Essentially everyone, when they first build a distributed application, makes the following eight assumptions. All prove to be false in the long run and all cause big trouble and painful learning experiences.
1. The network is reliable
2. Latency is zero
3. Bandwidth is infinite
4. The network is secure
5. Topology doesn’t change
6. There is one administrator
7. Transport cost is zero
8. The network is homogeneous
Ok, so Ive been stumped by this problem for the last 3 days, and my exploration is reaching its limitations...
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Tim Bass
Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:55:07 +0000
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Hello all,
I was wondering if someone could either explain or maybe point me to another article somewhere that explains the difference between:
distributed computing
grid computing
parallel computing
I see these terms thrown around a lot in server and cluster environments, but I'd like a... (2 Replies)
Hi,
How do you actually create a unique ID on a distributed system. I looked at gethostid but the man page says that its not guaranteed to be unique. Also using the IP address does not seem to be a feasible solution. Is there a function call or mechanism by which this is possible when even the... (4 Replies)
I've downloaded distributed latest build for dnetc, and I think i installed it. Not sure where the excicuteable would be. Any help? i realize this is a little ambigious, so I can allways reintstall it if i know how to put it in a specific directory..
does anyone know if VNC works for the Intel... (3 Replies)
inkview(1) Inkscape-0.40 inkview(1)NAME
inkview - slideshow program which uses SVG files
SYNOPSIS
inkview [FILES] ... [somewhere/*.svg] ...
DESCRIPTION
Inkview is a slideshow program which uses SVG files. One or more FILES may be specified on the command-line and the slideshow will consist
of the files supplied on the command line in the given order.
KEYBINDINGS
Left or Page Up: show previous slide
Right, Page Down, or space bar: show next slide
Up: go to first slide
Down: go to last slide
Escape, q or Q: quit
F11: go to fullscreen mode/revert back to window mode
Return: pop up window with slide buttons (first, prev, next, last)
EXAMPLES
You can use the command inkview /usr/share/inkscape/examples/*.svg* to browse through the examples included in the inkscape package.
OPTIONS
There are no options yet.
TODO
add a default SVG for when a document does not load.
add a usage/help command line switch
SEE ALSO inkscape(1) and the inkview related part of the inkscape wiki: http://www.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkview
http://www.inkscape.org/
AUTHORS
Johan Ceuppens
This codebase owes its existence to a large number of contributors throughout its various incarnations. See inkscape(1) for more informa-
tion.
This man-page was written by Wolfram Quester <wolfi@mittelerde.physik.uni-konstanz.de>
INKSCAPE December 28, 2004 inkview(1)