Sun x64 server serial console: RJ45 that works with Cisco gear via a standard CAT5x cable. ILOM works out of the box.
HP x64 server serial console: DB9. Yes, in 2011, they still ship boxes with a friggin DB9 connector, and no RJ45 adapter, leaving one to get an unpinned adapter kit and experiment to find something that works. iLO may or may not work out of the box on the serial console, but if/when you do get it going, it requires an F8 press to configure the network interface. If your path to the thing magically sends F8 in some fashion that the other side understands, then you find that you can enter submenus, but that ESC doesn't work to get out of them.
Sun may have screwed themselves in various ways, eg. their abject inability to run a CSO, but their x64 systems beat the HELL out of anything else that I've found.
A very small speedup to be sure, but it's not like there are many low hanging huge wins left.
Perhaps then the devs can turn to stuff like not having devices change names when hardware is added, or a filesystem/volume manager that isn't stuck in the late 1980's?
Strapping a big heavy battery to a laptop would kinda negate the whole point of a compact and reasonably lightweight computer, no? ISTR IBM sort of doing this some years ago - a think laptop with very limited battery capacity and a "slice" that could clip underneath it with a bigger, bulky battery.
As for docking stations, a co-worker has one of some sort for his MBP, but it's the only instance of one in use that I've seen in at least ten years. Modern laptops have most of what you need onboard, including quality displays that are larger than postage stamps and keyboards that are at least tolerable. I just don't see the demand.
As for TFA, a brick that supplies 10-240 watts? I dread to think how big that would be. For many applications, it would likely be as large as the device it powers. Consider the 65w Apple brick, then picture four of them placed side by side.
Exactly! A significant fraction of what's out there on the net are indeed low-bitrate, done with crappy encoders, and often with senseless -- if any -- metadata.
I wonder, though, if this would confound the matchup process. I also wonder if correct distinctions would be made for albums with remasters (which are not always desirable), bonus tracks or other differences between editions. Seeing how miserable iTunes is about finding cover art (I get maybe a 30% hit rate for CD's I rip) I have a suspicion that in practice this service might prove to be woefully incomplete.
I remember when Firefox was the lean alternative to Netscape Navigator. Come full-circle now, haven't we?
Chrome will be there too in five years, then we'll have a new lean browser name Marion or something.
I saw nothing indicating that offices and services would be far from each other. There was little information at all on the internal structure. I would imagine that services would be spread around the ring periodically, like at a sports stadium.
I've been on Caltrain and would not relish having to ride it daily. Dirty, smelly, and expensive. Steve claimed, though, that many employees 1) are rich enough that they can live nearby and 2) bike to work already.
Huh?
As for the stupid free WiFi harping -- this is friggin' Cupertino! Those who can afford to live there certainly don't need to be handed a free luxury / frivolous service and I doubt anyone on the council is less than a millionaire.
According to the 2005-2007 American Community Survey of the US Census Bureau, the median income for a household in the city was $118,635, and the median income for a family was $133,098.
My response to her would have been along the lines of "you've got to be fucking kidding".
At one point, two acquisitions ago, my employer hired a certain contractor against my recommendations. She did a piss-poor job despite having fifteen years of paper experience - basically couldn't find her ass with both hands.
On her last day, I found her trying to snatch a copy of the CEO's home directory and mailbox. That she was the perp was conclusive: she had op'd to root shortly before the tape was written, I knew that she had a compatible DDS drive at home, and the lame invocation of tar was exactly the same as I'd seen her do time and again in the past. I notified management, who did exactly NOTHING. I was pissed.
The ever-decreasing row pitch and lack of ways to stop the dumbass in front of you from reclining without warning have made it impossible to use a laptop on a plane anyway.
I have had extremely good luck with UPS, but most peoples complaints are that the delivery driver doesn't even attempt to ring the doorbell, and drives off.
In recent years FedEx has become like this for me, along with the USPS. My local UPS delivery guy is actually really good, but the rest of UPS sucks as badly as always.
Well, let's see -- we had a stadium with a new roof that wasn't even paid off, but there was a vote re tearing it down and building not one but two replacements. We said no, but it was done anyway, resulting in higher sales taxes, and more income channels for PA.
The LSU development -- more cookie-cutter mixed use buildings that again are income channels for PA.
The SLUT -- a vanity trolley because PA wanted one. Slow, limited capacity, just one line. Benefit to Seattle is limited to an increase in bicyclist injuries.
ILOM does those things too - hello 1982! Which do you think is more responsive over a transpac link -- a high-bandwidth video interface, or a low-bandwidth textual one?
Also, you're completely missing the point about the network management interface -- how does IP get configured on it? Telepathy?
The ones older than 12 will -- you know, the ones who don't have to get the $ from mommy and daddy.
A new TV costs a lot more than a Roku, and these days, many people already have a reasonably modern 16:9 TV. I know I'm sure not going to throw away my 61" to buy a new model that has a $200 gadget built in instead of connected via HDMI.
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Like the Watson system that recently played Jeopardy?
Sun x64 server serial console: RJ45 that works with Cisco gear via a standard CAT5x cable. ILOM works out of the box. HP x64 server serial console: DB9. Yes, in 2011, they still ship boxes with a friggin DB9 connector, and no RJ45 adapter, leaving one to get an unpinned adapter kit and experiment to find something that works. iLO may or may not work out of the box on the serial console, but if/when you do get it going, it requires an F8 press to configure the network interface. If your path to the thing magically sends F8 in some fashion that the other side understands, then you find that you can enter submenus, but that ESC doesn't work to get out of them. Sun may have screwed themselves in various ways, eg. their abject inability to run a CSO, but their x64 systems beat the HELL out of anything else that I've found.
