"Since you can't convince a mac zealot that their precious G4 and twisted idea of UNIX that is OSX isn't all that, its not worth the argument."
well, imho i think it's probably due to unix being nothing more than a trademark now. i mean, if you think linux is unix, you'd be incorrect. most things called unix aren't. unix-like would probably be more appropriate to say, but most people don't know the difference...
well, what about the latest hacked modchips? correct me if i'm wrong, but weren't those from a few guys in australia? i'd check my facts, but the link (and in fact all of xboxhacker.net) in the original story has mysteriously disappeared, making me wonder if they or their provider were served with cease and desists...
The owner is effectively my father in law, and he is looking to put the house on the market soon. He doesn't want to change things in the house, so the issue is kind of closed in that respect. BTW, he designed the house so he knows the layout pretty damned well (about 12 years ago before home-networking was popular). So as much as I'd love to go ahead and run the wire, it ain't gonna happen.
The problem is more that I can't modify the house (no pulling up baseboards or drilling holes), and it has to look good (no wire alongside the baseboards) in addition to a few pets that are fond of wires. There is also a lot of hallway in the house that makes it difficult. So an existing-cable network is really the solution I'm looking for. I also like that they are somewhat more inherintly secure as they aren't broadcasting to all of my neighbors...
It's a 2 story, 5 bedroom home with a lot of stuff throughout the house that I fear that would interfere with the range (cellphones for instance, are virtually useless in the house). Unfortunately I don't know anyone that has wireless that I can invite over to test it. I would like to be able to go outside with my laptop, so wireless would be nice eventually...
course the most popular method of making hydrogen is from breaking down water, and that process is done via electricity... hydrogen fuel cells are cool and all, but it seems to me that they are just transferring the pollution problem to another places again...
hey i was just in maui a couple of weeks ago. the lahaina airport has to be the smallest airport with large airlines going through it i have ever seen. the cool thing about it is that it, like many places in maui, is an open-air airport. make sure you go to hana, and also go see the sunrise at the volcano. you won't regret it.
i understand what you are saying, however the types of contracts and the systems that banks have with these services aren't exactly like switching to another long distance carrier. you can't just switch with a phone call. the argument was that redundancy was built in and carefully planned, with multiple circuits to eds. who would have known eds's datacenter would be flooded? i guess if we had maps and knew the geography of eds' datacenter and we were weather experts we would have never partnered with them.
i'll bet you that 1 in 5 or so people reading this have bank accounts with a bank that had similar problems that week, and perhaps didn't even know it and blaimed it on the bank.
the same thing could happen if a certain part of virginia were to flood out these little guys. i hate to beat a broken drum, but it's true. you can have multiple redundancies however disaster planning and a real disaster often lead to differing results. in a perfect world all banks would have 5 different redundant connections and 4 of them would lose them money 99.9% of the time. most banks will take their chances because the fed say they have done a reasonable effort.
but in the end it really doesn't matter because i don't work there anymore. i'm a jeans and tshirt guy rather than suit and tie and i'm not one for office politics so i left. =)
hell, a couple years ago i was working in the it dept of a moderately sized bank and there was a really bad storm that came through and knocked out most of EDS's datacenter and knocked out much of their atm card processing facilities. it was a major hassle as 1) you can't do a damn thing about it and 2) you can't explain to your customers that it isn't your fault their card isn't going through but the fault of your card processors (also one of the biggest companies on the planet, but nobody seems to know who they are). customers blaim the bank and drive off angry.
most people don't know it, but most financial instututions rely on a service like EDS's and if they are down, a key component of your business is down with it. it really isn't a laughing matter...
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"Since you can't convince a mac zealot that their precious G4 and twisted idea of UNIX that is OSX isn't all that, its not worth the argument."
well, imho i think it's probably due to unix being nothing more than a trademark now. i mean, if you think linux is unix, you'd be incorrect. most things called unix aren't. unix-like would probably be more appropriate to say, but most people don't know the difference...
well, what about the latest hacked modchips? correct me if i'm wrong, but weren't those from a few guys in australia? i'd check my facts, but the link (and in fact all of xboxhacker.net) in the original story has mysteriously disappeared, making me wonder if they or their provider were served with cease and desists...
dunno if this will help, but there is a driver for some broadcom chips...
