Why on earth are you repurposing ~7-10 year old server hardware?
You really cannot trust such devices in production environment and repurposing for testing would fail because you might run into issues installing current software on that hardware as it's not officially supported.
Don't test with obsolete hardware.
If your plan was to run linux on them, why did you bother with BMC updates, just leave it unconfigured. Yes, it'll flash ugly orange error messages, but you know those are unneccessary and you'll remote manage the machine over ssh anyways.
Call Dell, explain them that you need new servers and you'd like to recycle your old ones.
They'll likely even give you some discount for the old machines rather than charge you for recycling them.
You get new hardware to work with, which is under warranty again, and it's most likely less power consuming and produces less heat so you'll save on the energy bill and cooling as well.
This is assuming you are the first owner of the devices though. If you bought them second hand, you're SOL.
I really recommend anyone with roomba to take their screwdriver and open the thing.
Once you do and compare the inner workings to the device linked in the article, you really start to understand the concept of product design.
To recap the differences for those who don't own one: Roomba design shows massive modularity. Every component inside is relatively easy-to-swap module.
It's very easy to fix if something breaks down when everything is attached with 2-3 screws max.
Modules have fixed connectors which just slot in. You won't end up in situation like: "ooh, this 4-pin connector looks like that one, did I connect it right?"(see the pics linked - power connector and speaker for example)
You could probably 3D print matching spare modules if you made drawings for one.
Parts of the rover, like motors and gears are supposed to be modular, yet they don't really look like that to me, maybe I'm just misreading the images.
To me, it looks like "Made in China" - medium cost build. There's some build quality, it's not made from the cheapest material available, but it's not for daily use. Well, it's supposed to be a toy..
In the Rover, wifi and camera modules are most likely USB yet they use different cabling, why?
For hackable toy, those should be replaceable easily. Roomba doesn't have USB for wifi or camera either, but then again, it's a vacuum cleaner!
It’s one of those toys that is relegated to the closet shortly after its first set of batteries die.
Something from the article I'd have to agree with.
I haven't tried it myself, but stumbled on it few years ago. Ulteo (download links) should provide you with seamless application integration regardless of the platform.
Downside: the webclient is java based
Somewhere at DoD:
Guys, I wanted you to build one thing, ONE thing only and you screwed up!
I wanted server capable of running SkyDrive, not one capable of Skydive!
I'm assuming they're targetting commercial vpn providers rather than companies using VPN?
If not, I'd like to get some address where to register corporate endpoints which should be excluded from filtering.
Otherwise managing workstations and servers located in China might become rather tedious.
Atleast this IPSEC VPN to China which I'm using to post this message seems to work just fine right now.
Or downgrade.
If you have active SA on machine that has pro/ultimate sticker, it gives you permission to run W8, W7, Vista, XP, Windows 2000, NT4 or DOS6.22 & W3.11.
Yes there's also 2 and 1 but all applications on them run on W3.11 anyway.
1) place physically similar datacenters around the world
2) make your datacenter virtual, so you can keep the applications running at any place, and verify that hot-migrate works
3) ignore localized storms, since you have capacity and uptime on global scale
Sure, you notice that the datacenter goes down, but you don't have to waste diesel on generators, since the services have already been handed over to the next datacenter to handle.
Your crew can stay at home sleeping in their own beds rather than some cleaning closet or meeting room at datacenter and fix things once the storm has passed.
Patents won't touch you if you make 1-10 units.
Other manufacturers won't consider you as worthwhile to legislate against since you most likely won't make any profit from those devices sold.
From US point of view, good luck getting your device FCC approved, that'll be cheap and fun process!
Because that wouldn't allow me to use the device like a smartcard and login to every system with entering my unlock key/pattern.
I'd have to separately configure email for that PC, install software, update software... why the extra device?
All that stuff is already on my mobile.
I'd like my cell phone to act like a thin client.
Just pop it into charging dock and it gives you browser and email on big screen(s) and rdp client to access applications on server for those things your phone isn't powerful enough itself.
The dock could even have external GPU for extra power.
Have a BSc or better (normally in Computer Science or similar IT degree), plus several years real job experience.
I truly have to wonder why this has become the norm in IT.
Do you really need BSc or better degree to admin windows servers or do basic support?
The OP sounds too young to do successful IT freelancing, but then again I know few people who started their companies during/after high school and are still in business.
Best option would be to find apprenticeship from some medium sized company. Sadly those seem to be nearly impossible to find these days.
If there is no law preventing them to do so, therefore it's ok to fund "doing things", even if those things could be considered illegal
Is publishing a textbook illegal?
Publishing a textbook, legal. Collect funds without permission to publish it, Illegal.
Planning a terrorist attack, legal. Collecting funds to organize a terrorist attack, illegal, since you most likely won't have permit to do so.
