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Coelacanth – a Living Prehistoric Creature
Coelacanth is a rare order of fish. The two extant species include the West Indian Ocean Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) and the Indonesian Coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis). They follow the oldest known living lineage of Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish and tetrapods); this classification … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Evolution, Science
Tagged Charles Darwin, Coelacanth, coelacanths, critically endangered species, darwin, dinosaur, endangered species, evolution, extinct, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Indonesian Coelacanth, Late Cretaceous period, Latimeria chalumnae, Latimeria menadoensis, living dinosaur, living fossils, Living Prehistoric Creature, lobe-finned fish, lungfish, mammals, Natural History Museum of Nantes, Prehistoric Creature, ray-finned fish, reptiles, Sarcopterygii, Tanzanian coast, tetrapod, tetrapods, vertebrates, West Indian Ocean Coelacanth
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Stacking the Dell MXL Blade Switch
The Data Center Bridging (DCB) enabled Dell MXL blade switch provides a 1/10/40GbE upstream solution for the Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis. It comes with two fixed 40 GbE ports but is scalable up to six 40GbE ports via 40GbE FlexIO … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking
Tagged blade switch, Dell, Dell FlexIO modules, Dell Force10 MXL, Dell Force10 MXL switch, Dell M1000e, Dell M1000e chassis, Dell M1000e FlexIO modules, Dell MXL, Dell MXL Blade Switch, Dell MXL stack, Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis, Dell PowerEdge M1000e FlexIO modules, FlexIO modules, Force10 MXL, Force10 MXL switch, Force10 Stack, FTOS, M1000e chassis, M1000e FlexIO modules, MXL, MXL stack, PowerEdge M1000e chassis, redundancy, stack MXL, stack MXL switches, stacking MXL, stacking redundancy
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The Importance of Making Quick Decisions
As with so many things in life, I’ve found through experience just how critical and rare it is to have the ability to make quick decisions. Nowhere is this more important than in business, but it can also apply to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Tips
Tagged analysis, analysis paralysis, Business, business decisions, business partner, business rule, business rules, business tip, business tips, chossing a business partner, decisions, electronic trading, Importance of Making Quick Decisions, New York Board of Trade, productivity, quick decisions, the pit
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Harnessing the Power of Dreams?
Dreaming or dreams have always fascinated me. What is this process? What are dreams? Most people would agree that they fly through our minds unremembered. The Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud is best remembered for the analysis and work around the … Continue reading
Posted in Brain, Medical
Tagged brain, creativity, depp sleep, dream, dreams, Non-Rapid Eye Movement, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, non-REM, non-REM sleep, NREM, NREM sleep, paralysis, Rapid Eye Movement, Rapid Eye Movement sleep, REM, REM sleep, REM sleep disorder, Sigmund Freud, sleep, sleepng
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Al Gore Delivers Great Discussion of Key Topics on Global Policy, Technology Innovation, and Key Drivers of Global Change
I attended an event today in Santa Clara, California where former Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, gave a great informal one hour discussion on key topics affecting not only the United States but the world. As this … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Events, Global Issues, Green Technologies, Life, News, Politics, Technology, United States
Tagged Al, Al Gore, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English, Apple, Apple Computer, carbon footprint, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Climate Reality Project, Current Media, Current TV, decline in American democracy, former Vice President Al Gore, Generation Investment Management, Gore, Inc., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, LLC, poor are getting poorer, restricted access to information, Rich are getting richer, Six Drivers of Global Change, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, United States, US Vice President, venture capital firm, Vice President, Vice President Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, Vice President of the US, Virtual stalking
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Connecting Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator with Dell Force10 S4810 and Cisco Nexus 5548UP
The Dell PowerEdge M I//O Aggregator is a slick blade switch that plugs into the Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis and requires barely any configuration/networking knowledge. Think of it as an advanced layer 2 switch that provides expandable uplink connectivity. The … Continue reading
Posted in Cisco, Dell, Dell Force10, Force10 Networks, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Technology
Tagged 40 GbE, 5548 switch, 5548UP switch, Blade Chassis, blade switch, Chassis Management Controller, Cisco, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Nexus 5548, Cisco Nexus 5548UP, CMC, Dell, Dell Blade Server, Dell Blade Servers, Dell Force10, Dell Force10 S4810, Dell Force10 S4810 switch, Dell I/O Aggregator, Dell M1000e, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator, Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell S4810, Dell S4810 switch, Dell Server Blade Chassis, Force10, Force10 Networks, Force10 Networks S4810, Force10 Networks S4810 switch, Force10 S4810, Force10 S4810 switch, I/O Aggregator, I/O Aggregator blade switch, M1000e, Nexus 5548, Nexus 5548UP, Nexus 5548UP switch, PowerEdge, PowerEdge I/O Aggregator, PowerEdge I/O Aggregator blade switch, PowerEdge M1000e, S4810 switch, Server Blade Chassis, Twinax, Twinax breakout cable, Twinax breakout cables
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Understanding and Implementing Flow Control on Dell Force10 Switches
Ethernet flow control allows for a receiving node to temporarily stop the transmission of data from the sending node. As defined by IEEE 802.3x this is accomplished via the PAUSE frame.
Posted in Dell Force10, Force10 Networks, Labs, Networking, Servers, Technology
Tagged 01-80-C2-00-00-01, 01:80:C2:00:00:01, 802.1Qbb, 802.3x, 802.3x flow control, Class of Service, converged network, converged networks, CoS, DCB, Dell, Dell Force10, Dell Force10 S50N, Dell S50N, Ethernet Pause Frame, Flow Control, Force10, Force10 Networks, Force10 S50N, IEEE 802.1Qbb, IEEE 802.3x flow control, network congestion, pause, PAUSE frame, PAUSE frame capture, PAUSE frame propogation, pause traffic, PFC, priority-based flow control, propogate PAUSE frame, QoS, Quality of Service, wireshark, Wireshark PAUSE frame, Wireshark PAUSE frame capture
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Humair’s Blog – Finally Removed the Registration Requirement for Leaving Comments
Apologies for getting this done so late. I have had many requests in the past to remove the registration requirement for leaving comments. I get a ton of spam mail and spam comments, and that was the main reason for … Continue reading →