I would be very cautious about being an early adopter of this unproven technology. The equipment is first gen, the service techs are green and the speed doesn't sound very impressive. If that's all that's available, then I'd make sure I didn't get locked into a contract if I were you.
I went to DSL Reports and they don't even list it as a category yet, FYI.
I should also note that while the power grid is still pretty sturdy, this speaks nothing of equipment failures, and it would seem that power goes out more often than land-line phone service or cable from what I've seen. Of course, I'm basing this on Las Vegas where most of the lines are below-ground, so your results may vary.
It all boils down to this: are you willing to accept the headaches of this new technology, and is the price/performance compelling enough to warrant that risk? Of course, I think this applies to all new technology. *has flashbacks of the "bad old days" of cable modems*
I imagine you are correct. Given enough time, I'd bet we can see drives that support both formats. Once that's settled, the best format will end up prevailing. I've noticed that DVD-R has more or less come out on top for its fantastic compatibility. I would guess the same thing will be true for the dual-layer media. I imagine a lot of people are making copi^H^H^H^H backups of dual-layer DVDs.
How many more times are we going to let the courts, Congress, the President, etc. surrender our national sovereignty like this? Don't we pay them to follow and enforce the law, not surrender it to foreign entities?
Yeah, this'll probably get marked Flamebait for asking such a provoking question.
I look forward to this in more laptops so I can squeeze more movie time out of my battery. Letting the OS drain a lot of power reduces me to 1.5 hours on a single charge.
Anyone remember Sealand? They bought an oil rig or somesuch in international waters and started advertising as a place to store data outside the reach of governments.
Oh, I'm all about impounding a drunk driver's car. If someone does something stupid like that, I say throw the book (and chair and desk) at them. The idea of mandatory training in schools isn't a half-bad idea either. It would probably drop the accident rate for the most dangerous group on the road.
Dell sells a lot of stuff on eBay. Most of it consists of refurbs and returned leases. Probably pretty good for saving a load on a lightweight laptop. http://stores.ebay.com/Dell-Financial-Services
It is, but the article was addressing upgrading a server by messing with it's hardware as opposed to replacing it. Hope that clarifies.
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The article is right. The only thing we've ever upgraded on our servers is the RAM, and that's usually a stop-gap until we replace the thing. We only have one server that needs to have ample expansion room (a telephony server using custom ISA cards), and it's been with us for YEARS without hitting the cieling.
I think the only people that concern themselves with upgrading all the time are the "power users" that want the latest toys.
You do make some excellent points here, and I think where we differ is that I don't believe that responsibility can be enforced on people. Someone who is irresponsible will remain irresponsible even with mandatory training, thus my opposition to licensing people to drive. With a zero net effect, I see no need to effectively punish those who act responsibly. Of course, I think we have a fundamental difference of opinion there, so I imagine we'll have to agree to disagree.
Pricing software is more complex than my human brain can handle. There's a stunning conclusion.
Seriously, though, he makes a lot of very good points cheif of which is asking "how much is too much?" The author also makes a good point about not selling your product for much less than its actual worth. I'm more than happy to pay a premium on a product if I think it's valuable to what I do and it has a distinct advantage over competing solutions. (Case in point, I donated $100 for Trillian before Pro was released. Why? Because I used it every day and it was much better than any of the individual IM clients.)
It's hard to really draw a line in the sand about pricing, though. I think that's the greater point to be made.
I see an excellent point made in the article, which is that the founders want to maintain control of the enterprise as much as they can. The problem is that as soon as you've taken a company public, it isn't your baby anymore. It sounds like decisions need to start being delegated before the founders wear themselves out from working too hard.
I've worked at more than one company where the founder(s) micro-managed the entire enterprise. The did themselves a tremendous disservice in the long run by discouraging independent thought and actions.
I'm an e-mail packrat. I have about 5 years worth of e-mail and attachments saved, and it totals maybe 70MB. These storage wars are not differentiated from checkbox feature wars in video cards. Except maybe the latter results in something useful over time.
If you can't run the implemented system in a test bed environment, then at the very least you put the system in place and instruct users not to rely on it, and you give them a quick way to report problems.
