While for many people the net may be an integral part of daily life, it is something that we all could continue to live without. Sure the day traders at the online stockbrokers would have a holy fit because they could not dump in mass their Cisco stock due to portion of the Internet being down in Atlanta Georgia. The kids would be upset because they could not play their games or DDOS their friends on IRC. I would be upset because I would be answering 999 telephone calls per hour each one asking why is the Internet down. Forget the fact that it would be on a 15-minute alert cycle on all the news channels that would make the feeding frenzy after the close Florida election look like child's play.
The Internet as we all well know was designed to survive a nuclear strike by the military and DARPA. However, that was before the corporate world got a hold of it. Universities with mega-million dollar government grants can afford multiple connections to the main stream Internet and lets not forget their elite Internet2 hookups. The corporate world takes the bottom dollar and decides if the cost is worth the remote possibility that 99% of the Internet should fail.
Face it the redundancy which was a major feature of the first generation Internet has gotten to the point where as many posters have stated two or three t3's being knocked offline could indeed take out major portions of the United States from the internet. As for Europe we all know most of you are probably, accessing US sites ala Slashdot:P
Now the press would have a field day and chortle over the fact that the e-newsrooms were dead while the broadcast ones were running fine and gloating that they wouldn't be put out of business by this fad called an online news room.
Would I have a fit if the Internet went down to 1-% capability for an extended period? I think not. Sure I would have to find another job eventually and who knows it might even be outdoors. *hisses as the sunlight hits his lily white skin* I have actually on the rough days been thinking of taking up truck driving. The LA freeways would be a vacation compared to what we would be dealing with if the Internet dies that badly.
Do I actually think the situation described in the initial article could happen? Damn right I do. Just imagine a mid-continental plate earthquake say on the New Madrid Fault. Do not believe me? Just check out Uncovering Hidden Hazards in the Mississippi Valley.
Go to radio shack tell them you want a converter which lets you hook up your dvd player to an older tv through a coax hookup. I believe it runs about 50$ and is much cheaper than a new TV however it converts the digital signal back to analog which lessens the picture quality slightly.
The site these articles are based off of is located here. There are a lot of interesting whitepapers and other materials including the scan of the month to enthrall the slashdot crowds
Not at all, I was speaking of what the average end user sees as innovation. I use my linux and love it to death. However, the IT professionals can love linux all you want however without gains in the desktop OS market you will find that linux will eventually be swept to the side more than it is now. The desktop is the battlefield where the OS war will be won and linux has a long march ahead of it before we can come close to victory.
Microsoft's effects on innovation have largely been exaggerated by both Microsoft and by the main stream press. Windows 3.1 was a major innovation; Windows 95 was a major innovation in the interface. However, Windows 98 shows that their innovation has largely petered out. Windows 2000 is NT 5.0 repackaged with again minor changes and improvements. Look at ME and you will find exactly the same thing. Microsoft's response to innovation has usually been to buy up the competition.
Linux, BEOS, Free BSD, even OS And the other up and coming operating systems have done more to foster innovation by forcing Microsoft to adapt and break the fossilization that in the end takes large companies and stops the innovation which made them so successful take.net for example.
The linux window managers and the linux app programmers need to standardize the interface so that most if not all linux programs have a semi consistent look and feel. This is the one area Microsoft has been stomping linux. We can win the individual battles but without doing this we will loose the war in the end.
The next area Linux OS's needs to head is new protocols and new methods of accessing net services. This will insure that Linux maintains the edge that draws power users to it in droves.
With the logs that now anyone can get you will find records of form data submitted with the GET instead of POST tags. This information could include program serial numbers from automatic updates, account names and passwords for different information services, and a multitude of other confidential information sources all of which the user of these services/public proxies have a right to expect to be kept confidential.
What this does is let hackers, dataminers, and busybodies request this information and track personal usage statistics. While I am all for protecting children from questionable material, my method is simple parents watch your children. Who knows you might have some quality time together.
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Why does AT&T think they can tax the Internet when even the majority of the Gov ernments have adopted a hands off policy in relation to taxes. We the ISP's pay more than enough to the backbone providers for the Internet connections. Then on top of that we again have to pay premium prices for the Broadband circuits. Each of which is taxed. With a t1 starting at around 750$ minimum for the line and 1000$ minimum for the Internet service per month. Then we have the equipment, Advertising, support, and billing. Each of which adds an operating cost to the providers. The bad part is that any additional costs will be passed on to the enduser.
I have a simple solution that will rather quickly put an end to any major corporation, which initiates a plan of this nature. As a network administrator the first step I would take is block any and all traffic from AT&T to my customers and my sites to AT&T customers. If enough ISP's and larger service providers took similar courses of action, we could end this policy within 2 days max.
