My ISP uses 2CO and when they went belly up (I can only assume, given my inability to reach *anyone* at the ISP) I was pleasantly surprised at the customer service from the 2CO guys and how easy it was to get a chargeback to go through. They tried contacting the ISP, and when nothing happened they issued the refund. Total time from realizing something was wrong to getting a refund, 1 week, and most of that was spent giving the ISP every possible chance to respond. -nB
Wireless is on a cPIC card, so when 11n comes out just replace the card and you still have an open PCcard slot. at $150 this is a steal of a notebook, it's almost at the disposable price point. Assuming it is your "go anywhere" book and you have a primary system that you back up to, then just run an encrypting FS and if you lose it or break it, then who cares. -nB
Which is perfectly fine. I have a friend at Intel and based on what I've heard of the corporate culture, open ended licenses are a no-go. That doesn't mean they won't later release under GPL v3, just that they want their lawyers to have a chance to review any license they release under and don't want to be beholden to the unknown. Frankly I think that's a good thing. In theory GPLv4 could say: this can be used in closed source proprietary DRM schemes. and if they had the "or later" clause they would have to allow it. -nB
And it is the movie equivalent of theise guys that the MPAA should go after. On the bright side, because of them I was able to buy some out of print disney DVDs for my kids...
So trained wasn't the right word. It's all about what you've been educated to do. Better? My education is to be a R&D design validation tech/engineer. I took a maintenance position for the change of pace and found it to be peaceful. Now, when A0 silicon is in the lab and a piece of equipment has issues I'm busy until it's fixed. I don't go home, I take minimal breaks (one still must eat). However, with proper preventive maintenance that rarely happens and because my job no longer involves writing test procedures for entry level techs to follow, compiling and analyzing data, but instead involves hard assets, I can no longer take my work home with me. That was soooo liberating that when I was asked how I liked my maintenance rotation I replied "Very much, I think I'll stay."
Now I'm sorry if I sounded bitter, I am not. But the post I replied to really dug in under my nails with that last line. I don't particularly care if your a woman or a man, Jew or Palistinian, black or white or yellow or red. If you can do the job and not ass it up then I want you on my team. As a "plain 'ol white boy" I am in the minority at my company I'm not sure if Asian or Indian are the majority, but it is not white (at least in my devision). We have a fairly high percentage of women, considering the lopsided ration in applicants.
Oh, and how many techs need to understand inverse lattice space as part of their job? I think mine is one of very few hands going up... -nB
"I AM a women and I could probably solve more math and physics problems in an evening that you could in a month."
First point: Whooptie F'ing doo! So you're a woman. Second point: No doubt, as you're likely educated in that field. I'd like to see you strip, clean, rebuild, and calibrate (mechanical, electrical, and thermal) an analytical prober that's been EOL'd for 5 years (damn I want new equipment). I bet I could do in a day what would take you a month! (only link I could find with pics, not much demand for old crap and if you actually want one you already know what it looks like)
It's all about what you're trained for. Sorry for the rant, but I work with some brilliant women (and a fair share of block heads as well). If you're that bitter, maybe a more open company would be a good move? -nB
Trust me a faster computer helps elsewhere as well. I do freelance video (mostly 3-15 minute training videos). If you start doing effects transitions you will want to preview them, which requires a render. Being able to render at 2x real time is awesome.
So what if they do? Delta took a subsidy from me when they wrote off all their common stock and re-issued "DAL New". Airbus get subsidies from the EU, Boeing gets them from the US, I'm sure there is some level of preferential treatment for Quantas in.AU.NZ compared to everyone else. It's the way of life, and if the sheikhs feel fit to give money then that's their business. If it is true, however, it's a bit shady to lie about it... -nB
Why not buy them from the program its self? Or are they not offering the buy one for you and one for "them" yet? I want one as a WiFi monitor alone. It'd be perfect as it's already ruggedized and low power. -nB
Your failure will be to write or erase, thus you will not lose data, you will be unable to erase or write new data. Possibly a security issue, but not a user issue as you still would have a "sector map" of bad blocks.
