As another cost-cutting measure, Citylink uses a generic computer running Debian Linux and SMTP management software, as well as a number of other open-source tools: NetSaint Network Monitor, NocMonitor, MRTG, and Cricket . And the company builds its own routers, rather than dropping the money on hardware. Naylor says a comparable Cisco router would cost him $25,000 NZ or roughly $11,500 U.S.; Citylink builds its own routers for $2,500.
that is pretty cool. lots of other juicy details in there as well.
Here's the problem; the cable range of ethernet without a repeater is about 250 feet (that is, at most a few
microseconds roundtrip in cat-5 cable) and actually all the tests described here are done in much shorter cat-5 cable (more practical for typical reuse) and coaxial cable lengths so that it can be done cheaply. A typical classroom can
hold several experiments of this type, the cables being shared between pairs of computers (and thus lab groups). Since ping only returns roundtrip times as measured in microseconds the actual signal (which is the additional delay in a cable path of longer length) is below the (reported) resolution of ping.
The solution is to use noise. Although noise usually hampers one's ability to measure a signal, in this experiment, noise in the form of randomly distributed small delays (microseconds) associated with machine response actually makes
the measurement of the signal (nanosecond-long cable transit delays) possible. Without the noise, the experiment we describe here would be impossible! This concept of noise-assisted sub-threshold signal detection (hereafter; stochastic resonance) is of great value because it plays a role in a great variety of systems. For a readable introduction and overview of stochastic resonance see Ref. [7] and Ref. [10] for a bibliography. For example, stochastic resonance has
been used to analyze climate patterns [8] and plays a role in fundamental neuro-physiology [9] . Part of the hidden pedagogic agenda of this laboratory is to introduce the concept of stochastic resonance in a hands-on way. How well this laboratory can actually get students to ponder that depends on the approach of the instructor. Our experience
with this laboratory indicates that time differences on the order of 50 nanoseconds (or about 5 % of the threshold) are reliably resolvable.
because there is no Network Authentication industry yet, and if MS has their way, it will never truly emerge because they'll own it from Day1.
Unless, of course, some one else has already patented it and they are only waiting for an appropriate amount of time to go by in order to rap the microsoft knuckles for patent infringement.
So is this the one step up option for the Scott Adams ultimate Cubicle? Everything you need for your mutant cross between the Uber coach potato and Uber Gamer.
I really don't see a need for this, and can't help thinking of the old scifi story about the day "the machine died".
Much of the law seems to be based on the idea of protecting people by making things "Opt-in". An extreme practical example is that, for example, youdo not have to "opt-out" of one of any number of criminal assaults for every single person that you meet coming down the road. It is assumed the you do not want to be assaulted unless you specifically "opt-in" such as in certain sexual activities.
This is easy enough to see in the case of spammers and mailing list types who want to assume that you want to get their junk unless you "opt-out". With thousands of advertisers, this quickly becomes unworkable.
Now we come to MS and Passport. With the fact of Monopoly, it is possible to enforce the sale and or acceptance of other "products" because they are "part of the whole package" I beleive that in certain states, for Certain industries, you cannot enforce the sale of product number 2 as a prerequisite to purchasing product numbr one. This varies by the product. Of course, you can always say "included free" but some things that are free are not worth the price.
In the case of a monopoly, you can enforce the acceptance of items which would not otherwise be desired, and which may be a mixed blessing to the consumer at best. I am extraorinarily wary of Paspport and the all in one wonderful world of Microsoft Productivity that it promises for people.
Looks like the talking heads over at cnet radio were right about the release date, but were wrong about it being in color. But that may have been merely confusion generated by the buzz during the past week.
For those who do not know cnet radio is on the air, broadcasting on am radio (890) in the Boston area, in addition to being on air in the bay area. kinda neat, but you got to watch the hype mobile that occasionally drives on through. Also, San Jose traffic reports are funky to listen to when cruising the streets of Boston.
They were blathering about this on a couple of the shows since the middle of last week.
"Listen, I can get into his Yahoo mail account and his PayPal account (want an instant refund?) right now if I have his mother's maiden name, last 4 digits of his SSN," one man wrote on the site. "I could also get more info if someone could get the first 12 numbers of his Visa card."
Later postings asked members if they knew anyone -- "a jeweler or a mortgage broker or real estate agent or banker" --who could run a credit report on the seller. One message suggested that they lie to obtain his birth certificate, which, they were told, only family members can request.
according to the article, the simple formal features of television - cuts, edits, zooms, pans, sudden noises - activate an instinctive response, a normal visual or auditory reaction to any sudden or novel stimulus, a built-in sensitivity to movement and potential predatory threats. Thus, it is the form, not the content, of television that is unique, and contributes to the impulse to keep attention on the screen.
But addicts will tend to try to explain away their impulses as normal rational behavior.
"Just watch, I can quit any time I want..."
