Maybe it's just me, but best practice seems to indicate vCenter SHOULD be on a physical appliance, based upon the added benefits. Cons seem to be the same count-wise between physical and virtual instances of vCenter.

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-11197

Reading the actual pros\cons list, a virtual vCenter is not a good idea....

See last part of my comment below;
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2795637&cid=39728587

What? I'm sorry, I actually have a life outside of slashdot. I work, I have a family. I spend my evenings watching my daughter while my wife works.

BUT, if you must have an answer as to why I do not completely agree with the AGW concept, here goes;

I believe in the fact that when we take X material, convert it to energy, and in turn it releases Y byproduct, effectively introducing something outside the "norm" into the atmosphere, there will be an impact. That I agree. My argument is and will always be with scale, effect, and information reliability. When you start screaming the sky is falling, people will and do resist. Have you never heard the old adage about it being better to bring forth a solution rather than a problem?

Saying we have to cut all dependence on fossil fuels, coal, and the like is not a problem solution. It's economic collapse. Also, there is not a consensus. In science, there should rarely ever be a consensus, until all outside explanations have been exhausted.

Wikipedia has a decent list of scientists that oppose the notion of AGW negativity. So just because the majority says X does not mean there is consensus. And yes, i originally had the link included when I was posting, but slashdot string length error will not allow me to post it.

And some people wonder why not everyone accepts AGW as fact. OP is why. Rants like this are as obnoxious as a tin-foil hat brigade screaming about aliens being in control of the White House....

Rants like this do nothing but hurt the "green" effort. I do not accept AGW as fact, but as an engineer I am well aware of resource exhaustion. That to me is a greater concern than a "Mad Max style hell-hole".......

How so?

Solar currently requires a good bit of acreage before you even begin to reap enough energy to power a single, 1 story building.
How is that the right solution?

I do think we could utilize space for our power needs, seeing as it's a vacuum, it helps curb the whole "pull energy from X causes Y" problem...

Actually, the REAL problem is that the justice system fails to punish lawmakers, legislators, and politicians that fail to adhere to said constitution. The Justice system is supposed to be the Watcher of all Watchers, and they have been asleep for a very, very long time.

Adjust tax policy to where the cost of an outsourced employee, as well as the cost of importing goods and materials for manufacturing (only if already locally available), are taxed at a rate so as to equal the cost +5% which in turn encourages usage of local resources, goods, and materials. This would also create an uptick in the demand for American manufacturing. Not to mention decrease the unemployment rate tremendously.

Remember, not everyone is suited to work in white collar environments. I would much rather have a smart blue collar guy than an unskilled white collar guy any day.

College is also another problem. Politicians seem to think unskilled labor should always go overseas, which forces people to pursue degrees that they may not want just to be safe. How is upwards of 30k in debt going to benefit someone that has a mindset for a completely different type of work? America needs blue collar work, because many Americans are blue collar. Phone support is entry level white collar, and we could use that too.

I have nothing against foreign resources being used in American companies, but lets make certain that they are the "best" man and/or woman for the job, not just the cheapest.

One last thing; Does it help America to design and engineer something and then send the plans to build it to another country that may or may not care about trade secrets? We should all know the answer to this one already.

Correlation =\= Causation, maybe?

I'll admit, I have yet to RTFA, but Gold itself is believed to be beneficial in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, so who is to say it isn't the reason they are experiencing gains using it as an assisted delivery mechanism....

In most places, this may be true. But some small business organizations actually try and do things right.
I worked for a company a LONG time ago and we went in to small businesses and did the following;

Moved them from WORKGROUP to functional AD domains running Windows Small Business Server 2003/2008.
Usually prior to this, we identified a good, capacity-rich server, and installed a tape drive and set them all up with a map to it, so at the very least, all the data they had was being backed up to some type of portable medium.

Agreed, LTO on a capacity basis beats it, hands down. But if the drive to write to the media is cost efficient, as well as the media itself, then LTO may have a run for its money.