Actually all an ATM Machine is a 4U Rackmount Server Chasis a Modem or Network Card and sophisticated encryption technology and that is it. Any run of the mill PC could easily become an ATM.
ATM's are also inherently more secure then voting machines. In recent years some of the voting machines that have been used there have been noted various security issues.
I personally love Comcast's Service, and fully support the filtering and the blocking of P2P Application use and download for illegal use such as: downloading movies, downloading music, and other illicit activities. I wished more ISP's would do what Comcast does. It would make the net cheaper and faster. To me anyone who uses P2P day in and day out constantly using up bandwidth should either get charged out the ass or their speed throttled to allot more bandwidth to those people who actually use the internet as intended. P2P applications were originally developed imo was for illicit activities.
I will be going to Verizon FiOS because of the upload speeds, and nothing more.
To all those who say Comcast oversells their bandwidth are truly ignorant. People shouldnt be downloading and uploading 24/7. IF they want that get a business account and stop bitching about your freaking residential accounts getting filtered and throttled. It is getting quite ridiculous and to the point you all sound like whiney bitches. Wahahahaha, I can't use my home account to download and upload 24/7 wahahahahaa comcast filters/throttles p2p application wahahahahaha I cant watch the newest movies before it hits the theaters whahahahahaha whahahahahahaha . [insert cussword of choice here] Comcast wahahahahahaha I cant use my internet for constantly downloading/uploading wahahahahahaha comcast sucks wahahahahahaha boohoo grow up and get a business account and stop complaining. You want your cake and eat it too then pay for your cake.
I wonder if business execs and office people have to under go a thorough background check in order to buy laser pointers. After all we do not want lasers bouncing off of white boards and inadvertently bringing down a 757.
Well, their main competitor Ubuntu is basically giving away the OS for free. How can RedHat expect to compete with that?
Personally, I find Linux to be great as a server OS doing very specific things for my home network. Webserver, you bet. Fileserver, yep. Firewall, no doubt. Mail server, of course. But on the desktop, I find that Windows (XP) just works without any fuss. I've tried "desktop Linuces" and found them all pretty clunky for the stuff I wanted to do. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Windows XP is so insanely easy to use and if you use good software and not crapware then you shouldn't have issues keeping Windows Stable and the registry as clean as possible.
How about COMCAST sells 6mbit service to its consumers with the knowledge that each consumer has paid for and expects 6mbit of transfer AT ALL TIMES. You do not sign up for 6mbit for a quick burst, you sign up because thats what you want and thats what you're paying for. If they need to charge more, then do so; but COMCAST NEEDS TO STOP SELLING A PRODUCT THEY CANNOT MAINTAIN OR START SELLING A PRODUCT THAT THE BUYER CAN USE AS ADVERTISED AND PURCHASED.
Thats the simple answer. The BBB needs to slam Comcast for selling a promise they won't keep. I get my allocated bandwidth almost 24/7, and I never get slow downs nor does my internet get crippled by filtering of traffic. I pay 55 a month for my 8Meg (16Meg with power boost) and 3Meg Up connection here in Laurel, Maryland.
I quit using P2P Applications when I started to see people getting kicked out of the Navy for theft due to downloading of songs, movies, and music. I use Bit Torrent maybe like 3 to 4 times a year, and that is to download things like Linux ISO's. I only do bit torrent when I cannot use FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, or SFTP to download my ISO's. Even then when I do that my internet doesnt slow down. I can still browse as fast as I could before I opened up Bit Torrent.
No you need to change your usage unlimited doesn't means unlimited when they mean unlimited bandwidth that means your monthly transfer rate. And yes Comcast does have a unsaid limit of how much you can use. Its somewhere between 50 and 100Gigs in so much time. I have had friends get letters telling them to stop downloading and uploading so much due to their excessive use of P2P or have their accounts rate limited or canceled. The users are at fault not the ISP.
Why should customers who do not use Peer-To-Peer Applications suffer the lack of bandwidth from those people who do nothing but download and upload Content? I am all for blocking/limiting/restricting P2P applications if it will allow me to use my internet at full speed and not be slowed down due to the Battlestar Galactica geek next door downloading seasons after seasons of the show, and taking up bandwidth I pay for.
The article speaks of data lost to China last year due to hackers on the Government network. If our tax dollars should pay for anything, it should be national defense and to protect this data.
Finally someone else who thinks like me. I totally agree. National Defense should be the key even during peace time.
Eh, then you haven't worked in an ISP before where your user name is easily attached to the IP in use at any given time. Same in the corporate sector. Do some more research, and youll find out how easy it is.
You have to realize the magnitude of the US Federal Government internet foot print. You have to include all the ships in the US Navy, all the Army, Air Force, and Marine bases as well as Naval Bases. There are liaison offices, Embassy Offices, and other places. 30 Billion isnt that much for a network that big.
Isn't this funny that this came out right after the 96th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. I wonder what will be released on the 100th in 4 years?
I will discourage my son from using Wikipedia as a basis of information. He will learn the way I was taught in school to gather information for a paper and that is by going to the library and consulting books on the subject matter. He will learn how to use the card catalog albeit an electronic one, and his access to Wikipedia will be greatly limited. I discourage the use of Wikipedia to back up any arguments or to provide reliable sources of information. They should block public editing and then maybe I will trust it more, but till then Wikipedia will never be trusted in my opinion by me or my son.
I only use Wikipedia to get information on States and what not.
