I looked briefly for a more legitimate-looking source, but couldn't find much more than the above. I'd love to verify this story in a more personal fashion;-)
The re-circulating cabin air system pulls air in from the compressor stages in the aircraft's jet engines. This outside air is pressurized and cooled and then mixed with an almost equal amount of highly filtered air from the passenger cabin. The combined outside and filtered air is blown into the cabin through overhead outlets. In the cabin, air flows in a circular pattern and exits through floor grilles or, on some airplanes, through overhead intakes. About half of the
air exiting the cabin is immediately exhausted from the airplane. Fans draw the other half through special filters under the cabin floor. This filtered air is then mixed with the outside air coming in from the engine compressors and the cycle continues. (my emphasis)
So, BIG HOLES IN THE CABIN? I think not. The air being exhausted is no longer within the cabin. The cabin is at a considerably higher pressure than the atmosphere surrounding a modern jet at high altitude.
The point is though, that if I spend $500 on a (ficticious) 2GHz processor and $100 on cooling so I can run it at 2.1GHz, does it really make sense to do this when the 2.1GHz processor is available with a crappy (but adequate) fan for $550?
I think the point is not so much the increase in CPU clock speed, but rather the increase in Front Side Bus speed that's desirable. I rarely find an application that can max out my cpu, due to memory bandwidth limitations. In fact, it's not even my RAM speed that drives me nuts, it's hard-drive-intensive programs that waste the most time.
For the record, I run an athlon 2000+ on a gigabyte GA7V-RXP mobo, with 512Mb DRAM running on an FSB @ 133mhz (266DDR) with a couple of dem nice 120Gb WD 7200rpm 8Mb cache "special edition" HDs. Oh, and my box's stability has increased greatly since i got the temp down from ~63C to ~55C. I run win2k for weeks without rebooting or any strange behavior.
Why, if only the US government could have someone come to the US and give a talk on the limitations of some of Adobe's security mechanisms.
You have a damn fine point, and you only have (+2, Funny)? Mod this guy up already! For those wondering what he's talking about, see Free Dmitri Skylarov. I'd give you (+1, Insightful), but my points expired (they always do that right before finding a post i care to mod up).
Perhaps if the DOJ had attended Dmitri's seminar to be educated instead of to arrest the man, they wouldn't have leaked this document.
VoIP using P2P technology is a great idea, byt Skype looks like a proprietary solution (correct me if I'm wrong).
Would someone care to enlighten me on VoIP/P2P solutions using open standards?
You are correct about Skype being a proprietary solution, but the interviewee in the article (RTFA, btw) is Michael Robertson who is currently pushing SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and his SIPPhone.
SIP appears to be an open standard and enjoys wide support. Upon brief googling, I found:
So, wheres the good free (non-riaa) Indie radio stations? With all the talk of "F*CK" the RIAA, wheres the alternative Garage/Indie/etc radio? I listen to Techno, and the best streams are UK Based. Wheres the alternatives?
I highly reccomend SomaFM. Both free-as-in-beer and commercial-free; they play very chill, ambient technoish music day & night. I can listen to it all day at work and it just fades into the background, blocking out distractions. SomaFM definitely puts me in the coding "zone".
At one point in time, the RIAA forced them off the air via CARP. I get the impression it's just some guy with some bandwidth and some music, and I'm thankful he found the money to resume broadcasting. Although I'm still a broke college kid, I do plan to donate to this internet radio station when I eventually get me one of 'dem lucrative job-type-thingys. I encourage everyone to donate whatever they can.
not sure if this is off-topic...mod me thus if you must.
I play free internet chess at the Free Internet Chess Server. Find them at...you guessed it: www.freechess.org.
All you CLI guys out there will love the fact that using a graphical client is optional! For those of us who are sane, there are a handful of graphical boards available to complement the irc-ish interface that allows people to find opponents.
It's fairly popular already, but I sure wouldn't mind a bigger crowd...cause all the guys on there kick my arse consistently. I've got a whopping 1300-something rating right now, and I'm already 0-3 for the night...sheesh.
the webserver seems to be grinding to a halt, so here's the article:
Australia's great broadband disaster [by Robert Clark]
After a decade of political in-fighting over the ownership of Telstra, Australia faces the prospect of being a broadband desert. The incumbent needs to get out of cable TV - but first the government has to get out of denial
This is the story how a single mistake can turn into a multi-layered catastrophe. About how industry structure can drive government policy. About how the powerful will drive players in a market to their own ends. About how monopolies will thrive despite the most rigorous of regulators.
This then is the story of the great broadband disaster Down Under.
To a casual observer, it might seem an unlikely tale - Australia has been one of Asia's pioneers in telecom deregulation as well as in the adoption of new technology.
