You've got to be kidding, right? Go to Dell.com and see how many different computers you can buy for less than it costs to buy a Macbook Pro, then come back and lecture us again about variety. Then, if you're still not convinced at the limited selection of Apple, check out Lenovo's site, HP's site, Asus' site, Acer's site, etc...
In all honesty, Art Bell is the reason I got my ticket. I was a shortwave listener and I used to listen to his show at night. Hearing him go on about his ESSB experiments piqued my interest.
Ham radio is MUCH more restrictive than the internet, make no mistake. It's pretty much a libertarian's nightmare. In order to access the airwaves legally, you must register with a federal agency (regardless of what country you are in, some are far more restrictive than others). You have an active group of users that WILL hunt you down and turn you in if you not in compliance with the letter of the regulation. It's a self-regulating service, and those who take part take that VERY seriously.
After the international requirements for Morse were removed, I wondered why I couldn't test in some other mode? I'd rather have tested in PSK31. Much more efficient than Morse...
I've got friends who are migrating from CB to 2m because of the poor range that CB provides out in the sticks. The availability of higher power 2m transmitters is really convenient.
That would be wrong. You don't need a license to own a radio, only to transmit on amateur radio frequencies. If you want to listen, there's no problem with that whatsoever. The only thing you need a license for is to transmit.
That's a controversial topic these days. Following the rules, you're not allowed to encrypt any communications on the amateur bands. No SSL, no VPN. If you route third party traffic over your link, the station operator is responsible for everything that gets sent. And the subject of unattended automatic stations is a whole 'nother can of worms.
Yeah, this whole fetish about the value of "sex.com" fairly reeks of web 1.0. It's so dot-com. It's a proven fact that guys will type in sexy-mona-doing-it-with-her-lesbian-friend-with-a-strap-on.com if Mona's got the goods, even though they don't have to thanks to Google.
Even back in the day they weren't good RPGs. The ONLY thing they had going was that they were available on Apple II. That's it. That's the only reason Ultima sold a single copy. Ultima was a huge failure on all other platforms. People were so starved for software they'd put up with his lousy storylines and horrible interfaces. Oh, and you got a printed-on-cloth map. Of course, these were the nimnuls who were too stupid to spend less than a third of the money buying a Commodore 64, with it's far more impressive capabilities.
If you honestly believe that the original post was anything but an attempt to polarize the discussion, and would have any effect on the thread other than just that, I'd agree.
Well, a "cure" for homosexuality would be relevant. Conjecture about the morality of a hypothetical "cure" for homosexuality is as irrelevant as a discussion as to whether Superman or the Hulk would win, if they ever fought (Hulk would win, BTW).
What if they someday find a "gay gene" (or even just those for various intersex conditions) and cure those?
What if they find a gene that makes it so people won't post hypothetical situations on web sites that are for the sole purpose of being controversial, and that aren't really relevant to the conversation at hand, and cure those?
"Would you like to stay relevant, like everyone else?"
It does if people are downloading their company mail and attachments via IMAP to a devices that is insecure.
I'd rather be Mordac, Preventer of Services than Unemployable, Breacher of Private Data. That eventuality doesn't seem to bother you, and that's unfortunate for your customers.
As long as what they're requesting adheres to the corporate security policy, then yes, you have an obligation to do your job. But if they're asking for something that does not adhere to the policy, even if the policy is restrictive, then you'd be remiss in allowing it. A lot of us work in industries dealing with a lot of sensitive personal data. Would you like to find out your bank or hospital was letting anyone and their brother connect to their network with whatever device they felt like, for the sake of them thinking that they're doing their job more efficiently?
In some situations a restrictive policy like the OP's is the best option. If the users need a device, network will procure it and secure it for them, period, end of story. No personal devices on the network.
Wrong, actually. The pages are sent to the device from the proxy server in the compressed OBML format. They must be rendered in order to be viewed. Rendering MUST TAKE PLACE if you want to see a web page in a format in anything other raw page markup, in this case, a binary format. The format that the information is sent to the device is irrelevant. What is sent from the proxy server is most definitely NOT 'images rendered by Opera's servers' as you stated previously.
Yup, that's the 'very fast rendering engine' all right.
Yeah, they're a great way to back stuff up... until you have to actually retrieve the data. Then you discover which of your tapes are unreadable, which ones are for the tape drive that doesn't work any more, which ones are scrambled beyond any hope of utility. Get a RAID Array. Do your backups every day and check the integrity of the entire setup every time. Much faster and more reliable. You don't have to wait until D-Day to find out your backups are hosed.
Pity the lesson of Y2K went unheeded - where every COBOL programmer was paid whatever they asked to fix their code, but after should have all been taken out to a field and shot in the head.
Why shoot the programmers? Why not shoot the managers too ignorant to modernize their code base?
It's not ignorance, or stupidity that's at the root of this. It's economics. Cost vs. benefit analysis. Q: Why replace a system that's been working well for 30 years? Because you want to satisfy your techie ego with the hottest newness available? If the system is failing, then by all means replace it, but if ain't broke, fixing it is entirely a waste of money/time. Mainframes are exeedingly fast in high transaction environments, even by today's standards.
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You've got to be kidding, right? Go to Dell.com and see how many different computers you can buy for less than it costs to buy a Macbook Pro, then come back and lecture us again about variety. Then, if you're still not convinced at the limited selection of Apple, check out Lenovo's site, HP's site, Asus' site, Acer's site, etc...
