Umm I dunno being from Ottawa and all. 1 million people is more than Calgary or Edmonton (Not alot). And being (labeled) Silicon Valley North probably makes it pretty damn important. Oil isn't everything.
$5 to BMG
$5 to SONY
$5 to Virgin (well I dunno if this is on of the big ones, there are all so inbred anyway).
etc....
The point is: does the price go up everytime napster cuts a new deal? I assume so since there is more value to the consumer.
Another point is: I am not interested in supporting the people who bring me the music. I am interested in supporting the people who MADE the music.
If I made a website/file-sharing system/whatever tommorrow that allowed any artist to put there songs up as mp3's and get paid directly for them a large percentage probably would. Unfortunately those wonderful people that bring us the music won't allow them to deal directly with the consumer because they become irrelevant. If this were allowed MP3.com would probably be the busiest site on the net. This is all rehash, but it has to be said again.....
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Try being Canadian when we are pretty much half and half. Some people use mostly British spellings and some use mostly American. I was taught both spellings for colour/color in school, but was told to use colour (because it was the Canadian way).
Unfortunately since I usally use an American dictionary to spell-check I am getting assimilated....
I just tried showkey for all the blue extra keys on my Microsoft keyboard. Not one of them showed up. So I guess that means I am screwed. I don't see why this is such a big production to get this working.
So what do we call it when all of/. goes and calls the same telephone number?
slashphoned effect?
phoneslashed?
Or is it still the/. effect working in another domain?
I pity the phone switch and the confused tech.
Currently Nortel Networks has a 160 wavelength 10 Gbs system. I don't know what the competion has, I am only familiar with what I have used. I doubt that they have sold one yet that uses all the wavelengths.
Lucent,Alcatel, and Nortel should have 40 Gbs systems out in the next year or so. This does not necessarily mean that it will run at 160 x 40 Gbs, I actually highly doubt that will happen. Maybe 40 or so at first.
This stuff just doesn't scale up any more is the problem. 10 Gbs will only work on 60% or so of installed fiber spans today and 40 Gbs is like 25% or so.
Its fairly easy to make conservative engineering arguemnts in the case where the physics isn't well understood. This is the problem here.
There is no Moore's Law for fiber. I don't know where this guys source is, but the amount of data going down a fiber isn't going to double every 10 months. There are many new problems cropping up the faster you go. They just aren't easy to solve (basic physics).The polarization of the light as it travels down the fiber isn't understood.
And saying we are at.5% of the theoretical fiber capacity is great and all. The space shuttle also travels way less than the theoretical speed (c, the speed of light).
I'd put my money into optical parts being made cheaper. I wouldn't put my money on the amount of data through a fiber doubling every 10 months.
I'm not an audiophile.
You are/claim to be one.
Question : What would make all the audiophiles happy for frequency ranges of a cd? If the cd had information from say.5Hz to 25,000Hz would that be everything the human body could detetct (ears, bones, etc)? Is there some agreement on this in your community?
I am guessing that it would be difficult to record at that frequency range.
Umm parts of Canada are farther south than Detroit (.01%). So are we talking this part of Canada or are we talking the part above the arctic circle. Just commenting on the/. story blurb.....
So since it doesn't do this (which would be cool):
a) demux's (filters) one of say 160 wavelengths OC-48 you have on a single fiber.
b) changes its wavelength, say from 1550nm to 1600nm (all optically)
c) mux's it back onto another fiber with 159 other wavelengths and away it goes?
So all it does is basically automates the process of Mux/Demux and changing patch panel cables. But the key is that there is no electrical conversion of the whole payload so if I just want one OC-48 channel way out in the country off of a 160 OC-768 backbone I don't slow down a shitload of terabits/s (half the net) for one 2.48 Gb/s channel.
Good point.
My biggest problem with linux is I change something, restart the service and then forget about it. Works fine.
Then the server many weeks later (no I am not kidding) is rebooted by some tit who gets pissed off that pine isn't working because the remote novell server is down and thinks its the linux box (no I am not making this up). So linux reboots and is all fucked up. Specifically Samba. Solution lock up the server, creates amimosity (sp) in an academic enviorment.
So in conclusion my biggest complaint about linux is it stays up to long so you have no clue what's going on.
