Yup...Yup.... When I did a little programming at school, the profs always knew that the programs were really mine due to the "wierd" way and "interesting" choice for variable names and choice of comments....
[one time some yoyo decided to "borrow" one of my programs which was immediately spotted by the profs as such due to my "unique programming" methods...]
I guess thats what people are complaining about. The decrease in support/tech quality.... From what you are saying, the "good" techs are sent to the corporate systems support.
Personally, my initial experiance with gateway was pretty good... {hint, since they have 24/7 support, call at 3am; which is what I do for any place that advertises 24/7 support.. Im up anyways, and usually the person on the other side WANTS someone to talk to and is not as cranky as "day" persons....} I had one of those circa '94 p4d66 {486DX2-66} that had a mb go out on it. Called the consumer line... got similar service to what you describe above {with a new mb arriving a couple of days later}...
essentially gw has "gotten too big for their briches"... and are slacking a bit wrt to certain design features
like.. who made the %#$^@-up descision to solder a battery to the MB [cant remember the model offhand...]?
To me this sounds more like something that an ISP would be using to link large buisnesses and "remote" links that are within 30 miles of them in situations where it not be economical to use underground/overground wiring; where existing fiber/HS telco lines are already hoarded/owned by others that realized its value and got it "cheap"... The difference between this and microwave technology used by ISPs is (1) speed, and (2) the (non) line of sight capability.
Note: These are just a guess; IANAL...; yada.. yada.. yada..
Whenever a large company like Intel decides to buy a company that makes a few niche products, I find that it is not the product that the company wants, but rights to a patent (Intellectual Property) which the smaller company either has access to via an existing contract which in turn gives the "larger" company temporary access till the patent runs out, or full ownership. So... the question then becomes, what patents does this smaller company owns that Intel wants?
[in some cases, it may be a CYA reaction where they have already used/made a device that uses that patent, and are trying to get access to it before they release the product]
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Not only that... but Samba is one of the few "mission critical" apps that affects LOTs of netizens/networks... (The others that qualify are Bind and Sendmail)... So.. it makes sense for it to also appear on Slashdot....
Depends on your agreement. I know of a local.edu which has anyone who gets a "dorm" connection sign a contract that states that by connecting to the school network, they are granting the university {and the University police dept} full access to the machine to make sure no laws are being broken... Your choice is either to accept and get the "fast free" access, or, pay $50.00/month and get a cable modem {which is faster than the.edu connection anyways}
I had a place that wanted a similar configuration which I was able to convince into using Squid+smb auth... (another place is using squid + PAM, with a PAM smb auth module authenticating off an NT server), and has allowed keeping the browsers as they are....
so yes... it is possible to install a squid proxy server that authenticates off an NT server....
Dont know how feasible this is... but if it is... (c) 1999...:-)
Have the circuitry that handles the decoding as a removable/replacable module which can be "upgraded" to the final DTV standard used. That way most of the new TVs only need a module upgrade when its availible if a standard is changed...
The problem is that if a single.mil/.gov/etc site is compromised, there is the distinct possibility that other sites can be compromised. Simple example: many.mil sites only allow access to "public" web pages from other.mil sites. The same goes for.edu and.gov sites... The path to a final destination is much shorter than from "the big bad internet"... Another simple scenario would be if although THAT machine was not "secured" since it has nothing of importance on it, there is a slight posssibility that the machine is on a network segment that in turn has access to another segment that DOES have material that may be valuable to someone else...
BTW: The above scenario is exactly why many "high security" sites do not allow employees to have "important" material even on their normal day-to-day office machines..
Having the source for an application means that if the original distributor decides to no longer support it, and you have lots of documents that are based on it, you may be able to "keep it going" for your internal use.
Example: What if SO was not y2k compatibe in some small way; and Sun, or whomever owns it decides that the problem can be worked around without a patch... Well; if that item was important to YOU, by having the source code, you may be able to fix it "in house"...
You can now easily find USB network cards for ~$50-$80. The question is will there be "drivers" for them for the PSX2?
PCMCIA network cards are still a little more expensive... but anyone w/ a laptop already probably already has a pcmcia network card that they can plop into the PSX2 when it becomes availible. Same q re: "drivers"...
I can see advantages and disadvantages for both methods... The thing is... neither product can network yet... so gotta wait a while longer...
There are many homes with cable modem or adsl access; which still use ethernet to connect to their devices. It would make MUCH more logical sense to have an ethernet LAN device than a built in ADSL modem or Cable modem since then the device can be used for all types of lan connections.. (cable,ADSL,Dorm,office/etc).
