It's not just phones, its data too, bt kilostream services and the like. It's knocked out stuff like criminal justice systems, prisons, banks, gov.nets, council, private leased lines, and probably a load of domestic stuff too. Bt can't give us an estimated time back up, but it's been nearly 24 hours.
AIX's best strength is (IMO) the volume management. It's a very good system, and is sensible and very very stable, and also system config on aix is much simpler than other commercial unixes, as there's just one tool (smit/smitty), and everything (even raid card tools) plug into the one tool.
Really though, these days, the unified config tool is the only thing that linux can't do out of the box (although webmin is a very capable alternative, if a bit slow on older kit), as the hardware support for the power3/4 systems is pretty good. Though there's some stuff that linux can't run on ( some dpx20 Bull kit, and some motorola stuff ), that older versions of aix do.
The FCC Might have debunked it, but it seems to work over here. Some companies have started large scale trials. 2000kbps might not be a lot over there but it's still faster than the 512k/1024k that's the norm over here.
Here in the UK, major cities have had to change their numbers twice in recent years to accomodate number growth. It's not such a big deal, though. At present london numbers are 11 digits long 020x xxx xxxx , though the 020 can be omitted when dialling locally. Shouldn't the surprise be that this hasn't happened sooner?
Why not convert all your video to an widespread, reasonably open format like DivX (or better the upcoming ogg video format, though i wouldn't think penetration (forgive pun) of client software for that format would be high enough for you) And tell them to go away?
It'd be cheaper than fighting a case that you [i]should[/i] win, but might cost you lots. Unless you want to take the risk of a no-win, no-fee lawyer.
I don't know if it'll work with your cdma style phones over there, but here in the uk some mobile operators will install repeaters for you (we in our offices use o2/cellnet for our mobile services, and since inside our building has poor reception , they installed a repeater ). I think it is fairly expensive though, but effective ( i get full signal strength inside a building that is essentially a block for most other networks' signal.
IIRC (an I assume you are talking about UKonline) they've had serious trouble with parts of that site working with each other.. even now you can't use a single ID to access all of the services on that site. (Which incedentally is running on solaris 8 according to netcraft)
It sounds like it could happen to me. Don't forget that not all backups are run by techies. I work as a techie for an it services company that does work for the government. We have hundreds of sites where non-technical personnel are responsible for the changing of backup tapes. I've seen similar situations to this several times.
Just to give another aspect on this problem, I had the same thing (Rpm race, db errors etc) with Mandrake 9.0Rc1, however a reinstall of the same fixed the problem, so maybe it is corruption related?
of course that all depends on your blood-alchohol level at the time. This tending to be quite high at wedding you could experience some problems with partygoers hugging the robot, and proclaiming that it is their "Beshtest besht friend in thar whole wide world". Wonder if the robot could be programmed to recognise drunk people, and call a cab at appropriate times.
it'd be interesting to find out more information about the PIX card itself, like how it boots the OS, Is it like an IDE CF type card mounted onto that PCI Card, and if so, can you access it via another OS.. is it just a carrier for the IOS software, or does it perform other functions?
"THIMPHU, Bhutan -- Microsoft's latest venture is a localized version of its dominant Windows operating system for the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. "
I Don't see how this infringes on my rights. Changing the IMEI on a phone is very different to changing the MAC address on your ethernet card. A much better analogy would be Changing the numberplate on your car, it's used for identification and billing purposes, and all the time a car is in existance, the numberplate is with that car (alright unless you change the registration with the DVLA to a personalised one) And it's illegal to change without the proper authority (from the dvla) to do so.
I use mozilla at work on both my linux an windows boxes, why? because i can be more productive wit mozilla, tabbed browsing is the single most useful thing they've added to it, (yes i know that opera et al had it before, but opera doesn't render all the sites that I use properly, that and it's adware unless you pay ) I can't stand opening tens of browser windows in IE to look at a page of parts or a page of specs or to compare something, or even browse multiple stories on/. , when i can do the same thing with one browser window in moz. It's reasonably fast too and it doesn't seem to hog system resources like ie does. If i recall correctly there is a UI skin to make it look like IE if you really crave for that redmond look. Plus the obvious bonus of blocking popups, popunders, and window resizing as i see fit, with having some hideous little program to hack away at my system every time I open a new URL. Yes, i'm a convert to mozilla.. and there are starting to be many more (i see the %(netscape) figure on the browser statistics for my site creeping up a few percent in the last month (that's 30'000 less hits from ie), It's not perfect but it's definately on the right track.
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It's not just phones, its data too, bt kilostream services and the like. It's knocked out stuff like criminal justice systems, prisons, banks, gov.nets, council, private leased lines, and probably a load of domestic stuff too. Bt can't give us an estimated time back up, but it's been nearly 24 hours.
Go privatised monopoly.
IANAL, so this may be rubbish. but, if the GPL is declared invalid in court, wouldn't most of the code be technically unlicensed?
And if code is unlicensed wouldn't SCO (and everyone else) be unable to use it wholly until it was relicensed formally under a different license?
