FreeBSD is nice though, you can't go wrong with it unless you need:
SMP
What's wrong with FreeBSD's SMP support? I've run FreeBSD on everything from single processor on up to quad Xeon systems without any trouble at all. Granted I had to recomplie the kernel to enable SMP support, but it never complained.
Ok, I suppose I should apologize for the last line. It sounds like are are making a difference. Good for you.
The reason for my rant is that I'm simply sick and tired of hearing people say "why should we worry about subject X when Y other things are happening." People need to understand that just because something they feel strongly about is going on the rest of the world is not (and should not) going to stop turning.
It's sad that tens of billions of dollars are going to this when there are millions of people who are dying of hunger.
And there are animals that are going to be extinct soon. And the rain forests are being cut down. And millions of men don't think their schlongs are long enough.
Your comment is almost as bad as the people who complain about getting a speeding ticket by saying that law enforcement should be out looking for murderers, rapists, terrorists, etc. instead of stopping them from getting home in time to watch Survivor (is that even on any more?).
Oh, I've got it! Let's just stop worrying about everything else until all of the people in the world are loved, fed, sheltered and medically cared for.
If you really care about the millions of starving people, go join the peace corps or something and stop wasting your time reading slashdot.
Go make a difference instead of complaining about what's not being done.
And with that in mind, perhaps there was no thrid gunman on a grassy knoll. Maybe Kennedy was the victim of a stray bit of cosmic matter?
Nah.. with the angle that he was hit in the head, it would have had to go through a crowd of people as well, killing possibly dozens more. In addition, something going that fast would not just leave a hole, it would likely have caused the entire head to implode on itself completely, not to mention the resulting earthquake that would have needed to occur.
Oh wait, that line was supposed to be a joke? Never mind me!
Given the surface area of the planet that is not water, and then the area of land that is habitable, and the area of habitable land that people actually live on, you end up with a percentage so low (I'm too lazy to go number crunching, it's late) that the probability of one of these things coming down on LA, New York, London, etc, is so low that it's not even really worth spending time to think about it.
At the current (pulled out of thin air) average rate of $21.95/mo for dialup net access, you could pre-pay your 10,000 year contract for a mere $2.34 million. I wonder if they'd be up for a discount for paying so far in advance?
Aha! So THAT's why the 110 in CA, 375 in Tampa, FL and 575 in Miami, FL are still called "interstates" even though they cover very short distances within the state and don't really go anywhere. I always wondered about that.
Not all states are like that, unfortunately. I live in Florida, where the exits on I-75 are numbered in order, starting at 1, from south to north. FLDOT is currently changing the numbering to the mile marker of the exit, which is nice, I support. Exit 38, near where I live, will be changing to 207 or something like that.
Some forms of transportation already have "designated smoking areas".. next we'll have "designated cell-phone areas" as to not mutate the innocent people around them (similar to second-hand smoke).
On another note, I would love to see restaurants take a stand on phone usage within their walls. At least force people to turn off the ringers and use vibrate instead.
I for one work for Wal-Mart, and do not think they will ever embrace "open-source" in the manner that many would like, at least not in the next 5-6 years anyway.
I can tell you that they do use several types of operating systems through their stores, such as a minimized version of DOS for the handheld terminals, HP-UX as part of the POS (point-of-sale) network, another UNIX for the SMART (Systematic Merchendising and Applied Retail Technology) system, as well as Windows NT/2000 servers to cache all those ads you see playing on "Wal-Mart TV" in electronics (and throughout hanging TV's in some stores).
Would it be cost-effective for Wal-Mart to go Open Source? Not likely. The turnover in staff at the home office alone, combined with training for new positions, etc, would cost millions, not to mention that they would have to literally double their server count at all of their 3,000+ stores. They would need to develop, test and deploy thousands of servers with the new software, hook them into the existing systems to take over various jobs, and then remove the existing servers. All of that for what, to save licensing fees? No, I don't think so.
Wal-Mart has spent BILLIONS of dollars on its current infrastructure, and to change it drastically would cost even more. Wal-Mart keeps it's "everyday low prices" that way specifically because they do NOT do things like this.
Now, the Cart Pusher is a wonderful tool that they are getting for most of the stores, however, which will help save hundreds of thousands on accidents, injuries and other damages. And people wonder why Wally World does so well...
I agree that some BL's are not properly managed. The old ORBS system was a perfect example of this. They would add you if you were an open relay, but getting OUT of the database was pretty much impossible if the guy that ran it didn't like you or your attitude toward his "service".
One of my mail servers ended up on ORBZ as well as ORDB because I had made a mistake in the configuration, and I corrected it and was promptly removed after submitting a re-test request.
I now employ the use of RBL on my own servers, but I will only use those services which will remove "fixed" servers using an automated testing system that works properly. ORDB, ORBZ and Osirisoft's RBL's tend to be the best AFAIK. I have found that by using these systems, the level of SPAM that my users and I receive has dropped to a point where it's not entirely annoying or time-consuming to deal with it anymore.
One RBL that I stay away from using is the one operated by SpamCop (bl.spamcop.com). It's a great idea, but it ends up blocking out too much "real" e-mail as well, esp from the larger ISP's like Comcast, etc.
