...because their site is failing to load, looks like the DB server or connection is fek'd:
Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL
I wouldn't limit myself to a certain filesystem, I'd run a dedicated NAS like FreeNAS and share it over the network via SMB (windows), AFP (apple) and whatever for Linux - all set. Plus as mentioned above, you can run Firefly media server, a bittorrent server, a DAAP server (itunes sharing), etc (all included in FreeNAS. http://freenas.org/) on the same box.
And since filesystems don't matter in this config, you can use ZFS to make a RAIDZ pool of your drives. It's what I do now.
I've been a long time Red Dwarf fan, and while the show had highs and lows, from what I've read, this 3 parter should be great. I can't imagine what they'll find back on Earth, but I'm looking forward to finding out. If you haven't seen RD at all, start at 'The End', as I posted about just yesterday on my blog! http://www.fak3r.com/2009/04/09/red-dwarf-back-to-earth/
Anyone know how to watch the new episodes in the states?
While the details of the trial are interesting, is there any effort to fork ReiserFS? There was a tremendous amount of excitement back when the details of version 4 were out, and I would expect the code to be maintainable by the right group...even though he was funding the development, you'd think there'd be many interested in working/improving/implementing it.
I use FreeNAS [http://www.freenas.org/] I have a mirrored 120G RAID setup going, and it has all the bells and whistles to let you sync in many ways; highly recommended if you need a backup server of any type, but if you really want a solution that doesn't hem you in like the RAID size can't be bigger than the smallest drive in the array, go for ZFS. Check out the demos here to get an idea of what it can do:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/demos/ ;jsessionid=7E22552C4800B7688DFD8FD771896B4B
Granted it's new, but drop OpenSolaris on a box and get it configured and running...that's an option you can grow with. Also, FreeBSD has experiemental support for ZFS, and it should (?) be available on the upcoming 7.0 release. I'm sure someone will provide a web GUI to configure it, heck, that'd be a coup for the FreeNAS team, and then you'd really be all set.
This is the reason I dropped Gentoo for FreeBSD on my server back in 2002. I had used Gentoo for a bit then, as it was very new, and loved it on the desktop so I put it on the server, but as described I was constantly fixing things due to updates. Enter FreeBSD and its ports system; I'm in heaven. For me it's *the* server platform if you don't need Solaris, and unless you need to run Oracle I can't see a reason why anyone would really *need* Solaris, unless they just like paying too much for hardware!
I love watching the stupid ads with razor flying in from outer space, and hot chicks just waiting to rub their hands on the guys smooth cheek. Also, every now and then I'll crave that Onion article again, and this has gone on for years, and it still makes me laugh out loud, just so perfect! "You're taking the "safety" part of "safety razor" too literally, grandma."
I plugged in my iPod to my iBook running Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 to change the batter -- guess what? Rhythmbox came up, with the iPod there. I doubled clicked on a song, and it played.
Bachlors of Fine Arts - my first technician job I worked with three other very smart geeks; one had a zoology degree, one a filmwriting degree, and another was working on a Poetry degree. Regardless, we've all made careers out of computers and love it. You'll need to start at the bottom (phone or desktop support) but it can be done and rewarding, I've loved it.
Oh, and I can still paint on the side and even sell things here and there.
It's about the right time for a RoR book, since things have been moving so much of late, but after 1.0 (1.1) rails things should be 'solid' enough to learn from. I used a few RoR apps for a time, but their instablitiy (which may had been caused my my inexperience) was unforgiveable. Perhaps this book would be a good read.
Fry: Uh, could I have some Slurm please? Glermo: No food or drink allowed on the tour. You'll have to wait until you're partying with Slurms McKenzie. Fry: When will that be? Glermo: Soon enough. Fry: That's not soon enough.
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Yep, you, me and that other guy. Seriously, the next 10 years or so will tell if they survive, and I'm even more concerned about the mom and pop indie music shops; I can't buy stuff from Best Buy or Amazon and have the same experience.
