Okay, so you say you are valuable during emergency situations, but if the power was out, then there would be no interference with your signals. So you could still be used during emergencies.
Next is that we currently are implementing push-to-talk over GSM and CDMA that would easily remove the need for the emergency bands already used. Same applies as above, when the power it down, your radios will work again.
There are environmental advantages to this in that we can have less cables stretched all over the US saving in wire costs and insulation materials.
Lets just accept that we are going to have to step on toes to make this happen. How much are you valuing your ability to use a radio over the ability of a rural community to have Internet access for their children, education, and entertainment?
I pray that we get this implemented as fast as possible so those outside the 6 miles of the CO in my down can experience watching streaming Al Jezerri television on their computer like I do.
Will my email server I run perfectly responsibly just for my family be able to function without paying Microsoft for the plugin? Afterall, it is not rocket science to code your own SMTP server with Visual Basic....
This will work for the controllable sources, but what about foreign servers and the rest of the World?
In the world where laptops are getting smaller and smaller.... I like this handtop.
It is a good bridge between my ultraportable Averatec Laptop and my Palm PDA. This would be great also in the business environment.
It won't fit you all and it is nice that you have your opinions, but we don't need to hear about it not running something you want or being too slow. This is a product just like any other and suited to work for a group of people being nonspecific as possible and yet covering their needs.
This would work perfect in hospitals.
I understand that the NRC has already banned them at all Nuclear Power Plants in the protected areas. I happen to work at one, but have never had the money for a camera phone.
It has been a question of mine for a long time what was going to happen when the staffing recognizes a person with a photographic memory. They can essentially reconstruct the same material the photocamera can with time.
The problem is that GSM/CDMA signals should be blocked from all secure locations since they can be used for other non-pure purposes such as bomb triggers.
SP --- Fully believes that cellphones should be blocked from all government facilities.
Ever think it could be because of the email address in your post?
"by erick99 (743982) on Thursday February 19, @01:38PM (#8329171) "
I really hope that this spam filtering does not force spammers to use open wireless networks as a tool..
For me as an ISP, I don't care if the email gets filtered between me and my customers.
It hurts and costs me more for bandwidth to receive the emails, then store them, and then support the users that want me to clear their pop3 accounts when they are on dialup.
Spam Filtering should take place at the Hub Cities on edge servers so it never gets to my mail server in the first place and I do not have the bandwidth charges.
In exchange, I will filter all my outgoing mail on the mail server for spam outgoing.
BTW, my mother likes spam. It is a good hobby of hers just to read through it. She gets very entertained by the content.
I am pretty much in favor of science. I am not in favor of mixing science with politics.
There are many other factors that goes into each of the policies than simply saying they are supression. If you are talking about a small town company being forced to close, then you are talking about unseating a lot of jobs.
I look at the 282 million dollar retrofit of a natural gas facility in South Carolina. That money would have paid 12,000 workers the medium income for the county of location for 1 year.
With any type of reporting like this, the human effects must be weighted. Sometimes it is not just a simply fact where politics is involved. You don't stop a person from eating since what they eat will make them fat or have heart disease. You provide solutions that will fix the issues with the least effect.
Also, if the report was IMPORTANT enough to be public, why was it that those that wrote it didn't just post it to freenet? Could it be that their motivations are less than pure?
Why Bush Administration? Why not the simple statement that SOME in the exective branch were not properly checked and balanced by the other branches allowing supression of information that might have effected policy?
While I don't have much to add other than I was using the software for months on end, I wanted to point out that free speech is only one of the many valuable resources available.
What if it was YOU that had your personal information dragged all through freenet from an Ex-Wife or Disgruntal banker? I bet then you would wish for some control to the service.
The biggest question is whether or not IBM knew the drives were failures and decided to make money on the drives selling them and then dump the business when lawsuits and RMAs were getting greater than the profit generated by their sells.
To those that RMAed more than 1 time, don't you feel like you are humping a pillow when that just can't give you satisfaction? Okay, bad part makes it to you. Okay, the replacement part is bad then we have a Quality Assurance issue. It is time to prevent the continue loss of time and break down to a new purchase.
In addition, those that RMAed the drives should not be part of the class action since IBM would not have profitted on a low margin being compounded with continuously replacing the drives. We make $2 each, but spend 70$ building them. We are 68$ in the hole for each one RMAed. See what I am saying?
Microsoft should be forced to include Virtual PC 2004 with all versions of Windows without limitations.
Instead of forcing them to compete with other video players, they should make it so that Media Player ONLY played WMF files. Let the rest come from independent makers.