My biggest complaint about windows is you have to fuck around with it all the time and then it assumes you have no clue what your doing and does what it wants.
PS. And the tit who introduced the bug in Office 2000 that say "too many files open" and can't save your 3 meg Word file can screw off. A bug that prevents saving is just wrong.
Rogers cable dies all the time for a few seconds at a time in Ontario.
DSL dropping once a week isn't normal, you could be towards the end of a loop. I had that problem with MTT DSL. no way to fix it unfortunatly without them going to all kinds of trouble rerouting wires.
You should have also mentioned that NBTel offers way better service, is cheaper, and they don't really bill you for 5 gig/month.
I have had DSL in three provinces (NS,NB,ON) and cable in two (NS & ON) and Vibe for sure is the best service. 250 K/s from rpmfind.net is unheard of on other services and when you check your daily usage. Try d/l three iso's in a day and seeing how much they think you d/l, it will be no where near. I'm guessing they only track certain ports or something.
And for everyone else:
I believe the cost is still $C 39.95/month for 5 gigabytes++ and 250 K/s bandwidth. Thats an unreal deal. And teh only reason its that slow is reserving bandwidth for the TV box that comes over twisted pair.
I'm sorry, but it sure sounds like flaimbait. ~98% of homes in NA have a phone and I am guessing most people use it. So I would say your in the minority with not being pro-real-time communications. That's fine.
Try it sometime, forward a port on your firewall and install licq. Its quite widely used and I can't really see a big root exploit coming out of it. But who knows, maybe you will see something in the code I didn't.
I use icq to help me with codeing when I get stuck. If my friends / co-workers don't want to be disturbed they put invisible on or not-available etc. It works great.
letters are formal.
email is fast, but don't expect a reply.
icq is quick and dirty.
They all serve there purpose. Don't limit yourself.
Since there is a GPS hole over the arctic. How can they be doing GPS tests in Alaska? Is it because the planes are high enough in the sky they can see over the horizon to the satelites in the south?
More info please.
Umm before you go on about no clue some more. Go read some scientific papers on the subject. (I have not read any, I have had an atmospheric physicist summarize them for me with his biases).
The Antarctic has a big hole over it because it is really really cold there (colder then north). And I am not a chemist so I don't know why this causes a hole, but as far as I know its quite an accepted theory. There is also a lesser hole over greenland/Canada I believe.
So as for the model being wrong it sounds like they just didn't take the really cold dark winter into there model calculations and its affect on ozone.
Anyway in conclusion: Ozone depletion is understood and basically solved. Global warming has not. Not the same thing. The two faqs below explain ozone depletion and the antarctic hole. Read them before you spread any more FUD.
Here is the ozone faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ozone-depletion/intro/
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ozone-depletion/antarct ic
Some of us need real-time processing and have to go out and always have the fastest chip. Some things don't cluster. I for one am glad to see a faster chip come out regularly. It would stifle my research if they didn't. I'm sure my market segment is small.:)
Well I would argue your not using Napster to its full potential. I search for artists I already own on napster (own as in bought the CD). I do a search for an artist I like and when the results come up I then select browse users files. This allows me to see other artists they like, which in turn there is a good chance I will like. This is more fun then going to MP3.com and reading what they like. allmusic.com does this too, but frankly reading a web site and have the random luck of finding a good band by doing a search is not the same thing. Just my thoughts...........
After spending a few hours d/l the CD's and burning I attempted an install yesterday. Starts up and dies when doing IDE detection. Cna't get anywhere just locks. Tehre doesn't seem to be a choice of a differnt kernel. This is on a Abit Bp6 SMP machine. Ultra DMA 66 could be the problem. So I went to Suse, don't really like it so I think I will go back to Redhat and a beta kernal. Oh well. Maybe teh next version of Mandrake will work...
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true, I am squinting at Netscape right now at 1600x1200.
No one get too horny, there is still lots of work to do. Yes it hot, but.... Thats just my opionon after hearing a talk by the student mentioned in the article. That was a couple of months ago, so maybe somethings changed.....
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Umm I dunno being from Ottawa and all. 1 million people is more than Calgary or Edmonton (Not alot). And being (labeled) Silicon Valley North probably makes it pretty damn important. Oil isn't everything.
