In some cases, they are hoarded. There are many large scale organizations that have switched to NAT based networks. As such, there is little (or no) reason to keep more than a very small subset. Even a single class C block. However, they choose not to relinquish these addresses for any reason.
Some may hope to sell them, or more appropriately be paid a ransom for them as they do not truely own them. While others seem to do it out of a force of habit. If they relinquish them and then later need them, some fear they will not be able to reattain the same contiguous addresses.
If we were to truly reallocate and more efficiently use the IPv4 address space, it would last us longer, but we do need to invest in a better solution. IPv6 has more address space and that is what we ultimately need.
Actually they can become effecient enough to provide meaningful amounts of fuel. Like I said, it is going to take an investment of time and money.
Solar power is getting more efficient all the time. Will we see a giant solar collector for the entire city? No. But perhaps smaller clusters, perhaps community or neighborhood owned. Of course this is never going to happen as the people with the money to invest in the research, development and deployment are the ones that currently profit from fossil fuel based energy. There is no residual income in solar energy, or wind enery on that level. Only if you could create a source large enough to replace existing power plants will you see Public Utility District and electric companies putting forth the resources to tap this resource.
Of course solar is not practical everywhere. I am not trying to say we can eliminate traditional power generating sources entirely, however, sincee therenough of a push, alternative energy sources can work.
The article specifically discusses forms of ethanol, which by 21st century standards is not cutting edge bio fuels.
However, until such time as the production process matures and is, no pun intended, refined, there cannot be an equitable comparison to the petroleum industry.
However, once you start getting into biodiesels refined from waste products or even algae, the overall impact may start to decrease. I am not saying there is no carbon foot print, but it seemed to be a fairly clean process from the show I watched on how biodiesel is made from waste cooking oils. It is not a simple process, but if the resources were invested into it on a large scale, I am fairly certain that the carbon footprint would be equal or less than that of petroleum refineries.
We also need to work to harness other natural power resources to further offload our dependance on fossil fuels. Geothermal, solar, wind, etc. Hydro-electric is pretty well covere, but more efficient turbines might be a way to boost the power generated.
I recently started building up a server here. Our system network is predominantly Novell with a good portion of Active Directory. We have one RedHat server as a SPAM filter and this new box would have been only the second official Linux server.
There were cost concerns so I recommended Suse Linux 10.0 Pro as Novell owns Suse. The stakeholder in the project thought that was great, it allowed her to avoid a Windows licensing hit.
Well, I am in the Web Development area and not the Network Support area. I do work with servers, but predominantly the web servers. This box was to be a web authentication proxy, as such was given to me.
There was a lot of mis-communication during the process, but one of the things that came out of this was that our web services manager is saying that we need to install Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 on this machine instead. I am fine with this except for the way she approached it. She quoted the Novell comparison page with "If you are a busness looking to deploy a hardened, supported operating system,...then SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the right choice. If however you are a Linux enthusiast looking to evaluate some of the latest "bleeding edge" Linux technologies (perhaps not quite ready for prime time) then SUSE Linux Professional would better suit your needs." This makes it sound as if only the Enterprise servers are secure and reliable enough for business applications, which is not the case.
So, in this instance, Novell (Suse) is misleading their customers as a marketing strategy.
I would, if I had the algorythm, generate past URLs and check into the registrations from those. At some level there is a trail as these domains were paid for.
Even if it is a ddns registration, it points to a computer that may be abe to be tracked down.
What about older cell phones that do not have GPS are functional for 911 only. These phones are often times distributed by non-profits, for example to battered women's shelters. Reliance on GPS is not going to help them, and as they are not an active account, all they will have to go on is the cell tower triagulation methods.
Old cell phones that do not have GPS are functional for 911 only. These phones are often times distributed by non-profits, for example to battered women's shelters. Reliance on GPS is not going to help them, and as they are not an active account, all they will have to go on is the cell tower triagulation methods.
My point is more the the fact of why do we not hear about this side of it? The news is inundated with VoIP E911 coverage.
As to the cell phones, old cell phones that do not have GPS are functional for 911 only. These phones are often times distributed by non-profits, for example to battered women's shelters. Reliance on GPS is not going to help them, and as they are not an active account, all they will have to go on is the cell tower triagulation methods.
Shouldn't the cell phone companies provide this???
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With all the recent uproar surrounding this issue, I have to wonder why the cell providers aren't required to do this?
