is ipmi console a standard protocol ? how widely is it used ? i'll admit not seeing it being it actually used even once, but maybe i was not looking at right organisations...
you received several ac replies, i'll do it while logged in.
'kvm switch' (the last word missing from the summary for some reason) is a product that has existed for a long time. they are primarily used in server rooms along with a rackmountable display/keyboard//mouse (usually a touchpad, although i prefer trackball a lot more). nowadays these sets are lcd so they fold in 2u or so. before that, you'd allocate place for a crt monitor in some rack.
a kvm switch sits behind that terminal and has a shitload of cables going to all the servers. last i did it, it was all ps/2, no idea whether the new ones are all usb or something.
large kvm switch can hook up to dozens of servers, and you can even stack many of those, controlling hundreds of servers from a single terminal.
note that large companies probably have more efficient solutions (ssh-kvm etc), and last i actually worked on this ability to ssh in a kvm was just arriving, so you might find more up-to-date information from vendors
i travel a lot ( > 50% of time away from home), thus yeah, my passport is almost always with me. i even do that at my home country, as i just don't take it out of the bag - smaller chance of forgetting to grab it when heading for the airport...
only if the project really is not interested in receiving funds at all. if so, yeah, it's not project's problem. but why do they have those 'donate' buttons then ?:)
but you have to keep in mind that in large organisations things are not that simple. "so be it" attitude makes it impossible for some people inside the organisation to help - organisational rules might be very limiting, but you are dissing the efforts of some individuals who can not easily influence policies on a larger scale
oh damn. stop jumping on the guy (assuming no women on teh internets etc).
there was no mention of publicity, just the limitations of the accounting practices. why make it hard for good people in large companies to help, why make them less likely to help by comments like this ?
surely it is in the best interest of the receiving project to make life easier for the beancounters who are pushing the funds in the direction of the said project.
why would that be lying ? they wanted to support some opensource projects but had accounting limitations (see how large companies work. it's not always fully logical on all levels...) so providing invoice for support would be perfectly fine. have questions about this product ? go ahead, for 5k we'll answer them during the next year.
not really. companies can be strange, and the summary already stated this:
A management catch was that it could not appear to be a donation
so yeah, it can be nearly impossible for company to donate 5 USD, but they could spend 5000 USD on a support contract they would never intend to use fully.
disclaimer : i'm working on zabbix for a few years now
as an example, true opensource monitoring solution zabbix actually has a company working on it, thus things like support contracts, consultancy or custom development can be arranged and proper invoices can be generated to keep your accountants happy.
if you ever end up in a situation like that, come talk to us;)
i'll submit a story about the great land of miracles where lots is possible and which looks like arcane art. i will introduce those ignorant slashdot users to... commandline !
i'm so getting on the front page of slashdot.
(is this "story" coming from dice, somehow ? their "paid" stories were of similar quality)
Also remember he wasn't entering the UK. He was transiting from Germany to Brazil.
a small lesson - don't transit through the uk. if i recall correctly, they are the only ones in europe to use the porno scanners (well, they don't really think they are in europe, though...)
hah, exactly the same for me:) was a user of amarok 1.4, tried to use amarok 2 for several months... moved to clementine eventually. too bad clem isn't as good as amarok 1.4 was (for example, editing tags of a track does not update that in the collection db, and some other slight annoyances)
i travel around some parts of the usa w/o any cash at all every now and then. what would they do in such a case ?
also, aren't un-labeled toll roads illegal or something ? in florida, toll roads have several very great warnings before, some even saying "last exit before toll" - even i notice them:)
I have never had that problem in Germany but I can imagine where a hotel which had that policy is coming from.
that's not a single hotel. that's all of them. you can also get free wifi in many cafes and fast food places across the europe... except germany.
The previous government implemented a law where you can get an "Abmahnung" (cease and desist, you have to pay the lawyers' real or imagined costs) if you have indulged in illegal file-sharing. There is no burden of proof.
yes, that is a likely primary reason. the result, of course, is complete loss of any anonymity online in germany. and they have the nerve to shun usa on spying:)
nagios and the rest of the so-called free NMS's fall down horribly in terms of features unless you buy the commercial version.
I hate that!
oh, i'd hate as well... but to shamelessly plug zabbix again, it is true opensource - no closed components, plugins, enterprise versions, "pro" addons... what you get on sourceforge is what everybody else gets.
not that zabbix wouldn't benefit from more built-in features, but at least it's not an attempt at the "first shot is free" business model:)
germans like to keep a short leash on their own, though. try to buy a usb modem with sim card - passport required. wifi at a hotel ? username and password you have to sign for. fuck you germany, you are no better despite the fuss angela might throw.
i'm wondering which version that must have been, as zabbix has natively supported snmp since... i might be off by a couple of years here, but 2001 or so. snmp trap support was improved with 2.0, which came out more than a year ago.
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heh. announce this one and let's see how many of his classmates are tough enough to try this ;)
is ipmi console a standard protocol ? how widely is it used ? i'll admit not seeing it being it actually used even once, but maybe i was not looking at right organisations...
you received several ac replies, i'll do it while logged in.
