There is good and bad on Speakeasy. A friend of is running 1.5 SDSL with them. When up, the pings looks great, the speeds are great - all yippy. Every now and then, there will be nasty lag spikes, which go away. Twice there were outages, another time, 50+% packet loss. I e-mailed speakeasy support for him one of the times his connection was down. Three days later I got a reply that said the account holder has to go to the webpage to report the problem. (How would they do that when the link is down?). I have pacbell 1.5M/128K - I signed with Speakeasy on another like for 1.5M/384. I only got 1.1/200 or so, and they were no help at all - I canceled the Speakeasy and kept my pacbell link. I've heard good things about dslextreme.com, with people doing home hosting - but their pings are higher than my pacbell numbers.
If you don't know how to solder, learn to. Solder two 1 Watt 50 ohm resisters in parallel on the + lead of your fans.
You will get a very nice drop in noise. (And CFM) Add at least one fan to counteract the drop in CFM. You can also replace your louder fans with ones that start out quieter. Take a look at Sharka Computers. You can also order fan-mates if you don't want to solder, and each one can control a few fans.
That was a fine guess you had - but you were wrong. I will wait for -ac2, which should be a bit more solid.:)
Linux 2.4.20-ac1
[+ indicates stuff that went to Marcelo, o stuff that has not,
* indicates stuff that is merged in mainstream now, X stuff that proved
bad and was dropped out, - indicates stuff not relevant to the main tree]
This is the initial 2.4.20-ac merge up. This one may still have a few
small funnies to shake out especially in the DRM updates.
Linux 2.4.20-ac1
Merge with Marcelo 2.4.20
o Fix CIA revision 1 Alcor initialization (Bjoern Brauel)
o VIA KT400 AGP support (Nicolas Mailhot)
o ns83820 oops fix (Ruger Luethi)
o Fix bmac missing timer setup (Jeff Garzik)
o NUMAQ compile fixes (Adrian Bunk)
o Fix midi byte loss on fifo full (Clemens Ladisch)
o Fix mptlan compile (Adriank Bunk)
o Update ewrk3 to support setting MAC address (Adam Kropelin)
o Merge most of the parisc patch submission (Matthew Wilcox)
o Fixes for the drm updates (Arjan van de Ven)
o Fix AGP GART casting errors (me)
On the day before a standard day off, give half the day off. People are already thinking of being off, so less gets done - give it to everyone off, and they can beat some traffic.:) Also bring in bagels, muffins, etc in the morning, and drinks (non alcoholic) in the afternoon. Nice way to start some off time.
Do readers watch more closely than editors? There is a handy search box at the bottom of the screen, why not go ahead and search before you put up an article?
It's a great show. Send postcards to Fox, and to companies that advertise on the show, voicing your support for the well written, and entertaining show! (ps: handwritten cards are the most likely to have any impact.)
Re:Unacountable bits?
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· Score: 3, Informative
Is it secure?
No! Wireless Ethernet is insecure by default. Any user on the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) can spy on unencrypted traffic from other wireless users. Wired connections are generally more secure when communicating with other servers.
Users are advised to use SSL to connect to web pages and mail hosts, SSH instead of telnet whenever possible, and VPNs (virtual private networks) for all other data to ensure privacy and security.
You may see literature saying that the 802.11b standard includes provisions for optional 40- or 128-bit link-level encryption over the air, however, current implementations require the encryption key to be shared by all users of the wireless LAN, effectively eliminating the usefulness of this security feature in an open network environment.
You are an idiot. The LLNL MCR system is running linux. Beats the heck out of most high end processing environments. Free UNIXes work great. There is sometimes a link between cost and ability - but not always.
There is no magic here. In Amateur radio, and in radio, every now and then someone will announce they have a magic way to get 6db more signal with the same amount of metal, and in the same amount of space... Not gonna happen. It's RF. You can get more distance in exchange for not getting uniform coverage. The more you are willing to bias towards distance, the more of a narrow rf beam you get.
If you have to clean brushes and dir collector all the time, it would take less time to just do a quick vacuum job with a nice $120-$170 HEPA vac, which would do a better job.
Is this just an add trying to sell hardware?
Points us to the SourceForge page, where there are: 0 Bug listings, 0 Support Requests, 0 Patches, 0 Feature Requests. The Notes page is empty, there is no project home page, and it only has 5 downloads. Yes - let me rush to install this on my critical embedded systems. This story should not have been posted - on freshmeat, fine - on slashdot, it's stupid.
$749.00 is a bit much though. At $200, I'd be ordering right now.:) Heck - at $400-$500 it would be a hella cool self b-day gift. I wonder how well they do after hitting a wall or roof.
Here is what you want VIA EPIA Mini ITX Mainboard Get the one with the Eden ESP 5000 processor, and it needs zero active cooling and pulls under 6 watts Some people may complain about divix or DVD playback - from what I read, that is a legit gripe with the onboard video which shares main memory. It will play MP3s just fine. If you need high speed video, add in a hither end (but still passive cooling) PCI card.
