If everything inside the computer where also translucent, then you might have something... translucent P-III, PCI/ISA connectors, motherboard, etc. etc. -- That would be mighty cool looking (even if it didn't work.)
Hah, no it wasn't. It was designed to facilitate the sharing of data. Noone put a great deal of thought into the security of IP -- this is very evident if you read many RFCs (there's one in particular that says, "This is not a bug. Do not fix it.") They had no idea they needed to create a virtual Fort Knox.
Because the VCD standard is 320x240 MPEG-1. Plus, 90minutes of video+audio has to fit on a 74min CD. (translation: destructively compress the hell out of it.) Oh, and the MPEG data is stored on the CD more or less just like a regular audio CD -- with most of the error correction codes turned off to get more space; this is ok as MPEGs can live with some bit error.
Your average DVD movie also contains a bunch of other stuff besides the movie -- and generally has more than one copy (angle, etc) They are refering to the space requred to store 1.5hr of MPEG-2 content (which is usually about 1.5Mbps to 2.5Mbps -- that's 48 to 80 movies on a 75.6G drive)
Very few cable companies have warmed up to HDTV. The signal take a fair amount more bandwidth than a standard cable channel -- and the bandwidth can vary. Cable companies are quickly throwing digital hardware down so who knows what's on the horizon. [One of the reasons for digital cable is signal quality. The other is cable modems -- analog cable was never designed to be bi-directional; in fact there are laws against putting signals back into the public cable network.]
The FCC mandated every TV station must be broadcasting a DIGITAL signal by 2005 -- that was later dropped back to 2006 and could drop back even further -- or they would lose their broadcast license. They've given away the necessary spectrum for a full HDTV signal. However, a great deal of content is currently "up-converted" from NTSC, so there's little point in shipping it out as 1080i. The HDTV signal can support _4_ programs plus a bit of data -- not T3 volumes, but some. PBS is interested in sending multiple programs and streaming computer "interactive" content along side the program; for example, transmitting a "side bar" for Nova.
The FCC is making broadcasters move away from NTSC to HDTV. They haven't said what resolution or ratio of "TV" to "data" one must transmit. [Give them some time. They are part of the.gov]
Indeed. I know several people who have been "testing" the system. And as fate would have it, I was at WRAL one afternoon when that stuff was being installed (for a completely unrelated reason:-)) This sorta thing will kick ass if they can get it to do what they intend.
And Linux is developing faster than it can be documented. That makes it very hard to train someone to use and manage the system. IMO, Linux is still several years away from any kind of solid standards track -- esp. when Linus still hasn't grasped the concepts of "feature freeze" and "code freeze" (you'd think he'd know how to manage software release cycles.)
Oh, it's noticable -- even to the board of directors -- assuming you have time to look up/around you. Some of those that stayed were offered a substantial bonus to stay.
As you haven't given a name (I get three guesses, right?:-)) I don't know if you were around for whatever storm it was that proved Netscape + an SGI Challenge makes a bad web server (chris and I had both tweaked the holy hell out of that thing.) WRAL-TV brought over one of the VA Research boxes (my recommendation) and installed it. In the first 15 minutes, it served 300,000 pages using a 100% stock Redhat installation. After proper configuration -- which I will refer to as "magic" -- it was serving 300,000 pages per minute. I had nothing to do with what they installed in Server City. [The only problems I know of for the stuff in S.C. was due to the network hardware not the web server hardware.]
What "load"? It's been turned off or blocked all week.
To quote Mr T, "I pity the fool." Between the mass exodus and the CP&L recall, there aren't many left to run the show (and they never had a very high clue execution rate.) God help the guy looking at the firewall logs.
As for port-scans... yes and no. I'm sure terraserver was intensely targeted as it's an NT box. To Interpath's credit -- they aren't entirely idiots -- most of Server City is behind "a" firewall -- assuming they ever got all of the FORE ESX4800's to behave. [BTW, the ESX4800 is rumored to have NT inside it -- which explains a lot.]
