A lot of datacentres don't allow UPSes within customer enclosures, as even if the EPO is triggered they keep supplying power which can be dangerous for fire/rescue crews. I'm aware this wasn't an EPO situation AFAIK, but the rules still apply.
We run that here on our.75ish TB file server, and it's been great for us. We've not had any data corruption issues since we deployed it ~1yr ago, and it's survived a number of power outages with no problems. I'm impressed so far:)
it's likely, in this case, power directly from the grid, without being conditioned or backed up in any way. some colos give you one power feed of 'dirty' and one of 'clean' for devices requiring redundancy, better ones give you two fully conditioned/backed up systems that are completely isolated from building entry point up to your servers themelf.
sound like internap probably just got them back online any way they could while they work on getting normal conditioned/backed up power back online.
Actually, IAANM (i am a noc monkey) and all of the major brands (at least IBM, HPaq, Dell, and a lot of the clones) we work with have redundant PSUs in their 1U boxes. The bottom end clone $100 1U cases often don't, but any decent brand, including a lot of the lesser known ones, does.
I'd like the clicker if I could set it to 'Through Headphones' instead of through the speaker in the unit itself. With noise canceling/blocking headphones on (which I always have on), the clicker is fairly useless as-is.
Actually, in any modern computer PSU, they are vibrating at a lot more than 60Hz. The switching design of them basically turns the incoming AC into DC, then turns it back into AC at a much higher frequency. That lets the designers use much smaller transformers and such, and leads to nice small light power supplies instead of the kind of big heavy linear supplies you used to see in PDPs and such:)
Isn't the contrast ratio on OLED infinite? I was under the impression that since there is no backlight, it's either emitting zero light (as opposed to blocking the light emitted, which isn't 100%) or some light. Wouldn't that be infinite?
MythTV on Linux will do this, at least with the card I'm using (ATI TV Wonder) and most other bttv cards. It works quite well, the captions get recorded into the video file and can be turned on/off at playback time. When you export, you can export the captions as a.sub file which can be read by mplayer and displayed at play time for the exported/transcoded files too.
Not a huge fan of Minicom here either. C-Kermit all the way:o) Nice interface, and it compiles on everything from supercomputers to toasters (including Macs on OS X)!
Very true! Me and my partner were up to about 19 machines in the living room (computer room) at last count, if you include embedded gear like the security system controller (which is an x86 PC/104 based system). Not quite a typical household though (though we're probably computer-light for a double-slashdot household!;) )
Last I heard, Motorola was still shipping more microprocessors than any other company. VCRs, microwaves, TVs, stereos... This was a few years back, however. I'd still bet that Intel is behind one of the embedded chip companies. How many appliances does your average household have compared to PCs?
I can't see this bringing in much revenue. If I was a company currently using Alpha, it seems like a dead-end choice to buy yet another Alpha-based machine, knowing this was the last one. Seems like a better decision to migrate away now, rather than just prolong it. Of course, that's just my opinion, and business decisions rarely make much sense;)
A Blackberry can do this too (via SSH), though it's a somewhat expensive option. The newer models (J2ME ones) can use Idokorro Mobile SSH (as long as you have a BES with MDS), and the older ones can use AvidTelnet-SSH. Personally, I'd rather have a Blackberry with great battery life and the best portable email implementation I've seen, rather than a device that seems to be designed more for portable web browsing than email or phone use, even if the former does cost a little more. But that's just me, and I'm sure there's a market for both:)
A lot of people seem to be including 'battery life measured in weeks/months/etc' to their lists of wants. Personally, I would still see this as a disadvantage. When I pick up a book to read, I don't have to worry that I forgot to charge it last night, even if it's been sitting on the shelf for 5 years. Whether battery life on an eBook is a week or 2 months, you're still going to have to charge it which, in my book, is a fairly big disadvantage.
I'll be -1 Redundant too, and say that it just doesn't feel the same. I could see them for technical documentation and such, because search capabilities are great, but for general fiction and such, I can't see myself switching. Then again, the next generation is likely going to be the big market for these, not me.
It's not terribly common, but the ports are used in some devices, for example the M-Audio Transit. The copper contacts are on the side of the jack, while the end of the jack has an LED to send out the optical signal. You can either use a cable that has a 3.5" connector on it, or an adapter like this to hook a regular Toslink cable up to it. I don't see any technical reason you couldn't use it for both analog and optical at the same time, if you could make a cable that made both fit into the jack at the same time.
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You mean... PCI Express 16x? 164 signal pins for a 'serial' interface. ;o)
(though, it is kind of parallel serial, in a way.)
Yes, it did. However, that hasn't been a *current* Apple product for many years now :)
Other than obvious things (logos, the word 'Sun' in firmware, colours of plastic, etc.), what Sun-specific changes have been made? Just curious :)
A lot of datacentres don't allow UPSes within customer enclosures, as even if the EPO is triggered they keep supplying power which can be dangerous for fire/rescue crews. I'm aware this wasn't an EPO situation AFAIK, but the rules still apply.
