This is typical of IBM; they have always gravitated towards the docking station instead of building bulky devices on board. They expect the user to dock the device for charging and stationary usage, and mobilize it when making rounds, or whatever. http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/P roductDisplay?catalogId=-840&langId=-1&partNumber= 250610U&storeId=10000001 This is the docking station for the X41, including a cd-rw/dvd-rom drive. Perhaps you guys should investigate available accessories before beating on IBM's choice of how to design a tablet pc;-).
Also, to all you guys beating on the IBM/Lenovo thing- IBM designed this thing. Lenovo was simply in charge when it made it to market.
I guess what I'm questioning is why the L3 folks don't remove the Cogent peering routes they're advertising, and allow their traffic to take other paths through other peers (say, Sprint to WorldCom to Cogent) instead of causing this blackout. I understand it's 'corporate chicken' but they could accomplish the same thing without inconveniencing their customers, I would think.
I guess I don't understand why either provider isn't changing their routing tables, shucking all of (say, in L3's case) the Cogent-destined traffic out to the public internet. Instead of inconveniencing your customers, wouldn't it make more sense to make some temporary routing changes, that might end up costing you a little more in traffic, but will prevent these 'blackouts' of network areas to customers with backbone access from that provider.
Can someone explain why this isn't as easy as I think it is?
Voice calls which transit a Lucent 5ESS switch generally get touched by many UNIX based systems, of which there are at least 2 of every server which process the result independantly and compare answers. That's the environment I work in.
I think, personally, that a mixture between clustering and fault tolerance is best. Sell systems with multiple redundant processors and high levels of fault tolerance, and cluster them together 3 or 5 ways, and you'd have a highly bulletproof setup.
I'm involved in a 'new technology' pilot for the IT department in my company, a Fortune 100 presence, and they're looking to force this down our throats. I'm a consulting network engineer, and I have a distinct need to be able to install a very large suite of custom applications, as well as make changes to network settings, etc. as part of my daily work. I can understand the potential security risks, but if it makes me unable to do my job producing revenue for the company, it's an unacceptable change.
Well, what needs to happen is that similar to PodCasts, we need to have RSS feeds of these shows, and then build RSS Aggregation into MythTV and similar apps. This would enable the download of any RSS feeds desired, or the browsing of feeds in real time, and so on.
I just got my bag back from JanSport... my old one was dead, sent it in, and voila, brand new bag. It's huge, and waterproof. Inside, a padded pocket for laptop with a big spongy base. I love it!
Contents: Older than Dirt IBM T23 1GhZ 512mb ram 15" display 30gb drive 2x Power Bricks for same Mini-Tripod 2.4ghz 8dbi omni antenna 3x Orinoco 802.11b cards 1x Logitech Optical Mouse 1x UltraBay Floppy Drive IBM UltraPort WebCam 1x 25' ethernet cable 1x 16' ethernet cable 2x 3' ethernet cable 2x 6' crossover ethernet cable 1x Null Modem Adapter 1x RS-232 DB25F-DB9F 5x Console Cable (Cisco, Lucent, Nortel, etc.) 6' USB cable 1 large bag of assorted gender benders/ethernet mating connectors/DB9-RJ45/etc. 1 cd case of useful CDs (Fedora install/Linux Rescue/etc) 1 1gb USB flash disk Cellphone charging brick Olympus D-360 cheap-ass digicam w/ 1gb flash 1gb flash MPIO MP3 Player Sony behind-the-head headphones Medkit (Immodium, No-Doz, Tums, Tagamet, Tylenol Severe Allergy, Halls, Halls Active sore-throat lozenges, Vicodin, Motrin, Aleve) 2 decks of cards 4 pens (Pilot 0.7mm Gel pens) 2 notebooks (one scratch, one recording) Lip Balm Lots of Dentyne Ice Peppermint Assortment of AA and AAA batteries Sewing Kit (clothes repair)
I know my shix is pretty random, but it does the job. I spend ~300 days a year on the road doing networking work.
One thing I noticed also is holmes in TFA says he uses his wireless mouse on the plane... that's against FAA rules, no radio transmitting equipment may be used while flight is in progress. Infrared is fine, but not RF emitting devices.
Actually, building a 5+ story CO/MTSO with generators on the top floor, sealed fuel tanks in the basement, batteries and equipment on the top -1 floor... eat the cost, make it ugly and windowless, and voila... with a few generators you could have a fully flood-proof and virtually hurricane-proof setup. Now, the land lines to the towers, or to the customers, they're another story, but if the majority of service could be maintained, and perhaps a RF design sufficient to cause 2+ tower reachability 90-95% of the time, I don't see why it'd be an issue. Make the fuel tanks big enough and it can run forever.
