This is old hat for us in the Phoenix metro area. Our uplink is provided via South Mountain, and the fact that Phoenix really is a big valley.
The download rate is nice most of the time, however latency can hit and hit with a vengeance. Continuous ping will yield anywhere from 80ms to 420ms which can get real irritating.
Interesting thing, my provider is sprint, my e-mail is earthlink, my start page is mindspring and my network is speedchoice.
Yes you too can have the security through obscurity, that is wireless!;-)
I have likewise been considering this option. My biggest concern is not what to do but how to do it. For now it is just me, however I would like to have a team of people 20-25 at the most.
I am considering starting an LLC, rather than a sole proprietorship, s corp or what not. Any info the rest of you have in this matter would be very beneficial to me.
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I have used Microsoft products for longer than I can remember. I use Win2k and like it, it comes in very useful for school and for gaming.
However, with the subscription fees in XP, and no doubt whatever they will do in the future, I will be making Win2K my last Microsoft OS. When they kill support of it, I kill support of Microsoft. If they invoke software via a patch in Win2K that forces me to 'subscribe' I will no longer support Microsoft.
I applaud their 'creativity', however I will not be using their software. I am pretty much switched over to Linux, with a slight dabble in Solaris(x86), and FreeBSD.
I have a bit of a problem when it comes to assimilation. I like to do what I want with what is mine. I do not like to have what I work for and buy to be under someone elses control. I like to be able to look at the source, even if I do not understand it all yet.
I like the openness and comraderie of the open source world.
Sorry, too much soapbox talk for one day....I will retreat back into my dark room and annoy the./ crew by refreshing every 10 minutes.;-)
For an out of the box solution, it works great. It does NAT, with DHCP or Static IP's, port filtering, SPI, MAC addressing/cloning, static or dynamic routing, gateway or router designation (NAT works either way). And many other features that I have not mentioned. The 8 port also features QOS.
I have a linux router as well but if you are looking for a simple, robust out of the box solution, I recommend the Linksys. It is a great product, and you wont regret it when implementing for tech or non-tech users alike.
*All you/.'ers responding about using a linux box* "Relax."
We all love linux, support it, promote it, but dont give it as the answer for everything. It is not the solution he was asking for.
As a professor of mine says quite often, we love the operating system because we love to use a user hostile environment.
We have long been way to nice when it comes to disputes with other countries. We tolerate too much when it comes to terrorism. Our enemies with their Jihad issues an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth. Let's adopt their ways, turn them into glass!
Hey all you techno geeks out there like me are forgetting an integral part of owning a house. Home Depot / Lowes.
Go there and buy PVC pipe, shove some in the walls before it is complete, walla, always upgradeable easy to run cable conduit!
I sometimes learn an equal amount through your banner ads as I do through reading/. It seems as though your banner ads are not without thought and reason. They all seem to be within the same basic topic as/. itself. This is admirable, and very much appreciated.
Let's think about this for a few minutes here. Sony has 'regions' for their games. DVD's have 'regions'. CD's have 'regions' and different formats! Granted some of these you can still trick into working but, why? Their should be no necessity to this.
I'll tell you what, (never happen) boycott SONY, boycott MUSIC INDUSTRY in general, boycott DVD and entertainment industry in general. Do what they are complaining about in the news all the time. Use their media and material, stop actually buying it! I mean damn, though all these restrictions have increased and their whining about 'losing money' has increased. We like the idiot 'sheep' that why have been brainwashed into being have started buying more More MORE.
We are brainwashed into thinking that we should all 'get along, come together'. How do 'regions' promote unity? How do companies get away with this? And why can't we count on our government to regulate this? Why do we actually put more faith in business than government? Where is the happy medium!?
Things to ponder if you will.
Cool now I can be tracked wherever I go. GPS chip in my remote, in my TV, in my computer. In my car. Good way to keep tabs on everyone at once!
Oh, and I am being sarcastic. This is ludicrous! What a horrible way to turn a cool technology into something that controls, and closes "Freedoms".
I'm sorry but I didn't buy something for it to become inoperable because I move to a new state or CANADA! hehehehe
Technology is cool, I love it. But damn. Dont we all like being free? Isn't that why the world is trying to be a democracy!? Free Enterprise boys....emphasis on 'FREE' ie....not restricted.
