I must admit that you are 100% correct about the terms militarized and weaponized. I think it was pointed out elsewhere that the treaty itself specifically bans weapons of mass destruction, but not necesarily 'conventional' weapons.
That's exactly the point. Such protective capabilities probably exist on all nuclear warheads, but that doesn't mean that the protections can't be turned off, and the warhead specifically triggerred if a breach is detected.
This isn't 1960s solid-state electronics anymore. Star Wars counter-measures will only create spectacularly nasty counter-counter-measures.
Yes, and that DOES fall exactly in line with the StarWars plans that have been around since the early 1980s.
All of that said, since private enterprise has entered space, there's no reason that any properly funded group could not also do so.
This is likely a major concern for the US, being on everybody's shit-list and all. Then again, it is likely to usher in a second space race. Instead of last night's Northern Lights, we'll be able to stand outside and watch the satellites blow each-other up. I would hope this will be abandoned, but I know better.
That's a very good point. Just because it's been reported that ICBM warheads can't be set off through external means, doesn't mean that it's true. Further, it would seem likely that those safeguards (if existing) would be disabled guaranteeing a large-scale nuclear explosion if a missile is attacked in flight.
I'd like to point out that space
superiority does not necessarily mean
the militarization of space. Already,
the presence and testing of ICBMs
skirts the issue, and so, too would
many other technologies.
That's not that I agree that this
should be a direction we want to go,
I'm just pointing out that the treaty
isn't worth much. To me the millitary
objective of space is right in line with
the "Star Wars" ideas.
3 - 5 are definately exceptions to this. All of these are relatively low-market-share programs.
Certainly these programs are also all best-in-class for proprietary software companies. I was certified on AutoCAD v. 9 [aging myself], and would note that it's ONLY available on Windows - though would also agree that there is nothing in OSS that can even fit the productivity level for Drafting tools.
I would point out that device drivers do tend to get re-implimented in open-source. Again, extremely low-market-share devices have no enthusiests skilled enough to take up the challenge. Even Video and Audio codecs are being cracked into open source, slowly - but surely.
You are right, because there is nothing in open source that doesn't also get implimented by a closed source company. Similarly, there's very little created in closed source, that doesn't eventually become and open-source implimentation.
I've actually been experimenting with open politics a bit myself. See my Journal. It turns out, I've started defining a political platform. I'd love some wider comments on it.
Great things attract crap. As a subscriber, I can tell you that I happily spent my measly $5.00 because I like the freedom that Slashdot allows. I like that you get to go on, and on, and on about how Slashdot used to be.
And as a user with an eight digit userid, I like to concentrate on what/. is.
This site has moved closer and closer to mainstream. It's no longer just a mecca for the Linux Uber-Geek. There are Microsofties here, there are non-techies who are merely blogger junkies. Yet, I often find all of this dare I say interesting.
Yeah, I'll admit, the goat sex and I'm looking at gay porn links have gotten old, but what would the experience be without AYBABTU or In Soviet Russia.
Crap, yeah a little. Funny, not so much anymore. Yet, I find myself reading a little every day. Probably just a bit more often than I read the BBC news site.
I find your summary amusing. It's all well, good, and informative up the the last couple of sentances.
I would like to point out that I highly doubt that any supreme court justice, whether liberal or conservative, would actually agree to take on cases about stem cell research or medical marijuana. Especially being that neither of these have been posed in a way that would require constitutional review.
While the useful purpose of sound cards may be rare in your office, they are certainly a little less so in mine. Our marketing department creates full-motion A/V marketing materials and flash presentations. Our sales force is supposed to be able to run demos from their laptops. Our technical staff is expected to be able to assist in demos when necessary, and I see no reason to buy one-off systems for the 30 machines left that don't need sound.
All of that said, as an IT director, my job is not to create restrictive policy. My job is to make sure that everyone has the tools they need to do their jobs. That includes having a procedure in place for getting new software approved for use within two weeks.
If some employees use their CD writers for illegal purposes, I will deal with those employees through thier respective supervisor. That risk is not large enough for me to force everyone to have to go to a central-location to write CDs for shipping to customers and potential customers.
Further, software itself is continually becoming more multi-media aware. Business Software is talking more and more frequently, and the 'default beep' is the same from every piece of software, because nobody writes software for beep anymore.
Computers are multi-function and multi-purpose. If I wanted to buy a tool for one job, then I would hand everyone a pile of pocket tools; (Sharp Organizer, Franklin Dictionary, TI Calculator, etc.)
Every Dell Server I have uses Intel NICs - onboard. Most of my Dell Servers run Linux, and if there's anywhere where compatability issues would spring up, I would imagine it would be under Linux.
