Haven't had time? Ditto. Using Dialogic MSI cards has appealed to me greatly. I program Dialogic T1 and voice resource cards on SCbus. I always wish I had time to make a cool system for home. Knowing me, I would end up with a product I could sell.
The coolest feature that I still haven't found anywhere is a scripting language to alter the behavior of the system and phones. I would do that.
I have a Panasonic 12x32, with 8x16 in cards in the chasis. I have two spare systems full of cards and about 30 extra phones (at work we pulled three working systems).
I moved out of the house, and my wife broke all but one of the phones (not malicious, she is just rough on phones). It has one outside line connected.
Considerations for a new system:
- Caller ID passed to sets?
- Can you use analog or key sets on the same line card?
- Integration with PC? Some provide telephony interface for PC software.
- Voicemail built-in or seperate? Full integration with PBX? Automated Attendant?
BTW, a Panasonic is a Key System, not a PBX.
And I won't mention how I submitted this story a week ago today and got it rejected within an hour. Oh. Too late. Fu2.
Democrats don't question the staggering amounts of money we spend on our military, nor the reasons for doing so.
The Democrats have been cutting military funding and criticising the Republicans for increases in military funding. Currently the Democrat-run House refuses to even debate the current military funding being requested.
There is absolutely no reason to treat "corporations" any differently than any other company. The only reson there would be is for tax breaks and such. Corporations should not be treated any different.
Ah, you must be refering to some other Republicans than the ones who revealed the existence of the shadow government after 9/11.
The shadow government has been around for DECADES. It was NOT news, regardless of who announced it.
Greens want that [return the country to its basic roots], too, but we recognize that corporate domination is every bit as controling as government domination.
Increasing government control does not show that Greens want to remove government control.
Libertarians seem to think that money can do no wrong.
Democrats are pro-corporate and pro-military. I don't know where you are getting that from. Democrats are both anti-corporate and anti-military. Our previous President broke down the military and signed and encouraged numerous laws against corporations (Telecomm act, tobacco, Microsoft, etc). Our current Democrats won't even bring to the floor a bill to fund the military, while we are in the middle of battle.
Greens are opposed to both, except in minimalist, democratically-controlled forms. We need both business and military to keep our country alive and safe.
Our country was founded on specific principles. The government was designed not to control people or groups of people (businesses), but to protect them. That is all.
The Green plan is going further from the intentions of the founders of this country. The Democrats are moving away from them as well, not quite as fast. The Republicans have certain correct ideas about "constitutionality", but ultimately are also moving away from the founding principles.
Libertarians are the only ones who want to return the country to its basic roots, and let people in the country live their own lives. As much as I hate Microsoft for their unethical actions, in my opinion it would be worth it to get rid of income taxes, welfare, government-funded healthcare, government-regulated Telecomm, government-controlled economy, etc. Anyway, Microsoft will be handled by the market, IMHO.
Actually, although the Libertarian Party wants to reduce government to the "Constitutionally" required size, the Greens want to make laws to protect consumers, unions, workers; add taxes on things to make them undesirable (cigarettes, junkfood, SUVs, polution, etc). Basically, they are all about the 'citizen'.
In other words, the Greens are not much different from the Democrats, they are actually much more liberal. The Libertarians want people to be _free_ and live their own lives, and not pay one-third of their income to the government. The USA was like this originally, it was changed by evil people.
For example, guns are supposed to be legal so that citizens can protect themselves FROM THE GOVERNMENT. The government is not supposed to be running our lives, dictating how much we make, what our children are taught, taking our money, etc.
...nothing more than pro bono work resulting from wealth created by an already well established commercial industry...
But that is the whole point. The majority of developers in OSS work for companies which use OSS. This means that they benefit from the improvements that they make, as well as the improvements that all other companies are making.
Which means that it is NOT 'pro bono', it is sound business. They share their work on those specific packages they don't want to write from scratch, and everyone else shares theirs, everyone involved is MUCH better off. The companies have more valuable products they can sell with support (since they have programmers on staff familiar with the software to support it), the customers have their choice of vendor for roughly equivalent software, and service and support improve as a result.
