These countries are mostly insignificant in terms of microsoft sales... microsoft cares because if several countries adopt it for government, that means better and better tools will be developed, and that means that eventually it WILL be a real threat to them in the US.
Everyone is freaking out too much... the only illegal thing in this process is if someone is selling copyrighted hardware. Re-selling cisco flashcards is legal... first-sale doctrine and all that.
Just like Sun.. they act like they MUST know of all their big hardware in the world, where it is, who has it.. but in reality, you don't need sun's permission to buy a second hand server.
Those statements like "Congress shall make no law... religion.. blah... speech.. blah blah"
What they really mean is, as Congress is representative of the poeple, that no matter HOW MUCH PEOPLE WHINE AND SCREAM AND BEG, it is simply NOT POSSIBLE to make certain laws.
IMHO, people in Congress or any other branch of government who support a law that is later struck down as unconstitutional should be removed from office immediately, or imprisoned, or both. It is thier JOB to uphold the constitution. it should NOT be their job to get away with as much as they can until the supreme court strikes it down, only to try again, with no punishment in sight.
Re:One of my favourite quotes...
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I have to agree with you on one point. As long as the people of the United States permit their government to throw away the principles the country was founded on, who can respect them?
You allow your own citizens to be trampled by your own government simply because you feel anger towards a few individuals. What ever happened to equality?
Well, I agree to a point.
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I mean.. freedom of religion.
This means that you cannot be prosecuted BECAUSE you are of a different religion, as happened in many countries in the past. Denied voting because you are a jew, say, or put in jail because you are a muslim.
It should NOT mean that religion can be used as an excuse for conspiracy. If it turns out that there are a great many muslims who are involved in a conspiracy, and it is believed the muslim community is heavily involved, then it is NOT a violation of freedom of religion to focus on muslims in an investigation.
The problem with guaranteed freedoms is we try to treat them as black and white, and they simply are not. Freedom of religion can be taken so far as to say that ANYTHING I DO is part of my religion, my way of life, and therefore, cannot be acted upon by the government.
There is no such thing as overselling. He is selling you a T1 to his network. You will get precisely that. Everything else, you can tlak all you want about whether it's "Good" or not... or oversold or not... but when it comes down to it, you need something you can put on paper, in the contract.
Find out who your ISP is connected to, and how. Get them to make certain latency guarantees to certain points outside their network. None of this is exact science... so decide what the level of service you are willing ot pay for is and then ask for it, come to some agreement. Don't just leave it hanging. I mean, okay, if it's really really cheap, and he says "Well it's good right now" go ahead and gamble.... if you want.
There is simply no easy, clear way to define it. ISPs are not overselling when they get a T3 and then sell 60 T1's... they weren't offering you a T1 to their upstream... if you wanted that, you would just go to their upstream directly, and get a better deal.
PRI is similar to channelized T1, it's just more strictly defined.
it's ALL time division multiplexing.
You got Frame Relay right.. it used to be used, say, when a company wants to join a lot of offices together over long distances (not using the internet). They don't want dedicated links between each office.. that would get really expensive.. so they all get a single link into the same frame relay cloud... and then they just set up whatever data rates they wnat to guarantee thorugh the cloud
Telcos set up frame clouds and then sell customers on the idea because it means the telco has to throw less bandwidth at the problem... you want to connect point a to b, someone else wants to connect c & d... so rather than 2 dedicated lines across town, it's just 2 shorter lines into the frame cloud.. and guaranteed rates, cheaper for everyone.
burstable I always thought was more about QOS at the internet router, and not really on the T1 at all.. ie: You can use all you want, but when push comes to shove, you only get 512Kbps at our gateway.
Burstable can also be simply not a technical measure, but only about how your bandwidth fees are calculated ie: average rate over 24 hour periouds, or over a week.
This pricing model can be better than simply charging for bytes sent because it encourages a certain type of network usage... so you don't get someone who only pays for bytes transferred then absolutely jams his ocnnection up for 1 random day a week and doesn't use it at all... he's actually a harder customer to manage network wise than the guy who simply uses 256Kbps more or less constantly.
