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Comment on NSDI 2012 Paper Accepted: Distalyzer by chip

chip — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:42:01 +0000

Alex – thanks for your help! Incidentally, if you have other logs, past or present, that Distalyzer might be able to help with, we are working on an updated version for KDD, tailored more toward solving the problems of cluster configs rather than software issues. We’re working on it with MPI jobs running on clusters, but Tritonsort-or other-logs would be helpful. If you are having any current problems, that would be particularly good for us to work on. -Chip

Comment on NSDI 2012 Paper Accepted: Distalyzer by Alex

Alex — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:38:51 +0000

Congratulations!

Comment on Virgin Mobile MiFi is Useless by chip

chip — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:08:15 +0000

Hi Steve – thanks for the point of reference. I guess I’ll keep it in my backpack then, so I can pull it out if it becomes helpful. I can also report that my M-I-L has also been using her VM MiFi without complaint. -Chip

Comment on Virgin Mobile MiFi is Useless by Steve

Steve — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:50:13 +0000

Greetings Chip,

I have been doing some research this morning and came across your blog. I can tell you that, back at the time you were having trouble with your MIFI I was also. I found that the only way I could get it to reliably work was to USB tether and dial up. But, now my MIFI has been working perfectly since about May. VM got the backend sorted and the throughput is averaging 1.25Mbps down while on 3G.

Also, I recently purchased an ALFA 3G wireless router and have successfully tethered the MIFI to the ALFA. Now, I can have more than 5 clients connected and I still get the same throughput. I was on a business trip with a group of guys 3 weeks ago and we were connecting and disconnecting because of the 5 device limit – and the site we were at had 0 coverage for ANY cellular while in the building. I placed the MIFI with a cellular amp by the door, and we were in business for internet. Everyone there was trying to tether their Androids, laptops, tablets – it was rather frustrating with the 5 device limit. So next week, when we are there again, we will be able to connect 254 devices if we want……

Have a great one!
Steve

Comment on Migrating to a new hard drive by Quentin Linscomb

Quentin Linscomb — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:12:36 +0000

Thanks for revealing your ideas in this article. The other element is that every time a problem occurs with a personal computer motherboard, persons should not have some risk associated with repairing it themselves because if it is not done right it can lead to irreparable damage to the complete laptop. It will always be safe to approach your dealer of the laptop for the repair of motherboard. They will have technicians that have an know-how in dealing with mobile computer motherboard issues and can have the right diagnosis and execute repairs.

Comment on Update on the iMac/TV by Michael

Michael — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:34:39 +0000

Wow, that sounds like a lot of work for a solution based on a Mac! Sounds like ditching the cable company is working out well for you guys.

Comment on A plea to TV programmers by Chip's Technical Blog

Chip's Technical Blog — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:34:24 +0000

[...] know a bit about our viewing preferences, needs, etc. I have previously posted about hos we were considering canceling our cable TV. Well, we have decided to cut back to just the primitive broadcast cable channels, but [...]

Comment on Pros on the Macbook Pro by Portable External Hard Drive

Portable External Hard Drive — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:20:09 +0000

Using such a hdd will definitely save my data in safety

Comment on Macbook Pro by Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:39:09 +0000

For me (I switch between an iMac and a PC at work all day long), it was definitely helpful to change some of the keyboard and mouse settings. For instance, my mouse has two button control now. This is just with the standard Mac mouse that came with the iMac. Also, I switched the Command and Control keys — this drives visitors to my office crazy when they try to show me something, but it really helps me that (mac) Command-C and (win) Control-C are physically in the same place for my fingers.

I could write in more detail when I’m actually in front of the Mac, but I seem to remember Cmd-Right taking me to my other desk space (forget what that’s called, Spaces maybe?). Like you, I’ve been really annoyed with the difference of Home and End behavior. I’m still not used to it (after a year).

Comment on Pros on the Macbook Pro by chip

chip — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:55:07 +0000

Why are you surprised? And yes, K and I both have 1TB external drives purchased for exactly this purpose. (Okay, not exactly. Originally, mine was purchased to store files from computers at UCSD when I no longer claimed them as mine. So then it was just convenient. K’s was purchased for this reason though, because I liked how it worked, and have always felt that our laptop backup scheme was the weak link in our current backup strategy.)

To be honest, I don’t know anything about automator or AFP. Is it that TimeMachine uses automator, and thus you are saying that TimeMachine doesn’t work for you unless the network drive is running AFP, which google tells me is an Apple Filer Protocol? I can’t say anything about that. But it works quite well for external drives. We just plug them in every once in a while to make sure we get backed up. And if we forget for more than 10 days, it reminds us we need to do it.