with today's trend of Reality shows, movies i've already seen, and increasing repeats, I find i am not watching half as much tv as i was 10 years ago (when i was 8). All i'm interested in now is a good hour of of M*A*S*H, Stargate SG-1, StarTrek, or the 6 o'clock news. even then, i commonly miss thoughs shows to fit in more computer time.
HUAC (House Un-American Activites Committy) was formed in 1937. It was created out of fear of communism, and accused thousands of innocent people of being radical communists. This in the end caused thousands of dollars in damage, not to mention the cost to run the committy, and the damage caused by people trying to stay out of their way (for example: literature and theater that seemed unamerican would not have been published or preformed).
Fast forward to today
Now, the US is scared of terrorists. The US now has tightened security on all fronts. Now, amateur rocket hobbyists are being targeted as terrorists because they have rockets. So this is how this is going to work: Thoughs who register will be under a microscope; thoughs who dont will be criminals; and terrorists will get off scott free.
Due to popular request, I went digging and found the site in my cache! Unfotunatly, I only got 3 pages before the server was/.'d. Still worth it.
http://members.shaw.ca/infonic/orac/
enjoy!
I've thought of this myself for my own city. I'm not ready to take on such a project, but in the event that i change my mind, these would be the first issues i would adress:
1) who is paying for equiptment? 2) where is the equiptment going to be located? 3) how many people are acutally interested (is it going to be a wasted effort)? 4) servers to host content 5) Mesures to prevent people from causing problems (dhcp servers, hackers, viri and such) 6) will DNS be used? 7) Scale of network vs ammount of information being communicated
#7 is most important because if you have alot of people using this system as though it were a LAN, general broadcasts will be flooding your entire network. you will need *real routers* to segment parts of the network. *real routers* means they're not intended for home use (ie: Linksys, d-link, etc...) #4,5,6 & 7 all assume this network is large - predict this! its less work later if this really takes off for ya.
oh, and Seattle wireless has a network like this so you'll want to take a peak there to see how they have things set up.
We have heard recently that a number of Distros have switched to Xorg. This project aimed to be less of a resource hog than XFree86 - and last I checked, it has succeeded. The 2.6 kernel also helps with performance boosts. Why stop here? Alot of the other pieces to make a basic linux system (like init) should be ripped apart, and re-written to reduce boot times, cpu times, frustation times, and swap time. As a community, we have the choice to do something or do nothing. 'Desktop Linux' is on the horizon, and doing nothing is a suicidal act.
If successful, this would be one small step for tux, one giant leap for penguin-kind.
Unfortunatly, it's a bad thing they waste money on this. When they do their books at the end of the year, their statement to piracy will be something like this:
"This year we have recorded a record number of music sales . Unfortunatly, because we spent so much money combating piracy (and failing due to our own ignorance), we will not see the benifits of it. It is the end of the world, Linux costs Billions per machine, the Earth is the center of the universe, in satin we trust, blah blah blah!"
This prototype space shuttle (named Phoenix), is expected to replace the current shuttles in use in two years time.
*time passes*
The prototype space shuttle expected to replace the current fleet owned by ESA will no longer be realeased under the name Phoenix, but instead will be released under the name Firebird. The recent name change was due to another project already underway by the Russian Space Agency. Both decided the name change would be best to avoid confusion between the two projects.
*time passes*
ESA's new prototype shuttle was again recently re-dubbed Firefox (formerly Firebird, formerly Phoenix) to avoid confusion with a NASA program that had started up some months earlier...
*time passes*
ESA's prototype shuttle program is being braced for yet another name change. This time a Linux web browser project made claim to the name Firefox. The development team for the new shuttle is beginning to wonder weather a name for the project is nessesary.
I find this study is true. I always talk to my computer during high priority assignments. I tend to drop the human attribute of failiur or dissapointment on my computer.