Then when a tornado hits, tears down the building and blows up the fuel reserves, we can go 'why didn't they make the building tornado-proof?!?!
What about if the system is designed as a reward-based system? Right now the HOV lanes are designated for group vehicles only; let's say they repurpose that lane as an auto-drive lane. Enter the lane, the system takes over, but there's no speed limit; your car will move as quickly as the traffic around it will allow. It will have to be physically seperated because of morons who would want to hop on in self-drive, but if you can do 100+ mph safely with traffic automation, it'll sell itself.
I have been trying to get people interested in this for years; I figure with some backing you could define an entire standard for auto-drive network and data interfacing before the existing automotive industry can get moving enough to get pilot studies done, and beat them to market with a retrofit kit for certain popular cars, or whatever. Lots of market potential there.
One speculates that once operations are in order, they will refer to work that the SmallTug gets to be a 'tug job'. In addition, you could have such services as 'a rub and a tug', where the SmallTug rides along the edge of a target and looks for a place to attach, or 'a tug and a blow', where the tug would tow out a solar sail and let it be blown away by the sun. Use your imagination and I'm sure you can see many more tug services.
I doubt the timing was coincidental. Slashdot isn't just a place to get news, it's a place news starts, so I'm sure after it hit./ it was on 10,000 IRC channels, 25,000 web chatrooms, etc., as well as relayed to other web news sites. The slashdot effect is always amplified by the viral nature of 'cool things' on the internet.
Too bad for that... Apple is probably just trying, like usual, to leverage it's involvement into more users of it's products. Scary, that... when you think of how far convergence and consolidation can take us.
I wonder how much the RIAA would pay you if you knew who called themselves "hulk" or "CadillacMan"... (and they just might, to try to dish out 'justice' while showing college kids 'you can't hide behind your ivory walls!!!'
You know the Tom's Hardware web admin is sitting in a family room somewhere wondering why his pager keeps going off.... Sunday Slashdottings must be one of the most evil things inflictable on a person;-)
I first played this in Kindegarten at 4... it, and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego were my first introductions to computers, and in fourth grade, we were programming graphics in BASIC on Apple IIes, with a IIgs to run the color graphics on. ASCII block image graphics rule! From there I bought a Mac Laptop, a PowerBook 140, and began to BBS (in 1989ish), and wound up at a local college's summer computer camp at 12, with an account on the Solaris system there. Now I'm a network geek with 14 years experience.;-)
Upcoming Response from Jeffery Satinover, National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality advisor: "I'd like to point out the enormous, un-reported and un-investigated trade copyrighted pornography as one of the major damages caused by this addiction. Like drugs, pornography sites are notoriously expensive and obtaining pornography is generally done by accessing it, free of charge, over peer-to-peer networks such as UseNet and FTP. This copyright damage is in the tens of billions of dollars a year, and the pornography industry feels this pinch horrifically. This is a CRIME being committed and financial losses incurred directly because of this massive addiction to Internet Porn!"
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Like he'll last a month without RIAA takedown squads coming in and blindsiding him (arr.... the left side is me blind side, see, ever since the parrot snatched me larboard eye out...)
Seriously though... he might as well paint a phosphorous target on his back and run through a movie theater with a steadicam setup on.;-)
Look, all this RFID chat is great... Wal-Mart using it on pallets of product, Drug companies tagging shipments with it, even Tesco and their RFID/picture setup. I'm pretty damn sure we can expect to see UPS/FedEx take it on soon as well.... I mean, how simple would THAT be, having a series of tags made up to chirp tracking numbers. Then you can chirp a whole crate as it is being loaded on an airplane and get the individual package responses.
