Please explain why most papers and documents on net access over satelittle state that you can add 200-750ms of latency just for the round trip to the satelitte?
You can get many references to satellite internet access latency by doing a quick search in google. My numbers might have been a little off, but even at 1/10th of my original numbers, it still makes things like gaming, VoIP, teleconferencing, etc... (and even most VPNs) pretty much unusable (again, there are many references to this already of google).
Such a concept might be good for the average user who only surfs and does email and the occasional download, but this would absolutely totally suck for online gamers. If memory serves me right, latency for satellite net access is something like 100ms per kilometer. at 13 miles (roughly 20 kilometers), you'd be looking at 2000 ms minimum just to reach the device, and at least 2000ms from the device to the server. No thanks....
How fast will this encrypt/decrypt data? I probably have well over a gig's worth of 'sensitive' documents and data on my laptop, stored in various directories (and unfortunately the approved OS at work is winblows). Encrypting will not take mere seconds.
More often than not, when I'm not at my desk I'm a few cubicles away working with other co-workers. Sometimes I'm not away from my desk for more than 10-15 seconds. Right now if I suspect I'll be gone from my desk for a while, and it's not in plain view, I'll turn on my screensaver (password locked) with a touch of 2 keys. This system sounds like it will arbitrarilly start encrypting my data as soon as I'm outside a specified range. If I'm away for just 15-20 seconds, this seems very impractical.
Not to mention other things, like forgetting the transmitter at home (how many of us have forgotten our work passes at home once or twice?), having the battery die, etc.... On such occasions you'd be totally locked out from accessing your own data.
No thanks, this seems way too impractical for my taste. Move along, there's nothing to see here.
This past week was layoff time. 4 people I know got hit. My bonus this year: keeping my job. OUr bosses are taking us out to a bar next week, which is more than my previous boss did at my other position (we got a card, and if we wanted to attend the xmas party, we had to buy tickets). Needless to say with the layoffs, the mood will probably be gloomy.
It's a well known fact that working in an IT job is a thankless one. The only time you're noticed is when things screw up. That's the nature of the job (well at least for a WAN admin (which I was) and a sysadmin (which I am now). You accept it and move on. When you do get recognition, it's a bonus, but it's certainly not expected.
You can buy splitters for your cable and split your phone line to add another extension... But guess what. Doing it is against your contract with the phone/cable company. Doing so can incure fines and have your service cut off for breach of contract. Just because they are available at Radio Shack does not mean you can do it without the chance of repurcussion. And in fact, there are 'legal' uses of splitters and signal boosters that don't include setting up a pirated outlet.
I live in Canada. Unless you buy your blanks at chain stores like Future Shop, you won't pay 50$ for 100 blank CDs. I just bought a bundle of 100 for 18$ (all Canadian prices).
I've been playing a strategic FPS game for the last couple of months.... America's Army. Unlike most FPS games, this one requires team strategy to win. And another cool factor: It's totally free! (You can pay to order the CD, but you can download the full game online). And roughly on a monthly basis they release new maps and new weapons and such. It's an amazingly fun game.
I basically did the reverse. I used to by a WAN admin (managing an Internet backbone). 8 months ago I made the jump to SysAdmin (same company, but now managing customer-facing servers). You'll probably have better luck if you're staying within the same company then trying to get a Network Admin job at another company.
Having certs in your current field is always a good thing. It shows that you want to improve yourself and your willingness to learn. You might also want to look into getting a cert like Cisco's CCNA (which is a joke to get nowadays). It will show that you have basic knowledge of networking (CCNA covers stuff like subnetting and different network topologies and cabling and protocols, and of course, routers and switches).
If you have the extra cash, buy yourself some routers (ebay) and set up a home network (using something like OSPF or BGP; not just static routing).
Before jumping ship to my Sysadmin job, I had no real practical work experience in the *nix world. But I have alot of personal experience; running a home network, with mail server, DNS server, web server, etc... on multiple linux servers. This definately worked in my favour.
And as with any type of interview, there's more than just your knowledge; there's work ethics, willingess to learn, wanting to grow, etc... All these play into account, especially if applying for a job within the same company.
I hate to differ.
I purchased my first IBM type PC in 1990 (previous to that I had commodores) in the fall of 1990 (first year of college). At the time, the best affordable PC you could get was a 386-16 (2500$ Can). Though 486's did exist, they cost about the same as a small car.
