Where in the World is Bob Saget?

[Gabe1]

Oh, and the reason why it's called the web?

Because it looks like one.

Drawing out specific connections between endpoints is represented as a cloud by network designers.

This is where the term "cloud" came from. Really, nothing major has changed on the internet the past few years. It's just the "terms" have changed.

If you have a static IANA issued IP, you are an endpoint, and technically could be considered as being "in the cloud".

Anyhow, sorry if this bored you, but I thought I'd share.

Pretty. Not bored, just made my brain Ping!

 

[Gabe1]

I have the card, but forgot to bring it!

Sadness

 

[Gabe1]

And caught up. Now do I quit while I am ahead?

 

[Gabe1]

We don't own at Hilton Head. We use our Boardwalk points when we stay outside of a home resort (BWV, BCV, BLT, Aulani). We'll be there for a week. It's nice in the winter as a break from the cold and a chance to see relatives. We haven't been during the summer in over two years. The beach is nice, but now that I'm 19, there aren't any age-specific activities for me on property anymore like there was when I was younger. I was looking forward to seeing the girls, but my aunt had to take so much time off to get custody of them that now she's working weekends, plus financially I don't think they can swing it. My parents are happy that it's just us; my dad doesn't like kids. I thought about staying home and making the excuse that I have to work, but I don't have to work and I hate my job, so I don't want to work. Plus I'm pretty certain that I won't be going on vacation with them next June, so...might as well. On the bright side, my favorite CM will be happy to see me. We'll be back to WDW in August.

Those last few trips like that with my folks were painfully boring for me around the same age as you are. The last one I went on was to Naples and I couldn't wait to go back to school.

Oddly my DS is going with his girlfriend and her family to St.Pete, to a very large resort that my Sister and Mom use to take my kids when they were young for long weekends. (and then my DH and I would sneak off to Disney with out the kids 'cause they were elsewhere.) I can't wait to hear from him how his escape from Disney and reliving his past works out.

 

[JenniferS]

Seems to be working ok to me?

Oh well...

Are mashed potatoes your only option with the meatball plate?
Up here, they offer tiny boiled baby potatoes. Yuuuuuuummy.

I love lingonberry sauce. My kids think it sound naughty, so I make sure to repeat it often. Delicious with our apricot glazed Easter ham. The sweetness really compliments the salty pork.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Those last few trips like that with my folks were painfully boring for me around the same age as you are. The last one I went on was to Naples and I couldn't wait to go back to school.

Oddly my DS is going with his girlfriend and her family to St.Pete, to a very large resort that my Sister and Mom use to take my kids when they were young for long weekends. (and then my DH and I would sneak off to Disney with out the kids 'cause they were elsewhere.) I can't wait to hear from him how his escape from Disney and reliving his past works out.

Hilton Head used to be fun...but now I think I could do a long weekend there rather than an entire week. Especially since this trip I won't be able to do the bike riding with my foot. In all honesty, I'd rather be at home with friends. First time that's happened in a while.

In the winter it's nice just because it's a long week of doing nothing. My father is not the type to just rest at home. It's also nice to escape the cold. Last time I was there in summer I ended up with terrible sunburn and swimmer's ear and lost my hearing completely in one ear. Nope. Will NOT be repeating that experience.

 

[Cesar R M]

Oh, and if you all are curious where much of this stuff lives...it lives in places like these.

It's where I spent my day. Though, my Datacenter looks similar, but not exactly like this. The floor tiles are removable so you can run cable and power (and other things) into the racks underneath it.

Here's my rack (bit messy...but I'm working on that...I just started moving things around so I don't have things tied down yet)...

My babeez!

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Sliding rails are like the spinning rims of the IT world.

