The current problem the cluster is solving is a very complex transportation engineering equation. My best undersatanding is that the computer knows the result of the problem and general form of the equation but does not know the equation coefficients and exponets. It is just iterating the problem untill it finds an awnser. Solving problem requires very little in the way of memory (and hence disk/swap space); just a lot of horse power. I would guess the equation will fit entierly into the 64kb of L1 cache of a K6-2. The problem has been cranking for over a year on various personal computers. Once the equation is solved, it will be used for a structural engineering problem; most likely matrix algerbra.
I have been running FreeBSD for ovre two years now and never had any problems learning anything. Almost everything you could ever want about the OS itself is in the Handbook or FAQ at freebsd.org. If you can't find it there, it is probably an application or general Unix question which can be answered by the same methods you would answer those questions for Linux. In my opinion, FreeBSD has simply the best documentation of any of the free OSes. Red Hat just doesn't come close. Thier web page is getting way to confusing if you ask me. The ports collection also makes installing common software a no brainer for FreeBSD. I highly suggest giving it a try. It is no where near as hard as everyone makes it sound. Just read the handbook a few times, select novice in the options and then use the auto command to cofigure the drives and you are home free. Easy!
There was a short PC Mag article that was quite good back in Feb or March; I think, maybe older. The writer took a Dell PII 400 and installed NT, Linux and FreeBSD. He then ran Apache and some benchmark that measured the number of pages served per second. It wasn't a extremly scientific test, nor were the machines tuned much. Both Linux and BSD crushed NT. Linux was ahead of FreeBSD under light load, but when the number of connections increased, FreeBSD started to pull ahead. If I remember correctly FreeBSD was about 2x as fast as NT and maybe 10-15% faster then Linux under heavey load. It was a really good one page article. I wish I still had it.
My previous place of imployment used Ghost to clone a lab full of NT machines. We had one floppy for each computer in the lab. Each disk contained a unique SID and TCP/IP number. We just stuck the disks in and went. Amazingly simple... except for the fact that we did this about twice a year. It seemed easier to install the SPs and other fixes to one machine, test it fully and then just clone the hell out of it rather then trying to fix all the machines individally. That would be hell!
Scalability? Oh please tell me you did not say that NT scales better then Linux/FreeBSD. I would have agreed with you up untill that point, but scalabilty? This sounds way to much like the typical MS FUD! Praise the other systems just a little trying to sound impartial and then bash them bad. The AC just goes to prove you are a MS shrill that has probably posted a half dozen other comments like this in this thread.
Anyone who sells NT is loving this article. It now gives them something to printout and hand to corporate no-nothings whose own IT department is pushing Unix. They can cut, paste and quote the article's numourous misreprensentations of Linux. They don't even have to twist the truth becuase the no-nothing journalist (not admins) who ran the test already did that for them. This article does great great damage. It doesn't matter how inaccurate the test were or how badly ZD screwed them up, they did and this is going to be a major thorn in the side of Unix supporters. It really doens't matter how good something is if someone else has better marketing. I think it is clear that MS is now moving hard against ALL Unix, not just Sun or Linux, but all. They have a massive marketing arm that can and plan to squash even the largest foes. Let us all think back to the OS2 war. We really need to join together (Linux, BSD, Solarios, etc...) and market our virtues. We can not win by whining about how unfair the tests were. We can only win by proving our software is actually better. Linux is on the rise as is BSD, but the war is only beggining. Gaining popularity is only a very small step towards winning. Let us not get overconfident the war is going to be a long one.
Linux does not provide support for the broad range of hardware in use today; Windows NT 4.0 currently supports over 39,000 systems and devices on the Hardware Compatibility List. Linux does not support important ease-of-use technologies such as Plug and Play, USB, and Power Management Since when does NT support USB?? We won't even get into Plug 'n Pray! FUD FUD FUD FUD!!! Come on now, Everyone Sing! FUD FUD FUD FUD FUD
There have been several trolls here about Linux being insecure. We all know that secruity is a function of the attention paid to it. Linux is more secure than NT only with carefull attention. We may never know how much attention was paid to the Linux box, but we do know that here have been other Linux boxes out there that have yet to be cracked. So, before people start saying that it is a Linux problem or whatever, please explain why the Linux PPC challange has yet to be cracked. Last I checked, it only crashed once while the NT2000 has gone through almost a dozen code revisions in the last month. In closing though, I think this does somewhat prove that NT's security is up to the challange... now if they could improve the stabitly!
