If I lived in Florida, not only would I stop buying my network hardware locally, I'd stop buying a lot of other computer-related stuff locally too. After all, if I'm already driving to Georgia for a NIC, why not buy the motherboard and all other bits & pieces that make up a PC while I'm there?
It's cool, yeah, but not impressive enough for me to drop $300 on. Right now it just looks like another theme for XP.
What I'd like to see is something like Visual Thesaurus, where files could be linked not only by their location within the directory structure, but also by their relationship between each other (related by author, date created, content relevance to a search phrase, etc).
I picked up this book at the local chain bookstore, and I guess I was expecting a book from a programmer's viewpoint, you know, "define an area where your players dwell with this virtual class that overrides...". The contents seemed a bit "soft" to me, but now that I know that the author comes from the liberal-arts side of academia, I guess that's understandable.
I think I'll go back and give it another peek (if it's still on the shelf when I get there - the last time there was a reviewed book on/., the shelves had been cleared of all copies that afternoon). I'm still interested in the topic, and while I'm not really a game player, I've always thought MUDS and MOOs were cool.
I'll leave my bitching about the cost of books for another post...
An earlier poster reported (and our IT staff has confirmed it) that the virus can be sent through the web-based email services like Hotmail and Yahoo mail. So in addition to filtering at the mail server, you should also block access to those sites.
And... if you are running Outlook, a good practice is to turn the Preview pane off. It won't help in this case, as the SOBIG.* payload is an attachment, but it will stop those worms/viruses that propagate via the embedded HTML in messages.
I'll probably marked as a troll, but in the interest of getting this predictable sub-topic out of the way:
Why don't you save your money up and buy one for a handicapped person or two? That way they won't have to wait for Medicare/Medicaid or their private insurance to buy it for them.
You'll get a really nice tax deduction for charitable donations, too.
Next thing you know, they'll be claiming that Kevin Mitnick transferred a copy of the SCO source to IBM when he hacked into their systems back in 1987.
Why doesn't every card and component in a system have a clearly marked indication of its power requirement?
I strongly agree. I have a PC Power & Cooling 300w PSU, and I'm wanting to build another system using it.
But I'm playing the "Gee, I wonder if it's got enough mojo in it to run a P4 with 3 7,500rpm drives?" game. Without hard numbers from the motherboard mfr and Western Digital (I'm willing to put a barely-better-than-VGA video card in it, so no worries about AGP 8x or anything), I just don't know unless I'm willing to plug it in and hope it doesn't spit flames out the back when I hit the switch.
Yeah, yeah. The folks answering the phones typically are minimum-wage drones following their scripts. What I want to know is the magic phrase to get them to forward me to 2nd level support, who presumably know more about computers & networking.
Could it be something as simple as "Free pizza if you forward me to someone smart" ??
"Requiring all mail to identify its sender would likely have a negligible impact on most users...[they] would consider such a requirement a relatively modest concession to ensure their safety"
So, how does identifying the mail that I send make me safer?
I was a little surprised to see this too. But what they did was set their memory test tool to write a set of values to the memory, wait six hours, and then compare them. What I don't know is if they (or how they!) disabled the ECC circuitry on the DIMMs themselves to prevent it from correcting the errors so their testing software could see them.
Presumably, these errors come from cosmic rays and radioactive decay (worse if you live in a masonry house!).
One thing I can personally agree with in the Anandtech review, is that PC Power & Cooling make some awesome power supplies, but they are really loud - it's like having a hovercraft in the room with you.
I picked up my 2003 Electric Blue Mini Cooper S with a white roof and the checkerboard decal last October. Only the other day did I hear about someone in my area who had the same combination. You can't get much more exclusive than that for a car that costs less than $20,000, and probably not even for cars that cost three times that!
Chip H.
I have resolved that unless it involves crossing the Mississippi river or an ocean, I would drive instead.
Advantages include:
I get to eat the meals of my choice, when I feel like eating, not when the stewardess decides I should scarf my half-frozen chicken plank down (I understand there's no meal service at all on post 9/11 flights - a step up in flight service, as far as I'm concerned)
I get to listen to my music as loud as I damn well please
Not getting groped by small Hispanic women (Boston, '98), balding men with striped polyester ties (Farmington NM, '98), or polite uniformed Brits with long fingers (Gatwick UK, '99)
A chance to meet real people, not business drones
Scenery that actually changes!
