I recently had TCI digital cable installed in my home. Cable modems are not yet available in my area, and I have gone with DSL access from my local telco. In speaking with the TCI tech that came to my house. He has already been to training for installing AT&T telephone service over TCI cable.
Currently, all local telcos are required to provide access to CLECs (competitive local exchange carriers; Correct me if I am wrong, but the basic idea is other telcos.) over their circuits for a fee. So that, if I am in a SWBT region I should be able to get GTE services over the same wire if I was so inclined.
Once AT&T starts offering phone service over cable, won't they be held to the same standards as the regular carriers? Why should internet access be any different? ISPs should be able to pay a fee to AT&T/TCI to have access to their wires so consumers can have a choice like I do with DSL.
In the Dallas area, I have heard the argument that it is a technical issue. The way cable works, being a shared access medium, prevents them from splitting up their network for different access providers. The problems with the CLECs is that different companies have to share their pools of telephone numbers, which they were not originally set up to do. IP addresses could be shared in similar ways between AT&T, and a local ISP. I don't even think they would have to do anything as complicated as that, just provide PVCs over ATM into the neighborhood. In Dallas, they have fiber going to each "block" of people, and when it gets over 90 they split it up again. At most there would be 90 or so PVCs on the edge switch to the block. It sounds like a problem that needs to be solved, and I would be glad to do it for a fee. I wouldn't even charge them the hundreds of millions of dollars they think it would cost.
Hey ATT! want a bargain on fixing your network?
I would rather have an option to get a line and IP addresses (and maybe some large DNS servers in relatively close proximity) without paying for all the other fluff that ISPs provide. Unfortunalty, that isn't an option I have been able to find. I know it wouldn't be suitable for everyone, but I think some of us could handle it and would enjoy the cost savings.
Usually, this is a problem with a corrupt.Sent.summary file in your nsmail directory. Remove the file and it will be rebuilt automagicly when you send mail again.
Most crashes related to Netscape on *NIX (WHILE READING MAIL) can be contributed to corrupt.< FOLDER>.summary files. Rebuilding these files will _usually_ fix Netscape Messenger problems. In our corporate environment we are using Netscape on HP-UX, and I see this almost every day. The easiest way to fix mail problems is to delete all of the.summary files, and let them rebuild when Messenger is restarted. It may take a little while depending on the speed of your box and how big your folders are.
YMMV
I've been meaning to try IE for HP-UX, but haven't had the time. Although it pains me to say it as I have been using Netscape since the 1.2 days, Communicator is the most unstable application that we have running on our machines to date.
If it's going to be site of the House Republican Conference, it is not in violation of the RFC, but it's still poorly located. It should be "hrc.house.gov", not "gop.gov", same way the House Committee on Veterans Affairs has "veterans.house.gov".
I agree, the use of gop.gov makes me think of a political party. It is a chance for the party to ingrain itself into the political landscape for a long time to come. In another 18 years, there will be people voting who have always seen gop.gov, and it could have great influence over the coming generations. This is a slick (read: slime-like) move on the part of the Republican Party.
I agree that hrc.house.gov would be much more appropriate, and I intend to write (not email) my local reps (All Republicans) to inform them of my concern. Anyone else think of this?
This could possibly be a great tool for communications, but what about cultural differences between nations? Are the going to be PC (Politically Correct) filter plugins to make us aware of when we are about to say something that would be offensive to another culture?
Before you post your web page, you hit the World PC button on your UNL Translator Plugin.
*WARNING* you are about to offend people in the following countries...
China, Saudi Arabia, etc..
Wihtout it, you could offend billions of people, and not even know it. What an opportunity!
It also raises the question of "What am I saying to people in Zimbabwe?" You have to have a great deal of trust in the algorithms to put anything with delicate subject matter through the system. This becomes even more important if there was some kind of filter like I described above.
I wonder if this UNL is something that is human readable on its own. I think it would be much safer if we created a UNL that was human readable/speakable. Then you could go to any part of the world, and stand a chance of communicating without having to use your UNL enabled cell phone or palm device.
Could the crashes be due to overheating in the BX chipset as mentioned in the article?
I ran 4 SETI processes on my machine for 4 weeks, and it raised the CPU temp about 4-5 degrees F. At the same time I did my normal everyday stuff, and I had no problems what-so-ever.
I haven't really tested out sustained max I/O throughput, but I hadn't thought about the chipset being a possible point of failure from overheating.
What would be a good test for max sustained I/O on Linux? I would like to see if I could kill the machine.
Also, has anyone tested the kernel patch to make the HPT66 (UDMA/66) chip work on the BP6?
Thanks,
PS:No its not 1100MHz, but 1101 BogoMIPs still looks cool when it starts!:) (and yes.. I know its a useless number for comparisons)
And then of course, who's going to bring back the ugly stuff?
Leave that up to God.
GOD: "Noah."
Noah: "Who said that?"
