Scientific Linux is totally awesome, but a project of this size, especially with the IT knowledge on hand, needs the support and first-rate product which RedHat provides.
In other news, Corning has just produced the world's thickest glass. This new glass, dubbed "Sub-Surface", is claimed to be as thick as a Microsoft tablet. Details at 11.
I have to wonder why the cost is still so expensive....Most technology typically experiences a rapid drop in price long before the level of market acceptance we're seeing for SSD....
The fabs used to manufacture these devices cost billions of dollars, not counting the R&D, labor, materials, etc.; consequently the amortized, sunk, and fixed costs quickly add to the product price.
If you have something more complex than a flat file, then use relational databases. Even Access databases are better than a collection of text files.
That really depends on what your intended use for them is. I mean I don't know this particular fellow's situation for data collection or what tools he uses for reporting and visualization but perhaps, for him, it's a much better idea to store them in flat files. Me? I have been using flat files for all my data collection about local crime (see here, here, here, and here) for several reasons:
1. I script it all with awk/sed to scrape the data and then put it in a CSV for summary with PostgreSQL.
2. Yes, I could use PostgreSQL for it all but I like to easily see it in its raw format on another remote machine. I also like to use Excel to do ad-hoc pivots and this is the easiest way for me to do that.
3. I upload the data to Google Docs and use their gadgets to make charts for my dashboards and maps. If I were to store it solely in PostgreSQL I would have to make the CSV, pipe it into the PostgreSQL, convert it back out to CSV and then upload it. An additional step for nothing.
Hey, no method is perfect for everyone and every project is a little different and while it's hard for me, based on the information provided, to give this guy any help, automatically suggesting that he needs a relational database to do his data storage might be just a little shortsighted.
From TFA's technical notes: "Unfortunately, the RAM had no ECC (Error Correcting Code), so random bit errors could not be corrected nor detected. Since the computation lasted more than 100 days, such errors were likely [12]."
Great we have all these digits, but they're mostly useless bits and their reliability is suspect.
Are you kidding? Us finance types *need* Excel since OO doesn't hold a candle to the OLAP and Pivot tools Excel has. Don't get me wrong, I like and still use OO at home and it's fine for a receptionist, but not suitable for many departments in an organization (yet). In this case, moving to OO would be fragmenting and increasing the difficulty of supporting different office suites.
MySQL for critical financial data, are you mad? MySQL is fine for simple stuff, but if you need critical reliability with MySQL and have to use InnoDB ($$) and other performance killers on MySQL to make it reliable, just use Postgres if you want the best open source database. Otherwise, use Oracle, or hell, even SQL Server.
MAJOR work has been done in OpenSolaris 2008.11 (now available) to support a wider array of hardware since even the 2008.05 release. There's a good chance your wireless device will now be supported on OpenSolaris out-of-the-box, as they say.
Due to licensing restrictions, of which most people forget MP3 is proprietary, you need to get a license to download the MP3 GStreamer plugin on OpenSolaris. The license is free from Fluendo's website, but requires registration. Registration, downloading, and installation takes just a few minutes and is completely legitimate.
IMHO, there are many compelling reasons to run OpenSolaris over GNU/Linux which overcome the slight advantages you've described in Ubuntu's installation process (which really is slick).
So far, the "network auto-magic shit" to which you refer, has served me quite well.
Agreed. NWAM is ideal for desktop use, but of course, anyone setting up a server will be turning it off among many other custom configuration - as with any server setup.
I use OpenSolaris for development on my ThinkPad T61 laptop and it's an excellent platform and ideal combination. For one required Windows development app (project dependent), I run XP as a VirtualBox VM and it works better and faster than if XP were installed to bare metal. ZFS is really slick. Turning ZFS compression=on means more laptop hard drive space AND faster performance since the HDDs are relatively slow (even my 320GB 7,200 rpm) and now having to read/write less to disk.
Sun's new packaging system, IPS, and the new repositories are growing with software selections and software is as easy to manage as Debian's apt-get.
