Comment Re:Vandalism (Score 1) 166
Forum owners have dealt with this stuff for a while... Shills have been around for centuries.
This is not news at all, it is the cost of doing business on the user generated web.
Forum owners have dealt with this stuff for a while... Shills have been around for centuries.
This is not news at all, it is the cost of doing business on the user generated web.
" hosting 32 terabytes of DRAM memory and up to 384 processor cores with 8-threads per core. "
Let me be the first to point out the Beowulf possibilities with a few hundred of these clustered together.
Classics included:
An admirably thorough guide to the tools of the production-line meat processing trade. The superb colour photographs particularly made it a perfect gift for my 15 year old daughter who is showing alarming signs of not becoming vegetarian.
Smith and Stybbard have written a gem in this book. It's certainly helped me to take control of my dog's idiosyncratic toilet habits. My pug Grendel now dances to my tune, be it on walks, in the garden or merely impressing friends and family. A word of caution - take care when choosing your "command words" and "smart phrases" to avoid words your dog is likely to hear on the television. It took 4 episodes of Ali McBeal before I realised that my "full evacuation" command was in the theme song.
Disappointed that they did not choose Harry Raddick's reviews. By far the most entertaining reviewer they've ever had. EVER.
It is the same device maker.
You got it all wrong. We're discussing "Mother Theresa OF Ghandi"
Why in gods name do you guys accept submissions from or linked to sites which play annoying ads? Yeah, I get it, most of
Not sure if its the same technology - we've had it since 1997 here in Hong Kong. The cards can be linked to your bank / credit card account and get charged automatically. Linked cards can be reported lost / cancelled.
Sure something can be done or at the very least some steps can be taken. Here in Hong Kong retired govt officials have to apply to the Civil Services Bureau before they can take up a new position. The policy is outlined here.
The essence of it lies in the following
(a) civil servants on final leave and former civil servants will not take up work which may:
(i) constitute real or potential conflict of interest with their former government duties, or
(ii) casue well-founded negative public perception embarrassing the Government and undermining the image of the Civil Service, or give rise to reasonable apprehension of deferred reward or benefit by a fair-minded and informed observer after having considered the relevant facts;
(b) the said individuals' right to work after ceasing government service will not be duly restricted; and
(c) the attractiveness of the Civil Service as a career will not be adversely affected and limited human resources will be put to good use.
This has worked sometime and has not worked sometime. It has also been used to harrass individuals who have embarrassed the government while on the job ( one prominent civil servant reportedly did not get clearance for 2 years to work as a journalist because he obviously had some dirt on some senior officials.
Having said that, atleast there is a policy and matters can be taken to court if required.
May not apply to many places like the US.
Most of the smaller Colos like EGI (to be specific since that is where we are) have pretty competent techs and you can get them to do the setup and emergency maintenance. Reboots and casual stuff is free from what I gather - again not that important for us as we ended up with DRAC cards. We paid them a bit for VPN and other initial config...
There are contractors on WHT ( web hosting talk forums ) who will provide you with cheaper remote hands - but I'd rather pay the premiums and go with people who're on site 24/7ish as opposed to a freelancer who may be at the bar the day my disks crash.
An important thing to consider is the quality of hardware. Buy *GOOD* quality current generation or one generation old ( 2 years old I'd recommend ) hardware and you'll get a huge cost savings. We bought our hardware from X-Byte and they were pretty good to deal with.
I tell them to turn to the study of mathematics, for it is only there that they might escape the lusts of the flesh. -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"
