Was I the only one intrigued by Disney's use of Ethernet to connect speakers to the audio server? Now admittedly they're using GigE most of the way, but wouldn't it be possible to create a series of cheap devices to connect speakers to a jukebox via FastE (or even better, 802.11) so one can have them all over the house?
Just wondering if there's stuff in the market that's cheap and does this via ethernet. (Obviously the Enterprise Class QoS-Enabled Solutions described by the ITWorld writer aren't, but that's because they need to sell ads.)
This seems like the wrong technology at the wrong time. Only five percent of the country even has broadband, and
the number isn't likely to go much higher soon, especially with an administration in Washington which has made it
crystal clear that it doesn't want to pay for the required infrastructure.
Ummm, you don't need President Bush to budget cash for cable/DSL to be available. You just need companies with business models that aren't stupid. The fact that only 5% of users have broadband has more to do with its currently poor reliability and higher cost than dial-up service - and the fact that many users haven't seen the killer app (Napster notwithstanding).
There's a difference between neat stuff and significant stuff.... [D]o Harry and Martha in Dubuque
need peer-to-peer?
I think so. Napster adoption has been extremely fast, and not specific to techies. Legal Napster or other apps (not Gnutella, probably, if only because the name sounds obscure and the obvious web address is useless) will drive people to use P2P and adopt broadband soon enough, I think.
And don't forget porn. I've read that there are pic trading P2P tools out there (haven't used any myself of course!) but if there's anything that will sell to Harry and Martha in Dubuque, it's quicker access to hardcore. Don't believe me? Remember VHS, which took off in no small part because it was adopted by the adult industry - and all of those pay sites that were profitable long before Red Hat.
I could duct tape an IPSec security gateway (e.g. Nortel) to an AirPort and have a solution for secure, point-to-point wireless connectivity. The government couldn't stop me from selling that - and they won't stop router makers from adding 802.11 to secure vpn products. Haven't for years.
The Register called the service "P2P" (peer to peer):
The peer-to-peer (P2P) computing scheme, which also involves the
US charity National Foundation for Cancer Research, United
Devices and Intel, will let surfers worldwide use their computers to
test chemicals for future cancer-fighting drugs.
while it's in fact client-server. Sorry to nitpick but this gets on my nerves.
Ummm... I don't think so, Shoeboy. I predict that in the recession good developers may find that they have more time to work on free software - either because they got laid off or because there's less paid work to do. Use that time to develop something that becomes well-known, put it on your resume, get a better job when the economy comes back.
The thing that bugs me about Ars (I liked their review) is their continued use of white text on black, as if it's still 1996. I found myself selecting the text to read it more easily.
Gawd, if I'd thought my post would lead to Katz flames, I would have skipped the Slashdot bit. He screwed up and admitted it!
I still think the TOS sucks, and it's a fair article. So I'm not a MS Passport user. End of story.
Classic (bomb!) behavior (crash!)
on
OS X
·
· Score: 2
In the Ars article it is written:
Classic is Mac OS 9.1 running inside Mac OS X... Other than that, it's exactly what you'd expect from Mac OS 9.1.
Well, ideally it's exactly what you'd expect. What you'll find is that it's prone to freezing and crashing (sending you running to that handy "Force Quit" button) unless you are very careful about what extensions you load (thus the "modifier key on startup" option). Then there's the aforementioned possibility that classic will not only hang, but that it'll hang in such a way that you cannot start it again successfully without rebooting the machine. Not fun, especially considering the current dearth of native OS X applications.
No, this is exactly like OS 9!
Macintosh: Most applications crash; if not, the operating system hangs.
I don't have a Passport account, and I plan to keep it that way.
By the way, TrustMe is garbage - always has been. They are a fig leaf for the whole "privacy policy" crap that the industry is pushing instead of consent, which is what should be required to share personal data.
I like Slashdot's rule: "Comments are owned by the Poster." Much better.
Thanks, I signed as well and will be adding a link to disgrace.org (and that great long one as well) to my site. Moderators please mod parent and grandparent up so everyone can sign!