I can take a pistol with me (in most states) for self-defense
Not driving a car that screams "tourist" like a low-spec white Chevy Impala does
-- What percentage of these Web service requests are read-only "query" style, and can you use application-aware caching to return results out of RAM instead of having to hit disk for each one?
If you add enough RAM to the DB server, MSSQL will supply most of your "lookup" type values (CustomerType, US State names, ProductClass, etc) from memory. Cost as shown in a DB trace then becomes 0ms.
To original poster:
Are any COM+/EnterpriseService transactions involved? Setting up a DTC transaction is hugely expensive -- most apps only need database-level transactioning. The only time you need a DTC transaction is when multiple resource managers are involved (both DB and MessageQueuing must commit together, MSSQL and DB2 must commit together, etc). The rest of the time using ADO.NET transactioning is sufficient.
The problem is if someone is running on a forged IP address. A friend got sued because his ISP's logs showed him online at the same time someone was DOSing a site in California while using his dial-up IP address. He was out front of his house washing his car when a process server drove up and handed him his subpoena. Cost his homeowner's insurance company $10,000 to settle out of court.
There was a perfectly acceptable Libertarian candidate (Harry Browne) on the ballot in almost every state (yes, even in West Palm Beach).
So there's no reason for other Libertarians to have voted for Bush, whom most knew to be very authoritarian (in a personal liberties way, unlike Gore, who is authoritarian when it comes to personal speech).
I voted for Harry, and will vote for the Libertarian candidate in 2004, even as a write-in (North Carolina recently tightened their ballot-access and LPNC has mostly been shut out of the electorial process). I find both major parties and their candidates to be despicable.
Wired magazine several years ago had an article about some AR goggles in use at Boeing. Despite the idea that all 777's are identical, in fact they're customized for the airline they're destined for. The goggles were worn by workers who were making up wiring harnesses. They were time-savers in that they told the worker what length, color & gauge wire to run from connector "A" to connector "B" without the worker having to consult a paper wiring list. With several miles of wire in the typical jet, it reduced the number of errors that were made.
I think this is probably the correct type of work for AR goggles because it involves a specialized task that varies just enough to make it error-prone by us poor humans. AR goggles would be unsuited for something like an engine assembly line, as the engines are identical, or only have 2 or 3 variations at most, and most motions are repetitive (something which robots are good at and people aren't, but I won't go into that).
AR goggles might be useful in automotive during final assembly for luxury cars, where each car is customized for the buyer (grey leather and burl walnut, vs. black leather and carbon-fiber trim). Both BMW and Mercedes have programs where you can order a car interior *exactly* the way you want it (and you'll pay for it, too!) The cost of correcting a mistake for a custom-built car might cover the purchase price of a set of goggles.
I don't really see why they'd have to do this, technically.
It's to avoid tipping off the suspects that the cops are listening in. If only your phone is displaying the icon, you know they're watching you. If *all* phones are displaying the icon, then maybe they're watching you, or maybe they're watching the neighbors -- you don't know.
I would expect the investigation would have to be really important, or very widespread before they would order something like this. Or maybe it's just because it's Thursday.
Sounds like he could make a mint in the data security business, consulting with large firms to identify the weak points in their networks.
When laying out large redundant networks, one of the primary goals is to ensure that your primary and backup circuits don't end up in the same trench along a railroad track, or going through the same manhole access vault. I recall reading in Wired about how a Pacific sub-sea fiber optic cable operator was concerned about having both loops on the same island, much less coming ashore at the same beach.
Same applies to goverment organizations, of course. I'd like to see the Federal Reserve purchase his info, as I have an interest in making sure I get paid each month. Couldn't care less about the rest of them (INS, IRS, DHS, etc), but I'd like to see FedWire stay up.
In Mexico, it's the custom to pay una mordita, or "the little bite". I would go ahead and set up your wireless network, and reserve some cash for any nosy inspectors. It'll probably be cheaper to pay the "inspection fee" once a year than to deal with the bullshit paperwork.
Chip H.
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If I lived in Florida, not only would I stop buying my network hardware locally, I'd stop buying a lot of other computer-related stuff locally too. After all, if I'm already driving to Georgia for a NIC, why not buy the motherboard and all other bits & pieces that make up a PC while I'm there?
Chip H.
It's cool, yeah, but not impressive enough for me to drop $300 on. Right now it just looks like another theme for XP.
