I should not, since it came back to me, that even with our bursting, speedtests always showed the proper normal bandwidth. We usually uses the Speakeasy test site to check throughput and you could see the initial burst, then the throttled speed which is what was actually reported back as the result.
This is it, and it should be amazingly obvious to any "sysadmin" who should know something about general browsing habits. I worked for a wISP for a year and this was a standard feature offered by the company for no extra charge. Max subscriber speeds were 1.5 Mbps, but for about 20 seconds ALL traffic was burst to 2 Mbps, regardless of the subscriber paying for the 500 k/s speed or something higher.
For general browsing and light email, it made all the customers quite happy to have things terrifically speedy.
(forget Windows crypto, it's littered with backdoors unless configured JUST right, which is not an easy task and definitely not default).
care to cite a source? i know a couple of people who would vehemently argue that windows crypto is very secure indeed and would be interested to read more about it.
QFT. Im a T40 owner and have been surprised at how many complaints ive seen from users with other laptops bitching about the hinges on the lid. These are, after years, still damn sturdy.
My septic tank guy makes me pay when i "take the browns to the superbowl." He said *that* is standard, and some days its embarrassing to keep up with:(
Well when I was a kid we didn't *have* license plates, if you wanted to know who a car belonged to you had to follow it, and introduce yourself to the driver, and when they went inside you had to paint their name and address on the vehicle and hope it god they didnt wash it off later, and thats the way it was and we LIKED it.
Reminds me of criminal records in North Carolina. Want a statewide record search for yourself to take to an employer (some require proof of a clean record)? $15 for a copy that takes 10 seconds to pull up. Want a handgun permit? $3 for the processing, wherein the county sheriff department run a criminal record check and are required by law to contact at least 2 references before approving the permit.
you can already encrypt an entire disk with linux, i started doing it months ago. debian, and the ubuntu alternate installer allow this to be done pretty easily for those with a little installation experience. i cant speak for other distros as these are the only two im using at present.
Ive done the same, granted its a short list. Im from a small, conservative religious area but im not religious and im not conservative. I dont really get along well with most people around here.
Well it's not just that it's larger, but also that a lot of the territory is rural that makes it a problem. I worked for a wISP in Kansas, where many of the smaller towns (3000+ people) had DSL but so many people live *miles* away from the smallest town, where the popluation *might*, if they have family over, be 15 people per square mile.
Even wirelessly it gets tough to service that kind of area, never mind make a profit. Sure, the infrastructure is cheaper than laying cable or fiber, but it's still expensive, and it's run by smaller operations (usually) that have no ties to a telco or cable company, and often people with only limited wifi experience, so laying out an infrastructure for wireless is pricey and difficult to manage. Id absolutely hate to be responsible for laying fiber over that kind of vast area, and hell, providing wireless access was a bitch some days.
hard to blame them. my brother is a college student and doesnt want to even shell out 60 bucks for Office 2007 ultimate (a special student price) because, presently, he just doesnt care and only needs to write a paper.
one of my courses require it (meh) which means not only using office, but having to boot into windows to do it. its better than OO, for certain, but i just write essays and basic research papers, why its required is beyond me.
i use picasa for photo-editing under linux. id happily toy around with the Gimp, except....its crap. its certainly not intuitive enough to bother trying out just for personal photo editing, where picasa is simple and thorough.
1 - Microsoft says they learned from their mistakes, and have been deconstructing Windows to remove bloat, and make the whole thing run faster. Windows Server can even run sans-GUI now, and they're building up from a minimalist stack. This is a really good thing.
As for thinness:
Its nice, to me, its not a big enough deal to ooooh and aaaahhh over the Air (and Id far sooner have the lenovo) but it was a factor last time I bought a laptop, and probably will be when I get to buy another one.
I last had a Dell Inspiron 1100. In addition to it being slow (celeron, bah) it was heavy (over 5lbs) and very bulky. I can only fit so much into a bag, and when I had it I was a field tech for a wISP. I had plenty of tools and parts to carry, the dell was heavy.
So i bought a Thinkpad T40. Smaller, lighter, faster. Bonus: trackpoint:)
It saved room (as well as wear and tear) in my bag and shaved 2lbs off the specs. Mmmmmm.
My parents, and my siblings, all have larger laptops...which act basically as desktop replacements. With 15.4" screens theyre a fair bit heavier, as well as quite bulky. But they usually just have them in one or two places around the house, and *might* take it on a trip with them.
Me, I like to take mine to school (since Im a student now), work (no longer a tech, I do use it on lunchbreaks) and around the house (large family, large dwelling, sometimes I want to be alone, sometimes not so much)
Id almost certainly never buy the Air, and while I like it more, Id probably never ever get a x300 (prices aside, on both units)
But another T series? Or something similar? Id be *very* interested. A full desktop replacement? Never.
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I should not, since it came back to me, that even with our bursting, speedtests always showed the proper normal bandwidth. We usually uses the Speakeasy test site to check throughput and you could see the initial burst, then the throttled speed which is what was actually reported back as the result.