D*mn, when do we start paying for air to breathe!?
Direct quote from the news article.
"Technology people never gave their stuff away," Schroeder says. "But now folks are saying, 'You mean the New England Journal of Medicine is charging people?' "
I could be wrong, but isn't this statement regarding technology WRONG! I know of many companies that give their software and code away 'free'.
Examples: Netscape! Microsoft! Winamp! Napster!;-) had to throw that one in there!
That doesn't even begin to get into the thousands upon thousands of Open Source materials and projects!
This is another of those moronic, lawyer loop hole, stupid management decisions. This ranks right up there next to the stupid 'crawler' copyrights of Alta Vista.
I'm sorry but can we get back to the basics of shared knowledge? I mean, thousands upon thousands of years of knowledge transferred to descendants. Now to take away the medium that accomplishes this great task (the library).
Let's file suit against a few industries as a whole, let's start with the publishers, siting the 'dilbert clause'. File for exploitation of the rights of everyone to learn and know what they want and when.
We wont even get into the recording industry.
What do the publishers hope to accomplish with this? Do they really think that people are going to stand for this? Do they really think that their PUBLICATIONS wont be PLASTERED on *countless* web sites ALL OVER THE WEB just to spite them!
A real, unfettered, complete archive of security related material. From the most elusive to find to the current day featured on 'slashdot'
. By materials I mean, books, how-to's, FAQ's that have long since dissappeared. One might argue that there is no reason to study old fixes, old rules, old policies.
I have a different opinion than that, and would love to see a huge gathered archive.
Even if just a hyperlinked list.....Preferrably searchable!?;-)
What exactly is your focus on this 'free' information?
Slashdot Mirror
ROFLMAO. Get over it!
and mindspring.
;-)
This is old hat for us in the Phoenix metro area. Our uplink is provided via South Mountain, and the fact that Phoenix really is a big valley.
The download rate is nice most of the time, however latency can hit and hit with a vengeance. Continuous ping will yield anywhere from 80ms to 420ms which can get real irritating.
Interesting thing, my provider is sprint, my e-mail is earthlink, my start page is mindspring and my network is speedchoice.
Yes you too can have the security through obscurity, that is wireless!
I have likewise been considering this option. My biggest concern is not what to do but how to do it. For now it is just me, however I would like to have a team of people 20-25 at the most.
I am considering starting an LLC, rather than a sole proprietorship, s corp or what not. Any info the rest of you have in this matter would be very beneficial to me.
****One Millionth Post****
To show our appreciation to you for making slashdot your geek home, we will be sending you a blow up cowboy neal doll. This doll created for you by real doll, inc.; comes to you anatomically correct, and equipped with a microscope, compass and gps.
****One Millionth Post****
Once again thank you for your support.
Here are a couple of good links on ELF.
r p/ elf.html
http://server5550.itd.nrl.navy.mil/projects/haa
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/c3i/elf.htm
Looks like some pretty nifty, and quite dangerous technology.
How does this occur!? What actually creates the low frequency noise!? Is it the molecules in the air burning from the friction or what!?
;-)
Can we broadcast it through our monitors
I have used Microsoft products for longer than I can remember. I use Win2k and like it, it comes in very useful for school and for gaming.
./ crew by refreshing every 10 minutes. ;-)
However, with the subscription fees in XP, and no doubt whatever they will do in the future, I will be making Win2K my last Microsoft OS. When they kill support of it, I kill support of Microsoft. If they invoke software via a patch in Win2K that forces me to 'subscribe' I will no longer support Microsoft.
I applaud their 'creativity', however I will not be using their software. I am pretty much switched over to Linux, with a slight dabble in Solaris(x86), and FreeBSD.
I have a bit of a problem when it comes to assimilation. I like to do what I want with what is mine. I do not like to have what I work for and buy to be under someone elses control. I like to be able to look at the source, even if I do not understand it all yet.
I like the openness and comraderie of the open source world.
Sorry, too much soapbox talk for one day....I will retreat back into my dark room and annoy the
For an out of the box solution, it works great. It does NAT, with DHCP or Static IP's, port filtering, SPI, MAC addressing/cloning, static or dynamic routing, gateway or router designation (NAT works either way). And many other features that I have not mentioned. The 8 port also features QOS.
