This is actually why I f'ing HATE chrome. It refuses to allow me to run the versions of java I MUST run for certain apps to work. Java is the worst pile of GD crap I've ever seen. (and windows makes it even worse... ever tried to maintain installs of multiple versions?)
FiOS is simply an HFC node mounted on every house. It does exactly the same thing a cable deployed HFC network does... optical transport to an RF-over-coax converter.
It's the simplest setup possible... Verizon installs the ONT in/on your house -- that's the thing at the end of the fiber. It provides a coax drop for cable tv, ethernet for internet, and pots for voice. You aren't required to rent anything from Verizon to use any of those services. However, some features will be unavailable if you don't (i.e. cable video-on-demand (reportedly) won't work without their stb and actiontec router.) Their internet speeds are the fastest of any ISP in the US. No, we aren't Sweeden with 1G symetric for $30 a month.
The deal with lawyers... they need the papers with your actual PHYSICAL signature on it. That's a fedex round trip for a lot of things. They cannot accept scanned images of a signature. (with an image of your signature, I could photo-sign your name to everything.)
ESX was a Redhat Enterprise Linux install that bootstrapped the vmkernel (vmunix) which then migrated the console to a VM. ESXi direct boots the vmkernel. This saves the disk and memory of the esxconsole and boots the system faster. (and presumably means they don't have to pay Redhat any royalties??? also, there's no linux installation to keep patched.)
Not when connected to vCenter. As a single, standalone host, yes, it can be used for free. *BUT* most of the features of a VMware host are unavailable. (and btw, ESXi is all that's available now. The traditional linux console based ESX is gone. And yes, I bitched about that during beta... to controll it one must either install such a console or enable the "debug" TSM [tech support mode])
3) the US.gov would make such a flaming complex incompetent mess of the whole thing -- assuming it was ever completed, billions of dollars and decades later.
No, we aren't. Anyone who uses the 12V batt is a fool. (or just dmaned lazy... any idiot can go to WalMart, buy an inverter, and plug it into the socket) It's a tiny fraction of the power available from the car. The HV generator is good for ~50Kw; the aux battery is only good for 1Kw.
He's using the car's traction batteries, not a standard 12v "car battery". The inverters are to take the 360-600VDC down to something the UPS can work with (namely 96VDC.) The R3000XR UPS is an efficient DC switching design that does not use any transformers.
I think people are way underestimating the amount of power a car needs. Pushing a 1ton car up to 60mph is not going to be done with a laptop battery -- esp. with the AC on. (600 laptop batteries, maybe.) 28KWh is actually rather small -- but so's the Leaf. There are addons for the Prius that are 50 to 90 KWh (li-po replacing the NiMH)
At any rate, doing this with a Leaf is rather idiotic. It's just a UPS battery with wheels. And when you've drained the batteries, you no longer have a usable car. And it's actually been done many times before... google "PriUPS". (and the prius has the advantage of a gas engine to (re)charge it's batteries.)
This is completely different than the issue of anti-theft devices. It's hard to verify the software *after* the car has been stolen.
Once the insurance company has agreed to cover the car and is taking your money, they cannot show up at an accident and retroactively cancel your coverage. (esp. for something that has nothing to do with an accident -- i.e. an outdated anti-theft system.) Now, if they can prove your car was stolen because of the anti-theft junk, then they may refuse your claim.
the guys who write embedded are a different breed of programmer...
That used to be true. Today, on average, they're just as horrible and short sighted as everyone else -- fast and cheap are the rule. (and I started out in that world... writing assembly. but in those days, every byte and every cycle mattered, because you had very little of either.) Even NASA and medical systems are starting to show fault.
I've thought about the same thing with my hybrid. Everything about the car is computer controlled... steering is electric assist (without that motor, you aren't driving), breaks are electronic (mechanical if you push them all the way to the floor), accelerator 100% electronic, transmission 100% electronic... it's one rogue program away from driving itself around the neighborhood. (and with the parking sensors, it can avoid people.) Killing the car requires getting in the trunk and pulling the big orange plug.
The steering lock is a solenoid -- or at the most basic, turning off the power steering. The ACC position is a matter of pushing the start button without touching the break.
My VW (traditional key) has no "ACC". If you want the radio on with the car off, simply trurn it on. (it'll run for about an hour and shutoff again.) The windows / sunroof won't work without the key in the run position -- or you can use the open/close trick with the key in the door lock.
And how exactly would they know? They aren't going to waste the money in sending an agent out to actually check the car. (which is the only way to be 100% sure.)
There are several applets that simply will not function with an updated version... whatever was "fixed" ends up wrecking the app. Cisco's PDM is one of them; I think it was somewhere around 1.6U13(?) where it's broken.
But then, yes, there are devs *cough*netbotz*cough* that deserve execution for wiring the full version string into the app. But given the overall lameness of Java, I'll let it slide, esp. given serious incompatibilities between major revs and the very ugly subtle problems between updates.
Because you can often do in a laptop with 100W what you cannot do in a 1U server with 300W. A laptop is a much more efficient design -- it's the next best thing to a blade server.
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This is actually why I f'ing HATE chrome. It refuses to allow me to run the versions of java I MUST run for certain apps to work. Java is the worst pile of GD crap I've ever seen. (and windows makes it even worse... ever tried to maintain installs of multiple versions?)
UAC only stops the lazy and dumb. There have been numerous published means of evading it and doing bad things. (completely unknown to the user.)
