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Pretty spot on with the left-right. However I don't take too much stock in it, as most politicians change there stance/view more often than I change my underwear (and I change them once a day).

Not to talk too much about politics, but I'm glad it's over and done with. Now life can continue as normal.

I'm at 222GB of data - about half are old backups. (monthly backups spread over 12 months). The other half are OS ISOs, my music and video clip collection and ebooks. My total storage consists of a 64GB RAID array (4x 36GB in RAID10) for OS/Apps and current data, a 500GB for near-line storage...

Don't most decent home-plug adapters provide some form of encryption to help with snooping by your neighbours? The main problem I see is wide-band RF propagation which can effect a multitude of devices... Depending on the frequency used, it could block HF or local VHF transmissions. (not good...

Research and Development, yes. Academic, no. I've only been at Uni 8 weeks now, and some of the snotty/bratty 18yr olds already driven me &^%&%^*. This question really came up, because I was stupid enough to ask in one of the lectures on networking, "I know 127.0.0.1 is the loopback IP, but why...

PS. RFC 990 is the first RFC to formaly define 127/8 for loopback. RFC 790 defines it as a reserved address, due to ongoing development of IPv4 and the need to have a loopback interface.

Some answers. 127/8 become a reserved address range with RFC790. Which also defines subnets as classes for the first time. 127/8 was marked as reserved as it was the last/highest Class A block. Formalised Loopback methodology was defined at the same time, and given this range. 10/8. Originally...

No and that's the thing. I can find out which blocks are reserved, but not why each block was chosen the way it was? Even for private blocks allocations, it's not like they are the first block within that class (which would make sense). Maybe for the private blocks, it was due to earlier...

Hi Guys, Doing some research on the origin of 127.0.0.1. I know that 127.0.0.1/8 is the IP address assigned to the loop back device/driver as defined in RFC 1122 # 3.1.2.3 ( http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1122#page-29 ) and in RFC 5735 # 3 ( http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735#page-3 ), and is...

Maybe they don't have the same weight to throw around and bully OEMs with? Or is it just a perception? But interestingly... Since 2000 with AMD we have had (not counting mobile or embedded): Server: Socket 940 -> Socket F -> Socket C32/G34 Desktop: Socket A -> Socket 754/939 -> AM2 -> AM3...

Not for Express, as the installer is missing a lot of stuff. (The Express installer is only 53MB in size). Maybe your thinking the trial version of SQL2005 std? But Merc's idea would be the quickest and easiest method.

Considering Access MDBs are limited to 2GB in size, that's a lot of DBs. (Assuming Access XP/2003 or better, earlier versions had a 1GB limit).

Nice article... Main points - new socket - LGA 1155 new chipset - P67, H67 and H61. (P for discrete gfx, H for integrated gfx). All sandy bridge CPUs have Intel HD GPU on die, and shares L3 cache for work. The paired chipset will either enable or disable it. Different SKUs - K, S and T...

This just made Slashdot - Time for beer and popcorn... :beer: http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/08/27/2259253

To be honest, I doubt we'll hear from him again. We just ask too many questions, and as you said, too many dots to connect to build a picture... And far as I'm concerned, if you want ZFS run Solaris, OpenSolaris or FreeBSD. That way you get some support if something foobars up.

For those with $$$$$$$$ to spend, there is always the nVidia Quadro 6000 w/6GB RAM. (due on Oct 2010 with RRP of $4999). Throw in some 3D glasses for 3D gaming and you should be set.

Depending on the bits per channel for RGB. 180MP * 64bits (per pixel) = 1440MB = 1.4GB (Assuming 16bits per colour channel, and padded to 64bits). 180MP * 32bits (per pixel) = 720MB (Assuming 8bits per colour channel, and padded to 32bits). But is a sensor is only 5bits per channel, then...

I personally find this to be a killer feature for the home user. Enable snapshoting to occur once a day, keep enough snapshots of /home and you have automatic version control on all your documents and settings. I was demonstrating OpenSolaris to a friend at work (he was a big Linux head), and...

How so? Besides what LLNL has done do you have any other links / pointers to where using non-GPL binary kernel modules is ok? especially if your kernel module is CDDL? Wasn't it a few years ago that due to potential licence issues and a few binary-only kernel modules killing kernel stability...

I believe this is what Time was referring to: http://www.kqinfotech.com/mentoring I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

Have you personally or someone from your company validated that with Oracle themselves? The source you indicated is nothing more than rumour, and not evidence that Oracle is fine with the situation. Their lawyers may be waiting for solid evidence of licence infringement before proceeding. Does...

@Darshin, well posting the same thing twice in different sections of the forum could be considered spamming. I personally would like you to answer 2 questions? 1. What version of ZFS? Is it the same version as shipped in OpenSolaris nv134b? or an earlier version? What about all the user space...

