Comcast markets services for Time Warner cable here. Which is funny because Comcast has an exclusive contract with my city (St Paul, MN). Its like they're taunting us...
Its not just parents. I have half-dozen religious, and about a dozen sports channels my wife and I never watch. We have Comcast basic digital (which is pushing the limit of our home entertainment budget at ~$65/mo) and the Comcast basic package is 80% channels that we don't like or watch. The channels we would like to have (i.e. MTV2, VH-1 Classic, TechTV, History-International, Internation News, Sundance, Trio, and Discovery Wings) would require the purchase of two or three additional packages (bumping our monthly bill up even further). We barely watch enough TV to justify having cable, but a a few channels keep us from cancelling it (mainly BBC America, Science Channel, C-Span, TLC, Discovery, Spike, Sci-fi, and Comedy Central). Ala carte would be so nice if I didn't have to pay for things like ESPN, Golf Channel, OLN, MTV, Fox News Channel, etc.
As a taxpayer, can I see my information that floats around in these 'public' databases? The information in the M.A.T.R.I.X? Like reviewing my own credit report?
I suspect not, which then brings up the flip side, how do I protect my privacy and get my information removed from these 'public' databases?
I am not a criminal, but I feel I have no control over my privacy anymore.
Except some telemarketers have circumvented this technology with recordings. I use the Qwurst 'no solicitation' service ($6.95/month) and I have not had any unwanted telemarketer calls. Until, that is, about 3 months ago when we started getting called by a recording. Damn annoying.
A certain large company that makes SPARC based servers, told us in a meeting that one of their lines of CPUs continually panics the systems, forcing a reboot, due to the affects of "cosmic rays" on the on board CPU memory caches.
I was a lucky one, I'm less than a mile from a CO and only had to wait 1 month for the connection. I have friends who live in the suburbs who have waited as long as six months. Some were told flat out DSL would not be available in their area any time soon. ---------------
In the Twin Cities, MN, your only DSL choices really are Covad or Qwest (unless you wanna go cable via AT&T).
The qwest package called Deluxe which gives you 640k down/256k up for $29.95/month + ISP costs. Which is interesting because their basic DSL service offers 640k down/256k up for only $19.95/month + ISP costs. The comparison is here:
http://www.qwest.com/dsl/learn/256compare.html
Rumor around town is they increased everyone to this because they couldn't control it. But I am not really sure. This all happened around the time of the USWest and Qwest merger. I am not sure what Covad offers. ---------------
The Ultra-5 is the SSP (System Service Processor) that contains the OBP, hostid, and other such information for the domain and monitors the platform and domain processes. The domains uses these when they are in bringup (boot).
I like the mini-engine analogy. It is quite apt. ---------------
The long part comes from it configuring it's centerplane and checking the FOM (figure of merit)which is done when the first domain on the system is brought on line. The FOM tests all the hardware connections and works out the best configuration of hardware on the centerplane that will give optimal performance. This at level 16 usually takes about 20+ minutes. Then you need to wait while it walks the I/O paths to the disks and initializes the RAM. But once the first domain is up and running, the other domains on the system come up faster because they use the FOM of the first domain. You still have to wait one the memory and I/O paths though. ---------------
You might not get paid, but at least your music will be heard in a market you may not have had access to before. Eventually this exposure will lead to something. Case in point I discovered a local band (Astronaut Wife, in Twin Cities MN) that I really liked on mp3.com. I downloaded their music and when they finally made a CD I purchased it. Regardless of whether it is free or not no-one will have total control over their intellectual property once it goes public. ---------------
I agree, I have found the USPS to be less than reliable. Things don't get delievered and get returned months later with "LOST IN MACHINE" stamped across the front in BIG RED LETTERS. ---------------
I feel server emulators are/should be legal, but then again I feel reverse engineering is/should be legal as well and open source should be fully embraced. But didn't the Digital Millenium Copyright Act basically put an "end" to reverse engineering (or is trying to)? If this is the case then using the DMCA arguement, server emulation would be illegal in the US.
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Bubblegum Crisis, both new and old series. Very very entertaining, well done animation. Interesting storylines. Another well done one is PatLabor (the movies were great). A good site that sells anime and a recommended one to check out is http://www.advfilms.com.
I really enjoy Aeon Flux, but haven't seen any new episodes in the last 3 years.
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Ideas can also be erased. History was written by the victors (or so my history prof used to say). Also a large portion of today's information is electronic based. Any kind of significantly large electo-magnetic phenomenon (EMP, solar flares, etc.) can disrupt/corrupt this information. If computers or the things that support them are elminated, a large amount of this uncontrolled media will go away. Granted it will return as the technology is restored and the cycle will continue... ---------------
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I am so jealous. Cheap and ubiquitous.
Comcast markets services for Time Warner cable here. Which is funny because Comcast has an exclusive contract with my city (St Paul, MN). Its like they're taunting us...
