Which upright mouse are you using? I've got Evoluent's VerticalMouse (right-handed, wired) model - http://evoluent.com/vm4r.htm - and very much enjoying it, highly comfortable and natural once you get used to the change. Not sure if there are other models out there to consider if this one goes, or just as an alternative on another machine.
Using the Logitech M570 trackball for my personal laptop, and a Logitech gaming mouse for the desktop at home. Variety is the key, I've found. Working different muscles and different movements have made all the difference for me in the last 7 years since I first started having issues with the hands and wrists.
Quite a few, actually. For small-scale stuff it can pay to outsource. Really depends on the workload, and where the 'users' are.
But, once your core infrastructure gets big enough, putting a few more racks in the DC and adding a few staff versus now having to manage a 3rd party service with the same added staff becomes extra overhead and burden.
Also, some stuff may not due to legal or contractual obligations be feasible to be placed at a third-party site. (Verify THEIR staff as well as YOURS conform to standard, and two companies' policies, etc)
...And I have a counter-anecdote. We had someone wanting to do just what you do - one patch at a time on HP's C7000 Chassis. I believe it was the Virtual Connect firmware, going from 3.50 to 3.55 - in the patchnotes they'd revised it saying "don't use this version, its busted - go straight to the latest!' - that wasn't caught and we had unplanned downtime, and the person involved worked a 21-hour day to get it back up and running.
We've since doubled the number of chassis involved so we can live-migrate everything off a given chassis for when it gets updates so this doesn't happen again. Along with reading ALL of the patch/release notes.
'Organic' in the US has a definition - I highly doubt its as strong as Germany's 'Bio' (example: I'm unaware of a animals/land unit ratio) - its 'Natural' in the US that has no standard, enforced definition and is up to the manufacturer's whim.
No, we're not spraying water. The media is spraying gasoline, they know it, and love it, and WILLINGLY do it.
Don't give people their 15 minutes to 2 weeks+ of fame, and (at least from knowledge learned in other situations) a large motivation for doing 'ghastly' things stops. They do it because it gets peoples attention and focuses it on them, even if for a terrible reason.
Thing is, usually the (presumably) qualified 3rd party is a bunch of citizens with guns and a permit to carry them. (Some states restrict the work-related carry permits to just that, work-related)
So their goal is the removal of the ability to hire the kind of folks they've been forced to hire by pushing beyond reasonable limits towards their goal.
Ummm...If you have Steam installed already, go into the Library and select the 'Tools' listing. You'll find dedicated server software, available for free, to download and run for several dozen (3 or 4 dozen last I remember seeing) games available on Steam.
Apple users have an expectation that everything "just works" - Linux users may be willing to have a 'beta/unsupported' feature, perhaps enabled via a command-line startup option for Steam.
With proper VLAN segmentation, it's fine. Heck, we have VLANs on top of VLANs. The blade chassis does VLANs for its internal capabilities, then via ESXi we have actual VLANs for the different networks.
Want EVE, but single player? Check out the X-Series. Very similar, AND moddable. Some of them available for Linux too - check the developer's site's store for those.
911 operators commands are not law, they are mere suggestions. (I've never seen a law making their commands punishable if not followed) He (Zimmerman) had returned to his truck near the end of the call, having lost Martin, and was awaiting the arrival of the officers that were on their way. After the end of the call the two of them (Zimmerman and Martin) met and had a confrontation, who started it is the big question no one can answer. The evidence (at the scene) seemed to back Zimmerman's story enough that he was released without charges (at the time).
Please define 'Cheap home system' utilizing 6 SSDs. 50GB image? Just build a PC with 64GB of RAM (or more) and do it all there. Puts your SSD to shame...either way, you're limited by Bluray disc read speeds...
...and now take into account that you'll now be streaming the 200 DVDs on your shelf, using up your precious (now capped) bandwidth, in addition to the $2-$5/disc 'fee.'
You have to make it not about the laptop. Make it about what is ON the laptop.
