I'd like to go further and say that MSN is popular overseas and with lots of foreigners. Majority of americans I know use AIM; but everyone at school whos from India uses MSN like its their job.
Can I get some comments from people who've used Jabber as to the quality of the network/clients/features in comparison with some of the other commonly used instant messaging clients/protocols -- or does anyone know of a good comparison site?
Its an interesting concept, no doubt, but knowing nothing of jabber, I am curious if its the way to go.
I'll say that I feel as though I'm a white male being left behind and biased against due to these M/F ratios.
I attend Rochester Instute of Technology's Information Technology program. We have almost no females in our classes. Whatever, the entire college's ratios is like that, nothing special in IT. (something like 8% of IT is female) -- They have females in IT groups, etc. -- whatever.
I've always viewed that there's two types of people that go to RIT for technology school: 1. People who have been into technology forever, and go to RIT cuz its the best, so they actually learn more. 2. People who woke up yesterday, decided they'd play with a computer, and go to RIT cuz of the name, and don't have a clue.
RIT is designed to be for group 1. Based on what I see at normal schools (ala Penn State University, University Park Campus), Nearly every IT course PSU offers -- RIT assumes you've learned in HS.
Now here's my ratio beef: I've had a few classes with this one girl -- she's from Type 2 She doesn't understand technology. All she does is studies real hard, retains info, and regurgitates it. She has no comprehension of the subject matter, how to solve a problem, or write a new SQL statement. She passes her classes because she does extra credit, completes all the assignments, then barely passes test. (at RIT, its more than just a midterm and final that determine your grade).... and what do I see happen? She gets the coveted co-op at Cisco. Why? Because she has a vagina.
This I have a problem with. She will indoubtdly continue her education at RIT, not actually learn how to troubleshoot/(or even how to learn things on her own -- she only learns by being force-fed the info in class) -- she never does anything with technology outside the classroom..
And now she will have no problem getting a job in the workforce, even though shes a poorer quality worker.
Because she has a vagina.
I rue the day she is applying for the same job as me.
I'm actually as of last week in the process of building a new, faster 2TB box. I previous had a 1TB ATA100 setup, but now with the new 8-12x DVD burners its a little behind things.
Old setup:
P4 2.4Ghz HT
512MB DDR 400
Asus P800
WD 36GB 10kRPM Raptor OS Drive
FreeBSD 5.2.1
two 4-channel ATA-100 PCI Controller Cards
1 2-channel ATA-100
7 160GB
1 185 GB
Vinum 1TB Stripe with the 160s
185GB Separate storage
What you have:
Single 1TB Hardware RAID-0 Array Partition
Single 750GB Hardware RAID-5 Array Partition
Gigabit Ethernet
36GB 10K RPM OS Drive (FreeBSD 5.2.1)
HT Dual CPU Box
Everyone is talking about how to use Gmail for file storage. Here are the facts:
10MB ATTACHMENT file storage limit. First off -- nothing is said about not having multiple attachments per email. This is a "Good Thing"(tm)
As far as I'm concerned, that fact alone makes it very viable to be used for quite a few purposes:
1. The gmail filesystem
Have a system setup where a UNIQUE Identifier as the Subject maps to a Directory Value map (stored on your local system) -- now all you need is this small file, and you have access to a terabyte of storage. Each email can then store the Files for that directory (also as unique ID #'d file attachments) -- each file could be stored as a 10MB split volume size compressed/ENCRYPTED rar -- the encrypted now eliminates privacy concerns 1a. Now that you have a filesystem on a remote machine here are your limitations/advantages:
* Any file you access over 10MB will be slower, because it will have to reconstruct from multiple rars
* Any file modification, and initial uploading of files will be painful -- most of us have asyncronous internet connections.
* Imagine how fast you can now send people ANYTHING -- just FORWARD the email thats sitting around -- most likely won't even cause google to use more storage
2. -- this last point also brings us back to what someone said about warez kiddies. If anyone remembers the warez kiddy days back in AOL -- they used huge pools of forwarded emails to send warez around -- AOL only had a few MB limit, and no multiple attachments per email IIRC. Now, people could email you Office 2003, 3GB in 10 sec. -- could get a little hairy
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Have you ever ordered pizza with a CC? how much info do they take? riigghtt.. how long would it take to use papajohns.com to try every month between now and 2 years in the future until the CC was accepted?
