Just a quick note. If I remember correctly, both IRQ 9 and IRQ 2 use the same interrupt. Actually 2 is connected to 9 to allow for all 16 Interrupts. I've notices that a lot of SB cards default to using IRQ 9, which causes wierd problems when they get used. Just something to check.
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Well, on my way to work (the long 1 hour drive it is), I pass one of the few remaining drive-ins that still is in operation. It's in Garrett, Indiana. Haven't been to it myself, but my friends have, and they had a great time. It's an experience that is pretty well gone though. Pretty sad too.
From what I read, the Japanese gov't isn't worried about anyone using the PS2 as a development platform for missle guidance systems, but rather as a component in them. The graphics processor in it is powerful enough that it could be used as the image processing unit in a missle guidance system. That's why they are worried. Also, it's only exports over $432 USD or somewhere around there that are covered by the restriction. So you can technically export just one for yourself, but one for you and one for your buddy won't fly.
Actually, the broadcast to geeks camping out in the server room to fix one of his children would be great. Specially for those Saturday night/Sunday morning times. Course, would it actually cause me to be even more tired and fry a board or two, or feel better and fix it faster?
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Sure, why not?
A technology knowledgeable financial advisor could prove interesting. Kinda like a mainstream magazine writer with a computer technician background.
Oh well, I doubt I could have his job anyway, I'm a bit too young at 17.
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Like I said, I'm all for a breakup, but it could cause fear to invest in technical stocks. That could cause a dip the stock market, even a slight depression. Granted, that probably would be a good thing about now. I'm not saying let's bend the law to make the economy keep growing. The law should be just that, the law. It should be absolute. I would just caution stock holders on selling too much, too fast. Wouldn't want another Great Depression would we?
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But without the untrained stock investor that probably shouldn't be involved in the first place, would the stock market be as high as it is today? I don't really have sympathy for anyone that lost their money today (hell, my boss lost money. I about laughed my ass off), but I would kinda worry about people not wanting to invest and selling their stocks. Granted they probably shouldn't be in it at all, but they are, and if too many people got scared, it could cause problems. Of course, a small depression could be good about now. Isn't it about time?
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wow,./configure must be getting to me. I meant/. before. God I feel like an idiot.
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I mean, I know most of the./ community thinks so, but just look at what happened to stock today. MSFT dropped 15 points. That caused the NASDAQ to drop 300 some points. At that trend, the stock market is really going to suck.
I'm all for Microsoft being broken up and getting other OSes out there, but I think the adverse effects of the non-technical stockholders selling what they have could be a major problem.
Well, that ought to spark enough flame mail for the day. I'll have to be sure to check it regularly.
One of the big reasons that schools don't want to use Linux as a lab OS is that most teachers are not used to it and do not know how to admin it. So, they rely on the students that talk them into running it. One problem, when the student graduates, they have linux boxen that no one knows how to admin at all. This causes a major problem and most likely the box is slapped on the platter with Windows.
The administrator dude at my school (HS) does not know anything of Linux other than me talking about it. I want to use it to host the schools webpage using Apache/PHP/MySQL but they would rather just use the provided space on the VAX that runs the proxy server for our Internet usage. He understands many things in Windows 9x but NT is foreign to him, yet he has to use it since a lot of the server software he uses for grades and such require it. He is self taught completely and is competent in every way, but if he were to allow me to setup this Linux server, he would not be able to fix it if it broke. That is the main reason they won't let me do it.
My school doesn't offer any Computer Science type courses either. Only a Computer Apps class which is a joke. If they were to offer a course on OSes though, i'm sure that Linux would not be included. None of the teachers have the time nor ambition to learn it. If we really want to have exposure to linux in the education system, the teachers will have to be taught or be replaced by someone more capable. Of course, what system admin in their right mind would quit his job to teach. Maybe one that hopes for a better day of computing.
Also, i am one of two people in my school that know about linux and the only one that actually uses it on a regular basis. Out in my area (rural), computers are well known, but the variety of OSes is not. If it isn't Windows, no one wants to touch it. Maybe my friend and I can change that thinking, maybe even start a LUG. Who knows. But as I am going to college next year, I wouldn't have much time to start it.
It looks strikingly similar to the A2D Winamp/XMMS skin. I wonder if that was the influence. Actually, I kinda like that skin, but it would be nice to be able to change it.