It comes with onboard video, sound and networking. The video has TV-Out w/ Integrated Macro Vision 7.01, S-Video or Composite video output, Supports NTSC/PAL TV formats. Via has a link on the site to places that cary them
I haven't bought from them so YMMV; I'm looking at idot.com to get one to replace my mail file-server at home, since I hate fan noise, and burning power 24x7.
Take a look at how your disk/interface is setup.
hdparm -Tt/dev/hd[a-z] will do a read test and give you a base line. then try:
hdparm/dev/hd[a-z] to check your settings.
You are probably not running the fastest settings by default. Here is what I'm using on most of my systems: multicount=16, I/O support=3 (32-bit w/sync), unmaskirq=1, using_dma=1, keepsettings=1 (just keeps the other settings if there is a reset, etc on the drive), readahead=8. After changing those, and checking for stability, try the hdparm -Tt again, and see if you get better numbers. "man hdparm" has a lot more info, and/etc/sysconfig/harddisks has a little. You can then configure to use those settings on each startup by editing/etc/sysconfig/harddisks. You can also run diff settings for each drive in your box.
Regards,
Ryan
You can pick one up with very little effort from Gamestop.com ( http://www.gamestop.com/) They have several deals on used systems with 1 or more games starting around $69. As you mention - ebay works well too. If you're gonna hack it anyway, why buy new?
emBSD based firewalls are built on OpenBSD. Right now there is a 1.x line of emBSD which is built on OpenBSD 2.9, and there is a 2.0 emBSD beta which is built on OpenBSD 3. It is built to be a hard core firewall/router running from 32 megs of flash memory. I'm running LRP on a few systems (some floppy, some from IDE based solid state disks). I plan to migrate my LRP systems to emBSD 2.0 when it comes out of beta.
The whole point of ZANTAZ Digital Safe(TM) ( http://www.zantaz.com/services/index.cfm ) is archives that last and last - and take the controll away from each person. Sounds good for public cos, but I personaly wouldn't want someone else archiving my mail.
Slashdot Mirror
There is good and bad on Speakeasy. A friend of is running 1.5 SDSL with them. When up, the pings looks great, the speeds are great - all yippy. Every now and then, there will be nasty lag spikes, which go away. Twice there were outages, another time, 50+% packet loss. I e-mailed speakeasy support for him one of the times his connection was down. Three days later I got a reply that said the account holder has to go to the webpage to report the problem. (How would they do that when the link is down?). I have pacbell 1.5M/128K - I signed with Speakeasy on another like for 1.5M/384. I only got 1.1/200 or so, and they were no help at all - I canceled the Speakeasy and kept my pacbell link. I've heard good things about dslextreme.com, with people doing home hosting - but their pings are higher than my pacbell numbers.
If you don't know how to solder, learn to. Solder two 1 Watt 50 ohm resisters in parallel on the + lead of your fans.
You will get a very nice drop in noise. (And CFM) Add at least one fan to counteract the drop in CFM. You can also replace your louder fans with ones that start out quieter. Take a look at Sharka Computers. You can also order fan-mates if you don't want to solder, and each one can control a few fans.
Good luck!
Ryan
Linux 2.4.20-ac1
[+ indicates stuff that went to Marcelo, o stuff that has not, * indicates stuff that is merged in mainstream now, X stuff that proved bad and was dropped out, - indicates stuff not relevant to the main tree] This is the initial 2.4.20-ac merge up. This one may still have a few small funnies to shake out especially in the DRM updates. Linux 2.4.20-ac1 Merge with Marcelo 2.4.20 o Fix CIA revision 1 Alcor initialization (Bjoern Brauel)
o VIA KT400 AGP support (Nicolas Mailhot)
o ns83820 oops fix (Ruger Luethi)
o Fix bmac missing timer setup (Jeff Garzik)
o NUMAQ compile fixes (Adrian Bunk)
o Fix midi byte loss on fifo full (Clemens Ladisch)
o Fix mptlan compile (Adriank Bunk)
o Update ewrk3 to support setting MAC address (Adam Kropelin)
o Merge most of the parisc patch submission (Matthew Wilcox)
o Fixes for the drm updates (Arjan van de Ven)
o Fix AGP GART casting errors (me)
Do they know about the search box on the home page? :)
I always have better luck with the -ac kernels.
On the day before a standard day off, give half the day off. People are already thinking of being off, so less gets done - give it to everyone off, and they can beat some traffic. :) Also bring in bagels, muffins, etc in the morning, and drinks (non alcoholic) in the afternoon. Nice way to start some off time.
How is that gender specific? There is something for everyone. :)
Do readers watch more closely than editors? There is a handy search box at the bottom of the screen, why not go ahead and search before you put up an article?
