As for me personally, I too own a dual-stack router (RVS4000) but Comcast is trying to nickel and dime me on switching to IPv6. They want me to buy a new cable modem (because I refuse to pay the "rental fee")
Are you in one of the markets they have IPv6 available? I didn't think they'd rolled it out everywhere yet.
Further: are you on a D2 or D3 cable connection? If you're still on a D2 modem, I'd recommend taking the plunge and bumping up to D3. IPv6 becomes much easier, and you'll have a bigger speed potential.
I never stated that what I said was exact fact... only what I was speculating.
Perhaps you were speculating. The tone of your post was one of (an attempt at?) knowledge. And it's a bit misguided.
The insight I've gained tells me that NO ONE is ready to simply flip a switch; it's going to be a painful, multi-year migration.
I don't want to speak for Morgaine, but I suspect this last sentence in your post is probably one of the things he took issue with. You're making it sound like administrators and network engineers need to
flip a switch
to migrate to v6 and that's not the case. It's more like flipping a switch and adding IPv6 to the game.
There's a distinct and important difference.
Where you're partially right is the challenge with old network gear that can easily handle IPv4 in hardware. A lot of those devices aren't capable of handling v6 in hardware, and possibly not even in software depending on how old they are. Enterprises with established network hardware are often loathe to swap them out for newer devices. If a switch needs to be flipped, it's that: replacement of old, legacy (and quite frankly, crappy) hardware.
And once enabled, IPv6 works totally happily and transparently alongside IPv4 in the home network and at the server end, so there are no "switch over" issues. IPv4 continues to work exactly as it did prior to enabling IPv6.
What he said. Every device in my house is dual-stacked and happily running with both v4 and v6. It took all of 10 minutes to create a new account with the likes of Hurricane Electric and then set up my tunnel. I've got an entire/48 allocated to my home, which is more than I need for ever atom in the building.:)
Well... maybe.
The tunnel broker solution is a very easy one for those of us not connected to an ISP that provides a native IPv6 solution (yet?) And once you enable it, most of your browsers and whatnot will automatically try the v6 address they get back from an FQDN look-up.
As an aside, I recently tried to create an IPv6-only Linux VM on my VMWare rig. I wanted to see if enough of the infrastructure services were available via v6 to work. It worked fine; NTP, yum upgrades (CentOS), etc all work on it. The only interesting challenge is my NAS at home doesn't yet support NFS via v6.
For folks that want to let Adobe know about their displeasure regarding the new licensing model, make a Feature Request here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
My game of choice at the moment is Battlefield 3. The availability of that game isn't the only thing preventing me from converting to Linux for gaming. What about the next game I want to play, and the one after that? Are they also going to be released for Linux at the same time they're released for Windows?
Further, there's better support for the hardware I'm using when I play: - Thrustmaster HOTAS joystick and throttle for flying in the game (including drivers to remap the buttons, toggles, etc) - nVidia GTX680 with 3 LCD panels attached, running nVidia's surround video - Sound Blaster from Creative, which includes utilities for controlling which output the card sends sound through, etc.
When I'm gaming, I just want the rig to work. I don't foresee that happening with Linux any time soon.
Your hands should be kept at shoulder width and shoulder height. For some that's 10/2, for others 9/3 (though that's pretty rare). Generally it's between those two for most people. If the bag deploys, it'll inflate within the bends in your elbows, and potentially push your hands outwards towards the side. You might end up with bruised knuckles, but that'll be the extent of it.
jas (15+ years on the race track, and have done the accident thing)
tacked up on the wall next to my cubicle. It's never generated anything more than laughter as well as a few comments of disbelief. Of course if anyone were to run to their manager or HR about it, I'd take it down. Thankfully, that hasn't happened.
I really like having DHCP distribute fixed IP addresses and my DNS server to know which IP is what. It's really easier to remember gimli instead of 192.168.2.55 or so. The whole IPv6 autoconfig may work, but it unnerves me that it takes away my control.
