I've driven all over the world, and Boston is the ONLY PLACE where I got chased off the road and up onto the sidewalk. And the pedestrians didn't even flinch, like it happens all the time!
Guilty as charged. Sorta. I came into the industry late in the game, so yeah, wireline is on the way out. At least on the DS1 and below, anyway. Still need DS3 and above to get data to the towers, so I'm being moved to another group in the new year. Looking forward to a change, DS1 and below is getting tedious.
Disgruntled as fuck? Begrudged? Arrogantly stated???
I'm sorry, AC, but I can't even claim nolo contendre to that. Sheesh! I'm guessing YOU ran into one of those disgruntled as fuck oldsters and have been emotionally scarred ever since. What'd he/she do? Tell you to "hold these wires" while dialing out on a rotary phone?
Anyway. Time spend educating your employees on how to solve problems is never wasted. I'm sad you think otherwise.
You say that in jest, but I assure you, it's true. It was for a major "value" hotel chain, and their "local point of contact" was the pool guy. That said, he was sharper than most sales reps I've had to work with?
Disclosure: I work for a major service provider/telco.
Don't worry about the wi-fi system so much, there are plenty of solutions for that. Instead, worry more about the connection.
You can have the best wi-fi in the world, but if your connection is down, then you've still got a hotel full of angry customers.
Some things to consider?
1. Network diversity. If you are going to get a multi-T1 setup, then make sure you request network diversity. Yes, it costs more, but if you have all of your T1 connections riding the same sets of DS3s to your hotel, you have a single point of failure. I work with this my entire shift, every day at work. The customer bought a 6-T1 MLPPP ckt to make sure their business had enough bandwidth, but all six are riding the same DS3. The DS3 craps out and *poof*. And DS3s crapping out is dreadfully common. Also, having your circuits come to you from different central offices is also a good idea. Again, it'll cost more, but it'll be worth it when some idiot takes out a telephone pole or punches an auger down through the F2 pairs.
2. Employee training. I cannot stress this enough. Every single hotel we do business with all has one, maybe two "IT people", and everyone else in the entire hotel cannot tell the difference between a Cisco or a Black & Decker (router). And trying to find that "IT Person" at 1AM is like trying to find chicken teeth. In the meantime, I'm sitting at my desk, getting escalations from your senior management, pulling my hair out and waiting for SOMEONE on-site to pull the cable out of the RJ48X so I can test to a loop.
Teach your employees where the smartjack is located and what the lights on it mean. Teach them what the CSU/DSU is, and what the lights on that mean. Show them how to do a hard-boot (unplug-replug), how to follow the cables, how to "exercise the jack" (unplug-replug). And if you REALLY wanna give me a warm fuzzy, make a loopback plug, show them how to use it, and leave a few of them hanging on a peg in your telco room.
I know that sounds like a lot to ask from your "associates", but if I can teach a grocery store manager how to do it over the phone, you can certainly do it too.
Man: I've bleedin' got one, look! What's that then? Postal Clerk: This is a dog license with the word 'dog' crossed out and 'cat' written in in crayon. Man: Man didn't have the right form. Postal Clerk: What man? Man: The man from the cat detector van. Postal Clerk: The loony detector van, you mean. Man: Look, it's people like you what cause unrest.
Just have the chief of police, or whomever, come before Parliament and state, for the record...
"I have a team of 100 officers, standing by to make phone calls to the ISPs of every single one of you, and will be requesting ALL information regarding YOUR accounts. Where you've been, who you've been chatting with, what sites you've been browsing. Because past behavior has given us MORE than enough reason to investigate you all."
No, upon throwing the knife he demonstrated clear intent to use lethal force.
Sorry, but as much as I distrust police in many situations, this appears to be a justified shooting.
Now that I've seen the video, this whole protest business seems foolish. But the protests about BART cutting off cell service are still valid in my opinion, and should proceed.
I found that out in the military. Navy, to be precise?
We were at sea on training exercises, and had been off Oahu all week long. It was Friday, and we were supposed to be coming back into port on Monday, but due to some of our gear going *BZORCH*, we wanted to come in early for repairs.
