Didn't IBM kill off OS/2 years ago, and sell it to another company?
I vaguely recall seeing an article (somewhere) that showed the "new" OS/2 version after the new company got ahold of it. Looked pretty much the same, sans the WARP moniker.
Having worked at IBM (supporting OS/2) I can say it was a superior OS at the time. Unfortunately, no one was writing software or drivers for it (compared to the WIntel combo) and every time we turned around, IBM was pointing both barrels at its feet in regards to the OS.
Hell, they even gave copies away to IBMers to try to get them to use it and spawn a quasi-grassroots campaign to get the fire fanned. You would've been amazed at the number of internals that called our support desk bitching about what a big POS it was...
No, there is not a limit as to how much you can get with RR -- there is a limit as to how fast you can get it. Currently, RR doesn't have a bandwidth cap (at least, not that I have been able to find). Yes, you pay your $45/month for access, but you're fooling yourself if you think you can do so however you want. Just try to put up a game server on their network and publish it over on GameSpy. I'd give you two days before its discovered and you get told to take it down or lose your connection.
Go ahead and try to use all of the bandwidth you want -- its people with attitudes like that that will force TWC to put bandwidth caps on and move to a tiered system.
RR isn't rate limited -- yet. My local TWC office denies any possibility of moving to a tiered system, but I doubt they'll hold out for long.
As for your "spare bandwidth" - there is no such thing. You share bandwidth with everyone else on your switch. If you hog the connection by giving it away/selling it, you're degrading the service for everyone else on the switch.
They have the right to change the AUP at any time, and without notice. It may not say anything about WiFi right now, but that doesn't mean they can't come in and add whatever they want.
Of course, if they do something as foolish as that, they'll see people leave in droves. Unfortunately, everyone seems to be moving towards a tiered system, and the choices for decent broadband seem to be decreasing...
The main gripe of the cable companies are users that are either reselling or giving away bandwidth. The cable companies are (according to my local TWC office) going to be offering cable routers with built-in WAPs (supposedly this month) - so it's not like they're banning WiFi alltogether.
Their reasoning behind this is that terrorists/pedophiles/etc could jump on your unsecured WiFi connection, do something nefarious, and when the FBI comes a-knockin', it'll be your equipment that is hauled off, never to be seen again.
At least, this is the excuse they're giving. It's more likely that they don't want Joe User and 12 of his immediate neighbors bogging down the switch (which, if I were Joe's neighbor and paying for a connection on the same switch, I wouldn't want him doing it either...)
The problem with Trillian is the need to have multiple windows open to talk on multiple networks. If they could somehow combine the chat windows into one, I'd go back to it.
Ahh, yes. These places are employers. What typcially happens is that the company lays off boatloads of people to recoup the costs, allthewhile CEOs take hefty bonuses, salary increases, etc while guys like you and I get poked without the courtesy of a reach-around.
What needs to happen is to find a way to hold the scumbags who are *personally* responsible accountable for their greed/stupidity.
Of course, in a perfect world I'd be making double what I'm making now, terrorism would be non-existant, Leonardio DiCaprio would be dead, and Jennifer Aniston would be my love-slave.
Ahh, but it was also explained to me that MS doesn't actually gather such data, and that the information is actually obtained by a 3rd party.
To quote my buddy's email:
"But people were worried that MS would track peoples spending habits if they had your CC info. Well they contract it out to a 3rd party organization that provides absolutely no data to MS on spending habits, etc..
Just who exactly the 3rd party is, I don't know. Again, I'm ignorant when it comes to Passport, as I don't use it.
...but it was explained to me by a friend who uses Passport that one of its main features was to sheild consumers from having to give their credit card information to every webfront said user purchases from. Instead, the webfront is given a confirmation number on the transaction. I ask you, how exactly does this make MS evil? Having never used Passport, I'm relying on his view for this (and seeing as how I've known him for 15 years, he's in the tech market, knows his stuff, etc...)
How about a little less (right!) biased comments for the stories from the staff?
..is if he takes measures to secure the WAP (as much as is possible, with 802.11 being less-than-secure) will TWC back off?
Both my neighbor and I have RR, and both of us have WAPs for our internal networks. She and I have (as everyone with a WAP should) changed the SSID, the channel, and enabled 128bit "encryption".
Hell, I just heard a couple of days ago on <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cable">Yaho o's cable group</a> that THEY'RE going to start offering cable routers with built in WAPs next month...!
1) Running a password-protected game server, accessible to only 5 people who knew the password 2) Running Windows NT Server
He shut down the game server (there went our Quake Clan..) but refused to change the OS. He never did get TWC to explain to him why he couldn't run the OS of his choice.
Forgot to mention: If the systems are suspended and Wake On Lan is enabled, OpenManage will allow you to pull the machines out of suspend/hibernate and make the necessary changes.
Dell has a utility called OpenManage that allows you to push BIOS updates, update certain drivers, etc. from a centralized computer on the domain. I've only used it in the testing labs (I'm at Dell) so I don't know the street price of this app.
