www.TheTechStop.net If you’ve ever tried to manage multiple computers, you know how quickly even a well-designed workspace can be overrun by keyboards, monitors and mice. This problem is normally solved using a KVM to manage all computers through one keyboard set, but once the Data Desk turns into a Data Closet and then into a Data Center, traditional KVM solutions are no longer an option because of the bulk of the cables, the limitations of cable lengths and the complexity of routing dozens of cords without impeding airflow and access. For these environments, the IP-KVM has given administrators the ability to aggregate control of multiple systems through an easy-to-use IP addressable interface, with a minimum of cable clutter and the added benefit of making the servers securely accessible from remote locations with nothing more than a web browser. While such IP-KVM systems are wonderfully useful tools for anybody who has ever needed to administer a server farm or a remote node, the price and complexity of such tools have made most IP-KVM offerings either far too expensive for SMB users or too unreliable for anything more than a home office. Quite simply, most of us don’t have $5-20k to drop on an enterprise-class IP-KVM solution, and the products that we can afford are nothing more than KVM “toys” with limited functionality and next to no scalability. Lantronix has its sights set on changing the status quo by offering an IP-KVM that is affordable, simple enough to use in …
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this small IP KVM is exactly what I was looking for… But it’s far too expensive
The metallic coating does not hold the data. It’s just a reflector for the laser beam. What holds the data is the internal side of the plastic that is adjacent to the metallic side. A much quicker and more secure way to destroy optical disks is the microwave. Energy reflects from the metallic coating and melts the adjacent plastic that contains the data. And it only takes two seconds and does not damage your microwave.
@Geeksmack: please don’t start an insult war on this channel. I value his opinion as much as I value yours. He thinks the shirt was lame, that’s cool – there are plenty of other shirts.
Soooooo… in other words, you couldn’t understand it and it had to be explained to you, and now you feel lame?
so basically the decimal value of 2 is 10 in binary.. lame…
*laughs*
Love the shirt! It took me a little bit to figure it out.
What an interesting device and about the CD-Destroyer, one could just scratch it with a knife and then split it in half.
Binary is Base2 That means that you add together the bits that a marked as “1″
In other words, say that you have a Byte (8 bits) — The individual positions are worth (128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1) — if the binary value is 11111111, then the value is 256 (128+64+32+16+8+4+2+1) — if the binary value is 00000010, then the value is 2 (0+0+0+0+0+0+2+0)
So, the shirt really reads “There are only two types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don’t.”
ok explain the shirt.. please.
Funny you should say that. We’re currently in the process of creating a new show, ‘network’
which will deal specifically with network gear.
Nice T-Shirt! I don’t particuly have a need for the Spider but interesting nonet heless.
You should spin off the network stuff to another show. Leave ‘gadget’ for the geeks like me: The guys who like gadgets, but don’t really have a need for this high end networking equipment.
BTW, I love GeekWear and Byte. It’s a nice way to show off stuff I could actually buy!
Not buying a CD-Destroyer: Saving $30
Not paying shipping for sanitizing data: Save $5
Putting out your eye with a high-speed plastic fragment from a snapping CD: Priceless!
Not as cool as the laser, but ok… I guess you need to have all kinds of gadgets, not just the “useless but damn cool” kind.
An IP-KVM adds the ability to access your system from anywhere in the world, as long as both points have access to the Internet.
“Sanatize your data?” I think I’ll just scratch up my CDs with a knife!
$350? Still expensive. And seriously, what do I need that for if I can get a KVM for $30 at Fry’s Electronics?