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  1. Re:The switch from DC to AC on No Business Case For IPv6, Survey Finds · · Score: 1

    Quite possibly longer... IPv4 is going to be around for a long, long time; certainly in use in private and/or disconnected networks.

    The important aspect of the transition to IPv6 is getting the public Internet resources using IPv6 in parallel with IPv4, as this allows continued growth of the Internet while reducing the amount of traffic that needs to accessed via NAT.

    To the extent that one is operating a public server, it's time to be exploring adding IPv6 connectivity to it over the next two years. This is not difficult, but has some non-trivial security and management aspects which means providers of public-facing Internet servers need to start on this work asap.

  2. Re:The Real Problem on How Feds are Dropping the Ball on IPv6 · · Score: 1

    You're correct that it's a target to be IPv6-capable, but it actually serves a very useful purpose.
    Two and half years ago when the OMB mandate was issued, it wasn't necessarily prudent to have IPv6 running in parallel on backbones in all situations. As experience with IPv6 coexistence and interoperability is gained in the industry, it will be useful for agencies to get more aggressive, but requiring running IPv6 in agency backbones today doesn't necessarily have a clear cost benefit.
    The real value of the IPv6 mandate is that equipment purchases today must IPv6 capable, and hence that agency networks can be made IPv6 operational when the day comes that they must run IPv6 in parallel to reach the entire Internet.

  3. CA Clean Auto classes (Cleanest to Least Clean) on Green Cars You Can't Buy · · Score: 5, Informative

    From driveclean.ca.gov:

    ZEV
    Zero Emission Vehicles have zero tailpipe emissions and are 98% cleaner than the average new model year vehicle.

    AT PZEV
    Advanced Technology PZEVs meet SULEV tailpipe emission standards, have a 15 year / 150,000 mile warranty, have zero evaporative emissions and include advanced technology components. For example, a plug-in hybrid or a compressed natural gas vehicle would qualify in this category.

    PZEV
    Partial Zero Emission Vehicles meet SULEV tailpipe emission standards, have a 15 year / 150,000 mile warranty and have zero evaporative emissions.

    SULEV
    Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicles are 90% cleaner than the average new model year vehicle.

    ULEV
    Ultra Low Emission Vehicles are 50% cleaner than the average new model year vehicle.

    LEV
    Low Emission Vehicles are the least stringent emission standard for all new cars sold in California in 2004 and beyond.

  4. Re:And they're going to lose.. on ACLU Protests Police Scanning License Plates · · Score: 1

    I believe it is the cataloging the time and location of thousands of innocent people which is causing the problem. We're talking about Google Streets, right?
  5. Re:Yeah, well...(so add versiontracker/macupdate) on HardOCP Spends 30 Days With MacOSX · · Score: 1

    But then I checked out his Linux review, and it seems like everything he used came directly from whatever Add/Remove programs gui was available on the particular Linux distro he was using.
    If that's really the case, then MacOSX and one of the free software tracking tools is all he needs.
  6. On topic of length versus quality on Serenity Trounces Star Wars · · Score: 1

    But Lord of the Rings was a very successful 600+ minute movie, ...
    Correct... LOTR and Star Wars show that high quality works well with long features, whereas the "Dune" movie proves that length alone can't save drivel... If the Serenity material were that good, we'd have seen it structured for series of movies.
  7. Re:Will this work in the real world? on Robots to Crawl Under the City · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've seen underground power cables in the Boston area, and at least in the ones I saw, there was no tray, just lots of serious support ironwork. Additionallly, there was no nice clean lit walkway on the side as in the video. The problem that I see is that the places that its hardest to visually inspect are just the circumstances that these robots would be handiest, and that's exactly the circumstances that they'll have the most problems navigating.

  8. Re:The technology already exists... on ABC Wants DVR Fast Forwarding Disabled · · Score: 1

    Can you use a TiVo without paying for their monthly service?
    Yes, if you happened to purchase the lifetime program guide option (that used to exist) when you bought the Tivo... Of course, you can't ever change to newer DVR, and you still agreed to have your software remotely updated.

  9. Re:Mainly a cure for bad software on An Overview of Virtualization Technologies · · Score: 1, Informative

    Also, it solves the need for a straightforward rollback mechanism when upgrading windows for application X and finding breakage in this week's MS patch set... Take an image snapshot, patch, test, and simply revert by selecting the prior image. Expect to see more systems running under VM for this and security rollback purposes.

  10. Re:This is different on Microsoft Tries to Patent the Internet Again · · Score: 0

    The ARPANET was not ever made open to the public. There were MILNET-ARPANET mailbridges at BBN, but no public IP interconnection. Connectivity to the newly formed NSFNET was available to R&E (Research and Education) organizations which agreed to the NSFNET AUP.

    The legislation sponsored by Gore was to provide additional funding for the NSFNET during the commericalization/privitization transition period.

  11. Re:This is different on Microsoft Tries to Patent the Internet Again · · Score: 0

    AC - Al Gore's bill helped insure that the the NSFNET lived long enough to allow evolution into the commercial Intenet that we know today. The particular mechanism used for transition was NSF Solicition 93-52 which called for Network Access Points (NAP's). Without the additional funding provided as a result of Al Gore's efforts, there is a good question of whether today's Internet would have come into being.

    The modern Internet was formed with the founding of the CIX in and the interconnection of ANS and the CIX (Thanks to Rick Adams, Bill Schrader, Susan Estrada, John Rugo, Steve Wolff and Mitch Kapor!) in 1991.

    http://www.cookreport.com/p.part3.shtml.

  12. Re:This is different on Microsoft Tries to Patent the Internet Again · · Score: 0

    Actually, his statement is accurate. The privitization/commericialization of the Internet would not have occured if we couldn't have the NSFNET operate for another year, and his revised HPCC act allowed such. A fairly close summary exists at: http://www.splefty.com/rcalhoun/algore-internet.ht ml /John