No, actually I am not. This is a major print vendor with a certified win2k driver.
it seems to happen randomly, and that is my best guess.
an no, drivers do not typically crash my linux systems. I have bad fibr channel HBA drivers go haywire, etc., and while there were massive errors, the kernel did not crash.
the one exception i can think of, (i like to be obejective) is the linux VM problem, but that seems to be much better now.
I know what I am doing, and I have personally crashed Win2k Server several times.
Regarless of who's fault it is (Microsoft, the hardware vendor, the driver, etc.) - a driver malfunction should not bring down the entire Windows 2000 Advanced Server. It should NOT bluescreen under any circumstance.
In my case, I think it it the printer driver crashing it. But, a flaky printer driver should not bring down an 'enterprise' server operating system.
Next time, please don't underestimate us so quickly. Some of us know what we are doing.
You know what will sicken you even more? Even if the merer does NOT go through, HP has agreed to pay Compaq 600 million dollars for any damages caused to brand recognition. Add that to all the trade secrets that have been shared, and that's a lot of money wasted, either way.
This is just a natural movement of the pole, that's what it does.
Does anyone else remember from college how the poles just flip every million years or so, and no one really knows why? That whay *I* am worried about. the poles moving just a little bit is fine with me.
but if the poles just flipped, imagine what chaos it would cause. Would we have to relabel all the maps that are made? Many airplanes could not fly (with older instrumentation). Thankfully, GPS should still work..
Here's the main point of the article for those too lazy to click and read:
If the pole follows its present course, it will pass north of Alaska and arrive in Siberia in a half century, but Newitt cautioned that such predictions could prove wrong.
"Although it has been moving north or northwest for a hundred years, it is not going to continue in that direction forever. Its speed has increased considerably during the past 25 years, and it could just as easily decrease a few years from now," the geophysicist said.
The erratic pole can jump around considerably each day, but migrates on average about 10 kilometers to 40 kilometers each year.
Not to be rude, you have a good point, but exaclty what is the solution to this problem? There really isn't anything we can do if a big asteroid hits us. In general, though, I do think NASA should have more funding, just not for this specific "problem"..
I can't speak for the person you replied to, but if you asked me the same question, I would reply:
Because I would not like to see the government get involved.
My philosophy is for minimal government, and that government should only exist where it would not be possible to do something otherwise. Here is a few examples:
The United States Postal Service: There was a definate need here to send packages back and forth across the nation, and the governement was definately right for stepping in and fulfilling the need of our young nation. However, now we still have the USPS and the need is not there. There are other couriers who would be able to deliver your packages more quickly and cheaper than the government. Many people do not see this point, because they are subsidizing the post office, and it "seems" like it is often cheaper. In reality, your tax dollars pay for the "cheaper" price. If non governement couriers (i.e. Fedex, UPS, etc) were to get the big chunk of business that the governement currently has, we would see cheaper rates, better service, and we would have a choice. There was initially a need for the governement to have a postal service, now there is not.
Another example is the recent switch of airport security personnel to be government employees. Does anyone feel safer just because the government is doing the security now? I sure don't. In many cases, it is the exact same people doing the job. The governement did this for one reason: control. Having more control over the security workers is a good thing, but at what cost? The price we pay for the government to control things is a slow-moving, slow-correcting animal.
Now, sure I would love to have high-speed wireless access in my community, it would be awesome. but it would do two things:
1) It would not allow for any competitors to come in and start their own service. Competition is good. Ultimately the consumer would get better service at a cheaper price.
2) Service would most likely lack. In this, I mean new areas would be slow to be covered with wireless access because of all the red tape needed to secure additional governement funding as projects grow. Customer service would likely become lackluster as there is no need to provide a high level of service if you are the only game in town.
So, I would rather see corporations move in and let capitalism and all it's effects (good and bad) rule over what kind of service we get. It may not always work, but in my opinoing, if the government does not HAVE to provide a service, they should let competitors provide it.
