After you pick your jaw off the ground, ask your boss how much the company loses if that server is down for a day, pick the cheaper option, people would scream at support that they lose a million dollars a day, or a whole factory was at a standstill because the parts wouldn't show up until the next day. Tell me that $10k contract is too expensive when you have 100 people making minimum wage sitting around for a day. If you company is a 24 hour operation and there are 100 people working at a time that is $13,800 lost to paying idle people. Just my 2 cents.
One of the questions that you should answer for yourself is, "If this server is down, how much time will it take the boss to get pissed?" If the answer is less than one day then get a name brand and a service contract that guarantees a fix, but from the sounds of things, the answer might be more along the lines of multiple days. So as long as you can make it work then white box might be a better idea in the long run, if you can handle 3 days minimum for a part replacement.
"Why not figure out how to make $100 water purifiers or A/C units that run of(sic) wind or solar?"
Why doesn't ford make socks? I mean come on, they can make cars, why can't they just add a cotton mill and add textiles to their list of products?
People make things they know, that is why they are making hundred dollar computers and not water purifiers, besides, personal water filters for contaminated water sources are already less than $100.
"Until I see how something like this can actually reduce the cost of living for these folks, I don't see that it's worth putting my support behind."
Once again, you are making an assumtion that isn't even implied in the article. No one asked you to support this, no one is asking for money directly. So unless you live in one of the mentioned nations ("Brazil, China, Thailand, Egypt and South Africa") or are a share holder in one fo the mention companies "Google, Advanced Micro Devices, News Corp., Red Hat and BrightStar," you are just trying to get some karma and wasting all of our time.
You would probably need to build a loop antenna, they are directional and as far as I know, do not have much gain, you would just need to spin the look to find the strongest signal and take a measurement from 2 different places, then you could just draw to lines on a decent site layout map and know within about 10 feet where the signal is, google for "radio fox hunt" or "loop antenna".
"(Ethanol production) may eat up far more energy during its creation than it winds up giving back."
Ok, sure, I won't dispute the findings. Ethanol gets us a 1/6 return in energy while with fossil fuels we get what return for investment? What's that, zero! You gotta be fucking kidding, me. When did zero become better than one sixth? How many investors would spend money on something guaranteed to not have any return on their investment over the possibility of getting 1/6th and the possibility that there could be improvements on that return in the future?
PLEASE SOME ONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!1one
If we point out the fact that ethanol only gets a fractional return, and ignore that there is NO return on fossil fuels, what a great deal!!
But wait, if he uses ice cubes to soak his feet then he is using more energy to make the extra ice and even when he sticks his feet in the ice then the energy is transferred nowhere because this "efficient" iced feet contraption doesn't even remove the heat that has been put into the ice water so not only do you have more heat from making more ice, you also are not moving the heat to another area like, outside, or the sewer like the original device did. Plus the fan will just make the sweat on his body vaporize making the room more humid and still not moving the heat anywhere but around the room.
Also there is nothing more disturbing than half naked roommates in the morning, unless they are of the opposite sex.
Hmmm, I keep hearing about this "getting laid" thing, it sounds good, maybe I will take your advice, plus, beer is always a good idea, especially because it gives me an excuse to not work, I like it!!! I wlll get right on it!!:-)
So what you are saying is that when a device does what the constructor intended therefore it is broken? Do you work for Microsoft?
Listen, if it gets cooler in the room, then the device works, that is all there really is to it, if he(or someone else) pays for the energy on the back-end at the electric bill then fuck it, the room is still more comfortable, the internal combustion engine is horribly inefficient yet surprise!! People still use them. Oh fuck what a novel idea, it does the job with the presently available resources, so use it, it is not like we haven't been ignoring sustainability in a lot more important areas for a long time.
Let us summarize, 1) This guy found a solution to a problem for 30 canadian dollars. 2) Everybody whining about the heat put off by the refrigerator is a jag for ignoring the fact that even though the refrigerator is putting off more heat, the solution is also able to move that heat out and cool the room.
Unless it is really hot RIGHT NOW and you only have 30 bux until next week, then it seems like a damn good idea and the 100 dollar AC unit is out of the question.
What, only "mostly"? Not a very strong assertion in the face of a potential privacy violation. C'mon, if you're gonna assert that you intend to "out" only the trolls, you need to stick to the story. Admitting that the list is "mostly" trolls is admitting that the list is "partially" innocents. Who have now been screwed.
You say that like it is a bad thing. Did you know that to have someone put to death in the USA there can be doubt as to that persons innocence and they will still fry 'em until they are dead. people are put to death be cause there is no reasonable doubt, and seems to work pretty well, although I would personally get rid of that statement in murder trials.
The point is that this is Wikipedia, I do not expect my info to be secure, I add stuff if I like but someone can change what I write without even logging in, so, who cares if I have the same password hash as some troll, I can change the password and apologize later if a troll used my account for trolling purposes, Wikipedia != your bank website.
