Topic: Daily Info

Well, I've got one of my Compaq Proliant servers up, although it is sometimes cantankerous about when it wants to start. Since it is so shock sensitive (strange for a computer that weighs upwards of 70 pounds), I may build some kind of cart with smooth swiveling casters for it. This one I will call Bebop, after the cantankerous ship from the show Cowboy Bebop. The specs on it are two Pentium Pro chips (yes, ancient I know), 1 GB of RAM, and 36 GB of 10,000 RPM SCSI across five disks (gotta look at the RAID possibilities). Two network cards, one the standard 10/100BaseT and one 10/100/1000BaseTX. Haven't got to the install point just yet, as I have no spare monitor (at least one that works), but I think I'll try out my free copy of Windows Server 2003 that I got from MSDNAA. Not sure what for the other server, maybe a custom Gentoo or Debian GNU/Linux.

The other is still no dice, even after I've spent a few hours going over it with a fine tooth comb and comparing the configuration to it's sister, Bebop. As for the name, I'm thinking of the following:

• Defiant


• Katherina


• Ophelia


• Falcon


• Mia

Basically anything that is remotely cantankerous from literature or popular culture. Any suggestions anyone might have would be appreciated.

Anyway .... well, fuck it, I have more important things to do.

Until the high bits are set.