Did you bother looking at the configuration of that machine? 4.3M$, not available until 08/2000, 96 PIII/Xeon 550's... The other numbers are up-to-date either. The TPC results are mostly vendor posturing.
That's not "Aerial Images' facility"; it's hosted at Interpath'snetwork operation center -- in "Server City" [lame. Very lame.] I'm not sure if it was loaded on Compaq hardware (which is likely as Compaq is one of the sponsers) or IBM hardware.
Most of the people with a clue left Interpath a few months ago. The CEO resigned (read: destroyer of worlds) and left two days before the mass exodus -- yeah right, a load of core employees leaving had nothing to do with it. [And then CP&L pulled alot of the people it threw into Interpath back to CP&L. And just last week, they waved the IPO flag again.]
It's not so much the cost of the USGS imaging data -- anyone can buy it; Aerial isn't the only one buying it. It's the size of the data and the amount of processing necessary to convert it into a nice, juicy, high resolution image of alien road-kill at Area51.
M$ just did this as a show piece to paint NT and MS SQL Server in the best light. Now you see what it looks like when you don't have 10,000 MS engineers tweaking the thing. (The Aerial server was setup by a non-MCSE, albeit good, NT admin. And as I recall him bitching, it was a pain in the ass to setup.)
My problem is the requirement to use that damned plug-in. The javascript is supposed to send back a plain (gif) image if there is no supported plugin, but it doesn't work. Idiots.
Nope. This is "TerraServer.Com" not the "terraserver.microsoft.com" (which works alot better, IMO)
I suspect this is a two fold problem... first, the server is woefully inadequate -- and just plain pitiful in light of slashdot. Second, the hosting facility is (or at least was) laughable. [Don't get me started.]
"distribution"? Not really. However, there are a number of linux kernel versions designed or well suited for embeded use -- RT Linux, uClinux, ELKS, etc.
The standard linux kernel is a great deal larger than OSes specifically designed for embeded processing -- VxWorks, OS-9, QNX, RTEMS, etc. Most embeded systems don't have a need for heavy security models -- the concept of a "user", for example, is unnecessary for a jet dying controll processor. HOWEVER, linux provides support for a wider range of devices and services.
And, of course, Linux is free. This part makes it very attractive to Universities and, by extention, the companies hiring those students experienced with Linux.
[I've used all of the OSes mentioned here... they are all equally easy to use (for me anyway.) It took some adjustment to get used to "not writing programs" (everything is a subroutine) in VxWorks. I really like the robustness and UNIX-ish-ness of OS-9 -- the guys who designed OS-9 (~20 years ago) are freakin' geniuses!]
Hmm, let's see now. What cannot be used as a missle guidance system... you're average toaster oven (altho' some have fancy digital timers in there, so that's open for government investigation), my white board (altho' it could be used in the construction of the missle itself), video tapes (altho' they can be used -- rather inventively -- to form radar absorbing material, but then again, so can asphalt)
Hmm, it looks like everything can be used in one form or another as a weapon or weapon component. I guess we'll have to turn over everything and run around naked with our hands cut off. But then, what about that built-in water gun some of us have?
In all seriousness, almost any computer electronics can be used to create weapon systems. Guidance systems are rather easy to build -- some model rocket shops can order a kit for you. (Of course, they are getting hard to find; just like 'G' engines.)
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If everything inside the computer where also translucent, then you might have something... translucent P-III, PCI/ISA connectors, motherboard, etc. etc. -- That would be mighty cool looking (even if it didn't work.)
You can format messages how ever you want them formated. My format is somewhat of an "information overload" :-)
- The Internet was very well designed...
Hah, no it wasn't. It was designed to facilitate the sharing of data. Noone put a great deal of thought into the security of IP -- this is very evident if you read many RFCs (there's one in particular that says, "This is not a bug. Do not fix it.") They had no idea they needed to create a virtual Fort Knox.Locks only keep the honest people out.
