I have always chosen certifications based on what I want to be doing. I have passed Linux+ and am currently working toward RHCE. I've also looked at Sair, but have not started it yet. I've passed Cisco's first test (CCNA) as well as a couple of CompTIA tests (A+ Net+) but I refuse to take a Microsoft test, because I don't want someone to hire me to work with Microsoft products. Its not what I want to be doing. There are people, that that's there thing, and that's great. Its whatever works for them, but no MCP/MCSA/MCSE for me.
> But don't worry about it happening again > anytime soon. The next expected supernova is > nearly 500,000 light-years away and is too far > from the earth to cause any damage."
Man, you had me going there for a minute. I was getting pretty worried, but I'm glad you straightened it all out for us in the end:-)
It would be nice to see Be make a come back. If they got a good settlement out of this, it might give them a new lease on life. The problem would be buying their intellectual property back from Palm. Does anyone know if Palm is planning to use it for anything?
I copmletely agree with your statement. Running an ISP is expensive. I think that anyone who complains about not getting 1.5 mbit all the time should give my rep at Worldcom a call and see what they'll sell them a T-1 for. After that, $50/month for faster than dialup service doesn't sound so bad.
This could have far reaching implications that we may not see. What if I have children? Do I have to pay a licensing fee because they would contain my DNA? What if they have children? Is this a violation of the patent? How far can this go?
I'm interested in Network Administration, and Network Engineering. I would eventully like to be working on internet backbone operations and things such as that. What is a good degree for that kind of thing?
ISP work can be very nice. I work as a Senior Network Engineer for a Fixed-wireless ISP, and I can't say I'd be opposed to working holidays. I don't do phone support, so I don't get stuck in that crowd. I certainly still wear my pager and am perfectly willing to go in if something were to break, and for some reason my backup systems failed as well...
I do enjoy the time off, and it is nice to be able to take the time off, but again, the geek in my is always ready to spring to action if there is something intellectually stimulating to do.
I believe the limitation is actually 30 meters, which is a pretty good distance. It really depends on the size of the house though, because that is about 3 times less than the maximum distance of 100 Megabit ethernet.
That was precicely the question. He was referring to the OHCI Standard Firewire Interface, and its ability to do things such as video editing. The only thing you refered to was playing a DVD. If its optimized for it correctly, it does not take very much horsepower to do that, look at a consumer-grade $150 DVD player. He was referring to editing, and there is a vast difference in editing video, and simply watching video.
There are a few things they could possibly to do limit its ability. The xBox looks for a digitally signed Kernel upon bootup. All they would really have to do is change the digital signiture of the kernel and the bootloader, and it would break any linux releases.
Or better yet, they could make their developers put code in that changes it for them when you first load up a new game.
This does bring about some interesting thoughts though. Sony is making a very bold move here by doing our work for us...kinda makes you wonder what really is in it for them.
Schools could always use the extra tech support/experience. As a technical volunteer of a school district, I can tell you how challenging it can be. A lot of that work is domestic, but I'm sure schools abroad could use the help too. Education is always going to be an important place for technology, because that's where people like you and I are trained early on. My school did not have very much technology when I was there, but I was lucky enough to have experience elsewhere in it at a young age, and I think that is what has allowed me to succeed in the technology world today.
At one point, it was blocked. A coworker of mine has(had) @home service, and in an attempt to control spam, they blocked outgoing SMTP to force people into using their own SMTP servers, much like the Earthlink move a few months ago.
T1 service is generally more reliable, as it goes over different copper pair than your telephone line. It is a fully dedicated digital circuit, and also is full-duplex, meaning you get 768 Kbps in both directions. Most providers pay a little more attention to T-1 customers, so downtime is less, and speed is generally more of a guarentee.
The multiplexing issues for throttling a T-1 with multiple DS0's is really not very hard. Its all done in the router/serial switch. On cisco, you can give the channel ranges to use on a given line, so once its set up, its pretty simple to keep it running. Its really only one more command than setting the line in in the first place.
That, or when the government switces over, we take away the Postal Service's Class A block, as well as the numberous B's and C's that other organisations own.
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I have always chosen certifications based on what I want to be doing. I have passed Linux+ and am currently working toward RHCE. I've also looked at Sair, but have not started it yet. I've passed Cisco's first test (CCNA) as well as a couple of CompTIA tests (A+ Net+) but I refuse to take a Microsoft test, because I don't want someone to hire me to work with Microsoft products. Its not what I want to be doing. There are people, that that's there thing, and that's great. Its whatever works for them, but no MCP/MCSA/MCSE for me.
