In a lot of markets (think small towns in Maine) cable modems aren't an option for whatever reason. Everyone has phone service (if not a CO within the requisite distance) in America today (near enough, anyway).
For these and probably other reasons that I'm unfamiliar with, there are places that offer DSL or Cable, but not both. Hell, some places have neither, but I don't like to think about that. *shudder*
The way they do business is they use SBC or someone else in your area to go from your house to the central office (usually within a couple tens of thousands of feet). There, it plugs into their rack and goes into their network. Converted a former employer (small business) from SBC DSL to a Speakeasy package, and the speeds shot up like crazy since SBC oversells their network and maintains it like crap (at least in the Orange County CA area). They're more expensive as a result than SBC, but their network is top notch. They bill themselves as having been designed for cross country gamers.
They also go no more than three or four hops from backbone (so they claim).
I just wasn't willing to pay the $90 a month they wanted here...
I highly doubt that these companies lose money on their DSL offerings. I categorically refuse to get a landline, so when it came time to get a broadband solution in my new apartment, the cable modem won out.
If DSL were available by itself, I'd have gone with them instead, given that it's generally a cheaper option. So at least in my case (and I'd imagine I'm not the only one in this position) they'd gain a customer by offering the two services separately.
http://www.speakeasy.com/ already offers a "naked DSL" option, but they do charge a premium for it over standard DSL-- and they're not even a phone company.
Ideally with companies being required to separate the two there will be companies like Speakeasy that are now able to offer unbundled connectivity without charging extra for it.
What kind of storage can you realistically get on SD cards? I have to wonder, given that most XBox/PS2 games are now pushing the 4-5 gig range. Quake was good, but a smidgen outdated.
I do realize there are games that are less than a gig, but does this have a realistic chance of becoming a mass market item?
I was wondering about this today. Can anyone tell me where this decision was cited? I'd LOVE to use that as a defense if pulled over for using the carpool lane. "But Officer, I'm the CEO of my consulting corporation. The corporation counts as a person, and given that I'm the entire corporation, I'm actually two people at once."
I don't know, some of the best teachers I've ever had did so with their own "non-board approved" style. Having them watched constantly would have taken all the fun out of classes with these people.
Heh, might wanna check that before automatically assuming... The one thing that separates the clued from the users is our ability to pull ourselves out of the nosedive.
Are the calls mostly centered around actual problems, or is it users doing their famous "I heard about the RPC bug, and now my computer won't boot!" routine? When Code Red came out, for instance, we saw everything from bad disks to dialup issues being blamed on it, solely because people didn't listen to anything past "the world is calling" chicken-littleisms.
The problem with firewalls is that they tend to be vulnerable to users and their accompanying stupidity. You need to strike a balance between "locking things up so tightly no one can move" and "giving the users a free hand to do whatever they'd like." Where that balance lies is up to you (hopefully) or management at your company (probably).
Right, but the dealers that sell this thing do so for 20 bucks, as opposed to 90. So you could, in theory, do a search, find that one of these places saves you 70 bucks, and avoid the rapeage of the "legal" place.
Problem with that idea is, it doesn't cost just one person money-- it costs every server it passes through bandwidth (which is money). So the PUBLIC would be paying to advertise for the spammer...
Cracked monitor once (which was admittedly my fault), monitor hinge snapped (was NOT my fault), blown mainboard, misaligned cover twice, and bad charging circuit.
There's no way I'd try it until my warranty ran out-- I've sent my Inspiron 7500 back to the depot six times in a year and a half. I guess I'm just not that brave.
4. Lack of a clearance does not absolve you of responsibility for exposing classified information. If someone decides to land a secret aircraft within view of your office window, one of two things is likely to happen: (1) You won't be allowed to be there when it lands; (2) you get a security briefing, you sign some papers, and you get a new clearance.
(3) You don't come home from work for the next twenty years.
When you don't invite them in, how does the BSA gain access to your facilities? I mean, you're hard at work at International Dildonics or wherever you happen to work, and you hear a knock at your door. "Hello?" "Hi, I'm from the BSA, I'm here to check your compliance." "Come back when you have a warrant." *SLAM*
Obviously people don't do this, but WHY NOT? What gives the BSA the right to come into your place of business uninvited?
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In a lot of markets (think small towns in Maine) cable modems aren't an option for whatever reason. Everyone has phone service (if not a CO within the requisite distance) in America today (near enough, anyway).
For these and probably other reasons that I'm unfamiliar with, there are places that offer DSL or Cable, but not both. Hell, some places have neither, but I don't like to think about that. *shudder*
Oh crap, you're right-- they are a .net.