Cool. I've always wanted to be able to cross-draw my cell phone and palm pilot!
- so why do all of these VCDs look like crap?
Because the VCD standard is 320x240 MPEG-1. Plus, 90minutes of video+audio has to fit on a 74min CD. (translation: destructively compress the hell out of it.) Oh, and the MPEG data is stored on the CD more or less just like a regular audio CD -- with most of the error correction codes turned off to get more space; this is ok as MPEGs can live with some bit error.GSM is a better cellular system too, but I don't see many telcos dropping CDMA systems.
Beta is better than VHS, but we all know where that ended up...
Your average DVD movie also contains a bunch of other stuff besides the movie -- and generally has more than one copy (angle, etc) They are refering to the space requred to store 1.5hr of MPEG-2 content (which is usually about 1.5Mbps to 2.5Mbps -- that's 48 to 80 movies on a 75.6G drive)
"75 DVD quality movies" does not mean "75 DVD's"
Very few cable companies have warmed up to HDTV. The signal take a fair amount more bandwidth than a standard cable channel -- and the bandwidth can vary. Cable companies are quickly throwing digital hardware down so who knows what's on the horizon. [One of the reasons for digital cable is signal quality. The other is cable modems -- analog cable was never designed to be bi-directional; in fact there are laws against putting signals back into the public cable network.]
Technically, it is rented... TV stations can (and do) loose their broadcast license.
The FCC mandated every TV station must be broadcasting a DIGITAL signal by 2005 -- that was later dropped back to 2006 and could drop back even further -- or they would lose their broadcast license. They've given away the necessary spectrum for a full HDTV signal. However, a great deal of content is currently "up-converted" from NTSC, so there's little point in shipping it out as 1080i. The HDTV signal can support _4_ programs plus a bit of data -- not T3 volumes, but some. PBS is interested in sending multiple programs and streaming computer "interactive" content along side the program; for example, transmitting a "side bar" for Nova.
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The FCC is making broadcasters move away from NTSC to HDTV. They haven't said what resolution or ratio of "TV" to "data" one must transmit. [Give them some time. They are part of the
Indeed. I know several people who have been "testing" the system. And as fate would have it, I was at WRAL one afternoon when that stuff was being installed (for a completely unrelated reason :-)) This sorta thing will kick ass if they can get it to do what they intend.
[I'll have to go see the new transmitter tower.]
FOSE #4 ... is that dude wearing a gun?
And Linux is developing faster than it can be documented. That makes it very hard to train someone to use and manage the system. IMO, Linux is still several years away from any kind of solid standards track -- esp. when Linus still hasn't grasped the concepts of "feature freeze" and "code freeze" (you'd think he'd know how to manage software release cycles.)
[TLA overload] TBJ? And which gritty details would you like? (I will assume you know where to send me e-mail.)
Oh, it's noticable -- even to the board of directors -- assuming you have time to look up/around you. Some of those that stayed were offered a substantial bonus to stay.
:-)) I don't know if you were around for whatever storm it was that proved Netscape + an SGI Challenge makes a bad web server (chris and I had both tweaked the holy hell out of that thing.) WRAL-TV brought over one of the VA Research boxes (my recommendation) and installed it. In the first 15 minutes, it served 300,000 pages using a 100% stock Redhat installation. After proper configuration -- which I will refer to as "magic" -- it was serving 300,000 pages per minute. I had nothing to do with what they installed in Server City. [The only problems I know of for the stuff in S.C. was due to the network hardware not the web server hardware.]
As you haven't given a name (I get three guesses, right?
What "load"? It's been turned off or blocked all week.
To quote Mr T, "I pity the fool." Between the mass exodus and the CP&L recall, there aren't many left to run the show (and they never had a very high clue execution rate.) God help the guy looking at the firewall logs.
