Is it possible that the shell may not have a neutral charge?
Certainly possible (IANAOC either) but I'm actually thinking this could also have implications for string theory (a horrible misnomer IMNSHO) if there is no charge as the deformation could then only be explained by the chemically uninvolved contents of the Bucky-egg.
I was actually much more interested in this bit: just like a miniature version of the Windows Media Center ...does that mean it comes with little miniature random reboots? What about cute little miniature file format compatibility problems? Ooh, wait, even better, can I get a miniature remote control that doesn't work with it?
Huh, sounds like the whole thing can be summed up with "Intel was better and cheaper."
Not only that but AMD's own products got in their way. In the server market the Opterons are a better deal cost-wise and for the consumer/workstation market an Athlon is "good enough" for the price savings. So yeah, the only real market for these chips is either those few folks who have a genuine need for the absolute fastest box money can buy or those with more money than sense and a desire for any/every latest and greatest widget.
I spend $3,500 every year on cell phones and service.
Holy crap!
Heh, I've been known to spend that much in a single month!
(Busy project, lots of travelling, remote team, lots of customers, and a serious case of "phone ear" every day.:)
I guess that depends what you decide the problem is. Is the problem that there's a window that pops up, or is it that said window irritates the user. Buying a new computer will fix the latter, as it relieves the irritation.
Whether you label it as the problem or not, the irritation is still just a symptom.
Ordinarily I would indeed be chasing this up the tech support chain but service is great everywhere else and I've looked at the tower maps and it's pretty clear that it's simply a matter of geography and that it only affects a fairly small area, i.e. not something I'd ask them to put in a whole tower for.
However, that said, I may be getting something similar to the response you got, and this may be a useful approach for others with the same problem.
I went to the website and filled out a customer service form, (not a support ticket), explaining the situation and asking what repeater/booster brand/model they recommended. The next day I got a call on my cell from an engineer who explained in no uncertain terms that they did not want me to install any sort of repeater/booster under any circumstances. They then asked if I was in the affected location at that moment, (I was), and while on the line did a bunch of tests confirming the problem, opened a ticket and said it should be fixed in two weeks and that they would keep the ticket open for me to call back if it wasn't any better.
It turns out that no matter how small an area is affected they would rather fix it from their end than have someone installing some random repeater/booster as they apparently have no end of problems with people doing exactly that and screwing up the network! (Kudos to the poster who mentioned potential FCC issues above).
Now we don't know how things will turn out yet, my reception is still just as bad, but it's been barely a week so we'll just have to wait and see.
So the upshot of it is that if reception sucks in your area, ask them nicely what they recommend for third-party solutions and they just might get all excited and actually fix it themselves.
Also, to respond to a couple folks who suggested changing providers, various friends who have phones with other providers have the same problem in this neighborhood - a bar or two outside and nothing inside.
...hardware from the Evil Empire (Cisco...remember, you can buy better than Cisco, but you can't pay more)
A bit off topic, but I'm curious what your preferred alternative(s) would be?
Not arguing with the Evil Empire viewpoint at all, just interested in what you prefer to work with.
Overrated?!?
Geez, moderators just have no sense of humor tonight I guess.:)
Go ahead, mod me down! I have more karma than the president!
Er, wait, that president? Doh!:/
[sobs]
...it's just more machine in the NIC than you're used to
M'kay, that makes sense. Still seems like quite a waste of design effort.
But who knows, maybe they figure if they build it first then the killer apps will come.:)
Awright, color me ignorant but I'm not finding a whole lot of technical info on this so I'll ask the crowd:
How is this different than any other high-end NIC with onboard processor?
By this I am referring to the high-capacity NICs which have been made for the server market for many years by various companies. E.g. Intel has had a series of NICs for ages which have (if I recall correctly) an onboard i860 CPU, RAM etc and it's own little OS in firmware to offload the number crunching from the OS. (And a damn tiny set of drivers as well since all that code was on the board instead of the driver files).
As near as I can tell this is just like any other of these NICs only somebody slapped some pretty graphics and plastic doodads on it and tripled the price.
Or am I completely off base and this really is a quantum leap in areas other than marketing...?
You should avoid apps from places like that at all costs, especially when there are easy solutions involving free software.
Free software is never without cost though. If I have a problem that can be solved in 5 minutes by spending $19.95 that's a heck of a lot cheaper than spending an hour of research and testing to find and set up or write from a scratch a good OSS solution.
Or, to put it another way, I'm very willing to pay somebody else $19.95 to do that research and testing for me and package the result up in a nice neat bundle.