The way they do business is they use SBC or someone else in your area to go from your house to the central office (usually within a couple tens of thousands of feet). There, it plugs into their rack and goes into their network. Converted a former employer (small business) from SBC DSL to a Speakeasy package, and the speeds shot up like crazy since SBC oversells their network and maintains it like crap (at least in the Orange County CA area). They're more expensive as a result than SBC, but their network is top notch. They bill themselves as having been designed for cross country gamers.
They also go no more than three or four hops from backbone (so they claim).
I just wasn't willing to pay the $90 a month they wanted here...
I highly doubt that these companies lose money on their DSL offerings. I categorically refuse to get a landline, so when it came time to get a broadband solution in my new apartment, the cable modem won out.
If DSL were available by itself, I'd have gone with them instead, given that it's generally a cheaper option. So at least in my case (and I'd imagine I'm not the only one in this position) they'd gain a customer by offering the two services separately.
http://www.speakeasy.com/ already offers a "naked DSL" option, but they do charge a premium for it over standard DSL-- and they're not even a phone company.
Ideally with companies being required to separate the two there will be companies like Speakeasy that are now able to offer unbundled connectivity without charging extra for it.
We can but hope, anyway...
Actually, this is a common concern among security folks. "If we announce a bug, those who don't patch are going to get pwned."
Only security researchers generally don't use the term "pwned" in their press releases...
What kind of storage can you realistically get on SD cards? I have to wonder, given that most XBox/PS2 games are now pushing the 4-5 gig range. Quake was good, but a smidgen outdated.
I do realize there are games that are less than a gig, but does this have a realistic chance of becoming a mass market item?
Was he talking about Windows Vista hardware reqs perchance?
I was wondering about this today. Can anyone tell me where this decision was cited? I'd LOVE to use that as a defense if pulled over for using the carpool lane. "But Officer, I'm the CEO of my consulting corporation. The corporation counts as a person, and given that I'm the entire corporation, I'm actually two people at once."
I don't know, some of the best teachers I've ever had did so with their own "non-board approved" style. Having them watched constantly would have taken all the fun out of classes with these people.
Heh, might wanna check that before automatically assuming...
The one thing that separates the clued from the users is our ability to pull ourselves out of the nosedive.
Are the calls mostly centered around actual problems, or is it users doing their famous "I heard about the RPC bug, and now my computer won't boot!" routine? When Code Red came out, for instance, we saw everything from bad disks to dialup issues being blamed on it, solely because people didn't listen to anything past "the world is calling" chicken-littleisms.
The problem with firewalls is that they tend to be vulnerable to users and their accompanying stupidity.
You need to strike a balance between "locking things up so tightly no one can move" and "giving the users a free hand to do whatever they'd like." Where that balance lies is up to you (hopefully) or management at your company (probably).
Am I the only one who misread that as a step-by-step process?
"Sounds good to me" was my reaction.
Right, but the dealers that sell this thing do so for 20 bucks, as opposed to 90. So you could, in theory, do a search, find that one of these places saves you 70 bucks, and avoid the rapeage of the "legal" place.
"Let me put you on hold a minute, Mom..."
*click*
"SMACK MY BITCH UP! SMACK MY BITCH UP!"
I want one.
Problem with that idea is, it doesn't cost just one person money-- it costs every server it passes through bandwidth (which is money). So the PUBLIC would be paying to advertise for the spammer...
They do. :-)
http://jab-tech.com/pre_modded_cases.html (First like that popped out of google)
Cracked monitor once (which was admittedly my fault), monitor hinge snapped (was NOT my fault), blown mainboard, misaligned cover twice, and bad charging circuit.
It's decrepit. Next time I'm getting a VAIO.
There's no way I'd try it until my warranty ran out-- I've sent my Inspiron 7500 back to the depot six times in a year and a half. I guess I'm just not that brave.
Or at least, not with the RIAA on the same planet.
Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Pinky?
Hang on, I've gotta call NASA...
Oh, the irony that the company was named "Ricochet."
4. Lack of a clearance does not absolve you of responsibility for exposing classified information. If someone decides to land a secret aircraft within view of your office window, one of two things is likely to happen: (1) You won't be allowed to be there when it lands; (2) you get a security briefing, you sign some papers, and you get a new clearance.
(3) You don't come home from work for the next twenty years.
Actually, lag should still be the same. Bandwidth != latency.
Nothing is impossible to defeat. Difficult, sure. But not impossible.
When you don't invite them in, how does the BSA gain access to your facilities? I mean, you're hard at work at International Dildonics or wherever you happen to work, and you hear a knock at your door.
"Hello?"
"Hi, I'm from the BSA, I'm here to check your compliance."
"Come back when you have a warrant." *SLAM*
Obviously people don't do this, but WHY NOT? What gives the BSA the right to come into your place of business uninvited?