You may be able to put a am3 processor in a am2+ motherboard, but the Register says that am2+ processor in a am3 motherboard will not work. (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/09/review_cpu_amd_phenom_ii_am3/page2.html)

To quote:
"makes life horribly confusing as the Phenom X4 920 and 925 and the X4 940 and 945 will be identical apart from the processor socket. This means that there is the possibility that some poor so-and-so will buy an AM2+ CPU and an AM3 motherboard when ne'er the twain shall meet." ..
careful what you buy out there

It appears that (VMView) this is a client to connect to a virtualized machine (desktop) much in the same manner as the Citrix ICA client, but specifically for Linux.

The VMware Virtual Desktop Initiative (VDI) seems to have been renamed VMware View: Formerly, you had to use a paid for client (Citrix licensed?) to reach a hosted workstation. Your options were (correct in response please) use RDP clients (bad for sound), a Citrix-involved client (cost, but you can get video), or the VMware Infrastructure Console (VIC) which is a bit kludgy on the admin overhead.

The specifics for this is that you can have a non-admin user connect to hosted machines (linux or windows) from a linux box (thin client) at no additional cost. The play seems to be for thin client boxes to include the VMware View connector at no cost, eg: saturating the market.

The reason for this is likely to gain parity with Citrix's ubiquity on Thin Client Boxes. Up to now, thin clients tend to have some version of the Citrix ICA client, a version of the Microsoft RDP client, and perhaps a X client, and a 3270/5250 terminal emulator. With many thin client manufacturers going to Linux based thin clients, this is an easy way to get the VMware client on Thin Clients cheap.

You will still pay for the core product, but (hopefully) no longer will have to pay extra for the Thin Client necessary to run the VMware View (aka VDI) "system." For slashdot users, who buy Thin clients for $9 (used) this will have no effect. You will still have to kludge users into the remote users group on each workstation, and configure each thin client to connect to the correct virtualized machine.

This has no effect on Xen (Citrix Virtualization), or Hyper-V (Microsoft Virtualization), or ESX clusters, Workstation, or Server (VMWare Virtualization). All of those will still be host bound, except for ESX - which will allow virtual systems to be moved around to maximize physical host resources.

I saw an article that said that the EPA rated bulbs for acceptiblity: Essentially they said that current LED lights are not going to be too acceptible as replacments for Incandescents, except for under counter lighting...

However they seemed to like this CFL:
GE Lighting Model: 21710 FLE15/2/DV/R30/SW
claimed as a 65Watt Incandescent replacement: Dimmable.

I think I'll buy a bunch for the recessed lighting, and revisit the issue in a few years when they burn out;)

You can make a good arguement that not only does it not apply to the rest of the world, but is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) problem in most of the world.

Of course, in many parts of the world comments like this will not only get you labeled an a**hole - they will also get you arrested.

Seen any cartoons about Mohammed recently?

The story is interesting, but should not be titled do nice engineers finish last. The story is about two managers, reporting to another manager. Doug, Stuart, and Kelly are all in management - although they may have some engineering duties, they are not fundimentally engineers.

That said: For engineers, knowing your shit is required. Period. However, being nice also counts, as does schmoozing enough to have a head start on upcoming projects: This means you are nice enough, and get out enough to know what's coming down the pike before it "officially" hits your desk.

As far as the linked story of Doug, Stuart, and Kelly goes: It can go well, or badly. I recently saw a similar situation where Manager Stuart left the company after a power struggle which Manager Doug won. Doug promoted another guy to manage a newly demoted team (Sysadmins, who had been on the same team as Helpdesk): Let's call him Bad_Manager, who acted.. badly. One of the three administrators (sysadmin3) complained to Doug, and HR about Bad_Manager - then left after no action was taken. That sysadmin3 proverbially shot Bad_Manager on the way out the door, and Bad_Manager got demoted within a week. Everyone else who worked with sysadmin3 was very happy, and he was warned to be nice when filling out the security review that he eventually got for sysadmin3.

I suspect that Doug got dinged as well.

$.02

You rise to your own level of incompitance.

Why waste time replacing the valve?

Just drill a properly sized hole in the radiator hose: If you are going to sabotage something, you don't want to get caught. Replacing a valve takes extra time with the target vehicle. Drilling a hole the correct size does not even require opening the hood. (caveat, some cars have plastic shields underneath & you will have to open something)

I call BS for this alone;)

duh