Anyone here that thinks OpenSolaris will fail obviously hasn't used it. Give it a try and I bet a large portion of you Slashdot Linux zealots will move to OpenSolaris or at least give it the respect it deserves.
The likely target audience to wide deployment of OpenSolaris laptops are probably prohibited from possessing laptops with web cameras built-in. You'd be surprised how many large corporations and government organizations don't allow cameras of any sort on the premises.
What exactly is the selling point here? I can see how ZFS is enticing for servers, and perhaps a narrow range of power users, but most FOSS stuff is more work to install on Solaris (Open or otherwise).
Perhaps on a two-harddisk laptop ZFS is an interesting option.
You obviously have no idea what you are talking about or have never used OpenSolaris, ZFS, IPS, zones, SMF, or any of the enticing feature OpenSolaris possesses that Linux doesn't have.
Besides, if nothing else, Toshiba selling an OpenSolaris laptop might not be the #1 choice for home users, but is at least an interesting alternative to larger corporate customers.
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Scientific Linux is totally awesome, but a project of this size, especially with the IT knowledge on hand, needs the support and first-rate product which RedHat provides.
Windows Defender is add-on software because the OS itself doesn't provide enough defense.
"OSX - Because it was easier to make UNIX user-friendly than to fix Windows. "
Linux is not a distribution, it's only a kernel.
In other news, Corning has just produced the world's thickest glass. This new glass, dubbed "Sub-Surface", is claimed to be as thick as a Microsoft tablet. Details at 11.
Why don't they just grab the (say) 200 most visited sites on the internet, copy the JavaScript and use that to benchmark instead?
Simples.
That would likely be illegal.
I have to wonder why the cost is still so expensive. ...Most technology typically experiences a rapid drop in price long before the level of market acceptance we're seeing for SSD. ...
The fabs used to manufacture these devices cost billions of dollars, not counting the R&D, labor, materials, etc.; consequently the amortized, sunk, and fixed costs quickly add to the product price.
If you have something more complex than a flat file, then use relational databases. Even Access databases are better than a collection of text files.
That really depends on what your intended use for them is. I mean I don't know this particular fellow's situation for data collection or what tools he uses for reporting and visualization but perhaps, for him, it's a much better idea to store them in flat files. Me? I have been using flat files for all my data collection about local crime (see here, here, here, and here) for several reasons:
1. I script it all with awk/sed to scrape the data and then put it in a CSV for summary with PostgreSQL.
2. Yes, I could use PostgreSQL for it all but I like to easily see it in its raw format on another remote machine. I also like to use Excel to do ad-hoc pivots and this is the easiest way for me to do that.
3. I upload the data to Google Docs and use their gadgets to make charts for my dashboards and maps. If I were to store it solely in PostgreSQL I would have to make the CSV, pipe it into the PostgreSQL, convert it back out to CSV and then upload it. An additional step for nothing.
Hey, no method is perfect for everyone and every project is a little different and while it's hard for me, based on the information provided, to give this guy any help, automatically suggesting that he needs a relational database to do his data storage might be just a little shortsighted.
YMMV.
There, fixed that for 'ya.
Direct link to the hardware (with photos)!
Also, anyone else also notice the partially cropped off friend, it's not Clippy, on the final result screenshot?
... assessments about my lack of adequate manhood.
So you're the one! I've got a bunch of email that must belong to you.
"Good Database Design Books?"
So you're certainly not looking for anything about MySQL.
Thats one of lifes great problems solved. Any chance they can work on Windows stability next?
Bob.
What, are you kidding? They want a solvable problem to work on!
Or you can run FreeBSD 8, which has ZFS and has had DTrace for a while now.
I know this is Slashdot, but have these Linux zealots ever tried FreeBSD? If they had, I bet there would be a ton less "dying" or "dead" jokes.
Sure, FreeBSD doesn't have the marketing, but it's got the features.
Okay, Linux fanbois, light me up.