GOD: "Noah, Its me, God."
Noah: "Yeah, right."
GOD: "Noah, the US government is going to wipe out most of the species on the planet using the guise of scientific research. I need you to build an ARC."
Noah: "Yeah, right. What's an ARC?"
GOD: "Its an Animal Retention Computer (ARC)"
Noah: "Yeah, right!"
GOD: "I need you to get two cells of every animal large and small, and scan the DNA into the ARC before the NSA destroys the world."
Noah: "Yeah, right! How will I make them all fit?"
GOD: "The ARC will be a quantum computer. You will make it 300 qubits by 50 qubits by 30 qubits."
I think this problem rolls right back to NT. It doesn't provide a common interface for application programmers to do just this.
In UNIX, all application software and libraries can be put on an application server where they are already mounted on the clients via NFS. The user directories are usually centralized on a server, and all of the affected users can have environment variables or configuration scripts set up at once. This makes things really easy to install for multiple users, and the application designers don't have to worry about it. They just write applications. An added benefit, is that the users don't have to worry about what machine they are using. They can just as easily log on to another workstation if the one they are working on fails. All their applications are there along with any customizations.
If you are against the network application setup, you can use rdist or something similar, as mentioned in another post. There are many ways to accomplish this feat in UNIX, and they are all out there for you to choose from.
The application developers should worry about making an application that works well. Let the OS worry about the rest. There is no reason it should be that much of a problem. UNIX has been multi-user capable for a long, long time. Unfortunatly, the basic design of Windows did not consider multiple users. This is becoming a greater problem as the world becomes more network centric. Microsoft will continue to release workarounds and proprietary interfaces where they have to, but things will just keep getting more and more complicated to manage. I believe that an OS designed for multiple users will eventually take over. Which one? Is is created yet? I can't say, but Windows is doomed to obsolecence just like DOS. MS needs a new OS without all the backwards compatability (read backwards thinking) if they want to compete in the future.
How about posting the score on the link to the comment. This could allow a little more versatility for people who don't want to have the moderators decide what they get to see, but still wish to use the moderators opinions to determine what they view.
I made the list! Thanks to Rob and Hemos, I wouldn't be on it without you..
Civ and Civ II are two of the most addictive games I have ever encountered. The postman is going to wonder why I'm waiting by the mailbox. I will come out of my cave again once the beta is over on March 26th.
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I recently had TCI digital cable installed in my home. Cable modems are not yet available in my area, and I have gone with DSL access from my local telco. In speaking with the TCI tech that came to my house. He has already been to training for installing AT&T telephone service over TCI cable.
Currently, all local telcos are required to provide access to CLECs (competitive local exchange carriers; Correct me if I am wrong, but the basic idea is other telcos.) over their circuits for a fee. So that, if I am in a SWBT region I should be able to get GTE services over the same wire if I was so inclined.
Once AT&T starts offering phone service over cable, won't they be held to the same standards as the regular carriers? Why should internet access be any different? ISPs should be able to pay a fee to AT&T/TCI to have access to their wires so consumers can have a choice like I do with DSL.
In the Dallas area, I have heard the argument that it is a technical issue. The way cable works, being a shared access medium, prevents them from splitting up their network for different access providers. The problems with the CLECs is that different companies have to share their pools of telephone numbers, which they were not originally set up to do. IP addresses could be shared in similar ways between AT&T, and a local ISP. I don't even think they would have to do anything as complicated as that, just provide PVCs over ATM into the neighborhood. In Dallas, they have fiber going to each "block" of people, and when it gets over 90 they split it up again. At most there would be 90 or so PVCs on the edge switch to the block. It sounds like a problem that needs to be solved, and I would be glad to do it for a fee. I wouldn't even charge them the hundreds of millions of dollars they think it would cost.
Hey ATT! want a bargain on fixing your network?
I would rather have an option to get a line and IP addresses (and maybe some large DNS servers in relatively close proximity) without paying for all the other fluff that ISPs provide. Unfortunalty, that isn't an option I have been able to find. I know it wouldn't be suitable for everyone, but I think some of us could handle it and would enjoy the cost savings.
Right on, but you would probably have to change it to PNG on moral grounds.
I know its off topic, but I laughed.
Usually, this is a problem with a corrupt .Sent.summary file in your nsmail directory. Remove the file and it will be rebuilt automagicly when you send mail again.
.< FOLDER>.summary files. Rebuilding these files will _usually_ fix Netscape Messenger problems. In our corporate environment we are using Netscape on HP-UX, and I see this almost every day. The easiest way to fix mail problems is to delete all of the .summary files, and let them rebuild when Messenger is restarted. It may take a little while depending on the speed of your box and how big your folders are.
Most crashes related to Netscape on *NIX (WHILE READING MAIL) can be contributed to corrupt
YMMV
I've been meaning to try IE for HP-UX, but haven't had the time. Although it pains me to say it as I have been using Netscape since the 1.2 days, Communicator is the most unstable application that we have running on our machines to date.
