NT server is notorious for only about 2 weeks of continuous uptime under heavy usage. As much as I bitch about windows products, I have to admit; my windows 2000 boxes do rival the uptime of my linux boxes typically only needing a reboot when I change hardware.
At the risk of being moderated as a troll again...
Your points are noble, but the problem with your argument is the lack of forseable intent. Yes, removing the dog from my property may be an act of good intent; but how did I know that in advance of your actions?
Trespass and property law exists because it is impossible to determine a persons intent before the action is committed. If we could do that we could have prevented the tragedy of september 11th.
I think a viable solution is to enforce existing trespass law, and give Judges the legal headroom to dismiss cases of obvious good intent. This is why mandatory sentence laws mostly suck...they do not take into account good intentions.
OK, going someplace you don't belong is not a minor infraction it is trespassing. I've heard many people say...well he didn't hurt anyone....that is not the point.
Would you like any stranger walking into your house, sitting on you couch watching TV and eating potato chips? The intruder isn't hurting anyone right????
We don't need any new cyber-space, techno laws for this type of activity, we have ample existing legislation...it's called trespasing and property law. You shouldn't go someplace that isn't yours or you aren't authorized to use.....period.
You're right, they (transmeta chips) generate a decent amount of heat.
I saw a demo of a dense formfactor web server...like 10 transmeta based cards in a 4 RU chassis, at the PcExpo at the Javits center in NY.
Whoa! That sucker blew out some heat! I could have made toast with that thing....and it seemed to make as much heat as Pentium III card based solutions i've seen. Do transmeta based processors generate as much heat as a Pentium III processor?
Apple, Microsoft, Sun, and every other commercial OS vendor has fleets of sales and marketing people to push their individual agendas. SALES and MARKETING people! These are the people that determine what OSes come preloaded on the machines you and corporate america buys. Yes, Linux does have some advocates, but these are usually technical people, not CEOs, not average consumers, not sales people, and definitely not marketing people.
Commercial linux vendors need to compete with everyone else in the marketing arena. Redhat needs a sales and marketing plan to put linux in the consumer's mind, the developers mind, and the box builder's mind.
DRAM has become a commodity, that's why pricing fluctuates like other commodities markets. Commodities follow the laws of supply and demand more so than any other types of products. Oil producing nations realized this and formed OPEC to regulate supply and in turn regulate price.
The ONLY way DRAM manufactures will stabililze prices is to band together and form a cartel like OPEC. They must collaboratively develop DRAM technologies and adhere to production caps to regulate price. This sucks for consumers, but that's how energy companies regulate oil prices and make money.
-ted
Afghanistan teaches CS to students????
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I thought most afghans went to school to learn how to chant and rock back and forth.
In a country with little communications infrastructure, few if any computers, and unreliable electricity distribution. How could they possibly have anyone versed well enough in CS to write code?
My alma mater's CS courses emphasized the SUN platform using open-source/free tools. Most of my project development used the GNU compiler collection, perl, GNU debugger....etc. Since I couldn't afford a nifty SUN workstation at my house, I developed my projects on my Linux box and recompiled for the SUN architecture.
We also had PCs running windows but mostly non-CS majors used them.
The CS department's strategy went something like this:
Understand the concepts.
Implement in a Unix environment.
If you need MS skills, pick them up later.
Serious CS departments need to teach platform independent concepts (security, algorithms, problem solving...etc) and then show their application in all types of environments.
I didn't see anything about mirrored hard drives. What happens when the hard drive goes "clunk-clunk"? For $1500.00 you'd think they'd give you redundant hard drives.
For $1500.00 you can build a nice PC with an IDE raid card and two much bigger hard drives and still have enough money left over for a turtle beach audiotron.
You are right. As an investor, I want these companies to make money.
I think some of the cost blame should be laid at the feet of these dumb ass CEOs.
Back in the "old economy" you started a buisiness. The buisiness grew and made a profit. The profits went back into the buisiness in the form of expansion (i.e. better coverage area, more features). Look at cable TV and cellular phone service...these systems took 20 years to become what they are today. No one can argue that these services didn't have high startup costs; the reason these industries suceeded is that they grew sensibly.