So it is the right of some drunk driver to mow down a pedestrian and be able to get away with it because in the name of civil liberties, he shouldn't have to have a license plate and drivers license eh?
I have absolutely no idea how to respond to that. Perhaps I need to beat myself over the head with a blunt object to approach that level of thinking and interpretation. You might as well say "So it is the right of some mentally-unbalanced gun nut to mow down a pedestrian and be able to get away with it because in the name of civil liberties, he shouldn't have to have a license to own the gun eh?"
The license had nothing to do with the fact that the guy was ACTING IRRESPONSIBLY. You act like that magic piece of plastic is going to automatically make Daryl the Drunk into Reginald the Responsible. Do you know why people as a whole drive safely? They don't want to damage their property and/or go to jail. The truly good people don't want to hurt other people. You act like the fact that a guy spent a few hours in a line at the DMV should account for his driving skill.
I'm all for much tougher penalties for irresponsible driving practices. Drunken driving should be a felony with at least 30 days in the drunk tank. Repeat offenders should be locked up even longer (presuming we let them out, which we shouldn't). If someone demonstrates a lack of ability to handle liberty, by all means TAKE IT AWAY.
You, sir, are an idiot. There, I said what everyone was thinking. You took my opposition to prior restraint and someone managed to walk away with an advocation of reckless and dangerous behaviour. I don't know what your problem is, but I'd bet it's hard to pronounce.
Yes I agree that big brother should be kept out of your living room, but when you are on the road, you can very easily affect another citizen's right to "life, liberty and the persuit of happiness". This is what pisses me off most about these, "I can do whatever the fuck I feel like" civil libertarians, what you do can adversely affect other people.
Can. That's a really sticky word, isn't it? I *can* choose to shoot a bunch of children with my gun. Should I be automatically subjected to intense psychological evaluation before I can own that gun? Prior restraint goes against everything this country has ever stood for. You cannot in any free society punish the innocent for the crimes of the guilty.
Do people do bad things? Yeah, it happens. But if you go off the deep end trying to prevent bad things from happening, you might as well lock everyone into their own little padded room in restraints so they can't hurt themselves. (Yes, this is hyperbole. That's the point.)
This is coming from someone who is a stron supporter of the ACLU(I would be a member, but I am a cheap bastard)
That's a good thing that you aren't a member, because with your attitudes I'd doubt they'd have you.
It's obvious to me you lost someone to a drunk driver, and I'm sorry about your loss. However, your emotional problems with that should not end up being the basis of law. By taking away someone's ability to chose, you become a petty tyrant as bad as King George III and an enemy to liberty.
God gave me the right to choose, and I'll never give up that God-given right of agency and free choice. Don't try taking that away.
Here I am thinking I'm the only one that argues what he's arguing. The right to travel *IS* fundamental to a free society, IDs and driver's licenses be damned! I'm glad someone with money gets it (meaning that he has the means to do something about it other than speak up).
When I got my first wi-fi enabled laptop, I decided to wardrive down a busy road in a residential area. I picked up 11 APs along the way, one of which had been secured. The other 10 used the default SSID with no WEP. Whatever befalls the people with the unsecured APs is deserved for not reading the freaking manual. They have the mentality of "I plugged it in and it just works! Whoopee!"
That they are. Why do you think it's often called the 9th Circus?
On a more serious note, I'm glad to see that judges are restraining themselves from creating more laws. Thank you Michigan Supreme Court for reminding the judiciary that the courts are the expositors of law, not the creators.
I'm not sure I agree with that assessment, that if we left the ads alone that they would be the same. I think that while the advent of more instrusive ads would have been delayed, I do not think it would have been averted. Of course, that's all conjecture, so have that grain of salt handy.
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And I imagine those multi-floppy backups are just as easy to manage as punch cards.
I would be very cautious about being an early adopter of this unproven technology. The equipment is first gen, the service techs are green and the speed doesn't sound very impressive. If that's all that's available, then I'd make sure I didn't get locked into a contract if I were you.
