.. didn't accidentally update all their core routers with buggy firmware like a major UK ASDL provider did, knocking out most of the UK's ADSL for best part of a day..
And with such financial issues hovering over this such companys head, who knows if they UK might get hit by the same deal?. Let's hope not.
Ok so, sure, I may have been barking up the wrong tree.. Anti-spam sounds like a fair reason, but even still, the technology in place could possibly be used (or being used) for RIP..
I know a guy who owned a car spares store near where I lived.. One day he decided (through bitching from his daugher, who was getting all techie at school), to move into the IT industry.
So, he signed up for an MCSE course, got the books, setup the boxes at home, and sure enough a year later YATE was born (Yet Another Textbook Engineer)..
I'd say this guy was in his late 40's and is probably earning about £250 per day contracting.. Not exactly Unix, but a similar path.. I wonder if the recession here in London will do to the YATE's..
To be honest.. I find the whole RIP bill disgusting.. It's a complete violation of your privacy.. but saying this is nothing new and I won't go there..
One things i've noticed though, is the amount of UK ISP's (Freeserve, AOL to name two), to me, seem to be abusing their shadow proxies (cisco cache engines I presume)..
For, whilst using AOL or FreeServe, you try and telnet to _any_ outside mailserver on port 25, you get their mailserver. It's actually _impossible_ to get to any other SMTP service whilst dialled-up with one of these ISP's.
Now, sure this could be because they're attempting to optimize their network, but on the other hand, they could have their SMTP relays configured to store/cache messages locally - ideal for RIP bill investigations..
One thing this article fails to mention is how much it actually cost to get this thing into space..
I know the government do some projects, however I don't know the specifics, for schools/education environments.. Saw something on slash a while back on this.. But sure, this device may have cost 1/10th the cost of a full NASA satellite, but the launching costs would have been the same, which in all reality is probably more than the cost of the proper version satellite in the first place!
Yeah.. from what I read and saw in this morning Metro, the 'astronauts' didn't have any kind of parachute.. and they actually sit _on top_ of their 'shuttle' strapped to the bottom of this huge ballon..
Not that i've actually done this myself, but strapping yourself to the top of what looks like a dingy and going up to 130,000+ft in the air - surely that's a recipe for some white-knuckle turbulence?
Something I saw once on TV from one of these transatlantic balloon flights.. Concord flew a couple of thousand feet above them and the sonic boom/shockwaves made the cabin attached to the ballon literally jump up into the ballon and then back down again (lucky the string didn't snap!).. That'd be one hell of a ride in this ride-on-ballon....
It wasn't actually that long ago that me and a few mates were contemplating jumping in the car and driving down to the city armed with a few laptops with wireless nic's, set to DHCP AUTO mode!
Seems a few people are doing this already and could be extremely dangerous. I wonder when the new 'hacking' or 'anti-terrorist' acts will come into place to stop you 'snooping public airspace for network availability' - it's bound to happen.
I suppose that if you stand outside of a companys building, obtain an IP address on their wireless network and are able to browse parts of their internal LAN, you have gained illegal access. Or would the case be that the company has given public access to their network because it's not encrypted or protected enough? Fun debate.
I understand the use of Java and how it is cross-platform etc., but ultimately Windows CE is upgradeable, but sure, not cross-platform.
The comparison I was trying to make was; in one hand you have a sharp strongarm unit running linux with some form of java environment, and in the other hand you have a similar spec unit (iPaq for example) running Windows CE with software using software built on it's own native api's..
Well, I'm sure I can vote for a lot of people here when I say that the 'owners' of the.CX TLD will most certainly be voted out by at least 99% of their customers.
Back in the old days when Planet3 used to run this TLD, things were great. Yeah sure, you may call them a little bit slack at a professional business level (email favours, quick fixes etc.) but their management console was very simply to use and didn't hinder the user in any way. Great.
But then the wonderful people who reside on Christmas Island (small island near Australia I believe) decided they wanted their TLD back in their control and pretty much dismissed Planet3 of any association.