So in this region, 386/16 was still King in 1990. 486's didn't really take off until a year or so later.
Yup, same thing happened to me.
Grade 3. The total eclipse was happening over what was lunch time. They forced everyone to stay in class. Only 1 guy with parental consent was allowed to leave (cuz his dad came to get him). They brought in a TV (you remember those, the big clunky brown TVs with shutters on 6 feet high rollers) for us to watch the eclipse. I still feel robbed.
Thousands and thousands of drivers.... and the site is easily found using Google. I swear, you'd think people "smart" enough to read slashdot would be smart enough to use a search engine. I guess I overestimate the intelligence of most people.
I've searched the net on how to do this, but I haven't been able to find anything. I'dlike to configure sendmail (and if it's not possible, then with procmail) to block any emails with a subject that does not contain any of the latin alphabet (a-z). That would cut off 50% of the spam I get (which comes from Asian countries). Anyone know if this is possible, and if so how?
I received such a deceptive mail from this company a few months ago. I'm glad our governement sees this kind of 'marketing' for what it really is: fraud. It's days like these that' I'm so proud to be Canadian:)
As the subject says, introducing a bill != law. This bill still has to be voted on by parlement. If it gets a yes vote in parlement, it must then be voted on by the Senate. I really really don't think this bill will come to pass.
That's not the country being more lenient. Drug control laws still include marijuana. What you just pointed out is the local police/RCMP not doing their jobs, since marijuana is still an illegal, controlled substance in this country. Try the same in any other city in the country and you'll either get fined or find your ass in jail. That's not leniency. That's the local law enforcement being ignorant and lazy. It's them choosing which laws to enforce and that's just plain wrong.
Hate to shatter your pre-conceptions of me, but I'm not even American; I'm proudly Canadian! And in other news, growing marijuana is illegal in most civilized countries, including Canada. We are not more lenient in regards to pot. Yes, there are currently discussions by parlement officials to make pot legal, but at this time it's only talk and surveys. There are no proposed bill to legalize marijuana (legalized medicinal uses notwithstanding, which is already legal. But only 400 people out of 24 million are allowed to use it by law).
And the CRTC, which is our equivalent to the FCC, is far more stringent and draconian in comparison to the FCC.
And my sarcasm was an almost word-for word translation of the original poster's Ask Slashdot. DEA is the first thing that came to mind. So stop taking things so seriously. I was simply trying to show the editors of slashdot that have been posting really stupid "ask Slashdots" that the post was asking on how to do an illegal activity. Simply substituting pirate radiowaves for narcotics, both illegal in the US, showed that there was very little difference between the article they posted and my comment. (and before you go ranting again about it being US-centric again, the original article specifically mentioned the FCC, which is American).
So open your mouth, take out your foot, and put in the other one.
Dear Slashdot,
I would like to make my own hydroponics bay to grow pot (on the cheap) that people would smoke up and get a cheap buzz. I want to make it hands off (so I dont have to be there to watch them grow). I was thinking of using some old 15" monitors for lighting and a handful of CPUs for heat. Is there software packages that can control the local environment, add soil nutrients (and mix the soil) and send out a loud alarm if the cops show up? Please keep in mind this is a technical question not a question about DEA laws.
I think the way copyright works needs a major reform. Here's a few examples on how I think copyright could be reformed. (all numbers are just fictitious for the point of the argument and may not all work in conjunction).
* Standard copyright is 35 years. Everything falls into this.
* If something is still being produced. IE: Mickey Mouse, Superman comics, etc... by the original company/owner (Disney, DC Comics), copyrights for those works/characters can be extended up to 100 years.>BR>
* There should be different copyrights for different mediums: litterature, movies, music would all have different lenghts of time for a copyright.
Just a few ideas. I'm sure the lot of you have other ones that may be better than this.
Slashdot Mirror
Please explain why most papers and documents on net access over satelittle state that you can add 200-750ms of latency just for the round trip to the satelitte?
You can get many references to satellite internet access latency by doing a quick search in google. My numbers might have been a little off, but even at 1/10th of my original numbers, it still makes things like gaming, VoIP, teleconferencing, etc... (and even most VPNs) pretty much unusable (again, there are many references to this already of google).