I went to DSL Reports and they don't even list it as a category yet, FYI.
I should also note that while the power grid is still pretty sturdy, this speaks nothing of equipment failures, and it would seem that power goes out more often than land-line phone service or cable from what I've seen. Of course, I'm basing this on Las Vegas where most of the lines are below-ground, so your results may vary.
It all boils down to this: are you willing to accept the headaches of this new technology, and is the price/performance compelling enough to warrant that risk? Of course, I think this applies to all new technology. *has flashbacks of the "bad old days" of cable modems*
I imagine you are correct. Given enough time, I'd bet we can see drives that support both formats. Once that's settled, the best format will end up prevailing. I've noticed that DVD-R has more or less come out on top for its fantastic compatibility. I would guess the same thing will be true for the dual-layer media. I imagine a lot of people are making copi^H^H^H^H backups of dual-layer DVDs.
How many more times are we going to let the courts, Congress, the President, etc. surrender our national sovereignty like this? Don't we pay them to follow and enforce the law, not surrender it to foreign entities?
Yeah, this'll probably get marked Flamebait for asking such a provoking question.
I look forward to this in more laptops so I can squeeze more movie time out of my battery. Letting the OS drain a lot of power reduces me to 1.5 hours on a single charge.
Looks fine, yes. I've had a lot of problems with forms and the rollover menus in both Firefox 0.9.3 and IE 6.0. Maybe it's just me.
Some sites don't even work properly in either browser. *cough* Cingular *cough*
Anyone remember Sealand? They bought an oil rig or somesuch in international waters and started advertising as a place to store data outside the reach of governments.
Oh, I'm all about impounding a drunk driver's car. If someone does something stupid like that, I say throw the book (and chair and desk) at them. The idea of mandatory training in schools isn't a half-bad idea either. It would probably drop the accident rate for the most dangerous group on the road.
Yeesh. What can't those things do?
I wasted most of high school geometry making video poker and video blackjack programs on mine. Who knew I could do something useful with it?
Dell sells a lot of stuff on eBay. Most of it consists of refurbs and returned leases. Probably pretty good for saving a load on a lightweight laptop. http://stores.ebay.com/Dell-Financial-Services
It is, but the article was addressing upgrading a server by messing with it's hardware as opposed to replacing it. Hope that clarifies.
The article is right. The only thing we've ever upgraded on our servers is the RAM, and that's usually a stop-gap until we replace the thing. We only have one server that needs to have ample expansion room (a telephony server using custom ISA cards), and it's been with us for YEARS without hitting the cieling.
I think the only people that concern themselves with upgrading all the time are the "power users" that want the latest toys.
It's vastly over-rated. *grins and turns off the Sarcasm Ray*
You do make some excellent points here, and I think where we differ is that I don't believe that responsibility can be enforced on people. Someone who is irresponsible will remain irresponsible even with mandatory training, thus my opposition to licensing people to drive. With a zero net effect, I see no need to effectively punish those who act responsibly. Of course, I think we have a fundamental difference of opinion there, so I imagine we'll have to agree to disagree.
Pricing software is more complex than my human brain can handle. There's a stunning conclusion.
Seriously, though, he makes a lot of very good points cheif of which is asking "how much is too much?" The author also makes a good point about not selling your product for much less than its actual worth. I'm more than happy to pay a premium on a product if I think it's valuable to what I do and it has a distinct advantage over competing solutions. (Case in point, I donated $100 for Trillian before Pro was released. Why? Because I used it every day and it was much better than any of the individual IM clients.)
It's hard to really draw a line in the sand about pricing, though. I think that's the greater point to be made.
I see an excellent point made in the article, which is that the founders want to maintain control of the enterprise as much as they can. The problem is that as soon as you've taken a company public, it isn't your baby anymore. It sounds like decisions need to start being delegated before the founders wear themselves out from working too hard.
I've worked at more than one company where the founder(s) micro-managed the entire enterprise. The did themselves a tremendous disservice in the long run by discouraging independent thought and actions.
