we need IPv6 so that One day, every toaster, every toilet, wil have its own IP at last.
If there really is free broadband for every one...
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Niue Gets Island-Wide WiFi
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· Score: 5, Insightful
I'm dying to know the details. From companies perspectives there are enough 'problems' with the flat rate model that many are switching to caps or per GB charges, so would free bandwidth be even 'worse'?
Basically, what's the speed, and how do they deal with serious users?
( BW)(INTERNET-USERS-SOCIETY) Polynesian Island of Niue the First Free Wireless Nation; Wireless HotSpot Launched in South Pacific Island of Niue
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
Alofi, Niue, THE SOUTH PACIFIC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2003--The Internet Users Society - Niue (IUS-N), today announced that it has launched the world's first free nation-wide WiFi Internet access service on the Polynesian island-nation of Niue. This new free wireless service which can be accessed by all Niue residents, tourists, government offices and business travelers, is being provided at no cost to the public or local government.
"WiFi is the prefect fit for the Island of Niue, where harsh weather conditions of rain, lightning, salt water, and high humidity cause major problems with underground copper lines," said Richard St Clair, Co-Founder and Technical Manager at The Internet Users Society - Niue and Chairman, Pacific Island Chapter ISOC. "And since WiFi is a license free technology by International Agreement, no license is needed either by the provider or the user."
WiFi, 802.11 or IEEE 802.11 is a type of radio technology used for wireless local area networks, based on a standard developed by the IEEE for local and wire networks within the 802.11 section. WiFi 802.11 is composed of several standards operating in different frequencies.
A substantial portion of Niue's tourism comes from visiting yacht traffic during the non-cyclone season. Yachts with onboard computer equipment with WiFi cards and external antennas will be able to park in the harbor and access full Internet services from their vessels as an open node, also free of charge. Other visitors, consultants and tourists to the island who carry laptops with either built in WiFi or as an add-on, will also have the ability to connect to the open node free of charge for the duration of their stay. Local Internet users with recent-vintage laptops will find the built in wireless features useful as more areas are covered with RF, and users who may be in the more congested telephone circuit locales such as Alofi central will also benefit from the new technology. One government office is already hooked up to the WiFi service and it is expected others will join in as soon as the appropriate hardware is installed.
IUS-N continues to be a leader in developing appropriate technologies to enable low-cost, dependable Internet services for all, for small nations like Niue. IUS-N technology is a model for other providers to use in developing nations that face the same hostile weather environments and where there are restrictions on the older technologies for wireless Internet services or where license costs are very high. Because these are low-power RF (Radio Frequency) transmitters, plus they consume small amounts of electricity, the technology is appropriate for smaller nations like Niue.
WiFi is the latest free service offer by the IUS-N to all the people in Niue. In 1997, the IUS-N first introduced free Email services to the nation and subsequently launched free full Internet access services in 1999. Earlier this spring free broadband Internet services were deployed at its Internet Cafe in Niue.
For more information and a topographical network map please see: http://www.niue.nu/images/Nuiepaper38.pdf
About The Internet Users Society - Niue
IUS-N, a US-incorporated, private charitable foundation locally managed in Niue, was established in 1997 to use revenue from registration of.NU domain names to develop and fund free Internet services for all the people of Niue. The Internet Users Society - Niue (IUS-N) was designated to administer the.NU top level domain (TLD), commonly known as the.NU Country Code TLD (ccTLD), by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), in early 1997. The IUS-N is a private, tax exempt charitable foundation, which was founded in 1997 by J. William Semich in the US
Just to echo the parent, the gut basically had his brother build a dual Xeon system, which is really nothing special by itself, and certainly doesn't justify the title, Building A Homemade Chess Supercomputer.
I believe that Hannibal mentions that the 970 is designed for SMP.. Clearly CmdrTaco is just testing its newest feature: you click post and the operation gets carried out by both processors.
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I knew I should have saved that spam
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Floppy the Robot
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· Score: 5, Funny
With some old 5.25 inch drives, you can really get some power.
Finally that spam about "Enlarge your 3.5 inch floppy" would have come in handy.
While that does sound just about dumb enough for Bush, I'm still rather doubtful for one simple reason: there's no way the man could say a word that long correctly.