There is not a single bad result that I can see here. Hmm. Come to think of it, you should READ THE LETTER. Hmm. Me too.
We implemented Metaframe XP on Windows 2000 at work in November. We moved from thick clients to Metaframe servers with an ICA client running on Linux thin clients. I put together a server and created a boot CD which boots using DHCP and mounts root over NFS. You could also use floppies.
The server holds an image for each hardware configuration, since we only have a total of 4 video/nic combinations. The server is a PII-300 with 128MB of RAM, and a 9GB SCSI HD. We had this box and another identical box laying around. I have them set up so that one can take the other's place if it were to go down (it never has). We have 40 clients using thin clients in this way.
This was an interim measure because we didn't have the money to purchase new hardware last year.
Recently we started replacing the old desktops with Wyse thin clients, which run a proprietary operating system in ROM, and come with a USB keyboard and mouse (without wheel) for $300. I set up an FTP server for them to retrieve firmware updates from.
But back on the Linux thin clients. They boot very quickly compared to Windows, and present a Windows 2000 logon screen. Ctrl-Alt-Del and the Windows key work exactly as expected. The only drawback (the way that _I_ put it together) is that the thin clients don't have any unique configuration, such as screen resolution. But there are ways to get around that (but I haven't needed to).
Gawd. When I get time, I will document this project on my site. If you'd like more info, email me at robin d0t daugherty a+ ovf d0t com.
I believe you are referring to Captain Midnight. I found the story through google, but the site (textfiles.fisher.hu) is down.
Captain Midnight was an employee of a satelite uplink station. He was angry about the impending scrambling of HBO's satelite signals (he was a satelite dish dealer as well). He aimed a transmitter at HBO's satelite and transmitted a total of 2 or 3 seconds. One or two weeks later he did the same thing, this time with text on the transmitted screen instead of only a test pattern. He identified himself as Captain Midnight and expressed his anger (I forget what he had typed).
In the story (written by the man himself) that I read online a year or so ago, he mentions that the reason it took over was that it was a stronger signal than HBO's ground station.
----
On topic, as far as determining the command set, don't forget that everybody can monitor the communication to/from the satelite. A few thoughts, though:
- Is the frequency set in stone? Frequency hopping, split spectrum, etc. Is there a government body that may keep the frequency or range on file, such as the FCC?
- If using encryption, I would recommend an open standard, so that all the bugs have been hammered out.
- Rotate keys and use a large set of keys to make it more difficult to crack.
- Always fill data packets with white 'noise' so that all data packets are the same or random sizes. This make it more difficult to crack, since they never know what is real data and what is junk.
These are standard techniques of course, so I'm sure that teridon has thought of them. But I find this subject quite interesting and want to show how much I know.
On top of all of the above, physical security is indispensable. You might even come up with creative ways to keep each technician from holding all keys, and require multiple techs to do a certain task, since each provides a set of critical data or algorithms. These are also (I assume) standard practice for at least military-grade operations.
We are almost finished implementing a change to our network. It is a WinNT network, with NT WS at all of the desktops, and ~50 remote users dialing in. We decided to move to Citrix Metaframe to run all of our apps (MS Office, Lotus Notes, and a 5250 emulator).
For the desktops I put together a Linux build using Linux From Scratch, including X-Windows and the Metaframe client. At first I tried to get it running on a bootable CD, but had some issues with it. I built an NFS server which serves a root image for each of the types of system we have in the building (4 types x 2 video modes). Luckily, we don't have very many types of hardware, but there could be a set of scripts to determine hardware type before booting is complete. By using a bootable CD (using ISOLINUX), we can revert to the NT systems in an emergency (Metaframe on Win2000 can crash occasionaly). Also, since the server could crash, I put together an exact duplicate of the system and wrote scripts to switch to the other server in the case of a failure, by simply setting up an additional IP on the server's NIC.