That's when it all went wrong. DOTCX (or whatever they named themselves) had no clue about managing a TLD. How on earth did this get pass ICANN? Why did the decision get made at ICANN to allow these idiots to have control of a well establish, popular TLD.. God knows..
I'm not too sure of the current status - The last time I looked, DOTCX were still looking for registrars to sell their domains and manage DNS, from the prerequisits I noticed on their site, they still probably don't have anyone..
One of the more frustrating issues from this complete cock-up from ICANN was that when your current.CX domain expires - if DOTCX don't have any registrars, you loose your domain! *poof* and are unable to re-register it or continue to pay your annual subscription as there is noone available to take your cash.
Fortunately, either through incompetance of good-will, my.CX domain which was due to expire in May this year, is still active and I have not been contacted either way for renewal or notifications of expiry. I suppose that's good but still leaves this huge shadow of doubt.
So, what can ICANN do about it? Make more decisions like this? The idea of domain users voting for certain things sounds like a good idea, surely it could help avoid situations like the.CX fiasco, but then you run into many more complicated situations would could take _even longer_ to resolve. It's hard enough to resolve issues with ICANN and it's members, let alone with the rest of the world polling away...
Maybe if NASA has spent it's budget more wisely, on perhaps investing more money into these kind of developments and research rather than wasting it on kamikazee projects and shuttle launchings, we'd probably be on Mars by now...
As commented above, MSIE is the current standard for browsers. Why do you think they force people to use Internet Explorer to view MSN and other sites?
One possible answer to this relates to the reasons why IE is the most popular browser:
Functionality.
MSIE supports a lot more (yes, call it MS breaking the rules as you please) features and functionality. Sure, W3 would go bananas - and probably have - but ultimately the company which created these new standards would surely want to use these extra features (some dhtml/layers - not sure on specifics) on their own site.
Remember, MSN is going to be the main gateway for.NET MyServices - MSN is MS's web venture and will surely want to portray the array of leading technologies.. They'd be stupid not to..
My point (maybe not very clear) was that Microsoft are venturing into the web from a different angle. I'm not saying that this should be all people should use - I used the failed dotcom model as an example of what Microsoft are trying to avoid.
As yourself, I and the majority of web users indulge and reap the benefits from the resources available on the web, news, downloads, resources, etc etc. It's all great. But Microsoft are a large corporate who's goal is to make money and grow - it's not a small non-profit making news site on the web.
People really need to take a look at what exactly they compare M$ against - the majority of stuff that I read is comparing apples and oranges..
I think these prices are fair for what you're getting.. You have to actually look at what it is you're getting, rather than instantly comparing it to other things, like open source.
Personally, I believe that if something is good enough, it is worth paying for. Look at Hotmail, the largest free online email service - it's a pretty good deal, it's never down really and you get a lot of features.. Now if you wanted to implement this kind of service into a more corporate environment, surely you'd expect to pay for it?
The extra charges for customized solutions and support - what's the problem with that? Anyone in the market for purchasing bespoke solutions would budget for obtaining a customized product and excellent support services - I know that there are hundreds, probably thousands of companies out there making bespoke solutions that charge an absolute fortune for it, and then totally extortionate the client when it comes to post-sale support..
I think Microsoft are getting their shit together with this and do have a good focus on the future. With the failings of the dotcom model, someone needs to start using the web for just more than a bunch of websites offering resources and to put this emmence network to some practical use...NET/Hailstorm/MyServices is a new business idea which is benefiting from the Internet and will offer companies a good service..
Yeah, Sun may try and compete. They may try and compete against Passport. True, Passport isn't widely used on 3rd party websites - but with the integration with.NET - this intergration count will surely go up.
And at the end of the day, you're not being forced into using it. You can still go off and use whatever technologies and platform you wish. You may opt to not pay for such services, but if I went to a garage to get my car serviced and was told it was free, i'd be rather dubious about the quality...
I wonder who's going to be the first brainiac (sorry, excessive VC funded mulch) to try and build some form of network using sound and water as the carrier..