I don't think that the parent is suggesting that the 9th Amendment will be repealed anytime soon, but that in practice, the trend in America is towards guilty until proven innocent. And guns seem to be the exception to the rule, largely because the NRA has political clout and also happens to be connected to the party in power.
Electricgrid regulations:
Each seat has approx 1A in one socket. Bring a powerpad for more outlets. Any items found to exceed these limitations or found to be a risk for the powergrid by the techteam must be removed.
Multiple offences, sabotage mindsets or stupidity in interpreting these rules will result in confiscation of items in violation of these rules.
The real problem with this is that it basically gives the government the power of extortion/blackmail. They can make a request of you and if you refuse to comply, they can charge you as being "connected to terrorism" (which may be true, but so is just about everybody). I was recently reading, can't remember where, that more than 95% of all greenbacks have trace levels of cocaine high enough to qualify as "drug money", so that the DEA can charge just about anybody with possession of "drug money" if they want to. Then of course they can detain you and seize your property, whether or not you're ever found gulty. Scary, isn't it?
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- THE noise level was rising, the body count was mounting and the 13 marines sitting in front of computer screens in a dark room here seemed briefly to have forgotten that the urban combat mission was just a video game.
"Sniper on the roof! Sniper on the roof!" shouted Justin J. Taylor, a corporal leading Fire Team 2, half jumping out of his chair as his eyes stayed glued to the monitor.
"Where? Where? Where?" demanded a comrade in Fire Team 3.
"I'm shot," came the despairing reply. "I can't see anything."
As the military embraces electronic games as a training tool, a growing number of soldiers are fighting in a virtual Iraq war even as they remain stateside. For many soldiers, the increasingly realistic simulations often seem like the closest thing to being in combat.
"It gives you a sense of reality," Corporal Taylor said. "You get that nervous feeling: do I really want to go around the corner or not? You want to complete the job you've been assigned to do."
Recent recruits who grew up on popular commercial games like Half-Life, Counterstrike and Quake 3 have a natural affinity for the training games, many of which are adapted by the military from the retail versions. Some military officials are enthusiastic about the benefits of running troops through the exercises at minimal expense.
But as video war games gain popularity throughout the armed forces, some military trainers worry that the more the games seem like war, the more war may start to seem like a game. As the technology gets better, they say, it becomes a more powerful tool and a more dangerous one.
The debate over the use of computer simulations large and small was sharpened when Lt. Gen. William S. Wallace, the commander of the Army V Corps based in Kuwait, remarked that the guerrilla-style resistance of Iraqi militia groups made for an enemy that was "different from the one we war-gamed against." The current situation in Iraq, some critics say, may highlight the problem of depending too much on virtual realities for training. They argue that military leaders can become too enmeshed in a gaming scenario to allow for what is actually happening.
General Wallace's forces directed a computerized dress rehearsal for the Iraqi invasion with several hundred Army, Marine and Air Force officers last January in Grafenwöhr, Germany. The command center led by Gen. Tommy R. Franks of the Army conducted its own computer simulation, Operation Internal Look, last December in Qatar.
"You can get so habituated to the gamed reality that the real reality, what's on the ground now, is thought to be artificial," said James Der Derian, principal investigator of the Information Technology War and Peace Project, a nonprofit group that studies the impact of technology on global politics. "If the war doesn't go according to the game, you just keep trying to make it fit."
Computer-simulated war games, like the one hijacked by Matthew Broderick's hacker character in the 1983 film "WarGames," have long been used by high-ranking military officers to test large-scale maneuvers that cannot easily be replicated in the real world.
What is new is both the way the games are filtering down through the ranks to the lowest level of infantry soldiers, and the broader vision that is being contemplated for them at the highest levels of the Pentagon.
"These kids have grown up with this technology from birth," said Dan Gardner, director of readiness and training policy and programs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. "If there are tools that are less painful than reading through a book and can give them a better sense of what it might be like, we need to use them."
Mr. Gardner stresses that nothing will ever replace "muddy boots" training. But he said the adoption of the technology was accelerating partly for practical reasons: real-life training is expensive, and it is hard to find a place for it. The Millennium C
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we need IPv6 so that
One day, every toaster, every toilet, wil have its own IP at last.
