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Wrote on the subject of New MacBook Pro advice... at March 8, 2011, 5:54 a.m...

I loved my 13" 2007 MB but always regretted that damn Intel GMA. So when I got to upgrade I went to the 15" 2010 MBP for the graphics and cpu. The truth is, the nvidia 330M still sucks and now I just have a large portable oven and kind of wish I had gotten the 13" MBP. If you are strickly looking at the 13" models, the 320M in the white MB is probably not much different then the Intel in the new 13" Pro.

So for $150 as you put it (its 200 in the canadian store), you get a way better cpu, more ram, more disk, THUNDERBOLT, sd card slot, alu body... Yeah, no question, go for the 13" MBP. Don't push your self to the 15" for the AMD graphics, its a very expensive laptop when you have a set budget and I would hate to see someone go broke over a laptop.

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Wrote on the subject of You graphics geeks might get a kick out of this: Sun GT at May 1, 2011, 7:55 p.m...

Yeah, this definitely wasn't their last attempt at the graphics market, but they never got any better at it. Still, very interesting, I have never seen one in person (or in pictures until now!) so thanks for posting it!

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Wrote on the subject of indigo2 at May 25, 2011, 5:19 p.m...

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16725282

But I see you replied there already....

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Wrote on the subject of You graphics geeks might get a kick out of this: Sun GT at June 20, 2011, 4:19 a.m...

For some reason that desktop screen shot looks oddly impressive... Nice work man!

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Wrote on the subject of Lion, new Macbook Air, and new Macmini are here at July 21, 2011, 3:36 a.m...

I really dig the new Minis. I think they are super cool and I would love to get my hands on an i7 mini with AMD graphics (the ATi brand is dead if you missed that).

Lion is pretty slick, but its another evolutionary step. I wish they would put ZFS back into their plans... I think the fullscreen is best on smaller Macs to really take advantage of the screen real-estate. It makes no sense on my 26" lcd.

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Wrote on the subject of You graphics geeks might get a kick out of this: Sun GT at Aug. 27, 2011, 5:36 p.m...

Doom might be feasible...

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Wrote on the subject of NeXTSTEP on HP PA-RISC at Sept. 7, 2011, 9:38 a.m...

Yeah, in my experience (which includes 0 NeXT) the software needs to know that its outputting to serial. If the installer is pure gui (or loads from the gui) then chances are you wont get it to output to the serial.

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Wrote on the subject of iMac? at Oct. 6, 2011, 5:41 p.m...

indyman007 wrote: I am still using the 2009 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz, with a 7200rpm 320gb with 8gb DDR 2.
It is still very much up to the task. I shouldn't think you would need quite as much RAM, but I use dual displays and then a windoze virtual machine.

DDR2? I have the Early 2009 20" iMac, model 9,1 with the C2D 2.66, 320GB drive, and 8GB of ram, but it is DDR3. Looking up your model 8,1 confirms yours is actually an early 2008.

OP: Head down to the store and buy the base model 21". You can upgrade the ram later if you need to, but if you aren't gaming the base model is just fine. I believe it has a thunderbolt port now too, which is pretty insane for external devices. I personally have 5TB of storage hanging off the FW800, but the rest of the machine is still perfect for my day to day stuff and VM work.

Good luck!

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Wrote on the subject of Looking for the list of Solaris proprietary software at Nov. 29, 2011, 7:35 a.m...

Sun Doom
Hot Java
Star Office

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Wrote on the subject of Out Of Box Experience with AIX at Dec. 8, 2011, 2:59 p.m...

Is that ugly desktop CDE? I actually like CDE....

Anyways, the hostname problem is typical for unix. That generally means you didn't change it in all of the places, or didn't specify an fqdn when you should have, or dns is returning something else (this is rare, but rhel6 and solaris 11 are fairly dependent on external dns to be correct), etc... I would re-read the docs on it for your version of AIX and make sure you hit all of the right spots.

If you didn't set an fqdn because you don't think you have one, just use example.com.

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Wrote on the subject of What do you use your SGI for? at Jan. 20, 2012, 9:10 p.m...

hamei wrote:

R-ten-K wrote:

I use my Indigo as a bookend, a duty which it fulfills both admirably and competently.

Cool ! now, get it copper plated, like baby shoes

If you can do a couple I might buy a set.

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Wrote on the subject of How to measure time? at Jan. 27, 2012, 4:09 p.m...

