I looked at Voicestream/T-Mobile before. Get 10 miles off an Interstate or away from an urban area and you've got nothing...at least that's the way it is (was) here in Indiana a couple years ago.
I really don't travel internationally so GSM is not an issue for me.
(and yes, there are a couple urban areas in Indiana)
3) The market didn't demand it. Consumers and business owners want more features, not something intangible like more reliability. They have accepted the reliability levels of Windows(tm), and therefore it is obviously not that important to them.
Tell that to our doctors and nurses while using their clinical charting apps. They don't like going back to paper when the system tanks.
I switched to Fedora Core because I got tired of the extremely long release cycles in the debian world. Also the whole.deb-instead-of-rpm thing.
FC: installation a snap, no worry about which bootdisk to use... firewalling set up out-of-box...
We'll see how long it takes for FC2 to hit release and if they can keep up the pace.
Debian is a very good distro, though. And some very talented coders there. Hats off to them. Especially if you have some oddball/non-intel architecture.
Debian has also been very good about getting security updates out in a timely fashion.
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The companies do have a point. The basic TCP/IP stack is licensed via the BSD license; that's how Microsoft integrated it in the first place. That's the point they were making.
The GPL would not allow such a thing to happen easily.
In this case, I really think the BSD-style license would be the way to go. Sorry folks, points to the BSD project on this one.
Now what needs to be done is to insure that the code developed with fed. research dollars is made available in some fashion...rather than a closed proprietary license, use the BSD license.
Develop/modify reiserfs or ext2/ext3 or whatever filesystem to be case in-sensitive. You could have it preserve the case, but check both case possibilities when looking up & creating files. Make it an option in the filesystem module.
As for the people who keep saying "it's unix we shouldn't change it", well, just keep running your filesystem and you don't have to worry about it. Don't support the development of the extras. Don't whine when the PHB says "you gotta use what everyone else uses so here's your Windows CD".
Maybe I'm off my rocker, but the OPT-OUT rule is for affiliates, which would seem to me to be companies under the same umbrella. (ie, ameritech phone CAN sell info to ameritech dsl or to ameritech business or ameritech voicemail or ameritech widgetwaggers)
OPT-IN covers sharing your data with other 3rd party companies. They can't sell your info to other companies without your express permission.
I don't like it either, myself. But joe schmoe (or the law enforcement, or any other group) cannot obtain your records by just "buying" them.
I guess a lot depends on the definition of "affiliate".
Writing a computer program is an exercise in understanding the basic fundamental operations on a computer. Personally I don't want a guy with a CS degree that I hired to come up to me and say "no, I can't figure this problem out. I borrowed all my code from my friends." My response, "may I have your friend's contact info so I can hire someone who can get the job done?". Good grief, the early CS projects are "hello world", and some basic algorithms. They are pretty much canned and it is really important for someone to have a grasp of those fundamentals before moving on.
Later projects need to include collaboration and workgroup projects.
Well, just talked with Insight Communications (the Fishers/Noblesville cable company) via phone, since "noblesvillefeedback@insight-com.com" does not exist.
@home is currently trying some legal manuevering. Insight was just notified today that the network may go dark on Friday. Insight cannot negotiate any contracts until service is terminated or notice of service termination is given. One of the legal manuverings with court motions and FCC intervention they are trying is to get at least a 30-day notice out to give customers & companies time to implement a change of networks.
The lady at Insight said the meeting this morning was basically silent. She read to me a letter that stated, in bold type, "we do not believe the
@home network will go dark on Friday." So hopefully some kind of legal manuevering will be put into place. But, if the network goes dark,
Insight has no room at this time to get an alternative service in place and therefore I may be out of service for a while.
Oh, and if you're into "conspiracy theories" I found this article linked from dslreports.com:
I don't have the text of my AUP, but mine specifically states that I am allowed ONE device to connect via the cable modem. If I have a 2nd device, I am supposed to get a 2nd IP address and pay the extra $$$. Of course, I have a pretty little linux box set up and a few machines set up behind netfilter, myself.
