Social Security has always outperformed its financial forecasts. Also the the A-10 Thunderbolt II, a project actually run by an Air Force officer, outside of the normal private design submission process, came in under budget, on time and with better that expected performance. Those are two that spring to mind anyway.
But you are right that 10 year economic forecasts, private of government, are rarely accurate. That is part of why SS routinely outperforms long term forecasts, the economy as a whole generally does.
Basically it is a NAS that breaks your data into sub-block sized chunks at ingestion, checksums it and single instances the chunks. Most users get 20:1 average compression. Obviously different data types de-dupe at different efficiencies. Our VM images typically hit 40:1, SQL Server DBs about 30:1, medical images 5:1.
DDOS now includes some archive specific features, which it sounds like you might find useful. It also has a very robust replication feature. Since it was originally designed for backup, it is optimized for data integrity. DD is dead simple to configure and operate and the support is great.
http://www.datadomain.com/products/appliances.html
Ah, so there is no federal Highway Trust Fund or gasoline tax? Tolls magically fund the construction of highways before they exist and that there is no such thing as a freeway? Good to know.
Huh... when did that happen? I've never had it work. I just checked in Snowy and it still doesn't work there. Which is sad since they use samba for the server. You'd think they'd at least match its client capabilities.
Of course, all CIFS is proprietary. The Samba team just does an awesome job reverse engineering it. The Open Group SMB standard is now basically a fork thanks to MS's policy.
You'd have to write your own software for the thing. They don't even allow ATA over Ethernet. It isn't just IP only, it is HTTPS only. If you want block level access, they don't want you.
Not only that, they seem to think there is no difference between block and file storage. This is an HTTP only NAS system backed by JFS. That would not be my first choice for many applications. I couldn't use this for most of my data center even if it did have a support infrastructure.
One of the most important concepts here is that to store or retrieve data with a Backblaze Storage Pod, it is always through HTTPS. There is no iSCSI, no NFS, no SQL, no Fibre Channel. None of those technologies scales as cheaply, reliably, goes as big, nor can be managed as easily as stand-alone pods with their own IP address waiting for requests on HTTPS.
Precisely correct. The whole point of my original post was that the VVS was no match for the USAF. Too small, too poorly maintained and most of all too little time in the air due to budget restraints. I think the avionics have greatly improved in recent years but it means little since they don't have the budget to procure any of it, or fly it once they do. I still believe the russians make the best airframes though. The Mig-29 is some kind of miracle. Inherently stable airframes are not supposed to be able to perform those kind of aerobatics. It doesn't mean much in practice, but from a gear-head perspective it is one amazing piece of engineering. The engine issue goes all the way back to the 1930s. For some reason, they never placed the same emphasis on powerplant design that they did on airframes. The Klimov VK-1 and its derivatives, big improvements over the RR Nene upon which they were based, being the exception that proves the rule.
One testament to the quality of Russian airframes is the still active market for third party upgraded Mig-21s. With modern Israeli avionics and weapons, this 50 year old airframe is still a viable interceptor for the budget conscious air force. Hard to believe.
My apologies. In the post to which you replied I did repeatedly typo SU-27 when I meant SU-37. In my original post I got that right. My bad. At any rate, I meant the SU-37. Although honestly, you can probably get six SU-27s for the price of an F-22 and end up with greater combat effectiveness by wide margin, especially if you used reliable american engines.
My favorite aviation era is the "golden age" between the wars. Can't beat that Art Deco industrial design. That said, if you are ever in central New York, do not miss Old Rhinebeck. I loved it when I was a kid.
Precisely. The Japanese were still fighting that war tactically.
Boom and zoom was tough in a fighter which was likely to shed its top wing in a dive, as would so many WWI aircraft. The best WWI fighters were generally turn fighters. Have you ever read any of Leo Opdyke's publications?
He is an old friend of my dad's. Builds and flies stringbags out of here.
Also, keep in mind that the stealth employed on the F-22 is not the same stealth tech existing on other platforms, such as the F-117. Part of the reason the 117 was retired related to the technology being compromised.
The stealth criticisms I leveled are basic physics issues. To use the physical absorption against ten meter wavelength radar you would need a ten meter thick absorption materials. It would be nice if those materials survived a little rain too, but on the F-22 they don't.
You are restating my original point about the pilots. Did you read my post?
I didn't say anything about the SU-27. I mentioned the SU-37, which has vectored thrust, among other innovations. I know of no maneuvers the F-22 can perform which the SU-37 couldn't execute long before the F-22 went into production. And even those they can perform that other aircraft can't are of only theoretical combat value. Despite the insistence of Russian pilots, the efficacy of super-maneuverability in combat is still open to debate. You'll never get an F-15 pilot to admit it has value. Admittedly, some of their argument derive from their love of BVR, which is also debatable, but they do have a point. It isn't clear that doing backflips in combat is helpful. That said, Russian weapons seem better suited to such tactics if they are valid.
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I meant passive radar guided missiles. Although we didn't develop medium range infra-red missiles either, which the Soviets did. Our only passive seekers were on the short range Sidewinder, which of course was out best performing missile by a wide margin.
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Social Security has always outperformed its financial forecasts. Also the the A-10 Thunderbolt II, a project actually run by an Air Force officer, outside of the normal private design submission process, came in under budget, on time and with better that expected performance. Those are two that spring to mind anyway.