Naturally, we were down on CUDIXS, which meant no outgoing message traffic, which meant no talking to the port engineer in Pearl.
I was on the O2 level with my old, 1-penny analog brickphone, talking to friends and family while we were 12 miles off shore. The Ops officer was trying to use his small, expensive, shiny Motorola digital sport phone, and not getting anything. I knew if he couldn't get through, we were going to be spending the weekend at sea, so I offered him my phone.
"That thing won't get any signal out here," he sneered. "What's the number, sir?" He humored me and told me, so I dialed.
"Yes, this is petty officer "Ionotter", is the port engineer there? Yes, thank you. Hello, sir? Yes, this is (PO "I") with the Reuben James? My Ops officer wants to talk to you. Sure, here he is."
And we got to pull into port before 1630.
If you're line of sight, digital is fine. If you want OTH, stick with analog. (And for the record, the best I've done was 90 miles off the Na'Pali coast of Kaua'i, with three full bars.)
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Whoa, wait...what???
The article says it's not being used on a living animal.
Hmmm. Perhaps the difference here, is that the old method for clearing and staining didn't highlight the neurons, whereas this one did?
We did this in college, to fish.
Thirty-seven people would disagree with your assessment.
...are preparing to release their forces as you read this.
Verizon: "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE."
AT&T: "You may fire when ready."
Sprint: "Release the Kraken!"
T-Mobile: "Seig Heil!"
I am from Boston
I've driven all over the world, and Boston is the ONLY PLACE where I got chased off the road and up onto the sidewalk. And the pedestrians didn't even flinch, like it happens all the time!
A victory will be when it is illegal, punishable by prison terms, for any wireless carrier to record positioning data.
It has never been thus, but this is a step towards the goal. Learn to take pleasure in the small things, or you'll never reach your goal alive.
100. Claymore mines are not filled with yummy candy, and it is wrong to tell new soldiers that they are.
May there be many more!
Yay Judge Garaufis!
Annoying website: "I'm starting my annoying and intrusive process now!"
NoScript: *BITCHSLAP* "No you're not."
Seriously - when did we get to a point where there is only one right way to think, talk, and act?
When Roger Ailes teamed up with Rupert Murdoch in 1996.
They should all give a response in the words of Sir Alex Ferguson: "Fuck off."
Key phrase being "so far".
Don't worry, there's more than enough time for them to REALLY cock things up.
you're an about to be retired ma' Bell tech
Guilty as charged. Sorta. I came into the industry late in the game, so yeah, wireline is on the way out. At least on the DS1 and below, anyway. Still need DS3 and above to get data to the towers, so I'm being moved to another group in the new year. Looking forward to a change, DS1 and below is getting tedious.
Disgruntled as fuck? Begrudged? Arrogantly stated???
I'm sorry, AC, but I can't even claim nolo contendre to that. Sheesh! I'm guessing YOU ran into one of those disgruntled as fuck oldsters and have been emotionally scarred ever since. What'd he/she do? Tell you to "hold these wires" while dialing out on a rotary phone?
Anyway. Time spend educating your employees on how to solve problems is never wasted. I'm sad you think otherwise.
you want your bar to be the pool guy...
You say that in jest, but I assure you, it's true. It was for a major "value" hotel chain, and their "local point of contact" was the pool guy. That said, he was sharper than most sales reps I've had to work with?
Disclosure: I work for a major service provider/telco.
Don't worry about the wi-fi system so much, there are plenty of solutions for that. Instead, worry more about the connection.
You can have the best wi-fi in the world, but if your connection is down, then you've still got a hotel full of angry customers.
Some things to consider?
1. Network diversity. If you are going to get a multi-T1 setup, then make sure you request network diversity. Yes, it costs more, but if you have all of your T1 connections riding the same sets of DS3s to your hotel, you have a single point of failure. I work with this my entire shift, every day at work. The customer bought a 6-T1 MLPPP ckt to make sure their business had enough bandwidth, but all six are riding the same DS3. The DS3 craps out and *poof*. And DS3s crapping out is dreadfully common. Also, having your circuits come to you from different central offices is also a good idea. Again, it'll cost more, but it'll be worth it when some idiot takes out a telephone pole or punches an auger down through the F2 pairs.
