As others have pointed out, radio is there when other forms of communications fail. 9/11 was proof that still is still true. The Internet and cell phones were useless due to volume, television stations were off the air due to the loss of their repeaters and/or antenna systems, but one could still turn on a radio and get news. Hams helped deliver messages (we call it "traffic") to families and friends of those effected and helped disseminate news via our own repeater systems.
Recently us hams practiced our "emergency readiness" in our annual field day exercise where hams across the country operate from remote locations using "emergency power" and antenna systems that can be quickly errected and torn down.
Techies and Hams are cut from a similar cloth. It's all about maximizing performance whether we're talking about eeking out performance in hardware or software, or getting our signal through to make a rare contact when there are 30 or 40 other stations trying for that same contact!
I invite everyone here to check out their local ham radio club or clubs and see what it's all about. Check out a hamfest and see some of the cool gear we play with, and make sure you get to field day next year!
They seem to have the highest life batteries. I just bought a bunch of 1800mAh cells and they work great. I use them in my scanner (scanning receiver - a radio), frequency counter, digital camera (only around the house, not on trips), and a few other devices that are pretty high drain. I've had good luck with Maha cells and the cheapest charger I can get for them. I purchase all my cells and chargers from Thomas Distributing. Always get good service from them.
This seems like a good approach. At least you can complain to a person when something is screwed up! Robots will never in my lifetime, or probably the next generation's lifetime as well, replace humans in customer service oriented positions. They can weld a car together, but they can't deliver the personal service we demand from the companies we deal with.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but dtmail is the email application included with Solaris, at least the releases shipping with CDE. What does that have to do with Netscape?
As far as I'm concerned this is no big loss. I bought a 7500 AIW a while back and had nothing but problems trying to get UT2003 running. I even bought the might-as-well-be-unsupported Xig drivers and STILL had nothing but problems. glxgears would hang X hard. Tried an 8500LE at Xig's request and still couldn't get X stable. Put in a Ti 4200 and I was up and running in under an hour from cracking the case to starting X with the latest nVidia drivers. I'm sticking to nVidia, thank you.
Agreed. I think the waitress at the local coffee shop quit last week. Should I have submitted a story? It's tech related since they used a PC based POS system. Seriously though, I suppose if one has an interest in the project (although I don't recall ever hearing of it before) this could be considered/. worthy.
Those who have suggested paper and pen are on the right track. Granted, it's been about 12 years since I was in a classroom, but the best way to learn the material is to write it a couple of times. You will gain nothing but a couple more pounds to carry with a laptop for classroom use - plus some odd looks for sure.
Do yourself a favor. Take notes in one notebook while in class, then that same night rewite the notes into a better format in another notebook. It will cut your study time significantly around cram time.
Yeah, started with RedHat's "Another Level" fvwm hack to work like AfterStep with 4.2, IIRC. Later moved to Window Maker. That lasted a few years until recently when KDE 3.x won me over. Played with Gnome with Sawmill (Sawfish) for a while - Gnome didn't impress me. Sawmill/Sawfish did.
You know, you came pretty close to my thoughts when I read this. How many times are we going to recycle the same aging interfaces? How about coming up with something new and innovative - and useful. Granted, OS/2, AmigaOS, NeXTSTEP, etc. all had excellent interfaces - but they are all 10+ years old now. Is there nothing left to do in the interface world? Are next-gen interfaced doomed to be "Bob'ish" (Microsoft circa-'94, failed worse than WinME) or some "rooms" or "3d" like concept? Honestly, the best new interface concept I saw was in Minority Report!
For those that don't know, X10 is the protocol behind a lot of the Home Automation hardware out there. I've been using a Windows based software solution for a few years now - HomeSeer - and it's fantastic. Runs on my wife's Windows 2000 workstation (that is always on). I've considered Mister House many times over the past few years, but never tried it out myself.
There are X10 solutions for use in Europe as well. Here's a jumping off point:
As others have pointed out, zoning limits what can and cannot be built or run on a specific property lot. The concept keeps industry away from homes and keeps people from putting up huge signs in front of their homes advertising their businesses.
The system isn't without problems though. In fact, zoning is a major contributor to traffic congestion and the deteriorating family structure here in the US - at least according to some. I tend to agree.