FiOS is simply an HFC node mounted on every house. It does exactly the same thing a cable deployed HFC network does... optical transport to an RF-over-coax converter.
It's the simplest setup possible... Verizon installs the ONT in/on your house -- that's the thing at the end of the fiber. It provides a coax drop for cable tv, ethernet for internet, and pots for voice. You aren't required to rent anything from Verizon to use any of those services. However, some features will be unavailable if you don't (i.e. cable video-on-demand (reportedly) won't work without their stb and actiontec router.) Their internet speeds are the fastest of any ISP in the US. No, we aren't Sweeden with 1G symetric for $30 a month.
YES. Let's leave it in the hands of a "company" that cares nothing about quality or profits.
The deal with lawyers... they need the papers with your actual PHYSICAL signature on it. That's a fedex round trip for a lot of things. They cannot accept scanned images of a signature. (with an image of your signature, I could photo-sign your name to everything.)
When did 2600 become 3 x 2500? (I'll assume the "k" is a typo)
ESX was a Redhat Enterprise Linux install that bootstrapped the vmkernel (vmunix) which then migrated the console to a VM. ESXi direct boots the vmkernel. This saves the disk and memory of the esxconsole and boots the system faster. (and presumably means they don't have to pay Redhat any royalties??? also, there's no linux installation to keep patched.)
That's bull. When was the last release of the vCenter on Linux beta? 2007? There's no tools installer for Debian releases. (etc.)
Not when connected to vCenter. As a single, standalone host, yes, it can be used for free. *BUT* most of the features of a VMware host are unavailable. (and btw, ESXi is all that's available now. The traditional linux console based ESX is gone. And yes, I bitched about that during beta... to controll it one must either install such a console or enable the "debug" TSM [tech support mode])
3) the US .gov would make such a flaming complex incompetent mess of the whole thing -- assuming it was ever completed, billions of dollars and decades later.
No, we aren't. Anyone who uses the 12V batt is a fool. (or just dmaned lazy... any idiot can go to WalMart, buy an inverter, and plug it into the socket) It's a tiny fraction of the power available from the car. The HV generator is good for ~50Kw; the aux battery is only good for 1Kw.
Who's diagram? PriUPS.com clearly states he's using the HV battery system; the LV system isn't good for much power.
I was specifically talking about the "Large System A" setup.
He's using the car's traction batteries, not a standard 12v "car battery". The inverters are to take the 360-600VDC down to something the UPS can work with (namely 96VDC.) The R3000XR UPS is an efficient DC switching design that does not use any transformers.
I think people are way underestimating the amount of power a car needs. Pushing a 1ton car up to 60mph is not going to be done with a laptop battery -- esp. with the AC on. (600 laptop batteries, maybe.) 28KWh is actually rather small -- but so's the Leaf. There are addons for the Prius that are 50 to 90 KWh (li-po replacing the NiMH)
At any rate, doing this with a Leaf is rather idiotic. It's just a UPS battery with wheels. And when you've drained the batteries, you no longer have a usable car. And it's actually been done many times before... google "PriUPS". (and the prius has the advantage of a gas engine to (re)charge it's batteries.)
Massachusetts is not in the UK. And suggesting anything in the US of A is not taxed is so laughable it's absurd.
This is completely different than the issue of anti-theft devices. It's hard to verify the software *after* the car has been stolen.
Once the insurance company has agreed to cover the car and is taking your money, they cannot show up at an accident and retroactively cancel your coverage. (esp. for something that has nothing to do with an accident -- i.e. an outdated anti-theft system.) Now, if they can prove your car was stolen because of the anti-theft junk, then they may refuse your claim.
That used to be true. Today, on average, they're just as horrible and short sighted as everyone else -- fast and cheap are the rule. (and I started out in that world... writing assembly. but in those days, every byte and every cycle mattered, because you had very little of either.) Even NASA and medical systems are starting to show fault.
That anti-theft devices do nothing to stop someone from pulling your car onto a low-boy and hauling it away. (Repo men do this every day.)
I've thought about the same thing with my hybrid. Everything about the car is computer controlled... steering is electric assist (without that motor, you aren't driving), breaks are electronic (mechanical if you push them all the way to the floor), accelerator 100% electronic, transmission 100% electronic... it's one rogue program away from driving itself around the neighborhood. (and with the parking sensors, it can avoid people.) Killing the car requires getting in the trunk and pulling the big orange plug.
The steering lock is a solenoid -- or at the most basic, turning off the power steering. The ACC position is a matter of pushing the start button without touching the break.
My VW (traditional key) has no "ACC". If you want the radio on with the car off, simply trurn it on. (it'll run for about an hour and shutoff again.) The windows / sunroof won't work without the key in the run position -- or you can use the open/close trick with the key in the door lock.
And how exactly would they know? They aren't going to waste the money in sending an agent out to actually check the car. (which is the only way to be 100% sure.)
YES. And the electronic ignition system won't leave idle.
There are several applets that simply will not function with an updated version... whatever was "fixed" ends up wrecking the app. Cisco's PDM is one of them; I think it was somewhere around 1.6U13(?) where it's broken.
But then, yes, there are devs *cough*netbotz*cough* that deserve execution for wiring the full version string into the app. But given the overall lameness of Java, I'll let it slide, esp. given serious incompatibilities between major revs and the very ugly subtle problems between updates.
Because you can often do in a laptop with 100W what you cannot do in a 1U server with 300W. A laptop is a much more efficient design -- it's the next best thing to a blade server.