it's not the easiest thing to set up, but it's basically maintenance-free once you've got it working.
for backend storage your best bet would probably be a RAID5 array of SATA drives. Do it right and you could make it growable, so as you need more capacity, you just add more drives. Is this going to be a cheap solution? Probably not, but it's probably the best delta of cost/reliability/usability you'll find.
Supermicro makes 3U boxes that can hold 15 SATA drives. Pair that with an Adaptec 16 channel SATA RAID controller, Linux, and Bacula, and you've got at least 3 Terabytes of storage at your disposal.
The original ReplayTV units from a few years back had no monthly fee either. They made it up in the cost of the unit, and it looks like they will continue that tradition. Their units were always a couple hundred dollars more than the comparable TiVo unit.
Microsoft has backed "shared source" as an alternative to opensource. They have a website, I believe it's www.sharedsource.com, which details why. Some interesting points, although I think only a few have real validity.
The LDP has a vast library of HOWTO's and Guides. I think they are fairly easy to understand, even if you don't have a good knowledge of all the aspects of Linux.
Michael Eisner of Disney has been referring to visitors to his parks as "revenue units" for years.
You mean you actually want to be respected by a corporate megalith? All they look at is your wallet; you yourself are simply the vehicle that brings it to them.
I think that most Internet users are smart people and knowledgeable people recognize that Bradley and McCain are better choices than Gore and Bush.
I'm a registered Republican, but I'd rather see McCain or Bradley win than any of the other candidates
And Internet news had little to do with that decision, it's just that I think Bush is a puppet for the rich and Gore has about as much wit and charisma as I have in my left big toe.
I think the ridiculous patents we've been seeing lately are tell-tale signs of the Judicial Branch's inability to impose any sort of sound restraints in patent law, among other things.
First, Harley patented the sound of their motorcycles. I laughed when I heard that - I mused that that would never hold up.. but it did.
The thought of private companies holding patents in genetic science scares the shit out of me. Talk about big brother.
But the thought of the US government having control over genetics research and policies scares me even more. Especially since the US can't and shouldn't dictate what the rest of the world does, but will most likely try to.
I guess my response is that forbidden fruit doesn't stay forbidden very long. What is sacred to one man may not be to another. I believe it is only a matter of time before all moral concerns regarding genetic engineering, unresolved and ultimately unsolvable as they are, are simply bypassed. That scares me too.
I think the moderation system has been improved to a point where, with my threshold set to 2, I don't see anything I don't want to see.
I do think there is one part of Slashdot that is still unfairly biased towards the site operators and their opinions. I'm sure Slashdot gets a few hundred article submissions per day, but we are limited to reading maybe 12-15 articles per day, and those are the ones which the folks in charge are interested in or what they think we are interested in. This is a commonplace system, but I still find fault with it, if the site is truly going to be an "open forum."
Is there any site reorganization in the works, or perhaps an expansion of the moderation system to include the approval and rejection of article submissions?
Has anybody tried this crazy controlled office workspace? Its got its own air circulation system, space enough for about four monitors, a built-in, badass looking chair, and it rotates. It's also got its own built-in electrical sockets.
It costs $5500. Looking at some of the desks out there today and how much they cost, I'm thinking it's not such a bad idea.
I wonder how much it would take to start a low-cost, open certificate authority.
No $300 cert charges, no renewal bullshit, just fax us acceptable information and we sign your CSR.
I know one thing for sure - I don't relish the idea of dealing with Verisign (one word - ripoff). I've found Thawte to be a decent business (with the exception of them billing credit cards from South Africa - that doens't go over too well).
I wonder if there's enough support among the open-source community to get something like this going?
I couldn't find an email address for you, so I'm just replying. I'm happy to host, for free, community/discussion-based websites on one of our servers, a (soon to be dual) PII 400 running Solaris 2.6 with two mirrored 9 gig SCSI drives(sorry guys, the Linux software raid tools just don't cut it yet). We've got an OC-3 and multiple redundant connections through Tier 1 providers (east coast) so bandwidth is not an issue. Right now, the server run a few mirrors, but basically has 0 load.
Stuff like MySQL/PHP/Perl is fine, and backups are done a pretty regular basis.
If you, or anyone really, is interested, just fire me an email at john@webmeta.com, I'll be happy to help out.
