Of course, you probably looked there first before you asked Slashdot:)
Seriously, read the section on syslogd(8). In addition to their suggestions, we have also setup a central log server which allows logging to only go over the network, and not to the local disk at all.
If you are in a LAN (or wireless) environment, you might want to consider that although the wireless might cost you more powering the NIC than it would hitting the disk (after you disabled syncing).
I realize that I'm going to be hammered as a right-wing nutjob for this one, but I really can't let this pass.
Professor Buckley, I have a big problem with a person such as yourself pontificating about how horrible privitization is, and how terribly the American government is treating scientists and researchers.
Don't get me wrong: I agree with your line about the mohair subsidies.. and I hope everone here votes out the pork-barrel weasels in their districts.
However, just once, I wish that a chronic academic such as yourself would realize that the government is not a source of money!
Before I wrote this, I took a look at your Vitae and confirmed what I suspected: You have always been payed by taxpayers! I found no private sector experience at all!
Thank you for your service in the Navy! And I don't doubt that your service to your country/state/school/students in your other positions has been admirable. However, from what I have seen on your vitae, you have never:
Created Goods/Products
Started a business
Created a Job
Laid off an employee
Generated Revenue (other than for yourself)
Had to Create/Follow a Budget
In fact, it seems your primary activity for the past few years has been to do research and write papers about other teachers! All of which has been paid for by either land-grant univerisities or our horribly stingy government.
The contention that saving the Hubble is "Basic Science" is ludicrous: it is an incredibly expensive project that is nearing the end of its expected duration anyway. I'm certain there is more we can learn from Hubble, but we are talking about billions of dollars to save it for a few years!
"Billion? With a B?"
"...Yes, with a B."
By the way, Professor, just why are you so bitter about this particular item? Have you ever actually used Hubble data during your search for better School Systems? Or are you just like the rest of us: mesmerized and inspired by the amazing and beautiful pictures.
Professor, the case for saving the Hubble may be strong. I'm not qualified to make that call. However, our elected officials have decided that the massive cost involved in saving it is not something that our tax dollars will be used for. A part of me is delighted! It's the first time in months I've seen them say no to anything! If you have evidence that they're wrong: let's see it.
Personally, I hope that the approach suggested in the article (you did read it, right?) is followed: let those who find this project crucial and needed say so with their pocketbooks. If they do, I (like most/.'ers) will delight in the images and wish them the best.
However, I hope that you remember that there are those of us in the audience (even here at/.) whose blood boils when they read a comment such as yours! We aren't protected in our ivory towers: our jobs will go overseas if we don't bust our asses. We aren't rich, but those tax cuts saved many of us our jobs! They let others save more and helped to put their kids through your classes.
So before you slam the government and therefore your fellow tax-payers, please remember that without them, your resume (oops, I mean Vitae would look pretty bare.
While I am personally enjoying the chance to have a new governor of California after the disaster that state has become (is there such a thing as a "Third World State"?), I am curious about the approach the Democrats are taking in California.
Why not have Gray Davis just step down? At this point, there is little chance of him surviving the recal. Assuming nothing changes between now and Oct. 7 in that area, why wouldn't he just step down on the eve of the election? That would put the Lt. Governor in power, and should invalidate the recall.
No doubt I may have missed some subtlety in the (bizarre) California recall laws: does anyone know of a reason this wouldn't work?
As for my question for Georgy: as a left-leaning Democrat who would presumably dislike a Republican Governor, would you support a call to ask Gray David to resign if that would stop the recall?
According to their site, this product has been.... temporarily discontinued! [nice catch, editors!]
This product has been temporarily discontinued. We are currently working on a version with faster processor speed, possibly Pentium 3 based platform so that it would support Windows XP. Please check back with us in a couple of months for more information. Mean while, please take a look at our new Pentium 3 based MP-SC1 12V DC Carputer.
Nothing like traffic to your website AFTER your product becomes obsolete:)
I believe the Linux 2.4 firewall system, Netfilter can already defeat the TTL portion of the issue.