"Aw, aw, AW, AW!!! You stupid F$#@!&*% Computer!!! I'm going to replace you." (cant afford it)
"F$#@!&*% WinBLOWS, i'm going to install linux!" (never do)
1) watching the Canuck playoffs 2) watching the latest massacer from Iraq 3) watching "reality shows"
I couldnt care less about #'s 2 and 3 (due to their constant repitition), and the score for #1 is 3 vs 2 (Flames vs Canucks respectivly) is discouraging.
Oh, wait. Every now and then I will sit infront of a good episode of Spongebob Squarepants. But other than that, I'm on my computer or enguaging in outdoor activity.
check out the following for your daily entertainment and/or use:
slashdot.org - News for nerds, Stuff that matters. homestarrunner.com - simply the best internet cartoon. bash.org - the most entertaining IRC conversations. ebay.ca - search ebay as a canadian oldversion.com - because newer isnt always better. thinkgeek.net - buy useless crap, and feel good about it! suprnova.org - bittorrent site. (tip: if you must watch tv, download it.) google.ca - the best search engine on the web, now for canadians!
but you see, we are traveling towards it at the same time. and if we get within a certin radius, the gravity on earth won't matter. currently, this thing has a gravitational pull of 6.76068626*10^-14m/s^2 on me. now, thats pretty small. I'm not going to sweat over it.
However, when this thing gets to be 3.92887084*10^10m (39,288,708.4 Km or 24,412,871.6 miles), it will pull me at a rate of 9.8 m/s. people lighter than me will begin their fateful trip and "fall" towards the galactic diamond. I however, will at this point be able to float around because the gravity of the diamond will cancel out the gravity of earth. however, it will be short lived, since as earth would continue to get closer, i would join the light-weight people in falling towards the galactic diamond.
so, if you think that this diamond will ruin our economy, your right. As it approaches, there will be no economy - because there will be noone in the workforce.
acceleration of earth towards the largest diamond in the galaxy!
acceleration = G(M)(m)/r^2
G = gravitational constant = 6.67*10^-11
M = mass of the diamond = 2.26796185*10^30 Kg
m = mass of earth = 5.9742*10^24 Kg
r = distance between the center of earth and the center of the diamond = 4.7302642*10^17 meters
anyone here up on their physics? i think i'm doing this right...
acceleration = Gm/r^2
G = Gravitational constant = 6.67*10^-11
m = mass (Kg) = 2.26796185*10^30 Kg (or - 5*10^30 Lb)
r = radius to the center of the object (m) = 2011680 m (or - 2500miles / 2)
acceleration = (6.67*10^-11)(2.26796185*10^30 Kg) / (2011680 m ^2)
acceleration due to gravity = 37,380,386.1 m/s^2 !?!?!?!?
You would only need to spend in a price range of $400 to $2000 dollars fo an entire building with good wifi connectivity.
Firstly, what is this building made of? If it mainly shows signs of wood construction, that's good. Steel and Concrete tend to either soak up or reflect signals and prevent them from covering areas. Also, do you have Drywall or Plaster to cover the walls? Plaster will just like concrete and steel, soak up and reflect signals. (Plaster chips away like rock and you can put dents in drywall like you can in thick cardbord.) Depending on the materials in your building, you may need more or less access points to cover it all. If it looks like your going to need one access point for every one or two rooms, then stick with a copper wire solution as you will get most speed and bang for your $buck$.
Now select between 802.11b, 802.11a, or 802.11g. For gaming I would suggest 802.11g even though it is expensive in comparison to 802.11b. It is able to send data at speeds of up to 54 Mbps (or 108 Mbps if you go into proprietary standards), and is also backward compatible with 802.11b.
Next, come up with a plan on how you intend to distribute data between the access points. This could either be copper cabling that would need to be routed through the building, or you could set some access points as repeaters.
Lastly, realize that you are going wireless, everyone who has a computer is going to need a wireless NIC. (remember, 802.11b is compatible with 802.11g, just slower).
