carbon credit - a perspective

Rich countries are preparing to pay poor countries in exchange for carbon credit to save forests. Looks pretty? Think again. Why should the poor country not use their land, including forests, the way they would like? Why not the rich countries re-purpose some of their own land - like the corn fields and 18 acres of land at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for carbon offsets?

If the corn field owner and the owner of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue feel that their home/livelihood is disturbed - well, they would be correct. So, would the poor person having their livelihood is taken away....

I am not a proponent for deforestation - I feel exactly the opposite. All I am concerned is rich people making poorer people pay for the rich's mistakes and arrogant use of the earth.

Some times, paying the poor too can make them further poor - by making them beg. The riches need to pay as fine in the name of 'fine' for their bad addiction / behavior. The payment should come in the form of reducing their own carbon foot print - say walking to work for one week by every one in a town. Dry their cloths in cloth line. Stop buying new cloths for the next 4 years - until you had to wear torn cloths for your wedding and it is acceptable in the society (sorry if you are offended...).

TechAmerica - members

www.techamerica.org TechAmerica, the largest and strongest voice and resource for technology in the United States. Represents nearly 1,500 member companies of all sizes from the public and commercial sectors of the economy.

Publishes CyberStates 2010.

Silicon Valley Leadership Group - members

Silicon Valley Leadership Group http://svlg.org/about/members.php members include

