My mistake. A lower latency in general. Expect around 600ms instead of the current 1000ms. Due to distance and physics satellite will never be a replacement to land lines. Satellite is only good if you need the bandwidth and you don't care about the latency.
Hughes, parent company to DirecTV, also owns DirecWay. DirecWay is one of the major players when it comes to high-speed internet. The problem with satellite Internet though is the latency. Speeds are great it's just the latency that kills you. This satellite that they're using for MPEG4 was originally going to be used to introduce the KA band for the ultimate high-speed Internet (think beyond T-1 speeds) with a lower latency. Unfortunatly they scrapped the idea for more HD channels, in which you see now. None the less, DirecWay and DirecTV can integrate together onto the same bill and use the same dish (the larger one with a add-on module for T.V.) If you want speed using the KA band though I believe that right now only WildBlue offers it. They launched their satellite last year and are beta testing it with a handful of people around the U.S. but it is scheduled for full deployment later this year. Not to mention they advertise it at only $49/month. They're only using a set spectrem for the residential community and you can expect speeds around 1.5down and 384?up. Not sure on what the up is.
Except for the DAMN Broadcom wireless card.
Broadcom will release binaries for Linksys but noooo, won't release them for the rest of the Linux community. Thank God for the ndiswrapper project.
Flash intensive site, a Scott Bakula video, and a front page Slashdot article.
Well, I'm guessing that NASA got that bandwidth sponsorship afterall. Lets just hope we're not gonna see an article on Slashdot talking about another delay for launch due to limited funds.
Well, with a SSN, mother's maiden name, and birthdate you can open almost any kind of account you want. And heaven forbid you also have their driver's license number. One could completely still an identity with this kind of information.
And credit given where credit due, I picked up this story from a post on a mailing list from Paul Ferguson and his tech news.
What I found to be so interesting about this story is that unlike the other thefts, this one did not require the theft of a computer or social engineering skills. This one looks like the works of a group of hackers and now has the FBI's computer crime squad joined in the investigation.
A marriage license cost is minimal. Cost to have someone wed you is minimal. Local church would more than likely be happy to have you wed there. All of this for under $5k. I've done it. However from experience I can say that the real expense is the bride and then their is not much one can do about that...
Members of the open-source community are expressing concern over rapid feature changes in the Linux 2.6 kernel, which they say are too focused on the desktop and could make the kernel too large.
"We are not interested in the game drivers and music drivers that are being added to the kernel. We are interested in a more stable kernel."
If you don't want it, don't compile it in. Thats the best part about having the kernel opened and so easy to manipulate. With the GUI available for modifying the kernel as well as a detailed set of instructions built right in, anyone can sit there and remove support for the latest gaming joystick if they so choose to. No one is making you keep it. If the kernel didn't have the option of supporting it, or if they discontinue the building of, then Linux will never be ready for the desktop. Just because Morton or Linus decides to add/accept support for the desktop community doesn't mean that the kernel won't be any more stable. Who is to say that adding gaming support took time away from stabilizing the kernel? If I'm strictly a game hardware designer and send my contribution to support the latest device does not mean that I could have spent my time improving the kernel. I may not be comfortable doing that. In other words, maybe I can't stabilize the kernel but I can write new drivers for it. And if I spend my time doing that it doesn't mean that I take time away from those improving and stabilizing the kernel.
The part that really caught me off guard is the inclusion of the Xen virtualization technology. Big changes are coming to the kernel that are really going to improve Linux and its functionality in the buisness and home world.
Yeah we have one full time Linux user in our company that we were able to setup only because we promised our manager that CrossOver would allow him to use Office. Needless to say he hates using Office in Linux as CrossOver keeps faulting on him.
Our WAN users in another state connect to our terminal server to use one of our Access databases. It's to large and to active for them to work on it locally over a T-1. Eventually we'll migrate our data over to SQL eliminating the need for our terminal server.
Unfortunatly we only contract to a few divisions of the Navy and all of the commanders use Navy issued machines. This means Microsoft all the way. Everyday I hear about another division of the government take in another opensource software or format I put a little more pressure on my manager.
You're right and you're wrong, though you did bring up a good point. I forgot to mention that in my original post as we're still at Windows 2000 Server. Windows 2003 server requires a CAL to be purchased seperatly given your copy of XP was purchased after April 24, 2003. Windows 2000, however, still allows your copy of XP or 2000 to be a "free" Terminal Services CAL (and it is permitted under the Windows 2000 Server EULA.)
