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by pert 17y ago
The article didn't need to be more than the title and the picture, but that's modern "journalism" for you...
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by pert 17y ago
The problem for most ISPs, in the UK at least, is not the last mile but actually the last hundred miles. We have one Telecom monopoly: BT and one cable monopoly Virgin Media. I agree with you that costs to Virgin Media should be quite low,
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by pert 17y ago
I'm into music?
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Free Online Graph Paper / Grid Paper PDFs(incompetech.com)
13 points by pert 17y ago|11 comments
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by pert 17y ago
I wasn't particularly interested in the article, but do love the title!
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by pert 17y ago
I can't seem to reply to wizard_2's post (I guess it's a designed limit) so here's the post which spawned the encrypted password discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=595231
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by pert 17y ago
I think you're very lucky if you're not seeing any contention at peak times. In highly populated areas (central Edinburgh and Livingston in my personal experience), there is huge congestion on the local loop at peak times. I've not got any
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by pert 17y ago
They claim it's just to test the technology, but I'm sure a few PR people will have been involved in the announcement and will not be rubbing their hands with glee at the press coverage it's generated. I found the post to be interesting bec
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by pert 17y ago
This also has some relevance to this post: The Internet sky really is falling (networkworld.com) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=597699
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Why you'll never see 200Mbps from a 200Mbps 'Net connection(arstechnica.com)
4 points by pert 17y ago|5 comments
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by pert 17y ago
Some ISPs have done very well in staying ahead of the demand curve. Others, such as BT and Virgin Media here in the UK, are not investing in areas of their network where demand has already outstripped supply.
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by pert 17y ago
I don't agree with the "lack of access capacity" being a blocker for Internet growth/development. This problem can be solved easily by more investment from the cable/Telecom companies.
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by pert 17y ago
Here's a link to what, I guess, is the same video that works from the UK: http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2009/04/vintag...
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by pert 18y ago
I agree. Standard UPSes convert AC to DC and back, in order to power the server PSUs and these conversions are inefficient. If the battery is in the server (after the PSU), you can miss out these conversions and save a lot of power.
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by pert 18y ago
A post at the 'Green Data Center Blog' ( http://www.greenm3.com/2009/04/close-up-an-old-google-server... ) says that the pictures are of a "Google Server which is ready for retirement".
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by pert 18y ago
Anyone got a link to the "video tour Google presented of its data center containers"?
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by pert 18y ago
They did actually publish their results. It's an interesting read: http://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf
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"HD" resolution HP Mini 2140 finally dated(digiffiti.com)
1 points by pert 18y ago|0 comments
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by pert 18y ago
Readers of this article might also be interested in Fink: a package manager for OS X, based on dpkg and apt from Debian. About Fink: http://www.finkproject.org/about.php Guide to building your own packages: http://www.finkproject.org/d
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by pert 18y ago
This is the first article that I've read on 'cloud computing' that seemed to be based on fact and not on fancy. Great link! Thanks.
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by pert 18y ago
Open source software needs more high-profile success stories like this. Great link. Thanks.
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4 hot-swap servers in 2U(supermicro.com)
1 points by pert 18y ago|0 comments
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by pert 18y ago
I agree, but this does not guarantee there will be no driver issues and monitoring packages (such as the HP PSP and Dell 'OpenManage') do not come as part of third party operating systems so take time to install. In my opinion this does no
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by pert 18y ago
Although the Linux distributions have come a long way in terms of hardware compatibility, I don't think any of them could match a single-vendor (OS and hardware) solution. I've not used OS X as/on a server, but I assume the hardware monito
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by pert 18y ago
I hadn't read that OS X had become 'real UNIX' (trying to do a 'The Wire' reference there). That's a very smart move by Apple, as it will help them to attract OS X ports of traditional UNIX software, such as the big databases, and will cer
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by pert 18y ago
This article seems a bit confused about how the worm is spread: It is a simple bruit force password attack, targeted at mipsel Linux-based routers. The post at DroneBL (linked to by the article) seems to be a better read: http://www.droneb
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by pert 18y ago
I don't understand how this works. Any box that I ssh to with '-R' just listens on 'localhost'.
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by pert 18y ago
The idea is that, instead of using cold water to mix with your boiler water, you use cold water that has been slightly heated by the heat-exchanger. This allows you to use less water from your boiler.
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Analyst: ARM to surpass Atom, in 55% of netbooks by 2012(arstechnica.com)
1 points by pert 18y ago|0 comments