> But don't worry about it happening again
:-)
> anytime soon. The next expected supernova is
> nearly 500,000 light-years away and is too far > from the earth to cause any damage."
Man, you had me going there for a minute. I was getting pretty worried, but I'm glad you straightened it all out for us in the end
It would be nice to see Be make a come back. If they got a good settlement out of this, it might give them a new lease on life. The problem would be buying their intellectual property back from Palm. Does anyone know if Palm is planning to use it for anything?
Since I'm replying to this at 1:30 am, that means I'm going to be living for a while now...Long live nocturnal geeks!
Isn't it just heart-touching to see everyone getting along?
I copmletely agree with your statement. Running an ISP is expensive. I think that anyone who complains about not getting 1.5 mbit all the time should give my rep at Worldcom a call and see what they'll sell them a T-1 for. After that, $50/month for faster than dialup service doesn't sound so bad.
This could have far reaching implications that we may not see. What if I have children? Do I have to pay a licensing fee because they would contain my DNA? What if they have children? Is this a violation of the patent? How far can this go?
This would be great. I wonder what effect this will have on automobile power as well?
I'm interested in Network Administration, and Network Engineering. I would eventully like to be working on internet backbone operations and things such as that. What is a good degree for that kind of thing?
ISP work can be very nice. I work as a Senior Network Engineer for a Fixed-wireless ISP, and I can't say I'd be opposed to working holidays. I don't do phone support, so I don't get stuck in that crowd. I certainly still wear my pager and am perfectly willing to go in if something were to break, and for some reason my backup systems failed as well...
I do enjoy the time off, and it is nice to be able to take the time off, but again, the geek in my is always ready to spring to action if there is something intellectually stimulating to do.
I believe the limitation is actually 30 meters, which is a pretty good distance. It really depends on the size of the house though, because that is about 3 times less than the maximum distance of 100 Megabit ethernet.
That was precicely the question. He was referring to the OHCI Standard Firewire Interface, and its ability to do things such as video editing. The only thing you refered to was playing a DVD. If its optimized for it correctly, it does not take very much horsepower to do that, look at a consumer-grade $150 DVD player. He was referring to editing, and there is a vast difference in editing video, and simply watching video.
There is a difference between viewing pictures and video, and altering, or editing pictures and video. A BIG difference.
There are a few things they could possibly to do limit its ability. The xBox looks for a digitally signed Kernel upon bootup. All they would really have to do is change the digital signiture of the kernel and the bootloader, and it would break any linux releases.
Or better yet, they could make their developers put code in that changes it for them when you first load up a new game.
This does bring about some interesting thoughts though. Sony is making a very bold move here by doing our work for us...kinda makes you wonder what really is in it for them.
>As for Firewire, if it's a standard OHCI chip, >then you'll be able to use the Linux1394 drivers >and edit all the video you can eat.
All the video you can eat, with 32 megabytes of RAM. Last time I checked, to do it right, it takes a bit more than that.
Schools could always use the extra tech support/experience. As a technical volunteer of a school district, I can tell you how challenging it can be. A lot of that work is domestic, but I'm sure schools abroad could use the help too. Education is always going to be an important place for technology, because that's where people like you and I are trained early on. My school did not have very much technology when I was there, but I was lucky enough to have experience elsewhere in it at a young age, and I think that is what has allowed me to succeed in the technology world today.
hence the err..
Probably more worms floating around on that LAN than the @home network. err..
At one point, it was blocked. A coworker of mine has(had) @home service, and in an attempt to control spam, they blocked outgoing SMTP to force people into using their own SMTP servers, much like the Earthlink move a few months ago.
The post I was replying to used an example of $300/month for 768 kbps data service on a T-1 line, if you had read the rest of the thread.
T1 service is generally more reliable, as it goes over different copper pair than your telephone line. It is a fully dedicated digital circuit, and also is full-duplex, meaning you get 768 Kbps in both directions. Most providers pay a little more attention to T-1 customers, so downtime is less, and speed is generally more of a guarentee.
If they blocked port 25 outgoing, how could there have possibly been smtp probes against your computers?
The multiplexing issues for throttling a T-1 with multiple DS0's is really not very hard. Its all done in the router/serial switch. On cisco, you can give the channel ranges to use on a given line, so once its set up, its pretty simple to keep it running. Its really only one more command than setting the line in in the first place.
That, or when the government switces over, we take away the Postal Service's Class A block, as well as the numberous B's and C's that other organisations own.