Couldn't agree more. You tell your 10,000 employees that you can't build any cars today, because the wind isn't blowing enough outside, or its overcast. Wind and Solar are SUPPLEMENTS to the power grid.. Hell, there is no place on earth that solar will work 24/7/365. (i know, I know, in parts of alaska it will work 24/7/90 or so) Don't get me wrong, they are great SUPPLEMENTS, especially solar, since its going to produce the most power at the same time that most people are going to be running their AC, but they are not going to be reliable for running off of until Electric storage becomes much, much better.
At last count, last time I installed XPSP2 from scratch, a few weeks ago, it took something like 105 updates to bring it up to current. THank god for WSUS, thats alot of bandwith. Way back in the windows 2000 times, they would release "rollup" patches, that would perform the work of 30 or so patches in one. Why have they not had them for XP?
Disable Indexing.. It drove me nuts when I installed it on a "test system" at the office. Between the indexer, and the defragger trying to access the disk when it thinks you don't need it, it seemed to drop the overall speed significantly
They do something similar in my town. Placed a natural gas power plant right next to a lumber mill. They pump the steam to the mill, which uses it to run their own equipment.
I have to second Oregon's ballot process. The only problem I have ever seen with it, is the mailing back the return envelopes. While not a problem in urban areas, some area's of the state you might be 50-100 miles from the nearest "drop off" location, meaning you have to buy a stamp. (there has been talk about making the state pay postage on the envelopes, although as it stands, its better than the old polling places, where people had to drive to a polling location to vote, or vote absentee) The ballots are scanned with scanners not much different than the ones used to scan bubble sheet tests we took in school. Quick recounts are easy (and random to ensure accuracy) and most of all, because its "mail in/drop off" the voter turnout in Oregon is much, much higher than other states, since you don't have a single day to try to get off of work, and go drive somewhere on your lunch break to vote! Did I mention how cheap it is to get a few scanner machines? Oregon has 36 counties, and each has their own set of scanners (that all match the states requirements)
UofO doesn't have unsecured wireless. They have a captive portal that requires you to login. Their argument for the wireless is that they can't tell if the person logging in is the same person as the one that is using the computer.. (IE, you give your GF your laptop and password for the day). In fact, with the issues cropping up from the CALEA act, (can't remember the exact spelling this early in the morning) schools can soon get in trouble for not authenticating their wireless, in case terrorists want to use it. No joke, thats what the feds say!! Most of the schools are pretty ticked about that act, since it opens up all sorts of possibilities for abuse, like this story.
and yet strangely, they don't have to pay as much for downstream traffic.. Seems it would be more efficient to re-route the trackers to look to local clients on their network.. IE, if I want to download ubuntu, I would consider it a benefit if they pointed me to someone else on their network that was seeding, or further along downloading, as I could finish it faster.. And they wouldn't have duplicated traffic coming through their gateway pipes.
They could have manipulated things in a way that would be a win for all, but they chose to do it in a way that was a win for them.
And what percentage of the people the called actually responded to the survey? I would kick my users if I found they took time out of the day to talk on the phone about how they break policy (and security) over the phone to a stranger doing a "survey".
just an FYI, most newer Dells (I'm assuming other brands have something similar) have the computrace software in a chip on the motherboard.. they can even format the hard drive to delete sensitive data.
You forgot the biggest use for the Server Core: VM Server when the Virtual Server 2008 comes out. However, I have heard that the core sounds better than it really is, as you can't do basic things with it, like run powershell or WMI, since they require the.NET software, which won't install on Core..
I really should not have gone into CS for college. I can't tell you the number of times someone has started something by saying "Well, I'm not a rocket scientist, but..." where I would abso-frickin-lootley love to be able to break into their conversation and say "Well, I AM!"
The sad thing is that charter is going bankrupt. No, really, read their filings, look at their stock prices. They are losing several billion a year. They are not interested in competing, just in making profits. (they don't see that they go hand in hand). I get mailing from them for digital cable and their new phone service. They all say $29 a month* and then in really small letters down below for the * they say for 6 months, and then don't say what the current rates are. It is actually difficult with them to see what the actual (not introductory) prices are. Really, I just came off one of those 6 month things, and am now paying about $100/month for 3Mb internet, and expanded basic cable (not digital). I'm finding it harder and harder to swallow those numbers. Especially when the satellite comapnies partner with my local phone company for DSL/TV bundles, and I could get 150 channels, including DVR, and HD for about 30 less a month.. I hate qwest, so I've been hesitant, but the hesitation lessens each time I get another bill from charter..