So if sco win, they're guilty of using unlicensed code, if they lose, they're guilty of using unlicensed code =/
AIX's best strength is (IMO) the volume management. It's a very good system, and is sensible and very very stable, and also system config on aix is much simpler than other commercial unixes, as there's just one tool (smit/smitty), and everything (even raid card tools) plug into the one tool.
Really though, these days, the unified config tool is the only thing that linux can't do out of the box (although webmin is a very capable alternative, if a bit slow on older kit), as the hardware support for the power3/4 systems is pretty good. Though there's some stuff that linux can't run on ( some dpx20 Bull kit, and some motorola stuff ), that older versions of aix do.
The FCC Might have debunked it, but it seems to work over here. Some companies have started large scale trials. 2000kbps might not be a lot over there but it's still faster than the 512k/1024k that's the norm over here.
It's simple. Sceptics are usually right.
Depends where you live. Remember, gambling isn't illegal _everywhere_, and paypal is an international entity, althoug it is based in the us.
Here in the UK, major cities have had to change their numbers twice in recent years to accomodate number growth. It's not such a big deal, though. At present london numbers are 11 digits long 020x xxx xxxx , though the 020 can be omitted when dialling locally. Shouldn't the surprise be that this hasn't happened sooner?
Why not convert all your video to an widespread, reasonably open format like DivX (or better the upcoming ogg video format, though i wouldn't think penetration (forgive pun) of client software for that format would be high enough for you) And tell them to go away? It'd be cheaper than fighting a case that you [i]should[/i] win, but might cost you lots. Unless you want to take the risk of a no-win, no-fee lawyer.
I don't know if it'll work with your cdma style phones over there, but here in the uk some mobile operators will install repeaters for you (we in our offices use o2/cellnet for our mobile services, and since inside our building has poor reception , they installed a repeater ). I think it is fairly expensive though, but effective ( i get full signal strength inside a building that is essentially a block for most other networks' signal.
IIRC (an I assume you are talking about UKonline) they've had serious trouble with parts of that site working with each other.. even now you can't use a single ID to access all of the services on that site. (Which incedentally is running on solaris 8 according to netcraft)
and the code compiles.. assuming there isn't a lot of h/w specific code.. then OSx86 not far away?
It sounds like it could happen to me. Don't forget that not all backups are run by techies. I work as a techie for an it services company that does work for the government. We have hundreds of sites where non-technical personnel are responsible for the changing of backup tapes. I've seen similar situations to this several times.
Maybe Apple Are Anticipating a Move to A CISC style processor in the future?
Just to give another aspect on this problem, I had the same thing (Rpm race, db errors etc) with Mandrake 9.0Rc1, however a reinstall of the same fixed the problem, so maybe it is corruption related?
it *was* designed by students, after all
of course that all depends on your blood-alchohol level at the time. This tending to be quite high at wedding you could experience some problems with partygoers hugging the robot, and proclaiming that it is their "Beshtest besht friend in thar whole wide world". Wonder if the robot could be programmed to recognise drunk people, and call a cab at appropriate times.
You could probably expect to see something similar to this in one of those "big brother" style tv shows..
What other applications would this have? In airports or shops to spot out suspicious behaviour without raising much attention?
it'd be interesting to find out more information about the PIX card itself, like how it boots the OS, Is it like an IDE CF type card mounted onto that PCI Card, and if so, can you access it via another OS.. is it just a carrier for the IOS software, or does it perform other functions?
Oh there is.. but let's face it, bandwidth ain't exactly cheap out here. Less than half the price in the US? Makes your overheads a lot bigger.
The Term "Nail in the coffin" comes to mind.
"THIMPHU, Bhutan -- Microsoft's latest venture is a localized version of its dominant Windows operating system for the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. "
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I Don't see how this infringes on my rights. Changing the IMEI on a phone is very different to changing the MAC address on your ethernet card. A much better analogy would be Changing the numberplate on your car, it's used for identification and billing purposes, and all the time a car is in existance, the numberplate is with that car (alright unless you change the registration with the DVLA to a personalised one) And it's illegal to change without the proper authority (from the dvla) to do so.
I use mozilla at work on both my linux an windows boxes, why? because i can be more productive wit mozilla, tabbed browsing is the single most useful thing they've added to it, (yes i know that opera et al had it before, but opera doesn't render all the sites that I use properly, that and it's adware unless you pay ) I can't stand opening tens of browser windows in IE to look at a page of parts or a page of specs or to compare something, or even browse multiple stories on /. , when i can do the same thing with one browser window in moz. It's reasonably fast too and it doesn't seem to hog system resources like ie does. If i recall correctly there is a UI skin to make it look like IE if you really crave for that redmond look. Plus the obvious bonus of blocking popups, popunders, and window resizing as i see fit, with having some hideous little program to hack away at my system every time I open a new URL. Yes, i'm a convert to mozilla.. and there are starting to be many more (i see the %(netscape) figure on the browser statistics for my site creeping up a few percent in the last month (that's 30'000 less hits from ie), It's not perfect but it's definately on the right track.
Well.. not wholly. There is still room for public opinion to sway legislation, or so I see as only a casual observer, but it's going down that road.