In the world of venture capital this theory of growth went out the window. Stupid CEOs fueled by VC grew their networks to gain "market share" beyond sustainable levels. Everyone wanted broadband to be as widespread and as cheap as telephone service.
Guess what, not everyone wants broadband. My grandmother and mother, for instance, don't give a damn about the 5 megabit cable modem connection I own, but they do rely heavily on their analog telephone.
It will take years for the broadband network overbuild to work itself out. It should take about 10 years (roughly the time when my 13 year old sister will be able to afford a broadband connection on her own since she can't live without it.)
I built two servers for the school I work for last year and bought two OnStream SC-50 drives to do daily tape backups using Veritas Backup Exec. The drives both croaked 8 months later. I then found out that the company had gone bankrupt and was bought by a company called "OnStream Data". They said they were a completely different company and didn't have to honor the warranty. I had to pay $50.00 ea. to get the drives replaced.....grrrrrr.....
I have since replaced the drives with Seagate Scorpion 40 GB DDS4 drives, and they work great!
Today the big three automakers have decided to stop manufacturing parts for their vehicles after 6 years.
When asked about this new policy, one anonymous CEO responded, "No one keeps cars longer than 6 years anyway." "I mean, c'mon, the longest auto loan you can get is 5 years anyway."
He also added, "this will make us cost competitive and increase shareholder value going forward."
Owners of cars older than 6 years old will just have to bite the bullet and buy a new car.
"This new policy will insure future auto growth in what has become a stagnant market" said another CEO.
When asked about this new policy most managers at the big three simply replied a cryptic, "all your money are belong to us".
I used to work in a car stereo shop and i've done this install before. You can use an UNCUT transponder key in the sensor ring. This tells the ECM that there is a legit key in the ignition and that allows the engine to recieve fuel and spark...etc.
A potential thief still has to defeat the mechanical key switch to start the car. It would probably be a good idea to install the remote starter with a security system anyway, instead of a stand alone system.
The recording industry ass. of america is making a half-assed attempt at downloadable music. When the business model fails, the RIAA will tell wall street that online distribution of music is a failure and the only profitable means of distributing music is the old Radio/CD store/Royalty model.
This will allow the RIAA to sue every P2P file sharing system and user with wall street's and capitol hill's blessing.
I hate these guys.
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I ditched my ATA 100 hard drive for an adaptec 39160 and a 35GB 10k rpm hard drive, that made a huge difference!
I'm contemplating installing my Adaptec 2400A IDE raid controller with some 100 GB ATA 100 hard drives in raid 5 config....that will be even better.
My last 3 CPU upgrades didn't impact performance as much as the disks did.
I am a the network admin for a small school. We have a Cisco 2500 series router with a T1 interface and ISDN BRI. Using a "floating static" route, our 2500 series router dials out on the ISDN circuit if our T1 fails. This isn't really multi-homed since we are dialing into the same ISP and recieving the same IP block we usually get. It does, however, provide us with an emergency (slow) connection if our T1 goes down. The PIX 506 firewall provides NAT/PAT services. This setup works quite well.
Microsoft, Zone-Labs, and other vendors of firewall and intrusion-detection software have announced their products will not interfere with the operation of "Magic Lantern".
Hmmm, you think this isn't already happening? I wonder what the "NSAKEY" string means in windows?
Yep, we hang out with everyone in the company...as a matter of fact, the IT department here is full of alcoholics. I once built a server while drinking lots of beer with my co-workers at my house.
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NT server is notorious for only about 2 weeks of continuous uptime under heavy usage. As much as I bitch about windows products, I have to admit; my windows 2000 boxes do rival the uptime of my linux boxes typically only needing a reboot when I change hardware.
-ted
Yes, that is exactly what I meant. I guess I have to spell out every little detail in future posts.
-ted
At the risk of being moderated as a troll again...
