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Layer 3 careers and others : After your certifications and have time to spare, consider FreeBSD seriously...
by aki 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Strictly my opinion : I learned about FreeBSD about 6 years ago and did quite a lot on it for about two years, so I share my opinion with you. I wanted to program on FreeBSD but unfortunately my programming knowledge was limited to basic programming of the lates 80s', some html and some asp towards the mid 90s so there was a lot I needed to catch up on, hence C# for now. Anyway, onto the thread... One thing about FreeBSD is that it is a complete Operating System and the most critical part of any Operating System is the updates incases of bugs or new developments. This I found to be the most important part of any software usage. And FreeBSD is built with the TCP/IP stack in mind. One major benefit I got out of venturing for 2 years into FreeBSD is that I could similar commands on a MAC OS when required. What level did I use FreeBSD at? The major part for me at that time was to work with creating transparent caching and proxing, network vlans, segmentations etc. I'd hoped to get multiple Ethernet cards so as to build a super router , each ethernet port doing its own things etc and physically looking like a dslam. I even installed Webmin and customised its template so that it really worked well displaying network, cpu stats etc. The kernel customization, features is really easy to work on and you do not need to be a coder to know more. I can write endless benefits for Layer 3 people about the potential of FreeBSD, but you should take a look for yourself. Hopefully, it may interest you more : - The FreeBSD handbook, mostly you need to know more about this great system http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/book.html - And here is the Mascot, and the site : http://www.freebsd.org/ - FreeBSD9 64bit installation : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYOHPJ3yzWo Rgds. :-)

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Plagiarism
by stephen wanjau 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Hello Skunks, I would like to ask whether the available plagiarism check softwares can detect wordings copied from a pdf document thats available for download on line? If yes, please advice on the name of the s/ware name. regards, stephen -- ** My Blog <http://iwanjau.wordpress.com> | @uwanja <https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja>| Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/swanjau> | This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

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Did Linus really reverse engineer the Unix Kernel or did he add more innovative features to it?
by aki 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Its amazing how its seems now looking at it differently. Being the genius he was, did he add more innovative features to the Linux kernel? For those who know both the Unix and Linux kernel well enough, please enlighten us more. -- **--Have you done any code today?--**

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Invitation to Hewani.co.ke App Store IHub Community Devs Launch this Monday 5th Dec
by Maux 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Hi Guys, You are all invited to IHub on Monday 5th December for the Hewani.co.keDevelopers Community meetup and launch. Of course anyone interested is invited. Register here http://hewanicommunity.eventbrite.com/ If you missed the launch last weekend you can read the blog post below or follow the #VirtualLive2011 timeline on twitter. Blog: http://t.co/kvKcGHk6 Hope to see you there. John

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Quintum
by Sukali 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Brainiacs, Good evening. I have a Quintum VoIP Gateway and i am unable to connect to it and configure. I have tried HyperTerminal on 9600 and 38400 bps nothing happens. Tenor Config is not able to detect the device on both console and ethernet. Anybody who has dealt with the same and can get me out of my misery?? Thanks -- Regards, Sukali

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Bill shock
by Patrick Karanja 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Hi, Interesting reading about Bill_shock<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_shock> wonder if we can have the same legislation especially for KPLC. Do we have any initiatives on the same in kenya for telecommunication. Apparently you can configure telecommunication to eliminate instances of Bill shock as well. regards Patrick

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List of Best Computer Games for 80s and 90s
by Mugambi Kimathi 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

I just got thinking.. the kind of games that kids play these days are a far cry for good old days here is my list of best games… whats yours? 1980s Played on Kaypro Computer (CPM Operating system, green scene) which still works till today. - Ladder, - Catchum , - Aliens and - Clone Wars (i even created a clone wars game using pascal) 1990s Played on Mac Classic (System 6.1 Apple) Still works till today - Pipe Dream - Klondike 1990s Played on x86 clone computer with DOS - Lotus 123 - Prince of Persia - Lemmings Mid 1990s on x386 clone computer with DOS - Wolfenstein 3D (The best game of CENTURY)

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Petrol Heads.. a separate list?
by [ Brainiac ] 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Hello guys, just to show you all how boring this can be to nerds, I need a QD32T nissan engine, in relatively good working order ASAP.. and im wondering, is there a good 4 X 4 , auto mailing list around? or should we go on and do one... -- *“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy”* ~ Alex Carey ~ Tel No: 0x2af23696

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JAVA SCRIPT
by Ericko 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

http://www.modularweb.net/#/en/piecemaker I want to download this script anyone with how and where i can download it i would be very thankful

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Performance degradation - Help sought
by muskiv 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Skunkers, Here's the scenario: There is a core application that is build on a 2 tier client/Server architecture. Total number of users at any one time over a WAN is approx 100. The app runs on a MS SQL 2005 DB that resides on a Primary server whose specs are as follows: 1. RAM: 40 GB 2. CPUs - 8 Proliant QUAD Core E7320 2x2M cache processors 3. Network Interface: Gigabit ethernet card 4. RAID 5 config for the main DB drives - where the main DB files reside. 5. RAID 1 + 0 config for the log files on a seperate disk 6. WAN traffic is on 256k/256k links from satellite locations The problem: 1. As users are being added into the WAN, performance has been deteriorating. 2. On report generation, everything seems to crawl to a halt. *What are the likely contributors to performance degradation*?

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