I've got one of these cases and I love it! It's a monster of a server case, made by AT&T (originally for a '386 server!) Of course it's AT and not ATX, so it really limits it's usefulness for modern motherboards. But the access to the cards on the top is great. (and no-one will ever try to steal a 10 year old/100lb. boat anchor!)
But there's emergency, and then there's EMERGENCY. The free 911 that will work from any cell phone is fine for the capital E emergencies (police/fire/ambulance), however, this Hop-On thing could be just the ticket for calling a tow truck, getting directions, or telling the folks that your gonna be late. This may be the perfect phone to buy my in-laws to keep in their glove box. They hate the idea of using one, but would feel better to have the option to use it.
It's not a $399 hub, it's a $140(rec. retail) switch! (and power over ethernet isn't that expensive either... $29/per line, only where you need it) At those prices, I'm taking a good look at this to simplify some of my customers wiring problems.
Details cribbed from 3com's page at:
http://www.3com.com/en_US/jump_page/more_lan_por ts.html
Check out the 3rd paragraph... where his comments go from open source to Napster in one breath.
Ie:
Linux is developed in a so-called open-source environment in
which the software code generally isn't owned by any one
company. That, as well as programs such as music-sharing
software from Napster Inc., means the world's largest software
maker has to do a better job of talking to policymakers, he said.
If M$ throws enough FUD on this subject, they may be able to convince a large proportion of the public (or our public officials) that this is for real!
This is a logo and licensing agreement developed by the Linux Journal... it looks like it was designed to address these issues, particularly by licensing the logo for a $1.00US/year fee and retaining control over how it's used. More information can be found here.
But at the $350 price point, I don't think the LCD screens would be are available any other way. If you can use say a 15" CRT (looks OK at 1024x768)... Then you have lots of options for putting together standardized boxes with reasonable specs. You may want to look at the "Book PC" type machines discussed here earlier... The ones based on the i810 chipset are pretty well supported by linux (with the exception of the winmodem, which wouldn't be needed in your application anyway). Good luck!
Internationalization(sp?), that is - if you split the digital from the analog circuitry of a modem, then you're putting the smallest amount of hardware that is unique to your local/national phone system on the (cheap!) expansion card.
IIRC "Pizza the Hut" was character in "Spaceballs", and looked like an 800lb mound of melted mozzarela cheese! To the best of my knowlege, Mel Brooks was not sued for the theft of the trademark for this "fine dining establishment"
Early in my career, I'd worked tech-support too. In many technology companys this was the fastest way to train a new engineer/programmer in the way their buisness is done. The calls that I'd taken and the problems I'd solved prompted me to research and learn more about a complex distributed process control system than would have been possible through classroom training. (and a hell of a lot more productive too!) Yes, I've dealt with some idiots, a few PHBs and the like, but on the whole, it was a good learning experience for me. On the other hand... don't get me started on the HELL of doing general system admin/user support/babysitting for college undergraduates!
External links will be shut down for several hours surrounding the Y2K event... Ostensibly for validation, but in reality management doing it to lock out the perceived hordes of Evil Hackers(tm) they think are waiting for an opportunity to storm the barricades!
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I've got one of these cases and I love it! It's a monster of a server case, made by AT&T (originally for a '386 server!) Of course it's AT and not ATX, so it really limits it's usefulness for modern motherboards. But the access to the cards on the top is great. (and no-one will ever try to steal a 10 year old/100lb. boat anchor!)
But there's emergency, and then there's EMERGENCY. The free 911 that will work from any cell phone is fine for the capital E emergencies (police/fire/ambulance), however, this Hop-On thing could be just the ticket for calling a tow truck, getting directions, or telling the folks that your gonna be late. This may be the perfect phone to buy my in-laws to keep in their glove box. They hate the idea of using one, but would feel better to have the option to use it.
It's not a $399 hub, it's a $140(rec. retail) switch! (and power over ethernet isn't that expensive either... $29/per line, only where you need it) At those prices, I'm taking a good look at this to simplify some of my customers wiring problems.
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Details cribbed from 3com's page at:
http://www.3com.com/en_US/jump_page/more_lan_po
Yes I'm too lazy to format the link, so what!
The Greater Baltimore Hamboree and Computerfest, at the MD state fairgrounds is in April... Check here for details: http://www.gbhc.org/
Ie:
If M$ throws enough FUD on this subject, they may be able to convince a large proportion of the public (or our public officials) that this is for real!
Ok, so the monolith violates the bird sanctuary... No big deal, I'm sure that the birds have violated the monolith by now anyway.
OK, everyone raise your hands if this has you thinking about cutting Tux shaped crop circles on enduro bikes :)
At 16:45(EDT) it's still down...
I saw him in a couple of "Outer Limits" episodes (re-run on the SciFi channel recently). He played a particularly wooden soldier/alien spy.
This is a logo and licensing agreement developed by the Linux Journal... it looks like it was designed to address these issues, particularly by licensing the logo for a $1.00US/year fee and retaining control over how it's used. More information can be found here.
Oh, you need to purchase the "work" option.
2nd vote for yahoo mail... although I also use it mostly for web page registrations (spam catcher), it's never given me a bit of trouble.
But at the $350 price point, I don't think the LCD screens would be are available any other way. If you can use say a 15" CRT (looks OK at 1024x768)... Then you have lots of options for putting together standardized boxes with reasonable specs. You may want to look at the "Book PC" type machines discussed here earlier... The ones based on the i810 chipset are pretty well supported by linux (with the exception of the winmodem, which wouldn't be needed in your application anyway).
Good luck!
If you want to see the reference to the UCITA bill in the Maryland House of Delegates, here it is: HB-19
Check out the trailing "." in the name... CT, please nuke this troll!!
is Gordon Gecko!!!
Think "The Magic Schoolbus" :)
It's already been done.
well, you could use DeCSS to... (uh, never mind!)
Internationalization(sp?), that is - if you split the digital from the analog circuitry of a modem, then you're putting the smallest amount of hardware that is unique to your local/national phone system on the (cheap!) expansion card.
Here's my mirror.
IIRC "Pizza the Hut" was character in "Spaceballs", and looked like an 800lb mound of melted mozzarela cheese! To the best of my knowlege, Mel Brooks was not sued for the theft of the trademark for this "fine dining establishment"
Early in my career, I'd worked tech-support too. In many technology companys this was the fastest way to train a new engineer/programmer in the way their buisness is done. The calls that I'd taken and the problems I'd solved prompted me to research and learn more about a complex distributed process control system than would have been possible through classroom training. (and a hell of a lot more productive too!) Yes, I've dealt with some idiots, a few PHBs and the like, but on the whole, it was a good learning experience for me.
On the other hand... don't get me started on the HELL of doing general system admin/user support/babysitting for college undergraduates!
External links will be shut down for several hours surrounding the Y2K event... Ostensibly for validation, but in reality management doing it to lock out the perceived hordes of Evil Hackers(tm) they think are waiting for an opportunity to storm the barricades!