But you are right that 10 year economic forecasts, private of government, are rarely accurate. That is part of why SS routinely outperforms long term forecasts, the economy as a whole generally does.
Data Domain blows Netapp away. It is also a lot cheaper and doesn't charge you for every single feature. I mean, Netapp charge you for CIFS!
Basically it is a NAS that breaks your data into sub-block sized chunks at ingestion, checksums it and single instances the chunks. Most users get 20:1 average compression. Obviously different data types de-dupe at different efficiencies. Our VM images typically hit 40:1, SQL Server DBs about 30:1, medical images 5:1. DDOS now includes some archive specific features, which it sounds like you might find useful. It also has a very robust replication feature. Since it was originally designed for backup, it is optimized for data integrity. DD is dead simple to configure and operate and the support is great. http://www.datadomain.com/products/appliances.html
I verbed it. "Verbing weirds language" after all.
That brings back good memories of college.
So, the average Cuban is still richer than the average Chinese.
And that isn't even counting Cuba's superior healthcare and education.
Albacore in Portsmouth NH is unique and interesting.
"When I was a boy, blowing up the moon was just a beautiful dream."
Ah, so there is no federal Highway Trust Fund or gasoline tax? Tolls magically fund the construction of highways before they exist and that there is no such thing as a freeway? Good to know.
Ooh, ooh! I know this one! Because the government subsidized the automotive infrastructure!
Publicly traded corporations. I work at a 10,000 employee company not covered under SarbOx.
Also sounds like the prelink application in Linux.
No, OS X has always done that. Except they call it prebinding.
Huh... when did that happen? I've never had it work. I just checked in Snowy and it still doesn't work there. Which is sad since they use samba for the server. You'd think they'd at least match its client capabilities.
Of course, all CIFS is proprietary. The Samba team just does an awesome job reverse engineering it. The Open Group SMB standard is now basically a fork thanks to MS's policy.
OK, looks like Samba added DFS about two years ago.
All I can think of is lack of DFS support. But I think DFS is proprietary.
The first thing my CIO said (10,000 employee company) was, "great, now I can wipe the last Microsoft products off my hard drive."
You'd have to write your own software for the thing. They don't even allow ATA over Ethernet. It isn't just IP only, it is HTTPS only. If you want block level access, they don't want you.
That's why I drive a personal SU-37.
Recordinghero would work too.
Precisely correct. The whole point of my original post was that the VVS was no match for the USAF. Too small, too poorly maintained and most of all too little time in the air due to budget restraints. I think the avionics have greatly improved in recent years but it means little since they don't have the budget to procure any of it, or fly it once they do. I still believe the russians make the best airframes though. The Mig-29 is some kind of miracle. Inherently stable airframes are not supposed to be able to perform those kind of aerobatics. It doesn't mean much in practice, but from a gear-head perspective it is one amazing piece of engineering. The engine issue goes all the way back to the 1930s. For some reason, they never placed the same emphasis on powerplant design that they did on airframes. The Klimov VK-1 and its derivatives, big improvements over the RR Nene upon which they were based, being the exception that proves the rule.
One testament to the quality of Russian airframes is the still active market for third party upgraded Mig-21s. With modern Israeli avionics and weapons, this 50 year old airframe is still a viable interceptor for the budget conscious air force. Hard to believe.
My apologies. In the post to which you replied I did repeatedly typo SU-27 when I meant SU-37. In my original post I got that right. My bad. At any rate, I meant the SU-37. Although honestly, you can probably get six SU-27s for the price of an F-22 and end up with greater combat effectiveness by wide margin, especially if you used reliable american engines.
"Curse you Red Baron!"
My favorite aviation era is the "golden age" between the wars. Can't beat that Art Deco industrial design. That said, if you are ever in central New York, do not miss Old Rhinebeck. I loved it when I was a kid.
Precisely. The Japanese were still fighting that war tactically.
Boom and zoom was tough in a fighter which was likely to shed its top wing in a dive, as would so many WWI aircraft. The best WWI fighters were generally turn fighters. Have you ever read any of Leo Opdyke's publications? He is an old friend of my dad's. Builds and flies stringbags out of here.
Also, keep in mind that the stealth employed on the F-22 is not the same stealth tech existing on other platforms, such as the F-117. Part of the reason the 117 was retired related to the technology being compromised.
The stealth criticisms I leveled are basic physics issues. To use the physical absorption against ten meter wavelength radar you would need a ten meter thick absorption materials. It would be nice if those materials survived a little rain too, but on the F-22 they don't.
You are restating my original point about the pilots. Did you read my post?
I didn't say anything about the SU-27. I mentioned the SU-37, which has vectored thrust, among other innovations. I know of no maneuvers the F-22 can perform which the SU-37 couldn't execute long before the F-22 went into production. And even those they can perform that other aircraft can't are of only theoretical combat value. Despite the insistence of Russian pilots, the efficacy of super-maneuverability in combat is still open to debate. You'll never get an F-15 pilot to admit it has value. Admittedly, some of their argument derive from their love of BVR, which is also debatable, but they do have a point. It isn't clear that doing backflips in combat is helpful. That said, Russian weapons seem better suited to such tactics if they are valid.
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I meant passive radar guided missiles. Although we didn't develop medium range infra-red missiles either, which the Soviets did. Our only passive seekers were on the short range Sidewinder, which of course was out best performing missile by a wide margin.