If you would read the actual complaint, one of the items sought in relief is the performance-based portion of the ebay buyout money, which they probably can successfully attach if the suit is successful.
Hah, the US government doesn't want its citizens to renounce their citizenship before moving abroad because then it would lose the ability to doubly tax their foreign earned income. See here for an example (FYI I hate this guys politics, so no flames for that, but his observations on the taxation issue is spot-on).
Having been through this sort of thing before on a smaller-scale (we've done 3 mail system re-engineerings in the last 8.5 years, the last 2 LDAP-based and are just breaking into 6-figure mailbox count), I can make one big recommendation: Think VERY long and hard about your LDAP schema and make sure you get it right the first time. Do this LONG before you even think about other software/hardware.
If done properly and you get proper triggers done to push updates from your backend database to LDAP (or just make the LDAP your canonical data store for technical data if you can), everything else can be implemented using off-the-shelf software and hardware (think SAN backend for mailbox store with redundant switched paths between servers and storage and load-balancers in front of most of your components).
And as stated before, seperate your roles and put them on discrete redundant clusters of machines.
Our architecture actually had the mailboxes in private space, with access coming via front-end MX for incoming mail, and pop/imap proxy for reading.
The anycast address doesn't really work all that well for finding the best relay router.
I use a relay (kddilabs) with a 5ms ping from home (Saitama Japan) and yet the anycast address points me at somewhere in north america with a >250ms ping.
As I posted in the previous article on this topic:
Federal standards on drivers licenses makes it a lot easier for expats overseas to convert to local licenses, as many countries do not have reciprocal driving agreements with the US purely because of the fact that licensing requirements are delegated to the states, and would require over 50 seperate agreements (with each jurisdiction, e.g. states, PR, Guam, etc).
Regardless of the privacy implications of the rest of this body of legislation, placing the issuance of drivers licenses under federal jurisdiction is a good thing and long overdue.
The process of changing your driver's license to a foreign one when living overseas is generally based on an agreement between the two issuing parties. In the case of the US, this can require a country to need 50+ seperate agreements (each state plus PR/Guam/etc.). Many countries simply choose not to bother and require US expats to go through the full procedure for a new license, which for instance in the case of Japan can cost thousands of dollars more for an american than a european.
Things can also happen even if there are redundant UPS and generators in the picture.
Last year I had a power failure on some of my equipment hosted at C&W in Tokyo where one of the power distribution bars between the UPS/generators and my equipment failed.
IPv6-capable consumer routers are available, from Yamaha and Allied Telesys here. They must be available elsewhere.
There are a few preliminary projects to offer v6-based consumer access, but here in Japan the industry has seen the lack of need for v6. My boss asked me today if I had any plans for v6 deployment. I told him to ask me again in another 3-4 years.
Bad analogy. The above nuclear reactor example does not NEED access to the internet to function. It obviously does need roads/etc.
Back when I was doing the consulting thing it really puzzled me to go into a client site and see things like process control machines and CNC routers (industrial machines that shape things, not network devices) hooked up with internet access.
Yes it can, press the setup button on the remote, right-arrow button 3 times, press enter twice, wait 2-3 minutes while it downloads new firmware, reflashes itself and reboots.
You just hit the setup button on the remote, navigate to the firmware update tab and the player grabs the latest firmware over the net, downloads and reflashes itself.
In Japan this model has been out for about 6 months. Played 99.9% of all video files I threw at it, DivX and Xvid of just about every origin.
IO-DATA also sells a nice embedded linux NAS (120, 160, 250, 300gb versions available plus you can add 2 external usb2 drives) that has the server-side support to stream video to the linkplayer so you don't have to leave a PC on.
Firmware updates are distributed directly from the net too.
I'm really happy with it - makes me glad I bothered to wire ethernet to my living room wallplate.
One time (about 6 years ago) in the network engineering department was not too busy at the ISP I work at we took a couple 540mb hard drives that were slowly growing bad sectors, installed an OS, set up a webcam and a page to view it at, pointed the webcam at the drives, removed the drive covers and let the whole contraption run in a not-particularly-dust-free area.
The whole unit ran for over a week before the web server process stopped servicing requests.
I have the IO DATA AVELink player, which is a custom OEMed Momitsu for the Japanese market (main difference is wired ethernet, no SCART, but a D4 japanese-market digital video connector). Been running it in wired mode, though I could pop in a wireless card (but when I built the house I did put a cat5 jack on the same wallplate as my antenna jacks).
The AVELink (and presumably any of the ones tracable back to Momitsu) hasn't had problems playing any video I've thrown at it.
Nice thing is that IO DATA has a little NAS that they developed themselves (SH2 embedded linux actually, although I cannot find any information on getting any GPL-required code changes) which has the server-side streamer code that works with it, so I have a nice near-silent storage box for this with plenty of disk space (300gb in the NAS itself and you can add on 2 USB2 external devices)
As a note, the server-side of most of these is just a webserver running on port 8000, support for wake on lan, and in some cases a uPnP responder program. There are several open source alternatives out there. An example
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The exact reply to the question didn't really matter. The amount of time you think about it is what I look for.
If you would read the actual complaint, one of the items sought in relief is the performance-based portion of the ebay buyout money, which they probably can successfully attach if the suit is successful.
Hah, the US government doesn't want its citizens to renounce their citizenship before moving abroad because then it would lose the ability to doubly tax their foreign earned income. See here for an example (FYI I hate this guys politics, so no flames for that, but his observations on the taxation issue is spot-on).