(name your favorite hate/extremist group here) is collecting money to "do things".
If there is no law preventing them to do so, therefore it's ok to fund "doing things", even if those things could be considered illegal
This legislation has very valid reasons to exist, it prevents money laundering.
It's not bureucracy gone wild, just common citizen doing things without finding out all required details and getting slapped by government for not getting permits to operate.
This stuff is taught in elementary school, maybe the author should have paid more attention at Yhteiskuntaoppi classes.
I am myself familiar with PHP but not Python. What's so good about Python and why should one choose to use it?
Let's take for example PHP's comprehensive library that is usable without any downloads and external includes. It's one of the things I love about PHP. Python seems to miss that.
That's both good and bad thing. PHP doesn't really have any solid library thinking, it just has random functions thrown together and glued across with some duct tape and spit. Since changes to core language basically alter how the entire language works, it gets really f-ing annoying to maintain your codebase between versions. Meaning you have to rewrite alot of code.
The external includes allow you to build compiled projects, which can be delivered without source code.
Not sure if you can do something like this with PHP using hiphop etc.
Another thing I don't like about Python is the use of TABS and white space as code block separators. Really? Why??
I'm sure Python can be great language but the style and some parts of it really put me away from it. This book might be well-structured, but IMHO Python itself isn't.
Block separators is something I really hate with python aswell. It becomes hard to read if you're outside IDE.
Most of us who have tried Windows 8, know how bad the UI is.
Have you actually tried it, or are you just parroting what other people have said about it?
I've been using Win8 for few months on my netbook and it seems fine to me. Metro is just start menu with some extra bells and whistles and after few weeks you don't really even pay that much attention to it.
The integration with skydrive and easy migration of user settings/files etc are what make it great os compared to previous versions.
I started ignoring everything stated by Gartner when they announced something in lines with "Companies shoud switch to Windows Vista as soon as possible, in order to avoid costly migration later"
ABS is designed to work especially on ice, to stop your movement by sequencing braking instead of locking your wheels and causing you to slide uncontrollably.
What exactly is there not to want?
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Why on earth are you repurposing ~7-10 year old server hardware?
You really cannot trust such devices in production environment and repurposing for testing would fail because you might run into issues installing current software on that hardware as it's not officially supported.
Don't test with obsolete hardware.
If your plan was to run linux on them, why did you bother with BMC updates, just leave it unconfigured. Yes, it'll flash ugly orange error messages, but you know those are unneccessary and you'll remote manage the machine over ssh anyways.
Call Dell, explain them that you need new servers and you'd like to recycle your old ones.
They'll likely even give you some discount for the old machines rather than charge you for recycling them.
You get new hardware to work with, which is under warranty again, and it's most likely less power consuming and produces less heat so you'll save on the energy bill and cooling as well.
This is assuming you are the first owner of the devices though. If you bought them second hand, you're SOL.
I really recommend anyone with roomba to take their screwdriver and open the thing.
Once you do and compare the inner workings to the device linked in the article, you really start to understand the concept of product design.
To recap the differences for those who don't own one:
Roomba design shows massive modularity. Every component inside is relatively easy-to-swap module.
It's very easy to fix if something breaks down when everything is attached with 2-3 screws max.
Modules have fixed connectors which just slot in. You won't end up in situation like: "ooh, this 4-pin connector looks like that one, did I connect it right?"(see the pics linked - power connector and speaker for example)
You could probably 3D print matching spare modules if you made drawings for one.
Parts of the rover, like motors and gears are supposed to be modular, yet they don't really look like that to me, maybe I'm just misreading the images.
To me, it looks like "Made in China" - medium cost build. There's some build quality, it's not made from the cheapest material available, but it's not for daily use. Well, it's supposed to be a toy..
In the Rover, wifi and camera modules are most likely USB yet they use different cabling, why?
For hackable toy, those should be replaceable easily. Roomba doesn't have USB for wifi or camera either, but then again, it's a vacuum cleaner!
It’s one of those toys that is relegated to the closet shortly after its first set of batteries die.
Something from the article I'd have to agree with.
I haven't tried it myself, but stumbled on it few years ago.
Ulteo (download links) should provide you with seamless application integration regardless of the platform.
Downside: the webclient is java based
Somewhere at DoD:
Guys, I wanted you to build one thing, ONE thing only and you screwed up!
I wanted server capable of running SkyDrive, not one capable of Skydive!
If you talk long conversation, specific pauses might simply work as morse code.
I'm assuming they're targetting commercial vpn providers rather than companies using VPN?
If not, I'd like to get some address where to register corporate endpoints which should be excluded from filtering.
Otherwise managing workstations and servers located in China might become rather tedious.
