the whole concept of ADSL rests on an ATM infrastructure (even with pppoe, you still have to provide the VPI/VCI for the link), most provider tack a pppoe layer on top of it for, i believe, accounting and authentication.
in The Diamond Age : Or a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stepehenson. they have such a paper.
but really, i can't wait for an electronic paper. i'd have a large sheet of it embedded in my kitchen table. download and print today's newspaper straight to it, no more paper waste (really, that's the single biggest waste coming out of my house, our recycle bin is always full of the stuff). and there's also the benefit of not having to go out in -30C temperatures to get the paper
there already is a separate, mostly-EU root dns system. even a few.
from what i gather, the "best" is public-root.net which aims to track icann's roots (other tend to add TLDs of their own which conflicts with icann's)
now, just last week there was 2 problems affecting public-root.net's servers, whereas there hasn't been any serious issues with icann-run ones in at least a few years. save for a DDoS against them recently, which didn't even register for most (all?) users.
one of the main reason the supporters of a UN-controlled root system is that most roots are in the US. it's wrong, but most people don't know better. almost all roots are globally distributed nowaday. thanks to a nifty little bgp trick called Anycasting, a single "root" can comprise 150 actual servers behind it, and they can be (and are) located anywhere on the planet.
make your call, but i'll be sticking with icann's roots for my networks
that's wrong, no one is filtering them. not anymore than they normally would to maintain their network.
what we are seeing here is a pissing contest between two "tier1". so there literally is no other route the packets can take to reach each other network (contractually speaking, not technically). each of these networks have peering contracts with other companies, not transit. a peer is only used to reach other's network, a transit lets you reach networks beyond the network you are transiting through.
the interesting part is that the CAPABILITY to record itself is the copyright violation. i wasn't aware that the riaa had a copyright on that. or that it was even copyrightable.
but notice how this was developped by a telecom company? a log structured filesystem is perfect or even required, due to speed and integrity constraints (depending on the size of the network), when you're dealing with billing and monitoring data on a telecom network. you want something that's simple and extremely resistant to failures. a complete system crash (which never happen, short of nuking the box) should not result in any data loss, or the extreme minimum, and you should be able to recreate that data from somewhere else (eg, the other endpoint in a telephone network).
a log structured filesystem allow this, the "head" is never over previous data in normal operation. you don't typically read the data back until the end of a cycle (whatever that cycle may be) or in a debugging condition. you simply append to the end. minimizing head movement, and thus increasing mtbf (replacing a disk in those things is costly)
this is also extremely useful for logging to WORM media (write once, read many), for security logs mostly. you don't want a hacker to be able to remove them, no matter what they do
i had a beta (1.1 ?) installed at some point, it didnt crash, but i did not use it that long. because it's a beta it doesn't integrate too nicely with dpkg and the other installed packages.
im not sure what equipment you're looking at, but so far all i've seen if "high speed over short distance, crap speed over medium distance"
i have yet to see any equipment, pre-wimax or other, that boast 60 miles
right now we've got some motorala canopy, the docs says they do 10 miles with a reflector and 4 without (did anyway, they just updated them). in reality you're lucky to be doing 5 miles with a reflector, i'm sure the wimax crap will be the same (in the 5.7ghz band)
i have an old scsi UMAX scanner here that's a serious pain in the ass (read: almost impossible) to get working in windows according to cow-workers. SANE picked it up on the first try, and the quality is even good!
no they wouldn't, they'd just pay 500$ (to bribe the judge, only needed if they don't have other proofs) and get a court to order you to surrender the password
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the whole concept of ADSL rests on an ATM infrastructure (even with pppoe, you still have to provide the VPI/VCI for the link), most provider tack a pppoe layer on top of it for, i believe, accounting and authentication.
and then get the MIT team to try to break in?
hell, i wasn't even aware they were MAKING a quake 4!
in The Diamond Age : Or a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stepehenson. they have such a paper.
but really, i can't wait for an electronic paper. i'd have a large sheet of it embedded in my kitchen table. download and print today's newspaper straight to it, no more paper waste (really, that's the single biggest waste coming out of my house, our recycle bin is always full of the stuff). and there's also the benefit of not having to go out in -30C temperatures to get the paper
where do we sign up?
there already is a separate, mostly-EU root dns system. even a few.
from what i gather, the "best" is public-root.net which aims to track icann's roots (other tend to add TLDs of their own which conflicts with icann's)
now, just last week there was 2 problems affecting public-root.net's servers, whereas there hasn't been any serious issues with icann-run ones in at least a few years. save for a DDoS against them recently, which didn't even register for most (all?) users.