In fact, most of the Dell Desktops I've gotten have Intel NICs. The only time I need to put a NIC in a server is when it needs an extra to connect to another sub-net.
Not to answer so late, but - uh - question. Where would you go for customized Laptops anyway??? Bob's PC Tech down the street won't build them for me. The conversation was initially about desktops anyway, right?
Sure, call me what you want, afterall - this is SlashDot (not known for manners) - What I'm saying is that historically speaking, when getting custom systems or building my own, I have always ended up spending more money than I would have buying a branded box. Often this is due to having to replace internal parts, sometimes it's simply because the SPEC parts that I can find information on that will all work together simply cost more than the off-brand components used in a Dell.
Back to laptops for a moment... Also, I've run Windows XP Pro and Fedora Core 2 on Dell Latitude D600 Units without issue. Although, I will admit that I've never tried to use hardware-based-ID systems. Did you purchase the Intel WiFi set (Centrino Standard), or did you go with the Dell set (I've used both without issue, but I would still be curious).
This is actually quite tempting, although I find it easier to deal with a single vendor that I can get both Laptops and Desktops from. If I found one of those, I would probably switch... (If anybody even mentions MicroCenter or Micron I'll blow chunks).
As an IT director, I buy Dell and Gateway because of component compatability testing. I know, out of the box, that everything will work together properly. There won't be an off-brand network card that has problems with the off-brand (or Intel Embedded) video card. Or a sound card that doesn't work when Direct3D is initialized.
Yes, I do have the ability to do it myself, but too many times I've ended up re-buying parts trying to figure out some silly incompatability.
Obviously, this is less of an issue now than 5 years ago, but it is still a concern of mine. I guess, to me, it's worth the price.
It's my first accepted story submission, ever. When I found the release and saw it wasn't on Slashdot yet, I was so excited, that I forgot to look for and find the release notes.
Short answer, I can ask. Long answer, inappropriate for blog discussion... the only person who's ever Emailed me is this African dude who...
Oh, wait, he said I'm not supposed to talk about it.
I've seen these sets as well. I must say, that I'm not comfortable with this technology yet either, partly because it puts a shim in my counter-argument.
Otherwise, you're right... I am old-school when it comes to networking stuff.
It works quite nicely on 100 baseT, as I do this in my home. Mind you, I don't use digital phones here (as those require two and three pairs anyway).
Second, the CAT-5 spec is about the wires and each pair's magnetic resilience, and has nothing to do with what you actually use those wires for. There are certainly recommendations for Ethernet specific use, and those probably do recommend against running network and voice together...
If you were having problems, it's quite likely that he mis-matched pairs in the signalling, running a single twisted pair where each pair-half ran a different signal.
Me? That's sweet. Really. However, as much as I once made my primary living programming Dialogic and Dianatel T1 cards (way back when), now adays I'm much less of a specialist, and much more of a generalist.
That said, I was (by no means) discounting the people who are out to make a living off of Asterisk support. I have a very good friend who would be more than happy to do this for cash.
My basic understanding is that Digium has released Asterisk into the market place to boost their core business, selling Telecommunications interface boards.
Digium support, do you mean hardware, or Asterisk? Asterisk support, I would liken to the quality support you can get for Slackware or Debian... There's a great community of dedicated volunteers out there, and a few specialists out to make a living - but the really complex problems, you need to get around on your own.
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I must admit that you are 100% correct about the terms militarized and weaponized. I think it was pointed out elsewhere that the treaty itself specifically bans weapons of mass destruction, but not necesarily 'conventional' weapons.
This isn't 1960s solid-state electronics anymore. Star Wars counter-measures will only create spectacularly nasty counter-counter-measures.
All of that said, since private enterprise has entered space, there's no reason that any properly funded group could not also do so.
This is likely a major concern for the US, being on everybody's shit-list and all. Then again, it is likely to usher in a second space race. Instead of last night's Northern Lights, we'll be able to stand outside and watch the satellites blow each-other up. I would hope this will be abandoned, but I know better.
I think Chileans, South Africans and Australians would probably disagree with you there.
That's a very good point. Just because it's been reported that ICBM warheads can't be set off through external means, doesn't mean that it's true. Further, it would seem likely that those safeguards (if existing) would be disabled guaranteeing a large-scale nuclear explosion if a missile is attacked in flight.
I'd like to point out that space superiority does not necessarily mean the militarization of space. Already, the presence and testing of ICBMs skirts the issue, and so, too would many other technologies.