If it's going to be site of the House Republican Conference, it is not in violation of the RFC, but
it's still poorly located. It should be "hrc.house.gov", not "gop.gov", same way the House
Committee on Veterans Affairs has "veterans.house.gov".
I agree, the use of gop.gov makes me think of a political party. It is a chance for the party to ingrain itself into the political landscape for a long time to come. In another 18 years, there will be people voting who have always seen gop.gov, and it could have great influence over the coming generations. This is a slick (read: slime-like) move on the part of the Republican Party.
I agree that hrc.house.gov would be much more appropriate, and I intend to write (not email) my local reps (All Republicans) to inform them of my concern. Anyone else think of this?
This could possibly be a great tool for communications, but what about cultural differences between nations? Are the going to be PC (Politically Correct) filter plugins to make us aware of when we are about to say something that would be offensive to another culture?
Before you post your web page, you hit the World PC button on your UNL Translator Plugin.
*WARNING* you are about to offend people in the following countries...
China, Saudi Arabia, etc..
Wihtout it, you could offend billions of people, and not even know it. What an opportunity!
It also raises the question of "What am I saying to people in Zimbabwe?" You have to have a great deal of trust in the algorithms to put anything with delicate subject matter through the system. This becomes even more important if there was some kind of filter like I described above.
I wonder if this UNL is something that is human readable on its own. I think it would be much safer if we created a UNL that was human readable/speakable. Then you could go to any part of the world, and stand a chance of communicating without having to use your UNL enabled cell phone or palm device.
Could the crashes be due to overheating in the BX chipset as mentioned in the article?
:)
I ran 4 SETI processes on my machine for 4 weeks, and it raised the CPU temp about 4-5 degrees F. At the same time I did my normal everyday stuff, and I had no problems what-so-ever.
I haven't really tested out sustained max I/O throughput, but I hadn't thought about the chipset being a possible point of failure from overheating.
What would be a good test for max sustained I/O on Linux? I would like to see if I could kill the machine.
Also, has anyone tested the kernel patch to make the HPT66 (UDMA/66) chip work on the BP6?
Thanks,
PS:No its not 1100MHz, but 1101 BogoMIPs still looks cool when it starts!
(and yes.. I know its a useless number for comparisons)
And then of course, who's going to bring back the ugly stuff?
Leave that up to God.
GOD: "Noah."
Noah: "Who said that?"
GOD: "Noah, Its me, God."
Noah: "Yeah, right."
GOD: "Noah, the US government is going to wipe out most of the species on the planet using the guise of scientific research. I need you to build an ARC."
Noah: "Yeah, right. What's an ARC?"
GOD: "Its an Animal Retention Computer (ARC)"
Noah: "Yeah, right!"
GOD: "I need you to get two cells of every animal large and small, and scan the DNA into the ARC before the NSA destroys the world."
Noah: "Yeah, right! How will I make them all fit?"
GOD: "The ARC will be a quantum computer. You will make it 300 qubits by 50 qubits by 30 qubits."
Noah: "Right! What's a qubit?"
GOD: "Go search on slashdot."
I think this problem rolls right back to NT. It doesn't provide a common interface for application programmers to do just this.
In UNIX, all application software and libraries can be put on an application server where they are already mounted on the clients via NFS. The user directories are usually centralized on a server, and all of the affected users can have environment variables or configuration scripts set up at once. This makes things really easy to install for multiple users, and the application designers don't have to worry about it. They just write applications. An added benefit, is that the users don't have to worry about what machine they are using. They can just as easily log on to another workstation if the one they are working on fails. All their applications are there along with any customizations.
If you are against the network application setup, you can use rdist or something similar, as mentioned in another post. There are many ways to accomplish this feat in UNIX, and they are all out there for you to choose from.
The application developers should worry about making an application that works well. Let the OS worry about the rest. There is no reason it should be that much of a problem. UNIX has been multi-user capable for a long, long time. Unfortunatly, the basic design of Windows did not consider multiple users. This is becoming a greater problem as the world becomes more network centric. Microsoft will continue to release workarounds and proprietary interfaces where they have to, but things will just keep getting more and more complicated to manage. I believe that an OS designed for multiple users will eventually take over. Which one? Is is created yet? I can't say, but Windows is doomed to obsolecence just like DOS. MS needs a new OS without all the backwards compatability (read backwards thinking) if they want to compete in the future.
How about posting the score on the link to the comment. This could allow a little more versatility for people who don't want to have the moderators decide what they get to see, but still wish to use the moderators opinions to determine what they view.
I made the list! Thanks to Rob and Hemos, I wouldn't be on it without you..
Civ and Civ II are two of the most addictive games I have ever encountered. The postman is going to wonder why I'm waiting by the mailbox. I will come out of my cave again once the beta is over on March 26th.
See you then!