I saw episode 1, and I was almost embarassed. I didn't see all of episode 2, but what I did see of it made me want to gorge my eyes out. The acting was horrible, and the plot was very weak. The 3rd one will be on TV in a few months probably and I might sleep through it.
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Just watch arp traffic, and you should be able to see when a new device is plugged in, and the vendor of that device. It should be easy enought to deny that device an ip address, using the mac address, in your dhcp server.
A wireless access point with no internet connect isn't much of a threat.
You could also run a program like jffnms that probes your switches for ports. When a new port comes active, you should see it pop up on the interface. You can then match that up with arpwatch to see if that's a valid host that should be on the network. If not, boot them off.
walking around with a laptop and wlan card seems like the hard way to do things, when you could be just sitting at your desk running the correct software. work smart, not hard.
I would rather fix windows than have the person go out and buy a new computer.
Fixing windows ensures the person has a running copy and a working computer, so they would not need to pay the microsoft tax again.
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I seem to remember a ton of new themes for Win98 that were not included with Win95. One of the main things the article pointed out was the new theme that used transparency.
sounds like the upgrade from Win95 to Win98
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Let's see,
minimal new features? check. lots of hype about features that won't be included? check. said hyped features to be included later? check. main upgrade is fancy windowing? check. requires more cpu/ram? check.
One big advantage Longhorn has is the addition of DRM. I say advantage because this basically gives MS rights to control what software is on your computer. The advantage is theirs, not yours. What does DRM bring for the customer?
I don't really see a reason to upgrade. Of course, most of the people that adopt new operating systems don't actually buy the new operating system, they buy a computer and get what's forced upon them. Eventually everyone will upgrade when MS DRM model decides anything older than Longhorn is an unregistered piece of software. Just wait, it's coming.
Capitalism, because Doubleclick has the right to sell ads, and programmers or anyone else has the right to ignore those ads.
Sure doubleclick totally sucks because they think ads should be EVERYWHERE, but they have all legal right to be dicks and cry like babies when their revenue stream is decreased.
So you run a company who's job it is to annoy people, and you are mad because someone wants to run your out of business with their new product. Sounds like capitalism at it's best.
Gigabit ethernet is "good enough" when all you're really doing is serving up web pages. When you have 16 racks of 1U servers, spending the extra cash to get SCSI with raid and more bandwidth for each server has little or no extra benefits when those servers aren't necessarily talking to each other. Extra space at a low price is probably many times more important than speed.
Capricorn's big play is also probably price. Price is mentioned quite a few times in the article.
Their product kinda sounds like google. Cheap, replaceable hardware.
Don't all good engineers start out in Tech support??
tech: Hello sir, how may I help you? caveman: fire, BAD!!! tech: I understand your frustration, you'll need to restart your fire by hitting two stones together. caveman: FIRE, BAD!!!!! tech: Sir, you're going to have to work with me here. caveman: fire.........good? tech: Yes sir. Is there anything else I can do for you? caveman: UNF!
Do they threaten businesses with frivolous, expensive lawsuits to get them to comply?
Most certainly.
They basically threaten you, and if you don't "comply" they show up at your company and interrupt your business for a few days, causing lots of lost productivity. In the end, you get fined for stupid things like having unregistered winzip and having a few extra copies of windows that you shouldn't be running. Your cost is several days of zero productivity, a hefty fine, and maybe jailtime. Their cost is the price of a few faxes, the lawyer costs for filing, and very little time helping with the raid.
It's more like extortion. The old "give me money or I talk" game. They don't really have to have any hard evidence of piracy to get a court order and a few federal officers to raid your business.
The best thing to do is to just be in compliance. If you don't have the money to spend on the software, find free alternatives.
NASA's WorldWind has a bittorrent download. It's about 180MB. I downloaded it the other day and sat there and watched it for 30 seconds. It didn't transfer any data. I go tired of watching and went to the restroom (~5 minutes). When I came back and checked on it, it was done already.
I figured it took maybe 3 minutes to download (i'm on a pretty fast connection).
DAN: Come on, do it for the children. public: naaa..we like to not have to sit through 15 minutes of commercials per hour of tv. DAN: But the studios will suffer because of our outdated business model public: crybaby, go talk to the RIAA about outdated business models. Times change. You didn't hear the radio trying to legislate themselves jobs when TV came out and got popular in the late 50s. And look, 50 years later, there's still radio, and now, even DIGITAL radio and you don't see the RIAA griping about it (too much).
When the public goes digital, everyone wins except those that rely on poor quality broadcasts and low technology to make money.
Just wait till every RFID tag has a wireless connection, then take a look at a large Wal-Mart warehouse. Give every square millimeter on earth an ip address, and you're totally ignoring the 3rd demension.
My point remains that every square millimeter on earth does not necessarily need to be publically accessible.
Either way, if you have a limit of anything, that limit will be met one day. Just ask B. Gates and his 640k statement.
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hopefully your math on mars will be better than your math on earth.
good response.
I saw episode 1, and I was almost embarassed. I didn't see all of episode 2, but what I did see of it made me want to gorge my eyes out. The acting was horrible, and the plot was very weak. The 3rd one will be on TV in a few months probably and I might sleep through it.
"We never get tired of blowing stuff down?"
Just watch arp traffic, and you should be able to see when a new device is plugged in, and the vendor of that device. It should be easy enought to deny that device an ip address, using the mac address, in your dhcp server.
A wireless access point with no internet connect isn't much of a threat.
