That's over 1.5 million phones in the state registered on the Minnesota DNC list (over 1/2 of phones in the state), and it's only been available since November!
Conner used to make a two-headed hard drive, but for performance, not security reasons. They had really interesting algorithms for choosing how to allocate requests to the heads, so that you could interleave, or plant one set to manage the inner tracks, and another the outer tracks, etc. Was supposed to be much higher performance (circa 1992), but I never heard of it again. Probably too expensive, and RAID was just becoming popular...
I'm pretty certain that if you live in the US you won't be getting halon ever again. Due to it's nasty effects on the ozone layer, and the fact that you have to change/test the system once a year, halon was banned in about 1994. I think existing installations can get it, but no more new ones.
I'd go for carbon dioxide. It's cheaper, and much less likely to kill you. Or you could just turn off your machines when you leave, or monitor temperatures via s/w (don't most modern systems allow this?).
Unfortunately, until the campaign financing laws are changed in our supposedly superior western democracies to prevent corporations or lobby groups from buying politicians (and legislation), we should not expect the politicians to act on our concerns.
Those laws are on the books in the US, but they don't go into effect until after the November election. Change is coming, but not quite as soon as I'd like.
Do write your congressperson, or better yet, go visit them. Remember, these people are politicians, not technologists. There's a reason they don't understand this stuff: it's not their thing. That's why they went into politics instead of technology.
Use commonplace arguments like the ones listed in the EFF article. You'll get the point across, and you'll make ours a stronger democracy. If the person doesn't listen, make them listen. If they still don't, vote for someone who does. If no one else does, run for office yourself. Make a difference.
Uhh, Divine is an IT consulting company, which would account for their large IT staff. They bought many of the MarchFirst regional offices when that company imploded last year. (MarchFirst, in turn, was the merger between USWeb and somebody).
Your advice, however is firm: get out. You don't want anything to do with MarchFirst.
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That's over 1.5 million phones in the state registered on the Minnesota DNC list (over 1/2 of phones in the state), and it's only been available since November!
Conner used to make a two-headed hard drive, but for performance, not security reasons. They had really interesting algorithms for choosing how to allocate requests to the heads, so that you could interleave, or plant one set to manage the inner tracks, and another the outer tracks, etc. Was supposed to be much higher performance (circa 1992), but I never heard of it again. Probably too expensive, and RAID was just becoming popular...
I'm pretty certain that if you live in the US you won't be getting halon ever again. Due to it's nasty effects on the ozone layer, and the fact that you have to change/test the system once a year, halon was banned in about 1994. I think existing installations can get it, but no more new ones.
I'd go for carbon dioxide. It's cheaper, and much less likely to kill you. Or you could just turn off your machines when you leave, or monitor temperatures via s/w (don't most modern systems allow this?).
If my camcorder (or better yet, my hearing aid) shut down when Britney came on, I'd be grateful. Hell, I'd pay huge.
Those laws are on the books in the US, but they don't go into effect until after the November election. Change is coming, but not quite as soon as I'd like.
Do write your congressperson, or better yet, go visit them. Remember, these people are politicians, not technologists. There's a reason they don't understand this stuff: it's not their thing. That's why they went into politics instead of technology.
Use commonplace arguments like the ones listed in the EFF article. You'll get the point across, and you'll make ours a stronger democracy. If the person doesn't listen, make them listen. If they still don't, vote for someone who does. If no one else does, run for office yourself. Make a difference.
Uhh, Divine is an IT consulting company, which would account for their large IT staff. They bought many of the MarchFirst regional offices when that company imploded last year. (MarchFirst, in turn, was the merger between USWeb and somebody).
Your advice, however is firm: get out. You don't want anything to do with MarchFirst.
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