From lgj at usenix.org Fri Aug 7 12:02:09 2009 From: lgj at usenix.org (Lionel Garth Jones) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:02:09 -0700 Subject: [ocuug] LISA '09 Registration Now Open Message-ID: <69671A2F-7FD1-41A9-9B37-DF69D57BFCB4@usenix.org> On behalf of all the LISA '09 organizers, I'd like to invite you to join us in Baltimore, MD, November 1-6, 2009, for the 23rd Large Installation System Administration Conference: http://www.usenix.org/lisa09/proga For over 20 years, the Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA) has been the must-attend system administration conference. It offers an unparalleled opportunity to meet and mingle with the leaders of the system administration industry. Take advantage of 6 days of training that offer face-to-face time with expert instructors, including: -- Mark Burgess on Configuration Management Solutions with Cfengine 3 -- David N. Blank-Edelman on Over the Edge System Administration Back for 2009, we're offering two series of classes focusing on some of the most important topics you'll encounter. Classes include: -- Peter Baer Galvin and Marc Staveley on Solaris 10 Administration -- John Arrasjid and Rupen Sheth on Virtualization with VMware vSphere 4.0 The full training program can be found at http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa09/training/ In addition to the training, 3 days of technical sessions include top-notch refereed papers, informative invited talks, expert Guru Is In sessions, and a poster session: http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa09/tech/ * Over a dozen invited talks feature our most impressive slate of speakers to date. They include: -- Keynote Address by Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com -- Plenary Session: "Google Wave," by Daniel Berlin and Sam Thorogood, Google, Inc. -- Plenary Session: "Cosmic Computing: Supporting the Science of the Planck Space Based Telescope," by Shane Canon, Group Leader, Data System Group in NERSC, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory -- Plenary Session: "Towards Zero-Emission Datacenters Through Direct Reuse of Waste Heat," by Bruno Michel, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory * LISA is the top-tier forum for presenting new research in system administration. We selected papers showcasing state-of-the-art work on topics including configuration management, cloud computing, virtualization, and security. * Bring your most challenging technical questions to the experts at LISA's Guru Is In sessions. * Explore the latest commercial innovations at the Vendor Exhibition. * Benefit from opportunities for peer interaction (a.k.a. the "Hallway Track"). * Discounts are available! -- Registration: http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa09/discounts.html -- Airfare and hotel: http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa09/hotel.html * Help us promote! -- Banners and buttons: http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa09/promote.html -- Facebook: http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa09/facebook -- Twitter: http://twitter.com/LISAConference For complete program information and to register, see http://www.usenix.org/lisa09/proga Early registration discounts are now available. Register by Monday, October 12, and save up to $300! We're pleased to bring LISA to Baltimore and we look forward to seeing you there. On behalf of the LISA '09 Program Committee, Adam Moskowitz LISA '09 Program Chair lisa09chair at usenix.org ----------------------------------------------------------- LISA '09: 23rd Large Installation System Administration Conference http://www.usenix.org/lisa09/proga November 1-6, 2009, Baltimore, MD Early Bird Registration Deadline: October 12, 2009 Sponsored by USENIX and SAGE in cooperation with LOPSA and SNIA ----------------------------------------------------------- From scott5 at ovsage.org Sat Aug 8 20:02:03 2009 From: scott5 at ovsage.org (Scott Murphy) Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:02:03 -0400 Subject: [ocuug] August Meeting Message-ID: <4A7E11FB.5050509@ovsage.org> Just as a reminder, this Thursday (August 13) is the second Thursday of the month. For those who do not remember, that means the Ottawa-Carleton Unix Users Group gets together for an evening of conversation, beverages and food (not necessarily in that order). It's still a slow turnout, so if you have the free time, come out and let us know you are still alive. Maybe there are new ideas? New jobs? New projects? Something you want to discuss with a diverse bunch of geeks (except Diane)? Details: Colonnade Pizza & Restaurant, 280 Metcalfe (at Gilmour) 18:00 (6:00pm) Thursday, August 13, 2009 There is a map (http://www.ottawaplus.ca/portal/profile.do?profileID=49236) You can also visit the website for the same information (http://www.ocuug.on.ca) From lgj at usenix.org Thu Aug 13 17:55:32 