I know it's cliche, but "It's not a bug, it's a feature." For once, it really is. I'll seek out an extension that fixes it, because I do definitely want an improved rendering engine.
When I middle click on a folder full of bookmarks, I want it to replace the existing tabs. This is a feature that, in Firefox 2, could be turned on and off. Unfortunately, too many people whined and moaned about not wanting to change a preference. So do they just default it the other way? NO! They strip out the functionality entirely.
Yes, it still exists in about:config. But, the various bug reports on the subject state quite clearly, the functionality is gone.
How much trouble could it have been to leave that feature in place for those of us that use it? I browse by folders, not by individual pages. This means that I'm either going to have to stick with Firefox 2 and hope they continue updating it even after the release of 3, or I'll need to find a new browser.
I know for a fact that Toshiba copiers offer a variety of security features for what they call their E-Bridge Architecture, the built in Linux server that powers the MFP. These range from a hard drive data-overwrite kit to a scrambler board that encrypts and decrypts data on the fly using a user-created site-key. Also, they do digital signatures when scanning to a SMB/CIFS share (scanning to an FTP server is also an option, as well as directly to a thumb drive) and allow for LDAP or smart-card based authentication before any scanning or printing function is used. The newest models also allow for secure PDFs.
I've given some effort to get root access to one of the devices, and have thus far failed. Not saying it can't be done, I'm certainly not a "black hat".
Full Disclosure: I am the I.T. Manager / Sr. Network Engineer for a wholly-owned Toshiba subsidiary.
This isn't some silly intellectual property quibble such as Microsoft is pulling with the Linux Community. Google was given access to this third party data to use in a SPECIFIC manner. The Gaia project uses the data in a way that is incompatible with the license. If Google allowed this, they risk having their license to the data pulled, and thus, Google Maps and Google Earth go bye bye.
As a proponent of the open source movement, one of the first things we have to do is respect license agreements. If you don't agree with the license, don't use it. You'd get mad if you GPL'ed a project, someone took the code, and used it in a manner that didn't match the license. Don't be hypocritical when a company protects themselves.
According to the post, it's quite simple. Google has a license to use their API with the data. It's not google being a bully. It's google saving their rear.
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I'm not asking you to pay a business class rate.
I'll use advertised rates as an example.
Residential Road Runner = 39.95
Residential Digital Phone = 39.95
Standard Vonage = 24.95
Now, you can pay 39.95+24.95 and use Vonage, and you can live with the fact that your voice info isn't prioritized. Or if you really care about QoS, you can pay 39.95 for your internet and 39.95 for digital phone, or if you don't want internet, just 39.95 for digital phone, and get the added benefit of your VoIP traffic never hitting the public internet, thus, not having to battle for priority over little timmy downloading Rage Against the Machine.
As for your emergency room metephor, I think you're stretching it a bit with that metaphor.
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At this point you have to consider how much it will cost to implement such a feature and weigh it against how many people would actually use or benefit from a feature. It IS still a business. If you are truly concerned about QoS, quality begins at home. Prioritize your own traffic in your router.
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No, my logic is talking about internet service. Comparing vonage to a gunshot wound is hyperbolic at best, and a horrible analogy that you should be logically ashamed of at worst.:-)
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And what I am saying is leveling the playing field. I want ALL my internet traffic to get the exact same priority as my neighbors. I don't care if I'm downloading guitar tabs, and he is calling germany. I pay 40 a month for internet, and so does he. Just because he uses his modem for something different than I do doesn't make his traffic worth more than mine. If you want priority, pay the extra money to get 128kbps worth of QoS connectivity. Don't use your residential cable internet connection for it.
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Seeing as my neighbor and I both pay the same for internet service, why should his traffic take priority over mine, regardless of what he is doing? A person who knows how everything works could rig up a way to flag all his World of Warcraft packets has high priority, thus screwing the whole pooch.
Also, most cable internet services (the residential variety) are entertainment only, and no mission-critical or life or death services should depend on them.
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Your linksys router monitors all of your trafic to do proper routing. Do you want your ISP to monitor all your packets and their content and see if thats porn or vonage coming in and out of your house?
Learn how TCP/IP packets are built. Till then, you're just rambling.
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You are describing an inherant flaw in Vonage/Sunrocket/Etc. style VoIP services.
As a cable company, their traffic looks no different then Jo Shmoe next door torrenting the latest Back Door Betty DVD. So we CAN'T apply QOS to that traffic. We don't throttle it down OR up. We just let it go, and rely on the subscriber to know how to set up QOS on their equipment to maximize problems caused by their INTERNAL network.