You could also run a program like jffnms that probes your switches for ports. When a new port comes active, you should see it pop up on the interface. You can then match that up with arpwatch to see if that's a valid host that should be on the network. If not, boot them off.
walking around with a laptop and wlan card seems like the hard way to do things, when you could be just sitting at your desk running the correct software. work smart, not hard.
I would rather fix windows than have the person go out and buy a new computer.
Fixing windows ensures the person has a running copy and a working computer, so they would not need to pay the microsoft tax again.
I seem to remember a ton of new themes for Win98 that were not included with Win95. One of the main things the article pointed out was the new theme that used transparency.
When was the 10th anniversary of the Troll?
Let's see,
minimal new features? check.
lots of hype about features that won't be included? check.
said hyped features to be included later? check.
main upgrade is fancy windowing? check.
requires more cpu/ram? check.
One big advantage Longhorn has is the addition of DRM. I say advantage because this basically gives MS rights to control what software is on your computer. The advantage is theirs, not yours. What does DRM bring for the customer?
I don't really see a reason to upgrade. Of course, most of the people that adopt new operating systems don't actually buy the new operating system, they buy a computer and get what's forced upon them. Eventually everyone will upgrade when MS DRM model decides anything older than Longhorn is an unregistered piece of software. Just wait, it's coming.
I think that's called.....Marketing!
Good marketing of a poor product will yield positive results.
Bad marketing of a good product will yield negative results.
too bad none of those talk SMB/CIFS or your reply would be relevant.
probably, but what alternatives are there for SMB/CIFS on unix?
The problem with your military numbers is it doesn't take into account the on-base benefits, like cheaper food, cheap or free housing, etc.
If you get free housing and free/cheap food, that $10k/year difference isn't such a bad deal anymore.
Also, isn't military incoming non-taxable? I don't really know.
Capitalism, because Doubleclick has the right to sell ads, and programmers or anyone else has the right to ignore those ads.
Sure doubleclick totally sucks because they think ads should be EVERYWHERE, but they have all legal right to be dicks and cry like babies when their revenue stream is decreased.
So you run a company who's job it is to annoy people, and you are mad because someone wants to run your out of business with their new product. Sounds like capitalism at it's best.
I see CryBaby 0.1 is still used, even today.
Gigabit ethernet is "good enough" when all you're really doing is serving up web pages. When you have 16 racks of 1U servers, spending the extra cash to get SCSI with raid and more bandwidth for each server has little or no extra benefits when those servers aren't necessarily talking to each other. Extra space at a low price is probably many times more important than speed.
Capricorn's big play is also probably price. Price is mentioned quite a few times in the article.
Their product kinda sounds like google. Cheap, replaceable hardware.
Don't all good engineers start out in Tech support??
tech: Hello sir, how may I help you?
caveman: fire, BAD!!!
tech: I understand your frustration, you'll need to restart your fire by hitting two stones together.
caveman: FIRE, BAD!!!!!
tech: Sir, you're going to have to work with me here.
caveman: fire.........good?
tech: Yes sir. Is there anything else I can do for you?
caveman: UNF!
For the record, the US is NOT a democracy.
the US is a Constitution-based federal republic
if you're using windows to unzip/unrar, you get what you deserve.
be a little smarter about it and you don't have to infect yourself.
you can usually unzip or unrar the .exe file and extract the real movie. Sometimes it needs to be done twice.
Just so you know.
Do they threaten businesses with frivolous, expensive lawsuits to get them to comply?
Most certainly.
They basically threaten you, and if you don't "comply" they show up at your company and interrupt your business for a few days, causing lots of lost productivity. In the end, you get fined for stupid things like having unregistered winzip and having a few extra copies of windows that you shouldn't be running. Your cost is several days of zero productivity, a hefty fine, and maybe jailtime. Their cost is the price of a few faxes, the lawyer costs for filing, and very little time helping with the raid.
It's more like extortion. The old "give me money or I talk" game. They don't really have to have any hard evidence of piracy to get a court order and a few federal officers to raid your business.
The best thing to do is to just be in compliance. If you don't have the money to spend on the software, find free alternatives.
They will totally win the instant messaging wars if they open the AIM server, or at least a working copy of it.
NASA's WorldWind has a bittorrent download. It's about 180MB. I downloaded it the other day and sat there and watched it for 30 seconds. It didn't transfer any data. I go tired of watching and went to the restroom (~5 minutes). When I came back and checked on it, it was done already.
I figured it took maybe 3 minutes to download (i'm on a pretty fast connection).
Just one more success story.
DAN: Come on, do it for the children.
public: naaa..we like to not have to sit through 15 minutes of commercials per hour of tv.
DAN: But the studios will suffer because of our outdated business model
public: crybaby, go talk to the RIAA about outdated business models. Times change. You didn't hear the radio trying to legislate themselves jobs when TV came out and got popular in the late 50s. And look, 50 years later, there's still radio, and now, even DIGITAL radio and you don't see the RIAA griping about it (too much).
When the public goes digital, everyone wins except those that rely on poor quality broadcasts and low technology to make money.
Just wait till every RFID tag has a wireless connection, then take a look at a large Wal-Mart warehouse. Give every square millimeter on earth an ip address, and you're totally ignoring the 3rd demension.
My point remains that every square millimeter on earth does not necessarily need to be publically accessible.
Either way, if you have a limit of anything, that limit will be met one day. Just ask B. Gates and his 640k statement.