I also began to put together a firewall using Linux to replace our Firewall-1 on WinNT, but my boss chose to purchase a Firebox since it is easier to configure and set up. I found out that the Firebox is Linux-based anyhow, and I'm glad that we contributed to the cause (see Firebox's contributions to networking code).
I also installed a Linux server over a year ago to handle internal web applications and for other odd applications, such as monitoring othe network devices and paging our cellphone in the case of a failure. Recently we also started using MySQL on the same server to provide address book functions to RightFAX users through MyODBC.
My suggestion is to slowly replace individual servers or applications, not simply to put Linux in there, but to save money on each project. for instance, by switching to Linux on the workstations, we saved $75 each on Client Access Licenses, which are only needed if you are using Windows to access the domain.
Someday we'll even switch to Linux/Samba for our domain controllers, probably instead of upgrading to XP.
In larger areas, for instance Cincinnati, the Bell has a number of switches (I think it's 30). Each are connected with Sonet rings. I have toured the Cincinnati Bell NOC, where they have electronic maps of the rings and the network. Each CO may be on a number of rings. There are something like 300 rings in the area, all interconnecting different sets of COs, with plenty of overlap on each CO.
For those of you not familiar with Sonet, it is a ring of nodes, with a fiber pair running in each direction (four fibers instead of the normal two). If a cut happens, traffic is instantly routed in the opposite direction, around the break.
Cincinnati Bell uses their Sonet network for all voice, ATM, etc. LD carriers can connect to the network at any point (or multiple points).
Please note that the Illinois Bell that you refer to is Ameritech. Ameritech is a scourge in Indiana and Ohio as well, offering the absolute worst service, repair, and customer service of any telco in the region. _They_ do have problems building their infrastructure. I have not heard of any other telco with the same issues, though Sprint/United is not much better.
Also, a couple of weeks ago the regional toll-free routing database, which is hosted by Ameritech for whatever reason, failed. The entire region couldn't send or receive toll-free calls for most of a day. Ameritech never released any information regarding this failure, The only reason I know about it is my intimacy with a couple of switch technicians (at LD companies).
I've toured Cincinnati Bell, MCI, Intermedia, and AT&T switches. All of them use bare metal connectors on their batteries. I imagine that because of the extremely low incidence of fires/accidents caused by those battery arrays ("real" batteries are waist-high and a foot or more across) they would not alter the standard battery setup because of one accident. I wish I could post a link to Lucent's batteries in their catalog (which I ended up looking at two years ago), but their site is completely screwed up as usual, every time they spin off/absorb a part.
They're == They Are (apostrophe means letters are missing)
There == a place (has the word "here" in it, which is the opposite)
Their == Belongs to them
We're == We are (apostrophe!)
Where == a place (again, has the word "here" in it, also a location)
also, (pronounce("we're") != pronounce("where"))
I understand that people might get these confused, but certainly they could remember after seeing the above! I dropped out of high school after ninth grade! (Though it was to pursue programming...)
I had the same situation. I was an AOL user since 93, on Windows 3.1. I tried Linux (Slackware) in '95, in the middle of installing Win95 (I had repartitioned anyway). I went back to using AOL until I got a job where we used dial-in access, and finally got our own T1, 1997. In January 1999 I got ADSL from the phone company. I've never looked back.
The discussions I have about AOL with users I support all seem to be about what AOL actually does. They don't have any proprietary content worth speaking of--all of the good content is actually a website which non-AOL users can get to as well. AOL doesn't want their users to be aware of this, of course.
The only argument I have seen for using AOL is parental control. In one case, someone pays for ADSL, but also pays for BYOA AOL so that his kids can access only the clean stuff. Now that the ADSL provider has this service, his situation may change.
However, I have converted two other users (families) from AOL to standard ISP broadband (using Win/IE), and have introduced two users to the Internet with a standard ISP. All are very happy.
The Athlon is far superior to the Celeron, P3s and P2s that Intel pushes. Unfortunately, Gateway refused to build a value system with an Athlon. The Select line had a higher starting price than the other product lines, and so consumers ignore it for the most part.