There are some gamers out there that would subscribe to cable-modem access or adsl if it meant getting better pings.
There are also many current adsl/cable subscribers with existing accounts who would be glad to pay the extra $5 for an ip for the dc since they already have the cablemodem service.
If there is a lan interface (probably using dhcp, hopefully there would be some way to set a static ip) for an internal type network...
The question is, when the dc network is availible, will it become another battle.net {overloaded and unstable at times, luckily there is an alternative to battle.net; http://www.fsgs.com/; especially if you want to play against ppl you know, or for a local ISP to run}
They want to be sure that they are not dependant on Microsoft for an OS to run on their chips. This way they invest in several Linux distros so that when the time comes, they are not 100% dependant on MS.
Also by investing in Linux Distros, it is possible that they are trying to subliminaly influence the adoption of linux on different archs. (ie: well give you money if you continue to support linux on the intel chipsets....)
too bad they dont realize that the 5min leases means that the client is renewing every 2.5 mins (or so according the the guidelines in the RFCs); thus they are causing a WHOLE lot more traffic to their DHCP server than they really need... (also making a short problem with the DHCP server much bigger than it really is.. since the client will "notice" that the server is down sooner than a 6 hour lease [which gives them 3 hrs before the client notices, and 6hrs before it loses its lease]}
Um... get the latest one from the ISC site.. The one distributed w/ RH 5.2 is 2.0b1pl6, over a year old....and broken (in some obcsure situations; but still...) The current version is 2.0 final; with 3.0b1pl0 already out...
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Yup...Yup.... When I did a little programming at school, the profs always knew that the programs were really mine due to the "wierd" way and "interesting" choice for variable names and choice of comments....
[one time some yoyo decided to "borrow" one of my programs which was immediately spotted by the profs as such due to my "unique programming" methods...]
They dont care about the mkt. dept... They probably had to consult legal first....
I guess thats what people are complaining about. The decrease in support/tech quality.... From what you are saying, the "good" techs are sent to the corporate systems support.
Personally, my initial experiance with gateway was pretty good... {hint, since they have 24/7 support, call at 3am; which is what I do for any place that advertises 24/7 support.. Im up anyways, and usually the person on the other side WANTS someone to talk to and is not as cranky as "day" persons....} I had one of those circa '94 p4d66 {486DX2-66} that had a mb go out on it. Called the consumer line... got similar service to what you describe above {with a new mb arriving a couple of days later}...
essentially gw has "gotten too big for their briches"... and are slacking a bit wrt to certain design features
like.. who made the %#$^@-up descision to solder a battery to the MB [cant remember the model offhand...]?
True... but has anyone outlined the steps needed for a distro from its "default" install to make it C2?
To me this sounds more like something that an ISP would be using to link large buisnesses and "remote" links that are within 30 miles of them in situations where it not be economical to use underground/overground wiring; where existing fiber/HS telco lines are already hoarded/owned by others that realized its value and got it "cheap"... The difference between this and microwave technology used by ISPs is (1) speed, and (2) the (non) line of sight capability.
Hehe..
Our local station here had one of those messages instead of an ad (along with a TV14 advisory rating warning)
Solution: Dont buy from that company, and let them know in very cordial, and clear terms, why you are taking your buisness elsewhere.
In many cases the "savings" difference is not worth the loss in revenue/ missed deadlines/ general bad karma that not having the item may result in.
The only caveat to this is if the product is REALLY unique...
I know I shouldnt feed the trolls.. but here goes, but like the accident on the side of the road... cant help looking...:
Nerds ship stuff too.... nerds order online....
Note: These are just a guess; IANAL...; yada.. yada.. yada..
Whenever a large company like Intel decides to buy a company that makes a few niche products, I find that it is not the product that the company wants, but rights to a patent (Intellectual Property) which the smaller company either has access to via an existing contract which in turn gives the "larger" company temporary access till the patent runs out, or full ownership. So... the question then becomes, what patents does this smaller company owns that Intel wants?
[in some cases, it may be a CYA reaction where they have already used/made a device that uses that patent, and are trying to get access to it before they release the product]
Not only that... but Samba is one of the few "mission critical" apps that affects LOTs of netizens/networks... (The others that qualify are Bind and Sendmail)... So.. it makes sense for it to also appear on Slashdot....
Was it star trek or another show that had a "wearable transelator"?
Does anyone know if there is a site that keeps track of sci-fi items that have become reality?