Shouldn't including CDs for other media players with new computers be more the choice of the computer makers (Sellers)?
Speak with your dollars.
THomas
I hate replying to myself, but I think that it is important to keep the continuing posts that are completely unrelated.
My last comment is that 256k up/down for 90% population. That is well within the range of wireless.
I do not say that HDTV's bandwidth requirements would be met by wireless, but that wireless will meet the demands of the population as a whole, and not the population as a minority with HDTV.
Think 3G if you must.
Thank you. Carry on.
Why not just provide more spectrum for wireless and lets eliminate the mass of cables for a central source for maintenance and upgrades?
It is a good idea to provide that much bandwidth, but it really shouldn't be wasted on TV Signals. Why not add in a free open library of educational materials? Why not allow it to be used as a replacement for public schools where a student can watch a full video of a teacher without the distractions of a classroom environment?
My biggest issue is that we (Americans) should be more interested in wiring up a good portion of the population to high speed (Always ON) service before we worry about upgrading the network for more bandwidth. Every town over 1500 people should have a high speed connection instead.
HDTV is Less Imporant than 256k Up/Down FOR 90% POPULATION is my Motto.
I have tried to find this, but the problem with getting flawed hardware to run software to detect it is flawed is just that in concept.
First of all, if it is an issue with hardware, the machine may not boot at all. If it is a ram issue, the diagnostic software may generate errors.
Second, even if it highlights an error in a configuration, it could be generated with the analysis software.
Third is that failed hardware often will not register as failed unless it is operating. Such as, a failed modem will not become noticable until it is used and then it may lock the computer up which could stop the software diagnosing the issue.
Your best bet is to use a cause and effect analysis. Then trial and error. The machine won't boot, find every possible cause of it not booting and eliminate each one as a possible cause. Continue on this until the issue is completely solved. Make a checklist for yourself so you don't forget anything.
It is how I do freelance repairs and it has proven bulletproof compared to the Voodoo Computer Repair Experts that try random things in the hope that it fixes the issue. (Install drivers, reinstall OS, Check CPU)
My biggest issues with this is that I need a monitor that allows me to place 2 more monitors on the left and right seemlessly. Such as, I want to extend the screen forward in the form of a lens and then slide the left and right monitors behind it hiding the plastic along the edge of the glass display.
I can't have the 2 inches of break in my display when playing FPS games. Put it on both sides and it is twice as annoying.
Remove the frame of the monitor and we have this working for games. Otherwise this is going to only slow me down.
My desk has a 19 inch CRT, 14 Inch CRT, 17 inch CRT, and 2 laptops. Nothing new, but technology just isn't right.
I do not disagree with you completely... But all video cards are tradeoffs.
I can play UT2004Demo on an Geforce 4MX 420. It is the bottom of the line card. Still, if you lower the resolution to 640X480, it runs well over 60 FPS.
FPS are very little in important. FPS @ Resolution with Color Depth and Features is important.
So lets not really joke around with the FPS. Lets focus on whether or not where are any advantages to these cards.
So where are the demonstrations and technology notes showing that PCI-EXPRESS will enable us to do something with our video that was not possible with with say AGP 32X with a seperate power channel?
How do we know this is not just another marketing plot like Intel's statements that sockets were no longer able to advance and we are required to use slot packaging for CPUs?
I propose that this is a way to get you on your next MB upgrade. It comes with a PCI-Express slot instead of AGP, so you have to purchase a new video card to replace your Radeon 9800 that is plenty fast enough.
I have yet to see any real advantages to the consumers for changing to PCI-Express. A small change that is equal to a GPU and Memory speed boost is not enough. The update must be substantial and generation jumping.
LindowsLive does all of the above for you.
There is no install and it has a clone of Windows XP's load screen. You do nothing. No boot messages come up. You just don't need to use Gentoo for your Live version.
Best of all, you don't install any software on the LiveCD!
SP --- Giggles.
I am not sure how much you work in offices, but we are not allowed to keep information like that on a local machine. It is stored on the network. I can go to 15 machines around the office and continue working.
"No businessman ever trusts something that is argued to be "free". The saying "you get what you pay for" rings true with most management teams, and anything "free" is directly indicative of being poor quality. Cheap is a euphemism for bad quality normally. And switching to Open Source is not free, indeed it is often not even cheap. The costs are real, but so too are the advantages."
I think that you hit on a very important point. Open Source is often free as in it is not a cost directly to the company's accounting department. The indirect costs are related to poor IT hiring and implementation.
If you have to wait for IT to learn to use Linux, then you have an issue. This is a point where an entire focus and staff change may be needed. An MCSE is not important anymore.