AMD has had superior products for 2 years now, but Intel is far ahead in marketing and channels--Gateway, Dell, etc. all have used Intel for 10+ years now, so that works to Intel's advantage.
To all you ACs out there: The above AC would have made a good point, but unfortunately made the mistake of being a troll. Apparently some are born to troll; this one recently.
The point that I agree with is that killing anyone in retribution will cause more anger and hatred from others, whether Muslim, or Arab, or Middle-Eastern, or not-American.
I also think (and hope) that the above poster was being facetious, albeit in a dark way.
Damnit, my uptime would be great if it weren't for stupid power problems--a racoon got into the transformer cage the other night and fried, killing power to the building. Our UPS had a fuse blown inside of it, so the extra batteries were disconnected. Instead of 75 minutes of battery uptime, we had 18. Our AS/400, which had close to 700 days (since the last hardware upgrade), lost its uptime, and so did my Linux box. The reboot last week was a KVM switch problem, and the one before that was a kernel upgrade (2.4.4 to 2.4.8). The box is rock solid, to bad I can't prove it.
Yes, they do. We run an AS/400 which does exactly the same thing. Twice we've had a hard drive 'about to' go bad. IBM called us up and arranged the replacement part and the technician. No down time, since the system is all about RAID.
but how can MS promote it's whole.NET/Passport philosophy if the very same services are proven to be insecure...
The news agencies don't even mention that this is specific to Microsoft's software. Microsoft doesn't have to do anything but keep marketing, telling the sheep that everything is alright, and not to run Linux because it is a virus.
If my employer has the right to monitor my communications, why don't the citizens have the right to monitor their employees' communications. I'm speaking, of course, of elected and appointed officials and all other government employees. Sometime in the past someone got the mistaken impression that the government exists for its own sake. It does not, the government exists for the people--the taxpayers, in our case.
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Haven't had time? Ditto. Using Dialogic MSI cards has appealed to me greatly. I program Dialogic T1 and voice resource cards on SCbus. I always wish I had time to make a cool system for home. Knowing me, I would end up with a product I could sell.
The coolest feature that I still haven't found anywhere is a scripting language to alter the behavior of the system and phones. I would do that.
I have a Panasonic 12x32, with 8x16 in cards in the chasis. I have two spare systems full of cards and about 30 extra phones (at work we pulled three working systems).
I moved out of the house, and my wife broke all but one of the phones (not malicious, she is just rough on phones). It has one outside line connected.
Considerations for a new system:
- Caller ID passed to sets?
- Can you use analog or key sets on the same line card?
- Integration with PC? Some provide telephony interface for PC software.
- Voicemail built-in or seperate? Full integration with PBX? Automated Attendant?
BTW, a Panasonic is a Key System, not a PBX.
And I won't mention how I submitted this story a week ago today and got it rejected within an hour. Oh. Too late. Fu2.
Democrats don't question the staggering amounts of money we spend on our military, nor the reasons for doing so.
The Democrats have been cutting military funding and criticising the Republicans for increases in military funding. Currently the Democrat-run House refuses to even debate the current military funding being requested.
There is absolutely no reason to treat "corporations" any differently than any other company. The only reson there would be is for tax breaks and such. Corporations should not be treated any different.
Ah, you must be refering to some other Republicans than the ones who revealed the existence of the shadow government after 9/11.
The shadow government has been around for DECADES. It was NOT news, regardless of who announced it.
Greens want that [return the country to its basic roots], too, but we recognize that corporate domination is every bit as controling as government domination.
Increasing government control does not show that Greens want to remove government control.
Libertarians seem to think that money can do no wrong.
Based on what?
Democrats are pro-corporate and pro-military.
I don't know where you are getting that from. Democrats are both anti-corporate and anti-military. Our previous President broke down the military and signed and encouraged numerous laws against corporations (Telecomm act, tobacco, Microsoft, etc). Our current Democrats won't even bring to the floor a bill to fund the military, while we are in the middle of battle.
