Perhaps it's an improvement over what you currently have, but we'd consider 350k/sec to be relatively slow! We're used to 10x faster on a regular basis via our cable modem. We have a window on our computer monitor with live TV, so we can watch TV while on the computer, but perhaps not the quality of TV channel selection that is available via satellite TV??
DSLREPORTS is an excellent web site containing all the info you want or need related to high-speed DSL and cable, specific for your zip code. DSLREPORTS has plenty of information worth sifting through that is much more meaningful than contacting most DSL "providers". You'll find Verizon is rated very low and Cavalier DSL rated very high for Virginia. All around, however, most people seem to prefer cable if it is available in their area. One possible exception is Pinole, California (near Silicon Valley where everyone hops on their @home PC when they arrive home). However, Pinole is not typical of the U.S. and as I understand it, even in Pinole, cable is addressing the oversubscriber problem and most people stiull prefer cable to DSL even in their extreme case.
Try Cavalier DSL. We had a great experience with Cavalier phone and DSL @ 768Kbits/sec up and down before Cox@home (cable) came to our area at 3.5 million bits/sec measured by http://www.speed411.com
We had DSL running fine until our DSL provider went
bankrupt. We thought we'd switch to Verizon who came and checked out our line and measured great speed & quality - we're close to the Verizon station and already had DSL running sucessfully over the same line for 6 months. For many months Verizon indicated they'd hook us up any day, but as time passed, we persisted, we were eventually told our number was "not in the data base" because DSL was "impossible technically". The Verizon installer/tester and his manager said "no worry" as they'dd personnally make sure the data base was updated and that our line had no problem as all the tests were favorable for DSL. Despite their efforts, the datya base was never updated and we were eventually told it would never be updated, and not to believe the Verizon technical people (installers, teseters and their managers). As you say, one part of Verizon doesn't know what the other is doing, and worse yet they seem to have no repect for each other. This leaves the "customer in the lurch. We were even told that if the White House phone number was not in the Verison data base, even if the installer who tests the line and his manager said the line was OK, the data base could not be updated and it would be impossible for Verizon to install service to the White House. Needless to say, we figured if a company was that mixed up we would switch to another phone company, Cavalier Telephone which works fine and costs less, and use their 768kbits/sec up and down til cable came to our area. We've had Cox Cable running flawlessly in excess of
3.5 million bits/sec measured by Speed411.com, 5x faster than DSL, at a cost of $29.95/month. We note that Verizon rates very low on DSL Reports which we'd consider an excellent reference compared to a Verizon employee. Bottom line: You can believe recent press reports and our experience with 2 DSL providers and 2 cable providers that DSL is fading fast as Cable is dominating!
Tech changes so fast, we can't expect our politicians or their aides to keep up with the latest nuance such as whether the rapid growth of FPGAs is likely impact traditional hardware and software. Orin Hatch is to be commended for keeping abreast with new developments in his state as does Wu in Oregon and others.
However, we elect our representatives primarily for their integrity and political acumen. Their knowledge of technical issues is a pleasant plus, but even more important is if they have an open mind and keen interest in adressing technical issues such as our Virginia freshman congressman, Bob Schrock who is already on key technical committees. Senator Warner can also be trusted to study, consult with aides and vote meaningfully on technical issues.
The two engineers we elected as President,
Herbert Hoover and Billy Carter, were voted out of office after leading our nation to undesireable economic states, despite their strong technical background.
You're correct! Software IS the issue, which is why VIVA (programming entirely graphically) was developed, eliminating most of the previous HDL complexities. See:
here.
Celoxia also appears to be addressing the SOFTWARE issue with links to C.
Computer Savvy/.ers like yourself may wish to explore
these many links
for more detailed info than the NASA Press Release (geared for the general public) allows.
Welcome, you're so involved in robotics competitions lately you missed HAL's arrival. Yesterday five of us worked with HAL, testing algorithms etc. (I got home at 11pm). Looking forward to your joining us with your great ideas. William (high school) figured out VIVA programming and was testing algorithms in 30 minutes with Robert's help, so perhaps you'll be proficient in 10 minutes? At 1PM today HAL will be on our NASA Langley network accessible anywhere inside our firewall.
I agree! It's interesting that often the best universities put their CS departments in schools of engineering? MIT, Caltech...Be careful if the CS department is not in the school of engineering!
The farther you are from knowing how to solve real problems, the less useful is your degree, especially to ogranizations such as NASA. NASA generally hires Computer Scientists (preferably from engineering schools) as contractors. The view has been that the CS field is changing so rapidly, (and skills quickly obsolete) that it does not warrant a long-term Civil Service position.
Read on! Dropping the SAT II is step 2:
"Dr. Atkinson is proposing eventually dropping the SAT II tests, at least until other tests tailored to measure the curricula taught in California high schools can be developed."
(The quote is in error, "at least until"
should be "but not until" to be meaningful.)
What happens if you have more applicants than
you can admit with all A's, great essays,
ideal references, etc. Such is the case at
Caltech where this year the median SATIs of the 151 early admits was: 800 (Math), 760 (Verbal) and SATIIs of
800 (MathIIC), 800 (Physics), 800 (Chemistry). Some with many perfect 800s were denied early
admission. There are many bright youngsters out there and the competition at internationally ranked institutions is intense. SATs, particularly SAT IIs, provide
useful data to complement a students passion for Math, Science and Engineering.
I completely agree! Further, If/. receives a letter from Microsoft or anyone for that matter, once the letter is delivered to/. they own the letter and may do with it whatever they wish. If/. chooses to display the contents of the letter on/. I see no reason why they would have to get permission from Microsoft to do so. Microsoft is on shaky ground here, and it looks to me it's Microsoft vs. the world (including the U.S. Gov't to boot). It's time they get out of their ivory tower and concentrate on innovation (have they ever done any). To me it seems all they've done is stolen and bought up ideas and marketed them.