This is it, and it should be amazingly obvious to any "sysadmin" who should know something about general browsing habits. I worked for a wISP for a year and this was a standard feature offered by the company for no extra charge. Max subscriber speeds were 1.5 Mbps, but for about 20 seconds ALL traffic was burst to 2 Mbps, regardless of the subscriber paying for the 500 k/s speed or something higher. For general browsing and light email, it made all the customers quite happy to have things terrifically speedy.
(forget Windows crypto, it's littered with backdoors unless configured JUST right, which is not an easy task and definitely not default). care to cite a source? i know a couple of people who would vehemently argue that windows crypto is very secure indeed and would be interested to read more about it.
idiot. its slang for "beeyatches". thats obvious.
QFT. Im a T40 owner and have been surprised at how many complaints ive seen from users with other laptops bitching about the hinges on the lid. These are, after years, still damn sturdy.
My septic tank guy makes me pay when i "take the browns to the superbowl." He said *that* is standard, and some days its embarrassing to keep up with :(
So you're saying we have a chance....
Well when I was a kid we didn't *have* license plates, if you wanted to know who a car belonged to you had to follow it, and introduce yourself to the driver, and when they went inside you had to paint their name and address on the vehicle and hope it god they didnt wash it off later, and thats the way it was and we LIKED it.
he certainly isnt looking to impress prospective employers.
ive been using noscript for months... great plugin, and one i wont go without.
Reminds me of criminal records in North Carolina. Want a statewide record search for yourself to take to an employer (some require proof of a clean record)? $15 for a copy that takes 10 seconds to pull up. Want a handgun permit? $3 for the processing, wherein the county sheriff department run a criminal record check and are required by law to contact at least 2 references before approving the permit.
oh, i know, ive been using TC in a similar capacity for well over a year. encryption is handy stuff :)
maybe have it follow interstate highways?
you can already encrypt an entire disk with linux, i started doing it months ago. debian, and the ubuntu alternate installer allow this to be done pretty easily for those with a little installation experience. i cant speak for other distros as these are the only two im using at present.
Ive done the same, granted its a short list. Im from a small, conservative religious area but im not religious and im not conservative. I dont really get along well with most people around here.
Dont forget "the Gimp", its as classy as we get.
Well it's not just that it's larger, but also that a lot of the territory is rural that makes it a problem. I worked for a wISP in Kansas, where many of the smaller towns (3000+ people) had DSL but so many people live *miles* away from the smallest town, where the popluation *might*, if they have family over, be 15 people per square mile.
Even wirelessly it gets tough to service that kind of area, never mind make a profit. Sure, the infrastructure is cheaper than laying cable or fiber, but it's still expensive, and it's run by smaller operations (usually) that have no ties to a telco or cable company, and often people with only limited wifi experience, so laying out an infrastructure for wireless is pricey and difficult to manage. Id absolutely hate to be responsible for laying fiber over that kind of vast area, and hell, providing wireless access was a bitch some days.
hard to blame them. my brother is a college student and doesnt want to even shell out 60 bucks for Office 2007 ultimate (a special student price) because, presently, he just doesnt care and only needs to write a paper.
one of my courses require it (meh) which means not only using office, but having to boot into windows to do it. its better than OO, for certain, but i just write essays and basic research papers, why its required is beyond me.
i use picasa for photo-editing under linux. id happily toy around with the Gimp, except....its crap. its certainly not intuitive enough to bother trying out just for personal photo editing, where picasa is simple and thorough.
Or someone forgot to pay the bill...
An overdue bill or invasion!
Three things: An overdue bill, invasion, or a hardware failure. FOUR possibilities...no, Amongst the possibilities are such incidents as...
maybe the tissues are unionized?
i hadnt heard this and am curious, link?
Well if I had that kind of money who's to say I wouldnt buy Apple products first?
As for thinness: Its nice, to me, its not a big enough deal to ooooh and aaaahhh over the Air (and Id far sooner have the lenovo) but it was a factor last time I bought a laptop, and probably will be when I get to buy another one. I last had a Dell Inspiron 1100. In addition to it being slow (celeron, bah) it was heavy (over 5lbs) and very bulky. I can only fit so much into a bag, and when I had it I was a field tech for a wISP. I had plenty of tools and parts to carry, the dell was heavy. So i bought a Thinkpad T40. Smaller, lighter, faster. Bonus: trackpoint :)
It saved room (as well as wear and tear) in my bag and shaved 2lbs off the specs. Mmmmmm.
My parents, and my siblings, all have larger laptops...which act basically as desktop replacements. With 15.4" screens theyre a fair bit heavier, as well as quite bulky. But they usually just have them in one or two places around the house, and *might* take it on a trip with them.
Me, I like to take mine to school (since Im a student now), work (no longer a tech, I do use it on lunchbreaks) and around the house (large family, large dwelling, sometimes I want to be alone, sometimes not so much)
Id almost certainly never buy the Air, and while I like it more, Id probably never ever get a x300 (prices aside, on both units)
But another T series? Or something similar? Id be *very* interested. A full desktop replacement? Never.