My complaint is: WHAT ABOUT THE GODDAMN AIRLINES?!?! I've been complaining for _years_ now that the airlines have a ridiculous loss rate in comparison to FedEx or UPS, and now there's a technology that could turn baggage handling into a MUCH more efficient creature and I haven't heard word one about the airlines' attempts at it. Simply put, imagine RFID scanners in the holds of every aircraft, on the exit point of every baggage carousel, etc. Performing a systemwide search would be as simple as querying that package's ID, much as we idealize (and FedEx and UPS leverage) barcoding to create the same tracking record. RFID comes as an advantage in that it can be used to actively monitor items in holding and in transit; e.g. instead of being recorded as the last movement of the package is 'Deposited Into Holding Area B', the 60 second scan record shows that the package is currently located there, or if it has been moved into, say, Holding Area C, without being barcode scanned first. (I know, I'm explaining a simple concept, but the simplicity is what makes most people misunderstand the current setup). Airlines: sit up and take notice... RFID can remove peoples' trust issues with baggage handling for you. Pursue this opportunity, instead of complaining about how broke you are.;-)
I was told on Monday that I was the second customer in my town, Grapevine, TX, to get wired. I'm on the 15/5 package, it's done via PPPoE, if you get the wi-fi router package they send you a D-Link DI-624. I've recorded download speeds of ~9950kb/s and uploads of ~5400kb/s from multiple sites. So far I love it... only downside is *UGH* PPPoE and the voice lines (I have 3) are strangely louder and sound somewhat distorted (not your usual CO dialtone generation sound). I had to call the VZ service order center and request it by name. Essentially, if you see VZ vans on your streetcorners splicing cable, and then you stop seeing them, you can order. That's pretty much the sign that the fiber loop in your subdivision has been completed.
What's the greatest is 'only 18 years old'. Come on people.. in the tech world you can only say 'only' when it's 13 or younger. Don't discount _ALL_ teen geeks as merely 'script kiddies'...
The trick is, with this setup you will have two machines with redundant access to the drives and data in the array. The Ultra10 is enough to handle any home use I can think of, and paired with Solaris 9 or even Linux will be blazingly fast. I just think that it's more expensive than any comparable SATA setup... great for us Sparc lovers tho!;-)
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This is typical of IBM; they have always gravitated towards the docking station instead of building bulky devices on board. They expect the user to dock the device for charging and stationary usage, and mobilize it when making rounds, or whatever. http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/P roductDisplay?catalogId=-840&langId=-1&partNumber= 250610U&storeId=10000001 This is the docking station for the X41, including a cd-rw/dvd-rom drive. Perhaps you guys should investigate available accessories before beating on IBM's choice of how to design a tablet pc ;-).
Also, to all you guys beating on the IBM/Lenovo thing- IBM designed this thing. Lenovo was simply in charge when it made it to market.
Peace!
I guess what I'm questioning is why the L3 folks don't remove the Cogent peering routes they're advertising, and allow their traffic to take other paths through other peers (say, Sprint to WorldCom to Cogent) instead of causing this blackout.
I understand it's 'corporate chicken' but they could accomplish the same thing without inconveniencing their customers, I would think.
I guess I don't understand why either provider isn't changing their routing tables, shucking all of (say, in L3's case) the Cogent-destined traffic out to the public internet. Instead of inconveniencing your customers, wouldn't it make more sense to make some temporary routing changes, that might end up costing you a little more in traffic, but will prevent these 'blackouts' of network areas to customers with backbone access from that provider.
Can someone explain why this isn't as easy as I think it is?
Voice calls which transit a Lucent 5ESS switch generally get touched by many UNIX based systems, of which there are at least 2 of every server which process the result independantly and compare answers. That's the environment I work in.
I think, personally, that a mixture between clustering and fault tolerance is best. Sell systems with multiple redundant processors and high levels of fault tolerance, and cluster them together 3 or 5 ways, and you'd have a highly bulletproof setup.
I'm involved in a 'new technology' pilot for the IT department in my company, a Fortune 100 presence, and they're looking to force this down our throats. I'm a consulting network engineer, and I have a distinct need to be able to install a very large suite of custom applications, as well as make changes to network settings, etc. as part of my daily work. I can understand the potential security risks, but if it makes me unable to do my job producing revenue for the company, it's an unacceptable change.
I will fight this, because users need rights too.
Well, what needs to happen is that similar to PodCasts, we need to have RSS feeds of these shows, and then build RSS Aggregation into MythTV and similar apps. This would enable the download of any RSS feeds desired, or the browsing of feeds in real time, and so on.
I just got my bag back from JanSport... my old one was dead, sent it in, and voila, brand new bag. It's huge, and waterproof. Inside, a padded pocket for laptop with a big spongy base. I love it!
Contents:
Older than Dirt IBM T23 1GhZ 512mb ram 15" display 30gb drive
2x Power Bricks for same
Mini-Tripod
2.4ghz 8dbi omni antenna
3x Orinoco 802.11b cards
1x Logitech Optical Mouse
1x UltraBay Floppy Drive
IBM UltraPort WebCam
1x 25' ethernet cable
1x 16' ethernet cable
2x 3' ethernet cable
2x 6' crossover ethernet cable
1x Null Modem Adapter
1x RS-232 DB25F-DB9F
5x Console Cable (Cisco, Lucent, Nortel, etc.)
