However ping times are usually a damn good indication of how close someone is to you geographically. (forgetting dial-ups that is:)
Regarding the language thing... don't guess too much - I spend most of my day speaking either german or french and by the time I get home in the evening my english is suitably scrambled:)
I'd be interested to see how they propose to use this - ie is it completed closed, or are there specific hosts that have access to public and private. Inevitably there's always some host somewhere that comprimises this type of idea.
Since their interest is in securing the net as a whole, it's a pity they're not practising what they preach, and try and implement a secure solution over the public 'net. Would be a inspiration for other folks.
Munich(ComputerWoche) - Sony, the Japanese electronics firm have demonstrated a portable fileserver, that can connect to PCs and PDAs using Wireless LAN (protocol). The FSV-PG1 works with a linux based operating system, and has a 2.5 inch 20 GB harddrive, 17 GB of which are available to the user. The device , which is 83x155x31 millimeters fits neatly in your hand, and weighs 390 Gramms. It requires an external powersupply - the internal battery is only for backup use.
The built in access point (IEEE 802.11b) can, according to sony, server up to 250 users at a time. Access to the data is possible via FTP, CIFS or NFS. There is also an ethernet-cradle available as an accessory which enables standard ethernet connections. Security is dealt with via 64 or 128 bit WEP. Saved data is protected via passwords.
The devices will be publicly presented for the first time at the Net&Com 2003, Tokyo show. It should be available in Japan at the end of March for approximately 585 dollars, the Ethernet-Cradle costing approximately 60 Dollars. If and when the device will be available here (Germany) remains to be seen.
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The Viewer seems really slick, I'll definately be using that.
However I'd really like to see them push the boat out and give people the option of using froogle outside of the states. Froogle really does look like a great service, which makes it all the more frustrating.
Now that there is a common currency for most of Europe, surely it can't be too hard to extend this.
It definately does matter. But it isn't just about the bandwidth:
Many people live near but not near enough to exchanges to get DSL, and ADSL2+ will give extra reach over the phone lines. Maybe you'll still be happy with your 512K or whatever, but hopefully there'll be more people that can enjoy the pleasure of xDSL then.
One of the advantages of being a lot smarter than my computer is that it takes me probably less than 1 second to read the subject line of a mail and delete it in the case of spam.
Even at 50 spam mails a day, it probably will take less than a minute of my time... Like most people I have multiple accounts, one for subscribing to god knows what and the other as my genuine address.
I know it's irritating, but surely people aren't getting that pissed off with it ? I mean, maybe they need to gain perspective rather than change email, because lets face it, it's damn handy.
I've had a fair amount of experience in rolling out DSL services, and one thing that I always found strange is that lots of people in the industry disagree in terms of the way that the bandwidth should be carved up.
Generally the expensive part of the bandwidth is the fibre leg between the DSLAM and the equipment on the ISP's bandwidth.
The discussions always revolved around the most fair/effecient way to carve this bandwidth up, and there were basically two original ideas : firstly put a limit on the users modem and have a free for all on the fibre. The problem with this is that p2p users can degrade the perceived QOS for all. Secondly you could basically channelize this fibre and make sure everyone has their allowed bandwidth. This obviously doesn't allow for oversubscription on the fibre which is a bad thing for consumer networks (we were designing a network predominently for businesses, so it was OK).
The important thing that we came upon is that there is a third option, which I think most/. users would prefer :
Give all users a low guarantee : say as low as 64k. OK, I know that you're thinking that's low, and it is, but thats guaranteed. The point is then you can divide the bandwidth on the fiber by 64 and work out the maximum no. users that you can have, which will be a lot, definately economically viable. Even when you've got this maximum no. of users, you'd be surprised how many users don't use their bandwidth (even with the proliferation of p2p services). This unused bandwidth goes into a pool that all users can take from. It's a bit like a burstable service. It means that you'll always get 64k of low latency service (for me that's just as important as the bandwidth....) and with the tests we made, you still managed to get some pretty decent download speeds. And with this way, you don't have to start putting caps on to increase the perceived QOS
This is the real cost of P2P - providers always work on an oversubscription of their services, just to make it economical. They never expected to see the utilization that they are seeing, mainly due to p2p applications.
Once you start paying for each MB over the limit, then your MP3s will no longer be free. So, the big question is, are the ISPs in bed with the music industry ????
Ok, so I'm no mobile expert, but I thought that you'd still see signal even if all call timeslots were being used...
I know that when you go to a soccer game or some other large event, the cell phone nodes can't handle it due to the huge numbers trying to call their friends with the latest score etc, most nodes support surprisingly few simultaneous calls.
Presumably a similar thing is happening - small hotspots of overusage in certain city areas, I wonder what the difference in terms of node density between a perceived good service and a bad one.
I don't understand why it would hurt anyone if the whole world could see the source code : lets stop being greedy, and let the whole world benefit from our work.....
Anyone care to repost that doc in another format ???