Let me say it again, OSS is never free.
Let me say it a different way, under some circumstances OSS can be more expensive than commercial software.
Once more for the fanboys - every problem has multiple solutions and in a business setting an ROI calculation is always part of the solution selection.
(No offense intended, just clearing things up for the moderators who seemed to think the parent was insightful.:)
I'm not disagreeing with the BSD box but it's funny nobody has mentioned maybe updating the IOS on the PIX. Every firewall in existence (including the various Linux/BSD-based options like IPchains, IP tables etc) has had the occasional vulnerability.
Security is not about flipping a switch and walking away, it's an ongoing and ever-evolving process...
Taking the bait, HP VP of Marketing Eric Kintz responds in his own blog that Sun's actions were 'a nice stunt' and that 'I never met Bill or Dave, but I bet neither of them would have approved paying thousands for representations of themselves.'
That's intelligent -- psychoanalyze someone you've never met. How tawdry.
For what it's worth I have been lucky enough to meet both of them and I'd be inclined to agree with the grandparent's statement.
Aha! A little OT here but probably interesting to the original poster.
I have a DLP problem - I'm all ready to plunk down some $$$ on a DLP projector for home theater but my wife is in that 2% or so of the population that sees the elusive "rainbow effect". Any advice? I have heard that the rainbow effect is from the light hitting the edges of the mirrors as they flip and there's no help for those folks that see it. But I've also heard it's from the intersections of the color wheel as it spins and that a faster spinning wheel (4x?) cures it. What's the real scoop on this?
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Is it possible that the shell may not have a neutral charge?
Certainly possible (IANAOC either) but I'm actually thinking this could also have implications for string theory (a horrible misnomer IMNSHO) if there is no charge as the deformation could then only be explained by the chemically uninvolved contents of the Bucky-egg.
I was actually much more interested in this bit:
...does that mean it comes with little miniature random reboots?
just like a miniature version of the Windows Media Center
What about cute little miniature file format compatibility problems?
Ooh, wait, even better, can I get a miniature remote control that doesn't work with it?
Huh, sounds like the whole thing can be summed up with "Intel was better and cheaper."
Not only that but AMD's own products got in their way. In the server market the Opterons are a better deal cost-wise and for the consumer/workstation market an Athlon is "good enough" for the price savings. So yeah, the only real market for these chips is either those few folks who have a genuine need for the absolute fastest box money can buy or those with more money than sense and a desire for any/every latest and greatest widget.
I hearby move that we change "Your Rights Online" to "Y'all's Rights Online" to prevent further confusion.
:)
Heh, that's pretty good! Wish I had mod points right now.
ROFLMAO!
Mod parent funny! (Or maybe insightful)
I spend $3,500 every year on cell phones and service.
:)
Holy crap!
Heh, I've been known to spend that much in a single month!
(Busy project, lots of travelling, remote team, lots of customers, and a serious case of "phone ear" every day.
I guess that depends what you decide the problem is. Is the problem that there's a window that pops up, or is it that said window irritates the user. Buying a new computer will fix the latter, as it relieves the irritation.
Whether you label it as the problem or not, the irritation is still just a symptom.
thinking signal problems are ALWAYS their fault.
Ordinarily I would indeed be chasing this up the tech support chain but service is great everywhere else and I've looked at the tower maps and it's pretty clear that it's simply a matter of geography and that it only affects a fairly small area, i.e. not something I'd ask them to put in a whole tower for.
However, that said, I may be getting something similar to the response you got, and this may be a useful approach for others with the same problem.
I went to the website and filled out a customer service form, (not a support ticket), explaining the situation and asking what repeater/booster brand/model they recommended. The next day I got a call on my cell from an engineer who explained in no uncertain terms that they did not want me to install any sort of repeater/booster under any circumstances. They then asked if I was in the affected location at that moment, (I was), and while on the line did a bunch of tests confirming the problem, opened a ticket and said it should be fixed in two weeks and that they would keep the ticket open for me to call back if it wasn't any better.
It turns out that no matter how small an area is affected they would rather fix it from their end than have someone installing some random repeater/booster as they apparently have no end of problems with people doing exactly that and screwing up the network! (Kudos to the poster who mentioned potential FCC issues above).
Now we don't know how things will turn out yet, my reception is still just as bad, but it's been barely a week so we'll just have to wait and see.
So the upshot of it is that if reception sucks in your area, ask them nicely what they recommend for third-party solutions and they just might get all excited and actually fix it themselves.