1. Accenture
2. Action 36 Cable 6
3. Adaptec
4. Adobe Systems
5. Adura Technologies
6. Advanced Power Projects
7. AECOM
8. Affymetrix
9. Agilent Technologies
10. Akeena Solar
11. Akraya
12. Alom
13. Altera
14. AMD
15. American Airlines
16. AMF Media Group
17. Amgen
18. Anaerobe Systems
19. Anda Networks
20. Aon
21. Apple Computer
22. Applied Materials
23. Asyst Technologies
24. AT&T
25. Atmel
26. Ausra
27. BAE Systems
28. Bank of America
29. Bank of the West
30. Battery Ventures
31. BD Biosciences
32. Bell Microproducts
33. Berger Lewis
34. Bessemer Venture Partners
35. Better Place
36. BJS Group
37. Bloom Energy
38. Borel Private Bank & Trust Company
39. Boulevards New Media
40. Bridge Bank
41. Bridgelux
42. Brocade Communication Systems
43. CA
44. Cadence Design
45. California Micro Devices
46. California State University East Bay
47. California Water Service
48. CaliSolar
49. Cargill Salt
50. Catalyst BioSciences
51. Centillium
52. Centrify
53. Chevron Energy Solutions
54. Chrysalis Software
55. Chrysalis Software
56. Cisco Systems
57. Citibank
58. Citrix Systems
59. City National Bank
60. ClearEdge Power
61. Cobalt Biofuels
62. Comcast
63. Cowen and Company
64. Crescendo Ventures
65. CSC
66. Cypress Envirosystems
67. Daystar Technologies
68. DeCarta
69. Declaration Services
70. Dell
71. Deloitte & Touche
72. Design Visionaries
73. Devry University
74. DuPont
75. eBay
76. Echelon
77. EFI
78. Egon Zehnder International
79. eHealth
80. El Camino Hospital
81. Elynx
82. EMC Corporation
83. EMC
84. eMeter
85. Empire Broadcasting
86. EMQ
87. Encover
88. Energy Connect
89. Enernoc
90. Envision Solar
91. EPRI
92. Ernst & Young
93. Escape Velocity
94. eSilicon
95. ETM Electromatic
96. Exponent
97. Extreme Networks
98. Extron
99. Fairchild Semiconductor
100. Federspiel Controls
101. Finelite
102. Foothill-De Anza Community College District
103. Fortinet
104. FUJIFILM Dimatix
105. Garland Actuarial
106. Genentech
107. Gilead Sciences
108. Global Netoptex
109. Golden Gate University
110. Goodwill of Santa Clara County
111. Google
112. Gordon Biersch
113. Green Momentum
114. Green Waste Recovery
115. Hanson Permanente
116. Hara Software
117. Harris Stratex Networks
118. Heritage Commerce Corporation
119. Hewlett-Packard
120. Hitachi Data Systems
121. IBM Corporation
122. iControl
123. IDT
124. Ikun Energy
125. Informatica
126. Innovalight
127. Integrated Science Solutions
128. Intel Corporation
129. Intermolecular
130. Intuitive Surgical
131. Ireland San Filippo
132. JDS Uniphase
133. JFK University
134. Johnson & Johnson
135. Jones Lang Lasalle
136. Juniper Networks
137. Kaiser Permanente
138. Kennedy Jencks
139. KLA-Tencor
140. Kovio
141. KPMG
142. Lam Research
143. Landec
144. LED Green Power
145. Lee Hecht Harrison
146. LibraryWorld
147. Lightspeed Venture Partners
148. Lincoln Law School
149. Linear Technology
150. LiveFuels
151. LJ Engineering & Manufacturing
152. Lockheed Martin Global Communications Systems
153. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
154. LSI Logic Corporation
155. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
156. Luxim
157. Macrovision
158. Manpower
159. Marvell
160. Mattson Technology
161. McAfee
162. McKinsey & Company
163. MDS Analytical Technologies
164. Metricstream
165. Miasol?
166. Microsoft
167. MIPS Technologies
168. MoSys
169. MSquared
170. Nanosolar
171. Nanostellar
172. NASA-Ames Research Center
173. NASDAQ
174. National Hispanic University
175. National Semiconductor
176. Navigator Technologies
177. NBC-11
178. Net Logic
179. NetApp Inc.
180. Netflix
181. New Power Projects
182. New Resource Bank
183. New United Motor Manufacturing
184. Northern California Public Broadcasting
185. Northrop Grumman Marine Systems
186. Novellus
187. Numenta
188. NXP Semiconductors
189. Oakland A?s/San Jose Earthquakes
190. Objectivity
191. oDesk
192. Ohlone College
193. OpenWave Systems
194. Oracle
195. Outreach
196. Pacific Gas & Electric
197. Palm
198. Palmer College of Chiropractic
199. Palo Alto Medical Foundation
200. Plantronics
201. Plus3Networks
202. PMC-Sierra
203. Polycom
204. Poseidon Ventures
205. Presencia Technology
206. PriceWaterhouseCoopers
207. Prosper Marketplace
208. Q-Cells
209. Quantum
210. Quantum Energy Services & Technology
211. Raisch Products
212. Raritan
213. Redback Networks
214. ReGrid Power
215. Renesas
216. Renewable Power Solutions
217. RFQConnect
218. Robert Half International
219. Roche
220. Rockwell Collins
221. Samsung
222. San Francisco 49ers
223. San Jose Giants
224. San Jose Mercury News
225. San Jose Sharks
226. San Jose State University
227. San Jose Water Company
228. San Jose-Evergreen Community College District
229. Sandisk
230. Sanmina-SCI
231. Santa Clara Family Health Plan
232. Santa Clara University
233. SAP
234. Seagate Technologies
235. SearchRev
236. Sempra Energy
237. Sequoia Hospital
238. Serious Materials
239. SETI Institute
240. SGI
241. Siemens Industry, Building Technologies
242. Silicon Valley Systech
243. Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
244. Silver Spring Networks
245. Solar Technologies
246. Solarcity
247. Solaria
248. Solazyme
249. SolFocus
250. Sonic Solutions
251. Southwest Airlines
252. Spansion
253. Specialized Bicycles
254. SpikeSource
255. Splunk
256. SRI International
257. Stanford Hospital & Clinics
258. Stanford University
259. Stellar Solutions
260. Stion
261. STMicroelectronics
262. Sun Industries
263. SunFund
264. SunPower
265. SunWize
266. Surgery Center Partners
267. SVB Financial Group
268. SVTC
269. Symantec
270. Symmetricon
271. Synaptics
272. Synopsys
273. Tagent
274. Taleo
275. Targus Financial Solutions
276. Tecan Systems
277. Telesoft Partners
278. Tessera
279. The Health Trust
280. The Stealth
281. TIBCO
282. Tioga Energy
283. Transpak
284. Trimble Navigation
285. TRIRIGA
286. Ultratech
287. Union Bank
288. United American Bank
289. United Data Tech
290. University of California
291. University of California
292. University of California
293. University of Phoenix
294. Valence Energy
295. Vantage Point Venture Partners
296. Varian Medical Systems
297. Verari
298. Virgin America
299. VirtualLogix
300. VMWare
301. Waste Management
302. Watt Stopper
303. Webcor
304. Wells Fargo Bank
305. West Valley Staffing
306. West Valley/Mission Community Colleges
307. Wyse Technology
308. Xactly Corporation
309. Xenoport
310. Xstrata Recycling
311. Yahoo!

