Bravo! It's growing very tiresome to read the same lame comments ridiculing Jon Katz every time he posts an article. Filter him (or movie reviews) if you dont want to read his articles. It's very easy.
i used to work at a company in the world trade center, in the tower that was bombed in 1993. everybody used to remember the bombing in the back of their minds, but security was pretty tight everyday. however, there were hundreds of thousands of people who commute to the financial district everyday and the place is ripe for terrorism.
that said, i hope everyone is ok. the two towers make a great target for anyone. i didn't work that high up, but i can't imagine walking the stairs. they're plain concrete stairs without windows or anything. in a time of panic like this, it would be easy to get hurt simply trying to evacuate.
Downloadable movies? Haha, who are they kidding? Ok, let's go over the math again.
First, 90% of American households with internet access STILL USE DIAL-UP. Like people want to sit there and download a 500 meg file to watch it ONCE.
Secondly, those with broadband already have easy sources for movies currently in theaters or just released on DVD. Kazaa, Gnutella, Hotline, FTP, IRC, etc...
Thirdly, why would anyone want to wait to rent movies that are available as DVDs? If you have US Postal Service, you can sign up for NetFlix and rent DVDs thru the mail. It's $19.95 a month and you get to check out three DVDs at a time. They have new releases and foreign films. There aren't any late fees and to return DVDs, just drop them in the return envelope they provide. Mad easy! (Only problem with NetFlix is that since I'm located in NJ, it takes a while for them to ship and receive the DVDs I rent.)
I don't think the network topology changes, but I think the asker of the question is referring to helping out new students who are using ethernet for the first time. Remember, 90% of the US is still using dial-up and many freshmen don't know what the Internet is beyond AOL. They have no clue what an ethernet card is, despite it already installed on newer desktops, or built-in the newer laptops.
I know this is the case at my school last year when the freshman dorms were finally wired for ethernet. I felt sorry for the people who had to help the incoming students install NICs and deal with IRQ conflicts and what-not. In addition, my school allows only static IPs to each port, so you have to fill out forms and wait for someone to "turn on" your port.
Dorm storm is definitely not a fun time. As for the porn pipe, you don't have to worry about the "fat pipe going down the tubes" once the coeds are back on campus. w00t!
1) Have people fill out forms early, like what OS, what brand of NIC, etc... On the form, give them tips on helping them determine such info from their computer. Require all people seeking ethernet connections to have this form on them when they call/ask for help. This will help with the redundant questions..."what OS are you running?" "uh...i dunno" "well, reboot and tell me what you see on the screen."
2) Post network info in BIG poster boards attached to the dorm bulletin boards right at the entrance to each dorm. Some genius admins have directions to getting ethernet posted on the web. That sure helps when you have no ethernet connection in your dorm.
3) Plan conservatively when making troublshooting appointments. People get discouraged when you tell them you'll send a tech to their dorm at 7:30pm and the tech doesn't show because he's still at another dorm rebooting for the 9th time. People will be surprised the tech is early and appreciate him/her spending extra time troubleshooting their connections. It's better to take it slow, get one problem done right then do quick fixes and make repeat visits.
4) Have a TOS in plain english. List programs people are discouraged to use. If you have a per port traffic limit, publish an easy link for people to check how much they've used.
This is informative. There is nothing funny about identity theft.
Imagine if this occurs again and again, especially if there are still bugs in the system. If these mistakes are published, criminal organizations could easily find such instances and take advantage of them. The story involved the US News and World Report and was published in the St. Petersburg Times. That's enough publicity to penetrate into the underground.
I do want the mistakes of "Big Brother" published, but the resulting consequences, that can be abused, are not funny.
Yup, that was pretty much my first computer. Dad brought it home in 1985 and showed me how to run pinball. Then he showed me how to play some games written in Basic. Then he showed me how to change the games written in Basic by using the Basic compiler. That was how I first learned to program.
We kept that XT for a long time. I remember spending long hours on it after school trying to beat every campaign for Sun Tzu's Ancient Art of War. Swapping all those 5.25" floppies to play King/Police/Space Quest.