And you are, in effect, purchasing the right to connect to their infrastructure. Connecting your neighbors to you is a blatent "resell", albeit no-charge, that is expressly forbidden in your AUP, and deprives important revenue to maintain your kick-ass connection.
CAT sounds like it will require something client-side to authenticate itself to the cable network. Guess what? Forget using linux. You're stuck using Windows or Mac or their list of "supported OS's". And perhaps this software will be able to monitor what else is running on the system so that it can tell if you load a NAT/gateway program, or refuse to load if it detects more than one network interface.
Think about it. I had loads of trouble with @home
just recently because they "do not support linux."
I told them I had dropped all my firewall rules and they kept saying "I can ping the gateway but not you, it's a firewall problem." It didn't matter how many times I kept telling them I got an IP address but couldn't ping the default gateway. (DHCP worked, ARP did not...weird) Strange, I had the same problem after installing on Windows ME, except I couldn't see what was happening network-wise (no tcpdump). They have NO desire to support anything than Windows...and only recently Mac because of the popularity of the IMAC.
Here in Indy one of the local gas companies tried to lease old gas pipes to other companies to run fiber. However, it was blocked by the regulatory groups because that company was a "trust" and not allowed to engage in any other business other than it's delivery of gas & steam. This would have changed the Indianapolis structure greatly and made for lots of cheap bandwidth. Ah, well.
According to his
website (which I found from another comment),
the fuel is actually nitrous oxide and ammonia, does not require air, and exhausts air (nitrogen) & water.
IOS can perform NAT and redirection to internal hosts. Check out the "extendable" flags in the "ip nat" commands. You may need to check your version of IOS.... 12.0.12 is the latest stable release and has those functions. 12.1.3 is the "most stable" release with firewall features that can do "stateful packet inspection."
The Cisco IOS can also translate inside AND outside addresses, do port address translation (like MASQUERADING). As for a "range of addresses", like a 1-to-1 mapping 10.1.x.x to 20.1.x.x, I know the PIX is capable of doing that; I can't vouch for IOS (but it would seem like a logical extension they have). But you can create a global pool of addresses.
I work with cisco routers every day. They're the best in the industry for features and performance.
But this linux-on-router thing is still cool.:)
--
John Kramer
Although you may not like N-Sync or Backstreet Boys or whoever (I know I don't....although I like to mute the spice girl's videos and just watch;-) ), there are people, particularly younger people that like that. If you don't like it, don't buy it. 'nuff said. SOMEONE is buying it. Hardly a reason to pirate what you do like.
My personal opinion: If you have a CD, you should be able to rip it and make an mp3 FOR PERSONAL USE. You shouldn't share it with friends or the internet. If you like music, buy it. Same with games. I'm not perfect about it, myself, but if you like something and use it, you should buy it. If you don't like it, change the channel. -- John Kramer
Broadcasts suck NOT because they suck bandwidth. Most LAN's broadcast bandwidth is a small fraction of the availabe bandwidth, but may still have a significant broadcast problem.
When an ethernet card receives a frame, it evaluates whether or not the machine is interested. The frame is important and requires processing if one of the following happens:
1. The destination address of the frame is the MAC address of the ethernet card (unicast)
2. The destination address of the frame is a broadcast
3. The destination address is a multicast the ethernet adapter is interested in
An "interesting" frame results in the ethernet card generating an interrupt, which the OS must then decapsulate and analyze, even if the OS is truly not interested. Broadcasts generate a large number of "interesting" packets for the nic card, which triggers a large number of interrupts on the PC, which in turn takes CPU cycles away from other important tasks (like SETI@home:) ). And broadcasts are forwarded on to ALL stations on a LAN, so all stations take that performance hit. Multicasts are like broadcasts, but the NIC card can be told to only subscribe to the multicast addresses it wants, so it doesn't have to process what it is not interested in.
A side note....If I remember correctly, this was the initial problem with the first DOOM. The first version of DOOM used broadcasts, which killed all stations on that LAN, even if they weren't running a network protocol. A later patch updated DOOM to use unicasts instead. NetBIOS over IP applications, like SAMBA, has the same issues. It generates broadcasts to announce "i have these services", "wheres workgroup so-and-so?", etc., etc. The saving grace of Netbios over IP is the functionality of WINS (Windows Internet Name Service, the netbios equivalent of DNS...just less scalable). With WINS, stations can register and look up other hosts on the network WITHOUT using broadcasts.
