Have you thought about installing wind turbines on the roof of your building to generate electricity which you can then feed back into the grid?
You will probably never be able to generate enough power to completely power your data center, but even if you generate 1%, 5%, 10%... that's savings on your electric bill. Your ROI could be substantial over time.
Buildings in Chicago are strongly thinking about this (for obvious reasons).
I'm not in management, and AM an über geek, and my BB is indespensible purely because in meetings I can send and receive PIN msgs to and from my colleagues. It's the 21st equivalent of passing notes.
Oh, and the browser is the only way I have to check GMail from work.
I run 4 dedicated servers, in two different data centers, and about 125 *personal* websites, let alone the countless numbers of sites I host for others.
I can't wait to receive the first "bill".
Let 'em try and extort money from me. I'll just simply put up a page explaining that customers from BellSouth.net aren't able to view this page due to the extortion attempts by their provider and re-direct users to SpeakEasy DSL instead.
Blocking BellSouth is not the equivalent to blocking MSIE.
Step 1: Go to www.VersionTracker.com Step 2: Select "Windows" Step 3: Search for "QuickTime" Step 4: Download ther "QuickTimeInstaller.exe" and be done with it.
The one fortunate thing about this is not only does it apply to iPods, it also applies to every single other media player out there too.
Now, if M$ chooses not to enforce their patent against WMA devices, things could get interesting. Legally, they could. However, I think you'll see a huge public outcry and backlash if they chose to.
1. A Mac Mini (you'll understand why in a minute.) 2. A USB FM Tuner (that's supported by the Mac). Google. There's a few out there. 3. NiceCast, (or Air Foil) from Rogue Amoeba. www.rogueamoeba.com
Simple. Seamless. That's the beauty of the Mac.:-)
But the single biggest difference between PeerFlix and NetFlix/ BB is that with PeerFlix, ownership of the DVD is transferred to you upon receipt.
With NetFlix, if I rent "The Untouchables," and then decide to lend the copy I receive to a friend, that's one less DVD I'm allowed to get until that copy of The Untouchables is then returned back to NetFlix.
I'm not buying The Untouchables, I'm merely leasing it.
With PeerFlix, I can do whatever the hell I want with it.
I'm sorry, but there's no such thing as a EULA to a piece of hardware.
Now, there might be with Windows, and with certain Sony specific add-ons they add to Windows, but this is all the more reason to not run Windows and either run OS X (a'la iBook or PowerBook), FreeBSD, or Linux.
However, you failed to recognize the rhetorical nature of my statement.
Note the intentional choice of puntuation. A period as opposed to a question-mark.
"When will people learn," was more akin to me dipping my head in frustration. "When _will_ people learn?"
I am well versed in the concept of security through obscurity, as obviously are you. The problem does not lie--but is precisely beacuse--Governments and Organizations predominantly want to rely on obscurity to provide their main means of protection.
Look at the White House photos on Google Maps as a prime example. As if painting the White House brown (which is apropos these days I suppose), and the EOP and Treasury buildings green.
As if that would stop any would-be terrorist.
Flying into Reagan National? Better not pop out your camera to take some stills 'lest some trigger-finger-happy Air Marshal decides to use your body for target practice.
Want to go to the top of the Washington Monument? Better not take any pictures of the Mall and of Penn. Ave.
The notion that by masking out the rooftops of "sensitive" buildings will protect the Country any better is irrational and unjustified.
Acts such as these are nothing more than a Government sticking its proverbial head in the sand.
The same holds true for India.
I stand by my original reply. Security through obscurity rarely works. All it takes is one person to discover the "obscured" information asset and publicize it, then the obscurity is broken.
I would venture to say that the number one Open Source project which is designed and/ or used by the majority of non-programming types would be Apache, followed next by PHP.
Think I'm kidding?
Guess you never heard of that them there intarweb.
The United States' slander/ libel laws are the only one's in the World where the victim must prove the statements made were in fact FALSE in order to receive judgement.
Everywhere else in the World, the accused must be able to prove his/ her statements were TRUE in order to avoid judgement.
And, for the record, slander refers to verbally defaming the character of an individual, whereas LIBEL refers to defaming one's character with writings.
I used to have Dish Network with all the movie channels. Cost over $100/ month.
