Just so you know, I was going to have bad thoughts about you, until I got the the sentence where you work at home. The rest is understandable in that event.
Lots of people would spend the better part of a year reading and rewriting code. By the end of that year, wine would be nearly complete, Windows and Linux would support each other's binaries (probably with a patch to the linux kernel, as I'm sure Linus wouldn't include it with that little testing). and the more broken part of Windows would be fixed. It's hard to tell whether XOrg would include Windows code, or whether they'd fork off another project to support the API. The windows code would fragment into dozens of distros, almost immediately. Of these, maybe a couple would last longer than a half year. There would be lots of interpretations of how to fix or change the windows code to bring it more inline with the linux philosophy. Eventually, I think most people would come to accept Windows as a separate end-product, but that wouldn't stop some people from working on combining them.
It would be a couple of years before the first solid Linux distros started shipping which included support for Windows programs (and actually worked)
I'm just not seeing Ballmer as being actually qualified for the job. When he was put in place, I really thought it was a temporary measure to try to strong-arm internal departments through bullying. them, but he's been in place so long that I'm either completely underestimating him, or someone has plans for him that are yet to come to fruition.
That is an interesting idea. A VPN between you and your hosted server. nice thinking.
I'm not sure if it's worth the expense of setting it up so you can download Stargate on time though. I can see where it would be useful for other things, though. Particularly, a remote control X10 hub of sorts would be handy.
Offtopic, but you should make the url to your blog a link. It makes it much easier to navigate to.
But that's got to be supported by the provider. In the case of multiple T1s, that's common. Pretty unlikely from consumer cable and DSL connections though.
Unless there was an infrastructure sized event in the Verizon colo, I can't imagine a DSL issue would take out your FiOS. On the other hand, better safe than sorry
I'd recommend FiOS as a priority (just for the speed), and then whatever broadband service you could get from another provider. His decision has a lot to do with where he lives and who's available.
That's really getting into the enterprise level of redundancy. Rare indeed would be the home network which would necessitate two power companies. I could see a generator for auxiliary power, but I can think of a lot of things higher in priority than my home network.
That's true, but you can only do so much to prevent outages. In the enterprise, if you want to avoid fiber-seeking backhoes, you get a failover location. That's difficult to do in a home network.
Or get a battery backup. With the low power draw, it should last quite a while, and you should really have phones in the event of a general power outage anyway
I was staying outside of LA in a high rise hotel a few years ago, and you could see the buildings of LA on the horizon, and they looked like they were covered by a slightly yellow dome of smog. It was very discernible, and seemed to have a solid line differentiating it from the clear air above.
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Just so you know, I was going to have bad thoughts about you, until I got the the sentence where you work at home. The rest is understandable in that event.
That's not the case anymore, but the uplink is slow.
Response time is still an issue. Can't beat the speed of light.
Lots of people would spend the better part of a year reading and rewriting code. By the end of that year, wine would be nearly complete, Windows and Linux would support each other's binaries (probably with a patch to the linux kernel, as I'm sure Linus wouldn't include it with that little testing). and the more broken part of Windows would be fixed. It's hard to tell whether XOrg would include Windows code, or whether they'd fork off another project to support the API. The windows code would fragment into dozens of distros, almost immediately. Of these, maybe a couple would last longer than a half year. There would be lots of interpretations of how to fix or change the windows code to bring it more inline with the linux philosophy. Eventually, I think most people would come to accept Windows as a separate end-product, but that wouldn't stop some people from working on combining them.
It would be a couple of years before the first solid Linux distros started shipping which included support for Windows programs (and actually worked)
I'm just not seeing Ballmer as being actually qualified for the job. When he was put in place, I really thought it was a temporary measure to try to strong-arm internal departments through bullying. them, but he's been in place so long that I'm either completely underestimating him, or someone has plans for him that are yet to come to fruition.
Yes. Linux torrents.
Keep telling yourself that if it helps you sleep at night ;-)
That is an interesting idea. A VPN between you and your hosted server. nice thinking.
I'm not sure if it's worth the expense of setting it up so you can download Stargate on time though. I can see where it would be useful for other things, though. Particularly, a remote control X10 hub of sorts would be handy.
Offtopic, but you should make the url to your blog a link. It makes it much easier to navigate to.
I can tell you've been thinking a lot about this. How do you really feel? ;-)
Seriously? Is your network infrastructure -that- unreliable that its actually worth *doubling* your costs for redundancy?
For a home network, I agree completely. It sounds like overkill, but some people seem to think home internet is worth it. Whatever floats your boat.
That's an interesting compromise. Are you paying less for the two of them than you would be for the static cable IP?
I'd like to be on the phone call when you call the cable internet technical support and ask for BGP.
THAT would be an amusing call.
It doesn't sound like money is this person's biggest problem.
Juniper netscreen SSG5s are capable of far more than what you'd be asking it to do.
But that's got to be supported by the provider. In the case of multiple T1s, that's common. Pretty unlikely from consumer cable and DSL connections though.
Unless there was an infrastructure sized event in the Verizon colo, I can't imagine a DSL issue would take out your FiOS. On the other hand, better safe than sorry
I've seen ads for that. I'd be interested in hearing more about your experiences with it
That's very true. Plus it could do any kind of service providing he was looking for, like web, mail, or whatever.
You could probably script the dynamic dns services to switch when failover occcurs, as well.
I'd recommend FiOS as a priority (just for the speed), and then whatever broadband service you could get from another provider. His decision has a lot to do with where he lives and who's available.
Most people have best effort services. If you want an SLA, you should get a T1.
Of course, that might be a little slow for this guy's needs.
That's really getting into the enterprise level of redundancy. Rare indeed would be the home network which would necessitate two power companies. I could see a generator for auxiliary power, but I can think of a lot of things higher in priority than my home network.
That's true, but you can only do so much to prevent outages. In the enterprise, if you want to avoid fiber-seeking backhoes, you get a failover location. That's difficult to do in a home network.
I'd say cable+DSL ( or maybe throw in something like the AT&T USB Connect 881.
I'd see if it's possible to get FiOS in your area, too. That would give you the best speed, for sure.
Look, don't try to out-weird me, three-eyes. I've eaten stranger things than you for breakfast.
I LOL'd at your post. Just thought you should know.
Or get a battery backup. With the low power draw, it should last quite a while, and you should really have phones in the event of a general power outage anyway
Because a datasource isn't a process?
I was staying outside of LA in a high rise hotel a few years ago, and you could see the buildings of LA on the horizon, and they looked like they were covered by a slightly yellow dome of smog. It was very discernible, and seemed to have a solid line differentiating it from the clear air above.
These things come in waves. Give it time. Snow Leopard may prove to be a great improvement, updates to Hardy will fix the initial problems.
I'm afraid we're just going to have to wait until Windows 7 for a better Microsoft OS
My wife is huge into low-energy tools, and she got us a kill-a-watt to play with.
In my server racks, I've got the PDU equivalent of this from APC. They've helped me many times in load balancing the power draw across our circuits