes you can just get by with, I like the base concept, but what do you think about these improvements.
Most times I've dealt with in house projects its always been as you described. In the end, it's not my dime, but I try to mitigate the damage as much as possible.
While he mentioned "slashdot" very rhythmically there are other instances which can chew through resources quite aggressively.
Denial of service attacks Malformed software (via bad code push or bug) References or page views which do not translate to customers. Poor design choices. (intentional, but bad)
There are several permutations of the core issues regarding resource utilization, but the end result is the possibility of auto-scaling to compensate. Unlike traditional home owned infrastructure there will be more to the cost then over time or extra coffee.
I don't agree wholly with his mantra of never, but everyone seems to be missing the point.
The vendor should never be responsible for resource scaling. There is no better judge of resource allocation then your own organization. The good news (or bad news) is that if the entity is incapable of self governing then it will not be an issue in the long term. Infrastructure will eventually topple under it's own inability to sustain itself.
Modern virtualization allows for limits per instance.
The reason it's cheap is you are only getting an apache vhost. I don't think it matters what address they are attacking.
It's not a fair comparison to say this shared host provider is cheaper then X cloud provider. Perhaps looking at the cost of leasing a virt would be a better comparison.
In the end, you get what you pay for and that is a very inexpensive setup.
Slashdot Mirror
When you consume millions of gallons of water it's not something you disclose after hooking up to the main.
So it's a negotiated setup between two companies with the intention to reserve X amount.
It's like any other industries that needs resources to operate and for the most part it is harmless.
The concern I believe is the reliance and need on the great sums of water. Thus there is a good deal of focus on reducing cost and usage while maintaining the same level of performance. Essentially, an increase in efficiency is sought.
Pidgin protocols are supported through plugins.
Removing the respective plugin removes support for that protocol.
There are other measures which can be taken to ensure it stays protocol broken, but it really depends on how far the requester is willing to go.
A good bit of those early AM2 boards have shitty voltage regulators on the memory controller.
The problem is a bit of an inverse of what you described. They had issues running higher then 1.8v and a good deal of memory runs higher. Newer boards attempt to autodetect and set the regulator voltage and in some cases they get it wrong. It's part of the fun of building a new system.
When I built my system I looked up the voltage regulator and grabbed memory that was 1.8v.
I blasted the memory, cpu and disk for 24 hours to force any errors and everything was mostly OK. (Disk developed bad sectors within a few weeks)
Kudos or not... at least it's sensible.
I had a friend whose "kids" were apparently downloading movies through live wire.
Adelphia shut his connection off and sent a letter. He had to call back in to have it turned on.
They shut off his connection first and afterward sent letter. He naturally assumed it was due to some issue with his provider and called support. They had no idea why his account was down so they turned it on. Later, after receiving the letter he completely flipped out because he thought it meant legal action. It worked and his "kids" never pirated again.
There were several stories like this before the barrage litigation and it was effective.
A good deal of the people I knew couldn't handle a settlement fee so I'm glad it came down to a warning. Sure, they shouldn't be doing the crime unless they accept the responsibilities, but in a few real cases I've really found the parents children were responsible.
Which brings me to comment an older friend of mine said after receiving a letter, "You mean you can really download movies online?"
Or go with 95th percentile which is a bit simpler to implement and you don't have to program software for that fuzzy logic.
At 400 customers it's probably not a hand bill anymore and no one wants to spend all that time looking at exceptions.
The lesson of the day is not to base critical business applications on consumer bandwidth.
This is why nearly every ISP I have dealt with or worked with offered a free for all business package. Sure, they cost a bit more, but it's usually worth it.
Ooops..
Wolfram and Hart (my bad)
I'm not sure I really want to trust a product by Wolfram and Heart. Seems like there is a possibility of some soul loss.
Actually...
Local broadcasters don't mind streaming their content, but there are restrictions imposed upon them. Just like hulu.
What you will find are local broadcasters seeking any means necessary to get their self produced content out there and generate revenue on alternate models.
At least the smart ones anyway.
It's free advertising that pays for itself.
It's brand marketing that pays for itself.
It's also promoting the community which creates loyalty.
I knew a station once that the running joke was they would get a 4 share even if they ran bars and tone.
Nadda,
You assume people running these entities have employees with vision and or understanding. My take on the world has been pretty much the opposite.
I'm amazed at how companies keep afloat with all the morons running the show. Oh wait, they are collapsing...
I know it sounds fairly negative, but just remember my view is colored by experience.
They've been suing over FAT implementations for years so this one isn't new per say.
Which is funny because it promotes interoperability for windows and doesn't require some funky file system.
If you don't want to pay the microsoft tax... use ext2 and put some cycles into making sure the windows ext2 driver is working well.
Failed ASIC on the switch most likely.
I've see an issue just like that about once a year, but working with a sick number of systems globally the chances of seeing one offs becomes fairly regular.
Depending on the failure it might have logged what it was doing, but I'll presume since your monitoring didn't catch the spike it was because it was just random garbage.
