Before we do that though..we have to look into the technology that we have. These skyscrapers were built in the 40s and 50s as a way for the super rich of the time to show off their "manliness"
In one of the news reports, they were saying that in any of these buildings, if there were a fire above the 10th floor, it would be rather difficult, if not impossible to fight due to the lack of technology (ie water pressure)
Imagine this..these buildings contained 50,000 people. I remember reading on/. a couple months ago about people building Atriums that contained over 100,000 people. Imagine if 100,000 people died in one incident!
I'm up at Columbia University up on 116th st. (5 miles away) And the air is definitely thick around here. Not visibly cloudly, but definitely harder to breathe.
Yup..different people saming the same thing time and time again. We know this is (or is not) a "new economy".. There's enough references to the Industrial revolution and the railroad. This interview really said nothing new...
I thought it was moved because there was also another high profile hearing on the same day in the same courtroom. I remember hearing about it on/. a while ago...something like CSS or something like that...
They have been talking about this for quite some time now. The power companies are realizing the potential that they have now. I mean, in the US, close to 100% of the computers are somehow connected to the power grid. This would definitely solve the "last mile" problem that all these companies faced.
But again, the thought of hooking up a "modem" to a power outlet is kinda freaky...
We looked into that at the HS...however MS Terminal server is incredibly expensive. They do this purposefully so that people would get individual copies of the OS than maintain a Terminal Server.
...which may someday lead to a new class of smaller and faster computers that consume less power than today's machines.
The problem is that with all this power, we still have lazy programmers that aren't writing cleaner, more efficient code, basically negating all the advances that have been made in processing technology. I mean, computers today are a million times faster than they were years ago, but do we see any major increase in speed?
I remember years ago the NJ DMV was talking about putting all this information onto the Drivers license...like credit card, medical records, and social security info.
Last that I have heard anything about it was that it went through the state legislator and was shot down because of the whole privacy issue.
The reason why you never connect at 56k is that FCC regulations restrict the devices from going any more over 53K. They call it 56K is because in laboratory testing, they can reach this speed with exceptionally clean phone lines, with computers that are less than 10 feet apart.
You do realize what the internet and this is leading to...The gasp GLOBALIZATION of corporations and governments. Personally, I don't understand why people are so up in arms about globalization. It benefits everyone as a whole...
It's actually a relatively easy solution. I remember years ago, people were providing public proxy servers. By accessing these proxy servers, you remain relatively anonymous and your geographic location pinpointed to the location of the server.
This is why MS Windows is the anti-OS to UNIX. Windows has spoiled people to think that thought isn't required when using a computer. Not only does MS have a monopoly on the desktop, it goes further to capture the (whiny voice) "but thinking makes my head hurt" market. I wince when I hear "system administrator" or "software development" in the same sentence as "Windows."
But that is why Windows is so successful. I would say that a great majority of the people in the world don't care how things work. They just want it done and done right. They want to be able to click a couple buttons without even thinking about the commands. I'd even go as far as to say that without Windows, the computer industry would not have expanded to the extent that it is in now.
Now on the other hand, I think MS is going a little too far now. By using money, not innovation, to lock out competitors they are creating an unfair playing ground. Yes, it makes it easier for the users...but it doesn't allow for variety.
Let's look at the incentives for someone at Microsoft releasing the worm:
3. They finally get people to patch their servers
I mean over 300,000 servers were hit. This was probably due to the fact that a good number of them are still running WinNT with default settings and unpatched. There must be a couple hundred of advisories that have come out since WinNT was released.
On a related note. If MS released the Code Red, could it possibly be a patch to some vulnerability that they recently found out about but the public doesn't know? Maybe Code Red is a beneficial virus, not a bad one. I mean, just look at what it does.
Loads itself into memory
Changes deface web pages at random
Is gone when the computer is rebooted.
I bet Microsoft is upset that this wasn't called the "Windows Update Virus"
Well..AOL is also an competitor of MS and they practically begged them to include IE in the next version of AOL.