Worthy case accepting donation

1. http://www.ashanet.org/
2. http://www.giftofvision.org/
3. 
   

Coupon Companies

1. 2ergo
2. 8coupons
3. AAfter Corporation
4. Adility
5. Adpera.com
6. AfterWorkDeals
7. Amazon Filler Item Finder
8. Armadealo
9. Bluesky Local
10. Brozengo
11. COUPONGOOD
12. CardStar
13. CashStar
14. Centrl
15. CheapIrvine.com
16. Chitown Deals
17. Coupious
18. Coupon Tweet
19. CouponAlbum.com
20. CouponCabin
21. CouponDiscover
22. CouponMeUp.com
23. CouponShack
24. CouponWorx.com
25. Coupons Dealuxe
26. Coupons2Grab
27. Deal Linker
28. DealBk
29. DealDivine
30. DealPerk
31. DealRocker.com
32. DealTaker
33. DealTattle
34. Dealster
35. Dealzon
36. Discounts Ahoy
37. Emerald City Eats
38. FriendsEAT
39. Fudha
40. Fulll.com
41. GAP Miners
42. Gaucho
43. GotoDaily
44. Grabacode
45. Grocio
46. Khojguru
47. Likebees
48. Lunchtimedeals.com
49. MDot Network
50. MobGeo Ltd
51. MobiQpons
52. Mobile Flow
53. MySavings
54. MySavings, Inc.
55. Myzerr
56. Offeretti
57. OzVoucherCodes
58. PC Counter
59. PriceAlerter
60. Qpons
61. Quick Deal Services
62. Quicktoclick.com
63. Qustodian
64. Red Tag Media
65. RestoMontreal.ca
66. SacramentoGrapevine.com
67. SafeList.com
68. SavingPiggy
69. Savings
70. Savings Friend
71. ScoutMob
72. ShopLocal
73. Smash Deals
74. SmileyDeals
75. Snacksquare
76. Star Return
77. Supplement Deals
78. SwoopUp.com
79. Tjoos
80. Tooio
81. TownSync
82. TweetWagon
83. UPto75
84. UnoDeals
85. VouChaCha
86. Voucher Codes
87. WOWzzy
88. We-care.com
89. Worldviewer
90. YOOSE
91. YourNight.com
92. beeclever
93. couponroof.com
94. couponsdiary.com
95. dealam.com
96. dealspl.us
97. eCampusCash
98. mobicampus
99. online-couponcodes
100. socialpda
101. the-lodging.com
102. txtmailer

Mobile Coupon Companies

1. 2ergo
2. 8coupons
3. Armadealo
4. Invitation Digital
5. Lunchtimedeals.com
6. MDot Network
7. MobGeo Ltd
8. Mobilitrix
9. MobiQpons
10. Mobile Flow
11. Qustodian
12. VouChaCha
13. YOOSE

Coupons EcoSystem

Coupons Eco System – (Mostly from Wikipedia)