Please check links before you post an article. You can't blaim this one on the submitter. It takes about 4 seconds. There really is not other excuse. It bothers me to see such obvious lack of caring from a site who is asking their users to pay money and subsribe. For what?
It looks like they use a bunch of provides and tieit all into their network. Man... if they did this where I lived I would nut my shorts...
High Speed wireless access
The High-Speed Wireless network is the core of the ALLCONET network providing high-speed access to all members with little or no ongoing charges. Speeds are multiples of current T1 technology, installation is simplistic, and security is irrefutable.
Allconet implements a 10 Mbps backbone thought Allegany county encompassing 7 strategically located towers. The ALLCONET network uses 3 types of equipment to implement a 10 Mbps backbone with 2 and 3 Mbps spurs to building locations.
Breezecom - Breezecom was selected because of it's multi-point ability and 802.11 compliance. Breezecom operates in the 2.4 Ghz frequency range and is a frequency hopper. This unlicensed frequency hopper is excellent at avoiding frequency collisions and load balancing in multi-point installations. Security is achieved by Breezecom by using both DES 3 a frequency hopping ID. This a 3 Mbps unit offering actual throughput of 2.34 Mbps. The cost of this unit makes it an extremely fast and cheap alternative to T1 access. Coverage of this unit is typically 2-4 miles in a 30 degree arc. Software developed by ALLCONET allows 24 hour signal strength and traffic monitoring. Antenna alignment problems are often discovered and corrected before network performance is affected.
Speedlan - Speedlan 2 was selected because of it's price vs. distance factor and multi-point ability. Speedlan operates in the 900 Mhz or 2.4 Ghz frequency range and is a direct sequencer. This unlicensed sequencer is excellent at avoiding frequency collisions. Multi-point installations are switch using a 42,000 MAC address table. Security is achieved by using both DES 3 a unit IDs. This a 2 Mbps unit offering actual throughput of 1.78 Mbps. Coverage of this unit is typically 4-9 miles in a 25 degree arc. Software developed by ALLCONET allows 24 hour signal strength and traffic monitoring. Antenna alignment problems are often discovered and corrected before network performance is affected.
Speedlan - Speedlan 10 was selected because of it's distance and speed. Speedlan 10 operates in the 2.4 Ghz frequency range and is a direct sequencer. This unlicensed sequencer is an excellent choice for speed and security. Security is achieved by using both DES 3 a unit IDs. This a 10 Mbps unit offering actual throughput of 6.78 Mbps. Coverage of this unit is typically 9-20 miles in a 5 degree arc. This is a point to point unit and is only used in ALLCONET for backbone links.
Wavespan - Wavespan was selected because of it's distance, speed and frequency. Wavespan operates in the 5.8 Ghz frequency range, is a direct sequencer, and makes an excellent alternative in a 2.4 Ghz rich environment. This unlicensed sequencer is excellent for speed and security. Security is achieved by unit IDs and extremely directional antennas . This a 10 Mbps unit offering actual throughput of 8.78 Mbps. Coverage of this unit is typically 7-9 miles in a 1.5 degree arc. This is a point to point unit and is only used in ALLCONET for backbone links.
...if we could somehow... harness the electricity needed to power these drives longer... but... the only thing with enough power to generate 1.21 jiggawatts is... A BOLT OF LIGHTINING!
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No, actually I am not. This is a major print vendor with a certified win2k driver.
it seems to happen randomly, and that is my best guess.
an no, drivers do not typically crash my linux systems. I have bad fibr channel HBA drivers go haywire, etc., and while there were massive errors, the kernel did not crash.
the one exception i can think of, (i like to be obejective) is the linux VM problem, but that seems to be much better now.
I know what I am doing, and I have personally crashed Win2k Server several times.
Regarless of who's fault it is (Microsoft, the hardware vendor, the driver, etc.) - a driver malfunction should not bring down the entire Windows 2000 Advanced Server. It should NOT bluescreen under any circumstance.