If you run Netbios Over IP on a sizeable network, across routers, or both, USE WINS. Or enable WINS resolution via DNS. And disable NetBEUI and NetBIOS over IPX. If you run NetBIOS over multiple protocols, it will broadcast over each of those. Yuck. Bye-bye network.
Something we need to keep in mind and watch when signing employment contracts is intellectual property agreements.
A previous employer of mine owned any work I designed and developed related to my job whether I performed the work on work hours or off work hours.
I wasn't a coder (just a router grease monkey) so it didn't concern me too much, but I suspect it could conflict with some GPL aspects if a company attempts to assert "intellectual property rights" on a piece of GPL/free software. -- John Kramer
So Kansas has voted to not require Evolution to be taught/tested/mentioned in their schools. I am assuming it is still up to the local school districts to make that final decision.
Believe it or not, this is a part of what this country was founded on. Kansas is saying, "we believe our children should be taught this," and they're leaving it up to the local governments to decide. If the people in Kansas want to live in their bubble, let them. If you live there and don't like that, move somewhere that values your values. Or do what you can to educate the people you know. Speak. Be heard. Teach your kids what you believe.
Government can't be everything to all people. I wish some people would just get that through their skulls. -- John Kramer
The irony of this article the author starts off telling about reading a magazine article on his palmpilot rather than photocopying it....and here I am printing a copy of the article off so I can take it with me to read later.:) -- John Kramer
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Agreement here. A standard DSLR lens will work fine on an inexpensive mount.
As with any mount, keep the vibrations to a minimum. Don't set it on a deck and have a dance.
If you want "star trails" with Perseids shooting through, then of course you need no tracking mount whatsoever.
He would point to the south pole star, you insensitive clod!
(if he can see it!) :-)
I would have enjoyed watching that one blow up in their faces.
In case you haven't noticed, it already has blown up in their faces and killed 11 workers.
I looked at Voicestream/T-Mobile before. Get 10 miles off an Interstate or away from an urban area and you've got nothing...at least that's the way it is (was) here in Indiana a couple years ago.
I really don't travel internationally so GSM is not an issue for me.
(and yes, there are a couple urban areas in Indiana)
The AIR-JAMMER-ROAD-RAMMER!
Tell that to our doctors and nurses while using their clinical charting apps. They don't like going back to paper when the system tanks.
Funny.
.deb-instead-of-rpm thing.
I switched to Fedora Core because I got tired of the extremely long release cycles in the debian world. Also the whole
FC: installation a snap, no worry about which bootdisk to use... firewalling set up out-of-box...
We'll see how long it takes for FC2 to hit release and if they can keep up the pace.
Debian is a very good distro, though. And some very talented coders there. Hats off to them. Especially if you have some oddball/non-intel architecture.
Debian has also been very good about getting security updates out in a timely fashion.
Google turned up this link on Macromedia's site: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documen ts/remove_player.htm
A quick glance through the letters...
The companies do have a point. The basic TCP/IP stack is licensed via the BSD license; that's how Microsoft integrated it in the first place. That's the point they were making.
The GPL would not allow such a thing to happen easily.
In this case, I really think the BSD-style license would be the way to go. Sorry folks, points to the BSD project on this one.
Now what needs to be done is to insure that the code developed with fed. research dollars is made available in some fashion...rather than a closed proprietary license, use the BSD license.
Seems like a nice compromise to me.
Uh, no, it is not a flamebait topic.
There is no practical reason for switching directions of threads. The reason for changing case sensitivity in UNIX is for user convenience.
Develop/modify reiserfs or ext2/ext3 or whatever filesystem to be case in-sensitive. You could have it preserve the case, but check both case possibilities when looking up & creating files. Make it an option in the filesystem module.
As for the people who keep saying "it's unix we shouldn't change it", well, just keep running your filesystem and you don't have to worry about it. Don't support the development of the extras. Don't whine when the PHB says "you gotta use what everyone else uses so here's your Windows CD".