If you are going to pull with you $90,000+ IT workers that are learning Linux, then you are wasting money.
Educational classes for Linux? The GUI on linux is close enough that a 5 minute update could get people using it for basic functionality. OpenOffice, Email, and Web Browsing are very similar. The buttons are similar.
Where are these costs? It is labor expenses and that is an issue only with management of staffing and should not be an IT issue.
I think it is most important that the ROI be measured in an effective method. Such as, not only look at the obvious costs, but look at the hidden savings from changing to Open Source. Such as, we are running Pentium II computers for a year longer since we are running Linux, which extends the life beyond the cycle of expected depreciation. We can cycle in upgrades to hardware in cycles to prevent a one time expense on the balance sheet.
Then cover things like the amount of power saved with the older machines using less watts. For some companies, this could be $100,000+. EnergyStar has statics on this information.
I would also mention the recent losing of the source code for Windows along with the ability to break free of recurring charges with virus software.
In the grand scheme of security, it would probably be beneficial to note that spyware and corporate theft is less likely in a system that is unfriendly to script based theft schemes.
Mention that you don't have to worry about paying for MCSE for employees. You have no fears of employees stealing licenses.
No more formatting when a new employee inherits a machine.
The ability to disable Cd Drives remotely at will.
I guess that covers the basic things. I would give them all copies of Linux LiveCDs that they can take home and use on their home machines. LindowsLive is a good one to use. Let them see for themselves that it is not going to be a foreign OS, but just a slightly different OS.
I understand the purpose of Fedora. Still, I don't take lightly to being used as a Quality Check/Beta Testing type person. There are advantages, but there are advantages to having a tight group of beta testers that you can account for and be sure that they are not influencing changes to better suit their own needs.
Suggest a bug fix that opens a flaw in a competitor's program?
I like RedHat, but I question whether there is a reason to pick it over any other distribution at this point. Maybe if I pick out enough bugs and they get fixed, they can raise the price a little.
-SP
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Paper Launch or not, we need to know a little bit more about what changes are going to be made to the memory controller and bus specifications.
i rer.net
Linus should have also come out with Transmeta's plans for implementing iAMD64....
It is an exciting time when Intel is taking a following to AMD.
Sources for AMD info:
http://www.amdzone.com
http://www.theinqu
Will the Windows 64 Demo work on Intel's 64 bit implementation as it currently sits?
Okay, so you say you are valuable during emergency situations, but if the power was out, then there would be no interference with your signals. So you could still be used during emergencies.
Next is that we currently are implementing push-to-talk over GSM and CDMA that would easily remove the need for the emergency bands already used. Same applies as above, when the power it down, your radios will work again.
There are environmental advantages to this in that we can have less cables stretched all over the US saving in wire costs and insulation materials.
Lets just accept that we are going to have to step on toes to make this happen. How much are you valuing your ability to use a radio over the ability of a rural community to have Internet access for their children, education, and entertainment?
I pray that we get this implemented as fast as possible so those outside the 6 miles of the CO in my down can experience watching streaming Al Jezerri television on their computer like I do.
Will my email server I run perfectly responsibly just for my family be able to function without paying Microsoft for the plugin? Afterall, it is not rocket science to code your own SMTP server with Visual Basic.... This will work for the controllable sources, but what about foreign servers and the rest of the World?
In the world where laptops are getting smaller and smaller.... I like this handtop. It is a good bridge between my ultraportable Averatec Laptop and my Palm PDA. This would be great also in the business environment. It won't fit you all and it is nice that you have your opinions, but we don't need to hear about it not running something you want or being too slow. This is a product just like any other and suited to work for a group of people being nonspecific as possible and yet covering their needs. This would work perfect in hospitals.
I understand that the NRC has already banned them at all Nuclear Power Plants in the protected areas. I happen to work at one, but have never had the money for a camera phone.
It has been a question of mine for a long time what was going to happen when the staffing recognizes a person with a photographic memory. They can essentially reconstruct the same material the photocamera can with time.
The problem is that GSM/CDMA signals should be blocked from all secure locations since they can be used for other non-pure purposes such as bomb triggers.
SP --- Fully believes that cellphones should be blocked from all government facilities.
Won't you all just argue over who gets her first?
Ever think it could be because of the email address in your post? "by erick99 (743982) on Thursday February 19, @01:38PM (#8329171) " I really hope that this spam filtering does not force spammers to use open wireless networks as a tool..
