Fortunately we're not to VoIP yet. I think I can push the issue at that point, because VoIP on IPv4 is just silly.
Legacy routers can be upgraded, but cost DRAM, flash, and a Cisco contract. No, we can't just replace it with a zebra box, the boss won't let me:-(.
We're already handling transparent proxy on IPv4, and since we're using masq'd IPs there's not really a whole lot to gain there. What is to gain is to give back our 5 IPv4 blocks, but my new design consolodates us down to one/28 anyway, so we're still offloading IPv4 space without the upgrade costs of IPv6.
As for clients, Win9x and NT support IPv6 with the patches available, but word has it that they're quite buggy. IPv6 is a wonderful thing, but the world isn't up to the migration yet.
I need DRAM, flash, and a Cisco contract. Try to explain to your boss that he should dish out a pile of money to upgrade to a new standard when we can do IPv4 NAT for free.:-)
I love IPv6. I've played with it in the lab, and it's nifty! I'm in charge of restructuring my company's IP layout, guess what I suggested. Interestingly enough, when I proposed my plan on #ipv6 on freenode, the answer was a resounding DON'T DO IT. I have too much legacy stuff laying around that just won't support IPv6. Funny thing is, we are doing well on technology. I think of all the other businesses in worse shape than us, and I start to think. There is no way in hell IPv6 migration will happen any time soon. It's sometimes hard for us to see, especially when we do transparent stuff at home. What we forget is all the weird hardware that companies still depend on. There is some stuff that just won't go. We bought a Cisco router 3 years ago, its IOS won't support IPv6. That's only 3 years ago! Think of the legacy crap that was installed 10 years ago that still runs! NT servers that no one upgrades because they still work. We still have a Windows 3.1 machine that does its job, and in fact we broke trying to upgrade! Still works, it's easier to leave it alone. This kind of stuff happens everywhere, I've seen plenty of businesses with old hardware that's costly to upgrade and not broken.
IPv6 is great in the lab, and with brand new networks it's wonderful. Too much legacy hardware is going to keep it from being adopted on a large scale, and it won't happen anytime soon.
While I don't discount the possiblity, I find it hard to believe. Not only has Novell given the linux community its blessing, it's building the new Netware 7 OS on top of linux. If it were to come up that Novell's UNIX code was stolen at some point, Novell would be just as guilty as anyone as distributing copyrighted code under the GPL. They couldn't pull a SCO and sue every corporation, because they'd end up suing themselves.
Since you've missed the obvious, let me explain. If you're running Debian, you probably have enough geek blood that shiny new things like Mandrake and Redhat releases go unnoticed. Who cares what version oif KDE it ships with, if a Debian user wants a shiny new version of KDE, the Debian user fires up apt and gets it. Who cares how sleek the installer is, my system is tweaked. Why would I want to re-install?
Simply put, if you're a Debian user, you probably won't use this. For anything. This is not to say that one distro is better, certainly both Debian and Mandrake have their merits. All of this, however, doesn't excuse the editor from flashing his Debian-using ego around.
With every Opera release, there's a small test I run. Go to the HOF on Slashdot click on the most active story (currently >4000 comments). This is the first version that loads the page with decent speed. Under 6.x/7 betas, long Slashdot stories (>500 comments) would choke the browser and make it unresponsive.
7.11 has finally fixed this problem, and to their credit, the Iraq story loads EXTREMELY fast.
I'm surprised that the ARRL isn't jumping all over this. I'd think many ham clubs would want to have field days and demonstrate free portable telecommunications. Of course, it's kinda late now. Maybe next year:-)
'apt-get upgrade' is still a better tool, but I admit, I've used Windows update and I found a nice way of managing patches in an MS environment.
Step 1: Set up a machine with an old, unpatched version of whatever OS you're using.
Step 2: Run windows update
Step 3: grab the patches as they're being downloaded and copy them off to another folder
Step 4: Let it upgrade your test box.
When it finished, it will remove all traces of the patches. You copied them off into another folder, right? If so, you now have a copy of every patch that OS needs. Deploy using your favorite tools. Every so often, run update on your test box, and you'll soon develop a library of patches that you need.
There a difference between functionality problems and sites that do browser checking.
Having to deal with many, MANY web apps, I can tell you that this doesn't always work. Some apps are so heavily built with IE-only components that there's no other browser that works with it. PERIOD.
Mozilla and Opera are wonderful web browsers, and could easily kill IE if developers would stop writing web apps that only work in IE.