In my case, I think it it the printer driver crashing it. But, a flaky printer driver should not bring down an 'enterprise' server operating system.
Next time, please don't underestimate us so quickly. Some of us know what we are doing.
Yes, I LOVE this feature. It reduces clutter, and is speedy to boot. Truly a great innovation in web browsing.
a) Next major release of IE
b) A soon, minor release of IE
c) never
i personally love it, and MS would be dumb to not include it in their browser.
Great sig. I like it. Did you make it up?
well, you know how that pesky GPL is! once it infects things, you can't stop it. It's like a virus!
sweet sig. I like it.
you are a good guy, sharkey. i have enjpyed your posts for years.
I hear you man, and am praying with you. That game changed my life.
man, the worst thing I could imagine is getting samples of stool from microsoft...
If all you want is a free web-baed mail with POP access, newmail.net offers such a service. they are not very fast, but they do the job.
Hey! I never said I went to a good college!
You know what will sicken you even more? Even if the merer does NOT go through, HP has agreed to pay Compaq 600 million dollars for any damages caused to brand recognition. Add that to all the trade secrets that have been shared, and that's a lot of money wasted, either way.
This is just a natural movement of the pole, that's what it does.
Does anyone else remember from college how the poles just flip every million years or so, and no one really knows why? That whay *I* am worried about. the poles moving just a little bit is fine with me.
but if the poles just flipped, imagine what chaos it would cause. Would we have to relabel all the maps that are made? Many airplanes could not fly (with older instrumentation). Thankfully, GPS should still work..
Here's the main point of the article for those too lazy to click and read:
If the pole follows its present course, it will pass north of Alaska and arrive in Siberia in a half century, but Newitt cautioned that such predictions could prove wrong. "Although it has been moving north or northwest for a hundred years, it is not going to continue in that direction forever. Its speed has increased considerably during the past 25 years, and it could just as easily decrease a few years from now," the geophysicist said. The erratic pole can jump around considerably each day, but migrates on average about 10 kilometers to 40 kilometers each year.
Of course, there's always that blind person who has a cell phone...
Not to be rude, you have a good point, but exaclty what is the solution to this problem? There really isn't anything we can do if a big asteroid hits us. In general, though, I do think NASA should have more funding, just not for this specific "problem"..
You, my friend, are management material! You will be promoted shortly. Well done.
He is correct, mostly. While the USPS may not be profitable this year, it is by majority and in the long run, a profitable business.
Really? I will check that out. If you are indeed correct, thank you for correcting me.
I can't speak for the person you replied to, but if you asked me the same question, I would reply:
Because I would not like to see the government get involved.
My philosophy is for minimal government, and that government should only exist where it would not be possible to do something otherwise. Here is a few examples:
The United States Postal Service: There was a definate need here to send packages back and forth across the nation, and the governement was definately right for stepping in and fulfilling the need of our young nation. However, now we still have the USPS and the need is not there. There are other couriers who would be able to deliver your packages more quickly and cheaper than the government. Many people do not see this point, because they are subsidizing the post office, and it "seems" like it is often cheaper. In reality, your tax dollars pay for the "cheaper" price. If non governement couriers (i.e. Fedex, UPS, etc) were to get the big chunk of business that the governement currently has, we would see cheaper rates, better service, and we would have a choice. There was initially a need for the governement to have a postal service, now there is not.
Another example is the recent switch of airport security personnel to be government employees. Does anyone feel safer just because the government is doing the security now? I sure don't. In many cases, it is the exact same people doing the job. The governement did this for one reason: control. Having more control over the security workers is a good thing, but at what cost? The price we pay for the government to control things is a slow-moving, slow-correcting animal.
Now, sure I would love to have high-speed wireless access in my community, it would be awesome. but it would do two things:
1) It would not allow for any competitors to come in and start their own service. Competition is good. Ultimately the consumer would get better service at a cheaper price.
2) Service would most likely lack. In this, I mean new areas would be slow to be covered with wireless access because of all the red tape needed to secure additional governement funding as projects grow. Customer service would likely become lackluster as there is no need to provide a high level of service if you are the only game in town.