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http://www.t1-t3-dsl-line.com/page/43/
http://www.computeruser.com/articles/2106,2,1,2,0
http://www.dslreports.com/speed
Such a concept might be good for the average user who only surfs and does email and the occasional download, but this would absolutely totally suck for online gamers. If memory serves me right, latency for satellite net access is something like 100ms per kilometer. at 13 miles (roughly 20 kilometers), you'd be looking at 2000 ms minimum just to reach the device, and at least 2000ms from the device to the server. No thanks....
I don't see this as being very practical.
How fast will this encrypt/decrypt data? I probably have well over a gig's worth of 'sensitive' documents and data on my laptop, stored in various directories (and unfortunately the approved OS at work is winblows). Encrypting will not take mere seconds.
More often than not, when I'm not at my desk I'm a few cubicles away working with other co-workers. Sometimes I'm not away from my desk for more than 10-15 seconds. Right now if I suspect I'll be gone from my desk for a while, and it's not in plain view, I'll turn on my screensaver (password locked) with a touch of 2 keys. This system sounds like it will arbitrarilly start encrypting my data as soon as I'm outside a specified range. If I'm away for just 15-20 seconds, this seems very impractical. Not to mention other things, like forgetting the transmitter at home (how many of us have forgotten our work passes at home once or twice?), having the battery die, etc.... On such occasions you'd be totally locked out from accessing your own data.
No thanks, this seems way too impractical for my taste. Move along, there's nothing to see here.
I was disappointed to find that this was an article, and not a new show on Fox.
This past week was layoff time. 4 people I know got hit. My bonus this year: keeping my job. OUr bosses are taking us out to a bar next week, which is more than my previous boss did at my other position (we got a card, and if we wanted to attend the xmas party, we had to buy tickets). Needless to say with the layoffs, the mood will probably be gloomy.
It's a well known fact that working in an IT job is a thankless one. The only time you're noticed is when things screw up. That's the nature of the job (well at least for a WAN admin (which I was) and a sysadmin (which I am now). You accept it and move on. When you do get recognition, it's a bonus, but it's certainly not expected.
Damn this is old news. This was announced like 2-3 months ago.
I don't know about the US, but here in Canada....
You can buy splitters for your cable and split your phone line to add another extension... But guess what. Doing it is against your contract with the phone/cable company. Doing so can incure fines and have your service cut off for breach of contract. Just because they are available at Radio Shack does not mean you can do it without the chance of repurcussion. And in fact, there are 'legal' uses of splitters and signal boosters that don't include setting up a pirated outlet.
Doing so is theft of service, plain and simple.
I live in Canada. Unless you buy your blanks at chain stores like Future Shop, you won't pay 50$ for 100 blank CDs. I just bought a bundle of 100 for 18$ (all Canadian prices).
I've been playing a strategic FPS game for the last couple of months.... America's Army. Unlike most FPS games, this one requires team strategy to win. And another cool factor: It's totally free! (You can pay to order the CD, but you can download the full game online). And roughly on a monthly basis they release new maps and new weapons and such. It's an amazingly fun game.
I basically did the reverse. I used to by a WAN admin (managing an Internet backbone). 8 months ago I made the jump to SysAdmin (same company, but now managing customer-facing servers). You'll probably have better luck if you're staying within the same company then trying to get a Network Admin job at another company.
Having certs in your current field is always a good thing. It shows that you want to improve yourself and your willingness to learn. You might also want to look into getting a cert like Cisco's CCNA (which is a joke to get nowadays). It will show that you have basic knowledge of networking (CCNA covers stuff like subnetting and different network topologies and cabling and protocols, and of course, routers and switches).
If you have the extra cash, buy yourself some routers (ebay) and set up a home network (using something like OSPF or BGP; not just static routing).
Before jumping ship to my Sysadmin job, I had no real practical work experience in the *nix world. But I have alot of personal experience; running a home network, with mail server, DNS server, web server, etc... on multiple linux servers. This definately worked in my favour.
And as with any type of interview, there's more than just your knowledge; there's work ethics, willingess to learn, wanting to grow, etc... All these play into account, especially if applying for a job within the same company.
Hmm, oh yeah, I know why it seems familiar!
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/19520
Maybe Slashdot 'editors' should be required to use the Slashdot search before submitting articles?