.... so, when do we see the first composite-based vehicle? Think about how cool it'd be to drive a nice new SUV made from Kevlar...
And immune to radar too!
I'd just hope the body style wouldn't be as ugly as the current stealth fighter (and require the 6+ on board computers to keep it stable, as I believe the Stealth fighter does..)
..and weighs what? Under two tons (4K lbs)? I'd guess your Caprice weighs in about 2800 lbs. I'd hope that your vehicle would get at least 22 mpg CITY, even with your V8.
My 2002 Durango (4.7L 235hp V8, 287CID) gets about that (well, 19 mpg/h) and weighs in at 4379 lbs.
29MPG for a vehicle that weighs that much (I imagine it weighs more than my Durango which is about 4600lbs or so) is pretty impressive. I haven't seen mileage like that since my old 1994 Toyota pickup ($20 every two weeks was sweeeet). Of course, it weighed next to nothing, had a 4cyl 5 speed, and 1/2 the horsepower...
Sure, they increased fuel effeciency, decreased emissions. But what did it *cost*? If they were able to do both, and are able to show that the measures used would cost the same (or less) than what is currently used in production there's absolutely no reason for Ford (or any other mfg) to switch.
As nice as it sounds to have a 45% increase in fuel economy and 50% decrease in greenhouse gasses, if its going to add an additional $3K or so to the already bloated price of vehicles, is it really going to sell?
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Care to point to some proof? According to the area rep, they're not even considering it.
I'd surely like to know where you're getting your information (not doubting you, just would like to have something to take to him and attempt to get a response....)
I second that. Pricewatch is pretty much a clearing house for anything computer-related. Gives somewhat updated prices on everything (with links to each site for more up-to-date info).
A (hopefully) cheap way for me to back up my data without having to resort to SAN or tape.. The article mentions that they're hoping to get standard-size discs to store upto 27GB of data... I could back up my home system on just *3* CDs!
Of course, given the price of DVD writers initially, I'd expect these to be quite pricey when they first come out.
I didn't see any mention of backwards-compatibility with current devices. Imagine burning 27GB of MP3s (or.wavs to play in the non-MP3 car stereo) only to find out that your favorite player can't read it....
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Didn't IBM kill off OS/2 years ago, and sell it to another company?
I vaguely recall seeing an article (somewhere) that showed the "new" OS/2 version after the new company got ahold of it. Looked pretty much the same, sans the WARP moniker.
Having worked at IBM (supporting OS/2) I can say it was a superior OS at the time. Unfortunately, no one was writing software or drivers for it (compared to the WIntel combo) and every time we turned around, IBM was pointing both barrels at its feet in regards to the OS.
Hell, they even gave copies away to IBMers to try to get them to use it and spawn a quasi-grassroots campaign to get the fire fanned. You would've been amazed at the number of internals that called our support desk bitching about what a big POS it was...
No, there is not a limit as to how much you can get with RR -- there is a limit as to how fast you can get it. Currently, RR doesn't have a bandwidth cap (at least, not that I have been able to find). Yes, you pay your $45/month for access, but you're fooling yourself if you think you can do so however you want. Just try to put up a game server on their network and publish it over on GameSpy. I'd give you two days before its discovered and you get told to take it down or lose your connection.
Go ahead and try to use all of the bandwidth you want -- its people with attitudes like that that will force TWC to put bandwidth caps on and move to a tiered system.
RR isn't rate limited -- yet. My local TWC office denies any possibility of moving to a tiered system, but I doubt they'll hold out for long.
As for your "spare bandwidth" - there is no such thing. You share bandwidth with everyone else on your switch. If you hog the connection by giving it away/selling it, you're degrading the service for everyone else on the switch.
They have the right to change the AUP at any time, and without notice. It may not say anything about WiFi right now, but that doesn't mean they can't come in and add whatever they want.
Of course, if they do something as foolish as that, they'll see people leave in droves. Unfortunately, everyone seems to be moving towards a tiered system, and the choices for decent broadband seem to be decreasing...
The main gripe of the cable companies are users that are either reselling or giving away bandwidth. The cable companies are (according to my local TWC office) going to be offering cable routers with built-in WAPs (supposedly this month) - so it's not like they're banning WiFi alltogether.
Their reasoning behind this is that terrorists/pedophiles/etc could jump on your unsecured WiFi connection, do something nefarious, and when the FBI comes a-knockin', it'll be your equipment that is hauled off, never to be seen again.
At least, this is the excuse they're giving. It's more likely that they don't want Joe User and 12 of his immediate neighbors bogging down the switch (which, if I were Joe's neighbor and paying for a connection on the same switch, I wouldn't want him doing it either...)
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The problem with Trillian is the need to have multiple windows open to talk on multiple networks. If they could somehow combine the chat windows into one, I'd go back to it.
Ahh, yes. These places are employers. What typcially happens is that the company lays off boatloads of people to recoup the costs, allthewhile CEOs take hefty bonuses, salary increases, etc while guys like you and I get poked without the courtesy of a reach-around.
