why don't they? because they have to provide legacy support for archetecture that should have died along with the 16 bit horse it rode in on. Doesn't it kind of suck that your PIII and Athlon are still known as "i386" compatible?
I think what you are talking about is more of a need for interstate commerce reform. Mail order in general has taken a bite out of taxable income. You have a point, though. The internet isn't going to help this lopsidedness. They just need to figure out *who* gets to tax, the state of the buyer, or the state of the seller. And it wouldn't even have to be a *big* tax. 1% maybe? Given the volume of trade that crosses state borders, that'd be a hefty chunk of change. Also remember that a portion of the orders stays instate, and those folks get the full tax.
Here I would have to disagree with one of your points. The home market drives the business market. Most of the pushes in PC technology have been to facilitate better gaming. Don't believe me? Look at MMX, SSE. 2 of the most heralded technologies that basically did nothing for the business user (well, MMX Pentiums had more L2, but thats not the point). Dell now makes SERVERS with PIIIs. And that ain't to get higher refresh rates on that web page...
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I just came across some scripts recently that will add PGP functionality to Pine rather easily for other ssh stalwarts like muh'self. They can be found at Linux.com in the tuning section. I can also email them to any interested parties. Just ask.
Dirk
why do we need a jury to moderate?
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I agree that postings should be listed as a meritocracy, and that people should carry karma. But why do we need moderators? Can't we self-moderate?
Take the Meta-Mod page for instance. What if we were able to rate the article like that? Maybe a pull-down where we could assign a flame-bait, informative, etc etc rating. Of course, it would probably need to be wieghted to a single flamebait didn't condemn you to hell for eternity, but what do you think?
But how do we contact them? Where do you point your gun? You could email your congressman, or that Lieberman fellow, but I don't know how much good it'll do. michael's got a good point that its pretty much too late. when they stuck the parental advisory on CDs, we all said, "hey, that's icky" and the labels *still* went on. this time the geek community isn't the loudest voice. its the parents who try to make up for thier inability to influence thier children. you can almost hear thier angry naggin voices.
but that's what happens when the first amendment hits popular morality. and its all good for you, isn't it?
I dunno. I just coincidentally downloaded Webmin, and except for getting the SSL to work out of the box with my stock Perl, it was god-awfull easy. Thier module system may be a bit more in depth, but its kind of a fringe app. Wouldn't seel much, I'd venture.
Not "a" BeBox. "The" BeBox. A nifty chunk of hardware based on the PPC designed to run Be from the get-go. I've seen them. One model I believe has a neato set of LEDs build into the case that rise and fall with CPU use. But don't quote me on that. : )
Initial setup costs are high, but there are no line charges like with a T1. The technology works okay as long as you are near the antennae. The farther out you get, the more packets you drop. We looked into this to put a remote access concentrator in a different phone exchange 12 miles away. 10-15% packet loss is grounds for hangin' in some parts. But that was last year. Maybe they have something better.
Is the Merced i386 archetecture? What new chip are the normal, non-server running people supposed to put in thier new hopped up PCs? Does intel have an offering, or is the future looking very AMD?
Lets assume that there is a company 'A'. 'A' is an engineering firm, doing yearly business in the tens of millions. Thier internal ifrastructure relies on thier network, and to a lesser (but still considerable) extent, the internet. No network, nothing gets done. Period. Thier sysadmin or MIS guy *knows* that if things aren't shipshape on Jan 3rd when people stroll back in, it'll be his head on a platter. If I may generalize, any network that is deemed important will be looked after by the time Y2K comes. I think even a good number of mom & pop ISPs will at the minimum try to find out if they are ready for rollover.
If I were a cop, I'd try to keep my gun well oiled. Cause it could save my life.
Since I'm in IT, I maintain my servers. Cause it could ruin my life. If I were the guy at company 'A' in charge of a Y2K inflicted server, I wouldn't blame them for letting me go in the least.
Okay. This is off-topic. What the hell'sa bogoMIP? I see it listed in the stats, there, and I see it zoom by in my kernel boot. Is it some simplistic benchmark?
Have you read any David Brin? I assume a fellow like you has. But if not, his collection of short stories titled "Otherness" has a good bit in it about accidental universe creation. A good bit of fiction. I recomend.
...but liars use statistics. I can stand them being faster than the PIII. The PIII ain't all that. But the scale bothers me. Whether its a 9% gain, or a 30% gain, it looks the same...suspicious. Gimme integer values and I'll be happy.
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I threw some in a glass of water to see if they'd dissolve er something. They sounded a bit like wimpy rice crispies for a litle while, and then they just sat there. I wasn't impressed... : )
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why don't they? because they have to provide legacy support for archetecture that should have died along with the 16 bit horse it rode in on. Doesn't it kind of suck that your PIII and Athlon are still known as "i386" compatible?
Dirk
I think what you are talking about is more of a need for interstate commerce reform. Mail order in general has taken a bite out of taxable income. You have a point, though. The internet isn't going to help this lopsidedness. They just need to figure out *who* gets to tax, the state of the buyer, or the state of the seller. And it wouldn't even have to be a *big* tax. 1% maybe? Given the volume of trade that crosses state borders, that'd be a hefty chunk of change. Also remember that a portion of the orders stays instate, and those folks get the full tax.