I am a Vonage subscriber. It was stated quite clearly from day on, and I am an early adopter, that 911 is handled differently and that I had to keep my physical address information updated on the Vonage dashboard to help ensure timely response by emergency services. I have yet had the need to test this though.
However, my cell phone provider never said anything, at least not clearly, and the one time I had to call 911, I went through a whole little dance giving my physical address to the operator and then wait to be transfered to a local 911 response center.
I don't know that RFID's on passports qualify as an attack on liberty
The issue is that we have no choice unlike other uses of technology. Example: We have toll booths that use RFID to expedite the process of traveling the toll roads. But that is a choice, you don't have to do it, at least not at this point.
With the passport change it is not a matter of whether we want a more convenient way of getting through customs. This is being sold as a way to keep us safe and it is only opening potential privacy holes. Unless the passport has to physically touch a reader to be read, this is open to potential ID theft.
As far as a security method, what makes this any more secure than the existing passports? There will always be someone that will figure out how to counterfeit them, just like the new currency that was circulated. What's worse is that if the passports can be read without physical contact, the counterfeiters have an unending supply of information to program them with.
The problem is that the companies don't seem to care about the quality of products specifically because consumers do not care.
I am not saying that the quality of outsourced products will absolutely be of lesser quality, there is more than enough substandard programming done domestically (Micro$soft). However, as the consumers don't find it necessary to complain, the companies will continue to reap the rewards of an increased profit margin by paying lower wages to possibly lesser qualified individuals.
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Not necessarily.
In some cases, they are hoarded. There are many large scale organizations that have switched to NAT based networks. As such, there is little (or no) reason to keep more than a very small subset. Even a single class C block. However, they choose not to relinquish these addresses for any reason.
Some may hope to sell them, or more appropriately be paid a ransom for them as they do not truely own them. While others seem to do it out of a force of habit. If they relinquish them and then later need them, some fear they will not be able to reattain the same contiguous addresses.
If we were to truly reallocate and more efficiently use the IPv4 address space, it would last us longer, but we do need to invest in a better solution. IPv6 has more address space and that is what we ultimately need.
It is just one step below Vista. ;)
The corporate sheep will. Especially when MS pulls support of XP.
Unless it is a bigger bomb than Vista, I see a lot of companies leap-frogging.
It was Windows 93 before that.
It finally got pushed in September of 1995 as they didn't want round three of the rename fiasco.
They should try to get Jeri Ryan as a spokes persons and Majel Barrett's permission.
Do a few "sexy" ads. Try to get some geek love back.
There were versions before 3.
I personally used 2.x on DOS 3.3
Actually, XP is 5.1 based on 2k.
hehe
That was the first thing that crossed my mind.
It would explain some things.
Actually they can become effecient enough to provide meaningful amounts of fuel. Like I said, it is going to take an investment of time and money.
Solar power is getting more efficient all the time. Will we see a giant solar collector for the entire city? No. But perhaps smaller clusters, perhaps community or neighborhood owned. Of course this is never going to happen as the people with the money to invest in the research, development and deployment are the ones that currently profit from fossil fuel based energy. There is no residual income in solar energy, or wind enery on that level. Only if you could create a source large enough to replace existing power plants will you see Public Utility District and electric companies putting forth the resources to tap this resource.
Of course solar is not practical everywhere. I am not trying to say we can eliminate traditional power generating sources entirely, however, sincee therenough of a push, alternative energy sources can work.
The article specifically discusses forms of ethanol, which by 21st century standards is not cutting edge bio fuels.
However, until such time as the production process matures and is, no pun intended, refined, there cannot be an equitable comparison to the petroleum industry.
However, once you start getting into biodiesels refined from waste products or even algae, the overall impact may start to decrease. I am not saying there is no carbon foot print, but it seemed to be a fairly clean process from the show I watched on how biodiesel is made from waste cooking oils. It is not a simple process, but if the resources were invested into it on a large scale, I am fairly certain that the carbon footprint would be equal or less than that of petroleum refineries.
We also need to work to harness other natural power resources to further offload our dependance on fossil fuels. Geothermal, solar, wind, etc. Hydro-electric is pretty well covere, but more efficient turbines might be a way to boost the power generated.
Anyway, enough rambling.
Indeed.
I have been investigating *Ubuntu as a solution for friends and family for a little bit. I have, since this announcement, decided to go there myself.
