It was originally invented by Xerox, which later teamed up with Digital Equipment Corporation and Intel to define the DIX standard. Lot's other companies then jumped on the band wagon.
Here's a pointer to a method for ordering one if you are located outside the USA and Canada.
There are also reports that folks in Europe have been able to place orders by phone. This would only work for phone orders - the web site (PayPal) only allows USA and Canadian shipping addresses.
I seriously doubt if most people are oblivious to the privacy ramifications.
Here's an example of how the Wegmans supermarket chain this week used the data that they obtained from their loyalty card database to alert customers to a food safety concern. Obviously Wegmans is not trying to keep it a secret that they have this data. Apparently most of their customers are not only aware of it, but in fact are quite happy with the situation.
The question isn't whether terrorists are bad, or whether we should try to protect ourselves from terrorists, because obviously they are and we should. But are all of the current preventative measures really effective? Or necessary? One could argue that the fact that there has not been another attack using aircraft is an indication that they are. Or one could say that no stone should remain unturned in the quest to keep people safe.
But the situation is not black and white. Every security measure has a price which can be measured in money, time, effort, convenience, and freedom. The hard part is to find the right balance. Many of us feel that the current measures are more symbolic than effective. If everyone has to sacrifice, to feel some of the daily pain, then won't we all feel safer?
I don't think that putting my toothpaste in a clear plastic bag before I get on an airplane makes my trip any safer. I don't understand why requiring the government to go before a judge before they can listen to my telephone conversations makes me less safe. How does flying suspects to other countries where more effective means of interrogation are permitted (and also signaling to our enemies that those methods acceptable in our society) really helping on the long run?
Yes, terrorists are bad people. But that doesn't mean that we should take unreasonable stepes to combat them.
After all, the goal of terrorism is to make people so afraid that they change their behavior. That's why it is called terrorism. And when you look at all of the things that the government is doing to try to stop them, it certainly looks like the terrorists are meeting their objectives.
I am not sure about the characteristics of 700MHz communications, but it might be viable for Google to team up with one of the third party tower management firms, such as American Tower. These guys own over 20K towers in the US, and lease access to broadcasters of all types. Some of their towers may already be located in the geographical areas that would be of interest to Google.
I should also point out that some local governments (such as mine) have tower policies that require the owners to provide space to their competitors. So Google would have access to these towers as well.
I think that Google would be able to find existing tower sites, although coverage might not be optimal.
I am sure that this is great technology, but it will only encourage the airlines to continue to switch from large aircraft to so-called regional jets. Since the total number of people flying is either stable or increasing, the net result is that there are more smaller aircraft in the air today that ever before. That's what's causing the delays.
Actually, the DRM issue is much like the current illegal alien issue (here in the US, at least). One side tries to look at the issue in practical terms (illegal aliens are already here and perform useful work, or DRM will never work because it can be defeated) while the other side takes a moralist point of view (both illegal aliens and people to who defeat DRM are breaking the law, period).
These two points of view are so distant that it's very difficult to find any common ground. And without common ground, there is no place for compromise.
Does it really make sense to use corn to make fuel instead of food? Is there a surplus of corn that ethanol production can use? Will ethanol production cause the price of corn based food products to rise? Doesn't the US government currently subsidize farmers for growing corn?
It seems like this is a much more complicated topic than the media, industry, and agriculture interests are willing to acknowledge.
If you don't trust the BBC, then sign up via the original web site at Oxford University. This distributed computing experiment as been running for a couple years (I was a beta tester). They have already published some initial results.
If you read the survey, you'll notice that the survey is intended for Datacenter applications. This is a shame, since IMHO there is a huge potential market for a low cost / Linux based computer in home and educational markets.
I guess that it's understandable for companies to focus their Linix efforts on traditional Linux markets, but Novell has in the past been very popular in the Education area. Why don't they start pushing Linux there?