Its not just parents. I have half-dozen religious, and about a dozen sports channels my wife and I never watch. We have Comcast basic digital (which is pushing the limit of our home entertainment budget at ~$65/mo) and the Comcast basic package is 80% channels that we don't like or watch. The channels we would like to have (i.e. MTV2, VH-1 Classic, TechTV, History-International, Internation News, Sundance, Trio, and Discovery Wings) would require the purchase of two or three additional packages (bumping our monthly bill up even further). We barely watch enough TV to justify having cable, but a a few channels keep us from cancelling it (mainly BBC America, Science Channel, C-Span, TLC, Discovery, Spike, Sci-fi, and Comedy Central). Ala carte would be so nice if I didn't have to pay for things like ESPN, Golf Channel, OLN, MTV, Fox News Channel, etc.
You can't buy this kind of publicity. To paraphrase an earlier poster...'I didn't know who Acxiom was until this attack...' pretty much sums it up.
A vast audience now knows who Acxiom is, and what they do, and how they respond to a "crisis".
As a taxpayer, can I see my information that floats around in these 'public' databases? The information in the M.A.T.R.I.X? Like reviewing my own credit report?
I suspect not, which then brings up the flip side, how do I protect my privacy and get my information removed from these 'public' databases?
I am not a criminal, but I feel I have no control over my privacy anymore.
They can bite my shiny metal ass!
Except some telemarketers have circumvented this technology with recordings. I use the Qwurst 'no solicitation' service ($6.95/month) and I have not had any unwanted telemarketer calls. Until, that is, about 3 months ago when we started getting called by a recording. Damn annoying.
I'd like to see the U.S. cough up what it owes to the U.N.
When will the insanity stop????
Long live the revolution!
I miss my commodore 64.
LOAD "*",8,1
A certain large company that makes SPARC based servers, told us in a meeting that one of their lines of CPUs continually panics the systems, forcing a reboot, due to the affects of "cosmic rays" on the on board CPU memory caches.
I was a lucky one, I'm less than a mile from a CO and only had to wait 1 month for the connection. I have friends who live in the suburbs who have waited as long as six months. Some were told flat out DSL would not be available in their area any time soon.
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In the Twin Cities, MN, your only DSL choices really are Covad or Qwest (unless you wanna go cable via AT&T).
The qwest package called Deluxe which gives you 640k down/256k up for $29.95/month + ISP costs. Which is interesting because their basic DSL service offers 640k down/256k up for only $19.95/month + ISP costs. The comparison is here:
http://www.qwest.com/dsl/learn/256compare.html
Rumor around town is they increased everyone to this because they couldn't control it. But I am not really sure. This all happened around the time of the USWest and Qwest merger. I am not sure what Covad offers.
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The Ultra-5 is the SSP (System Service Processor) that contains the OBP, hostid, and other such information for the domain and monitors the platform and domain processes. The domains uses these when they are in bringup (boot). I like the mini-engine analogy. It is quite apt.
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The long part comes from it configuring it's centerplane and checking the FOM (figure of merit)which is done when the first domain on the system is brought on line. The FOM tests all the hardware connections and works out the best configuration of hardware on the centerplane that will give optimal performance. This at level 16 usually takes about 20+ minutes. Then you need to wait while it walks the I/O paths to the disks and initializes the RAM. But once the first domain is up and running, the other domains on the system come up faster because they use the FOM of the first domain. You still have to wait one the memory and I/O paths though.
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You might not get paid, but at least your music will be heard in a market you may not have had access to before. Eventually this exposure will lead to something. Case in point I discovered a local band (Astronaut Wife, in Twin Cities MN) that I really liked on mp3.com. I downloaded their music and when they finally made a CD I purchased it. Regardless of whether it is free or not no-one will have total control over their intellectual property once it goes public.
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I agree, I have found the USPS to be less than reliable. Things don't get delievered and get returned months later with "LOST IN MACHINE" stamped across the front in BIG RED LETTERS.
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I feel server emulators are/should be legal, but then again I feel reverse engineering is/should be legal as well and open source should be fully embraced. But didn't the Digital Millenium Copyright Act basically put an "end" to reverse engineering (or is trying to)? If this is the case then using the DMCA arguement, server emulation would be illegal in the US.
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Batman Beyond: reminds me a bit of Shadowrun or Cyberpunk, well done animation
Men In Black: keeps my interest. Better by far than the movie.
Bubblegum Crisis, both new and old series. Very very entertaining, well done animation. Interesting storylines. Another well done one is PatLabor (the movies were great). A good site that sells anime and a recommended one to check out is http://www.advfilms.com. I really enjoy Aeon Flux, but haven't seen any new episodes in the last 3 years.
Ideas can also be erased. History was written by the victors (or so my history prof used to say). Also a large portion of today's information is electronic based. Any kind of significantly large electo-magnetic phenomenon (EMP, solar flares, etc.) can disrupt/corrupt this information. If computers or the things that support them are elminated, a large amount of this uncontrolled media will go away. Granted it will return as the technology is restored and the cycle will continue...
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