Kernel 2.6 is server oriented.
2.7 (will be 2.8) wil be designed for the Desktop.
When will 2.7 be stable enough for a 2.8 kernel?
My guess is that there will be a 2.8 kernel aproxamatly 23 months after the first 2.7 kernel is released - (this is based on the average time frame for the last 3 kernels from the first release).
Should I slap on the "2005" or "2006" sticker for my "year of the linux desktop" calander? (or should I hold my breath?)
because of their last deadline, I already upgraded my OS on my 133 laptop to something newer - Gentoo 1.4 kernel 2.6. Its still compiling.... but i don't care because its not like I actually went out and bought another windows os license. Hey, there's a good oximoron when used in context with windows - "OS".
"Over on Hefei Street, one enterprising apartment dweller even used them to hang-dry selected cuts of meat."
Seriously, if the power/fiber/phone lines are that close to a building, there must be really old standards in place. You can imagine the fun someone would have if they tapped a fiber line for spamming.
Come to think of it, if someone pulled that off, he/she would never be found because all the wires are in such a mess. It would be like looking for a needle in a field of haystacks!
The IEEE wouldn't have allowed WiFi to get off the ground if it was harmful to humans. This topic is one of my pet peeves. WIFI IS NOT HARMFUL IN ITS OUT OF THE BOX FORM!!
You can add antennas to AP's and NIC's to increase the strength of the signal and thus increase your range. I don't believe these WiFi "cannons" have ever been tested and there is the miniscule possibility that they harmful at a POINT BLANK RANGE. See this to get an idea of the possible range of a WiFi connection: this aired on/. a few days ago.. Two WIFI antennas were used here to extend the range of WiFi from the original maximum of 300m to aprox 155,800m (519 times the original distance)
I have heard stories where high schools had removed their WiFi because parents were concerned that their teens would grow up with defects (tentacles?). In all honesty, you have tones of radio waves running through you at any given moment! AM Radio, FM Radio, Shortwave Radio, HAM Radio, IR, GPS Signals, UHF, VHF, HF, Cell Phones, THE LIST GOES ON FOREVER!
If you are one of thoughs people who want to rid yourself of the WiFi "threat", don't forget to exterminate all those other vital communication systems along with it! If you are not one of those people, then live a long happy healthy mobile life.
If you're new to the story, you might find these insightful..
Ya, right. Nothing SCO is neither NEWs nor insightful anymore. it's always last weeks broadcast recycled with a new twist - like reality shows (FearFactor, Survivor, etc). Same old story, same 'brave' souls, only NOW ITS IN THE AMAZON!!!
Security on a box, network, intranet, all thin down to a fine line when it comes to this. For example, a workstation in a restricted room or office would have less security for the end users. In this case you simply don't need to secure the box against its owner. If the security is too heavy, productivity would be sacrificed.
In contrast, a workstation in an easily accessible office or room would have more security. Here, anyone could access the computer, and if the security is too light, the end users would be able to edit, transport, or destroy sensitive corporate files or data.
Same thing for a network or intranet. I wouldn't install the same level of security in a home network as i would in a school or office network. At home, my family needs to access the Internet NOW and not after they've been interrogated by security policies
At a school or office, users should be restricted to a higher level of security because you can't trust everyone the same way as your family, nor do you know the abilities of each fellow employee. ( I cant trust my sister at home, but a password is all I need to detour her efforts elsewhere - simple security for a simple mind ).
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with today's trend of Reality shows, movies i've already seen, and increasing repeats, I find i am not watching half as much tv as i was 10 years ago (when i was 8). All i'm interested in now is a good hour of of M*A*S*H, Stargate SG-1, StarTrek, or the 6 o'clock news. even then, i commonly miss thoughs shows to fit in more computer time.