$5 to BMG
$5 to SONY
$5 to Virgin (well I dunno if this is on of the big ones, there are all so inbred anyway).
etc....
The point is: does the price go up everytime napster cuts a new deal? I assume so since there is more value to the consumer.
Another point is: I am not interested in supporting the people who bring me the music. I am interested in supporting the people who MADE the music.
If I made a website/file-sharing system/whatever tommorrow that allowed any artist to put there songs up as mp3's and get paid directly for them a large percentage probably would. Unfortunately those wonderful people that bring us the music won't allow them to deal directly with the consumer because they become irrelevant. If this were allowed MP3.com would probably be the busiest site on the net. This is all rehash, but it has to be said again.....
Same as MSNBC link on story is it not?
Try being Canadian when we are pretty much half and half. Some people use mostly British spellings and some use mostly American. I was taught both spellings for colour/color in school, but was told to use colour (because it was the Canadian way).
Unfortunately since I usally use an American dictionary to spell-check I am getting assimilated....
I just tried showkey for all the blue extra keys on my Microsoft keyboard. Not one of them showed up. So I guess that means I am screwed. I don't see why this is such a big production to get this working.
So what do we call it when all of /. goes and calls the same telephone number?
/. effect working in another domain?
slashphoned effect?
phoneslashed?
Or is it still the
I pity the phone switch and the confused tech.
As I said you can buy today a 160 wavelength 10 Gig system, but I doubt they have sold any.
I'm biased too, I am working on solving phase problems with high speed systems and I think it's a bloody hard problem.
Currently Nortel Networks has a 160 wavelength 10 Gbs system. I don't know what the competion has, I am only familiar with what I have used. I doubt that they have sold one yet that uses all the wavelengths.
Lucent,Alcatel, and Nortel should have 40 Gbs systems out in the next year or so. This does not necessarily mean that it will run at 160 x 40 Gbs, I actually highly doubt that will happen. Maybe 40 or so at first.
This stuff just doesn't scale up any more is the problem. 10 Gbs will only work on 60% or so of installed fiber spans today and 40 Gbs is like 25% or so.
Its fairly easy to make conservative engineering arguemnts in the case where the physics isn't well understood. This is the problem here.
There is no Moore's Law for fiber. I don't know where this guys source is, but the amount of data going down a fiber isn't going to double every 10 months. There are many new problems cropping up the faster you go. They just aren't easy to solve (basic physics).The polarization of the light as it travels down the fiber isn't understood. .5% of the theoretical fiber capacity is great and all. The space shuttle also travels way less than the theoretical speed (c, the speed of light).
And saying we are at
I'd put my money into optical parts being made cheaper. I wouldn't put my money on the amount of data through a fiber doubling every 10 months.
I'm not an audiophile. .5Hz to 25,000Hz would that be everything the human body could detetct (ears, bones, etc)? Is there some agreement on this in your community?
You are/claim to be one.
Question : What would make all the audiophiles happy for frequency ranges of a cd? If the cd had information from say
I am guessing that it would be difficult to record at that frequency range.
I would say your plenty tough for a martian winter. Since about 80% of Canadians have a sissy winter compared to Minnesota.
Umm parts of Canada are farther south than Detroit (.01%). So are we talking this part of Canada or are we talking the part above the arctic circle. Just commenting on the /. story blurb.....
a) demux's (filters) one of say 160 wavelengths OC-48 you have on a single fiber.
b) changes its wavelength, say from 1550nm to 1600nm (all optically)
c) mux's it back onto another fiber with 159 other wavelengths and away it goes?
So all it does is basically automates the process of Mux/Demux and changing patch panel cables. But the key is that there is no electrical conversion of the whole payload so if I just want one OC-48 channel way out in the country off of a 160 OC-768 backbone I don't slow down a shitload of terabits/s (half the net) for one 2.48 Gb/s channel.
Have I got it right?
Good point.
My biggest problem with linux is I change something, restart the service and then forget about it. Works fine.
Then the server many weeks later (no I am not kidding) is rebooted by some tit who gets pissed off that pine isn't working because the remote novell server is down and thinks its the linux box (no I am not making this up). So linux reboots and is all fucked up. Specifically Samba. Solution lock up the server, creates amimosity (sp) in an academic enviorment.