We must remember that it wasn't his fault. He was actually the helpless victim here. He has a sexual addiction that he can not control. It's a sickness, not a choice. From what I've heard, it all stems from that fact that his he didn't have a stable childhood becuase he both his mother and grandmother wanted to care for him. It's really sad. I think the FBI should be offering help for him, check him into therapy not co-arranging visits to CA so that they can arrest him! :)
I think 3Com spinning Palm off will allow Palm to adopt and change more quickly. It will be easier to innovate. It will be a better company for the most part. I just worry though that smaller companies such as Palm and Handspring won't have the deep pockets to weather the constant pounding of the WinCE storm. Every company is bound to slip once in a while, I think this is where Palm is now. They have a near perfect product and rested for a second while a competitor (Handspring, which is very good. They are growing the total market, not taking away 3Com's sales.) caught up. I'm sure by spring we will be hearing about a Palm X which will have the expansion slot and everything else, but until then we are left to wonder if little companies without deep pockets can survive. Remember, buyouts and mergers seem to be all the rage; is this the future for the new PalmCo? Sollowed up by someone else?
I've read some of the responses so far and let me tell you that you people should not be responding! First, let me say, I HAVE A PE LICENSE! As an electrical engineer, you most likely will not need one. PE licenses, for the most part, are needed to seal construction documents. Anything that is sent into the state for approval such as building plans will need the stamp of a PE. Usually, only Civil and Structural engineers bother with a PE license for they are the only ones sending documents into the state. As an EE, you will be working for a large corporation with private contracts. Nothing that needs state approval and therefore nothing that needs a stamp. As for getting one for prestige, as before, this is very important for Civil and Structural Engineers. I have many friends whom are EEs and a PE has never entered their minds. They almost look down on it as though it is a title for us lowly Civils (Structurals) to make us feel better because we can't make the $$ like the EE and ChemE can. As for the requirements for a PE, they are as follows: 1.) You must pass the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. Basically, this is a broad general test of all of engineering. 2.) You must have a min of 4 years of experience. The time is less for those with a Masters or a Ph.D. This experience must be supervised by a registered PE. The requirements of proof vary from state to state, but here, you are required three letters of recommendation from fellow PEs as proof of your experience. 3.) You must pass the PE exam, which is very long and difficult. There is also a SE license in Cal and Ill. Cal's is very very difficult. They cap the number they allow yearly, so passing the test isn't enough. Ill's is a little easier in that all you have to do is pass the exam, but the requirements are just as difficult. IIRC, Eight years total experience and another eight-hour exam.
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This is stupid... very stupid. There are arrogant people on both sides of the issue and this is very unfortunate. If you look past the/.ers to who really runs FreeBSD, you will see much appreciation for Linux. Jordon Hubbard, our fearless leader, has stated many many times his feelings about Linux. He tells companies to "port first to Linux" before porting to FreeBSD. I think that is the type of respect and togetherness most real FreeBSD users feel towards Linux. I'm sure you can find the quote if you use the newsgroup search on the FreeBSD homepage. It may be even in the Handbook or FAQ. I've seen him, personally not quoted, many times.
I doubt it. KPPP isn't even in the ports collection. Really, the scripting isn't that hard. Follow the instructions in the Handbook, remember to make the device and you should be set. I've done it many many times. There are sample scripts and everything install by default that you just need rename and edit the lines with your username, password, and phone number
Actually, if you are a small retailer you pay the same. I have a very close friend which runs a small local computer store. They sell around 40 units a month. They pay $75 a copy for Win98 from their distributor. It gets even worse when it comes to MS Office. They are unable to buy the version of Office that Gateway and Dell bundle and the price for the full version is more then you can buy it for at Best Buy or CompuUSA! MS will give them all the copies of Works they want though!
Upgrade using CVS and learn how easy it is to do a "make world". You'll also get to learn all about the simplicity of recompiling the kernel. I've done it a few times. Works perfectly every time. If you want to learn FreeBSD, this is a most worthly leason. Go read the Handbook on using CVS. Lots of little steps, but it is pretty easy once you get into it.
On FreeBSD they have both a Handbook and FAQ. Both are excellent. The Handbook will guide you step by step through almost everything you will need as a beginner. One of the best things about FreeBSD is that all the resources are very good and in one place. Check out the FreeBSD website. You can also get the Compete Guide to FreeBSD by Greg Lehy, it is very very good. A little pricy, but comes with the CDs and everything. Excellent resource to have.
I've done the install over a 28.8 phoneline several times. Usually it takes around 4-5hours. Not to bad. Just start it around midnight and go to bed. In the morning it is done.
