The biggest point to batteries is a Continous UPS for the entire system. If you loos main AC power then you are running your house off of the entergy stored in the Batteries. That is also how Datacenters are run. They have a centralized Battery plant that all Devices run from. The power ALWAYS comes from the batteries so there is no chance for an interupption in power.
I certainly agree. I have always thought that the best way to handle power in the home is to have a centralized AC/DC Converter and that every outlet in house is a DC outlet. How many devices in house actually run on AC?? Imagine how much less Electronice devices would cost because they would not have to include a bulky power converter.
So basically the world would work like this. Main power comes into your house and is transformed by a large AC/DC converter. That hooks into a bank of DC batteries. The batteries are hooked into your Fuse Panel. Also hooked into the batteries are the Solar Panels / Wind Generator.
Only problem with this is that there is no way we could ever convert the world to this process. First everyone would have to invest thousands of dollars in installing new equiptment. Then they would have to start replacing or modifiying alot of the products in their home to work with a DC input.
How I pointed this out last week in the Slashdot post where MS was reported to be buying GAIN. No mod points for me then, I am sure no points for me now:(
I think we should burn Witches. After all, burning a Witch releases far more energy than it takes to start the fire. Therefore we can burn a Witch to heat water to produce steam to turn a turbine that generates electricity. Since Witches are renewable resource because anybody could be a Witch our energy problems are solved!!!
Then that would explain why in the latest version of MS AntiSpyware anything from the Claria Corp is set to Ignore when found instead of Remove.
I personally would love to see MS buy out all Spyware companies and force them to sign a Non compete for 20 years.
Although if that happens then MS will be sued by the USG for anti trust by cornering the Spyware market.
For the following reasons.
Most people use Flash for entirely the wrong reasons. The will build an entire website in Flash. It will take forever to load and then only display limeted content that is difficult to read and hard for the site owner to updated.
If the purpose of your website is to attract customers to your businees, sell a product or provide information about yourself and your company, Flash is not they way to do it. It does none of those things well. As a prior business owner, consumer and consultant I will say that a good website provides relavent information in an easy to find way, loads quick and does not aggravate the user.
If the purpose of your website is to entertain then by all means build the whole thing in Flash or make fun things in Flash. Cartoon Joe and EbaumsWorld come to mind.
Flash has useful purposes, but I could go the rest of my life without viewing another Flash page or App and I would be very happy.
"Would we be concerned about any of this if John Fraud Kerry had won?"
Doesn't the fact that everybody is so concerned that Kerry lost show that maybe the wrong person won. Or there is enough doubt that the election was fairly won that serious investigaitons are not without merrit.
Winamp 5 is still FREE. There is a paid version that allows faster ripping times from CD to MP3. Just click on the FREE.
BTW, I made a donation to Winamp early on when it was a Free product but they had no backing. I was happy to do so because it was and still is the best MP3 software out there. Windows Media Player and Music Match Suck.
Are you working for Worldcom, Caugh(MCI)? That sounds alot like their VOIP network. I know that in 2001 all calls between Tulsa and Colorado Springs were entirely VOIP and the other sites were coming up quick.
Just wondering, what type of security will there be for people traveling to space? Will people on the No Fly list be allowed to go? What about racial profiling? I can see it now. I am sorry Mr. Ansari you are not allowed to travel today. You are from the middle east and therfore have to go through an Anal cavity search before we allow you on the plane. But But but, I sponsered the prize that allowed this to happen. Yes, you have it right Mr Ansari, there will be alot of Butt action here today.
I think I know who is really behind this. It is the RIAA. If they can give these devices to every kid out there running illegal file shares or listening to downloaded music then they will have a much easier time determining where to send their lawsuits.
I think that VeriSign is just a pawn in this overall scheme.
Just like my Farts, My Sig don't stink.
Like many of you I too used Real in the begining. They had a good product and were one of the only players. Now the image of Real is horrible. One of my users asked me about Real and I informed him that I would do my best to FIRE any employee using Real Player at work.
So, what are you going to do to remedy all the hate people have for your company? Do you think that selling music for half the cost of others is enough for people to put up with your sub-par software?