What I'd like to see is something like Visual Thesaurus, where files could be linked not only by their location within the directory structure, but also by their relationship between each other (related by author, date created, content relevance to a search phrase, etc).
Chip H.
I picked up this book at the local chain bookstore, and I guess I was expecting a book from a programmer's viewpoint, you know, "define an area where your players dwell with this virtual class that overrides...". The contents seemed a bit "soft" to me, but now that I know that the author comes from the liberal-arts side of academia, I guess that's understandable.
/., the shelves had been cleared of all copies that afternoon). I'm still interested in the topic, and while I'm not really a game player, I've always thought MUDS and MOOs were cool.
I think I'll go back and give it another peek (if it's still on the shelf when I get there - the last time there was a reviewed book on
I'll leave my bitching about the cost of books for another post...
Chip H.
... tracking collars for out-of-work programmers?
An earlier poster reported (and our IT staff has confirmed it) that the virus can be sent through the web-based email services like Hotmail and Yahoo mail. So in addition to filtering at the mail server, you should also block access to those sites.
And... if you are running Outlook, a good practice is to turn the Preview pane off. It won't help in this case, as the SOBIG.* payload is an attachment, but it will stop those worms/viruses that propagate via the embedded HTML in messages.
Chip H.
What's your opinion on the push-in terminals on outlets and switches?
IMO, there's just not enough contact area in there, and I try & use the screw terminals where I can.
Chip H.
Its priced out of reach of those that need it.
I'll probably marked as a troll, but in the interest of getting this predictable sub-topic out of the way:
Why don't you save your money up and buy one for a handicapped person or two? That way they won't have to wait for Medicare/Medicaid or their private insurance to buy it for them.
You'll get a really nice tax deduction for charitable donations, too.
Chip H.
Next thing you know, they'll be claiming that Kevin Mitnick transferred a copy of the SCO source to IBM when he hacked into their systems back in 1987.
Chip H.
Having trouble getting out to Windows Update. Looks like a lot of people are taking this one seriously.
Chip H.
SCO announces a record profit for the year!
Why doesn't every card and component in a system have a clearly marked indication of its power requirement?
I strongly agree. I have a PC Power & Cooling 300w PSU, and I'm wanting to build another system using it.
But I'm playing the "Gee, I wonder if it's got enough mojo in it to run a P4 with 3 7,500rpm drives?" game. Without hard numbers from the motherboard mfr and Western Digital (I'm willing to put a barely-better-than-VGA video card in it, so no worries about AGP 8x or anything), I just don't know unless I'm willing to plug it in and hope it doesn't spit flames out the back when I hit the switch.
Chip H.
Yeah, yeah. The folks answering the phones typically are minimum-wage drones following their scripts. What I want to know is the magic phrase to get them to forward me to 2nd level support, who presumably know more about computers & networking.
Could it be something as simple as "Free pizza if you forward me to someone smart" ??
Chip H.
"Requiring all mail to identify its sender would likely have a negligible impact on most users...[they] would consider such a requirement a relatively modest concession to ensure their safety"
So, how does identifying the mail that I send make me safer?
I was a little surprised to see this too. But what they did was set their memory test tool to write a set of values to the memory, wait six hours, and then compare them. What I don't know is if they (or how they!) disabled the ECC circuitry on the DIMMs themselves to prevent it from correcting the errors so their testing software could see them.
Presumably, these errors come from cosmic rays and radioactive decay (worse if you live in a masonry house!).
One thing I can personally agree with in the Anandtech review, is that PC Power & Cooling make some awesome power supplies, but they are really loud - it's like having a hovercraft in the room with you.
Chip H.
I picked up my 2003 Electric Blue Mini Cooper S with a white roof and the checkerboard decal last October. Only the other day did I hear about someone in my area who had the same combination. You can't get much more exclusive than that for a car that costs less than $20,000, and probably not even for cars that cost three times that!
Chip H.
Advantages include:
- I get to eat the meals of my choice, when I feel like eating, not when the stewardess decides I should scarf my half-frozen chicken plank down (I understand there's no meal service at all on post 9/11 flights - a step up in flight service, as far as I'm concerned)
- I get to listen to my music as loud as I damn well please
- Not getting groped by small Hispanic women (Boston, '98), balding men with striped polyester ties (Farmington NM, '98), or polite uniformed Brits with long fingers (Gatwick UK, '99)
- A chance to meet real people, not business drones
- Scenery that actually changes!
