Remember when RedHat used to distribute Metro-X and other commercial applications (Applix) with the OS? Only those who paid for the CD version would get the apps, and if you downloaded RH, you got the version without the commercial apps.
Take a look at the moon sometime and see the nice (bigger) craters on the moon. It's been hit before, it will be hit again, it will still be there tomorrow.
I just took the LPI 101 exam (passed) and will probably take the 102 to get level 1 certification and go on to the 20* exams.
The exam is weighted (good) and is very vendor neutral (good) and does have areas for you to comment on questions you get (good). But some of the quesitons require memorization of various flags (bad) and ask about outdated information (real bad). I can't give examples of questions, since I signed a nice form saying I won't disclose any of the questions. Hopefully the weighting takes these facts into account.
The price for the exam ($100USD) was affordable, even when unemployed, and there are at least a dozen locations within 20 miles of here (Boston, MA) where I can take the exam.
I guess as someone who can run his own servers (and does so) off a cable modem, I can't see why I would want to use ATTBI or Earthlink or AOL over my cable line. We've already seen what happens to DSL when Verizon points at Covad who points back at Verizon. There's the slight possibility that Earthlink (for example) might have a nicer TOS than ATTBI, but I doubt it.
All *I* want from a provider is the following:
Pipe (fast is preferable) If it's broke, go fix it. Don't bother me with anything else. I don't want your news feeds, I don't want your portal site, I don't want your e-mail offers, I don't want your e-mail server.
So far, ATTBI is doing most of that. I have to prod them a few times if something gets real strange, but otherwise I've been very satisfied with the service I've received over the past 4 years.
C&C has some of the best installers and opening scenes ever, with C&C Renegade being no exception. It's really good at getting you in the mood of the game.
GTA and GTA2 (GTA3 hasn't been ported to the PC yet..) also has good openings.
That show rocks. I don't know why, probably just the combination of crappy 60's cartooning with today's humor. It's worth a watch, given it's only 15 minutes with no commercials.
On the flip side, if I have a copy of "Animal Crackers" on DVD, but I want a DivX copy so I can watch it on my laptop, I should be able to hit a site and download a copy. I already own it.
The "liberals" they bring on are just to the right-of-center. I have *never* seen a liberal slant on any Fox news reporting, counting the local dreck. Now, conservative slant, that's a different story.
I take real issue with anyone that does this, then goes out of their way to advertise how balanced they are.
Strange. I have the 7004WBR (not the A version) and can configure it from IE or Netscape/Mozilla without trouble. The thing I run into occationally is that the Barricade will appear to hang while it's doing a DHCP request, but it fails for all browsers equally.
It's not like the Telco act of '96 was of any help. The Telcos don't care and use the loopholes, DSL isn't really available everywhere, no matter what James Earl Jones says, and cable/satellite is just as inexpensive and fast.
I have friends that worked for CLECs that put equipment in ILEC COs. Sure Verizon would let you in the building, but want to use the bathroom? Sorry, can't do that, you'll have to go somewhere else. Want to come back in? Sorry, security isn't here right now and we can't let you in....
You can get time from GPS with a $150 Earthmate GPS receiver (semi-happy owner: it's inexpensive, but not a Garmin). However, there are two problems.
First, you need to get the receiver in a place where it can see a big portion of the sky. A window in a building may be enough to get the time and keep it synced, but that's about it. The roof is a better place.
Second, if you get one of the real expensive GPS receivers, you get better precision and an antenna you can put on the roof, but you're paying through the nose (compared to $150).
AOL and Intel don't have monopolies. There are local and national ISPs that are still thriving (Earthlink for one). Intel has competition in Motorola/Apple/IBM (PPC) and in AMD. Intel has not prevented OEMs from building AMD-based machines, so it's a LOT easier to buy an AMD-based machine than it is to buy a Linux-based. Why is that?
Even when they do tell you it's on, you'll wind up watching about 20 minutes of post-game football followed by 10 minutes of Futurama "already in progress".
You're creating a Farraday Cage, where any energy that goes out hits a piece of metal, gets absorbed, then goes to ground and out. The metal tabs along the edges prevent any waves that are in the same phase as the opening from leaving. So by putting metal tabs along a non-conductive material will help, but not much. The waves will still pass right through the material and out.
I used to do FCC and UL testing of PCs, so ran into this often.
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I think technology like this is required for Enhanced 911 (the number, not the day), so it will be in all new phones pretty soon.
Remember when RedHat used to distribute Metro-X and other commercial applications (Applix) with the OS? Only those who paid for the CD version would get the apps, and if you downloaded RH, you got the version without the commercial apps.
Take a look at the moon sometime and see the nice (bigger) craters on the moon. It's been hit before, it will be hit again, it will still be there tomorrow.
I just took the LPI 101 exam (passed) and will probably take the 102 to get level 1 certification and go on to the 20* exams.
The exam is weighted (good) and is very vendor neutral (good) and does have areas for you to comment on questions you get (good). But some of the quesitons require memorization of various flags (bad) and ask about outdated information (real bad). I can't give examples of questions, since I signed a nice form saying I won't disclose any of the questions. Hopefully the weighting takes these facts into account.
