have you looked at the cost of a new sun machine? Very inexpensive. Anyway, if sparc were an option I would get a blade2000 off of ebay. my blade1000 is 11 years old and has never had an issue.
A used ibm x30 is 200 dollars with a 60gb hd 512ram and 1.2 ghz chip. 3lbs and an 1inch thick. In another year it will be 100 dollars. Why bother with a new computer if all you want to do with it is travel, net, and type?
Sun will sell you a 900 dollar workstation with unix installed. Solaris of course. However, they will support that machine AND the os if you put a supported version of linux or Windows on it. Why can't dell do this? Because dell s.... and sells to people that enjoy commercials that use the word 'dude'.
Reformatting page. Please Wait... done User Commands encrypt(1) NAME encrypt, decrypt - encrypt or decrypt files SYNOPSIS/usr/bin/encrypt -l | [-v] | -a algorithm [-k key_file] [-i input_file] [-o output_file]/usr/bin/decrypt -l | [-v] | -a algorithm [-k key_file] [-i input_file] [-o output_file] DESCRIPTION This utility encrypts or decrypts the given file or stdin using the algorithm specified. If no output file is speci- fied, output is to standard out. If input and output are the same file, the encrypted output is written to a temporary work file in the same filesystem and then used to replace the original file. On decryption, if the input and output are the same file, the cleartext replaces the ciphertext file. The output file of encrypt and the input file for decrypt contains the following information:
o Output format version number, 4 bytes in network byte
order. The current version is 1.
o Iterations used in key generation function, 4 bytes in
network byte order.
o IV (ivlen bytes)[1]. iv data is generated by random
bytes equal to one block size.
o Salt data used in key generation (16 bytes).
o Cipher text data. OPTIONS The following options are supported: -a algorithm Specify the name of the algorithm to
use during the encryption or decryp-
tion process. See USAGE, Algorithms
for details. -i input_file Specify the input file. Default is
stdin if input_file is not speci-
fied. SunOS 5.10 Last change: 25 May 2004 Oh wait... maybe that is just in some operating systems. Since forever...
Sunray servers now run windows. Check out sunray server 4.
And this was written on a sunray as well. They really do kick ass. Of course I only use linux and solaris on mine.
Yeah like highways, ATT, FAA, hmmm, lets see militias in 1812, Social Security, the FTC, seat belts, boy its just got to end badly.
Of course we have to remember that such memorable establishments like the
"DEPARTMENT OF THE FATHERLAND"
err. sorry
"department of homeland security"
and the every so popular
"patriot act
came out of the 'conservatives' and those that voted for them.
No kidding! This is such a crock of ninja shit. They are chasing after this only because joe shmoe does not understand that he paid for the fucking highway in the first place. NOT ONLY THAT! But he pays for it every single day whether he uses it or not! Now they want to bill him (if he could figure out how to run his own server) and all of the great things that he wants to do with that highway. What a crock!
Here is a scenario for you... I ssh 200gbs of data from my home workstation to my lab computer at Georgetown. What happens? Do I get charged? Does GU get charged? What if 100 researchers at GU all decide to do this some friday evening? What happens?
This is so much BS I just dont have enough hair to pull out.
come to think of it, they may have even been using openwindows and dude, there is nothing more robust (and nearly useless) after the command line than that.
I find it very odd that solaris 10 was not used instead (considering what life must be like for 12,000 solaris 8 users). Since they say old hardware is a primary concern, and since lisencing is both 'free' (in different ways), I have to believe the SUSE choice might be driven mostly by the old hardware. You need 512 mb ram to even install 10 x86 graphically.
I see a couple of things happening though...
1. KDE is not a stable desktop. Yes Yes stop turning red, I mean it is not stable like CDE is stable. This could lead to frustration among 12,000 users that were used to probably the most stable OS (sol 8 is a rock), using an insanely boring and stable desktop (CDE).
2. Now that these people will be able to do all the cool things you can do with a modern unix and KDE, the IT people are going to go crazy
and have to hire more people and work mucho overtime.
Is there anyway that individuals could begin to make a large internet based off of wireless routers? Has somebody been looking at doing this? I really think taking 'business' out of the internet entirely is the way to go. Maybe slow at first, but I would rather be able to have my own server on my own router. DNS would be hard but not impossible... I can see that the old internet is no longer going to work for most of us.
But considering the lenovo sale, and the fact that nothing new seems to come out of HP (just repackaged x86 parts) I really dont see this as anything other than another dell but for server farms. What is HPs R&D department up to? IBM, SUN, Apple, Google, MSFT (shudder) are all contributing things to 'tech'. Giving your money to HP seems to be a bit short sighted if you ask me. Not that you would. Maybe they will bring the ALPHA back. That was a chip!
Compaq surprisingly made the best laptop of the 20th century though (IMHO).
