Paul Allen is not really associated with MS all that much anymore, other than being a major stockholder. He was not purchasing ZDTV on behalf of MS if that is what you were wondering.
I truly hope that they can keep some kind of journalistic integrity and control away from Paul.
That would imply that ZDTV had journalistic integrity to begin with. Most of the shows on there are complete trash, tailored to the lowest common denominator. Besides, Paul has done some really cool stuff. (and he even plays in his own rock band!) Much more so than Bill Gates or MS has.
Although there was that fiasco with the new Seahawks stadium, which I can't really forgive him for.
This type of device is obviously a good thing(tm), however, I don't see it making a big difference in what we as the end users see for a long time.
For one, just because you have a router that can switch packets at 10 Tbps, that doesn't mean you have the money to support the fiber lines you would need to even come close to those kinds of speed, much less pay for someone to route traffic over it to you. It is also likely that your local telco doesn't have the capacity at your CO just yet to support this either.
Also, what happens when you start slapping on filters and access lists and start doing some layer 3 routing on top of this machine? Does performance degrade? Most likely. While being able to read packets at line rate is great, the real obstacle is to be able to build a full-fledged routing device that can route and filter at line rates. There is a huge difference.
Don't get me wrong, this is a great breakthrough, but don't expect to see the end of the Slashdot effect just yet.
but is this an invasion of the students privacy/rights?
Not necessarily. Be sure to read your AUP. Some Universities that I know of have it in your AUP that any bits that reside on their equipment (web pages, shell machines, file servers, etc) are their property.
What does this mean? They can read "your" email? Yes. They can look at "your" files? Yes. They can remove/move "your" files? Yes. Your rights have been infringed upon? No. You agreed to the AUP that describes all of this. Read it!
Later in 2000, Microsoft is planning to ship "Millennium," the final DOS-based Windows product.
You should probably use quotes around the word "final". Windows 95 was supposed to be the "final" DOS-based Windows product, then MS came out with 98, which was then relabelled as the "final" DOS-based Windows product.
Will Millennium be the final final DOS-based Windows product? Maybe. Maybe not. We shall see.
My guess would be Wyoming. Last I checked (a few years ago) they had something like 600,000 people in the entire state. I'd be surprised if they all had telephones.
Just one question, what's the point of giving somebody money if you won't get anything in return? I mean, MS is a commercial company, they don't give away money just for the sake of it.
Gorton already supports MS, so in my personal opinion this gift was just a "thank you" present. Corporations often give money to politicians because they made the "right" decision, or if they just like the issues the particular politician stands for. Not all donations are corrupt, even from MS.
MS is good for the state economy, which is why it is sensible that Gorton already supports it.
Our forefathers would say that whomever first set foot on the moon and stuck a flag in it owns it. This would be the USA, although I hardly think the rest of the world would stand for the USA claiming they own the moon.
Has anyone else noticed that it is becoming more common to hear a *bsd slanted article where the author talks about Linux in the same way we talk about Windows?.
Actually this should read "... in the same way we talk about everything non-Linux". Just look at the slashdot comments for example, the Linux users slam things non-Linux (including *BSD), and the *BSD users slam things non-*BSD (including Linux). I'm not trying to say one is better than the other, this is just what I have observed.
As far as Linux not making a good IRC server, there is a reason. A few years ago, Linux wasn't as mature as it is now (or as mature as other nameless unix-like OSes) and therefore was declared that it wasn't cut out to make a good IRC server that could handle lots of load. Most people took this opportunity to use a different OS as their IRC server, which has obviously worked for them.
If they are satisfied with what they have, why should they change? Why should you or anybody want to force Linux on them? Sure Linux is probably a lot better at being an IRC server than it used to, but do you really believe that it is leaps and bounds better than any other unix-like OS being used today to justify people pushing for the switch?
I assume by "effnet", you really mean EFnet (Eris Free Net). Usually the splits (not crashes) are attributed to network problems, rather than host problems. You can have the bestest(tm) box in the world, but it doesn't take that much effort for someone to fill your pipe.
There are very few Linux IRC servers on EFnet. I know in the past, Linux has not performed well as a large scale IRC server. Many things have changed since then, and they probably have gotten better, but people still go with what they know. Seems to me FreeBSD is the flavor of choice for EFnet nowadays.
Actually the Genesis came out a while before the SNES. It mainly competed with the NES, which, in my opinion, it lost horribly to, even though it had superior hardware.
Once the SNES came out, the Genesis was really left in the dust.
Actually a pointer is an integer, ie just a memory address. Granted it is probably not the integer you are looking for, but I felt like being a butt head.
Income tax. If you live in Oregon, you "get" to pay federal income tax as well as state income tax. In Washington, we don't pay state income tax, but we do have one of the highest sales tax rates of any state in the union. It all works out the same in the end.
There is more to it than the problems you listed above. Just about every current network application we know now would break because IPv4 addresses are stored in a 32bit register, while IPv6 addresses will be much bigger than 32 bits.
Even simple programs such as 'telnet' and 'ftp' would need to be rewritten for bigger address space. Neat huh?
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Since they are saving so much money, do you suppose gas prices will go down now?
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I truly hope that they can keep some kind of journalistic integrity and control away from Paul.
That would imply that ZDTV had journalistic integrity to begin with. Most of the shows on there are complete trash, tailored to the lowest common denominator. Besides, Paul has done some really cool stuff. (and he even plays in his own rock band!) Much more so than Bill Gates or MS has.
