Here at work we have Sprint T1s, and sure enough, http://www.cogentco.com/ (among other things) isn't working. [Traceroute to the IP shows that it gets to the first Sprint router and then dies.]
SSH into my home box and try there (I have Comcast), and it works fine.
We'll have to look at our SLA to find out what we can do (this is UNACCEPTABLE. Period.)
Oh, of course, and I didn't mean to sound like I was calling you out. They're not built for the military, but they're damn cheap and can take a decent *around the house* beating.
but I'm not sure how it's going to work in the end: since they can't compete with the marketing budgets of the big boys, they're attempting to leverage the open source community - they're being "different" to stand out.
Releasing materials under CC license, etc., in hopes that someone else will take it and run with it, make a funny youtube parody video, something like that to generate buzz.
It *could* work, if they don't try to force it. In the past when companies have tried to do something similar (case in point, Sony with the PSP blog thing), they've always been the ones behind the (seemingly unbiased) blog or website talking about the product - and it backfires.
Sure, we'll just get permission from EVERY SINGLE PERSON that has submitted any patch to any GPL project (and not assigned the copyright to an organization) to change to a "more permissive" license. Including the dead persons.
Approximately 2 - 3 weeks ago, I started getting randomly disconnected while playing WoW, and in game, my ping times would be in the 3000s of ms, and higher, randomly. My connection has been through Comcast for 2 years, I have a simple LAN at home, etc.
I troubleshooted(troubleshot?) everything on my end. Everything. Checked my router (Linksys WRT54GS). Connected directly to the cable modem. Tried different boxes here at home.
Something that felt "strange" about the predicament was that my neighbor's wireless would work fine - and he/she/it (who knows?) has Comcast! I could log on and my ping time would be normal (it would be back at the latency I was gettting "pre-2/3-weeks-ago")!
Finally, I ended up chatting with Comcast support. Yes, I've power cycled my modem. Yes, I've connected directly to the modem. The technician said that my modem was not reporting excess dropped packets and appeared to be fine.
Magically, after being done with the web chat (the tech recommended I place the modem before a cable split in my apt - even though it had been where is was for the aforementioned 2 years before with no problem), everything worked!
My guess is that: I VPN into my home box from work all day, so I'm sure that shows up as "evil" to their monitoring systems. (I don't torrent - who has time? I'm busy playing WoW, though that does use a torrent connection for updates...)
Additionally, my VPN connection would randomly time out, too, in the same manner as the WoW thing - which felt like lost packets.
I can't believe that this all makes sense now; they're forging RST packets on regular TCP connections now. Goddamn it.
Microsoft, IBM management, AND Win16 (...well, whatever the hell they called the API then) compatibility killed OS/2: Why should I, as a developer, write my program twice? I can write it for windows, and it will run on OS/2.
how many times Microsoft has gotten away with "Our current version has issues, but the NEXT version of x will be great! Make sure you use current version in the meantime - we're announcing this only because our competitors DO have a better product/will be releasing a better product soon!"
I'm not even an MS hater - but damn, they have crushed more than one alternative by doing something similar, even NEVER releasing, sometimes, whatever it is they announce (I recall reading an account from a fellow./'er stating that they did just that to his small company - funding dried up because they didn't want to compete with MS, and MS never released whatever it was anyway.)
You buy a LICENSE to use your media. The physical disk is not what you're buying.
Your comparison makes no sense. (And the media cartels are trying to have it both ways - it's a license when its convienient for them, but if you scratch your disk, oh, you bought the physical media, please buy it again.)
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It runs awesome in DOSBOX.
VB isn't something Sun made themselves anyway, they bought it.
Here at work we have Sprint T1s, and sure enough, http://www.cogentco.com/ (among other things) isn't working. [Traceroute to the IP shows that it gets to the first Sprint router and then dies.]
SSH into my home box and try there (I have Comcast), and it works fine.
We'll have to look at our SLA to find out what we can do (this is UNACCEPTABLE. Period.)
A whopping 2.4 MB/s (+ overhead, as you say)?
You realize that most modern drives are able to handle 60 MB/s with ease, even the low end ones, right?
You don't need 6 hard drives RAIDed to *watch* video...
What, you don't get one of those? I've had one forever.
In fact, I modded you up with it just before posting this...
Please, PLEASE allow us to check a box in our settings that gets us to the "real" search results, Google.
Name it something innocous, like [] Remember the Good Old Days
In fact, do that now, please - checking the box will remove Expert Sexchange, cnet, pricerunner, etc. etc. from the search "results"
[the list that givemebackmygoogle is a good start for the block list]
They install LinDVD.
http://www.downoneveryoneorjustme.com/
(it's a parody of http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ )
I cut down trees. I skip and jump.