I bought a Philips Pronto, a similar product, just last night. This is one of the coolest products Philips has ever released. I decided to buy the Pronto over the Harmon Kardon for a few reasons. First, the Harmon Kardon was co-developed with Microsoft. I don't trust a software company who can't make software with making consumer electronics. That's just me tho'. Second, the screen is not as big. Third, it has NO WHERE NEAR the expandability that the Pronto has. --!Switching to Plug mode!-- The Pronto has a meg of flash and is completely programmable. You can learn commands sent at frequencies of up to 56KHz, so that will cover most consumer-grade remotes. I have completely programmed my Pronto to control my TV (Picture-in-Picture as well), my DVD player, my Amp, and my 50CD jukebox. The touch screen is more than responsive enough for my needs. You can download pre-programmed configuration files for common components of your home audio/video system on to your PC, and then download those files over a serial port to the Pronto. Firmware upgrades are also available through the PC software. The list price on the Pronto is $399 but I got mine for $275. I can't say where, but you can get them from J&R for I believe $300. If you want the rechargable pack, you need to pay another $80, so I skipped on that and am using Double A's (4 of them). I've been told one set of batteries will get you about 6 months of normal usage. Phillips has certainly outdone themselves on this one. I'm really happy with mine. Some sites you may want to check out if interested: Remote Central - reviews of both the Harmon Kardon, Pronto, and another similar Sony product, features&specs lists, cool stuff Remote Central Review of the Pronto - nice review, nice pictures Philips Pronto site - nice pictures of the unit Pronto Edit - this is the free software you can use to download to/update the Pronto Pretty sweet unit, I highly reccomend it.
These toughbooks have been around for a long time. I remember reading a review of a similar notebook (I believe by Panasonic) about two to three years ago.
Slashdot Mirror
it's not the easiest thing to set up, but it's basically maintenance-free once you've got it working.
for backend storage your best bet would probably be a RAID5 array of SATA drives. Do it right and you could make it growable, so as you need more capacity, you just add more drives. Is this going to be a cheap solution? Probably not, but it's probably the best delta of cost/reliability/usability you'll find.
Supermicro makes 3U boxes that can hold 15 SATA drives. Pair that with an Adaptec 16 channel SATA RAID controller, Linux, and Bacula, and you've got at least 3 Terabytes of storage at your disposal.
For a small fee, of course
There already is one, at least, from a quick search on google
The original ReplayTV units from a few years back had no monthly fee either. They made it up in the cost of the unit, and it looks like they will continue that tradition. Their units were always a couple hundred dollars more than the comparable TiVo unit.
Microsoft has backed "shared source" as an alternative to opensource. They have a website, I believe it's www.sharedsource.com, which details why. Some interesting points, although I think only a few have real validity.
I bought it, and so did a coworker of mine. It is capable of a lot more than the /. story gave it credit for. Kudos to the authors
I really wish I had spent the 10 minutes it took to read this interview doing something else, like watching paint dry, mufflers rust, etc..
/. wall of shame, IMHO.
This should be put on the
We're still looking for experienced PHP/SQL developers in the Bay Area. If you're interested, email me at jdonagher@intacct.com.
The LDP has a vast library of HOWTO's and Guides. I think they are fairly easy to understand, even if you don't have a good knowledge of all the aspects of Linux.
Michael Eisner of Disney has been referring to visitors to his parks as "revenue units" for years.
You mean you actually want to be respected by a corporate megalith? All they look at is your wallet; you yourself are simply the vehicle that brings it to them.
John
I believe this has always been the case, even if they haven't stated it explicitly.
You can never "buy" a domain name outright, you can simply buy the control of one for X number of years.
Of course, NSI shouldn't own it any more than we do..
have to replace my distro just because I replace my mobo.
John
The surveys also said McCain would beat Bush in New Hampshire by only one or two points.
-John
Superbowl? What Superbowl?
I didn't see any of the ads. I was skiing, and boy am I glad I was.
I think that most Internet users are smart people and knowledgeable people recognize that Bradley and McCain are better choices than Gore and Bush.
I'm a registered Republican, but I'd rather see McCain or Bradley win than any of the other candidates
And Internet news had little to do with that decision, it's just that I think Bush is a puppet for the rich and Gore has about as much wit and charisma as I have in my left big toe.
Call it intuition.
I think the ridiculous patents we've been seeing lately are tell-tale signs of the Judicial Branch's inability to impose any sort of sound restraints in patent law, among other things.