Ok, I mean "not as smooth" not that OS X on PPC has been smooth for me; it hasn't. This is something I'm hoping IntelMacs will fix. At home I have a 800Mhz iBook, and yeah, it's on it's FOURTH 'logic board' (read motherboard). In addtion I have an old iMac (500Mhz) that replaced an older one (350Mhz) after its sound failed to work anymore, and fixing it would have been more expensive than buying a newer/better(/smoother?) one.
An I completely agree with your logic on the lockin and monopoly comments, without the OS/Hardware hook Apple would be left to deal iPods as their main hand.
Ah, guilty as charged, I'm afraid I've become SO dependant on spell checkers that I can't spell very well anymore. I'm using the Google spellcheck API on my webmail now, at work I have outlook check EVERY outgoing email before sending, and heck, Gaim even auto-corrects words for me on the fly! Additionally I completely agree with you on the American comment, the internet is worldwide yet like everything else, most Americans see it as US-centric.
This is an Alpha release yes, but if you've used OOo 2.0.2 you know what features you're getting, and that's huge, plus I've only had the last Alpha crash twice on me, and it's far/far more useable than my old Office X. Really, with this and OOo out for OS X I can't see any reason that a normal user would need to buy a 300$ office suite (and I think that's a 'good thing')
While this is a new 'high techy' way of scamming money, it's just another example of the old adage: "Abuse of power comes as no surprise" - Jenny Holzer (American, born 1950)
"...Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise is one of Holzer's Truisms first published in l977. [...] Holzer's Truisms, first published in l977 include such politically charged statements as ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE, EVERYONE'S WORK IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT and MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT FIT TO RULE THEMSELVES."
This has come along way, and it's pretty slick how everyting is integrated into one "2.0" webbrowser. While just about everything here can be done via FF and a ton of extentions, this is the 'out of the box' solution for the non-geek crowd (read HUGE crowd) to get into blogging and other 'social' things on the web, or just do it much, much easier.
For the target market I think this is just an excellent example of what can be done with Open Source, they basically found/created their own nitch, and filled it. Seems like a good company thus far, but now comes the hard part... 4) Profit???
File alongside: Songbird (with almost all the same comments from above)
Yeah, since Apple used parts of BSD people think it's as free and open, but anyone who knows what's up knows this is not the case. Sure, Darwin is available, but how is that comparable with OS X? It's not. The base, sure, but anything above 'ls' and you're not in an enviroment that even tries to be similar; it feels like lip service only. The 'closing' of the kernel (many things have been written to prove/disprove this actually happened) is just going to end up being Apple protecting its marketing edge; if the src was available all of a sudden 'free' versions of OS X would appear everywhere, and since they run on Intel now they could/would be running on any x86 box. No, they wouldn't run as smooth, which would again damage Apple's cred as having a 'rock solid' OS. Let's not forget the 'hook' (aka hardware) would be cut out of the loop too, so I think this discussion goes more along to the 'apple should release OS X for general x86 boxen' that failed to solve anything last year.
I see the 'social' aspect, I see the web catalog style site, I feel like it'll lead to another myspace type feel; but how does it "ring open source to more people who aren't using it already"? I hit the wiki too, but again, no answers. That 'gang like' font sure is the bomb though!
I cut my teeth on Sendmail about 5 years back, but only stuck with it for 2. When I'd have it working I wouldn't want to change anything, since I'd break it for days. After that I moved on to Postfix with a saner config setup, and logfiles that (for me) were much easier to read. It's still not as easy to configure as something like Dovecot's IMAP service, but that's not an MTA. Still, I would love to see Postfix use a.conf file that is as straight forward as dovecot.conf.
No, I agree with you completely, I meta-moderate all the time, and I know a digg style system would 'fail it' here terribly. I was just saying I liked how that functioned, thus more 'Ajax-y, web 2.0' widgets sometimes just make sites more useable, when implemented right. I'd like to see more of that on/. being as it's such a hotbed of tech discussion.
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...because their site is failing to load, looks like the DB server or connection is fek'd: Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL
I wouldn't limit myself to a certain filesystem, I'd run a dedicated NAS like FreeNAS and share it over the network via SMB (windows), AFP (apple) and whatever for Linux - all set. Plus as mentioned above, you can run Firefly media server, a bittorrent server, a DAAP server (itunes sharing), etc (all included in FreeNAS. http://freenas.org/) on the same box. And since filesystems don't matter in this config, you can use ZFS to make a RAIDZ pool of your drives. It's what I do now.
how long did it take you to copy a 17 meg file from one folder to another?
this is one of my all time favorites, the fact that people below responded with timing makes it ever sweeter. I am in your debt.
