Plus, this is a perfect opportunity to break XP's compatibility with sun's JVM !! Anyone want to bet that sun will have to release an update to jdk 1.4 pretty soon after xp sp1?
With all the fluff intended to fill pages, it seems this book must have been meant to be read while waiting in line for the movie. When the reviewer suggests we "wait a week" for the movie, he's not kidding!
I'm sure you're looking for US info, but for interest sake, the options in Canada are quite good. I have lots of experience with two of the major carriers, Fido (GSM) and Bell Mobility (CDMA). Both carriers as far as I've seen deliver 100% of all text and e-mail messages. If your phone is off, or out of coverage area, the message will be delivered as soon as connection is re-established. Bell also has a web based interface where you can see the messages sent to you and whether they have been delivered or not.
If distributing dangerous code becomes illegal, what about bugs? Might it become illegal to release buggy software?? This could be a very interesting turn of events in light of the current situation of software licenses which basically absolve the authors of any and all responsibility for their code, whatsoever. Making viruses illegal could really have some interesting (and potentially dangerous) implications.
Similarly what about academic exploit code? Might that become illegal as well?? Bottom line, code is way too close to speech to be restricted like this...
This isn't a MS bashing comment or anything, but WinCE seems to me like the wrong OS to use for a device like this... The only consumers who are going to be interested in this device are, well, Geeks! Geeks would much prefer a Linux or BSD based OS for this type of device.. something that can really be played around with.
I don't see many applications in a corporate setting either, and even if there was, corporations can pay people to develop apps on whatever OS they want.
Either way.. it's probably way too early on for this type of device to catch on.
I'm sure FOX will be interested to know that there are lots of people out there who don't want the show to get cancelled. But are these people actually faithful watchers of the show? If there were really hoards of people watching the show then the ratings would reflect it, and it wouldn't be getting cancelled. And not to be particularly cynical, but will all these people who just signed the petition actually go watch it every Sunday for the rest of the season??
When I read this I thought "no way, they can't cancel that show, it's great"... but I have to honestly say that I maybe watch it 1 out of every 4 or 5 times it's on...
The way to petition for TV shows is with your remote, not your pen (or keyboard).
I would say the #1 blunder in Apple's release of this product is lack of support for configuring it from an x86 PC (running Windows or Linux or your BSD of choice).
This is an excellent product otherwise; it's got all the features anyone (or just about anyone) would want in a wireless access point/router, including a phone jack and even radius! Plus, 802.11 is an open standard, and admittedly PC cards will work with it. So, they're one step away from making it a product that could really compete with those Linksys access points that everyone is buying (which as a few people have pointed out aren't the highest quality out there). There is no reason not to try to go after the broader market with a device like this!
Is it just stubborn pride holding them back? This is a piece of networking equipment, there is NO logical reason for it to be OS specific (especially to an OS so far in the minority).
this is a dangerous issue. Currently those little pencils that a lot of voting systems use don't have erasers for a purpose. If you can't put an X in the right box the first time, well then...
Giving voters a confirmation prompt like "Are you sure you want to vote for Bush" might prompt multiple confirmation prompts i.e. "Are you really sure..." and it could very well turn into a video terminal with Regis saying "Is that your final Vote?"
So, in this one article they first talk about how Java is taking over from C++. However, they choose to write about people developing applications specifically targeted at Linux in the second part of the article. What language do the writers think they're using to develop these apps? C/C++ !
If they were really using Java (or at least using it properly) these applications wouldn't be specifically targeted at Linux, but available for multiple platforms!
Microsoft plans to make all their future software on top of it
The core of.net is the CLR (common language runtime)
Anyone who has seen debugging tools for CLR knows that it's WAY easier to read then assembler, in fact it's almost English --- ie. it's very easy to reverse engineer.net software.
All of a sudden, Microsoft goes from being the staunchest closed-source advocate, to their "Shared Source" -- Shared Source meaning that you can see the code but MS still owns it and can dictate what you do with it.
Now consider this... you reverse engineer some piece of MS.net software, (ie. future enhancements to the SMB protocol for use with SAMBA) all on your own, and make it work on Linux (for instance). Here come the Microsoft lawyers.. saying.. of course you reverse engineered it, we let you look at the code!!
Now, prove that any further Microsoft compatibility you achieve came from honest reverse-engineering, and not peeking at their code.
Get my point? This "Shared Source" policy of Microsoft is their realization that no matter what, if you can engineer a piece of software, someone can reverse engineer it. So they've decided to avoid the problem all together, and release their Code (poisoned with licensing of course) to everybody. And again, even if you don't look at it.. prove you didn't see it!! You can't.