I'm dying to know the details. From companies perspectives there are enough 'problems' with the flat rate model that many are switching to caps or per GB charges, so would free bandwidth be even 'worse'?
Basically, what's the speed, and how do they deal with serious users?
Tierce
I hate to be a karma whore, but..
.NU domain names to develop and fund free Internet services for all the people of Niue. The Internet Users Society - Niue (IUS-N) was designated to administer the .NU top level domain (TLD), commonly known as the .NU Country Code TLD (ccTLD), by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), in early 1997. The IUS-N is a private, tax exempt charitable foundation, which was founded in 1997 by J. William Semich in the US
( BW)(INTERNET-USERS-SOCIETY) Polynesian Island of Niue the First Free Wireless Nation; Wireless HotSpot Launched in South Pacific Island of Niue
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
Alofi, Niue, THE SOUTH PACIFIC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2003--The Internet Users Society - Niue (IUS-N), today announced that it has launched the world's first free nation-wide WiFi Internet access service on the Polynesian island-nation of Niue. This new free wireless service which can be accessed by all Niue residents, tourists, government offices and business travelers, is being provided at no cost to the public or local government.
"WiFi is the prefect fit for the Island of Niue, where harsh weather conditions of rain, lightning, salt water, and high humidity cause major problems with underground copper lines," said Richard St Clair, Co-Founder and Technical Manager at The Internet Users Society - Niue and Chairman, Pacific Island Chapter ISOC. "And since WiFi is a license free technology by International Agreement, no license is needed either by the provider or the user."
WiFi, 802.11 or IEEE 802.11 is a type of radio technology used for wireless local area networks, based on a standard developed by the IEEE for local and wire networks within the 802.11 section. WiFi 802.11 is composed of several standards operating in different frequencies.
A substantial portion of Niue's tourism comes from visiting yacht traffic during the non-cyclone season. Yachts with onboard computer equipment with WiFi cards and external antennas will be able to park in the harbor and access full Internet services from their vessels as an open node, also free of charge. Other visitors, consultants and tourists to the island who carry laptops with either built in WiFi or as an add-on, will also have the ability to connect to the open node free of charge for the duration of their stay. Local Internet users with recent-vintage laptops will find the built in wireless features useful as more areas are covered with RF, and users who may be in the more congested telephone circuit locales such as Alofi central will also benefit from the new technology. One government office is already hooked up to the WiFi service and it is expected others will join in as soon as the appropriate hardware is installed.
IUS-N continues to be a leader in developing appropriate technologies to enable low-cost, dependable Internet services for all, for small nations like Niue. IUS-N technology is a model for other providers to use in developing nations that face the same hostile weather environments and where there are restrictions on the older technologies for wireless Internet services or where license costs are very high. Because these are low-power RF (Radio Frequency) transmitters, plus they consume small amounts of electricity, the technology is appropriate for smaller nations like Niue.
WiFi is the latest free service offer by the IUS-N to all the people in Niue. In 1997, the IUS-N first introduced free Email services to the nation and subsequently launched free full Internet access services in 1999. Earlier this spring free broadband Internet services were deployed at its Internet Cafe in Niue.
For more information and a topographical network map please see: http://www.niue.nu/images/Nuiepaper38.pdf
About The Internet Users Society - Niue
IUS-N, a US-incorporated, private charitable foundation locally managed in Niue, was established in 1997 to use revenue from registration of
Just to echo the parent, the gut basically had his brother build a dual Xeon system, which is really nothing special by itself, and certainly doesn't justify the title, Building A Homemade Chess Supercomputer.
Tierce
why does this matter? Is a badly written trojan really a big deal? Unless, of course, it's marked with the evil bit.
Tierce
you can control a dildo hands-free, while its inside you.
Tierce
Neil Fraser has built a 48 CD AOL Lamp.
Tierce
Home-built 747 Simulator, and we all know that 747's are the real bad boys of the sky.
Tierce
Sun Is Setting.
If 17" LCD's are 1280x1024, isn't 1280x768 for a 29" goinf backwards? Shouldn't it be more like 1600x1200 (at least) if not 2048x1536?