A very small speedup to be sure, but it's not like there are many low hanging huge wins left. Perhaps then the devs can turn to stuff like not having devices change names when hardware is added, or a filesystem/volume manager that isn't stuck in the late 1980's?
Strapping a big heavy battery to a laptop would kinda negate the whole point of a compact and reasonably lightweight computer, no? ISTR IBM sort of doing this some years ago - a think laptop with very limited battery capacity and a "slice" that could clip underneath it with a bigger, bulky battery. As for docking stations, a co-worker has one of some sort for his MBP, but it's the only instance of one in use that I've seen in at least ten years. Modern laptops have most of what you need onboard, including quality displays that are larger than postage stamps and keyboards that are at least tolerable. I just don't see the demand. As for TFA, a brick that supplies 10-240 watts? I dread to think how big that would be. For many applications, it would likely be as large as the device it powers. Consider the 65w Apple brick, then picture four of them placed side by side.
You write as if that's not already the case.
Am I the only one who doesn't give a rat's ass about England and the Netherlands? You can call YP NIS, but it still sucks.
This is straight out of "Yes Men", the Re-Burger.
Exactly! A significant fraction of what's out there on the net are indeed low-bitrate, done with crappy encoders, and often with senseless -- if any -- metadata. I wonder, though, if this would confound the matchup process. I also wonder if correct distinctions would be made for albums with remasters (which are not always desirable), bonus tracks or other differences between editions. Seeing how miserable iTunes is about finding cover art (I get maybe a 30% hit rate for CD's I rip) I have a suspicion that in practice this service might prove to be woefully incomplete.
Indeed, the sad millions who mistake flip-flops for decent footwear.
They would have to be stupid indeed to still be running sendmail.
My first thought was that it should apply to any photo of Dolly Parton from the last 15 years.
Why on earth is a graphical interface needed for btrfs? I've never once yearned for a bloated, high-bandwidth alternative to "zpool create".
I remember when Firefox was the lean alternative to Netscape Navigator. Come full-circle now, haven't we? Chrome will be there too in five years, then we'll have a new lean browser name Marion or something.
Since when does the United States Coast Guard sue people for torrenting shitty movies??
I saw nothing indicating that offices and services would be far from each other. There was little information at all on the internal structure. I would imagine that services would be spread around the ring periodically, like at a sports stadium. I've been on Caltrain and would not relish having to ride it daily. Dirty, smelly, and expensive. Steve claimed, though, that many employees 1) are rich enough that they can live nearby and 2) bike to work already.
His comment about the glass is puzzling -- when did Apple acquire a glass factory?
Huh? As for the stupid free WiFi harping -- this is friggin' Cupertino! Those who can afford to live there certainly don't need to be handed a free luxury / frivolous service and I doubt anyone on the council is less than a millionaire. According to the 2005-2007 American Community Survey of the US Census Bureau, the median income for a household in the city was $118,635, and the median income for a family was $133,098. My response to her would have been along the lines of "you've got to be fucking kidding".
At one point, two acquisitions ago, my employer hired a certain contractor against my recommendations. She did a piss-poor job despite having fifteen years of paper experience - basically couldn't find her ass with both hands. On her last day, I found her trying to snatch a copy of the CEO's home directory and mailbox. That she was the perp was conclusive: she had op'd to root shortly before the tape was written, I knew that she had a compatible DDS drive at home, and the lame invocation of tar was exactly the same as I'd seen her do time and again in the past. I notified management, who did exactly NOTHING. I was pissed.
The ever-decreasing row pitch and lack of ways to stop the dumbass in front of you from reclining without warning have made it impossible to use a laptop on a plane anyway.
I have had extremely good luck with UPS, but most peoples complaints are that the delivery driver doesn't even attempt to ring the doorbell, and drives off. In recent years FedEx has become like this for me, along with the USPS. My local UPS delivery guy is actually really good, but the rest of UPS sucks as badly as always.
Thank you for seeing what I've long thought was obvious -- basically the ol' "under-promise, over-deliver".
The people who post here show clear and decisive understanding of the issues We demand rigidly-defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!
Well, let's see -- we had a stadium with a new roof that wasn't even paid off, but there was a vote re tearing it down and building not one but two replacements. We said no, but it was done anyway, resulting in higher sales taxes, and more income channels for PA. The LSU development -- more cookie-cutter mixed use buildings that again are income channels for PA. The SLUT -- a vanity trolley because PA wanted one. Slow, limited capacity, just one line. Benefit to Seattle is limited to an increase in bicyclist injuries.
ILOM does those things too - hello 1982! Which do you think is more responsive over a transpac link -- a high-bandwidth video interface, or a low-bandwidth textual one? Also, you're completely missing the point about the network management interface -- how does IP get configured on it? Telepathy?
The ones older than 12 will -- you know, the ones who don't have to get the $ from mommy and daddy. A new TV costs a lot more than a Roku, and these days, many people already have a reasonably modern 16:9 TV. I know I'm sure not going to throw away my 61" to buy a new model that has a $200 gadget built in instead of connected via HDMI.