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What you are looking at there are two domain controllers (control usernames and passwords for users)/ file servers, an XMPP chat server, 20 TB of Drobo Storage (the black box with 5 green lights), 2 VoIP phone servers that process and handle over 70k calls monthly, a Call Recording server that records all of those phone calls, four web servers, four SQL DB servers, a Keyboard Video and Mouse system (so I can use all these computers), an eFax host, an automated text messaging system, a Quickbooks server and a security device.

<grin>

lucky you that you have access to real IT tech and database centers.

Here in my city, the biggest datacenter is the local university, which has quite a bit of super old CISCO routers that could be clasified as "dinosaurs" (which mostly still use old serial links).
and a few 1gbps fiberoptic nodes for the real university network.

And we never had access to it.. only to the CISCO lab.

The only other real access(physical access) to a real business datacenter.. it was only 3 slim 1U server, 1 crappy ADSL modem as gateway and 1 dell tower old fileserver. (running server 2003) with some horrible cable management. Which I helped clean and all that..(I didnt finish as they suddenly said they were not gonna pay us anything)

 

[englanddg]

lucky you that you have access to real IT tech and database centers.

Here in my city, the biggest datacenter is the local university, which has quite a bit of super old CISCO routers that could be clasified as "dinosaurs" (which mostly still use old serial links).
and a few 1gbps fiberoptic nodes for the real university network.

And we never had access to it.. only to the CISCO lab.

The only other real access(physical access) to a real business datacenter.. it was only 3 slim 1U server, 1 crappy ADSL modem as gateway and 1 dell tower old fileserver. (running server 2003) with some horrible cable management. Which I helped clean and all that..(I didnt finish as they suddenly said they were not gonna pay us anything)

I pay for colocation services in a Tier 4 datacenter. Power, pipe and ping.

They give me conditioned A/B power with 72 hours of redundant backup electricity from their diesel generators, 100 beg burstable pipe and a block of public static addresses.

It's actually a datacenter for a local ISP. They have to have it for their infrastructure anyway, so they use leasing colocation space out to pay for the operations of their own datacenters.

Pretty smart.

My setup is paltry compared to my neighbors!



That cage goes all the way back to the chiller, and it's the small cage. This guy (I know the IM there) has two.

I just have one rack which I really could move into a half rack (and save a little money, but not much) now that my old box servers are mostly 1Us.

 

[Cesar R M]

Oh, and the reason why it's called the web?

Because it looks like one.

The term "Net" and "Internet" is short for Internetwork...because that's how it works. Linking many smaller networks together. Those networks are represented by different colors on the map abolve. iirc, Red is Verizon, yellow is AT&T, green is Quest, black is Level 3...etc...but, I could have them jumbled in my mind.

Drawing out specific connections between endpoints is represented as a cloud by network designers.

This is where the term "cloud" came from. Really, nothing major has changed on the internet the past few years. It's just the "terms" have changed.

If you have a static IANA issued IP, you are an endpoint, and technically could be considered as being "in the cloud".

Anyhow, sorry if this bored you, but I thought I'd share.

The most fun part of the network is.. the whole mess of interconnection.

First only institutions and universities linked each other.
but then companies started to link to each other...
the network nowadays is more based on price and contracts, than efficiency.

you can be next to the gaming server you want to join(distance wise)... but if your isp (and routers) are configured to take the cheapest route.. your data might as well travel to china and then back in a very inefficient and slow way.

(edit)
Mexican ISPs for example.. hate each other to dead.. they are all pretty much owned by barons and mafia-like super rich.. and they always find way to sabotage each other.
They are either a) cable and TV, b) TV/fiber services c) phone services
And they sabotage each other in all fronts (telephone, TV or internet).

For example, any cable company will NEVER connect directly to the UNINET(telmex or prodigy network). They will go to LEVEL 3 or COGEN in the US before it routes back to Mexico.

 

[Cesar R M]

I pay for colocation services in a Tier 4 datacenter. Power, pipe and ping.

They give me conditioned A/B power with 72 hours of redundant backup electricity from their diesel generators, 100 beg burstable pipe and a block of public static addresses.

