Menanti Keberangkatan "Tour of Duty"

Malam ini adalah malam penantian untuk persiapan keberangkatan ke tempat tugas yang baru. Aku harus bermalam dikantor karena besok akan berangkat dengan menggunakan pesawat yang mungkin dengan jadwal penerbangan pertama dari Jakarta (CGK) ke kota Medan. Karena mendengar informasi yang masih setengah-setengah tentang perjalanan esok hari. Dari yang aku dengar kami akan take off pukul 07.00 WIB.

Saat menulis untuk blog ini adalah sebenarnya saat yang cukup membosankan karena menunggu, untungnya ada yang berbaik hati mau meminjamkan laptopnya, sehingga bisa menunggu sambil menulis cerita untuk blog ini.

Tadi saat berangkat dari rumah menuju kantor, ada sedikit rasa yang aneh dihati ini, beberapa orang anggota keluarga mengantarku menuju taksi yang sudah menjemput di ujung gang. Beberapa saat sebelum masuk mobil ada perasaan haru meninggalkan mereka, terutama seorang keponakanku yang berumur 2 tahun, saat sebelum masuk ke mobil dia kugendong, setelah memberikan kepada ibuku, dia menangis karena minta ikut dan diajak. Sebenarnya hampir tiap kali aku akan pergi kemanapun dia memang selalu ikut untuk mengantar aku pergi.

Rasa sedikit haru muncul setelah melepaskan gedongannya, dan dia menangis. aku langsung terbayang akan saat-saat nanti ketika aku tidak berada di rumah untuk beberapa waktu lamanya.

Setelah masuk ke mobil dan mulai berjalan meninggalkan wilayah rumahku, aku mencoba untuk bersikap setenang mungkin. Aku diantar oleh seorang yang aku sayangi selama ini. Dan aku juga harus meninggalkannya juga demi menjalani tugas dan pekerjaan yang telah aku pilih.

Ternyata setelah beberapa menit mobil berjalan rasa itu muncul kembali. Aku teringat dan sedikit membayangkan tentang orang yang saat ini ada disebelahku ketika nanti aku tinggalkan untuk beberapa waktu menjalankan tugas.

Aahhh... sudahlah ga boleh terlalu banyak curhat di blog ini. anggap saja ini adalah hal biasa, walaupun sebenarnya ini adalah pengalaman pertama yang menyebabkan banyak hal-hal yang mungkin buat sebagian orang ga perlu diceritakan dan dicurahkan.

The Great Indonesia

Republik Indonesia merupakan Negara kepulauan terbesar di dunia yang terdiri dari 17.504 pulau (termasuk 9.634 pulau yang belum diberi nama dan 6.000 pulau yang tidak berpenghuni) . Disini ada 3 dari 6 pulau terbesar didunia, yaitu : Kalimantan (pulau terbesar ketiga di dunia dgn luas 539.460 km2), Sumatera (473.606 km2) dan Papua (421.981 km2).

* Indonesia adalah Negara maritim terbesar di dunia dengan perairan seluas 93 ribu km2 dan panjang pantai sekitar 81 ribu km2 atau hampir 25% panjang pantai di dunia.

* Pulau Jawa adalah pulau terpadat di dunia dimana sekitar 60% hamper penduduk Indonesia (sekitar 130 jt jiwa) tinggal di pulau yang luasnya hanya 7% dari seluruh wilayah RI.

* Indonesia merupakan Negara dengan suku bangsa yang terbanyak di dunia. Terdapat lebih dari 740 suku bangsa/etnis, dimana di Papua saja terdapat 270 suku.

* Negara dengan bahasa daerah yang terbanyak, yaitu, 583 bahasa dan dialek dari 67 bahasa induk yang digunakan berbagai suku bangsa di Indonesia . Bahasa nasional adalah bahasa Indonesia walaupun bahasa daerah dengan jumlah pemakai terbanyak di Indonesia adalah bahasa Jawa.

* Indonesia adalah negara muslim terbesar di dunia. Jumlah pemeluk agama Islam di Indonesia sekitar 216 juta jiwa atau 88% dari penduduk Indonesia . Juga memiliki jumlah masjid terbanyak dan Negara asal jamaah haji terbesar di dunia.

* Monumen Budha (candi) terbesar di dunia adalah Candi Borobudur di Jawa Tengah dengan tinggi 42 meter (10 tingkat) dan panjang relief lebih dari 1 km. Diperkirakan dibuat selama 40 tahun oleh Dinasti Syailendra pada masa kerajaan Mataram Kuno (750-850).

