as for number 4, while I agree that Nuclear power > coal/oil, you still have one main problem Uranium is a finite, non-renewable resource
Now don't get me wrong, there's plenty of Uranium to go around for quite some time, and with proper breeder-reactors, there's very little waste, but in effect, you're pushing the supply/demand problem down the road a few years.
I think Solar is the way to go, to be honest with you, but that's going to take, once again, significant investment
There's a reason I have a sign over my desk... "There are 2 types of people in the world Those Who back up and Those who haven't lost a hard drive... YET"
in this modern day-and-age, most stuff is just data anyways, and that is all database. Moving to a true client architecture, oh wait, all the data is still stored centrally, and most reports are all done via stored procedures.
Even with true clients, much data processing is still done in the datacenter. maybe some advanced analysis is done on other machines with a data dump, but still... it's all data
Something is bugging me here... mostly about the comments I've read, but also about the summary summary: Sounds like QOS to me, not throttling
Comments: at 250+ comments, I've seen roughly half saying "OMG, this is bad, how can they do this, etc. etc." but I seem to remember [citation needed] when we were discussing comcast throttling, that almost 99% of us were saying don't throttle, use QOS instead. People, make up your minds already, either QOS is good, or it isn't, you can't have it both ways.
No way in hell should FTP or BitTorrent have the same priority as VoIP.
Yes because you calling your grandmother to chit chat using VoIP is far more important than me sending Magnetic Resonance Imaging files to India via FTP.
That is exactly the kind of argument you will be dragged into the minute you choose one thing over another. You just can't make generalizations over which type of traffic is more "important".
Yes, because you sending your MRI files to India via FTP is far more important than me making a 911 call from my VOIP phone.
While I see your point, the protocols involved do make VOIP traffic "more important" because they are latency sensitive
Anecdotal case here (which, yeah yeah, I know, doesn't Prove anything) At home I run OpenWRT on my linksys, and have QOS enabled, and set up as follows: (it's a little more complex than this, but this is the basic) Top Priority: Interactive, such as SSH High Priority: Streaming Normal: Web Low: POP/SMTP "Bulk" Torrent I can be maxing out my 3MB/768KB connection with a torrent, both upload and download, and still web browse with almost no degradation of service. My SSH connections also do not suffer, and this is from any combination of computers at home.
the QOS setup I have running does improve the internet experience for everybody at my place. I don't need to throttle my torrents, because the router will automatically schedule the packets appropriately when needed.
But then Microsoft would have to change it's methodology for updates. WindowsUpdates only works with IE.
Don't get me wrong, I think unbundling IE from windows is a Good Thing, but I think we need to think carefully about the ramifications. Microsoft forces windows users to use IE in more ways than just one.
so either create, or have your sys-admin create a real mailing list for you... has the advantage of a) not being able to drop people accidentaly b) archiving c) a single address to remember
True Story. Maine State Cop, also happens to be a K-9 Handler, and obviously, his dog is in the cruiser with him (as is standard procedure).
Said cop pulls a car over for a busted tail-light. gets out, lets them know why he pulled them over. While he's out of the cruiser the dog starts to "indicate" (Yes still inside the cruiser that has the window open) This gives (and yes it held up in court) the cop "reasonable cause" to search the vehicle.
Lo and behold the vehicle contained about 200 pounds of marijuana.
It's called a Hard Drive Duplicator. it's even rather simple to use... Yank HDD, throw in in a read-only slot, take an image, generate a Hash Value, "Bag&Tag" the original, and then send the image off to be analysed.
If they're looking for something like a USB Key-fob that auto-scans a drive I can see lawyers having fun with that. I hope that the developer knows how to make it [certifiably] forensically "secure" which means that it'll have to be a boot-cd or boot-usb-key-fob at the very least
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Live in Maine?
Why not turn down your AC?
depending on where you live, often a well-placed fan can drastically cool down a house, Just remember "Heat Rises"
as for number 4, while I agree that Nuclear power > coal/oil, you still have one main problem
Uranium is a finite, non-renewable resource
Now don't get me wrong, there's plenty of Uranium to go around for quite some time, and with proper breeder-reactors, there's very little waste, but in effect, you're pushing the supply/demand problem down the road a few years.
I think Solar is the way to go, to be honest with you, but that's going to take, once again, significant investment
yeah, and they still haven't fixed the fact that Great Plains seems to require admin access to run correctly
There's a reason I have a sign over my desk...
"There are 2 types of people in the world
Those Who back up
and
Those who haven't lost a hard drive... YET"
words to live by
do you have a backup copy of the encryption keys too?