Well, I had a few really expensive watches but after my last one died I went a little cheaper and bought this coleman at walmart. It's awesome.

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemanc ... yM8UJj5Jlk

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Wrote on the subject of zfs sharing at May 7, 2012, 4:38 a.m...

The old ways are sometimes still the best. On S10, feel free to edit /etc/dfs/dfstab and add your share commands there. SMB shares will still require you to setup smb users and settings etc using the smb* commands and editing the /etc/sfw/smb.conf fie.

Edit: don't forget to enable / restart the servers after the changes.

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Wrote on the subject of zfs sharing at May 8, 2012, 5:08 a.m...

The sharesmb zfs commands have varying levels of success depending on the update release you are using. Setting this up on SPARC shouldn't make a difference.

This guide looks reasonable with some stuff that can be ignored (like the tcpwrappers stuff (hosts.allow)).
http://support.moonpoint.com/os/unix/so ... docusp.php

If you get stuck, post your config!

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Wrote on the subject of zfs sharing at May 9, 2012, 3:13 a.m...

hamei wrote:

zmttoxics wrote:

This guide looks reasonable ...

Thanks. Actually, that's for Samba, so I think I'll just give it a rest for now ....

Right... Didn't you want to setup both SMB and NFS?

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Wrote on the subject of zfs sharing at May 9, 2012, 3:30 a.m...

Ok, well, not sure what you were reading or attempting anymore, but CIFS on Solaris 10 is SMB. The newer stuff is on OSOL and Solaris 11.

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Wrote on the subject of We have an IRC Channel! at May 16, 2012, 5:24 p.m...

Kira wrote:

pentium wrote:

Also, please don't feed the Kira. She bites.

Rude.

Also, only on special occasions.

When there is food on the table?

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Wrote on the subject of Thoughts on the new macbook? at June 26, 2012, 7:51 p.m...

I used to have a 13" White 2007 MacBook (2.16 C2D IIRC) but when it bit the bullet in early 2010 and Apple gave me the chance to upgrade under warranty and I took it with out questioning and got the 15" 2010 MBP with the discrete nvidia graphics and core i5. I immediately regretted it. I ditched larger laptops when I went to the 13" (I had a 17" Toshiba before it) and was never happier. Getting the 15" was a total step backwards in that liberation. That said, my only complaint about 15" IS the size.

So, as many have said before me...

Like: Thinner, lighter, cool screen, wicked fast.
Dislike: Lack of ethernet, super drive (I actually NEED to burn dvds on my MBP regularly), and 0 maintenance options.
Will I be buying one? No, I don't think so. Could I make it fit my needs? Probably, but my 2010 MBP has already seen 3 hard drive upgrades and 2 RAM upgrades and burnt hundreds of DVDs and troubleshooted countless wired networks.

Now, that all said, if the wife to be needs a new home laptop, she would probably *love* it.

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Wrote on the subject of Thoughts on the new macbook? at June 27, 2012, 3:13 a.m...

jan-jaap wrote:

zmttoxics wrote:

the wife to be

Congratulations!

Thanks!

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Wrote on the subject of Convince me to keep this iMac G5 at Aug. 23, 2012, 11:48 a.m...

mnorton wrote:

Those are nice little unix machines. I have two PowerMac G5 that are still in service.
Hulu works on them. But not Netflix.
Javascript works great and so does Adobe CS3 for web development.
Final Cut Pro old school works.

Makes a great garage machine. We all need Unix in our garages!

I have a fully loaded eMac (1.4GHz, 2GB of ram, 250GB drive, SuperDrive, Airport, swivel stand) that I use as a workbench machine to pull up manuals and stuff on. Runs 10.5 Server pretty good. A lot of flash stuff still works like my favorite radio stations streamer.

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Wrote on the subject of NeXTSTEP on HP PA-RISC at Aug. 24, 2012, 10:44 a.m...

Sounds like the system is having troubles discovering the framebuffer OR you have a toast nvram battery. Again, i have 0 next experience and its showing.

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Wrote on the subject of Questions About My New Kit: Sun Fire T2000 at Sept. 7, 2012, 5:44 a.m...

I have a fully loaded (well, formally fully loaded, currently gutted for ram) T2K in the server room. Pretty useless, those T1 cpus are wicked slow (and ours is a 1.28). Barely good enough to replace the old v240s (hint, still running v240s). If it wasn't for the crypto unit it these things would have no place in the server market but as it is they make for ok web servers.

