It comes from #5x01 "Unusual Suspects". Specifically, from a dialog between Byers and X (Deep Throat's replacement), where Byers proclaimed that X and his cohorts were the same people who killed JFK. X's reply was: "Really? I heard it was a lone gunman..."
I'll concur on the detail and keeping of the records thing. I'll disagree on the term long-term retention.
Having worked at a very large teleco myself, Qwest may get rid of the on-line records after two years, but you can bet your bottom dollar that they are on tape somewhere for recovery for a period of up to seven years. And God have mercy on your soul if you loose any and a supoena walks in the door...
The coolest thing I've ever seen was my cowboy boss walk over to this multi-billion dollar a year machine and say, "Time to test the emergency backup units." These machines are located in other states altogether btw. Then he just pulls the power cord out of this rack mounted 8 by 8.
Yep, I've had experience with a few different multi-billion dollar systems, and they're
sweet. Best years of my life, and where
I learned that $2 million is pocket change.
If this is a new house, and the cabling hasn't
been run yet, is to use conduit. That way, you can run shielded cable, and then move to fiber without ripping the walls apart. Check the building code in your area, also; some places require cables to be stapled to the wall beams
(as it is in my house).
On first-level, or at a company which doesn't think it's worth the expense of having more than one sysadmin. I've fished from the latter stream a couple of times (each time, the environment only needed one sysadmin at the beginning, then exploding), and never again--if I can help it. That is the type of situation which creates the surly sysadmin...
I can't get hired and get some experience because I don't have any experience!
Gee, you mean no one is falling down at your feet, offering you a $100K/year job on a silver platter? Welcome to the Real World (TM)!
When I graduated over ten years ago, the country was in a recession (as it is now) and I had the same problem--as did virtually every other graduate. Heck, even people with years of experience were being laid off and working as night janitors, as the newstory on my wall reminded me (that I wasn't the only one).
My advice is to do some volunteer development on the side. Find out which charities are in your area, and find out if they need any development done--even if it's Visual Basic and HTML. Get something under your belt that's quantifiable, real and you can use as a reference.
I'm no fan of Microsoft, but I reamed Foster in an e-mail for reporting this crap. Upon reading this the other day, I went to a co-worker who has FrontPage 2002 installed, and we both looked through the included on-line EULA. Damned if we could find any mention of this "prohibition".
So, show me where in the EULA this is stated. Are there multiple EULAs? Then which one takes precedence ("the last one? well, that wasn't the one I got when I bought it" concept)?
Damn it...THINK PEOPLE...investigate these things on your own and don't just knee-jerk a reaction because someone says something exists. Doesn't help perceptions much, especially if the liars/FUDers this time around are the open-source proponets....
Actually, if I recall, the guy at M$ who is in charge of streaming video there is also the chair of the ISO MPEG-4 standards committee and the ISO H.263L standards committee. Since I heard this at an ISO-sponsered event during a panel discussion, I'm pretty positive that it's accurate. YMMV.
56k is ok. You won't get DVD quality, but you'll get an ok picture and sound. I've seen an iPAQ connected to the Net via a 14.4k cellular phone connection pull down a stream at 5-7 frames/second. It was extremely viewable for what we were doing (looking at traffic cams), but the guy showing me kept it in perspective: "it's great for this, but I wouldn't want to watch a two hour movie on it."
In addition, MPEG-4 does have the capability for scaleable encoding in the same bitstream (encode once, play over many bandwidths), although you loose a lot of quality at lower bandwidths.
Check out the MPEG-4 Industry Forum website at http://www.m4if.org/. There are several companies supporting MPEG-4, including iVast, PacketVideo, and others.
Actually, the MPEG-4 file format is based upon the QuickTime file format--think M$ and their "embrace and extend" slogan. MPEG-4 is not a file format; it is the definition of a bitstream.
When I set up my home office, I sat down and designed the desk/work area, with the intention of having a guy in my hometown build it. I was a bit shocked when our new office furniture from Bush came in at work, and it was essentially my design. I checked the cost, and found that the savings was over 50%. Got it and it works great.