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Perhaps it's an improvement over what you currently have, but we'd consider 350k/sec to be relatively slow! We're used to 10x faster on a regular basis via our cable modem. We have a window on our computer monitor with live TV, so we can watch TV while on the computer, but perhaps not the quality of TV channel selection that is available via satellite TV??
DSLREPORTS is an excellent web site containing all the info you want or need related to high-speed DSL and cable, specific for your zip code. DSLREPORTS has plenty of information worth sifting through that is much more meaningful than contacting most DSL "providers". You'll find Verizon is rated very low and Cavalier DSL rated very high for Virginia. All around, however, most people seem to prefer cable if it is available in their area. One possible exception is Pinole, California (near Silicon Valley where everyone hops on their @home PC when they arrive home). However, Pinole is not typical of the U.S. and as I understand it, even in Pinole, cable is addressing the oversubscriber problem and most people stiull prefer cable to DSL even in their extreme case.
Try Cavalier DSL. We had a great experience with Cavalier phone and DSL @ 768Kbits/sec up and down before Cox@home (cable) came to our area at 3.5 million bits/sec measured by http://www.speed411.com
We had DSL running fine until our DSL provider went bankrupt. We thought we'd switch to Verizon who came and checked out our line and measured great speed & quality - we're close to the Verizon station and already had DSL running sucessfully over the same line for 6 months. For many months Verizon indicated they'd hook us up any day, but as time passed, we persisted, we were eventually told our number was "not in the data base" because DSL was "impossible technically". The Verizon installer/tester and his manager said "no worry" as they'dd personnally make sure the data base was updated and that our line had no problem as all the tests were favorable for DSL. Despite their efforts, the datya base was never updated and we were eventually told it would never be updated, and not to believe the Verizon technical people (installers, teseters and their managers). As you say, one part of Verizon doesn't know what the other is doing, and worse yet they seem to have no repect for each other. This leaves the "customer in the lurch. We were even told that if the White House phone number was not in the Verison data base, even if the installer who tests the line and his manager said the line was OK, the data base could not be updated and it would be impossible for Verizon to install service to the White House. Needless to say, we figured if a company was that mixed up we would switch to another phone company, Cavalier Telephone which works fine and costs less, and use their 768kbits/sec up and down til cable came to our area. We've had Cox Cable running flawlessly in excess of 3.5 million bits/sec measured by Speed411.com, 5x faster than DSL, at a cost of $29.95/month. We note that Verizon rates very low on DSL Reports which we'd consider an excellent reference compared to a Verizon employee. Bottom line: You can believe recent press reports and our experience with 2 DSL providers and 2 cable providers that DSL is fading fast as Cable is dominating!
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However, we elect our representatives primarily for their integrity and political acumen. Their knowledge of technical issues is a pleasant plus, but even more important is if they have an open mind and keen interest in adressing technical issues such as our Virginia freshman congressman, Bob Schrock who is already on key technical committees. Senator Warner can also be trusted to study, consult with aides and vote meaningfully on technical issues.
The two engineers we elected as President, Herbert Hoover and Billy Carter, were voted out of office after leading our nation to undesireable economic states, despite their strong technical background.
If it's software, perhaps divide and conquor.
I suspect powerful hardware can solve your problem, as /. proves MySQL can handle the
traffic.
Celoxia also appears to be addressing the SOFTWARE issue with links to C.
Computer Savvy /.ers like yourself may wish to explore
these many links
for more detailed info than the NASA Press Release (geared for the general public) allows.
Welcome, you're so involved in robotics competitions lately you missed HAL's arrival. Yesterday five of us worked with HAL, testing algorithms etc. (I got home at 11pm). Looking forward to your joining us with your great ideas. William (high school) figured out VIVA programming and was testing algorithms in 30 minutes with Robert's help, so perhaps you'll be proficient in 10 minutes? At 1PM today HAL will be on our NASA Langley network accessible anywhere inside our firewall.
Apparently you overlooked the all the photos of box, inerds, boards, screenshots etc. (click last line of first 2 links)
I agree! It's interesting that often the best universities put their CS departments in schools of engineering? MIT, Caltech...Be careful if the CS department is not in the school of engineering! The farther you are from knowing how to solve real problems, the less useful is your degree, especially to ogranizations such as NASA. NASA generally hires Computer Scientists (preferably from engineering schools) as contractors. The view has been that the CS field is changing so rapidly, (and skills quickly obsolete) that it does not warrant a long-term Civil Service position.
(The quote is in error, "at least until" should be "but not until" to be meaningful.)
What happens if you have more applicants than you can admit with all A's, great essays, ideal references, etc. Such is the case at Caltech where this year the median SATIs of the 151 early admits was: 800 (Math), 760 (Verbal) and SATIIs of 800 (MathIIC), 800 (Physics), 800 (Chemistry). Some with many perfect 800s were denied early admission. There are many bright youngsters out there and the competition at internationally ranked institutions is intense. SATs, particularly SAT IIs, provide useful data to complement a students passion for Math, Science and Engineering.
I completely agree! Further, If /. receives a letter from Microsoft or anyone for that matter, once the letter is delivered to /. they own the letter and may do with it whatever they wish. If /. chooses to display the contents of the letter on /. I see no reason why they would have to get permission from Microsoft to do so. Microsoft is on shaky ground here, and it looks to me it's Microsoft vs. the world (including the U.S. Gov't to boot). It's time they get out of their ivory tower and concentrate on innovation (have they ever done any). To me it seems all they've done is stolen and bought up ideas and marketed them.