LOL! Run and hide! Looks like ANYONE can build their own server now! OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Looks like I need to stop working for myself and go get a jobby job.
http://www.intac.net/build-your-own-server/
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IT'S JUST THAT EASY!!!
LOL! Run and hide! Looks like ANYONE can build their own server now! OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Looks like I need to stop working for myself and go get a jobby job.
http://www.intac.net/build-your-own-server/
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Reminds me of purchasing a website template online. In order to be able to manipulate them you still need to have the skillset to do the work. So, I'm sure anyone setting up their own server would not have been a customer anyways.
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I just think that the lack of mentioning that hardware must be compatible to work together is hilarious.
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Having built my own desktops and servers for years now, that site makes me laugh! Seriously, anyone who can match colors and shapes can "build" a server. Rob has the main point though. The skills to make it "run" are what's lacking. Provided they get past hardware compatibility issues that is.
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It reminds me of the poster sized pictures they used to send along in the box with your computer on how to set it up. Nice contrasting colors and simple, easy steps that even a child could perform. Ahh windows 3.1, I am going to go play my intellivision now....
8 BITS OF GRAPHICS AMAZEMENT.
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Of course you can get a heck of a lot more involved with servers. But, just like some people have a simple tank with a few fish, there are others with the reactors, lights, controllers, etc. Everyone has to begin somewhere and this could be the stepping point some people take to learn servers and system administration. It gives them that point they can then jump off onto their own and start learning.
"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work." --Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Very true, but the site isn't targeting those who have no experience. Upon closer inspection, they are targeting those who are at least somewhat familiar with DIY computer systems. Step 1 assumes you have spare/old parts lying around and the rest of the steps will get a very simple file server working. However, using an Open Source desktop distrobution seems silly when you can get Ubuntu Server for the same price (eg free).
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You guys are missing the joke! 1010101010111111000010100101010101010011100
Just read the first step.
Ahh the simplicity. ;)
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Originally Posted by ScorpiNO
Granted, the first step is missing a bunch of stuff (not all mobos and chips are compatible, memory, etc), but what's the joke??
Remember this is MAAST; no humor allowed.
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