Maybe for some, for me it was about choice, Windows sucked, so I tried Linux, it worked and it was and still is free, but I got some money one day and I found OS X, and it is one of the choices I have made that I have had no problem living with, so, the answer to your question is the always useful and never define, Sorta.:-)
Try disabling the cache on the raid card, it will making writing a lot of files faster, cache is good if you are writing less than the cache size to the disk on a regular basis, like small text files, but if you are doing CAD files or large photoshop files then the cache is really just a hinderance as the card fills the cache then starts writing to disk. disabling cache also saves you from needing a battery backup on the raid controller. so try disabling cache and trying again. and compare the difference, I think you will see the raid controller doing better in read/write performance. post and let me know if I am wrong(it wouldn't be the first time).
You do realize that no one "won" last year, right?
The team that failed the least horribly only made it a dozen or 2 miles before the converted Hummer broke an axle, some of the "finalists" never made the first turn at about 50 feet. so I would say that it is actually pretty tough even given a CD with all the GPS coordinates and course widths.
Of course all of this is from memory so everything above is probably factually incorrect except that NO ONE made the entire trip autonomously, within the time limit or not.
Unless you are talking about some other DARPA desert race besides the Grand Challenge, in wich case all of your above statements might be right. so take this all with a grain of salt.
Also, why are people so fascinated with low user ID numbers?
Ok, I will buy all of this reasoning, but what I want to know is, how much of a bad idea would it be to just point your DNS to the root servers? would they just die under the sudden load of every Tom, Dick, and Harry pointing there personal DNS at it? or would they just not accept the connection from a small fish?
to stop people from transmitting you would have to restrain them but from what I have read DSS could help avoid jamming of your signal.
check here for a brief overview: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question326.h tm
yes,:-)
The thing that is bad about racists is that they hate others, specifically racial groups, simply because they are a part of that group, so by hating racists, you are in effect being as stupid as they are, I would recommend learning to realize that there is probably a reason they chose to be a racist, whether is was upbringing that instilled these values or a fear that the racist feels, then we could all be off to a better start
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After you pick your jaw off the ground, ask your boss how much the company loses if that server is down for a day, pick the cheaper option, people would scream at support that they lose a million dollars a day, or a whole factory was at a standstill because the parts wouldn't show up until the next day. Tell me that $10k contract is too expensive when you have 100 people making minimum wage sitting around for a day. If you company is a 24 hour operation and there are 100 people working at a time that is $13,800 lost to paying idle people. Just my 2 cents.
...they spend less time paralyzed thinking about what could go wrong and more time thinking about how to make something better? :-)
One of the questions that you should answer for yourself is, "If this server is down, how much time will it take the boss to get pissed?" If the answer is less than one day then get a name brand and a service contract that guarantees a fix, but from the sounds of things, the answer might be more along the lines of multiple days. So as long as you can make it work then white box might be a better idea in the long run, if you can handle 3 days minimum for a part replacement.
Just my thoughts on the issue.
Pirvacy, You keep using this word, I am not sure you understand what it means.
"Why not figure out how to make $100 water purifiers or A/C units that run of(sic) wind or solar?"
Why doesn't ford make socks? I mean come on, they can make cars, why can't they just add a cotton mill and add textiles to their list of products?
People make things they know, that is why they are making hundred dollar computers and not water purifiers, besides, personal water filters for contaminated water sources are already less than $100.
"Until I see how something like this can actually reduce the cost of living for these folks, I don't see that it's worth putting my support behind."
Once again, you are making an assumtion that isn't even implied in the article. No one asked you to support this, no one is asking for money directly. So unless you live in one of the mentioned nations ("Brazil, China, Thailand, Egypt and South Africa") or are a share holder in one fo the mention companies "Google, Advanced Micro Devices, News Corp., Red Hat and BrightStar," you are just trying to get some karma and wasting all of our time.
damn, feeding the troll.
This is "Stuff that matters."
And for fucks sake, if you aren't happy with slashdot, the door is right over there, don't let it hit you on the ass on the way out.
I don't need property to know who I am.
You would probably need to build a loop antenna, they are directional and as far as I know, do not have much gain, you would just need to spin the look to find the strongest signal and take a measurement from 2 different places, then you could just draw to lines on a decent site layout map and know within about 10 feet where the signal is, google for "radio fox hunt" or "loop antenna".
I was about to say the same thing.
"(Ethanol production) may eat up far more energy during its creation than it winds up giving back."
Ok, sure, I won't dispute the findings. Ethanol gets us a 1/6 return in energy while with fossil fuels we get what return for investment? What's that, zero! You gotta be fucking kidding, me. When did zero become better than one sixth? How many investors would spend money on something guaranteed to not have any return on their investment over the possibility of getting 1/6th and the possibility that there could be improvements on that return in the future?