I'm an e-mail packrat. I have about 5 years worth of e-mail and attachments saved, and it totals maybe 70MB. These storage wars are not differentiated from checkbox feature wars in video cards. Except maybe the latter results in something useful over time.
If you can't run the implemented system in a test bed environment, then at the very least you put the system in place and instruct users not to rely on it, and you give them a quick way to report problems.
Tell that to the dot-com I used to work for.
So it is the right of some drunk driver to mow down a pedestrian and be able to get away with it because in the name of civil liberties, he shouldn't have to have a license plate and drivers license eh?
I have absolutely no idea how to respond to that. Perhaps I need to beat myself over the head with a blunt object to approach that level of thinking and interpretation. You might as well say "So it is the right of some mentally-unbalanced gun nut to mow down a pedestrian and be able to get away with it because in the name of civil liberties, he shouldn't have to have a license to own the gun eh?"
The license had nothing to do with the fact that the guy was ACTING IRRESPONSIBLY. You act like that magic piece of plastic is going to automatically make Daryl the Drunk into Reginald the Responsible. Do you know why people as a whole drive safely? They don't want to damage their property and/or go to jail. The truly good people don't want to hurt other people. You act like the fact that a guy spent a few hours in a line at the DMV should account for his driving skill.
I'm all for much tougher penalties for irresponsible driving practices. Drunken driving should be a felony with at least 30 days in the drunk tank. Repeat offenders should be locked up even longer (presuming we let them out, which we shouldn't). If someone demonstrates a lack of ability to handle liberty, by all means TAKE IT AWAY.
You, sir, are an idiot. There, I said what everyone was thinking. You took my opposition to prior restraint and someone managed to walk away with an advocation of reckless and dangerous behaviour. I don't know what your problem is, but I'd bet it's hard to pronounce.
Yes I agree that big brother should be kept out of your living room, but when you are on the road, you can very easily affect another citizen's right to "life, liberty and the persuit of happiness". This is what pisses me off most about these, "I can do whatever the fuck I feel like" civil libertarians, what you do can adversely affect other people.
Can. That's a really sticky word, isn't it? I *can* choose to shoot a bunch of children with my gun. Should I be automatically subjected to intense psychological evaluation before I can own that gun? Prior restraint goes against everything this country has ever stood for. You cannot in any free society punish the innocent for the crimes of the guilty.
Do people do bad things? Yeah, it happens. But if you go off the deep end trying to prevent bad things from happening, you might as well lock everyone into their own little padded room in restraints so they can't hurt themselves. (Yes, this is hyperbole. That's the point.)
This is coming from someone who is a stron supporter of the ACLU(I would be a member, but I am a cheap bastard)
That's a good thing that you aren't a member, because with your attitudes I'd doubt they'd have you.
It's obvious to me you lost someone to a drunk driver, and I'm sorry about your loss. However, your emotional problems with that should not end up being the basis of law. By taking away someone's ability to chose, you become a petty tyrant as bad as King George III and an enemy to liberty.
God gave me the right to choose, and I'll never give up that God-given right of agency and free choice. Don't try taking that away.
Here I am thinking I'm the only one that argues what he's arguing. The right to travel *IS* fundamental to a free society, IDs and driver's licenses be damned! I'm glad someone with money gets it (meaning that he has the means to do something about it other than speak up).
Correctamundo! Unfortunantly, I have no toaster oven to offer you as a prize.
When I got my first wi-fi enabled laptop, I decided to wardrive down a busy road in a residential area. I picked up 11 APs along the way, one of which had been secured. The other 10 used the default SSID with no WEP. Whatever befalls the people with the unsecured APs is deserved for not reading the freaking manual. They have the mentality of "I plugged it in and it just works! Whoopee!"
That they are. Why do you think it's often called the 9th Circus?
On a more serious note, I'm glad to see that judges are restraining themselves from creating more laws. Thank you Michigan Supreme Court for reminding the judiciary that the courts are the expositors of law, not the creators.
I'm not sure I agree with that assessment, that if we left the ads alone that they would be the same. I think that while the advent of more instrusive ads would have been delayed, I do not think it would have been averted. Of course, that's all conjecture, so have that grain of salt handy.