Space exploration is why we send 7 people up there on a regular basis. We don't understand what's up there, we want to find out.
Unfortunately, one of the things we don't have a handle on is how to do it safely. That's part of the exploration process. We obviously have a system that works, as we've returned many safely back to earth. In the case of Columbia, an unknown variable was introduced. We've never known what happens if a tile is struck with an object on liftoff. It's never happened before, and we had to react with information we knew to figure out if it was a problem. Sometimes the only way to learn is to find out.
As for the 7 astronauts, this mission was hailed as one of the most successful in space history. The amount of research that was performed and the data was collected surpassed any previous missions. The astronauts love their work, so much in fact that they're willing to risk everything for it. For 7 people to sacrifice themselves for their research is truly an honor, and the world should see these 7 people as heros, not casualties.
This device is an odd one. A professional MP3 recorder? Isn't that like saying you bought an italian leather sofa then covered it with drop cloths as not to get it dirty?
On one spec, it says: * Selectable bit depth of 16 or 24-bit (16-bit with or without dither) * Selectable sampling rates of 44.1, 48, or 96 kHz
Impressive, that's what most digital recorders can do. Then it follows with: * On-board MP3 encoding at 128, 192, and 256 kb/s mono or stereo
A professional device that will do MP3, but only at crappy levels. Most high end gear encodes at 320K at least.
If you can do without MP3 support, Mackie, Alesis, and others have beautiful 24 track HD recorders that will record in 96K/32bit. Sure, it gets hefty for drive space, and it's 2U. Priced around $2K it's comparable, but offers better quality over more channels. Take your pick, but this little device doesn't seem worth the money.
Tablet PCs are alive and well. XP tablet edition is out, and manufacturers are releasing their new products. Just the other day a product rep from Gateway stopped by to show off the new line of Gateway tablets, starting around $2500. On this particular model, the handwriting recognition is nearly FLAWLESS. Made me drool, as much as I hate Gateway. Other units are priced as low as $1300 if you shop around. I believe there's a FiC model floating around for that price.
Tablets are alive and probably replacing a laptop near you.
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depends on what you neeed, why, and how much you want to pay.
Hamfests are great for for buying stuff that costs a fortune to ship. Say I wanted a stack of Pentium 133 boxen, maybe $5 each, but $15 each to ship. Go to a hamfest, buy 20 of them, you've more than paid for admission in the shipping savings.
If you're an elmer, and crave the days of those large tube radios, you're probably better off at a hamfest not only because of shipping costs but you can play with the gear and make sure it works before you buy. Yes, there's some shady low lifes selling useless crap at hamfests, but I once bought a laptop for $5 with no power supply. Found a power supply for $10 at another hamfest, sold the laptop on Ebay for $200. I'm not saying you'll always be able to score that kind of deal, but if you have $10 and don't mind spending the day indoors with other smelly hams, it's probably worth going.
I've also found some of the seminars to be worth more than the cost of admission, the cheap crap is just a bonus.
I need (no I won't go into it) more than 64 character filenames. This is a luser problem, I have nothing to do with it. I was looking into the Romeo FS which does 128, but is deprecated from mkisofs. What happened to it? What's wrong with it, and why doesn't anyone use it anymore?
Being close to the recording aspect of album production, I do have some numbers to discount your claims and point out that it can be done cheaper. That's not my purpose here, because equipment costs are irrelevant to your point.
What slashdotters don't seem to grasp is that what you're buying in the store isn't a hard good. The price isn't affected by how much it cost to make, ship, etc. It's all based on demand, higher demand CDs cost more, crappy CDs cost less. The CDs in the 99 cent bin bear the same costs as the $18 Brittany disc, but demand makes Brittany cost more than "Jack Relif sings the hymns of 1873". Demand makes a CD cost more, not production costs.
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Migrate your VoIP fully if you can
:-(.
/28 anyway, so we're still offloading IPv4 space without the upgrade costs of IPv6.
Fortunately we're not to VoIP yet. I think I can push the issue at that point, because VoIP on IPv4 is just silly.
Legacy routers can be upgraded, but cost DRAM, flash, and a Cisco contract. No, we can't just replace it with a zebra box, the boss won't let me
We're already handling transparent proxy on IPv4, and since we're using masq'd IPs there's not really a whole lot to gain there. What is to gain is to give back our 5 IPv4 blocks, but my new design consolodates us down to one
As for clients, Win9x and NT support IPv6 with the patches available, but word has it that they're quite buggy. IPv6 is a wonderful thing, but the world isn't up to the migration yet.