So in conclusion my biggest complaint about linux is it stays up to long so you have no clue what's going on.
My biggest complaint about windows is you have to fuck around with it all the time and then it assumes you have no clue what your doing and does what it wants.
PS. And the tit who introduced the bug in Office 2000 that say "too many files open" and can't save your 3 meg Word file can screw off. A bug that prevents saving is just wrong.
Rogers cable dies all the time for a few seconds at a time in Ontario.
DSL dropping once a week isn't normal, you could be towards the end of a loop. I had that problem with MTT DSL. no way to fix it unfortunatly without them going to all kinds of trouble rerouting wires.
You should have also mentioned that NBTel offers way better service, is cheaper, and they don't really bill you for 5 gig/month. /month for 5 gigabytes++ and 250 K/s bandwidth. Thats an unreal deal. And teh only reason its that slow is reserving bandwidth for the TV box that comes over twisted pair.
I have had DSL in three provinces (NS,NB,ON) and cable in two (NS & ON) and Vibe for sure is the best service. 250 K/s from rpmfind.net is unheard of on other services and when you check your daily usage. Try d/l three iso's in a day and seeing how much they think you d/l, it will be no where near. I'm guessing they only track certain ports or something.
And for everyone else:
I believe the cost is still $C 39.95
I'm sorry, but it sure sounds like flaimbait. ~98% of homes in NA have a phone and I am guessing most people use it. So I would say your in the minority with not being pro-real-time communications. That's fine.
Try it sometime, forward a port on your firewall and install licq. Its quite widely used and I can't really see a big root exploit coming out of it. But who knows, maybe you will see something in the code I didn't.
I use icq to help me with codeing when I get stuck. If my friends / co-workers don't want to be disturbed they put invisible on or not-available etc. It works great.
letters are formal.
email is fast, but don't expect a reply.
icq is quick and dirty.
They all serve there purpose. Don't limit yourself.
Since there is a GPS hole over the arctic. How can they be doing GPS tests in Alaska? Is it because the planes are high enough in the sky they can see over the horizon to the satelites in the south?
More info please.
Umm before you go on about no clue some more. Go read some scientific papers on the subject. (I have not read any, I have had an atmospheric physicist summarize them for me with his biases).
t ic
The Antarctic has a big hole over it because it is really really cold there (colder then north). And I am not a chemist so I don't know why this causes a hole, but as far as I know its quite an accepted theory. There is also a lesser hole over greenland/Canada I believe.
So as for the model being wrong it sounds like they just didn't take the really cold dark winter into there model calculations and its affect on ozone.
Anyway in conclusion: Ozone depletion is understood and basically solved. Global warming has not. Not the same thing. The two faqs below explain ozone depletion and the antarctic hole. Read them before you spread any more FUD.
Here is the ozone faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ozone-depletion/intro/
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ozone-depletion/antarc
Some of us need real-time processing and have to go out and always have the fastest chip. Some things don't cluster. I for one am glad to see a faster chip come out regularly. It would stifle my research if they didn't. I'm sure my market segment is small. :)
Well I would argue your not using Napster to its full potential. I search for artists I already own on napster (own as in bought the CD). I do a search for an artist I like and when the results come up I then select browse users files. This allows me to see other artists they like, which in turn there is a good chance I will like. This is more fun then going to MP3.com and reading what they like. allmusic.com does this too, but frankly reading a web site and have the random luck of finding a good band by doing a search is not the same thing. Just my thoughts...........
After spending a few hours d/l the CD's and burning I attempted an install yesterday.
Starts up and dies when doing IDE detection. Cna't get anywhere just locks. Tehre doesn't seem to be a choice of a differnt kernel. This is on a Abit Bp6 SMP machine. Ultra DMA 66 could be the problem.
So I went to Suse, don't really like it so I think I will go back to Redhat and a beta kernal. Oh well. Maybe teh next version of Mandrake will work...
true, I am squinting at Netscape right now at 1600x1200.
Last time I checked Tribes didn't work (that was months ago). What type of hoops did you jump through to get it to work?
No one get too horny, there is still lots of work to do. Yes it hot, but....
Thats just my opionon after hearing a talk by the student mentioned in the article. That was a couple of months ago, so maybe somethings changed.....