This is still just RAM pretending to be a hard drive, SATA in this case...
Let me know when they produce a NAND based flash memory card that plugs directly into the PCI bus for ridiculous IOPS...
Oh, wait... they've already done that... it's called FusionIO...
FusionIO is the only real SSD solution right now if you need to push > 80k IOPS.
These aren't the cheapest things out there, but if you run large databases and need to get your database to actually be per formant... an array of these is the way to go.
A bunch of ram pig-tailed off of SATA is just horrifically slow in comparison...
I'm glad that I keep true to the old methods and run a full version behind.
I'm running 3.0.1 just about everywhere and am unaffected by this bug. I work in a prototyping lab and being able to clone and boot up new VMs is a way of life.
This just goes back to the old saying that "unused memory is wasted memory."
You should always cache as much as possible.
The problem is, if consumers saw their memory usage at 100% all the time, they would freak out.
I've had 4gb for a while, as I use Photoshop heavily. I'm going to make the vista jump just so that I can run more/all of that 4gb, plus get some 64 bit action.
I was so amazed that I was able to login to the box and run "w" to see who was in the box and what was going on. Granted it took the box 5 full minutes to execute that, but it still did it.
I output the top of that to a file that you can now find in my sig.
I never knew that load averages could break 900...
and not only does the spyware stay away, but the net admins won't read your gmail;)
(The details: Putty now has more than just remote/local port fowarding. You can now select "dynamic" and allocate a local port. This port will then act as a local socks 4/5 proxy allowing you to encrypt/tunnel your web traffic out to another server that is preferably owned by yourself.)
Keynote Internet Health Report Provides a table of ping times between various Internet backbones and providers. Great for checking if it's your ISP, or the backbone they are attached to that's having a slow day.
I advise everyone to check these out, as they provide a great wealth of information in a nice organized format.
Quote: In 1951, Chrysler introduced a new line of V8 engines called the Hemi. The name came from the cylinder heads, which had a hemispherical design. The design itself wasn't new, but it had never been used in a passenger car before. As TheHemi.Com explains, the Hemi engine differs from standard V8 engines in three main ways:
The hemispherical combustion chambers create better thermal and volumetric
efficiency. Thus, the engine can create more power without increasing
compression, which would entail a higher octane fuel.
Valves are placed directly across from each other, as opposed to
side-by-side, to allow better intake and exhaust gas flow.
The spark plugs are better positioned to provide maximum ignition
combustion in the chambers.
A photographic comparison of the Hemi and other engine types might help explain the differences. If you really know your stuff, you can race through this incredibly detailed explanation. And if you want to get revved up about Hemis, check out Hot Rod Magazine for an article about a Hemi exhibit at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum. It might just spark your interest.
our 240 wagon is currently at 240kmi...we were hoping to drive it into the ground, so we stopped changing the oil about 50kmi ago...it's still running! In the last 10k the car picked up an oil leak...I don't even think there's been oil in it for about 5kmi.
> unexpectedly and without warning coming to sudden stops because they've triggered the "punishment light"
You should be watching the traffic signals too, in that case it would not be unexpected. You see somone speed past you, you see the light, you know it's going to change.
> Vehicular safety ONLY FUNCTIONS when the behavior of all of the drivers is as PREDICTABLE as possible.
True, but not everyone drives at the same speed, making drivers unpredictable. Having lights that regulate speed will encourage drivers to drive slower so that they do not get stopped at these new lights.
I live in an area where they are in heavy use (Northern VA) and they _do_ work. Normally the lights have a sign a few hundred feet infront of them that warn of their functionality. People slow down in advance so that they do not get stuck at it.
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Well, according to this Live Blog from someone who was at the event, and blogging during it, Gates did release some of the mosquitos...
-- Dave
http://www.fusionio.com/Products.aspx
They have a test sheet there...
Their #s quoted are for 1KB and 512KB, but they show 140K IOPS random read @ 1KB...
We tested an array of 5 of the 320GB cards and tested with MS's SQLIO app and pulled some fantastic #s...
This is still just RAM pretending to be a hard drive, SATA in this case...
Let me know when they produce a NAND based flash memory card that plugs directly into the PCI bus for ridiculous IOPS...
Oh, wait... they've already done that... it's called FusionIO...
FusionIO is the only real SSD solution right now if you need to push > 80k IOPS.
These aren't the cheapest things out there, but if you run large databases and need to get your database to actually be per formant... an array of these is the way to go.
A bunch of ram pig-tailed off of SATA is just horrifically slow in comparison...
-- Dave
Not even the Wayback Machine can save them...
"We're sorry, access to http://www.journalspace.com/ has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt."
-- Dave
In the "Stupid QWERTY Tricks" section of his site, he lists all of the words that you can type on the left/right hand side of the keyboard...
http://interglacial.com/~sburke/pub/stupid_qwerty_tricks.html
He published all of that online in 1998...