Yes. They Do -- 256Kbit/sec Internet1 Outgoing Cap. <a href="http://www.rit.edu/network/rrd/pub/inet.html ">Network Graphs</a> -- WTF, they just changed from MRTG to RRD-- like this week?
Thats funny -- I'm in Rochester, NY (RIT Campus), and I just switched from Cingular to Sprint -- my number is getting ported right now -- apparently its going to take 3 days?
Verizon has very good coverage, but I got a free phone from Sprint ($350 phone, Best Buy -- black Friday), and Sprint has their PCS Vision whatnot that gives you unlimited web, digital whatnot -- and I use 3gupload.com to transfer unlimited ringtones, screensavers, apps, games to my phone).
Verizon doesn't give you roaming with their most popular plan. -- back home in PA I live on the fringe of cell coverage, and would always be going into roam.
Sprint lets me add unlimited roaming for $5/mo
Now I have about the same coverage as verizon, unlimited roaming, about the same # of anytime minutes, unlimited nights and weekends, and the option of unlimited GPRS data whatnot with the PCS Vision.
I'm happy.
Sprint is more expensive than Cingular, T-Mobile, AT&T Next Gen (GSM providers), but GSM has shit coverage -- and their data is only 20-40kpbs, cingular & verizon are faster -- 50-70kps.
Sprint is a very advanced service compared with Cingular -- lots more options, better email coverage, better customer service... they just expect you to pay your bill. and on time. I have no problem with that -- some people do.
.. Times 10,000 users and unique machine configurations...... with new machines being shipped vulnerable, and coming on the network each day, or users reformatting... yes, we're still dealing with the initial RPC vulnerability at RIT -- we have hundreds of machines at any one time which are blocked on the lan for being vulnerable or infected.
They have them for USB --- I have a cable which has LEDS at each end -- got it at the last CES show. It doesn't blink for status, it just glows a nice green:)
I think you misunderstood. The only people getting blocked are those who have windows, and have somehow gotten around our patch checks. (reformatted after being registered, registered their NIC in a different PC), or have their PCs infected with a worm (virus scanner didn't remove it?).
Alternative OSes are highly encouraged and allowed, and users will have no problem as long as they keep up on security updates.
Actually the page is dynamic, and loads a page w/o the activx control for non-windows systems -- all mac users, unix users, etc. get a page w/o the test your computer button (that calls the activex control). No Waiting.
I forgot to mention that RIT has blocked no ports or services. It is very much against our policy. The only port blocked is port 25 (SMTP) so that there's no spam problem. We've also not had any issues with the SoBig virus due to our mail servers filtering out questionable attachments, and port 25 being blocked.
I work for RESNet at Rochester Institute of Technology.
We've implemented a pretty good solution which has stopped no-one from internet access for any extended period of time.
Every PC on our network must go to start.rit.edu (when they plug in they get a temporary 10. IP, which can only access select servers, and other machines on their subnet). At the start.rit.edu page we've coded an activex control which checks the version numbers of the RPC DCOM patched files (We compiled a list of every major windows version, every service pack, pre/post RPC DCOM patch). If the user is not patched, they are redirected to a page indicating which patches they must download/install off our server -- we also have allowed the users to access windows update through a proxy (if IE auto proxy detection is turned on).
Finally we've coded a program, and put it on a CD entitled the RIT Windows Resource Kit. The program automatically detects their OS version, and upon them clicking a button, runs ipconfig/release to get them off the network, installs any and all necessary patches, installs the university-licensed mcafee antivirus, updates the definitions, and prompts them to restart at appropriate moments. Also on the CD for severe cases we have all the individual updates, and the Stinger virus remover.
We also have RIT servers on campus who's logs are parsed on an hourly basis, and any machine which has connected to it in an attempt to spread the worm is blocked from the network. We then have a new custom-coded web interface which correlates with our network registration database: IPEdit that we can use to look up users who can't get online, explain to them to get the CD, patch their PC, run stinger, and then we can reeanble them. Most users are back online within an hour.