I gave it up because I couldn't justify the cost based on how little TV I was watching at the time.
Now all I have is basic cable, with an Elgato EyeTV to record some shows that I love to watch later that night before I go to bed with my EyeHome.
But, I'm paying $45 month for basic cable.
That's about 23 episodes I could download before it's costing me MORE money than cable.
I watch more than 23 episodes of given shows in a month. But, I don't think I watch much more than 45. And, if all of my shows were on (including some from HBO and Showtime) then I know I'd definitely get ALL my shows via iTunes (if it were $0.99 with commercials or $1.99 without like for HBO shows) because THEN it would be cost effective for me.
Hell, I'd buy a Mac Mini just for the bedroom with a sailing clicker remote just so I COULD watch the shows.
Comcast Cable has got to be one of the WORST cable companies in my area (NW Atlanta). Cable Modem goes out more often than not, and the Sci-Fi Channel is fuzzy and has ghost images on the screen. I'm so tempted to sign back up with Dish because of it but I won't be able to record my shows then.
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Have you thought about installing wind turbines on the roof of your building to generate electricity which you can then feed back into the grid?
... that's savings on your electric bill. Your ROI could be substantial over time.
You will probably never be able to generate enough power to completely power your data center, but even if you generate 1%, 5%, 10%
Buildings in Chicago are strongly thinking about this (for obvious reasons).
Other areas could probably benefit too.
I beg your pardon. ;-)
I'm not in management, and AM an über geek, and my BB is indespensible purely because in meetings I can send and receive PIN msgs to and from my colleagues. It's the 21st equivalent of passing notes.
Oh, and the browser is the only way I have to check GMail from work.
I run 4 dedicated servers, in two different data centers, and about 125 *personal* websites, let alone the countless numbers of sites I host for others.
I can't wait to receive the first "bill".
Let 'em try and extort money from me. I'll just simply put up a page explaining that customers from BellSouth.net aren't able to view this page due to the extortion attempts by their provider and re-direct users to SpeakEasy DSL instead.
Blocking BellSouth is not the equivalent to blocking MSIE.
Step 1: Go to www.VersionTracker.com
Step 2: Select "Windows"
Step 3: Search for "QuickTime"
Step 4: Download ther "QuickTimeInstaller.exe" and be done with it.
The one fortunate thing about this is not only does it apply to iPods, it also applies to every single other media player out there too.
Now, if M$ chooses not to enforce their patent against WMA devices, things could get interesting. Legally, they could. However, I think you'll see a huge public outcry and backlash if they chose to.
1. A Mac Mini (you'll understand why in a minute.)
:-)
2. A USB FM Tuner (that's supported by the Mac). Google. There's a few out there.
3. NiceCast, (or Air Foil) from Rogue Amoeba. www.rogueamoeba.com
Simple. Seamless. That's the beauty of the Mac.
It's not like worms have any bones to break, or complex brain structures that would suffer life-threatening subdural hematomas upon impact.
Besides, the worms were packed in loose soil offering cushioning upon impact, and have very low oxygen requirements compared to humans.
But the single biggest difference between PeerFlix and NetFlix/ BB is that with PeerFlix, ownership of the DVD is transferred to you upon receipt.
With NetFlix, if I rent "The Untouchables," and then decide to lend the copy I receive to a friend, that's one less DVD I'm allowed to get until that copy of The Untouchables is then returned back to NetFlix.
I'm not buying The Untouchables, I'm merely leasing it.
With PeerFlix, I can do whatever the hell I want with it.
I'm sorry, but there's no such thing as a EULA to a piece of hardware.
Now, there might be with Windows, and with certain Sony specific add-ons they add to Windows, but this is all the more reason to not run Windows and either run OS X (a'la iBook or PowerBook), FreeBSD, or Linux.
What could give both of them a run for their money is PeerFlix.
See: http://www.ellenburg.org/content/view/17/26/
Thank you for your Humbe Opinion(TM).
However, you failed to recognize the rhetorical nature of my statement.
Note the intentional choice of puntuation. A period as opposed to a question-mark.
"When will people learn," was more akin to me dipping my head in frustration. "When _will_ people learn?"
I am well versed in the concept of security through obscurity, as obviously are you. The problem does not lie--but is precisely beacuse--Governments and Organizations predominantly want to rely on obscurity to provide their main means of protection.