The laptop, insurance can replace. The value of which isn't enough for the police to "waste their time on" - also, get a VP or someone important to make a scene about it. "How can we do business here when the police won't even investigate our stolen laptops with trade secrets/etc on them?"
MAKE it important for them. Talk to all of the detectives that could touch it. Who wouldn't want an easy win for a felony property theft conviction?
"Here's the info - you just need to subpoena the ISP for where this is, and go in. Here, the machine phones home once a week. I'll even move it in our system into a special category so it checks in every 6 hours. (Move it into a seperate AD group where WSUS checks it regularly) You'll know where it is as often as you'd like."
Hand it to them on a silver platter, and they more often than not will take it, if you can find someone who sees it for what it is. An easy win for them.
By selling it off, they're sending those customers elsewhere. Sony would rather close down that product entirely, forcing the customers to pick NEW things with "modern" profit margins.
For 'bulk' (more than 5) contact them for "special" pricing.
I wish they didn't do this, I'd love to try it and use it myself, locally hosted.
But I'm NOT paying them for the feature.
They proclaim the wonders of Open Source and Ubuntu - then go and drop in closed-source crap that there is no replacement for. Hack something yourself, or pay them stupid amounts of money to use what came preinstalled.
They still do some things for the defense industry, but more related to their other fields (aerospace control boxes and such) - ATK does the actual weapons designs, etc.
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Which upright mouse are you using? I've got Evoluent's VerticalMouse (right-handed, wired) model - http://evoluent.com/vm4r.htm - and very much enjoying it, highly comfortable and natural once you get used to the change. Not sure if there are other models out there to consider if this one goes, or just as an alternative on another machine.
Using the Logitech M570 trackball for my personal laptop, and a Logitech gaming mouse for the desktop at home. Variety is the key, I've found. Working different muscles and different movements have made all the difference for me in the last 7 years since I first started having issues with the hands and wrists.
Quite a few, actually. For small-scale stuff it can pay to outsource. Really depends on the workload, and where the 'users' are.
But, once your core infrastructure gets big enough, putting a few more racks in the DC and adding a few staff versus now having to manage a 3rd party service with the same added staff becomes extra overhead and burden.
Also, some stuff may not due to legal or contractual obligations be feasible to be placed at a third-party site. (Verify THEIR staff as well as YOURS conform to standard, and two companies' policies, etc)
...And I have a counter-anecdote. We had someone wanting to do just what you do - one patch at a time on HP's C7000 Chassis. I believe it was the Virtual Connect firmware, going from 3.50 to 3.55 - in the patchnotes they'd revised it saying "don't use this version, its busted - go straight to the latest!' - that wasn't caught and we had unplanned downtime, and the person involved worked a 21-hour day to get it back up and running.
We've since doubled the number of chassis involved so we can live-migrate everything off a given chassis for when it gets updates so this doesn't happen again. Along with reading ALL of the patch/release notes.
'Organic' in the US has a definition - I highly doubt its as strong as Germany's 'Bio' (example: I'm unaware of a animals/land unit ratio) - its 'Natural' in the US that has no standard, enforced definition and is up to the manufacturer's whim.
No, we're not spraying water. The media is spraying gasoline, they know it, and love it, and WILLINGLY do it.
Don't give people their 15 minutes to 2 weeks+ of fame, and (at least from knowledge learned in other situations) a large motivation for doing 'ghastly' things stops. They do it because it gets peoples attention and focuses it on them, even if for a terrible reason.
Because "THINK OF THE CHILDREN!"
That is why it is such a big deal and being used as the poster-child. They've been waiting for such an opportunity for awhile now.
Thing is, usually the (presumably) qualified 3rd party is a bunch of citizens with guns and a permit to carry them. (Some states restrict the work-related carry permits to just that, work-related)
So their goal is the removal of the ability to hire the kind of folks they've been forced to hire by pushing beyond reasonable limits towards their goal.