Is is just me or did anyone else shed a tear when Winamp was devoured by AOL.
"Did I mention that by default all XP users are admin;)"
Not if they are in a Domain. If they are not in a domain, then any user created after the primary account also is not an Admin unless specified as so by the account creator.
"Click a URL and bam... the firewall goes down" If they are using the MS firewall as their sole line of defense then there are other issues to worry about.
Not certain what the big deal is about him running firefox. It seems to me the only statement he made was that he has to download patches for that program too not that he exclusively used Firefox as his browser because of secruity problems with IE.
The only secure computer is one that is turned off and encased in six cubic feet of concrete surrounded by a faraday cage.
Not certain how many of you have any interaction with DHS, but they are not exactly in a position to say something is insecure. Some of their processes and the methods for how they collect (Critical) Data has some serious security flaws. Wish I could elaborate more, but a security Vulnerablity in IE should be the least of their worries.
Well, there are some administrators out there that do not fully understand the concept of DNS and have used Static IP's for various connections. Such as VPN's, Email, Citrix, SSH, FTP, the list goes on. I think you would incur alot more downtime by having your IP switched to another provider than if you just correctly used DNS and modified all your records. I certainly agree that keeping your IP's is a pointless case. Esp if IPV6 ever shows up. Sounds like a Troll looking for publicity.
Yes, I know. They were running Apache, PHP and MySQL on NT 4.0
Biggest piece of crap ever.
When I started, I was excited about learning something new and expierencing Open Source. I have nothing against those products, I thought they were good. What I did not like was the lack of good Free tools and the lack of features I was used to in the MS product line. Features that were significant time savors and in the course of a year would save more than enough time in labor than the product cost to purchase.
Microsoft Provides FREE Technet events, Training Events and Tons of other support related events FREE all over the country. They have support experts there to answer or help with problems or questions. They also provide FREE sales training and marketing tools. Microsoft does more as a company to support its customers than anyone else I know. Sure, there may be a Yearly gathering from the Linux crew (I truely don't know) but there is no where near the support available from MS. And guess what it is all FREE. They also have the absolute best knowledge base on the planet. I tried troubleshooting issues on the php.net page and was sometimes successful, but on the whole was rather dissapointed with the resutls compared to what I expect from Microsoft.
As for me not having a clue or being a troll. I guess a Bachelors in MIS a Masters in CIS and 6+ years in IT and consulting leave me clueless.
No matter how much Linux people like to think that Linux is free, it is not. If it were completely free then Mandrake, Red Hat, and the others could not exist. If it were Free there would be no way for them to make money therby allow a product to continue.
There are support costs to be paid and if you do not download the software then the retail box costs money.
If you do not pay for support contracts then you are limited to the knowledge base or group forums. While this is great for alot of people, sometimes you have to call the vendor.
I certainly agree that there will always be migration costs, but I would expect the migration cost to Linux will be higher. Migrating users from what they know and use at home and at work to something completely different is not cheap.
I developed for a while in PHP and MySQL. Prior to that I was developing in ASP and SQL 2000. I was able to make the transition without much difficulty but found that my development times and the quality of product was not as good. Mainly because tools and features that I found very usefull in the MS products was not there. If I wanted those tools, I had to find another company that charged for them. In my opinion the time that could be saved by using the proper tools to begin with is well worth the initial investment.
If you were a carpenter and there were several companies that delivered FREE Hammers but they had some catches.
1. They were of good quality but did not have the ability to remove nails. You had to buy an add on to do that.
2. They could work with any board, but you had to buy special nails. Those nails were not compatible with Hammers you had to buy and were not always compatible with other Free company hammers.
3. Almost anybody can use the Pay Hammer, but most workers do not know how to properly use the Free Hammer and special Nails.
So, if you were a contractor would you rather have the Free Hammer or Buy a Hammer?
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The biggest point to batteries is a Continous UPS for the entire system. If you loos main AC power then you are running your house off of the entergy stored in the Batteries. That is also how Datacenters are run. They have a centralized Battery plant that all Devices run from. The power ALWAYS comes from the batteries so there is no chance for an interupption in power.