Australia introduced the first full service competition regime in the Asia-Pacific in 1992 and the first totally liberalized market in 1997. It boasts very respectable ownership rates for mobiles and PCs of around 70%, and around 60% for the Internet. It has far and away the strongest competition watchdog along with a well-resourced and experienced industry regulator. It has 600 ISPs, 80 long distance providers and four mobile operators, each of the latter with an international footprint.
As much as any other market in Asia-Pacific it has set the pace for telecom reform since the late 1980s.
Yet the story of Australian telecommunications in the decade since full competition began is that of a never-ending trench war between politicians, regulators, media magnates, new telcos and diverse groups ranging from farmers to pro-privatization lobbies.
More than anything else, they are arguing about the future of 50.1% government-owned Telstra - the country's biggest company, the most widely-held stock, the incumbent telco and the dominant cable company.
Yet amid the political thrust and parry, few have noticed that the industry structure has since lost the ability to deliver competitive outcomes.
No alternative
One long-standing Telstra critic is Professor Alan Fels, chairman of the national competition regulator the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), who describes Telstra as one of the world's "most horizontally and vertically integrated telecommunications companies."
It is Fels who points out that Telstra controls the local loop, is the largest mobile carrier with two digital networks, is the largest retail ISP, the largest wholesale data and Internet provider, and is a 50% shareholder in the biggest pay TV company.
And, almost uniquely in the world, it has been allowed to build a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable network which has been leased all but exclusively to its own pay TV company, a joint venture with the country's two most powerful media tycoons, Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer.
"In the local call services market competition has had very little impact," Fels says, adding that Telstra's competitors have virtually no alternative but to use the incumbent's network - even the main rival, Optus, relies heavily on the Telstra local loop.
"The clear message from this analysis is that Telstra has overwhelming dominance across the telecommunications market and in almost every segment of that market," Fels told an industry event in early March.
The impact of Telstra's sway in the market shows up most clearly in what has become the most critical aspect of the "last mile" - the growth of broadband.
The figures tell the story. With less than 2% of the population using a broadband connection, Australia now ranks 23rd on the global league table of broadband connectivity, behind 18 OECD countries as well as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Estonia. And it is sinking.
Ewan Sutherland, chief executive of the International Telecommunications Users' Group (INTUG), says that even if Telstra meets its target of 1 mil
My roommate's cell phone causes visible interference with the picture on the TV when he gets an incoming call. The interference is slightly less noticable on my computer monitor.
The real kicker is that I can't use my calculator within 5 feet of his ringing phone...
Cell phone electronic interference is a phenomenon that I don't need a scientific study to believe in.
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in other news: water is wet, don't stare directly at the sun, and SCO is evil.
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oops...i missed that sign: "do not feed the trolls"
Hold on a sec while i find a link....googling...aha:
- Oranges that get you high
- Orange You Glad You're Alive?
I looked briefly for a more legitimate-looking source, but couldn't find much more than the above. I'd love to verify this story in a more personal fashionRead this. Even better, I'll save you the click: So, BIG HOLES IN THE CABIN? I think not. The air being exhausted is no longer within the cabin. The cabin is at a considerably higher pressure than the atmosphere surrounding a modern jet at high altitude.
I think the point is not so much the increase in CPU clock speed, but rather the increase in Front Side Bus speed that's desirable. I rarely find an application that can max out my cpu, due to memory bandwidth limitations. In fact, it's not even my RAM speed that drives me nuts, it's hard-drive-intensive programs that waste the most time.
For the record, I run an athlon 2000+ on a gigabyte GA7V-RXP mobo, with 512Mb DRAM running on an FSB @ 133mhz (266DDR) with a couple of dem nice 120Gb WD 7200rpm 8Mb cache "special edition" HDs. Oh, and my box's stability has increased greatly since i got the temp down from ~63C to ~55C. I run win2k for weeks without rebooting or any strange behavior.
You have a damn fine point, and you only have (+2, Funny)? Mod this guy up already! For those wondering what he's talking about, see Free Dmitri Skylarov. I'd give you (+1, Insightful), but my points expired (they always do that right before finding a post i care to mod up).
Perhaps if the DOJ had attended Dmitri's seminar to be educated instead of to arrest the man, they wouldn't have leaked this document.
You are correct about Skype being a proprietary solution, but the interviewee in the article (RTFA, btw) is Michael Robertson who is currently pushing SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and his SIPPhone.
SIP appears to be an open standard and enjoys wide support. Upon brief googling, I found:
Peace,
jtcm
So, wheres the good free (non-riaa) Indie radio stations? With all the talk of "F*CK" the RIAA, wheres the alternative Garage/Indie/etc radio? I listen to Techno, and the best streams are UK Based. Wheres the alternatives?