Look at the White House photos on Google Maps as a prime example. As if painting the White House brown (which is apropos these days I suppose), and the EOP and Treasury buildings green.
As if that would stop any would-be terrorist.
Flying into Reagan National? Better not pop out your camera to take some stills 'lest some trigger-finger-happy Air Marshal decides to use your body for target practice.
Want to go to the top of the Washington Monument? Better not take any pictures of the Mall and of Penn. Ave.
The notion that by masking out the rooftops of "sensitive" buildings will protect the Country any better is irrational and unjustified.
Acts such as these are nothing more than a Government sticking its proverbial head in the sand.
The same holds true for India.
I stand by my original reply. Security through obscurity rarely works. All it takes is one person to discover the "obscured" information asset and publicize it, then the obscurity is broken.
When will people learn.
Security through obscurity rarely works.
But since you're in Norway, it's not like you have much to worry about from the MPAA.
Not quite, slim.
Jabber support wasn't introduced until 10.4 (Tiger).
I would venture to say that the number one Open Source project which is designed and/ or used by the majority of non-programming types would be Apache, followed next by PHP.
Think I'm kidding?
Guess you never heard of that them there intarweb.
The United States' slander/ libel laws are the only one's in the World where the victim must prove the statements made were in fact FALSE in order to receive judgement.
Everywhere else in the World, the accused must be able to prove his/ her statements were TRUE in order to avoid judgement.
And, for the record, slander refers to verbally defaming the character of an individual, whereas LIBEL refers to defaming one's character with writings.
Hopefully soon Microsoft Office will have better support for Microsoft Office formats.
Correct, but Ext2 and Ext3 filesystems *are*.
First, until either you or I get our hands on one to test, I don't think we can honestly say for sure that your assertion is accurate.
Second, the OSX icon is 128x128. Now, I never did real good in math, but last I checked... 320x240 was a fair bit larger than 128x128.
The only thing is, if the native max resolution is 320x240, why on earth would you want to waste disk space by putting any video that's larger on it?
The GPL has absolutely nothing to do with it whether or not it can be ported to FreeBSD.
It's not like there would be any problems with releasing the source-code to the kernel extension for it.
After all, GCC is included. So is Ext2 & Ext3 file systems.
Do you mean to tell me those aren't GPL'd either?
But you CAN put your own videos on it.
ANY video that is H.264 (or MPEG-4) encoded can be played just fine.
I confirmed with Elgato on Friday that their next update to the EyeTV software will have native episode export directly to the iPod, too.
So I ask... what's so difficult about that?
you don't have to get all MIPS about it.
I find it hard to believe that considering all the stiff competition out there for porn that 320x240 will be sufficient for too much longer.
There is a climactic shift happening within the entire entertainment industry.
Hollywood may have thought that with the DVD they had reached their peak with regards to what the consumer wants, supports, or will tolerate.
The erection of broadband internet throughout rural america will see a second coming with new services.
Let's just hope Congress doesn't get all prophylactic and leaves it the hell alone.
You're not. I'm in the same boat.
I used to have Dish Network with all the movie channels. Cost over $100/ month.
I gave it up because I couldn't justify the cost based on how little TV I was watching at the time.
Now all I have is basic cable, with an Elgato EyeTV to record some shows that I love to watch later that night before I go to bed with my EyeHome.
But, I'm paying $45 month for basic cable.
That's about 23 episodes I could download before it's costing me MORE money than cable.
I watch more than 23 episodes of given shows in a month. But, I don't think I watch much more than 45. And, if all of my shows were on (including some from HBO and Showtime) then I know I'd definitely get ALL my shows via iTunes (if it were $0.99 with commercials or $1.99 without like for HBO shows) because THEN it would be cost effective for me.
Hell, I'd buy a Mac Mini just for the bedroom with a sailing clicker remote just so I COULD watch the shows.
Comcast Cable has got to be one of the WORST cable companies in my area (NW Atlanta). Cable Modem goes out more often than not, and the Sci-Fi Channel is fuzzy and has ghost images on the screen. I'm so tempted to sign back up with Dish because of it but I won't be able to record my shows then.
The video is h.264, 320x240, approximately 500Kb/s, audio is 128kbps AAC stereo.
Both are protected with Fair Play 2.