(1998-09-21)
In comparison, the longest Dvorak word, typed with only the left hand is: "upkeep" ...not that that has anything to do with the efficiency of Dvorak...
The other Dvorak word lists are far more interesting:
http://interglacial.com/~sburke/pub/stupid_dvorak_tricks.html
-- Dave
Obviously he's time traveling and winning again!
-- Dave
I'm glad that I keep true to the old methods and run a full version behind.
I'm running 3.0.1 just about everywhere and am unaffected by this bug. I work in a prototyping lab and being able to clone and boot up new VMs is a way of life.
No money wasted today =)
-- Dave
This just goes back to the old saying that "unused memory is wasted memory."
You should always cache as much as possible.
The problem is, if consumers saw their memory usage at 100% all the time, they would freak out.
I've had 4gb for a while, as I use Photoshop heavily. I'm going to make the vista jump just so that I can run more/all of that 4gb, plus get some 64 bit action.
-- Dave
Or rather booo....
I'd love to know what kinda crap their QA department is getting right now.
-- Dave
I was so amazed that I was able to login to the box and run "w" to see who was in the box and what was going on. Granted it took the box 5 full minutes to execute that, but it still did it.
I output the top of that to a file that you can now find in my sig.
I never knew that load averages could break 900...
This happened in 2000 on FreeBSD 4.1 I think...
-- Dave
I think the first Me Too post was not from an aol-er...
c /m sg/993d3e017d041ed4
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/net.micro.p
Weird Al !> history.
and not only does the spyware stay away, but the net admins won't read your gmail ;)
(The details: Putty now has more than just remote/local port fowarding. You can now select "dynamic" and allocate a local port. This port will then act as a local socks 4/5 proxy allowing you to encrypt/tunnel your web traffic out to another server that is preferably owned by yourself.)
I honestly cannot live w/o Firefox at this point.
Thank you Firefox team!
-- Dave
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/26/233024 1&tid=141
2 44207&tid=137&tid=17
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/31/0
Not enough original content for me...
DUPE!
SANS Internet Storm Center
Provides current Internet port graph history and advisories
CERT's Vulnerabilities page
Provides current Internet virus history and news.
Keynote Internet Health Report
Provides a table of ping times between various Internet backbones and providers. Great for checking if it's your ISP, or the backbone they are attached to that's having a slow day.
I advise everyone to check these out, as they provide a great wealth of information in a nice organized format.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5316664.html
Looks like everyone else is a week behind the times...
-- Dave
to use this same setup to look down into a city and pick up individual wireless networks.
War Sniping?
is the FCC getting more permission to sniff my packets...
Carbon Fiber is very hard to damage.
(I had to do it for you NASIOC OT!)
KBE DID IT
WHT R U DNG TONITE?
Next up:
Microsoft tries to patent the Internet.
Al Gore files suit.
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20040407.html
Quote:
In 1951, Chrysler introduced a new line of V8 engines called the
Hemi. The name came from the cylinder heads, which had a
hemispherical design. The design itself wasn't new, but it had never been used
in a passenger car before.
As TheHemi.Com explains, the
Hemi engine differs from standard V8 engines in three main ways:
efficiency. Thus, the engine can create more power without increasing
compression, which would entail a higher octane fuel.
side-by-side, to allow better intake and exhaust gas flow.
combustion in the chambers.
A photographic comparison of the
Hemi and other engine types might help explain the differences. If you really
know your stuff, you can race through this incredibly
detailed explanation. And if you want to get revved up about Hemis, check
out Hot Rod Magazine
for an article about a Hemi exhibit at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum. It might
just spark your interest.
our 240 wagon is currently at 240kmi...we were hoping to drive it into the ground, so we stopped changing the oil about 50kmi ago...it's still running! In the last 10k the car picked up an oil leak...I don't even think there's been oil in it for about 5kmi.
Newer cars are being treated like appliances rather than machines. Machines you have to maintain, appliances you replace.
The problem with this is that cars _are_ indeed machines. People are just lazy.
People no longer care if "that thing's got a hemi" They just want 50mpg and oil that never has to be replaced.
It's sad.
...the day I get to drive past one of these things as it bluescreens =)
> unexpectedly and without warning coming to sudden stops because they've triggered the "punishment light"
You should be watching the traffic signals too, in that case it would not be unexpected. You see somone speed past you, you see the light, you know it's going to change.
> Vehicular safety ONLY FUNCTIONS when the behavior of all of the drivers is as PREDICTABLE as possible.
True, but not everyone drives at the same speed, making drivers unpredictable. Having lights that regulate speed will encourage drivers to drive slower so that they do not get stopped at these new lights.
I live in an area where they are in heavy use (Northern VA) and they _do_ work. Normally the lights have a sign a few hundred feet infront of them that warn of their functionality. People slow down in advance so that they do not get stuck at it.