i have the SMC, and it does everything you say 3 10/100 ports + uplink, print server, wireless, serial to hook up a modem...but you're wrong about # of users..the SMC supports 254 users, and most others i looked at support 50+..
I previously had a netgear rt311 on my network in my apartment at school..and when I graduated, I decided I wanted a wireless router, since I've got a couple of laptops, and my girlfriend has one as well. I looked at all the wireless offerings, and it came down to the D-link and the SMC..they're made by the same manufacturer..but the SMC has both a lifetime warranty and mac address restriction of the wireless network.
In one $200 box, I get:
o wireless access point supporting, i believe, 255 users.
o 3 port 10/100 switched hub, plus the wan port.
o firewall/router with plenty of configurability
o print server, which works in both linux and windows.
the administration interface is easy to use, can keep pretty good logs if you want, and allows for the network to be buttoned up pretty tight.
it'll even hook up to a modem via a serial port, if you want to share a modem connection..
They've got a phone module that plugs into the springboard slot of your Handspring Visor. You can auto dial numbers of contacts, etc. And since the phone is attached directly to the Visor, It also doubles as a wireless 14.4 modem, so you can check email from the PDA/phone.
Sure, the page that ends up being linked to contains a product, but it's also linking to the other part of deja, the consumer reviews section. One of the things you can do from that learn more about a product. This seems strikingly familiar to when the slashdot guys decide to plug everything (everything2? i've lost track of the site) and link words in slashdot articles to nodes at everything. On that example page, I didn't even see a way to buy the modem, only to read a little bit about it, and to provide information about it to others. Sounds like an improvement to the service in my book. Maybe not in terms of useability for me, but for the general browsing public.
"that adults aged 35 and younger were the most stressed people in the population. Nearly seven in 10 said they were "somewhat" to "extremely" stressed, an astonishing contrast to adults over 65: 31 percent of them said they had almost no stress in their lives at all. "
Gee, what a useful statistic for katz to quote. retired people have more stress in their lives than those who work. wow. A comparison to say, the 35-50 age group would have been a lot more fair, and probably would have done a better job of making his point.
Other than that, I do agree with most of the article. I often feel like it's tough to escape my work, whether it's (almost) always being reachable via my cell, or bringing work home with me (well, leaving it at work and sshing in)..But that's ok, because I really like what i'm doing. Isn't that what's most important? if you like your work, it ceases to be work..
A major point behind sharing your code with others is to they can learn from what you did, and vice-versa. That way, we don't have to learn everything from scratch. If you end up not sharing this code, well, you probably will on the next project.
In my universe, Eric said "We have discovered that there is virtually no chance that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would register the mark ``open source''; the mark is too descriptive."
If you were listening, you would have heard OSI say that "open source" wasn't protectible as a trademark. You are too busy talking to get the facts straight. Neither is "free software" trademarkable.
Isn't a signal 11 on compiles a good sign that your hardware sucks?
Would you believe that the Open Source Initiative and Free Software Foundation merged to form the Open Source Foundation? We can't announce any policy initiatives yet, as the principals are still under sedation. They're recovering nicely, however, and will go back at it after sufficient physical therapy. -russ
There *is* a new wolfenstein coming out. It's being released by grey matter studios (formerly xatrix), under license from id. There were some early screenshots released at e3, and the atmosphere looks really amazing. From what I understand, they're trying to stay very faithful to the original wolfenstein, but in a 3-d quake iii based environment.
He (Chuck D) seems to have a lot of interesting opinions about online music distribution and the like. He tried to give an entire album away over the internet, since his label (def jam) was holding back on releasing it. There was a big fight w/ the label, and Public Enemy ended up leaving the label. His website, http://www.public-enemy.com has a bunch of mp3s and stuff, as well as essays written by Chuck, about this kind of stuff. Pretty neat.
umm, actually, Unreal Tournament is already out for Linux. you can download the free Linux demo: here. or, if you've already bought the game, you can get your linux binaries here And anyway, Loki's not porting Q3, they're simply distributing it. I have a feeling that they'll make out ok in this whole deal, fiscally, which is cool.
If you poke around the link listed under "slashdot parent andover.net files for IPO", or whatever it is that the link says, you can find this. Looks like around 11 million? But who knows how much more if Andover successfully offers, and the stock price rises.
