I recently purchased a Grand Junction FastSwitch
2100 off eBay. The FS2100 is the same hardware
as the Cisco Catalyst 2100 - Cisco just bought
GJ, and repainted and re-logo'ed their current
product line.
Anyway, the switch had a console password set,
and I couldnt get in. The Cisco web page on
bypassing console passwords didnt work (said
"If you're running xx revsision call TAC").
I called TAC, opened up a case, told them it
wasnt urgent, and prepared to wait a couple
hours.
Five minutes later, a guy in Australia calls
(this was 9pm CST or so), asks for the serial
number of the switch, takes a minute, and
proceeds to give me the hard-coded override
password so that I can get into the switch,
change the settings, and update the firmware.
That quick response - on a clearly NON-priority
case, and I didnt have any kind of support
contract, and wasnt the original owner of the
hardware.
I'm *still* impressed. Cisco costs more, but
when stuff is broken, they WILL fix it.
Mark this as a troll if you must, but the
entire universe *doesent* revolve around
Linux and other "free" OSes. If a company
isnt making money selling one product, they're
free to DROP that product - its what
capitalism is all about. Dont start a jihad
because a company is making sound business
decisions based upon customer demand and
sales.
If you had thousands of slashdot wannabees
whining about a problem that didnt exist (if
you read closer, the "no distribution" clause
ONLY applies to non-release beta/test versions
of the software), you'd be JUST A LITTLE pissy
too.
Its his software, he can do what he wants with
it. He has no obligation to release it under
any certain license, and he has all the right
to just tell people to fuck off if he wants.
He also has no obligation to anyone, anywhere,
in any way, regarding his software.
Just my two cents - next, someone will be
complaining that my comments arent GPLed...
1. He wrote the software.
2. People *assumed* the license meant what they
wanted it to mean.
3. He clarifies the license (the distribution
policies of HIS software).
4. People complain they cant do things they
ASSUMED were okay.
5. People get up in arms and post to/.
Solution?
Just do like lots of other Open Source enthusiasts
do - IF YOU DONT LIKE IT, WRITE YOUR OWN!
Did you pay attention to the CD-ROM with the big orange or green sticker on it that says "ATTENTION" and details what you have to do to install 2.6 on the 440Mhz+ machines? Colorblind, maybe?
Just wanted to thank everyone for their
suggestions. We ended up using Amazon's
Wish List feature for our geek friends, and
are going to register @ Target for all of my
family/friends back home who dont have Internet
access.
You can deny access to a URL based on
*referrer*. I've done it before, when someone
I didnt like had links to some pages I had up.
Whenever someone clicked those links on their
pages, my site redirected them or gave them
a (selectable) error.
I believe its in the mod_referer stuff in
Apache; apache.org is down right now or
I'd give a URL. Anyways, its quite easy
to setup in Apache's config files.
If I have an auction, and, for example, it doesent reach the reserve price -
eBay's involvement with the auction ends *there*.
Any further communication between me and any
of the people that bid on that auction is a private
communication and/or transaction, in no way
involved with eBay.
If they think they can
control who I send email to, or who I deal with
outside of their web site, someone there is
smoking some seriously good drugs.
Original Scorched Earth still available
on
Scorched Island 3D
·
· Score: 1
I got into ham radio as an "alternate" hobby to
get *away* from computers for a while. After
intending to take the test for no-code Technician
for the past 2-3 years, I finally took and passed
it about 3 months ago.
I like knowing that the Internet may go down, but
I'll still be able to get in touch with people in
the nearby area via the 5 watt HT I carry in my
truck, or the 5-to-50watt mobile rig I have setup
as a base station at the house. My equipment is
no fancier than a good length of antenna
feedline, and a simple mag-mount (meant for
mobile use) 5/8-wave 2-meter antenna stuck to the
top of my window AC unit. Simple, but effective.
Also, even though its slow, 1200 baud packet
radio is a LOT of fun.
Whatever happened to the "thought-powered" video
games that they sold a couple of years ago at
CompUSA / Computer City, etc? I distinctly
remember a downhill ski-ing game where you
controlled the guy by thought, while touching
some kind of conducive controller with your hand.
I dont think it ever did very well, due to a lack of games and the general public's fear of such
things (of course), but I *DEFINITELY* remember it
being sold as a product ($99? memory is kind of hazy..). I'd kill to pick one up to play with now.
