It's because you're all so damned slow trying to scribble your silly Graffiti or whatever the hell it is that you give the Instant part of Instant Messaging a bad name, and so we call got tired of that crap and begged all the IM networks to disable your silly little Palm Gameboy access so that you might save up enough to buy an actual computer with an actual keyboard, and a copy of Mavis Beacon.;>
They have to aggregate it - else how is some poor devil with a DSL PPPoE connection and a lone DHCP address going to provide any dependable level of service for anyone?
It won't work because the WiFi part aside, there's the layer-3 stuff - i.e., the IP addressing, the routing plan, policy-based routing, ACLs, etc. which is necessary in order to get IP connectivity.
WiFi hotspots have to hook into wired backbones at some point . . . this means that your hypothetical aggregator must somehow backhaul the traffic into his network, and that's the rub. The quality of service will be totally dependent upon whatever the local connectivity circumstances are for the franchisee/WiFi people (overloaded cablemodem system, spotty DSL, whatever) . . . since it won't be practical for your aggregator to roll out, say, his own DSL connectivity nationwide, he'll have to backhaul all the traffic across a VPN tunnel (so now he has to manage millions of VPN connections coming back into a central location across aforesaid spotty connectivity, with all the MTU headaches, etc. associated with that; you can't NAT and NAT and NAT and NAT and expect things to work), and on and on.
Enterprises and SPs don't have a good grip on managing networks with mere thousands of infrastructure devices . . . scaling this to millions (or even those thousands, given the above constraints) just isn't possible with today's or tomorrow's (same issues w/IPv6) networking technologies.
The TCP/IP part of it makes the whole thing completely invalid. Sorry.
With very few exceptions (military, financial, public utilities sectors), it's pretty passe to have a 24/7/365 manned NOC, anymore, given VPN technology, the quality of remote-administration tools, etc.
If you just set your Mac running Panther to answer all your incoming calls with its FAX-modem, won't that have the effect of screening out FAX calls, along with bill-collectors, telemarketers, annoying family-members, etc.?;>
Well, she sure seemed to enjoy playing 'Twister'
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last week when you were out late at the LAN party playing Quake with the guys . . .;>
due to the fact that you'll have to keep replacing your PowerBook/iBook LCDs as the scribbled notes, highlighter annotations, and Liquid Paper blotches add up to make the screen unreadable.;>
Think old, old and/or purpose-built systems. They run, they do their jobs - but they're old, Milspec special-purpose or COTS (Common Off-The-Shelf) Microsoft fare, for the most part.
There are always exceptions; there are some gee-whiz things like sonar processing, signals anlysis, counterbattery radar, etc. But by and large, DoD/service branches are behind in general-purpose computing, and -way- behind in networking (with a few exceptions who're way ahead).
All the other advice about being a civilian contractor is sound; you make a lot more money and generally have a greater breadth as a contractor. You can move around more, you're generally treated like an officer, and of course you can quit at any time without being declared AWOL, heh.
The above is based upon 15 years of experience with DoD, all four U.S. service branches, and various affiliated TLAs, FYI.
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it would be cool if he went to work for Burger King - he'd get a big kick out of saying, "Would you like Fries with that?" ;>
It's because you're all so damned slow trying to scribble your silly Graffiti or whatever the hell it is that you give the Instant part of Instant Messaging a bad name, and so we call got tired of that crap and begged all the IM networks to disable your silly little Palm Gameboy access so that you might save up enough to buy an actual computer with an actual keyboard, and a copy of Mavis Beacon. ;>
And when stuff doesn't work with NAT . . . who's the luser going to call?
How're ACLs going to be deployed (and what ACLs should be deployed?)? How're these devices going to be managed?
It's just a non-starter. I work on large networks, I know what I'm talking about.
They have to aggregate it - else how is some poor devil with a DSL PPPoE connection and a lone DHCP address going to provide any dependable level of service for anyone?
It won't work because the WiFi part aside, there's the layer-3 stuff - i.e., the IP addressing, the routing plan, policy-based routing, ACLs, etc. which is necessary in order to get IP connectivity.
WiFi hotspots have to hook into wired backbones at some point . . . this means that your hypothetical aggregator must somehow backhaul the traffic into his network, and that's the rub. The quality of service will be totally dependent upon whatever the local connectivity circumstances are for the franchisee/WiFi people (overloaded cablemodem system, spotty DSL, whatever) . . . since it won't be practical for your aggregator to roll out, say, his own DSL connectivity nationwide, he'll have to backhaul all the traffic across a VPN tunnel (so now he has to manage millions of VPN connections coming back into a central location across aforesaid spotty connectivity, with all the MTU headaches, etc. associated with that; you can't NAT and NAT and NAT and NAT and expect things to work), and on and on.
Enterprises and SPs don't have a good grip on managing networks with mere thousands of infrastructure devices . . . scaling this to millions (or even those thousands, given the above constraints) just isn't possible with today's or tomorrow's (same issues w/IPv6) networking technologies.
The TCP/IP part of it makes the whole thing completely invalid. Sorry.
She always remarks on how 'coincidental' it is that we run into one another when out shopping, etc. ;>
With very few exceptions (military, financial, public utilities sectors), it's pretty passe to have a 24/7/365 manned NOC, anymore, given VPN technology, the quality of remote-administration tools, etc.
It just isn't necessary, anymore.
That one's good for hours of laughs! ;>
If you just set your Mac running Panther to answer all your incoming calls with its FAX-modem, won't that have the effect of screening out FAX calls, along with bill-collectors, telemarketers, annoying family-members, etc.? ;>
last week when you were out late at the LAN party playing Quake with the guys . . . ;>
I can add and subtract numbers less than or equal to ten with no problems!
Just checking. ;>
For a minute there, I was starting to worked up.
It's built into the OS/X printing subsystem.
you might be able to afford Kivio MP. ;>
while sailing Chesapeake Bay?
;>
Now you can!
due to the fact that you'll have to keep replacing your PowerBook/iBook LCDs as the scribbled notes, highlighter annotations, and Liquid Paper blotches add up to make the screen unreadable. ;>
expansion pack?
Instead of bricking up your neighbors so that they starve to death, your family could build pipe-bombs and plant them throughout the neighborhood!
and then give me access so that I can 'test' your security. ;>
Hell, I could spend $15K at the Apple Store in about 30 minutes.
And here's one more.
See these links for more info.
emitters of radiation, one would think this wouldn't be a problem. ;>
that when the website monitoring brings down the website, it's gone too far, heh.
Think old, old and/or purpose-built systems. They run, they do their jobs - but they're old, Milspec special-purpose or COTS (Common Off-The-Shelf) Microsoft fare, for the most part.
There are always exceptions; there are some gee-whiz things like sonar processing, signals anlysis, counterbattery radar, etc. But by and large, DoD/service branches are behind in general-purpose computing, and -way- behind in networking (with a few exceptions who're way ahead).
All the other advice about being a civilian contractor is sound; you make a lot more money and generally have a greater breadth as a contractor. You can move around more, you're generally treated like an officer, and of course you can quit at any time without being declared AWOL, heh.
The above is based upon 15 years of experience with DoD, all four U.S. service branches, and various affiliated TLAs, FYI.