Remember that the goal of MS is to spread their dominance throughout the land...especially on their competitor's platforms.
I mean.."Sorry, PS2 players..the IE in PS2 is buggy..but XBox..."
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In one of the news reports, they were saying that in any of these buildings, if there were a fire above the 10th floor, it would be rather difficult, if not impossible to fight due to the lack of technology (ie water pressure)
Imagine this..these buildings contained 50,000 people. I remember reading on /. a couple months ago about people building Atriums that contained over 100,000 people. Imagine if 100,000 people died in one incident!
I'm up at Columbia University up on 116th st. (5 miles away) And the air is definitely thick around here. Not visibly cloudly, but definitely harder to breathe.
Yup..different people saming the same thing time and time again. We know this is (or is not) a "new economy" .. There's enough references to the Industrial revolution and the railroad. This interview really said nothing new...
ya..I know..it was a joke.. :-)
I thought it was moved because there was also another high profile hearing on the same day in the same courtroom. I remember hearing about it on /. a while ago...something like CSS or something like that...
They have been talking about this for quite some time now. The power companies are realizing the potential that they have now. I mean, in the US, close to 100% of the computers are somehow connected to the power grid. This would definitely solve the "last mile" problem that all these companies faced.
But again, the thought of hooking up a "modem" to a power outlet is kinda freaky...
We looked into that at the HS...however MS Terminal server is incredibly expensive. They do this purposefully so that people would get individual copies of the OS than maintain a Terminal Server.
...which may someday lead to a new class of smaller and faster computers that consume less power than today's machines.
The problem is that with all this power, we still have lazy programmers that aren't writing cleaner, more efficient code, basically negating all the advances that have been made in processing technology. I mean, computers today are a million times faster than they were years ago, but do we see any major increase in speed?
I remember years ago the NJ DMV was talking about putting all this information onto the Drivers license...like credit card, medical records, and social security info.
Last that I have heard anything about it was that it went through the state legislator and was shot down because of the whole privacy issue.
The reason why you never connect at 56k is that FCC regulations restrict the devices from going any more over 53K. They call it 56K is because in laboratory testing, they can reach this speed with exceptionally clean phone lines, with computers that are less than 10 feet apart.
Or the contrary...they realize that they don't need a tech dept..and fired all of them...expect more busy signals...
THAT is EXACTLY how I felt when I first saw this headline.. :-( It's a sad sad day on /.
Well..just make sure that you don't ever visit the country that you've broken the laws for or even stop over on a flight...
You do realize what the internet and this is leading to...The gasp GLOBALIZATION of corporations and governments. Personally, I don't understand why people are so up in arms about globalization. It benefits everyone as a whole...
It's actually a relatively easy solution. I remember years ago, people were providing public proxy servers. By accessing these proxy servers, you remain relatively anonymous and your geographic location pinpointed to the location of the server.
Note: He was a summer intern at ATT.
So..what did you do last summer.
Hacked WEP and got arrested by the FBI all in one week.
Impressive..but I don't think that is Microsoft-material...
Now on the other hand, I think MS is going a little too far now. By using money, not innovation, to lock out competitors they are creating an unfair playing ground. Yes, it makes it easier for the users...but it doesn't allow for variety.
I mean over 300,000 servers were hit. This was probably due to the fact that a good number of them are still running WinNT with default settings and unpatched. There must be a couple hundred of advisories that have come out since WinNT was released. On a related note. If MS released the Code Red, could it possibly be a patch to some vulnerability that they recently found out about but the public doesn't know? Maybe Code Red is a beneficial virus, not a bad one. I mean, just look at what it does.
- Loads itself into memory
- Changes deface web pages at random
- Is gone when the computer is rebooted.
I bet Microsoft is upset that this wasn't called the "Windows Update Virus"Well..AOL is also an competitor of MS and they practically begged them to include IE in the next version of AOL.
Remember that the goal of MS is to spread their dominance throughout the land...especially on their competitor's platforms.
I mean.."Sorry, PS2 players..the IE in PS2 is buggy..but XBox..."