I would tend to agree 100%. The whole slew of wireless technologies are changing too fast to choose WiFi specific solutions.
Even if you go with a commercial VPN solution, with dedicated/specialized hardware, you would still have vendor independence with the APs... Since you could run multiple VPNs you have a nice upgrade path too. If you rely on the APs, then to upgrade you at best would have to flash every AP you have, or if thats not possible, replace all of them.
My theory is to use the stupidest possible AP, in the stupidest possible mode (just a bridge) and do everything else with a real computer.
It wouldn't be considered "binding" case law anywhere but Germany (possibly even just the state(?) that Munich is in.
Case law isn't binding anyway. 99.99% of the time it is, for all practical purposes, binding. But case law isnt law, and no two cases have the exact same facts.
On the other hand, Germany is generally recognized as being a valid state and having a valid legal system, run by professional lawyers and judges. (Latin phrase anyone?) The GPL is the same everywhere. Copyright law is vaguely the same everywhere. Thus this decision (or rather, the decision after trial) will be somewhat meaningful everywhere.
Social engineering has always been an alternate to cracking. For some individules, social engineering has been easier then cracking. Very frequently physcial security is the weakest link in the chain.
Look at the FBI, NSA, CIA. (MI-5, GCHQ, MI-6) Just because the NSA can do all kinds of nasty computer based spying doesnt mean that the humans over at the CIA have nothing to do. And just because the NSA developes lots of nifty security things does not mean that the FBI no longer has to search for moles within the system and spys outside of it.
For that matter, just because the US has these intelligence and counter-intelligence groups does not remove the need for naval and military forces.
Quantum computing and Quantum cryptography are NOT the same thing.
Realy Fast computers, including quantum computers, will brute force traditional (math based) crypto quicker then is possible now. Quantum cryptography is uncrackable unless you can figgure out a way to get around Heisenberg.
If you are using rackmount cases, and you need to add non-stock fans to them, you are doing something wrong. That might be buying cheap ass 1u cases. All the name brand 1u servers I've seen (Dell, IBM, Sun) had insane amounts of fans. And pleanty of fan related fault tollerance - they will get faster if things get too hot, or one of them fails.
Your machine might not have enough cooling power. If you are just blowing around hot air then it matters not how hard you blow.
Rack mount cases have other advantages besides just 'raw' space. They have very specific sizes - perdictability over both the short term "Hey, lets move X over there" and the long term "how big a room do I need for 5735 machines?" is valuable. Being physcially stable is important; I cant tell you how many times Ive kicked loose power cables and nearly knocked over shelves of PC clones in more then one clients "machine room". This stability also makes, for example, cable routing much neater. Having things neat decreases time needed for scheduled downtime, and the time needed for unscheduled downtime.
24" is the standard depth of 4 post racks. Actually, likely something like 23 3/4" or 24 1/4" because 24" would be too easy. 24" on center? Outside posts? Inside posts? Beh. I know the 4' 4 post cabinet sitting next to me is out of alignment.
IBM Mainframes are big, expensive and scarry. They run OSs that about 35 people on the planet are qualified to admin, and they need teams of assistants.
Well. That was true 30 years ago. And maby 10 years ago. But today, the zSeries runs Linux. And not different enough to be weird Linux (ala AIX), but RedHat and SuSE out of the box. Any place lucky enough to have a "token" mainframe should start playing around with Linux on it. Set up a VM and you can fuck up as much as you want and not affect anything else.
One of the things that Sun fans always claim is a big advantage of Sun/Solaris is that you can run the same OS, same apps, on your workstations and back end number crunchers. If you choose Linux, with support on IBM mainframes ow down to ristwatches, same deal. Except Linux scales bigger and smaller. Clusters of PCs are where number crunching is at. Mainframes (which means IBM) has always been king at high volume transaction systems. And the same OS can run on your $500 PC, your $1000 laptops.
Compared to individule CPUs, Intel and AMD are faster and cheeper. Compared to a single Very Large Sun box, Linux/Intel clusters are frequently faster and cheeper.