6' USB cable
1 large bag of assorted gender benders/ethernet mating connectors/DB9-RJ45/etc.
1 cd case of useful CDs (Fedora install/Linux Rescue/etc)
1 1gb USB flash disk
Cellphone charging brick
Olympus D-360 cheap-ass digicam w/ 1gb flash
1gb flash MPIO MP3 Player
Sony behind-the-head headphones
Medkit (Immodium, No-Doz, Tums, Tagamet, Tylenol Severe Allergy, Halls, Halls Active sore-throat lozenges, Vicodin, Motrin, Aleve)
2 decks of cards
4 pens (Pilot 0.7mm Gel pens)
2 notebooks (one scratch, one recording)
Lip Balm
Lots of Dentyne Ice Peppermint
Assortment of AA and AAA batteries
Sewing Kit (clothes repair)
I know my shix is pretty random, but it does the job. I spend ~300 days a year on the road doing networking work.
One thing I noticed also is holmes in TFA says he uses his wireless mouse on the plane... that's against FAA rules, no radio transmitting equipment may be used while flight is in progress. Infrared is fine, but not RF emitting devices.
Peace!
-cheez
Actually, building a 5+ story CO/MTSO with generators on the top floor, sealed fuel tanks in the basement, batteries and equipment on the top -1 floor... eat the cost, make it ugly and windowless, and voila... with a few generators you could have a fully flood-proof and virtually hurricane-proof setup. Now, the land lines to the towers, or to the customers, they're another story, but if the majority of service could be maintained, and perhaps a RF design sufficient to cause 2+ tower reachability 90-95% of the time, I don't see why it'd be an issue. Make the fuel tanks big enough and it can run forever.
Then when a tornado hits, tears down the building and blows up the fuel reserves, we can go 'why didn't they make the building tornado-proof?!?!
I just want to see Gates and Stallman having a civilized discussion. Moderated by Steve Jobs, with color commentary by Larry Ellison and Larry Wall.
What about if the system is designed as a reward-based system? Right now the HOV lanes are designated for group vehicles only; let's say they repurpose that lane as an auto-drive lane. Enter the lane, the system takes over, but there's no speed limit; your car will move as quickly as the traffic around it will allow. It will have to be physically seperated because of morons who would want to hop on in self-drive, but if you can do 100+ mph safely with traffic automation, it'll sell itself.
I have been trying to get people interested in this for years; I figure with some backing you could define an entire standard for auto-drive network and data interfacing before the existing automotive industry can get moving enough to get pilot studies done, and beat them to market with a retrofit kit for certain popular cars, or whatever. Lots of market potential there.
Peace,
-cheez
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Can someone explain to me exactly what the chip compels one to do?
One speculates that once operations are in order, they will refer to work that the SmallTug gets to be a 'tug job'. In addition, you could have such services as 'a rub and a tug', where the SmallTug rides along the edge of a target and looks for a place to attach, or 'a tug and a blow', where the tug would tow out a solar sail and let it be blown away by the sun. Use your imagination and I'm sure you can see many more tug services.
I doubt the timing was coincidental. Slashdot isn't just a place to get news, it's a place news starts, so I'm sure after it hit ./ it was on 10,000 IRC channels, 25,000 web chatrooms, etc., as well as relayed to other web news sites. The slashdot effect is always amplified by the viral nature of 'cool things' on the internet.
peace
Solution. Pay all the CEOs ridiculous amounts of money, so they won't click on free iPod emails!
What do you mean we're already doing that and it's not working?
Too bad for that... Apple is probably just trying, like usual, to leverage it's involvement into more users of it's products. Scary, that... when you think of how far convergence and consolidation can take us.
I wonder how much the RIAA would pay you if you knew who called themselves "hulk" or "CadillacMan"... (and they just might, to try to dish out 'justice' while showing college kids 'you can't hide behind your ivory walls!!!'