So, you see, even geeks who can go IPv6 are reluctant...
All of these things are quite doable with v6 as well. Stateless autoconfig will get your server an IP address that is, for all intents and purposes: fixed. In fact, as long as you know the/64 of the LAN and the MAC address of your Ethernet card, you'll know exactly what the v6 IP will end up being. This assumes the server follows the appropriate stateless autoconfig RFC; All UNI* OSs do by default (including OS X), Windows doesn't by default but a quick one-time command fixes that.
DNS is also a no-brainer, really. Instead of A records you enter AAAA records. Or, if you're like me, you enter them both for the same FQDN. gimli IN A [v4 IP here]
IN AAAA [v6 IP here]
For what little it may be worth, I've been using HTTPS w/Facebook for *months*. It's been available for general use for quite some time, it's just that no one bothered trying it. And as you pointed out, the only thing that didn't work (and still doesn't) is chat.
This isn't really news at all. It's just "news" because of what happened to Zuckerberg.
I've long been a fan of the old IBM M's, but I found that they were making my wrists and hands hurt. A lot. I still have a stack of them all boxed up in one of my closets at home... About 5 or 6 years ago, I bit the bullet and switched to a softer-touch MS Natural Ergo 4000 keyboard. It took me a few weeks to become accustomed to the split, humped keyboard layout. But now, I think it's perfect and perfectly comfortable. I have one here at work on my Mac, one at home on my Mac there, and another on my gaming rig.
There is *no* tactile feedback. In fact, the keys barely make any noise whatsoever, and the feedback is somewhat like pressing your fingers into Jell-o. It's a *HUGE* departure from the old Ms, but I can't say enough good things about these keyboards.
One complaint: I wish MS would make this *exact* keyboard in a Bluetooth model. But they won't, for some reason. They do have a wireless USB version, but it's absolute trash and often has problems with interference. So I stick with the cabled/tethered version.
Newer Cisco routers are measured in tons. I'm not actually kidding... The CRS model breaches 4000lbs, depending on how it's configured and optioned out. I don't know if the folks that did this considered the networking gear required to move packets from point A to Z, but that stuff isn't necessarily light weight.
The police are not part of the Federal government at all, unless you mean the Washington DC police
The police *ARE* part of the Executive branch of the government. I didn't specifically write Federal government, I wrote government. And that statement is true.
The FCC is not going to push their way into your house.
Let's hope not. My concern comes from the article's, "FCC claims the right to enter your home without a warrant". How would they enter my house? Knock and ask? Break the door in and enter? Lots of interesting interpretation to be had here.
Look, I'm a big 2nd Ammendment supporter, and I have a more-than-healthy disdain for government overstepping it's bounds ("Patriot Act", anyone?) but this knuckle-dragger boast is so lame that needs to be laid to rest, already.
Who says it's a "knuckle-dragger boast?" You're aware that some states have what's called a "Castle Doctrine" in place, right? Meaning: you enter my house (or even in some cases, my car) without my permission, I can defend myself by any means necessary.
The exception to the Castle Doctrine is police knocking on your door (or a no-knock warrant search, or whatever). But the police belong the Executive branch of the government. What *EXECUTIVE* power does the FCC actually have? They're an independent entity within the government.
Coming through the door of my house without being accompanied by the local constabulary will result in the FCC jackboots leaving on stretchers. It's really that simple.:-)
There's no way I'll spell this right, but my first distro was off a Yggdrasil(sp?) CD, back in 1994. I can remember trying to get it to work with the SCSI CDROM I had connected to my Pro Audio Spectrum sound card, of all things (what a way to do a SCSI controller...) Once installed, I loaded FVWM as my window manager, and instantly went to work trying to overhaul its appearance to look like the Motif window manager (mwm). That included digging into the source code and... changing it a bit.:-)
Yeah, the character has an almost super-human physique. And yes, he's got a big pile 'o cash that helps him afford the toys and tools he uses during his "night job". But there's more to it.