The best part of having my mom buy a Gateway system recently was being able to tell her "Call Gateway tech support, not me" when she had a problem. 8-)
Like someone said once, "Doctors dont give out free medical diagnoses at parties; why should I do tech support for everyone for free?" I dont mind helping out friends now and then, but I think parents are the worst when it comes to "my computer wont work..."
Nothing at all like the "good old days" of tech
support back in '95-96 or so. I started as the first tech support guy they hired, and ended up being Assistant Sysadmin before I left, at ioNET (now part of PSI) in Oklahoma City. Techs nowdays are too dependent on web browsers and such; our guys could do their job with a dumb ascii terminal and a telephone. Back then, nobody cared about call times or averages, etc - our job was to solve people's problems, and thats what we did (altho the "hey dude, you're my supervisor" trick has been around for ages...)
The best sysadmins are the people who have moved up from the ranks of phone tech support. I'm a burned out bitter tech support person who has been a sysadmin for about four years now. I'll never go back to the phones.
Want a horrible flashback? Try these:
Trumpet Winsock
IBM MWave modems
PACKARD BELL
8-)
When an ISP is operating under limited bandwidth, the LAST thing you want to do is POST A STORY ON SLASHDOT POINTING TO A WEB SERVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PIPE, restricting said bandwidth even further. *sigh*
My post said "enough to get the job done" - obviously your job needs are higher than mine.
Most of my work is done on a server (Sun UltraSPARC running Solaris 7) colocated at an ISP, so all *I* really need at home is a fancy dumb terminal (SSH), a web browser (Netscape), and some entertainment (MP3s). Your needs might (and obviously are) different. What I'm saying is that not *EVERYBODY* needs the latest and greatest CPU and video card for the routine things most people use a computer for.
Of course, for multimedia applications, "faster is better"; same for engineering work, but I dont think Johnny writing his 10 page research paper for school needs a 1Ghz CPU and a 32mb video card.
As for "luddite xterm-bound world", I prefer to use *nix as my desktop OS of choice, but that does not mean its the ONLY operating system I use. I've got this *nix PC, an identical (hardware-wise) Windows 2000 machine (for ham radio applications), 2 GRiD laptops running DOS, and even a VAX 6000 in the garage. Certain commercial OSes *do* do some things better than others (Visio comes to mind, for one), so dont be so quick to judge.
Why does everyone worry so much about speed? Why not worry about "enough to get the job done"? I've got a PPro200 system on my desk, because I dont *need* anything faster. My wife's favorite system is a Toshiba Libretto 100CT - a Pentium 166MMX-based micronotebook. I mean, HOW MUCH cpu do you need for Netscape, SSH, and an occasional MP3? CPUs are getting like cars; people think they have to upgrade JUST BECAUSE a company has released a "bigger faster better" version - not because they actually NEED the increased speed or performance. Gamers will argue with me, of course, but I'd say the majority of computer users can get by with a Pentium 166-class machine for the majority of their daily work. The "must upgrade to faster CPU" thing is just propagated by Intel and the other CPU manufacturers to drum up business.
When I got mine (two of them) from Radio Shack,
they just handed me the Cue:Cat in a baggie
w/a CD-ROM, and a catalog. There is no legal
license agreement saying I have to agree to
anything to use the hardware - *ONLY* if you
install the software (on a Windows box) do you
have to agree to anything. I dont see where
they have a case here. Nothing is being
reverse-engineered, its only being decoded and
interpeted.
I'm going to write them - I was planning on
writing a review of the unit in conjunction
with the Sun PS/2 keyboard interface box and
Sun's PCi pc-on-a-card product for PCI-bus
SPARCstations (I actually got it to work).
Now, I'll throw it in a drawer, and put up
mirrors of this guy's code alongside my
DeCSS archives.
Slashdot Mirror
I recently purchased a Grand Junction FastSwitch
2100 off eBay. The FS2100 is the same hardware
as the Cisco Catalyst 2100 - Cisco just bought
GJ, and repainted and re-logo'ed their current
product line.
Anyway, the switch had a console password set,
and I couldnt get in. The Cisco web page on
bypassing console passwords didnt work (said
"If you're running xx revsision call TAC").
I called TAC, opened up a case, told them it
wasnt urgent, and prepared to wait a couple
hours.
