@scottalanmiller said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

@PenguinWrangler said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

I do all my virtualization with Xen or KVM so I hope they bring out some bigger chips that are still lower cost than Intel.

Hypervisor is not a factor. It's Windows that has the licensing. Hyper-V and VMware have no core limits or licensing either. But any Windows on top, that's what gets you.

So if you are 100% Linux, then you don't have to worry about this.

You are correct, I wasn't clear. I do KVM and Xen and all my servers I have virtualized are a Linux distro of some flavor. I hope that AMD doesn't hold back making bigger chips than 8 cores because of the Windows Licensing sweet spot is what I was trying to infer. Need more coffee....

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@coliver Are people still actively using IE? Even on servers if I required a web browser I would never use IE.

Some of our clients require that we use IE to access their billing system where we submit our invoices to them.

@dafyre Remote part of the Amazon? Jamaica is small can't flee if need be.

Thank you. You see these names and unless you heard it pronounce correctly how else are you going to know how to pronounce them. I have a auditory disorder and have an extremely hard time sounding words out. I always try to look this stuff up before I talk to someone about it. Even then a lot of times I have to be careful not to mispronounce it just because my brain and tongue seem to be fighting each other.

@dafyre said in Microsoft Abandons Windows 10 Mobile:

@nadnerb said in Microsoft Abandons Windows 10 Mobile:

Microsoft doesn't have a "cool" factor about them. That, I believe, is their biggest problem. One that they must address going forward.

I think you could be onto something here. That kind of stigmata can be hard to overcome though.

That is where Microsoft always lagged behind Apple, the story behind Apple, imho, is the story of their marketing. Microsoft has had good products, their marketing has just sucked.

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Why are people paying $6 for a bag of human waste?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39409914

Well crap I am loaded if it is $6 bucks a bag........I know how to make mine different colors, would that be premium then?

@scottalanmiller What you say is correct. However, you have to move people in that direction. As of now that business has a need to backup the software on the local machines. When I have clients like this I show them that this is not the best practice and often will say we need to have a roadmap to get them to best practices because that leads to them being able to recover from a disaster. 40% of businesses don't recover after a disaster. I take care of their current need, that data that is stored locally but I work to move them in the right direction. If they don't want to move in the right direction I usually turn the job down.

I think it could be useful. You are working on one project using various programs, if you could have one Window Set for that with all the apps in it, I could use that. Honestly I have a ton of tabs open in Chrome, Server manager open, Hyper-V, Email, AD Computer and Users, etc. I have about three different things I am working on with all of those. Group them each into their own window set. It could be productive and useful.

@dafyre Rufus is awesome

I understand what you are saying. Since NN went into effect in 2015 were there any cases of ISPs throttling content before 2015, causing for the need of NN to be put in place? I don't trust the government to be the watchdog, that honestly is my biggest beef with NN. Just wait till the next time power shifts to the other side then NN will be back. Who is to say that the government wouldn't use NN to shutdown opposition on the net? Trust me I think both parties are corrupt in America, I don't think either one puts the citizens first, they put party first and quite frankly I really don't see much difference between the two parties. I understand your concern and it needs to be addressed, I am always afraid to give more power to the government. I think we are dancing around the issue here, the issue is the fact that ISPs are owned or own themselves content makers for example Comcast owns NBCUniversal. Charter Internet in my area sells Charter Cable TV. If the ISPs just did ISP wouldn't that address a lot of the issues. If ISPs were just truly ISPs then they wouldn't have an incentive to throttle content. I am not against an open and free internet. I am just not sure NN was the best way to go about it. I really think NN was more of taking a sledgehammer to fix something when we needed something more like a surgeon and a scalpel.

This might be a nice setup for an outdoor office.

@NerdyDad Untangle has this exact issue in Citrix Xenserver 6.5 and 7.1, been here before. Was going to virtualize Untangle. It didn't work, so I left it on its own box as it was working fine. Once the need arises for me to get it to work I will tackle it. Reid Cooper hit it on the head the Xen PV kernel is stripped out of Untangle too. Works fine in VMWare, and KVM.

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3024623/google-ditches-ubuntu-for-debian-from-internal-engineering-environment

Can't say that I am shocked over this.

@wirestyle22 I like the industrial look as well. I think you could look at some pre-built sheds and then convert it into the office you want, that would make it easy on you as the base structure would be done once it is in place at your house then all you have to do is decorate it to your tastes. On the outside/inside you could easily add 8 ft Corrugated Galvanized Steel to give it an industrial look For me I would look at one that had a garage door, then put in a windowed clear glass garage door. You can get screens that could come down for the rare occasions the weather is cool enough in Texas. 8 ft. Corrugated Galvanized Steel sheets are extremely cheap and you can put them right onto the side of the shed, inside or out as well. On one of the interior walls you could use a faux brick panel to give the interior an accent wall, http://www.homedepot.com/b/Building-Materials-Siding-Stone-Veneer-Faux-Stone/N-5yc1vZc9sr.
I like this desk myself for the interior.

@scottalanmiller said in Smoothwall on XenServer 7.1:

@PenguinWrangler said in Smoothwall on XenServer 7.1:

@NerdyDad Untangle has this exact issue in Citrix Xenserver 6.5 and 7.1, been here before. Was going to virtualize Untangle. It didn't work, so I left it on its own box as it was working fine. Once the need arises for me to get it to work I will tackle it. Reid Cooper hit it on the head the Xen PV kernel is stripped out of Untangle too. Works fine in VMWare, and KVM.

Should, in theory, be able to get it working with HVM. But it still needs drivers.

True, but as it was running fine on the hardware they had. I couldn't justify the time and cost to my client. I honestly want to move them off of Untangle. It is fine but their upgrade process has made me very upset. That though should be an entirely different thread.

Even more important than Coffee preventing cancer: "According to new research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, men who drink the caffeine equivalent of two to three cups of coffee per day are less likely to have erectile dysfunction." Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/26/drink-coffee_n_7423720.html

@JaredBusch More maintenance yes, but I can put up a hedge in my yard cheaper than a fence. I don't need a permit to plant a hedge in my yard....I still like looking at a hedge more than a fence.

@scottalanmiller Oh we have a 1Gpbs connection.

@thwr said in Coffee may cause cancer...:

Still waiting for another breaking headline: "Breathing causes cancer"...

That is old news.