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  1. Re:Difference between hardware and software.... on Open Source Router on Par With Cisco, Users Say · · Score: 1

    Not Intel CPUs. MIPS. The config dump will tell you. For a NPE400 that's a R7000 CPU running at 350MHz. R7000 refers to a MIPS design. I'm not sure who actually manufactures the CPUs.

    As far as I know every Cisco router has a MIPS design processor in it. The chip may be made by TI, Broadcom or NEC, but it is a MIPS design.

  2. Re:Oh, well that's OK then... on Cheating At Roulette May Be Legal In UK · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Eudaemonic Pie An entire book about a group of people who made it work

  3. Re:Got it, but.. on IE Download.Ject Exploit Fixed · · Score: 1

    Threaten their federal funding with the Dept of Homeland security recommendation. That should get them to change.

  4. Re:No Longer Patentable Ideas on Protests Delay European Software Patent Vote · · Score: 1

    The music stand thing has already been done.

    http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi96/proceedings/desb ri ef/Wahila/djw_txt.htm

  5. Re:Why does attendance matter? on Predicting H.S. Dropouts With Pervasive Databases · · Score: 1

    Because schools are paid by the student-day?

    That is for each day you go to school, your school district gets money from the state. You don't show up, they don't get paid.

    While it seems fair, it funnels more money to good schools. Schools that are having a tough time are hurt by this.

  6. Re:I don't understand VoIP on Wi-Fi, Linux, And VoIP In Canada · · Score: 5, Informative

    On my bookshelf
    Cisco's "Voice over IP Fundamentals"

    O'Reilly's "Practical VOIP"

    Alan B. Johnston's "SIP Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol"

    Cisco's "Deploying Cisco Voice over IP Solutions"

    Douskalis's "IP Telephony"

  7. Re:As I pointed out at stories before... on My Visit to SCO · · Score: 1
    Some times you can't see the nose on the front of your face:
    emacs apache RCS COPS SATAN bind sendmail perl python ruby innd (all of USENET except UUCP) ntp
    All new and original but they've been around so long we forget. If you believe Rob Pike's thesis then I would argue that the fault is not in the "OSS Community" but the research community which is not stepping up. Look at that list above and you will see a lot of things that came out of universities.
  8. Re:Circuit Switching on VoIP, WiFi and the Future of Traditional Telecom · · Score: 1

    Yes, circuit switching is not going away today or tomorrow. Regulatory implications alone almost guarentee at least a decade more.

    You said

    Most people never know if they are talking over fiber or copper. How can you tell? As long as your call sounds clear and gets through, no one cares. The Technology behind that has been changing for decades, most are cluesless about how a call is connected or what technology is behind it. When that change comes, you are not going to know if you are on a Circuit or Packet switch.
    Well that's true today for packet switched. You can't tell if your call is on a circuit or an ATM PVC or an MPLS link or an IP route. Today if you called me your call could go on all of those technologies. That's because my phone is a business quality, way cool featured VoIP phone at the end of DSL link backhauled on ATM to a POP which is connected to a central office via MPLS where the call is routed around in IP.
  9. Re:Now don't get too excited.... on Jet Turbine Locomotives · · Score: 1

    I believe the new technology here is that the generator/motor pair are AC with modern electronics between them providing control. This allows the turbine and generator to run at constant speed. More fuel is run in when under higher load. This should allow for more efficient use of the turbine.

    The older system used DC generators and motors where the the turbine had to change speed as load varied. This is what led to the inefficiences mentioned above.

  10. Re:An interesting tidbit about the RD-180 on Atlas V's Maiden Launch a Success · · Score: 1

    Woodland Hills and Simi Valley aren't away from population centers. They were when the sites were built, but not anymore. I believe Rocketdyne still tests there.

    There is also some testing done at JPL Arroyo Seca.

  11. Re:VoIP and webcasting CARP: on a collision course on Security In Voice Over IP Converged Networks · · Score: 1

    Music on hold (VoIP or not) is subject to license and RIAA attention. If you plug a CD player into the MOH port of your PBX and play copyrighted music you owe someone money. ASCAP and BMI will act as clearing houses for this but they want big bucks. Muzak will sell a licensed stream of music.

  12. Re:Is this a bad joke? on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome not a Disability · · Score: 1

    Nope. Read the decision. The Supreme Court said that the definition of disability in the law passed by Congress was not met by this woman's impairment as the Sixth Circuit court standard.

    I'm not a lawyer and I find it difficult to think the way they do, but presumably a broken arm would not meet the requirements of the ADA. Only having one arm presumably would. It's a matter of degree.

  13. Why are Bell Labs shells named after main programm on Ask David Korn About ksh And More · · Score: 1

    Why have the Bell Labs originated shells, Mashey, Bourne and Korn been named after their main programmers? Other than awk programmer names don't show up in the names of programs developed at Bell Labs. Other shells developed outside Bell Labs tend to be named after some design goal.