As a sysadmin for a small buisness (~100 employees and growing fast) I've been trying to push thin-clients for a while now. My manager and the other sysadmin is very reluctant to pursue this solution but I cannot find any reason why a recpetionist, data entry, or accounting needs a new, full featured desktop. Thin-clients are rising in popularity again and it won't be long for them to become a familar site in small to large buisnesses. The only reason I can find to purchase Microsoft's XP thin-client is for those of us who would use it with terminal services. Terminal server requires a license for each connecting client, which a Windows OS has. One of the arguments I've heard against thin clients is the licensing fees for terminal service. Why purchase a $200 thin client and then a CAL license[1]when you can purchase a $400 full fledge desktop with XP? If my manager wasn't so strong against Office alternatives[2] a Linux server with OO.org would save the company a fortune. We wouldn't have to worry about costly maintenance[3] or extradanory licensing fees with an OSS thin-client.
[1] can't recall how much a CAL costs
[2] we're a government contractor and worried about compatibility
[3] defrag, spyware, updates, corruption, etc
Ok, fine then.
I received ~500KBps, KiloBytes per second, or around 4000kbps, kilobits per second.
It took me about 5 minutes to download it. Check your firewall to make sure ports 6881 to 6889 are directed to your computer to improve your speeds. Also, may I direct you to http://www.bittorrent.com/FAQ.html#firewall if you're still having problems.
Try this:
briefcase.yahoo.com/startrekrevtorrent
I only had the.mov torrent left. Seeing how this is hosted on Yahoo! Briefcase, perhaps someone could mirror it on their site?
Our company just takes out a scsi harddrive from our RAID1 and BAM, instant backup. Replace harddrive removed with another one and mirror. If their is a problem with the filesystem (say after a bad patch) out with the new and in with the old to go back right where you were. Of course this only works with our OS and not company data as it's stored on RAID5 and archived to tape.
Slashdot Mirror
My mistake. A lower latency in general. Expect around 600ms instead of the current 1000ms. Due to distance and physics satellite will never be a replacement to land lines. Satellite is only good if you need the bandwidth and you don't care about the latency.
Hughes, parent company to DirecTV, also owns DirecWay. DirecWay is one of the major players when it comes to high-speed internet. The problem with satellite Internet though is the latency. Speeds are great it's just the latency that kills you. This satellite that they're using for MPEG4 was originally going to be used to introduce the KA band for the ultimate high-speed Internet (think beyond T-1 speeds) with a lower latency. Unfortunatly they scrapped the idea for more HD channels, in which you see now. None the less, DirecWay and DirecTV can integrate together onto the same bill and use the same dish (the larger one with a add-on module for T.V.) If you want speed using the KA band though I believe that right now only WildBlue offers it. They launched their satellite last year and are beta testing it with a handful of people around the U.S. but it is scheduled for full deployment later this year. Not to mention they advertise it at only $49/month. They're only using a set spectrem for the residential community and you can expect speeds around 1.5down and 384?up. Not sure on what the up is.
Don't be to quick to consider it 'shelved'.
This is like the 6th time its happened.
Check out the realted forum to see that it's up again.
Except for the DAMN Broadcom wireless card. Broadcom will release binaries for Linksys but noooo, won't release them for the rest of the Linux community. Thank God for the ndiswrapper project.
It works. I was number 283.
Flash intensive site, a Scott Bakula video, and a front page Slashdot article.
Well, I'm guessing that NASA got that bandwidth sponsorship afterall.
Lets just hope we're not gonna see an article on Slashdot talking about another delay for launch due to limited funds.
Well, with a SSN, mother's maiden name, and birthdate you can open almost any kind of account you want. And heaven forbid you also have their driver's license number. One could completely still an identity with this kind of information.
And credit given where credit due, I picked up this story from a post on a mailing list from Paul Ferguson and his tech news.
What I found to be so interesting about this story is that unlike the other thefts, this one did not require the theft of a computer or social engineering skills. This one looks like the works of a group of hackers and now has the FBI's computer crime squad joined in the investigation.
how I can afford a wedding for 5k or less
A marriage license cost is minimal. Cost to have someone wed you is minimal. Local church would more than likely be happy to have you wed there. All of this for under $5k. I've done it. However from experience I can say that the real expense is the bride and then their is not much one can do about that...
Members of the open-source community are expressing concern over rapid feature changes in the Linux 2.6 kernel, which they say are too focused on the desktop and could make the kernel too large.
"We are not interested in the game drivers and music drivers that are being added to the kernel. We are interested in a more stable kernel."
If you don't want it, don't compile it in. Thats the best part about having the kernel opened and so easy to manipulate. With the GUI available for modifying the kernel as well as a detailed set of instructions built right in, anyone can sit there and remove support for the latest gaming joystick if they so choose to. No one is making you keep it. If the kernel didn't have the option of supporting it, or if they discontinue the building of, then Linux will never be ready for the desktop. Just because Morton or Linus decides to add/accept support for the desktop community doesn't mean that the kernel won't be any more stable. Who is to say that adding gaming support took time away from stabilizing the kernel? If I'm strictly a game hardware designer and send my contribution to support the latest device does not mean that I could have spent my time improving the kernel. I may not be comfortable doing that. In other words, maybe I can't stabilize the kernel but I can write new drivers for it. And if I spend my time doing that it doesn't mean that I take time away from those improving and stabilizing the kernel.