Also, as someone else noted a swap partition would be a waste of space. Big ram, no swap. I've run photoshop and premiere, both with no windows swap file, no issue in 2 gig of ram (on XP though so VistaMMV). -nB
Yes, but a patch is less than three weeks plus a day away (I'm betting less than 48 hours), whereas with a MS product that would be the earliest you could expect a patch (sans DRM issue). In all likely hood a MS patch would be 7 weeks away. -nB
I wonder if Google publishes the click-through rate for keywords to sites in the search index? you know they have the numbers from adwords, but still....
Of course it's a rant, it's an editorial. The tags were there before TFA. Furthermore you will need to re-read it because of your race to FP you likely only read the front page blurb./rant. -nB
But it is his prerogative as a consumer to avoid products from such countries, just as I strictly avoid WalMart. Consumer choice is the real power, and if enough consumers feel the same way, they can effect change. -nB
I don't anymore. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK1romTcv4k#GU5U2sp HI_4 forgive the youtube compression, but that's a video from the "still" camera. While certainly not HD it is quite passable for things like water slides in Costa Rica and other places where crushing/melting/fiery deaths are a real possibility. I do bring the camcorder when I want HD, but then I'm likely on assignment and the gear is in a Pelican or two with a lock and TSA pre-screened tag. -nB
Same issue when boarding an airplane. My video camera is subject to inspection, but my camera is not, even though it can record every bit as well as the "video" camera, which incidentally can record stills too. -nB
Also worthy to note, USB is framed data and half duplex, while firewire (IIRC) is streamed and full duplex. I implemented a 4 way mesh in fire wire (4 PCs each with one 4 port firewire NIC) It rocked. Now I have GigE, but still it was awesome, full non-blocking access from any PC to any PC. -nB
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My ISP uses 2CO and when they went belly up (I can only assume, given my inability to reach *anyone* at the ISP) I was pleasantly surprised at the customer service from the 2CO guys and how easy it was to get a chargeback to go through.
They tried contacting the ISP, and when nothing happened they issued the refund. Total time from realizing something was wrong to getting a refund, 1 week, and most of that was spent giving the ISP every possible chance to respond.
-nB
Wireless is on a cPIC card, so when 11n comes out just replace the card and you still have an open PCcard slot.
at $150 this is a steal of a notebook, it's almost at the disposable price point. Assuming it is your "go anywhere" book and you have a primary system that you back up to, then just run an encrypting FS and if you lose it or break it, then who cares.
-nB
> You might as well blame me, everyone else does.
And obviously it's your fault.
Which is perfectly fine. I have a friend at Intel and based on what I've heard of the corporate culture, open ended licenses are a no-go. That doesn't mean they won't later release under GPL v3, just that they want their lawyers to have a chance to review any license they release under and don't want to be beholden to the unknown. Frankly I think that's a good thing. In theory GPLv4 could say: this can be used in closed source proprietary DRM schemes. and if they had the "or later" clause they would have to allow it.
-nB
And it is the movie equivalent of theise guys that the MPAA should go after.
On the bright side, because of them I was able to buy some out of print disney DVDs for my kids...
So trained wasn't the right word. It's all about what you've been educated to do. Better?
My education is to be a R&D design validation tech/engineer. I took a maintenance position for the change of pace and found it to be peaceful. Now, when A0 silicon is in the lab and a piece of equipment has issues I'm busy until it's fixed. I don't go home, I take minimal breaks (one still must eat). However, with proper preventive maintenance that rarely happens and because my job no longer involves writing test procedures for entry level techs to follow, compiling and analyzing data, but instead involves hard assets, I can no longer take my work home with me. That was soooo liberating that when I was asked how I liked my maintenance rotation I replied "Very much, I think I'll stay."
Now I'm sorry if I sounded bitter, I am not. But the post I replied to really dug in under my nails with that last line. I don't particularly care if your a woman or a man, Jew or Palistinian, black or white or yellow or red. If you can do the job and not ass it up then I want you on my team. As a "plain 'ol white boy" I am in the minority at my company I'm not sure if Asian or Indian are the majority, but it is not white (at least in my devision). We have a fairly high percentage of women, considering the lopsided ration in applicants.
