Sorry, people get caught by their plates all the time. I had a roommate who got caught by his license plate every time he parked down by the end of our block. He would get so many parking tickets...
You're ridiculous. You have no idea what you're talking about. Really. Let me talk some sense into you, slappy.
Let's look at why this is important. Imagine someone wanted to use an inexpensive PC as their router? They can do a whole lot with this router, but up until now, it lacked being able to do layer 7 shaping and switching. Applications like Gnutella don't use any specific port, so you have to look into the packet to find out what kind of packet it is. This feature was previously only available in super-expensive "layer 7 switches". Now, it's freely available to everyone. It really increases the value of a linux router to people who want this type of shaping.
Don't spout off before you understand the subject, ok? Promise? Good.
Don't let yourself be fooled by the article... Though they hint at the drivers detecting the program, did it ever occur to you that 3dmark's code could have been incorrect? I see no hard proof that the drivers actually "detected" the program running. Just because the article says "the drivers F'd up, we fixed it, then it worked, so it must be detecting our program", doesn't mean that is true. Perhaps they were doing strange things to mess up nVidia... There's a motive in everything, maybe this is 3dmark attempting to extort something from nVidia.
Some big stuff is going on inside the FCC concerning the DE-regulation of the broadband industry. There is going to be very few rules preventing Verizon et all to use their unfair advantage (owning all the CO's, deep pockets) to put Speakeasy and all the smaller ISP's out of business. Current broadband options as we know it will find it difficult to compete against the company that no longer has to accomodate them.
I mentioned in my earlier post that Cable really isn't a choice, since you will only really have one (MAYBE 2) cable provider -- an illusion of choice at best, a monopoly at worst. Next up is dialup -- do you really think that Dialup is a choice? Don't fool yourself. Since it's impossible to predict what technologies will come along in the next five years, we can't "rely" on them.
Now, on to community driven wireless -- this was exactly what I was talking about. If you want to roll this out to give a standard sized community access (say 3,000 households), you're going to need some major backing to get all the equipment, since I doubt it would be competitive ($300 for a decent point to point tranciever on both ends, or major bucks for an access point on every other telephone pole).
Notice I never said that the publicly funded/publicly run broadband solution would be ubiquitous. It would merely be another option. If you saw fit to use it, go ahead. If you would rather go with Verizon, that's cool too. That is choice. To put it anotherway, if X is the current number of broadband solutions, then x+1 > x. Another choice yields more choice.
I know from previous posts that you're a libertarian, so you can ignore this, but some things truly are better run by the government -- railways (almost-private Amtrak vs. DB (germany's national rail system), public safety, or hospitals (go to a hospital in a city in Germany and see how long you wait as compared to a hospital in a city in the US). Certain things just can't make money and serve the consumer best at the same time.
Entertainment? Funny, I primarily use my broadband access for work. I guess that changes broadband access to a "Multiple-use" classifcation. Anyhow, your local/municipal government is already in the "entertainment" business -- they probably have a senior citizen's club, a little league team, some sort of recreation fields, maybe a new year's eve celebration...The list goes on. Just because you may only use your network access to play some poker game doesn't mean that other people may use it for other purposes.
As for the private sector handling your business, what do you think will happen in the next few years? DSL from several vendors will switch into Verizon DSL, and that's about it. All the other smaller providers will be muscled out, but that's another topic. You really only have the choice of two cable (most likely only one) providers, satellite is slow and is being phased out, and dialup is for webtv, or something.
The variety of choice for broadband is going to lessen over the next few years, so as i see it, it would benefit both myself and my community to have a network connection utility that would have to answer to the people (publicly run or regulated) rather than a private company whose main interest is profit.
As for big brother -- if someone wants to monitor you, they'll monitor you, whether you've got earthlink or anything else. Worrying about that is like pissing into the wind.