The price for the exam ($100USD) was affordable, even when unemployed, and there are at least a dozen locations within 20 miles of here (Boston, MA) where I can take the exam.
But we've seen what can happen by introducing competition into an existing monopoly. DSL is pretty much dead unless you're an ILEC.
I'm not saying competition is bad, I'm saying that this competition won't get me anything with the laws and regulations as they are.
They have not been blocked in over 6 months. I run HTTP, STMP, and SSH servers on my local box and it can be seen everywhere.
I guess as someone who can run his own servers (and does so) off a cable modem, I can't see why I would want to use ATTBI or Earthlink or AOL over my cable line. We've already seen what happens to DSL when Verizon points at Covad who points back at Verizon. There's the slight possibility that Earthlink (for example) might have a nicer TOS than ATTBI, but I doubt it.
All *I* want from a provider is the following:
Pipe (fast is preferable)
If it's broke, go fix it.
Don't bother me with anything else. I don't want your news feeds, I don't want your portal site, I don't want your e-mail offers, I don't want your e-mail server.
So far, ATTBI is doing most of that. I have to prod them a few times if something gets real strange, but otherwise I've been very satisfied with the service I've received over the past 4 years.
C&C has some of the best installers and opening scenes ever, with C&C Renegade being no exception. It's really good at getting you in the mood of the game.
GTA and GTA2 (GTA3 hasn't been ported to the PC yet..) also has good openings.
That show rocks. I don't know why, probably just the combination of crappy 60's cartooning with today's humor. It's worth a watch, given it's only 15 minutes with no commercials.
Downloading music you do not own is illegal.
On the flip side, if I have a copy of "Animal Crackers" on DVD, but I want a DivX copy so I can watch it on my laptop, I should be able to hit a site and download a copy. I already own it.
Pfft! Oh sure, make me spit my coffee.
The "liberals" they bring on are just to the right-of-center. I have *never* seen a liberal slant on any Fox news reporting, counting the local dreck. Now, conservative slant, that's a different story.
I take real issue with anyone that does this, then goes out of their way to advertise how balanced they are.
Too bad the books weren't at educational prices. *sigh*
I remember $300-$400/semester 10 years ago. Now it's a drop in the bucket, but at the time it was a lot.
Incandescent lights burn out. LEDs last just about forever (or at least the life of the product).
Sounds like a tabloid to me. Sounds like Fox News to me.
If something is sent to you via the USPS that you did not request, it's yours.
So IF they didn't request it, AND IF the products were sent through the USPS, THEN the products are theirs. This is just to make it (more) legal?
Strange. I have the 7004WBR (not the A version) and can configure it from IE or Netscape/Mozilla without trouble. The thing I run into occationally is that the Barricade will appear to hang while it's doing a DHCP request, but it fails for all browsers equally.
It's not like the Telco act of '96 was of any help. The Telcos don't care and use the loopholes, DSL isn't really available everywhere, no matter what James Earl Jones says, and cable/satellite is just as inexpensive and fast.
I have friends that worked for CLECs that put equipment in ILEC COs. Sure Verizon would let you in the building, but want to use the bathroom? Sorry, can't do that, you'll have to go somewhere else. Want to come back in? Sorry, security isn't here right now and we can't let you in....
You can get time from GPS with a $150 Earthmate GPS receiver (semi-happy owner: it's inexpensive, but not a Garmin). However, there are two problems.
First, you need to get the receiver in a place where it can see a big portion of the sky. A window in a building may be enough to get the time and keep it synced, but that's about it. The roof is a better place.
Second, if you get one of the real expensive GPS receivers, you get better precision and an antenna you can put on the roof, but you're paying through the nose (compared to $150).
hope this helps.
This is a new use of .us, so instead of ford.detroit.mi.us as has already existed, you would have ford.us.
AOL and Intel don't have monopolies. There are local and national ISPs that are still thriving (Earthlink for one). Intel has competition in Motorola/Apple/IBM (PPC) and in AMD. Intel has not prevented OEMs from building AMD-based machines, so it's a LOT easier to buy an AMD-based machine than it is to buy a Linux-based. Why is that?
Even when they do tell you it's on, you'll wind up watching about 20 minutes of post-game football followed by 10 minutes of Futurama "already in progress".
They probably want the space for "that 90s show".
I'd certainly rather have him pontificating on /. than Katz. At least Cringley knows that Afghans can't view Divx movies on their C-64s.
Then more access points can be put up. But yes, in heavily dense areas, there will be a lot of 2.4Ghz going on.
Ow....Spelling wrong. Sorry. I was on the customer end of the testing (and reporting back to the engineers).
You're creating a Farraday Cage, where any energy that goes out hits a piece of metal, gets absorbed, then goes to ground and out. The metal tabs along the edges prevent any waves that are in the same phase as the opening from leaving. So by putting metal tabs along a non-conductive material will help, but not much. The waves will still pass right through the material and out.
I used to do FCC and UL testing of PCs, so ran into this often.