'kvm switch' (the last word missing from the summary for some reason) is a product that has existed for a long time. they are primarily used in server rooms along with a rackmountable display/keyboard//mouse (usually a touchpad, although i prefer trackball a lot more). nowadays these sets are lcd so they fold in 2u or so. before that, you'd allocate place for a crt monitor in some rack.
a kvm switch sits behind that terminal and has a shitload of cables going to all the servers. last i did it, it was all ps/2, no idea whether the new ones are all usb or something.
large kvm switch can hook up to dozens of servers, and you can even stack many of those, controlling hundreds of servers from a single terminal.
note that large companies probably have more efficient solutions (ssh-kvm etc), and last i actually worked on this ability to ssh in a kvm was just arriving, so you might find more up-to-date information from vendors
i travel a lot ( > 50% of time away from home), thus yeah, my passport is almost always with me. i even do that at my home country, as i just don't take it out of the bag - smaller chance of forgetting to grab it when heading for the airport...
i might consider the action gp suggested :)
i'm not applying, because i kinda like it here. but belittling those who did sounds damn shortsighted
that was a stupid comment, because going to mars is way more intelligent than what 90% of earth population is doing
hah. if i read it carefully, it actually makes much more sense ;)
"Called Tamu Massif, the giant shield volcano had been thought to be a composite of smaller structures"
"This finding goes against what we thought, because we found that it's one huge volcano,"
You can't put the car in drive unless you press the brake pedal
sure i can. pressing the clutch pedal is suggested, though :)
if elop goes, does nokia hire back whole jolla team and we get great phones with open os finally ?
only if the project really is not interested in receiving funds at all. if so, yeah, it's not project's problem. but why do they have those 'donate' buttons then ? :)
but you have to keep in mind that in large organisations things are not that simple. "so be it" attitude makes it impossible for some people inside the organisation to help - organisational rules might be very limiting, but you are dissing the efforts of some individuals who can not easily influence policies on a larger scale
oh damn. stop jumping on the guy (assuming no women on teh internets etc).
there was no mention of publicity, just the limitations of the accounting practices. why make it hard for good people in large companies to help, why make them less likely to help by comments like this ?
surely it is in the best interest of the receiving project to make life easier for the beancounters who are pushing the funds in the direction of the said project.
why would that be lying ?
they wanted to support some opensource projects but had accounting limitations (see how large companies work. it's not always fully logical on all levels...)
so providing invoice for support would be perfectly fine. have questions about this product ? go ahead, for 5k we'll answer them during the next year.
not really. companies can be strange, and the summary already stated this :
so yeah, it can be nearly impossible for company to donate 5 USD, but they could spend 5000 USD on a support contract they would never intend to use fully.
disclaimer : i'm working on zabbix for a few years now
as an example, true opensource monitoring solution zabbix actually has a company working on it, thus things like support contracts, consultancy or custom development can be arranged and proper invoices can be generated to keep your accountants happy.
if you ever end up in a situation like that, come talk to us ;)
i'll submit a story about the great land of miracles where lots is possible and which looks like arcane art. i will introduce those ignorant slashdot users to... commandline !
i'm so getting on the front page of slashdot.
(is this "story" coming from dice, somehow ? their "paid" stories were of similar quality)
So, said professor turned into a Big, Bad Bull
Also remember he wasn't entering the UK. He was transiting from Germany to Brazil.
a small lesson - don't transit through the uk. if i recall correctly, they are the only ones in europe to use the porno scanners (well, they don't really think they are in europe, though...)
hah, exactly the same for me :)
was a user of amarok 1.4, tried to use amarok 2 for several months... moved to clementine eventually.
too bad clem isn't as good as amarok 1.4 was (for example, editing tags of a track does not update that in the collection db, and some other slight annoyances)
pffffffffft. i only opened this article to figure out whether this works as a drunkenness test. and i actually am 100% serious :)
i travel around some parts of the usa w/o any cash at all every now and then. what would they do in such a case ?
also, aren't un-labeled toll roads illegal or something ? in florida, toll roads have several very great warnings before, some even saying "last exit before toll" - even i notice them :)
I have never had that problem in Germany but I can imagine where a hotel which had that policy is coming from.
that's not a single hotel. that's all of them. you can also get free wifi in many cafes and fast food places across the europe... except germany.
The previous government implemented a law where you can get an "Abmahnung" (cease and desist, you have to pay the lawyers' real or imagined costs) if you have indulged in illegal file-sharing. There is no burden of proof.
yes, that is a likely primary reason. the result, of course, is complete loss of any anonymity online in germany. and they have the nerve to shun usa on spying :)
nagios and the rest of the so-called free NMS's fall down horribly in terms of features unless you buy the commercial version.
I hate that!
oh, i'd hate as well... but to shamelessly plug zabbix again, it is true opensource - no closed components, plugins, enterprise versions, "pro" addons... what you get on sourceforge is what everybody else gets.
not that zabbix wouldn't benefit from more built-in features, but at least it's not an attempt at the "first shot is free" business model :)
germans like to keep a short leash on their own, though. try to buy a usb modem with sim card - passport required. wifi at a hotel ? username and password you have to sign for.
fuck you germany, you are no better despite the fuss angela might throw.
i'm wondering which version that must have been, as zabbix has natively supported snmp since... i might be off by a couple of years here, but 2001 or so.
snmp trap support was improved with 2.0, which came out more than a year ago.