On the game front, the one thing that I have never been able to figure out, is why game vendors don't use a linux base for their games? It seems like it would be a pain to develop, and more importantly, troubleshoot and support so many combinations of OS/Hardware, etc (xp, 7 versions of vista, etc). why not just release a game, with a pared down version of Knoppix or other "live CD" type of media, and just boot from the disk, have the hardware detected automatically, and just run? (ie, like a console, where the hardware is pretty standard and stable). If someone wants to run it while also running other apps, instead of booting from the CD, load a minimal VM that will then load up the CD in a seperate VM than windows. No license worries, and since you can pare down the kernel to only the necessary features, you could get a whole lot of performance out of it with no overhead.
Then we could just hire the Japanese or Germans to come build a new rail system the right way.
That is the exact problem, Amtrack doesn't have "a system". They are a train that runs on tracks they don't even own. I live in Oregon, along the west coast train route. They have to pull over for any cargo train, and wait. There are only 1 set of tracks going over the cascades, with lots of pullovers.. If amtrack could get their own tracks, or at least get priority, maybe they wouldn't be at least 1 hour late every day.
Its a chicken and egg thing. The train isn't reliable time wise, so people don't like to travel it. Since not many people travel by train, they can't justify spending more money to purchase tracks.
The whole thing I can't understand is why its your fault, and not the company that doesn't verify your identity? IE, why is it MY responsibility to prove that YOU screwed up? Why isn't it Your responsibility to ensure that your customer is, in fact, your customer?
Basically, you set your records to expire in a very, very short time, and constantly change the DNS servers, as well as the records. This makes it very hard to shut down the DNS, since its always moving and changing. I guess a good way to picture it is if at google, every single one of their 1M servers was changing. IE, every 5 seconds, a different machine was the dns server for "Google.com" and the www address changed to a different computer. Then, try to figure out which machine was misbehaving, and displaying the wrong data. It would be difficult.
Even better than imaging, imagine if MS would release some big rollups. IE, load up XP, download SP2, download one or two rollups, and your done! I do imaging at my work, but there are times, when I need to load from scratch for one reason or another (like a new model of computer, with different drivers) I think last time I counted, it took 97 patches (after SP2) and about 5 reboots to get my PC working. And thank god I have a WSUS server on premise, so I didn't have to waste bandwith..
Hmm.. Just how long does it take to recover the cost of building a terrestrial power station? I seem to remember a $25Million dollar gas power plant built just out side my town. They generate about $8Million a year selling power, which they have to pay for gas, employees, and the construction costs.. Of course, we're ignoring the cost of about $3Billion for the western power grid that it hooks into...(since were not mentioning the cost of downlink equipment, seems fair to not include the cost of distribution)
2 things bug me with the "termination fee". If its because they are subsidizing the contract, shouldn't the amount go down as the contract progresses? ie, if they discount $240 of the cost of the phone, with a 2 year contract, then after 1 year, should not the fee be $120 for leaving? Also, if you walk in with your own phone, you pay the same rate as someone with a "subsidized" phone. I would much rather they split the bill apart, ie, $30/month + $5/month for the phone usage..
They went out, and studied the needs, and the current stuff they used, every thing from the size of pots, to the long stick they use to stir it, and that women would leave villages for hours looking for wood, and get their arms chopped off by bad people. So, they tailor made and engineered something stable, cost effective, designed for the size/style of equipment they already use, and it uses 1/4 the fuel, meaning less trips out into the dangerous woods.. they are not just a store bought BBQ starter..
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Couldn't agree more. You tell your 10,000 employees that you can't build any cars today, because the wind isn't blowing enough outside, or its overcast. Wind and Solar are SUPPLEMENTS to the power grid.. Hell, there is no place on earth that solar will work 24/7/365. (i know, I know, in parts of alaska it will work 24/7/90 or so) Don't get me wrong, they are great SUPPLEMENTS, especially solar, since its going to produce the most power at the same time that most people are going to be running their AC, but they are not going to be reliable for running off of until Electric storage becomes much, much better.