I hate to differ. I purchased my first IBM type PC in 1990 (previous to that I had commodores) in the fall of 1990 (first year of college). At the time, the best affordable PC you could get was a 386-16 (2500$ Can). Though 486's did exist, they cost about the same as a small car. So in this region, 386/16 was still King in 1990. 486's didn't really take off until a year or so later.
Yup, same thing happened to me. Grade 3. The total eclipse was happening over what was lunch time. They forced everyone to stay in class. Only 1 guy with parental consent was allowed to leave (cuz his dad came to get him). They brought in a TV (you remember those, the big clunky brown TVs with shutters on 6 feet high rollers) for us to watch the eclipse. I still feel robbed.
http://www.driverguide.com/
Thousands and thousands of drivers.... and the site is easily found using Google. I swear, you'd think people "smart" enough to read slashdot would be smart enough to use a search engine. I guess I overestimate the intelligence of most people.
Isn't it funny how almost everything in life can somehow be related to the Simpsons?
This is on topic, I swear!
I've searched the net on how to do this, but I haven't been able to find anything. I'dlike to configure sendmail (and if it's not possible, then with procmail) to block any emails with a subject that does not contain any of the latin alphabet (a-z). That would cut off 50% of the spam I get (which comes from Asian countries). Anyone know if this is possible, and if so how?
I received such a deceptive mail from this company a few months ago. I'm glad our governement sees this kind of 'marketing' for what it really is: fraud. It's days like these that' I'm so proud to be Canadian :)
Please mod this up. There's no way this is a troll post. It was hilarious! Should be +1 funny
As the subject says, introducing a bill != law. This bill still has to be voted on by parlement. If it gets a yes vote in parlement, it must then be voted on by the Senate. I really really don't think this bill will come to pass.
That's not the country being more lenient. Drug control laws still include marijuana. What you just pointed out is the local police/RCMP not doing their jobs, since marijuana is still an illegal, controlled substance in this country. Try the same in any other city in the country and you'll either get fined or find your ass in jail. That's not leniency. That's the local law enforcement being ignorant and lazy. It's them choosing which laws to enforce and that's just plain wrong.
Hate to shatter your pre-conceptions of me, but I'm not even American; I'm proudly Canadian! And in other news, growing marijuana is illegal in most civilized countries, including Canada. We are not more lenient in regards to pot. Yes, there are currently discussions by parlement officials to make pot legal, but at this time it's only talk and surveys. There are no proposed bill to legalize marijuana (legalized medicinal uses notwithstanding, which is already legal. But only 400 people out of 24 million are allowed to use it by law).
And the CRTC, which is our equivalent to the FCC, is far more stringent and draconian in comparison to the FCC.
And my sarcasm was an almost word-for word translation of the original poster's Ask Slashdot. DEA is the first thing that came to mind. So stop taking things so seriously. I was simply trying to show the editors of slashdot that have been posting really stupid "ask Slashdots" that the post was asking on how to do an illegal activity. Simply substituting pirate radiowaves for narcotics, both illegal in the US, showed that there was very little difference between the article they posted and my comment. (and before you go ranting again about it being US-centric again, the original article specifically mentioned the FCC, which is American).
So open your mouth, take out your foot, and put in the other one.
Dear Slashdot, I would like to make my own hydroponics bay to grow pot (on the cheap) that people would smoke up and get a cheap buzz. I want to make it hands off (so I dont have to be there to watch them grow). I was thinking of using some old 15" monitors for lighting and a handful of CPUs for heat. Is there software packages that can control the local environment, add soil nutrients (and mix the soil) and send out a loud alarm if the cops show up? Please keep in mind this is a technical question not a question about DEA laws.
I think the way copyright works needs a major reform. Here's a few examples on how I think copyright could be reformed. (all numbers are just fictitious for the point of the argument and may not all work in conjunction).
* Standard copyright is 35 years. Everything falls into this.
* If something is still being produced. IE: Mickey Mouse, Superman comics, etc... by the original company/owner (Disney, DC Comics), copyrights for those works/characters can be extended up to 100 years.>BR> * There should be different copyrights for different mediums: litterature, movies, music would all have different lenghts of time for a copyright. Just a few ideas. I'm sure the lot of you have other ones that may be better than this.