it would ask "initiate computer self destruct sequence? (Y/N)", wait for a character input, ignore that input and start a countdown ("self destruct in 10 seconds. please evacuate area.", "self destruct in 9 seconds. please evacuate area.", etc.) then when it got to 0, it would show a nice ACSII art explosion (took me awhile to make it lineup pretty).
i stowed it in the start up folders on a few random machines. great hilarity.
well, you can get one of these, but that'll still put 30 of those to waste unless they're got something else cobbled together, as 40GBe and 100GBe are still WIP.
already have that here in Saskatchewan. Sasktel runs all the lines and also does DSL and IPTV, in addition to phones. also, under CRTC regs, they're required to lease out lines to any other companies wanting to provide services, so there's quite a nice bit of competition. in the nearest town, you can get internet service from any of 7 ISPs (sasktel, access, shaw, and 4 little ones) and this is in a town of just over 30k.
over in the capital, there's over 2 dozen options. competition is quite alive, which is great for the customers.
i've got people on shaw in the edmonton area getting the shit throttled out of them, people locally who aren't having any throttling (shaw does caps, but they're upfront about it at least). could be because competition for internet service is alive and well in these parts. we've got shaw, sasktel, access, and a bunch of little guys duking it out for all the marketshare they can get, with the 3 big ones also duking it for phone and TV service.
but all bit-torrent that's been throttled by all the Large ISPs in Canada for a while now. sasktel isn't (though not sure if they count for you as "large"), aside from some NAT issues with the 2wire gateways. awesome as modems, but utter shit as routers. good thing you can rig the things as bridges.
And pedestrians to have right of way, once they enter the crosswalk up here (saskatchewan) they have right of way at any crosswalk, regardless of who got there first (i failed my driver's exam the first time for forgetting about that), but the old rule "if they think they have right of way, THEY HAVE RIGHT OF WAY" very much applies, especially when the other object is many times larger, heavier, and much less squishy than you are.
heh. some of the other guys here have been slaving over a hot oven (a toaster oven is a nice tool for reflow soldering) making USB PIC programmers, which uses a PIC for interfacing.
shaw isn't an ILEC. they're a cable company. ILEC is only about the phone lines, which would include telus, sasktel, bell, and i'm likely forgetting another one somewhere. which province do you live in?
also, the small ISP industry is alive and well. CRTC regs state that ILECs are required to lease out the lines (local loop unbundling), so there's plenty of small ISPs. canadianisp.com has a nice database of them. if telus and shaw are pissing you off, looking into those might be good idea.
though if the ILEC is not doing their job, complain loud to the CRTC. they tend to pay attention to people.
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which is why these things need to be done quickly, before this generation becomes used to the way things are.
as i recall, doom 3 and quake 4 do all the sound stuff in software, ignoring any special features of the hardware (EAX, etc.)
imo, the best april fools stories are the ones you can't tell are april fools stories.
i'm certainly glad to hear my country's (Canada) representation had the fortitude to stand up and refuse to go along with this.
i had a nice little C++ program for last April.
it would ask "initiate computer self destruct sequence? (Y/N)", wait for a character input, ignore that input and start a countdown ("self destruct in 10 seconds. please evacuate area.", "self destruct in 9 seconds. please evacuate area.", etc.) then when it got to 0, it would show a nice ACSII art explosion (took me awhile to make it lineup pretty).
i stowed it in the start up folders on a few random machines. great hilarity.
well, you can get one of these, but that'll still put 30 of those to waste unless they're got something else cobbled together, as 40GBe and 100GBe are still WIP.
yes, but to Xener diodes exist? =P
i would think they were aiming a couple feet higher and more towards the centre.
already have that here in Saskatchewan. Sasktel runs all the lines and also does DSL and IPTV, in addition to phones. also, under CRTC regs, they're required to lease out lines to any other companies wanting to provide services, so there's quite a nice bit of competition. in the nearest town, you can get internet service from any of 7 ISPs (sasktel, access, shaw, and 4 little ones) and this is in a town of just over 30k.
over in the capital, there's over 2 dozen options. competition is quite alive, which is great for the customers.
correction : that should be ILEC, not CLEC.
that is far from "almost all". competition is generally alive and well, as the CLECs are required to lease out lines.
http://canadianisp.com/ has a rather extensive listing of the little guys.
i'm thinking the same thing.
i've got people on shaw in the edmonton area getting the shit throttled out of them, people locally who aren't having any throttling (shaw does caps, but they're upfront about it at least). could be because competition for internet service is alive and well in these parts. we've got shaw, sasktel, access, and a bunch of little guys duking it out for all the marketshare they can get, with the 3 big ones also duking it for phone and TV service.
doing stupid things and learning from the results of said things is generally an important part of life, IMO.
heh. some of the other guys here have been slaving over a hot oven (a toaster oven is a nice tool for reflow soldering) making USB PIC programmers, which uses a PIC for interfacing.
if you think dial up modems are obsolete, you evidently have never lived in a rural area in north america.
shaw isn't an ILEC. they're a cable company. ILEC is only about the phone lines, which would include telus, sasktel, bell, and i'm likely forgetting another one somewhere. which province do you live in?
also, the small ISP industry is alive and well. CRTC regs state that ILECs are required to lease out the lines (local loop unbundling), so there's plenty of small ISPs. canadianisp.com has a nice database of them. if telus and shaw are pissing you off, looking into those might be good idea.
though if the ILEC is not doing their job, complain loud to the CRTC. they tend to pay attention to people.
i think those last 3 words are redundant.
the GP did ask for an "outlook-like" email client. ;)
Anyone else do a double-take on CDNs thinking "Canadians"? What with CBC starting to send stuff out via bittorrent.
note : IAC
i think itsatrap would be more appropriate. something tells me we're not getting the whole picture here.