Slightly off topic, but i was wondering, the fastest backbone speed so far is OC-192 which is 10 gigabits/sec in speed. However, i've heard of DWDM (Dense Wave Division Multiplexing) which supposedly gives 10 Gigabits/sec PER STRAND of fiber... how come we don't have any backbones using this technology?
The slowest SONET connection is OC-1 which is around 51 Mb/s (someone correct me, i'm too lazy to look it up)? I dunno, you could probably slow it down to T3 speeds (44.5 mb/s) and call it a T3, but why would you?
All T3's should be copper.
Well i didn't read everything that you typed, but there are still T3 backbones, and those are obviously copper.
As for peering, i dunno, aren't only the public peering points congested? I thought the private ones were pretty well handled. The problem is with carriers trying to dump packets off to another carrier as soon as they can. But if cogent builds another network, that'll still relieve some of the network congestion...
I'm sure the "$1000 a month" fee is not as substantial as the fee it takes to actually hook you up to the network, as well as the equipment fees... but what if a whole apartment complex buys it? 100 tenants = 10 bucks a month (plus the installation and equip fees)... that'd be something to think about.
Come to think of it, i'm going to graduate from college soon, anyone know where i could possibly find some apartments that are wired with T1's or T3's? I've heard of those before.
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I think roblimo is pulling an Amazon.com here and just using us to help him create a "stupid and obvious" patent so he can get rich;o)
Slightly off topic, but i was wondering, how good are LCD's for first person shooter games? I know CRT's can affect how 'smooth' your game can look based on it's scan range (measured in Hz)... even if you're pumping out 200 fps, you can be limited by how fast the monitor updates the image(i think most have a scan range of up to 120 hz?). Anyway, i don't think i've ever seen a spec for the scan range for LCD's, so how good are they for FPS gaming?
But the law says it IS legal to reverse engineer, as long as the team who inspected the code, algorithm, etc. etc. does not produce the reverse engineered work...
Throughout the whole 'debate', Valenti would always avoid the question. If lessig, the moderator, or one of the people in the audience would ask a question about valenti's personal views about something, he would point out a court decision or a law as his answer.
I also found it funny that Valenti says he totally supports 'fair use', but at the same time he says he supports giving rights to people who obtain copyrighted material only if the copyright holder gives it to them. What a crock.
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Slightly off topic, but i was wondering, the fastest backbone speed so far is OC-192 which is 10 gigabits/sec in speed. However, i've heard of DWDM (Dense Wave Division Multiplexing) which supposedly gives 10 Gigabits/sec PER STRAND of fiber... how come we don't have any backbones using this technology?
The slowest SONET connection is OC-1 which is around 51 Mb/s (someone correct me, i'm too lazy to look it up)? I dunno, you could probably slow it down to T3 speeds (44.5 mb/s) and call it a T3, but why would you? All T3's should be copper.
And this is only UUNET (the biggest backbone provider in the world)... don't they own like 50% of the world's backbones?
Notice the abundance of T3's and a few T1's serving as backbones.
IMHO, vendors like Microsoft, Sun, etc. should be addressing this problem, but it seems like they don't care.
As for peering, i dunno, aren't only the public peering points congested? I thought the private ones were pretty well handled. The problem is with carriers trying to dump packets off to another carrier as soon as they can. But if cogent builds another network, that'll still relieve some of the network congestion...
Come to think of it, i'm going to graduate from college soon, anyone know where i could possibly find some apartments that are wired with T1's or T3's? I've heard of those before.
Actually, it's 10%... Of course with my superior genes, it's closer to 50% :)
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BTW, you guys should read the book "Database Nation" by Simson Garfinkle. It deals with the loss of privacy in the Information Age.
Good, then i suggest everyone who visits slashdot put up a banner ad blocker and see how long cmdrtaco can pay those thousands of dollars a month for co-location hosting and bandwidth charges. The point is, whether they work or not, most sites need some way of getting paid in order to pay the bills (and we're not even talkinga bout profit here).
I think roblimo is pulling an Amazon.com here and just using us to help him create a "stupid and obvious" patent so he can get rich ;o)
Slightly off topic, but i was wondering, how good are LCD's for first person shooter games? I know CRT's can affect how 'smooth' your game can look based on it's scan range (measured in Hz)... even if you're pumping out 200 fps, you can be limited by how fast the monitor updates the image(i think most have a scan range of up to 120 hz?). Anyway, i don't think i've ever seen a spec for the scan range for LCD's, so how good are they for FPS gaming?
Maybe maybe not, but you have to admit, it's pretty damn funny :o)
Shows how gay i am huh? :P
I love it when i forget to format :P
Digital Convergence CTO Doug Davis fired for illegal possession of drugs and paraphenalia at workplace!
I just patented breathing... i think it's safe to say that i'll be receiving some big ass royalties soon :)
Don't feel bad for 'ol billy, his billions of dollars will keep him warm at night.
How did john carmack make an influence on the computer industry? Sure he created a revolution with FPS gaming, but it's still not a killer app.
If Napster had a rating for people who downloaded mp3's, i'd be known as napSTAR
But the law says it IS legal to reverse engineer, as long as the team who inspected the code, algorithm, etc. etc. does not produce the reverse engineered work...
I think this was supposed to be marked (+2, Funny), but whatever :-P
Throughout the whole 'debate', Valenti would always avoid the question. If lessig, the moderator, or one of the people in the audience would ask a question about valenti's personal views about something, he would point out a court decision or a law as his answer. I also found it funny that Valenti says he totally supports 'fair use', but at the same time he says he supports giving rights to people who obtain copyrighted material only if the copyright holder gives it to them. What a crock.
Anyone have a mirror to the archived video? It seems they have a download limit to THAT too!
Good God, that's like less than half of what IT workers here work in a week...
irc.enterthegame.com has chanserv bots that get assigned to every room that gets started and some channel operators actually own them.