Wayne can out-think any of his opponents. His schtick is that he's 5-10 steps ahead of anyone. If he gets into a fight, he's already out-thought the opponent and knows exactly how the fight's going to end.
That's harder to teach. You could work someone for years so that they're at the peak of physical ability, and then dump a cubic f'load of cash on top of them. But they'd still be missing that keen tactical mind that Wayne has.
But Photoshop IS the right tool for this. Here's an example: You've come back from shooting 500-some RAW images. Fortunately, they were all done in the same setting, with the same lighting. One of the things RAW images need is White Balance processing. Since you shot all of these images in the same setting, the White Balance will be the same for them all.
In PS: Open one of the RAW images, set the White Balance accordingly, and save the settings. On each of the rest of them, you script: - open file - apply white balance - balance color - scale (maybe?) - set an Unsharp Mask (maybe?) - save as TIFF
This all works under PS wonderfully because, with the first image, you can SEE what your changes are doing.
CXOffice doesn't support Photoshop past version 7. Adobe is up to CS2, or version 9 at this point.
I was doing the same thing you are, until Adobe moved on and Codeweavers/WINE didn't keep up. I've since given up on the "Photoshop on Linux" crusade and moved my photo editing to a Mac.
Something like this was sold to diabetics back in the early 80s, if I remember correctly. I was a small kid then, and my mom decided to give it a try. After a few weeks of nothing but painful bruises, we both decided it the syringes were a better idea. Hurt like HELL!
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As for me personally, I too own a dual-stack router (RVS4000) but Comcast is trying to nickel and dime me on switching to IPv6. They want me to buy a new cable modem (because I refuse to pay the "rental fee")
Are you in one of the markets they have IPv6 available? I didn't think they'd rolled it out everywhere yet.
Further: are you on a D2 or D3 cable connection? If you're still on a D2 modem, I'd recommend taking the plunge and bumping up to D3. IPv6 becomes much easier, and you'll have a bigger speed potential.
I never stated that what I said was exact fact ... only what I was speculating.
Perhaps you were speculating. The tone of your post was one of (an attempt at?) knowledge. And it's a bit misguided.
The insight I've gained tells me that NO ONE is ready to simply flip a switch; it's going to be a painful, multi-year migration.
I don't want to speak for Morgaine, but I suspect this last sentence in your post is probably one of the things he took issue with. You're making it sound like administrators and network engineers need to
flip a switch
to migrate to v6 and that's not the case. It's more like flipping a switch and adding IPv6 to the game.
There's a distinct and important difference.
Where you're partially right is the challenge with old network gear that can easily handle IPv4 in hardware. A lot of those devices aren't capable of handling v6 in hardware, and possibly not even in software depending on how old they are. Enterprises with established network hardware are often loathe to swap them out for newer devices. If a switch needs to be flipped, it's that: replacement of old, legacy (and quite frankly, crappy) hardware.
And once enabled, IPv6 works totally happily and transparently alongside IPv4 in the home network and at the server end, so there are no "switch over" issues. IPv4 continues to work exactly as it did prior to enabling IPv6.
What he said. Every device in my house is dual-stacked and happily running with both v4 and v6. It took all of 10 minutes to create a new account with the likes of Hurricane Electric and then set up my tunnel. I've got an entire /48 allocated to my home, which is more than I need for ever atom in the building. :)
Well... maybe.
The tunnel broker solution is a very easy one for those of us not connected to an ISP that provides a native IPv6 solution (yet?) And once you enable it, most of your browsers and whatnot will automatically try the v6 address they get back from an FQDN look-up.
As an aside, I recently tried to create an IPv6-only Linux VM on my VMWare rig. I wanted to see if enough of the infrastructure services were available via v6 to work. It worked fine; NTP, yum upgrades (CentOS), etc all work on it. The only interesting challenge is my NAS at home doesn't yet support NFS via v6.