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The current problem the cluster is solving is a very complex transportation engineering equation. My best undersatanding is that the computer knows the result of the problem and general form of the equation but does not know the equation coefficients and exponets. It is just iterating the problem untill it finds an awnser. Solving problem requires very little in the way of memory (and hence disk/swap space); just a lot of horse power. I would guess the equation will fit entierly into the 64kb of L1 cache of a K6-2. The problem has been cranking for over a year on various personal computers. Once the equation is solved, it will be used for a structural engineering problem; most likely matrix algerbra.
WHAT?? It is an Active X attack! MS is the only one I know using Active X. Why don't you go read the articles.
I have been running FreeBSD for ovre two years now and never had any problems learning anything. Almost everything you could ever want about the OS itself is in the Handbook or FAQ at freebsd.org. If you can't find it there, it is probably an application or general Unix question which can be answered by the same methods you would answer those questions for Linux. In my opinion, FreeBSD has simply the best documentation of any of the free OSes. Red Hat just doesn't come close. Thier web page is getting way to confusing if you ask me. The ports collection also makes installing common software a no brainer for FreeBSD. I highly suggest giving it a try. It is no where near as hard as everyone makes it sound. Just read the handbook a few times, select novice in the options and then use the auto command to cofigure the drives and you are home free. Easy!
There was a short PC Mag article that was quite good back in Feb or March; I think, maybe older. The writer took a Dell PII 400 and installed NT, Linux and FreeBSD. He then ran Apache and some benchmark that measured the number of pages served per second. It wasn't a extremly scientific test, nor were the machines tuned much. Both Linux and BSD crushed NT. Linux was ahead of FreeBSD under light load, but when the number of connections increased, FreeBSD started to pull ahead. If I remember correctly FreeBSD was about 2x as fast as NT and maybe 10-15% faster then Linux under heavey load. It was a really good one page article. I wish I still had it.
My previous place of imployment used Ghost to clone a lab full of NT machines. We had one floppy for each computer in the lab. Each disk contained a unique SID and TCP/IP number. We just stuck the disks in and went. Amazingly simple... except for the fact that we did this about twice a year. It seemed easier to install the SPs and other fixes to one machine, test it fully and then just clone the hell out of it rather then trying to fix all the machines individally. That would be hell!
Scalability? Oh please tell me you did not say that NT scales better then Linux/FreeBSD. I would have agreed with you up untill that point, but scalabilty? This sounds way to much like the typical MS FUD! Praise the other systems just a little trying to sound impartial and then bash them bad. The AC just goes to prove you are a MS shrill that has probably posted a half dozen other comments like this in this thread.
Anyone who sells NT is loving this article. It now gives them something to printout and hand to corporate no-nothings whose own IT department is pushing Unix. They can cut, paste and quote the article's numourous misreprensentations of Linux. They don't even have to twist the truth becuase the no-nothing journalist (not admins) who ran the test already did that for them. This article does great great damage. It doesn't matter how inaccurate the test were or how badly ZD screwed them up, they did and this is going to be a major thorn in the side of Unix supporters. It really doens't matter how good something is if someone else has better marketing. I think it is clear that MS is now moving hard against ALL Unix, not just Sun or Linux, but all. They have a massive marketing arm that can and plan to squash even the largest foes. Let us all think back to the OS2 war. We really need to join together (Linux, BSD, Solarios, etc...) and market our virtues. We can not win by whining about how unfair the tests were. We can only win by proving our software is actually better. Linux is on the rise as is BSD, but the war is only beggining. Gaining popularity is only a very small step towards winning. Let us not get overconfident the war is going to be a long one.
Linux does not provide support for the broad range of hardware in use today; Windows NT 4.0 currently supports over 39,000 systems and devices on the Hardware Compatibility List. Linux does not support important ease-of-use technologies such as Plug and Play, USB, and Power Management Since when does NT support USB?? We won't even get into Plug 'n Pray! FUD FUD FUD FUD!!! Come on now, Everyone Sing! FUD FUD FUD FUD FUD
There have been several trolls here about Linux being insecure. We all know that secruity is a function of the attention paid to it. Linux is more secure than NT only with carefull attention. We may never know how much attention was paid to the Linux box, but we do know that here have been other Linux boxes out there that have yet to be cracked. So, before people start saying that it is a Linux problem or whatever, please explain why the Linux PPC challange has yet to be cracked. Last I checked, it only crashed once while the NT2000 has gone through almost a dozen code revisions in the last month. In closing though, I think this does somewhat prove that NT's security is up to the challange... now if they could improve the stabitly!