Greens are opposed to both, except in minimalist, democratically-controlled forms.
We need both business and military to keep our country alive and safe.
Our country was founded on specific principles. The government was designed not to control people or groups of people (businesses), but to protect them. That is all.
The Green plan is going further from the intentions of the founders of this country. The Democrats are moving away from them as well, not quite as fast. The Republicans have certain correct ideas about "constitutionality", but ultimately are also moving away from the founding principles.
Libertarians are the only ones who want to return the country to its basic roots, and let people in the country live their own lives. As much as I hate Microsoft for their unethical actions, in my opinion it would be worth it to get rid of income taxes, welfare, government-funded healthcare, government-regulated Telecomm, government-controlled economy, etc. Anyway, Microsoft will be handled by the market, IMHO.
Actually, although the Libertarian Party wants to reduce government to the "Constitutionally" required size, the Greens want to make laws to protect consumers, unions, workers; add taxes on things to make them undesirable (cigarettes, junkfood, SUVs, polution, etc). Basically, they are all about the 'citizen'.
In other words, the Greens are not much different from the Democrats, they are actually much more liberal. The Libertarians want people to be _free_ and live their own lives, and not pay one-third of their income to the government. The USA was like this originally, it was changed by evil people.
For example, guns are supposed to be legal so that citizens can protect themselves FROM THE GOVERNMENT. The government is not supposed to be running our lives, dictating how much we make, what our children are taught, taking our money, etc.
Although you can replace the binary while it is running, it won't save you time. This will:
apachectl stop; make install; apachectl start;
...nothing more than pro bono work resulting from wealth created by an already well established commercial industry...
But that is the whole point. The majority of developers in OSS work for companies which use OSS. This means that they benefit from the improvements that they make, as well as the improvements that all other companies are making.
Which means that it is NOT 'pro bono', it is sound business. They share their work on those specific packages they don't want to write from scratch, and everyone else shares theirs, everyone involved is MUCH better off. The companies have more valuable products they can sell with support (since they have programmers on staff familiar with the software to support it), the customers have their choice of vendor for roughly equivalent software, and service and support improve as a result.
There is not a single bad result that I can see here. Hmm. Come to think of it, you should READ THE LETTER. Hmm. Me too.
We implemented Metaframe XP on Windows 2000 at work in November. We moved from thick clients to Metaframe servers with an ICA client running on Linux thin clients. I put together a server and created a boot CD which boots using DHCP and mounts root over NFS. You could also use floppies.
The server holds an image for each hardware configuration, since we only have a total of 4 video/nic combinations. The server is a PII-300 with 128MB of RAM, and a 9GB SCSI HD. We had this box and another identical box laying around. I have them set up so that one can take the other's place if it were to go down (it never has). We have 40 clients using thin clients in this way.
This was an interim measure because we didn't have the money to purchase new hardware last year.
Recently we started replacing the old desktops with Wyse thin clients, which run a proprietary operating system in ROM, and come with a USB keyboard and mouse (without wheel) for $300. I set up an FTP server for them to retrieve firmware updates from.
But back on the Linux thin clients. They boot very quickly compared to Windows, and present a Windows 2000 logon screen. Ctrl-Alt-Del and the Windows key work exactly as expected. The only drawback (the way that _I_ put it together) is that the thin clients don't have any unique configuration, such as screen resolution. But there are ways to get around that (but I haven't needed to).
Gawd. When I get time, I will document this project on my site. If you'd like more info, email me at robin d0t daugherty a+ ovf d0t com.
I believe you are referring to Captain Midnight. I found the story through google, but the site (textfiles.fisher.hu) is down.
Captain Midnight was an employee of a satelite uplink station. He was angry about the impending scrambling of HBO's satelite signals (he was a satelite dish dealer as well). He aimed a transmitter at HBO's satelite and transmitted a total of 2 or 3 seconds. One or two weeks later he did the same thing, this time with text on the transmitted screen instead of only a test pattern. He identified himself as Captain Midnight and expressed his anger (I forget what he had typed).