Our IT department are very very strict and I can't install jack on my NT box.... oh and my sun box can't see the 'net.....
how much does that suck:C
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However ping times are usually a damn good indication of how close someone is to you geographically. (forgetting dial-ups that is
Regarding the language thing... don't guess too much - I spend most of my day speaking either german or french and by the time I get home in the evening my english is suitably scrambled
I'd be interested to see how they propose to use this - ie is it completed closed, or are there specific hosts that have access to public and private. Inevitably there's always some host somewhere that comprimises this type of idea.
Since their interest is in securing the net as a whole, it's a pity they're not practising what they preach, and try and implement a secure solution over the public 'net. Would be a inspiration for other folks.
Sony delivers a walkman format WiFi-Fileserver
Munich(ComputerWoche) - Sony, the Japanese electronics firm have demonstrated a portable fileserver, that can connect to PCs and PDAs using Wireless LAN (protocol). The FSV-PG1 works with a linux based operating system, and has a 2.5 inch 20 GB harddrive, 17 GB of which are available to the user. The device , which is 83x155x31 millimeters fits neatly in your hand, and weighs 390 Gramms. It requires an external powersupply - the internal battery is only for backup use.
The built in access point (IEEE 802.11b) can, according to sony, server up to 250 users at a time. Access to the data is possible via FTP, CIFS or NFS. There is also an ethernet-cradle available as an accessory which enables standard ethernet connections. Security is dealt with via 64 or 128 bit WEP. Saved data is protected via passwords.
The devices will be publicly presented for the first time at the Net&Com 2003, Tokyo show. It should be available in Japan at the end of March for approximately 585 dollars, the Ethernet-Cradle costing approximately 60 Dollars. If and when the device will be available here (Germany) remains to be seen.
The Viewer seems really slick, I'll definately be using that.
However I'd really like to see them push the boat out and give people the option of using froogle outside of the states. Froogle really does look like a great service, which makes it all the more frustrating.
Now that there is a common currency for most of Europe, surely it can't be too hard to extend this.
It definately does matter. But it isn't just about the bandwidth:
Many people live near but not near enough to exchanges to get DSL, and ADSL2+ will give extra reach over the phone lines. Maybe you'll still be happy with your 512K or whatever, but hopefully there'll be more people that can enjoy the pleasure of xDSL then.One of the advantages of being a lot smarter than my computer is that it takes me probably less than 1 second to read the subject line of a mail and delete it in the case of spam.
Even at 50 spam mails a day, it probably will take less than a minute of my time... Like most people I have multiple accounts, one for subscribing to god knows what and the other as my genuine address.
I know it's irritating, but surely people aren't getting that pissed off with it ? I mean, maybe they need to gain perspective rather than change email, because lets face it, it's damn handy.
I've had a fair amount of experience in rolling out DSL services, and one thing that I always found strange is that lots of people in the industry disagree in terms of the way that the bandwidth should be carved up.
/. users would prefer :
Generally the expensive part of the bandwidth is the fibre leg between the DSLAM and the equipment on the ISP's bandwidth.
The discussions always revolved around the most fair/effecient way to carve this bandwidth up, and there were basically two original ideas : firstly put a limit on the users modem and have a free for all on the fibre. The problem with this is that p2p users can degrade the perceived QOS for all. Secondly you could basically channelize this fibre and make sure everyone has their allowed bandwidth. This obviously doesn't allow for oversubscription on the fibre which is a bad thing for consumer networks (we were designing a network predominently for businesses, so it was OK).
The important thing that we came upon is that there is a third option, which I think most
Give all users a low guarantee : say as low as 64k. OK, I know that you're thinking that's low, and it is, but thats guaranteed. The point is then you can divide the bandwidth on the fiber by 64 and work out the maximum no. users that you can have, which will be a lot, definately economically viable. Even when you've got this maximum no. of users, you'd be surprised how many users don't use their bandwidth (even with the proliferation of p2p services). This unused bandwidth goes into a pool that all users can take from. It's a bit like a burstable service. It means that you'll always get 64k of low latency service (for me that's just as important as the bandwidth....) and with the tests we made, you still managed to get some pretty decent download speeds. And with this way, you don't have to start putting caps on to increase the perceived QOS
This is the real cost of P2P - providers always work on an oversubscription of their services, just to make it economical. They never expected to see the utilization that they are seeing, mainly due to p2p applications.
Once you start paying for each MB over the limit, then your MP3s will no longer be free. So, the big question is, are the ISPs in bed with the music industry ????
Ok, so I'm no mobile expert, but I thought that you'd still see signal even if all call timeslots were being used ...
I know that when you go to a soccer game or some other large event, the cell phone nodes can't handle it due to the huge numbers trying to call their friends with the latest score etc, most nodes support surprisingly few simultaneous calls.
Presumably a similar thing is happening - small hotspots of overusage in certain city areas, I wonder what the difference in terms of node density between a perceived good service and a bad one.
I don't understand why it would hurt anyone if the whole world could see the source code : lets stop being greedy, and let the whole world benefit from our work.....
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Wasn't this released yesterday ????
since when is the majority of routing done via mac address ????
Cheers!!!
Anyone care to repost that doc in another format ??? Our IT department are very very strict and I can't install jack on my NT box.... oh and my sun box can't see the 'net..... how much does that suck :C
Cheers
Slashdotted already.... anyone got a mirror ???