7000/8000 series products - There are no plans to ever support these products with VMware ESX server.
9500S/9590SE/9550SX(U) series products - There are no plans to ever support these products with VMware ESX server.
9650SE series products - While not officially tested with the 9650SE, the 9.5.0.2 code set should work okay with VMware ESX Server v3.5 (kernel 2.4.21-47.EL). There is no support available for VMware ESX Server v3.5 Update 2 (kernel 2.4.21-57.EL).
9690SA series products - VMware ESX Server v3.5 (kernel 2.4.21-47.EL) are supported with the 9.5.0.2 code set. There is no support available for VMware ESX Server v3.5 Update 2 (kernel 2.4.21-57.EL).
For VMware ESXi Server v3.5 Update 2 support, see KB article 15416 http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=15416.
On Thursday I participated in a press conference with Chittenden County Vermont Senator Virginia Lyons. She has introduced a bill to the Vermont legislature that would require electronics manufacturers to fund or partially fund a statewide ewaste recycling program. The bill is still “on the wall” and has not been brought before the legislature. Remarkably, she received a letter from the People’s Republic of China pressuring her to drop this electronics bill. This has happened in other industries, notably toys (states regulating lead in toys), and in agriculture (certification of “organic” food exported from China.)
The ewaste issue is very important to our company. We strongly support the concept of Senator Lyons’ bill. Such a bill could be good for the environment, fair to consumers, and fair to businesses that make, sell, and service electronic goods.
Small Dog has underwritten an ewaste recycling program for about a decade. We’ve recycled over 215 tons of ewaste. This program costs our business tens of thousands of dollars annually, but the success of the program shows that consumers know and care about the issue.
Right now, with our current system, the cost of ewaste recycling in Vermont is unfairly placed upon consumers, local governments, and a few retailers who choose to do the right thing. It can cost $15 or more to recycle an old TV; that’s a steep fee for many people and businesses. It’s almost a penalty.
Electronics are unique because they can contain hazardous elements, which, in quantity, are toxic to our environment. In similar industries, producers are responsible for the cost of recycling their products when they become obsolete. We believe the consumer electronics industry needs to catch up, but they won’t do it unless it’s mandated.
We support this bill because it endorses a “shared responsibility” between electronics producers and the general public. It levels the playing field. Mandated producer responsibly that includes recycling makes it much easier for consumers to do the right thing. It’s worked in other states, it’s worked in other countries, and it can work in Vermont.
A couple of years ago, Apple started an optional computer take-back recycling program in all of their Apple Stores (we like to say that they were catching up to Small Dog).
Almost as soon as Apple had to bear the cost of recycling their own products, their products became greener, cleaner, and easier and cheaper to recycle. During the same timeframe, Apple’s revenues and market share have shot through the roof. [Apple has realized a billion dollars in profits every quarter during that timeframe.]
This shows that when manufactures have a stake in recycling their products, they become motivated to design them for an entire life cycle. This does not need to harm the bottom line.
Equally important, it means the cost of recycling is shared by the entire marketplace.
Again, we support Sen. Lyons bill and hope to see it pass without any further foreign interference.
Time Machine made a backer-upper out of me. For far too long I’d relied on my iDisk to back up important documents, but I never kept an easily restorable backup of my stuff. Now that I have a huge hard drive hooked up to my AirPort Extreme at home, my work and home computers are all backed up regularly.
Even though each machine has the fastest wireless currently available on a Mac, 802.11n, the backup process can take a long time (I trigger it manually, once a week or so). I realized that I really do not need every last file on my computer, so I came up with a list of files and folders to exclude from the backup.
Because my Downloads folder is home to stuff that I probably don’t need in the long run, I excluded that; because most of my music and movies live on a separate hard drive and are backed elsewhere, I exclude these; and because the Applications folder is so sprawling and I have all of the original disks for each program, I exclude this as well.
Backup speed is less of an issue if you have your machines backing up hourly: because so little changes in the course of an hour, things move along quickly. But I simply do not need or want hourly backups, so I had to make some changes.
To exclude files and folders from the backup system, open the Time Machine preferences located in System Preferences. In there, click the Options button, and from here you manage your exclusions.
What are you excluding from your Time Machine plan?
I love watching the Olympics. I have great memories of sitting around the TV with my family, watching as many events as we could. As far as the Summer Olympics go, I like many of the fan favorites, including gymnastics, swimming, diving, track and field, and tennis.
Since 2004, my husband and I have been living without cable (by choice), so we have missed the majority of coverage from both the Summer 2004 games in Athens, Greece and the Winter 2006 games in Turin, Italy. This year, however, I was determined not to miss a thing, since NBC has extensive coverage online.
I went to NBC’s website to check out the offerings. Unfortunately, when I tried to download some videos, I was greeted with the message I am loathe to see: “NBC only supports Windows, chump.” (Well, not really–I’m paraphrasing.) I hadn’t had the chance to investigate much more when a coworker mentioned that I should download Microsoft Silverlight (ahh, right. I had that on my other computer, and didn’t transfer it over).
Upon further investigation, I found out that other Mac users were greeted with a different message outlining supported browsers when theirs weren’t up to snuff (for the record, NBC supports the following: IE 6 and 7 for the PC, Firefox 1.5, 2 and 3 for the PC AND Mac, and Safari 2 and 3). So it wasn’t just me, but it looked as though to use Silverlight, one must have an Intel computer.
I had already downloaded Silverlight by that point (since I do have an Intel-based MacBook Pro), so I never got to see that popup. The result: the fabulous realization of my Olympic spectating dreams come true; no more technical difficulties. Older computers aren’t so lucky; there doesn’t seem to be any other recourse for those who have an older Mac with a Power PC processor (G4, G5, etc.)
The Olympic blog on the LA Times website (which is great, by the way) mentioned this a couple of days ago as well, so are the Olympics online really only for PCs and new Macs? If anyone has been able to get a non-Intel Mac to work, we’d love to hear about it.
NBC has done a great job with their online coverage so far, with dozens of videos, live action (sometimes difficult, given the 12 hour time difference we experience on the east coast), interviews, commentary and photos. I’d hate for a true Olympic fan without TV to miss that.