At last count, last time I installed XPSP2 from scratch, a few weeks ago, it took something like 105 updates to bring it up to current. THank god for WSUS, thats alot of bandwith. Way back in the windows 2000 times, they would release "rollup" patches, that would perform the work of 30 or so patches in one. Why have they not had them for XP?
Disable Indexing.. It drove me nuts when I installed it on a "test system" at the office. Between the indexer, and the defragger trying to access the disk when it thinks you don't need it, it seemed to drop the overall speed significantly
They do something similar in my town. Placed a natural gas power plant right next to a lumber mill. They pump the steam to the mill, which uses it to run their own equipment.
I have to second Oregon's ballot process. The only problem I have ever seen with it, is the mailing back the return envelopes. While not a problem in urban areas, some area's of the state you might be 50-100 miles from the nearest "drop off" location, meaning you have to buy a stamp. (there has been talk about making the state pay postage on the envelopes, although as it stands, its better than the old polling places, where people had to drive to a polling location to vote, or vote absentee) The ballots are scanned with scanners not much different than the ones used to scan bubble sheet tests we took in school. Quick recounts are easy (and random to ensure accuracy) and most of all, because its "mail in/drop off" the voter turnout in Oregon is much, much higher than other states, since you don't have a single day to try to get off of work, and go drive somewhere on your lunch break to vote! Did I mention how cheap it is to get a few scanner machines? Oregon has 36 counties, and each has their own set of scanners (that all match the states requirements)
Crap, thats how they send so much spam! ;)
They have 4 times our population, but we have more IP Addresses then they do!!! Take that!
On a more serious note, how hard would it be (if they pissed off enough country's) to null route all their IPs at the core peering points?
UofO doesn't have unsecured wireless. They have a captive portal that requires you to login. Their argument for the wireless is that they can't tell if the person logging in is the same person as the one that is using the computer.. (IE, you give your GF your laptop and password for the day). In fact, with the issues cropping up from the CALEA act, (can't remember the exact spelling this early in the morning) schools can soon get in trouble for not authenticating their wireless, in case terrorists want to use it. No joke, thats what the feds say!! Most of the schools are pretty ticked about that act, since it opens up all sorts of possibilities for abuse, like this story.
PS.. GO DUCKS!
and yet strangely, they don't have to pay as much for downstream traffic.. Seems it would be more efficient to re-route the trackers to look to local clients on their network.. IE, if I want to download ubuntu, I would consider it a benefit if they pointed me to someone else on their network that was seeding, or further along downloading, as I could finish it faster.. And they wouldn't have duplicated traffic coming through their gateway pipes.
They could have manipulated things in a way that would be a win for all, but they chose to do it in a way that was a win for them.
And what percentage of the people the called actually responded to the survey? I would kick my users if I found they took time out of the day to talk on the phone about how they break policy (and security) over the phone to a stranger doing a "survey".
just an FYI, most newer Dells (I'm assuming other brands have something similar) have the computrace software in a chip on the motherboard.. they can even format the hard drive to delete sensitive data.
You forgot the biggest use for the Server Core: VM Server when the Virtual Server 2008 comes out. However, I have heard that the core sounds better than it really is, as you can't do basic things with it, like run powershell or WMI, since they require the .NET software, which won't install on Core..
I really should not have gone into CS for college. I can't tell you the number of times someone has started something by saying "Well, I'm not a rocket scientist, but..." where I would abso-frickin-lootley love to be able to break into their conversation and say "Well, I AM!"
The sad thing is that charter is going bankrupt. No, really, read their filings, look at their stock prices. They are losing several billion a year. They are not interested in competing, just in making profits. (they don't see that they go hand in hand). I get mailing from them for digital cable and their new phone service. They all say $29 a month* and then in really small letters down below for the * they say for 6 months, and then don't say what the current rates are. It is actually difficult with them to see what the actual (not introductory) prices are. Really, I just came off one of those 6 month things, and am now paying about $100/month for 3Mb internet, and expanded basic cable (not digital). I'm finding it harder and harder to swallow those numbers. Especially when the satellite comapnies partner with my local phone company for DSL/TV bundles, and I could get 150 channels, including DVR, and HD for about 30 less a month.. I hate qwest, so I've been hesitant, but the hesitation lessens each time I get another bill from charter..