In the story (written by the man himself) that I read online a year or so ago, he mentions that the reason it took over was that it was a stronger signal than HBO's ground station.
----
On topic, as far as determining the command set, don't forget that everybody can monitor the communication to/from the satelite. A few thoughts, though:
- Is the frequency set in stone? Frequency hopping, split spectrum, etc. Is there a government body that may keep the frequency or range on file, such as the FCC?
- If using encryption, I would recommend an open standard, so that all the bugs have been hammered out.
- Rotate keys and use a large set of keys to make it more difficult to crack.
- Always fill data packets with white 'noise' so that all data packets are the same or random sizes. This make it more difficult to crack, since they never know what is real data and what is junk.
These are standard techniques of course, so I'm sure that teridon has thought of them. But I find this subject quite interesting and want to show how much I know.
On top of all of the above, physical security is indispensable. You might even come up with creative ways to keep each technician from holding all keys, and require multiple techs to do a certain task, since each provides a set of critical data or algorithms. These are also (I assume) standard practice for at least military-grade operations.
You know, when it reaches +30 in the summer here in Ohio, we consider that extremely cold. ;)
We are almost finished implementing a change to our network. It is a WinNT network, with NT WS at all of the desktops, and ~50 remote users dialing in. We decided to move to Citrix Metaframe to run all of our apps (MS Office, Lotus Notes, and a 5250 emulator).
For the desktops I put together a Linux build using Linux From Scratch, including X-Windows and the Metaframe client. At first I tried to get it running on a bootable CD, but had some issues with it. I built an NFS server which serves a root image for each of the types of system we have in the building (4 types x 2 video modes). Luckily, we don't have very many types of hardware, but there could be a set of scripts to determine hardware type before booting is complete. By using a bootable CD (using ISOLINUX), we can revert to the NT systems in an emergency (Metaframe on Win2000 can crash occasionaly). Also, since the server could crash, I put together an exact duplicate of the system and wrote scripts to switch to the other server in the case of a failure, by simply setting up an additional IP on the server's NIC.
I also began to put together a firewall using Linux to replace our Firewall-1 on WinNT, but my boss chose to purchase a Firebox since it is easier to configure and set up. I found out that the Firebox is Linux-based anyhow, and I'm glad that we contributed to the cause (see Firebox's contributions to networking code).
I also installed a Linux server over a year ago to handle internal web applications and for other odd applications, such as monitoring othe network devices and paging our cellphone in the case of a failure. Recently we also started using MySQL on the same server to provide address book functions to RightFAX users through MyODBC.
My suggestion is to slowly replace individual servers or applications, not simply to put Linux in there, but to save money on each project. for instance, by switching to Linux on the workstations, we saved $75 each on Client Access Licenses, which are only needed if you are using Windows to access the domain.
Someday we'll even switch to Linux/Samba for our domain controllers, probably instead of upgrading to XP.
According to babelfish, The Flying Mouse translates as Die FliegenMaus.
In larger areas, for instance Cincinnati, the Bell has a number of switches (I think it's 30). Each are connected with Sonet rings. I have toured the Cincinnati Bell NOC, where they have electronic maps of the rings and the network. Each CO may be on a number of rings. There are something like 300 rings in the area, all interconnecting different sets of COs, with plenty of overlap on each CO.
For those of you not familiar with Sonet, it is a ring of nodes, with a fiber pair running in each direction (four fibers instead of the normal two). If a cut happens, traffic is instantly routed in the opposite direction, around the break.
Cincinnati Bell uses their Sonet network for all voice, ATM, etc. LD carriers can connect to the network at any point (or multiple points).
Please note that the Illinois Bell that you refer to is Ameritech. Ameritech is a scourge in Indiana and Ohio as well, offering the absolute worst service, repair, and customer service of any telco in the region. _They_ do have problems building their infrastructure. I have not heard of any other telco with the same issues, though Sprint/United is not much better.