So far we've distributed over 5,000 copies of the CDs to each incoming freshmen and returning upperclassmen. (15,000 students at the college).
As can be seen, our bandwidth usage is very much under control. Although we've experienced a lot of call volume (300 students a day) this last weekend as 2500 freshmen moved in, I'm happy to say that over 4000 students are registered on the network, and the phone in our office hasn't rung for the last hour.
For full reference: (only 'cryptic' I found) Hidden inside the worm are two messages. One taunts Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and reads: "billy gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!" The other is more cryptic and says: "I just want to say LOVE YOU SAN!"
Just wanted to toss out there that I went to get a new phone at cingular last week, and they've JUST switched everything to GSM networks from CDMA. All their new plans are for GSM service, all their new phones are GSM. If you are a currently customer you have TWO phones to choose from that still do CDMA. The GSM service has MUCH less coverage, they claim better quality and signal strength.
Does anyone have any good URLs showing what network types all the providers use, and maybe compares them?
The next thing I want to know is which provider gives the best wireless internet services, including unlimited connections for a reasonable price -- and services such as AIM with a real client instead of through SMS messages.
aim.com/wireless is a start, but I want to hear from those of you who use the services.
I currently have cingular, who does not offer AIM, and I've had numerous problems trying to get the wireless web service to work (apparently it wasn't supported by the towers in my home calling area).
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I'd like to go further and say that MSN is popular overseas and with lots of foreigners. Majority of americans I know use AIM; but everyone at school whos from India uses MSN like its their job.
Can I get some comments from people who've used Jabber as to the quality of the network/clients/features in comparison with some of the other commonly used instant messaging clients/protocols -- or does anyone know of a good comparison site?
Its an interesting concept, no doubt, but knowing nothing of jabber, I am curious if its the way to go.
I'll say that I feel as though I'm a white male being left behind and biased against due to these M/F ratios.
... and what do I see happen? She gets the coveted co-op at Cisco. Why? Because she has a vagina.
I attend Rochester Instute of Technology's Information Technology program. We have almost no females in our classes. Whatever, the entire college's ratios is like that, nothing special in IT. (something like 8% of IT is female) -- They have females in IT groups, etc. -- whatever.
I've always viewed that there's two types of people that go to RIT for technology school:
1. People who have been into technology forever, and go to RIT cuz its the best, so they actually learn more.
2. People who woke up yesterday, decided they'd play with a computer, and go to RIT cuz of the name, and don't have a clue.
RIT is designed to be for group 1. Based on what I see at normal schools (ala Penn State University, University Park Campus), Nearly every IT course PSU offers -- RIT assumes you've learned in HS.
Now here's my ratio beef: I've had a few classes with this one girl -- she's from Type 2
She doesn't understand technology. All she does is studies real hard, retains info, and regurgitates it. She has no comprehension of the subject matter, how to solve a problem, or write a new SQL statement. She passes her classes because she does extra credit, completes all the assignments, then barely passes test. (at RIT, its more than just a midterm and final that determine your grade).
This I have a problem with. She will indoubtdly continue her education at RIT, not actually learn how to troubleshoot/(or even how to learn things on her own -- she only learns by being force-fed the info in class) -- she never does anything with technology outside the classroom..
And now she will have no problem getting a job in the workforce, even though shes a poorer quality worker.
Because she has a vagina.
I rue the day she is applying for the same job as me.
Hey -- I say it should inspire us sysadmins to do quality work today -- give everyone a reason to appreciate us!
:)
-- I know I'm gonna take a hard look at my long-standing todo list, and do a few things which I've been bugged to do for months --
THEN I'll rub in that its SysAdmin Appreciation Day
-LogicX
HornyandConfused.com
I'm actually as of last week in the process of building a new, faster 2TB box. I previous had a 1TB ATA100 setup, but now with the new 8-12x DVD burners its a little behind things.