So I'll pick up an iPad when Axis & Allies comes out for it (ie never).
In all honesty, Art Bell is the reason I got my ticket. I was a shortwave listener and I used to listen to his show at night. Hearing him go on about his ESSB experiments piqued my interest.
It's not better than PSK31. Phase shift keying is much easier to pull out of the soup than CW.
Your license is supposed to be your station's physical address, not your mailing address.
Ham radio is MUCH more restrictive than the internet, make no mistake. It's pretty much a libertarian's nightmare. In order to access the airwaves legally, you must register with a federal agency (regardless of what country you are in, some are far more restrictive than others). You have an active group of users that WILL hunt you down and turn you in if you not in compliance with the letter of the regulation. It's a self-regulating service, and those who take part take that VERY seriously.
Must you choose either/or? I didn't realize D&D was incompatible with ham radio. Hmm, maybe I should start a D&D over the radio group...
After the international requirements for Morse were removed, I wondered why I couldn't test in some other mode? I'd rather have tested in PSK31. Much more efficient than Morse...
I've got friends who are migrating from CB to 2m because of the poor range that CB provides out in the sticks. The availability of higher power 2m transmitters is really convenient.
That would be wrong. You don't need a license to own a radio, only to transmit on amateur radio frequencies. If you want to listen, there's no problem with that whatsoever. The only thing you need a license for is to transmit.
That's a controversial topic these days. Following the rules, you're not allowed to encrypt any communications on the amateur bands. No SSL, no VPN. If you route third party traffic over your link, the station operator is responsible for everything that gets sent. And the subject of unattended automatic stations is a whole 'nother can of worms.
You're gay, right?
Yeah, this whole fetish about the value of "sex.com" fairly reeks of web 1.0. It's so dot-com. It's a proven fact that guys will type in sexy-mona-doing-it-with-her-lesbian-friend-with-a-strap-on.com if Mona's got the goods, even though they don't have to thanks to Google.
Even back in the day they weren't good RPGs. The ONLY thing they had going was that they were available on Apple II. That's it. That's the only reason Ultima sold a single copy. Ultima was a huge failure on all other platforms. People were so starved for software they'd put up with his lousy storylines and horrible interfaces. Oh, and you got a printed-on-cloth map. Of course, these were the nimnuls who were too stupid to spend less than a third of the money buying a Commodore 64, with it's far more impressive capabilities.
Shhh! As long as he's defending his claim, he won't be making any more shitty, shitty games.
If you honestly believe that the original post was anything but an attempt to polarize the discussion, and would have any effect on the thread other than just that, I'd agree.
Well, a "cure" for homosexuality would be relevant. Conjecture about the morality of a hypothetical "cure" for homosexuality is as irrelevant as a discussion as to whether Superman or the Hulk would win, if they ever fought (Hulk would win, BTW).
What if they someday find a "gay gene" (or even just those for various intersex conditions) and cure those?
What if they find a gene that makes it so people won't post hypothetical situations on web sites that are for the sole purpose of being controversial, and that aren't really relevant to the conversation at hand, and cure those?
"Would you like to stay relevant, like everyone else?"
It does if people are downloading their company mail and attachments via IMAP to a devices that is insecure.
I'd rather be Mordac, Preventer of Services than Unemployable, Breacher of Private Data. That eventuality doesn't seem to bother you, and that's unfortunate for your customers.
Great. Because they weren't spending our money fast enough running crashing robots into Mars :)
You sound like an AWESOME guy to work with.
As long as what they're requesting adheres to the corporate security policy, then yes, you have an obligation to do your job. But if they're asking for something that does not adhere to the policy, even if the policy is restrictive, then you'd be remiss in allowing it. A lot of us work in industries dealing with a lot of sensitive personal data. Would you like to find out your bank or hospital was letting anyone and their brother connect to their network with whatever device they felt like, for the sake of them thinking that they're doing their job more efficiently?
In some situations a restrictive policy like the OP's is the best option. If the users need a device, network will procure it and secure it for them, period, end of story. No personal devices on the network.
Wrong, actually. The pages are sent to the device from the proxy server in the compressed OBML format. They must be rendered in order to be viewed. Rendering MUST TAKE PLACE if you want to see a web page in a format in anything other raw page markup, in this case, a binary format. The format that the information is sent to the device is irrelevant. What is sent from the proxy server is most definitely NOT 'images rendered by Opera's servers' as you stated previously.
Yup, that's the 'very fast rendering engine' all right.
Yeah, they're a great way to back stuff up... until you have to actually retrieve the data. Then you discover which of your tapes are unreadable, which ones are for the tape drive that doesn't work any more, which ones are scrambled beyond any hope of utility. Get a RAID Array. Do your backups every day and check the integrity of the entire setup every time. Much faster and more reliable. You don't have to wait until D-Day to find out your backups are hosed.
Pity the lesson of Y2K went unheeded - where every COBOL programmer was paid whatever they asked to fix their code, but after should have all been taken out to a field and shot in the head.
Why shoot the programmers? Why not shoot the managers too ignorant to modernize their code base?
It's not ignorance, or stupidity that's at the root of this. It's economics. Cost vs. benefit analysis. Q: Why replace a system that's been working well for 30 years? Because you want to satisfy your techie ego with the hottest newness available? If the system is failing, then by all means replace it, but if ain't broke, fixing it is entirely a waste of money/time. Mainframes are exeedingly fast in high transaction environments, even by today's standards.