Five minutes later, a guy in Australia calls
(this was 9pm CST or so), asks for the serial
number of the switch, takes a minute, and
proceeds to give me the hard-coded override
password so that I can get into the switch,
change the settings, and update the firmware.
That quick response - on a clearly NON-priority
case, and I didnt have any kind of support
contract, and wasnt the original owner of the
hardware.
I'm *still* impressed. Cisco costs more, but
when stuff is broken, they WILL fix it.
I hate to say it - but -
WHINER.
Mark this as a troll if you must, but the
entire universe *doesent* revolve around
Linux and other "free" OSes. If a company
isnt making money selling one product, they're
free to DROP that product - its what
capitalism is all about. Dont start a jihad
because a company is making sound business
decisions based upon customer demand and
sales.
If you had thousands of slashdot wannabees
whining about a problem that didnt exist (if
you read closer, the "no distribution" clause
ONLY applies to non-release beta/test versions
of the software), you'd be JUST A LITTLE pissy
too.
Its his software, he can do what he wants with
it. He has no obligation to release it under
any certain license, and he has all the right
to just tell people to fuck off if he wants.
He also has no obligation to anyone, anywhere,
in any way, regarding his software.
Just my two cents - next, someone will be
complaining that my comments arent GPLed...
1. He wrote the software. /.
2. People *assumed* the license meant what they
wanted it to mean.
3. He clarifies the license (the distribution
policies of HIS software).
4. People complain they cant do things they
ASSUMED were okay.
5. People get up in arms and post to
Solution?
Just do like lots of other Open Source enthusiasts
do - IF YOU DONT LIKE IT, WRITE YOUR OWN!
Did you pay attention to the CD-ROM with the big orange or green sticker on it that says "ATTENTION" and details what you have to do to install 2.6 on the 440Mhz+ machines? Colorblind, maybe?
Just wanted to thank everyone for their
suggestions. We ended up using Amazon's
Wish List feature for our geek friends, and
are going to register @ Target for all of my
family/friends back home who dont have Internet
access.
Most of the people havent been *notified* yet. 8-)
We're having a small family-only ceremony,
then after the honeymoon, we're sending
announcements (not invitations) to family/
friends.
Yeah, getting married in a WEEK - and up till now,
we've been concerned with other things and never
really thought about registering anywhere.
You can deny access to a URL based on
*referrer*. I've done it before, when someone
I didnt like had links to some pages I had up.
Whenever someone clicked those links on their
pages, my site redirected them or gave them
a (selectable) error.
I believe its in the mod_referer stuff in
Apache; apache.org is down right now or
I'd give a URL. Anyways, its quite easy
to setup in Apache's config files.
Set your MTU on your ethernet interface to
576 instead of 1500 - GREATLY improves latency
over cablemodem/DSL connections.
In fact:
2000-08-07 03:45:06 GPS Treasure Hunting and Degree Confluence Mapping (articles,news) (rejected)
Oh well.
I submitted both the geocaching and
degree confluence links *months* ago.
Oh well.
I can think of the PERFECT audio clip for
a hacked talking fish..
"My name is Linus Torvalds, and I pronounce
'linux' as leenucks"
Send it to your favorite Linux-hater for
a holiday gift.
If I have an auction, and, for example, it doesent reach the reserve price -
eBay's involvement with the auction ends *there*.
Any further communication between me and any
of the people that bid on that auction is a private
communication and/or transaction, in no way
involved with eBay.
If they think they can
control who I send email to, or who I deal with
outside of their web site, someone there is
smoking some seriously good drugs.
Scorched Earth for DOS (runs under Windows 2000 in a DOS window as well, just perfect) is still available - you can get it at http://www.happypuppy.com/win/demos/scorchedea1.ht ml.
I got into ham radio as an "alternate" hobby to
get *away* from computers for a while. After
intending to take the test for no-code Technician
for the past 2-3 years, I finally took and passed
it about 3 months ago.
I like knowing that the Internet may go down, but
I'll still be able to get in touch with people in
the nearby area via the 5 watt HT I carry in my
truck, or the 5-to-50watt mobile rig I have setup
as a base station at the house. My equipment is
no fancier than a good length of antenna
feedline, and a simple mag-mount (meant for
mobile use) 5/8-wave 2-meter antenna stuck to the
top of my window AC unit. Simple, but effective.
Also, even though its slow, 1200 baud packet
radio is a LOT of fun.