I need DRAM, flash, and a Cisco contract. Try to explain to your boss that he should dish out a pile of money to upgrade to a new standard when we can do IPv4 NAT for free. :-)
When is /. going to support IPv6?
I love IPv6. I've played with it in the lab, and it's nifty! I'm in charge of restructuring my company's IP layout, guess what I suggested. Interestingly enough, when I proposed my plan on #ipv6 on freenode, the answer was a resounding DON'T DO IT. I have too much legacy stuff laying around that just won't support IPv6. Funny thing is, we are doing well on technology. I think of all the other businesses in worse shape than us, and I start to think. There is no way in hell IPv6 migration will happen any time soon. It's sometimes hard for us to see, especially when we do transparent stuff at home. What we forget is all the weird hardware that companies still depend on. There is some stuff that just won't go. We bought a Cisco router 3 years ago, its IOS won't support IPv6. That's only 3 years ago! Think of the legacy crap that was installed 10 years ago that still runs! NT servers that no one upgrades because they still work. We still have a Windows 3.1 machine that does its job, and in fact we broke trying to upgrade! Still works, it's easier to leave it alone. This kind of stuff happens everywhere, I've seen plenty of businesses with old hardware that's costly to upgrade and not broken.
IPv6 is great in the lab, and with brand new networks it's wonderful. Too much legacy hardware is going to keep it from being adopted on a large scale, and it won't happen anytime soon.
While I don't discount the possiblity, I find it hard to believe. Not only has Novell given the linux community its blessing, it's building the new Netware 7 OS on top of linux. If it were to come up that Novell's UNIX code was stolen at some point, Novell would be just as guilty as anyone as distributing copyrighted code under the GPL. They couldn't pull a SCO and sue every corporation, because they'd end up suing themselves.
Since you've missed the obvious, let me explain. If you're running Debian, you probably have enough geek blood that shiny new things like Mandrake and Redhat releases go unnoticed. Who cares what version oif KDE it ships with, if a Debian user wants a shiny new version of KDE, the Debian user fires up apt and gets it. Who cares how sleek the installer is, my system is tweaked. Why would I want to re-install?
Simply put, if you're a Debian user, you probably won't use this. For anything. This is not to say that one distro is better, certainly both Debian and Mandrake have their merits. All of this, however, doesn't excuse the editor from flashing his Debian-using ego around.
he needs more antipersperant?
No, so COWBOY NEAL can get sent to court 3 or 4 times.
what about PNG? it should give you an image of comperable size without people lashing about how evil Unisys is.
Two tidbits from the report that made my day.
The officer's description of the Segway:
"Unique Motorized Two Wheeled Walking Machine"
This one speaks for itself:
"Ballantine indicated that he was the only one to have the machine in the south puget sound area"
With every Opera release, there's a small test I run. Go to the HOF on Slashdot click on the most active story (currently >4000 comments). This is the first version that loads the page with decent speed. Under 6.x/7 betas, long Slashdot stories (>500 comments) would choke the browser and make it unresponsive.
7.11 has finally fixed this problem, and to their credit, the Iraq story loads EXTREMELY fast.
I'm surprised that the ARRL isn't jumping all over this. I'd think many ham clubs would want to have field days and demonstrate free portable telecommunications. Of course, it's kinda late now. Maybe next year :-)
I just assumed that the internet was one large computer running FreeBSD. If FreeBSD is dying, so is the internet.
'apt-get upgrade' is still a better tool, but I admit, I've used Windows update and I found a nice way of managing patches in an MS environment.
Step 1: Set up a machine with an old, unpatched version of whatever OS you're using.
Step 2: Run windows update
Step 3: grab the patches as they're being downloaded and copy them off to another folder
Step 4: Let it upgrade your test box.
When it finished, it will remove all traces of the patches. You copied them off into another folder, right? If so, you now have a copy of every patch that OS needs. Deploy using your favorite tools. Every so often, run update on your test box, and you'll soon develop a library of patches that you need.
It's YAOW (Outlook Worm). Same drill, you open an infected attachment, it copies itself to the address book as well as installs its payload.
Dammit, when are worms going to get interesting again? This "exploit the hell out of Outlook" routine is getting old.
Uhh... you really want to buy pics that you're allowed to jack off to only once?
