You could always use virtual memory.... ...on a standard cassette tape!
I had forgotten that option...
That reminds me of the Apple documentation that came with my Apple ][+ (in 1979, IIRC). In the section on using the cassette tape storage device it made reference to the amazing abilities one may possess if he could understand the program code whenthe tape was played through a speaker. Needless to say, I spent a couple hours trying to figure out if I had such abilities...
Hey, I was 13!
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Linux is amazing and I'm a fan of putting it on everything, but I doubt you'll have much luck putting on a machine with just 1K of RAM!
The TS1000 computer has 2K of random access memory built into it. (The ZX81 has just 1K.) The Sinclair 16K RAM Pack will increase your computer's memory capacity to 16K so that you can load and run all of the most popular software titles. This 16K RAM can also be used to extend the TS1500's built-in 16K RAM to 32K.
I took two years after getting my BS/IS to attend a Bible school. Of course, during those two years I didn't keep up with the emerging technologies. And that was 1994 to 1996! Did I miss out on the Internet? Kinda.
I wasn't one of the early adopters. I had to play catch up. But, guess what? I didn't start off with Netscape Navigator HTML extensions and its perculiar JavaScript. Instead, I started learning HTML, DOM (1&2), ECMAScript in late 1998 and early 1999. Now, even Netscape has abandoned the Navigator-only extensions (Layers, for example) in favor of W3C, et al, standards.
Moral? Sometimes it pays not to be leading the pack...sometimes hanging back and seeing where you're going will help you leap frog over the early adopters.
More importantly: doing something non-technical is good for your humanity. Return to technoology after the Peace Corp with a matured character, wisened outlook. That's what counts.
(My.sig finishes the tale...)
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That's why I spend so much time reading, responding, and flaming all you guys. Virtual community? Ha! No way.
;-) OK. Sarcasm aside... if one doesn't participate in an online community (such as/., k5, photo.net, eBay, Weight Watchers (hey, don't laugh->I've lost over 70 lbs with them) but spends their time reading news, watching videos and becoming petrified...to them there is no virtual community.
Now I'll read the lengthy article to see if I can make an intelligent contribution...
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Ah. That's different. I read into the story that you were trying to determine current usage patterns (to validate/invalidate administration fears) rather than to hold users responsible for their educationally-irrelevant (the definition of which is what?) usage.
You're saying, "Look. I use it for stuff I want and I'll pay for the privilege." That's commendable.
But it is also a sure way to become persona non grata with the other students!
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I don't know the direct answer to your question (what tools, etc, to use for "bandwidth accounting") but I can sense that you doubt the administration's fear that the bandwidth crunch is attributable to network traffic irrelevant to the Univeristy's charter. Or, you think it might not be valid...perhaps you hope it is not valid? My friend:
Don't bet against the dark side of human nature.
Really. If "legitimate uses" (that is, things the University would gladly announce, such as--"95% of our students' bandwidth usage is spent acheiving a solution to gobal warming in our lifetime") were truly the lion's share of your institution's bandwith, why would the most popular sites on the Internet be news, entertainment, music-swapping, shopping, auctioning, petrifying sites?
Give up the idea of bandwidth accounting--you'll just give numbers to the fears.
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It takes a brave man to admit to Slashdot users you want to use Windows for your product's OS...;-)
How about a CF card that (or EEPROM??) that contains enough to get the session started while the other media spins up? The "state" would be maintained on the instant-on media. There might be a small delay to complete functionality but it will appear to be instant on (which is the real need, I my opinion).
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It's alarming that most of the people who have any opinion about DSL, have a negative one (see DSL Reports for one), and the positive opinions look suspiciously like stroturfers.
I can attest that my positive report about Earthlink/GTE service is not a ruse. I wrote an honest report about my experience in Long Beach, CA (90808) in March. I've had 2 service outages since March 1, 2000. That's not bad. Slashdot's had more outages than my DSL connection in the same time period.
I use my DSL line continuously for telecommuting (the only problem with being able to work from home is working when I'm home....) and an outage means I travel the Southern Californian highways for 26 miles to the office--something I hate. Only once since March have I gone into the office because of connection problems from home.
The other time I had a service burp I used my Earthlink dial-in option (20 hours/month at no extra charge for DSL customers; that's not fantastic, but I hardly use one tenth of that it turns out).
Yes, Earthlink via GTE/Verizon is PPPoE, but Roaring Penguin's PPPoE client for Linux works fantastic (and better than WinPoET on Windows, for sure) for my desktop use. No complaints, although I would prefer a true DSL IP connection.
Look, my DSL service is so good I don't even think about it. Sorry that I can't add to the list of whiners, but I'm a genuinely satisfied customer of Earthlink/GTE DSL service. Go figure.
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Bill Budge's Pinball Wizard for the Apple//e was one of my favorite games as a teen in the early '80s.
But I swear at least a pixel of the ball would visibly hit the right paddle's tip yet not register as a hit (burned me up all the time).