Wait... You run another OS to get a "very good Java VM"?! Why not just install a better Java VM (for those few times you want to run Java)? I'm confused.
Slashdot Mirror
'Nuff said.
Just wondering if there's stuff in the market that's cheap and does this via ethernet. (Obviously the Enterprise Class QoS-Enabled Solutions described by the ITWorld writer aren't, but that's because they need to sell ads.)
Presumably, since it opened in 1983?
Ummm, you don't need President Bush to budget cash for cable/DSL to be available. You just need companies with business models that aren't stupid. The fact that only 5% of users have broadband has more to do with its currently poor reliability and higher cost than dial-up service - and the fact that many users haven't seen the killer app (Napster notwithstanding).
There's a difference between neat stuff and significant stuff. ... [D]o Harry and Martha in Dubuque
need peer-to-peer?
I think so. Napster adoption has been extremely fast, and not specific to techies. Legal Napster or other apps (not Gnutella, probably, if only because the name sounds obscure and the obvious web address is useless) will drive people to use P2P and adopt broadband soon enough, I think.
And don't forget porn. I've read that there are pic trading P2P tools out there (haven't used any myself of course!) but if there's anything that will sell to Harry and Martha in Dubuque, it's quicker access to hardcore. Don't believe me? Remember VHS, which took off in no small part because it was adopted by the adult industry - and all of those pay sites that were profitable long before Red Hat.
I could duct tape an IPSec security gateway (e.g. Nortel) to an AirPort and have a solution for secure, point-to-point wireless connectivity. The government couldn't stop me from selling that - and they won't stop router makers from adding 802.11 to secure vpn products. Haven't for years.
The peer-to-peer (P2P) computing scheme, which also involves the US charity National Foundation for Cancer Research, United Devices and Intel, will let surfers worldwide use their computers to test chemicals for future cancer-fighting drugs.
while it's in fact client-server. Sorry to nitpick but this gets on my nerves.
That and extreme garbage collection!
Everything else is extreme, why not programming?
(Biting on your troll 'cause it's fun)
User interface experts, indeed!
I still think the TOS sucks, and it's a fair article. So I'm not a MS Passport user. End of story.
Classic is Mac OS 9.1 running inside Mac OS X... Other than that, it's exactly what you'd expect from Mac OS 9.1.
Well, ideally it's exactly what you'd expect. What you'll find is that it's prone to freezing and crashing (sending you running to that handy "Force Quit" button) unless you are very careful about what extensions you load (thus the "modifier key on startup" option). Then there's the aforementioned possibility that classic will not only hang, but that it'll hang in such a way that you cannot start it again successfully without rebooting the machine. Not fun, especially considering the current dearth of native OS X applications.
No, this is exactly like OS 9!
Macintosh: Most applications crash; if not, the operating system hangs.
(I'm a 14 year Mac user. Still...)
By the way, TrustMe is garbage - always has been. They are a fig leaf for the whole "privacy policy" crap that the industry is pushing instead of consent, which is what should be required to share personal data.
I like Slashdot's rule: "Comments are owned by the Poster." Much better.
By the way - my org's were added almost instantly. Yours can be too (where's slashdot?)
Thanks, I signed as well and will be adding a link to disgrace.org (and that great long one as well) to my site. Moderators please mod parent and grandparent up so everyone can sign!
Wait... You run another OS to get a "very good Java VM"?! Why not just install a better Java VM (for those few times you want to run Java)? I'm confused.
I heard this too ... best joke of the weekend in my opinion (though Star Wars and FC were pretty good).
Some of it sucks, some of it doesn't - just like Slashdot on any other day. Jeez.
Write an RFC, they'll probably publish it next year. If you have time today, submit it to this thread!
Look here for some examples. Hypertext Marriage Vow Protocol perhaps?
though some of the backlist Ask Slashdots are pretty good too.
that is the question
You can send text messages in meetings, or on the train, or ... anywhere talking is too loud. I find it pretty darn useful.
hackers != crackers. Next!
Don't forget NT (3.5 and 4.0), CE (1.0 - 3.0), and I'm sure there's more. Makes 'em sound like pre-1980 New York subway lines.