Although there was that fiasco with the new Seahawks stadium, which I can't really forgive him for.
-BAmen to that brother!
-BThis type of device is obviously a good thing(tm), however, I don't see it making a big difference in what we as the end users see for a long time.
For one, just because you have a router that can switch packets at 10 Tbps, that doesn't mean you have the money to support the fiber lines you would need to even come close to those kinds of speed, much less pay for someone to route traffic over it to you. It is also likely that your local telco doesn't have the capacity at your CO just yet to support this either.
Also, what happens when you start slapping on filters and access lists and start doing some layer 3 routing on top of this machine? Does performance degrade? Most likely. While being able to read packets at line rate is great, the real obstacle is to be able to build a full-fledged routing device that can route and filter at line rates. There is a huge difference.
Don't get me wrong, this is a great breakthrough, but don't expect to see the end of the Slashdot effect just yet.
-B
Not necessarily. Be sure to read your AUP. Some Universities that I know of have it in your AUP that any bits that reside on their equipment (web pages, shell machines, file servers, etc) are their property.
What does this mean? They can read "your" email? Yes. They can look at "your" files? Yes. They can remove/move "your" files? Yes. Your rights have been infringed upon? No. You agreed to the AUP that describes all of this. Read it!
-BReally? I must have missed that IPO. Does anyone know what the stock symbol for the Internet is?
Seriously though, the Internet has been "public" for longer than that, it was just harder for the average joe to access at the time.
-BYou should probably use quotes around the word "final". Windows 95 was supposed to be the "final" DOS-based Windows product, then MS came out with 98, which was then relabelled as the "final" DOS-based Windows product.
Will Millennium be the final final DOS-based Windows product? Maybe. Maybe not. We shall see.
-BIf alcohol is being served, wouldn't the agre restriction have to be 21? Last I heard, the drinking age in Nevada is still 21.
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That's 4.8 mbps, I'm impressed, although you'll forgive me if I'm still a bit skeptical.
-B-Gorton already supports MS, so in my personal opinion this gift was just a "thank you" present. Corporations often give money to politicians because they made the "right" decision, or if they just like the issues the particular politician stands for. Not all donations are corrupt, even from MS.
MS is good for the state economy, which is why it is sensible that Gorton already supports it.
-BActually $51,000 over 2 years is pretty much pocket change in the grand scheme of things. I doubt it swayed Gorton one way or another.
...) even without their meager contribution.
As a Washington native I can say that Gorton would most likely have supported MS (and Boeing, and
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I can't seem to convince myself that this would be any worse than Al Gore heading it up.
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Our forefathers would say that whomever first set foot on the moon and stuck a flag in it owns it. This would be the USA, although I hardly think the rest of the world would stand for the USA claiming they own the moon.
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Actually this should read "... in the same way we talk about everything non-Linux". Just look at the slashdot comments for example, the Linux users slam things non-Linux (including *BSD), and the *BSD users slam things non-*BSD (including Linux). I'm not trying to say one is better than the other, this is just what I have observed.
As far as Linux not making a good IRC server, there is a reason. A few years ago, Linux wasn't as mature as it is now (or as mature as other nameless unix-like OSes) and therefore was declared that it wasn't cut out to make a good IRC server that could handle lots of load. Most people took this opportunity to use a different OS as their IRC server, which has obviously worked for them.
If they are satisfied with what they have, why should they change? Why should you or anybody want to force Linux on them? Sure Linux is probably a lot better at being an IRC server than it used to, but do you really believe that it is leaps and bounds better than any other unix-like OS being used today to justify people pushing for the switch?
-B
I assume by "effnet", you really mean EFnet (Eris Free Net). Usually the splits (not crashes) are attributed to network problems, rather than host problems. You can have the bestest(tm) box in the world, but it doesn't take that much effort for someone to fill your pipe.
There are very few Linux IRC servers on EFnet. I know in the past, Linux has not performed well as a large scale IRC server. Many things have changed since then, and they probably have gotten better, but people still go with what they know. Seems to me FreeBSD is the flavor of choice for EFnet nowadays.
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Fear not! Nintendo is finally dumping cart format for something disc like in the Dolphin.
Actually the Genesis came out a while before the SNES. It mainly competed with the NES, which, in my opinion, it lost horribly to, even though it had superior hardware.
Once the SNES came out, the Genesis was really left in the dust.
Nice boots.
Actually a pointer is an integer, ie just a memory address. Granted it is probably not the integer you are looking for, but I felt like being a butt head.
Income tax. If you live in Oregon, you "get" to pay federal income tax as well as state income tax. In Washington, we don't pay state income tax, but we do have one of the highest sales tax rates of any state in the union. It all works out the same in the end.
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You missed the whole Windows CE line.
Uh, he is running linux. Besides, it's
probably not the server that died, but that his
pipe is being filled (as stated above).
He was probably talking about the Meridian 16, which is the big movie complex downtown by Gameworks.
I went and saw it there and it did indeed have the stupid radio playing before-hand. Cinerama is indeed an awesome theater however.
There is more to it than the problems you listed above. Just about every current network application we know now would break because IPv4 addresses are stored in a 32bit register, while IPv6 addresses will be much bigger than 32 bits.
Even simple programs such as 'telnet' and 'ftp' would need to be rewritten for bigger address space. Neat huh?
Since they are saving so much money, do you suppose gas prices will go down now?
Oh wait, what was I thinking?