So, I would rather see corporations move in and let capitalism and all it's effects (good and bad) rule over what kind of service we get. It may not always work, but in my opinoing, if the government does not HAVE to provide a service, they should let competitors provide it.
And before someone gets anal, when I say providers, I mean equipment providers.
now just a little diddy here to passify the lameness filter...
No kidding...
Attention Slasdot Editors,
Please check links before you post an article. You can't blaim this one on the submitter. It takes about 4 seconds. There really is not other excuse. It bothers me to see such obvious lack of caring from a site who is asking their users to pay money and subsribe. For what?
Thanks,
The Slashdot Community
It looks like they use a bunch of provides and tieit all into their network. Man... if they did this where I lived I would nut my shorts...
High Speed wireless access
The High-Speed Wireless network is the core of the ALLCONET network providing high-speed access to all members with little or no ongoing charges. Speeds are multiples of current T1 technology, installation is simplistic, and security is irrefutable.
Allconet implements a 10 Mbps backbone thought Allegany county encompassing 7 strategically located towers. The ALLCONET network uses 3 types of equipment to implement a 10 Mbps backbone with 2 and 3 Mbps spurs to building locations.
Breezecom - Breezecom was selected because of it's multi-point ability and 802.11 compliance. Breezecom operates in the 2.4 Ghz frequency range and is a frequency hopper. This unlicensed frequency hopper is excellent at avoiding frequency collisions and load balancing in multi-point installations. Security is achieved by Breezecom by using both DES 3 a frequency hopping ID. This a 3 Mbps unit offering actual throughput of 2.34 Mbps. The cost of this unit makes it an extremely fast and cheap alternative to T1 access. Coverage of this unit is typically 2-4 miles in a 30 degree arc. Software developed by ALLCONET allows 24 hour signal strength and traffic monitoring. Antenna alignment problems are often discovered and corrected before network performance is affected.
Speedlan - Speedlan 2 was selected because of it's price vs. distance factor and multi-point ability. Speedlan operates in the 900 Mhz or 2.4 Ghz frequency range and is a direct sequencer. This unlicensed sequencer is excellent at avoiding frequency collisions. Multi-point installations are switch using a 42,000 MAC address table. Security is achieved by using both DES 3 a unit IDs. This a 2 Mbps unit offering actual throughput of 1.78 Mbps. Coverage of this unit is typically 4-9 miles in a 25 degree arc. Software developed by ALLCONET allows 24 hour signal strength and traffic monitoring. Antenna alignment problems are often discovered and corrected before network performance is affected.
Speedlan - Speedlan 10 was selected because of it's distance and speed. Speedlan 10 operates in the 2.4 Ghz frequency range and is a direct sequencer. This unlicensed sequencer is an excellent choice for speed and security. Security is achieved by using both DES 3 a unit IDs. This a 10 Mbps unit offering actual throughput of 6.78 Mbps. Coverage of this unit is typically 9-20 miles in a 5 degree arc. This is a point to point unit and is only used in ALLCONET for backbone links.
Wavespan - Wavespan was selected because of it's distance, speed and frequency. Wavespan operates in the 5.8 Ghz frequency range, is a direct sequencer, and makes an excellent alternative in a 2.4 Ghz rich environment. This unlicensed sequencer is excellent for speed and security. Security is achieved by unit IDs and extremely directional antennas . This a 10 Mbps unit offering actual throughput of 8.78 Mbps. Coverage of this unit is typically 7-9 miles in a 1.5 degree arc. This is a point to point unit and is only used in ALLCONET for backbone links.
you don't work at the university of idaho, do you? and now i will type this worthless junk to passify the lameness filter.....
If it worked just fine and I had no reason to upgrade, yes.
...if we could somehow... harness the electricity needed to power these drives longer... but... the only thing with enough power to generate 1.21 jiggawatts is... A BOLT OF LIGHTINING!