If you build neighborhoods correctly, you don't need to rely on any external forces to get you the food you need. My neighborhood has a small grocery store within a 5 minute walk, 3 medium sized ones within a 10 minute walk, and a large supermarket/farm market within a 15 minute walk. Perhaps all those extra taxes us cityfolk pay is worth something...The NEV is a hack to patch together neighborhoods whose design suffers because of people's desire for sprawl and suburbia. While you're puttering around in some car that ultimately pollutes whether it's from an internal combustion engine or a coal burning power plant, my feet are much more "environmentally sound" then any hacky NEV's. I also have the added bonus of actually meeting the people who live in my neighborhood on the street, which discourages crime.
If you've studied "Advanced Physics" like you say, you've probably gone to university. That means you've had to use a library. How about going to your library and going a keyword search "Quantum Mechanics"? I'm sure if you ask your library, they'll teach you how to do these things for yourself like a big boy.
How about you read the original post, slappy? The OP was concerned that Verizon is using a scarce resource (802.11 spectrum) for commercial purposes, and then only limit access to their existing customers. You can only have a certain amount of access points in a given area. What happens when Verizon hits this limit, and you can no longer provide wireless access to yourself because Verizon is hogging all the channels?
You totally got me. Let me hang my head in shame, for you are surely the guru of all that encompasses measuring the depth of trolley rails under road surfaces.
Actually, US bills are HUGE (lengthwise) compared to both the British and Euro currencies. American wallets are useless over there, and the lack of a change pocket on a wallet really sucks.
Transportation planners thought of this -- mainly in California. They call it "Personal Rapid Transit", and it takes all of the bad aspects of cars (traffic jams, wasted space, etc) and combines it with all the bad aspects of light rail (limited infrastructure, expensive) -- I am by no means advocating using a car, but personal rapid transit is a bad idea. It's much more cost effective to use larger cars and have established routes. The technology is there, and some towns even have trolley tracks buried underneath 2 feet of concrete, but it is just so wasteful and the benefits gained by having PRT (being able to go where you want to go, when you want to go there) can be found in light rail if a lot of time and planning goes into picking where stops go.
Says who? Backup your comments please, I have seen little hard evidence that says that cell phones can "jam" ILS (which operates at a completely different frequency), or "steering" which on older planes is hydraulics. Yes, those evil cell phones changing the physical properties of hydraulic fluid, I better stop talking on the phone on the train too I guess. I mean those things are ALL electric!
Cell Phones are only "dangerous" because they totally F up the cell network if you turn one on at 30,000 feet. You don't think all those flourescent lights and TV's they put in planes nowadays cause interference either? Wasn't some airline offering WiFi service on their planes? They operate around the same areas as certain cell phone bands, and yet that causes no issues.
Certainly not the UK's postal serivice. I live just outside of NYC, and my sister lives in East London. I like to send her care packages filled with boxed macaroni and cheese from Shop-Rite, twinkies, and hostess cupcakes. These things are worth their weight in gold to my sister's coworkers, so it's worth shipping. In any case, the first time I shipped a box like that, it took THREE months to get from Elizabeth (home of Elizabeth Seaport and Newark International Airport -- not hard to find a way to london) to London. Once it got there, it was about half the size as when I sent it. Second time I sent something, it only took a month to get there, BUT the postal service over there dropped a letter in her mailbox stating that she had to pick up her package between the hours of 11 and 2 at some post office nowhere near her house. When she finally got out of her job teaching kindergarten to pick up her package, they had lost it in the post office and told her to come back in a few weeks. When she complained, they told her that she had no right to complain and to please leave the post office before the police were called. Eventually, when she inquired about the package again, they said that there was "NO SUCH ADDRESS". Apparently, the postal service is both all-knowing and blind at the same time. How could there be "NO SUCH ADDRESS" if they gave her a note saying she could pick up her package? I called up royal mail or whatever excuse for a postal service they had, and after 5 minutes of abuse by some customer service rep, I told him to fuck off, and I sent my package via Fedex or UPS, I can't quite remember which. It got there in two weeks, with no problem.
