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Detecting power failure

by Tal Cohen

Hi Guys, I have a question about detecting power failures in Linux. I have an Intel server sitting in a datacenter. It is running Crux 2.1 (a 2.6 kernel). It is a 2U server with 2 power supplies. Does anyone know if I can detect when 1 of the power supplies fails? Thanks, Tal

Aug. 2, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Anybody want a really cheap computer?

by Klein, Richard

> kstratton(a)fastmail.us wrote: > > The decPIC does look interesting at the advertised price > point, but I > > think the price is high when shipping is added. The kicker for me is video. I thought this would be just the thing to send to my sister in Georgia, because all she really needs is email and web access (and maybe basic word processing). You wouldn't initially think video performance would really matter there, but then I think of all the times people email links to videos and whatnot, and it would be really irritating to not be able to see what the person's linking to. One of the end-user reviews I found on the web said that the PIC is really too slow for video, managing only single-digit frames per second. The USB 1.1 is also a bit of a downer, but not as much of a deal-breaker for me. -- Rich

Aug. 1, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Anybody want a really cheap computer?

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 kstratton(a)fastmail.us wrote: > The decPIC does look interesting at the advertised price point, but I > think the price is high when shipping is added. Approximately $37 for > shipping + $99 adds up to about $136. With the four for the price of 3 > special, the cost was was about $56 for shipping + $297. > > I suspect that this high shipping cost also would apply to warranty > returns as well, significantly decreasing the value of the implied 30 > day warranty. > > I know this topic is a littel old, but I wanted to add my 2 cents. I just sent email to the company complaining about the shipping cost. They claim the package is 8 lbs but there still no way (IMHO) that it should cost around $40 to ship it. It is a little better when one buys four at a time (assuming you divide the shipping by your other three friends). I checked eBay, there aren't any out there (yet). There will be someday. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGsFKYHl0iXDssISsRAhXoAJ9/Ls3c7BeWyMOrosgDPK7phlX9xQCfeGWv CLPI9T8ScX1vUL04+eAyO0M= =NDL6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Aug. 1, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Anybody want a really cheap computer?

by kstratton＠fastmail.us

The decPIC does look interesting at the advertised price point, but I think the price is high when shipping is added. Approximately $37 for shipping + $99 adds up to about $136. With the four for the price of 3 special, the cost was was about $56 for shipping + $297. I suspect that this high shipping cost also would apply to warranty returns as well, significantly decreasing the value of the implied 30 day warranty. I know this topic is a littel old, but I wanted to add my 2 cents. -- kstratton(a)fastmail.us

Aug. 1, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Programming position at UMass CS

by Andre Lehovich

> I'm paranoid, and a lot of spam comes from co.uk....I'm not saying it's not > authentic, it just strikes me as odd. Hanna hacks on Debian and also does AI research. I'd guess the post is authentic. The LUG is always scrambling for presenters. Hanna, if you're now local, maybe you could dust off your Debconf talk on how one joins the Debian project? --Andre ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz

July 30, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Programming position at UMass CS