HUAC (House Un-American Activites Committy) was formed in 1937. It was created out of fear of communism, and accused thousands of innocent people of being radical communists. This in the end caused thousands of dollars in damage, not to mention the cost to run the committy, and the damage caused by people trying to stay out of their way (for example: literature and theater that seemed unamerican would not have been published or preformed).
Fast forward to today
Now, the US is scared of terrorists. The US now has tightened security on all fronts. Now, amateur rocket hobbyists are being targeted as terrorists because they have rockets. So this is how this is going to work: Thoughs who register will be under a microscope; thoughs who dont will be criminals; and terrorists will get off scott free.
fixed it. it was relying on resources from the original page.
How did i predict this would be nessesary?
http://members.shaw.ca/infonic/icece/
13 torrent will become avialible in the following minutes, and their worst fears will come true.
Due to popular request, I went digging and found the site in my cache! Unfotunatly, I only got 3 pages before the server was /.'d. Still worth it.
http://members.shaw.ca/infonic/orac/
enjoy!
dude, you'd be amazed how small some projects start out.
Thanks to my /. subscription, i was able to secure some images!
orac3 images
I've thought of this myself for my own city. I'm not ready to take on such a project, but in the event that i change my mind, these would be the first issues i would adress:
1) who is paying for equiptment?
2) where is the equiptment going to be located?
3) how many people are acutally interested (is it going to be a wasted effort)?
4) servers to host content
5) Mesures to prevent people from causing problems (dhcp servers, hackers, viri and such)
6) will DNS be used?
7) Scale of network vs ammount of information being communicated
#7 is most important because if you have alot of people using this system as though it were a LAN, general broadcasts will be flooding your entire network. you will need *real routers* to segment parts of the network.
*real routers* means they're not intended for home use (ie: Linksys, d-link, etc...)
#4,5,6 & 7 all assume this network is large - predict this! its less work later if this really takes off for ya.
oh, and Seattle wireless has a network like this so you'll want to take a peak there to see how they have things set up.
We have heard recently that a number of Distros have switched to Xorg. This project aimed to be less of a resource hog than XFree86 - and last I checked, it has succeeded. The 2.6 kernel also helps with performance boosts. Why stop here? Alot of the other pieces to make a basic linux system (like init) should be ripped apart, and re-written to reduce boot times, cpu times, frustation times, and swap time. As a community, we have the choice to do something or do nothing. 'Desktop Linux' is on the horizon, and doing nothing is a suicidal act.
If successful, this would be one small step for tux, one giant leap for penguin-kind.
Unfortunatly, it's a bad thing they waste money on this. When they do their books at the end of the year, their statement to piracy will be something like this:
"This year we have recorded a record number of music sales . Unfortunatly, because we spent so much money combating piracy (and failing due to our own ignorance), we will not see the benifits of it. It is the end of the world, Linux costs Billions per machine, the Earth is the center of the universe, in satin we trust, blah blah blah!"
This prototype space shuttle (named Phoenix), is expected to replace the current shuttles in use in two years time.
*time passes*
The prototype space shuttle expected to replace the current fleet owned by ESA will no longer be realeased under the name Phoenix, but instead will be released under the name Firebird. The recent name change was due to another project already underway by the Russian Space Agency. Both decided the name change would be best to avoid confusion between the two projects.
*time passes*
ESA's new prototype shuttle was again recently re-dubbed Firefox (formerly Firebird, formerly Phoenix) to avoid confusion with a NASA program that had started up some months earlier...
*time passes*
ESA's prototype shuttle program is being braced for yet another name change. This time a Linux web browser project made claim to the name Firefox. The development team for the new shuttle is beginning to wonder weather a name for the project is nessesary.
I find this study is true. I always talk to my computer during high priority assignments. I tend to drop the human attribute of failiur or dissapointment on my computer.