For my computers, I changed from cases to rack mount units, and bought a 22U rack from Greybar. I have one desktop system running Windows, as my Quicken and games system. Everything fits, and runs great.
I hate to say this, but there are several companies out there which have this technology.
Check out Virage, Pictron, and (for the basic technology of facial recognition used by Virage) Visionics.
This is absolutely nothing new.
---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
Most of the wireless solutions available for Palm/Handspring/etc devices utilize CDPD (cellular packet data protocol) for network connectivity. Problem is, Iowa (save for pockets
of englightment) doesn't really have much CDPD coverage.
The serial line to analog cell phone might work
(unless you are along a major Interstate in eastern Iowa, or in a major metro area, forget digital coverage). A link for something along this line can be found here.
Good luck. ---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
I don't think you're seeing the forest for the
trees. While the quality wasn't the best, this also wasn't The Matrix (or, more specifically, a movie), where one had the luxury for another take, or of time for editing. This was live TV, and performing this in near-realtime. Plus, it was done for around $2 million, if I recall.
All in all, I thought it went well for the first time. Keep in mind that you have to crawl, then you walk, then you run. ---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
One of the reasons for the jerkyness was that
they were only using 33 video cameras, as compared to 100+ still cameras in The Matrix.
The video was a bit grainy (I'm a video network
engineer, so that's striking me as a bit curious.), but I agree; for a first time thing, this was good. A few years will see some remarkable improvements. I think, that www.superbowl.com is going to have EyeVision snippets online.
---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
Or how about the 2436 counties won by Bush, compared to the 676 counties won by Gore?
This map
summarizes perfectly the need for the
electoral college. ---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
NetINS is owned by INS, which is owned by roughly 130 shareholders--who are most of the independents in Iowa. INS is also a 70% shareholder in the company which took over from GTE in Iowa (Iowa Telecom, IIRC). This means that--through their ownership of INS--these little Mom and Pops can exercise a lot of influence on what can and can't be done in telecom in much of Iowa--up to two thirds of the state, from what I hear. The only other big player here now is USWest/Qwest, which really doesn't want to leave the big cities--and are looking to get rid of some of their exchanges out in the boonies.
As for the shell server and personal web sites, I can only relate my experiences from 2.5 years prior. The shell server had things on it, but you weren't allowed hardly any space, and if you did try to do anything other than read mail or telnet out, your hands were slapped (and no, I'm not malicious. We're talking about sysadmin script development and testing, centralized storage of really important things--things I do on other ISP accounts with no hoopla at all). As for the web pages, I will grant you this. When I was with them, there were no personal web sites without paying extra $$'s (and the "Basic Showcase" does appear under "New"). I remember very well, because it really torqued me.
As for being rough, my experiences with NetINS have been nothing but wretched, and I've the opportunity to compare and contrast with ISPs outside the state of Iowa. Most of them would kick NetINS' butt. Rough maybe, but justified. ---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
NetINS???? Yeah, right. The only reason they're
even in business yet is because they're
essentially a monopoly--their parent company
(INS) is owned by well over one hundred of the
state's independent Ma & Pa telephone companies.
Then there's the topic of their service, and price--premium cost for a paucity of services.
Laughable shell server; no personal web pages,
unless you paid extra. NetINS has never cared--
and still doesn't--for the individual/home user.
Thank heavens USWorst came along with DSL.
And don't get me started about their business
service.
Over all, I wish PrairieInet luck.
---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
I can second this. When I was at E10K training last year, they had upgraded the SSP software to a buggy level. As a result, the E10K hung, and had to be phyiscally powered down. All during my test. ---------------------------- Dammit Jim...It's "U-N-I-X",
Interesting concept. Sidious==Palpatine. It would explain how Palpatine apparently obtained such powerful Dark Side abilities so rapidly, as well as the relationship between the Emperor and Vader (Master-Apprentice).