It's actually a datacenter for a local ISP. They have to have it for their infrastructure anyway, so they use leasing colocation space out to pay for the operations of their own datacenters.

Pretty smart.

My setup is paltry compared to my neighbors!

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That cage goes all the way back to the chiller, and it's the small cage. This guy (I know the IM there) has two.

I just have one rack which I really could move into a half rack (and save a little money, but not much) now that my old box servers are mostly 1Us.

Please tell me those are Dell BLADES and not these awful (but yet popular with hipsters) mini apple servers.

 

[englanddg]

Please tell me those are Dell BLADES and not these awful (but yet popular with hipsters) mini apple servers.

They are the Mac Minis. But, they are being used in a unique way. They are being pooled together to build a "super computer" (without getting overly technical).

 

[Cesar R M]

They are the Mac Minis. But, they are being used in a unique way. They are being pooled together to build a "super computer" (without getting overly technical).

I've noticed that trend recently, its either those mac minis, or some of the box built mini gaming machines with AMD APU/video cards.

 

[englanddg]

I've noticed that trend recently, its either those mac minis, or some of the box built mini gaming machines with AMD APU/video cards.

It's because they are relatively cheap, have decent hardware quality standards, reliable, and easy to maintain.

It works pretty well!

 

[Cesar R M]

In other news, I'm here bored, waiting for a guy to finish fixing the support center of my company.
Because it weirdly stopped working as soon I upgraded to PHP 5.4
They claim it is 100% php 5.4 compatible...

It's because they are relatively cheap, have decent hardware quality standards, reliable, and easy to maintain.

It works pretty well!

and if one takes the crapper.. you can easily replace it in a cheap way.
seems everyone is going modular nowadays.

 

[Cesar R M]

Also, I think I'm going to convert into a lurker in the seventh thread. not fan of people throwing their supposed credentials to diminish logic and another person's opinion.

 

[englanddg]

In other news, I'm here bored, waiting for a guy to finish fixing the support center of my company.
Because it weirdly stopped working as soon I upgraded to PHP 5.4
They claim it is 100% php 5.4 compatible...


and if one takes the crapper.. you can easily replace it in a cheap way.
seems everyone is going modular nowadays.

That's due to the impact virtualization had on IM theory.

I don't virtualize, though I've thought about it repeatedly. It took a while to build the infrastructure I have (due to budget constraints), and I have the ability to flip servers (A/B protection) if needed, for the most part (still working on getting that done, but within a few months I'll be finished)...

That's enough for our needs.

 

[MinnieM123]

Oh, and if you all are curious where much of this stuff lives...it lives in places like these.

It's where I spent my day. Though, my Datacenter looks similar, but not exactly like this. The floor tiles are removable so you can run cable and power (and other things) into the racks underneath it.

Here's my rack (bit messy...but I'm working on that...I just started moving things around so I don't have things tied down yet)...

My babeez!

View attachment 55924

View attachment 55925

Sliding rails are like the spinning rims of the IT world.

View attachment 55926

What you are looking at there are two domain controllers (control usernames and passwords for users)/ file servers, an XMPP chat server, 20 TB of Drobo Storage (the black box with 5 green lights), 2 VoIP phone servers that process and handle over 70k calls monthly, a Call Recording server that records all of those phone calls, four web servers, four SQL DB servers, a Keyboard Video and Mouse system (so I can use all these computers), an eFax host, an automated text messaging system, a Quickbooks server and a security device.

<grin>

With regard to your first picture, I had to laugh, because the size of the equipment reminded me of old photos of ENIAC. All I could think of was, the more things change, the more they stay the same! (Of course, I know zip about computers and networks, but it was a funny, random thought that passed through my little mind.)

 

[Nemo14]

Good morning - at last a decent night's sleep!

 

[unkadug]

Today's wake-up picture.

 

[Lucky]

Good morning - at last a decent night's sleep!

That's great!

I think. Where's your mother?