I've been a long time Red Dwarf fan, and while the show had highs and lows, from what I've read, this 3 parter should be great. I can't imagine what they'll find back on Earth, but I'm looking forward to finding out. If you haven't seen RD at all, start at 'The End', as I posted about just yesterday on my blog! http://www.fak3r.com/2009/04/09/red-dwarf-back-to-earth/ Anyone know how to watch the new episodes in the states?
While the details of the trial are interesting, is there any effort to fork ReiserFS? There was a tremendous amount of excitement back when the details of version 4 were out, and I would expect the code to be maintainable by the right group...even though he was funding the development, you'd think there'd be many interested in working/improving/implementing it.
Of course a name change would be in order...
I use FreeNAS [http://www.freenas.org/] I have a mirrored 120G RAID setup going, and it has all the bells and whistles to let you sync in many ways; highly recommended if you need a backup server of any type, but if you really want a solution that doesn't hem you in like the RAID size can't be bigger than the smallest drive in the array, go for ZFS. Check out the demos here to get an idea of what it can do: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/demos/ ;jsessionid=7E22552C4800B7688DFD8FD771896B4B
Granted it's new, but drop OpenSolaris on a box and get it configured and running...that's an option you can grow with. Also, FreeBSD has experiemental support for ZFS, and it should (?) be available on the upcoming 7.0 release. I'm sure someone will provide a web GUI to configure it, heck, that'd be a coup for the FreeNAS team, and then you'd really be all set.
This is the reason I dropped Gentoo for FreeBSD on my server back in 2002. I had used Gentoo for a bit then, as it was very new, and loved it on the desktop so I put it on the server, but as described I was constantly fixing things due to updates. Enter FreeBSD and its ports system; I'm in heaven. For me it's *the* server platform if you don't need Solaris, and unless you need to run Oracle I can't see a reason why anyone would really *need* Solaris, unless they just like paying too much for hardware!
fak3r
I love watching the stupid ads with razor flying in from outer space, and hot chicks just waiting to rub their hands on the guys smooth cheek. Also, every now and then I'll crave that Onion article again, and this has gone on for years, and it still makes me laugh out loud, just so perfect! "You're taking the "safety" part of "safety razor" too literally, grandma."
Amazing.
Some good one liners from this movie, even though watching it now is pretty comical, here's a fun one:
Mr. Liggett: All right, Lightman. Maybe you can tell us who first suggested the idea of reproduction without sex.
David Lightman: Um, your wife?
Nice
fak3r
I plugged in my iPod to my iBook running Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 to change the batter -- guess what? Rhythmbox came up, with the iPod there. I doubled clicked on a song, and it played.
How do they make money? I'm being serious, are they just burning through VC at the same time waiting for Yahoo/Google/AOL/? to buy them?
Bachlors of Fine Arts - my first technician job I worked with three other very smart geeks; one had a zoology degree, one a filmwriting degree, and another was working on a Poetry degree. Regardless, we've all made careers out of computers and love it. You'll need to start at the bottom (phone or desktop support) but it can be done and rewarding, I've loved it. Oh, and I can still paint on the side and even sell things here and there.
It's about the right time for a RoR book, since things have been moving so much of late, but after 1.0 (1.1) rails things should be 'solid' enough to learn from. I used a few RoR apps for a time, but their instablitiy (which may had been caused my my inexperience) was unforgiveable. Perhaps this book would be a good read.
To quote Fry in "Fry and the Slurm Factory"
Fry: Uh, could I have some Slurm please?
Glermo: No food or drink allowed on the tour. You'll have to wait until you're partying with Slurms McKenzie.
Fry: When will that be?
Glermo: Soon enough.
Fry: That's not soon enough.
Yep, you, me and that other guy. Seriously, the next 10 years or so will tell if they survive, and I'm even more concerned about the mom and pop indie music shops; I can't buy stuff from Best Buy or Amazon and have the same experience.