4-hour onsite... 24/7...*
*Some geographic restrictions apply.
My last job was about 5 hour's drive away from the nearest Dell certified tech
I see you haven't run into some things that Require admin rights to run properly.
Yes Microsoft, I'm looking at you!
in this modern day-and-age, most stuff is just data anyways, and that is all database. Moving to a true client architecture, oh wait, all the data is still stored centrally, and most reports are all done via stored procedures.
Even with true clients, much data processing is still done in the datacenter. maybe some advanced analysis is done on other machines with a data dump, but still... it's all data
Something is bugging me here... mostly about the comments I've read, but also about the summary
summary: Sounds like QOS to me, not throttling
Comments: at 250+ comments, I've seen roughly half saying "OMG, this is bad, how can they do this, etc. etc." but I seem to remember [citation needed] when we were discussing comcast throttling, that almost 99% of us were saying don't throttle, use QOS instead. People, make up your minds already, either QOS is good, or it isn't, you can't have it both ways.
No way in hell should FTP or BitTorrent have the same priority as VoIP.
Yes because you calling your grandmother to chit chat using VoIP is far more important than me sending Magnetic Resonance Imaging files to India via FTP.
That is exactly the kind of argument you will be dragged into the minute you choose one thing over another. You just can't make generalizations over which type of traffic is more "important".
Yes, because you sending your MRI files to India via FTP is far more important than me making a 911 call from my VOIP phone.
While I see your point, the protocols involved do make VOIP traffic "more important" because they are latency sensitive
Anecdotal case here (which, yeah yeah, I know, doesn't Prove anything)
At home I run OpenWRT on my linksys, and have QOS enabled, and set up as follows: (it's a little more complex than this, but this is the basic)
Top Priority: Interactive, such as SSH
High Priority: Streaming
Normal: Web
Low: POP/SMTP
"Bulk" Torrent
I can be maxing out my 3MB/768KB connection with a torrent, both upload and download, and still web browse with almost no degradation of service. My SSH connections also do not suffer, and this is from any combination of computers at home.
the QOS setup I have running does improve the internet experience for everybody at my place. I don't need to throttle my torrents, because the router will automatically schedule the packets appropriately when needed.
seeing your name, I might have...
but seriously, what about when the mistress calls?
Because it is so difficult to build a camera into your shoe...
maybe I should build one, just as a proof of concept
<Humor> Of course... the DMCA, you'd be circumventing a "digital protection device"</humor>
if you want to listen... ever think of "remove the Tape"?
Why not just legislate that every time you take a picture, it bleats out "HEY EVERYBODY, I'M TRYING TO TAKE A PICTURE HERE, DO YOU MIND?"
and anyways, adding a hard-wire normally closed switch to the wire leading to the speaker isn't hard to do.
But then Microsoft would have to change it's methodology for updates. WindowsUpdates only works with IE.
Don't get me wrong, I think unbundling IE from windows is a Good Thing, but I think we need to think carefully about the ramifications. Microsoft forces windows users to use IE in more ways than just one.
Ya'know... there's a very good reason to keep 2 servers.
Server A: Primary Domain Controller
Server B: Secondary Domain Controller
If you only have one, hardware failures do happen.
"Coffee should be as strong as hell, as dark as night, and as sweet as love"
so either create, or have your sys-admin create a real mailing list for you... has the advantage of
a) not being able to drop people accidentaly
b) archiving
c) a single address to remember
True Story. Maine State Cop, also happens to be a K-9 Handler, and obviously, his dog is in the cruiser with him (as is standard procedure).
Said cop pulls a car over for a busted tail-light. gets out, lets them know why he pulled them over. While he's out of the cruiser the dog starts to "indicate" (Yes still inside the cruiser that has the window open) This gives (and yes it held up in court) the cop "reasonable cause" to search the vehicle.
Lo and behold the vehicle contained about 200 pounds of marijuana.
It's called a Hard Drive Duplicator. it's even rather simple to use... Yank HDD, throw in in a read-only slot, take an image, generate a Hash Value, "Bag&Tag" the original, and then send the image off to be analysed.
If they're looking for something like a USB Key-fob that auto-scans a drive I can see lawyers having fun with that. I hope that the developer knows how to make it [certifiably] forensically "secure" which means that it'll have to be a boot-cd or boot-usb-key-fob at the very least
Yeah, but first you have to make sure you elect h0t politicians... otherwise /me scrubs his mental eye with pure bleach
EWWWWWW!!!!!!
And here I thought it was "Live, Freeze and Cry"