That's not that I agree that this should be a direction we want to go, I'm just pointing out that the treaty isn't worth much. To me the millitary objective of space is right in line with the "Star Wars" ideas.
I would point out that device drivers do tend to get re-implimented in open-source. Again, extremely low-market-share devices have no enthusiests skilled enough to take up the challenge. Even Video and Audio codecs are being cracked into open source, slowly - but surely.
I've actually been experimenting with open politics a bit myself. See my Journal. It turns out, I've started defining a political platform. I'd love some wider comments on it.
If you two are lamenting about how it was, I don't think it's my brain that's been slashdotted.
And as a user with an eight digit userid, I like to concentrate on what
This site has moved closer and closer to mainstream. It's no longer just a mecca for the Linux Uber-Geek. There are Microsofties here, there are non-techies who are merely blogger junkies. Yet, I often find all of this dare I say interesting.
Yeah, I'll admit, the goat sex and I'm looking at gay porn links have gotten old, but what would the experience be without AYBABTU or In Soviet Russia.
Crap, yeah a little. Funny, not so much anymore. Yet, I find myself reading a little every day. Probably just a bit more often than I read the BBC news site.
I would like to point out that I highly doubt that any supreme court justice, whether liberal or conservative, would actually agree to take on cases about stem cell research or medical marijuana.
Especially being that neither of these have been posed in a way that would require constitutional review.
Then again, I'm not a Justice.
All of that said, as an IT director, my job is not to create restrictive policy. My job is to make sure that everyone has the tools they need to do their jobs. That includes having a procedure in place for getting new software approved for use within two weeks.
If some employees use their CD writers for illegal purposes, I will deal with those employees through thier respective supervisor. That risk is not large enough for me to force everyone to have to go to a central-location to write CDs for shipping to customers and potential customers.
Further, software itself is continually becoming more multi-media aware. Business Software is talking more and more frequently, and the 'default beep' is the same from every piece of software, because nobody writes software for beep anymore.
Computers are multi-function and multi-purpose. If I wanted to buy a tool for one job, then I would hand everyone a pile of pocket tools; (Sharp Organizer, Franklin Dictionary, TI Calculator, etc.)
In fact, most of the Dell Desktops I've gotten have Intel NICs. The only time I need to put a NIC in a server is when it needs an extra to connect to another sub-net.
I must admit that I sort-of miss the Dell 1500SC chassis, but the 1600SC has not treatedly poorly.
Sure, call me what you want, afterall - this is SlashDot (not known for manners) - What I'm saying is that historically speaking, when getting custom systems or building my own, I have always ended up spending more money than I would have buying a branded box. Often this is due to having to replace internal parts, sometimes it's simply because the SPEC parts that I can find information on that will all work together simply cost more than the off-brand components used in a Dell.
Back to laptops for a moment... Also, I've run Windows XP Pro and Fedora Core 2 on Dell Latitude D600 Units without issue. Although, I will admit that I've never tried to use hardware-based-ID systems. Did you purchase the Intel WiFi set (Centrino Standard), or did you go with the Dell set (I've used both without issue, but I would still be curious).
This is actually quite tempting, although I find it easier to deal with a single vendor that I can get both Laptops and Desktops from. If I found one of those, I would probably switch... (If anybody even mentions MicroCenter or Micron I'll blow chunks).
Yes, I do have the ability to do it myself, but too many times I've ended up re-buying parts trying to figure out some silly incompatability.
Obviously, this is less of an issue now than 5 years ago, but it is still a concern of mine. I guess, to me, it's worth the price.
You you speaking of ZIP format?
That's what you meant to say, right?
Sorry about that.
Short answer, I can ask. Long answer, inappropriate for blog discussion... the only person who's ever Emailed me is this African dude who...
Oh, wait, he said I'm not supposed to talk about it.
Otherwise, you're right... I am old-school when it comes to networking stuff.
Second, the CAT-5 spec is about the wires and each pair's magnetic resilience, and has nothing to do with what you actually use those wires for. There are certainly recommendations for Ethernet specific use, and those probably do recommend against running network and voice together...
If you were having problems, it's quite likely that he mis-matched pairs in the signalling, running a single twisted pair where each pair-half ran a different signal.
That said, I was (by no means) discounting the people who are out to make a living off of Asterisk support. I have a very good friend who would be more than happy to do this for cash.
My basic understanding is that Digium has released Asterisk into the market place to boost their core business, selling Telecommunications interface boards.
Digium support, do you mean hardware, or Asterisk? Asterisk support, I would liken to the quality support you can get for Slackware or Debian... There's a great community of dedicated volunteers out there, and a few specialists out to make a living - but the really complex problems, you need to get around on your own.