Slashdot.org Purchase Agreement
Under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement between BlockStackers, Inc. and Andover.Net, dated as of June 18, 1999, Andover.Net purchased those assets of BlockStackers relating to the Slashdot.org web site for 1.5 million in cash paid at closing and maximum future cash payments of $3.5 million payable over the next two years contingent on the continued employment of two key employees. Maximum future stock consideration of $7.0 million is payable over a period of two years following this offering. For the purposes of these issuances, the number of shares of common stock to be issued is determined using an assumed initial public offering price of $13.50 per share. Thus, the total consideration that will be paid is valued at $8.5 million and the maximum contingent consideration payable is $3.5 million. All consideration has been or will be paid to BlockStackers. The number of shares paid is contingent on the continued employment of two key employees and the achievement of performance milestones relating to traffic on the web site.
* 148,148 shares issuable upon the closing of this offering; * 74,074 shares issuable seven months after the closing of this offering; * 49,383 shares issuable 12 months after the closing of this offering; * 98,763 shares issuable 12 months after the closing of this offering provided that the milestones in the agreement have been met; * 49,383 shares issuable 24 months after the closing of this offering; and * 98,765 shares issuable 24 months after the closing of this offering provided that the milestones in the agreement have been met.
Pursuant to this purchase agreement, BlockStackers also agreed not to compete with Andover.Net or to solicit its personnel, customers or suppliers. Specifically, BlockStackers may not compete with Andover.Net, its subsidiaries or affiliates by engaging in any business that involves a real-time or contemporaneous news web site until June 28, 2004. Prior to June 28, 2001, BlockStackers may not solicit personnel, customers or suppliers from Andover.Net, its subsidiaries or affiliates. Mr. Malda, a director of Andover.Net, owns 25% of BlockStackers. Mr. Malda, the President and co-founder of BlockStackers, was a web site manager of BlockStackers, running Slashdot.org. Mr. Malda continues to run Slashdot.org as a web site manager and editor of Andover.Net.
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i have the SMC, and it does everything you say 3 10/100 ports + uplink, print server, wireless, serial to hook up a modem...but you're wrong about # of users..the SMC supports 254 users, and most others i looked at support 50+ ..
I previously had a netgear rt311 on my network in my apartment at school..and when I graduated, I decided I wanted a wireless router, since I've got a couple of laptops, and my girlfriend has one as well. I looked at all the wireless offerings, and it came down to the D-link and the SMC..they're made by the same manufacturer..but the SMC has both a lifetime warranty and mac address restriction of the wireless network.
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In one $200 box, I get:
o wireless access point supporting, i believe, 255 users.
o 3 port 10/100 switched hub, plus the wan port.
o firewall/router with plenty of configurability
o print server, which works in both linux and windows.
the administration interface is easy to use, can keep pretty good logs if you want, and allows for the network to be buttoned up pretty tight.
it'll even hook up to a modem via a serial port, if you want to share a modem connection..
here's a review at practicallynetworked:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/reviews/smc70
http://www.handspring.com/products/visorphone/inde x.jhtml
They've got a phone module that plugs into the springboard slot of your Handspring Visor. You can auto dial numbers of contacts, etc. And since the phone is attached directly to the Visor, It also doubles as a wireless 14.4 modem, so you can check email from the PDA/phone.
Sure, the page that ends up being linked to contains a product, but it's also linking to the other part of deja, the consumer reviews section. One of the things you can do from that learn more about a product. This seems strikingly familiar to when the slashdot guys decide to plug everything (everything2? i've lost track of the site) and link words in slashdot articles to nodes at everything. On that example page, I didn't even see a way to buy the modem, only to read a little bit about it, and to provide information about it to others. Sounds like an improvement to the service in my book. Maybe not in terms of useability for me, but for the general browsing public.
"that adults aged 35 and younger were the most stressed people in the population. Nearly seven in 10 said they were "somewhat" to "extremely" stressed, an astonishing contrast to adults over 65: 31 percent of them said they had almost no stress in their lives at all. "
Gee, what a useful statistic for katz to quote. retired people have more stress in their lives than those who work. wow. A comparison to say, the 35-50 age group would have been a lot more fair, and probably would have done a better job of making his point.
