Please, please, please! We *are* the government. *We* own that property. The public *paid* for it with tax money. They work for us. Get it?
Why is that so hard for people to understand? Government is just about the only institution left that we have measurable influence over, and it's not much. Why the hell should we adopt the attitude of, "it's up to _them_ to do what ever they want with _their_ property."?
It's _ours_ to decide. Get involved, even in the smallest way possible.
One small correction, Firewire is perfectly suitable for internal devices. All Apple G4s (with the Sawtooth motherboard) include a 3rd Firewire port that's for use with internal devices, like drives (CD-R, HD, CD-RW, Tape, etc).
Slashdot Mirror
Please, please, please! We *are* the government. *We* own that property. The public *paid* for it with tax money. They work for us. Get it?
Why is that so hard for people to understand? Government is just about the only institution left that we have measurable influence over, and it's not much. Why the hell should we adopt the attitude of, "it's up to _them_ to do what ever they want with _their_ property."?
It's _ours_ to decide. Get involved, even in the smallest way possible.
One small correction, Firewire is perfectly suitable for internal devices. All Apple G4s (with the Sawtooth motherboard) include a 3rd Firewire port that's for use with internal devices, like drives (CD-R, HD, CD-RW, Tape, etc).
So, the original poster was quite correct.
Hagen
Indeed, Oregon State University is part of NERO, which is a big reason why they pay less for bandwidth.
They also have a pair of T1's to MCI for backup, but the NERO connections aggregate to 100Mb/sec, so it's not like they have a small pipe.