You have two switches and you’re thinking that you’ll use the GBIC from your old switch on you new switch. You have an Xsan and you have a bunch of GBICs laying around and you want to know if they’ll work. You have a fiber run and you want to use a transceiver. Etc. This is a tricky question. The GBICs should all work. The general rule of thumb though is, if you use the same GBIC on both ends then you shouldn’t have a problem. But, it’s also important that (for whatever reason) some manufacturers do require certain GBICs either to actually interface or just to support an interface.
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My Next Book
It’s official, my next book will be on Mac OS X Security!!! Look for it in bookstores near you. 😉
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Phi Kappa Theta Online Store
Even the national fraternity is trying to capitalize on the web: http://www.jesteronlinestores.com/phikappatheta/cart.php
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Mac OS X: Alex.SpeechVoice
Have you noticed how big Mac OS X has gotten? Wonder why? Well, for the most part Apple does a good job with compression and file management. But things like iDVD, Garage Band, etc are taking their toll. Then there are printer drivers and fonts. And then there is this gem: Alex.SpeechVoice. In the /System/Library/Speech/Voices/Alex.SpeechVoice/Contents/Resources is a file called PCMWave. This file is 692MB. If you don’t plan on using the Alex voice then trash it to reduce the size of your image considerably.
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Fireworks
Lots of fireworks today. Therefore, not much posting… Sorry.
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Building Read Only AD Controllers
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Distributed Computing for the Good of Man
I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal Most screen savers just waste power. Might as well just put your computer to sleep. But if you want to use a screen saver and you want to do something good for humanity then check out one of these: fightaidsathome.scripps.edu – Join more than 300,000 other computing nodes and dedicate your computing power to finding new AIDS treatments climateprediction.net – Improve climate prediction models with the University of Oxford mersenne.org – Help George Woltman be the first to find a 10 million-digit prime einstein.phys.uwm.edu – Test Einstein’s theory of gravitational waves
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On The Road: Chicago Red Roof Inn
This is one of the most dumpy hotels I think I’ve stayed in for awhile. But short notice when both baseball teams in Chicago are looking to the playoffs is gonna’ make you stay places you don’t love I suppose…
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Mac OS X: Disk Inventory X
For those that would like to see a graphical inventory of the files on your system there is Disk Inventory X. Cool little app, although you could do something similar using the command line. But this is a nice little GUI app that shows disk usage statistics in a tree map. http://www.derlien.com/