You got ISDN right. I think D means Data though (telco data, ie, which call is coming in on what channel, calling number, etc)
They all use TDMA
Burstable T1 is usually something like (though I may be wrong) the T1 and everything is normal...
As much as it's evil... information privacy is a tricky business.
Forget the law, forget everything else, let's talk morals and common sense here.
I'm your boss. It's my network, outright. You work for me. Should I be able to read all your emails and learn private details of your private life? Should I be able to learn which other poeple in the office you've been sleeping with? Of course not, that's personal.
But.. when information worth millions suddenly appears on the black market, and SOMEONE leaked it, should I be able to look through a log of ALL my network traffic and find out who sent it? DAMN STRAIGHT I should.
Yes, it's hard to draft a law that says this, as there is always room for abuse.. and that's the problem. It's a fuzzy thing.
Limiting access to information is one thing.. but controlling the USE of that information is far more critical.
It's not just link popularity.. where those links come from is also very important.
If a popular site links to yours, that has more weight than some one-off site that links to yours.. google takes this into account.
The guy can argue all he wants.. google does not pruport to have the best stuff at the top all the time.. but if this guy's site was so good, then more people would link to it, if more poeple linked to it, it would be more popular.
Intel, and many others, are constantly working on new technology. The Pentium is what it is because of market demand, and because it's cost effective for them to market it. that's business.
Obviously, at some point this will not do.
I mean look at the Earth Simulator (#1 on Top500.org by a factor of 5)... it's not Intel based, or x86 based at all.. neither are most of the supercomputers in there.
We are doubling our speed every 18 months by improving current technology.. that sounds pretty good to me.
They went this way because the goal is to simply be able to phone someone else just like using a normal phone. no service contracts, no computer equipment, nothign else.. just plug it in and you can do videophone calls with others who have them.
It's not about designing videoconferencing gear, or about data rate, or whatnot.
It's the way the pads are angled, and the angle of attack/release that they use. Like velcro.. peel it from one side, it doesn't take much force, try to move it all at once, it can take literally TONS of force.
Agreed... I live in Costa Rica.. and the Geckos are there every night when I come home, just hanging out on or near the ceiling. I figure they can hang out all they want.. they eat bugs, and they don't get into the food.
Besides, they are almost impossible to catch.
Some nights the outside of my house is almost swarming with them (okay exaggeration, but if I take a walk with the flashlight, I can usually find at least 10 on the outside of the house without trying)
Now.. if I can just figure out what that weird lizard that lives in the tree is..
Those freedoms that cannot be abridged by government, those mean that, no matter how much your fellow countrymen bitch, whine, beg, and fuss, they CANNOT cause certain types of laws to be made.
So what if I'm the kind of programmer who would have to whip out a book to do this? Does that make me a bad programmer? What if my methods and code are far cleaner and efficient than most, and I always produce what I say I'm going to produce on time.. are you going to discount my work as a programmer because I had to look something up? Because I didn't know it on the spot?
Seems far too many people think it's about hotshot know-everything-instantly type of work, where you work when inspired or work when you are 'in the mood'.
What about those who can methodically and cleanly produce code day after day?
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this is kind of hokey. It's more like a trade than a degree.
3G? You mean cellular services? So they are offering a degree in cellular?
Degree has ceased to mean what it used to mean in America.
These countries are mostly insignificant in terms of microsoft sales...
microsoft cares because if several countries adopt it for government, that means better and better tools will be developed, and that means that eventually it WILL be a real threat to them in the US.
says you can only use it on cisco's hardware.
Everyone is freaking out too much... the only illegal thing in this process is if someone is selling copyrighted hardware.
Re-selling cisco flashcards is legal... first-sale doctrine and all that.
Just like Sun.. they act like they MUST know of all their big hardware in the world, where it is, who has it.. but in reality, you don't need sun's permission to buy a second hand server.
Those statements like "Congress shall make no law ... religion.. blah... speech.. blah blah"
What they really mean is, as Congress is representative of the poeple, that no matter HOW MUCH PEOPLE WHINE AND SCREAM AND BEG, it is simply NOT POSSIBLE to make certain laws.
