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  1. Re:Flash as an application development platform on The Future of Flash · · Score: 1

    If you are desperate for an analogy, Flash is the mustard gas of the internet.

  2. Re:Sun made the move in April on IBM Opts for AMD · · Score: 1

    That is very strange.

    Check this out:

    http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=3rd+party+rail +kit+HP&btnG=Search+Froogle

    In my last job, I had HP (pre Compaq merger) racks, which were round hole unthreaded. HP switched to Compaq style square holes, so I had to buy these 3rd party rail kits to mount HP servers in HP racks. These kits use about half of the componentry that comes in the standard (square hole) rack kit that comes with the server, and yet still cost us $160-180ish for each server around 2 years ago.

    Apparently Americans are suckers for expensive rails.

  3. Re:Sun made the move in April on IBM Opts for AMD · · Score: 1

    whose rails do not cost more than a hundred? dell's and hp's are closer to $200

  4. Re:virtualize linux under windows? on Microsoft to Work with Xen on Virtualization · · Score: 1

    have you tried calling them and getting the hotfix? A hotfix call to MS is a free call. Have the kb number handy, call xp support, they ultimately will email you a url to a password protected zip file.

  5. Re:We need to ask M/s Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Sun e on An Overview of Virtualization Technologies · · Score: 1

    Microsoft probably danced around terminal services inclusion for fears of antitrust complaints from Citrix.

  6. Re:Better Universities? on Why Startups Condense in America · · Score: 1

    He would probably argue that the Eastern Europeans are winning programming contests because they are not working at startups.

    In general, I would not expect American students to win such contests - if you are an American student, the tuition meter is probably running, whereas it seems student is a semi-permanent occupation in Europe (how long was Linus Torvalds a perma-student?).

  7. Re:Do you want to live forever? on Firefox to Drop Pre-Windows 2000 Support · · Score: 1

    It sounds like you have not fired up IE on 2003 - its default security configuration blocks everything - out of the box, you need to add sites to its whitelist to gain access. I had to whitelist two sites the other day to download putty onto a SBS 2003 server

  8. Re:Do you want to live forever? on Firefox to Drop Pre-Windows 2000 Support · · Score: 1

    Those statistics are for web developers. Do you seriously think 1.9% of the web browsing universe is running tweaked copies of Windows 2003 *server* as a desktop OS?

  9. Re:Dark fiber Ethernet service, or fractional DS3 on How Do Businesses Scale Their Bandwidth Needs? · · Score: 1

    What should a 10 megabit connection cost from one of those providers? I recently got a quote from one of them that was wholly out of line with what a multiple imuxed t1 solution would cost.

  10. Re:One word: PIX on VPN Solutions for Small/Medium Businesses? · · Score: 1

    Cisco is actually not that bad:

    I have determined that Watchguard apparently charges 30% for the annual maintenance and software rights - so while it might be cheaper upfront, the costs add up. Cisco's contract is in the high teens annually.

    Netscreen will charge you the current years maintenance, and all the back years' if you want to get an old/user netscreen's service reinstated.

    I know cisco sells a one time upgrade SKU, if you just want to upgrade the firmware on your hardware (I am not sure if it is available for the vpn client), and my understanding is that they will sell you a 12 month smart net contract without having to pay any reinstatement fees / past years a la netscreen.

  11. Re:Cisco VPN 3000 on VPN Solutions for Small/Medium Businesses? · · Score: 1

    what cisco client were you running? it took cisco a long time to really figure out how to deal with xp sp2 firewall enabled. Some of the early 4.0x clients would work, but tcp tunnelling would be broken, etc. Cisco does some wonky stuff with using high numbered ports for messaging between the various parts of the vpn client, and enabling exceptions for them with sp2's firewall never really seemed to work.

    I liked the 3030 a lot. We told the Mac OS 9 users to pound sand, but we did have some people using the cisco client on their own os X machines.

  12. Re:Botmasters will switch to distributed C&C on Meet the Botnet Hunters · · Score: 1

    Why would a bot master want to use a protocol that likely has packet signatures on IDS/IPS? Or packet shaping signatures on educational/ISP networks that might manage bandwidth but not content?

  13. Re:America the beautiful on Bridging 3G, EDGE, GPRS, and WiFi · · Score: 1

    T-mobile is the smallest national US player. The german ownership:

    Doesn't want to say that they are going to sell tmobile usa, because that could hurt the price if it is perceived that tmobile(DT) has to sell from a position of weakness
    Hasn't been aggressive in 3G in the US because they have a small user base (it is likely easier to sell 3G services to your existing customers rather than win converts), licensing the spectrum is big money, and it does not appear they are certain they really want to own tmobile usa.

