-={ vendredi, janvier 09 2015, 07:15:52 -0800 }=-

Hey Nicholas!

 NB> Well, at the time you were thinking it was only for you.

I still am.  I seriously doubt that anyone will find the idea appealing ...
other than myself.  It was meant to be a single user offlining type dealie. 
However it might make a good premise for a offline "door" like thingy.

 NB> Now it's time to give your baby up for adoption, so to speak. :)

Like I've said, I don't mind sharing.

 NB> JAM, if you would please. Lots of stats programs,

Check out the Husky Project stuff.  No need for any of that when thinking of
enduser offlining type thingies especially if the enduser has access to grep,
sed, tr, fold, etc. on the commandline.  ;-)

Also, speaking for myself, I don't use compression with text files.  I find it
to be more of a hassel then what it is worth.

 NB> I'm going for a good X99 motherboard, and an intel 6-core
 NB> processor.

A bit rich for my personal needs.  I really don't do much with computers where
something like the above would make a difference.  Having said that, I can
think of many fun things to do with a decent server such as farming out
hardware to virtual spaces.

 NB> I'm sure it will wipe the pants off any AMD 8-core processor in
 NB> the making..

Probably.  My experience with Intels and AMD processors have tended to favour
the Intels.

 NB> Yeah, the shitty processor that can't handle virtualization.

Same situation here at the moment.  I am back to using chroot to play with new
ideas for now.

 NB> Wow. What happened to that?

It probably still works but as you say ...

 NB> Though the parts seem to add up more than you can produce new
 NB> machines, for some odd reason.

Exactly.  And on that note, I am liking the octa-core Atom idea.  Farming out
core(s)/memory/nic(s) to virtual space(s) really appeals to me for some strange
reason.  Also it is more cost effective and less power needy than it's more
famous older siblings (ie Xeons).

Life is good,
Maurice

... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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