Keep the facts straight.
Maybe I'm off my rocker, but the OPT-OUT rule is for affiliates, which would seem to me to be companies under the same umbrella. (ie, ameritech phone CAN sell info to ameritech dsl or to ameritech business or ameritech voicemail or ameritech widgetwaggers)
OPT-IN covers sharing your data with other 3rd party companies. They can't sell your info to other companies without your express permission.
I don't like it either, myself. But joe schmoe (or the law enforcement, or any other group) cannot obtain your records by just "buying" them.
I guess a lot depends on the definition of "affiliate".
Writing a computer program is an exercise in understanding the basic fundamental operations on a computer. Personally I don't want a guy with a CS degree that I hired to come up to me and say "no, I can't figure this problem out. I borrowed all my code from my friends." My response, "may I have your friend's contact info so I can hire someone who can get the job done?". Good grief, the early CS projects are "hello world", and some basic algorithms. They are pretty much canned and it is really important for someone to have a grasp of those fundamentals before moving on.
Later projects need to include collaboration and workgroup projects.
Just my $.02.
Well, just talked with Insight Communications (the Fishers/Noblesville cable company) via phone, since "noblesvillefeedback@insight-com.com" does not exist.
@home is currently trying some legal manuevering. Insight was just notified today that the network may go dark on Friday. Insight cannot negotiate any contracts until service is terminated or notice of service termination is given. One of the legal manuverings with court motions and FCC intervention they are trying is to get at least a 30-day notice out to give customers & companies time to implement a change of networks.
The lady at Insight said the meeting this morning was basically silent. She read to me a letter that stated, in bold type, "we do not believe the
@home network will go dark on Friday." So hopefully some kind of legal manuevering will be put into place. But, if the network goes dark,
Insight has no room at this time to get an alternative service in place and therefore I may be out of service for a while.
Oh, and if you're into "conspiracy theories" I found this article linked from dslreports.com:
http://www.dotcomscoop.com/athm.html
I don't have the text of my AUP, but mine specifically states that I am allowed ONE device to connect via the cable modem. If I have a 2nd device, I am supposed to get a 2nd IP address and pay the extra $$$. Of course, I have a pretty little linux box set up and a few machines set up behind netfilter, myself.
And you are, in effect, purchasing the right to connect to their infrastructure. Connecting your neighbors to you is a blatent "resell", albeit no-charge, that is expressly forbidden in your AUP, and deprives important revenue to maintain your kick-ass connection.
Yes, it will. Just like this.
CAT sounds like it will require something client-side to authenticate itself to the cable network. Guess what? Forget using linux. You're stuck using Windows or Mac or their list of "supported OS's". And perhaps this software will be able to monitor what else is running on the system so that it can tell if you load a NAT/gateway program, or refuse to load if it detects more than one network interface.
Think about it. I had loads of trouble with @home
just recently because they "do not support linux."
I told them I had dropped all my firewall rules and they kept saying "I can ping the gateway but not you, it's a firewall problem." It didn't matter how many times I kept telling them I got an IP address but couldn't ping the default gateway. (DHCP worked, ARP did not...weird) Strange, I had the same problem after installing on Windows ME, except I couldn't see what was happening network-wise (no tcpdump). They have NO desire to support anything than Windows...and only recently Mac because of the popularity of the IMAC.
Here in Indy one of the local gas companies tried to lease old gas pipes to other companies to run fiber. However, it was blocked by the regulatory groups because that company was a "trust" and not allowed to engage in any other business other than it's delivery of gas & steam. This would have changed the Indianapolis structure greatly and made for lots of cheap bandwidth. Ah, well.
According to his website (which I found from another comment), the fuel is actually nitrous oxide and ammonia, does not require air, and exhausts air (nitrogen) & water.
IOS can perform NAT and redirection to internal hosts. Check out the "extendable" flags in the "ip nat" commands. You may need to check your version of IOS.... 12.0.12 is the latest stable release and has those functions. 12.1.3 is the "most stable" release with firewall features that can do "stateful packet inspection."