Having been through this sort of thing before on a smaller-scale (we've done 3 mail system re-engineerings in the last 8.5 years, the last 2 LDAP-based and are just breaking into 6-figure mailbox count), I can make one big recommendation: Think VERY long and hard about your LDAP schema and make sure you get it right the first time. Do this LONG before you even think about other software/hardware.
If done properly and you get proper triggers done to push updates from your backend database to LDAP (or just make the LDAP your canonical data store for technical data if you can), everything else can be implemented using off-the-shelf software and hardware (think SAN backend for mailbox store with redundant switched paths between servers and storage and load-balancers in front of most of your components).
And as stated before, seperate your roles and put them on discrete redundant clusters of machines.
Our architecture actually had the mailboxes in private space, with access coming via front-end MX for incoming mail, and pop/imap proxy for reading.
OH NOES! Something new! It is scary and different therefore I must fear it!
The anycast address doesn't really work all that well for finding the best relay router.
I use a relay (kddilabs) with a 5ms ping from home (Saitama Japan) and yet the anycast address points me at somewhere in north america with a >250ms ping.
As I posted in the previous article on this topic:
Federal standards on drivers licenses makes it a lot easier for expats overseas to convert to local licenses, as many countries do not have reciprocal driving agreements with the US purely because of the fact that licensing requirements are delegated to the states, and would require over 50 seperate agreements (with each jurisdiction, e.g. states, PR, Guam, etc).
For US expats living overseas that is.
Regardless of the privacy implications of the rest of this body of legislation, placing the issuance of drivers licenses under federal jurisdiction is a good thing and long overdue.
The process of changing your driver's license to a foreign one when living overseas is generally based on an agreement between the two issuing parties. In the case of the US, this can require a country to need 50+ seperate agreements (each state plus PR/Guam/etc.). Many countries simply choose not to bother and require US expats to go through the full procedure for a new license, which for instance in the case of Japan can cost thousands of dollars more for an american than a european.
Yes, and these are nowhere near that.
Things can also happen even if there are redundant UPS and generators in the picture.
Last year I had a power failure on some of my equipment hosted at C&W in Tokyo where one of the power distribution bars between the UPS/generators and my equipment failed.
IPv6-capable consumer routers are available, from Yamaha and Allied Telesys here. They must be available elsewhere.
There are a few preliminary projects to offer v6-based consumer access, but here in Japan the industry has seen the lack of need for v6. My boss asked me today if I had any plans for v6 deployment. I told him to ask me again in another 3-4 years.
Bad analogy. The above nuclear reactor example does not NEED access to the internet to function. It obviously does need roads/etc.
Back when I was doing the consulting thing it really puzzled me to go into a client site and see things like process control machines and CNC routers (industrial machines that shape things, not network devices) hooked up with internet access.
Bluetooth is a non-issue in Japan. No one uses it.
Au and DoCoMo came out with like 1 phone each that had it 2 years ago, and nothing since. Don't think Vodaphone even bothered.
Open source server-side software is available.
It has a D4 jack (which is a STANDARD connector supporting 480i/480p/1080i/720p resolution) and they include a D4 to component cable.
I suspect the people complaining about the lack of component out have never seen a D-jack.
(This thing is actually manufactured by the same company that produces the Momitsu players)
Yes it can, press the setup button on the remote, right-arrow button 3 times, press enter twice, wait 2-3 minutes while it downloads new firmware, reflashes itself and reboots.
It will not play anything directly from vob files.
To be honest, I use this box for one thing - I live overseas (Japan, 7 years) and need my american TV fix.
The linkplayer has upgradable firmware.
You just hit the setup button on the remote, navigate to the firmware update tab and the player grabs the latest firmware over the net, downloads and reflashes itself.
In Japan this model has been out for about 6 months. Played 99.9% of all video files I threw at it, DivX and Xvid of just about every origin.
IO-DATA also sells a nice embedded linux NAS (120, 160, 250, 300gb versions available plus you can add 2 external usb2 drives) that has the server-side support to stream video to the linkplayer so you don't have to leave a PC on.
Firmware updates are distributed directly from the net too.
I'm really happy with it - makes me glad I bothered to wire ethernet to my living room wallplate.
One time (about 6 years ago) in the network engineering department was not too busy at the ISP I work at we took a couple 540mb hard drives that were slowly growing bad sectors, installed an OS, set up a webcam and a page to view it at, pointed the webcam at the drives, removed the drive covers and let the whole contraption run in a not-particularly-dust-free area.
The whole unit ran for over a week before the web server process stopped servicing requests.
Example of open source alternative
I have the IO DATA AVELink player, which is a custom OEMed Momitsu for the Japanese market (main difference is wired ethernet, no SCART, but a D4 japanese-market digital video connector). Been running it in wired mode, though I could pop in a wireless card (but when I built the house I did put a cat5 jack on the same wallplate as my antenna jacks).
The AVELink (and presumably any of the ones tracable back to Momitsu) hasn't had problems playing any video I've thrown at it.
Nice thing is that IO DATA has a little NAS that they developed themselves (SH2 embedded linux actually, although I cannot find any information on getting any GPL-required code changes) which has the server-side streamer code that works with it, so I have a nice near-silent storage box for this with plenty of disk space (300gb in the NAS itself and you can add on 2 USB2 external devices)
As a note, the server-side of most of these is just a webserver running on port 8000, support for wake on lan, and in some cases a uPnP responder program. There are several open source alternatives out there. An example
KDDI in Japan did this years ago.
And they don't actually hold the pets in quarrantine when you bring them into the country you know. Its actually time for intensive language lessions.
I thought qmail was shunned because it was written by Dan Bernstein...