I have had the same service via AirBand in Dallas for about 9 months now. The first 3 months was pretty bad, but since then it's been great. Almost no down time (except whent the receiver got struck by lightning). I don't have latency problems. Upstream/Downstream speeds are constant. We buy 1.5 MB/s, but can go up to 10 MB/s. We are across the street from the main antenna though, so that might have something to the good performance.
I can't remember the last time I only had to dial 7 numbers. In DFW we have 214,972,469,and 817 and will soon have 1 more. If you think 10 digit dialing is a pain, try remembering 2 people with the same number in the same city with 2 area codes!!
It's only "unlikely" that it will try and kill you
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Is this supposed to make you want to buy the computer??
"However, it is thought unlikely that it will try to kill its owner."
If there is a greater than zero chance that my computer may try to kill me, I think I'll stick with my Athlon.
I totally agree. Clueless users who manage to get the OS installed will almost always have no idea how to secure their system. I have seen people who get RedHat installed and have their inetd.conf totaly open, several services running they will NEVER use, and an old kernel. I think a big problem we have to worry about are these machines becoming cracker targets. Script kiddies just love to compromise theses machines and use them to mount attacks on other machines. The clueless user probably has no idea they have been cracked and just go about their business.
I've been reading about sharptooth for 6 months and can't wait for it to come out. Intel better watch out lots more L1 cache and AMD says they will release K7's with up to 8 megs of L2!! The K7 will also be a 64 bit processor and have a 200 MHz front side bus! Also plan for clock speeds up to 1 GHz! This is the great stuff you get when Dirk is making your processors
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I have had the same service via AirBand in Dallas for about 9 months now. The first 3 months was pretty bad, but since then it's been great. Almost no down time (except whent the receiver got struck by lightning). I don't have latency problems. Upstream/Downstream speeds are constant. We buy 1.5 MB/s, but can go up to 10 MB/s. We are across the street from the main antenna though, so that might have something to the good performance.
Saddam is really trying to make a Beowolf cluster of these!!
All those "Can you imagine a beowolf cluster of these?" jokes could really happen!!!
I can't remember the last time I only had to dial 7 numbers. In DFW we have 214,972,469,and 817 and will soon have 1 more. If you think 10 digit dialing is a pain, try remembering 2 people with the same number in the same city with 2 area codes!!
Could you imagine the uptime!!
uptime 12764 days, 04:25, 1 user
Is this supposed to make you want to buy the computer?? "However, it is thought unlikely that it will try to kill its owner." If there is a greater than zero chance that my computer may try to kill me, I think I'll stick with my Athlon.
YEAH!!
I totally agree. Clueless users who manage to get the OS installed will almost always have no idea how to secure their system. I have seen people who get RedHat installed and have their inetd.conf totaly open, several services running they will NEVER use, and an old kernel. I think a big problem we have to worry about are these machines becoming cracker targets. Script kiddies just love to compromise theses machines and use them to mount attacks on other machines. The clueless user probably has no idea they have been cracked and just go about their business.
I take everything from the Whitehouse with a grain of salt.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446168076/ slashdotA/002-0001738-2435449
It has slashdot in it. Go to www.amazon.com, search for the book, and it's $18. (You also get to see it's picture). This has to be a joke
Now if I could only just ever log into ftp.redhat.com
Hopefully his first priority will be making the web page a little more exciting!
So now our friends in Redmond are not only screwing up their own programs, but other peoples too!
I've been reading about sharptooth for 6 months and can't wait for it to come out. Intel better watch out lots more L1 cache and AMD says they will release K7's with up to 8 megs of L2!!
The K7 will also be a 64 bit processor and have a 200 MHz front side bus! Also plan for clock speeds up to 1 GHz!
This is the great stuff you get when Dirk is making your processors