Cant beat my Armada M300. Runs linux, runs winXP, its 7 years old and the battery lasts for 4 hours (not original battery).
Not to mention the tingly bit just a couple hours after this got did not get off topic. I am sooooooo disappointed. Maybe I will start voting republican. Look what you silly moderators did...
They are very popular in the life sciences, but not for the reason you would think. Many of the biologists I work with use macs for DNA sequence analysis, but they do not need to. They use macs for purely, how can I say, 'other' reasons. One is the price (exclusive), another is cultural (I am smart, therefore I use a mac, or is it the other way around?), and the last is they really dont know how to use anything else. Most of them had absolute fits when OSX came out. Sadly the mac gui is so good few of the mac users I know that are not computer geeks, have no idea what they are doing and have no choice but to use a mac.
Disclaimer: I love OSX, and I love mac hardware, hell I own apple stock (bought it really cheap a couple of years ago in fact). However, I still think there are much better unixes out there for serious computer users that do not cost 3000 dollars for a laptop worth owning. I am also bitter because I have had to hand hold too many mac users for such simple tasks that I will not even bother mentioning them.
Amazing, I think the true test is always going to be on top notch equipment, built for the purpose. Since HP is dumping its own OS and moving to linux I find it not at all surprising that they are now trying to, perhaps, fud there way into some kind of ultra stable linux niche. Sadly all they really need to do is supply top notch support and they will be 99% of the way there.
With the exception of an OS we will not mention 'carrier grade' to me at least means top notch redundant and hotswappable hardware (all hardware). I am sure some of the self healing stuff in solaris helps it with being carrier grade however. As far as linux goes, I think it is already 'carrier grade' based on the equipment and demand. I have a fedora 3 server (coldfusion, mysql, apache2, cgi-perl stuff, sunray server) that has been going non-stop for ages and another fedora 4 with less traffic that has been going for a year now. I had a yellow dog purple imac(333) that rand for 480 days straight before the ethernet card puked.
Forty pages of the same crap we have now with XP. Yeck. Talk about a company playing catchup and not doing well.
And just because this qoute is too good not to be recycled....
"Putting Windows on DOS is like putting whipped cream on a road apple"
-McNealy
I dont think much has changed. All I see is whipped cream now, and apple makes much better eye candy than this.
(for those who dont know what a road apple is...http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter m=road+apple)
I have noticed this as well, and I just accept it. Although I use solaris it is bsd at heart. Gimp loads ultra fast, firefox takes awhile. Whatever. I prefer a system that runs perfectly, always. If I wanted to see firefox pop up, I would run windows.
I have never found a problem with pkg-get handling dependencies. (www.blastwave.org). There is no dependency handling when using the sun supplied package handlers though.
That is hilarious. I have to admit I use linux like those doublewides they leave at schools when they need an extra classroom. After I finally get the technology to work on Solaris I send the trailor back.
There is already a apt-get like system available for solaris (pkg-get) *works very very well too. I am not sure which system their current supported pkgadd/pkgrm/pkginfo system resembles most.
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You may want to check out SUNs ceo's comments on the netapp issues... This dates all the way back to 2007. From the comments above this appeared to be something new. http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/harvesting_from_a_troll
have you looked at the cost of a new sun machine? Very inexpensive. Anyway, if sparc were an option I would get a blade2000 off of ebay. my blade1000 is 11 years old and has never had an issue.
A used ibm x30 is 200 dollars with a 60gb hd 512ram and 1.2 ghz chip. 3lbs and an 1inch thick. In another year it will be 100 dollars. Why bother with a new computer if all you want to do with it is travel, net, and type?
Sun will sell you a 900 dollar workstation with unix installed. Solaris of course. However, they will support that machine AND the os if you put a supported version of linux or Windows on it. Why can't dell do this? Because dell s.... and sells to people that enjoy commercials that use the word 'dude'.
I am pretty sure a mix of benzene, acetone, and ethanol would probably do the job.
hmmm why not just use 'encrypt'?
/usr/bin/encrypt -l | [-v] | -a algorithm [-k key_file] [-i /usr/bin/decrypt -l | [-v] | -a algorithm [-k key_file] [-i
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User Commands encrypt(1)
NAME
encrypt, decrypt - encrypt or decrypt files
SYNOPSIS
input_file] [-o output_file]
input_file] [-o output_file]
DESCRIPTION
This utility encrypts or decrypts the given file or stdin
using the algorithm specified. If no output file is speci-
fied, output is to standard out. If input and output are the
same file, the encrypted output is written to a temporary
work file in the same filesystem and then used to replace
the original file.
On decryption, if the input and output are the same file,
the cleartext replaces the ciphertext file.