What needs to happen is to find a way to hold the scumbags who are *personally* responsible accountable for their greed/stupidity.
Of course, in a perfect world I'd be making double what I'm making now, terrorism would be non-existant, Leonardio DiCaprio would be dead, and Jennifer Aniston would be my love-slave.
Nah, I'd hope that it'd spit the CD out and a nice voice calmly ask "Just what the F* are you trying to feed me?"
Ahh, but it was also explained to me that MS doesn't actually gather such data, and that the information is actually obtained by a 3rd party.
To quote my buddy's email:
"But people were worried that MS would track peoples spending habits if they had your CC info. Well they contract it out to a 3rd party organization that provides absolutely no data to MS on spending habits, etc..
Just who exactly the 3rd party is, I don't know. Again, I'm ignorant when it comes to Passport, as I don't use it.
...but it was explained to me by a friend who uses Passport that one of its main features was to sheild consumers from having to give their credit card information to every webfront said user purchases from. Instead, the webfront is given a confirmation number on the transaction. I ask you, how exactly does this make MS evil? Having never used Passport, I'm relying on his view for this (and seeing as how I've known him for 15 years, he's in the tech market, knows his stuff, etc...)
How about a little less (right!) biased comments for the stories from the staff?
Mod away. My karma's good.
..is if he takes measures to secure the WAP (as much as is possible, with 802.11 being less-than-secure) will TWC back off?
Both my neighbor and I have RR, and both of us have WAPs for our internal networks. She and I have (as everyone with a WAP should) changed the SSID, the channel, and enabled 128bit "encryption".
Hell, I just heard a couple of days ago on <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cable">Yaho o's cable group</a> that THEY'RE going to start offering cable routers with built in WAPs next month...!
TWC threatened to cut off a buddy of mine for :
1) Running a password-protected game server, accessible to only 5 people who knew the password
2) Running Windows NT Server
He shut down the game server (there went our Quake Clan..) but refused to change the OS. He never did get TWC to explain to him why he couldn't run the OS of his choice.
That just says 'video game' - makes no mention of Sun specifically..
Forgot to mention: If the systems are suspended and Wake On Lan is enabled, OpenManage will allow you to pull the machines out of suspend/hibernate and make the necessary changes.
Dell has a utility called OpenManage that allows you to push BIOS updates, update certain drivers, etc. from a centralized computer on the domain. I've only used it in the testing labs (I'm at Dell) so I don't know the street price of this app.
How about these HTML bugs:
1) The one that won't allow me to change the threashold for this thread.
2) The one that won't wrap the text in all the comments for this thread.
3) The one that won't allow me to reply to parent, only to this or other comments..
Dunno if my settings are fudged, or if IE is taking a dump...
.... so, when do we see the first composite-based vehicle? Think about how cool it'd be to drive a nice new SUV made from Kevlar...
And immune to radar too!
I'd just hope the body style wouldn't be as ugly as the current stealth fighter (and require the 6+ on board computers to keep it stable, as I believe the Stealth fighter does..)
..and weighs what? Under two tons (4K lbs)? I'd guess your Caprice weighs in about 2800 lbs. I'd hope that your vehicle would get at least 22 mpg CITY, even with your V8.
My 2002 Durango (4.7L 235hp V8, 287CID) gets about that (well, 19 mpg/h) and weighs in at 4379 lbs.
29MPG for a vehicle that weighs that much (I imagine it weighs more than my Durango which is about 4600lbs or so) is pretty impressive. I haven't seen mileage like that since my old 1994 Toyota pickup ($20 every two weeks was sweeeet). Of course, it weighed next to nothing, had a 4cyl 5 speed, and 1/2 the horsepower...
Sure, they increased fuel effeciency, decreased emissions. But what did it *cost*? If they were able to do both, and are able to show that the measures used would cost the same (or less) than what is currently used in production there's absolutely no reason for Ford (or any other mfg) to switch.
As nice as it sounds to have a 45% increase in fuel economy and 50% decrease in greenhouse gasses, if its going to add an additional $3K or so to the already bloated price of vehicles, is it really going to sell?
Ah, but its not the president at fault - its the greedy insurance companies, greedy doctors, greedy drug companies, greedy lobbysts, etc.
I'll bid $210...
Care to point to some proof? According to the area rep, they're not even considering it.
I'd surely like to know where you're getting your information (not doubting you, just would like to have something to take to him and attempt to get a response....)
I second that. Pricewatch is pretty much a clearing house for anything computer-related. Gives somewhat updated prices on everything (with links to each site for more up-to-date info).
A (hopefully) cheap way for me to back up my data without having to resort to SAN or tape.. The article mentions that they're hoping to get standard-size discs to store upto 27GB of data... I could back up my home system on just *3* CDs!
.wavs to play in the non-MP3 car stereo) only to find out that your favorite player can't read it....
Of course, given the price of DVD writers initially, I'd expect these to be quite pricey when they first come out.
I didn't see any mention of backwards-compatibility with current devices. Imagine burning 27GB of MP3s (or