Imagine it in 5 years.. Worldcom advertising "dark water" - buy your unused water now for $$$$, expect high latency!
I suppose you've got a lot of bandwidth (wetwidth?)
I remember reading an article in a computer magazine back in about 1981.. Around this time the Acorn Atom was the computer to have - and fortunately for the ubergeek of the 80's, you were able to purchase this wonderful machine in a Kit form (basically a pile of components, case and a pcb)..
Whilst sifting through the readers letters section I had found, quite amusingly, that someone had complained to the BBC (who I believe where manufacturing these computers at the time) that his newly built Acorn Atom kit did not work -
Turns out he'd glued the components onto the PCB using epoxy.
Maybe they forgot the instructions in the box? I have no idea, but I truly cannot imagine anyone even contemplating to build a computer from a kit if they had no clue whatsoever what the general electronics involvement would have been..
Next Month: "Build your own raid cabinet using balsa wood!"
Slashdot Mirror
.. didn't accidentally update all their core routers with buggy firmware like a major UK ASDL provider did, knocking out most of the UK's ADSL for best part of a day..
And with such financial issues hovering over this such companys head, who knows if they UK might get hit by the same deal?. Let's hope not.
... ISP..
I wonder who will be the first to release a 1U rack mount case for use with the XBOX internals?
At 1/3 the cost of a Cobalt RAQ, and technically superior, this seems a pretty good candidate..
Does anyone know of any restrictions in place on the XBOX that could stop it's use as a webserver or other similar device? I've not heard of any.
... lived in Australia..
;)
Unfortunately the 2 weeks of Sun we get in the UK doesn't quite enable us to do such activities
.. these can make 7of9 :)
Ok so, sure, I may have been barking up the wrong tree.. Anti-spam sounds like a fair reason, but even still, the technology in place could possibly be used (or being used) for RIP..
"Killing a bird with one stone.."
I know a guy who owned a car spares store near where I lived.. One day he decided (through bitching from his daugher, who was getting all techie at school), to move into the IT industry.
So, he signed up for an MCSE course, got the books, setup the boxes at home, and sure enough a year later YATE was born (Yet Another Textbook Engineer)..
I'd say this guy was in his late 40's and is probably earning about £250 per day contracting.. Not exactly Unix, but a similar path.. I wonder if the recession here in London will do to the YATE's..
To be honest.. I find the whole RIP bill disgusting.. It's a complete violation of your privacy.. but saying this is nothing new and I won't go there..
One things i've noticed though, is the amount of UK ISP's (Freeserve, AOL to name two), to me, seem to be abusing their shadow proxies (cisco cache engines I presume)..
For, whilst using AOL or FreeServe, you try and telnet to _any_ outside mailserver on port 25, you get their mailserver. It's actually _impossible_ to get to any other SMTP service whilst dialled-up with one of these ISP's.
Now, sure this could be because they're attempting to optimize their network, but on the other hand, they could have their SMTP relays configured to store/cache messages locally - ideal for RIP bill investigations..
Scary thought..
... all I can say is that we've got an Xbox demo stand downstairs in the lobby and it's pretty damn cool ;)
$5 a go, anyone?
One thing this article fails to mention is how much it actually cost to get this thing into space..
I know the government do some projects, however I don't know the specifics, for schools/education environments.. Saw something on slash a while back on this.. But sure, this device may have cost 1/10th the cost of a full NASA satellite, but the launching costs would have been the same, which in all reality is probably more than the cost of the proper version satellite in the first place!
Yeah.. from what I read and saw in this morning Metro, the 'astronauts' didn't have any kind of parachute.. and they actually sit _on top_ of their 'shuttle' strapped to the bottom of this huge ballon..
Not that i've actually done this myself, but strapping yourself to the top of what looks like a dingy and going up to 130,000+ft in the air - surely that's a recipe for some white-knuckle turbulence?
