Dude, if she doesn't even know what you're talking about, the likelihood that she actually knows what the policy is in the first place is pretty slim. I checked with MediaONE, Time Warner and ComCast, all have policies against running any sort of server.
My cable provider officially has policies against servers. In reality, they don't care. Although if any server started to pull a lot of bandwidth they'd probably care.
The main problem with sharing bandwidth, though, is that everyone in your neighborhood is behind a router with you.
Got news for you. At some point, you're always sharing bandwidth. There's a shared router somewhere. Cable just does it sooner. If the cable company is good about it, they will split nodes when they get congested. If not, they won't. But trust me, DSL companies can screw up DSL too.
There's no security. Services and protocols that are normally not accessible via the Internet because they aren't routeable (Netbios, for one) are available to everyone in your neighborhood.
Sorry, but this is just BS. Any cable company that has their hardware configured like this is run by a bunch of morons. Most sane companys configure the local switches to block broadcast and non IP traffic, which means I can't access my neighbors netbios shares anymore than you can.
I've also heard that with some cablemodem services, they put you behind NAT and don't give you a real IP.
Has nothing to do with cable. Around here at least, my cable service is a real IP and my DSL service is NAT.
In the end, it all depends on the company. If it's a good cable company, you won't have to put up with overcommited bandwidth or NAT BS, or whatever. If it's a bad one, you will.
Same with DSL.
perhaps I say this out of ignorance, is the *nix catch up with the threading and media capabilities of "modern" operating systems.
Well, most modern UNIX OSes blow Windows and Definitely MacOS out of the water as far as threading goes. You are right about the multimedia capabilities, though.
OF COURSE he is looking to hire. If you just lost a wonderful 3D Artist, wouldn't you want to get another one right away?
My point was that that description isn't exactly conducive to making people want to work there. Of course, this is id, and many people would probably give their right arm to work there. Kinda makes you wonder though. If they control more than 50%, could they fire Carmack?
I live in New York, and work for a Silicon Valley company. It works for me. Then again, it may not work for everyone. I have no kids, so that is not an issue. My fiancee comes home for lunch, so I'm not alone the whole day, and friends stop in once and a while. I don't know how responsive employers would be to hiring people for an arrangement like this though. I worked for my employer for two years before moving back to New York. They then hired me as a consultant for a while and are now re-hiring me as an employee (the HR department there must hate me). Technically, it's no big deal. I dial-in behind their firewall, send myself a few xterms over my cable modem and hang up. Phone bill is minimal. Sometimes I do the pppd over ssh vpn thing. In any case, it works for me.
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Well, not quite as far, but I live in New York
and work for a company in California. East
Coast cost of living on a West Coast salary.
It's nice.
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Wherever you go, there you are.
Well, here's my experiences:
Dude, if she doesn't even know what you're talking about, the likelihood that she actually knows what the policy is in the first place is pretty slim. I checked with MediaONE, Time Warner and ComCast, all have policies against running any sort of server.
My cable provider officially has policies against servers. In reality, they don't care. Although if any server started to pull a lot of bandwidth they'd probably care.
The main problem with sharing bandwidth, though, is that everyone in your neighborhood is behind a router with you.
Got news for you. At some point, you're always sharing bandwidth. There's a shared router somewhere. Cable just does it sooner. If the cable company is good about it, they will split nodes when they get congested. If not, they won't. But trust me, DSL companies can screw up DSL too.
There's no security. Services and protocols that are normally not accessible via the Internet because they aren't routeable (Netbios, for one) are available to everyone in your neighborhood.
Sorry, but this is just BS. Any cable company that has their hardware configured like this is run by a bunch of morons. Most sane companys configure the local switches to block broadcast and non IP traffic, which means I can't access my neighbors netbios shares anymore than you can.
I've also heard that with some cablemodem services, they put you behind NAT and don't give you a real IP.
Has nothing to do with cable. Around here at least, my cable service is a real IP and my DSL service is NAT.
In the end, it all depends on the company. If it's a good cable company, you won't have to put up with overcommited bandwidth or NAT BS, or whatever. If it's a bad one, you will.
Same with DSL.
Slashdot overreacting to privacy considerations?
That would never happen.
"Beggars in Spain", "Beggars and Choosers", and "Beggars Ride" by Nancy Kress
Hey, I know her! (My mother)
Well, let's see. Today we have:
:)
1) Star Office getting GPLed.
2) Apple releasing many new cool products.
3) Microsoft getting it's ass kicked over a
really serious sercurity hole.
It's a great time to be a Microsoft hater.
perhaps I say this out of ignorance, is the *nix catch up with the threading and media capabilities of "modern" operating systems.
Well, most modern UNIX OSes blow Windows and Definitely MacOS out of the water as far as threading goes. You are right about the multimedia capabilities, though.
There's a thought. Will the new doom be able
to read current DOOM PWAD files?
*DROOL*
Move along folks, no conspiracy here.
OF COURSE he is looking to hire. If you just lost a wonderful 3D Artist, wouldn't you want to get another one right away?
My point was that that description isn't
exactly conducive to making people want to work
there. Of course, this is id, and many
people would probably give their right arm
to work there.
Kinda makes you wonder though. If they
control more than 50%, could they fire Carmack?
So let's see:
He describes how a developer got canned
for political reasons and then in the same post
says that id is looking to hire.
Hmmm.....
I'm just wondering. Who, if not Alan Cox whould maintain the ac (Alan Cox) patch-series? 8-)
Why, Anonymous Coward, of course!
I live in New York, and work for a Silicon
Valley company. It works for me.
Then again, it may not work for everyone.
I have no kids, so that is not an issue. My
fiancee comes home for lunch, so I'm not alone the
whole day, and friends stop in once and a while.
I don't know how responsive employers
would be to hiring people for an arrangement like
this though. I worked for my employer for two
years before moving back to New York. They then
hired me as a consultant for a while and are now
re-hiring me as an employee (the HR department
there must hate me).
Technically, it's no big deal. I dial-in
behind their firewall, send myself a few xterms
over my cable modem and hang up. Phone bill is
minimal. Sometimes I do the pppd over ssh vpn
thing.
In any case, it works for me.
To further clarify: (What the hell does:
VPC is not be released for Linux at this time
mean anyway?)
There is no program FOR Linux being released
here. They are releasing a Mac program that
emulates a PC and including Linux WITH it.
Hear, hear! I nominated CmdrTaco for the :)
Hemos award also.
Fight the system!
Slashdotting his mailbox? Some birthday present. :)