This is what we do in my place of work. We have a Cisco 4507 switch with power inline ports. All of the equipment in our server room, including that switch, is backed up by a Powerware UPS that has 40 marine batteries in it. As long as the switch has power, and our call manager server has power, then we have phones, whether or not the lights are on.
It doesn't really matter anyway, as we have a generator on site that will power the entire building for 3 days anyway. The UPS is only used for the 10 seconds or so it takes the generator to start up.
If you're in IT, you have to make SURE that you get Gold Tech Support with any new Dell purchases now.
My sales rep in Austin told me that with Gold, if I am not satisfied with the tech support, I can call him, and he will go downstairs to kick somebody's ass, as that's where the Gold tech guys reside.
You had a great post up till all that knowledge must be free BS. Patents and copyrights are used to enhance the creation of more knowledge. When something is out of copyright, and in the public domain (after the creator has had time enough to reap the benefits of what he/she created), then it should be allowed to be viewed by everybody freely on the net.
What probably will happen with this setup, is those cardholders in the libraries that have been digitized will be able to see only their library's digital collection, as is standard with the right of first sale, and the fair use doctrine (at least in the US... I'm not really that keen on European copyright protections.) This is what is going to happen with the Google Libraries' collections.
Having these digital libraries is a good thing, but primarily becuase it will decentralize the holdings. Taking the archivist's perspective, one of the great things about having our eggs in many different baskets is that it helps protect all of the eggs from being lost if there is a terrible mishap.
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Probably so.
This is what we do in my place of work. We have a Cisco 4507 switch with power inline ports. All of the equipment in our server room, including that switch, is backed up by a Powerware UPS that has 40 marine batteries in it. As long as the switch has power, and our call manager server has power, then we have phones, whether or not the lights are on.
It doesn't really matter anyway, as we have a generator on site that will power the entire building for 3 days anyway. The UPS is only used for the 10 seconds or so it takes the generator to start up.
Only 5k/sec here in the US as well. And I am the ISP.
If you're in IT, you have to make SURE that you get Gold Tech Support with any new Dell purchases now. My sales rep in Austin told me that with Gold, if I am not satisfied with the tech support, I can call him, and he will go downstairs to kick somebody's ass, as that's where the Gold tech guys reside.
Here's what Slashdot's RSS ads look like in Safari's RSS reader on the Mac.
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If this is true, then Jaguar has standing to sue as well.
"But your honor, these shysters have a prior history of this conduct!"
You had a great post up till all that knowledge must be free BS. Patents and copyrights are used to enhance the creation of more knowledge. When something is out of copyright, and in the public domain (after the creator has had time enough to reap the benefits of what he/she created), then it should be allowed to be viewed by everybody freely on the net.
What probably will happen with this setup, is those cardholders in the libraries that have been digitized will be able to see only their library's digital collection, as is standard with the right of first sale, and the fair use doctrine (at least in the US... I'm not really that keen on European copyright protections.) This is what is going to happen with the Google Libraries' collections.
Having these digital libraries is a good thing, but primarily becuase it will decentralize the holdings. Taking the archivist's perspective, one of the great things about having our eggs in many different baskets is that it helps protect all of the eggs from being lost if there is a terrible mishap.
'tis true... A braggart buddy of mine found this out the hard way.