Where do you think Jerry Springer comes from? The former mayor of Cincinnati is obviously not from this planet, and that's where he's been hiding his intergalactic pimp ride.
He's just found another way to cash in the general masses!
Not that I was going to get one anyways, I was still impressed with how far they were trying to push the envelope. Guess they pushed a bit too hard, and didn't get as far as they had hoped.
This goes along the same lines, but I've posted to Slashdot before using a Palm Zire 72 linked to the internet via DUN and Bluetooth before. Not exactly a powerhouse, but it gets the job done, and is pretty darn power efficient. Now I have a Treo 700p (same hardware, more RAM) which also does the job nicely.
The right x86 platform can and has been used for 24/7 work for many years. In fact, I know of a certian brand of predictive phone dialer that runs on an 8086 processor, and they were in 24/7 service for decades.
Desktop systems, x86 or not, are definitely not a 24/7 platform.
These days you can purchase a system that will stand up to typical server use for very cheap.
I've had plenty of trouble with EXT2 and 3 on hardware that performed just fine with ReiserFS. I can say the same the other direction too. I prefer using ReiserFS, I've had very few issues recovering failed arrays and drives using ReiserFS. I've had more issues recovering EXT2/3 filesystems in what should have been less severe failures. Performance for the type of work the machines I support do is MUCH better under ReiserFS than EXT3, even after all the speed tweaks I could throw at EXT3.
Go fuck yourself and the filesystem you rode in on. You've added nothing to discussion, anonymous dimwit.
Be quiet, you EXT2/3-bot. EXT2 and 3 are not bullet proof, neither is ReiserFS. If there was one "perfect" filesystem, I believe we'd all be running it by now everywhere.
Take some of your own advice, and stick with your distro default. My distro defaults to ReiserFS.
Dude, you've had a cellphone last more than two years? Hahaha!
I've still got an analog Motorola phone that has a battery that will hold a charge, and still functions. I don't have cell service on this phone, but I've also, for some reason, never thrown this out.
You need to keep the systems off the floor, and clean. That will help the systems survive a wide range of temperatures, with or without HVAC. If you are putting the machines in rack, I wouldn't put anything within 2' of the floor (dust/dirt). Leave that open, mount everything above that level. If the machines will sit on shelves/desks, again, keep them spaced out, and away from the floor.
Humidity is the worst thing for machines, so maybe keep a dehumidifier handy if dampness is an issue.
Keep them clean, and supply plenty of airflow around the systems, and you'll be fine.
That's all fine and dandy, we know how much we tilt and when. But do we understand what that means when applied to climate modeling? Probably not as well as we should.
I've never needed any help using a PCIe ATI card under various distros of Linux. The drivers ATI provides work fine, if you read the documentation and follow it.
ATI's older drivers did some interesting things, and had some quirks with regards to installation, but I still managed to get everything working. These days, the drivers are much easier to install.
Again, response time from Cisco is not as good as me getting on a plane, fixing something, and flying back. I have to do this for products that the company I work for maintains anyways, so maybe my frame of mind is different when it comes to stuff like this.
I've not had any issues whatsoever with the PC hardware used for routing/firewall/etc in the 15 years I've been running these types of boxes. Build for the task, and they tend to last quite a while. Cisco stuff isn't bad, but I've had way more fans fail in Cisco equipment than I have had with the PC equipment.
I would think that with the money you save using the Linux based solution, you could afford to buy a spare card or two. Who in their right mind wouldn't?
We use Cisco stuff, and we have spare routers, switches and firewalls because even Cisco's reponse time is too slow for our needs. We also have Linux based networking hardware, with spare hardware.
Well, I know what a solid stone house is, and that certianly isn't typical of modern residential buildings in the USA. My parents live in a house that was built before the USA was the USA (220+ years old). Solid stone exterior walls, solid stone interior walls. It's a real bitch to hang a picture or do wiring.
Stone foundation, and inlaid brick floor in the basement. I doubt that house will go anywhere short of an F4 or F5 tornado hitting it dead on. Might blow the roof off and the windows out, but it's not going down without one hell of a fight.
Half a second is 500ms, which would get you completely kicked off of most FPS game servers, and probably wouldn't work well with games like WoW and Everquest. I was being very generous in my example, the URL I provided indicated that latency is up to one second.
It's completely unsuitable for any type of realtime interactive game.
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This may be the first online life-sucking game I subscribe to.
Depending on your latitude, it will make sense to have an auto-rotating array for your PV setup.
Where do you think Jerry Springer comes from? The former mayor of Cincinnati is obviously not from this planet, and that's where he's been hiding his intergalactic pimp ride.
He's just found another way to cash in the general masses!
Don't hate the guy you replied to because his UID is freakin' 18!!! :^)
What parent said. The main site is http://www.everydns.net/ not .com.
Another quality, editor approved Slashdot story. Great job, guys.
Not that I was going to get one anyways, I was still impressed with how far they were trying to push the envelope. Guess they pushed a bit too hard, and didn't get as far as they had hoped.