I certainly agree. I have always thought that the best way to handle power in the home is to have a centralized AC/DC Converter and that every outlet in house is a DC outlet. How many devices in house actually run on AC?? Imagine how much less Electronice devices would cost because they would not have to include a bulky power converter. So basically the world would work like this. Main power comes into your house and is transformed by a large AC/DC converter. That hooks into a bank of DC batteries. The batteries are hooked into your Fuse Panel. Also hooked into the batteries are the Solar Panels / Wind Generator. Only problem with this is that there is no way we could ever convert the world to this process. First everyone would have to invest thousands of dollars in installing new equiptment. Then they would have to start replacing or modifiying alot of the products in their home to work with a DC input.
God. Because apparently it was his Acts that caused this mess to begin with.
Try a Tri Delt, because havent we all?
Tri Delta, Two out of Three go Down.
Ummm. I think you mean the MPMan. http://www.mpmaneurope.com/ They had the first Portable MP3 Player in 1997. Everything since is a copy.
How I pointed this out last week in the Slashdot post where MS was reported to be buying GAIN. No mod points for me then, I am sure no points for me now :(
I think we should burn Witches. After all, burning a Witch releases far more energy than it takes to start the fire. Therefore we can burn a Witch to heat water to produce steam to turn a turbine that generates electricity. Since Witches are renewable resource because anybody could be a Witch our energy problems are solved!!!
Then that would explain why in the latest version of MS AntiSpyware anything from the Claria Corp is set to Ignore when found instead of Remove. I personally would love to see MS buy out all Spyware companies and force them to sign a Non compete for 20 years. Although if that happens then MS will be sued by the USG for anti trust by cornering the Spyware market.
For the following reasons. Most people use Flash for entirely the wrong reasons. The will build an entire website in Flash. It will take forever to load and then only display limeted content that is difficult to read and hard for the site owner to updated.
If the purpose of your website is to attract customers to your businees, sell a product or provide information about yourself and your company, Flash is not they way to do it. It does none of those things well. As a prior business owner, consumer and consultant I will say that a good website provides relavent information in an easy to find way, loads quick and does not aggravate the user.
If the purpose of your website is to entertain then by all means build the whole thing in Flash or make fun things in Flash. Cartoon Joe and EbaumsWorld come to mind.
Flash has useful purposes, but I could go the rest of my life without viewing another Flash page or App and I would be very happy.
Larry Flint was appointed today to the Department of Decency and Family Values.
"His dedication and hard work makes him the perfect choice for this position. Sometimes he even worked on Saturdays."
It appears they are in need of a good security consultant.
"Would we be concerned about any of this if John Fraud Kerry had won?"
Doesn't the fact that everybody is so concerned that Kerry lost show that maybe the wrong person won. Or there is enough doubt that the election was fairly won that serious investigaitons are not without merrit.
Winamp 5 is still FREE. There is a paid version that allows faster ripping times from CD to MP3. Just click on the FREE.
BTW, I made a donation to Winamp early on when it was a Free product but they had no backing. I was happy to do so because it was and still is the best MP3 software out there. Windows Media Player and Music Match Suck.
Are you working for Worldcom, Caugh(MCI)? That sounds alot like their VOIP network. I know that in 2001 all calls between Tulsa and Colorado Springs were entirely VOIP and the other sites were coming up quick.
Just wondering, what type of security will there be for people traveling to space? Will people on the No Fly list be allowed to go? What about racial profiling? I can see it now. I am sorry Mr. Ansari you are not allowed to travel today. You are from the middle east and therfore have to go through an Anal cavity search before we allow you on the plane. But But but, I sponsered the prize that allowed this to happen. Yes, you have it right Mr Ansari, there will be alot of Butt action here today.
I think I know who is really behind this. It is the RIAA. If they can give these devices to every kid out there running illegal file shares or listening to downloaded music then they will have a much easier time determining where to send their lawsuits. I think that VeriSign is just a pawn in this overall scheme. Just like my Farts, My Sig don't stink.
It's not the Klingons.
Everybody knows they only hang around URANUS.