Immersion liquid cooling is ... all well and good, it is after all HOBBY level tech.
Really? Cray started doing this back in 1985, so I wouldn't call it "HOBBY level tech."
Illegal means ILLEGAL. The U.S. has yet to grant its citizens the privilege to pick and choose which laws they wish to abide by without consequence.
From TFA's technical notes: "Unfortunately, the RAM had no ECC (Error Correcting Code), so random bit errors could not be corrected nor detected. Since the computation lasted more than 100 days, such errors were likely [12]."
Great we have all these digits, but they're mostly useless bits and their reliability is suspect.
There's no such thing as "Solaris/OpenSolaris 10", however, Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris do actually exist and are indeed really awesome.
Are you kidding? Us finance types *need* Excel since OO doesn't hold a candle to the OLAP and Pivot tools Excel has. Don't get me wrong, I like and still use OO at home and it's fine for a receptionist, but not suitable for many departments in an organization (yet). In this case, moving to OO would be fragmenting and increasing the difficulty of supporting different office suites.
MySQL for critical financial data, are you mad? MySQL is fine for simple stuff, but if you need critical reliability with MySQL and have to use InnoDB ($$) and other performance killers on MySQL to make it reliable, just use Postgres if you want the best open source database. Otherwise, use Oracle, or hell, even SQL Server.
MAJOR work has been done in OpenSolaris 2008.11 (now available) to support a wider array of hardware since even the 2008.05 release. There's a good chance your wireless device will now be supported on OpenSolaris out-of-the-box, as they say.
Due to licensing restrictions, of which most people forget MP3 is proprietary, you need to get a license to download the MP3 GStreamer plugin on OpenSolaris. The license is free from Fluendo's website, but requires registration. Registration, downloading, and installation takes just a few minutes and is completely legitimate.
IMHO, there are many compelling reasons to run OpenSolaris over GNU/Linux which overcome the slight advantages you've described in Ubuntu's installation process (which really is slick).
Suspend works great on my ThinkPad T61 and OpenSolaris 2008.11, but unfortunately, there still is no hibernate functionality.
And all of those phones you mentioned would not be permitted on the premises. Most uses have a Blackberry phone models w/o built-in cameras.
So far, the "network auto-magic shit" to which you refer, has served me quite well.
Agreed. NWAM is ideal for desktop use, but of course, anyone setting up a server will be turning it off among many other custom configuration - as with any server setup.
I use OpenSolaris for development on my ThinkPad T61 laptop and it's an excellent platform and ideal combination. For one required Windows development app (project dependent), I run XP as a VirtualBox VM and it works better and faster than if XP were installed to bare metal. ZFS is really slick. Turning ZFS compression=on means more laptop hard drive space AND faster performance since the HDDs are relatively slow (even my 320GB 7,200 rpm) and now having to read/write less to disk.
Sun's new packaging system, IPS, and the new repositories are growing with software selections and software is as easy to manage as Debian's apt-get.
Anyone here that thinks OpenSolaris will fail obviously hasn't used it. Give it a try and I bet a large portion of you Slashdot Linux zealots will move to OpenSolaris or at least give it the respect it deserves.
The likely target audience to wide deployment of OpenSolaris laptops are probably prohibited from possessing laptops with web cameras built-in. You'd be surprised how many large corporations and government organizations don't allow cameras of any sort on the premises.
What exactly is the selling point here? I can see how ZFS is enticing for servers, and perhaps a narrow range of power users, but most FOSS stuff is more work to install on Solaris (Open or otherwise).
Perhaps on a two-harddisk laptop ZFS is an interesting option.
You obviously have no idea what you are talking about or have never used OpenSolaris, ZFS, IPS, zones, SMF, or any of the enticing feature OpenSolaris possesses that Linux doesn't have. Besides, if nothing else, Toshiba selling an OpenSolaris laptop might not be the #1 choice for home users, but is at least an interesting alternative to larger corporate customers.