At Rutgers University, anyone is entitled to use pretty much any of the library's services. I've never seen anyone asked for identification to use the media services at the libraries here. At private schools, the policy may be different, but I don't think that's the case.
If you live near a University, they usually have fairly large video/dvd/film archives. Since University libraries are mainly research libraries, they will have a place for you to watch them for free. You won't be able to take them home, of course. It might not be a movie theater, but it's a good way to blow a saturday afternoon...
Blah blah blah, I've done this about 8 months ago with my Xbox, for cheaper and easier. xboxmediaplayer, matrix mod chip, and that xbox streaming software. For PS2 owners, this might seem "cool", but it's old hat for Xbox folks. While we're at it, remember, the Xbox comes with the ethernet adapter built in.
You can do this so you do not have to store the video files directly on the hard drive, saving space for more games! Anyhow, you normally downloading video files from the internet, so why bother having to copy the files again just to get them on the Xbox when you can just stream them over your underutilized home network anyhow?
Yes, I'm sure some open source courseware project will kick the pants off of Blackboard, which is a closed-source electronic commerce system for vending machines and POS. Way to go, Einstein.
Err, little correction on your "diversity" explanation. How the mic reciever works is not exactly as you say. It does not pick from one or the other "antenna", but instead, takes the signal recieved by both, and it assumes that the noise is completely random, it subtracts what's "different", therefore leaving only the desirable transmission. Take this from a "copmetant sound man".
Doesn't the RIAA realize that attacking SCHOOLS is the wrong way to do this? Most state universities are hurting for money so bad that having to play "traffic cop" for the RIAA would put an undue stress on the university. This would be a private organization effectively attacking a government run educational institution -- but I digress. I mean, what's more low down and heinous than a rich group of fat cats deciding to selectively enforce their god-given right to stop file trading, with its sights pointed to a school. Why not go after another corporation! They have much more money than any university...
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Sorry, people get caught by their plates all the time. I had a roommate who got caught by his license plate every time he parked down by the end of our block. He would get so many parking tickets
You're ridiculous. You have no idea what you're talking about. Really. Let me talk some sense into you, slappy.
Let's look at why this is important. Imagine someone wanted to use an inexpensive PC as their router? They can do a whole lot with this router, but up until now, it lacked being able to do layer 7 shaping and switching. Applications like Gnutella don't use any specific port, so you have to look into the packet to find out what kind of packet it is. This feature was previously only available in super-expensive "layer 7 switches". Now, it's freely available to everyone. It really increases the value of a linux router to people who want this type of shaping.
Don't spout off before you understand the subject, ok? Promise? Good.
You're just jealous that you didn't think of it first
Don't let yourself be fooled by the article... Though they hint at the drivers detecting the program, did it ever occur to you that 3dmark's code could have been incorrect? I see no hard proof that the drivers actually "detected" the program running. Just because the article says "the drivers F'd up, we fixed it, then it worked, so it must be detecting our program", doesn't mean that is true. Perhaps they were doing strange things to mess up nVidia... There's a motive in everything, maybe this is 3dmark attempting to extort something from nVidia.
Some big stuff is going on inside the FCC concerning the DE-regulation of the broadband industry. There is going to be very few rules preventing Verizon et all to use their unfair advantage (owning all the CO's, deep pockets) to put Speakeasy and all the smaller ISP's out of business. Current broadband options as we know it will find it difficult to compete against the company that no longer has to accomodate them.
I mentioned in my earlier post that Cable really isn't a choice, since you will only really have one (MAYBE 2) cable provider -- an illusion of choice at best, a monopoly at worst. Next up is dialup -- do you really think that Dialup is a choice? Don't fool yourself. Since it's impossible to predict what technologies will come along in the next five years, we can't "rely" on them.
Now, on to community driven wireless -- this was exactly what I was talking about. If you want to roll this out to give a standard sized community access (say 3,000 households), you're going to need some major backing to get all the equipment, since I doubt it would be competitive ($300 for a decent point to point tranciever on both ends, or major bucks for an access point on every other telephone pole).
