Reading null's journal

I'm putting this in my journal because it's not of too much public interest. :-) If you were having trouble reaching NAO today from 11:15-12:20 GMT (coincidentally, my lunch break), it was because of a server upgrade on short notice. Everything should be back to normal now.

This is what NAO's new home looks like from the outside.

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

This is what NAO's new home looks like from the outside.

Wow, where do you got this new stylish machine from?

"Sie wollen nichts anderes. Sie wollen kämpfen! Sie sind Soldaten! Fucking Wahnsinnige!" - Noel G.

Clicky :-)

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

Hmm... wasn't it expensive? ;)

"Sie wollen nichts anderes. Sie wollen kämpfen! Sie sind Soldaten! Fucking Wahnsinnige!" - Noel G.

Not really.

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

Computer upgrades aren't really that expensive anymore, unless you plan to upgrade a super-computer.

At the most, all you need is to spend $800 to purchase a new light-weight server, which isn't all that expensive anymore. You still need the operating system, but Netalive should easily run on a Linux or BSD box without problem.

For a heavier server, the needed addition would be a single Gigabit network card which can be expensive - $200 for a 1000 Base T, to $800 for a fiber-optic cable. You shouldn't need anything more than the 1000 Base T for a server on the class of Netalive.

but Netalive should easily run on a Linux or BSD box without problem.

As a matter of fact, it is an ordinary x86 (Athlon) box with FreeBSD on it. I also use it as my internet router, in-house file server and web development machine. For my purposes CPU power is way less important than storage space - even with NAO it's hard to get load averages above 0.05, but the HDDs are always close to being full.

You shouldn't need anything more than the 1000 Base T for a server on the class of Netalive.

Whoah, what kind of traffic do you expect? :-P

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

Definitely stylish, congrats! :) By the way, why is the screen on the ground, I don't understand? :P

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

That's because the server (and consequently, the monitor) is located in my living room. The whole thing looks like this. :-)

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

Nice... is that yellow flower real or fake made in plastic? ;)
You have a cute livingroom :)

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

I'm afraid to say it's fake ;)
Maybe in summer there will be a genuine sunflower in a even nicer livingroom ;)

BTW, congrats to your new avatar! :)

"Sie wollen nichts anderes. Sie wollen kämpfen! Sie sind Soldaten! Fucking Wahnsinnige!" - Noel G.

You have a cute livingroom

Do you say that judging from the mess in my TV chest, or did you see the rest of the room, too? :-)
Thanks anyway. :-)
And yes, the flower is fake. There's only one real plant in my apartment.

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

There's only one real plant in my apartment.

That's really a nice ficus benjamin! I love those plants. But... now I am wondering... that name that I see in the url... charlie... is it the name of your plant?! Did you actually name a plant Charlie?!

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

Did you actually name a plant Charlie?!

Come on... I need to have some way of referring to it. :-P

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

I am ashamed to admit that between my mother and myself we'd kill that poor plant. Not having a green thumb runs rampant in my immediate family. Though all the extended family excells at gardening.

--Jami

You fail it.