Computer games got me in front of the computer, but easy access to the programming languages (thanks, Apple!) with fun-to-read programming books (thanks, again, Apple!) kept me there. My biggest problem with my dad's IBM XT at the office was that it was more for running programs than hacking at them. Look: on the Apple you were thrown into AppleSoft Basic at the command prompt. In PC-/MS-DOS you have to weasel your way to the programming tools. Different mindset.
This is way I like Linux/BSD/UNIX -- the tools are there to use. The code is there -- learn it. Sure we need games and applications, but I need tools and the references that having the source code provides.
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Check one of the guetenburg FTP server's and save yourself the 30+ Bucks....
Well, maybe $28...Since it is a copyrighted work only the first two chapters are available--kinda like an O'Reilly book. But, these are good chapters!
I read this book in 1990 and loved it, too.
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They'll die on their own (as they are beginning to do, if you've noticed that dot-commers with business models based on page view ad sales...are in the outs investment-wise).
Another way: don't keep silent when your company uses them on its web sites -- complain loudly...
Anybody else think this is a strange topic for Slash-banner-ad-revenue-model-Dot?
hmmm...Well, it hasn't made front page...
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Understand the subject before marking a post as off-topic. The by-line references That_Hideous_Strength, by CS Lewis. Mars is Malcandra (sp?). "Pod"..."soreni"...
**Sigh**
Ya Know, others besides O'Reilly publish books...
get one.
Back on topic, myself: I really don't understand how the Martian rocks get to Earth to begin with, but am enjoying watching the theories fly about looking for a place to land. Anyway,<ugh> 'rock on'. </ugh>
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The real question is, do the sites you visit support the standards in their encoding, or do they use IE-specific techniques without regard for other browsers.
With the huge market-share IE enjoys it has two sets of standards it can support:
De Jure standards -- those set by W3C, ECMA, IETF, et al
De Facto standards -- those it makes by virtue of being widely used.
In my development I aim for the De Jure standards. Unfortunately, Mozilla isn't truly compliant to these standards yet. I'm not developing content sites, but web applications. Mozilla seems fine on the major entertainment sites -- which is great -- but it doesn't support simple interface manipulation as it should, so I cannot include it in my list of approved browsers, yet.
I'll keep looking, though. I just can't move away from IE until Mozilla is Ready.
Once Mozilla is ready, then my entire application development environment will be MS-Free. Until then, I'm tied to Windows and IE. ("Don't cry for me, Ars Techninca...")
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If your desk is clean it's because you have nothing better to do than clean everything up!
Nah. My desk is clean because all my reference material, design-work, psuedo-code, correspondence, notes, reference material -- everything -- is digital and on my computer(s). I don't have anything on my desk except:
monitor/keyboard/mouse
mousepad
phone
a pen (used every other Friday to sign my check "for deposit only" -- company doesn't use direct deposit)
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This is my prefered work environment. It's where I work 50% of the time now. I have a three-bedrooom apartment and one bdrm is my office -- workstation, corner-conforming desk, exercise bike, audio recording equipment (I do voice-overs, too). But the draw to working at home is the satisfaction of being near my wife and 10-month old son.
The Beach.
By virtue of living in south LA County, I can easily travel to a number of different types of beaches (family-oriented, surfing, ultra-hip, undeveloped, secluded)with my family. Having a notebook and mobile phone allows me to work even here. Now I need a TFT-LCD so that I don't have to squint in the shade... This locale is advantageous to my nerves. Many times I can curl up (in the shade) and get quite productive. Other times...well...
The Mountains.
By virtue of living in Southern California, the Big Bear mountains provide a nice retreat for my family. We use a church camp to get away from the (diminished) smog and bustle of LA County. Having my notebook and mobile phone allows me to charge my time to my clients while enjoying the forest.
Barnes & Nobles
Amazon has a fatal flaw: no baristas to make my Latte while I browse and (to further critique on-line bookstores) no browsing of actual book contents, anyway (at least O'Reily has sample chapters...).
Sometimes I want to get away from the office (even though I'm hardly there!) and B&N offers a nice sanctuary. Coffee. Books. nice chairs. I take my notebook and mobile phone and...
I think it's clear: the office is the pits. With modern technology everyplace is my office.
The down-side is it is hard to actually get away from work when I go home, to the beach, to the mountains, etc.
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Slashdot Mirror
Did you even try Google?
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I had forgotten that option...
That reminds me of the Apple documentation that came with my Apple ][+ (in 1979, IIRC). In the section on using the cassette tape storage device it made reference to the amazing abilities one may possess if he could understand the program code whenthe tape was played through a speaker. Needless to say, I spent a couple hours trying to figure out if I had such abilities...
Hey, I was 13!
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You're flamebaiting, but I'll answer you (ya know, there is a Search field at the bootom of each page...use it).
Alan Cox, RMS (maybe?), Philip Greenspun are actual members of this (not just Slashdot, but the Internet) community.
Talk about rose-tinted glasses. Grow up.
I did say I was gushing... ;-)
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It's the community.
Yes, there are Trolls and Flamers and ... but there are also ESR, RMS, Alan Cox, Philip Greenspun, et cetera, participating.
OK, I'm done gushing.