On the game front, the one thing that I have never been able to figure out, is why game vendors don't use a linux base for their games? It seems like it would be a pain to develop, and more importantly, troubleshoot and support so many combinations of OS/Hardware, etc (xp, 7 versions of vista, etc). why not just release a game, with a pared down version of Knoppix or other "live CD" type of media, and just boot from the disk, have the hardware detected automatically, and just run? (ie, like a console, where the hardware is pretty standard and stable). If someone wants to run it while also running other apps, instead of booting from the CD, load a minimal VM that will then load up the CD in a seperate VM than windows. No license worries, and since you can pare down the kernel to only the necessary features, you could get a whole lot of performance out of it with no overhead.
Then we could just hire the Japanese or Germans to come build a new rail system the right way.
That is the exact problem, Amtrack doesn't have "a system". They are a train that runs on tracks they don't even own. I live in Oregon, along the west coast train route. They have to pull over for any cargo train, and wait. There are only 1 set of tracks going over the cascades, with lots of pullovers.. If amtrack could get their own tracks, or at least get priority, maybe they wouldn't be at least 1 hour late every day.
Its a chicken and egg thing. The train isn't reliable time wise, so people don't like to travel it. Since not many people travel by train, they can't justify spending more money to purchase tracks.
I believe the command is "sudo update-manager -d" The -d will look to update the distro, and give you the button.
The whole thing I can't understand is why its your fault, and not the company that doesn't verify your identity? IE, why is it MY responsibility to prove that YOU screwed up? Why isn't it Your responsibility to ensure that your customer is, in fact, your customer?
Basically, you set your records to expire in a very, very short time, and constantly change the DNS servers, as well as the records. This makes it very hard to shut down the DNS, since its always moving and changing. I guess a good way to picture it is if at google, every single one of their 1M servers was changing. IE, every 5 seconds, a different machine was the dns server for "Google.com" and the www address changed to a different computer. Then, try to figure out which machine was misbehaving, and displaying the wrong data. It would be difficult.
Even better than imaging, imagine if MS would release some big rollups. IE, load up XP, download SP2, download one or two rollups, and your done! I do imaging at my work, but there are times, when I need to load from scratch for one reason or another (like a new model of computer, with different drivers) I think last time I counted, it took 97 patches (after SP2) and about 5 reboots to get my PC working. And thank god I have a WSUS server on premise, so I didn't have to waste bandwith..
Hmm.. Just how long does it take to recover the cost of building a terrestrial power station? I seem to remember a $25Million dollar gas power plant built just out side my town. They generate about $8Million a year selling power, which they have to pay for gas, employees, and the construction costs.. Of course, we're ignoring the cost of about $3Billion for the western power grid that it hooks into...(since were not mentioning the cost of downlink equipment, seems fair to not include the cost of distribution)
2 things bug me with the "termination fee". If its because they are subsidizing the contract, shouldn't the amount go down as the contract progresses? ie, if they discount $240 of the cost of the phone, with a 2 year contract, then after 1 year, should not the fee be $120 for leaving? Also, if you walk in with your own phone, you pay the same rate as someone with a "subsidized" phone. I would much rather they split the bill apart, ie, $30/month + $5/month for the phone usage..
By these guys back in 2000. The potato powered web server.. We could help our farmers, and power our data centers with beuwolf clusters of potatoes!
They went out, and studied the needs, and the current stuff they used, every thing from the size of pots, to the long stick they use to stir it, and that women would leave villages for hours looking for wood, and get their arms chopped off by bad people. So, they tailor made and engineered something stable, cost effective, designed for the size/style of equipment they already use, and it uses 1/4 the fuel, meaning less trips out into the dangerous woods.. they are not just a store bought BBQ starter..
Thank you. I look forward to purchasing more from you in the future, and less from MicroSoft.