Yet another analyst's blurb
At the moment there the comment of an UBS analyst is discussed in the usual media outlet: “Oracle May Cut Half of Sun Workers, UBS Analyst Says (Update2)”. Well, i...
links for 2010-01-15
TechTip: Possible savings from SMP Aware Compression Utilities : VirtualGuru (tags: smp compression)
Themen 9. HHOSUG-Meeting
Der Aufruf, sich mit Vorträgen zu beteiligen, lief ja richtig erfolgreich. Keine einzige Antwort. Ich überlege mir, als Strafe das übernächste Mal nur Pizza mit Thunfisch und gekochten Eiern zu...
Scientist fools nude scanner
This is a nice example, why those backscatter airport scanners are not the solution of all problems in airport security. The interesting part starts at 18:05 of this video available...
Dissecting a TCO study
There are lies, obvious nonsense and this TCO study. Or to say it differently: Sometimes there are studies having an obvious bias, maybe introduced by the people that ordered that...
links for 2010-01-13
Aussichtslos, selbstmoerderisch, unverschaemt - Stefan Niggemeier (tags: internet journalismus medienwandel abendblatt hamburg)
More information regarding the M3000 speedbump
The frequency of the cpu in the M3000 just rised by 9 percent, but Sun claimed 23% more performance? Well … it’s not just the processor frequency that was improved...
2114 Subscribers
Yet another coffee for Local. c0t0d0s0.org has more than 2100 subscribers now.
Opensolaris Community Edition Build 130
With the Build 130 the final build of the Solaris Express Community Edition(SXCE) was announced today. Just to make it clear: It’s just the distribution that found it’s end today,...
Speedbump for the M3000
The Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 got an speed bump. It’s now available with 2.75 GHz as announced by this press release.
links for 2010-01-11
Elektrischer Reporter - Phase II - Erwachsenenunterhaltung: Nichts Neues im Nacktprogramm? (tags: medien) Metaquotes - Pulp Fiction, as performed by the King's Men (tags: shakespeare humor funny literature language humour...
Hamburch ...
“Nichts ist so beständig wie die ständige Veränderung”, “Planung heisst den Zufall durch den Irrtum zu ersetzen” … es gibt eine Vielzahl ähnlicher Grundsätze im Leben. Und genau das ist...
dd is not a benchmark
dd was never a reasonable benchmark, albeit people were using this tools as one. Lisa Noordergraaf wrote an interesting article explaining why dd is an especially bad choice for benchmarking...
links for 2010-01-10
Steviosid – Wikipedia (tags: suessstoff) 23 Brilliant Logos With Hidden Messages | The Roxor | Design blog for resources and inspiration (tags: design advertising graphics logo inspiration)
Sneak Preview of the IPMP chapter
Just in case you are wondering why there are no new blog entries this weekend: I’m working on the IPMP chapter for the LKSF pdf. You can download a sneak...
Gleich morgens ....
Genauso lieb sind mir ja jene Menschen, die einen Wagon betreten, uns sich beim Anblick der “bahn.comfort”-Zeichen erstmal darüber echauffieren, es gäbe Menschen 1. und 2. Klasse in der 2....
links for 2010-01-08
Schneekatastrophe in Norddeutschland 1978 – Wikipedia (tags: schnee) Admin mourning - xkcd.com (tags: xkcd funny)
VRRP for Opensolaris
A recent code putback remembered me of writing about a small feature that found it’s integration into Opensolaris Build 129. It’s the VRRP service - or in it’s long form:...
PSARC/2009/685 - Basic Network Privilege
At the end of the last year, an interesting case found its way into the ARC process: PSARC/2009/685 Basic Network Privilege. This privilege would control the ability of a process...
links for 2010-01-07
Flying With Fish - In-Flight Theft : How Thieves Go Unnoticed On Planes (tags: aviation) Goettliche Komoedie (Streckfuss 1876)/Paradiso - Wikisource (tags: dante) Goettliche Komoedie (Streckfuss 1876)/Purgatorio - Wikisource (tags:...