by Eric Martin

I'm paranoid, and a lot of spam comes from co.uk....I'm not saying it's not authentic, it just strikes me as odd. On 7/29/07, Ritacco, Alan <Alan.Ritacco(a)umassmed.edu> wrote: > > If I was a betting man, which I am not, I would guess this is a > student/researcher/post doc who is using an personal address b/c of the > summer. I could be incorrect though. > > Al > > ------------------------------ > *From:* wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org on behalf of Eric Martin > *Sent:* Sun 7/29/2007 4:53 PM > *To:* Worcester Linux Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [Wlug] Programming position at UMass CS > > Why is this coming from somebody with a .uk domain? > > On 7/27/07, Hanna M. Wallach <hmw26(a)cam.ac.uk> wrote: > > > > ========================================== > > Software Engineer in Information Extraction and Synthesis Laboratory > > at UMass. > > > > Work with computer science researchers and other software engineers to > > revolutionize search over research literature and patents. See our > > preliminary web portal for computer science researchers at > > http://rexa.info/faq, and read relevant publications at > > http://www.cs.umass.edu/~mccallum/papers<http://www.cs.umass.edu/%7Emccallum/papers> > > . > > > > Open source tools: Linux, Java, MySQL, Apache, ... > > > > Modern methods: Test-driven development using the Java/Spring > > framework. Feature-rich, Ajax-based web interfaces. > > > > Intellectually stimulating: Learn about cutting edge methods in > > machine learning, information extraction, web search, data mining, > > social network analysis. > > > > Serious hardware platforms: 100-CPU cluster, 10Tb disk, fast servers > > and desktops. > > > > Challenging work: Not cookie-cutter programming. Integrate with > > machine learning methods; program for high parallelism; devise > > algorithms for massive scalability. High creativity, intelligence, > > experience, and independent drive required. > > > > Experienced colleagues: Former VP R&D 170-person startup, extensive > > professional software engineering experience on the team. > > > > Tuition Benefits: Take UMass Amherst courses while working. > > Opportunities to publish research papers, if desired. > > > > True search: No internal candidate. > > > > Excellent follow-on prospects: Several others from the lab later got > > job offers from Google, Yahoo, IBM, Microsoft. (We want someone > > interested in staying multiple years, though.) > > > > Time off: Five weeks vacation and personal time, plus 13 holidays each > > year. > > > > Gorgeous location: Amherst, MA: bucolic surroundings plus active > > culture. Smith, Holyoke, Hampshire and Amherst Colleges all in the > > neighborhood. Office with window. > > > > > > ================================================ > > Rexa: http://rexa.info (create free login) > > > > Rexa is a digital library covering the computer science research > > literature and the people who create it. Rexa is a sibling to Google > > Scholar, CiteSeer and the ACM Portal. It's chief enhancement is that > > Rexa knows about more first-class, de-duplicated, cross-referenced > > object types: not only papers and their citation links, but also > > people, grants, topics---and in the near future universities, > > conferences, journals, research communities, and more. > > > > Rexa currently provides: > > * Keyword search on over 7 million papers (mostly in computer science) > > * Cross-linked pages for papers, authors, topics and NSF grants > > * Browsing by citations, authors, co-authors, cited authors, citing > > authors; (find who cites you most by clicking "Citing authors" on > > your home page) > > * Web-2.0-style "tagging" to bookmark papers > > * Automatically-gathered contact info and photos of author's faces > > * Analysis of research topics, their impact, and how they relate. > > > > Coming soon: > > * Much improved coverage of recent CS papers (it's somewhat weak now) > > * Ability to make corrections to extracted data > > > > Coming later: > > * Improved ranking, extraction and co-reference accuracy > > * Much more data mining > > * Broader coverage of more research fields > > > > Rather than seeing our siblings as competitors, we believe that such > > services are like "newspapers for the research community", and, just > > as it is tremendously important that there is not solely one national > > newspaper, we think there should be many such services. This is > > especially true since increasingly they will do more than simply > > supply raw information, but also provide subjective analysis, pattern > > discovery, and predictions. > > > > Rexa acts as driving application and showcase for our research in > > machine learning, natural language processing, information extraction, > > entity resolution, trend analysis and social network analysis. We aim > > to revolutionize the progress of science by providing new tools to > > help scientists do their job more effectively. > > > > > > ============================================ > > Official Job Posting: > > > > The Information Extraction and Synthesis Laboratory within the Center > > for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR) at the University of > > Massachusetts Amherst is seeking computer professionals to support its > > expanding research. > > > > The Software Engineers will design, implement, and maintain software > > systems. Both positions require experience with programming in Java or > > C++ and with building software systems, web-based systems experience > > is a plus. Experience preferred in Unix, Network, shell script > > programming and one or more of the following: information retrieval, > > natural language processing, text and information extraction > > processing, and database systems. > > > > Software Engineer 1: B.S. in computer science or related field, or > > equivalent combination of education, training and experience, plus 2-4 > > years experience or equivalent. M.S. preferred. Hiring Range: $39,200 > > - $55,400. Respond to Search #R25014. > > > > Senior Software Engineer: M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent and > > 2-4 years of related work experience. Demonstrated leadership ability > > required; project management experience preferred. Hiring Range: > > $47,600 - $65,000. Respond to Search #R26907. > > > > To apply, send a letter with your resume and three letters of > > recommendation to: Search {# from above}, Computer Science Department, > > University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9264. These positions > > are grant-funded; renewal beyond one year contingent upon continued > > funding. Review of applications will continue until the available > > positions are filled. > > > > The University of Massachusetts is an Affirmative Action/Equal > > Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups are > > encouraged to apply. > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

July 30, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Programming position at UMass CS

