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A previous link of mine, a month ago, was about how it seemed that the half-life of nuclear isotopes seemed to change based on the sun's output. Now others have ruled part of it out. I suspect we're not done with this debate, especially since we need to figure out exactly why some people thought it did change. I do like the quote: “There are always more unknowns in your measurements than you can think of.”
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Moral of the story is: OpenFiler doesn't work as iSCSI storage for VMware. Nor does anything using the IET.
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This is slightly old news, but it's interesting to see a Blackhawk almost wipe out into Lake Tahoe, because they were screwing around. Also, Telstar Logistics is a cool blog.
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"This month, we’re giving away our exclusive e-book, '500 Things You Need to Know to Succeed in Your IT Career,' to every new reader of ZDNet." Just 500? I can handle 1000 or 2000 things. (kidding, this is ridiculous, but I'll probably join and get a copy so I can mock it more later).
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Minimizing complexity is my #1 crusade lately, too. One-offs == bad, and often don't need to be one-offs at all.
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This is worth a separate blog post — people really don't understand how NUMA works (well, shoot, they barely understand how their base OS works, IT people in general need more CS knowledge).
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"It also meant enough logistical challenges to spawn a doctoral dissertation on time management, or homeland security, or Kafka. Setting up magnetometers. Removing all bikes. Establishing a plan for protesters. Banning laptop computers, drink bottles, sharp objects, and bags or purses larger than a sheet of paper. Oh, and portable lavatories. 'Specifically, about the number of porta-potties,' Ms. Martin said. 'There’s a potential difference of opinion of how many will be needed.'" I think it turned out okay, but it needed a bigger venue.
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This is pretty cool. American Family is local to Madison, WI, where I'm at, and it's nice to see them moving forward into social networking. Being part of the conversation online is a great way to find out how you're doing and fix problems you may not even know you have.