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Ok, I suppose I should apologize for the last line. It sounds like are are making a difference. Good for you.
The reason for my rant is that I'm simply sick and tired of hearing people say "why should we worry about subject X when Y other things are happening." People need to understand that just because something they feel strongly about is going on the rest of the world is not (and should not) going to stop turning.
Cuba?
And there are animals that are going to be extinct soon. And the rain forests are being cut down. And millions of men don't think their schlongs are long enough.
Your comment is almost as bad as the people who complain about getting a speeding ticket by saying that law enforcement should be out looking for murderers, rapists, terrorists, etc. instead of stopping them from getting home in time to watch Survivor (is that even on any more?).
Oh, I've got it! Let's just stop worrying about everything else until all of the people in the world are loved, fed, sheltered and medically cared for.
If you really care about the millions of starving people, go join the peace corps or something and stop wasting your time reading slashdot.
Go make a difference instead of complaining about what's not being done.
Opps.. 186,000 miles per second, not 138,000.
As someone else pointed out earlier, light speed is WAY faster than that (138,000 miles per second IIRC), so your whole post is moot.
And with that in mind, perhaps there was no thrid gunman on a grassy knoll. Maybe Kennedy was the victim of a stray bit of cosmic matter?
Nah.. with the angle that he was hit in the head, it would have had to go through a crowd of people as well, killing possibly dozens more. In addition, something going that fast would not just leave a hole, it would likely have caused the entire head to implode on itself completely, not to mention the resulting earthquake that would have needed to occur.
Oh wait, that line was supposed to be a joke? Never mind me!
Given the surface area of the planet that is not water, and then the area of land that is habitable, and the area of habitable land that people actually live on, you end up with a percentage so low (I'm too lazy to go number crunching, it's late) that the probability of one of these things coming down on LA, New York, London, etc, is so low that it's not even really worth spending time to think about it.
At the current (pulled out of thin air) average rate of $21.95/mo for dialup net access, you could pre-pay your 10,000 year contract for a mere $2.34 million. I wonder if they'd be up for a discount for paying so far in advance?
Aha! So THAT's why the 110 in CA, 375 in Tampa, FL and 575 in Miami, FL are still called "interstates" even though they cover very short distances within the state and don't really go anywhere. I always wondered about that.
Not all states are like that, unfortunately. I live in Florida, where the exits on I-75 are numbered in order, starting at 1, from south to north. FLDOT is currently changing the numbering to the mile marker of the exit, which is nice, I support. Exit 38, near where I live, will be changing to 207 or something like that.
Some forms of transportation already have "designated smoking areas" .. next we'll have "designated cell-phone areas" as to not mutate the innocent people around them (similar to second-hand smoke).
On another note, I would love to see restaurants take a stand on phone usage within their walls. At least force people to turn off the ringers and use vibrate instead.
I for one work for Wal-Mart, and do not think they will ever embrace "open-source" in the manner that many would like, at least not in the next 5-6 years anyway.
I can tell you that they do use several types of operating systems through their stores, such as a minimized version of DOS for the handheld terminals, HP-UX as part of the POS (point-of-sale) network, another UNIX for the SMART (Systematic Merchendising and Applied Retail Technology) system, as well as Windows NT/2000 servers to cache all those ads you see playing on "Wal-Mart TV" in electronics (and throughout hanging TV's in some stores).
Would it be cost-effective for Wal-Mart to go Open Source? Not likely. The turnover in staff at the home office alone, combined with training for new positions, etc, would cost millions, not to mention that they would have to literally double their server count at all of their 3,000+ stores. They would need to develop, test and deploy thousands of servers with the new software, hook them into the existing systems to take over various jobs, and then remove the existing servers. All of that for what, to save licensing fees? No, I don't think so.
Wal-Mart has spent BILLIONS of dollars on its current infrastructure, and to change it drastically would cost even more. Wal-Mart keeps it's "everyday low prices" that way specifically because they do NOT do things like this.
Now, the Cart Pusher is a wonderful tool that they are getting for most of the stores, however, which will help save hundreds of thousands on accidents, injuries and other damages. And people wonder why Wally World does so well...
I agree that some BL's are not properly managed. The old ORBS system was a perfect example of this. They would add you if you were an open relay, but getting OUT of the database was pretty much impossible if the guy that ran it didn't like you or your attitude toward his "service".
One of my mail servers ended up on ORBZ as well as ORDB because I had made a mistake in the configuration, and I corrected it and was promptly removed after submitting a re-test request.
I now employ the use of RBL on my own servers, but I will only use those services which will remove "fixed" servers using an automated testing system that works properly. ORDB, ORBZ and Osirisoft's RBL's tend to be the best AFAIK. I have found that by using these systems, the level of SPAM that my users and I receive has dropped to a point where it's not entirely annoying or time-consuming to deal with it anymore.
One RBL that I stay away from using is the one operated by SpamCop (bl.spamcop.com). It's a great idea, but it ends up blocking out too much "real" e-mail as well, esp from the larger ISP's like Comcast, etc.