March 2011 - Roundtable

Speech recognition
by Mike Pfaiffer 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

I've been thinking of something which may make my job as a writer a little easier. The end result is I'd like to bring up Open Office/ Libre Office and dictate what I want into a microphone. This way I can concentrate more on the information and less on the typos. There is some system software which will do this for the Mac (I'd prefer something for Linux) and there are some problems. Namely the small vocabulary and inaccuracy of recognition on some words (eg. Off --> On). There are a number of commercial products out there but being cheap I'd like something free. A half hour under Google produced a couple of suggestions. Pocket Sphinx and Julius. Both were apparently a little tough to get running and had sparse documentation (at least as of last year). Both are available in the Mint/Ubuntu repositories. Any comments? Later Mike

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Solaris backup
by Kevin McGregor 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

I've been asked to find a way to backup a Solaris SPARC machine. The request was: Suppose you have a fresh install of Solaris, and you want to back it up completely such that if you got a brand new machine you would be able to "just restore" this backup image of Solaris to a new hard drive and boot the new machine without having to re-install Solaris. How would you go about doing this?

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Re: [RndTbl] Solaris backup
by athompso＠athompso.net 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

dd(1). And that would also need a boot cd, which is non-trivial under Solaris on SPARC. AFAIK there's no really good way to do what you want with that HW/SW combination. Sent from my Nokia phone -----Original Message----- From: Kevin McGregor Sent: 2011-03-15 14:07:58 Subject: [RndTbl] Solaris backup I've been asked to find a way to backup a Solaris SPARC machine. The request was: Suppose you have a fresh install of Solaris, and you want to back it up completely such that if you got a brand new machine you would be able to "just restore" this backup image of Solaris to a new hard drive and boot the new machine without having to re-install Solaris. How would you go about doing this?

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Fwd: WIOV '11 Call for Papers Submission Deadline Approaching
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 12 Mar '11

12 Mar '11

FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: WIOV '11 Call for Papers Submission Deadline Approaching Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:11:05 -0800 From: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj(a)usenix.org> To: info(a)muug.mb.ca, gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca We are writing to remind you that the submission deadline for the 3rd Workshop on I/O Virtualization (WIOV '11) is quickly approaching. Please submit all work by Monday, March 21, 2011, at 11:59 p.m. PST. http://www.usenix.org/wiov11/cfpb/ While I/O systems have a long history of using abstraction to shield applications from the intricacies of devices and storage systems, this workshop's focus is on the interplay of I/O with virtualization and cloud technologies. Our goal is to provide a forum to discuss the impact and challenges of I/O virtualization along multiple dimensions, including: the application domains in which virtualized solutions are used and the subsystems involved; platform or hardware support for I/O virtualization; the virtual machine monitor; the guest operating system; the processor, GPU, memory, and I/O subsystems. Also of interest are higher-level virtualization solutions, such as those concerning API virtualization, new virtual I/O APIs like those used for cloud storage, and innovative approaches to device virtualization in cloud computing and in the mobile domain. The committee also encourages the submission of short papers to update WIOV 11 attendees on new efforts or approaches. Please label such submissions accordingly. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Hardware support for I/O virtualization * Novel I/O device architectures for virtualization * New software approaches to I/O virtualization * Hardware and software methods for I/O device emulation * Para-virtualized I/O device driver design for virtualization * Virtual machine monitors' support for I/O * Security and trust considerations for virtualized I/O, including hardware support * Energy-efficient I/O virtualization * Virtualized I/O in the cloud: API virtualization, challenges of large-scale I/O (performance, availability) * Virtualization mechanisms for datacenter networking * I/O monitoring and black box methods or system support for such functions Paper submissions are due Monday, March 21, 2011, at 11:59 p.m. PST. Submissions guidelines and more information can be a found at http://www.usenix.org/wiov11/cfpb/ We look forward to receiving your submissions! On behalf of the WIOV '11 Program Committee, Sanjay Kumar, Intel Labs Himanshu Raj, Microsoft Research Karsten Schwan, Georgia Institute of Technology WIOV '11 Program Co-Chairs wiov11chairs(a)usenix.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WIOV '11 Call for Papers 3rd Workshop on I/O Virtualization (WIOV '11) June 14, 2011, Portland, OR Part of the 2011 USENIX Federated Conferences Week, June 12-17, 2011 http://www.usenix.org/wiov11/cfpb/ Submission deadline: March 21, 2011, 11:59 p.m. PST ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: NASA To Host Open Source Summit March 29-30 In California
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: NASA To Host Open Source Summit March 29-30 In California Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:45:27 -0600 From: NASA News <hqnews(a)mediaservices.nasa.gov> To: NASA News <hqnews(a)mediaservices.nasa.gov> March 10, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad(a)nasa.gov Gretchen Curtis/Jessica Culler Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3460/650-604-4110 gretchen.curtis@nasa.gov/jessica.culler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-070 NASA TO HOST OPEN SOURCE SUMMIT MARCH 29-30 IN CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a summit about open source software development on March 29-30 at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT on both days. NASA's first Open Source Summit will bring together engineers, policy makers and members of the open source community. Participants will discuss the challenges within the existing open source policy framework and propose modifications to facilitate NASA's development, release and use of software. "Open source brings numerous benefits to NASA software projects, including increased quality, reduced development costs, faster development cycles and reduced barriers for public-private collaboration to commercialize agency technology" said NASA's Chief Technology Officer for Information Technology Chris C. Kemp. "The full benefits of open source can only be achieved if NASA is able to establish the processes, policies and culture needed to encourage and support open source development." Goals for the summit include establishing a method to support collaboration with the public throughout the development lifecycle; exploring NASA's ability to release and develop software under varied open source licenses; determining whether and to what extent NASA can participate in open source software governance bodies; and gleaning best practices from private industry and other federal agencies. Guest speakers will provide insights into best practices and share valuable lessons learned in building and using open source communities. Confirmed speakers include Kemp; Pascal Finette, director of Mozilla Labs; Robert Sutor, vice president of Open Systems at IBM; Chris Wanstrath, CEO and co-founder of Github; and Brian Stevens, CTO and vice president of Worldwide Engineering at Red Hat. The summit will include sessions on licensing, government restrictions, such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, governance, and risk assessments. Seating at the event is limited. However, virtual participation is open to the public through online media, including live video streaming, electronic discussion and collaborative note taking. For more information or to register for the summit, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/open/source/ -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe(a)mediaservices.nasa.gov