"When he won a video deck to go with his TV, he was able to watch his two videos--an exercise video and a cycling tape. He saw a woman for the first time in 10 months. In November, he won two rolls of toilet paper, a huge moment in his life!"
Anyone care to guess what use he put this toilet paper to?
This all just seems like a gimmick to me. I don't think this place really has that much advantage over a data center in a suburban industrial area. There's data and power there too. However, personnel costs are going to be much higher up there. Remote administration can help, but it can't setup new servers, or run cable. How many experienced administrators want to live up there in the freezing cold/middle of nowhere. Also, construction costs would be increased too! Plus, getting computers shipped there will be more expensive.
It just doesn't add up to me.. I mean lately we've seen "lets build a data center on an island", and now "lets build a data center up in glacial cold of Alaska", what's next; "let's build a data center in the middle of the jungle (anyone who can get through all the vines would be good at cabling), or maybe "let's build a data center at the bottom of the ocean (everthing water cooled!, plus there's fat data lines, and power running down there too!"
My shop encountered a similar problem. We needed version control for developers as well as less-technical people who work on documentation. We also didn't want to setup 2 seperate systems. NOR did we want to setup Visual SourceSafe. Trust me, I've had plenty of experience with our clients using it.. it's lousy! (no tcp/ip, not free, and none too stable either) CVS is really solid, and if you're already using it, then great. I'm assuming that these non-technical people you've got are probably using MS Office. They probably don't want to write documents in XML, because they probably just love Word. Here's something we found for them. It's called TortoiseCVS and it's a Windows Explorer shell extention for CVS that works great. It uses overlays to colorize the icon's of documents in various CVS statuses (like up-to-date, conflict, uncommitted). Everything is done by right clicking on the document to get a new version, or commit your current version. For the more technically minded, you can even do tagging and branching through this simple interface. Best of all, it uses standard "CVS" subdirectories to handle the version control information. That means you can really use any other CVS gui (or command line) interface to do other things... like prepare profiles that have the module location already included that you can push out to these users.
So, until they start teaching command line CVS in high school... this should keep you going.
It would seem to me that the additional cost of a PDF document is that it is more easily used for further reproduction of the document. With one PDF file and a good laser printer you could make unlimited first generation copies. This is less of a risk if they give you a paper copy (especially if it's not of the utmost quality)
When they land, do they have to go through customs physically? Does anyone check their luggage? Do the DEA agents have dogs sniff the space suits to make sure they haven't smuggled back any moon crack? And does NASA pick up the duty charges?
I wonder if the continual head movement required to use this device might cause a Repetitive Strain Injury in your neck? Although it is pretty light, it is weighted off center to the front of your head. Especially since they have designed the rechargable batteries to be good for "over ten straight hours" of working at your computer.
Put 5 ounces on your forehead and move your head as much as you'd move your hand on a mouse working for 10 hours and see if your neck gets sore.
See any major corporations using CD-Rs for backups lately? Big guys use Tapes for backup. They have been proven reliable for years. I'd suggest using tapes instead of CD-Rs for backups. If data integrity is paramount it's worth the extra thousand or so for the tape drive. Plus, you can reuse your tapes in a backup cycle! (lowering media cost somewhat)
Still, the other ideas suggested like multiple copies of backups are a good idea too, and when used with tapes make your solution even more effective.
Re-computerizing the world would be nearly impossible, because Rambus would tie everything up in court for years claming they have the patents to it all!!!
Bottom line, encryption isn't going anywhere. There are enough good pieces of free encryption code and great books like Applied Cryptography that even if the big bad government decided to ban all commercial encryption software; encryption is here to stay.
What this attempt to point out the evil uses of encryption is really stemming from is laziness on the part of law enforcement. They have been used to catching criminals the easy way: listening to their phone calls, and reading their mail. Well, play time is over, and law enforcement is going to have to wake up and realize that the days of those methods being effective enough on their own to catch the big guys in organized crime and terrorism are over. They should quit wasting energy on whining, because there's nothing anyone can do about it.
The whole point of this device is to be expandable. Really, 56K is on the way out, especially among people who have multiple computers and networks setup in their homes (these are the sorts of people who are most likely to get high speed cable or dsl).
The modem is expandable, offering the facility to plug in a second modem, ISDN connection or even an ADSL modem. This is done with a standard serial cable, so most devices should work with little effort, increasing the bandwidth available to users of the network. The second communications device can also be set up as a dedicated external dial-in connection to the network.
This device is targeted at people who currently have 56k but will be looking to expand their bandwidth.
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Did you get to keep any tribbles? Or did they just burn them?
