From: user@example.net   
      
   Aragorn wrote:   
   > On Tuesday 01 July 2008 07:31, someone who identifies as *J.O. Aho* wrote   
   > in /alt.os.linux.gentoo:/   
   >   
   >> I guess your favorite mirror isn't sun.com and you aren't using a stupid   
   >> and slow http download.   
   >   
   > No, it's ftp://ftp.belnet.be, and it's on a backbone. :-)   
      
   Ftp:s reminds me of the good old days, when you could write mp3 at any   
   search engine and you got a load of anonymous ftp sites from where you   
   could download what ever you wanted, no need to register, keep track of   
   10 million different 123456-passwords.   
      
   Gosh, getting quite off topic here.   
      
   Tried to play a bit with OpenVZ yesterday, the latest kernel for that is   
   2.6.24, must be some regression patch there or something, as the OpenVZ   
   kernel didn't recognize my sata, while the gentoo boot cd seemed to work   
   (if I don't remember it wrong, it too used 2.6.24), but reading from the   
   wiki it seems they will release a new OpenVZ kernel as soon as 2.6.26   
   has been released, sadly it won't give me direct access to the graphics   
   cards in a container.   
   I guess all I can try is to order that opensolaris cds/dvd and see what   
   happens, if it works or not.   
      
      
   >> ...] gosh I miss those good old days when you didn't have fans to cool   
   >> down personal computers, they worked fine with passive cooling.   
   >   
   > You mean back in the days of the i386? :p  Well, mine - a Brother BCN3386   
   > slimline desktop model - still made a lot of noise because of that tiny   
   > little fan in the power supply. :-)   
      
   Back in those days I used Amiga, even the PSU was fanless, that was the   
   reason I bought the Pegasos in the first place, but it starts to feel a   
   bit lagish for my use and the IDE interface ain't the best one, but it   
   had three PCI and one AGP, which seems to be a lot more than the two PCI   
   and one PCIe on those mATX boards I have seen.   
      
   When talking about noisy, I have to nominate my UltraSparc 10, I have   
   switched to a quiet PSU, but the 120mm front fan (not figured out how to   
   get it disconnected) is extremely loud, it's almost like being in a   
   server hall, one packed with loud servers.   
   Don't use that so often, think it's 9 months since last.   
      
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      //Aho   
      
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