Speaking as a Solaris user, I would have to agree. As much as Oracle says it fully supports Solaris and will continue to develop Solaris technologies, Oracle is always very tight lipped about it's future plans, etc. It has been leaked that Solaris 11 will be released 2011 sometime, and will be...

If you're refering to the 'cycle' then I'll just wait for the sunshine... PS. Centralised (mainframe) -> decetralised (client/server) -> centralised (terminal services/Citrix/SunRay) -> decentralised (client/server) -> centralised (cloud) -> ...

I would have to assume 'marketing' is the answer to that one. At Uni, 2 of my subjects are doing a lot of teaching on 'cloud computing' and as far as I can tell a lot of people don't get it... We had a guest lecturer come in and describe their business and how they used the cloud. (90% of their...

No, MS is just trying to screw the general public for every cent they can get...

I've quickly read through a few press-releases, but none say why? What is Intel after in acquiring McAfee? Most people here would agree it's not for their virus solutions? For the Oracle buying Sun one, that was easy - Get control of Java (which is very important to Oracle's business...

I often wonder how they say in business due to the way they handle their smaller or prospective clients. A lot of smaller Sun customers have struggled with the transition. (Mainly for having support contracts voided, and having a very hard time getting new support agreements in place). I wonder...

Just saw this linked from slashdot: Microsoft to reboot 2x games. Ages of Empires and Flight Simulator. FS will be now called 'Flight': http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/ Just passing on the info as I know a few here used to play FS.

I would just like to know how they did it? The only method to avoid a license violation is to use FUSE? All ZFS source code is released under the CDDL, which is incompatible with the GPL which all kernel mode drivers must be... (Even nVidia and ATI kernel mode parts are opensource and under the...

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You should give Wormux a go then... Sending in the Super Tux is always fun. PS. To play against the PC, call the second team "computer". It's in the docs, but not very well labeled.

Agreed... :thumbleft: (I'll go back to my lowly hiding hole with my ~750 post count now).

I know VirtualBox supports 3D acceleration for some guest OSes, but since I assume Merc needs to run Win98SE, he's out of luck there. (OpenGL and DirectX hardware acceleration is XP/Vista 32bit only at the moment).

Been having some fun with Wormux, Pingus and Neverball recently between lectures. Wormux = Worms clone. Pingus = Lemmings clone.

To second blakerwry, I've used many different brands over the years, the only reliable RAM has been from Kingston. Mind you in my context, I don't overclock and mainly stick to what they say is the best RAM for the system I am supplying for. (Their product search service is awesome if supplying...

I wasn't aware that there was a JEDEC standard for above DDR3-1333? Hence, if there is no standard above that speed, then you can't make modules that meet the non-existant standard...

How much of a wrong colour? If the grouts too light, then a grout stain should work nicely. I've used one in the past to turn grout that was going white back to a dark grey/black colour to match the tiles - the tiler must have had a bad batch of colourant for the grout or just mixed it wrong...

It would be interesting to see something similar with something like the F-117 which is meant to have IR reduction technology vs the SR-71 which has the 2 huge J58 engines...

Did he mean Soundstorm?

Was shown this website yesterday during one of my tutorials at Uni... http://yvettesbridalformal.com/ It's basically entitled, "How not to build a website".

Yep, and something else to watch for RAM spec'd over 1600 is the voltage it needs to run at. IIRC the i7 only officially supports very specific voltages in relation to RAM, and you could (according to Intel) kill the memory controller in the i7 if you exceed the max rated voltage. IIRC...

Merc, sorry to hear that. I've been in a similar situation many years ago, and in the end I left since the boss's employment cheques started to bounce and we were being paid in cash to compensate. I had a few friends that decided to stay and wait out the poor financial position of the company...

I've known for a long time that most teachers/tutors/lecturers only read the content they are covering in the next session, 5 minutes before they start the session. Being University, I had hoped that the lecturers/tutors were better than that, but I guess I was wrong. I guess it comes back to...

Except when the adults have v.young kids that they have to deal with...

The Tutorial was okay, but the lecture following was so-so. I've never had the internals of a computer explained so haphazardly, not to mention the few incorrect details mentioned regarding why 32bit Windows can only see ~3GB RAM, and explanation of RAID levels was mediocre and at times incorrect.

I'm sitting here waiting for my next class to start... A little bored. It's on "Emerging Technologies" and their use in society.

There's heaps of new and 2nd hand rack mountable drive chassis available, but the one that stands out is the Sun X5400 servers. (Nicknamed "Thumper"). They hold 48 3.5 SATA/SAS drives in only 4 RU, giving a raw storage capacity of 96TB. However Chenbro and Supermicro have similar solutions as...

e_dawg, congratulations on all that has happened.

Congratulations.