2. Employee training. I cannot stress this enough. Every single hotel we do business with all has one, maybe two "IT people", and everyone else in the entire hotel cannot tell the difference between a Cisco or a Black & Decker (router). And trying to find that "IT Person" at 1AM is like trying to find chicken teeth. In the meantime, I'm sitting at my desk, getting escalations from your senior management, pulling my hair out and waiting for SOMEONE on-site to pull the cable out of the RJ48X so I can test to a loop.
Teach your employees where the smartjack is located and what the lights on it mean. Teach them what the CSU/DSU is, and what the lights on that mean. Show them how to do a hard-boot (unplug-replug), how to follow the cables, how to "exercise the jack" (unplug-replug). And if you REALLY wanna give me a warm fuzzy, make a loopback plug, show them how to use it, and leave a few of them hanging on a peg in your telco room.
I know that sounds like a lot to ask from your "associates", but if I can teach a grocery store manager how to do it over the phone, you can certainly do it too.
Man: I've bleedin' got one, look! What's that then?
Postal Clerk: This is a dog license with the word 'dog' crossed out and 'cat' written in in crayon.
Man: Man didn't have the right form.
Postal Clerk: What man?
Man: The man from the cat detector van.
Postal Clerk: The loony detector van, you mean.
Man: Look, it's people like you what cause unrest.
Just have the chief of police, or whomever, come before Parliament and state, for the record...
"I have a team of 100 officers, standing by to make phone calls to the ISPs of every single one of you, and will be requesting ALL information regarding YOUR accounts. Where you've been, who you've been chatting with, what sites you've been browsing. Because past behavior has given us MORE than enough reason to investigate you all."
No, you have to drive the car off a bridge, leave a woman behind in the car, then walk back to your house and go to bed first.
THEN you qualify.
This guy tells me we need a Darwin Award category.
"Idiots Who Lose Their Job Because of Supreme Incompetence".
No, upon throwing the knife he demonstrated clear intent to use lethal force.
Sorry, but as much as I distrust police in many situations, this appears to be a justified shooting.
Now that I've seen the video, this whole protest business seems foolish. But the protests about BART cutting off cell service are still valid in my opinion, and should proceed.
I found that out in the military. Navy, to be precise?
We were at sea on training exercises, and had been off Oahu all week long. It was Friday, and we were supposed to be coming back into port on Monday, but due to some of our gear going *BZORCH*, we wanted to come in early for repairs.
Naturally, we were down on CUDIXS, which meant no outgoing message traffic, which meant no talking to the port engineer in Pearl.
I was on the O2 level with my old, 1-penny analog brickphone, talking to friends and family while we were 12 miles off shore. The Ops officer was trying to use his small, expensive, shiny Motorola digital sport phone, and not getting anything. I knew if he couldn't get through, we were going to be spending the weekend at sea, so I offered him my phone.
"That thing won't get any signal out here," he sneered. "What's the number, sir?" He humored me and told me, so I dialed.
"Yes, this is petty officer "Ionotter", is the port engineer there? Yes, thank you. Hello, sir? Yes, this is (PO "I") with the Reuben James? My Ops officer wants to talk to you. Sure, here he is."
And we got to pull into port before 1630.
If you're line of sight, digital is fine. If you want OTH, stick with analog. (And for the record, the best I've done was 90 miles off the Na'Pali coast of Kaua'i, with three full bars.)
Google.
You're just jealous I have a job. (Though if I keep hanging around on Slashdot too much, that may change. >.> )
If you're at work, DO NOT CLICK on that link to 419eater!
It is funny, yes, but it has several pornographic and at least one medically disturbing/disgusting image.
Save it for viewing at home.
If only this technology were JUST going to be used on a bunch of minging neds and chavs, I'd have no problem with it.
But it'll be used for everyone all too soon.
Ah well, in the meantime, I'll be only too happy to watch a bunch of warbling brats get their arses handed to them by the cops.