Yup. Buy, build, and borrow are pretty good categories.
But sometimes you _think_ you're buying, but you really end up borrowing
or even building. Other times, you can know and plan on "borrowing" or
"building" even when you buy a proprietary vendor product.
And as Ed mentions, another very
Since this topic came up on the list yesterday, here is an official update.
Roy
Service outage update
On Sunday, May 9, the primary OCLC data center in Dublin lost power during
required internal facilities maintenance activity. OCLC staff worked
diligently to restore services as quickly as possi
At least it wasn't a "totally transparent" UPS test scheduled for the
Thursday of Thanksgiving weekend. My personal philosophy is that every rack
should have its own UPS separate from the data center one, with enough
capacity to keep going through blips,and handle a clean shutdown if
necessary.
Or be like Google, give up on UPSs, and just attached a battery to the DC side
of each server's power supply.
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/04/the-beast-unveiled-inside-a-google-server.ars
On May 10, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Simon Spero wrote:
> At least it wasn't a "totally transparent"
I _believe_ that the OCLC FirstSearch shibboleth server is still down,
for anyone who tries to send their users to FirstSearch via Shibboleth.
Simon Spero wrote:
At least it wasn't a "totally transparent" UPS test scheduled for the
Thursday of Thanksgiving weekend. My personal philosophy is
The unix hackers at the Technion did that to the Vaxen 11/7XXes; didn't
trust the walk-in UPS, because the mainframe and Vax 9000 would drain it to
the dregs. Couldn't do the same thing for the Sun 4/XXX because no source
license.
Up hill, both ways, in the sand.
Simon
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 4
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> I _believe_ that the OCLC FirstSearch shibboleth server is still down, for
> anyone who tries to send their users to FirstSearch via Shibboleth
>
Are you sure you're saying it right?
Simon
Simon Spero wrote:
Of course, the real problem is that too many people are writing unoptimized
code in energy-inefficient languages like ruby and PHP, which require far
more servers, and far more cooling, to do the same work as properly written
code.
No, the real problem is with trolls sendi
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 06:59, stuart yeates wrote:
> No, the real problem is with trolls sending flamebait.
Friggin' AMEEN!
Alex
--
Project Wrangler, SOA, Information Alchemist, UX, RESTafarian, Topic Maps
--- http://shelter.nu/blog/ --
Writing code in "energy efficient" languages is the funniest thing
I've heard in a while. It ranks up there with setting my desktop
wallpaper to black because "it uses less energy."
More servers are required because more people are writing webapps
because Ruby and PHP make it easier for mor
... people took Simon's comment seriously?
C'mon, failsters. Stop making it so easy.
-Mike
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 18:49, Andrew Hankinson
wrote:
> Writing code in "energy efficient" languages is the funniest thing I've
> heard in a while. It ranks up there with setting my desktop wallpaper
Michael J. Giarlo wrote:
> ... people took Simon's comment seriously?
Language is a funny thing ; some times the things that are being said
is taken seriously. And the script-haters are spread far and wide, so
there was no reason not to take him seriously. Should the default be
not to take anyone
> Is there even a C webapp framework available?
C is for wussy. Real hombres only need assembly.
ahem, y mujeres sir!!
- Original Message -
From: Kyle Banerjee
Date: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:18 pm
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC Service Outage Update
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Is there even a C webapp framework available?
>
>
> C is for wussy. Real hombres only need assembly.
>
That had occurred to me. However, they tend not to participate in p*ssing
contests (i.e. they're less inclined to do dumb things than guys) so they
weren't listed.
But this is a big tent where all are welcome :)
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Lynne Lysiak wrote:
> ahem, y mujeres sir!!
>
> --
On 11 May 2010 14:19, Kyle Banerjee wrote:
> That had occurred to me. However, they tend not to participate in p*ssing
> contests (i.e. they're less inclined to do dumb things than guys) so they
> weren't listed.
Oh wow, want a shovel to help dig you out of the gross generalisations hole?
Chris
>
>
> Oh wow, want a shovel to help dig you out of the gross generalisations
> hole?
>
>
Nah -- I'm totally secure in my idiocy.
If I really step in it, I'll get loads of hate mail. If I'm really unlucky
and it takes on a life of it's own, I may even be forced to issue a
groveling public apology.
About 40 of us were in Kingston, ON last Friday for Code4Lib North. It
was a great day! I had a really good time and I hope everyone else did
too.
Thursday there were about twenty people hanging out in the afternoon, and
most went off for dinner and some ended up at the Sleepless Goat for
d
After poking around, it seems that there is: Wt (http://www.webtoolkit.eu/wt).
After looking through the source of the Hello World example[1], I'm not sure
why anyone would go through the trouble, but then again, I feel that way about
a lot of lower-level compiled languages.
-Sean
[1] http://
Kyle Banerjee wrote:
Is there even a C webapp framework available?
C is for wussy. Real hombres only need assembly.
...and assembly is for people who can't face a row of toggle switches,
which are in turn a crutch for people who can't handle a single toggle
switch and an input button, wh
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