[geeks] KVM for Sun Sparc Servers with USB keyboards

[Lionel Peterson]

On May 13, 2009, at 5:11 PM, Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>  
wrote:

> On May 13, 2009, at 14:21 , Dan Sikorski wrote:
>
>
>> If i had a large family, i could see it.  I regularly put quite a  
>> bit of cargo in my SUV.  Computers, water softener salt,  
>> appliances, helping a friend or family member move, just to name  
>> the uses that I have had in the last three months.  Minivans have  
>> as much space, but their cargo capacity by weight is very poor.  I  
>> moved to and from college several times in a minivan, and it was  
>> not pretty.
>
> A proper van with a lowered truck frame and a rear drive would do  
> your job fine, and without the waste and overweight of an SUV.
>
> An SUV was designed for hybrid and off-road use, and 99% of SUV  
> owners never use them for that, so they are mostly wasted.
>
> America fell in love with the SUV for several reasons:
>
> - want over reason
> - a dearth of wagons and hatchbacks in the market, which do the job  
> far better
> - conversion of real vans into front-engined "somethings" that  
> lacked the ability
>  of past vans and made people think they needed an SUV
>
> An SUV is actually a pretty poor cargo vehicle compared to the real  
> vans, hatches, and wagons unless you really do go off-road.
>
> They might look cooler to some, but be honest: almost no one who  
> owns one really needs one.
>
> About the only pragmatic feature they have for urban cargo is the  
> height which can be easier for _some_ types of cargo.

Being a 6' 7" driver, with two kids that are working hard to outgrow  
me and a wife, I'm quite happy with my Suburban, but then again my  
commute is 5 miles each way..

That I got it a year ago at 0% interest over 5 years made it happen  
for me.

Lionel