Zoning prevents the traditional "small town" from existing since retail areas are clearly defined as are industry/manufacturing areas and these areas almost always require some form of motorized transportation to get to from areas zoned as residential areas. All of this travel adds to congestion and adds to the amount of time needed to accomplish a task - like going to the store - leaving less time for the family.
Although they may just be engineers. An entry level programmer - regardless of his level of education - cannot really call him or herself an engineer any more than a member of an orchestra can automatically call themselves a conductor. They are different roles that are related - nothing more. To be a software engineer one needs IT experience, talent, leadership abilities, and an understanding of software development best practices not to mention a good background in mathematics and physical sciences - these develop one's ability to develop, understand, and follow complex methodoligies and algorithms. Without these skills an entry level programmer is just that - an entry level programmer. Basically someone who can write a bunch of code (or copy it) to accomplish a very direct task. The road to software engineer is a long one from there.
That just isn't fair to SuSE. Bottom line, after seven years of using Linux on a daily basis, SuSE is the best distro I've used and I'm happy to support them. In the past I've used RedHat (4.x - 5.x) and Mandrake (6.x - 9.0) and played with others like Debian. Never touched Slack, but I do respect it for what it is. I hear a lot of whining about licensing, but the only thing that really applies to is their configuration tool. Everything else is just as open as it is in any other distro.
After using Mandrake for a few releases (6.1 - 9.0) I can honestly say the world won't - or shouldn't - miss it. It maybe nice for the Linux newbie, but even they deserve better quality that Mandrake shipped with. Out of all of those distros, I had 3D support that worked in one - 7.2 I believe. Fonts were always a complete mess. Package names were changed from their defaults (ie RedHat names) for no apparent reseaon. Bleeding edge in some ways, but a little too much bleeding and not enough edge most of the time.
Excellent points. I was thinking the same myself. Honestly, even some of the cheap commercial property I've cabled has had the tops of the walls capped for whatever reason meaning all that hot air is just going to be trapped or overflowing back into the room at best - path of least resistance and all that.
That's funny. I'm typing on an old IBM clicker now. Same keyboard I brought home when a prior employer gave me my very own 486/50 to take home about 8 years ago. I snagged four more of these keyboards when IBM stopped shipping them so I'm sure I'll never have to worry about changing keyboards. This one still has my old WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS F-key map taped to it, plus a reminder that to send a 3270 "clear" command in the old Relay Gold package I used for remote mainframe access I had to hit CTRL-HOME.
I certainly didn't mean to come off as wealthy by any stretch - I'm not. TV is the form of entertainment my wife and I choose, for the most part. Movies are too expensive at almost $9 a seat around here. Add in snacks and drinks and it's closer to $15! Besides, my living room is more comfortable and I don't have to deal with idiots talking, throwing stuff, yelling, or shooting during the picture. I can also pause a DVD or tape for a quick "bathroom break".
The post isn't BS, I just wanted to show that I didn't think ala carte would be cheaper for anyone - especially not for the higher end cable consumer.
I spend roughly $100 per month on cable TV services. My cable modem adds another $40 to the monthly total. If I get a pay-per-view movie or two, that adds a few bucks more. I wouldn't be without cable since I rely on it for entertainment and news (especially financial). With about 130 channels, plus another 50+ music only channels, it's a pretty decent service. Granted, I'd like to have all of this for around $60 a month (plus the cable modem).
I don't mind HBO being considered a part of a tier. While HBO consists of about 12 channels here (HBOHD/HBO/HBO+ East, HBO/HBO+ West, HBO Family, HBO Comedy, HBO Signature, etc.), it offers a whole lot of choices. Throw in the Showtime and Cinamax packages (probably 30 channels in all) and I'll call it a tier.
I don't want ala carte cable. It would be expensive (to manage and therefore to buy) and it would mean I would have to spend much more time picking and choosing between channels. Even at $1 per channel per month, my bill would quickly double if I picked everything I now get. I don't know how I'd pick which channels to get rid of - BBC America? VH1 Classic Rock? CNBC? No thanks, I'll take what they offer until it doesn't meet my needs any longer.
I'm sure someone has already pointed this out, but I didn't feel like reading - or even scanning - the 400+ posts. Sorry, it's a lazy day.
Anyhow, yes, having a second identical network would make sense if it is affordable. This would be a test lab. However, would you want to recreate every node that is on the production net? Probably not.
In this case it wasn't the network that failed, but a single application that generated a ton of network traffic when it was opened. Reminds me of that old poem about computers not doing what the user wants, but only what it's told. Don't blame the net for bad software.