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MTS DSL.
by Sean Cody 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

It has been over 10 years since I cared to know but does anyone on this list have any experience with or know what DSL services are required to get a static IP (and a dynamic as well) from our friends at MTS (and I don't want to entertain a dyn-dns option, less knobs means less to break)? The only hard-wired broadband available in a particular area of Manitoba is MTS DSL so it's not like I have a choice. :P As well, with the new service... can you refuse their router to get a plain simple modem? Can one just go an buy a 2/2+ DSL modem? -- Sean (mobile)

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CPU upgrade
by Kevin McGregor 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Does anyone know if/where I can get a AMD AM2 CPU such as a Athlon X2 5800+? The AM3 CPUs are socket-compatible, but I'm not confident about the BIOS support. Any thoughts?

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Fwd: Hot-ICE '11 Program Now Available
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Hot-ICE '11 Program Now Available Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:03:47 -0800 From: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj(a)usenix.org> To: info(a)muug.mb.ca, gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca You're invited to join us at the first Workshop on Hot Topics in Management of Internet, Cloud, and Enterprise Networks and Service (Hot-ICE '11), which will take place in Boston, MA, on March 29, 2011. Hot-ICE '11 will bring together researchers and practitioners working on network and service management in the Internet, cloud, and enterprise domains. The scope of Hot-ICE includes all aspects of network and service management. The program includes sessions on cloud and resource management, service management, network management, and datacenter networking. In addition, a mini-panel will close each session. Check out the full program at: http://www.usenix.org/events/hotice11/tech/ Hot-ICE evolved from earlier Internet Network Management (INM) workshops, which more recently combined with the Workshop on Research on Enterprise Networking (WREN). As such, Hot-ICE, while a new workshop, is serving an established community, but with a broader scope, in recognition of the evolving concerns of the community. Hot-ICE '11 will be co-located with the 8th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI '11), which will take place March 30-April 1, 2011. Find out more and register today at: http://www.usenix.org/hotice11/proga On behalf of the Hot-ICE Program Committee, Anees Shaikh, IBM Research Kobus Van der Merwe, AT&T Labs--Research Hot-ICE '11 Program Co-Chairs hotice11chairs(a)usenix.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop on Hot Topics in Management of Internet, Cloud, and Enterprise Networks and Services (Hot-ICE '11) March 29, 2011 Boston, MA, USA http://www.usenix.org/hotice11/proga Sponsored by USENIX ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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by Gilbert E. Detillieux 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

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Fwd: HotCloud '11 Submission Deadline Extended
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: HotCloud '11 Submission Deadline Extended Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 15:25:34 -0800 From: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj(a)usenix.org> To: info(a)muug.mb.ca, gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca The submission deadline for the 3rd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud '11) has been extended to accommodate the HotOS XIII schedule. Please submit your work by March 14, 2011, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. http://papers.usenix.org/hotcrp/hotcloud11/ HotCloud brings together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry working on cloud computing technologies. There are many challenges in the design, implementation, and deployment of cloud computing, such as automated service provisioning, service monitoring and management, resource elasticity and interference/isolation between users, cloud programming models, economic models, charging and accounting, and service creation using virtual appliances. We believe that cloud computing will benefit from close interaction between researchers and industry practitioners, so that the research can inform current deployments and deployment challenges can inform new research. In support of this, HotCloud will provide a forum for both academics and practitioners to share their experience, leverage each other's perspectives, and identify new/emerging "hot" trends in this important area. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: * Platform as a service * Software as a service * Infrastructure as a service * Elasticity and availability in a cloud * Multi-tenancy * Storage cloud * Charging models and economics * Power-efficient ("green") computing for clouds * Monitoring, troubleshooting, and failure recovery * Cloud management and configuration * Programming models * Virtual appliance management and composition * Security and privacy in clouds * New applications for clouds * Mobile clouds * Cloud usage scenarios For more details on the submission process, please see the complete Call for Papers at http://www.usenix.org/hotcloud11/cfpb We look forward to receiving your submissions! Ion Stoica, University of California, Berkeley John Wilkes, Google HotCloud '11 Program Co-Chairs hotcloud11chairs(a)usenix.org --------------------------------- Call for Papers 3rd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud '11) June 14, 2011 Portland, OR, USA Part of USENIX Federated Conferences Week, June 14-17, 2011 http://www.usenix.org/hotcloud11/cfpb Submission Deadline: March 14, 2011, 11:59 p.m. EDT

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