The output file of encrypt and the input file for decrypt
contains the following information:
o Output format version number, 4 bytes in network byte
order. The current version is 1.
o Iterations used in key generation function, 4 bytes in
network byte order.
o IV (ivlen bytes)[1]. iv data is generated by random
bytes equal to one block size.
o Salt data used in key generation (16 bytes).
o Cipher text data.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-a algorithm Specify the name of the algorithm to
use during the encryption or decryp-
tion process. See USAGE, Algorithms
for details.
-i input_file Specify the input file. Default is
stdin if input_file is not speci-
fied.
SunOS 5.10 Last change: 25 May 2004
Oh wait... maybe that is just in some operating systems. Since forever...
Sunray servers now run windows. Check out sunray server 4. And this was written on a sunray as well. They really do kick ass. Of course I only use linux and solaris on mine.
I resent that! -Dennis Hastert
Of course we have to remember that such memorable establishments like the "DEPARTMENT OF THE FATHERLAND" err. sorry "department of homeland security" and the every so popular "patriot act came out of the 'conservatives' and those that voted for them.
Here is a scenario for you... I ssh 200gbs of data from my home workstation to my lab computer at Georgetown. What happens? Do I get charged? Does GU get charged? What if 100 researchers at GU all decide to do this some friday evening? What happens?
This is so much BS I just dont have enough hair to pull out.
come to think of it, they may have even been using openwindows and dude, there is nothing more robust (and nearly useless) after the command line than that.
I see a couple of things happening though...
1. KDE is not a stable desktop. Yes Yes stop turning red, I mean it is not stable like CDE is stable. This could lead to frustration among 12,000 users that were used to probably the most stable OS (sol 8 is a rock), using an insanely boring and stable desktop (CDE).
2. Now that these people will be able to do all the cool things you can do with a modern unix and KDE, the IT people are going to go crazy
and have to hire more people and work mucho overtime.
Is there anyway that individuals could begin to make a large internet based off of wireless routers? Has somebody been looking at doing this? I really think taking 'business' out of the internet entirely is the way to go. Maybe slow at first, but I would rather be able to have my own server on my own router. DNS would be hard but not impossible... I can see that the old internet is no longer going to work for most of us.
Compaq surprisingly made the best laptop of the 20th century though (IMHO).
Cant beat my Armada M300. Runs linux, runs winXP, its 7 years old and the battery lasts for 4 hours (not original battery).
Not to mention the tingly bit just a couple hours after this got did not get off topic. I am sooooooo disappointed. Maybe I will start voting republican. Look what you silly moderators did...
How is this off topic? My god is there no humor left in the world!!!!!
http://images.ibsys.com/2006/0530/9290570.jpg
Disclaimer: I love OSX, and I love mac hardware, hell I own apple stock (bought it really cheap a couple of years ago in fact). However, I still think there are much better unixes out there for serious computer users that do not cost 3000 dollars for a laptop worth owning. I am also bitter because I have had to hand hold too many mac users for such simple tasks that I will not even bother mentioning them.
Amazing, I think the true test is always going to be on top notch equipment, built for the purpose. Since HP is dumping its own OS and moving to linux I find it not at all surprising that they are now trying to, perhaps, fud there way into some kind of ultra stable linux niche. Sadly all they really need to do is supply top notch support and they will be 99% of the way there.
With the exception of an OS we will not mention 'carrier grade' to me at least means top notch redundant and hotswappable hardware (all hardware). I am sure some of the self healing stuff in solaris helps it with being carrier grade however. As far as linux goes, I think it is already 'carrier grade' based on the equipment and demand. I have a fedora 3 server (coldfusion, mysql, apache2, cgi-perl stuff, sunray server) that has been going non-stop for ages and another fedora 4 with less traffic that has been going for a year now. I had a yellow dog purple imac(333) that rand for 480 days straight before the ethernet card puked.
Forty pages of the same crap we have now with XP. Yeck. Talk about a company playing catchup and not doing well. And just because this qoute is too good not to be recycled.... "Putting Windows on DOS is like putting whipped cream on a road apple" -McNealy I dont think much has changed. All I see is whipped cream now, and apple makes much better eye candy than this. (for those who dont know what a road apple is...http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter m=road+apple)
I have noticed this as well, and I just accept it. Although I use solaris it is bsd at heart. Gimp loads ultra fast, firefox takes awhile. Whatever. I prefer a system that runs perfectly, always. If I wanted to see firefox pop up, I would run windows.
I have never found a problem with pkg-get handling dependencies. (www.blastwave.org). There is no dependency handling when using the sun supplied package handlers though.
That is hilarious. I have to admit I use linux like those doublewides they leave at schools when they need an extra classroom. After I finally get the technology to work on Solaris I send the trailor back.
There is already a apt-get like system available for solaris (pkg-get) *works very very well too. I am not sure which system their current supported pkgadd/pkgrm/pkginfo system resembles most.