by Ritacco, Alan

If I was a betting man, which I am not, I would guess this is a student/researcher/post doc who is using an personal address b/c of the summer. I could be incorrect though. Al ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org on behalf of Eric Martin Sent: Sun 7/29/2007 4:53 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Programming position at UMass CS Why is this coming from somebody with a .uk domain? On 7/27/07, Hanna M. Wallach <hmw26(a)cam.ac.uk> wrote: ========================================== Software Engineer in Information Extraction and Synthesis Laboratory at UMass. Work with computer science researchers and other software engineers to revolutionize search over research literature and patents. See our preliminary web portal for computer science researchers at http://rexa.info/faq, and read relevant publications at http://www.cs.umass.edu/~mccallum/papers. Open source tools: Linux, Java, MySQL, Apache, ... Modern methods: Test-driven development using the Java/Spring framework. Feature-rich, Ajax-based web interfaces. Intellectually stimulating: Learn about cutting edge methods in machine learning, information extraction, web search, data mining, social network analysis. Serious hardware platforms: 100-CPU cluster, 10Tb disk, fast servers and desktops. Challenging work: Not cookie-cutter programming. Integrate with machine learning methods; program for high parallelism; devise algorithms for massive scalability. High creativity, intelligence, experience, and independent drive required. Experienced colleagues: Former VP R&D 170-person startup, extensive professional software engineering experience on the team. Tuition Benefits: Take UMass Amherst courses while working. Opportunities to publish research papers, if desired. True search: No internal candidate. Excellent follow-on prospects: Several others from the lab later got job offers from Google, Yahoo, IBM, Microsoft. (We want someone interested in staying multiple years, though.) Time off: Five weeks vacation and personal time, plus 13 holidays each year. Gorgeous location: Amherst, MA: bucolic surroundings plus active culture. Smith, Holyoke, Hampshire and Amherst Colleges all in the neighborhood. Office with window. ================================================ Rexa: http://rexa.info <http://rexa.info/> (create free login) Rexa is a digital library covering the computer science research literature and the people who create it. Rexa is a sibling to Google Scholar, CiteSeer and the ACM Portal. It's chief enhancement is that Rexa knows about more first-class, de-duplicated, cross-referenced object types: not only papers and their citation links, but also people, grants, topics---and in the near future universities, conferences, journals, research communities, and more. Rexa currently provides: * Keyword search on over 7 million papers (mostly in computer science) * Cross-linked pages for papers, authors, topics and NSF grants * Browsing by citations, authors, co-authors, cited authors, citing authors; (find who cites you most by clicking "Citing authors" on your home page) * Web-2.0-style "tagging" to bookmark papers * Automatically-gathered contact info and photos of author's faces * Analysis of research topics, their impact, and how they relate. Coming soon: * Much improved coverage of recent CS papers (it's somewhat weak now) * Ability to make corrections to extracted data Coming later: * Improved ranking, extraction and co-reference accuracy * Much more data mining * Broader coverage of more research fields Rather than seeing our siblings as competitors, we believe that such services are like "newspapers for the research community", and, just as it is tremendously important that there is not solely one national newspaper, we think there should be many such services. This is especially true since increasingly they will do more than simply supply raw information, but also provide subjective analysis, pattern discovery, and predictions. Rexa acts as driving application and showcase for our research in machine learning, natural language processing, information extraction, entity resolution, trend analysis and social network analysis. We aim to revolutionize the progress of science by providing new tools to help scientists do their job more effectively. ============================================ Official Job Posting: The Information Extraction and Synthesis Laboratory within the Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is seeking computer professionals to support its expanding research. The Software Engineers will design, implement, and maintain software systems. Both positions require experience with programming in Java or C++ and with building software systems, web-based systems experience is a plus. Experience preferred in Unix, Network, shell script programming and one or more of the following: information retrieval, natural language processing, text and information extraction processing, and database systems. Software Engineer 1: B.S. in computer science or related field, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience, plus 2-4 years experience or equivalent. M.S. preferred. Hiring Range: $39,200 - $55,400. Respond to Search #R25014. Senior Software Engineer: M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent and 2-4 years of related work experience. Demonstrated leadership ability required; project management experience preferred. Hiring Range: $47,600 - $65,000. Respond to Search #R26907. To apply, send a letter with your resume and three letters of recommendation to: Search {# from above}, Computer Science Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9264. These positions are grant-funded; renewal beyond one year contingent upon continued funding. Review of applications will continue until the available positions are filled. The University of Massachusetts is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 29, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Programming position at UMass CS