Notice I never said that the publicly funded/publicly run broadband solution would be ubiquitous. It would merely be another option. If you saw fit to use it, go ahead. If you would rather go with Verizon, that's cool too. That is choice. To put it anotherway, if X is the current number of broadband solutions, then x+1 > x. Another choice yields more choice.
I know from previous posts that you're a libertarian, so you can ignore this, but some things truly are better run by the government -- railways (almost-private Amtrak vs. DB (germany's national rail system), public safety, or hospitals (go to a hospital in a city in Germany and see how long you wait as compared to a hospital in a city in the US). Certain things just can't make money and serve the consumer best at the same time.
Entertainment? Funny, I primarily use my broadband access for work. I guess that changes broadband access to a "Multiple-use" classifcation. Anyhow, your local/municipal government is already in the "entertainment" business -- they probably have a senior citizen's club, a little league team, some sort of recreation fields, maybe a new year's eve celebration...The list goes on. Just because you may only use your network access to play some poker game doesn't mean that other people may use it for other purposes.
As for the private sector handling your business, what do you think will happen in the next few years? DSL from several vendors will switch into Verizon DSL, and that's about it. All the other smaller providers will be muscled out, but that's another topic. You really only have the choice of two cable (most likely only one) providers, satellite is slow and is being phased out, and dialup is for webtv, or something.
The variety of choice for broadband is going to lessen over the next few years, so as i see it, it would benefit both myself and my community to have a network connection utility that would have to answer to the people (publicly run or regulated) rather than a private company whose main interest is profit.
As for big brother -- if someone wants to monitor you, they'll monitor you, whether you've got earthlink or anything else. Worrying about that is like pissing into the wind.
Maybe if you didn't post as AC, I would be able to tell you where you could get pre-built gtk2 binaries...
If you build neighborhoods correctly, you don't need to rely on any external forces to get you the food you need. My neighborhood has a small grocery store within a 5 minute walk, 3 medium sized ones within a 10 minute walk, and a large supermarket/farm market within a 15 minute walk. Perhaps all those extra taxes us cityfolk pay is worth something...The NEV is a hack to patch together neighborhoods whose design suffers because of people's desire for sprawl and suburbia. While you're puttering around in some car that ultimately pollutes whether it's from an internal combustion engine or a coal burning power plant, my feet are much more "environmentally sound" then any hacky NEV's. I also have the added bonus of actually meeting the people who live in my neighborhood on the street, which discourages crime.
What kind of garbage are you spouting? How about you back up your claims instead of just posting a one-liner that means nothing.
If you've studied "Advanced Physics" like you say, you've probably gone to university. That means you've had to use a library. How about going to your library and going a keyword search "Quantum Mechanics"? I'm sure if you ask your library, they'll teach you how to do these things for yourself like a big boy.
How about you read the original post, slappy? The OP was concerned that Verizon is using a scarce resource (802.11 spectrum) for commercial purposes, and then only limit access to their existing customers. You can only have a certain amount of access points in a given area. What happens when Verizon hits this limit, and you can no longer provide wireless access to yourself because Verizon is hogging all the channels?
You totally got me. Let me hang my head in shame, for you are surely the guru of all that encompasses measuring the depth of trolley rails under road surfaces.
Actually, US bills are HUGE (lengthwise) compared to both the British and Euro currencies. American wallets are useless over there, and the lack of a change pocket on a wallet really sucks.
Transportation planners thought of this -- mainly in California. They call it "Personal Rapid Transit", and it takes all of the bad aspects of cars (traffic jams, wasted space, etc) and combines it with all the bad aspects of light rail (limited infrastructure, expensive) -- I am by no means advocating using a car, but personal rapid transit is a bad idea. It's much more cost effective to use larger cars and have established routes. The technology is there, and some towns even have trolley tracks buried underneath 2 feet of concrete, but it is just so wasteful and the benefits gained by having PRT (being able to go where you want to go, when you want to go there) can be found in light rail if a lot of time and planning goes into picking where stops go.