For me as an ISP, I don't care if the email gets filtered between me and my customers. It hurts and costs me more for bandwidth to receive the emails, then store them, and then support the users that want me to clear their pop3 accounts when they are on dialup. Spam Filtering should take place at the Hub Cities on edge servers so it never gets to my mail server in the first place and I do not have the bandwidth charges. In exchange, I will filter all my outgoing mail on the mail server for spam outgoing. BTW, my mother likes spam. It is a good hobby of hers just to read through it. She gets very entertained by the content.
I am pretty much in favor of science. I am not in favor of mixing science with politics.
There are many other factors that goes into each of the policies than simply saying they are supression. If you are talking about a small town company being forced to close, then you are talking about unseating a lot of jobs.
I look at the 282 million dollar retrofit of a natural gas facility in South Carolina. That money would have paid 12,000 workers the medium income for the county of location for 1 year.
With any type of reporting like this, the human effects must be weighted. Sometimes it is not just a simply fact where politics is involved. You don't stop a person from eating since what they eat will make them fat or have heart disease. You provide solutions that will fix the issues with the least effect.
Also, if the report was IMPORTANT enough to be public, why was it that those that wrote it didn't just post it to freenet? Could it be that their motivations are less than pure?
Why Bush Administration? Why not the simple statement that SOME in the exective branch were not properly checked and balanced by the other branches allowing supression of information that might have effected policy?
While I don't have much to add other than I was using the software for months on end, I wanted to point out that free speech is only one of the many valuable resources available.
What if it was YOU that had your personal information dragged all through freenet from an Ex-Wife or Disgruntal banker? I bet then you would wish for some control to the service.
The biggest question is whether or not IBM knew the drives were failures and decided to make money on the drives selling them and then dump the business when lawsuits and RMAs were getting greater than the profit generated by their sells.
To those that RMAed more than 1 time, don't you feel like you are humping a pillow when that just can't give you satisfaction? Okay, bad part makes it to you. Okay, the replacement part is bad then we have a Quality Assurance issue. It is time to prevent the continue loss of time and break down to a new purchase.
In addition, those that RMAed the drives should not be part of the class action since IBM would not have profitted on a low margin being compounded with continuously replacing the drives. We make $2 each, but spend 70$ building them. We are 68$ in the hole for each one RMAed. See what I am saying?
At that point it is just Punative.
Yes.
MB makers were stronghanded out of making Socket A motherboards.
While said in jest, it is true.
Intel has.... And what CPU are 74% of computers using? They should bundle an AMD and VIA processor in the box with new computers also.
Microsoft should be forced to include Virtual PC 2004 with all versions of Windows without limitations. Instead of forcing them to compete with other video players, they should make it so that Media Player ONLY played WMF files. Let the rest come from independent makers. Shouldn't including CDs for other media players with new computers be more the choice of the computer makers (Sellers)? Speak with your dollars. THomas
I hate replying to myself, but I think that it is important to keep the continuing posts that are completely unrelated. My last comment is that 256k up/down for 90% population. That is well within the range of wireless. I do not say that HDTV's bandwidth requirements would be met by wireless, but that wireless will meet the demands of the population as a whole, and not the population as a minority with HDTV. Think 3G if you must. Thank you. Carry on.
Why not just provide more spectrum for wireless and lets eliminate the mass of cables for a central source for maintenance and upgrades?
It is a good idea to provide that much bandwidth, but it really shouldn't be wasted on TV Signals. Why not add in a free open library of educational materials? Why not allow it to be used as a replacement for public schools where a student can watch a full video of a teacher without the distractions of a classroom environment?
My biggest issue is that we (Americans) should be more interested in wiring up a good portion of the population to high speed (Always ON) service before we worry about upgrading the network for more bandwidth. Every town over 1500 people should have a high speed connection instead.
HDTV is Less Imporant than 256k Up/Down FOR 90% POPULATION is my Motto.
I have tried to find this, but the problem with getting flawed hardware to run software to detect it is flawed is just that in concept.
First of all, if it is an issue with hardware, the machine may not boot at all. If it is a ram issue, the diagnostic software may generate errors.
Second, even if it highlights an error in a configuration, it could be generated with the analysis software.
Third is that failed hardware often will not register as failed unless it is operating. Such as, a failed modem will not become noticable until it is used and then it may lock the computer up which could stop the software diagnosing the issue.
Your best bet is to use a cause and effect analysis. Then trial and error. The machine won't boot, find every possible cause of it not booting and eliminate each one as a possible cause. Continue on this until the issue is completely solved. Make a checklist for yourself so you don't forget anything.