Your points are noble, but the problem with your argument is the lack of forseable intent. Yes, removing the dog from my property may be an act of good intent; but how did I know that in advance of your actions?
Trespass and property law exists because it is impossible to determine a persons intent before the action is committed. If we could do that we could have prevented the tragedy of september 11th.
I think a viable solution is to enforce existing trespass law, and give Judges the legal headroom to dismiss cases of obvious good intent. This is why mandatory sentence laws mostly suck...they do not take into account good intentions.
-ted
OK, going someplace you don't belong is not a minor infraction it is trespassing. I've heard many people say...well he didn't hurt anyone....that is not the point.
Would you like any stranger walking into your house, sitting on you couch watching TV and eating potato chips? The intruder isn't hurting anyone right????
We don't need any new cyber-space, techno laws for this type of activity, we have ample existing legislation...it's called trespasing and property law. You shouldn't go someplace that isn't yours or you aren't authorized to use.....period.
-ted
You're right, they (transmeta chips) generate a decent amount of heat.
I saw a demo of a dense formfactor web server...like 10 transmeta based cards in a 4 RU chassis, at the PcExpo at the Javits center in NY.
Whoa! That sucker blew out some heat! I could have made toast with that thing....and it seemed to make as much heat as Pentium III card based solutions i've seen. Do transmeta based processors generate as much heat as a Pentium III processor?
-ted
You are forgeting that of that $1000.00 only about half of that is for bandwidth. The other half usually goes to the telco for circuit charges.
I guess it still is a good deal.
-ted
Apple, Microsoft, Sun, and every other commercial OS vendor has fleets of sales and marketing people to push their individual agendas. SALES and MARKETING people! These are the people that determine what OSes come preloaded on the machines you and corporate america buys. Yes, Linux does have some advocates, but these are usually technical people, not CEOs, not average consumers, not sales people, and definitely not marketing people.
Commercial linux vendors need to compete with everyone else in the marketing arena. Redhat needs a sales and marketing plan to put linux in the consumer's mind, the developers mind, and the box builder's mind.
-ted
Like any commuters in the North-East need 300+ HP to sit in traffic.
-ted
Yup, I did my Java work in Linux using the SUN JDK....it worked well enough.
-ted
DRAM has become a commodity, that's why pricing fluctuates like other commodities markets. Commodities follow the laws of supply and demand more so than any other types of products. Oil producing nations realized this and formed OPEC to regulate supply and in turn regulate price.
The ONLY way DRAM manufactures will stabililze prices is to band together and form a cartel like OPEC. They must collaboratively develop DRAM technologies and adhere to production caps to regulate price. This sucks for consumers, but that's how energy companies regulate oil prices and make money.
-ted
I thought most afghans went to school to learn how to chant and rock back and forth.
In a country with little communications infrastructure, few if any computers, and unreliable electricity distribution. How could they possibly have anyone versed well enough in CS to write code?
The thought is funny though....
My alma mater's CS courses emphasized the SUN platform using open-source/free tools. Most of my project development used the GNU compiler collection, perl, GNU debugger....etc. Since I couldn't afford a nifty SUN workstation at my house, I developed my projects on my Linux box and recompiled for the SUN architecture.
We also had PCs running windows but mostly non-CS majors used them.
The CS department's strategy went something like this:
Understand the concepts.
Implement in a Unix environment.
If you need MS skills, pick them up later.
Serious CS departments need to teach platform independent concepts (security, algorithms, problem solving...etc) and then show their application in all types of environments.
-ted
I didn't see anything about mirrored hard drives. What happens when the hard drive goes "clunk-clunk"? For $1500.00 you'd think they'd give you redundant hard drives.
For $1500.00 you can build a nice PC with an IDE raid card and two much bigger hard drives and still have enough money left over for a turtle beach audiotron.
-ted
Even if this is true; what does this have to do with broadband buisiness connectivity?
-ted
You are right. As an investor, I want these companies to make money.
I think some of the cost blame should be laid at the feet of these dumb ass CEOs.