* Tempat ditemukannya manusia purba tertua di dunia, yaitu : Pithecanthropus Erectus” yang diperkirakan berasal dari 1,8 juta tahun yang lalu.

* Republik Indonesia adalah Negara pertama yang lahir sesudah berakhirnya Perang Dunia II pada tahun 1945. RI merupakan Negara ke 70 tertua di dunia.

* Indonesia adalah Negara pertama (hingga kini satu-satunya) yang pernah keluar dari Perserikatan Bangsa Bangsa (PBB) pada tgl 7 Januari 1965. RI bergabung kembali ke dalam PBB pada tahun 1966.

* Tim bulutangkis Indonesia adalah yang terbanyak merebut lambing supremasi bulutangkis pria, Thomas Cup, yaitu sebanyak 13 x (pertama kali th 1958 & terakhir 2002).

* Indonesia adalah penghasil gas alam cair (LNG) terbesar di dunia (20% dari suplai seluruh dunia) juga produsen timah terbesar kedua.

* Indonesia menempati peringkat 1 dalam produk pertanian, yaitu : cengkeh (cloves) & pala (nutmeg), serta no.2 dalam karet alam (Natural Rubber) dan minyak sawit mentah (Crude Palm Oil).

* Indonesia adalah pengekspor terbesar kayu lapis (plywood), yaitu sekitar 80% di pasar dunia.

* Terumbu Karang (Coral Reef) Indonesia adalah yang terkaya (18% dari total dunia).

* Indonesia memiliki species ikan hiu terbanyak didunia yaitu 150 species.

* Biodiversity Anggrek terbeser didunia : 6 ribu jenis anggrek, mulai dari yang terbesar (Anggrek Macan atau Grammatophyllum Speciosum) sampai yang terkecil (Taeniophyllum, yang tidak berdaun), termasuk Anggrek Hitam yang langka dan hanya terdapat di Papua.

* Memiliki hutan bakau terbesar di dunia. Tanaman ini bermanfaat ntuk mencegah pengikisan air laut/abrasi.

* Binatang purba yang masih hidup : Komodo yang hanya terdapat di pulau Komodo, NTT adalah kadal terbesar di dunia. Panjangnya bias mencapai 3 meter dan beratnya 90 kg.

* Rafflesia Arnoldi yang tumbuh di Sumatera adalah bunga terbesar di dunia. Ketika bunganya mekar, diameternya mencapai 1 meter.

* Memiliki primata terkecil di dunia , yaitu Tarsier Pygmy (Tarsius Pumilus) atau disebut juga Tarsier Gunung yang panjangnya hanya 10 cm. Hewan yang mirip monyet dan hidupnya diatas pohon ini terdapat di Sulawesi.

* Tempat ditemukannya ular terpanjang di dunia yaitu, Python Reticulates sepanjang 10 meter di Sulawesi.

* Ikan terkecil di dunia yang ditemukan baru-baru ini di rawa-rawa berlumpur Sumatera. Panjang 7,9 mm ketika dewasa atau kurang lebih sebesar nyamuk. Tubuh ikan ini transparan dan tidak mempunyai tulang kepala.

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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Released

It all began on August 29, when Jono Bacon announced the Hardy Heron, also known as Ubuntu 8.04, the next major release of the Ubuntu operating system and the second Long Term
Support (LTS) version, which means users get security updates for five years for the server edition and three years for the desktop edition. The first LTS release was Ubuntu 6.06 (codename Dapper Drake), released on 1st June, 2006.

As promised, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is here, available on mirrors worldwide (see below for download links), and it's my deepest pleasure to introduce you guys to the highlights of this new release dubbed Hardy Heron.

Included applications:

Accessories:

• Calculator (an arithmetic, scientific or financial calculator)
• Character Map (permits to insert special characters into documents)
• Dictionary (a tool to search word definitions and spellings in an online dictionary)
• Baobab (disk usage analyzer)
• Seahorse (passwords and encryption keys manager)
• Gnome Screenshot (saves images of your desktop or individual windows)
• Gnome Terminal (allows you to use the command-line)
• Gedit (a small and lightweight text editor with intuitive spell-checker)
• Tomboy (desktop note-taking application)

Graphics:

• F-Spot (photo manager)
• The GIMP (image editor)
• XSane (scan, copy and fax images)



Internet tools:

• Ekiga (SIP and H.323 compatible VoIP telephony and videoconferencing tool)
• Evolution (powerful e-mail client)
• Firefox (the ever popular web browser)
• Pidgin (multi-protocol instant messenger)
• Vinagre (remote desktop viewer)
• Terminal Server Client (rdesktop, vncviewer, wfica, xnest frontend)
• Transmission (lightweight BitTorrent client)

Office tools:

• OpenOffice.org Suite (spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and word processor)

Sound and Video:

• Sound Juicer (audio CD extractor)
• Brasero (CD/DVD burning application)
• Totem (DVD-Video, DivX, XviD, WMV, MOV player)
• Rhythmbox (Last.fm, radio and music player/organizer)

System Administration utilities:

• Print Jobs Manager
• Sound Recorder
• Synaptic Package Manager

...and a lot of wonderful games for all ages!

Featured technologies:

• ActiveDirectory integration
• iSCSI support
• Memory protection
• Easy to use firewall
• KVM integration

Under the hood:

• GNOME 2.22.1
• Linux kernel 2.6.24.3 (with dynticks support and a new process scheduler)
• Xorg 7.3
• PulseAudio 0.9.10
• PolicyKit 0.7

... plus many other updated packages and revamped artwork (including login manager, desktop wallpaper and GNOME style)!

If you haven't ordered CDs with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) yet, you can do it right now from Ubuntu's ShipIt Service!

About Ubuntu:

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent packages installed by default, every other package you can imagine available from the network and professional technical support from Canonical Ltd and hundreds of other companies around the world.

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Microsoft Introduces the Xbox 360 Panacea

In all fairness, Microsoft's console, the Xbox 360 is by no means a panacea but, at the same time, the Redmond company hopes that it will deliver a positive impact on patients in children’s hospitals. In this regard, Microsoft has joined forces with nonprofit organization Companions in Courage Foundation, and revealed that it is committing a few hundreds of Xbox 360 game kiosks for the benefit of children’s hospitals across the U.S. Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft, is scheduled to attend the inauguration of the first group of Xbox 360 kiosks in Seattle. "Microsoft is committed to keeping kids entertained in a variety of ways within a safer gaming environment, so partnering with Companions in Courage to offer children in hospitals a way to connect through something as universal as games is a natural fit for the work we do. The goal for this program is to give these kids a chance to have some fun and just be kids," Bach explained. Via the Xbox 360 kiosks in hospital playrooms across the U.S., hospitalized kids will be able to not only play a selection of games rated E and E10+, but also access Y-rated TV programs, G-rated movies, and even a private Xbox Live network. Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center of Seattle and the Children’s Hospital of Orange County are the first hospitals to receive Microsoft's Xbox 360 panacea. "Entertainment, creativity and personal connections can be important factors in alleviating some of the isolation and discomfort these children experience each day. Xbox 360 offers young patients a fun escape through games, TV shows, movies and positive interactions with others over the Xbox LIVE network. These gaming stations are a perfect complement to the interactive playrooms," said Companions in Courage founder and National Hockey League Hall of Famer Pat LaFontaine.

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NextComputing Vigor EVO HD Ruggedized PC

Nashua, NH - NextComputing, manufacturers of high-performance mobile workstations and servers, introduces the next generation of extreme-performance, rugged, portable computers, the Vigor Evo HD. This new system is optimized to provide advanced computing power in rugged environments such as military field operations or oil and gas research sites.

The Vigor Evo HD is a "flextop," a high-performance mobile system incorporating the company's privately designed FleXtreme architecture. This architecture features open standards components, support for COTS software and hardware, best-in-breed multi-core processors, high-capacity storage, support for multiple operating systems, and multiple I/O functionality including PCI Express x16 slots. The Vigor Evo HD is a ruggedized version of NextComputing's most powerful "flextop," the NextDimension Evo HD. Both systems are designed for applications requiring the features of the most powerful desktop workstation in a portable form factor.

Bob Labadini, President and CTO of NextComputing, sees the design of the Vigor Evo HD as fulfilling a need within the "rugged portables" market for a higher-performing, flexible, smaller, and more portable solution than anything that is currently available. "With the Vigor Evo, we have combined our experience in the deployable ruggedized market with the innovative architecture of the first line of flextop portable computers. The Vigor Evo brings to the market a number of firsts. For example, it is the first rugged portable to incorporate up to 8 processing cores from Intel or AMD, it incorporates the highest number of PCIe or PCI-X 64-bit slots, up to four, and the entire system is encased in an unsurpassed floating chassis which provides maximum shock and vibration absorption with no metal to metal contact," relates Mr. Labadini.