It's a great show. Send postcards to Fox, and to companies that advertise on the show, voicing your support for the well written, and entertaining show! (ps: handwritten cards are the most likely to have any impact.)
Yes, they allow outbound:
node faq
Is it secure? No! Wireless Ethernet is insecure by default. Any user on the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) can spy on unencrypted traffic from other wireless users. Wired connections are generally more secure when communicating with other servers. Users are advised to use SSL to connect to web pages and mail hosts, SSH instead of telnet whenever possible, and VPNs (virtual private networks) for all other data to ensure privacy and security. You may see literature saying that the 802.11b standard includes provisions for optional 40- or 128-bit link-level encryption over the air, however, current implementations require the encryption key to be shared by all users of the wireless LAN, effectively eliminating the usefulness of this security feature in an open network environment.
Also fyi: How to find access
I'd vote for ports 22, 80 and 443 outbound. :) If I can't ssh out, or at least get to a https page - it wouldn't be as fun. :) Damn cool though.
You are an idiot. The LLNL MCR system is running linux. Beats the heck out of most high end processing environments. Free UNIXes work great. There is sometimes a link between cost and ability - but not always.
Heat and power... The Intel chips run cooler and user less power per TeraFlop (At the install date).
Another ASCI system, Red Storm is based on AMD's Opteron chip.For more information, oddly 'nuff, you can visit www.lustre.org. :)
There is no magic here. In Amateur radio, and in radio, every now and then someone will announce they have a magic way to get 6db more signal with the same amount of metal, and in the same amount of space... Not gonna happen. It's RF. You can get more distance in exchange for not getting uniform coverage. The more you are willing to bias towards distance, the more of a narrow rf beam you get.
If you have to clean brushes and dir collector all the time, it would take less time to just do a quick vacuum job with a nice $120-$170 HEPA vac, which would do a better job.
Is this just an add trying to sell hardware?
Points us to the SourceForge page, where there are: 0 Bug listings, 0 Support Requests, 0 Patches, 0 Feature Requests. The Notes page is empty, there is no project home page, and it only has 5 downloads.
Yes - let me rush to install this on my critical embedded systems. This story should not have been posted - on freshmeat, fine - on slashdot, it's stupid.
emBSD has been around for a while, and is built on OpenBSD too. -Yes, it's targeted towards firewalls, but can be used for more.
$749.00 is a bit much though. At $200, I'd be ordering right now. :) Heck - at $400-$500 it would be a hella cool self b-day gift. I wonder how well they do after hitting a wall or roof.
Here is what you want VIA EPIA Mini ITX Mainboard Get the one with the Eden ESP 5000 processor, and it needs zero active cooling and pulls under 6 watts
Some people may complain about divix or DVD playback - from what I read, that is a legit gripe with the onboard video which shares main memory. It will play MP3s just fine. If you need high speed video, add in a hither end (but still passive cooling) PCI card.
It comes with onboard video, sound and networking. The video has TV-Out w/ Integrated Macro Vision 7.01, S-Video or Composite video output, Supports NTSC/PAL TV formats. Via has a link on the site to places that cary them
I haven't bought from them so YMMV; I'm looking at idot.com to get one to replace my mail file-server at home, since I hate fan noise, and burning power 24x7.
What's happening to SCSI: 10Gig Fibre Channel (for sure), and iSCSI over 10Gig-E (maybe).
Take a look at how your disk/interface is setup. /dev/hd[a-z] will do a read test and give you a base line. then try: /dev/hd[a-z] to check your settings. /etc/sysconfig/harddisks has a little. You can then configure to use those settings on each startup by editing /etc/sysconfig/harddisks. You can also run diff settings for each drive in your box.
hdparm -Tt
hdparm
You are probably not running the fastest settings by default. Here is what I'm using on most of my systems: multicount=16, I/O support=3 (32-bit w/sync), unmaskirq=1, using_dma=1, keepsettings=1 (just keeps the other settings if there is a reset, etc on the drive), readahead=8. After changing those, and checking for stability, try the hdparm -Tt again, and see if you get better numbers. "man hdparm" has a lot more info, and
Regards,
Ryan
You can pick one up with very little effort from Gamestop.com ( http://www.gamestop.com/) They have several deals on used systems with 1 or more games starting around $69. As you mention - ebay works well too. If you're gonna hack it anyway, why buy new?
emBSD based firewalls are built on OpenBSD. Right now there is a 1.x line of emBSD which is built on OpenBSD 2.9, and there is a 2.0 emBSD beta which is built on OpenBSD 3. It is built to be a hard core firewall/router running from 32 megs of flash memory. I'm running LRP on a few systems (some floppy, some from IDE based solid state disks). I plan to migrate my LRP systems to emBSD 2.0 when it comes out of beta.
The whole point of ZANTAZ Digital Safe(TM) ( http://www.zantaz.com/services/index.cfm ) is archives that last and last - and take the controll away from each person. Sounds good for public cos, but I personaly wouldn't want someone else archiving my mail.