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The Wild Wild Web

Posted on October 6, 2018 by Robert Pogson

I came upon an interesting site with an article reasonable well-written with interesting comments. I wanted to add my own comment… I tried to log in through FaceBook but was told that the password field etc. mustn’t be blank… Why … Continue reading →

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PCI Express On the 96Boards Poplar

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“I am very excited to let our readers know that finally, thanks to some developments in the past month, we now have a fully functioning PCIe slot on the Poplar Board! Late last year, we saw the release of Linux 4.9 … Continue reading →

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Thin Clients Revisited

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Robert Pogson

I’ve long advocated using GNU/Linux thin clients in schools and offices. It just makes sense to save licensing costs and simplify maintenance. IGEL reports “Shipments of Linux-based endpoint devices” were 35% of units shipped in 2017. See “Linux and the … Continue reading →

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ARMed PCs

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“With PC makers like Asus and HP beginning to design laptops and tablets around ARM chips, ARM itself has decided to emerge from the shadows and unroll its roadmap to challenge Intel through at least 2020. ARM’s now-public roadmap represents its … Continue reading →

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5555

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Robert Pogson

Wow! WP just informed me that I’ve made 55556 posts so far. I’m tired. Time for bed…

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COLLUSION!!!!

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“The Conspirators, posing as Guccifer 2.0, also communicated with U.S. persons about the release of stolen documents. On or about August 15, 2016, the Conspirators, posing as Guccifer 2.0, wrote to a person who was in regular contact with senior … Continue reading →

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ARMed Attack On Super-Computing

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“The HPC system is comprised of 5,184 ARM-based processors — the Thunder X2 processor, built by Cavium. Each processor has 28 cores and runs at 2 GHz. Astra will deliver over 2.3 theoretical peak petaflops of performance, which should put … Continue reading →

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CPG Now Works With PHP 7

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Robert Pogson

Great news! I downloaded a new version of CPG and it works with PHP 7! This means I don’t need to run an old version in a virtual machine to keep CPG working. It means less maintenance for my system … Continue reading →

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OS Stats Revisited

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“Android 41.04% Windows 36.3% iOS 12.43% OS X 5.89% Unknown 2.28% Linux 0.74%” See Operating System Market Share WorldwideI’ve been concentrating on other things but I thought to revisit OS market shares today. Checking Statcounter, we find 44% of their hits … Continue reading →

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We’re Nearly “There”, ARMed And Dangerous

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“The Arm Cortex-A76 CPU is the second generation premium core built on DynamIQ technology. Paired with a Cortex-A55 CPU in a scalable DynamIQ big.LITTLE configuration, the Cortex-A76 delivers laptop-class performance with mobile efficiency, bringing the mobile experience (fast responsiveness, always … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Networked Storage

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“block devices exported via AoE cannot be accessed by IP. Without this additional overhead, network performance does improve when accessing the exported block device(s). This non-routability also adds to the security of the technology. In order to access the volumes, … Continue reading →

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Wind, Peas And Shutting Down

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Robert Pogson

I doubt there’s any connection but this afternoon when the temperature had risen a few degrees and the wind was a few clicks lighter I went out to plant my peas and the Toronto Stock Exchange went down for unspecified … Continue reading →

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