Was this 4 millionth domain name before or after NSI loosing a bunch of domains last week???? ---------------------------- Dammit Jim...It's "U-N-I-X",
Slashdot Mirror
It comes from #5x01 "Unusual Suspects". Specifically, from a dialog between Byers and X (Deep Throat's replacement), where Byers proclaimed that X and his cohorts were the same people who killed JFK. X's reply was: "Really? I heard it was a lone gunman..."
Having worked at a very large teleco myself, Qwest may get rid of the on-line records after two years,
but you can bet your bottom dollar that they are on tape somewhere for recovery for a period of up to
seven years. And God have mercy on your soul if you loose any and a supoena walks in the door...
The coolest thing I've ever seen was my cowboy boss walk over to this multi-billion dollar a year
machine and say, "Time to test the emergency backup units." These machines are located in
other states altogether btw. Then he just pulls the power cord out of this rack mounted 8 by 8.
Yep, I've had experience with a few different multi-billion dollar systems, and they're sweet.
Best years of my life, and where I learned that $2 million is pocket change.
If this is a new house, and the cabling hasn't
been run yet, is to use conduit. That way, you can run shielded cable, and then move to fiber without ripping the walls apart. Check the building code in your area, also; some places require cables to be stapled to the wall beams
(as it is in my house).
On first-level, or at a company which doesn't think it's worth the expense of having more than one sysadmin. I've fished from the latter stream a couple of times (each time, the environment only needed one sysadmin at the beginning, then exploding), and never again--if I can help it. That is the type of situation which creates the surly sysadmin...
Gee, you mean no one is falling down at your feet, offering you a $100K/year job on a silver platter? Welcome to the Real World (TM)!
When I graduated over ten years ago, the country was in a recession (as it is now) and I had the same problem--as did virtually every other graduate. Heck, even people with years of experience were being laid off and working as night janitors, as the newstory on my wall reminded me (that I wasn't the only one).
My advice is to do some volunteer development on the side. Find out which charities are in your area, and find out if they need any development done--even if it's Visual Basic and HTML. Get something under your belt that's quantifiable, real and you can use as a reference.
So, show me where in the EULA this is stated. Are there multiple EULAs? Then which one takes precedence ("the last one? well, that wasn't the one I got when I bought it" concept)?
Damn it...THINK PEOPLE...investigate these things on your own and don't just knee-jerk a reaction because someone says something exists. Doesn't help perceptions much, especially if the liars/FUDers this time around are the open-source proponets....
Actually, if I recall, the guy at M$ who is in charge of streaming video there is also the chair of the ISO MPEG-4 standards committee and the ISO H.263L standards committee. Since I heard this at an ISO-sponsered event during a panel discussion, I'm pretty positive that it's accurate. YMMV.
56k is ok. You won't get DVD quality, but you'll get an ok picture and sound. I've seen an iPAQ connected to the Net via a 14.4k cellular phone connection pull down a stream at 5-7 frames/second. It was extremely viewable for what we were doing (looking at traffic cams), but the guy showing me kept it in perspective: "it's great for this, but I wouldn't want to watch a two hour movie on it."
In addition, MPEG-4 does have the capability for scaleable encoding in the same bitstream (encode once, play over many bandwidths), although you loose a lot of quality at lower bandwidths.
Check out the MPEG-4 Industry Forum website at http://www.m4if.org/. There are several companies supporting MPEG-4, including iVast, PacketVideo, and others.
Actually, the MPEG-4 file format is based upon the QuickTime file format--think M$ and their "embrace and extend" slogan. MPEG-4 is not a file format; it is the definition of a bitstream.
When I set up my home office, I sat down and designed the desk/work area, with the intention of having a guy in my hometown build it. I was a bit shocked when our new office furniture from Bush came in at work, and it was essentially my design. I checked the cost, and found that the savings was over 50%. Got it and it works great.
For my computers, I changed from cases to rack mount units, and bought a 22U rack from Greybar. I have one desktop system running Windows, as my Quicken and games system. Everything fits, and runs great.
Mindshare==good.- -
-------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
I hate to say this, but there are several companies out there which have this technology. Check out Virage, Pictron, and (for the basic technology of facial recognition used by Virage) Visionics.
This is absolutely nothing new.