2009 From: lgj at usenix.org (Lionel Garth Jones) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:55:32 -0700 Subject: [ocuug] USENIX HotPar '10 Call For Papers Now Available Message-ID: <155786E9-45A4-4B35-AE0E-1F4B156F10D7@usenix.org> The Program Committee for the 2nd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Parallelism (HotPar '10) invites you to submit position papers. HotPar '10 will bring together researchers and practitioners doing innovative work in the area of parallel computing. HotPar recognizes the broad impact of multicore computing and seeks relevant contributions in all fields, including application design, languages and compilers, systems, and architecture. We request submissions of position papers that propose new directions for research of products in these areas, advocate non-traditional approaches to the problems engendered by parallelism, or potentially generate controversy and discussion. Submissions are due January 24, 2010. More information and submission guidelines are available at http://www.usenix.org/hotpar10/cfpa We look forward to receiving your submissions! Sincerely, Geoff Lowney, Intel David Patterson, University of California, Berkeley HotPar '10 Program Co-Chairs hotpar10chairs at usenix.org From scott5 at ovsage.org Thu Aug 13 21:32:12 2009 From: scott5 at ovsage.org (Scott Murphy) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:32:12 -0400 Subject: [ocuug] Just because we've always done it this way... Message-ID: <4A84BE9C.2070906@ovsage.org> It seems that we are having a reduction in people showing up for the monthly meet, so I'm suggesting we try an alternate evening for our meetings. Alternative nights that come to mind are: * Second Wednesday of the month * Third Tuesday of the month * Third Wednesday of the month I'm asking for some discussion as to the viability of changing nights to see if that makes it easier for people to attend. While I expect the summer meetings to be sparse, this year it's been minimal and a number of the other meetings have been 1, 2, or 3 people. I just want to make sure the interest is there. Cheers, Scott -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserv.storm.ca/pipermail/ocuug/attachments/20090813/199ea0e3/attachment.htm From db at db.net Thu Aug 13 22:06:19 2009 From: db at db.net (Diane Bruce) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:06:19 -0400 Subject: [ocuug] As mentioned at pizza tonight In-Reply-To: <4A84BE9C.2070906@ovsage.org> References: <4A84BE9C.2070906@ovsage.org> Message-ID: <20090814020619.GB74710@night.db.net> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchools.html -- - db at FreeBSD.org db at db.net http://www.db.net/~db From db at db.net Thu Aug 13 22:00:46 2009 From: db at db.net (Diane Bruce) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:00:46 -0400 Subject: [ocuug] Just because we've always done it this way... In-Reply-To: <4A84BE9C.2070906@ovsage.org> References: <4A84BE9C.2070906@ovsage.org> Message-ID: <20090814020046.GA74710@night.db.net> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 09:32:12PM -0400, Scott Murphy wrote: > It seems that we are having a reduction in people showing up for the > monthly meet, so I'm suggesting we try an alternate evening for our > meetings. > > Alternative nights that come to mind are: > > * Second Wednesday of the month That directly conflicts with http://www.oarc.net meeting nights. > * Third Tuesday of the month > * Third Wednesday of the month Either of these alternatives is good for me. -- - db at FreeBSD.org db at db.net http://www.db.net/~db From drulavigne at sympatico.ca Fri Aug 14 00:33:02 2009 From: drulavigne at sympatico.ca (Dru Lavigne) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:33:02 +0000 Subject: [ocuug] Just because we've always done it this way... In-Reply-To: <20090814020046.GA74710@night.db.net> References: <4A84BE9C.2070906@ovsage.org> <20090814020046.GA74710@night.db.net> Message-ID: > > * Third Tuesday of the month > > * Third Wednesday of the month > > Either of these alternatives is good for me. Either works for me. Cheers, Dru -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserv.storm.ca/pipermail/ocuug/attachments/20090814/d1bda3ed/attachment.htm From ocuugal at fake.otterhole.ca Fri Aug 14 10:36:44 2009 From: ocuugal at fake.otterhole.ca (ocuugal at fake.otterhole.ca) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:36:44 -0400 Subject: [ocuug] Just because we've always done it this way... In-Reply-To: References: <4A84BE9C.2070906@ovsage.org> <20090814020046.GA74710@night.db.net> Message-ID: <20090814143644.GC23667@datacentre.otterhole.ca> Me too. al On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 04:33:02AM +0000, Dru Lavigne wrote: > >> > * Third Tuesday of the month >> > * Third Wednesday of the month >> >> Either of these alternatives is good for me. > > Either works for me. > > Cheers, > > Dru > _______________________________________________ > OCUUG mailing list > OCUUG at listserv.storm.ca > http://listserv.storm.ca/mailman/listinfo/ocuug From drulavigne at sympatico.ca Tue Aug 18 17:21:49 2009 From: drulavigne at sympatico.ca (Dru Lavigne) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:21:49 +0000 Subject: [ocuug] BSD mag Message-ID: I won't make the September meeting as I'll be in the Dominican Republic that week. I do have the following issues of BSD Mag to give away on a first come first served basis to anyone willing to pick them up in the Lincoln Fields area: 2 copies of the latest issue on BSD Security 1 copy of the previous issue on FreeBSD Cheers, Dru -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserv.storm.ca/pipermail/ocuug/attachments/20090818/79342c5b/attachment.htm From mailinglists at livinginternet.com Wed Aug 19 08:53:33 2009 From: mailinglists at livinginternet.com (Wm. Stewart) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:53:33 -0400 Subject: [ocuug] Debate - Best License - August 31st @ Gowlings Message-ID: <4A8BF5CD.4080508@livinginternet.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserv.storm.ca/pipermail/ocuug/attachments/20090819/9ec3a49a/attachment.htm From lgj at usenix.org Thu Aug 20 11:45:59 2009 From: lgj at usenix.org (Lionel Garth Jones) Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:45:59 -0700 Subject: [ocuug] USENIX SustainIT '10 Call For Papers Now Available Message-ID: <5307DED1-AA8F-4DF4-ABB6-753C2169F059@usenix.org> The Program Committee for the the First USENIX Workshop on Sustainable Information Technology (SustainIT '10) invites you to submit your papers. Increasingly, designers of computer systems ranging from small mobile devices to massive datacenters are concerned with sustainable design, including both power and life-cycle costs; these costs should include manufacturing, operation, and disposal of IT systems. We seek papers that evaluate energy-related issues and their aforementioned trade-offs, present novel new ideas, challenge and/or debunk past and present practices, and more. We especially encourage papers that discuss not just energy issues but also how they interact with other dimensions in a sustainable manner. The scope of this workshop is broad, covering research, theory, hardware, software, applications, techniques, etc.--all related to making computing systems greener. Topics of interest related to energy-sustainable computing include but are not limited to: * Energy vs. performance, cost, reliability, usability, security, etc. * Evaluations of long-term total costs of ownership (TCOs, e-waste, growth rates, recycling, etc.) * Total Impact of Ownership (TIO) in the long run (even decades-long) * Workload reduction techniques (e.g., compression, dedup) * Application of virtualization, cloud computing, clustering, and workload management * Hardware-based techniques (e.g., new electronics, clock-gating, disaggregation) * Firmware-based techniques (e.g., APM, ACPI) * Right-sizing techniques (e.g., DVFS, DRPM) * Use of FLASH and other novel storage media * Impact of storage hardware and software stacks * Application-optimization techniques (e.g., compiler-based) * Theory, algorithms, and simulated results * Energy and energy-related metrics (e.g., $$$, Energy-Delay, PUE) * IT services and techniques to manage energy and reduce costs * Sustainability and life-cycle analysis * Practical energy technologies for the developing world * Datacenter techniques (e.g., blade servers, low-power CPUs) * Software-based techniques at all levels, from OS/kernel to applications * Evaluation and modification of business processes to reduce the environmental impact * Economics of energy-efficienct software and hardware design * New datacenter cooling and energy-management issues and designs, including use of renewable energy sources * Thermal and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models for software and hardware co-design Please submit your work by November 9, 2009. More information and submission guidelines are available at http://www.usenix.org/sustainit10/cfpa SustainIT '10 will take place February 22, 2010, in San Jose, CA. It will be co-located with the 8th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST '10), which will take place February 23-26, 2010. We look forward to receiving your submissions! Sincerely, Ethan L. Miller, University of California, Santa Cruz Erez Zadok, Stony Brook University SustainIT '10 Program Co-Chairs sustainit10chairs at usenix.org From fishern at ncf.ca Fri Aug 14 21:48:18 2009 From: fishern at ncf.ca (Normand Fisher) Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:48:18 -0000 Subject: [ocuug] Just because we've always done it this way... Message-ID: <45d8b45ab6.45ab645d8b@ncf.ca> That all looks good for me (except for September, I'll be out of town!). See you in October. 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