If there is no signal outside
Luckily I do get a bar or two outside the house.
Also, to respond to a couple folks who suggested changing providers, various friends who have phones with other providers have the same problem in this neighborhood - a bar or two outside and nothing inside.
...hardware from the Evil Empire (Cisco...remember, you can buy better than Cisco, but you can't pay more)
A bit off topic, but I'm curious what your preferred alternative(s) would be?
Not arguing with the Evil Empire viewpoint at all, just interested in what you prefer to work with.
"If anything can go wrong, it will." - Murphy
This is actually "Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives", aka "Finagle's Corollary to Murphy's Law", aka "Sod's Law".
(If you're wondering what Murphy's law really is, see the entry in wikipedia.)
unless they continually broke it intentionally
:/
And we know Microsoft would never do that...
Overrated?!? :) :/
Geez, moderators just have no sense of humor tonight I guess.
Go ahead, mod me down! I have more karma than the president!
Er, wait, that president? Doh!
[sobs]
Nope...
:)
(Bah-bump, bump. Thanks folks, I'll be here all year, try the steak!
...it's just more machine in the NIC than you're used to
:)
M'kay, that makes sense. Still seems like quite a waste of design effort.
But who knows, maybe they figure if they build it first then the killer apps will come.
...commercial software always costs more than the invoiced price.
:)
Also very true and succinctly said!
(If I ever write a book of IT wisdom I will have to include that.
Awright, color me ignorant but I'm not finding a whole lot of technical info on this so I'll ask the crowd:
How is this different than any other high-end NIC with onboard processor?
By this I am referring to the high-capacity NICs which have been made for the server market for many years by various companies. E.g. Intel has had a series of NICs for ages which have (if I recall correctly) an onboard i860 CPU, RAM etc and it's own little OS in firmware to offload the number crunching from the OS. (And a damn tiny set of drivers as well since all that code was on the board instead of the driver files).
As near as I can tell this is just like any other of these NICs only somebody slapped some pretty graphics and plastic doodads on it and tripled the price.
Or am I completely off base and this really is a quantum leap in areas other than marketing...?
You should avoid apps from places like that at all costs, especially when there are easy solutions involving free software.
:)
Free software is never without cost though. If I have a problem that can be solved in 5 minutes by spending $19.95 that's a heck of a lot cheaper than spending an hour of research and testing to find and set up or write from a scratch a good OSS solution.
Or, to put it another way, I'm very willing to pay somebody else $19.95 to do that research and testing for me and package the result up in a nice neat bundle.
Let me say it again, OSS is never free.
Let me say it a different way, under some circumstances OSS can be more expensive than commercial software.
Once more for the fanboys - every problem has multiple solutions and in a business setting an ROI calculation is always part of the solution selection.
(No offense intended, just clearing things up for the moderators who seemed to think the parent was insightful.
Parent is absolutely spot on, Tidy rocks!
And if you're of the OSX persuasion there's a port here.
...When the old PIX gets overrun
I'm not disagreeing with the BSD box but it's funny nobody has mentioned maybe updating the IOS on the PIX. Every firewall in existence (including the various Linux/BSD-based options like IPchains, IP tables etc) has had the occasional vulnerability.
Security is not about flipping a switch and walking away, it's an ongoing and ever-evolving process...
Taking the bait, HP VP of Marketing Eric Kintz responds in his own blog that Sun's actions were 'a nice stunt' and that 'I never met Bill or Dave, but I bet neither of them would have approved paying thousands for representations of themselves.'
That's intelligent -- psychoanalyze someone you've never met. How tawdry.
For what it's worth I have been lucky enough to meet both of them and I'd be inclined to agree with the grandparent's statement.
Parent is correct.
b inet+%22data+center%22&btnG=Search
Also, Google is your friend:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=media+ca
(Need the phrase "data center" in there or you'll get a zillion home entertainment centers instead!)
OMFG!
And you have the time to read all these how?!?
Aha! A little OT here but probably interesting to the original poster.
I have a DLP problem - I'm all ready to plunk down some $$$ on a DLP projector for home theater but my wife is in that 2% or so of the population that sees the elusive "rainbow effect". Any advice? I have heard that the rainbow effect is from the light hitting the edges of the mirrors as they flip and there's no help for those folks that see it. But I've also heard it's from the intersections of the color wheel as it spins and that a faster spinning wheel (4x?) cures it. What's the real scoop on this?
you don't want to consume more energy cleaning things up than you get out of your fuel.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Mod parent up - the first poster to actually answer the submitter's question!