Plus, this is a perfect opportunity to break XP's compatibility with sun's JVM !! Anyone want to bet that sun will have to release an update to jdk 1.4 pretty soon after xp sp1?
With all the fluff intended to fill pages, it seems this book must have been meant to be read while waiting in line for the movie. When the reviewer suggests we "wait a week" for the movie, he's not kidding!
I'm sure you're looking for US info, but for interest sake, the options in Canada are quite good. I have lots of experience with two of the major carriers, Fido (GSM) and Bell Mobility (CDMA). Both carriers as far as I've seen deliver 100% of all text and e-mail messages. If your phone is off, or out of coverage area, the message will be delivered as soon as connection is re-established. Bell also has a web based interface where you can see the messages sent to you and whether they have been delivered or not.
If distributing dangerous code becomes illegal, what about bugs? Might it become illegal to release buggy software?? This could be a very interesting turn of events in light of the current situation of software licenses which basically absolve the authors of any and all responsibility for their code, whatsoever. Making viruses illegal could really have some interesting (and potentially dangerous) implications.
Similarly what about academic exploit code? Might that become illegal as well?? Bottom line, code is way too close to speech to be restricted like this...
This isn't a MS bashing comment or anything, but WinCE seems to me like the wrong OS to use for a device like this... The only consumers who are going to be interested in this device are, well, Geeks! Geeks would much prefer a Linux or BSD based OS for this type of device.. something that can really be played around with.
I don't see many applications in a corporate setting either, and even if there was, corporations can pay people to develop apps on whatever OS they want.
Either way.. it's probably way too early on for this type of device to catch on.
I'm sure FOX will be interested to know that there are lots of people out there who don't want the show to get cancelled. But are these people actually faithful watchers of the show? If there were really hoards of people watching the show then the ratings would reflect it, and it wouldn't be getting cancelled. And not to be particularly cynical, but will all these people who just signed the petition actually go watch it every Sunday for the rest of the season??
When I read this I thought "no way, they can't cancel that show, it's great"... but I have to honestly say that I maybe watch it 1 out of every 4 or 5 times it's on...
The way to petition for TV shows is with your remote, not your pen (or keyboard).
I would say the #1 blunder in Apple's release of this product is lack of support for configuring it from an x86 PC (running Windows or Linux or your BSD of choice).
This is an excellent product otherwise; it's got all the features anyone (or just about anyone) would want in a wireless access point/router, including a phone jack and even radius! Plus, 802.11 is an open standard, and admittedly PC cards will work with it. So, they're one step away from making it a product that could really compete with those Linksys access points that everyone is buying (which as a few people have pointed out aren't the highest quality out there). There is no reason not to try to go after the broader market with a device like this!
Is it just stubborn pride holding them back? This is a piece of networking equipment, there is NO logical reason for it to be OS specific (especially to an OS so far in the minority).
One of the things I found particularly encouraging was the use of some quirky bits of technology that haven't shown up since the original series.
I'm hoping this is indicative of a return to the simpler formula that made the original series and TNG so much better than those that followed them.
this is a dangerous issue. Currently those little pencils that a lot of voting systems use don't have erasers for a purpose. If you can't put an X in the right box the first time, well then...
Giving voters a confirmation prompt like "Are you sure you want to vote for Bush" might prompt multiple confirmation prompts i.e. "Are you really sure..." and it could very well turn into a video terminal with Regis saying "Is that your final Vote?"
So, in this one article they first talk about how Java is taking over from C++. However, they choose to write about people developing applications specifically targeted at Linux in the second part of the article. What language do the writers think they're using to develop these apps? C/C++ !
If they were really using Java (or at least using it properly) these applications wouldn't be specifically targeted at Linux, but available for multiple platforms!
Microcell Solutions in Canada is offering 56k GPRS service at much cheaper rates:
$75CDN for 25MB
$100CDN for 50MB
$150CDN for 100MB
But I'm sure this is the same thing with most new technologies (especially wireless ones); the prices start out high and drop from there!
Now consider this... you reverse engineer some piece of MS.net software, (ie. future enhancements to the SMB protocol for use with SAMBA) all on your own, and make it work on Linux (for instance). Here come the Microsoft lawyers.. saying.. of course you reverse engineered it, we let you look at the code!!
Now, prove that any further Microsoft compatibility you achieve came from honest reverse-engineering, and not peeking at their code.
Get my point? This "Shared Source" policy of Microsoft is their realization that no matter what, if you can engineer a piece of software, someone can reverse engineer it. So they've decided to avoid the problem all together, and release their Code (poisoned with licensing of course) to everybody. And again, even if you don't look at it.. prove you didn't see it!! You can't.
