Unless you're hypersensitive, I wouldn't worry too much. From your link: "Excessive emissions from photocopiers and laser printers are rare if the machines are properly maintained. Their average emission rate is ten to one hundred times below the Permissible Exposure Limits."
Agreed. I also have a little laser printer, I think it was a bit over $100 but it's probably close to 2 years old and I'm still only on my second toner cartridge. It's heaps faster than an inkjet and the print won't smudge or smear... ever. Laser printers rock.
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The hostile treatment...
At least they didn't tackle him and pump seven bullets into his brain.
archive the images of the CD/DVD's on a harddrive... find a third party managed storage space off-site for bulk storage of the disks
I agree. Of course, 30,000 CDs would consume over 18 terabytes, but most of them are probably not filled with 650MB of data. Plus there are a myriad of compression tools such as PK/WinZip and GZip that will decrease the storage requirements further. With high-density IDE and SATA disks and PCI or software RAID being so cheap these days, it should not be hard to build an inexpensive SAN. You're not going to need the performance of SCSI or Fiber Channel.
If your policy does not allow for outsourcing the physical disc storage (for privacy reasons etc), destroy the discs after you rip them to your storage array. Just be sure to back up that array offiste.
How do you punish a spammer? Well, you're right, it is a tough choice. On one hand, you have corporal punishment. On the other, capital. Tough decision.
It's not hard. You don't even need a separate subnet if you can do VLANs. Set up a Linux box with tagged VLANs and hook it up to a managed switch. Using iptables, redirect port 80 on each VLAN to Squid on a different port (8081, 8082, etc). You can create ACLs in Squid based on "Proxy Port" so that people connecting to 8081 get one set of ACLs and people on 8082 get another, etc. Of course you can also set ACLs based on client IP/subnet, but setting up VLANs is cooler.
If you want to add authentication to the mix, instead of transparent proxying you will need users to configure their browsers for your proxy on port 3128 or 8080 (you can still use the VLAN redirect thing for ports 8081 8082 etc). Use the msnt_auth plugin for Squid and now users can use their Windows domain login for web access. Only problem with msnt_auth is it only allows up to 12 chars for the password and some characters are not allowed, so users with wacky passwords may need to change them in order to get online.
Agreed, the prepaid plans are often less expensive -- if you don't talk much. Problem is many of the prepaid deals I've seen (thinking TracFone) require special phones, so you have a very limited selection. Maybe you can use regular phones with prepaid plans these days, that would be a plus.
I actually have a $20/mo plan from T-Mobile grandfathered in from the Voicestream days of yore. Last I checked they still have a comparable new plan but it's buried on the website and they go out of their way to hide it... and if you do find it, they discourage you from using it (they usually try to upsell me to the $40/mo plan whenever I have to call them). I think $20 is about the best monthly plan you can find anywhere. If anyone knows different, let me know.;)
I tried using the bundled 2.6 once, and I encountered some problems. I ended up getting the vanilla source from kernel.org and it actually worked better.
I love Slackware, it runs all of my servers, but man... I wish 2.6 was the default. 2.6 has some things that 2.4 doesn't, so sometimes I have to upgrade, which is a PITA. What does 2.4 have that 2.6 doesn't?
I do, when you are hauling ass down the interstate in your 18-wheeler hopped up on meth and coke and you plow into a busload of kids or worse you plow into me.
I take it you are in favor of the prohibition of alcohol, then? "I do, when you are hauling ass down the interstate in your 18-wheeler drunk out of your mind and you plow into a busload of kids or worse you plow into me. Alcohol makes people do crazy stuff that can and could very well hurt others. It would all be well and good if the alcohol addicts drank at home and STAYED home. But they don't................."
One day I couldn't get my scratched Windows install CD to work. Grabbed a white candle, rubbed it on the disc, then buffed it out with a cloth. You could still see the big scratches, but the disc worked fine after that.
...after factoring in the personal cost of having to live in Alabama or Idaho?
Yup, that's right. Stay right where you're at. We Idahoans don't want any more Californians here anyway, thank you very much... our quiet state is rapidly turning into Little California.
But I've been under the understanding that iSCSI doesn't require SCSI drives
Correct, I built a Windows 2003 Cluster (just for testing, not a production system!) using a Linux iSCSI target on an IDE drive and the stock iSCSI initiators on the 2003 boxes. Performance wasn't great but it worked fine.
With Copper Gigabit Ethernet and Jumbo frames (standard Ethernet is 1500 bytes, but disk blocks are usually 4K so you uneed Jumbo frames to eliminate fragmentation), I'd think you would save a lot of money over Fibre Channel and only take a small hit on performance.
Where I live, the power company is required by law to purchase any excess electricity you put back on the grid.
While this is true, the cost of grid-tie inverters is astronomical. $2,000 for a bargain basement model, and they go way up from there. (The power companies have stringent specifications and requirements for what it will let you hook up to the grid.)
It'll take a long, long time for that little piece of hardware to pay for iteself. Good for the environment but not so good for your ROI.
The Wankel is cool, but I'd like to see some development in 2-stroke technology for automobiles. No, not your bad old oil-burning gas-out-the-exhaust 2-stroke, but one with a closed crankcase and direct injection. Rather than using crankcase pressure to scavenge the exhaust, you use a small supercharger and/or turbocharger so the oil stays in the crankcase just like a 4-stroke. Instead of an air/fuel mixture whistling through the engine and out the exhaust when both valves are open, you only charge the cylinder with air and then inject gasoline after both valves have closed. Direct-injection (AKA "stratified charge") technology is already used on modern lean-burn 4-strokes, and would create no more emissions when used in a 2-stroke.