EH so two companies got together and spoke about things on how to make them both money whats wrong with gaining money. People need to research products before they buy and get some education on basic computer use, and think twice about buying something that wont run. I will throw this at you:
Would you buy an intake manifold designed for an V8 Hi Performance engine and try to put it on a V4 and wonder why it wont fit?
Obviusly you missed the rest of my post. ANd you are not quite familiar with the immature Linux Distrowars going on around the net. Maybe you should focus more on the community.
When I posted my post I was aiming it at the general population of computer users the people who buy all in one slim PCS for like 400 bucks. You know the ones you see on display at Costco, Sams Club, Wal-Mart, Target, and other places like that. I know a few people who are happy with XP and even a few more people who are even happier with Windows 2000.
But I do see where you are coming from, and I appreciate your opinion. If only VALVe would release a Linux Native Steam Client and ported their games to run on Linux then I would be 100% Linux with WINE to run MS Office since my field of work requires me to use MS Office.
The only reason why Vista is failing is due to the steep hardware requirements, and many of the low end computers simply cannot handle Vista, so people shouldn't be blaiming Microsoft. They should be blaiming themselves for not doing research about products they intend on purchasing. Another reason is that right now many businesses and corporations are happy with their XP Pro PC Loads, and are not willing to fork over upgrade costs to use Vista. I myself haven't bought Vista yet due to issues pre-service pack 1, but I can guarantee that after Vista SP1 is on CD/DVD then I will buy it.
To all those people who tout linux as being the best they are quite ignorant. The best is whatever operating system suits your needs. If all you do is email and web surf then any operating system will do. If you are a developer then maybe Linux/Unix is better suited for you. If you are a gamer then Windows is better for you due to it being both DirectX and OpenGL Compatible.
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Actually all an ATM Machine is a 4U Rackmount Server Chasis a Modem or Network Card and sophisticated encryption technology and that is it. Any run of the mill PC could easily become an ATM.
But the voting officials cannot enter the booth, so any attacker could do something to the machine without it being noticed until after the elections.
ATM's are also inherently more secure then voting machines. In recent years some of the voting machines that have been used there have been noted various security issues.
A laptop could be used to carry plastic explosives.
I will be going to Verizon FiOS because of the upload speeds, and nothing more.
To all those who say Comcast oversells their bandwidth are truly ignorant. People shouldnt be downloading and uploading 24/7. IF they want that get a business account and stop bitching about your freaking residential accounts getting filtered and throttled. It is getting quite ridiculous and to the point you all sound like whiney bitches. Wahahahaha, I can't use my home account to download and upload 24/7 wahahahahaa comcast filters/throttles p2p application wahahahahaha I cant watch the newest movies before it hits the theaters whahahahahaha whahahahahahaha . [insert cussword of choice here] Comcast wahahahahahaha I cant use my internet for constantly downloading/uploading wahahahahahaha comcast sucks wahahahahahaha boohoo grow up and get a business account and stop complaining. You want your cake and eat it too then pay for your cake.This is what the new war will look like: Lazer Cat is firing his lazer - http://www.olivepixel.com/misc/lj/lc.jpg
I wonder if business execs and office people have to under go a thorough background check in order to buy laser pointers. After all we do not want lasers bouncing off of white boards and inadvertently bringing down a 757.
I am glad they left FOX News alone, at least they can still be contacted for news.
And anyone can make up lies if they are a disgruntled employee.
No you need to change your usage unlimited doesn't means unlimited when they mean unlimited bandwidth that means your monthly transfer rate. And yes Comcast does have a unsaid limit of how much you can use. Its somewhere between 50 and 100Gigs in so much time. I have had friends get letters telling them to stop downloading and uploading so much due to their excessive use of P2P or have their accounts rate limited or canceled. The users are at fault not the ISP.
Its mentality like that that results in people complaining about ISP's throttling bandwidth. You do know that bandwidth does cost money right?
Why should customers who do not use Peer-To-Peer Applications suffer the lack of bandwidth from those people who do nothing but download and upload Content? I am all for blocking/limiting/restricting P2P applications if it will allow me to use my internet at full speed and not be slowed down due to the Battlestar Galactica geek next door downloading seasons after seasons of the show, and taking up bandwidth I pay for.
Very nice use of believing in the conspiracy theories out there. Do you need your NSA Approved Tin Foil cap?
Eh, then you haven't worked in an ISP before where your user name is easily attached to the IP in use at any given time. Same in the corporate sector. Do some more research, and youll find out how easy it is.
You have to realize the magnitude of the US Federal Government internet foot print. You have to include all the ships in the US Navy, all the Army, Air Force, and Marine bases as well as Naval Bases. There are liaison offices, Embassy Offices, and other places. 30 Billion isnt that much for a network that big.
Isn't this funny that this came out right after the 96th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. I wonder what will be released on the 100th in 4 years?
I only use Wikipedia to get information on States and what not.
Profit is the goal of any company look at the oil industry.
Would you buy an intake manifold designed for an V8 Hi Performance engine and try to put it on a V4 and wonder why it wont fit?
Obviusly you missed the rest of my post. ANd you are not quite familiar with the immature Linux Distrowars going on around the net. Maybe you should focus more on the community.
But I do see where you are coming from, and I appreciate your opinion. If only VALVe would release a Linux Native Steam Client and ported their games to run on Linux then I would be 100% Linux with WINE to run MS Office since my field of work requires me to use MS Office.
To all those people who tout linux as being the best they are quite ignorant. The best is whatever operating system suits your needs. If all you do is email and web surf then any operating system will do. If you are a developer then maybe Linux/Unix is better suited for you. If you are a gamer then Windows is better for you due to it being both DirectX and OpenGL Compatible.