It's not a plug-in, but for protecting/removing annoyances from a number of users at a time, it's even handier.
Take a look at Privoxy.
Don't forget hakarl, shark meat that's been buried in the sand for six months...
We run that here on our .75ish TB file server, and it's been great for us. We've not had any data corruption issues since we deployed it ~1yr ago, and it's survived a number of power outages with no problems. I'm impressed so far :)
it's likely, in this case, power directly from the grid, without being conditioned or backed up in any way. some colos give you one power feed of 'dirty' and one of 'clean' for devices requiring redundancy, better ones give you two fully conditioned/backed up systems that are completely isolated from building entry point up to your servers themelf. sound like internap probably just got them back online any way they could while they work on getting normal conditioned/backed up power back online.
Actually, IAANM (i am a noc monkey) and all of the major brands (at least IBM, HPaq, Dell, and a lot of the clones) we work with have redundant PSUs in their 1U boxes. The bottom end clone $100 1U cases often don't, but any decent brand, including a lot of the lesser known ones, does.
No, you could spend an hour assembling components someone else designed and put together. Building such a machine from scratch is Much more fun. :o)
The iPAQ rz1715 to be specific, not the entire line.
Looks like 5 seconds to me.
Finally! :) I'm still using my 1G 5GB model, but i'm thinking of replacing it soon. Loud is good when you have hearing loss ;o)
I'd like the clicker if I could set it to 'Through Headphones' instead of through the speaker in the unit itself. With noise canceling/blocking headphones on (which I always have on), the clicker is fairly useless as-is.
Actually, in any modern computer PSU, they are vibrating at a lot more than 60Hz. The switching design of them basically turns the incoming AC into DC, then turns it back into AC at a much higher frequency. That lets the designers use much smaller transformers and such, and leads to nice small light power supplies instead of the kind of big heavy linear supplies you used to see in PDPs and such :)
Well, it cost something in the neighbourhood of $20M to build, so they're not really *gaining* any financing from this ;)
Isn't the contrast ratio on OLED infinite? I was under the impression that since there is no backlight, it's either emitting zero light (as opposed to blocking the light emitted, which isn't 100%) or some light. Wouldn't that be infinite?
MythTV on Linux will do this, at least with the card I'm using (ATI TV Wonder) and most other bttv cards. It works quite well, the captions get recorded into the video file and can be turned on/off at playback time. When you export, you can export the captions as a .sub file which can be read by mplayer and displayed at play time for the exported/transcoded files too.
Not a huge fan of Minicom here either. C-Kermit all the way :o) Nice interface, and it compiles on everything from supercomputers to toasters (including Macs on OS X)!
Very true! Me and my partner were up to about 19 machines in the living room (computer room) at last count, if you include embedded gear like the security system controller (which is an x86 PC/104 based system). Not quite a typical household though (though we're probably computer-light for a double-slashdot household! ;) )
Last I heard, Motorola was still shipping more microprocessors than any other company. VCRs, microwaves, TVs, stereos... This was a few years back, however. I'd still bet that Intel is behind one of the embedded chip companies. How many appliances does your average household have compared to PCs?
I can't see this bringing in much revenue. If I was a company currently using Alpha, it seems like a dead-end choice to buy yet another Alpha-based machine, knowing this was the last one. Seems like a better decision to migrate away now, rather than just prolong it. ;)
Of course, that's just my opinion, and business decisions rarely make much sense
A Blackberry can do this too (via SSH), though it's a somewhat expensive option. The newer models (J2ME ones) can use Idokorro Mobile SSH (as long as you have a BES with MDS), and the older ones can use AvidTelnet-SSH. Personally, I'd rather have a Blackberry with great battery life and the best portable email implementation I've seen, rather than a device that seems to be designed more for portable web browsing than email or phone use, even if the former does cost a little more. But that's just me, and I'm sure there's a market for both :)
A lot of people seem to be including 'battery life measured in weeks/months/etc' to their lists of wants. Personally, I would still see this as a disadvantage. When I pick up a book to read, I don't have to worry that I forgot to charge it last night, even if it's been sitting on the shelf for 5 years. Whether battery life on an eBook is a week or 2 months, you're still going to have to charge it which, in my book, is a fairly big disadvantage.
I'll be -1 Redundant too, and say that it just doesn't feel the same. I could see them for technical documentation and such, because search capabilities are great, but for general fiction and such, I can't see myself switching. Then again, the next generation is likely going to be the big market for these, not me.
It's not terribly common, but the ports are used in some devices, for example the M-Audio Transit. The copper contacts are on the side of the jack, while the end of the jack has an LED to send out the optical signal. You can either use a cable that has a 3.5" connector on it, or an adapter like this to hook a regular Toslink cable up to it. I don't see any technical reason you couldn't use it for both analog and optical at the same time, if you could make a cable that made both fit into the jack at the same time.