What's the AAAA record for slashdot.org?
I was going to post this exact thing. Hey... slashdot...
$ dig www.slashdot.org aaaa | grep "ANSWER SECTION"
$
Whassupwiddat?
For folks that want to let Adobe know about their displeasure regarding the new licensing model, make a Feature Request here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
The more, the merrier.
jas
My game of choice at the moment is Battlefield 3. The availability of that game isn't the only thing preventing me from converting to Linux for gaming. What about the next game I want to play, and the one after that? Are they also going to be released for Linux at the same time they're released for Windows?
Further, there's better support for the hardware I'm using when I play:
- Thrustmaster HOTAS joystick and throttle for flying in the game (including drivers to remap the buttons, toggles, etc)
- nVidia GTX680 with 3 LCD panels attached, running nVidia's surround video
- Sound Blaster from Creative, which includes utilities for controlling which output the card sends sound through, etc.
When I'm gaming, I just want the rig to work. I don't foresee that happening with Linux any time soon.
Your hands should be kept at shoulder width and shoulder height. For some that's 10/2, for others 9/3 (though that's pretty rare). Generally it's between those two for most people. If the bag deploys, it'll inflate within the bends in your elbows, and potentially push your hands outwards towards the side. You might end up with bruised knuckles, but that'll be the extent of it.
jas (15+ years on the race track, and have done the accident thing)
I have this:
http://pics.lateapex.net/smile1.jpg
tacked up on the wall next to my cubicle. It's never generated anything more than laughter as well as a few comments of disbelief. Of course if anyone were to run to their manager or HR about it, I'd take it down. Thankfully, that hasn't happened.
Have a nice day.
jas
I really like having DHCP distribute fixed IP addresses and my DNS server to know which IP is what. It's really easier to remember gimli instead of 192.168.2.55 or so. The whole IPv6 autoconfig may work, but it unnerves me that it takes away my control.
So, you see, even geeks who can go IPv6 are reluctant...
All of these things are quite doable with v6 as well. Stateless autoconfig will get your server an IP address that is, for all intents and purposes: fixed. In fact, as long as you know the /64 of the LAN and the MAC address of your Ethernet card, you'll know exactly what the v6 IP will end up being. This assumes the server follows the appropriate stateless autoconfig RFC; All UNI* OSs do by default (including OS X), Windows doesn't by default but a quick one-time command fixes that.
DNS is also a no-brainer, really. Instead of A records you enter AAAA records. Or, if you're like me, you enter them both for the same FQDN.
gimli IN A [v4 IP here]
IN AAAA [v6 IP here]
Easy stuff.
To paraphrase one of the best video game characters Valve has ever created (IMHO), "I hate articles about Valve!"
For what little it may be worth, I've been using HTTPS w/Facebook for *months*. It's been available for general use for quite some time, it's just that no one bothered trying it. And as you pointed out, the only thing that didn't work (and still doesn't) is chat.
This isn't really news at all. It's just "news" because of what happened to Zuckerberg.
I've long been a fan of the old IBM M's, but I found that they were making my wrists and hands hurt. A lot. I still have a stack of them all boxed up in one of my closets at home... About 5 or 6 years ago, I bit the bullet and switched to a softer-touch MS Natural Ergo 4000 keyboard. It took me a few weeks to become accustomed to the split, humped keyboard layout. But now, I think it's perfect and perfectly comfortable. I have one here at work on my Mac, one at home on my Mac there, and another on my gaming rig.
There is *no* tactile feedback. In fact, the keys barely make any noise whatsoever, and the feedback is somewhat like pressing your fingers into Jell-o. It's a *HUGE* departure from the old Ms, but I can't say enough good things about these keyboards.
One complaint: I wish MS would make this *exact* keyboard in a Bluetooth model. But they won't, for some reason. They do have a wireless USB version, but it's absolute trash and often has problems with interference. So I stick with the cabled/tethered version.
Good luck in your hunt.