Types of Coupons:

1. discounts

2. free shipping

3. first-time customer coupons

4. free giveaways

Coupon Distribution:

1. mail

2. magazines

3. newspapers

4. Internet

5. mobile devices

Why Coupons:

1. research the price sensitivity

Online coupon names:

2. coupon codes

3. promotional codes

4. promotion codes

5. discount codes

6. key codes

7. promo codes

8. surplus codes

9. portable codes

10. shopping codes

11. voucher codes

12. reward codes

13. source codes

Coupon Fraud Prevention Methods:

1. unique barcodes

2. coupon ID numbers

3. holographic seals

4. watermarked paper

Discount Reasons:

1. Prompt payment discount

2. Preferred payment method discount

3. Partial payment discount

4. Sliding scale fees

5. Forward dating

6. Seasonal discount

Misc Topics

Allowances:

1. Promotional allowances

2. Brokerage allowance

Rebate:

1. mail-in rebate (MIR)

2. Instant rebate

Scrip

gift certificates

gift vouchers

scrip fundraising

trade, donate, buy and sell gift cards

virtual currency by online games

list of tests available

1. ACID for web standards

Related Topics:

1. Benchmarking for assessing relative Performance while Test Suites are for Correctness/Verification. (Besnchmarking can have a test suite as well)
   
2. Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)
3. Phoronix Test Suite
   

Measures:

1. MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second)
2. Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) for database
   

Equivalence in other Industry:

1. FCC certification
2. Automobile crash test rating
   

windows install CLI

netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" static 192.168.11.12 255.255.255.0 192.168.11.1 1
netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" static 192.168.11.33
NET START SharedAccess
netsh firewall set opmode disable
#2008
Cscript \windows\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /ar 0

#2003
Cscript \windows\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /ar 0
Cscript \windows\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /cs 0

de-open source - Oracle/MySQL

Reasons for moving from closed source to open source could be for

1. Company wanting to benefit from community contribution in terms of
   code addition, code modification, code review & product testing
2. Company folding - so, open source the product
3. Older product or version of product
4. Company getting good will
5. Opening more usage of the product

Recently, I am suspecting some companies could take their code closed source - from open source. I am suspecting dual license can enable this to happen.

My fear is MySQL, used by many companies in production, going closed source. One theory (or did I read somewhere?), was that Oracle purchasing Sun was for MySQL. If it had purchased, MySQL directly, people could call foul easily.

Facebook is using MySQL in their storage. And it is really lots of them. I don't think Oracle would be happy about it. One way to twist Facebook's arm could be by offering Oracle for Facebook at a reduced price or threaten to stop fixing/improving MySQL.

KQED FM 88.5 program

1. All Things Considered
2. BBC World Service
3. California Money
4. The California Report
5. Cambridge Forum
6. Car Talk
7. City Arts & Lectures
8. Commonwealth Club
9. The Do List
10. Forum
11. Fresh Air
12. Health Dialogues
13. Inside Europe
14. It's Your World (a broadcast of the World Affairs Council)
15. Latino USA
16. Living On Earth
17. Marketplace
18. Marketplace Money
19. Morning Edition
20. NewsHour
21. On the Media
22. A Prairie Home Companion
23. Quest
24. Radio Specials
25. Says You!
26. Selected Shorts
27. Soundprint
28. Studio 360
29. Talk of the Nation
30. Tech Nation
31. This American Life
32. This Week in Northern California
33. To the Best of Our Knowledge
34. Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me
35. Washington Week
36. Weekend Edition
37. World

1. National Public Radio
2. Public Radio International
3. BBC World Service
4. American Public Media
5. Forum
6. The California Report
7. Perspectives

Smart Appliance in your premise?

