This idea suprises me, as I am very tired of having to HD record something off of HBO in order to see it properly. I rarely watch DVD's anymore because they look like crap.
I don't think having to buy a different product in order to manage a Netware system is a problem. The whole world has pretty much accepted defeat that Windows is the default desktop OS. I mean, any software you buy (for the most part) requires in some fasion that you buy Windows to run it. I guess my point is that it worked.
The plugin thing, yes, was a bit of a pain. It wasn't all roses...
Respectfully, you haven't run into those issues because you got lucky. There was/is a huge fight within Novell about memory management in the core OS. Back in the day, we had $50k Compaq 7000's that exihibited exactly the parent's problem running 5.1. Reference "the judge" in novell's knowledge base for more information.
From Novell's knowledgebase:
THEJUDGE.NLM is not to be used for every high utilization problem...
If the above recommendations do not work....
Applying the latest support pack has also been known to fix these issues...
If those kind of statements don't indicate a major unresolved issue, I don't know what kind would.
You are so right. Novell jumped on every bandwagon there was, the biggest being that steaming pile Console One. They SO had it with NWadmin..light, fast, intuitive. Ah, but then java came along. Everything had to be java. Java java java. Even though they had a great method for administering servers (rconsole, in the rare case one needed to go to a console), they had to take that java they had there and port an X.11 GUI to the server. No one asked for it, it wasn't required, but they did it anyway. This created an opportunity for them to appease the Windows people by being able to administer the server from the server. The problem is it isn't a Windows server! Arg..it is such a mess. To this day you can't administer printers without NWadmin. Talk about disjointed product planning. It is almost like they are trying to drive away their faithful....
Novell didn't support IP as a core protocol until 5.x and at that time they retrofitted 4.x with it and made it into 4.12. This would have been in what, 1998 or so? Up until that time, you could not speak to a Netware server directly with IP at all.
Just wait util email senders start setting up policies that state "we won't send email to an AOL address, even if you request it". That will be a big wake up call for your AOL grandma user, and eventually AOL themselves...
I have a degree in philosophy and my concentration was in logic. I always get a strange face from people hiring me trying to figure out what the connection is between philosophy and anything useful. Drives me nuts....
While I agree with you, I would say that the vendor lock in is a side affect that Apple is now enjoying. Much like the iPod explosion itself, I don't think that they could have possibly seen this coming.
I audited a large hospital network recently. The things that people do with data in a large system is simply frightening. Fact is, the people in charge of security for the myriad of smaller support systems an a large hospital network are not security trained. Sure, your main line-of-business systems (Cerner, IDX, etc) have security guys all over them. It's the "sleep lab" and "cardiac cath lab" anciliary systems that have no one watching the shop. I suspect that is exactly what happened here...
Encrypting is not always the proper solution either. One has to understand that computer security is more about risk management rather than nuts and bolts systems engineering. For tapes that go out of a facility, encyption is usually best, however there are risks involved with encrypting itself. For one thing, if the keys or passwords get lost (or stolen, by a disgruntled employee for example), the data is gone because at that point no one can recover it. For another, the software or algarithm has a flaw that won't allow decryption for some reason (it can happen).
Point being, truly understanding information systems security is more complex than most people think.
Iron Mountain (an archive company) just had a bunch of tapes stolen. The only way to ensure security on tapes that leave a facility is to encrypt using a quality scheme...(blowfish, AES, etc,etc...)
The article states the data was incrypted, then says it wasn't, it was just in a proprietary format (yeah, right). If the data was truly encrypted, this would have been a non-issue and not even news worthy.
No, not a good point. Fuel does not continue to combust in the exhaust, it is run through a hot catalyst which accelerates the (NO to N2 and O2) and (CO to CO2). While the catalyst itself does have to be hot, there is still tons and tons of residual heat left over after the cat. Don't believe me? Go stick your tongue on a muffler.
They don't when they are of comparable power. Consumtion is about the same. And the reason that Europe has tons of them is that most European countries tax gasoline at a higher rate. Also, Europeans are more likely to drive a stick, which allows them to use smaller than comparable gas engines and have acceptable performance. Also, this very scheme is why most large European citys look and smell like diesel fuel, with their particulate emmissions all over everything.
Nice post but the F1 part is dead wrong.
F1 engines don't use a long slim bore, they use a an extremely oversquare bore (short/fat). This is to reduce piston speed so the RPM can be run up insanely high (20,000 RPM). People often forget that there is more than one way to get more air/fuel into and out of a combustion chamber. There is forced induction (turbo/supercharger), or, the forgotten one, simpy spin the engine faster...
I don't understand this. Diesel engines aren't particularly efficient, and aren't particularly invironmentally freindly from an emmisions point of view. Why do people think this?
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This idea suprises me, as I am very tired of having to HD record something off of HBO in order to see it properly. I rarely watch DVD's anymore because they look like crap.
I don't think having to buy a different product in order to manage a Netware system is a problem. The whole world has pretty much accepted defeat that Windows is the default desktop OS. I mean, any software you buy (for the most part) requires in some fasion that you buy Windows to run it. I guess my point is that it worked.