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I wasn't one of the early adopters. I had to play catch up. But, guess what? I didn't start off with Netscape Navigator HTML extensions and its perculiar JavaScript. Instead, I started learning HTML, DOM (1&2), ECMAScript in late 1998 and early 1999. Now, even Netscape has abandoned the Navigator-only extensions (Layers, for example) in favor of W3C, et al, standards.
Moral? Sometimes it pays not to be leading the pack...sometimes hanging back and seeing where you're going will help you leap frog over the early adopters.
More importantly: doing something non-technical is good for your humanity. Return to technoology after the Peace Corp with a matured character, wisened outlook. That's what counts.
(My .sig finishes the tale...)
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;-) OK. Sarcasm aside... if one doesn't participate in an online community (such as /., k5, photo.net, eBay, Weight Watchers (hey, don't laugh->I've lost over 70 lbs with them) but spends their time reading news, watching videos and becoming petrified...to them there is no virtual community.
Now I'll read the lengthy article to see if I can make an intelligent contribution...
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You're saying, "Look. I use it for stuff I want and I'll pay for the privilege." That's commendable.
But it is also a sure way to become persona non grata with the other students!
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Give up the idea of bandwidth accounting--you'll just give numbers to the fears.
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How about a CF card that (or EEPROM??) that contains enough to get the session started while the other media spins up? The "state" would be maintained on the instant-on media. There might be a small delay to complete functionality but it will appear to be instant on (which is the real need, I my opinion).
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I use my DSL line continuously for telecommuting (the only problem with being able to work from home is working when I'm home....) and an outage means I travel the Southern Californian highways for 26 miles to the office--something I hate. Only once since March have I gone into the office because of connection problems from home.
The other time I had a service burp I used my Earthlink dial-in option (20 hours/month at no extra charge for DSL customers; that's not fantastic, but I hardly use one tenth of that it turns out).
Yes, Earthlink via GTE/Verizon is PPPoE, but Roaring Penguin's PPPoE client for Linux works fantastic (and better than WinPoET on Windows, for sure) for my desktop use. No complaints, although I would prefer a true DSL IP connection.
Look, my DSL service is so good I don't even think about it. Sorry that I can't add to the list of whiners, but I'm a genuinely satisfied customer of Earthlink/GTE DSL service. Go figure.
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But I swear at least a pixel of the ball would visibly hit the right paddle's tip yet not register as a hit (burned me up all the time).
Computer games got me in front of the computer, but easy access to the programming languages (thanks, Apple!) with fun-to-read programming books (thanks, again, Apple!) kept me there. My biggest problem with my dad's IBM XT at the office was that it was more for running programs than hacking at them. Look: on the Apple you were thrown into AppleSoft Basic at the command prompt. In PC-/MS-DOS you have to weasel your way to the programming tools. Different mindset.
This is way I like Linux/BSD/UNIX -- the tools are there to use. The code is there -- learn it. Sure we need games and applications, but I need tools and the references that having the source code provides.
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Well, maybe $28...Since it is a copyrighted work only the first two chapters are available--kinda like an O'Reilly book. But, these are good chapters!
I read this book in 1990 and loved it, too.
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I've always been partial to Philip Greenspun's philosophy of Web design. It's a classic.
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They'll die on their own (as they are beginning to do, if you've noticed that dot-commers with business models based on page view ad sales...are in the outs investment-wise).
Another way: don't keep silent when your company uses them on its web sites -- complain loudly...
Anybody else think this is a strange topic for Slash-banner-ad-revenue-model-Dot?
hmmm...Well, it hasn't made front page...
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Back on topic, myself: I really don't understand how the Martian rocks get to Earth to begin with, but am enjoying watching the theories fly about looking for a place to land. Anyway,<ugh> 'rock on'. </ugh>
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The best CS program is in your basement/garage/bedroom...
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mod_perl is the only way to go!
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The real question is, do the sites you visit support the standards in their encoding, or do they use IE-specific techniques without regard for other browsers.
With the huge market-share IE enjoys it has two sets of standards it can support:
In my development I aim for the De Jure standards. Unfortunately, Mozilla isn't truly compliant to these standards yet. I'm not developing content sites, but web applications. Mozilla seems fine on the major entertainment sites -- which is great -- but it doesn't support simple interface manipulation as it should, so I cannot include it in my list of approved browsers, yet.
I'll keep looking, though. I just can't move away from IE until Mozilla is Ready.
Once Mozilla is ready, then my entire application development environment will be MS-Free. Until then, I'm tied to Windows and IE. ("Don't cry for me, Ars Techninca...")
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One. I'm pretty adept with switching windows around (in Win98 and KDE|GNOME).
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Nah. My desk is clean because all my reference material, design-work, psuedo-code, correspondence, notes, reference material -- everything -- is digital and on my computer(s). I don't have anything on my desk except:
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Home.
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The Beach.
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The Mountains.
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Barnes & Nobles
I think it's clear: the office is the pits. With modern technology everyplace is my office.The down-side is it is hard to actually get away from work when I go home, to the beach, to the mountains, etc.
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i never thought i'd see the day when *I* was correcting someone's grammar
--(koensayrATozemailDOTcomDOTau)
I didn't know Aussie's were so particular about the Queen's English... ;-) .
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