:)
The Cisco IOS can also translate inside AND outside addresses, do port address translation (like MASQUERADING). As for a "range of addresses", like a 1-to-1 mapping 10.1.x.x to 20.1.x.x, I know the PIX is capable of doing that; I can't vouch for IOS (but it would seem like a logical extension they have). But you can create a global pool of addresses.
I work with cisco routers every day. They're the best in the industry for features and performance. But this linux-on-router thing is still cool.
--
John Kramer
(think Bill Cosby)
--
John Kramer
Although you may not like N-Sync or Backstreet Boys or whoever (I know I don't....although I like to mute the spice girl's videos and just watch ;-) ), there are people, particularly younger people that like that. If you don't like it, don't buy it. 'nuff said. SOMEONE is buying it. Hardly a reason to pirate what you do like.
My personal opinion: If you have a CD, you should be able to rip it and make an mp3 FOR PERSONAL USE. You shouldn't share it with friends or the internet. If you like music, buy it. Same with games. I'm not perfect about it, myself, but if you like something and use it, you should buy it. If you don't like it, change the channel.
--
John Kramer
Broadcasts suck NOT because they suck bandwidth. Most LAN's broadcast bandwidth is a small fraction of the availabe bandwidth, but may still have a significant broadcast problem.
:) ). And broadcasts are forwarded on to ALL stations on a LAN, so all stations take that performance hit. Multicasts are like broadcasts, but the NIC card can be told to only subscribe to the multicast addresses it wants, so it doesn't have to process what it is not interested in.
When an ethernet card receives a frame, it evaluates whether or not the machine is interested. The frame is important and requires processing if one of the following happens:
1. The destination address of the frame is the MAC address of the ethernet card (unicast)
2. The destination address of the frame is a broadcast
3. The destination address is a multicast the ethernet adapter is interested in
An "interesting" frame results in the ethernet card generating an interrupt, which the OS must then decapsulate and analyze, even if the OS is truly not interested. Broadcasts generate a large number of "interesting" packets for the nic card, which triggers a large number of interrupts on the PC, which in turn takes CPU cycles away from other important tasks (like SETI@home
A side note....If I remember correctly, this was the initial problem with the first DOOM. The first version of DOOM used broadcasts, which killed all stations on that LAN, even if they weren't running a network protocol. A later patch updated DOOM to use unicasts instead.
NetBIOS over IP applications, like SAMBA, has the same issues. It generates broadcasts to announce "i have these services", "wheres workgroup so-and-so?", etc., etc. The saving grace of Netbios over IP is the functionality of WINS (Windows Internet Name Service, the netbios equivalent of DNS...just less scalable). With WINS, stations can register and look up other hosts on the network WITHOUT using broadcasts.
If you run Netbios Over IP on a sizeable network, across routers, or both, USE WINS. Or enable WINS resolution via DNS. And disable NetBEUI and NetBIOS over IPX. If you run NetBIOS over multiple protocols, it will broadcast over each of those. Yuck. Bye-bye network.
--
John Kramer
Something we need to keep in mind and watch when signing employment contracts is intellectual property agreements.
A previous employer of mine owned any work I designed and developed related to my job whether I performed the work on work hours or off work hours.
I wasn't a coder (just a router grease monkey) so it didn't concern me too much, but I suspect it could conflict with some GPL aspects if a company attempts to assert "intellectual property rights" on a piece of GPL/free software.
--
John Kramer
So Kansas has voted to not require Evolution to be taught/tested/mentioned in their schools. I am assuming it is still up to the local school districts to make that final decision.
Believe it or not, this is a part of what this country was founded on. Kansas is saying, "we believe our children should be taught this," and they're leaving it up to the local governments to decide. If the people in Kansas want to live in their bubble, let them. If you live there and don't like that, move somewhere that values your values. Or do what you can to educate the people you know. Speak. Be heard. Teach your kids what you believe.
Government can't be everything to all people. I wish some people would just get that through their skulls.
--
John Kramer
The irony of this article the author starts off telling about reading a magazine article on his palmpilot rather than photocopying it....and here I am printing a copy of the article off so I can take it with me to read later. :)
--
John Kramer