KatTran - Slashdot User

Comment yes (Score 1) 370

by KatTran on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @08:57PM (#28630791) Attached to: Small, High-Resolution LCD Monitors?

You are already killing your desk space now with a 17" CRT. Any flat panel you get will give you so much more space than the CRT.

You have learned the dirty little secret of flat panel monitors; 19" monitors are the same as 17" monitors, but with bigger pixels. It is sad that this extends into the wide screen monitors as well, because a 19" wide is only 1440 x 900.

So, buy a 20" wide monitor. The Dell one does 1680 x 1050. I know it will take way less depth than the CRT, and I'm guessing that it will actually be smaller in all dimensions than the current monitor you have.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=biz&cs=555&sku=320-6523

Best eSATA JBOD? 210

Posted by timothy on Monday June 22, 2009 @05:44PM from the throwing-it-out-there dept.

redlandmover writes "I already have an HP Media Server (upgraded processor, and memory) that has already been upgraded internally to 3.5TB. I'm sure everyone already has their favorite backup solution (RAID, WHS, a billion external hard drives, etc). My question is: what is the best JBOD (Just a Bunch of Drives), eSATA-connected, external hard drive enclosure? (Preferably, at least 4 drives.)"

Comment Re:it is not the "largest evel launched into space (Score 2, Informative) 84

by KatTran on Monday June 15, 2009 @07:01PM (#28341947) Attached to: Herschel Space Telescope Opens For the First Time

It is actually the largest telescope every launched into space. It has a larger mirror than Hubble. It is also true that it is the largest infrared telescope launched into space, but then a square is also a rectangle.

Build an Open Source SSL Accelerator 136

Posted by timothy on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @04:24PM from the macguyver-it-up dept.

Amin Zelfani writes "SSL accelerators like Big-IP 6900 from F5 Networks typically carry a $50k or more price tag. An article over at o3magazine.com shows you how to build an SSL accelerator that's on par with the commercial solutions, using Open Source projects. SSL Accelerators offload the encryption / decryption process from web servers, reducing load and reducing the number of certificates needed."

Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? 1397

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 02, 2009 @07:20PM from the just-no-more-muppets-please dept.

jfruhlinger writes "If you use a Unix machine, it probably has a funny name. And if you work in an environment where there are multiple Unix machines, they probably have funny names that are variations on a theme. No, you're not the only one! This article explores the phenomenon, showing that even the CIA uses a whimsical server naming scheme." What are some of your best (worst?) naming schemes?

Comment Re:!freeware (Score 1) 63

by KatTran on Thursday October 02, 2008 @10:07AM (#25232455) Attached to: Perfecting a Tron Game

It is released under the GPL version 2, which last time I checked is pretty much the definition of "free software". It is a free as in speech, free as in beer, and free as in free software free.

Clicking on the "About" or "Download" pages on http://www.armagetronad.net/ will clearly show you that it is free.

Free! Free I say!

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