Ummm...If you have Steam installed already, go into the Library and select the 'Tools' listing. You'll find dedicated server software, available for free, to download and run for several dozen (3 or 4 dozen last I remember seeing) games available on Steam.
Apple users have an expectation that everything "just works" - Linux users may be willing to have a 'beta/unsupported' feature, perhaps enabled via a command-line startup option for Steam.
Why not?
With proper VLAN segmentation, it's fine. Heck, we have VLANs on top of VLANs. The blade chassis does VLANs for its internal capabilities, then via ESXi we have actual VLANs for the different networks.
Want EVE, but single player? Check out the X-Series. Very similar, AND moddable. Some of them available for Linux too - check the developer's site's store for those.
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Egosoft
http://www.egosoft.com/
Thank you! Now none of the rest of us have to deal with Meebo Bar.
Now if only we can figure out who accidentally the whole Meebo, we can get it back...
911 operators commands are not law, they are mere suggestions. (I've never seen a law making their commands punishable if not followed) He (Zimmerman) had returned to his truck near the end of the call, having lost Martin, and was awaiting the arrival of the officers that were on their way. After the end of the call the two of them (Zimmerman and Martin) met and had a confrontation, who started it is the big question no one can answer. The evidence (at the scene) seemed to back Zimmerman's story enough that he was released without charges (at the time).
It is probably the beer.
So just do what we always do. Buy 2 or three and back them up to each other.
Please define 'Cheap home system' utilizing 6 SSDs. 50GB image? Just build a PC with 64GB of RAM (or more) and do it all there. Puts your SSD to shame...either way, you're limited by Bluray disc read speeds...
...and now take into account that you'll now be streaming the 200 DVDs on your shelf, using up your precious (now capped) bandwidth, in addition to the $2-$5/disc 'fee.'
Then perhaps they need to start doing them more often than yearly? Do them quarterly?
You have to make it not about the laptop. Make it about what is ON the laptop.
The laptop, insurance can replace. The value of which isn't enough for the police to "waste their time on" - also, get a VP or someone important to make a scene about it. "How can we do business here when the police won't even investigate our stolen laptops with trade secrets/etc on them?"
MAKE it important for them. Talk to all of the detectives that could touch it. Who wouldn't want an easy win for a felony property theft conviction?
"Here's the info - you just need to subpoena the ISP for where this is, and go in. Here, the machine phones home once a week. I'll even move it in our system into a special category so it checks in every 6 hours. (Move it into a seperate AD group where WSUS checks it regularly) You'll know where it is as often as you'd like."
Hand it to them on a silver platter, and they more often than not will take it, if you can find someone who sees it for what it is. An easy win for them.
I've always heard it as:
"Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding on dinner. Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote."
By selling it off, they're sending those customers elsewhere. Sony would rather close down that product entirely, forcing the customers to pick NEW things with "modern" profit margins.
They'll say Landscape. http://www.canonical.com/enterprise-services/ubuntu-advantage/landscape
$105/year Desktop
$320/year Server
For 'bulk' (more than 5) contact them for "special" pricing.
I wish they didn't do this, I'd love to try it and use it myself, locally hosted.
But I'm NOT paying them for the feature.
They proclaim the wonders of Open Source and Ubuntu - then go and drop in closed-source crap that there is no replacement for. Hack something yourself, or pay them stupid amounts of money to use what came preinstalled.
Why do you think they haven't done just that?
Can't sell you a replacement battery at $139 + S&H when its the same model for every 14" laptop on the market...
Honeywell spun off the majority of the defense contractor side of things a few years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliant_Techsystems - ATK is the result of that.
They still do some things for the defense industry, but more related to their other fields (aerospace control boxes and such) - ATK does the actual weapons designs, etc.
Their assumption may be worth shit, but "contempt of court" has no upper limit on how long you can be held for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Beatty_Chadwick
Feel like spending the next 1.5 decades in prison, just to wave your dick at the court? Your call man.