- I can take a pistol with me (in most states) for self-defense
- Not driving a car that screams "tourist" like a low-spec white Chevy Impala does
Chip H.-- What percentage of these Web service requests are read-only "query" style, and can you use application-aware caching to return results out of RAM instead of having to hit disk for each one?
If you add enough RAM to the DB server, MSSQL will supply most of your "lookup" type values (CustomerType, US State names, ProductClass, etc) from memory. Cost as shown in a DB trace then becomes 0ms.
To original poster:
Are any COM+/EnterpriseService transactions involved? Setting up a DTC transaction is hugely expensive -- most apps only need database-level transactioning. The only time you need a DTC transaction is when multiple resource managers are involved (both DB and MessageQueuing must commit together, MSSQL and DB2 must commit together, etc). The rest of the time using ADO.NET transactioning is sufficient.
Chip H.
The problem is if someone is running on a forged IP address. A friend got sued because his ISP's logs showed him online at the same time someone was DOSing a site in California while using his dial-up IP address. He was out front of his house washing his car when a process server drove up and handed him his subpoena. Cost his homeowner's insurance company $10,000 to settle out of court.
For the first few thousand customers. Now you have to pay for it.
Chip H.
What about all those people with American Express Blue cards that got free readers?
Next thing you know, Kroger will be suing people who own Cue-Cats.
Chip H.
Libertarians were all supported Bush in 2000.
There was a perfectly acceptable Libertarian candidate (Harry Browne) on the ballot in almost every state (yes, even in West Palm Beach).
So there's no reason for other Libertarians to have voted for Bush, whom most knew to be very authoritarian (in a personal liberties way, unlike Gore, who is authoritarian when it comes to personal speech).
I voted for Harry, and will vote for the Libertarian candidate in 2004, even as a write-in (North Carolina recently tightened their ballot-access and LPNC has mostly been shut out of the electorial process). I find both major parties and their candidates to be despicable.
Chip H.
Wired magazine several years ago had an article about some AR goggles in use at Boeing. Despite the idea that all 777's are identical, in fact they're customized for the airline they're destined for. The goggles were worn by workers who were making up wiring harnesses. They were time-savers in that they told the worker what length, color & gauge wire to run from connector "A" to connector "B" without the worker having to consult a paper wiring list. With several miles of wire in the typical jet, it reduced the number of errors that were made.
I think this is probably the correct type of work for AR goggles because it involves a specialized task that varies just enough to make it error-prone by us poor humans. AR goggles would be unsuited for something like an engine assembly line, as the engines are identical, or only have 2 or 3 variations at most, and most motions are repetitive (something which robots are good at and people aren't, but I won't go into that).
AR goggles might be useful in automotive during final assembly for luxury cars, where each car is customized for the buyer (grey leather and burl walnut, vs. black leather and carbon-fiber trim). Both BMW and Mercedes have programs where you can order a car interior *exactly* the way you want it (and you'll pay for it, too!) The cost of correcting a mistake for a custom-built car might cover the purchase price of a set of goggles.
Chip H.
I don't really see why they'd have to do this, technically.
It's to avoid tipping off the suspects that the cops are listening in. If only your phone is displaying the icon, you know they're watching you. If *all* phones are displaying the icon, then maybe they're watching you, or maybe they're watching the neighbors -- you don't know.
I would expect the investigation would have to be really important, or very widespread before they would order something like this. Or maybe it's just because it's Thursday.
Chip H.
Sounds like he could make a mint in the data security business, consulting with large firms to identify the weak points in their networks.
When laying out large redundant networks, one of the primary goals is to ensure that your primary and backup circuits don't end up in the same trench along a railroad track, or going through the same manhole access vault. I recall reading in Wired about how a Pacific sub-sea fiber optic cable operator was concerned about having both loops on the same island, much less coming ashore at the same beach.
Same applies to goverment organizations, of course. I'd like to see the Federal Reserve purchase his info, as I have an interest in making sure I get paid each month. Couldn't care less about the rest of them (INS, IRS, DHS, etc), but I'd like to see FedWire stay up.
In Mexico, it's the custom to pay una mordita, or "the little bite". I would go ahead and set up your wireless network, and reserve some cash for any nosy inspectors. It'll probably be cheaper to pay the "inspection fee" once a year than to deal with the bullshit paperwork. Chip H.