---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
Most of the wireless solutions available for Palm/Handspring/etc devices utilize CDPD (cellular packet data protocol) for network connectivity. Problem is, Iowa (save for pockets of englightment) doesn't really have much CDPD coverage.
The serial line to analog cell phone might work (unless you are along a major Interstate in eastern Iowa, or in a major metro area, forget digital coverage). A link for something along this line can be found here.
Good luck.
---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
I don't think you're seeing the forest for the
trees. While the quality wasn't the best, this also wasn't The Matrix (or, more specifically, a movie), where one had the luxury for another take, or of time for editing. This was live TV, and performing this in near-realtime. Plus, it was done for around $2 million, if I recall.
All in all, I thought it went well for the first time. Keep in mind that you have to crawl, then you walk, then you run.
---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
One of the reasons for the jerkyness was that they were only using 33 video cameras, as compared to 100+ still cameras in The Matrix. The video was a bit grainy (I'm a video network engineer, so that's striking me as a bit curious.), but I agree; for a first time thing, this was good. A few years will see some remarkable improvements. I think, that www.superbowl.com is going to have EyeVision snippets online.
---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
This map summarizes perfectly the need for the electoral college.
---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
Actually, it is part of a monopoly.
NetINS is owned by INS, which is owned by roughly 130 shareholders--who are most of the independents in Iowa. INS is also a 70% shareholder in the company which took over from GTE in Iowa (Iowa Telecom, IIRC). This means that--through their ownership of INS--these little Mom and Pops can exercise a lot of influence on what can and can't be done in telecom in much of Iowa--up to two thirds of the state, from what I hear. The only other big player here now is USWest/Qwest, which really doesn't want to leave the big cities--and are looking to get rid of some of their exchanges out in the boonies.
As for the shell server and personal web sites, I can only relate my experiences from 2.5 years prior. The shell server had things on it, but you weren't allowed hardly any space, and if you did try to do anything other than read mail or telnet out, your hands were slapped (and no, I'm not malicious. We're talking about sysadmin script development and testing, centralized storage of really important things--things I do on other ISP accounts with no hoopla at all). As for the web pages, I will grant you this. When I was with them, there were no personal web sites without paying extra $$'s (and the "Basic Showcase" does appear under "New"). I remember very well, because it really torqued me.
As for being rough, my experiences with NetINS have been nothing but wretched, and I've the opportunity to compare and contrast with ISPs outside the state of Iowa. Most of them would kick NetINS' butt. Rough maybe, but justified.
---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
Then there's the topic of their service, and price--premium cost for a paucity of services. Laughable shell server; no personal web pages, unless you paid extra. NetINS has never cared-- and still doesn't--for the individual/home user. Thank heavens USWorst came along with DSL.
And don't get me started about their business service.
Over all, I wish PrairieInet luck.
---------------------------------
Only in America will someone order a
Big Mac, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
Think about it. Test fired on Friday, and creates
some sort of space-time warp, plane comes into contact with it and *POOF*...gonner.
It's possible...just not too probable
.
----------------------------
Dammit Jim...It's "U-N-I-X",
I can second this. When I was at E10K training
last year, they had upgraded the SSP software to
a buggy level. As a result, the E10K hung, and
had to be phyiscally powered down. All during my
test.
----------------------------
Dammit Jim...It's "U-N-I-X",
I've just tried several whois queries on me SPARC,
and snoop is showing them going to rs.internic.net.
Don't seem broken to me...
----------------------------
Dammit Jim...It's "U-N-I-X",
fsck.
Thought it looked strange. Thanks fer the
correction.
----------------------------
Dammit Jim...It's "U-N-I-X",
Interesting concept. Sidious==Palpatine. It
would explain how Palpatine apparently obtained such powerful Dark Side abilities so rapidly,
as well as the relationship between the Emperor
and Vader (Master-Apprentice).
----------------------------
Dammit Jim...It's "U-N-I-X",
Was this 4 millionth domain name before
or after NSI loosing a bunch of domains
last week????
----------------------------
Dammit Jim...It's "U-N-I-X",