Comment Re:No wireless? (Score 1) 316
No, it does not.
Check out the spec sheet.
http://www.plugcomputer.org/data/docs/ionics_plug_computer_info_sheet.pdf
Comment Re:A file server? Really? (Score 0, Troll) 316
Easy. Mount an nfs share from another box.
Bam, more storage space.
Comment No wireless? (Score 3, Insightful) 316
After reading the article I am rather surprised there is no wireless interface.
They could have saved one more cable.
Comment Irony (Score 2, Insightful) 12
How ironic to mention the death of a news site, on the news site being reported on. Slashdot seems active to me.
Submission + - New PS3 firmware causing HDD upgrade problems? 1
Channard writes: While there have been occasional reports of previous PS3 firmware upgrades causing system crashes and so forth, Sony's new firmware upgrade for the system, 3.41, is apparently stopping PS3 owners upgrading their hard disks, Slim PS3 owners at least. This problem has been encountered by many users on Sony's forums and occurs when you try to put a new hard disk into a PS3 that already has the firmware upgrade installed. The general course of action for upgrading a PS3's drive is that you download the latest PS3 firmware onto a memory stick and after swapping the hard drive in the PS3, plug the stick in allowing the PS3 to properly prepare the disk for use. But as of upgrade 3.41, the PS3 fails to recognize the firmware on the stick, complaining that it can't proceed until you insert the correct firmware. Repeating the process and re-downloading the does not fix the problem, as I can confirm, having encountered the problem myself.
Users can put the old hard disk back in, provided they've not reformatted it for some other purpose, so all is not lost. Sony have apparently told gaming website CVG that 'The information available to our Consumer Services Department does not suggest that this is a problem PlayStation(R) owners are likely to experience when upgrading the HDD with 3.41 update.' This seems to fly in the face of the currently available information — although whether or not this statement was issued by Kevin Butler is unclear. Either way, PS3 owners encountering this problem will likely have to wait a few days for a fix and use their old HDDs for now.
Users can put the old hard disk back in, provided they've not reformatted it for some other purpose, so all is not lost. Sony have apparently told gaming website CVG that 'The information available to our Consumer Services Department does not suggest that this is a problem PlayStation(R) owners are likely to experience when upgrading the HDD with 3.41 update.' This seems to fly in the face of the currently available information — although whether or not this statement was issued by Kevin Butler is unclear. Either way, PS3 owners encountering this problem will likely have to wait a few days for a fix and use their old HDDs for now.
Submission + - Launch your own Satellite for $8k (interorbital.com)
theverylastperson writes: The guy I work for calls me to come out to his house today. In honor of System Administrator Day he's going to help me fulfill a dream of sending a Satellite into space (We've had a VERY good year). We once had a conversation where we discussed childhood dreams and I had mentioned my desire to send something into orbit. Well, looks like I get my chance. For only $8,000 we can launch a TubeSat (similar to CubeSat). The volume and mass restrictions can be found on the linked page. The problem is, I can't decide what to send. So I'm curious what other Slashdot members would do. If you had a chance to send a TubeSat into space, what would you do? I have to present a plan to him by Monday, so I only have this weekend to come up with the right idea.
Submission + - GNOME Contributions: Canonical 1% - Red Hat 16% !! (digitizor.com)
An anonymous reader writes: At GUADEC, Dave Neary presented the results of the GNOME Census. The results reveal some very interesting findings. Around 70% of the developers identify themselves as volunteer and 70% of the commits made in the GNOME releases are made by paid developers. Now, here is the part that has started out something like a war – Canonical’s contribution to GNOME is only a mere 1%, while Red Hat contributes 16%.
Comment Good (Score 5, Insightful) 91
I don't see why they would not want to make their OS more readily available by allowing other hardware vendors to sell their OS. This makes good business sense.
Comment Science (Score 2, Interesting) 55
Why do I think of Sonny and Cher's, I Got You Babe, every time I hear about this movie?
Comment Ultimate Compliment (Score 3, Funny) 97
The ultimate compliment is plagiarism. So what if it is the purpose of your company to fight against that very thing.
Copyright Troll USCG Violates Copyright 97
omarlittle writes "The US Copyright Group — a company owned by intellectual property lawyers, which has been in the news for threatening downloaders of the movie Hurt Locker — has apparently stolen their site from a competitor. At one point, even the competitor's phone number and copyright statement were copied word for word on USCG's 'settlement' website. The competitor is reportedly going to send a Cease & Desist."
Comment Weekly (Score 1) 34
It seems like every week we get an article about how something changed with the Chinese firewall and something broke. I would strongly consider moving if I had to deal with this as often as they do. Stop screwing the with firewall of the country!
Submission + - Open Source Toolchains for Linux Sysadmins (linux.com)
Arthur Digsby Sellers writes: "Sysadmins have to do a lot of repetitive tasks install software, edit configuration files and run back-ups. In celebration of Systems Admin Appreciation Day, The Linux Foundation is launching a new series titled "SysAdmin Toolbox" aimed at providing SysAdmins with all the resources needed to do their important work including how to automate the management of Linux servers from installation to monitoring to self-healing systems using open source software. This first in the series talks about integrating things like Puppet, Chef, Cobbler and Zenoss Core to automate the installation, configuration and monitoring of Linux servers."
Comment Failure in naming the device (Score 2, Insightful) 125
If you can't type on a keyboard without looking at it, you're doing it wrong.
Comment Re:Happy sysadmin day? (Score 1) 108
I'll be happy when today is over. Its Friday!!!!