2-strokes have a better power-to-weight ratio (even with the supercharger penalty), and are a bit more efficient as well (you don't have to send the piston two extra strokes for intake and exhaust). You can also eliminate half the valves by using ports. Big ocean-going ships use 2-stroke diesels because they're simply the most efficient ICE. When you're measuring fuel burn in gallons per minute, you need all the efficiency you can get!
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Unless you're hypersensitive, I wouldn't worry too much. From your link: "Excessive emissions from photocopiers and laser printers are rare if the machines are properly maintained. Their average emission rate is ten to one hundred times below the Permissible Exposure Limits."
Agreed. I also have a little laser printer, I think it was a bit over $100 but it's probably close to 2 years old and I'm still only on my second toner cartridge. It's heaps faster than an inkjet and the print won't smudge or smear... ever. Laser printers rock.
If your policy does not allow for outsourcing the physical disc storage (for privacy reasons etc), destroy the discs after you rip them to your storage array. Just be sure to back up that array offiste.
How do you punish a spammer? Well, you're right, it is a tough choice. On one hand, you have corporal punishment. On the other, capital. Tough decision.
It's not hard. You don't even need a separate subnet if you can do VLANs. Set up a Linux box with tagged VLANs and hook it up to a managed switch. Using iptables, redirect port 80 on each VLAN to Squid on a different port (8081, 8082, etc). You can create ACLs in Squid based on "Proxy Port" so that people connecting to 8081 get one set of ACLs and people on 8082 get another, etc. Of course you can also set ACLs based on client IP/subnet, but setting up VLANs is cooler.
If you want to add authentication to the mix, instead of transparent proxying you will need users to configure their browsers for your proxy on port 3128 or 8080 (you can still use the VLAN redirect thing for ports 8081 8082 etc). Use the msnt_auth plugin for Squid and now users can use their Windows domain login for web access. Only problem with msnt_auth is it only allows up to 12 chars for the password and some characters are not allowed, so users with wacky passwords may need to change them in order to get online.
Agreed, the prepaid plans are often less expensive -- if you don't talk much. Problem is many of the prepaid deals I've seen (thinking TracFone) require special phones, so you have a very limited selection. Maybe you can use regular phones with prepaid plans these days, that would be a plus.
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I actually have a $20/mo plan from T-Mobile grandfathered in from the Voicestream days of yore. Last I checked they still have a comparable new plan but it's buried on the website and they go out of their way to hide it... and if you do find it, they discourage you from using it (they usually try to upsell me to the $40/mo plan whenever I have to call them). I think $20 is about the best monthly plan you can find anywhere. If anyone knows different, let me know.
I love Slackware, it runs all of my servers, but man... I wish 2.6 was the default. 2.6 has some things that 2.4 doesn't, so sometimes I have to upgrade, which is a PITA. What does 2.4 have that 2.6 doesn't?
Maybe this?
http://jwz.livejournal.com/543178.html
Hamsters, not gerbils, but close enough perhaps...
Except... what about the Sport Pilot rules just enacted, allowing many more nonprofessional pilots in the air than ever before?
However, I can guarantee they won't float. They might make good boat anchors though... they are built like tanks!
You could offer to buy your neighbor one of those collars that shock the dog when it barks.
One day I couldn't get my scratched Windows install CD to work. Grabbed a white candle, rubbed it on the disc, then buffed it out with a cloth. You could still see the big scratches, but the disc worked fine after that.
Furthermore, it doesn't appear that he tested the SWR of his setup. He may be slowly frying his cell phone every time it transmits.
With Copper Gigabit Ethernet and Jumbo frames (standard Ethernet is 1500 bytes, but disk blocks are usually 4K so you uneed Jumbo frames to eliminate fragmentation), I'd think you would save a lot of money over Fibre Channel and only take a small hit on performance.
It'll take a long, long time for that little piece of hardware to pay for iteself. Good for the environment but not so good for your ROI.
Not that batteries are much better, of course.
The Wankel is cool, but I'd like to see some development in 2-stroke technology for automobiles. No, not your bad old oil-burning gas-out-the-exhaust 2-stroke, but one with a closed crankcase and direct injection. Rather than using crankcase pressure to scavenge the exhaust, you use a small supercharger and/or turbocharger so the oil stays in the crankcase just like a 4-stroke. Instead of an air/fuel mixture whistling through the engine and out the exhaust when both valves are open, you only charge the cylinder with air and then inject gasoline after both valves have closed. Direct-injection (AKA "stratified charge") technology is already used on modern lean-burn 4-strokes, and would create no more emissions when used in a 2-stroke.
2-strokes have a better power-to-weight ratio (even with the supercharger penalty), and are a bit more efficient as well (you don't have to send the piston two extra strokes for intake and exhaust). You can also eliminate half the valves by using ports. Big ocean-going ships use 2-stroke diesels because they're simply the most efficient ICE. When you're measuring fuel burn in gallons per minute, you need all the efficiency you can get!
With a vanadium redox battery, you can recharge in 5 minutes just by pumping out your discharged elecrolyte and pumping in some charged electolyte. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanadium_redox_batter y
I don't think you need holes in the gas tank to have a reasonable crossover point. Can someone check my math here?
Distance 100 Mi
Speed1 55 Mph
Speed2 65 Mph
Time1 1.82 Hours
Time2 1.54 Hours
BurnRate1 3 GPH
BurnRate2 3.5 GPH
TotalBurn1 5.45 Gal
TotalBurn2 5.38 Gal
Time Saved 0.28 Hours
Fuel Saved 0.07 Gallons
So why did everybody run out of fuel on their way out of New Orleans during Katrina? Guess going 5MPH is below that crossover point, eh?