About the size of a briefcase and weighing as little as 13.5 lbs., the Vigor Evo HD is the smallest and lightest, high-performance rugged portable to come to market. The chassis offers:

* a mounting kit, convenient for mobile environments such as humvees and helicopters
* modular processor boards which support up to (2) single, dual or quad-core AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon processors
* storage capacity that surpasses the leading ruggedized systems by offering up to (3) 3.5" drives at 1TB each or (13) 200GB/7200RPM hard drives plus internal RAID 0, 1 and 0+1 capabilities
* superior graphics with up to (4) PCIe or PCI-X 64-bit slots for single or double width cards
* integrated 17" LCD is covered by a disposable protective screen, featuring anti-glare, hardening, and optical enhancement coatings
* support for any COTS keyboard, allowing for the use of the latest rollup, portable, or ruggedized keyboards

Sounds like the Vigor Evo HD would hold up a wild LAN party, don't you think?

Article Source:
www.hothardware.com

AMD’s Radeon 4800 in production

Mountain House (CA) – Unlike the ATI that we knew before, it appears that AMD’s graphics division is running perfectly these days – and ahead of deadlines. Even though the graphics unit has posted an $8 million loss in the first quarter of this year – in an effort to improve market share rather than average selling prices - the graphics business is making progress: We hear the company has struck gold with the RV770 and will be bring the chip to market earlier than expected.

AMD’s next graphics cards are being prepared for launch: During the Q1 earnings call, president and chief operating officer Dirk Meyer stated that the company will roll out a significant number of products in May and our sources now confirmed that the introductions will include desktop and mobile (M88) graphics parts.

RV770 will launch as Radeon 4800 and will make its way into the FireStream stream processor and FireGL workstation cards. Both GDDR3 and GDDR5 memory will be supported by the chip, but ATI itself will only be offering GDDR5 cards. The Radeon 4850 version is set to come to market with an 800+ MHz core (the final clock has not been specified yet and will not be available until the final qualification is completed), while the 4870 will be the first mass-production GPU with a clock speed higher than 1 GHz. Prototype RV770 boards were clocked at about 1.05 GHz.

The graphics processor itself will integrate more texture memory units (TMUs), which is the Achilles' heel of the R6xx generation: 32 TMUs in the RV770 will challenge the 56/64 units of Nvidia’s G92/G92b.

The new graphics card generation is expected to become available to system integrators and OEMs in GDDR3/GDDR5 variants with 256/512/1024 MB buffers. 256 MB GDDR3 cards are exclusively targeted at OEMs (as well as ODMs, Sis) and are unlikely to shop up in retail. Expect to see mainly 512 MB GDDR5 cards in retail for both the 4850 and 4870. Just like the GPU, the memory clock isn't set in stone either, but we were told that the GDDR5 memory is currently running at a physical clock of 1.8 - 2.2 GHz.

With a 256-bit memory controller, we're talking about 115 to 141 GB/s of bandwidth. This number equals the memory bandwidth record set by the 2900XT 1GB GDDR4 (512-bit interface with GDDR4 at 1.1 GHz DDR).

While we expect the desktop boards to be announced soon, RV770-based FireGL boards will not be introduced until Siggraph 2008, which will open its doors on August 11.

Source:
www.tgdaily.com

Gigabyte Luncurkan Motherboard Intel P45 Pertama di Dunia

Produsen motherboard kedua terbesar di dunia, Gigabyte, meluncurkan motherboard pertama di dunia yang menggunakan chipset Intel P45 (EagleLake) dan ICH10, yaitu GA-P45-DS5 untuk kelas high-end dan GA EP45 DS3P untuk kelas menengah. Seperti tradisi Gigabyte, keduanya menggunakan Full-Solid capacitor. Chipset intel P45 telah menggunakan proses manufacturing 65nm, sedangkan chipset intel sebelumnya masih 90nm. Sepintas bentuk motherboard intel P45 tak berbeda dengan motherboard P35, karea memang tidak ada perubahan besar pada design PCB maupun cooling heat-pipe. Beberapa fitur baru pada motherboard ini antara lain adanya tombol onboard untuk power,reset, clear CMOS. Selain itu juga terdapat 10 port SATA.

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http://www.reviewland.com/