Peter G. Tsouras has written and edited several excellent books and collection:
Rising Sun Victorious The Alternate History of How the Japanese Won the Pacific War
Cold War Hot Alternative Decisions of the Third World War
Disaster at D-Day The Germans Defeat the Allies, June 1944
Third Reich Victorious: The Alternate History of How the Germans Won the War
Gettysburg: An Alternate History
am I missing something? The price of a CD today is about 5 cents.
Or better yet, what is On Track?
*waves hand in air*
Just invade India and put Rep. Darrell Issa on it and India'll be CDMAed in no time.
For those unaware, Issa is trying to force CDMA into Iraq by passing a bill in Congress, despite the fact that the rest of the Middle East uses GSM.
I believe that Hannibal mentions that the 970 is designed for SMP.. Clearly CmdrTaco is just testing its newest feature: you click post and the operation gets carried out by both processors.
Tierce
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While that does sound just about dumb enough for Bush, I'm still rather doubtful for one simple reason: there's no way the man could say a word that long correctly.
Tierce
I don't think that the parent is suggesting that the 9th Amendment will be repealed anytime soon, but that in practice, the trend in America is towards guilty until proven innocent. And guns seem to be the exception to the rule, largely because the NRA has political clout and also happens to be connected to the party in power.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- THE noise level was rising, the body count was mounting and the 13 marines sitting in front of computer screens in a dark room here seemed briefly to have forgotten that the urban combat mission was just a video game.
"Sniper on the roof! Sniper on the roof!" shouted Justin J. Taylor, a corporal leading Fire Team 2, half jumping out of his chair as his eyes stayed glued to the monitor.
"Where? Where? Where?" demanded a comrade in Fire Team 3.
"I'm shot," came the despairing reply. "I can't see anything."
As the military embraces electronic games as a training tool, a growing number of soldiers are fighting in a virtual Iraq war even as they remain stateside. For many soldiers, the increasingly realistic simulations often seem like the closest thing to being in combat.
"It gives you a sense of reality," Corporal Taylor said. "You get that nervous feeling: do I really want to go around the corner or not? You want to complete the job you've been assigned to do."
Recent recruits who grew up on popular commercial games like Half-Life, Counterstrike and Quake 3 have a natural affinity for the training games, many of which are adapted by the military from the retail versions. Some military officials are enthusiastic about the benefits of running troops through the exercises at minimal expense.
But as video war games gain popularity throughout the armed forces, some military trainers worry that the more the games seem like war, the more war may start to seem like a game. As the technology gets better, they say, it becomes a more powerful tool and a more dangerous one.
The debate over the use of computer simulations large and small was sharpened when Lt. Gen. William S. Wallace, the commander of the Army V Corps based in Kuwait, remarked that the guerrilla-style resistance of Iraqi militia groups made for an enemy that was "different from the one we war-gamed against." The current situation in Iraq, some critics say, may highlight the problem of depending too much on virtual realities for training. They argue that military leaders can become too enmeshed in a gaming scenario to allow for what is actually happening.
General Wallace's forces directed a computerized dress rehearsal for the Iraqi invasion with several hundred Army, Marine and Air Force officers last January in Grafenwöhr, Germany. The command center led by Gen. Tommy R. Franks of the Army conducted its own computer simulation, Operation Internal Look, last December in Qatar.
"You can get so habituated to the gamed reality that the real reality, what's on the ground now, is thought to be artificial," said James Der Derian, principal investigator of the Information Technology War and Peace Project, a nonprofit group that studies the impact of technology on global politics. "If the war doesn't go according to the game, you just keep trying to make it fit."
Computer-simulated war games, like the one hijacked by Matthew Broderick's hacker character in the 1983 film "WarGames," have long been used by high-ranking military officers to test large-scale maneuvers that cannot easily be replicated in the real world.
What is new is both the way the games are filtering down through the ranks to the lowest level of infantry soldiers, and the broader vision that is being contemplated for them at the highest levels of the Pentagon.
"These kids have grown up with this technology from birth," said Dan Gardner, director of readiness and training policy and programs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. "If there are tools that are less painful than reading through a book and can give them a better sense of what it might be like, we need to use them."
Mr. Gardner stresses that nothing will ever replace "muddy boots" training. But he said the adoption of the technology was accelerating partly for practical reasons: real-life training is expensive, and it is hard to find a place for it. The Millennium C