Front line tech support and supervisors have NO idea what ipv6 is or how to get it to you.
I have Charter cable, and "just for fun", called tech to ask about if they had native ipv6 availible, and if not, if they had better "regional" tunnels or 6rd gateways. Note that I already had the info from http://www.myaccount.charter.com/customers/Support.aspx?SupportArticleID=2665 working with my Linksys E4200v2; I just wanted to see if there was a closer 6rd tunnel gateway to my location. Over 45 mins and no help at all from the support or the supervisor. Neither had any idea about ipv6 even after I directed them to their own internal support article.
Does this mean that there will now be another set of noise with script kiddies trying to create automated scanners to locate these devices, thus adding more junk for me to look through in the logs?
I would say it depends on where the xfinity servers are located. If comcast has the servers on its own network, or has a peering arrangement with the network which xfinity servers are located, it is possible that they are not paying as much for the bandwidth when compared to the bandwidth that is used by their users going to netflix servers. If netflix wants net neutrality on this issue, then they can offer to pay for the bandwidth that connects netflix to comcast.
This reminds me of the old AOL network where content providers paid AOL to be connected to the "premium" access network that enabled AOL users better access. At that time AOL could dictate the terms since it was one of the few games in town which had ALOT of users that the content providers were eager to get their hands on.
A long time ago a local university had really bad connectivity to the internet (it had to go to the "main parent" campus then back out the the internet to reach an ISP that literally was half a mile away. The university and the ISP decided that a "mutual peering" arrangement was beneficial to both since the ISP had more than 70% of the local market at the time and most of the local market communicated in some form with the university servers....
Someone at netflix should have thought of that (peering with comcast/charter/etc) with a "dont charge your users for the cap when connecting to us via the peering connection" deal...
Except that now in order to save money, 3G bandwidth, or "conveniance for users" many locations have "automatic free wifi connections" to attwifi/Wayport_Access hotspots (mcdonalds, starbucks, and many airports, etc) for ipad 3g and iphone users. The only recourse is to MANUALLY turn off wifi if you only want 3G
What nobody here seems to have mentioned is that MS may not be buying Nokia for the obvious reasons: The build phones, they are probably buying it for the IP that it owns. IP that MS may already be paying billions for to incorporate into other tech that they may have or are planning to produce...
$10? The Amercan public will start panicing if gas reaches $6.00/gallon. At $7.00 they will say "well, were no longer in Iraq, just send them over to Iran...."
Before the google usenet archives, most people thought that something posted on usenet had a maximum lifespan of maybe 2-3 years at most since by then the nntp spool would have reclaimed the space for more data.
That was until google managed to get a hold of old backup tapes of usenet servers and dump all the data into what is now their google groups archives.
I know serveral ppl who either 1- buy from US amazon and ship to overseas 2- Buy from ebay and ship to overseas 3- Have buddies in the US that buy them things and ship them 4- Have a mailbox forwarding service that allows them to buy things with a US address to be forwarded to overseas
I once installed an application for a customer where the software "vendor" only supported a particular hardware configuration. They ended up getting 4 complete devices so that they would be able to "quick swap" a component in case the hardware failed... The software was custom written and it was before "open source"; but the customer DID get rights to the source code...
[1 production machine, 1 testing machine, and 2 "spare parts" machines]
Any down time on that server application was estimated to cost the company over 12K US / hr....
Actually as someone that helps set some HR dept questions to ask/prequalify applicants for IT and programming jobs, this is going into our "trick question" bag for hiring Java programmers and IT support staff (we use java based apps heavily, so IT knowing which versions are needed/work with which apps is VERY important for us)...
we would instatly switch to using firefox if they added support for proxy autoconfiguration via wpad. (either DNS or dhcp based wpad would be fine). We have laptops that need to be able to pick up their proxy configs automatically since they roam between offices....
to making possession of the movies recorded by a cam in a theatre illegal...
It can also be used by law enforcement to "up the ante" when they are looking to get someone.. example: tag on that item as a charge when going after someone...
The benifit from having it is that it allows your employer to use it as bragging rights to customers...
If you didnt have it then as soon as that number drops to %50-%60, someone will be let go; and it will most probably be the one with the least experiance that does not have the cert....
The problem is that data werehouses like Nexus-Lexus would then be able to corrolate that DNA information with their existing databases to provide a complete history on you, possible children/parents...
lexus has public AND private databases from govt agencies (normally only for said agencies use, but at a "price" you can access it), as well as credit reporting agencies, store loyalty cards, AAA, medical and insurance records, and MORE... A detailed profile search can cost as much as $250K.
Slashdot Mirror
Old news. This has been Neweggs policy for a while now...
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/97248/index.html
http://parrot-farm.net/Newegg/Newegg.com%20Horror%20Story.html
I stopped buying computers from them in 2007 as well. (still get the occasinal HD or videocard)...
Front line tech support and supervisors have NO idea what ipv6 is or how to get it to you.
I have Charter cable, and "just for fun", called tech to ask about if they had native ipv6 availible, and if not, if they had better "regional" tunnels or 6rd gateways. Note that I already had the info from http://www.myaccount.charter.com/customers/Support.aspx?SupportArticleID=2665 working with my Linksys E4200v2; I just wanted to see if there was a closer 6rd tunnel gateway to my location. Over 45 mins and no help at all from the support or the supervisor. Neither had any idea about ipv6 even after I directed them to their own internal support article.