The owner is effectively my father in law, and he is looking to put the house on the market soon. He doesn't want to change things in the house, so the issue is kind of closed in that respect. BTW, he designed the house so he knows the layout pretty damned well (about 12 years ago before home-networking was popular). So as much as I'd love to go ahead and run the wire, it ain't gonna happen.
The problem is more that I can't modify the house (no pulling up baseboards or drilling holes), and it has to look good (no wire alongside the baseboards) in addition to a few pets that are fond of wires. There is also a lot of hallway in the house that makes it difficult. So an existing-cable network is really the solution I'm looking for. I also like that they are somewhat more inherintly secure as they aren't broadcasting to all of my neighbors...
It's a 2 story, 5 bedroom home with a lot of stuff throughout the house that I fear that would interfere with the range (cellphones for instance, are virtually useless in the house). Unfortunately I don't know anyone that has wireless that I can invite over to test it. I would like to be able to go outside with my laptop, so wireless would be nice eventually...
this am best reading on bizarro world!
here's the rest...
So where is RT-11? RSX?
:)
right here of course
well i've heard plenty of beos zealots ask "why didn't apple use beos instead of next", so i would guess a few are probably from that camp... ;)
and they have their own pvr solution (ultimatetv) so if you are i guess you can read what you want into that... =)
course the most popular method of making hydrogen is from breaking down water, and that process is done via electricity... hydrogen fuel cells are cool and all, but it seems to me that they are just transferring the pollution problem to another places again...
radio shack... =)
install smoothwall on an old machine in front of your home computers and relax.
and you guys arguably (but i'm not disputin') were the first in flight too. :)
someone patented the wheel not too long ago.
i believe that was in australia though...
Read this article at my fave comic site...
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hey i was just in maui a couple of weeks ago. the lahaina airport has to be the smallest airport with large airlines going through it i have ever seen. the cool thing about it is that it, like many places in maui, is an open-air airport. make sure you go to hana, and also go see the sunrise at the volcano. you won't regret it.
*sniff* whatever happened to Jon Katz?
apparently he's all alone in the world. i guess he just needs a hug.
best games ev-ver.
i understand what you are saying, however the types of contracts and the systems that banks have with these services aren't exactly like switching to another long distance carrier. you can't just switch with a phone call. the argument was that redundancy was built in and carefully planned, with multiple circuits to eds. who would have known eds's datacenter would be flooded? i guess if we had maps and knew the geography of eds' datacenter and we were weather experts we would have never partnered with them.
i'll bet you that 1 in 5 or so people reading this have bank accounts with a bank that had similar problems that week, and perhaps didn't even know it and blaimed it on the bank.
the same thing could happen if a certain part of virginia were to flood out these little guys. i hate to beat a broken drum, but it's true. you can have multiple redundancies however disaster planning and a real disaster often lead to differing results. in a perfect world all banks would have 5 different redundant connections and 4 of them would lose them money 99.9% of the time. most banks will take their chances because the fed say they have done a reasonable effort.
but in the end it really doesn't matter because i don't work there anymore. i'm a jeans and tshirt guy rather than suit and tie and i'm not one for office politics so i left. =)
i dig being able to afford a chip, which is something i can't have with most xeons.
put together a paypal tip site and help worldcom out so they can keep the internet going. har har har.
hell, a couple years ago i was working in the it dept of a moderately sized bank and there was a really bad storm that came through and knocked out most of EDS's datacenter and knocked out much of their atm card processing facilities. it was a major hassle as 1) you can't do a damn thing about it and 2) you can't explain to your customers that it isn't your fault their card isn't going through but the fault of your card processors (also one of the biggest companies on the planet, but nobody seems to know who they are). customers blaim the bank and drive off angry.
most people don't know it, but most financial instututions rely on a service like EDS's and if they are down, a key component of your business is down with it. it really isn't a laughing matter...
if you are a perl guru and are interested in getting into osx programming, check out camelbones...
http://camelbones.sourceforge.net/