Something I saw once on TV from one of these transatlantic balloon flights.. Concord flew a couple of thousand feet above them and the sonic boom/shockwaves made the cabin attached to the ballon literally jump up into the ballon and then back down again (lucky the string didn't snap!).. That'd be one hell of a ride in this ride-on-ballon....
It wasn't actually that long ago that me and a few mates were contemplating jumping in the car and driving down to the city armed with a few laptops with wireless nic's, set to DHCP AUTO mode!
Seems a few people are doing this already and could be extremely dangerous. I wonder when the new 'hacking' or 'anti-terrorist' acts will come into place to stop you 'snooping public airspace for network availability' - it's bound to happen.
I suppose that if you stand outside of a companys building, obtain an IP address on their wireless network and are able to browse parts of their internal LAN, you have gained illegal access. Or would the case be that the company has given public access to their network because it's not encrypted or protected enough? Fun debate.
# bring back VHF scanners.. echo delta charlie..
Hi,
That wasn't really the comparison I was making.
I understand the use of Java and how it is cross-platform etc., but ultimately Windows CE is upgradeable, but sure, not cross-platform.
The comparison I was trying to make was; in one hand you have a sharp strongarm unit running linux with some form of java environment, and in the other hand you have a similar spec unit (iPaq for example) running Windows CE with software using software built on it's own native api's..
What would be faster? That's the question..
I wonder what the RIAA would say when they came into work and found a huge colour printed Map like this on their desk?
Well, I'm sure I can vote for a lot of people here when I say that the 'owners' of the .CX TLD will most certainly be voted out by at least 99% of their customers.
.CX domain expires - if DOTCX don't have any registrars, you loose your domain! *poof* and are unable to re-register it or continue to pay your annual subscription as there is noone available to take your cash.
.CX domain which was due to expire in May this year, is still active and I have not been contacted either way for renewal or notifications of expiry. I suppose that's good but still leaves this huge shadow of doubt.
.CX fiasco, but then you run into many more complicated situations would could take _even longer_ to resolve. It's hard enough to resolve issues with ICANN and it's members, let alone with the rest of the world polling away...
Back in the old days when Planet3 used to run this TLD, things were great. Yeah sure, you may call them a little bit slack at a professional business level (email favours, quick fixes etc.) but their management console was very simply to use and didn't hinder the user in any way. Great.
But then the wonderful people who reside on Christmas Island (small island near Australia I believe) decided they wanted their TLD back in their control and pretty much dismissed Planet3 of any association.
That's when it all went wrong. DOTCX (or whatever they named themselves) had no clue about managing a TLD. How on earth did this get pass ICANN? Why did the decision get made at ICANN to allow these idiots to have control of a well establish, popular TLD.. God knows..
I'm not too sure of the current status - The last time I looked, DOTCX were still looking for registrars to sell their domains and manage DNS, from the prerequisits I noticed on their site, they still probably don't have anyone..
One of the more frustrating issues from this complete cock-up from ICANN was that when your current
Fortunately, either through incompetance of good-will, my
So, what can ICANN do about it? Make more decisions like this? The idea of domain users voting for certain things sounds like a good idea, surely it could help avoid situations like the
My 2 quid.
I'm no expert in Java or anything, but can a similar spec device to the Compaq iPaq expect to run faster using Java than Windows CE?
Has anyone got any such benchmarks?
From my experience with Java (or perhaps, _bad_ java coders), it's slower than native Windows coding.
Hm,
Thanks for your 'interesting' reply.
Couple of things:
a) I'm not American.
b) I have no interest in US Congress.
However, I have been to KSC and it was rather boring.
Thanks, and please use more brain power on your next response..
Maybe if NASA has spent it's budget more wisely, on perhaps investing more money into these kind of developments and research rather than wasting it on kamikazee projects and shuttle launchings, we'd probably be on Mars by now...
Surely any that has _tried_ to use DOS/16-Bit applications under Windows NT and Windows 2000 would be grateful that DOS is being phazed out with XP..
:)
DOS Virtual Machine? I'd rather not sit there burning up my CPU at 100% load just to run edit.com.
