Can an employer lawfully require me to get this card as a condition of employment?
Sure they can. The same way that they can require that you be able to pass a background check or get a security clearance. [ Or a college degree or have a driver's licence or be an MSCE or...]
RE: Of course 128 bit address space will solve the shortage.
It depends on how they're allocated. IPv4 probably seemed like a large number of addresses, too. And it was, until large amounts of it were allocated but unused. Think about companies and universities that have class A or B allocations but don't use most of it. (Some companies may have multiple class A blocks due to mergers and whatnot.)
Assuming that IPv6 is not handed out in enormous chunks, then yes, it might solve the shortage.
Why would Apple want to go with x86, instead of a 64-bit processor, such as the Itanium family? It has (according to Intel) the support of Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Linux. If Apple did a port to this architecture, then they could switch from PPC when the time is right.
Doesn't this make more sense than investing time and effort in the 32-bit x86 platform?
I also saw something (this morning, I think, but I can't remember where) saying that companies are sending HTML mail which downloads an image which sets a cookie. The agency then has your e-mail address associated with a cookie, giving them (potentially at least) a lot more information about you. Not a problem for me, of course, since I use Pine for mail:-)
The essay on HTML enabled e-mail and cookies is at: http://www.tiac.net/users/smiths/p rivacy/cookleak.htm
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Can an employer lawfully require me to get this card as a condition of employment?
Sure they can. The same way that they can require that you be able to pass a background check or get a security clearance. [ Or a college degree or have a driver's licence or be an MSCE or...]
RE: Of course 128 bit address space will solve the shortage.
It depends on how they're allocated. IPv4 probably seemed like a large number of addresses, too. And it was, until large amounts of it were allocated but unused. Think about companies and universities that have class A or B allocations but don't use most of it. (Some companies may have multiple class A blocks due to mergers and whatnot.)
Assuming that IPv6 is not handed out in enormous chunks, then yes, it might solve the shortage.
if a mainstream product
Although I'm sure that Intel wants all the customers it can get, it already has a mainstream product: Ever hear of Hewlett-Packard or Windows XP?
Won't somebody please think of the children?!?!?!
ObRealGenius:
"The best defense is a good offense"
Seriously though... Could these be used as an offensive weapon? Maybe to target enemy command and control centers in a war?
So what is Microsoft doing?
I don't know about "x86-64" but Windows XP is currently available as a beta release for Itanium 2, according to
this HP site.
Why would Apple want to go with x86, instead of a 64-bit processor, such as the Itanium family? It has (according to Intel) the support of Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Linux. If Apple did a port to this architecture, then they could switch from PPC when the time is right.
Doesn't this make more sense than investing time and effort in the 32-bit x86 platform?
The article is dated a year ago
I don't know where you saw that. At the top of the page it clearly says:
Last Updated: December 02, 1999
(emphasis added)
I also saw something (this morning, I think, but I can't remember where) saying that companies are sending HTML mail which downloads an image which sets a cookie. The agency then has your e-mail address associated with a cookie, giving them (potentially at least) a lot more information about you. Not a problem for me, of course, since I use Pine for mail :-)
The essay on HTML enabled e-mail and cookies is at:
http://www.tiac.net/users/smiths/p rivacy/cookleak.htm