"Aw, aw, AW, AW!!! You stupid F$#@!&*% Computer!!! I'm going to replace you." (cant afford it)
"F$#@!&*% WinBLOWS, i'm going to install linux!" (never do)
"I hate you..." (twitch in eye follows)
I find television now has three uses.
1) watching the Canuck playoffs
2) watching the latest massacer from Iraq
3) watching "reality shows"
I couldnt care less about #'s 2 and 3 (due to their constant repitition), and the score for #1 is 3 vs 2 (Flames vs Canucks respectivly) is discouraging.
Oh, wait. Every now and then I will sit infront of a good episode of Spongebob Squarepants. But other than that, I'm on my computer or enguaging in outdoor activity.
check out the following for your daily entertainment and/or use:
slashdot.org - News for nerds, Stuff that matters.
homestarrunner.com - simply the best internet cartoon.
bash.org - the most entertaining IRC conversations.
ebay.ca - search ebay as a canadian
oldversion.com - because newer isnt always better.
thinkgeek.net - buy useless crap, and feel good about it!
suprnova.org - bittorrent site. (tip: if you must watch tv, download it.)
google.ca - the best search engine on the web, now for canadians!
but you see, we are traveling towards it at the same time. and if we get within a certin radius, the gravity on earth won't matter. currently, this thing has a gravitational pull of 6.76068626*10^-14m/s^2 on me. now, thats pretty small. I'm not going to sweat over it.
However, when this thing gets to be 3.92887084*10^10m (39,288,708.4 Km or 24,412,871.6 miles), it will pull me at a rate of 9.8 m/s. people lighter than me will begin their fateful trip and "fall" towards the galactic diamond. I however, will at this point be able to float around because the gravity of the diamond will cancel out the gravity of earth. however, it will be short lived, since as earth would continue to get closer, i would join the light-weight people in falling towards the galactic diamond.
so, if you think that this diamond will ruin our economy, your right. As it approaches, there will be no economy - because there will be noone in the workforce.
acceleration of earth towards the largest diamond in the galaxy!
acceleration = G(M)(m)/r^2
G = gravitational constant = 6.67*10^-11
M = mass of the diamond = 2.26796185*10^30 Kg
m = mass of earth = 5.9742*10^24 Kg
r = distance between the center of earth and the center of the diamond = 4.7302642*10^17 meters
acceleration = ((6.67*10^-11)(2.26796185*10^30) (5.9742*10^24)) / ((4.7302642*10^17)^2)
acceleration = 4.03896919*10^9 m/s^2
(4.03896919*10^9)/(9.8) = the g's that earth experiances as a result
Earth experiences 412,139,713 g's
is this a good or bad thing???
anyone here up on their physics? i think i'm doing this right...
acceleration = Gm/r^2
G = Gravitational constant = 6.67*10^-11
m = mass (Kg) = 2.26796185*10^30 Kg (or - 5*10^30 Lb)
r = radius to the center of the object (m) = 2011680 m (or - 2500miles / 2)
acceleration = (6.67*10^-11)(2.26796185*10^30 Kg) / (2011680 m ^2)
acceleration due to gravity = 37,380,386.1 m/s^2 !?!?!?!?
You would only need to spend in a price range of $400 to $2000 dollars fo an entire building with good wifi connectivity.
Firstly, what is this building made of? If it mainly shows signs of wood construction, that's good. Steel and Concrete tend to either soak up or reflect signals and prevent them from covering areas. Also, do you have Drywall or Plaster to cover the walls? Plaster will just like concrete and steel, soak up and reflect signals. (Plaster chips away like rock and you can put dents in drywall like you can in thick cardbord.) Depending on the materials in your building, you may need more or less access points to cover it all. If it looks like your going to need one access point for every one or two rooms, then stick with a copper wire solution as you will get most speed and bang for your $buck$.
Now select between 802.11b, 802.11a, or 802.11g. For gaming I would suggest 802.11g even though it is expensive in comparison to 802.11b. It is able to send data at speeds of up to 54 Mbps (or 108 Mbps if you go into proprietary standards), and is also backward compatible with 802.11b.