And the conclusion you cite are not really the main thrust of the article, unless you happen to be hypersensitive to the issue.
well the talking heads on the radio show were talking a color display, so maybe this is a new wrinkle. although it could just be an unfounded rumor. After all these guys are not always completely objective.
For what it is worth, Palm apparently has been promoting to its users, (heavy hinting in newsletters, etc) that a new palm product will be coming out on monday. (wireless, color, the whole bit)
The source of all this are the talking heads over at cnet radio. since they do a lot of repeats over the weekend you might be able to catch more details there. (anchor desk radio show, etc. especially the friday broadcast)
[cnet radio recently started broadcasting full time in Boston at 890 am, along with their usual broadcasts in the bay area. it is kinda funny listening to san jose traffic reports while cruising route 128]
The biggest losers, though, would appear to be the radio astronomers. Just as the light pollution from street lamps made work harder for astronomers with optical telescopes, UWB will raise the noise threshold for the radio astronomers.
Not only that, but what if all of the Alien Civilizations are already using the equivalent of UWB for all of their interstellar communication? This is going to be really hard for SETI to deal with.
when MS wanted to take advantadge of the Internet, they bullied their way in to the browser market. Now they are going to bully their way into the security market, in orde to provide an integrated solution?
Sounds good on paper, for them. another step towards a microsoft world, which things security by obscurity is the pattern, etc.
feh
the thought of microsoft salemen becoming the thought police sickens me.
I think that it can be safe to say that we have a clssic case of Linux Uses shooting themselves in the foot. Why else would he be moved to say:
1. Don't pirate software. Yes, there is truth to James Sellman's statement . Lots of Linux users want everything for free, and lots of Linux users are filthy pirates when they can't just get software for free. GNU and Linux were never excuses to leech everything. That was never Stallman's point. I should also say, "Don't pirate ANY software, Linux or Windows, or whatever." Realize that every dime you take from Microsoft through piracy is NOTHING in comparison to the hurt that you put on Loki when you burned an ISO.
[...]
3. Don't buy Windows games. I hear how people can't justify paying full price for an "old game" that Loki ported while they can't stop themselves from running out and buying Quake3 the second it is released at full price for Windows. Dear lord, people. I know that I'm part of this insane industry, but they ARE just games. You can wait for them, and more importantly, you can do without if you really really have to. You need to tell the companies writing the software that you want that you don't want it unless it runs on Linux. The ultimate way to voice your opinion is to vote with your wallet. The sad truth is that this means sacrifice. You aren't going to get Warcraft 3 on Linux, which means that you should never BUY Warcraft 3, even though it will no doubt be a great game.
It is good to note that he does say "Stop whining. Loki is going away, and contrary to the image I've painted, it's really not entirely you're fault as a Linux user. There's no denying that Loki made some bad mistakes, and ultimately, Loki might be responsible for her own death."
But I can't help but think on how some folks helped push them over the edge in a twist on the tradgedy of the commons scenario. Everyone can have some free software only so long as no one gets greedy about taking advantadge of the good will of others, especially when the goodwill is provided by people whose side you are on. sort of. kinda. maybe.
Wheels of Zeus brings the following image to mind:
A Seqway intregrated with Wireless PDA support with a Wireless Flight helmet heads up display for an outdoor wheeled version of Quake on a specially prepared field or arena.
The First Truely wireless sports experience.
Thus: "Wheels of Zeus"
The wireless pda could be used to facilitate score keeping, etc.
I thought Amazon was going to be using the Segway. no mention of it here.
unless it is for the super management types to roll around and lord over folks or something.
typical of manual temp agencies, there is no reason to give when you are dropped from a job. because then they might have to justify their practices. this puts them just a few steps away from the attitudes of slave masters, not quite tyheir, but close.
"We've all been looking for a spamming village idiot to be pilloried in the town square," Schwartzman said. "Now we've been blessed with Bernie."
I would say that the newspaper article has about trashed his odds for a regular job.
Hopefully he will leave the country, and move to Brazil. I understand there is an area down there the government is trying to turn into the Silicon valley of South America.
Slashdot Mirror
that is pretty cool. lots of other juicy details in there as well.
EUVE Home (UCal. Berkeley)
Info on satellite tracking here. Track the orbit, and place bets on where it will land. (note, the farthest north is someplace in florida.)
Unless, of course, some one else has already patented it and they are only waiting for an appropriate amount of time to go by in order to rap the microsoft knuckles for patent infringement.
I really don't see a need for this, and can't help thinking of the old scifi story about the day "the machine died".
This is easy enough to see in the case of spammers and mailing list types who want to assume that you want to get their junk unless you "opt-out". With thousands of advertisers, this quickly becomes unworkable.
Now we come to MS and Passport. With the fact of Monopoly, it is possible to enforce the sale and or acceptance of other "products" because they are "part of the whole package" I beleive that in certain states, for Certain industries, you cannot enforce the sale of product number 2 as a prerequisite to purchasing product numbr one. This varies by the product. Of course, you can always say "included free" but some things that are free are not worth the price.