Old setup:
P4 2.4Ghz HT
512MB DDR 400
Asus P800
WD 36GB 10kRPM Raptor OS Drive
FreeBSD 5.2.1
two 4-channel ATA-100 PCI Controller Cards
1 2-channel ATA-100
7 160GB
1 185 GB
Vinum 1TB Stripe with the 160s
185GB Separate storage
New setup:
Same Box Hardware box -- ~$500 new
Promise Technology 4port Serial ATA RAID CTLR ~$115(be sure to choose one over $100 -- they list two different models on the same page there
Promise Technology 4X SATA RAID 0-1-10-5 JBOD ~$160 + ~128MB Stick of SDRAM lying around
8 Western Digital Caviar WD2500JD 250GB ~$165 * 8 = ~$1350 w/ shipping
What you have:
Single 1TB Hardware RAID-0 Array Partition
Single 750GB Hardware RAID-5 Array Partition
Gigabit Ethernet
36GB 10K RPM OS Drive (FreeBSD 5.2.1)
HT Dual CPU Box
Total Storage: ~1.8TB
Total Cost: ~$2000
-LogicX
HornyandConfused.com
checkout my breakdown post of an idea for this here
Everyone is talking about how to use Gmail for file storage. Here are the facts:
10MB ATTACHMENT file storage limit.
First off -- nothing is said about not having multiple attachments per email. This is a "Good Thing"(tm)
As far as I'm concerned, that fact alone makes it very viable to be used for quite a few purposes:
1. The gmail filesystem
Have a system setup where a UNIQUE Identifier as the Subject maps to a Directory Value map (stored on your local system) -- now all you need is this small file, and you have access to a terabyte of storage. Each email can then store the Files for that directory (also as unique ID #'d file attachments) -- each file could be stored as a 10MB split volume size compressed/ENCRYPTED rar
-- the encrypted now eliminates privacy concerns
1a. Now that you have a filesystem on a remote machine here are your limitations/advantages:
* Any file you access over 10MB will be slower, because it will have to reconstruct from multiple rars
* Any file modification, and initial uploading of files will be painful -- most of us have asyncronous internet connections.
* Imagine how fast you can now send people ANYTHING -- just FORWARD the email thats sitting around -- most likely won't even cause google to use more storage
2. -- this last point also brings us back to what someone said about warez kiddies.
If anyone remembers the warez kiddy days back in AOL -- they used huge pools of forwarded emails to send warez around -- AOL only had a few MB limit, and no multiple attachments per email IIRC.
Now, people could email you Office 2003, 3GB in 10 sec. -- could get a little hairy
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Yea, til every dork on internet1 starts raping your 256KBit/sec internet1 upload limit.
Why do you think the i2 hubs IP restrict?
and yea, thanks for mentioning RIT btw.
Have you ever ordered pizza with a CC?
how much info do they take? riigghtt..
how long would it take to use papajohns.com to try every month between now and 2 years in the future until the CC was accepted?
They bandwidth cap was tested Summer 2003, and put into full-effect fall-2003. 256Kbit/sec Internet1 Outgoing Cap.
Network Graphs -- WTF, they just changed from MRTG to RRD-- like this week?
Yes. They Do -- 256Kbit/sec Internet1 Outgoing Cap.l ">Network Graphs</a> -- WTF, they just changed from MRTG to RRD-- like this week?
<a href="http://www.rit.edu/network/rrd/pub/inet.htm
Hah -- UofR students don't use Kazaa -- ;)
No Need -- they just friggin' leech at 100MB/sec all day long
Thats funny -- I'm in Rochester, NY (RIT Campus), and I just switched from Cingular to Sprint -- my number is getting ported right now -- apparently its going to take 3 days?
Verizon has very good coverage, but I got a free phone from Sprint ($350 phone, Best Buy -- black Friday), and Sprint has their PCS Vision whatnot that gives you unlimited web, digital whatnot -- and I use 3gupload.com to transfer unlimited ringtones, screensavers, apps, games to my phone).
Verizon doesn't give you roaming with their most popular plan. -- back home in PA I live on the fringe of cell coverage, and would always be going into roam.
Sprint lets me add unlimited roaming for $5/mo
Now I have about the same coverage as verizon, unlimited roaming, about the same # of anytime minutes, unlimited nights and weekends, and the option of unlimited GPRS data whatnot with the PCS Vision.
I'm happy.
Sprint is more expensive than Cingular, T-Mobile, AT&T Next Gen (GSM providers), but GSM has shit coverage -- and their data is only 20-40kpbs, cingular & verizon are faster -- 50-70kps.