Do you have Smart Appliance in your premise? Well, that can be "Trojan Horse" - or it could become one, if needed.

more corp research sites

1. http://www.securityscraper.com/
2. http://www.visionwiz.net/

Microsoft doing it again - anti-competitive against vmware

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/business/default.aspx

Well.. microsoft seems to be doing it again. Using monopoly in Windows OS and joining hands with citrix($8B) - crushing vmware($22B).

vmware is the market leader in virtualization. Microsoft is a late starter into the field. Virtualization products/concept is catching on - Microsoft can't stand to see some one else making more money in software.....

Gluster by Anand Babu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluster

This is another open source project taken over by commercial enterprise

http://www.gluster.com/ - commercial
http://www.gluster.org/ - open source

This seems to be similar in relationship between memcached & northscale

The 20 most promising companies in the cloud storage

http://www.resellerweb.com.br/noticias/index.asp?cod=65579

The 20 most promising companies in the cloud storage

by ChannelWeb
23/02/2010
Check out the main suppliers of data storage on cloud computing, the segment of opportunities for the channel

Storage as a service is, for many channels, entering the world of cloud computing. The niche has all the benefits of cloud computing, including the use of shared infrastructure in other data centers to store data and integrate infrastructure into the cloud with the strategy of internal storage and backup. And like almost all customers are looking for better ways to store and backup data, there are many opportunities for suppliers in the industry. Check out the 20 most promising manufacturers of the segment and that can lead the partners to the cloud.

See also: The 20 companies most promising applications in the cloud

1) 3X Systems
The appliance for remote backup (RBA) of 3X Systems offers encrypted backup. The partners in implementing the RBA customers with technology that eliminates duplicate data whenever the information changes in computers and PCs are automatically RBA set to perform backups, which makes the device a sort of mini cloud of storage. It can also be brought to the office or customers in remote areas in case of data recovery after a disaster.

2) Asigra
The Asigra software provides WAN-optimized with the aim of helping customers to control their private or public clouds in a single interface. The tool allows better data protection and ease of filing. The software also manages the lifecycle of backup. The Asigra restructured recently, its policy of channels and now betting on more stable partnership - giving the same margins for small and large partners.

3) Axcient
The Axcient offers a hybrid model of cloud storage that includes a combination of storage and appliance-based storage service on the Internet. Thus, customers can back up data locally for fast recovery, or online, for added security. The SMB can buy the tools of Axcient capacity of 500GB to 10TB via partners. Are the channels that connect to the Internet and use the infrastructure in the cloud that is owned by Axcient.

4) Carbonite
The Carbonite is a pioneer in offering online backup and was the first to offer unlimited backup for the fixed price of $ 55 per year. The company also offers partnership and system manufacturers have a program that channels may be added Carbonite systems in your list of services. The software company backs up data automatically each time the information is modified with encryption.

5) Caring
The Caring Castor allows partners to build an infrastructure of cloud using only a USB memory plugged into one of several company servers. As work in the cluster, these servers automatically replicate each file stored in Castor. The company also offers a content router to distribute information within the cloud beaver, the ability to deliver files of the cloud and a filing function to desktop users who can not only store data and make them available without interrupting workflow .

6) Ctera
The Ctera provides an appliance that delivers all that is required for storage in the cloud in minutes. CloudPlug The device is based on Linux, plugged in, PC and router, allows backups are done automatically in the cloud, without additional software or hardware. The company also offers an appliance for storage on NAS that saves the data in the cloud.

7) Doyenz
The platform's virtualization Doyenz allows partners to build virtual appliances to low-cost disaster recovery, failures or data migration. The company allows it to be built and tested virtual appliances using VMware ESXi software, which can be deployed in minutes if used in conjunction with companies with Savvis and Rackspace. Customers pay the equivalent of one hour consulting rate of the partner, which gives the channel a continuous source of revenue.

8) Efolder
The Efolder helps SMB-focused channel to be offered in the cloud storage and archiving of e-mails. The company also has an offer hybrid cloud and local, which includes an appliance that uses local disk for fast recovery, but stores information in the cloud for remote backup. Last year, he acquired the eFolder the DoubleCheck, specializing in managing e-mail and security, hoping to combine storage, storage and security of e-mail in an indirect offer to the market.

