Funny, I used to work for the ZZZ, in White City.
My Sig. Oth. still works there and there's a bloke on her train who's implementing a broadcast archive to digital storage project. It sounded interesting, VERY large scale project..
Today in fact. I built a wiki to work as a knowledgebase it works superbly on a small scale, there's a possibility of using it on a larger scale. My main concern is the databse, I'd like to port it to DB2 (we're an IBM shop) as I don't want to be the one that gets fired when what happened to wikimedia happens to me. Might even get them to hire someone to do the job, if they're feeling generous...
>You limies are really getting screwed!
How so?
What youre not factoring in here is average salary. Even the guy sweeping the streets here gets the equivalent of about $90,000 US. As an IT pro I'm close to 300,000 USD before tax (at 24% up to 500,000), so at a percentage of salary per year?
You yanks are really getting screwed.
The cost of Sun/Solaris is insignificant in relation to the cost of overall service delivery. Having used Windows, Linux and Sun servers over the years in a large scale production environment the choice is simple, and Solaris/SUN win for what I'm involved with, that means webserver, Application server, and Database functionality. I'd rather be supporting these systems, because when put together correctly they simply do not go wrong.
Getting a Solaris Admin *usually* means you get someone who knows what they're doing, whilst a Linux SysAdmin could be any tinkerer, with windows techs, from where I sit, you're looking at so many monkeys.
:What... like the back of a Volkswagen?
Watched "An Evening with Kevin Smith" last night, it's just released in the UK. Well worth the 9.99 - get it now Silent Bob fans!
Hey... You think I could replace my Power Supply fans with Silent Bob fans?
Remind me never to ask you to build me a PC.
Let's not forget how cheap these parts are. Compare the prices to genuine SUN parts, which are built to be reliable (or were). We pay £200 for a card that costs £2000 in a SUN box, who cares if a few expire?
Perhaps this will provide some answers:
"Richard Allan, Liberal Democrat MP for Sheffield, Hallam, has tabled a Parliamentary question to the Home Office asking David Blunkett "what recent discussions he has had with US law enforcement agencies concerning the seizure of material from UK-based internet hosting providers; and if he will make a statement." This is to be dealt with later today. MPs in the National Union of Journalists' Parliamentary Group are also tabling questions."
From www.theregister.co.uk
Surely paranoia is when you *think* someone is after you.
When half a dozen Will Smith MIB types bust into your place demanding your drives they *are* after you.
Bad guys at the door, invoke tinfoil hat!
My QUAD ESL Electrostatic panels http://www.quadesl.com/ are a 1957 design and are wideley accepted as the best speaker made to date. If you get the chance listen to some. Can be picked up on the vintage audio market for under 500 quid a pair.
Driven by Leak TL12 valve(US=tube) monoblocks they sound unbelievably realistic. I feed them with several source components including the shuttle I have in the living room.
> Just because you *have* it doesn't mean it's wise to *waste* it.
Spend a few days selecting parts, building a system, getting it to work, updating firmware & drivers,, building it again because that "Oh so tempting clock tweak" fried my SATA RAID.... or spend a few days bouncing beachbabes on my knee while sippin fine beverages on my yacht.
Hmmm toughie....
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Funny, I used to work for the ZZZ, in White City. My Sig. Oth. still works there and there's a bloke on her train who's implementing a broadcast archive to digital storage project. It sounded interesting, VERY large scale project..
Today in fact. I built a wiki to work as a knowledgebase it works superbly on a small scale, there's a possibility of using it on a larger scale. My main concern is the databse, I'd like to port it to DB2 (we're an IBM shop) as I don't want to be the one that gets fired when what happened to wikimedia happens to me. Might even get them to hire someone to do the job, if they're feeling generous...
>You limies are really getting screwed!
How so?
What youre not factoring in here is average salary. Even the guy sweeping the streets here gets the equivalent of about $90,000 US. As an IT pro I'm close to 300,000 USD before tax (at 24% up to 500,000), so at a percentage of salary per year? You yanks are really getting screwed.
The cost of Sun/Solaris is insignificant in relation to the cost of overall service delivery. Having used Windows, Linux and Sun servers over the years in a large scale production environment the choice is simple, and Solaris/SUN win for what I'm involved with, that means webserver, Application server, and Database functionality. I'd rather be supporting these systems, because when put together correctly they simply do not go wrong. Getting a Solaris Admin *usually* means you get someone who knows what they're doing, whilst a Linux SysAdmin could be any tinkerer, with windows techs, from where I sit, you're looking at so many monkeys.
:What... like the back of a Volkswagen? Watched "An Evening with Kevin Smith" last night, it's just released in the UK. Well worth the 9.99 - get it now Silent Bob fans! Hey... You think I could replace my Power Supply fans with Silent Bob fans?
In India, the job finds you.
Remind me never to ask you to build me a PC. Let's not forget how cheap these parts are. Compare the prices to genuine SUN parts, which are built to be reliable (or were). We pay £200 for a card that costs £2000 in a SUN box, who cares if a few expire?
North Korean Idol. Simon Fuller "End of week one Kim, and 500 hundred contestants are left in the running...."
Mod this up +5 Funny damn you all!
Perhaps this will provide some answers: "Richard Allan, Liberal Democrat MP for Sheffield, Hallam, has tabled a Parliamentary question to the Home Office asking David Blunkett "what recent discussions he has had with US law enforcement agencies concerning the seizure of material from UK-based internet hosting providers; and if he will make a statement." This is to be dealt with later today. MPs in the National Union of Journalists' Parliamentary Group are also tabling questions." From www.theregister.co.uk
Surely paranoia is when you *think* someone is after you. When half a dozen Will Smith MIB types bust into your place demanding your drives they *are* after you. Bad guys at the door, invoke tinfoil hat!
>Hung around a lot in the little kids park? Maybe you're a pervert. Marketing opportunities.
Driven by Leak TL12 valve(US=tube) monoblocks they sound unbelievably realistic. I feed them with several source components including the shuttle I have in the living room.
Even computers used valves once! http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/lorenz/colossus. htm
Spend a few days selecting parts, building a system, getting it to work, updating firmware & drivers,, building it again because that "Oh so tempting clock tweak" fried my SATA RAID.... or spend a few days bouncing beachbabes on my knee while sippin fine beverages on my yacht. Hmmm toughie....