Ok, I mean "not as smooth" not that OS X on PPC has been smooth for me; it hasn't. This is something I'm hoping IntelMacs will fix. At home I have a 800Mhz iBook, and yeah, it's on it's FOURTH 'logic board' (read motherboard). In addtion I have an old iMac (500Mhz) that replaced an older one (350Mhz) after its sound failed to work anymore, and fixing it would have been more expensive than buying a newer/better(/smoother?) one. An I completely agree with your logic on the lockin and monopoly comments, without the OS/Hardware hook Apple would be left to deal iPods as their main hand.
Ah, guilty as charged, I'm afraid I've become SO dependant on spell checkers that I can't spell very well anymore. I'm using the Google spellcheck API on my webmail now, at work I have outlook check EVERY outgoing email before sending, and heck, Gaim even auto-corrects words for me on the fly! Additionally I completely agree with you on the American comment, the internet is worldwide yet like everything else, most Americans see it as US-centric.
This is an Alpha release yes, but if you've used OOo 2.0.2 you know what features you're getting, and that's huge, plus I've only had the last Alpha crash twice on me, and it's far/far more useable than my old Office X. Really, with this and OOo out for OS X I can't see any reason that a normal user would need to buy a 300$ office suite (and I think that's a 'good thing')
While this is a new 'high techy' way of scamming money, it's just another example of the old adage: "Abuse of power comes as no surprise" - Jenny Holzer (American, born 1950)
"...Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise is one of Holzer's Truisms first published in l977. [...] Holzer's Truisms, first published in l977 include such politically charged statements as ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE, EVERYONE'S WORK IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT and MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT FIT TO RULE THEMSELVES."
All ideals that are apt today as back in the 70s.
This has come along way, and it's pretty slick how everyting is integrated into one "2.0" webbrowser. While just about everything here can be done via FF and a ton of extentions, this is the 'out of the box' solution for the non-geek crowd (read HUGE crowd) to get into blogging and other 'social' things on the web, or just do it much, much easier.
For the target market I think this is just an excellent example of what can be done with Open Source, they basically found/created their own nitch, and filled it. Seems like a good company thus far, but now comes the hard part... 4) Profit???
File alongside: Songbird (with almost all the same comments from above)
Yeah, since Apple used parts of BSD people think it's as free and open, but anyone who knows what's up knows this is not the case. Sure, Darwin is available, but how is that comparable with OS X? It's not. The base, sure, but anything above 'ls' and you're not in an enviroment that even tries to be similar; it feels like lip service only. The 'closing' of the kernel (many things have been written to prove/disprove this actually happened) is just going to end up being Apple protecting its marketing edge; if the src was available all of a sudden 'free' versions of OS X would appear everywhere, and since they run on Intel now they could/would be running on any x86 box. No, they wouldn't run as smooth, which would again damage Apple's cred as having a 'rock solid' OS. Let's not forget the 'hook' (aka hardware) would be cut out of the loop too, so I think this discussion goes more along to the 'apple should release OS X for general x86 boxen' that failed to solve anything last year.
I see the 'social' aspect, I see the web catalog style site, I feel like it'll lead to another myspace type feel; but how does it "ring open source to more people who aren't using it already"? I hit the wiki too, but again, no answers. That 'gang like' font sure is the bomb though!
I cut my teeth on Sendmail about 5 years back, but only stuck with it for 2. When I'd have it working I wouldn't want to change anything, since I'd break it for days. After that I moved on to Postfix with a saner config setup, and logfiles that (for me) were much easier to read. It's still not as easy to configure as something like Dovecot's IMAP service, but that's not an MTA. Still, I would love to see Postfix use a .conf file that is as straight forward as dovecot.conf.
I think for the first time we're actually slashdotting the slashdot server! Anyone have a coral cache link? Help!
No, I agree with you completely, I meta-moderate all the time, and I know a digg style system would 'fail it' here terribly. I was just saying I liked how that functioned, thus more 'Ajax-y, web 2.0' widgets sometimes just make sites more useable, when implemented right. I'd like to see more of that on /. being as it's such a hotbed of tech discussion.