Turning off SSID broadcast is a far better way to keep people off your access point. They cant access what they cant see. And change your SSID from "Linksys" or "Default".
I just dont get the "802.11 is flawed" mantra that I keep hearing over and over again. A little security (WEP plus turning off SSID broadcast) is more than enough for home users. Neither JoeSix pack nor JoeSlashDotter needs military grade encryption. JoeSlashDotter seems to think he does for some reason.
The R&D of late on this chip have been aimed at highly specialized, mostly embedded, uses like set-top boxes for satellite and cable TV, networking equipment (Cisco and Nortel are big customers), and automotive systems.
Dont forget, IBM is the one that is running the PowerPC show now, not just Motorola.
I treat TiVo suggestions as another level of recording. I've got so many shows thumbed up and thumbed down at this point that TiVo suggestions works as a "I'll record this for you if I dont have anything better to do". Only on occassion does it pick up a show I've not given a thumb rating to (such a new show) and when it does it's usually VERY accurate.
If you turn off TiVo suggestions and use TiVo simply as a movie storage device (like many people seem to do). You are missing out on one it's most potentially powerful features.
and at the risk of offending the./ Gods. My submission mentioned nothing about the DCMA but it did mention his desire to share programming.
This is a very very good thing IMHO.
...the gubmint sticking their noses into an area that changes so often. How often would requirements change I'm guessing not all that often which would make the whole process nearly worthless
...another state government agency
...differentiation between states on certification
...and in the long run, some 3rd party certification company getting rich on certifications that dont mean a hill of beans.
ClearChannel, Fox, Premier, and every other major radio distribution channel on speed dial. Heck maybe even Pacifica.
If this goes down, I could see syndicated radio programs (I wont mention any by name because it will just turn into a dumn flame war, it always does) making their way onto DirecTV audio channels. Perhaps even in a way that they are only available to "mobile" subscribers who pay a premium for that service.
Not that long ago, I worked for a company that builds library automation software. I built a prototype version of our web based catalog searching application that integrated the contents of Project Gutenberg into the system. It gave the user the ability to view books available in Gutenberg online. Included pagination, bookmarking, and searching.
Showed it to the cheif architect on the project and got rave reviews, showed the marketing department, they loved it. Showed the CEO and he proceeded to chew my ass out for wasting my time and his. I showed it (secretly) to a few customers and half loved it, half hated it. But nobody was willing to try it. That's just dumb.
The moral of the story? While many prefer the feel of a book in hand even the smell, some are willing to try other things.
And have been pretty happy with it. It uses the Zinio Reader and is pretty functional. Links are clickable, which is really nice in a magazine of this ilk.
It's bookmarkable, searchable and you can write notes on it.
The only complaint I've got is that it's too faithful to the paper version. It includes all those annoying subscription and other business reply cards and they have to be turned like any other page.
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Perhaps that's more accurately described as "only adopter" crowd. This is a fact that many Mac fans wont face up to.
"Good design" is on consumers lists of possitives but it's pretty far down the list below "good price"
For some reason, Blogs have been treated as something special for a while. Perhaps it's the media attention to the phenomenom.
Blogs aren't anything special. They are just webpages that happen to get updated far more frequently than most. They still contain information, they should be treated like any other webpage.
They aren't diaries. If you keep a text file on your local machine for "blogging" purposes, that's comperable to a diary but the file you make available for all to see isn't.
No really, so? My TiVo goes a little against my normal interests from time to time in what it records for me in it's "suggestions" section. Doesn't bother me a bit. Doesn't take up any space really since those are the first programs that are deleted when space is needed for what I've told it to record.
image editing (photoshop, why bother learning the Gimp when I've been using photoshop for over 10 years), video editing (nothing on Linux comes close to Vegas Video in price, features or performance), Office (especially word and FrontPage), plus DreamWeaver
"Venture capitalists, lawyers and serial entrepreneurs drop by weekly to impart wisdom and to mentor"
If any of these "businesses" were worth a damn, the VCs would be imparting more than wisdom.
But I do like the term "serial entrepreneurs", it describes these people very well.
Privacy/Ownership issues aside? Why are they even expressing an opinion on this? Stick to making phones with nifty chat features and cool games and leave the real networking to the big boys 'kay?
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Turning off SSID broadcast is a far better way to keep people off your access point. They cant access what they cant see. And change your SSID from "Linksys" or "Default".