  14. Re:Living in Interesting Times on Bridging 3G, EDGE, GPRS, and WiFi · · Score: 1

    Verizon's 3G service is 145-200ms to the first hop. That would make it appear that 3g cellular is not going to play nicely with VoIP.

  15. Re:good review... on MacBook Pro Reviewed · · Score: 1

    What about os x would make encrypted disk images less likely to have something bad happen? Are they like encrypted dmg's?

    I think the corruption risk is tolerable if I get syncing to my windows home dir. I am planning to get a vpn setup to my house, so hopefully even on the road I can sync my home directory up if needed.

  16. Re:Heat on MacBook Pro Reviewed · · Score: 1

    It got hot sitting on a blanket on my bed, while it was not doing anything profound. I tried a temperature monitoring app I found, but it did not pick up any sensors on the macbook.

  17. good review... on MacBook Pro Reviewed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Mine showed up Monday. Thoughts from a mac os x beginner:

    1. the screen does have some flicker on very dim settings as noted. The auto adjust for room brightness is also a bit too sensitive - an aspiring os x hacker might want to see if an app could be written to make it less real time - use a rolling x seconds average of brightness? It is a very nice screen all in all, though.
    2. the power brick's connector goes green when plugged in to the laptop, and then the light goes brown. This isn't very intuitive.
    3. The blinding white led near the lid latch oscillates in brightness when the machine is in sleep. Did I mention how blinding it is?

    Been trying to see if I can get it to vpn to a watchguard with free add ons - no such luck yet (anyone have a racoon conf for that?). Office 2004 took what seemed to be a long time to install, but installed without incident - I have only used remote desktop so far. This weekend I am going to play with the encrypted home directory stuff, and see what I can cook up to have my home directory sync with my active directory home dir.

  18. Re:30" display on MacBook Pros Upgraded and Shipped · · Score: 1

    Is the iMac dvi port dual link? I know the macbook pro's is, and the 30 inch panels (dell/apple) require it.

  19. Re:What's MS's deal? on Microsoft to Replace Blackberry? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The deal is that blackberry really nailed outlook integration (meaning, synchronization of all the data you access with outlook), but the blackberry does not do many other things well. Basically, the worldwide number of blackberries is in the 7 digit range, and the number of cell phones is in the 9 digit range, and Microsoft thinks they can go after that. Microsoft has made it easier for windows mobile and palm* (they are a licensee) devices to work with Exchange.

    This is in corporations interest to be able to play the device makers against each other, instead of being tied to Blackberry. Basically, a big company with Exchange probably has a Blackberry ent. server working with exchange, and views installing Good (to support Palm devices) as a pain, so they are stuck buying blackberries. This will allow people to become more hardware agnostic, but most places will still stick with a few supported models due to support costs.

    All similar to pc software market - MS benefits as the hardware gets cheaper because it does so as it gets more pervasive - bigger market means more possible licenses for Exchange seats.

  20. Re:Is there really much of a savings? on Microsoft to Replace Blackberry? · · Score: 1

    The workgroup/small biz edition of BES includes 5 cals and costs $1500. I believe additional CALs are $200-250ish. I imagine that if you work with a cell provider, you could do better as they have a huge interest in getting you hooked on BES.

  21. Re:"Diversity": a Code word on U.S.Laws May Make Online Job Hunting Harder · · Score: 1

    Like most federal regulations - a department proposes them, publishes it in the Federal Register, might have a hearing or two, and eventually it gets published in the Federal Register as a regulation.

    http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

    For someone who throws around a lot of pointed rhetoric, you might consider learning a bit about how the government works.

  22. Re:Translation for common people: on IBM Open Sources UIMA · · Score: 1

    IBM sells servers, DB2, and WebSphere (among other products). If more apps use this framework, it would probably help them sell more of all three.

  23. Re:You mean india surely on EU to Develop Search Engine · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do you honestly expect Europe, the Europe that is seriously considering lifting its arms embargo against China, to not have its search engine bow to the whims of the Chinese government?

  24. Re:January 16, 2011 on EU to Develop Search Engine · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Well, what about SMTP? on EU Approves Data Retention · · Score: 1

    GE could not buy Honeywell because the EU competition people blocked it. That court decision was just reaffirmed. So, if an American listed company cannot buy another American listed company due to EU practice, expect US providers with European clients/customers/accounts to have to provide the data.