However, VoIP services such as those offered by Time Warner, Comcast, and actual ISPs CAN be prioritized because the MTA in the customer's home gets it's own IP address, and we know all traffic from that block of addresses is VoIP, and thus gets priority!
Full Disclosure: Time Warner Cable Tier 3 Technician here.
I got my current job from a job website. A lot of people I know have gotten sweet gigs from Monster. I don't know why you would imply that job websites aren't useful.
MIT doesnt have the resources to offer a full production, but they said they more than likely will license the design to a 3rd party, where the laptops would sell for around 200, and 20 to 30 of that would go back to MIT.
You just critically failed your roll for righteous indignation.
Yeah, I can use it full screen. The higher the desktop resolution, the grainier the image, but fullscreen works. It doesnt look bad, but it's definitely not Hi Def, ya know?
Although, if you have it going into a TV, you probably WANT to use a low resolution. Good luck reading PC text on a TV screen if you have the resolution jacked up. At 1024.768, it gets nigh unreadable.
Theres two fans on the CPU cooler. It's pretty quiet, you can't hear it over the hum of a powered on TV. I'd imagine you could add more, but being a small form factor case, it gets quite cramped. The only additional thing I'd suggest is, MAYBE, putting a expansion slot fan in ther (one powered by a molex connector).
The case will run hot depending on your chip and the load, but i've never had any major problems.
You dont need a high power processor, a ton of RAM, or anything beyond the on-board video, unless you plan on doing things beyond DVRing. I have a bit of experience with this, so drop me a message if you want any furter info.
Building your own doesnt take much. Put together a basic computer with a lot of storage, a DVD burner, and a good TV tuner and buy a program like ShowShifter.
I did it for about 600 bucks, actually less now that I run it under Linux and free DVR software. Works like a charm.
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I guess his mind must have wandered...
I call .local. Think of how many small company domains that will screw with.
I know it's cliche, but "It's not a bug, it's a feature." For once, it really is. I'll seek out an extension that fixes it, because I do definitely want an improved rendering engine.
When I middle click on a folder full of bookmarks, I want it to replace the existing tabs. This is a feature that, in Firefox 2, could be turned on and off. Unfortunately, too many people whined and moaned about not wanting to change a preference. So do they just default it the other way? NO! They strip out the functionality entirely.
Yes, it still exists in about:config. But, the various bug reports on the subject state quite clearly, the functionality is gone.
How much trouble could it have been to leave that feature in place for those of us that use it? I browse by folders, not by individual pages. This means that I'm either going to have to stick with Firefox 2 and hope they continue updating it even after the release of 3, or I'll need to find a new browser.
I know for a fact that Toshiba copiers offer a variety of security features for what they call their E-Bridge Architecture, the built in Linux server that powers the MFP. These range from a hard drive data-overwrite kit to a scrambler board that encrypts and decrypts data on the fly using a user-created site-key. Also, they do digital signatures when scanning to a SMB/CIFS share (scanning to an FTP server is also an option, as well as directly to a thumb drive) and allow for LDAP or smart-card based authentication before any scanning or printing function is used. The newest models also allow for secure PDFs. I've given some effort to get root access to one of the devices, and have thus far failed. Not saying it can't be done, I'm certainly not a "black hat". Full Disclosure: I am the I.T. Manager / Sr. Network Engineer for a wholly-owned Toshiba subsidiary.
... that the first person with the cajones to challenge the RIAA is the one person with the worst chance of winning.
http://biz.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTool s/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1870109&CatId=204&CMP=EMC -B2B&SRCCODE=WEDBB382
Allow up to 7 people to use a single Windows PC simultaneously.
This isn't some silly intellectual property quibble such as Microsoft is pulling with the Linux Community. Google was given access to this third party data to use in a SPECIFIC manner. The Gaia project uses the data in a way that is incompatible with the license. If Google allowed this, they risk having their license to the data pulled, and thus, Google Maps and Google Earth go bye bye. As a proponent of the open source movement, one of the first things we have to do is respect license agreements. If you don't agree with the license, don't use it. You'd get mad if you GPL'ed a project, someone took the code, and used it in a manner that didn't match the license. Don't be hypocritical when a company protects themselves.
According to the post, it's quite simple. Google has a license to use their API with the data. It's not google being a bully. It's google saving their rear.