IMHO, people in Congress or any other branch of government who support a law that is later struck down as unconstitutional should be removed from office immediately, or imprisoned, or both. It is thier JOB to uphold the constitution. it should NOT be their job to get away with as much as they can until the supreme court strikes it down, only to try again, with no punishment in sight.
I have to agree with you on one point. As long as the people of the United States permit their government to throw away the principles the country was founded on, who can respect them?
You allow your own citizens to be trampled by your own government simply because you feel anger towards a few individuals. What ever happened to equality?
I mean.. freedom of religion.
This means that you cannot be prosecuted BECAUSE you are of a different religion, as happened in many countries in the past. Denied voting because you are a jew, say, or put in jail because you are a muslim.
It should NOT mean that religion can be used as an excuse for conspiracy. If it turns out that there are a great many muslims who are involved in a conspiracy, and it is believed the muslim community is heavily involved, then it is NOT a violation of freedom of religion to focus on muslims in an investigation.
The problem with guaranteed freedoms is we try to treat them as black and white, and they simply are not.
Freedom of religion can be taken so far as to say that ANYTHING I DO is part of my religion, my way of life, and therefore, cannot be acted upon by the government.
My advice, having done it before.
There is no such thing as overselling. He is selling you a T1 to his network. You will get precisely that. Everything else, you can tlak all you want about whether it's "Good" or not... or oversold or not... but when it comes down to it, you need something you can put on paper, in the contract.
Find out who your ISP is connected to, and how. Get them to make certain latency guarantees to certain points outside their network. None of this is exact science... so decide what the level of service you are willing ot pay for is and then ask for it, come to some agreement. Don't just leave it hanging. I mean, okay, if it's really really cheap, and he says "Well it's good right now" go ahead and gamble.... if you want.
There is simply no easy, clear way to define it. ISPs are not overselling when they get a T3 and then sell 60 T1's... they weren't offering you a T1 to their upstream... if you wanted that, you would just go to their upstream directly, and get a better deal.
PRI uses a T1.
PRI is similar to channelized T1, it's just more strictly defined.
it's ALL time division multiplexing.
You got Frame Relay right.. it used to be used, say, when a company wants to join a lot of offices together over long distances (not using the internet). They don't want dedicated links between each office.. that would get really expensive.. so they all get a single link into the same frame relay cloud... and then they just set up whatever data rates they wnat to guarantee thorugh the cloud
Telcos set up frame clouds and then sell customers on the idea because it means the telco has to throw less bandwidth at the problem... you want to connect point a to b, someone else wants to connect c & d... so rather than 2 dedicated lines across town, it's just 2 shorter lines into the frame cloud.. and guaranteed rates, cheaper for everyone.
burstable I always thought was more about QOS at the internet router, and not really on the T1 at all.. ie: You can use all you want, but when push comes to shove, you only get 512Kbps at our gateway.
Burstable can also be simply not a technical measure, but only about how your bandwidth fees are calculated ie: average rate over 24 hour periouds, or over a week.
This pricing model can be better than simply charging for bytes sent because it encourages a certain type of network usage... so you don't get someone who only pays for bytes transferred then absolutely jams his ocnnection up for 1 random day a week and doesn't use it at all... he's actually a harder customer to manage network wise than the guy who simply uses 256Kbps more or less constantly.
You got ISDN right.
I think D means Data though (telco data, ie, which call is coming in on what channel, calling number, etc)
They all use TDMA
Burstable T1 is usually something like (though I may be wrong) the T1 and everything is normal...
Funny
I find a single TCP session can quite easily saturate a T1 if nothing else is going on.
Not sure how WFQ affects it if there is only one source of data anyway...
The queueing is the responsibiliy of the router, not the T1
You have a TRUE T1 if you have.. a T1!
If you have constant 1.5Mbps between you and your ISP, tha'ts a T1.
And that's ALL A t1 is.
That's it.
It's just a line.
How much upstream bandwidth your ISP has is another issue. How much upstream bandwidth THEIR isp has is another issue as well, and so on, and soforth.