9) EMC
The offer of EMC Mozy for online backup, which was bought in 2007, follows one of the most popular cloud. At the end of 2008, EMC Mozy combined with Pi, a specialist in personal information management, to create a new subsidiary, Decho. The Decho focuses on providing a platform on which to base the construction of storage in the cloud and other services, with special focus on storing and managing personal data.

10) i365
The i365, a subsidiary of Seagate, working with channel partners and managed service to help customers to have a storage infrastructure in the cloud. The company's offer consists of a myriad of partner services in the cloud storage, data protection, storage of e-mails, ediscovery and tools for restoration and data migration. The bet more i365 is new technology that allows software developers to install their applications directly into the cloud storage of i365.

11) IBM IBM service called Smart Business Storage Cloud is a private cloud that supports multiple petabytes of data and billions of files. It is based on IBM's blade servers and storage technology XIV. The service allows companies seams a local cloud storage managed by IBM or a backup data center at IBM. IBM also plans to build a public cloud storage.

12) IntronA
IntronA offers its online backup tool for partners interested in selling it with its own brand. With functionality that ensures that only data changes are stored, the tool also has functions ready for adherence to government regulations. In addition, it also supports backup, storage and file recovery Exchange. The channels can guarantee commission and revenue continued to win new customers for the company or can offer the services of IntronA as part of its own portfolio.

13) Mezeo Software
The Mezeo created software that enables IT organizations to create services cloud storage to their customers. Platform Mezeo Cloud Storage includes a web application, a native client for Windows desktop and native applications for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile. With the platform, partners can offer sharing, collaboration, file labeling (tagging), and safety.

14) RELDATE
The technology RELDATE consolidating iSCSI, SAN, NAS and WAN on a single supply of storage, can be used by channels to help its customers build private cloud of storage. The appliance 9240i/RELvos allows customers to scale independently of the storage capacity of disk, replication, storage services and network performance without disrupting their applications. The appliance uses the operating system for virtualization of own RELDATE, Grass and has a controller for high performance SAS disk storage and integrated.

15) Robobak
The Robobak technology provides an automated backup for remote offices, which helps to deliver a supply channel of Storage-as-a-Service. Tool v9 Data Protection Robobak has the understanding of technologies such as backups and fighting duplicate data. In addition, it includes encryption and various tools for creating backup policies.

16) Symantec
Symantec has two offers to cloud up. For companies, the option is the Symantec Protection Network that can be resold by the channels to their customers. Part of the Symantec Hosted Services, the platform of cloud services the company can protect and manage the information stored on any device as and in formats such as e-mail or Messeges. For end users, Norton Online Backup allows up to five PCs in the same house have automatic backups of their data centers within the company, with the added ability to research and share these files.

17) Symform
The cloud storage Symform make a backup copy of the client and divided into blocks of 64MB, the mixing among them with AES-256 and breaking them back into 1MB chunks and adding a further 32 other pieces 1MB for redundancy. After that, the company sends these fragments to 96 storage centers scattered around the world. These cores are obtained in the internal structure of its customers, separating a small part of its storage capacity to be used as storage of data from other companies.

18) Vembu
The of Vembu StoreGrid, allowing channels to enter the market of the cloud with its own brand, now also offers storage services. These include services clustering and load balancing, and allows the data in the Amazon cloud to be replicated directly.

19) Zenith Infotech
The platform of the Zenith Infotech allows channels to offer managed services, help desk and virtual Disaster Recovery for SMB companies. The provision of backup and disaster recovery company was a pioneer in using a hybrid concept - local and cloud - including one for a local backup appliance and sends the data every 15 minutes for the cloud.