Oh, and how many techs need to understand inverse lattice space as part of their job? I think mine is one of very few hands going up...
-nB
"I AM a women and I could probably solve more math and physics problems in an evening that you could in a month."
First point: Whooptie F'ing doo! So you're a woman.
Second point: No doubt, as you're likely educated in that field. I'd like to see you strip, clean, rebuild, and calibrate (mechanical, electrical, and thermal) an analytical prober that's been EOL'd for 5 years (damn I want new equipment). I bet I could do in a day what would take you a month! (only link I could find with pics, not much demand for old crap and if you actually want one you already know what it looks like)
It's all about what you're trained for.
Sorry for the rant, but I work with some brilliant women (and a fair share of block heads as well). If you're that bitter, maybe a more open company would be a good move?
-nB
replace scientist with "stupid people with pork" 'cause that's what we've got here.
-nB
Trust me a faster computer helps elsewhere as well.
I do freelance video (mostly 3-15 minute training videos).
If you start doing effects transitions you will want to preview them, which requires a render. Being able to render at 2x real time is awesome.
-nB
Newer planes == better avionics == less interference perhaps?
So what if they do? .AU .NZ compared to everyone else.
Delta took a subsidy from me when they wrote off all their common stock and re-issued "DAL New".
Airbus get subsidies from the EU, Boeing gets them from the US, I'm sure there is some level of preferential treatment for Quantas in
It's the way of life, and if the sheikhs feel fit to give money then that's their business.
If it is true, however, it's a bit shady to lie about it...
-nB
"If you don't give a hoot about this issue, what are you doing in this topic, let alone in the /. community?"
I think he cares, just is happier about the issue being dealt with rather than the botnets continuing.
-nB
"Chair Crusher"
Why not buy them from the program its self? Or are they not offering the buy one for you and one for "them" yet?
I want one as a WiFi monitor alone. It'd be perfect as it's already ruggedized and low power.
-nB
Your failure will be to write or erase, thus you will not lose data, you will be unable to erase or write new data.
Possibly a security issue, but not a user issue as you still would have a "sector map" of bad blocks.
Also, as someone else noted a swap partition would be a waste of space. Big ram, no swap. I've run photoshop and premiere, both with no windows swap file, no issue in 2 gig of ram (on XP though so VistaMMV).
-nB
Yes, but a patch is less than three weeks plus a day away (I'm betting less than 48 hours), whereas with a MS product that would be the earliest you could expect a patch (sans DRM issue). In all likely hood a MS patch would be 7 weeks away.
-nB
ftp://127.0.0.1/home
Well... I guess it's better than a car analogy.
-nB
Better metric...
I wonder if Google publishes the click-through rate for keywords to sites in the search index?
you know they have the numbers from adwords, but still....
Of course it's a rant, it's an editorial. /rant.
The tags were there before TFA.
Furthermore you will need to re-read it because of your race to FP you likely only read the front page blurb.
-nB
Yes, I know that, I was conveniently ignoring that angle, and noting that he could still make a conscious choice of where he buys.
But it is his prerogative as a consumer to avoid products from such countries, just as I strictly avoid WalMart.
Consumer choice is the real power, and if enough consumers feel the same way, they can effect change.
-nB
I don't anymore.p HI_4 forgive the youtube compression, but that's a video from the "still" camera. While certainly not HD it is quite passable for things like water slides in Costa Rica and other places where crushing/melting/fiery deaths are a real possibility. I do bring the camcorder when I want HD, but then I'm likely on assignment and the gear is in a Pelican or two with a lock and TSA pre-screened tag.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK1romTcv4k#GU5U2s
-nB
Same issue when boarding an airplane.
My video camera is subject to inspection, but my camera is not, even though it can record every bit as well as the "video" camera, which incidentally can record stills too.
-nB
Also worthy to note,
USB is framed data and half duplex, while firewire (IIRC) is streamed and full duplex.
I implemented a 4 way mesh in fire wire (4 PCs each with one 4 port firewire NIC) It rocked. Now I have GigE, but still it was awesome, full non-blocking access from any PC to any PC.
-nB