Does this mean that there will now be another set of noise with script kiddies trying to create automated scanners to locate these devices, thus adding more junk for me to look through in the logs?
I would say it depends on where the xfinity servers are located. If comcast has the servers on its own network, or has a peering arrangement with the network which xfinity servers are located, it is possible that they are not paying as much for the bandwidth when compared to the bandwidth that is used by their users going to netflix servers. If netflix wants net neutrality on this issue, then they can offer to pay for the bandwidth that connects netflix to comcast.
This reminds me of the old AOL network where content providers paid AOL to be connected to the "premium" access network that enabled AOL users better access. At that time AOL could dictate the terms since it was one of the few games in town which had ALOT of users that the content providers were eager to get their hands on.
A long time ago a local university had really bad connectivity to the internet (it had to go to the "main parent" campus then back out the the internet to reach an ISP that literally was half a mile away. The university and the ISP decided that a "mutual peering" arrangement was beneficial to both since the ISP had more than 70% of the local market at the time and most of the local market communicated in some form with the university servers....
Someone at netflix should have thought of that (peering with comcast/charter/etc) with a "dont charge your users for the cap when connecting to us via the peering connection" deal...
Hulu should also consider that as well....
Except that now in order to save money, 3G bandwidth, or "conveniance for users" many locations have "automatic free wifi connections" to attwifi/Wayport_Access hotspots (mcdonalds, starbucks, and many airports, etc) for ipad 3g and iphone users. The only recourse is to MANUALLY turn off wifi if you only want 3G
The question is what backdoors have they placed on it. Is it secure from themselves (NSA) and other three letter agencies?
What nobody here seems to have mentioned is that MS may not be buying Nokia for the obvious reasons: The build phones, they are probably buying it for the IP that it owns. IP that MS may already be paying billions for to incorporate into other tech that they may have or are planning to produce...
$10? The Amercan public will start panicing if gas reaches $6.00/gallon. At $7.00 they will say "well, were no longer in Iraq, just send them over to Iran...."
Perfect example is of the great google....
Before the google usenet archives, most people thought that something posted on usenet had a maximum lifespan of maybe 2-3 years at most since by then the nntp spool would have reclaimed the space for more data.
That was until google managed to get a hold of old backup tapes of usenet servers and dump all the data into what is now their google groups archives.
Its installed by the OEM that bundled software on the system...
who says it has to be pirated?
I know serveral ppl who either
1- buy from US amazon and ship to overseas
2- Buy from ebay and ship to overseas
3- Have buddies in the US that buy them things and ship them
4- Have a mailbox forwarding service that allows them to buy things with a US address to be forwarded to overseas
For me this would only be worth it if I can get the show without the advertisements for the $.99 ...
What says they have to tell you the truth?
Or they could just say "Paris"
Is that Paris, France, EU or Paris, TX, US
I doubt that this is true. If it was, then nobody under HIPPA guidelines would be able to use that OS....
knoppix tracker
Fedora tracker
xandros tracker
Cant get to the listed site since its totally /.ed but another interesting one re: XP, 98, me and page files
Virtual Memory in Windows XP http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm
Windows 98 & WinME Memory Management http://aumha.org/win4/a/memmgmt.htm
and there is
How can I optimize the Windows 2000/XP/2003 virtual memory (Pagefile)? http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm
Some may laugh at this... but you are right...
I once installed an application for a customer where the software "vendor" only supported a particular hardware configuration. They ended up getting 4 complete devices so that they would be able to "quick swap" a component in case the hardware failed... The software was custom written and it was before "open source"; but the customer DID get rights to the source code...
[1 production machine, 1 testing machine, and 2 "spare parts" machines]
Any down time on that server application was estimated to cost the company over 12K US / hr....
Before upgrrading a bios, always update the motherboard drivers for the OS as well; including the IDE controller drivers.
There is a possibility that the new bios also updates the code for the IDE controller which your older OS driver do not know how to handle...
yeah... but your expenses/cost of living would go up 60% (if i LA or NY)
Actually as someone that helps set some HR dept questions to ask/prequalify applicants for IT and programming jobs, this is going into our "trick question" bag for hiring Java programmers and IT support staff (we use java based apps heavily, so IT knowing which versions are needed/work with which apps is VERY important for us)...
we would instatly switch to using firefox if they added support for proxy autoconfiguration via wpad. (either DNS or dhcp based wpad would be fine). We have laptops that need to be able to pick up their proxy configs automatically since they roam between offices....
to making possession of the movies recorded by a cam in a theatre illegal...
It can also be used by law enforcement to "up the ante" when they are looking to get someone.. example: tag on that item as a charge when going after someone...
Now all you need to do is add a few well placed wireless access points and you would really have a community network....
The benifit from having it is that it allows your employer to use it as bragging rights to customers...
If you didnt have it then as soon as that number drops to %50-%60, someone will be let go; and it will most probably be the one with the least experiance that does not have the cert....
The problem is that data werehouses like Nexus-Lexus would then be able to corrolate that DNA information with their existing databases to provide a complete history on you, possible children/parents...
lexus has public AND private databases from govt agencies (normally only for said agencies use, but at a "price" you can access it), as well as credit reporting agencies, store loyalty cards, AAA, medical and insurance records, and MORE... A detailed profile search can cost as much as $250K.