It is how I do freelance repairs and it has proven bulletproof compared to the Voodoo Computer Repair Experts that try random things in the hope that it fixes the issue. (Install drivers, reinstall OS, Check CPU)
My biggest issues with this is that I need a monitor that allows me to place 2 more monitors on the left and right seemlessly. Such as, I want to extend the screen forward in the form of a lens and then slide the left and right monitors behind it hiding the plastic along the edge of the glass display. I can't have the 2 inches of break in my display when playing FPS games. Put it on both sides and it is twice as annoying. Remove the frame of the monitor and we have this working for games. Otherwise this is going to only slow me down. My desk has a 19 inch CRT, 14 Inch CRT, 17 inch CRT, and 2 laptops. Nothing new, but technology just isn't right.
I do not disagree with you completely... But all video cards are tradeoffs. I can play UT2004Demo on an Geforce 4MX 420. It is the bottom of the line card. Still, if you lower the resolution to 640X480, it runs well over 60 FPS. FPS are very little in important. FPS @ Resolution with Color Depth and Features is important. So lets not really joke around with the FPS. Lets focus on whether or not where are any advantages to these cards.
So where are the demonstrations and technology notes showing that PCI-EXPRESS will enable us to do something with our video that was not possible with with say AGP 32X with a seperate power channel?
How do we know this is not just another marketing plot like Intel's statements that sockets were no longer able to advance and we are required to use slot packaging for CPUs?
I propose that this is a way to get you on your next MB upgrade. It comes with a PCI-Express slot instead of AGP, so you have to purchase a new video card to replace your Radeon 9800 that is plenty fast enough.
I have yet to see any real advantages to the consumers for changing to PCI-Express. A small change that is equal to a GPU and Memory speed boost is not enough. The update must be substantial and generation jumping.
LindowsLive does all of the above for you. There is no install and it has a clone of Windows XP's load screen. You do nothing. No boot messages come up. You just don't need to use Gentoo for your Live version. Best of all, you don't install any software on the LiveCD! SP --- Giggles.
I am not sure how much you work in offices, but we are not allowed to keep information like that on a local machine. It is stored on the network. I can go to 15 machines around the office and continue working.
"No businessman ever trusts something that is argued to be "free". The saying "you get what you pay for" rings true with most management teams, and anything "free" is directly indicative of being poor quality. Cheap is a euphemism for bad quality normally. And switching to Open Source is not free, indeed it is often not even cheap. The costs are real, but so too are the advantages."
I think that you hit on a very important point. Open Source is often free as in it is not a cost directly to the company's accounting department. The indirect costs are related to poor IT hiring and implementation.
If you have to wait for IT to learn to use Linux, then you have an issue. This is a point where an entire focus and staff change may be needed. An MCSE is not important anymore.
If you are going to pull with you $90,000+ IT workers that are learning Linux, then you are wasting money.
Educational classes for Linux? The GUI on linux is close enough that a 5 minute update could get people using it for basic functionality. OpenOffice, Email, and Web Browsing are very similar. The buttons are similar.
Where are these costs? It is labor expenses and that is an issue only with management of staffing and should not be an IT issue.
I think it is most important that the ROI be measured in an effective method. Such as, not only look at the obvious costs, but look at the hidden savings from changing to Open Source. Such as, we are running Pentium II computers for a year longer since we are running Linux, which extends the life beyond the cycle of expected depreciation. We can cycle in upgrades to hardware in cycles to prevent a one time expense on the balance sheet.
Then cover things like the amount of power saved with the older machines using less watts. For some companies, this could be $100,000+. EnergyStar has statics on this information.
I would also mention the recent losing of the source code for Windows along with the ability to break free of recurring charges with virus software.
In the grand scheme of security, it would probably be beneficial to note that spyware and corporate theft is less likely in a system that is unfriendly to script based theft schemes.
Mention that you don't have to worry about paying for MCSE for employees. You have no fears of employees stealing licenses.
No more formatting when a new employee inherits a machine.
The ability to disable Cd Drives remotely at will.
I guess that covers the basic things. I would give them all copies of Linux LiveCDs that they can take home and use on their home machines. LindowsLive is a good one to use. Let them see for themselves that it is not going to be a foreign OS, but just a slightly different OS.
I understand the purpose of Fedora. Still, I don't take lightly to being used as a Quality Check/Beta Testing type person. There are advantages, but there are advantages to having a tight group of beta testers that you can account for and be sure that they are not influencing changes to better suit their own needs. Suggest a bug fix that opens a flaw in a competitor's program? I like RedHat, but I question whether there is a reason to pick it over any other distribution at this point. Maybe if I pick out enough bugs and they get fixed, they can raise the price a little. -SP