Yay, Friday!
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altivoAsher remains stable or slightly improved from yesterday. Oddly the results of their blood tests came back today and Archie has an elevated white cell count, rather than Asher.
The firewall issue is now resolved, at least for the present. It was one of those poorly-documented check boxes in the configuration, of course. And oddly enough, the correct setting for this version of the software appears to be the opposite of what it was in the previous version. Very suspicious that. When the two bits in question were flipped (turning off the default values) the connection came right up.
The nature of the failure was such that there could have been a clear message in the log stating exactly what had caused the failing negotiation, but of course that was never provided.
So, into another busy weekend, though I could use a rest. Gary is at a performance venue tonight and has another tomorrow morning. Sunday afternoon is the Prairie Days parade in Clinton, Wisconsin, which we missed last year and would like to attend this year if weather allows it. That's the parade consisting entirely of equine units of all sorts. Those of you who've been around for a while have seen me talk about it and post photos before.
A rather surprising communiqué reached my desk this afternoon shortly after the firewall issue was laid to rest. The library consortium received its former test server back along with the production server on June 30. It has pretty much been out of service for a couple of years, but is presumed still in working order. There were no plans to use this hardware for anything, as the current software runs on a Sun and the old software ran on DEC Alpha. So I mentioned that I would put in a bid if they decided to sell the old Alpha. This afternoon I was notified that the directors voted on Wednesday to "give" me the Alpha. That was a bit of a shock.
Further inquiry suggests that there was some confusion over what I had offered and what they may have intended. Some people thought I wanted to use it to run the mailing list service for our consortium, though that is presently running just fine on an Intel box with Linux installed. My thought in offering to buy it for a minimal price was that I might be able to get it running with OpenVMS or DEC UNIX at home, both of which I believe are available on a free license to hobbyists but must be paid for if used in a commercial or even a non-profit organization environment. The commercial licenses are not cheap.
Further investigation finds that there is Linux available for the Alpha, though, so I'll be looking into that. If I can install Linux without a license fee and put the unit to work in some capacity for the consortium, that is what we will do. If that turns out to be impracticable, then I'll return to my attempt to legitimately inherit it for my own nefarious uses. ;p
This is further inspired by my investigations of what might be a "fair" price to offer for the box, which is an AlphaServer DS10 600 MHz. Refurbished with a 90 day warranty, these are selling for $600 up to a couple of grand. Too rich for my blood, and I don't want anyone to accuse me of "stealing" anything from the consortium. Of course, the box in question is a basket case that hasn't been in operation for many months. But even so, I don't want this to be an issue with anyone.
Oh, and once again, LJ notifications are falling behind, as much as twelve hours after the actual posting time. I realize they have a huge volume of outgoing mail at this point, but still, this is a recurring problem that ought to be under control by now.
The firewall issue is now resolved, at least for the present. It was one of those poorly-documented check boxes in the configuration, of course. And oddly enough, the correct setting for this version of the software appears to be the opposite of what it was in the previous version. Very suspicious that. When the two bits in question were flipped (turning off the default values) the connection came right up.
The nature of the failure was such that there could have been a clear message in the log stating exactly what had caused the failing negotiation, but of course that was never provided.
So, into another busy weekend, though I could use a rest. Gary is at a performance venue tonight and has another tomorrow morning. Sunday afternoon is the Prairie Days parade in Clinton, Wisconsin, which we missed last year and would like to attend this year if weather allows it. That's the parade consisting entirely of equine units of all sorts. Those of you who've been around for a while have seen me talk about it and post photos before.
A rather surprising communiqué reached my desk this afternoon shortly after the firewall issue was laid to rest. The library consortium received its former test server back along with the production server on June 30. It has pretty much been out of service for a couple of years, but is presumed still in working order. There were no plans to use this hardware for anything, as the current software runs on a Sun and the old software ran on DEC Alpha. So I mentioned that I would put in a bid if they decided to sell the old Alpha. This afternoon I was notified that the directors voted on Wednesday to "give" me the Alpha. That was a bit of a shock.
Further inquiry suggests that there was some confusion over what I had offered and what they may have intended. Some people thought I wanted to use it to run the mailing list service for our consortium, though that is presently running just fine on an Intel box with Linux installed. My thought in offering to buy it for a minimal price was that I might be able to get it running with OpenVMS or DEC UNIX at home, both of which I believe are available on a free license to hobbyists but must be paid for if used in a commercial or even a non-profit organization environment. The commercial licenses are not cheap.
Further investigation finds that there is Linux available for the Alpha, though, so I'll be looking into that. If I can install Linux without a license fee and put the unit to work in some capacity for the consortium, that is what we will do. If that turns out to be impracticable, then I'll return to my attempt to legitimately inherit it for my own nefarious uses. ;p
This is further inspired by my investigations of what might be a "fair" price to offer for the box, which is an AlphaServer DS10 600 MHz. Refurbished with a 90 day warranty, these are selling for $600 up to a couple of grand. Too rich for my blood, and I don't want anyone to accuse me of "stealing" anything from the consortium. Of course, the box in question is a basket case that hasn't been in operation for many months. But even so, I don't want this to be an issue with anyone.
Oh, and once again, LJ notifications are falling behind, as much as twelve hours after the actual posting time. I realize they have a huge volume of outgoing mail at this point, but still, this is a recurring problem that ought to be under control by now.
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Date: 2007-08-18 11:14 am (UTC)As to the all the server talk, I think you need to lay down for a bit with a cool cloth on your head ^.^
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Date: 2007-08-18 11:45 am (UTC)No more than you do when you start talking about cars, kitty. ;p
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Date: 2007-08-18 12:15 pm (UTC)Oh no I've caught it!!
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Date: 2007-08-20 01:51 am (UTC)(Though I have formal musical training, and can actually read music and play several instruments, I've never been excited about public performance and tend to view music as a private conversation between myself and the composer, much like reading a book.)
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