So, he's reinventing Pick?
Sounds like he's describing Pick.
Posts by mrcreosote
10 publicly visible posts • joined 14 May 2012
Postgres pioneer Michael Stonebraker promises to upend the database once more
Alibaba wants to get you off the PC upgrade treadmill and into its cloud
Polish chap builds computer into a mouse
Wednesday 21st January 2015 04:16 GMT
finally.
Given the preponderance of USB-stick computers out there, the real question is why it took so long for someone to come up with this. And presumably one of the USB ports will be taken up with a receiver for a wireless keyboard.
This seems slightly more practical
http://www.cybernetman.com/en/all-in-one-pc/Keyboard-pc/ZPC-D5
Keep that consumer browser tat away from our software says Oracle
Wednesday 10th September 2014 10:29 GMT
Let me get this straight.
Oracle, a supplier of ENTERPRISE software to ENTERPRISE customers with ENTERPRISE IT departments managing ENTERPRISE desktops, has updated its long-standing position of only supporting the use of the ENTERPRISE version of Firefox for use with its ENTERPRISE business software, by stating ENTERPRISE customers can now use the latest ENTERPRISE version of Firefox with its ENTERPRISE business software. It also continues its long-standing position of not supporting those ENTERPRISE customers trying to use their ENTERPRISE business software with CONSUMER grade Firefox.
Sorry, but I still don't see why that is a problem.
Unless you are aware of ENTERPRISES clamoring to use CONSUMER grade Firefox with their ENTERPRISE systems.
Home lab operators: Ditch your servers ... now!
Wednesday 12th February 2014 09:31 GMT
OK, this isn't a dedicated set up, but I have done the following
HP ProBook 6570b with i7-3520M CPU and 16GB, running OpenSUSE 13.1 and Virtualbox 4.2. Run up 4 VMs - Openfiler, Oracle Linux with Oracle VM Manager, and 2 x Oracle VM Server 3, then within the VM Server cluster a couple of VMs with Oracle Linux
'We don't use UPS. If we did we'd have huge UPSs and tiny computers'
Tuesday 21st January 2014 13:02 GMT
Re: What do UPSes have to do with this?
They are two separate issues.
The facility draws so much power that the required UPS would be HUGE. The extreme temperatures, and consequent load on the electricity grid, meant that power cuts were a real possibility.
The actual issue they ran into which led them into shutting down parts of the facility was that the outside temperature was too high for the chillers to work efficiently, and it ended up leaving too much heat in the coolant system, which in turn meant the computers would not be cooled properly and would overheat.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