Like many of you I too used Real in the begining. They had a good product and were one of the only players. Now the image of Real is horrible. One of my users asked me about Real and I informed him that I would do my best to FIRE any employee using Real Player at work.
So, what are you going to do to remedy all the hate people have for your company? Do you think that selling music for half the cost of others is enough for people to put up with your sub-par software?
Is is just me or did anyone else shed a tear when Winamp was devoured by AOL.
"Did I mention that by default all XP users are admin ;)"
Not if they are in a Domain. If they are not in a domain, then any user created after the primary account also is not an Admin unless specified as so by the account creator.
"Click a URL and bam... the firewall goes down"
If they are using the MS firewall as their sole line of defense then there are other issues to worry about.
Not certain what the big deal is about him running firefox. It seems to me the only statement he made was that he has to download patches for that program too not that he exclusively used Firefox as his browser because of secruity problems with IE.
The only secure computer is one that is turned off and encased in six cubic feet of concrete surrounded by a faraday cage.
Not certain how many of you have any interaction with DHS, but they are not exactly in a position to say something is insecure. Some of their processes and the methods for how they collect (Critical) Data has some serious security flaws. Wish I could elaborate more, but a security Vulnerablity in IE should be the least of their worries.
Well, there are some administrators out there that do not fully understand the concept of DNS and have used Static IP's for various connections. Such as VPN's, Email, Citrix, SSH, FTP, the list goes on. I think you would incur alot more downtime by having your IP switched to another provider than if you just correctly used DNS and modified all your records. I certainly agree that keeping your IP's is a pointless case. Esp if IPV6 ever shows up. Sounds like a Troll looking for publicity.
Yes, I know. They were running Apache, PHP and MySQL on NT 4.0 Biggest piece of crap ever. When I started, I was excited about learning something new and expierencing Open Source. I have nothing against those products, I thought they were good. What I did not like was the lack of good Free tools and the lack of features I was used to in the MS product line. Features that were significant time savors and in the course of a year would save more than enough time in labor than the product cost to purchase.
Microsoft Provides FREE Technet events, Training Events and Tons of other support related events FREE all over the country. They have support experts there to answer or help with problems or questions. They also provide FREE sales training and marketing tools. Microsoft does more as a company to support its customers than anyone else I know. Sure, there may be a Yearly gathering from the Linux crew (I truely don't know) but there is no where near the support available from MS. And guess what it is all FREE. They also have the absolute best knowledge base on the planet. I tried troubleshooting issues on the php.net page and was sometimes successful, but on the whole was rather dissapointed with the resutls compared to what I expect from Microsoft. As for me not having a clue or being a troll. I guess a Bachelors in MIS a Masters in CIS and 6+ years in IT and consulting leave me clueless.
No matter how much Linux people like to think that Linux is free, it is not. If it were completely free then Mandrake, Red Hat, and the others could not exist. If it were Free there would be no way for them to make money therby allow a product to continue. There are support costs to be paid and if you do not download the software then the retail box costs money. If you do not pay for support contracts then you are limited to the knowledge base or group forums. While this is great for alot of people, sometimes you have to call the vendor. I certainly agree that there will always be migration costs, but I would expect the migration cost to Linux will be higher. Migrating users from what they know and use at home and at work to something completely different is not cheap. I developed for a while in PHP and MySQL. Prior to that I was developing in ASP and SQL 2000. I was able to make the transition without much difficulty but found that my development times and the quality of product was not as good. Mainly because tools and features that I found very usefull in the MS products was not there. If I wanted those tools, I had to find another company that charged for them. In my opinion the time that could be saved by using the proper tools to begin with is well worth the initial investment. If you were a carpenter and there were several companies that delivered FREE Hammers but they had some catches. 1. They were of good quality but did not have the ability to remove nails. You had to buy an add on to do that. 2. They could work with any board, but you had to buy special nails. Those nails were not compatible with Hammers you had to buy and were not always compatible with other Free company hammers. 3. Almost anybody can use the Pay Hammer, but most workers do not know how to properly use the Free Hammer and special Nails. So, if you were a contractor would you rather have the Free Hammer or Buy a Hammer?