Re: [lopsa-discuss] Opinions on Adjustable Height (Sit / Stand) Desks ?

2014-03-14 Thread Steven Kurylo
At work we have the Airtouch - http://store.steelcase.com/brochures/airtouch/ I love mine and would recommend it. I also have a keyboard arm, but can't find a good link for it. It's a Stella Mechanism and a 19" platform in this PDF http://www.steelcase.com/en/products/category/worktools/comput

Re: [lopsa-discuss] PEER 1 data centers

2013-10-22 Thread Steven Kurylo
I'm not point on the relationship, but we recently got a few physical servers from them recently and have had nothing but problems. Like it took a couple days to sort out why the remote console wasn't working - they kept on saying they could log in, so must be the various desktop computers we were

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Let's Talk About Windows Server 2012

2013-02-25 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 4:20 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) wrote: >> From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss- >> boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Kern >> >> Ah that's such good news for VMware, it never made much sense to me >> having a client written in .Net. I suppose

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Let's Talk About Windows Server 2012

2013-02-25 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Corey Quinn wrote: > > On Feb 24, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Steven Kurylo > wrote: > > VMWare is moving back to the web based vsphere client. In fact the > remote console already works on linux. > > Of course there are already things you can&#x

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Let's Talk About Windows Server 2012

2013-02-24 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Joseph Kern wrote: > That sounds almost as bad as running a windows 7 vm on your esxi server to > run the vSphere Client for all your Linux VMs. > > Xen is sounding better and better every day VMWare is moving back to the web based vsphere client. In fact th

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Asterisk distros

2013-01-21 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 5:02 AM, Morgan Blackthorne wrote: > A while back I used to use Trixbox to run my Asterisk box, which was based > on CentOS. However, it looks like Trixbox CE is no longer supported. I've > been looking to migrate over to something current, preferrably Ubuntu based. > I've

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Marketing e-mail services

2012-07-11 Thread Steven Kurylo
We're recently moved to Amazon SES and quite like it - particularly most vendors want charge a monthly bill, even if you don't send much that month. Amazon is completely pay as you go. The draw back is you'll probably have to write a bunch of code for reports and such. On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 6:

Re: [lopsa-discuss] udev rule based on file system UUID?

2012-06-28 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Chris Mosetick wrote: > Hi, > I'm looking for help creating a udev rule on a CentOS 5.x machine. The rule > only needs a couple things. > > Imagine we have a bunch of disks, with one file system on each disk. Each > file system has a UUID, and I know the UUID of ea

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Should a sysadmin be a dog or a cat?

2012-01-16 Thread Steven Kurylo
Do sysadmins have a higher rate of arrogance than people in any other position with similar impact/responsibility? I'm not convinced there is significant increase. For example in a sales driven organization, I've seen worse god complexes sales people than the worst IT staffers I've met. On Mon,

Re: [lopsa-discuss] monitoring for a very *large* site?

2012-01-13 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:27 PM, drich wrote: > The last time I > looked at OpenNMS it was really focused on network and SNMP monitoring and > wasn't easily extensible for custom monitoring. > What do you consider custom monitoring? Using net snmp extend I exposed application state to OpenNMS.

Re: [lopsa-discuss] box.net

2012-01-05 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 1:20 PM, wrote: > > The problem is that many people consider 'spammish' to be any e-mail that > they don't want to see now that was sent from any business, even if they > asked for it at some point in the past. > > People sign up for mailing lists, and then mark the mail fr

Re: [lopsa-discuss] box.net

2012-01-05 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Luke S. Crawford wrote: > On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 09:17:47AM -0800, Steven Kurylo wrote: > >> Could third party email providers be of such low quality, that they >> should rejected across the board?  I've seen no evidence for this. > &

Re: [lopsa-discuss] box.net

2012-01-05 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Luke S. Crawford wrote: > On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 08:47:44AM -0800, Dave Close wrote: >> If the content of a mass mailing would tarnish your reputation, don't >> send it -- through any channel. > > I think the key is that you can't outsource your reputation. > The o

Re: [lopsa-discuss] box.net

2012-01-05 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Dave Close wrote: > Anton Cohen wrote: >>The reality is the exact opposite. It's best practice to use outside >>services or separate servers for mass mail, you don't want >>your corporate email server's reputation being tarnished by mass mail. > > And how do I know

Re: [lopsa-discuss] box.net

2012-01-05 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Josh Smift wrote: > DC> Personally, I detest messages which claim to come from somebody I know > DC> but examination of the headers reveals they actually came from such a > DC> marketing company. Even if the message was authorized, I object to the > DC> practice as

Re: [lopsa-discuss] monitoring for a very *large* site?

2011-12-26 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Dana Quinn wrote: > On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Steven Kurylo > wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Daniel Rich wrote: >>> Not to hijack Tom's thread, but does anyone have any good experiences on >>> tools to mo

Re: [lopsa-discuss] monitoring for a very *large* site?