by Eric Martin

Why is this coming from somebody with a .uk domain? On 7/27/07, Hanna M. Wallach <hmw26(a)cam.ac.uk> wrote: > > ========================================== > Software Engineer in Information Extraction and Synthesis Laboratory > at UMass. > > Work with computer science researchers and other software engineers to > revolutionize search over research literature and patents. See our > preliminary web portal for computer science researchers at > http://rexa.info/faq, and read relevant publications at > http://www.cs.umass.edu/~mccallum/papers. > > Open source tools: Linux, Java, MySQL, Apache, ... > > Modern methods: Test-driven development using the Java/Spring > framework. Feature-rich, Ajax-based web interfaces. > > Intellectually stimulating: Learn about cutting edge methods in > machine learning, information extraction, web search, data mining, > social network analysis. > > Serious hardware platforms: 100-CPU cluster, 10Tb disk, fast servers > and desktops. > > Challenging work: Not cookie-cutter programming. Integrate with > machine learning methods; program for high parallelism; devise > algorithms for massive scalability. High creativity, intelligence, > experience, and independent drive required. > > Experienced colleagues: Former VP R&D 170-person startup, extensive > professional software engineering experience on the team. > > Tuition Benefits: Take UMass Amherst courses while working. > Opportunities to publish research papers, if desired. > > True search: No internal candidate. > > Excellent follow-on prospects: Several others from the lab later got > job offers from Google, Yahoo, IBM, Microsoft. (We want someone > interested in staying multiple years, though.) > > Time off: Five weeks vacation and personal time, plus 13 holidays each > year. > > Gorgeous location: Amherst, MA: bucolic surroundings plus active > culture. Smith, Holyoke, Hampshire and Amherst Colleges all in the > neighborhood. Office with window. > > > ================================================ > Rexa: http://rexa.info (create free login) > > Rexa is a digital library covering the computer science research > literature and the people who create it. Rexa is a sibling to Google > Scholar, CiteSeer and the ACM Portal. It's chief enhancement is that > Rexa knows about more first-class, de-duplicated, cross-referenced > object types: not only papers and their citation links, but also > people, grants, topics---and in the near future universities, > conferences, journals, research communities, and more. > > Rexa currently provides: > * Keyword search on over 7 million papers (mostly in computer science) > * Cross-linked pages for papers, authors, topics and NSF grants > * Browsing by citations, authors, co-authors, cited authors, citing > authors; (find who cites you most by clicking "Citing authors" on > your home page) > * Web-2.0-style "tagging" to bookmark papers > * Automatically-gathered contact info and photos of author's faces > * Analysis of research topics, their impact, and how they relate. > > Coming soon: > * Much improved coverage of recent CS papers (it's somewhat weak now) > * Ability to make corrections to extracted data > > Coming later: > * Improved ranking, extraction and co-reference accuracy > * Much more data mining > * Broader coverage of more research fields > > Rather than seeing our siblings as competitors, we believe that such > services are like "newspapers for the research community", and, just > as it is tremendously important that there is not solely one national > newspaper, we think there should be many such services. This is > especially true since increasingly they will do more than simply > supply raw information, but also provide subjective analysis, pattern > discovery, and predictions. > > Rexa acts as driving application and showcase for our research in > machine learning, natural language processing, information extraction, > entity resolution, trend analysis and social network analysis. We aim > to revolutionize the progress of science by providing new tools to > help scientists do their job more effectively. > > > ============================================ > Official Job Posting: > > The Information Extraction and Synthesis Laboratory within the Center > for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR) at the University of > Massachusetts Amherst is seeking computer professionals to support its > expanding research. > > The Software Engineers will design, implement, and maintain software > systems. Both positions require experience with programming in Java or > C++ and with building software systems, web-based systems experience > is a plus. Experience preferred in Unix, Network, shell script > programming and one or more of the following: information retrieval, > natural language processing, text and information extraction > processing, and database systems. > > Software Engineer 1: B.S. in computer science or related field, or > equivalent combination of education, training and experience, plus 2-4 > years experience or equivalent. M.S. preferred. Hiring Range: $39,200 > - $55,400. Respond to Search #R25014. > > Senior Software Engineer: M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent and > 2-4 years of related work experience. Demonstrated leadership ability > required; project management experience preferred. Hiring Range: > $47,600 - $65,000. Respond to Search #R26907. > > To apply, send a letter with your resume and three letters of > recommendation to: Search {# from above}, Computer Science Department, > University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9264. These positions > are grant-funded; renewal beyond one year contingent upon continued > funding. Review of applications will continue until the available > positions are filled. > > The University of Massachusetts is an Affirmative Action/Equal > Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups are > encouraged to apply. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 29, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Anybody want a really cheap computer?

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chuck Anderson wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 08:36:37PM -0400, Andy Stewart wrote: >> This company bought the assets to the AMD PIC (personal internet >> computer). They're selling it for $99, or three for $299. > > Wait, so I have to pay a $2 premium for buying three of them? > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > Sorry, its actually $297: https://store.dataevolution.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DT%2D7002 That info will cost you $2... ;-) - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGq2D3Hl0iXDssISsRAkAbAJwKHiIr8h6W+leMc+2LgsqG4PQhZwCgiVe5 3XBnz2Qz00OsIZAo//Fe8rI= =30Vg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

July 28, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Anybody want a really cheap computer?

by Chuck Anderson

On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 08:36:37PM -0400, Andy Stewart wrote: > This company bought the assets to the AMD PIC (personal internet > computer). They're selling it for $99, or three for $299. Wait, so I have to pay a $2 premium for buying three of them?

July 28, 2007