Newer Cisco routers are measured in tons. I'm not actually kidding... The CRS model breaches 4000lbs, depending on how it's configured and optioned out. I don't know if the folks that did this considered the networking gear required to move packets from point A to Z, but that stuff isn't necessarily light weight.
jas
The police are not part of the Federal government at all, unless you mean the Washington DC police
The police *ARE* part of the Executive branch of the government. I didn't specifically write Federal government, I wrote government. And that statement is true.
The FCC is not going to push their way into your house.
Let's hope not. My concern comes from the article's, "FCC claims the right to enter your home without a warrant". How would they enter my house? Knock and ask? Break the door in and enter? Lots of interesting interpretation to be had here.
jas
Look, I'm a big 2nd Ammendment supporter, and I have a more-than-healthy disdain for government overstepping it's bounds ("Patriot Act", anyone?) but this knuckle-dragger boast is so lame that needs to be laid to rest, already.
Who says it's a "knuckle-dragger boast?" You're aware that some states have what's called a "Castle Doctrine" in place, right? Meaning: you enter my house (or even in some cases, my car) without my permission, I can defend myself by any means necessary.
The exception to the Castle Doctrine is police knocking on your door (or a no-knock warrant search, or whatever). But the police belong the Executive branch of the government. What *EXECUTIVE* power does the FCC actually have? They're an independent entity within the government.
Coming through the door of my house without being accompanied by the local constabulary will result in the FCC jackboots leaving on stretchers. It's really that simple. :-)
jas
There's no way I'll spell this right, but my first distro was off a Yggdrasil(sp?) CD, back in 1994. I can remember trying to get it to work with the SCSI CDROM I had connected to my Pro Audio Spectrum sound card, of all things (what a way to do a SCSI controller...) Once installed, I loaded FVWM as my window manager, and instantly went to work trying to overhaul its appearance to look like the Motif window manager (mwm). That included digging into the source code and... changing it a bit. :-)
jas
Yeah, the character has an almost super-human physique. And yes, he's got a big pile 'o cash that helps him afford the toys and tools he uses during his "night job". But there's more to it.
Wayne can out-think any of his opponents. His schtick is that he's 5-10 steps ahead of anyone. If he gets into a fight, he's already out-thought the opponent and knows exactly how the fight's going to end.
That's harder to teach. You could work someone for years so that they're at the peak of physical ability, and then dump a cubic f'load of cash on top of them. But they'd still be missing that keen tactical mind that Wayne has.
Do you have any idea what ImageMagick is? Do you understand how ignorant you sound?
I know precisely what ImageMagick is, and have played around with it for more than 10 years. Can you say the same?
ImageMagick is no substitute for Photoshop's WYSIWYG RAW conversion processes.
jas
Wrong tool, in all likelyhood.
But Photoshop IS the right tool for this. Here's an example: You've come back from shooting 500-some RAW images. Fortunately, they were all done in the same setting, with the same lighting. One of the things RAW images need is White Balance processing. Since you shot all of these images in the same setting, the White Balance will be the same for them all.
In PS: Open one of the RAW images, set the White Balance accordingly, and save the settings. On each of the rest of them, you script:
- open file
- apply white balance
- balance color
- scale (maybe?)
- set an Unsharp Mask (maybe?)
- save as TIFF
This all works under PS wonderfully because, with the first image, you can SEE what your changes are doing.
jas
CXOffice doesn't support Photoshop past version 7. Adobe is up to CS2, or version 9 at this point.
I was doing the same thing you are, until Adobe moved on and Codeweavers/WINE didn't keep up. I've since given up on the "Photoshop on Linux" crusade and moved my photo editing to a Mac.
jas
Something like this was sold to diabetics back in the early 80s, if I remember correctly. I was a small kid then, and my mom decided to give it a try. After a few weeks of nothing but painful bruises, we both decided it the syringes were a better idea. Hurt like HELL!
So, needless to say, I have my doubts.
jas