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As others have pointed out, radio is there when other forms of communications fail. 9/11 was proof that still is still true. The Internet and cell phones were useless due to volume, television stations were off the air due to the loss of their repeaters and/or antenna systems, but one could still turn on a radio and get news. Hams helped deliver messages (we call it "traffic") to families and friends of those effected and helped disseminate news via our own repeater systems.
Recently us hams practiced our "emergency readiness" in our annual field day exercise where hams across the country operate from remote locations using "emergency power" and antenna systems that can be quickly errected and torn down.
Techies and Hams are cut from a similar cloth. It's all about maximizing performance whether we're talking about eeking out performance in hardware or software, or getting our signal through to make a rare contact when there are 30 or 40 other stations trying for that same contact!
I invite everyone here to check out their local ham radio club or clubs and see what it's all about. Check out a hamfest and see some of the cool gear we play with, and make sure you get to field day next year!
--kc2kth
They seem to have the highest life batteries. I just bought a bunch of 1800mAh cells and they work great. I use them in my scanner (scanning receiver - a radio), frequency counter, digital camera (only around the house, not on trips), and a few other devices that are pretty high drain. I've had good luck with Maha cells and the cheapest charger I can get for them. I purchase all my cells and chargers from Thomas Distributing. Always get good service from them.
This seems like a good approach. At least you can complain to a person when something is screwed up! Robots will never in my lifetime, or probably the next generation's lifetime as well, replace humans in customer service oriented positions. They can weld a car together, but they can't deliver the personal service we demand from the companies we deal with.
> ask any Sun employee what "dtmail" is.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but dtmail is the email application included with Solaris, at least the releases shipping with CDE. What does that have to do with Netscape?
As far as I'm concerned this is no big loss. I bought a 7500 AIW a while back and had nothing but problems trying to get UT2003 running. I even bought the might-as-well-be-unsupported Xig drivers and STILL had nothing but problems. glxgears would hang X hard. Tried an 8500LE at Xig's request and still couldn't get X stable. Put in a Ti 4200 and I was up and running in under an hour from cracking the case to starting X with the latest nVidia drivers. I'm sticking to nVidia, thank you.
Agreed. I think the waitress at the local coffee shop quit last week. Should I have submitted a story? It's tech related since they used a PC based POS system. Seriously though, I suppose if one has an interest in the project (although I don't recall ever hearing of it before) this could be considered /. worthy.
Those who have suggested paper and pen are on the right track. Granted, it's been about 12 years since I was in a classroom, but the best way to learn the material is to write it a couple of times. You will gain nothing but a couple more pounds to carry with a laptop for classroom use - plus some odd looks for sure.
Do yourself a favor. Take notes in one notebook while in class, then that same night rewite the notes into a better format in another notebook. It will cut your study time significantly around cram time.
I wonder how they'll handle DoS, SPAM, virii, etc.
Seriously though, seems like a big security issue that could be exploited, although not easily.
Yeah, started with RedHat's "Another Level" fvwm hack to work like AfterStep with 4.2, IIRC. Later moved to Window Maker. That lasted a few years until recently when KDE 3.x won me over. Played with Gnome with Sawmill (Sawfish) for a while - Gnome didn't impress me. Sawmill/Sawfish did.
You know, you came pretty close to my thoughts when I read this. How many times are we going to recycle the same aging interfaces? How about coming up with something new and innovative - and useful. Granted, OS/2, AmigaOS, NeXTSTEP, etc. all had excellent interfaces - but they are all 10+ years old now. Is there nothing left to do in the interface world? Are next-gen interfaced doomed to be "Bob'ish" (Microsoft circa-'94, failed worse than WinME) or some "rooms" or "3d" like concept? Honestly, the best new interface concept I saw was in Minority Report!
For those that don't know, X10 is the protocol behind a lot of the Home Automation hardware out there. I've been using a Windows based software solution for a few years now - HomeSeer - and it's fantastic. Runs on my wife's Windows 2000 workstation (that is always on). I've considered Mister House many times over the past few years, but never tried it out myself.
There are X10 solutions for use in Europe as well. Here's a jumping off point:
http://www.x-10europe.com/
Good luck!
As others have pointed out, zoning limits what can and cannot be built or run on a specific property lot. The concept keeps industry away from homes and keeps people from putting up huge signs in front of their homes advertising their businesses.