As for port-scans... yes and no. I'm sure terraserver was intensely targeted as it's an NT box. To Interpath's credit -- they aren't entirely idiots -- most of Server City is behind "a" firewall -- assuming they ever got all of the FORE ESX4800's to behave. [BTW, the ESX4800 is rumored to have NT inside it -- which explains a lot.]
Did you bother looking at the configuration of that machine? 4.3M$, not available until 08/2000, 96 PIII/Xeon 550's... The other numbers are up-to-date either. The TPC results are mostly vendor posturing.
- ... operating from Aerial Images' [] facility
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That's not "Aerial Images' facility"; it's hosted at Interpath's network operation center -- in "Server City" [lame. Very lame.] I'm not sure if it was loaded on Compaq hardware (which is likely as Compaq is one of the sponsers) or IBM hardware.Most of the people with a clue left Interpath a few months ago. The CEO resigned (read: destroyer of worlds) and left two days before the mass exodus -- yeah right, a load of core employees leaving had nothing to do with it. [And then CP&L pulled alot of the people it threw into Interpath back to CP&L. And just last week, they waved the IPO flag again.]
It's not so much the cost of the USGS imaging data -- anyone can buy it; Aerial isn't the only one buying it. It's the size of the data and the amount of processing necessary to convert it into a nice, juicy, high resolution image of alien road-kill at Area51.
M$ just did this as a show piece to paint NT and MS SQL Server in the best light. Now you see what it looks like when you don't have 10,000 MS engineers tweaking the thing. (The Aerial server was setup by a non-MCSE, albeit good, NT admin. And as I recall him bitching, it was a pain in the ass to setup.)
My problem is the requirement to use that damned plug-in. The javascript is supposed to send back a plain (gif) image if there is no supported plugin, but it doesn't work. Idiots.
... or by improper clue:money ratio.
Nope. This is "TerraServer.Com" not the "terraserver.microsoft.com" (which works alot better, IMO)
I suspect this is a two fold problem... first, the server is woefully inadequate -- and just plain pitiful in light of slashdot. Second, the hosting facility is (or at least was) laughable. [Don't get me started.]
Oh don't get me wrong, they both suck. Netscape just sucks less.
"distribution"? Not really. However, there are a number of linux kernel versions designed or well suited for embeded use -- RT Linux, uClinux, ELKS, etc.
The standard linux kernel is a great deal larger than OSes specifically designed for embeded processing -- VxWorks, OS-9, QNX, RTEMS, etc. Most embeded systems don't have a need for heavy security models -- the concept of a "user", for example, is unnecessary for a jet dying controll processor. HOWEVER, linux provides support for a wider range of devices and services.
And, of course, Linux is free. This part makes it very attractive to Universities and, by extention, the companies hiring those students experienced with Linux.
[I've used all of the OSes mentioned here... they are all equally easy to use (for me anyway.) It took some adjustment to get used to "not writing programs" (everything is a subroutine) in VxWorks. I really like the robustness and UNIX-ish-ness of OS-9 -- the guys who designed OS-9 (~20 years ago) are freakin' geniuses!]
Hmm, let's see now. What cannot be used as a missle guidance system... you're average toaster oven (altho' some have fancy digital timers in there, so that's open for government investigation), my white board (altho' it could be used in the construction of the missle itself), video tapes (altho' they can be used -- rather inventively -- to form radar absorbing material, but then again, so can asphalt)
Hmm, it looks like everything can be used in one form or another as a weapon or weapon component. I guess we'll have to turn over everything and run around naked with our hands cut off. But then, what about that built-in water gun some of us have?
In all seriousness, almost any computer electronics can be used to create weapon systems. Guidance systems are rather easy to build -- some model rocket shops can order a kit for you. (Of course, they are getting hard to find; just like 'G' engines.)
On a Microsoft OS _maybe_... try using IE on Solaris. You'll change your tune.