Actually, I knew that. Your comments were needed was about the article not to the James H. Billington the Librarian of Congress. I included that link simply so that others could see the comments that others sent in to the Librarian as it weighed directly on the matter under discussion in the article:)
ISP's are not reluctant to increase bandwidth the premium charged for the higher speed links is what is preventing the average ISP from upgrading to the faster links. The home user can get for $40 what costs an ISP $2000. When the higher bandwidth link prices go down you will see the ISP's increasing the size of their pipes.
Actually, I generally buy my computers without an OS installed at all. Once I receive the computer, I install my copy of linux on the machine. Why buy preinstalled linux when it takes on average of 15 minutes to fully install a linux system from scratch. Sure I have to go back later and download the updates but keeping a system updated is a responsibility of running any operating system.
However In the past many computer makers charged you for an operating system regardless of if you purchased one with the system or not. Perhaps this is why your system with linux installed cost the same as it did for one with windows.
Legal precedent is a good thing in this instance sure it's not a US court but the ruling can be as the article stated used to argue a case in other countries.
In my original post, I felt the one word Amen summed up the article quite succinctly. All the rest of this says the same thing just using alot more words.
I believe most of you misunderstand micropayments. The recording industry doesn't want you to pay once. They want you to eventually pay for each time you listen to a song. That's what the industry is heading for. Not very many of us would have any problems with 1$ per song but when it's.05 cents per each time you listen to said song it can add up very quickly.
Believe me the only thing that has prevented something of this nature in the past was and is techonology.
Once they have the ability to monitor how many times you play the song expect a click wrap license and your always on net connection to report to a auditing site the playing of the artists song and a charge added to your monthly bill from the Record lables/RIAA.
The problem actually is that the foosdomain.com dns server administrator can make it appear that ads.doubleclick.net is actually ads.foosdomain.com
This would quickly defeat this sort of browser based switch. It is commonly used for example when ISP's contract out the provision of their services. Your ISP does not want their customers or competitors to see where they are getting news or other services from.
The only real solution is a constantly updated firewall/proxy based system ala junkbusters.
Slashdot Mirror
While for many people the net may be an integral part of daily life, it is something that we all could continue to live without. Sure the day traders at the online stockbrokers would have a holy fit because they could not dump in mass their Cisco stock due to portion of the Internet being down in Atlanta Georgia. The kids would be upset because they could not play their games or DDOS their friends on IRC. I would be upset because I would be answering 999 telephone calls per hour each one asking why is the Internet down. Forget the fact that it would be on a 15-minute alert cycle on all the news channels that would make the feeding frenzy after the close Florida election look like child's play.
:P
The Internet as we all well know was designed to survive a nuclear strike by the military and DARPA. However, that was before the corporate world got a hold of it. Universities with mega-million dollar government grants can afford multiple connections to the main stream Internet and lets not forget their elite Internet2 hookups. The corporate world takes the bottom dollar and decides if the cost is worth the remote possibility that 99% of the Internet should fail.
Face it the redundancy which was a major feature of the first generation Internet has gotten to the point where as many posters have stated two or three t3's being knocked offline could indeed take out major portions of the United States from the internet. As for Europe we all know most of you are probably, accessing US sites ala Slashdot
Now the press would have a field day and chortle over the fact that the e-newsrooms were dead while the broadcast ones were running fine and gloating that they wouldn't be put out of business by this fad called an online news room.
Would I have a fit if the Internet went down to 1-% capability for an extended period? I think not. Sure I would have to find another job eventually and who knows it might even be outdoors. *hisses as the sunlight hits his lily white skin* I have actually on the rough days been thinking of taking up truck driving. The LA freeways would be a vacation compared to what we would be dealing with if the Internet dies that badly.
Do I actually think the situation described in the initial article could happen? Damn right I do. Just imagine a mid-continental plate earthquake say on the New Madrid Fault. Do not believe me? Just check out Uncovering Hidden Hazards in the Mississippi Valley.
Go to radio shack tell them you want a converter which lets you hook up your dvd player to an older tv through a coax hookup. I believe it runs about 50$ and is much cheaper than a new TV however it converts the digital signal back to analog which lessens the picture quality slightly.