Putting linux on it makes me ill a little. You wont have access to LDOMs at the point and will likely have stability and performance issues and no support for the crypto unit either.

Of course, I am talking out my ass as I have no idea of the state of linux on sparc but it's not something i spend money on to find out.

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Wrote on the subject of Questions About My New Kit: Sun Fire T2000 at Sept. 7, 2012, 7:15 a.m...

Solaris out of the box isn't what you want to run. The default webstack is junk on coolthreads. There was (is?) a cool threads optimized webstack for these boxes which makes a difference. Then you want to make sure the crypto is setup and working (which I dont have the docs for anymore so google is your friend).

Its kind of fair to say that by default Solaris 10 works as a server, but is really tuned for a workstation (especially NFS). There will be lots of things you will want to tweak and change to make it work for your task at hand.

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Wrote on the subject of Questions About My New Kit: Sun Fire T2000 at Sept. 7, 2012, 7:39 a.m...

11 yes, on the t2k, no. I think there is a firmware level required to boot 11 on it too so you might be SOL if the machine doesn't come patched (support required for patches). I would google it...

S10u10 is a pretty solid release.

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Wrote on the subject of Questions About My New Kit: Sun Fire T2000 at Sept. 18, 2012, 3:50 p.m...

edikat wrote:

Interesting to here the V240's nearly perform as well as the T1 (T1000/T2000) servers.

The T2K must not really be so fast as I thought as a Dual V240 with USIIIi 1.5's was still a slow box compared to a Dual Core Intel 1U Generic Server!

If I recall correctly the benchmarks for the T1K/T2K compared against the then withdrawing NetBurst Xeons (absolute Dogs in speed, power and heat) which I thought was a bit cheeky. Against even a 2006 Dual 5300 they were struggling.

So why don't they sell cheaply (((( at least in the UK...

Yeah, it depends on the job at hand of course, but the T1 based servers have a very specific niche where they do "OK". haha

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Wrote on the subject of Questions About My New Kit: Sun Fire T2000 at Sept. 25, 2012, 1:54 a.m...

dclough wrote:

Turns out the particular server I got either A) hates Linux, B) hates me, or C) is just not a good platform for the things I want to do.

Wouldn't accept the Solaris 10 DVD, benchmarked very slow in Solaris 11 (slower than my existing server), would install Debian but wouldn't boot past the rc.local init phase, wouldn't even boot into the Gentoo installation disc, RAID array kept complaining about geometry, and the ALOM was a royal pain in the ass. :roll:

As plain-jane as HP x86 servers may seem, they're very reliable and predictable machines in my experience. I'll be snatching up an 8-core Core2-based Xeon box very soon and sending this PITA Niagara platform right back out the door.

Believe it or not, that is something that makes sense these days (as I said in my first post, the T1 series are painfully useless). I just installed a lab of 20 HP servers (new DL120g7s (nodes), a dl320g5p (install server), and a dl365 (vpn)) and I wouldn't change a thing, rock solid env.

In my office I have another dl120g7 and a dl360g5. The 360s and 365s of that era can be had really cheap on ebay these days (the 320g5p was also really cheap). Alternatively, the Sun X4100M2 and X4150 series can also be had really cheap and come with a full featured iLom vs the license required iLo on the HPs.

Hope that helps.

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Wrote on the subject of Questions About My New Kit: Sun Fire T2000 at Sept. 25, 2012, 5:43 a.m...

You need a license on iLo to unlock the gui mode for the remote console post install. If you are text only, you don't need it.

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Wrote on the subject of Apple sucks the big ten inch at Sept. 26, 2012, 5:09 a.m...

Provider let me reserve one, it came in yesterday. Drove over, picked it up, no troubles. Only pain is getting everything backed up and transferred over (iTunes LOVES to delete shit on me, arg.).

First impressions? LTE coverage from Rogers in Ottawa sucks. Other than that, pretty sweet phone.

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Wrote on the subject of Apple sucks the big ten inch at Sept. 27, 2012, 11:06 a.m...

Seriously... I pre-ordered my phone and got it not 2 days after release. I didn't even have to wake up early for it. Maybe things are different in China?

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Wrote on the subject of Sun Ultra 5 not accepting keyboard at Oct. 4, 2012, 4:51 p.m...

