Many U.S. cities have gone after municipal fiber solutions, the problem is the existing govt. mandated monopolies are blocking them in court with near unlimited legal budgets, lobbying groups and fake 'grass-roots' campaigns. Very few have managed to build out the networks, and many that tried have been tied up in courts for years (still are). I dont have any real stats but judging from news stories over the last few years I would guess 90% of these efforts fail due to the existing corruption in US business and government.
Wait, what? You say "much of the new content was his idea that I ended up implementing" and you want the credit/atta boy/good job chimp?
The ideas and solutions are what get people noticed and praised, what you did is no different than sending the spec off to India and having them churn it out. What you did is no different than a McBurger flipper making tha cheesburgers for the manager, why exactly do you deserve praise? You kids these days, unbelievable. Your paid to do your job, if you want praise try coming up with the good ideas.
Of course everyone is ignoring it, we all know a copy of every email/IM/packet etc. exists in the basement of the San Francisco AT&T switching center (and I'm sure many more). Why we should we store all this shit when "THE MAN" already has multiple copies, cross referenced, sourced, vetted and all the boilerplate leagalese to do/charge whatever they want.
I had the same experience with Maxtor SATA drives (MaxLine Plus II 250GB). Previously we ran all SCSI but purchased 50 IBM xSeries 226's each loaded out w/4 of these drives in RAID 5. Of the 50 servers, 36 failed in the first 3 months, all due to drive failures (many losing 2 at a time killing the array). The servers themselves were fine but Maxtor (Seagate?) drives are junk. We still use some SATA drives but only the WD Raptors, they have been very reliable. We've only lost 3-4 out of hundreds of Raptors in the last year and a half. I think SATA drives are OK for data/content that is infrequently accessed but I would never try using them in any database or high load content server.
How much is your life worth to you, and what's the chance of you losing it to a bullet? There's the demand side value. It will be close to that. No, thats not right. The question is how much is your life worth to the current political establishment.., or just ask all of the the guys standing around in Iraq with no body armor.
There are tons of options out there (I havent worked in the field for ~ 10 years). Assuming you can access something to get the readings off you could get a 90-30 PLC to pull the data points. The Cimplicity MMI is a great software package for monitoring, alerting, reporting etc. Try calling GE Fanuc and just tell them what you are trying to do and the can give you plenty of options.
I think manufacturing capability was the main concern for Apple making the switch, IBM couldnt provide enough chips and wasnt motivated to go the extra mile. Switching to Intel meant they could get the future whiz-bang tech and have enough supply to significantly increase sales on H/W.
Yes, good point, dont forget to nail a kitten to a board and strangle it in front of them too. Dont kill it, just let it pass out... and stangle it again after you poke it in the eyes with needles to wake it. Keep repeating this until one of the weaker employees cry (it may take a while or require multiple kittens if they are used to abusive callers), then lock the kitten in a dark box with no food or water, leave it close enough to thier work area that they can always hear the muffled crying. The key is to let them know there will be alot of pain but no death, morale and productivity will sky rocket. You will most likly get a bonus when the CxO's get news of your "Balanced Kitten Card (tm)" management methodology. The kitten will make for great holiday cards too, remind them again and again at easter etc., 1 kitten can go a long way. If that doesnt work, just shoot them in the face.
I'm talking about the uncompressed true HD (.ts) or the true HD h.264 in alt.binaries.hdtv and alt.binaries.htdv.h264, I think the files you are referring to are the divx conversions that are like 642x420 or something. Go to one of the above groups and download the 720p or 1080i episodes of Lost (5-7GB) and see the difference for yourself.
I dont know what format they are offering the HD content in but when I^W my friend downloads HD movies off giganews they are 15-20GB each and 45 min. TV shows are 5-7GB. If giganews can max out my^W my friends 7Mbit connection it seems msft should be able to do the same. It takes a looong time to download a crappy ass movie too, if they want to push HD/BluRay they really have to start putting out some content. I refuse to buy and HD/DVD or BluRay hardware until the new releases are available at the local block buster every Tuesday. I've had my 360 for over a year and still have never connected it to the net, this may be worth while if they are putting out the new releases in HD, I would definately rent them. Giganews unlimited account + Newsbin Pro + VLC = HD nirvana.
We recently purchased 50 IBM Xseries 226 servers for a pilot project that were deployed accross the states, each server had a RAID 5 array using the Maxtor drives. 36 of the 50 servers all sufferd drives failures in the first 2 months and about half had multilpe drive failures that made the arrays unrecoverable. So out of 200 Maxtor hard drives about 80 of them failed (these were all heavy use edge database servers). I will never purchase anything with Maxtor drives again, the mgt. was so pissed when we finally rolled out all 800+ servers they were replaced with SCSI HDD's about a years ago, we have had 3 drive failures since the rollout (and all arrays were recoverable). So to all those people considering using SATA/ATA HDD's in servers for the cost savings you really need to think again. IBM replaced the drives quickly but when you factor in all of the down time, tech staff etc. the few thousand you will save on drives, you will pay 100x more in support etc.
Lawyers, draconian and vague technology laws (DCMA etc.), monopoly power for "consumer choice" and bogus patents. They already realized they were doomed and have adapted quite well.
Considering Hillary Rosen (former head or something of the RIAA) is now employed by the U.S. Govt to write the laws for Iraq, and the considrable lobbying power of the RIAA, I would say it is more these companies: http://www.riaa.com/about/members/default.asp paying into the fund.
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Many U.S. cities have gone after municipal fiber solutions, the problem is the existing govt. mandated monopolies are blocking them in court with near unlimited legal budgets, lobbying groups and fake 'grass-roots' campaigns. Very few have managed to build out the networks, and many that tried have been tied up in courts for years (still are). I dont have any real stats but judging from news stories over the last few years I would guess 90% of these efforts fail due to the existing corruption in US business and government.