Back in the "old economy" you started a buisiness. The buisiness grew and made a profit. The profits went back into the buisiness in the form of expansion (i.e. better coverage area, more features). Look at cable TV and cellular phone service...these systems took 20 years to become what they are today. No one can argue that these services didn't have high startup costs; the reason these industries suceeded is that they grew sensibly.
In the world of venture capital this theory of growth went out the window. Stupid CEOs fueled by VC grew their networks to gain "market share" beyond sustainable levels. Everyone wanted broadband to be as widespread and as cheap as telephone service.
Guess what, not everyone wants broadband. My grandmother and mother, for instance, don't give a damn about the 5 megabit cable modem connection I own, but they do rely heavily on their analog telephone.
It will take years for the broadband network overbuild to work itself out. It should take about 10 years (roughly the time when my 13 year old sister will be able to afford a broadband connection on her own since she can't live without it.)
Some ISPs are blocking pcAnywhere, SSH, VPN...etc.
What's next? Will ISPs start blocking FTP? Telnet? This is crap.
I see a day in the future where ISPs only allow ports 53, 80, and 443....sad, very sad.
-ted
I built two servers for the school I work for last year and bought two OnStream SC-50 drives to do daily tape backups using Veritas Backup Exec. The drives both croaked 8 months later. I then found out that the company had gone bankrupt and was bought by a company called "OnStream Data". They said they were a completely different company and didn't have to honor the warranty. I had to pay $50.00 ea. to get the drives replaced.....grrrrrr.....
I have since replaced the drives with Seagate Scorpion 40 GB DDS4 drives, and they work great!
-ted
Today the big three automakers have decided to stop manufacturing parts for their vehicles after 6 years.
When asked about this new policy, one anonymous CEO responded, "No one keeps cars longer than 6 years anyway." "I mean, c'mon, the longest auto loan you can get is 5 years anyway."
He also added, "this will make us cost competitive and increase shareholder value going forward."
Owners of cars older than 6 years old will just have to bite the bullet and buy a new car.
"This new policy will insure future auto growth in what has become a stagnant market" said another CEO.
When asked about this new policy most managers at the big three simply replied a cryptic, "all your money are belong to us".
-ted
I used to work in a car stereo shop and i've done this install before. You can use an UNCUT transponder key in the sensor ring. This tells the ECM that there is a legit key in the ignition and that allows the engine to recieve fuel and spark...etc.
A potential thief still has to defeat the mechanical key switch to start the car. It would probably be a good idea to install the remote starter with a security system anyway, instead of a stand alone system.
-ted
The recording industry ass. of america is making a half-assed attempt at downloadable music. When the business model fails, the RIAA will tell wall street that online distribution of music is a failure and the only profitable means of distributing music is the old Radio/CD store/Royalty model.
This will allow the RIAA to sue every P2P file sharing system and user with wall street's and capitol hill's blessing.
I hate these guys.
I ditched my ATA 100 hard drive for an adaptec 39160 and a 35GB 10k rpm hard drive, that made a huge difference!
I'm contemplating installing my Adaptec 2400A IDE raid controller with some 100 GB ATA 100 hard drives in raid 5 config....that will be even better.
My last 3 CPU upgrades didn't impact performance as much as the disks did.
-ted
I am a the network admin for a small school. We have a Cisco 2500 series router with a T1 interface and ISDN BRI. Using a "floating static" route, our 2500 series router dials out on the ISDN circuit if our T1 fails. This isn't really multi-homed since we are dialing into the same ISP and recieving the same IP block we usually get. It does, however, provide us with an emergency (slow) connection if our T1 goes down. The PIX 506 firewall provides NAT/PAT services. This setup works quite well.
-ted
Microsoft, Zone-Labs, and other vendors of firewall and intrusion-detection software have announced their products will not interfere with the operation of "Magic Lantern".
Hmmm, you think this isn't already happening? I wonder what the "NSAKEY" string means in windows?
How about:
Release & Deny
Yep, we hang out with everyone in the company...as a matter of fact, the IT department here is full of alcoholics. I once built a server while drinking lots of beer with my co-workers at my house.