5/1     What's the difference between CS and Computer Engineering?
        http://holykaw.alltop.com/top-ten-paying-degrees-for-college-graduates
        \_ One is science and the other is engineering.
        \_ From http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Computer_science
           'A folkloric quotation ... states that "computer science is no more
           about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."  The design
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3/29    A friend wants a PC (no mac). She doesn't want Dell. Is there a
        good place that can custom build for you (SSD, large RAM, cheap video
        card--no game)?
        \_ As a side note: back in my Cal days more than two decades ago when
           having a 387SX made me the only person with floating-point hardware,
           most machines were custom built.
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1/4     I want to test how my servers behave during a disk failure and
        a RAID reconstruction so I want to simulate a hardware failure.
        How can I do this in Linux without having to physically pull
        a drive? These disks are behind a RAID card and run Linux. -ausman
        \_ According to the Linux RAID wiki, you might be able to use mdadm
           to do this with something like the following:
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11/27   CalMail has been down for a few days (hardware failure and database
        corruption -- sounds like fun!) and is starting to come back online.
        Looks like they're planning to outsource all campus mail to either
        Google Apps or Microsoft 365 as part of Operational Excellence.
        <DEAD>kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?externalID=2915<DEAD>
        \_ http://ist.berkeley.edu/ciocalmailupdates/november-30-2011
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9/13    Thanks to Jordan, our disk server is no longer virtualized. Our long
        nightmare of poor IO performance should hopefully be over. Prepare for
        another long nightmare of poor hardware reliability!
        ...
        Just kidding! (I hope)
        In any case, this means that cooler was taken out back and shot, and
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7/1     Does anyone have good info, either published or anecdotal, about
        SSD failure rates. I am seeing an alaarmingly high failure rate
        in Enterprise applications at scale. -anonymous coward
        \_ http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/05/the-hot-crazy-solid-state-drive-scale.html
           http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/213442/solid_state_drives_no_better_than_others_survey_says.html
           http://www.hardware.fr/articles/810-6/taux-pannes-composants.html
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2/14    You sure soda isn't running windows in disguise?  It would explain the
        uptimes.
        \_ hardly, My winbox stays up longer.
        \_ Nobody cares about uptime anymore brother, that's what web2.0 has
           taught us.  Everything is "stateless".
           \_ You;d think gamers would care more about uptime.
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7/23    Internet's first router:
        http://www.wimp.com/firstrouter
        \_ Wow!  And the first VoIP phone!  Notice that the fans on that
           hardware look just like the fans these days.
           \_ I'm typing on an IBM Clicky Clacky Keyboard.
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5/6     Syzygryd Salon at Grey Area Foundation For the Arts Friday, May 14:
        http://www.syzygryd.com/2010/syzygryd-salon-at-gaffta-on-fri-may-14th
        Come learn more about the Syzygryd project, and play with the hardware
        and software we'll be demoing.  Also, we're doing a kickstarter to
        help fund our flame effects:
        http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fire/syzygryd
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5/6     Syzygryd Salon at GAFFTA on Friday, May 14th:
        http://www.syzygryd.com/2010/syzygryd-salon-at-gaffta-on-fri-may-14th
        It's a great opportunity to learn more about the project, and a chance
        to play with some of the hardware and software we'll be demoing.
        -dans
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