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We must remember that it wasn't his fault. He was actually the helpless victim here. He has a sexual addiction that he can not control. It's a sickness, not a choice. From what I've heard, it all stems from that fact that his he didn't have a stable childhood becuase he both his mother and grandmother wanted to care for him. It's really sad. I think the FBI should be offering help for him, check him into therapy not co-arranging visits to CA so that they can arrest him! :)
I think 3Com spinning Palm off will allow Palm to adopt and change more quickly. It will be easier to innovate. It will be a better company for the most part. I just worry though that smaller companies such as Palm and Handspring won't have the deep pockets to weather the constant pounding of the WinCE storm. Every company is bound to slip once in a while, I think this is where Palm is now. They have a near perfect product and rested for a second while a competitor (Handspring, which is very good. They are growing the total market, not taking away 3Com's sales.) caught up. I'm sure by spring we will be hearing about a Palm X which will have the expansion slot and everything else, but until then we are left to wonder if little companies without deep pockets can survive. Remember, buyouts and mergers seem to be all the rage; is this the future for the new PalmCo? Sollowed up by someone else?
I've read some of the responses so far and let me tell you that you people should not be responding! First, let me say, I HAVE A PE LICENSE! As an electrical engineer, you most likely will not need one. PE licenses, for the most part, are needed to seal construction documents. Anything that is sent into the state for approval such as building plans will need the stamp of a PE. Usually, only Civil and Structural engineers bother with a PE license for they are the only ones sending documents into the state. As an EE, you will be working for a large corporation with private contracts. Nothing that needs state approval and therefore nothing that needs a stamp. As for getting one for prestige, as before, this is very important for Civil and Structural Engineers. I have many friends whom are EEs and a PE has never entered their minds. They almost look down on it as though it is a title for us lowly Civils (Structurals) to make us feel better because we can't make the $$ like the EE and ChemE can. As for the requirements for a PE, they are as follows: 1.) You must pass the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. Basically, this is a broad general test of all of engineering. 2.) You must have a min of 4 years of experience. The time is less for those with a Masters or a Ph.D. This experience must be supervised by a registered PE. The requirements of proof vary from state to state, but here, you are required three letters of recommendation from fellow PEs as proof of your experience. 3.) You must pass the PE exam, which is very long and difficult. There is also a SE license in Cal and Ill. Cal's is very very difficult. They cap the number they allow yearly, so passing the test isn't enough. Ill's is a little easier in that all you have to do is pass the exam, but the requirements are just as difficult. IIRC, Eight years total experience and another eight-hour exam.
This is stupid... very stupid. There are arrogant people on both sides of the issue and this is very unfortunate. If you look past the /.ers to who really runs FreeBSD, you will see much appreciation for Linux. Jordon Hubbard, our fearless leader, has stated many many times his feelings about Linux. He tells companies to "port first to Linux" before porting to FreeBSD. I think that is the type of respect and togetherness most real FreeBSD users feel towards Linux. I'm sure you can find the quote if you use the newsgroup search on the FreeBSD homepage. It may be even in the Handbook or FAQ. I've seen him, personally not quoted, many times.
I doubt it. KPPP isn't even in the ports collection. Really, the scripting isn't that hard. Follow the instructions in the Handbook, remember to make the device and you should be set. I've done it many many times. There are sample scripts and everything install by default that you just need rename and edit the lines with your username, password, and phone number
Actually, if you are a small retailer you pay the same. I have a very close friend which runs a small local computer store. They sell around 40 units a month. They pay $75 a copy for Win98 from their distributor. It gets even worse when it comes to MS Office. They are unable to buy the version of Office that Gateway and Dell bundle and the price for the full version is more then you can buy it for at Best Buy or CompuUSA! MS will give them all the copies of Works they want though!
Upgrade using CVS and learn how easy it is to do a "make world". You'll also get to learn all about the simplicity of recompiling the kernel. I've done it a few times. Works perfectly every time. If you want to learn FreeBSD, this is a most worthly leason. Go read the Handbook on using CVS. Lots of little steps, but it is pretty easy once you get into it.
On FreeBSD they have both a Handbook and FAQ. Both are excellent. The Handbook will guide you step by step through almost everything you will need as a beginner. One of the best things about FreeBSD is that all the resources are very good and in one place. Check out the FreeBSD website. You can also get the Compete Guide to FreeBSD by Greg Lehy, it is very very good. A little pricy, but comes with the CDs and everything. Excellent resource to have.
I've done the install over a 28.8 phoneline several times. Usually it takes around 4-5hours. Not to bad. Just start it around midnight and go to bed. In the morning it is done.