I like to press wild flowers.
I put on women's clothing
And hang around in bars.
To help them, for free.
Oh, of course, and I didn't mean to sound like I was calling you out. They're not built for the military, but they're damn cheap and can take a decent *around the house* beating.
Wrong about the EEE and falling off your desk:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4dhhl_tests-resistance-chocs-chaleur-froi_tech
I have also thrown mine around a bunch, and it works perfectly still.
It isn't dust or weather sealed like a toughbook, and you can't run over it and expect it to survive like one, but falling won't hurt it.
And it's also not thousands of dollars, so if I DID bork it, I don't cry as much.
The Mighty Steven Hawking is *already* a fucking quake master.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Hawking
but I'm not sure how it's going to work in the end: since they can't compete with the marketing budgets of the big boys, they're attempting to leverage the open source community - they're being "different" to stand out.
Releasing materials under CC license, etc., in hopes that someone else will take it and run with it, make a funny youtube parody video, something like that to generate buzz.
It *could* work, if they don't try to force it.
In the past when companies have tried to do something similar (case in point, Sony with the PSP blog thing), they've always been the ones behind the (seemingly unbiased) blog or website talking about the product - and it backfires.
Wagons really *are* "useful as fuck".
Sure, we'll just get permission from EVERY SINGLE PERSON that has submitted any patch to any GPL project (and not assigned the copyright to an organization) to change to a "more permissive" license. Including the dead persons.
Or Sun could change the license.
Or they won't.
Link?
Approximately 2 - 3 weeks ago, I started getting randomly disconnected while playing WoW, and in game, my ping times would be in the 3000s of ms, and higher, randomly. My connection has been through Comcast for 2 years, I have a simple LAN at home, etc.
I troubleshooted(troubleshot?) everything on my end. Everything. Checked my router (Linksys WRT54GS). Connected directly to the cable modem. Tried different boxes here at home.
Something that felt "strange" about the predicament was that my neighbor's wireless would work fine - and he/she/it (who knows?) has Comcast! I could log on and my ping time would be normal (it would be back at the latency I was gettting "pre-2/3-weeks-ago")!
Finally, I ended up chatting with Comcast support. Yes, I've power cycled my modem. Yes, I've connected directly to the modem. The technician said that my modem was not reporting excess dropped packets and appeared to be fine.
Magically, after being done with the web chat (the tech recommended I place the modem before a cable split in my apt - even though it had been where is was for the aforementioned 2 years before with no problem), everything worked!
My guess is that: I VPN into my home box from work all day, so I'm sure that shows up as "evil" to their monitoring systems. (I don't torrent - who has time? I'm busy playing WoW, though that does use a torrent connection for updates...)
Additionally, my VPN connection would randomly time out, too, in the same manner as the WoW thing - which felt like lost packets.
I can't believe that this all makes sense now; they're forging RST packets on regular TCP connections now. Goddamn it.
Microsoft, IBM management, AND Win16 (...well, whatever the hell they called the API then) compatibility killed OS/2:
Why should I, as a developer, write my program twice?
I can write it for windows, and it will run on OS/2.
End result - no programs written for OS/2.
how many times Microsoft has gotten away with "Our current version has issues, but the NEXT version of x will be great! Make sure you use current version in the meantime - we're announcing this only because our competitors DO have a better product/will be releasing a better product soon!"
./'er stating that they did just that to his small company - funding dried up because they didn't want to compete with MS, and MS never released whatever it was anyway.)
I'm not even an MS hater - but damn, they have crushed more than one alternative by doing something similar, even NEVER releasing, sometimes, whatever it is they announce (I recall reading an account from a fellow
You buy a LICENSE to use your media. The physical disk is not what you're buying.
Your comparison makes no sense. (And the media cartels are trying to have it both ways - it's a license when its convienient for them, but if you scratch your disk, oh, you bought the physical media, please buy it again.)
You missed my reply to myself.
My < was stripped when I posted.
100% of MP3 players play MP3s.
A number smaller than 100% of MP3 players play AAC.
You can convert of course, with the usual caveat of quality loss.
In your argument, though, it makes no sense - you could ALWAYS convert your itunes DRMed files and "convert" them with the analog hole.
Selling to end users who aren't going to do such a thing, which is more compatible with more MP3 players? MP3 or AAC?
Argh, Slashdot stripped my < sign (In plain text mode. dammit) - I look like an idiot.
The third line should be:
The number of MP3 players that play AACs: <100%
DRM-free AAC != MP3.
The number of MP3 players that play MP3s: 100%
The number of MP3 players that play AACs: 100%
His statement was correct.
The rest of the article is douchebaggy though.