30 games to break even? It's completely doomed.
And that's all I've gotta say.
Thanks Novell, for going after the quick buck. I hope you die a slow ass death much like SCO... burn, baby, burn.
Sounds like you need to look at something like a Treo or a Motorola Q. I love my Treo 700p.
:-)
In fact, I'm using it to send this reply while waiting in line at Autozone.
I have an Athlon64 X2 3800+ system with a 5-1/4" floppy drive. :-)
This goes along the same lines, but I've posted to Slashdot before using a Palm Zire 72 linked to the internet via DUN and Bluetooth before. Not exactly a powerhouse, but it gets the job done, and is pretty darn power efficient. Now I have a Treo 700p (same hardware, more RAM) which also does the job nicely.
The right x86 platform can and has been used for 24/7 work for many years. In fact, I know of a certian brand of predictive phone dialer that runs on an 8086 processor, and they were in 24/7 service for decades.
Desktop systems, x86 or not, are definitely not a 24/7 platform.
These days you can purchase a system that will stand up to typical server use for very cheap.
That address needs to find its way into a couple posts in USENET.
I've had plenty of trouble with EXT2 and 3 on hardware that performed just fine with ReiserFS. I can say the same the other direction too. I prefer using ReiserFS, I've had very few issues recovering failed arrays and drives using ReiserFS. I've had more issues recovering EXT2/3 filesystems in what should have been less severe failures. Performance for the type of work the machines I support do is MUCH better under ReiserFS than EXT3, even after all the speed tweaks I could throw at EXT3.
Go fuck yourself and the filesystem you rode in on. You've added nothing to discussion, anonymous dimwit.
Be quiet, you EXT2/3-bot. EXT2 and 3 are not bullet proof, neither is ReiserFS. If there was one "perfect" filesystem, I believe we'd all be running it by now everywhere.
Take some of your own advice, and stick with your distro default. My distro defaults to ReiserFS.
I've still got an analog Motorola phone that has a battery that will hold a charge, and still functions. I don't have cell service on this phone, but I've also, for some reason, never thrown this out.
It turned 10 years old this past summer.
You need to keep the systems off the floor, and clean. That will help the systems survive a wide range of temperatures, with or without HVAC. If you are putting the machines in rack, I wouldn't put anything within 2' of the floor (dust/dirt). Leave that open, mount everything above that level. If the machines will sit on shelves/desks, again, keep them spaced out, and away from the floor.
Humidity is the worst thing for machines, so maybe keep a dehumidifier handy if dampness is an issue.
Keep them clean, and supply plenty of airflow around the systems, and you'll be fine.
That's all fine and dandy, we know how much we tilt and when. But do we understand what that means when applied to climate modeling? Probably not as well as we should.
Gentoo from stage 1 would be a quicker start to a running distro than LFS, but it would still be Gentoo based, and not what a lot of people want.
I'd rather do LFS and mimick how Slackware is set up than bastardize a Gentoo install.
Slackware user since 1995, and I've tried a lot of other distros for work and play. There can be only one.
I've never needed any help using a PCIe ATI card under various distros of Linux. The drivers ATI provides work fine, if you read the documentation and follow it.
ATI's older drivers did some interesting things, and had some quirks with regards to installation, but I still managed to get everything working. These days, the drivers are much easier to install.
Again, response time from Cisco is not as good as me getting on a plane, fixing something, and flying back. I have to do this for products that the company I work for maintains anyways, so maybe my frame of mind is different when it comes to stuff like this.
I've not had any issues whatsoever with the PC hardware used for routing/firewall/etc in the 15 years I've been running these types of boxes. Build for the task, and they tend to last quite a while. Cisco stuff isn't bad, but I've had way more fans fail in Cisco equipment than I have had with the PC equipment.
I would think that with the money you save using the Linux based solution, you could afford to buy a spare card or two. Who in their right mind wouldn't?
We use Cisco stuff, and we have spare routers, switches and firewalls because even Cisco's reponse time is too slow for our needs. We also have Linux based networking hardware, with spare hardware.
Well, I know what a solid stone house is, and that certianly isn't typical of modern residential buildings in the USA. My parents live in a house that was built before the USA was the USA (220+ years old). Solid stone exterior walls, solid stone interior walls. It's a real bitch to hang a picture or do wiring.
Stone foundation, and inlaid brick floor in the basement. I doubt that house will go anywhere short of an F4 or F5 tornado hitting it dead on. Might blow the roof off and the windows out, but it's not going down without one hell of a fight.
So, you guys build your houses entirely of brick or some other stone, or do they have a wooden or steel frame and brick on the outside?
We've got plenty of brick around here (midwestern US).
Nothing wrong with having kids, as long as you can properly raise them.
Minivans are getting pretty good mileage these days, no need for an SUV to haul the family around.
Half a second is 500ms, which would get you completely kicked off of most FPS game servers, and probably wouldn't work well with games like WoW and Everquest. I was being very generous in my example, the URL I provided indicated that latency is up to one second.
It's completely unsuitable for any type of realtime interactive game.