Sure we have, it the web cam in the TWC board room. They repeat the show at every board meeting.
No no, its really five! When IBM canned OS/2, AIX picked up both users.
Wait, what? You say "much of the new content was his idea that I ended up implementing" and you want the credit/atta boy/good job chimp?
The ideas and solutions are what get people noticed and praised, what you did is no different than sending the spec off to India and having them churn it out. What you did is no different than a McBurger flipper making tha cheesburgers for the manager, why exactly do you deserve praise? You kids these days, unbelievable. Your paid to do your job, if you want praise try coming up with the good ideas.
Of course everyone is ignoring it, we all know a copy of every email/IM/packet etc. exists in the basement of the San Francisco AT&T switching center (and I'm sure many more). Why we should we store all this shit when "THE MAN" already has multiple copies, cross referenced, sourced, vetted and all the boilerplate leagalese to do/charge whatever they want.
Thats not true, the real speed boost came from the slingshot around Oprahs ass, followed by a Chuck Norris round house kick.
I had the same experience with Maxtor SATA drives (MaxLine Plus II 250GB). Previously we ran all SCSI but purchased 50 IBM xSeries 226's each loaded out w/4 of these drives in RAID 5. Of the 50 servers, 36 failed in the first 3 months, all due to drive failures (many losing 2 at a time killing the array). The servers themselves were fine but Maxtor (Seagate?) drives are junk. We still use some SATA drives but only the WD Raptors, they have been very reliable. We've only lost 3-4 out of hundreds of Raptors in the last year and a half. I think SATA drives are OK for data/content that is infrequently accessed but I would never try using them in any database or high load content server.
Never happen, the french president doesnt rate high enough to go hunting with Cheney.
There are tons of options out there (I havent worked in the field for ~ 10 years). Assuming you can access something to get the readings off you could get a 90-30 PLC to pull the data points. The Cimplicity MMI is a great software package for monitoring, alerting, reporting etc. Try calling GE Fanuc and just tell them what you are trying to do and the can give you plenty of options.
As a WHAT employee?
FIRED!
open the airlock.
And rounded corners!
I'm having a deja vu moment.
Billions of dollars..
Nobody wants it...
Performs worse than previous versions..
Joke of the industry...
Wintel... hmmmm
VISTANIUM!
You obviously never worked for Enron, Adelphia, Jorge Boosh, or
I think manufacturing capability was the main concern for Apple making the switch, IBM couldnt provide enough chips and wasnt motivated to go the extra mile. Switching to Intel meant they could get the future whiz-bang tech and have enough supply to significantly increase sales on H/W.
Yes, good point, dont forget to nail a kitten to a board and strangle it in front of them too. Dont kill it, just let it pass out... and stangle it again after you poke it in the eyes with needles to wake it. Keep repeating this until one of the weaker employees cry (it may take a while or require multiple kittens if they are used to abusive callers), then lock the kitten in a dark box with no food or water, leave it close enough to thier work area that they can always hear the muffled crying. The key is to let them know there will be alot of pain but no death, morale and productivity will sky rocket. You will most likly get a bonus when the CxO's get news of your "Balanced Kitten Card (tm)" management methodology. The kitten will make for great holiday cards too, remind them again and again at easter etc., 1 kitten can go a long way. If that doesnt work, just shoot them in the face.
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Dick Cheney
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I'm talking about the uncompressed true HD (.ts) or the true HD h.264 in alt.binaries.hdtv and alt.binaries.htdv.h264, I think the files you are referring to are the divx conversions that are like 642x420 or something. Go to one of the above groups and download the 720p or 1080i episodes of Lost (5-7GB) and see the difference for yourself.
I dont know what format they are offering the HD content in but when I^W my friend downloads HD movies off giganews they are 15-20GB each and 45 min. TV shows are 5-7GB. If giganews can max out my^W my friends 7Mbit connection it seems msft should be able to do the same. It takes a looong time to download a crappy ass movie too, if they want to push HD/BluRay they really have to start putting out some content. I refuse to buy and HD/DVD or BluRay hardware until the new releases are available at the local block buster every Tuesday. I've had my 360 for over a year and still have never connected it to the net, this may be worth while if they are putting out the new releases in HD, I would definately rent them. Giganews unlimited account + Newsbin Pro + VLC = HD nirvana.
they upgraded it to vista, it hasnt finished booting yet...
Yes, but when mgt. hears the latest pitches from the vendors on how it save them so much money...
We recently purchased 50 IBM Xseries 226 servers for a pilot project that were deployed accross the states, each server had a RAID 5 array using the Maxtor drives. 36 of the 50 servers all sufferd drives failures in the first 2 months and about half had multilpe drive failures that made the arrays unrecoverable. So out of 200 Maxtor hard drives about 80 of them failed (these were all heavy use edge database servers). I will never purchase anything with Maxtor drives again, the mgt. was so pissed when we finally rolled out all 800+ servers they were replaced with SCSI HDD's about a years ago, we have had 3 drive failures since the rollout (and all arrays were recoverable). So to all those people considering using SATA/ATA HDD's in servers for the cost savings you really need to think again. IBM replaced the drives quickly but when you factor in all of the down time, tech staff etc. the few thousand you will save on drives, you will pay 100x more in support etc.
Lawyers, draconian and vague technology laws (DCMA etc.), monopoly power for "consumer choice" and bogus patents. They already realized they were doomed and have adapted quite well.
Considering Hillary Rosen (former head or something of the RIAA) is now employed by the U.S. Govt to write the laws for Iraq, and the considrable lobbying power of the RIAA, I would say it is more these companies: http://www.riaa.com/about/members/default.asp paying into the fund.