Bill (KD5LQR)
Whatever happened to the "thought-powered" video
games that they sold a couple of years ago at
CompUSA / Computer City, etc? I distinctly
remember a downhill ski-ing game where you
controlled the guy by thought, while touching
some kind of conducive controller with your hand.
I dont think it ever did very well, due to a lack of games and the general public's fear of such
things (of course), but I *DEFINITELY* remember it
being sold as a product ($99? memory is kind of hazy..). I'd kill to pick one up to play with now.
The best part of having my mom buy a Gateway system recently was being able to tell her "Call Gateway tech support, not me" when she had a problem. 8-)
Like someone said once, "Doctors dont give out free medical diagnoses at parties; why should I do tech support for everyone for free?" I dont mind helping out friends now and then, but I think parents are the worst when it comes to "my computer wont work..."
Nothing at all like the "good old days" of tech
support back in '95-96 or so. I started as the first tech support guy they hired, and ended up being Assistant Sysadmin before I left, at ioNET (now part of PSI) in Oklahoma City. Techs nowdays are too dependent on web browsers and such; our guys could do their job with a dumb ascii terminal and a telephone. Back then, nobody cared about call times or averages, etc - our job was to solve people's problems, and thats what we did (altho the "hey dude, you're my supervisor" trick has been around for ages...)
The best sysadmins are the people who have moved up from the ranks of phone tech support. I'm a burned out bitter tech support person who has been a sysadmin for about four years now. I'll never go back to the phones.
Want a horrible flashback? Try these:
Trumpet Winsock
IBM MWave modems
PACKARD BELL
8-)
When an ISP is operating under limited bandwidth, the LAST thing you want to do is POST A STORY ON SLASHDOT POINTING TO A WEB SERVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PIPE, restricting said bandwidth even further. *sigh*
Most of my work is done on a server (Sun UltraSPARC running Solaris 7) colocated at an ISP, so all *I* really need at home is a fancy dumb terminal (SSH), a web browser (Netscape), and some entertainment (MP3s). Your needs might (and obviously are) different. What I'm saying is that not *EVERYBODY* needs the latest and greatest CPU and video card for the routine things most people use a computer for.
Of course, for multimedia applications, "faster is better"; same for engineering work, but I dont think Johnny writing his 10 page research paper for school needs a 1Ghz CPU and a 32mb video card.
As for "luddite xterm-bound world", I prefer to use *nix as my desktop OS of choice, but that does not mean its the ONLY operating system I use. I've got this *nix PC, an identical (hardware-wise) Windows 2000 machine (for ham radio applications), 2 GRiD laptops running DOS, and even a VAX 6000 in the garage. Certain commercial OSes *do* do some things better than others (Visio comes to mind, for one), so dont be so quick to judge.
Why does everyone worry so much about speed? Why not worry about "enough to get the job done"? I've got a PPro200 system on my desk, because I dont *need* anything faster. My wife's favorite system is a Toshiba Libretto 100CT - a Pentium 166MMX-based micronotebook. I mean, HOW MUCH cpu do you need for Netscape, SSH, and an occasional MP3? CPUs are getting like cars; people think they have to upgrade JUST BECAUSE a company has released a "bigger faster better" version - not because they actually NEED the increased speed or performance. Gamers will argue with me, of course, but I'd say the majority of computer users can get by with a Pentium 166-class machine for the majority of their daily work. The "must upgrade to faster CPU" thing is just propagated by Intel and the other CPU manufacturers to drum up business.
When I got mine (two of them) from Radio Shack,
they just handed me the Cue:Cat in a baggie
w/a CD-ROM, and a catalog. There is no legal
license agreement saying I have to agree to
anything to use the hardware - *ONLY* if you
install the software (on a Windows box) do you
have to agree to anything. I dont see where
they have a case here. Nothing is being
reverse-engineered, its only being decoded and
interpeted.
I'm going to write them - I was planning on
writing a review of the unit in conjunction
with the Sun PS/2 keyboard interface box and
Sun's PCi pc-on-a-card product for PCI-bus
SPARCstations (I actually got it to work).
Now, I'll throw it in a drawer, and put up
mirrors of this guy's code alongside my
DeCSS archives.
Sure, but we'd have to distribute the map.
You take this corner, I'll take this corner....
Its on page 133. (they need to start numbering EVERY PAGE.. I'm tired of having to flip back 2-3 pages to get a page number...)