InfoWorld had an interesting article on the success of using easy to hack systems to trap and analyze hacker attacks
Another article entitled Honey pot networks can gather evidence for catching and prosecuting hackers. is also on InfoWorld
The site these articles are based off of is located here. There are a lot of interesting whitepapers and other materials including the scan of the month to enthrall the slashdot crowds
Not at all, I was speaking of what the average end user sees as innovation. I use my linux and love it to death. However, the IT professionals can love linux all you want however without gains in the desktop OS market you will find that linux will eventually be swept to the side more than it is now. The desktop is the battlefield where the OS war will be won and linux has a long march ahead of it before we can come close to victory.
Microsoft's effects on innovation have largely been exaggerated by both Microsoft and by the main stream press. Windows 3.1 was a major innovation; Windows 95 was a major innovation in the interface. However, Windows 98 shows that their innovation has largely petered out. Windows 2000 is NT 5.0 repackaged with again minor changes and improvements. Look at ME and you will find exactly the same thing. Microsoft's response to innovation has usually been to buy up the competition.
.net for example.
Linux, BEOS, Free BSD, even OS And the other up and coming operating systems have done more to foster innovation by forcing Microsoft to adapt and break the fossilization that in the end takes large companies and stops the innovation which made them so successful take
The linux window managers and the linux app programmers need to standardize the interface so that most if not all linux programs have a semi consistent look and feel. This is the one area Microsoft has been stomping linux. We can win the individual battles but without doing this we will loose the war in the end.
The next area Linux OS's needs to head is new protocols and new methods of accessing net services. This will insure that Linux maintains the edge that draws power users to it in droves.
With the logs that now anyone can get you will find records of form data submitted with the GET instead of POST tags. This information could include program serial numbers from automatic updates, account names and passwords for different information services, and a multitude of other confidential information sources all of which the user of these services/public proxies have a right to expect to be kept confidential. What this does is let hackers, dataminers, and busybodies request this information and track personal usage statistics. While I am all for protecting children from questionable material, my method is simple parents watch your children. Who knows you might have some quality time together.
Why does AT&T think they can tax the Internet when even the majority of the Gov ernments have adopted a hands off policy in relation to taxes . We the ISP's pay more than enough to the backbone providers for the Internet connections. Then on top of that we again have to pay premium prices for the Broadband circuits. Each of which is taxed. With a t1 starting at around 750$ minimum for the line and 1000$ minimum for the Internet service per month. Then we have the equipment, Advertising, support, and billing. Each of which adds an operating cost to the providers. The bad part is that any additional costs will be passed on to the enduser.
I have a simple solution that will rather quickly put an end to any major corporation, which initiates a plan of this nature. As a network administrator the first step I would take is block any and all traffic from AT&T to my customers and my sites to AT&T customers. If enough ISP's and larger service providers took similar courses of action, we could end this policy within 2 days max.
Actually, I knew that. Your comments were needed was about the article not to the James H. Billington the Librarian of Congress. I included that link simply so that others could see the comments that others sent in to the Librarian as it weighed directly on the matter under discussion in the article:)
ISP's are not reluctant to increase bandwidth the premium charged for the higher speed links is what is preventing the average ISP from upgrading to the faster links. The home user can get for $40 what costs an ISP $2000. When the higher bandwidth link prices go down you will see the ISP's increasing the size of their pipes.
Actually, I generally buy my computers without an OS installed at all. Once I receive the computer, I install my copy of linux on the machine. Why buy preinstalled linux when it takes on average of 15 minutes to fully install a linux system from scratch. Sure I have to go back later and download the updates but keeping a system updated is a responsibility of running any operating system.
However In the past many computer makers charged you for an operating system regardless of if you purchased one with the system or not. Perhaps this is why your system with linux installed cost the same as it did for one with windows.
Legal precedent is a good thing in this instance sure it's not a US court but the ruling can be as the article stated used to argue a case in other countries.
In my original post, I felt the one word Amen summed up the article quite succinctly. All the rest of this says the same thing just using alot more words.
I believe most of you misunderstand micropayments. The recording industry doesn't want you to pay once. They want you to eventually pay for each time you listen to a song. That's what the industry is heading for. Not very many of us would have any problems with 1$ per song but when it's .05 cents per each time you listen to said song it can add up very quickly.
Believe me the only thing that has prevented something of this nature in the past was and is techonology.
Once they have the ability to monitor how many times you play the song expect a click wrap license and your always on net connection to report to a auditing site the playing of the artists song and a charge added to your monthly bill from the Record lables/RIAA.
The problem actually is that the foosdomain.com dns server administrator can make it appear that ads.doubleclick.net is actually ads.foosdomain.com
This would quickly defeat this sort of browser based switch. It is commonly used for example when ISP's contract out the provision of their services. Your ISP does not want their customers or competitors to see where they are getting news or other services from.
The only real solution is a constantly updated firewall/proxy based system ala junkbusters.