The plugin thing, yes, was a bit of a pain. It wasn't all roses...
Respectfully, you haven't run into those issues because you got lucky. There was/is a huge fight within Novell about memory management in the core OS. Back in the day, we had $50k Compaq 7000's that exihibited exactly the parent's problem running 5.1. Reference "the judge" in novell's knowledge base for more information.
From Novell's knowledgebase:
THEJUDGE.NLM is not to be used for every high utilization problem...
If the above recommendations do not work....
Applying the latest support pack has also been known to fix these issues...
If those kind of statements don't indicate a major unresolved issue, I don't know what kind would.
You are so right. Novell jumped on every bandwagon there was, the biggest being that steaming pile Console One. They SO had it with NWadmin..light, fast, intuitive. Ah, but then java came along. Everything had to be java. Java java java. Even though they had a great method for administering servers (rconsole, in the rare case one needed to go to a console), they had to take that java they had there and port an X.11 GUI to the server. No one asked for it, it wasn't required, but they did it anyway. This created an opportunity for them to appease the Windows people by being able to administer the server from the server. The problem is it isn't a Windows server! Arg..it is such a mess. To this day you can't administer printers without NWadmin. Talk about disjointed product planning. It is almost like they are trying to drive away their faithful....
Novell didn't support IP as a core protocol until 5.x and at that time they retrofitted 4.x with it and made it into 4.12. This would have been in what, 1998 or so? Up until that time, you could not speak to a Netware server directly with IP at all.
Funny, I helped to *install* NetWare there in the early 90's and did a ton of the conversions to NDS. You have undone my work!
OH MAN, MOD PARENT UP! You are so right, I wondered when someone was going to point that out...
So true...I wish I had mod points...
Just wait util email senders start setting up policies that state "we won't send email to an AOL address, even if you request it". That will be a big wake up call for your AOL grandma user, and eventually AOL themselves...
Using the monopoly in their operating system to gain marketshare in the (now profitable) search world. Haven't we seen this before?
Anymore, I rarely view low-res content. The conversion to hi-def content is happening quite quickly...
I have a degree in philosophy and my concentration was in logic. I always get a strange face from people hiring me trying to figure out what the connection is between philosophy and anything useful. Drives me nuts....
Yes, but the parent suggested that Apple somehow had a sinister plot to get their DRM all over everything. I don't think they did.
While I agree with you, I would say that the vendor lock in is a side affect that Apple is now enjoying. Much like the iPod explosion itself, I don't think that they could have possibly seen this coming.
They use a horse to tap out mine...
I audited a large hospital network recently. The things that people do with data in a large system is simply frightening. Fact is, the people in charge of security for the myriad of smaller support systems an a large hospital network are not security trained. Sure, your main line-of-business systems (Cerner, IDX, etc) have security guys all over them. It's the "sleep lab" and "cardiac cath lab" anciliary systems that have no one watching the shop. I suspect that is exactly what happened here...
Encrypting is not always the proper solution either. One has to understand that computer security is more about risk management rather than nuts and bolts systems engineering. For tapes that go out of a facility, encyption is usually best, however there are risks involved with encrypting itself. For one thing, if the keys or passwords get lost (or stolen, by a disgruntled employee for example), the data is gone because at that point no one can recover it. For another, the software or algarithm has a flaw that won't allow decryption for some reason (it can happen). Point being, truly understanding information systems security is more complex than most people think.
Iron Mountain (an archive company) just had a bunch of tapes stolen. The only way to ensure security on tapes that leave a facility is to encrypt using a quality scheme...(blowfish, AES, etc,etc...)
The article states the data was incrypted, then says it wasn't, it was just in a proprietary format (yeah, right). If the data was truly encrypted, this would have been a non-issue and not even news worthy.
You can bet your ass that the MPAA would have responded with that as an excuse if they had had it...they didn't.
No, not a good point. Fuel does not continue to combust in the exhaust, it is run through a hot catalyst which accelerates the (NO to N2 and O2) and (CO to CO2). While the catalyst itself does have to be hot, there is still tons and tons of residual heat left over after the cat. Don't believe me? Go stick your tongue on a muffler.
They don't when they are of comparable power. Consumtion is about the same. And the reason that Europe has tons of them is that most European countries tax gasoline at a higher rate. Also, Europeans are more likely to drive a stick, which allows them to use smaller than comparable gas engines and have acceptable performance. Also, this very scheme is why most large European citys look and smell like diesel fuel, with their particulate emmissions all over everything.
And there you have it. Jenson Button can drive a car faster than the car is physically capable of going. I KNEW IT!
Nice post but the F1 part is dead wrong. F1 engines don't use a long slim bore, they use a an extremely oversquare bore (short/fat). This is to reduce piston speed so the RPM can be run up insanely high (20,000 RPM). People often forget that there is more than one way to get more air/fuel into and out of a combustion chamber. There is forced induction (turbo/supercharger), or, the forgotten one, simpy spin the engine faster...
I don't understand this. Diesel engines aren't particularly efficient, and aren't particularly invironmentally freindly from an emmisions point of view. Why do people think this?