20) Zetta
Zetta's technology helps partners to build an infrastructure in the cloud that can replace the indoor storage of SMB companies. The supply of storage in the cloud of Zetta delivers high standard service as data snapshots, replication, and full redundancy without requiring additional hardware and acting like a traditional storage device. It also provides protection and data integrity, security and privacy at a price of 25 cents per gigabyte per month.

business model - 2 schools

1. Mr. E - R&D
Mr. G - M&A

2. Mr. E - Develop/sell products
Mr. G - Buy Products/technology

3. Mr. G - Buy good will
Mr. E - organically develop goodwill (downside - time to market)

4. Mr. E - pay salary in cash
Mr. G - Equity only compensation

5. Mr. G: News flash of relationship

6. Mr. G: Franchise model

7. Mr. G: lobby is one model by which grow - 60% of the business development

testlog - another test case management tool

http://www.testlog.com/

testlog - yet another test case management tool

Free 90 day evaluation, then US$99 to purchase.

Supported on: Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server, Vista and Windows 7.

Requirements:
32MB RAM, 10MB Disk space, Pentium CPU or higher, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher. IIS (5.1 or higher) or Apache for web access (CGI) module.

Web Access module (optional): (Bummer....)
This is an optional module which allows access to a TestLog database over a web server. Requires TestLog. US$50 per user license.

QCOW2 & QEMU

QCOW2 is from the makers of QEMU. Provides Copy on Write disk image format.

ntfs-3g & FUSE

wikipedia

NTFS-3G is an open source cross-platform implementation of the Microsoft Windows NTFS file system with read-write support. NTFS-3G uses the FUSE file system interface, so it can run unmodified on many different operating systems. It has been reported to work with Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, BeOS, QNX and Haiku. It is licensed under either the GNU General Public License or a Commercial license. It is a partial fork of ntfsprogs and is under active maintenance and development.

	www.ntfs-3g.com

Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) is a loadable kernel module for Unix-like computer operating systems, that allows non-privileged users to create their own file systems without editing the kernel code. This is achieved by running the file system code in user space, while the FUSE module only provides a "bridge" to the actual kernel interfaces.

Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License, FUSE is free software. The FUSE system was originally part of A Virtual Filesystem (AVFS), but has since split off into its own project on SourceForge.net.

FUSE is available for Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD (as PUFFS), OpenSolaris, and Mac OS X. It was officially merged into the mainstream Linux kernel tree in kernel version 2.6.14.

Volume Snapshot Service (VSS) Shadow Copy

Wikipedia
Shadow Copy (also called Volume Snapshot Service or VSS), is a technology included in Microsoft Windows that allows taking manual or automatic backup copies or snapshots of data, even if it has a lock, on a specific volume at a specific point in time over regular intervals. It is implemented as a Windows service called the Volume Shadow Copy service. A software VSS provider service is also included as part of Windows to be used by Windows applications. Shadow Copy technology does not require the file system to be NTFS, although it needs one NTFS volume for the shadow copies to be stored.

commands:

  vssadmin list providers
 vssadmin create shadow /for=c:

kboot & kexec

http://kboot.sourceforge.net/

kboot is a proof-of-concept implementation of a Linux boot loader based on kexec. kboot uses a boot loader like LILO or GRUB to load a regular Linux kernel as its first stage. Then, the full capabilities of the kernel can be used to locate and to access the kernel to be booted.
kboot integrates the various components needed for a fully featured boot loader, and demonstrates their use. While the main focus is on basic technical functionality, kboot can serve as a starting point for customized boot environments offering additional features.

kboot is currently only tested on the ia32 (i386) platform. Some of its features include:

• supports most file systems and device drivers the Linux kernel supports
• transparent navigation in the file system of the booted system, including auto-mounting guided by /etc/fstab
• network configuration is either manual or with DHCP, including name resolution via /etc/hosts and DNS
• access to file systems via NFS
• access to files via HTTP, FTP, and TFTP
• inbound and outbound SSH (to and from the boot loader)

Besides that, it's easy to add more features. The most important missing features are:

• no pretty user interface yet
• no integration of RAID, LVM, etc.
• needs to support more platforms, in particular amd64
• file name completion only works for commands and kernels
• does not boot legacy operating systems yet

kexec from wikipedia

kexec (kernel execution) is a mechanism of the Linux kernel that allows "live" booting of a new kernel over the currently running one. kexec skips the bootloader stage (hardware initialization phase by the firmware or BIOS) and directly loads the new kernel into memory, which starts executing immediately. This avoids the long times associated with a full reboot, and is useful on systems with high availability requirements, where minimizing downtime is of essence.

