...And I have a counter-anecdote. We had someone wanting to do just what you do - one patch at a time on HP's C7000 Chassis. I believe it was the Virtual Connect firmware, going from 3.50 to 3.55 - in the patchnotes they'd revised it saying "don't use this version, its busted - go straight to the latest!' - that wasn't caught and we had unplanned downtime, and the person involved worked a 21-hour day to get it back up and running.

We've since doubled the number of chassis involved so we can live-migrate everything off a given chassis for when it gets updates so this doesn't happen again. Along with reading ALL of the patch/release notes.

'Organic' in the US has a definition - I highly doubt its as strong as Germany's 'Bio' (example: I'm unaware of a animals/land unit ratio) - its 'Natural' in the US that has no standard, enforced definition and is up to the manufacturer's whim.

No, we're not spraying water. The media is spraying gasoline, they know it, and love it, and WILLINGLY do it.

Don't give people their 15 minutes to 2 weeks+ of fame, and (at least from knowledge learned in other situations) a large motivation for doing 'ghastly' things stops. They do it because it gets peoples attention and focuses it on them, even if for a terrible reason.

Because "THINK OF THE CHILDREN!"

That is why it is such a big deal and being used as the poster-child. They've been waiting for such an opportunity for awhile now.

More useful would be an interactive page that let you compare selected standards - but I have referred to this graphic before.

Thing is, usually the (presumably) qualified 3rd party is a bunch of citizens with guns and a permit to carry them. (Some states restrict the work-related carry permits to just that, work-related)

So their goal is the removal of the ability to hire the kind of folks they've been forced to hire by pushing beyond reasonable limits towards their goal.

Ummm...If you have Steam installed already, go into the Library and select the 'Tools' listing. You'll find dedicated server software, available for free, to download and run for several dozen (3 or 4 dozen last I remember seeing) games available on Steam.

Apple users have an expectation that everything "just works" - Linux users may be willing to have a 'beta/unsupported' feature, perhaps enabled via a command-line startup option for Steam.

Why not?

With proper VLAN segmentation, it's fine. Heck, we have VLANs on top of VLANs. The blade chassis does VLANs for its internal capabilities, then via ESXi we have actual VLANs for the different networks.

Want EVE, but single player? Check out the X-Series. Very similar, AND moddable. Some of them available for Linux too - check the developer's site's store for those.

http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Egosoft
http://www.egosoft.com/

Thank you! Now none of the rest of us have to deal with Meebo Bar.

Now if only we can figure out who accidentally the whole Meebo, we can get it back...

911 operators commands are not law, they are mere suggestions. (I've never seen a law making their commands punishable if not followed) He (Zimmerman) had returned to his truck near the end of the call, having lost Martin, and was awaiting the arrival of the officers that were on their way. After the end of the call the two of them (Zimmerman and Martin) met and had a confrontation, who started it is the big question no one can answer. The evidence (at the scene) seemed to back Zimmerman's story enough that he was released without charges (at the time).

It is probably the beer.

So just do what we always do. Buy 2 or three and back them up to each other.

Please define 'Cheap home system' utilizing 6 SSDs. 50GB image? Just build a PC with 64GB of RAM (or more) and do it all there. Puts your SSD to shame...either way, you're limited by Bluray disc read speeds...