I believe it has already been pointed out, but the PQI Intelligent Stick is the smallest usb flash drive on the market, and is only about $35 for 128mb. I think the website is www.istick.biz
the most interesting thing about nihm batteries is the price ranges they sell for. I've seen AA 1800mah batteries sell for anything from 80 cents to $5 each depending on brand and whether you buy them at radio shack or mail order.
For instance, you can buy 1800's from zbattery for about $1.20 each. The same rating of battery will cost you $4 elsewhere. I guess my point is that there's a huge markup on these little suckers.
One of the limitations of FTP and HTTP for file transfer is their inability to fully use available bandwidth. It's not much of an issue at slow (100Mbps) connections, but just as an experiment, try transfering a few Gigs over GigE. Note the bitrate. Now initiate another connection at the same time, and note the total bitrate. Aha! Parallel streams are better! There are specialized programs for bulk data transfer: pftp bbftp bbcp tsunami gridftp to name a few, but they don't do Windows. Bummer!
-Everyone looked SO old! Even Data. -No sexy characters. -Too much borrowed from ST Generations. (Ramming scene/Enterprise crash landing. Evil genius almost destroys planet with superweapon.) -Phaezon, though acted well, just wasn't a convincingly written character. -Shakespeare, shakespeare... remind me that these guys are actors by having them quote shakespeare. Great idea!
Add an A/B switch like this, and it IS a neat solution! Just store the data on the firewire drive in the first place. http://www.signvideo.com/firewire-switch-ieee-1394.htm
Here's a non-destructive test to check the read speed of your linux drive (replace/dev/sda with the correct device).
Watch the change from second to second in the data transferred stat. Guess at it. Multiply that number by 4096 and you have bits/second. Even with 2Gbps fibre channel, you're not going to exceed that data transfer rate because of the spindle speed of your drive. The stat will actually drop toward the end of the drive because the sectors are spaced closer at the beginning (inside tracks) of the drive. On a fast scsi drive, you may get 80000 blocks/sec=327 Mbits/sec.
If you just store the data on the firewire drive in the first place, you don't have to wait several minutes for the copy. Just press the switch button and use the data.
I realize everyone's been telling you to use Gigabit Ethernet, but if cost is an issue, this may work better, and it's WAY cheaper. It may not work well for you if you have a lot of PCI slots in use already. Just put extra ethernet cards in each machine. See this cringely article for more information: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20011227. html
OTOH, this may not be very effective between linux and windows.
What I'd like to know is if anyone has a source for hobbyists like myself to get RFID tags and scanners. I'm just itching to build a Smart Fridge and get it on Slashdot:)
The company that originally developed ClearCase was called Pure Atria. That's why clearcase installs itself in/usr/atria.
*opinion*
Clearcase is powerful, byzantine, expensive, and slow. ClearCase linux support is quite limited, and its mvfs (multi-versioned file system. It's how they do dynamic views) is the only reason I use binary-only kernel modules. For this I resent Rational. I hope IBM will see the light and release the kernel module as free software so I can run ClearCase with a stock kernel.
Do your organization a favor. Don't develop a dependency on ClearCase. It will hold you back. Consider using CVS for lightweight stuff, or go with one of the commercial alternatives like BitKeeper or Perforce.
I wasn't joking. HP is an environmentally friendly, socially responsible company, and you should buy stuff from us for that reason. Well that and we make good stuff.
And as for cheap, well have you tried buying a new ink cartridge lately? Ouch! (But it is better quality than the refills.)
>I doubt HP decided to move on their own without ultarior motives
Speaking as an employee of HP, I can tell you that we find it both profitable and satisfying to be socially responsible. In this case, it means supporting recycling. In other cases, it means encouraging diversity, corporate philanthropy, etc. Some Multi-National Corporations may be socially and environmentally irresponsible. We aren't one of them.
"If there's a central message, it is this: corporate citizenship is the foundation of HP's heritage and integral to who we are, what we do--and how we expect to be profitable in the future." - HP
Or, hey, buy one xbox for linux, and one for screwing with!
The likelyhood of their [Team Assembly] picking a MAC/Serial combo already in use is *extremely* remote, giving that there are 16777216 unique MAC adresses for *each* network adapter manufacturer. And only God (and Bill) knows how big the serial number space is!
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Only $35 for 128MB at Googlegear.
I believe it has already been pointed out, but the PQI Intelligent Stick is the smallest usb flash drive on the market, and is only about $35 for 128mb. I think the website is www.istick.biz
the most interesting thing about nihm batteries is the price ranges they sell for. I've seen AA 1800mah batteries sell for anything from 80 cents to $5 each depending on brand and whether you buy them at radio shack or mail order. For instance, you can buy 1800's from zbattery for about $1.20 each. The same rating of battery will cost you $4 elsewhere. I guess my point is that there's a huge markup on these little suckers.
A lot of folks are assuming that waste heat would be a huge problem with free energy. I see it as a non-issue for two reasons.