I highly reccomend SomaFM. Both free-as-in-beer and commercial-free; they play very chill, ambient technoish music day & night. I can listen to it all day at work and it just fades into the background, blocking out distractions. SomaFM definitely puts me in the coding "zone".
At one point in time, the RIAA forced them off the air via CARP. I get the impression it's just some guy with some bandwidth and some music, and I'm thankful he found the money to resume broadcasting. Although I'm still a broke college kid, I do plan to donate to this internet radio station when I eventually get me one of 'dem lucrative job-type-thingys. I encourage everyone to donate whatever they can.
Peace,
jtcm
not sure if this is off-topic...mod me thus if you must.
I play free internet chess at the Free Internet Chess Server. Find them at...you guessed it: www.freechess.org.
All you CLI guys out there will love the fact that using a graphical client is optional! For those of us who are sane, there are a handful of graphical boards available to complement the irc-ish interface that allows people to find opponents.
It's fairly popular already, but I sure wouldn't mind a bigger crowd...cause all the guys on there kick my arse consistently. I've got a whopping 1300-something rating right now, and I'm already 0-3 for the night...sheesh.
peace.
oops...I got that wrong...
I meant "i seem 2 re call this werking 4 a serten musishun."
how 'bout callin it:
...I seem to recall this working for a certain mu51c14n (whose name escapes me at the moment ;-)
"The Software Formerly Known a JBoss"
the webserver seems to be grinding to a halt, so here's the article:
Australia's great broadband disaster
[by Robert Clark]
After a decade of political in-fighting over the ownership of Telstra, Australia faces the prospect of being a broadband desert. The incumbent needs to get out of cable TV - but first the government has to get out of denial
This is the story how a single mistake can turn into a multi-layered catastrophe. About how industry structure can drive government policy. About how the powerful will drive players in a market to their own ends. About how monopolies will thrive despite the most rigorous of regulators.
This then is the story of the great broadband disaster Down Under.
To a casual observer, it might seem an unlikely tale - Australia has been one of Asia's pioneers in telecom deregulation as well as in the adoption of new technology.
Australia introduced the first full service competition regime in the Asia-Pacific in 1992 and the first totally liberalized market in 1997. It boasts very respectable ownership rates for mobiles and PCs of around 70%, and around 60% for the Internet. It has far and away the strongest competition watchdog along with a well-resourced and experienced industry regulator. It has 600 ISPs, 80 long distance providers and four mobile operators, each of the latter with an international footprint.
As much as any other market in Asia-Pacific it has set the pace for telecom reform since the late 1980s.
Yet the story of Australian telecommunications in the decade since full competition began is that of a never-ending trench war between politicians, regulators, media magnates, new telcos and diverse groups ranging from farmers to pro-privatization lobbies.
More than anything else, they are arguing about the future of 50.1% government-owned Telstra - the country's biggest company, the most widely-held stock, the incumbent telco and the dominant cable company.
Yet amid the political thrust and parry, few have noticed that the industry structure has since lost the ability to deliver competitive outcomes.
No alternative
One long-standing Telstra critic is Professor Alan Fels, chairman of the national competition regulator the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), who describes Telstra as one of the world's "most horizontally and vertically integrated telecommunications companies."
It is Fels who points out that Telstra controls the local loop, is the largest mobile carrier with two digital networks, is the largest retail ISP, the largest wholesale data and Internet provider, and is a 50% shareholder in the biggest pay TV company.
And, almost uniquely in the world, it has been allowed to build a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable network which has been leased all but exclusively to its own pay TV company, a joint venture with the country's two most powerful media tycoons, Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer.
"In the local call services market competition has had very little impact," Fels says, adding that Telstra's competitors have virtually no alternative but to use the incumbent's network - even the main rival, Optus, relies heavily on the Telstra local loop.
"The clear message from this analysis is that Telstra has overwhelming dominance across the telecommunications market and in almost every segment of that market," Fels told an industry event in early March.
The impact of Telstra's sway in the market shows up most clearly in what has become the most critical aspect of the "last mile" - the growth of broadband.
The figures tell the story. With less than 2% of the population using a broadband connection, Australia now ranks 23rd on the global league table of broadband connectivity, behind 18 OECD countries as well as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Estonia. And it is sinking.
Ewan Sutherland, chief executive of the International Telecommunications Users' Group (INTUG), says that even if Telstra meets its target of 1 mil
My roommate's cell phone causes visible interference with the picture on the TV when he gets an incoming call. The interference is slightly less noticable on my computer monitor.
The real kicker is that I can't use my calculator within 5 feet of his ringing phone...
Cell phone electronic interference is a phenomenon that I don't need a scientific study to believe in.
Careful!
If you have a version III TiVo it might self-destruct when you use that code
Use L and R instead of right and left and you'll be fine