I don't like this change, because the articles that are pointed to at the bottom of each main page article have nothing to do with the main page article. These articles are not even from the same section as the main page article. For example, at this moment nearly every one of the new pointers on the main page pint to articles from the Games section.
The new format would be fine if each main page article were followed by pointers to additional articles from the same Section as the main page article. For example, an article from the Science section would be followed by pointers to additional Science articles. The next main page article might be from YRO, followed by pointers to more YRO articles.
It's amazing how often the popular press gets confused by the technical details. In this case, they refer to Region Coding as Copy Protection, which is just plain wrong. Region Coding is a marketing control that restricts where a DVD can be viewed. It has absolutely nothing to do with Copy Protection.
While it's interesting to see what people have had the most patent applications approved, I think that it's more useful to see who has patents that are then referenced by other patents. This provides a measure of which inventor are working in an area where there is a lot of activity.
Bonus points will be given to anyone who then filters out patents that reference previous patents from the same inventor.
Letting the heat to escape to the atmosphere can be a good thing if the atmosphere is in an enclosed space, such as a basement. I once lived in a house where the hot water heater was located in the basement. The heat that was lost from the water tank effectively kept the basement at livable temperature.
It's amazing to me that in this day and age Google Desktop does not allow the user to choose which XP partition to install it on. My problem is that when I install the program it chooses my C: partition, but once installed it does not leave enough free space to support XP's defrag program. Good thing the uninstall command works:-(
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Ethernet.
It was originally invented by Xerox, which later teamed up with Digital Equipment Corporation and Intel to define the DIX standard. Lot's other companies then jumped on the band wagon.
The rest is history.
Here's a pointer to a method for ordering one if you are located outside the USA and Canada.
There are also reports that folks in Europe have been able to place orders by phone. This would only work for phone orders - the web site (PayPal) only allows USA and Canadian shipping addresses.
I seriously doubt if most people are oblivious to the privacy ramifications.
Here's an example of how the Wegmans supermarket chain this week used the data that they obtained from their loyalty card database to alert customers to a food safety concern. Obviously Wegmans is not trying to keep it a secret that they have this data. Apparently most of their customers are not only aware of it, but in fact are quite happy with the situation.
I sometimes see this same problem both at work and at home. Neither use Comcast, so I suspect that the problem is on Google's side.
The question isn't whether terrorists are bad, or whether we should try to protect ourselves from terrorists, because obviously they are and we should. But are all of the current preventative measures really effective? Or necessary? One could argue that the fact that there has not been another attack using aircraft is an indication that they are. Or one could say that no stone should remain unturned in the quest to keep people safe.
But the situation is not black and white. Every security measure has a price which can be measured in money, time, effort, convenience, and freedom. The hard part is to find the right balance. Many of us feel that the current measures are more symbolic than effective. If everyone has to sacrifice, to feel some of the daily pain, then won't we all feel safer?
I don't think that putting my toothpaste in a clear plastic bag before I get on an airplane makes my trip any safer. I don't understand why requiring the government to go before a judge before they can listen to my telephone conversations makes me less safe. How does flying suspects to other countries where more effective means of interrogation are permitted (and also signaling to our enemies that those methods acceptable in our society) really helping on the long run?
Yes, terrorists are bad people. But that doesn't mean that we should take unreasonable stepes to combat them.
After all, the goal of terrorism is to make people so afraid that they change their behavior. That's why it is called terror ism. And when you look at all of the things that the government is doing to try to stop them, it certainly looks like the terrorists are meeting their objectives.
If they use the similar technology to what they are using here then it may turn out better than you expect.
I am not sure about the characteristics of 700MHz communications, but it might be viable for Google to team up with one of the third party tower management firms, such as American Tower. These guys own over 20K towers in the US, and lease access to broadcasters of all types. Some of their towers may already be located in the geographical areas that would be of interest to Google.