"When he won a video deck to go with his TV, he was able to watch his two videos--an exercise video and a cycling tape. He saw a woman for the first time in 10 months. In November, he won two rolls of toilet paper, a huge moment in his life!"
Anyone care to guess what use he put this toilet paper to?
So, does this mean that every odd episode will be lousy, and every even episode great???
This all just seems like a gimmick to me. I don't think this place really has that much advantage over a data center in a suburban industrial area. There's data and power there too. However, personnel costs are going to be much higher up there. Remote administration can help, but it can't setup new servers, or run cable. How many experienced administrators want to live up there in the freezing cold/middle of nowhere. Also, construction costs would be increased too! Plus, getting computers shipped there will be more expensive.
It just doesn't add up to me.. I mean lately we've seen "lets build a data center on an island", and now "lets build a data center up in glacial cold of Alaska", what's next; "let's build a data center in the middle of the jungle (anyone who can get through all the vines would be good at cabling), or maybe "let's build a data center at the bottom of the ocean (everthing water cooled!, plus there's fat data lines, and power running down there too!"
My shop encountered a similar problem. We needed version control for developers as well as less-technical people who work on documentation. We also didn't want to setup 2 seperate systems. NOR did we want to setup Visual SourceSafe. Trust me, I've had plenty of experience with our clients using it.. it's lousy! (no tcp/ip, not free, and none too stable either) CVS is really solid, and if you're already using it, then great. I'm assuming that these non-technical people you've got are probably using MS Office. They probably don't want to write documents in XML, because they probably just love Word. Here's something we found for them. It's called TortoiseCVS and it's a Windows Explorer shell extention for CVS that works great. It uses overlays to colorize the icon's of documents in various CVS statuses (like up-to-date, conflict, uncommitted). Everything is done by right clicking on the document to get a new version, or commit your current version. For the more technically minded, you can even do tagging and branching through this simple interface. Best of all, it uses standard "CVS" subdirectories to handle the version control information. That means you can really use any other CVS gui (or command line) interface to do other things... like prepare profiles that have the module location already included that you can push out to these users.
So, until they start teaching command line CVS in high school... this should keep you going.
It would seem to me that the additional cost of a PDF document is that it is more easily used for further reproduction of the document. With one PDF file and a good laser printer you could make unlimited first generation copies. This is less of a risk if they give you a paper copy (especially if it's not of the utmost quality)
When they land, do they have to go through customs physically? Does anyone check their luggage? Do the DEA agents have dogs sniff the space suits to make sure they haven't smuggled back any moon crack? And does NASA pick up the duty charges?
I wonder if the continual head movement required to use this device might cause a Repetitive Strain Injury in your neck? Although it is pretty light, it is weighted off center to the front of your head. Especially since they have designed the rechargable batteries to be good for "over ten straight hours" of working at your computer.
Put 5 ounces on your forehead and move your head as much as you'd move your hand on a mouse working for 10 hours and see if your neck gets sore.
See any major corporations using CD-Rs for backups lately? Big guys use Tapes for backup. They have been proven reliable for years. I'd suggest using tapes instead of CD-Rs for backups. If data integrity is paramount it's worth the extra thousand or so for the tape drive. Plus, you can reuse your tapes in a backup cycle! (lowering media cost somewhat)
Still, the other ideas suggested like multiple copies of backups are a good idea too, and when used with tapes make your solution even more effective.
Re-computerizing the world would be nearly impossible, because Rambus would tie everything up in court for years claming they have the patents to it all!!!
if you look at the most recent changelog for 2.4.1 you'll see PPC patches among the changes.
Bottom line, encryption isn't going anywhere. There are enough good pieces of free encryption code and great books like Applied Cryptography that even if the big bad government decided to ban all commercial encryption software; encryption is here to stay.
What this attempt to point out the evil uses of encryption is really stemming from is laziness on the part of law enforcement. They have been used to catching criminals the easy way: listening to their phone calls, and reading their mail. Well, play time is over, and law enforcement is going to have to wake up and realize that the days of those methods being effective enough on their own to catch the big guys in organized crime and terrorism are over. They should quit wasting energy on whining, because there's nothing anyone can do about it.
The whole point of this device is to be expandable. Really, 56K is on the way out, especially among people who have multiple computers and networks setup in their homes (these are the sorts of people who are most likely to get high speed cable or dsl).
The modem is expandable, offering the facility to plug in a second modem, ISDN connection or even an ADSL modem. This is done with a standard serial cable, so most devices should work with little effort, increasing the bandwidth available to users of the network. The second communications device can also be set up as a dedicated external dial-in connection to the network.
This device is targeted at people who currently have 56k but will be looking to expand their bandwidth.