You know the Tom's Hardware web admin is sitting in a family room somewhere wondering why his pager keeps going off.... Sunday Slashdottings must be one of the most evil things inflictable on a person ;-)
I first played this in Kindegarten at 4... it, and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego were my first introductions to computers, and in fourth grade, we were programming graphics in BASIC on Apple IIes, with a IIgs to run the color graphics on. ASCII block image graphics rule! From there I bought a Mac Laptop, a PowerBook 140, and began to BBS (in 1989ish), and wound up at a local college's summer computer camp at 12, with an account on the Solaris system there. Now I'm a network geek with 14 years experience. ;-)
Love and peace
-cheez
Upcoming Response from Jeffery Satinover, National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality advisor: "I'd like to point out the enormous, un-reported and un-investigated trade copyrighted pornography as one of the major damages caused by this addiction. Like drugs, pornography sites are notoriously expensive and obtaining pornography is generally done by accessing it, free of charge, over peer-to-peer networks such as UseNet and FTP. This copyright damage is in the tens of billions of dollars a year, and the pornography industry feels this pinch horrifically. This is a CRIME being committed and financial losses incurred directly because of this massive addiction to Internet Porn!"
Like he'll last a month without RIAA takedown squads coming in and blindsiding him (arr.... the left side is me blind side, see, ever since the parrot snatched me larboard eye out...)
;-)
Seriously though... he might as well paint a phosphorous target on his back and run through a movie theater with a steadicam setup on.
Look, all this RFID chat is great... Wal-Mart using it on pallets of product, Drug companies tagging shipments with it, even Tesco and their RFID/picture setup. I'm pretty damn sure we can expect to see UPS/FedEx take it on soon as well.... I mean, how simple would THAT be, having a series of tags made up to chirp tracking numbers. Then you can chirp a whole crate as it is being loaded on an airplane and get the individual package responses.
;-)
My complaint is: WHAT ABOUT THE GODDAMN AIRLINES?!?! I've been complaining for _years_ now that the airlines have a ridiculous loss rate in comparison to FedEx or UPS, and now there's a technology that could turn baggage handling into a MUCH more efficient creature and I haven't heard word one about the airlines' attempts at it. Simply put, imagine RFID scanners in the holds of every aircraft, on the exit point of every baggage carousel, etc. Performing a systemwide search would be as simple as querying that package's ID, much as we idealize (and FedEx and UPS leverage) barcoding to create the same tracking record. RFID comes as an advantage in that it can be used to actively monitor items in holding and in transit; e.g. instead of being recorded as the last movement of the package is 'Deposited Into Holding Area B', the 60 second scan record shows that the package is currently located there, or if it has been moved into, say, Holding Area C, without being barcode scanned first. (I know, I'm explaining a simple concept, but the simplicity is what makes most people misunderstand the current setup). Airlines: sit up and take notice... RFID can remove peoples' trust issues with baggage handling for you. Pursue this opportunity, instead of complaining about how broke you are.
love and peace
-cheez
I was told on Monday that I was the second customer in my town, Grapevine, TX, to get wired. I'm on the 15/5 package, it's done via PPPoE, if you get the wi-fi router package they send you a D-Link DI-624. I've recorded download speeds of ~9950kb/s and uploads of ~5400kb/s from multiple sites. So far I love it... only downside is *UGH* PPPoE and the voice lines (I have 3) are strangely louder and sound somewhat distorted (not your usual CO dialtone generation sound). I had to call the VZ service order center and request it by name. Essentially, if you see VZ vans on your streetcorners splicing cable, and then you stop seeing them, you can order. That's pretty much the sign that the fiber loop in your subdivision has been completed.
;-)
So far it's very nice
What's the greatest is 'only 18 years old'. Come on people.. in the tech world you can only say 'only' when it's 13 or younger. Don't discount _ALL_ teen geeks as merely 'script kiddies'...
I'm in the middle of doing this myself... I'm saving the money to buy the drives I need. I've already got the server and array below.
;-)
2x Sun Ultra 10 desktop machines (360mhz / 512mb / 2x 18gb drive (hot-pluggable drives)) @ 150.00/ea (EBay)
2x 3' HVD cables @ 28.00/ea
2x X6541A Sun Dual Differential Ultra/Wide SCSI @ 100.00/ea (EBay)
1x Sun StorEdge A1000 storage array @ 120.00 (EBay)
10x Sun Ultra2 SCSI Drive Sleds @ 58.00 (EBay)
7x Seagate - ST1181677LCV 188gb Ultra2 SCSI drives @ 550.00/ea (PriceWatch)
Total for 1,128gb of Raid-5 storage: $4584.00
The trick is, with this setup you will have two machines with redundant access to the drives and data in the array. The Ultra10 is enough to handle any home use I can think of, and paired with Solaris 9 or even Linux will be blazingly fast. I just think that it's more expensive than any comparable SATA setup... great for us Sparc lovers tho!