With that CGA monitor displaying those 4 colors at an amazing 25382859299230 fps, I was unstoppable in Ultima 3 and Bard's Tale. Those were the days. Then my parents stopped being so cheap and upgraded to a 386-DX 66Mhz with a HARD DRIVE and VGA monitor.
Yes, we still have the XT. No, I haven't tried to get Linux running on it.
I read all the threads in this topic and finally found someone who has the balls to say...
When people ask me if they should get 'into computers' (because they heard it pays well) I tell them this:
"If you don't love it, don't bother. If your in it for the money, you'll never be any good at it. In order to be a good engineer of any kind it has to be in your blood. If you're doing it for the money you'll never be any good at it. If you are a natural, you don't do it for the money; the money just follows."
The above should be posted in every "college guide" book published in the world.
No amount of pressuring of software vendors will make a difference. Did you look at the members lists?!? No Microsoft, No Oracle, No SAP, No Computer Associates, No Adobe, No Red Hat...hmm, pretty weak IMHO. If the vendors really cared, they would already be members in the CIS and not have to be "pressured".
Back to my inital acronym, PEBKAC. It's the weakest point in the chain of security. How many people do we know write their passwords in easily located places? How many people do we know download anything (directx updates, flash, Comet Cursor!)? How many people do we know still give out AOL passwords, even though the Instant Messange windows have warnings not to give out passwords? Even if software security settings are the highest, social engineering will always be able to bypass wetware security settings. I'm not even going to mention exploits in software, just read BugTraq.
Lastly, the car analogy doesn't hold up. You don't tell car manufacturers to build tanks because people are speeding and/or driving drunk. You educate them and if necessary, punish them. True, anti-lock brakes and airbags are standard in almost every modern car available today, but automakers only put them there because of pressure from the insurance industry. But do people will die from automobile accidents? Unfortunately, yes...again, PEBSWAC (Problem Exists Between Steering Wheel and Chair).
Well, apparently there are people who think the Crusoe chip is adequate because a Fujitsu laptop with a Crusoe 533Mhz chip won "Best of Show" at PC Expo 2001.
The reason a lot of people haven't tried Transmeta powered machines, is because these computers aren't currently sold in the United States. However, you can check out a whole line of sleek, feature rich laptops at Dynamism. There are impressive laptops available that include built-in DVDs, bright screens and Transmeta chips that have extraordinary battery life. Don't count Transmeta out yet.
true software innovation will never happen if people just rely on hardware to overcome software bottlenecks. too many people, not just MS, let poor programming slide because they think people are willing and able to buy the newest cpus, hard drives or memory. that's why we have bloated OSes and productivity software and games.
One new discovery of mine is the Java based massively, multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Runescape.
It's Java based and it's free. There is a small download but you can pretty much play it anywhere as long as you have a Java enabled browser. Currently, Runescape uses three servers and their FAQ says it costs $50,000 a year to run the game. I've been playing for two weeks and the most people I've seen on Runescape at one time is ~800 per server (2500 total). The game is less than a year old and the website says it is still in beta. The company who develops Runescape is Jagex. They're probably the best ones to ask this question because Runescape is one of the most popular, free MMORPGs available today.
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MACS are excellent devices to train soldiers. I know because my shooting scores increased after significant practice on a MACS. Furthermore, they let more soldiers get "trigger time" but save money and the environment. Sweet deal.
The three companies aim to design a "super-computer on a chip" with a wide variety of consumer applications, they said in a joint statement. "The result will be consumer devices that are more powerful than IBM's Deep Blue super-computer, operate at low power and access the broadband internet at ultra-high speeds," the statement added.
If IBM can really implement a supercomputer in the PS3, how many will Saddam Hussein buy?
The article mentions peer-to-peer uses similar to Napster. Well, as long as all the computers on the network are peers I don't see anything wrong with this. What I'm getting at is that, as long as the Junior Graphic Designer has the same searching privledges as the Senior Vice President (or higher), then I think this new search application could be useful in finding files on a corporate network.
However, we all know it won't be the case. Management will be the ones with the access and the worker drones will be the ones with their privacies invaded. Is this really a big change from what could already be happening in the workplace? There is enough corporate "spyware" programs available that a new search application shouldn't be the wakeup call for a change in office privacy laws. Check out this link: http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/ 0,aid,32863,00.asp. Most interesting are the charts that show the increase in employers monitoring employees.