1. It would be pretty simple to legislate low heat emissions on-planet... and dead simple to monitor via satellite.
2. High-energy manufacturing would all move off-planet to get away from heat pollution laws.
Or you can just apt-get install liblightbulb2/unstable.
DJ, do you know if any stations in the USA broadcast DAB?
It's not just a saying, it's TRUE.
Yeah, there's a company called Books 24x7 which my company, . subscribes to.
I know it's been awhile, but here's a link that might be of service:
http://web.mit.edu/kkeville/www/firewire/
also try googling for "ip over firewire"
One of the limitations of FTP and HTTP for file transfer is their inability to fully use available bandwidth. It's not much of an issue at slow (100Mbps) connections, but just as an experiment, try transfering a few Gigs over GigE. Note the bitrate. Now initiate another connection at the same time, and note the total bitrate. Aha! Parallel streams are better! There are specialized programs for bulk data transfer: pftp bbftp bbcp tsunami gridftp to name a few, but they don't do Windows. Bummer!
Yes, Nemesis sucked. I'm not surprised it tanked.
Reasons it sucked:
-Everyone looked SO old! Even Data.
-No sexy characters.
-Too much borrowed from ST Generations. (Ramming scene/Enterprise crash landing. Evil genius almost destroys planet with superweapon.)
-Phaezon, though acted well, just wasn't a convincingly written character.
-Shakespeare, shakespeare... remind me that these guys are actors by having them quote shakespeare. Great idea!
Add an A/B switch like this, and it IS a neat solution! Just store the data on the firewire drive in the first place. http://www.signvideo.com/firewire-switch-ieee-1394 .htm
/dev/sda with the correct device).
/dev/sda > /dev/null&
Here's a non-destructive test to check the read speed of your linux drive (replace
#iostat 1 > iostat.log&
#cat
#tail -f iostat.log
Watch the change from second to second in the data transferred stat. Guess at it. Multiply that number by 4096 and you have bits/second. Even with 2Gbps fibre channel, you're not going to exceed that data transfer rate because of the spindle speed of your drive. The stat will actually drop toward the end of the drive because the sectors are spaced closer at the beginning (inside tracks) of the drive. On a fast scsi drive, you may get 80000 blocks/sec=327 Mbits/sec.
If you just store the data on the firewire drive in the first place, you don't have to wait several minutes for the copy. Just press the switch button and use the data.
I realize everyone's been telling you to use Gigabit Ethernet, but if cost is an issue, this may work better, and it's WAY cheaper. It may not work well for you if you have a lot of PCI slots in use already. Just put extra ethernet cards in each machine. See this cringely article for more information: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20011227. html
OTOH, this may not be very effective between linux and windows.
But can you do channel bonding between linux and Windows? Hmm... I don't think so.
What I'd like to know is if anyone has a source for hobbyists like myself to get RFID tags and scanners. I'm just itching to build a Smart Fridge and get it on Slashdot :)
*factoid*
/usr/atria.
The company that originally developed ClearCase was called Pure Atria. That's why clearcase installs itself in
*opinion*
Clearcase is powerful, byzantine, expensive, and slow. ClearCase linux support is quite limited, and its mvfs (multi-versioned file system. It's how they do dynamic views) is the only reason I use binary-only kernel modules. For this I resent Rational. I hope IBM will see the light and release the kernel module as free software so I can run ClearCase with a stock kernel.
Do your organization a favor. Don't develop a dependency on ClearCase. It will hold you back. Consider using CVS for lightweight stuff, or go with one of the commercial alternatives like BitKeeper or Perforce.
Throw away?
HP will send you upon reqest, some postage-paid mailers to return your used ink cartridges for recycling.
Just click here.
I wasn't joking. HP is an environmentally friendly, socially responsible company, and you should buy stuff from us for that reason. Well that and we make good stuff.
And as for cheap, well have you tried buying a new ink cartridge lately? Ouch! (But it is better quality than the refills.)
I first read the headline as "Did Life Originate Underwear". Which is every bit as good a question, and funnier :)
>I doubt HP decided to move on their own without ultarior motives
Speaking as an employee of HP, I can tell you that we find it both profitable and satisfying to be socially responsible. In this case, it means supporting recycling. In other cases, it means encouraging diversity, corporate philanthropy, etc. Some Multi-National Corporations may be socially and environmentally irresponsible. We aren't one of them.
"If there's a central message, it is this: corporate citizenship is the foundation of HP's heritage and integral to who we are, what we do--and how we expect to be profitable in the future." - HP
Viva La HP
Report on Social and Environmental Responsibilty
Or, hey, buy one xbox for linux, and one for screwing with!
The likelyhood of their [Team Assembly] picking a MAC/Serial combo already in use is *extremely* remote, giving that there are 16777216 unique MAC adresses for *each* network adapter manufacturer. And only God (and Bill) knows how big the serial number space is!
Mr. Shatner,
Do you watch Enterprise? Do you like it?
Aye, because of all the booty!
My sister-in-law broke her arm last week sledding into a hay bale. Caveat de Sledtor.
Now if only I could reduce *my* tailpipe emissions. Maybe I should stop going to taco bell.
Pull my finger!