Atleast this IPSEC VPN to China which I'm using to post this message seems to work just fine right now.
Outlook is one of the few things Microsoft does right (at least from the user perspective) imo.
You clearly haven't tried Outlook 2013 yet.
Volume licensing is only an upgrade
Or downgrade.
If you have active SA on machine that has pro/ultimate sticker, it gives you permission to run W8, W7, Vista, XP, Windows 2000, NT4 or DOS6.22 & W3.11.
Yes there's also 2 and 1 but all applications on them run on W3.11 anyway.
It's just a gui for Mer, which you can fork already.
1) place physically similar datacenters around the world
2) make your datacenter virtual, so you can keep the applications running at any place, and verify that hot-migrate works
3) ignore localized storms, since you have capacity and uptime on global scale
Sure, you notice that the datacenter goes down, but you don't have to waste diesel on generators, since the services have already been handed over to the next datacenter to handle.
Your crew can stay at home sleeping in their own beds rather than some cleaning closet or meeting room at datacenter and fix things once the storm has passed.
Patents won't touch you if you make 1-10 units.
Other manufacturers won't consider you as worthwhile to legislate against since you most likely won't make any profit from those devices sold.
From US point of view, good luck getting your device FCC approved, that'll be cheap and fun process!
Logica is owned by CGI, it's canadian company now.
Because that wouldn't allow me to use the device like a smartcard and login to every system with entering my unlock key/pattern.
I'd have to separately configure email for that PC, install software, update software... why the extra device?
All that stuff is already on my mobile.
I'd like my cell phone to act like a thin client.
Just pop it into charging dock and it gives you browser and email on big screen(s) and rdp client to access applications on server for those things your phone isn't powerful enough itself.
The dock could even have external GPU for extra power.
Is this like gateway theory, where at first you were just watching the grass grow and now you advanced to trees?
Have a BSc or better (normally in Computer Science or similar IT degree), plus several years real job experience.
I truly have to wonder why this has become the norm in IT.
Do you really need BSc or better degree to admin windows servers or do basic support?
The OP sounds too young to do successful IT freelancing, but then again I know few people who started their companies during/after high school and are still in business.
Best option would be to find apprenticeship from some medium sized company. Sadly those seem to be nearly impossible to find these days.
If there is no law preventing them to do so, therefore it's ok to fund "doing things", even if those things could be considered illegal
Is publishing a textbook illegal?
Publishing a textbook, legal. Collect funds without permission to publish it, Illegal.
Planning a terrorist attack, legal. Collecting funds to organize a terrorist attack, illegal, since you most likely won't have permit to do so.
(name your favorite hate/extremist group here) is collecting money to "do things".
If there is no law preventing them to do so, therefore it's ok to fund "doing things", even if those things could be considered illegal
This legislation has very valid reasons to exist, it prevents money laundering.
It's not bureucracy gone wild, just common citizen doing things without finding out all required details and getting slapped by government for not getting permits to operate.
This stuff is taught in elementary school, maybe the author should have paid more attention at Yhteiskuntaoppi classes.
Todays offer, host in USA, get free backup from NSA.
Only problem is getting back the copies once the cloud service crashes/vanishes underneath.
I am myself familiar with PHP but not Python. What's so good about Python and why should one choose to use it? Let's take for example PHP's comprehensive library that is usable without any downloads and external includes. It's one of the things I love about PHP. Python seems to miss that.
That's both good and bad thing. PHP doesn't really have any solid library thinking, it just has random functions thrown together and glued across with some duct tape and spit. Since changes to core language basically alter how the entire language works, it gets really f-ing annoying to maintain your codebase between versions. Meaning you have to rewrite alot of code.
The external includes allow you to build compiled projects, which can be delivered without source code.
Not sure if you can do something like this with PHP using hiphop etc.
Another thing I don't like about Python is the use of TABS and white space as code block separators. Really? Why?? I'm sure Python can be great language but the style and some parts of it really put me away from it. This book might be well-structured, but IMHO Python itself isn't.
Block separators is something I really hate with python aswell. It becomes hard to read if you're outside IDE.
Most of us who have tried Windows 8, know how bad the UI is.
Have you actually tried it, or are you just parroting what other people have said about it?
I've been using Win8 for few months on my netbook and it seems fine to me. Metro is just start menu with some extra bells and whistles and after few weeks you don't really even pay that much attention to it.
The integration with skydrive and easy migration of user settings/files etc are what make it great os compared to previous versions.
I started ignoring everything stated by Gartner when they announced something in lines with "Companies shoud switch to Windows Vista as soon as possible, in order to avoid costly migration later"
ABS is designed to work especially on ice, to stop your movement by sequencing braking instead of locking your wheels and causing you to slide uncontrollably.
What exactly is there not to want?