From the OK> prompt (get a null modem cable if you don't have one already), run set-defaults then poweroff (power-off potentially). Then unhook the serial, make sure the keyboard is connected then power on.

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Wrote on the subject of Sun Ultra 5 not accepting keyboard at Oct. 4, 2012, 5:39 p.m...

Yeah, the 25 to 9 adapter is usually a good way to go.

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Wrote on the subject of Sun Ultra 5 not accepting keyboard at Oct. 5, 2012, 6:27 a.m...

Yeah, you need a null modem cable, with the right adapters. No way around it.

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Wrote on the subject of Questions About My New Kit: Sun Fire T2000 at Oct. 23, 2012, 2:29 p.m...

That is true of most of the silver Sun boxes, x4xx, x2xx, the Ts, etc. Don't know about the new oracle branded ones but the old ones are unbearable for me too. I hate standing next to them in the server room.

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Wrote on the subject of New arrival: Power Mac G4 at Oct. 24, 2012, 2:31 a.m...

I had a sawtooth at similar specs (except I had a flashed nvidia fx5200 card in there, that really helped when playing quake

). Fun box for sure, first 3 drives pretty easily, gigabit nics, flashed video... Those were the days. I gave mine away around the time I sold my PMG5 and one of the eMacs.

Anyways, have fun with it! MSOffice 2004, Quake and Unreal are probably what I would have installed on it.

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Wrote on the subject of New arrival: Power Mac G4 at Oct. 25, 2012, 1:47 a.m...

I think you guys missed the part where ClassicHasClass's email address is at the floodgap.com domain.

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Wrote on the subject of Is it possible to disassemble an Altix Rack? at Oct. 26, 2012, 11:40 a.m...

I used the el-cheapo startech "build on the spot ikea style" half-racks recently and they are pretty nice actually for a plain old 4 post rack. Wheels are handy too.

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Wrote on the subject of Tim Cook's new way... at Nov. 3, 2012, 9:50 a.m...

I think people running snow leopard shouldn't complain about things they are unfamiliar with. Mountain Lion (and Lion for that matter) are fine updates. If anything, they didn't change enough to keep it exciting. My only complaint lately is quality control is definitely slipping. IOS and iPhone 5 shouldn't have shipped with those bugs (screen flickering and the no service issues), just silly to have to wait for patches. I almost returned the damn thing but I decided to hold out for patches which just finally came.

I really don't care how Tim Cook runs the company as long as the products work as advertised and satisfy my needs.

Linux on the desktop is still abysmal and while that statement is true, my desktop choice will remain with Apple and OSX.

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Wrote on the subject of XT/370 at Nov. 5, 2012, 2:57 a.m...

Nice work kjaer!

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Wrote on the subject of best anime movies ever - absolutely must haves at Nov. 24, 2012, 7:48 p.m...

Ghost in the shell and Serial Experiments? awesome.

I don't have much to add, just agree with this awesome thread.

My favourites? Most mecha related things, Gundam 0079, 0083, 08th MS Team, Patlabor, Macross* (Robotech*), Trigun, Full Metal Panic, Chobits, soooo many...

Most favourite? Probably Cowboy Bebop. I love both the series and the Movie.

EDIT!: Escaflowne. Feel like an idiot for forgetting it, sooo awesome.

jwp wrote: Some others are great too, but the ones below are sticking out in my mind as some of my favorites.

Eden of the East

Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Haibane Renmei

Kiki's Delivery Service

Serial Experiments Lain

Whisper of the Heart

Serial Experiments Lain is pretty cool, and would probably be appreciated by some members of this forum. The interesting views on technology, references to things from computing culture (references to Knights of the Lambda Calculus, Lisp and C programming, and obscure Apple stuff), and even having a room full of crazy computer systems, all seem to fit really well with the Nekochan thing (although unfortunately not much in terms of Unix references).

Other than the animes which are kind of about technology and philosophy, I gravitate toward "slice of life" anime. I like good characters and depth, rather than just fast action and stuff like that. Haibane Renmei is an anime that is a little slow moving and quiet, but deep and thoroughly enjoyable. That anime is really special, and has a lot in common with Serial Experiments Lain, despite having a totally different setting and subject matter.

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Wrote on the subject of Solaris smf at Nov. 25, 2012, 3:34 p.m...

Love SMF, can't wait to start hating my life with systemd on linux. *sigh*.

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