The system isn't without problems though. In fact, zoning is a major contributor to traffic congestion and the deteriorating family structure here in the US - at least according to some. I tend to agree.
Zoning prevents the traditional "small town" from existing since retail areas are clearly defined as are industry/manufacturing areas and these areas almost always require some form of motorized transportation to get to from areas zoned as residential areas. All of this travel adds to congestion and adds to the amount of time needed to accomplish a task - like going to the store - leaving less time for the family.
But we in the eastern US haven't had a Jack in the Box here in almost 2 decades! All because of a little bad meat or something. Bah.
You all forget the most popular one - OS/2 is dead.
...this doesn't mean another round of migration for my calendar, address book, task list, mail client, etc.
Although they may just be engineers. An entry level programmer - regardless of his level of education - cannot really call him or herself an engineer any more than a member of an orchestra can automatically call themselves a conductor. They are different roles that are related - nothing more. To be a software engineer one needs IT experience, talent, leadership abilities, and an understanding of software development best practices not to mention a good background in mathematics and physical sciences - these develop one's ability to develop, understand, and follow complex methodoligies and algorithms. Without these skills an entry level programmer is just that - an entry level programmer. Basically someone who can write a bunch of code (or copy it) to accomplish a very direct task. The road to software engineer is a long one from there.
That just isn't fair to SuSE. Bottom line, after seven years of using Linux on a daily basis, SuSE is the best distro I've used and I'm happy to support them. In the past I've used RedHat (4.x - 5.x) and Mandrake (6.x - 9.0) and played with others like Debian. Never touched Slack, but I do respect it for what it is. I hear a lot of whining about licensing, but the only thing that really applies to is their configuration tool. Everything else is just as open as it is in any other distro.
(spanish accent) My hampster?
After using Mandrake for a few releases (6.1 - 9.0) I can honestly say the world won't - or shouldn't - miss it. It maybe nice for the Linux newbie, but even they deserve better quality that Mandrake shipped with. Out of all of those distros, I had 3D support that worked in one - 7.2 I believe. Fonts were always a complete mess. Package names were changed from their defaults (ie RedHat names) for no apparent reseaon. Bleeding edge in some ways, but a little too much bleeding and not enough edge most of the time.
Excellent points. I was thinking the same myself. Honestly, even some of the cheap commercial property I've cabled has had the tops of the walls capped for whatever reason meaning all that hot air is just going to be trapped or overflowing back into the room at best - path of least resistance and all that.
That's funny. I'm typing on an old IBM clicker now. Same keyboard I brought home when a prior employer gave me my very own 486/50 to take home about 8 years ago. I snagged four more of these keyboards when IBM stopped shipping them so I'm sure I'll never have to worry about changing keyboards. This one still has my old WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS F-key map taped to it, plus a reminder that to send a 3270 "clear" command in the old Relay Gold package I used for remote mainframe access I had to hit CTRL-HOME.
The post isn't BS, I just wanted to show that I didn't think ala carte would be cheaper for anyone - especially not for the higher end cable consumer.
I don't mind HBO being considered a part of a tier. While HBO consists of about 12 channels here (HBOHD/HBO/HBO+ East, HBO/HBO+ West, HBO Family, HBO Comedy, HBO Signature, etc.), it offers a whole lot of choices. Throw in the Showtime and Cinamax packages (probably 30 channels in all) and I'll call it a tier.
I don't want ala carte cable. It would be expensive (to manage and therefore to buy) and it would mean I would have to spend much more time picking and choosing between channels. Even at $1 per channel per month, my bill would quickly double if I picked everything I now get. I don't know how I'd pick which channels to get rid of - BBC America? VH1 Classic Rock? CNBC? No thanks, I'll take what they offer until it doesn't meet my needs any longer.
Actually, I've seen the login prompt on several Lowes terminals - it's AIX. Thought that was very cool myself.
I'm sure someone has already pointed this out, but I didn't feel like reading - or even scanning - the 400+ posts. Sorry, it's a lazy day.
Anyhow, yes, having a second identical network would make sense if it is affordable. This would be a test lab. However, would you want to recreate every node that is on the production net? Probably not.
In this case it wasn't the network that failed, but a single application that generated a ton of network traffic when it was opened. Reminds me of that old poem about computers not doing what the user wants, but only what it's told. Don't blame the net for bad software.