Sun only started selling big computers in the last 5 years or so. All there servers were desigined to support their workstations. Neither are known for their raw power, or for hardware fault tollerance (ala Mainframes that dont go down to install new CPUs).
It has been only the recent past that Sun has started selling Realy Big Things.
FWIW, SGI went with Intel perhaps, and windows for a bit, but today is a Linux company.... Hardware can be bought dirt cheep, or developed for billions. OSs are easy. Special filesystems are not. Clustering is not. They took what they are good at, what was unique, what made them worth living, and matched it with Linux, and Intel.
In Cisco's case it is a component of a plan/conspiracy to try and regain control over the used Cisco hardware market. A 2501 may be all you need, and you can get one on EBay for $100. Cisco would rather you buy something new from them for $2000. It is also the reason why they would give you closer to $1000 for a trade in on a 2501.
Sun also gives far more then the street value on used gear for trade in. OTOH, Solaris is a free download these days.
Musicians have been "selling" music for centuries. The payment may have been voluntary (as in: "Its time to pay the piper"), via some wealthy person sponsoring a musician, or perhaps by direct payment for the production of new works (commissioning a composer to produce a new work for a special event).
But the "Music Industry" isn't. Its the "Music recording, production of physical media, distribution and retailing of that media Industry". The industry is all about selling a physical item. The physical item is the defining quality of the industry.
I suppose I can claim to be a PHP developer. 70% of the paid work Ive done in the last year has been with PHP. (I havent yet used Smarty). I use Perl for everything else, I have vaguly looked at the various Perl template systems. FWIW, I also once was a sysadmin at a ColdFusion shop, so am vaguly familer with that as well.
PHP was "Personal home page". Just a stupid little template system. Now it is insanely complex. There is PHP-GTK+ bindings. Command line apps are being writen in it. Someone said "PHP needs a temlate system. Enter Smarty. Smarty implements a specialized templae system within PHP, using non-PHP code to control it.
Mason implements a special template system withn Perl, using non-Perl code to control it.
In 5 years, Smarty will be a stand alone language. Someone will come along and declare "Smarty needs a temlate system". And someone will build it.
In 5 years, Mason will be a stand alone language. Someone will come along and declare "Mason needs a temlate system". And someone will build it.
Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
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On the site in question, the two options I have are "basic theme" (which is no css at all), or "currentStyle"... That is, I don't have any options at all.
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One would wonder why I cant just click on my Firefox stylesheet button and make the change from there.
Hard coding a paticular style sheet into HTML - even if that HTML happens to be generated - kind defeats the purpose, no?
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I think he means die a gracefull death.
Even if you go with a commercial VPN solution, with dedicated/specialized hardware, you would still have vendor independence with the APs... Since you could run multiple VPNs you have a nice upgrade path too. If you rely on the APs, then to upgrade you at best would have to flash every AP you have, or if thats not possible, replace all of them.
My theory is to use the stupidest possible AP, in the stupidest possible mode (just a bridge) and do everything else with a real computer.
Parentedge is about biology. Gaurdianship is about law. They are unrelated concepts.
Case law isn't binding anyway. 99.99% of the time it is, for all practical purposes, binding. But case law isnt law, and no two cases have the exact same facts.
On the other hand, Germany is generally recognized as being a valid state and having a valid legal system, run by professional lawyers and judges. (Latin phrase anyone?) The GPL is the same everywhere. Copyright law is vaguely the same everywhere. Thus this decision (or rather, the decision after trial) will be somewhat meaningful everywhere.
Of course, IANAL. YMMV.
Look at the FBI, NSA, CIA. (MI-5, GCHQ, MI-6) Just because the NSA can do all kinds of nasty computer based spying doesnt mean that the humans over at the CIA have nothing to do. And just because the NSA developes lots of nifty security things does not mean that the FBI no longer has to search for moles within the system and spys outside of it.
For that matter, just because the US has these intelligence and counter-intelligence groups does not remove the need for naval and military forces.
Realy Fast computers, including quantum computers, will brute force traditional (math based) crypto quicker then is possible now. Quantum cryptography is uncrackable unless you can figgure out a way to get around Heisenberg.
