Comment Re:This isn't exactly news... (Score 1) 305
Macross Plus.
Comment Re:Great goals (Score 1) 792
Why do we have to be forced to endure an OS that you have to restart multiple times a day?
Apparently unlike you, I don't have time nor the patience to sit and wait on a system that has to be restarted multiple times a day to make certain that everything is running A-OK.....
Comment Explanation please? (Score 1) 590
Already, Mr. Coward, sir...
Since you seem to be so knowledgeable about what is going here, please, enlighten me as well as the other "slashbots" because honestly, I don't see why this is a criminal matter (except for the obvious reason that this law should clearly be a CIVIL law and NOT a criminal law).
Since you seem to be so knowledgeable about what is going here, please, enlighten me as well as the other "slashbots" because honestly, I don't see why this is a criminal matter (except for the obvious reason that this law should clearly be a CIVIL law and NOT a criminal law).
Comment Re:God call, submitter! (Score 1) 298
:)
I wish I had some mod points I could use here.
You made the previous drivel just a bit lighter.
I thank you, sir.
I wish I had some mod points I could use here.
You made the previous drivel just a bit lighter.
I thank you, sir.
Comment If I post this at the top, will anyone see it? (Score 0, Redundant) 298
First off, I wanted to mention that the 1000 is off by two zeroes.
It should read 100,000.
Secondly, for those of you who have not provided anything constructive, I give to you the one-fingered salute.
It's amazing how much crap and how many assholes exist on this forum. All I wanted was some CONSTRUCTIVE advice and it seems like the majority of what I got was a bunch of bickering and a load of insults.
Bleh...
But to those who have actually posted some useful comments...I THANK YOU. :) Your insight has been helpful and for the most part, confirmed what I had planned already.
Best Solution For HA and Network Load Balancing? 298
supaneko writes "I am working with a non-profit that will eventually host a massive online self-help archive and community (using FTP and HTTP services). We are expecting 1,000+ unique visitors / day. I know that having only one server to serve this number of people is not a great idea, so I began to look into clusters. After a bit of reading I determined that I am looking for high availability, in case of hardware fault, and network load balancing, which will allow the load to be shared among the two to six servers that we hope to purchase. What I have not been able to determine is the 'perfect' solution that would offer efficiency, ease-of-use, simple maintenance, enjoyable performance, and a notably better experience when compared to other setups. Reading about Windows 2003 Clustering makes the whole process sounds easy, while Linux and FreeBSD just seem overly complicated. But is this truly the case? What have you all done for clustering solutions that worked out well? What key features should I be aware for successful cluster setup (hubs, wiring, hardware, software, same servers across the board, etc.)?"
Submission + - Best Solution for HA and Network Load Balancing? (digitalctrl.org)
supaneko writes: "I am working with a non-profit to eventually host a massive online self-help archive and community (using FTP and HTTP services). We are expecting a high number of unique visitors (1000+/day). I know that having only one server to serve this number of people is not a great idea. With that in mind, I began to look into clusters. After a bit of reading, I discovered that I am looking for high availability, in case of hardware fault, and network load balancing, which I assume will allow the load to be shared among the two to six servers that we hope to purchase. What I have not been able to determine is the "perfect" solution that would offer efficiency, ease-of-use, simple maintenance, enjoyable performance, and a notably better experience when compared to other setups. Reading about Windows 2003 Clustering makes the whole process sounds easy while Linux and FreeBSD just seems overly complicated. But is this truly the case? What have you all done for clustering solutions in the past? Free/Net/OpenBSD? Linux? Windows? PC-DOS? What key features should I be aware for successful cluster setup (hubs, wiring, hardware, software, same servers across the board, etc.)?"
Comment Anyone try buying Wii Fit after its release date? (Score 2, Interesting) 763
Generally, you are correct. There was one time for me where this did not hold true.