Says who? Backup your comments please, I have seen little hard evidence that says that cell phones can "jam" ILS (which operates at a completely different frequency), or "steering" which on older planes is hydraulics. Yes, those evil cell phones changing the physical properties of hydraulic fluid, I better stop talking on the phone on the train too I guess. I mean those things are ALL electric!
Cell Phones are only "dangerous" because they totally F up the cell network if you turn one on at 30,000 feet. You don't think all those flourescent lights and TV's they put in planes nowadays cause interference either? Wasn't some airline offering WiFi service on their planes? They operate around the same areas as certain cell phone bands, and yet that causes no issues.
Certainly not the UK's postal serivice. I live just outside of NYC, and my sister lives in East London. I like to send her care packages filled with boxed macaroni and cheese from Shop-Rite, twinkies, and hostess cupcakes. These things are worth their weight in gold to my sister's coworkers, so it's worth shipping. In any case, the first time I shipped a box like that, it took THREE months to get from Elizabeth (home of Elizabeth Seaport and Newark International Airport -- not hard to find a way to london) to London. Once it got there, it was about half the size as when I sent it. Second time I sent something, it only took a month to get there, BUT the postal service over there dropped a letter in her mailbox stating that she had to pick up her package between the hours of 11 and 2 at some post office nowhere near her house. When she finally got out of her job teaching kindergarten to pick up her package, they had lost it in the post office and told her to come back in a few weeks. When she complained, they told her that she had no right to complain and to please leave the post office before the police were called. Eventually, when she inquired about the package again, they said that there was "NO SUCH ADDRESS". Apparently, the postal service is both all-knowing and blind at the same time. How could there be "NO SUCH ADDRESS" if they gave her a note saying she could pick up her package? I called up royal mail or whatever excuse for a postal service they had, and after 5 minutes of abuse by some customer service rep, I told him to fuck off, and I sent my package via Fedex or UPS, I can't quite remember which. It got there in two weeks, with no problem.
At Rutgers University, anyone is entitled to use pretty much any of the library's services. I've never seen anyone asked for identification to use the media services at the libraries here. At private schools, the policy may be different, but I don't think that's the case.
If you live near a University, they usually have fairly large video/dvd/film archives. Since University libraries are mainly research libraries, they will have a place for you to watch them for free. You won't be able to take them home, of course. It might not be a movie theater, but it's a good way to blow a saturday afternoon...
Blah blah blah, I've done this about 8 months ago with my Xbox, for cheaper and easier. xboxmediaplayer, matrix mod chip, and that xbox streaming software. For PS2 owners, this might seem "cool", but it's old hat for Xbox folks. While we're at it, remember, the Xbox comes with the ethernet adapter built in.
You can do this so you do not have to store the video files directly on the hard drive, saving space for more games! Anyhow, you normally downloading video files from the internet, so why bother having to copy the files again just to get them on the Xbox when you can just stream them over your underutilized home network anyhow?
Yes, I'm sure some open source courseware project will kick the pants off of Blackboard, which is a closed-source electronic commerce system for vending machines and POS. Way to go, Einstein.
How about someone who uses linux or MacOS/OSX? Listen.com is just for Windows 98 and up. Lame, lame, lame!
Err, little correction on your "diversity" explanation. How the mic reciever works is not exactly as you say. It does not pick from one or the other "antenna", but instead, takes the signal recieved by both, and it assumes that the noise is completely random, it subtracts what's "different", therefore leaving only the desirable transmission. Take this from a "copmetant sound man".
Doesn't the RIAA realize that attacking SCHOOLS is the wrong way to do this? Most state universities are hurting for money so bad that having to play "traffic cop" for the RIAA would put an undue stress on the university. This would be a private organization effectively attacking a government run educational institution -- but I digress. I mean, what's more low down and heinous than a rich group of fat cats deciding to selectively enforce their god-given right to stop file trading, with its sights pointed to a school. Why not go after another corporation! They have much more money than any university...