/.'ers responding about using a linux box* "Relax."
I have a linux router as well but if you are looking for a simple, robust out of the box solution, I recommend the Linksys. It is a great product, and you wont regret it when implementing for tech or non-tech users alike.
*All you
We all love linux, support it, promote it, but dont give it as the answer for everything. It is not the solution he was asking for.
As a professor of mine says quite often, we love the operating system because we love to use a user hostile environment.
We have long been way to nice when it comes to disputes with other countries. We tolerate too much when it comes to terrorism. Our enemies with their Jihad issues an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth. Let's adopt their ways, turn them into glass!
Hey all you techno geeks out there like me are forgetting an integral part of owning a house. Home Depot / Lowes. Go there and buy PVC pipe, shove some in the walls before it is complete, walla, always upgradeable easy to run cable conduit!
I sometimes learn an equal amount through your banner ads as I do through reading /. It seems as though your banner ads are not without thought and reason. They all seem to be within the same basic topic as /. itself. This is admirable, and very much appreciated.
Let's think about this for a few minutes here. Sony has 'regions' for their games. DVD's have 'regions'. CD's have 'regions' and different formats! Granted some of these you can still trick into working but, why? Their should be no necessity to this. I'll tell you what, (never happen) boycott SONY, boycott MUSIC INDUSTRY in general, boycott DVD and entertainment industry in general. Do what they are complaining about in the news all the time. Use their media and material, stop actually buying it! I mean damn, though all these restrictions have increased and their whining about 'losing money' has increased. We like the idiot 'sheep' that why have been brainwashed into being have started buying more More MORE. We are brainwashed into thinking that we should all 'get along, come together'. How do 'regions' promote unity? How do companies get away with this? And why can't we count on our government to regulate this? Why do we actually put more faith in business than government? Where is the happy medium!? Things to ponder if you will.
Cool now I can be tracked wherever I go. GPS chip in my remote, in my TV, in my computer. In my car. Good way to keep tabs on everyone at once! Oh, and I am being sarcastic. This is ludicrous! What a horrible way to turn a cool technology into something that controls, and closes "Freedoms". I'm sorry but I didn't buy something for it to become inoperable because I move to a new state or CANADA! hehehehe Technology is cool, I love it. But damn. Dont we all like being free? Isn't that why the world is trying to be a democracy!? Free Enterprise boys....emphasis on 'FREE' ie....not restricted. D*mn, when do we start paying for air to breathe!?
Direct quote from the news article. "Technology people never gave their stuff away," Schroeder says. "But now folks are saying, 'You mean the New England Journal of Medicine is charging people?' " I could be wrong, but isn't this statement regarding technology WRONG! I know of many companies that give their software and code away 'free'. Examples: Netscape! Microsoft! Winamp! Napster! ;-) had to throw that one in there!
That doesn't even begin to get into the thousands upon thousands of Open Source materials and projects!
This is another of those moronic, lawyer loop hole, stupid management decisions. This ranks right up there next to the stupid 'crawler' copyrights of Alta Vista. I'm sorry but can we get back to the basics of shared knowledge? I mean, thousands upon thousands of years of knowledge transferred to descendants. Now to take away the medium that accomplishes this great task (the library). Let's file suit against a few industries as a whole, let's start with the publishers, siting the 'dilbert clause'. File for exploitation of the rights of everyone to learn and know what they want and when. We wont even get into the recording industry. What do the publishers hope to accomplish with this? Do they really think that people are going to stand for this? Do they really think that their PUBLICATIONS wont be PLASTERED on *countless* web sites ALL OVER THE WEB just to spite them!
A real, unfettered, complete archive of security related material. From the most elusive to find to the current day featured on 'slashdot' . By materials I mean, books, how-to's, FAQ's that have long since dissappeared. One might argue that there is no reason to study old fixes, old rules, old policies. I have a different opinion than that, and would love to see a huge gathered archive. ;-)
:-( --- argh. Despair, I owe again. :-b
Even if just a hyperlinked list.....Preferrably searchable!?
What exactly is your focus on this 'free' information?
Redhat was also down at the time I checked for updates to my systems last night (Tuesday).
So, is it Microsofts DNS or is it the hosting facilities DNS?
If the later, DNS is suredly not MS.