In the case of a monopoly, you can enforce the acceptance of items which would not otherwise be desired, and which may be a mixed blessing to the consumer at best. I am extraorinarily wary of Paspport and the all in one wonderful world of Microsoft Productivity that it promises for people.
Stepford Nation, indeed.
While this is true, it does not provide the insight needed to accomplish the goal of accelerating the exansion of Linux into the MS arena.
The question is better rephrashed, "Why is MS not losing ground?" All those answers like "MS is better" etc. do not do the job.
It is actually closer to a debugging procedure. Debugging the method of getting Linux into that area of the market.
[shrug]
I wonder what could be done to encroach more on theMS market, given the recent stumbles by MS in the market (perpetual license rental, etc.)
Actually, if you go to a place like anagramgenius.com, you will find that many such anagrams exist for almost any such phrase.
For those who do not know cnet radio is on the air, broadcasting on am radio (890) in the Boston area, in addition to being on air in the bay area. kinda neat, but you got to watch the hype mobile that occasionally drives on through. Also, San Jose traffic reports are funky to listen to when cruising the streets of Boston.
They were blathering about this on a couple of the shows since the middle of last week.
Geeks are sensitive types, and many have problems dealing with the fear of rejection
;-)
Looks good. The book that is reviewed, "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist " looks interesting as well.
[puts into bookmark file]
"Listen, I can get into his Yahoo mail account and his PayPal account (want an instant refund?) right now if I have his mother's maiden name, last 4 digits of his SSN," one man wrote on the site. "I could also get more info if someone could get the first 12 numbers of his Visa card."
Later postings asked members if they knew anyone -- "a jeweler or a mortgage broker or real estate agent or banker" --who could run a credit report on the seller. One message suggested that they lie to obtain his birth certificate, which, they were told, only family members can request.
They were headed into a grey area for sure.
This was on RFN at the beginning of the week.
according to the article, the simple formal features of television - cuts, edits, zooms, pans, sudden noises - activate an instinctive response, a normal visual or auditory reaction to any sudden or novel stimulus, a built-in sensitivity to movement and potential predatory threats. Thus, it is the form, not the content, of television that is unique, and contributes to the impulse to keep attention on the screen.
But addicts will tend to try to explain away their impulses as normal rational behavior.
"Just watch, I can quit any time I want ..."
And the conclusion you cite are not really the main thrust of the article, unless you happen to be hypersensitive to the issue.
Which can get into ticklish legal ground. I can see the lawsuits now.
which doesn't mean it wasn't effective. I mean calling the guy's mothers. How would you like that as a motivation to pay your bills?
well the talking heads on the radio show were talking a color display, so maybe this is a new wrinkle. although it could just be an unfounded rumor. After all these guys are not always completely objective.
The source of all this are the talking heads over at cnet radio. since they do a lot of repeats over the weekend you might be able to catch more details there. (anchor desk radio show, etc. especially the friday broadcast)
ah, here's the link to the story, reasonably detailed.
[cnet radio recently started broadcasting full time in Boston at 890 am, along with their usual broadcasts in the bay area. it is kinda funny listening to san jose traffic reports while cruising route 128]
[shrug]
Not only that, but what if all of the Alien Civilizations are already using the equivalent of UWB for all of their interstellar communication? This is going to be really hard for SETI to deal with.
;-)
Well you could patent extortion, a method for forcing the surrender for funds despite the protests of other interested parties.
To make it technical, add in a computer terminal someplace.
when MS wanted to take advantadge of the Internet, they bullied their way in to the browser market. Now they are going to bully their way into the security market, in orde to provide an integrated solution?
Sounds good on paper, for them. another step towards a microsoft world, which things security by obscurity is the pattern, etc.
feh
the thought of microsoft salemen becoming the thought police sickens me.
But I can't help but think on how some folks helped push them over the edge in a twist on the tradgedy of the commons scenario. Everyone can have some free software only so long as no one gets greedy about taking advantadge of the good will of others, especially when the goodwill is provided by people whose side you are on. sort of. kinda. maybe.
Busines plan!
I don't have the connections. Go for it.
Watch, it will be up there still working ten or twenty years from now when it finally falls into the atmosphere.
A Seqway intregrated with Wireless PDA support with a Wireless Flight helmet heads up display for an outdoor wheeled version of Quake on a specially prepared field or arena.
The First Truely wireless sports experience.
Thus: "Wheels of Zeus"
The wireless pda could be used to facilitate score keeping, etc.
unless it is for the super management types to roll around and lord over folks or something.
typical of manual temp agencies, there is no reason to give when you are dropped from a job. because then they might have to justify their practices. this puts them just a few steps away from the attitudes of slave masters, not quite tyheir, but close.
I would say that the newspaper article has about trashed his odds for a regular job.
Hopefully he will leave the country, and move to Brazil. I understand there is an area down there the government is trying to turn into the Silicon valley of South America.
They are bound to need a few good consultants.