The best way to tell is to see what they will put down in writing.
Best thing is to ask for certain maximum latencies to certain points outside their network... that's the best bet..
Protecting anonymous sources is one thing, but you can't hide behind that if you are witness to a crime.
"Sorry, I'm a reporter, I don't have to testify" just doesn't hold up.
legally, if they witness this guy comitting a felony, they are obligated to report him to the police, or be tried as accessories.
As much as it's evil... information privacy is a tricky business.
Forget the law, forget everything else, let's talk morals and common sense here.
I'm your boss. It's my network, outright. You work for me.
Should I be able to read all your emails and learn private details of your private life? Should I be able to learn which other poeple in the office you've been sleeping with? Of course not, that's personal.
But.. when information worth millions suddenly appears on the black market, and SOMEONE leaked it, should I be able to look through a log of ALL my network traffic and find out who sent it? DAMN STRAIGHT I should.
Yes, it's hard to draft a law that says this, as there is always room for abuse.. and that's the problem. It's a fuzzy thing.
Limiting access to information is one thing.. but controlling the USE of that information is far more critical.
It's not just link popularity.. where those links come from is also very important.
If a popular site links to yours, that has more weight than some one-off site that links to yours.. google takes this into account.
The guy can argue all he wants.. google does not pruport to have the best stuff at the top all the time.. but if this guy's site was so good, then more people would link to it, if more poeple linked to it, it would be more popular.
Intel, and many others, are constantly working on new technology. The Pentium is what it is because of market demand, and because it's cost effective for them to market it. that's business.
Obviously, at some point this will not do.
I mean look at the Earth Simulator (#1 on Top500.org by a factor of 5)... it's not Intel based, or x86 based at all.. neither are most of the supercomputers in there.
We are doubling our speed every 18 months by improving current technology.. that sounds pretty good to me.
Not storage media.
it relates to component density, and was simply an observed trend by Moore.
They went this way because the goal is to simply be able to phone someone else just like using a normal phone. no service contracts, no computer equipment, nothign else.. just plug it in and you can do videophone calls with others who have them.
It's not about designing videoconferencing gear, or about data rate, or whatnot.
What was in there that could possibly offend the sensibilities of the average public? If they can't handle that movie.. argh.
It's the way the pads are angled, and the angle of attack/release that they use.
Like velcro.. peel it from one side, it doesn't take much force, try to move it all at once, it can take literally TONS of force.
Agreed... I live in Costa Rica.. and the Geckos are there every night when I come home, just hanging out on or near the ceiling.
I figure they can hang out all they want.. they eat bugs, and they don't get into the food.
Besides, they are almost impossible to catch.
Some nights the outside of my house is almost swarming with them (okay exaggeration, but if I take a walk with the flashlight, I can usually find at least 10 on the outside of the house without trying)
Now.. if I can just figure out what that weird lizard that lives in the tree is..
If I'm not mistaken, this was on slashdot about 2 YEARS ago. It was discovered a LONG time ago.
Let me get this straight.
First, they say it's okay for free software to use the patent royalty-free.
Then they change their mind? Isn't there already a prior agreement with free software?
legally. It's criminal, completely. Theft of services.
It's not cool, it's sleazy. Especially for a professional.
Please stick with your 15 inch black and white TV and your Vic-20. There is nothing to be had for you.
I will continue to use opera on my bleeding edge ultra fast computer, and enjoy my surfing more.
The government IS the people.
Those freedoms that cannot be abridged by government, those mean that, no matter how much your fellow countrymen bitch, whine, beg, and fuss, they CANNOT cause certain types of laws to be made.
So what if I'm the kind of programmer who would have to whip out a book to do this? Does that make me a bad programmer? What if my methods and code are far cleaner and efficient than most, and I always produce what I say I'm going to produce on time.. are you going to discount my work as a programmer because I had to look something up? Because I didn't know it on the spot?
Seems far too many people think it's about hotshot know-everything-instantly type of work, where you work when inspired or work when you are 'in the mood'.
What about those who can methodically and cleanly produce code day after day?