Sprint is a very advanced service compared with Cingular -- lots more options, better email coverage, better customer service... they just expect you to pay your bill. and on time. I have no problem with that -- some people do.
.. Times 10,000 users and unique machine configurations... ... with new machines being shipped vulnerable, and coming on the network each day, or users reformatting...
yes, we're still dealing with the initial RPC vulnerability at RIT -- we have hundreds of machines at any one time which are blocked on the lan for being vulnerable or infected.
They have them for USB --- I have a cable which has LEDS at each end -- got it at the last CES show. It doesn't blink for status, it just glows a nice green :)
I think you misunderstood.
The only people getting blocked are those who have windows, and have somehow gotten around our patch checks. (reformatted after being registered, registered their NIC in a different PC), or have their PCs infected with a worm (virus scanner didn't remove it?).
Alternative OSes are highly encouraged and allowed, and users will have no problem as long as they keep up on security updates.
Actually the page is dynamic, and loads a page w/o the activx control for non-windows systems -- all mac users, unix users, etc. get a page w/o the test your computer button (that calls the activex control). No Waiting.
I forgot to mention that RIT has blocked no ports or services. It is very much against our policy. The only port blocked is port 25 (SMTP) so that there's no spam problem.
We've also not had any issues with the SoBig virus due to our mail servers filtering out questionable attachments, and port 25 being blocked.
I work for RESNet at Rochester Institute of Technology. We've implemented a pretty good solution which has stopped no-one from internet access for any extended period of time.
/release to get them off the network, installs any and all necessary patches, installs the university-licensed mcafee antivirus, updates the definitions, and prompts them to restart at appropriate moments. Also on the CD for severe cases we have all the individual updates, and the Stinger virus remover.
Every PC on our network must go to start.rit.edu (when they plug in they get a temporary 10. IP, which can only access select servers, and other machines on their subnet). At the start.rit.edu page we've coded an activex control which checks the version numbers of the RPC DCOM patched files (We compiled a list of every major windows version, every service pack, pre/post RPC DCOM patch). If the user is not patched, they are redirected to a page indicating which patches they must download/install off our server -- we also have allowed the users to access windows update through a proxy (if IE auto proxy detection is turned on).
Finally we've coded a program, and put it on a CD entitled the RIT Windows Resource Kit. The program automatically detects their OS version, and upon them clicking a button, runs ipconfig
We also have RIT servers on campus who's logs are parsed on an hourly basis, and any machine which has connected to it in an attempt to spread the worm is blocked from the network. We then have a new custom-coded web interface which correlates with our network registration database: IPEdit that we can use to look up users who can't get online, explain to them to get the CD, patch their PC, run stinger, and then we can reeanble them. Most users are back online within an hour.
So far we've distributed over 5,000 copies of the CDs to each incoming freshmen and returning upperclassmen. (15,000 students at the college). As can be seen, our bandwidth usage is very much under control. Although we've experienced a lot of call volume (300 students a day) this last weekend as 2500 freshmen moved in, I'm happy to say that over 4000 students are registered on the network, and the phone in our office hasn't rung for the last hour.
For full reference: (only 'cryptic' I found)
Hidden inside the worm are two messages. One
taunts Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and
reads: "billy gates why do you make this
possible? Stop making money and fix your
software!" The other is more cryptic
and says: "I just want to say LOVE YOU SAN!"
Also goes along great with ffshow is ac3filter for all those movies using this audio codec.
Thanks for the correction. Mental acronym switching ;)
Just wanted to toss out there that I went to get a new phone at cingular last week, and they've JUST switched everything to GSM networks from CDMA. All their new plans are for GSM service, all their new phones are GSM. If you are a currently customer you have TWO phones to choose from that still do CDMA. The GSM service has MUCH less coverage, they claim better quality and signal strength.
Does anyone have any good URLs showing what network types all the providers use, and maybe compares them?
The next thing I want to know is which provider gives the best wireless internet services, including unlimited connections for a reasonable price -- and services such as AIM with a real client instead of through SMS messages. aim.com/wireless is a start, but I want to hear from those of you who use the services.
I currently have cingular, who does not offer AIM, and I've had numerous problems trying to get the wireless web service to work (apparently it wasn't supported by the towers in my home calling area).