I'm not asking you to pay a business class rate. I'll use advertised rates as an example. Residential Road Runner = 39.95 Residential Digital Phone = 39.95 Standard Vonage = 24.95 Now, you can pay 39.95+24.95 and use Vonage, and you can live with the fact that your voice info isn't prioritized. Or if you really care about QoS, you can pay 39.95 for your internet and 39.95 for digital phone, or if you don't want internet, just 39.95 for digital phone, and get the added benefit of your VoIP traffic never hitting the public internet, thus, not having to battle for priority over little timmy downloading Rage Against the Machine. As for your emergency room metephor, I think you're stretching it a bit with that metaphor.
At this point you have to consider how much it will cost to implement such a feature and weigh it against how many people would actually use or benefit from a feature. It IS still a business. If you are truly concerned about QoS, quality begins at home. Prioritize your own traffic in your router.
No, my logic is talking about internet service. Comparing vonage to a gunshot wound is hyperbolic at best, and a horrible analogy that you should be logically ashamed of at worst. :-)
And what I am saying is leveling the playing field. I want ALL my internet traffic to get the exact same priority as my neighbors. I don't care if I'm downloading guitar tabs, and he is calling germany. I pay 40 a month for internet, and so does he. Just because he uses his modem for something different than I do doesn't make his traffic worth more than mine. If you want priority, pay the extra money to get 128kbps worth of QoS connectivity. Don't use your residential cable internet connection for it.
Seeing as my neighbor and I both pay the same for internet service, why should his traffic take priority over mine, regardless of what he is doing? A person who knows how everything works could rig up a way to flag all his World of Warcraft packets has high priority, thus screwing the whole pooch. Also, most cable internet services (the residential variety) are entertainment only, and no mission-critical or life or death services should depend on them.
Your linksys router monitors all of your trafic to do proper routing. Do you want your ISP to monitor all your packets and their content and see if thats porn or vonage coming in and out of your house? Learn how TCP/IP packets are built. Till then, you're just rambling. SM
You are describing an inherant flaw in Vonage/Sunrocket/Etc. style VoIP services.
As a cable company, their traffic looks no different then Jo Shmoe next door torrenting the latest Back Door Betty DVD. So we CAN'T apply QOS to that traffic. We don't throttle it down OR up. We just let it go, and rely on the subscriber to know how to set up QOS on their equipment to maximize problems caused by their INTERNAL network.
However, VoIP services such as those offered by Time Warner, Comcast, and actual ISPs CAN be prioritized because the MTA in the customer's home gets it's own IP address, and we know all traffic from that block of addresses is VoIP, and thus gets priority!
Full Disclosure: Time Warner Cable Tier 3 Technician here.
I got my current job from a job website. A lot of people I know have gotten sweet gigs from Monster. I don't know why you would imply that job websites aren't useful.
Hey, RTFA dude.
MIT doesnt have the resources to offer a full production, but they said they more than likely will license the design to a 3rd party, where the laptops would sell for around 200, and 20 to 30 of that would go back to MIT.
You just critically failed your roll for righteous indignation.
Yeah, I can use it full screen. The higher the desktop resolution, the grainier the image, but fullscreen works. It doesnt look bad, but it's definitely not Hi Def, ya know?
Although, if you have it going into a TV, you probably WANT to use a low resolution. Good luck reading PC text on a TV screen if you have the resolution jacked up. At 1024.768, it gets nigh unreadable.
Ever try sending a text message to GOOGL and asking it for information? It works. Google DOES do SMS messaging searches.
or Boogles.
Theres two fans on the CPU cooler. It's pretty quiet, you can't hear it over the hum of a powered on TV. I'd imagine you could add more, but being a small form factor case, it gets quite cramped. The only additional thing I'd suggest is, MAYBE, putting a expansion slot fan in ther (one powered by a molex connector). The case will run hot depending on your chip and the load, but i've never had any major problems.
Heres some links for good hardware to start with.
2 E16856101111 - I actually use this very one. Comes with some excellent media center software, a remote control, built in stereo Hi-Fi unit (can operate independantly of the rest of the computer). Essentially, you end up with a DVR/Media Center/Hi Fi Stereo unit.2 E16856101233 - Intel-based version of above2 E16814127987 - Reccomended tuner to the above hardware. I use a cheapy ATI TV Wonder that I've had for a few years anyway
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N8
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N8
You dont need a high power processor, a ton of RAM, or anything beyond the on-board video, unless you plan on doing things beyond DVRing. I have a bit of experience with this, so drop me a message if you want any furter info.
Building your own doesnt take much. Put together a basic computer with a lot of storage, a DVD burner, and a good TV tuner and buy a program like ShowShifter.
I did it for about 600 bucks, actually less now that I run it under Linux and free DVR software. Works like a charm.
SM
Yes, yes, I know. I'm an idiot. I even used the Preview button, how sad is that?