Fun times!
It's more like the widgets that were required to perform a certain function can now be replaced by one super widget. When super widget costs less then all three components combined it results in a net savings.
The new super widget also saves some board space as it no longer requires the previous interconnects.
In some cases, a redesign might lose some functionality that was previously available, but never used.
In other situations, due to increased production the cost of producing a widget decreases as the initial cost to produce is overcome. ie, the early adopters fee.
It's the illusion of democracy that keeps me going at night.
I believe it was said best here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF5Kdm4Eu6w
Darwinism at it's finest.
If you are afraid for your life then don't fly a plane that could be easily sabotaged.
I guess he wasn't that bright at all. Probably why he agreed to set up an illicit domain server as well.
Choose your henchmen well, but not well enough that they will someday over throw you!
The crysis binary you captured includes a hashing mechanism that will only allow the installer binary to run on that computer.
So yes, it will allow you to re-install, assuming you don't change whatever vital components they use to fingerprint the host.
I don't think he separating the amplifier from the antenna, but perhaps feeding the amplifier directly attached to the antenna. The loss in signal from source to antenna from the distance of the run has to be made up. This is done by stepping up the output of the amplifier stage.
This configuration isn't uncommon and many microwave systems employ this technique. (Attaching the amplifier nearly directly to the antenna.)
Though I would have to look a bit at the design this is only item I can think of. From nearly every phone I have busted the antenna is usually separated quite a bit from the rest of the components.
Dunno about "probably"...
So occassionlly my system would lock up. Oblivion is so crash prone it isn't funny (not that it stopped me).
Turns out the lens was getting fairly dirty. A bit of an alcohol and scratch free pad really did the trick there.
The problem is that when the unit locked up the sucker would spin down incredibly quickly and consequently scratch the disk. I could hear it going schizo inside the box.
Someone who repaired these units noticed this and actually put a disc in with marker dye on the top. This revealed the points where the DVD was physically touching the top. He came up with a patch idea using few foam pads applied in four points.
I did the same and even if the game locks up it prevents the disk from going nuts. No more grinding the discs down to return them to a playable state.
I don't know if I would recommend that fix to someone who has an in warranty unit.
Your local television station merely serves as a redistribution point. Local affiliates have little right to tape delay or re-schedule network block programming. To do this requires paper work and authorization. (To double broadcast a show requires additional fees because the actors were only paid for one airing!).
So yes, football seasons suck and the networks don't make it easy to work around.
Contracts vary from production to production, but in most cases it's always been possible to drop the commentary (if provided) to end on time. Sports productions units usually try their best to to wrap up cleanly or at least assist.
For overages, sometimes it's been possible to stop broadcasting and flip to network. The problem with that is normally commercial time for sporting events was a higher revenue earner then prime time.
So it may or may not be their fault, but rather contractual obligation.
Interesting story I suppose.
I had went home to visit and found my family had a ton of movies. It was pretty much the norm to purchase one or two titles. (christmas usually boosted that by some more).
I asked why they were not renting more.
a) The kids in the family would watch a flick multiple times.
b) They had some disputes with late charges a long time ago (multiple times) and consequently ceased renting.
Now, b) is actually my fault because even after I moved out I used the family rental card for years ;)
You're argument assumes that the only purpose in circumventing the protection is to use it to commit copyright infringement.
Personally, I would like to be able to use my Mythbox to play HD content. Fairly similar to how I can play DVDs.
Unfortunately it does appear I'm going to have to sacrifice some device to free up an input for a stand alone player.
The trick is to get them to believe your idea is their idea. Some reading on confidence cons will probably help.
Sometimes you can just get by with, I like the base concept, but what do you think about these improvements.
Most times I've dealt with in house projects its always been as you described. In the end, it's not my dime, but I try to mitigate the damage as much as possible.
While he mentioned "slashdot" very rhythmically there are other instances which can chew through resources quite aggressively.
Denial of service attacks
Malformed software (via bad code push or bug)
References or page views which do not translate to customers.
Poor design choices. (intentional, but bad)
There are several permutations of the core issues regarding resource utilization, but the end result is the possibility of auto-scaling to compensate. Unlike traditional home owned infrastructure there will be more to the cost then over time or extra coffee.
I don't agree wholly with his mantra of never, but everyone seems to be missing the point.
The vendor should never be responsible for resource scaling. There is no better judge of resource allocation then your own organization. The good news (or bad news) is that if the entity is incapable of self governing then it will not be an issue in the long term. Infrastructure will eventually topple under it's own inability to sustain itself.
That's fairly aweful since you put it that way.
Modern virtualization allows for limits per instance.
The reason it's cheap is you are only getting an apache vhost. I don't think it matters what address they are attacking.
It's not a fair comparison to say this shared host provider is cheaper then X cloud provider. Perhaps looking at the cost of leasing a virt would be a better comparison.
In the end, you get what you pay for and that is a very inexpensive setup.