Some IT shops negotiate some outrageous amount of time for "scheduled maintenance", say 2-4 hours per week with management. This time is excluded in their availability numbers.
I was at one place that claimed 99.999% uptime for everything from database servers to nt 4 file servers, as long as you didn't count 4-6:30 AM Tues & Thursday and 9AM-3PM Sunday. They weren't very happy me when the monitoring systems indicated that they actually had 98.somthing% uptime.
Other places even claim that a powered system is "up". I believe William T. Sherman put it best when he said: "There are lies, damn lies and statistics."
No, hordes of bandwidth-starved open source developers are supposedly using programs like Grokster and Kazaa to exchange source code and distribute binaries.
Mainframes are cheap compared to the alternatives. At my place of employment there is a mainframe that has been continuously up and running for somewhere around 13 years depending on how you count it.
The hardware & software is an order of magnitude more mature than Windows or Unix. It is really quite amazing, especially when you consider the minimal amount of attention & innovation applied towards them.
Democrats in general care about issues that encourage class conflict (guns, "make the rich pay their fair share") and keep minorities voting in a block for democratic candidates (eg. block meaningful election reform).
Plus, the entertainment industry holds more influence over democratic bigshots.
What needs to be argued is that network traffic does not correspond to indentity, only to a network card.
You can look at a network packet and determine that the packet originated from a NIC with a specific MAC address.
When RIAA sues someone with the financial resources to fight one of their suits, I cannot see how they can prove that a specific person OR even a specific computer was responsible for trading files.
I served on one that was forced to acquit a heavily armed crack dealer and pimp because the police completely screwed up the collection & handling of evidence.
Juries follow the letter of the law as interpreted by the judge.
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It's very plausible.
It's basically a matter of spreading water over a larger surface area.
eg. Leave a cup of water out, and pour another cup of water on a large baking sheet. Water on the baking sheet is exposed to more air and thus will evaporate faster.
Here are some resources that you should find interesting: (remove the space that/. adds)
Ground Water Budgets http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1186/ html/gw_d ev.html
50% of Maine rainfall evaporates http://wa.water.usgs.gov/news/news.wri r01-4110.htm l
water.usgs.gov contains all sorts of interesting climate information.
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Have you ever seen the mouth of the Colorado river near Baja California?
In case you haven't, it's a small stream in a salt-flat. Irrigation projects siphon all of the water out.
The Soviets built massive irrigation projects that drew off of the Volga and other rivers. They were and probaly continue to grow everything from rice to cotton on land that was once parched steppe.
What ends up happening is that since you are spreading billions of cubic feet of water across hundreds or thousands of square miles, the water is used, evaporated (probaly about 75%) or added to the watertable.
Large-scale irrigation causes all sorts of problems. There has been reasearch that hypothised that the added moisture in western states increases the number of thunderstorms and forest fires in the Sierras and Rockies.
Note that your homeowner's insurance usually has a $250-1,000 deductible and that making claims against it often results in the insurance company refusing to renew it.
You should be buying something other than Apple Powerbooks or looking closely at where and how laptops are used in your company.
The organization that I work for has approximately 1,100 laptops at the moment, mostly IBM, Dell and a few NEC and Panasonic machines. In the last year, we've had about 35 sent out for warranty repair.
I don't know about AppleCare, but generally computer extended warranties do NOT extend the warranty of the battery and do not cover "damage" like the scratches on your screen.
Some notebook models actually include 90 day warranties for batteries, particularly NiMH.
Unless you know that the machine will be subjected to conditions where you know that it will break and be eligible for warranty service, warranties are a waste of time.
Resale Extented Warranties sold by CompUSA or Circuit City retail at a 60-75% margin. In house warranties by companies like Apple or IBM generally retail at 65-80% margin.
Unless you manage to haggle the price of the computer, warranty or accessories so that you are paying 50% or less of the retail cost of the warranty, it is a massive ripoff.
To add insult to injury, most Gold or Platinum credit cards will double a manufacturers warranty up to one year for free! You just need to register.
Also note that coverage for the more common laptop hazards (drops, spills, broken screens) requires a "accident" prevention warranty that is usually very expensive. And even if you buy this warranty, tech support will strongly push you to file a claim against your homeowner, automobile or renters insurance! (Which will raise your rates or make your insurance company drop you)
Whether it is a computer, car, stereo, TV or washing machine, if you cannot afford to replace or repair it after a year or two, you probaly should be buying a cheaper model or saving it for later.
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Some IT shops negotiate some outrageous amount of time for "scheduled maintenance", say 2-4 hours per week with management. This time is excluded in their availability numbers.
I was at one place that claimed 99.999% uptime for everything from database servers to nt 4 file servers, as long as you didn't count 4-6:30 AM Tues & Thursday and 9AM-3PM Sunday. They weren't very happy me when the monitoring systems indicated that they actually had 98.somthing% uptime.
Other places even claim that a powered system is "up". I believe William T. Sherman put it best when he said: "There are lies, damn lies and statistics."
You forgot the "Realize the Sparc IIi chip is slower than you PPro 300 Linux box" part.
Who in the hell is going to do business with some lunatic who fancies himself as the "Prince" of a gun platform?