Next, come up with a plan on how you intend to distribute data between the access points. This could either be copper cabling that would need to be routed through the building, or you could set some access points as repeaters.
Lastly, realize that you are going wireless, everyone who has a computer is going to need a wireless NIC. (remember, 802.11b is compatible with 802.11g, just slower).
If all else fails, hire a geek!
Kernel 2.6 is server oriented.
2.7 (will be 2.8) wil be designed for the Desktop.
When will 2.7 be stable enough for a 2.8 kernel?
My guess is that there will be a 2.8 kernel aproxamatly 23 months after the first 2.7 kernel is released - (this is based on the average time frame for the last 3 kernels from the first release).
Should I slap on the "2005" or "2006" sticker for my "year of the linux desktop" calander? (or should I hold my breath?)
because of their last deadline, I already upgraded my OS on my 133 laptop to something newer - Gentoo 1.4 kernel 2.6. Its still compiling.... but i don't care because its not like I actually went out and bought another windows os license. Hey, there's a good oximoron when used in context with windows - "OS".
"Over on Hefei Street, one enterprising apartment dweller even used them to hang-dry selected cuts of meat."
Seriously, if the power/fiber/phone lines are that close to a building, there must be really old standards in place. You can imagine the fun someone would have if they tapped a fiber line for spamming.
Come to think of it, if someone pulled that off, he/she would never be found because all the wires are in such a mess. It would be like looking for a needle in a field of haystacks!
The IEEE wouldn't have allowed WiFi to get off the ground if it was harmful to humans. This topic is one of my pet peeves. WIFI IS NOT HARMFUL IN ITS OUT OF THE BOX FORM!!
/. a few days ago.. Two WIFI antennas were used here to extend the range of WiFi from the original maximum of 300m to aprox 155,800m (519 times the original distance)
You can add antennas to AP's and NIC's to increase the strength of the signal and thus increase your range. I don't believe these WiFi "cannons" have ever been tested and there is the miniscule possibility that they harmful at a POINT BLANK RANGE. See this to get an idea of the possible range of a WiFi connection: this aired on
I have heard stories where high schools had removed their WiFi because parents were concerned that their teens would grow up with defects (tentacles?). In all honesty, you have tones of radio waves running through you at any given moment! AM Radio, FM Radio, Shortwave Radio, HAM Radio, IR, GPS Signals, UHF, VHF, HF, Cell Phones, THE LIST GOES ON FOREVER!
If you are one of thoughs people who want to rid yourself of the WiFi "threat", don't forget to exterminate all those other vital communication systems along with it! If you are not one of those people, then live a long happy healthy mobile life.
If you're new to the story, you might find these insightful..
Ya, right. Nothing SCO is neither NEWs nor insightful anymore. it's always last weeks broadcast recycled with a new twist - like reality shows (FearFactor, Survivor, etc). Same old story, same 'brave' souls, only NOW ITS IN THE AMAZON!!!
Security on a box, network, intranet, all thin down to a fine line when it comes to this.
For example, a workstation in a restricted room or office would have less security for the end users. In this case you simply don't need to secure the box against its owner. If the security is too heavy, productivity would be sacrificed.
In contrast, a workstation in an easily accessible office or room would have more security. Here, anyone could access the computer, and if the security is too light, the end users would be able to edit, transport, or destroy sensitive corporate files or data.
Same thing for a network or intranet. I wouldn't install the same level of security in a home network as i would in a school or office network. At home, my family needs to access the Internet NOW and not after they've been interrogated by security policies
At a school or office, users should be restricted to a higher level of security because you can't trust everyone the same way as your family, nor do you know the abilities of each fellow employee. ( I cant trust my sister at home, but a password is all I need to detour her efforts elsewhere - simple security for a simple mind ).
/.'d