PLEASE SOME ONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!1one
If we point out the fact that ethanol only gets a fractional return, and ignore that there is NO return on fossil fuels, what a great deal!!
But wait, if he uses ice cubes to soak his feet then he is using more energy to make the extra ice and even when he sticks his feet in the ice then the energy is transferred nowhere because this "efficient" iced feet contraption doesn't even remove the heat that has been put into the ice water so not only do you have more heat from making more ice, you also are not moving the heat to another area like, outside, or the sewer like the original device did. Plus the fan will just make the sweat on his body vaporize making the room more humid and still not moving the heat anywhere but around the room.
Also there is nothing more disturbing than half naked roommates in the morning, unless they are of the opposite sex.
Sure I could expect privacy, but that is a good way to set myself up for a disappointment, I like my way better. :-)
Hmmm, I keep hearing about this "getting laid" thing, it sounds good, maybe I will take your advice, plus, beer is always a good idea, especially because it gives me an excuse to not work, I like it!!! I wlll get right on it!! :-)
So what you are saying is that when a device does what the constructor intended therefore it is broken? Do you work for Microsoft?
Listen, if it gets cooler in the room, then the device works, that is all there really is to it, if he(or someone else) pays for the energy on the back-end at the electric bill then fuck it, the room is still more comfortable, the internal combustion engine is horribly inefficient yet surprise!! People still use them. Oh fuck what a novel idea, it does the job with the presently available resources, so use it, it is not like we haven't been ignoring sustainability in a lot more important areas for a long time.
Let us summarize, 1) This guy found a solution to a problem for 30 canadian dollars. 2) Everybody whining about the heat put off by the refrigerator is a jag for ignoring the fact that even though the refrigerator is putting off more heat, the solution is also able to move that heat out and cool the room.
Unless it is really hot RIGHT NOW and you only have 30 bux until next week, then it seems like a damn good idea and the 100 dollar AC unit is out of the question.
yes
You say that like it is a bad thing. Did you know that to have someone put to death in the USA there can be doubt as to that persons innocence and they will still fry 'em until they are dead. people are put to death be cause there is no reasonable doubt, and seems to work pretty well, although I would personally get rid of that statement in murder trials.
The point is that this is Wikipedia, I do not expect my info to be secure, I add stuff if I like but someone can change what I write without even logging in, so, who cares if I have the same password hash as some troll, I can change the password and apologize later if a troll used my account for trolling purposes, Wikipedia != your bank website.
Maybe for some, for me it was about choice, Windows sucked, so I tried Linux, it worked and it was and still is free, but I got some money one day and I found OS X, and it is one of the choices I have made that I have had no problem living with, so, the answer to your question is the always useful and never define, Sorta. :-)
I knew this UID would come in handy one day. YAY!!!!1one
:-)
Try disabling the cache on the raid card, it will making writing a lot of files faster, cache is good if you are writing less than the cache size to the disk on a regular basis, like small text files, but if you are doing CAD files or large photoshop files then the cache is really just a hinderance as the card fills the cache then starts writing to disk. disabling cache also saves you from needing a battery backup on the raid controller. so try disabling cache and trying again. and compare the difference, I think you will see the raid controller doing better in read/write performance. post and let me know if I am wrong(it wouldn't be the first time).
You do realize that no one "won" last year, right?
The team that failed the least horribly only made it a dozen or 2 miles before the converted Hummer broke an axle, some of the "finalists" never made the first turn at about 50 feet. so I would say that it is actually pretty tough even given a CD with all the GPS coordinates and course widths.
Of course all of this is from memory so everything above is probably factually incorrect except that NO ONE made the entire trip autonomously, within the time limit or not.
Unless you are talking about some other DARPA desert race besides the Grand Challenge, in wich case all of your above statements might be right. so take this all with a grain of salt.
Also, why are people so fascinated with low user ID numbers?
Ok, I will buy all of this reasoning, but what I want to know is, how much of a bad idea would it be to just point your DNS to the root servers? would they just die under the sudden load of every Tom, Dick, and Harry pointing there personal DNS at it? or would they just not accept the connection from a small fish?
Actually I saw a guy shoot a Bumble Bee with a 12 guage once, it only to one shot, so it is defiantly doable, not very practical. :-)
to stop people from transmitting you would have to restrain them but from what I have read DSS could help avoid jamming of your signal.h tm
check here for a brief overview:
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question326.
yes, :-)
The thing that is bad about racists is that they hate others, specifically racial groups, simply because they are a part of that group, so by hating racists, you are in effect being as stupid as they are, I would recommend learning to realize that there is probably a reason they chose to be a racist, whether is was upbringing that instilled these values or a fear that the racist feels, then we could all be off to a better start
...The theological terrorists have already won.