No, hordes of bandwidth-starved open source developers are supposedly using programs like Grokster and Kazaa to exchange source code and distribute binaries.
Mainframes are cheap compared to the alternatives. At my place of employment there is a mainframe that has been continuously up and running for somewhere around 13 years depending on how you count it.
The hardware & software is an order of magnitude more mature than Windows or Unix. It is really quite amazing, especially when you consider the minimal amount of attention & innovation applied towards them.
You should have listened to the dozens of beta testers who posted here and said it was a boring bug-ridden POS.
You should be able to locate whomever bought the assets of the company from the records of the Bankruptcy Court or from the Bankruptcy Trustee.
If you know what you are doing, use a court-document search program like PACER. http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
Nobody really cares enough to post messages to a bulletin board. BBS's like Slashdot serve as time fillers during an otherwise boring day.
Since you know your co-workers, it's far easier to pick up the phone or pick up your ass and go talk to them.
Tell that to somebody that after they pay $750 for a muffler for their Nissan pseudo sports car.
Democrats in general care about issues that encourage class conflict (guns, "make the rich pay their fair share") and keep minorities voting in a block for democratic candidates (eg. block meaningful election reform).
Plus, the entertainment industry holds more influence over democratic bigshots.
It's much easier to sue road runner users whose ISP's parent company is a major media player.
What needs to be argued is that network traffic does not correspond to indentity, only to a network card.
You can look at a network packet and determine that the packet originated from a NIC with a specific MAC address.
When RIAA sues someone with the financial resources to fight one of their suits, I cannot see how they can prove that a specific person OR even a specific computer was responsible for trading files.
I take it that you have never served on a jury.
I served on one that was forced to acquit a heavily armed crack dealer and pimp because the police completely screwed up the collection & handling of evidence.
Juries follow the letter of the law as interpreted by the judge.
It's very plausible.
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It's basically a matter of spreading water over a larger surface area.
eg. Leave a cup of water out, and pour another cup of water on a large baking sheet. Water on the baking sheet is exposed to more air and thus will evaporate faster.
Here are some resources that you should find interesting: (remove the space that
Ground Water Budgets
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1186
50% of Maine rainfall evaporates
http://wa.water.usgs.gov/news/news.wr
water.usgs.gov contains all sorts of interesting climate information.
Have you ever seen the mouth of the Colorado river near Baja California?
In case you haven't, it's a small stream in a salt-flat. Irrigation projects siphon all of the water out.
The Soviets built massive irrigation projects that drew off of the Volga and other rivers. They were and probaly continue to grow everything from rice to cotton on land that was once parched steppe.
What ends up happening is that since you are spreading billions of cubic feet of water across hundreds or thousands of square miles, the water is used, evaporated (probaly about 75%) or added to the watertable.
Large-scale irrigation causes all sorts of problems. There has been reasearch that hypothised that the added moisture in western states increases the number of thunderstorms and forest fires in the Sierras and Rockies.
If Clinton was still in office, we would still be getting 24/7 coverage of his scandals and nobody would have paid attention to this story.
Since we are hearing about this story, it is obviously G.W. Bush's fault.
BSD code is considered the reference implementation.
And don't try to tell anyone that Linux networking code borrows or borrowed from BSD.
Note that your homeowner's insurance usually has a $250-1,000 deductible and that making claims against it often results in the insurance company refusing to renew it.
You should be buying something other than Apple Powerbooks or looking closely at where and how laptops are used in your company.
The organization that I work for has approximately 1,100 laptops at the moment, mostly IBM, Dell and a few NEC and Panasonic machines. In the last year, we've had about 35 sent out for warranty repair.
I don't know about AppleCare, but generally computer extended warranties do NOT extend the warranty of the battery and do not cover "damage" like the scratches on your screen.
Some notebook models actually include 90 day warranties for batteries, particularly NiMH.
Your story is a testament to the actual value of extended warranty plans.
Unless you know that the machine will be subjected to conditions where you know that it will break and be eligible for warranty service, warranties are a waste of time.
Resale Extented Warranties sold by CompUSA or Circuit City retail at a 60-75% margin. In house warranties by companies like Apple or IBM generally retail at 65-80% margin.
Unless you manage to haggle the price of the computer, warranty or accessories so that you are paying 50% or less of the retail cost of the warranty, it is a massive ripoff.
To add insult to injury, most Gold or Platinum credit cards will double a manufacturers warranty up to one year for free! You just need to register.
Also note that coverage for the more common laptop hazards (drops, spills, broken screens) requires a "accident" prevention warranty that is usually very expensive. And even if you buy this warranty, tech support will strongly push you to file a claim against your homeowner, automobile or renters insurance! (Which will raise your rates or make your insurance company drop you)
Whether it is a computer, car, stereo, TV or washing machine, if you cannot afford to replace or repair it after a year or two, you probaly should be buying a cheaper model or saving it for later.
Disable via the registry with login scripts
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Or group policy
http://www.subvers.com/technobabble/html/tweaks
If you have wildcat machines that people just setup on their own, you have a larger problem.
Whatever your customers will pay.
If you provide value and good service, they will pay alot.
If you do not, they won't.
You really have far too much time on your hands.