It hurts foreign language teachers more so. PAL NTSC is a big enough pain for them. They have to buy special decks that convert the signals so that their students can be more in touch with the culture. Now, with DVD region zoning, they would have to buy special DVD players just so they can show a foreign film. Now, in my German class, my teachers shows lots of foreign films and various other snippets of TV and such that is usually recorded in PAL. She bought a special VCR to play them, now if she wants to show the original German version of say Run Lola Run, she has to buy a special (and possibly illegal?) DVD player. I think that's a bit excessive for "preventing piracy".
Ok, this is prolly flamebait, but oh well. No government agency would use Win NT on anything secretive anyway, it's not C2 certified unless the system doesn't have a NIC in it. Yes, I know that C2 is an overall system evaluation, but if a system that meet all the criteria has Win NT on it with a NIC, it will fail. So, it's stupid to even think the NSA would use NT anyway.
It could have been drawn out for a long time and wasted lots of money. Now we can all go focus our attention on DeCSS instead of domain squabbles. Big companies just always want everything don't they?
First things first, your servers should probably be as follows: Static Content - P-120/w 128MB RAM Dynamic Content - PII-350/w 256MB RAM
Depending on the amount of space you need either use RAID1 or 5. That way, if one drive dies, you don't have to resort back to tape yet.
You will also want a decent tape backup system. I prefer the Exabyte Mammoth drives as they are quick and hold 20GB native.
As for you backbone connection, my experience at my current job (network admin of a small ISP) shows that you can actually run quite a bit of content on a single full T1. If you are expecting around 10,000 hits, a T1 should be fine. You will want to get some sort of firewall and you would be smart to use multi-homing T1s. That way, when one provider dies, you have a backup.
As for co-locating and such, being that I work at an ISP, I have never done that myself and we currently do not have anyone co-locate with us. I can see benefits to co-locating, but physical access to the machine is sometimes necessary and you will want to check and see if you can get to the machine any time you want/need.
Other than that, you shouldn't have any problems. Another nice feature to look for when getting a backbone provider is to see if they offer some sort of emergency notification system for outages.
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Just a quick note. If I remember correctly, both IRQ 9 and IRQ 2 use the same interrupt. Actually 2 is connected to 9 to allow for all 16 Interrupts. I've notices that a lot of SB cards default to using IRQ 9, which causes wierd problems when they get used. Just something to check.
Well, on my way to work (the long 1 hour drive it is), I pass one of the few remaining drive-ins that still is in operation. It's in Garrett, Indiana. Haven't been to it myself, but my friends have, and they had a great time. It's an experience that is pretty well gone though. Pretty sad too.
From what I read, the Japanese gov't isn't worried about anyone using the PS2 as a development platform for missle guidance systems, but rather as a component in them. The graphics processor in it is powerful enough that it could be used as the image processing unit in a missle guidance system. That's why they are worried. Also, it's only exports over $432 USD or somewhere around there that are covered by the restriction. So you can technically export just one for yourself, but one for you and one for your buddy won't fly.
Actually, the broadcast to geeks camping out in the server room to fix one of his children would be great. Specially for those Saturday night/Sunday morning times. Course, would it actually cause me to be even more tired and fry a board or two, or feel better and fix it faster?
Sure, why not?
A technology knowledgeable financial advisor could prove interesting. Kinda like a mainstream magazine writer with a computer technician background.
Oh well, I doubt I could have his job anyway, I'm a bit too young at 17.
Like I said, I'm all for a breakup, but it could cause fear to invest in technical stocks. That could cause a dip the stock market, even a slight depression. Granted, that probably would be a good thing about now. I'm not saying let's bend the law to make the economy keep growing. The law should be just that, the law. It should be absolute. I would just caution stock holders on selling too much, too fast. Wouldn't want another Great Depression would we?
But without the untrained stock investor that probably shouldn't be involved in the first place, would the stock market be as high as it is today? I don't really have sympathy for anyone that lost their money today (hell, my boss lost money. I about laughed my ass off), but I would kinda worry about people not wanting to invest and selling their stocks. Granted they probably shouldn't be in it at all, but they are, and if too many people got scared, it could cause problems. Of course, a small depression could be good about now. Isn't it about time?
wow, ./configure must be getting to me. I meant /. before. God I feel like an idiot.