Hurrah for the demise of the Windows command line
C:\>pkg_add bash2.02.tar.gz
'pkg_add' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
As commented above, MSIE is the current standard for browsers. Why do you think they force people to use Internet Explorer to view MSN and other sites?
.NET MyServices - MSN is MS's web venture and will surely want to portray the array of leading technologies.. They'd be stupid not to..
One possible answer to this relates to the reasons why IE is the most popular browser:
Functionality.
MSIE supports a lot more (yes, call it MS breaking the rules as you please) features and functionality. Sure, W3 would go bananas - and probably have - but ultimately the company which created these new standards would surely want to use these extra features (some dhtml/layers - not sure on specifics) on their own site.
Remember, MSN is going to be the main gateway for
Me come from United Kingdom. We no have wireless.
karma -1
Of course, you're correct.
My point (maybe not very clear) was that Microsoft are venturing into the web from a different angle. I'm not saying that this should be all people should use - I used the failed dotcom model as an example of what Microsoft are trying to avoid.
As yourself, I and the majority of web users indulge and reap the benefits from the resources available on the web, news, downloads, resources, etc etc. It's all great. But Microsoft are a large corporate who's goal is to make money and grow - it's not a small non-profit making news site on the web.
People really need to take a look at what exactly they compare M$ against - the majority of stuff that I read is comparing apples and oranges..
Good Stuff.
I think these prices are fair for what you're getting.. You have to actually look at what it is you're getting, rather than instantly comparing it to other things, like open source.
.NET/Hailstorm/MyServices is a new business idea which is benefiting from the Internet and will offer companies a good service..
.NET - this intergration count will surely go up.
Personally, I believe that if something is good enough, it is worth paying for. Look at Hotmail, the largest free online email service - it's a pretty good deal, it's never down really and you get a lot of features.. Now if you wanted to implement this kind of service into a more corporate environment, surely you'd expect to pay for it?
The extra charges for customized solutions and support - what's the problem with that? Anyone in the market for purchasing bespoke solutions would budget for obtaining a customized product and excellent support services - I know that there are hundreds, probably thousands of companies out there making bespoke solutions that charge an absolute fortune for it, and then totally extortionate the client when it comes to post-sale support..
I think Microsoft are getting their shit together with this and do have a good focus on the future. With the failings of the dotcom model, someone needs to start using the web for just more than a bunch of websites offering resources and to put this emmence network to some practical use..
Yeah, Sun may try and compete. They may try and compete against Passport. True, Passport isn't widely used on 3rd party websites - but with the integration with
And at the end of the day, you're not being forced into using it. You can still go off and use whatever technologies and platform you wish. You may opt to not pay for such services, but if I went to a garage to get my car serviced and was told it was free, i'd be rather dubious about the quality...
I wonder who's going to be the first brainiac (sorry, excessive VC funded mulch) to try and build some form of network using sound and water as the carrier..
Imagine it in 5 years.. Worldcom advertising "dark water" - buy your unused water now for $$$$, expect high latency!
I suppose you've got a lot of bandwidth (wetwidth?)
Talking about building your own computers..
I remember reading an article in a computer magazine back in about 1981.. Around this time the Acorn Atom was the computer to have - and fortunately for the ubergeek of the 80's, you were able to purchase this wonderful machine in a Kit form (basically a pile of components, case and a pcb)..
Whilst sifting through the readers letters section I had found, quite amusingly, that someone had complained to the BBC (who I believe where manufacturing these computers at the time) that his newly built Acorn Atom kit did not work -
Turns out he'd glued the components onto the PCB using epoxy.
Maybe they forgot the instructions in the box? I have no idea, but I truly cannot imagine anyone even contemplating to build a computer from a kit if they had no clue whatsoever what the general electronics involvement would have been..
Next Month: "Build your own raid cabinet using balsa wood!"
Unfortunately as soon as one particular manufacturer dominates the market they get branded as a monopolizer and banished to the pit of eternal stench.
So 6 month turnaround on technology is the only answer to a companies success (I won't mention extra revenue from new versions etc etc.)