According to The Netfilter HOWTO you should be able to just apply the (already existing) TLL patch and then issue a command similar to the following in the appropriate part of your firewall rules:
iptables -t mangle -A FORWARD -j TTL --ttl-set 128
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There is the "Battery Powered Mini-HOWTO" up on the Linux Documentation Project site: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Battery-Powered/index.ht ml
Of course, you probably looked there first before you asked Slashdot :)
Seriously, read the section on syslogd(8). In addition to their suggestions, we have also setup a central log server which allows logging to only go over the network, and not to the local disk at all.
If you are in a LAN (or wireless) environment, you might want to consider that although the wireless might cost you more powering the NIC than it would hitting the disk (after you disabled syncing).
I realize that I'm going to be hammered as a right-wing nutjob for this one, but I really can't let this pass.
Professor Buckley, I have a big problem with a person such as yourself pontificating about how horrible privitization is, and how terribly the American government is treating scientists and researchers.
Don't get me wrong: I agree with your line about the mohair subsidies.. and I hope everone here votes out the pork-barrel weasels in their districts.
However, just once, I wish that a chronic academic such as yourself would realize that the government is not a source of money!
Before I wrote this, I took a look at your Vitae and confirmed what I suspected: You have always been payed by taxpayers! I found no private sector experience at all!
Thank you for your service in the Navy! And I don't doubt that your service to your country/state/school/students in your other positions has been admirable. However, from what I have seen on your vitae, you have never:
In fact, it seems your primary activity for the past few years has been to do research and write papers about other teachers! All of which has been paid for by either land-grant univerisities or our horribly stingy government.
The contention that saving the Hubble is "Basic Science" is ludicrous: it is an incredibly expensive project that is nearing the end of its expected duration anyway. I'm certain there is more we can learn from Hubble, but we are talking about billions of dollars to save it for a few years!
By the way, Professor, just why are you so bitter about this particular item? Have you ever actually used Hubble data during your search for better School Systems? Or are you just like the rest of us: mesmerized and inspired by the amazing and beautiful pictures.
Professor, the case for saving the Hubble may be strong. I'm not qualified to make that call. However, our elected officials have decided that the massive cost involved in saving it is not something that our tax dollars will be used for. A part of me is delighted! It's the first time in months I've seen them say no to anything! If you have evidence that they're wrong: let's see it.
Personally, I hope that the approach suggested in the article (you did read it, right?) is followed: let those who find this project crucial and needed say so with their pocketbooks. If they do, I (like most /.'ers) will delight in the images and wish them the best.
However, I hope that you remember that there are those of us in the audience (even here at /.) whose blood boils when they read a comment such as yours! We aren't protected in our ivory towers: our jobs will go overseas if we don't bust our asses. We aren't rich, but those tax cuts saved many of us our jobs! They let others save more and helped to put their kids through your classes.
So before you slam the government and therefore your fellow tax-payers, please remember that without them, your resume (oops, I mean Vitae would look pretty bare.
"Poor little Nimrod!"
Inventors: Megiddo; Nimrod (Palo Alto, CA); Zhu; Xiaoming (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: International Business Machines
While I am personally enjoying the chance to have a new governor of California after the disaster that state has become (is there such a thing as a "Third World State"?), I am curious about the approach the Democrats are taking in California.
Why not have Gray Davis just step down? At this point, there is little chance of him surviving the recal. Assuming nothing changes between now and Oct. 7 in that area, why wouldn't he just step down on the eve of the election? That would put the Lt. Governor in power, and should invalidate the recall.
No doubt I may have missed some subtlety in the (bizarre) California recall laws: does anyone know of a reason this wouldn't work?
As for my question for Georgy: as a left-leaning Democrat who would presumably dislike a Republican Governor, would you support a call to ask Gray David to resign if that would stop the recall?
This is a horrible post!
There is no link to the article, and the one link that comes close (to xml.net ) points to a site that says:
xml.net will be online soon. Sign up now and we'll keep you posted on our progress.Timothy, how did you read this as the editor?
I am interested in the topic: please fix the post so that we can read the article.According to The Netfilter HOWTO you should be able to just apply the (already existing) TLL patch and then issue a command similar to the following in the appropriate part of your firewall rules:
Gee, that didn't take long :)