I mean, I know most of the ./ community thinks so, but just look at what happened to stock today. MSFT dropped 15 points. That caused the NASDAQ to drop 300 some points. At that trend, the stock market is really going to suck.
I'm all for Microsoft being broken up and getting other OSes out there, but I think the adverse effects of the non-technical stockholders selling what they have could be a major problem.
Well, that ought to spark enough flame mail for the day. I'll have to be sure to check it regularly.
One of the big reasons that schools don't want to use Linux as a lab OS is that most teachers are not used to it and do not know how to admin it. So, they rely on the students that talk them into running it. One problem, when the student graduates, they have linux boxen that no one knows how to admin at all. This causes a major problem and most likely the box is slapped on the platter with Windows.
The administrator dude at my school (HS) does not know anything of Linux other than me talking about it. I want to use it to host the schools webpage using Apache/PHP/MySQL but they would rather just use the provided space on the VAX that runs the proxy server for our Internet usage. He understands many things in Windows 9x but NT is foreign to him, yet he has to use it since a lot of the server software he uses for grades and such require it. He is self taught completely and is competent in every way, but if he were to allow me to setup this Linux server, he would not be able to fix it if it broke. That is the main reason they won't let me do it.
My school doesn't offer any Computer Science type courses either. Only a Computer Apps class which is a joke. If they were to offer a course on OSes though, i'm sure that Linux would not be included. None of the teachers have the time nor ambition to learn it. If we really want to have exposure to linux in the education system, the teachers will have to be taught or be replaced by someone more capable. Of course, what system admin in their right mind would quit his job to teach. Maybe one that hopes for a better day of computing.
Also, i am one of two people in my school that know about linux and the only one that actually uses it on a regular basis. Out in my area (rural), computers are well known, but the variety of OSes is not. If it isn't Windows, no one wants to touch it. Maybe my friend and I can change that thinking, maybe even start a LUG. Who knows. But as I am going to college next year, I wouldn't have much time to start it.
Anyway, enough rambling for now.
It looks strikingly similar to the A2D Winamp/XMMS skin. I wonder if that was the influence. Actually, I kinda like that skin, but it would be nice to be able to change it.
It hurts foreign language teachers more so. PAL NTSC is a big enough pain for them. They have to buy special decks that convert the signals so that their students can be more in touch with the culture. Now, with DVD region zoning, they would have to buy special DVD players just so they can show a foreign film. Now, in my German class, my teachers shows lots of foreign films and various other snippets of TV and such that is usually recorded in PAL. She bought a special VCR to play them, now if she wants to show the original German version of say Run Lola Run, she has to buy a special (and possibly illegal?) DVD player. I think that's a bit excessive for "preventing piracy".
Ok, this is prolly flamebait, but oh well. No government agency would use Win NT on anything secretive anyway, it's not C2 certified unless the system doesn't have a NIC in it. Yes, I know that C2 is an overall system evaluation, but if a system that meet all the criteria has Win NT on it with a NIC, it will fail. So, it's stupid to even think the NSA would use NT anyway.
It could have been drawn out for a long time and wasted lots of money. Now we can all go focus our attention on DeCSS instead of domain squabbles. Big companies just always want everything don't they?
First things first, your servers should probably be as follows: Static Content - P-120 /w 128MB RAM Dynamic Content - PII-350 /w 256MB RAM
Depending on the amount of space you need either use RAID1 or 5. That way, if one drive dies, you don't have to resort back to tape yet.
You will also want a decent tape backup system. I prefer the Exabyte Mammoth drives as they are quick and hold 20GB native.
As for you backbone connection, my experience at my current job (network admin of a small ISP) shows that you can actually run quite a bit of content on a single full T1. If you are expecting around 10,000 hits, a T1 should be fine. You will want to get some sort of firewall and you would be smart to use multi-homing T1s. That way, when one provider dies, you have a backup.
As for co-locating and such, being that I work at an ISP, I have never done that myself and we currently do not have anyone co-locate with us. I can see benefits to co-locating, but physical access to the machine is sometimes necessary and you will want to check and see if you can get to the machine any time you want/need.
Other than that, you shouldn't have any problems. Another nice feature to look for when getting a backbone provider is to see if they offer some sort of emergency notification system for outages.
"Those of you who think you know everything are annoying those of us who do."