If you have somehow come up with a scheme of determining how many times someone has jacked off over something, I REALLY don't want to know about it.
There a difference between functionality problems and sites that do browser checking.
Having to deal with many, MANY web apps, I can tell you that this doesn't always work. Some apps are so heavily built with IE-only components that there's no other browser that works with it. PERIOD.
Mozilla and Opera are wonderful web browsers, and could easily kill IE if developers would stop writing web apps that only work in IE.
Any article that starts out "there are six reasons" and lists five reasons is not worth the download entropy it expends.
There are FIVE lights!
Space exploration is why we send 7 people up there on a regular basis. We don't understand what's up there, we want to find out.
Unfortunately, one of the things we don't have a handle on is how to do it safely. That's part of the exploration process. We obviously have a system that works, as we've returned many safely back to earth. In the case of Columbia, an unknown variable was introduced. We've never known what happens if a tile is struck with an object on liftoff. It's never happened before, and we had to react with information we knew to figure out if it was a problem. Sometimes the only way to learn is to find out.
As for the 7 astronauts, this mission was hailed as one of the most successful in space history. The amount of research that was performed and the data was collected surpassed any previous missions. The astronauts love their work, so much in fact that they're willing to risk everything for it. For 7 people to sacrifice themselves for their research is truly an honor, and the world should see these 7 people as heros, not casualties.
You are correct, I forgot about failure cost.
This device is an odd one. A professional MP3 recorder? Isn't that like saying you bought an italian leather sofa then covered it with drop cloths as not to get it dirty?
On one spec, it says:
* Selectable bit depth of 16 or 24-bit (16-bit with or without dither)
* Selectable sampling rates of 44.1, 48, or 96 kHz
Impressive, that's what most digital recorders can do. Then it follows with:
* On-board MP3 encoding at 128, 192, and 256 kb/s mono or stereo
A professional device that will do MP3, but only at crappy levels. Most high end gear encodes at 320K at least.
If you can do without MP3 support, Mackie, Alesis, and others have beautiful 24 track HD recorders that will record in 96K/32bit. Sure, it gets hefty for drive space, and it's 2U. Priced around $2K it's comparable, but offers better quality over more channels. Take your pick, but this little device doesn't seem worth the money.
Tablet PCs are alive and well. XP tablet edition is out, and manufacturers are releasing their new products. Just the other day a product rep from Gateway stopped by to show off the new line of Gateway tablets, starting around $2500. On this particular model, the handwriting recognition is nearly FLAWLESS. Made me drool, as much as I hate Gateway. Other units are priced as low as $1300 if you shop around. I believe there's a FiC model floating around for that price.
Tablets are alive and probably replacing a laptop near you.
depends on what you neeed, why, and how much you want to pay.
Hamfests are great for for buying stuff that costs a fortune to ship. Say I wanted a stack of Pentium 133 boxen, maybe $5 each, but $15 each to ship. Go to a hamfest, buy 20 of them, you've more than paid for admission in the shipping savings.
If you're an elmer, and crave the days of those large tube radios, you're probably better off at a hamfest not only because of shipping costs but you can play with the gear and make sure it works before you buy. Yes, there's some shady low lifes selling useless crap at hamfests, but I once bought a laptop for $5 with no power supply. Found a power supply for $10 at another hamfest, sold the laptop on Ebay for $200. I'm not saying you'll always be able to score that kind of deal, but if you have $10 and don't mind spending the day indoors with other smelly hams, it's probably worth going.
I've also found some of the seminars to be worth more than the cost of admission, the cheap crap is just a bonus.
I need (no I won't go into it) more than 64 character filenames. This is a luser problem, I have nothing to do with it. I was looking into the Romeo FS which does 128, but is deprecated from mkisofs. What happened to it? What's wrong with it, and why doesn't anyone use it anymore?
Being close to the recording aspect of album production, I do have some numbers to discount your claims and point out that it can be done cheaper. That's not my purpose here, because equipment costs are irrelevant to your point.
What slashdotters don't seem to grasp is that what you're buying in the store isn't a hard good. The price isn't affected by how much it cost to make, ship, etc. It's all based on demand, higher demand CDs cost more, crappy CDs cost less. The CDs in the 99 cent bin bear the same costs as the $18 Brittany disc, but demand makes Brittany cost more than "Jack Relif sings the hymns of 1873". Demand makes a CD cost more, not production costs.
Slashdot had the story when these things were announced here. And no, it's not a dupe, this is a review.