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  1. Re:What is the point of OSX server? on Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available · · Score: 0, Troll

    And a single fire takes them both out, or one angry employee. If it is on live media, it ain't a backup it's a copy. If it is onsite, it ain't a backup it's a copy.

  2. Re:Seriously? on Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available · · Score: 0

    Reliability without redundancy is just hope. No special Mac majic prevents hard drives from failing or the power company from killing your power supply.

  3. Re:App Store... Ubuntu Repository. on Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available · · Score: 1

    Sure, just use an activation key. You will have to setup your own repo or find one that already does that. Ubuntu has such a repo used for pay for codecs and the like.

  4. Re:Seriously? on Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available · · Score: 0

    Those are just glorified desktops, even real workstations have a RAID array and redundant PSUs. Even the desktops at my house have RAID arrays.

  5. Re:What is the point of OSX server? on Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available · · Score: 0

    Because it was not cost competitive. Apple should have rebranded some HP server gear for it or something.

  6. Re:What is the point of OSX server? on Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available · · Score: -1

    The folks buying two mac minis, instead of a real server are those who will not know the first thing about keeping backups, syncing the data between the two or doing failover.

    It might be ok to keep some dvd rips on at your house, but using it for work is crazy talk.

  7. Re:Seriously? on Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available · · Score: 0

    We define reliable very differently I guess.
    It does not even have redundant PSUs, or a RAID array. Have fun with the downtime caused by something you could have avoided.

  8. Re:What is the point of OSX server? on Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available · · Score: 0

    It only works on vmware on a mac. It is not popular for any professional server deployment, no one will use it in the datacenter without real server class hardware.

  9. Re:What is the point of OSX server? on Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available · · Score: 0, Troll

    The mac mini is no server. It lacks even basic cheap server stuff, redundant PSUs, RAID array, etc.

  10. What is the point of OSX server? on Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Without any server hardware to run it on, why is there even a server setup?

    Honestly killing the Xserve and not letting OSX server be installed on another vendors server hardware is brain dead.

  11. Re:goddammitsomuch on NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight · · Score: 1

    No, I am assuming that the minute you kill one of the enemies ballistic missile subs you give away your hand.

    To be able to do what you are talking about you would need to be able to track and kill all their subs, any other form of mobile launcher, and destroy all land based launchers. You would need to accomplish that with in minutes of your attack and your enemy would need to not notice that you are preparing for all this. That sounds just a little far fetched.

  12. Re:Can I have it now you are finished with it? on NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight · · Score: 1

    You are indeed correct. I mis-spoke they are rebuilt, and at great cost.

  13. Re:goddammitsomuch on NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight · · Score: 1

    The second strike capability of sub launched ICBMs do make nuclear attack pretty much obsolete by any form. If you use nukes you will be just as dead as your enemy.

  14. Re:goddammitsomuch on NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight · · Score: 1

    Not going to happen. ICBMs and sub launched ICBMs make sure of that.

    The Russians have plenty of defense contractor pork too, that is what you are seeing. We both spend too much money on dick waving and pork barrel defense contractor bullshit.

  15. Re:goddammitsomuch on NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight · · Score: 1

    Shooting at people who can shoot back. That is what I would call fighter plane stuff.

    The SR-71 was a wonderful aircraft, but the YF-12 was a solution looking for a problem.

  16. Re:goddammitsomuch on NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight · · Score: 1

    Not at all effective. The YF-12 was an interceptor plane concept not a fighter.

    That means, fly fast at bombers coming in then launch your missiles against them. Not a whole lot of fighter plane stuff going on there.

    Either way ICBMs sorta make that pointless.

  17. Re:goddammitsomuch on NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight · · Score: 2

    The shuttle has a much higher mass than most satellites. It also leaks air, so you can't use it for humans else you want to be wasting tons of that too. Overall the shuttle was designed for a purpose and it was not this.

  18. Re:Can I have it now you are finished with it? on NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight · · Score: 1

    Look at planned man-rated launchers. Not an SRB in sight, unless a congressman was involved in the design.

    Good reason for that. Even if they where 100% safe, they mean you have to go out to the pad standing up, which adds huge amounts of cost to current launches. Not saying an SRB without this issue could not be designed, just the shuttle ones suck out loud.

  19. Re:goddammitsomuch on NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight · · Score: 1

    You think things in orbit just stay there based on magic or your hopes and dreams?

    Here in reality it costs fuel, meaning more deliveries and more money spent.

  20. Re:goddammitsomuch on NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just how exactly do you think it would stay in orbit next to the ISS with no fuel for station keeping? Or did you think delivering that would be free?

    How are they perfect for orbital operations?

    They are old, they waste lots of space on stuff not needed on orbit and they are not safe re-entry craft.

  21. Re:Can I have it now you are finished with it? on NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight · · Score: 4, Informative

    The shuttles are not reusable in any real cost saving sense. They have to have many tiles replaced, the main engines replaced, and numerous other little odds and ends. The SRBs are one of the shuttles main failings, SRBs are cheap but notice that no one else uses them for a man rated launcher.

    The Shuttle will not find a buyer, it is not cost effective and never was.

  22. Re:Easier method: on Biodegradable Sneakers Sprout Flowers When Planted · · Score: 1

    Not a lot of glass to avoid thousands of years ago.

  23. Re:Life Time on Biodegradable Sneakers Sprout Flowers When Planted · · Score: 1

    So then please provide at least a website that would let one do something like that.

    My next jeans are going to be some made in Texas ones, so at least they are getting paid minimum wage.

  24. Re:Easier method: on Biodegradable Sneakers Sprout Flowers When Planted · · Score: 2

    What device do you use to detect very small pieces of glass, especially the clear kind from car headlights that often ends up on sidewalks after accidents?

  25. Re:Life Time on Biodegradable Sneakers Sprout Flowers When Planted · · Score: 1

    With further reading it is not $150 for life. You must also pay shipping, and a $30 fee each time you send them back for repair. So this is really just normal shoes with discounted repair prices.