I remember reading somewhere (may have been Slashdot) a while back that there where buildings designed in the mainframe days to draw heat from the "computer room" to heat the buildings. Unfortunatly when computers got smaller and cooler they had to install extra heating systems in these buildings.
An organization that is out of the limelight, but has made many historic contributions is pushing something from an even older organization that has been out of the limelight for a longer time, and made many more historic contributions.
I did a quick search and couldn't find it. Why are they calling for installation of WiFi hotspots to lessen load on cell networks? Did anyone tell them that just because a phone has a WiFi radio doesn't mean it can make calls over WiFi.
Are you telling me everyone who wants wireless internet in federal buildings has to use a Cell phone data network. If that is the case, then they absoulty need to install WiFi (you know like everyone did 10 years ago), though $15 Million does seem to much).
Does anyone hear work in IT for the GSA? Might be able to clear this up.
Why is it such a hard thing to grasp that a machine can have multiple interfaces on different networks (I work in a networking testing lab were this is very common) simultaneously. I refuse to help anyone with network problems if their using NetworkManager on Linux.
Although they are pretty slow at times, and I have had them freeze a few times (this may have been due to bad hardware though). It a pretty cool way to install a Linux distro.
What happens when the Oracle System's Star goes Supernova ? Is it going to SPARC?...Is Coffee going to be supplied?...I haven't read much of the comments, but am I the only one to notice the subject icon on this story is the wrong Sun.
I think the FIA thing was a clever move...I wonder if any Goverment Agencies have Microsoft Shared Source agreements, maybe we can finally get Window's Source Code.
Even though a machine may not have Serial ports on the mother board it could still have them. Most motherboards will have a connector to plug in a serial port interface. You just need to get a interface for it, they are pretty easy to find. No PCI card needed.
AT&T did the same thing back in the day. They were all paranoid about people plugging anything into the PSTN that they didn't own (including home phones). The Hushaphone and Carterphone cases were prime examples of this.
I agree with you but, I think another part of the problem is that people don't like paying money upfront on the internet for something.
By pushing the cost to the ISP instead of charging customers upfront, people don't see the direct cost of it, and will probably use the service more. Although their monthly bill will be higher, it will only be a few dollars. Had the used the "iTunes" model and charge about a dollar per game, it would of be substantially more expensive.
So I guess you can say that they are charging for content "in bulk"
Now you might think that I was some MS fanboy (I chose my nickname before I got into Linux). But I think most MS products suck compared to their Linux/FOSS counterparts. But until they release Office for *NIX (Hey they did it with IE) I will be content with running a VM for the sole reason of running Office.
Now I will admit that it did take a little getting used to the new Interface but once I did I found it better, and they added some cool features. The Equation editing is vastly improved, as is the list generator.
Also OO spell check sucks, and it lacks a grammer checker(at least in the one I use 2.1). Don't tell me its my job to check a 9 page paper, to find places were it put "The the car" (The way I write my paper tends to make this happen alot, I write a bunch of sub sections then paste them together).
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I remember reading somewhere (may have been Slashdot) a while back that there where buildings designed in the mainframe days to draw heat from the "computer room" to heat the buildings. Unfortunatly when computers got smaller and cooler they had to install extra heating systems in these buildings.
I may be remembering this wrong though.
An organization that is out of the limelight, but has made many historic contributions is pushing something from an even older organization that has been out of the limelight for a longer time, and made many more historic contributions.
Did anyone else notice this?
Because that worked out so well for ATM.
Is this some sort of Muni-WiFi setup?
Does anyone have a link to the text of the bill?
I did a quick search and couldn't find it. Why are they calling for installation of WiFi hotspots to lessen load on cell networks? Did anyone tell them that just because a phone has a WiFi radio doesn't mean it can make calls over WiFi.
Are you telling me everyone who wants wireless internet in federal buildings has to use a Cell phone data network. If that is the case, then they absoulty need to install WiFi (you know like everyone did 10 years ago), though $15 Million does seem to much).
Does anyone hear work in IT for the GSA? Might be able to clear this up.
Yeah, cause that is going to be so easy to manage and support, you clearly haven't worked with any thing more then home networks.
I F'n hate NetworkManager.
Why is it such a hard thing to grasp that a machine can have multiple interfaces on different networks (I work in a networking testing lab were this is very common) simultaneously. I refuse to help anyone with network problems if their using NetworkManager on Linux.
http://xkcd.com/619/
Soylent Green, from people?
Just another instance of mobile phone companies (mostly service providers) thinking they know what their customers want.
I thought these were pretty interesting ideas:
http://boot.kernel.org/
http://boot.fedoraproject.org/
Although they are pretty slow at times, and I have had them freeze a few times (this may have been due to bad hardware though). It a pretty cool way to install a Linux distro.
What happens when the Oracle System's Star goes Supernova ? Is it going to SPARC?...Is Coffee going to be supplied?...I haven't read much of the comments, but am I the only one to notice the subject icon on this story is the wrong Sun.
I think the FIA thing was a clever move...I wonder if any Goverment Agencies have Microsoft Shared Source agreements, maybe we can finally get Window's Source Code.
Don't get you hopes up even if it is your area. Yes, I am from NH.
Can someone explain how "sandboxing" is different then what chroot does?
Correction from Lawrence Berkley
Didn't the team that falsified the info about 114 and 116 come from Lawrence Livermoore
Even though a machine may not have Serial ports on the mother board it could still have them. Most motherboards will have a connector to plug in a serial port interface. You just need to get a interface for it, they are pretty easy to find. No PCI card needed.
AT&T did the same thing back in the day. They were all paranoid about people plugging anything into the PSTN that they didn't own (including home phones). The Hushaphone and Carterphone cases were prime examples of this.
If you get it though a tunnel/proxy server will it work.
IMHO the effectiveness of location based filtering/blocking is inversely proportional to the l33tness of you users.
It sounds like you are over their for some school/work related thing. Both of those institutions commonly provide VPN service.
I agree with you but, I think another part of the problem is that people don't like paying money upfront on the internet for something.
By pushing the cost to the ISP instead of charging customers upfront, people don't see the direct cost of it, and will probably use the service more. Although their monthly bill will be higher, it will only be a few dollars. Had the used the "iTunes" model and charge about a dollar per game, it would of be substantially more expensive.
So I guess you can say that they are charging for content "in bulk"
But I hate OpenOffice, and I love MS Office 2k7.
Now you might think that I was some MS fanboy (I chose my nickname before I got into Linux). But I think most MS products suck compared to their Linux/FOSS counterparts. But until they release Office for *NIX (Hey they did it with IE) I will be content with running a VM for the sole reason of running Office.
Now I will admit that it did take a little getting used to the new Interface but once I did I found it better, and they added some cool features. The Equation editing is vastly improved, as is the list generator.
Also OO spell check sucks, and it lacks a grammer checker(at least in the one I use 2.1). Don't tell me its my job to check a 9 page paper, to find places were it put "The the car" (The way I write my paper tends to make this happen alot, I write a bunch of sub sections then paste them together).
Clearly a circuit based connection is more relia*%$^()^$ NO CARRIER
hehehe
They must be trying to push their virtualization stuff.