Tachyon was actually first to deliver satellite based Internet connectivity. It was first proved in a non-profit project called Lincos, which has been operational for quite a while.
Both Tachyon and Starband use "latency mitigators" (my phrase) to spoof TCP and cache web. The resulting response time is actually very good, in spite of over 500ms of round trip delay.
Seems to me that if you lost a processor in most modern communications equipment that you are pretty much dead in the water. That is assuming you weren't able to convince your boss to spring for the super-duper dual processor, dual backplane, dual powersupply, dual network administrator model...
Generally, content for the Rocket eBook is created in a simplified HTML format (have a look at KnowBetter for details) and then converted to a.rb file for uploading to the rocket. For creating content, you can use Wayne Davison's open source tools. I've used rbmake and found that it does a great job on html files I have written, or stuff I want to suck off the net.
Good luck - the Rocket is a great little tool. I carry mine around with me all the time when I'm travelling.
I read my ebook in bed every night!
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Dedicated readers are available now! I use the Rocket eBook but there are others. These are reading appliances that are designed specifically for the purpose. They have very high contrast, long battery life (30 hours) and back light for night reading. You read content purchased over the web from Barnes and Noble, The Gutenburg Project, or just plain old content sucked off the web.
eBooks do not mean laptops! They ultimately look like that cool little thing that Capt. Picard carries around.
The FSB has been requiring ISPs to provide monitoring links forever. The difference now is that now several other agencies have the right to monitor email traffic. Putin signed the law almost a month ago - it isn't anything new. Also, don't forget that encryption is not legal in Russia and many other contries, France included.
The good news is that the Russian technical infrastructure is in such a tatters that it's doubtful that much detailed analysis of the millions of email messages could actually be done by anyone. This is unlike the NSA, who has billions to pay for the greatest minds and fastest computers to listen in on your phone and email.
I think this article is refering to SAFE/SAT3, which is a project that will put fibers in the water from the Far East, to South Africa, up the West Africa coast to Europe, and eventually to the USA.
The AfricaOne project is intended to ring Africa in fiber, and is a different project.
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Both Tachyon and Starband use "latency mitigators" (my phrase) to spoof TCP and cache web. The resulting response time is actually very good, in spite of over 500ms of round trip delay.
Seems to me that if you lost a processor in most modern communications equipment that you are pretty much dead in the water. That is assuming you weren't able to convince your boss to spring for the super-duper dual processor, dual backplane, dual powersupply, dual network administrator model...
I little dislexia - I clicked submit instead of preview. Here is the URL for Merlin.
To communicate with your Rocket eBook, Matt Greenwood has written Merlin, a java-based tool for communicating with your Rocket. It's still in alpha, but works okay.
Good luck - the Rocket is a great little tool. I carry mine around with me all the time when I'm travelling.
Dedicated readers are available now! I use the Rocket eBook but there are others. These are reading appliances that are designed specifically for the purpose. They have very high contrast, long battery life (30 hours) and back light for night reading. You read content purchased over the web from Barnes and Noble, The Gutenburg Project, or just plain old content sucked off the web.
eBooks do not mean laptops! They ultimately look like that cool little thing that Capt. Picard carries around.
Think appliances, people!
The FSB has been requiring ISPs to provide monitoring links forever. The difference now is that now several other agencies have the right to monitor email traffic. Putin signed the law almost a month ago - it isn't anything new. Also, don't forget that encryption is not legal in Russia and many other contries, France included.
The good news is that the Russian technical infrastructure is in such a tatters that it's doubtful that much detailed analysis of the millions of email messages could actually be done by anyone. This is unlike the NSA, who has billions to pay for the greatest minds and fastest computers to listen in on your phone and email.
Looks like its actually going! I wish the AfricaONE folks would update their web site!
http://www.globalcrossin g.bm/pressreleases/pr%5F060499.asp
I think this article is refering to SAFE/SAT3, which is a project that will put fibers in the water from the Far East, to South Africa, up the West Africa coast to Europe, and eventually to the USA.
The AfricaOne project is intended to ring Africa in fiber, and is a different project.
The AfricaOne web page seems to indicate that most of the stuff happened on this project several years ago.