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[GNHLUG] Seacoast/UNH/Durham/SLUG - Mon 14 Sep - KDE Plasmoids in Python

Who : Rob Anderson What : KDE Plasmoids in Python Date : Mon 14 Sep 2009 Time : 7 PM to 9 PM Where: Room 301, Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH The KDE desktop previously used an application called SuperKaramba to place active widgets on the KDE Desktop. In KDE 4 they moved to new framework that suppo

Re: Packing/unpacking binary data in C - doubles, 64 bits

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:16 PM, wrote: > I think I may have been responsible for 90% of the message > traffic for the last couple of months. But it's been an informative couple of months! :) >> The network node does the math real fast but is I/O poor. > > As for I/O, I have a mere 1Gbit/sec

Re: Packing/unpacking binary data in C - doubles, 64 bits

Kevin D. Clark wrote: > 1: If I were you, I would start using datatypes like uint64_t and > int32_t in your protocol code. > > I'll try to do that. > 2: Typically, binary stuff is sent over the network in "network byte > order" and network byte order is big-endian. This statement is not > un

Re: great big gobs of RAM and piles of cores to boot

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote: > How many DomU's? At some point you might stretch the Xen network bridge > (before you have any core# issues). > Good thought, but I don't think I'll have an issue there. I'm looking at less than 50 DomUs spread across 3-5 Dom0s. Still, it

Re: Hardware Available

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, TARogue wrote: > I have the following old hardware I need to get out of my house. Some of > it is even still worth money, but I just need it gone. > Update 0.1 - Remove KVM and Thinkpad - Add Acer Extensa 368D Acer Extensa 368D Pentium MMX 586 48 MB RAM 3 GB HDD Ecrix/Exa

Re: Packing/unpacking binary data in C - doubles, 64 bits

gnhlug-discuss-boun...@mail.gnhlug.org wrote on 09/09/2009 03:28:04 PM: > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Kevin D. Clark > wrote: > > 4: Sending binary doubles over the wire can be very complicated. > > Do tell. :) > > > 5: If at all possible, consider encoding your protocol in ASCII text

Re: Packing/unpacking binary data in C - doubles, 64 bits

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Kevin D. Clark wrote: > 4:  Sending binary doubles over the wire can be very complicated. Do tell. :) > 5:  If at all possible, consider encoding your protocol in ASCII text > rather than sending binary stuff on the wire. I know from past discussions (maybe

Re: [OT] Generator testing

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > I worked at a facility that did not have a backup generator but did have > 2 separate power lines from 2 different power companies. Of course that > does not help when the grid fails. There's usually a single-point-of-failure. Within the

Re: Packing/unpacking binary data in C - doubles, 64 bits

1: If I were you, I would start using datatypes like uint64_t and int32_t in your protocol code. 2: Typically, binary stuff is sent over the network in "network byte order" and network byte order is big-endian. This statement is not universally agreed to -- in fact I used to work at a shop whe

Re: [OT] Generator testing

I worked at a facility that did not have a backup generator but did have 2 separate power lines from 2 different power companies. Of course that does not help when the grid fails. Jerry signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnhlug-d

Hardware Available

I have the following old hardware I need to get out of my house. Some of it is even still worth money, but I just need it gone. Ecrix/Exabyte VXA-1e Tape Backup SCSI Connector, Install CD, and 1 tape included. Belkin OmniView SE 4 port KVM Switch + 3 cable sets Zoom 56k Dual mode external modem

Re: great big gobs of RAM and piles of cores to boot

On 09/08/2009 05:01 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: > I'm spec-ing some blades for virtualization of our production systems > and I just want to check with the masses (that's you all) about any > known issues with Linux, Xen, or Ubuntu Hardy Server when it comes to up > to 24 cores and as much as 256GB of

Re: [OT] Generator testing

Ben Scott wrote: > I know many UPSes don't like the output from some generators, for > example -- they stay on battery (which runs down and then drops the > load). So I know just going to Home Depot and buying something off > the shelf is probabbly a bad idea. But I wouldn't know what to look > f

Re: [OT] Generator testing

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Hewitt_Tech wrote: > When I was in the Army Signal Core I worked > at communications facilities that used battery strings (48V) that > provided station power by feeding very large inverters. That's similar how US commercial telco COs (central offices) do things.

Re: [OT] Generator testing

Tom Buskey wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:30 AM, Jerry Feldman > wrote: > > On 09/08/2009 10:18 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > > FWIW, I find this topic fascinating, and quite possibly of interest > > to my professional career, so I'd like to hear the stories

Re: [OT] Generator testing

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:30 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > On 09/08/2009 10:18 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > > FWIW, I find this topic fascinating, and quite possibly of interest > > to my professional career, so I'd like to hear the stories, too. :) > > > > We have a lab where I am that was killing a ha

Re: [OT] Generator testing

On 09/08/2009 10:18 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > FWIW, I find this topic fascinating, and quite possibly of interest > to my professional career, so I'd like to hear the stories, too. :) > One war story. I was a programmer at Burger King a number of years ago (assembler on PDP-8 BTW). We had 2 dies