Other than that, I do agree with most of the article. I often feel like it's tough to escape my work, whether it's (almost) always being reachable via my cell, or bringing work home with me (well, leaving it at work and sshing in)..But that's ok, because I really like what i'm doing. Isn't that what's most important? if you like your work, it ceases to be work..
A major point behind sharing your code with others is to they can learn from what you did, and vice-versa. That way, we don't have to learn everything from scratch. If you end up not sharing this code, well, you probably will on the next project.
In my universe, Eric said "We have discovered that there is virtually no chance that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would register the mark ``open source''; the mark is too descriptive."
What did he say in your universe?
If you were listening, you would have heard OSI say that "open source" wasn't protectible as a trademark. You are too busy talking to get the facts straight. Neither is "free software" trademarkable.
Isn't a signal 11 on compiles a good sign that your hardware sucks?
What part of the Open Source Definition haven't you read?
Would you believe that the Open Source Initiative and Free Software Foundation merged to form the Open Source Foundation? We can't announce any policy initiatives yet, as the principals are still under sedation. They're recovering nicely, however, and will go back at it after sufficient physical therapy.
-russ
There *is* a new wolfenstein coming out. It's being released by grey matter studios (formerly xatrix), under license from id. There were some early screenshots released at e3, and the atmosphere looks really amazing. From what I understand, they're trying to stay very faithful to the original wolfenstein, but in a 3-d quake iii based environment.
He (Chuck D) seems to have a lot of interesting opinions about online music distribution and the like. He tried to give an entire album away over the internet, since his label (def jam) was holding back on releasing it. There was a big fight w/ the label, and Public Enemy ended up leaving the label. His website, http://www.public-enemy.com has a bunch of mp3s and stuff, as well as essays written by Chuck, about this kind of stuff. Pretty neat.
umm, actually, Unreal Tournament is already out for Linux. you can download the free Linux demo: here. or, if you've already bought the game, you can get your linux binaries here And anyway, Loki's not porting Q3, they're simply distributing it. I have a feeling that they'll make out ok in this whole deal, fiscally, which is cool.
If you poke around the link listed under "slashdot parent andover.net files for IPO", or whatever it is that the link says, you can find this. Looks like around 11 million? But who knows how much more if Andover successfully offers, and the stock price rises.
Slashdot.org Purchase Agreement
Under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement between BlockStackers, Inc. and Andover.Net, dated as of June 18, 1999,
Andover.Net purchased those assets of BlockStackers relating to the Slashdot.org web site for 1.5 million in cash paid at closing
and maximum future cash payments of $3.5 million payable over the next two years contingent on the continued employment of
two key employees. Maximum future stock consideration of $7.0 million is payable over a period of two years following this
offering. For the purposes of these issuances, the number of shares of common stock to be issued is determined using an assumed
initial public offering price of $13.50 per share. Thus, the total consideration that will be paid is valued at $8.5 million and the
maximum contingent consideration payable is $3.5 million. All consideration has been or will be paid to BlockStackers. The number
of shares paid is contingent on the continued employment of two key employees and the achievement of performance milestones
relating to traffic on the web site.
*
148,148 shares issuable upon the closing of this offering;
*
74,074 shares issuable seven months after the closing of this offering;
*
49,383 shares issuable 12 months after the closing of this offering;
*
98,763 shares issuable 12 months after the closing of this offering provided that the milestones in the agreement have been
met;
*
49,383 shares issuable 24 months after the closing of this offering; and
*
98,765 shares issuable 24 months after the closing of this offering provided that the milestones in the agreement have been
met.
Pursuant to this purchase agreement, BlockStackers also agreed not to compete with Andover.Net or to solicit its personnel,
customers or suppliers. Specifically, BlockStackers may not compete with Andover.Net, its subsidiaries or affiliates by engaging
in any business that involves a real-time or contemporaneous news web site until June 28, 2004. Prior to June 28, 2001,
BlockStackers may not solicit personnel, customers or suppliers from Andover.Net, its subsidiaries or affiliates. Mr. Malda, a
director of Andover.Net, owns 25% of BlockStackers. Mr. Malda, the President and co-founder of BlockStackers, was a web site
manager of BlockStackers, running Slashdot.org. Mr. Malda continues to run Slashdot.org as a web site manager and editor of
Andover.Net.