Depends on your agreement. I know of a local .edu which has anyone who gets a "dorm" connection sign a contract that states that by connecting to the school network, they are granting the university {and the University police dept} full access to the machine to make sure no laws are being broken... Your choice is either to accept and get the "fast free" access, or, pay $50.00/month and get a cable modem {which is faster than the .edu connection anyways}
I had a place that wanted a similar configuration which I was able to convince into using Squid+smb auth... (another place is using squid + PAM, with a PAM smb auth module authenticating off an NT server), and has allowed keeping the browsers as they are....
so yes... it is possible to install a squid proxy server that authenticates off an NT server....
MUCH cheaper in licencing costs...
Interesting thought.... IE is stable ONLY because MS has a competitor. Other MS products are not as stable because there is no competiton...
Dont know how feasible this is... but if it is... (c) 1999... :-)
Have the circuitry that handles the decoding as a removable/replacable module which can be "upgraded" to the final DTV standard used. That way most of the new TVs only need a module upgrade when its availible if a standard is changed...
The problem is that if a single .mil/.gov/etc site is compromised, there is the distinct possibility that other sites can be compromised. Simple example: many .mil sites only allow access to "public" web pages from other .mil sites. The same goes for .edu and .gov sites... The path to a final destination is much shorter than from "the big bad internet"... Another simple scenario would be if although THAT machine was not "secured" since it has nothing of importance on it, there is a slight posssibility that the machine is on a network segment that in turn has access to another segment that DOES have material that may be valuable to someone else...
BTW: The above scenario is exactly why many "high security" sites do not allow employees to have "important" material even on their normal day-to-day office machines..
Having the source for an application means that if the original distributor decides to no longer support it, and you have lots of documents that are based on it, you may be able to "keep it going" for your internal use.
Example:
What if SO was not y2k compatibe in some small way; and Sun, or whomever owns it decides that the problem can be worked around without a patch... Well; if that item was important to YOU, by having the source code, you may be able to fix it "in house"...
if slashdot is read by people at apple...
.apple.com?
rob: You have access to the web logs... so.... how many hits from
:-)
One needs to remeber.. The "T1" ports on the back of Cisco routers are also "serial" ports... Of course they also need a CSU/DSU... but still....
You can now easily find USB network cards for ~$50-$80. The question is will there be "drivers" for them for the PSX2?
PCMCIA network cards are still a little more expensive... but anyone w/ a laptop already probably already has a pcmcia network card that they can plop into the PSX2 when it becomes availible. Same q re: "drivers"...
I can see advantages and disadvantages for both methods... The thing is... neither product can network yet... so gotta wait a while longer...
I beg to differ.
There are many homes with cable modem or adsl access; which still use ethernet to connect to their devices. It would make MUCH more logical sense to have an ethernet LAN device than a built in ADSL modem or Cable modem since then the device can be used for all types of lan connections.. (cable,ADSL,Dorm,office/etc).
There are some gamers out there that would subscribe to cable-modem access or adsl if it meant getting better pings.
There are also many current adsl/cable subscribers with existing accounts who would be glad to pay the extra $5 for an ip for the dc since they already have the cablemodem service.
If there is a lan interface (probably using dhcp, hopefully there would be some way to set a static ip) for an internal type network...
The question is, when the dc network is availible, will it become another battle.net {overloaded and unstable at times, luckily there is an alternative to battle.net; http://www.fsgs.com/; especially if you want to play against ppl you know, or for a local ISP to run}
Yup...
They want to be sure that they are not dependant on Microsoft for an OS to run on their chips. This way they invest in several Linux distros so that when the time comes, they are not 100% dependant on MS.
Also by investing in Linux Distros, it is possible that they are trying to subliminaly influence the adoption of linux on different archs. (ie: well give you money if you continue to support linux on the intel chipsets....)
I must be getting too old... I find myself watching VH1 more than MTV (yes I know that MTV owns VH1) VH1 seems to have more music shows than MTV....
too bad they dont realize that the 5min leases means that the client is renewing every 2.5 mins (or so according the the guidelines in the RFCs); thus they are causing a WHOLE lot more traffic to their DHCP server than they really need... (also making a short problem with the DHCP server much bigger than it really is.. since the client will "notice" that the server is down sooner than a 6 hour lease [which gives them 3 hrs before the client notices, and 6hrs before it loses its lease]}
Um... get the latest one from the ISC site.. The one distributed w/ RH 5.2 is 2.0b1pl6, over a year old....and broken (in some obcsure situations; but still...) The current version is 2.0 final; with 3.0b1pl0 already out...