While feasible, there are two major challenges in implementing a mechanism such as kexec: first, the new kernel will overwrite the memory of the currently running one, while it is still executing. Second, the new kernel will usually expect all physical devices to be in a well-defined state, as they are after system reboot, when the BIOS (or firmware) resets them to a "sane" state. Bypassing a real reboot means devices may be in an unknown state, and the new kernel will have to recover from that.

1. Reboot Linux faster using kexec

Apache Lucene

Wikipedia:

Apache Lucene, while suitable for any application which requires full text indexing and searching capability, Lucene has been widely recognized for its utility in the implementation of Internet search engines and local, single-site searching.

At the core of Lucene's logical architecture is the idea of a document containing fields of text. This flexibility allows Lucene's API to be independent of the file format. Text from PDFs, HTML, Microsoft Word, and OpenDocument documents, as well as many others can all be indexed so long as their textual information can be extracted.

COW : Copy on Write

From Wikipedia

Copy-on-write (sometimes referred to as "COW") is an optimization strategy used in computer programming. The fundamental idea is that if multiple callers ask for resources which are initially indistinguishable, they can all be given pointers to the same resource. This function can be maintained until a caller tries to modify its "copy" of the resource, at which point a true private copy is created to prevent the changes becoming visible to everyone else. All of this happens transparently to the callers. The primary advantage is that if a caller never makes any modifications, no private copy need ever be created.

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The COW concept is also used in maintenance of instant snapshot on database servers like Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Instant snapshots preserve a static view of a database by storing a pre-modification copy of data when underlaying data are updated. Instant snapshots are used for testing uses or moment-dependent reports and should not be used to replace backups.

COW may also be used as the underlying mechanism for snapshots provided by logical volume management and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service.

iPad use possibilities

Non 3G Version

1. eBooks
2. ePrint outs (Map direction)
   
3. Digital Photo Frame
4. Replace Portable DVD Player
5. Replace netbook
6. skype phone
7. Portable Internet Browser
8. Product presentation in exec room / coffee shop
9. Keynote speaker/teleprompter
10. larger screen for video camera/ on location editing
11. Music player
12. Instant ON can replace laptop - check email
13. Multi touch - for artist/painters/ white boarding
14. Travel kit - replacement for laptop
    

perl JSON API http

1. sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install JSON'
2. sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install JSON::XS'
3. sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install WWW::Mechanize'

http://beerpla.net/2008/03/27/parsing-json-in-perl-by-example-southparkstudioscom-south-park-episodes/

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use JSON;
use LWP::Simple;

fetch_json_page("http://www.crunchbase.com/v/1/company/yousendit.js");

sub fetch_json_page
{
 my ($json_url) = @_;
 eval{
   my $content = get($json_url);
   my $json = new JSON;
 
   # these are some nice json options to relax restrictions a bit:
   my $json_text = $json->decode($content);
   print $json_text->{phone_number} . "\n";
 };
 # catch crashes:
 if($@){
   print "[[JSON ERROR]] JSON parser crashed! $@\n";
 }
}

mysql backup

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/backup-methods.html

MySql data file copy is a valid process for MyISAM engine!!

1. Making Backups by Copying Table Files
2. Making Delimited-Text File Backups
3. Making Backups with mysqldump or mysqlhotcopy
4. Making Incremental Backups by Enabling the Binary Log
5. Making Backups Using Replication Slaves
6. Recovering Corrupt Tables
7. Making Backups Using a File System Snapshot