Actually there are some database abstraction routines out there that use one set of functions for multiple database types. PHP-Nuke for example.
Micro$oft systems? I think M$ should open to the same analysis of Windows/IIS/MSSQL/ASP.Net to see where they stand.
True, in our case cost is not an issue, but the only difference I really see is that there is a 1-800 number to call if you get stuck.
However, pretty much every issue I have come across has been solvable by community support channels.
I recently started building up a server here. Our system network is predominantly Novell with a good portion of Active Directory. We have one RedHat server as a SPAM filter and this new box would have been only the second official Linux server.
...then SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the right choice. If however you are a Linux enthusiast looking to evaluate some of the latest "bleeding edge" Linux technologies (perhaps not quite ready for prime time) then SUSE Linux Professional would better suit your needs." This makes it sound as if only the Enterprise servers are secure and reliable enough for business applications, which is not the case.
There were cost concerns so I recommended Suse Linux 10.0 Pro as Novell owns Suse. The stakeholder in the project thought that was great, it allowed her to avoid a Windows licensing hit.
Well, I am in the Web Development area and not the Network Support area. I do work with servers, but predominantly the web servers. This box was to be a web authentication proxy, as such was given to me.
There was a lot of mis-communication during the process, but one of the things that came out of this was that our web services manager is saying that we need to install Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 on this machine instead. I am fine with this except for the way she approached it. She quoted the Novell comparison page with "If you are a busness looking to deploy a hardened, supported operating system,
So, in this instance, Novell (Suse) is misleading their customers as a marketing strategy.
I would, if I had the algorythm, generate past URLs and check into the registrations from those. At some level there is a trail as these domains were paid for.
Even if it is a ddns registration, it points to a computer that may be abe to be tracked down.
What about older cell phones that do not have GPS are functional for 911 only. These phones are often times distributed by non-profits, for example to battered women's shelters. Reliance on GPS is not going to help them, and as they are not an active account, all they will have to go on is the cell tower triagulation methods.
That is basically the crux of the matter now isn't it?
Old cell phones that do not have GPS are functional for 911 only. These phones are often times distributed by non-profits, for example to battered women's shelters. Reliance on GPS is not going to help them, and as they are not an active account, all they will have to go on is the cell tower triagulation methods.
Cell triangulation can be hard in some areas.
My point is more the the fact of why do we not hear about this side of it? The news is inundated with VoIP E911 coverage.
My point is more the the fact of why do we not hear about this side of it? The news is inundated with VoIP E911 coverage.
As to the cell phones, old cell phones that do not have GPS are functional for 911 only. These phones are often times distributed by non-profits, for example to battered women's shelters. Reliance on GPS is not going to help them, and as they are not an active account, all they will have to go on is the cell tower triagulation methods.
With all the recent uproar surrounding this issue, I have to wonder why the cell providers aren't required to do this?
I am a Vonage subscriber. It was stated quite clearly from day on, and I am an early adopter, that 911 is handled differently and that I had to keep my physical address information updated on the Vonage dashboard to help ensure timely response by emergency services. I have yet had the need to test this though.
However, my cell phone provider never said anything, at least not clearly, and the one time I had to call 911, I went through a whole little dance giving my physical address to the operator and then wait to be transfered to a local 911 response center.
So, what's the difference?
I don't know that RFID's on passports qualify as an attack on liberty
The issue is that we have no choice unlike other uses of technology. Example: We have toll booths that use RFID to expedite the process of traveling the toll roads. But that is a choice, you don't have to do it, at least not at this point.
With the passport change it is not a matter of whether we want a more convenient way of getting through customs. This is being sold as a way to keep us safe and it is only opening potential privacy holes. Unless the passport has to physically touch a reader to be read, this is open to potential ID theft.
As far as a security method, what makes this any more secure than the existing passports? There will always be someone that will figure out how to counterfeit them, just like the new currency that was circulated. What's worse is that if the passports can be read without physical contact, the counterfeiters have an unending supply of information to program them with.
The problem is that the companies don't seem to care about the quality of products specifically because consumers do not care.
I am not saying that the quality of outsourced products will absolutely be of lesser quality, there is more than enough substandard programming done domestically (Micro$soft). However, as the consumers don't find it necessary to complain, the companies will continue to reap the rewards of an increased profit margin by paying lower wages to possibly lesser qualified individuals.
Outsourced!