Dirk
look at the string of postings it spawned. evidently thought provoking, wouldn't you say?
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They did it already (the endzone thing). You can clearly read "Packers" in Lambeau field, Green Bay, WI. Gee, wonder where I live...?
But seriously, this has to be one of the coolest things I've seen microsoft come up with. Or at least host...
Dirk
Here I would have to disagree with one of your points. The home market drives the business market. Most of the pushes in PC technology have been to facilitate better gaming. Don't believe me? Look at MMX, SSE. 2 of the most heralded technologies that basically did nothing for the business user (well, MMX Pentiums had more L2, but thats not the point). Dell now makes SERVERS with PIIIs. And that ain't to get higher refresh rates on that web page...
I just came across some scripts recently that will add PGP functionality to Pine rather easily for other ssh stalwarts like muh'self. They can be found at Linux.com in the tuning section. I can also email them to any interested parties. Just ask.
Dirk
I agree that postings should be listed as a meritocracy, and that people should carry karma. But why do we need moderators? Can't we self-moderate?
Take the Meta-Mod page for instance. What if we were able to rate the article like that? Maybe a pull-down where we could assign a flame-bait, informative, etc etc rating. Of course, it would probably need to be wieghted to a single flamebait didn't condemn you to hell for eternity, but what do you think?
Dirk
But how do we contact them? Where do you point your gun? You could email your congressman, or that Lieberman fellow, but I don't know how much good it'll do. michael's got a good point that its pretty much too late. when they stuck the parental advisory on CDs, we all said, "hey, that's icky" and the labels *still* went on. this time the geek community isn't the loudest voice. its the parents who try to make up for thier inability to influence thier children. you can almost hear thier angry naggin voices.
but that's what happens when the first amendment hits popular morality. and its all good for you, isn't it?
Dirk the Proudly Un-Anonymous
I dunno. I just coincidentally downloaded Webmin, and except for getting the SSL to work out of the box with my stock Perl, it was god-awfull easy. Thier module system may be a bit more in depth, but its kind of a fringe app. Wouldn't seel much, I'd venture.
Not "a" BeBox. "The" BeBox. A nifty chunk of hardware based on the PPC designed to run Be from the get-go. I've seen them. One model I believe has a neato set of LEDs build into the case that rise and fall with CPU use. But don't quote me on that. : )
"...and the ability to manipulate ip packets by thought."
They can't do that now?
This is nothing new.
Initial setup costs are high, but there are no line charges like with a T1. The technology works okay as long as you are near the antennae. The farther out you get, the more packets you drop. We looked into this to put a remote access concentrator in a different phone exchange 12 miles away. 10-15% packet loss is grounds for hangin' in some parts. But that was last year. Maybe they have something better.
Dirk
"The problem however, is that, throughout every explanation ( read thus far ) of this IPv4 Addressing Scheme. "
Incomplete comparison anyone?
Is the Merced i386 archetecture? What new chip are the normal, non-server running people supposed to put in thier new hopped up PCs? Does intel have an offering, or is the future looking very AMD?
Lets assume that there is a company 'A'. 'A' is an engineering firm, doing yearly business in the tens of millions. Thier internal ifrastructure relies on thier network, and to a lesser (but still considerable) extent, the internet. No network, nothing gets done. Period. Thier sysadmin or MIS guy *knows* that if things aren't shipshape on Jan 3rd when people stroll back in, it'll be his head on a platter. If I may generalize, any network that is deemed important will be looked after by the time Y2K comes. I think even a good number of mom & pop ISPs will at the minimum try to find out if they are ready for rollover.
If I were a cop, I'd try to keep my gun well oiled. Cause it could save my life.
Since I'm in IT, I maintain my servers. Cause it could ruin my life. If I were the guy at company 'A' in charge of a Y2K inflicted server, I wouldn't blame them for letting me go in the least.
Okay. This is off-topic. What the hell'sa bogoMIP? I see it listed in the stats, there, and I see it zoom by in my kernel boot. Is it some simplistic benchmark?
Dirk
So will they protect my PC from an EMP? Somebody drops a nuke, and I could lose serious Quake Area play time.
Dirk
Have you read any David Brin? I assume a fellow like you has. But if not, his collection of short stories titled "Otherness" has a good bit in it about accidental universe creation. A good bit of fiction. I recomend.
Dirk
...but liars use statistics. I can stand them being faster than the PIII. The PIII ain't all that. But the scale bothers me. Whether its a 9% gain, or a 30% gain, it looks the same...suspicious. Gimme integer values and I'll be happy.
I threw some in a glass of water to see if they'd dissolve er something. They sounded a bit like wimpy rice crispies for a litle while, and then they just sat there. I wasn't impressed... : )
Dirk
I dunno. I'm halfway through the artice. I don't think this is such a bad thing. A nice reminder that humankind is fallable.
Dirk
And to think I threw away out old Victor. It's 10 meg hard drive would have been an upgrade to those poor Apple ][ people : )
Dirk