2011-12-26 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Daniel Rich wrote: > Not to hijack Tom's thread, but does anyone have any good experiences on > tools to monitor a very large site? > > We have been using Groundwork Opensource for a while, but haven't been happy > with it. I have also spent the last 9 months look

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Budget Cooling

2011-08-23 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Tracy Reed wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 09:52:36AM -0400, Brian Mathis spake thusly: >> Also, you could improve the airflow by running a small fan in the >> corner of the room; just something to move the air around a bit.  Even >> on low speed it will make a di

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Most simple security policy?

2011-07-27 Thread Steven Kurylo
>> Gotta respectfully disagree there. >> No one should know your passphrase but you.  Period. >> I can't conceive of a good business case for $Johnny to know anyone's >> passphrase as a standard operating model. > > I agree, and I'll make it even stronger: In the extremely rare cases > when it is n

Re: [lopsa-discuss] I know that this is probably futile, but is there a search engine out there that doesn't SUCK???

2011-06-01 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Steven Kurylo wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Dave Close wrote: >> Steven Kurylo wrote: >> >>>Colour?  What is the standard colour for using a word when offering >>>language selection?  Most of those objections are just

Re: [lopsa-discuss] I know that this is probably futile, but is there a search engine out there that doesn't SUCK???

2011-06-01 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Dave Close wrote: > Steven Kurylo wrote: > >>Colour?  What is the standard colour for using a word when offering >>language selection?  Most of those objections are just as relevant >>when using a word. > > I'll respond further

Re: [lopsa-discuss] I know that this is probably futile, but is there a search engine out there that doesn't SUCK???

2011-05-31 Thread Steven Kurylo
>>A better solution than a universal simple symbol is to establish >>a system whereby all website developers must support all written >>languages and all browsers must behave consistently before we can >>get things right? I mean this with all due respect, but that's an >>exceptionally naive solutio

Re: [lopsa-discuss] "Stupid SysAdmin tricks for $500, Alex"

2011-05-14 Thread Steven Kurylo
>> Write the command exactly as you would with the rm, but use ls instead. >> Verify >> that what you see is what you want to be delete. Use your command line >> history >> (set -o vi, set -o emacs etc...), recall that command and substitute ls with >> rm. Even if you delete with a find command,

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Writing Skills

2011-02-22 Thread Steven Kurylo
> From a typographical perspective, you should never have two spaces > after a period -- using them is a carry over from the days of > monospaced typewriter fonts. I've read the reasons for this (we're not monospaced anymore!) and disagree with it. I find my brain still wants them there for the s

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Practicing Engineering Without a License

2011-02-04 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Matt Simmons wrote: > This was relevant to my interests, and I thought it might make for > some good discussion: > > http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/02/03/964781/citizen-activist-grates-on-state.html > > "David N. Cox says he was merely exercising his right to peti

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Why Do Linux Admins Seem To Be So Much More Involved in the Community?

2011-02-01 Thread Steven Kurylo
> The guide would also define what system administration is, what the > boundaries of the field are, and what other fields are adjacent to system > administration. > > This is something I've been meaning to write but haven't gotten to yet. > > Here's the first part, the literature. It sounds like

Re: [lopsa-discuss] 3 years or 5; how long do you keep your servers?

2011-01-23 Thread Steven Kurylo
> > For my testing stack, I use the Russian Airline methodfly them > till they crash. > Nice, that's how I'm going to label our replacement strategy from now on. Every where I worked, no matter how critical the system, we've run them until they can be run no more; then they're moved into less

Re: [lopsa-discuss] :PSA name was Re: Awakening the activist wing of LOPSA?

2011-01-16 Thread Steven Kurylo
While I don't have a large sample size, I've never had anyone even bat an eye at the name. What's a google? Or a yahoo? Can you imagine naming your company after "A rough, coarse, or uncouth person"? Personally I find if I present it with a touch of embarrassment/apologetic, people will reacted

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Fwd: Embracing the LOPSA name

2011-01-12 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Paul Graydon wrote: > On 01/12/2011 02:09 PM, Matt Simmons wrote: >> If you're all about the farming metaphors, you could just say that >> system administration is "data husbandry" >> >> --Matt > > Wonder if I can persuade them to change my business card? > Senior

Re: [lopsa-discuss] A Cisco switch question

2010-12-01 Thread Steven Kurylo
I second the procurve recommendation. They've become my standard. Sounds like a single E2810 would work for you, 24 or 48 port gigabit. http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12883-12883-4172267-4172301-4172277-3356808.html On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Justin Ellison wrote: > Wheneve

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Survey - UNIX/Linux certifications

2010-10-27 Thread Steven Kurylo
> > It disturbs me that many in an otherwise very smart group of people > don't see that a simple truth table with 2 arguments (experience, > certification) can actually yield 4 combinations: > >    p = certification; q = experience >    -p-    -q- >     0      0 >     1      0 >     0      1 >