I just dont get the "802.11 is flawed" mantra that I keep hearing over and over again. A little security (WEP plus turning off SSID broadcast) is more than enough for home users. Neither JoeSix pack nor JoeSlashDotter needs military grade encryption. JoeSlashDotter seems to think he does for some reason.
The R&D of late on this chip have been aimed at highly specialized, mostly embedded, uses like set-top boxes for satellite and cable TV, networking equipment (Cisco and Nortel are big customers), and automotive systems.
Dont forget, IBM is the one that is running the PowerPC show now, not just Motorola.
Wouldn't it make sense to put a space for the SSID?
I treat TiVo suggestions as another level of recording. I've got so many shows thumbed up and thumbed down at this point that TiVo suggestions works as a "I'll record this for you if I dont have anything better to do". Only on occassion does it pick up a show I've not given a thumb rating to (such a new show) and when it does it's usually VERY accurate.
If you turn off TiVo suggestions and use TiVo simply as a movie storage device (like many people seem to do). You are missing out on one it's most potentially powerful features.
and at the risk of offending the ./ Gods. My submission mentioned nothing about the DCMA but it did mention his desire to share programming.
This is a very very good thing IMHO.
Without TiVo, I have to watch when they say I'll watch. Improved picture & sound quality is not worth giving up the control TiVo provides.
ClearChannel, Fox, Premier, and every other major radio distribution channel on speed dial. Heck maybe even Pacifica. If this goes down, I could see syndicated radio programs (I wont mention any by name because it will just turn into a dumn flame war, it always does) making their way onto DirecTV audio channels. Perhaps even in a way that they are only available to "mobile" subscribers who pay a premium for that service.
Case in point, unionized workers at GE are threatening to strike because they were asked to pick up ~$300 of the ~$2300 increase in health care costs.
Not that long ago, I worked for a company that builds library automation software. I built a prototype version of our web based catalog searching application that integrated the contents of Project Gutenberg into the system. It gave the user the ability to view books available in Gutenberg online. Included pagination, bookmarking, and searching.
Showed it to the cheif architect on the project and got rave reviews, showed the marketing department, they loved it. Showed the CEO and he proceeded to chew my ass out for wasting my time and his. I showed it (secretly) to a few customers and half loved it, half hated it. But nobody was willing to try it. That's just dumb.
The moral of the story? While many prefer the feel of a book in hand even the smell, some are willing to try other things.
And have been pretty happy with it. It uses the Zinio Reader and is pretty functional. Links are clickable, which is really nice in a magazine of this ilk. It's bookmarkable, searchable and you can write notes on it. The only complaint I've got is that it's too faithful to the paper version. It includes all those annoying subscription and other business reply cards and they have to be turned like any other page.
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Am I the only person left on ./ who isn't obsessed with gaming?
Computers are wonderfully useful tools for tasks other than playing games.
Perhaps that's more accurately described as "only adopter" crowd. This is a fact that many Mac fans wont face up to. "Good design" is on consumers lists of possitives but it's pretty far down the list below "good price"
For some reason, Blogs have been treated as something special for a while. Perhaps it's the media attention to the phenomenom.
Blogs aren't anything special. They are just webpages that happen to get updated far more frequently than most. They still contain information, they should be treated like any other webpage.
They aren't diaries. If you keep a text file on your local machine for "blogging" purposes, that's comperable to a diary but the file you make available for all to see isn't.
There are a lot of starbucks out there, this solution provides better automation (though is a bit more expensive.)
Not only is it priced right but it's got a MUCH better interface, better performance and comperable features.
No really, so? My TiVo goes a little against my normal interests from time to time in what it records for me in it's "suggestions" section. Doesn't bother me a bit. Doesn't take up any space really since those are the first programs that are deleted when space is needed for what I've told it to record.
image editing (photoshop, why bother learning the Gimp when I've been using photoshop for over 10 years), video editing (nothing on Linux comes close to Vegas Video in price, features or performance), Office (especially word and FrontPage), plus DreamWeaver
"Venture capitalists, lawyers and serial entrepreneurs drop by weekly to impart wisdom and to mentor" If any of these "businesses" were worth a damn, the VCs would be imparting more than wisdom. But I do like the term "serial entrepreneurs", it describes these people very well.
.... before we start making ny more plans.
I cant even register, site errors.
I agree completely. .com has become an internationalized TLD but .gov shouldn't exist at all.
Does the poster want Japense copyright law changed?
Privacy/Ownership issues aside? Why are they even expressing an opinion on this? Stick to making phones with nifty chat features and cool games and leave the real networking to the big boys 'kay?