Your machine might not have enough cooling power. If you are just blowing around hot air then it matters not how hard you blow.
Rack mount cases have other advantages besides just 'raw' space. They have very specific sizes - perdictability over both the short term "Hey, lets move X over there" and the long term "how big a room do I need for 5735 machines?" is valuable. Being physcially stable is important; I cant tell you how many times Ive kicked loose power cables and nearly knocked over shelves of PC clones in more then one clients "machine room". This stability also makes, for example, cable routing much neater. Having things neat decreases time needed for scheduled downtime, and the time needed for unscheduled downtime.
24" is the standard depth of 4 post racks. Actually, likely something like 23 3/4" or 24 1/4" because 24" would be too easy. 24" on center? Outside posts? Inside posts? Beh. I know the 4' 4 post cabinet sitting next to me is out of alignment.
Anything that relates to racks - rack cases, racks themselves - gets a 500% markup.
Ok, who else was wondering what Intel high end CPUs had to do with hard drives, and why Intel would put headlights on their hard drives?
Thus they are easier to replicate. Exactly how they do so is irrelevent... I dont think Sparc International shares around chip design but chip specs.
Do they all stop by your cube when you fuck up your TPS report cover sheets?
Well. That was true 30 years ago. And maby 10 years ago. But today, the zSeries runs Linux. And not different enough to be weird Linux (ala AIX), but RedHat and SuSE out of the box. Any place lucky enough to have a "token" mainframe should start playing around with Linux on it. Set up a VM and you can fuck up as much as you want and not affect anything else.
One of the things that Sun fans always claim is a big advantage of Sun/Solaris is that you can run the same OS, same apps, on your workstations and back end number crunchers. If you choose Linux, with support on IBM mainframes ow down to ristwatches, same deal. Except Linux scales bigger and smaller. Clusters of PCs are where number crunching is at. Mainframes (which means IBM) has always been king at high volume transaction systems. And the same OS can run on your $500 PC, your $1000 laptops.
Compared to individule CPUs, Intel and AMD are faster and cheeper. Compared to a single Very Large Sun box, Linux/Intel clusters are frequently faster and cheeper.
Sun only started selling big computers in the last 5 years or so. All there servers were desigined to support their workstations. Neither are known for their raw power, or for hardware fault tollerance (ala Mainframes that dont go down to install new CPUs).
It has been only the recent past that Sun has started selling Realy Big Things.
FWIW, SGI went with Intel perhaps, and windows for a bit, but today is a Linux company.... Hardware can be bought dirt cheep, or developed for billions. OSs are easy. Special filesystems are not. Clustering is not. They took what they are good at, what was unique, what made them worth living, and matched it with Linux, and Intel.
On next Wednesday afternoon.
Iddiot CC merchants deserve what they get.
The might take memory modules from a SS-20 though. The rub them dowm with some cleaner and sell them as "refurbished".
Sun also gives far more then the street value on used gear for trade in. OTOH, Solaris is a free download these days.
But the "Music Industry" isn't. Its the "Music recording, production of physical media, distribution and retailing of that media Industry". The industry is all about selling a physical item. The physical item is the defining quality of the industry.
Perhaps he just happened to be on the roof and triped over the edge. *rimshot*
PHP was "Personal home page". Just a stupid little template system. Now it is insanely complex. There is PHP-GTK+ bindings. Command line apps are being writen in it. Someone said "PHP needs a temlate system. Enter Smarty. Smarty implements a specialized templae system within PHP, using non-PHP code to control it.
Mason implements a special template system withn Perl, using non-Perl code to control it.
In 5 years, Smarty will be a stand alone language. Someone will come along and declare "Smarty needs a temlate system". And someone will build it.
In 5 years, Mason will be a stand alone language. Someone will come along and declare "Mason needs a temlate system". And someone will build it.
Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
On the site in question, the two options I have are "basic theme" (which is no css at all), or "currentStyle"... That is, I don't have any options at all.
Hard coding a paticular style sheet into HTML - even if that HTML happens to be generated - kind defeats the purpose, no?