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pseydtonneHe wakes up to find the news that he's being held hostage. He goes to work as usual. The whole time you're watching the sketch, you figure it's just their regular silliness. Once he pays his ransom ($3000 Canadian, all in $2 bills), he is free -- and begins soaring through the air.
I feel a little like that right now. I had no idea that some little things were holding me back from an enjoyable project.
I finished turning the Eggplant Toaster into a fresh Windows 2000 box last night. I gave the box to my coworker Dave, who also thought it was a darling little machine. I am now free of two computers and will soon be free of a third. In turn, I have the parts for a dual 500 MHz Celeron Linux box (oh wait, the power supply may be too weak). This box may not wind up being for my personal use as it could be a mail server for a burgeoning business in Lexington.
I began some research about Linux distros that are most suited to SMP (symmetric multi-processing, or having more than one CPU). Linux has supported SMP for a few years, but a few generous companies (IBM, mostly) have improved the performance. IBM has a long-standing grudge with Microsoft and a long enough memory to get revenge. I'd go on about the lawsuits that have come from this, but that would be even less interesting.
I want to compare compile stats and sundry from two 500 MHz celerons to my 1.3 GHz celeron using the same cache and instructions. I want to know raw numbers first-hand. Then I want to make meowing sounds. Meow, for example.
Now I can really learn something about system administration. I would like to compare the results from the dual chips to a single, newer machine. I'll let you know how it goes. My wings are opening.
-last trick turned rough, Dante
I feel a little like that right now. I had no idea that some little things were holding me back from an enjoyable project.
I finished turning the Eggplant Toaster into a fresh Windows 2000 box last night. I gave the box to my coworker Dave, who also thought it was a darling little machine. I am now free of two computers and will soon be free of a third. In turn, I have the parts for a dual 500 MHz Celeron Linux box (oh wait, the power supply may be too weak). This box may not wind up being for my personal use as it could be a mail server for a burgeoning business in Lexington.
I began some research about Linux distros that are most suited to SMP (symmetric multi-processing, or having more than one CPU). Linux has supported SMP for a few years, but a few generous companies (IBM, mostly) have improved the performance. IBM has a long-standing grudge with Microsoft and a long enough memory to get revenge. I'd go on about the lawsuits that have come from this, but that would be even less interesting.
I want to compare compile stats and sundry from two 500 MHz celerons to my 1.3 GHz celeron using the same cache and instructions. I want to know raw numbers first-hand. Then I want to make meowing sounds. Meow, for example.
Now I can really learn something about system administration. I would like to compare the results from the dual chips to a single, newer machine. I'll let you know how it goes. My wings are opening.
-last trick turned rough, Dante