I should also point out that some local governments (such as mine) have tower policies that require the owners to provide space to their competitors. So Google would have access to these towers as well.
I think that Google would be able to find existing tower sites, although coverage might not be optimal.
We're talking about regional jets, not small aircraft. Please re-read my original message.
That's what I was trying to say, but I wasn't very clear.
I am sure that this is great technology, but it will only encourage the airlines to continue to switch from large aircraft to so-called regional jets. Since the total number of people flying is either stable or increasing, the net result is that there are more smaller aircraft in the air today that ever before. That's what's causing the delays.
Salon recently published a good description of the problem, written by an airline pilot.
PARC Forums from the last couple years also available online here.
Actually, the DRM issue is much like the current illegal alien issue (here in the US, at least). One side tries to look at the issue in practical terms (illegal aliens are already here and perform useful work, or DRM will never work because it can be defeated) while the other side takes a moralist point of view (both illegal aliens and people to who defeat DRM are breaking the law, period).
These two points of view are so distant that it's very difficult to find any common ground. And without common ground, there is no place for compromise.
/Don
I live in the US, about two hours by car from Canada. Ignoring the cost of fuel, does this mean that I should go to Canada to buy an iPod?
Just trying to fond something useful about this new index...
According to Engadget, Netflix could not reach licensing agreements with the major movie studios to allow their content to be downloaded to Tivos.
Does it really make sense to use corn to make fuel instead of food? Is there a surplus of corn that ethanol production can use? Will ethanol production cause the price of corn based food products to rise? Doesn't the US government currently subsidize farmers for growing corn?
It seems like this is a much more complicated topic than the media, industry, and agriculture interests are willing to acknowledge.
Which portable playes provide good support for FLAC?
A day or two after this information was revealed, HDMI.org went completely password protected...
What does this mean? I just went to HDMI.org and the site appears to work just fine.
If you don't trust the BBC, then sign up via the original web site at Oxford University. This distributed computing experiment as been running for a couple years (I was a beta tester). They have already published some initial results.
If you read the survey, you'll notice that the survey is intended for Datacenter applications. This is a shame, since IMHO there is a huge potential market for a low cost / Linux based computer in home and educational markets.
I guess that it's understandable for companies to focus their Linix efforts on traditional Linux markets, but Novell has in the past been very popular in the Education area. Why don't they start pushing Linux there?
I don't like this change, because the articles that are pointed to at the bottom of each main page article have nothing to do with the main page article. These articles are not even from the same section as the main page article. For example, at this moment nearly every one of the new pointers on the main page pint to articles from the Games section.
The new format would be fine if each main page article were followed by pointers to additional articles from the same Section as the main page article. For example, an article from the Science section would be followed by pointers to additional Science articles. The next main page article might be from YRO, followed by pointers to more YRO articles.
It's amazing how often the popular press gets confused by the technical details. In this case, they refer to Region Coding as Copy Protection, which is just plain wrong. Region Coding is a marketing control that restricts where a DVD can be viewed. It has absolutely nothing to do with Copy Protection.
While it's interesting to see what people have had the most patent applications approved, I think that it's more useful to see who has patents that are then referenced by other patents. This provides a measure of which inventor are working in an area where there is a lot of activity.
Bonus points will be given to anyone who then filters out patents that reference previous patents from the same inventor.
Letting the heat to escape to the atmosphere can be a good thing if the atmosphere is in an enclosed space, such as a basement. I once lived in a house where the hot water heater was located in the basement. The heat that was lost from the water tank effectively kept the basement at livable temperature.
It's amazing to me that in this day and age Google Desktop does not allow the user to choose which XP partition to install it on. My problem is that when I install the program it chooses my C: partition, but once installed it does not leave enough free space to support XP's defrag program. Good thing the uninstall command works :-(
A rural ISP would piggy back on existing towers. Even in the backwoods there are towers for radio stations, businesses, cellular telephone, etc.