The 'Arrow' example is probably not quite as simple as it appears to be.
We've been running a Jupiter video display processor in our NOC that pipes in a dozen or so vga sources and pipes them out in any sizes, config we choose to 6 outputs.
It runs win2k and has only been down once (unplanned) in the last 5 years and that was due to a generator issue.
While I worked hard to find a 24 X 7 X 365 solution running *nux there were simply no products on the market that met our requirements when we purchased it.
I would imagine that the airport uses a similar system for their signage.
I'm not saying that running windows for this sort of solution is ideal, only that (at least a few years ago) there was nothing else to choose from.
I'm hoping there will be something on the market when our solution reaches it's EOL soon.
You'd be surprised at all the items Walmart loses money on. During my first job/Wal-Mart experience (setting up the token ring network at a new store) I learned they lose money on cigarettes, diapers, formula and many of the promotions people tend to stampede over.
Just watch.. Walmart will help kill of the remining local mom and pops too. Take a look what Best Buy, Circuit City and Comp USA have done so far. Locally we lost 2 great mom and pop shops within couple years of the big box stores arriving.
What's amusing about the whole situation is that government paternalism is particularly inept at enforcing bans on gambling and other moral vices on the web.
Governments can take pop shots at intermediaries (like EBay +Yahoo over Nazi paraphernalia) but they are essentially helpless in the end as users find alternate methods to fulfill their desires.
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The 'Arrow' example is probably not quite as simple as it appears to be.
We've been running a Jupiter video display processor in our NOC that pipes in a dozen or so vga sources and pipes them out in any sizes, config we choose to 6 outputs.
It runs win2k and has only been down once (unplanned) in the last 5 years and that was due to a generator issue.
While I worked hard to find a 24 X 7 X 365 solution running *nux there were simply no products on the market that met our requirements when we purchased it.
I would imagine that the airport uses a similar system for their signage.
I'm not saying that running windows for this sort of solution is ideal, only that (at least a few years ago) there was nothing else to choose from.
I'm hoping there will be something on the market when our solution reaches it's EOL soon.
You'd be surprised at all the items Walmart loses money on. During my first job/Wal-Mart experience (setting up the token ring network at a new store) I learned they lose money on cigarettes, diapers, formula and many of the promotions people tend to stampede over.
Just watch.. Walmart will help kill of the remining local mom and pops too. Take a look what Best Buy, Circuit City and Comp USA have done so far. Locally we lost 2 great mom and pop shops within couple years of the big box stores arriving.
What's amusing about the whole situation is that government paternalism is particularly inept at enforcing bans on gambling and other moral vices on the web.
Governments can take pop shots at intermediaries (like EBay +Yahoo over Nazi paraphernalia) but they are essentially helpless in the end as users find alternate methods to fulfill their desires.
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Japan-A-Madness
http://jmad.blogspot.com/
Reminds me of a quote I read recently...
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
James Madison
The Bush administration makes me feel like I'm stumbling through a bad dream.
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Japan-A-Madness
http://jmad.blogspot.com/
I work for a small ISP and we are now offering dedicated 2MB circuits (Etherloop) for $199/Month. We have no means of monitoring usage.
All you need to do is move to South Carolina!