The part that really caught me off guard is the inclusion of the Xen virtualization technology. Big changes are coming to the kernel that are really going to improve Linux and its functionality in the buisness and home world.
Yeah we have one full time Linux user in our company that we were able to setup only because we promised our manager that CrossOver would allow him to use Office. Needless to say he hates using Office in Linux as CrossOver keeps faulting on him.
Our WAN users in another state connect to our terminal server to use one of our Access databases. It's to large and to active for them to work on it locally over a T-1. Eventually we'll migrate our data over to SQL eliminating the need for our terminal server.
Unfortunatly we only contract to a few divisions of the Navy and all of the commanders use Navy issued machines. This means Microsoft all the way. Everyday I hear about another division of the government take in another opensource software or format I put a little more pressure on my manager.
You're right and you're wrong, though you did bring up a good point. I forgot to mention that in my original post as we're still at Windows 2000 Server. Windows 2003 server requires a CAL to be purchased seperatly given your copy of XP was purchased after April 24, 2003. Windows 2000, however, still allows your copy of XP or 2000 to be a "free" Terminal Services CAL (and it is permitted under the Windows 2000 Server EULA.)
As a sysadmin for a small buisness (~100 employees and growing fast) I've been trying to push thin-clients for a while now. My manager and the other sysadmin is very reluctant to pursue this solution but I cannot find any reason why a recpetionist, data entry, or accounting needs a new, full featured desktop. Thin-clients are rising in popularity again and it won't be long for them to become a familar site in small to large buisnesses. The only reason I can find to purchase Microsoft's XP thin-client is for those of us who would use it with terminal services. Terminal server requires a license for each connecting client, which a Windows OS has. One of the arguments I've heard against thin clients is the licensing fees for terminal service. Why purchase a $200 thin client and then a CAL license[1]when you can purchase a $400 full fledge desktop with XP? If my manager wasn't so strong against Office alternatives[2] a Linux server with OO.org would save the company a fortune. We wouldn't have to worry about costly maintenance[3] or extradanory licensing fees with an OSS thin-client.
[1] can't recall how much a CAL costs
[2] we're a government contractor and worried about compatibility
[3] defrag, spyware, updates, corruption, etc
I don't think I've ever actually known anyone to do the classic accidental rm -Rf / as root
... I wanted to delete a specific file that kept being generated.. I thought my last rm command was the one that deleted that file. Unfortunately, my last rm command looked a little like rm -rf * (I was deleting the directory of a source tree for a proggy I had just installed). So I mistakingly type !rm (while being root in / )...
OK, ok... it isn't as bad as it sounds. It was *LATE* at night and I was sleepy. I was doing a little housekeeping (it was my first Linux installation ever) and I went into /
Another story...
Turns out that the test user had / as the home directory and the remove user script in ultrix just happily blew away the whole disk.
More on Google
I don't know about you but with these numbers from NASA I'm getting ready to move to Mars.
Ok, fine then.
I received ~500KBps, KiloBytes per second, or around 4000kbps, kilobits per second.
It took me about 5 minutes to download it. Check your firewall to make sure ports 6881 to 6889 are directed to your computer to improve your speeds.
Also, may I direct you to http://www.bittorrent.com/FAQ.html#firewall if you're still having problems.
Try this: briefcase.yahoo.com/startrekrevtorrent .mov torrent left. Seeing how this is hosted on Yahoo! Briefcase, perhaps someone could mirror it on their site?
I only had the
jump straight to the download mirrors
t ions_film_QT_large.mov.torrent
t ions_film_large.wmv.torrent
Or better yet, jump straight to the torrents. I'm getting ~500KB on both of them. I'd probably get more but my cap is set at 4mb/sec.
Quicktime
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~zap/revelations/revela
Windows Media Player
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~zap/revelations/revela
Look here for a google search on google.org.
Right now it looks primarly as a directory of some sorts.
WEBSENSE filters legit sites!
Our company just takes out a scsi harddrive from our RAID1 and BAM, instant backup. Replace harddrive removed with another one and mirror. If their is a problem with the filesystem (say after a bad patch) out with the new and in with the old to go back right where you were. Of course this only works with our OS and not company data as it's stored on RAID5 and archived to tape.
Just call him a cheater.
I am a subscriber. You have an option of the * showing up or not. Look by my name now as it should be there.