Also, a couple of weeks ago the regional toll-free routing database, which is hosted by Ameritech for whatever reason, failed. The entire region couldn't send or receive toll-free calls for most of a day. Ameritech never released any information regarding this failure, The only reason I know about it is my intimacy with a couple of switch technicians (at LD companies).
I've toured Cincinnati Bell, MCI, Intermedia, and AT&T switches. All of them use bare metal connectors on their batteries. I imagine that because of the extremely low incidence of fires/accidents caused by those battery arrays ("real" batteries are waist-high and a foot or more across) they would not alter the standard battery setup because of one accident. I wish I could post a link to Lucent's batteries in their catalog (which I ended up looking at two years ago), but their site is completely screwed up as usual, every time they spin off/absorb a part.
In a way, everyone is a Linux user as soon as they surf the net, using apache installations.
;)
In a way, everyone is a Windows user as soon as they surf the net, using IIS installations.
They're == They Are (apostrophe means letters are missing)
There == a place (has the word "here" in it, which is the opposite)
Their == Belongs to them
We're == We are (apostrophe!)
Where == a place (again, has the word "here" in it, also a location)
also, (pronounce("we're") != pronounce("where"))
I understand that people might get these confused, but certainly they could remember after seeing the above! I dropped out of high school after ninth grade! (Though it was to pursue programming...)
I had the same situation. I was an AOL user since 93, on Windows 3.1. I tried Linux (Slackware) in '95, in the middle of installing Win95 (I had repartitioned anyway). I went back to using AOL until I got a job where we used dial-in access, and finally got our own T1, 1997. In January 1999 I got ADSL from the phone company. I've never looked back.
The discussions I have about AOL with users I support all seem to be about what AOL actually does. They don't have any proprietary content worth speaking of--all of the good content is actually a website which non-AOL users can get to as well. AOL doesn't want their users to be aware of this, of course.
The only argument I have seen for using AOL is parental control. In one case, someone pays for ADSL, but also pays for BYOA AOL so that his kids can access only the clean stuff. Now that the ADSL provider has this service, his situation may change.
However, I have converted two other users (families) from AOL to standard ISP broadband (using Win/IE), and have introduced two users to the Internet with a standard ISP. All are very happy.
The Athlon is far superior to the Celeron, P3s and P2s that Intel pushes. Unfortunately, Gateway refused to build a value system with an Athlon. The Select line had a higher starting price than the other product lines, and so consumers ignore it for the most part.
AMD has had superior products for 2 years now, but Intel is far ahead in marketing and channels--Gateway, Dell, etc. all have used Intel for 10+ years now, so that works to Intel's advantage.
To all you ACs out there: The above AC would have made a good point, but unfortunately made the mistake of being a troll. Apparently some are born to troll; this one recently.
The point that I agree with is that killing anyone in retribution will cause more anger and hatred from others, whether Muslim, or Arab, or Middle-Eastern, or not-American.
I also think (and hope) that the above poster was being facetious, albeit in a dark way.
Damnit, my uptime would be great if it weren't for stupid power problems--a racoon got into the transformer cage the other night and fried, killing power to the building. Our UPS had a fuse blown inside of it, so the extra batteries were disconnected. Instead of 75 minutes of battery uptime, we had 18. Our AS/400, which had close to 700 days (since the last hardware upgrade), lost its uptime, and so did my Linux box. The reboot last week was a KVM switch problem, and the one before that was a kernel upgrade (2.4.4 to 2.4.8). The box is rock solid, to bad I can't prove it.
Yes, they do. We run an AS/400 which does exactly the same thing. Twice we've had a hard drive 'about to' go bad. IBM called us up and arranged the replacement part and the technician. No down time, since the system is all about RAID.
If my employer has the right to monitor my communications, why don't the citizens have the right to monitor their employees' communications. I'm speaking, of course, of elected and appointed officials and all other government employees. Sometime in the past someone got the mistaken impression that the government exists for its own sake. It does not, the government exists for the people--the taxpayers, in our case.