First, Harley patented the sound of their motorcycles. I laughed when I heard that - I mused that that would never hold up.. but it did.
The thought of private companies holding patents in genetic science scares the shit out of me. Talk about big brother.
But the thought of the US government having control over genetics research and policies scares me even more. Especially since the US can't and shouldn't dictate what the rest of the world does, but will most likely try to.
I guess my response is that forbidden fruit doesn't stay forbidden very long. What is sacred to one man may not be to another. I believe it is only a matter of time before all moral concerns regarding genetic engineering, unresolved and ultimately unsolvable as they are, are simply bypassed. That scares me too.
But so did Y2K, and we're still here.
-John
I think the moderation system has been improved to a point where, with my threshold set to 2, I don't see anything I don't want to see.
I do think there is one part of Slashdot that is still unfairly biased towards the site operators and their opinions. I'm sure Slashdot gets a few hundred article submissions per day, but we are limited to reading maybe 12-15 articles per day, and those are the ones which the folks in charge are interested in or what they think we are interested in. This is a commonplace system, but I still find fault with it, if the site is truly going to be an "open forum."
Is there any site reorganization in the works, or perhaps an expansion of the moderation system to include the approval and rejection of article submissions?
John
Biomorph makes multi-monitor ergo desks.
Biomorph's Web Site
Has anybody tried this crazy controlled office workspace? Its got its own air circulation system, space enough for about four monitors, a built-in, badass looking chair, and it rotates. It's also got its own built-in electrical sockets.
It costs $5500. Looking at some of the desks out there today and how much they cost, I'm thinking it's not such a bad idea.
john
I wonder how much it would take to start a low-cost, open certificate authority.
No $300 cert charges, no renewal bullshit, just fax us acceptable information and we sign your CSR.
I know one thing for sure - I don't relish the idea of dealing with Verisign (one word - ripoff). I've found Thawte to be a decent business (with the exception of them billing credit cards from South Africa - that doens't go over too well).
I wonder if there's enough support among the open-source community to get something like this going?
John
I couldn't find an email address for you, so I'm just replying. I'm happy to host, for free, community/discussion-based websites on one of our servers, a (soon to be dual) PII 400 running Solaris 2.6 with two mirrored 9 gig SCSI drives(sorry guys, the Linux software raid tools just don't cut it yet). We've got an OC-3 and multiple redundant connections through Tier 1 providers (east coast) so bandwidth is not an issue. Right now, the server run a few mirrors, but basically has 0 load.
Stuff like MySQL/PHP/Perl is fine, and backups are done a pretty regular basis.
If you, or anyone really, is interested, just fire me an email at john@webmeta.com, I'll be happy to help out.
-John
I bought a Philips Pronto, a similar product, just last night. This is one of the coolest products Philips has ever released. I decided to buy the Pronto over the Harmon Kardon for a few reasons. First, the Harmon Kardon was co-developed with Microsoft. I don't trust a software company who can't make software with making consumer electronics. That's just me tho'. Second, the screen is not as big. Third, it has NO WHERE NEAR the expandability that the Pronto has. --!Switching to Plug mode!-- The Pronto has a meg of flash and is completely programmable. You can learn commands sent at frequencies of up to 56KHz, so that will cover most consumer-grade remotes. I have completely programmed my Pronto to control my TV (Picture-in-Picture as well), my DVD player, my Amp, and my 50CD jukebox. The touch screen is more than responsive enough for my needs. You can download pre-programmed configuration files for common components of your home audio/video system on to your PC, and then download those files over a serial port to the Pronto. Firmware upgrades are also available through the PC software. The list price on the Pronto is $399 but I got mine for $275. I can't say where, but you can get them from J&R for I believe $300. If you want the rechargable pack, you need to pay another $80, so I skipped on that and am using Double A's (4 of them). I've been told one set of batteries will get you about 6 months of normal usage. Phillips has certainly outdone themselves on this one. I'm really happy with mine. Some sites you may want to check out if interested: Remote Central - reviews of both the Harmon Kardon, Pronto, and another similar Sony product, features&specs lists, cool stuff Remote Central Review of the Pronto - nice review, nice pictures Philips Pronto site - nice pictures of the unit Pronto Edit - this is the free software you can use to download to/update the Pronto Pretty sweet unit, I highly reccomend it.
These toughbooks have been around for a long time. I remember reading a review of a similar notebook (I believe by Panasonic) about two to three years ago.