I guess with the fluctuation of the American Dollar, Nintendo is scaling back on their sales of software in the U.S. I was going to pre-order Wii Fit but just as you, I didn't imagine how quickly the game would sell out and for how long.
It ended up being a full year before I was able to pick-up the game on the shelves. Every once in a while it would appear on Amazon or Wal-mart.com but there were others with their eyes out and always swiping it up before me.
I guess that now when there's a game that I *REALLY want, I may just end up pre-ordering it because there's no telling whether or not the company releasing it will create an artificial shortage as we have all seen Nintendo do.
Mozilla Labs Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') Firefox Use 118
Howardd21 writes "PC World reports that Mozilla Labs wants 1% of its Firefox users to voluntarily provide information about how they use the browser, and their web browsing habits. This would be done through an add-on named "Test Pilot" that collects the information and associates it with some demographic information that the user has provided. Unlike other data collection utilities that software developers may include to provide usage information, the add-on will follow the same open source concept that Firefox adheres to, allowing the market to better understand what is being collected. Mozilla Labs stresses privacy when discussing how they will collect, store and use the data, including publishing it for other researchers to to analyze."
Comment Re:Obligatory (Score 1) 292
Oh... And women NEED men now? ;)
Comment Actually I thought... (Score 2, Funny) 231
It was for kitty pr0n!
Submission + - Disaster Recovery for SMB?
supaneko writes: "I have been tasked with the creation of a disaster recovery plan for my employer. We are a relatively small IT company with about thirty employees, the majority of which are programmers. Our environment is running on a Windows domain with a few file servers and green screens running from a couple IBM i5's. Not only am I a newbie to the company but I am a total newbie to disaster recovery planning.
I have searched the Internet and even taken a gander into some of my older instructional books for guidance on creating this documentation. Every item that I have stumbled upon mentions creating a team to handle the disaster recovery planning. To me, it would seem that because of the company's small size, a team is not a feasible option for the creation of this document at this time. I have also been unable to really find any guidance or examples on how to form this documentation for a business of this size.
With this in mind, I am a little curious as to what some of you could recommend to help guide me along my way. What resources are available on the Internet? Where may I find examples? What are good things and things that must be included? What have all of you experienced guys done when this task was posed to you?"
I have searched the Internet and even taken a gander into some of my older instructional books for guidance on creating this documentation. Every item that I have stumbled upon mentions creating a team to handle the disaster recovery planning. To me, it would seem that because of the company's small size, a team is not a feasible option for the creation of this document at this time. I have also been unable to really find any guidance or examples on how to form this documentation for a business of this size.
With this in mind, I am a little curious as to what some of you could recommend to help guide me along my way. What resources are available on the Internet? Where may I find examples? What are good things and things that must be included? What have all of you experienced guys done when this task was posed to you?"
Comment Video link (Score 1) 178
I unerstand that it may be a bit difficult to get the "3D effect" on a 2D screen but... Does anyone have a link to view a clip from the 3D game?
Comment Re:I would (Score 5, Funny) 747
Does a rooted backdoor count as an easter egg? :D
Submission + - Server optimization for newbies?
supaneko writes: "I recently obtained a new job as a network and server administration for a small IT company. I am absolutely shocked at how much is taking place within this company that I have little to no experience with. To help bolster my experience, I decided to purchase a used server to use for hands-on training and practice. My ultimate goal is to have a complete, secure LAMP server available to the public running CentOS. I have been browsing the Internet for various guides and tips on setup, optimization, security, and maintenance but nothing that really seems to give me the hands-on approach to ideas that I would like to learn.
When you all started out, what route did you take to pick up the server setup and maintenance skills you have now? Is there anything in particular that you would recommend to someone who has excellent skill with consumer PCs and servers but is a total newbie to corporate and enterprise networking and servers?"
When you all started out, what route did you take to pick up the server setup and maintenance skills you have now? Is there anything in particular that you would recommend to someone who has excellent skill with consumer PCs and servers but is a total newbie to corporate and enterprise networking and servers?"