one of the main reason the supporters of a UN-controlled root system is that most roots are in the US. it's wrong, but most people don't know better. almost all roots are globally distributed nowaday. thanks to a nifty little bgp trick called Anycasting, a single "root" can comprise 150 actual servers behind it, and they can be (and are) located anywhere on the planet.
make your call, but i'll be sticking with icann's roots for my networks
that's wrong, no one is filtering them. not anymore than they normally would to maintain their network.
what we are seeing here is a pissing contest between two "tier1". so there literally is no other route the packets can take to reach each other network (contractually speaking, not technically). each of these networks have peering contracts with other companies, not transit. a peer is only used to reach other's network, a transit lets you reach networks beyond the network you are transiting through.
the interesting part is that the CAPABILITY to record itself is the copyright violation. i wasn't aware that the riaa had a copyright on that. or that it was even copyrightable.
someone at the riaa needs to be clued
you need to see more norwegians if you can only think of one
the why is dependent on your application,
for common servers, or day-to-day use. it isn't
but notice how this was developped by a telecom company? a log structured filesystem is perfect or even required, due to speed and integrity constraints (depending on the size of the network), when you're dealing with billing and monitoring data on a telecom network. you want something that's simple and extremely resistant to failures. a complete system crash (which never happen, short of nuking the box) should not result in any data loss, or the extreme minimum, and you should be able to recreate that data from somewhere else (eg, the other endpoint in a telephone network).
a log structured filesystem allow this, the "head" is never over previous data in normal operation. you don't typically read the data back until the end of a cycle (whatever that cycle may be) or in a debugging condition. you simply append to the end. minimizing head movement, and thus increasing mtbf (replacing a disk in those things is costly)
this is also extremely useful for logging to WORM media (write once, read many), for security logs mostly. you don't want a hacker to be able to remove them, no matter what they do
for those that think such an utopia is desirable, i'd like to introduce you to another book.
slashdot, meet The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
a bit far fetched, but not that far from what is suggested in the one under review here.
from the article:
GPS 2R-M1 will assume the Plane C, Slot 4 position, taking over for the GPS 2A-20 craft launched in May 1993.
Mail servers should be designed to ignore e-mails of a larger size than they can handle
mine is, yet i still get an amazing number of angry queries asking why i was blocking their very important email!
it's set at 25megs damnit! i am NOT increasing that, no matter how much you bitch.
people commited acts of terrorisms with backpacks
therefore everyone wearing a backpack is a terrorist
nice logic you got there, let me suggest you some more:
drug dealers use cell phonse to sell drugs
therefore everyone with a cell phone is a drug dealer
gang members wear hoodies and bandanas
therefore everyone with hoodies and bandanas are gang members
clearly we must ban all backpacks, cell phones, hoodies and bandanas. only then will we succeed in having a truly free society!
i had a beta (1.1 ?) installed at some point, it didnt crash, but i did not use it that long. because it's a beta it doesn't integrate too nicely with dpkg and the other installed packages.
i'll give it another try soon i guess
security defects aside, i've had firefox crash on me at least twice a DAY in the last year or so.
annoying as it may be, it's still less annoying than the alternative
$719 - xeon 3.6ghz 604
straight from your site. and while it doesn't say, it's likely that you can find higher end xeons (with gobs of cache) for a few grands
im not sure what equipment you're looking at, but so far all i've seen if "high speed over short distance, crap speed over medium distance"
i have yet to see any equipment, pre-wimax or other, that boast 60 miles
right now we've got some motorala canopy, the docs says they do 10 miles with a reflector and 4 without (did anyway, they just updated them). in reality you're lucky to be doing 5 miles with a reflector, i'm sure the wimax crap will be the same (in the 5.7ghz band)
i have an old scsi UMAX scanner here that's a serious pain in the ass (read: almost impossible) to get working in windows according to cow-workers. SANE picked it up on the first try, and the quality is even good!
feyr my SANE-ity
they are not "owned" by the community. the community gets a free license to use them
your faith in people is misplaced.
they just don't have any money left, and bots are taking the rest
yeah i knew the quote was from mallrats, i own the dvd. i meant for the big spliff :)
woohoo where do i sign up?
then you get to spend a few years in prison for contempt of the court, and a few more years when they DO find out your password
no they wouldn't, they'd just pay 500$ (to bribe the judge, only needed if they don't have other proofs) and get a court to order you to surrender the password