How can Taiwanese people have Japanese last names? Damn you stupid trolls! Japanese written language is based on Kanji (which is basically Chinese). The official language of Taiwan is Mandarin. There isn't a way to write Taiwanese because it's just a dialect. Therefore, the only names people who live in Taiwan can have are Mandarin Chinese names that are written in Mandarin too!
Futhermore, the Taiwanese dialect is almost the same dialect spoken in the closest Chinese province to Taiwan. The customs are similar too.
Understand, you stupid motherfucker?
Fuck the PLA. How's weapons training going with the wooden guns?
From this, I take it that he's an American citizen (born here) but lived part of his life in Taiwan. Whether he's Taiwanese is irrelevent.
irrelevent??? Alex says he's from Taiwan, but also says "I am not a Taiwanese. I am Chinese, and I wish China will one day take Taiwan back, peacefully or by force, at any cost!
That's irrelevent?????? If anybody tries to "take Taiwan back...at any cost", I'll be on the first plane back to defend the country where my grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews live. Alex Chiu is the type of person I can't stand. They live in Taiwan, receive health care, education, food, shelter but then they say taking Taiwan back by force is ok. FUCK YOU ALEX
Alex never said the people in Taiwan wanted Communist rule. Here's what he said: If the communist party is controlling China, they represent China.
Notice I used "VAST majority" when I said: The VAST majority of people who live in Taiwan don't want the communist government representing them and do not think of the PLA as their "defender". There are people, like Alex, who believe that "if the communist party is controlling China, they represent China". I don't want anybody to think that is the prevaling opinion. Every recent poll has shown the majority of the people of Taiwan don't want anything to do with the communist government and/or China.
There's discrimination against both mainlanders and "Taiwanese"? Well, gosh, do you think people who live in the North make fun of people who live in the South and vice versa.
I'll stock up on weapons when the second Civil War starts when Dave Letterman makes fun of a "Southern redneck". There's discrimination everywhere, but the mainlanders bonds are weakening. Mainlander Taiwanese and "native" Taiwanese have intermarried for generations. There are "native" Taiwanese in the nationalist government such as the PRESIDENT. There are "native" and Mainlander Taiwanese members of the same organized crime gangs in Taiwan. GET A FUCKING CLUE
Why are you saying anything when it's obvious you're not Taiwanese and you don't know shit??
Stupid fucking troll. Nice user bio. Maybe you should look in the fucking mirror before you call people the "unwashed masses". Nobody gives a flying fuck what user number you are. Telling me the reread the interview, haha. You fucking reread the interview, then goto Taiwan and live there as a kid.
I'm Taiwanese and I think this Alex Chiu is a fucking nutcase. There have already been enough posts to destroy his product, but what strikes me are his views on China and Taiwan.
Notice how he doesn't actually answer a question with statements, but more questions. Taiwan is separate entity than China. There were Chinese people who emigrated to the island of Taiwan 350 years ago. However, after World War 2, the Nationalist Party escaped to Taiwan to form their own government there. These people have stronger ties to China, but after 50 years, these bonds are weak.
The VAST majority of people who live in Taiwan don't want the communist government representing them and do not think of the PLA as their "defender". All able bodied males in Taiwan have a two year mandatory military service requirement once they reach eighteen. Nobody in Taiwan counts on the PLA to "defend" them when Taiwan already has a strong standing Army. FACT: Taiwan has the second largest Marine Corps in the world. (U.S. is the first.)
There is no good analogy to compare Taiwan and China. This is something new and hasn't really happened before in history. Please don't listen to a fool like Alex Chiu and do your own research.
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Bravo! It's growing very tiresome to read the same lame comments ridiculing Jon Katz every time he posts an article. Filter him (or movie reviews) if you dont want to read his articles. It's very easy.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=doodoo@hooked.ne t&hl=en
Interesting to say the least!
rk,
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i used to work at a company in the world trade center, in the tower that was bombed in 1993. everybody used to remember the bombing in the back of their minds, but security was pretty tight everyday. however, there were hundreds of thousands of people who commute to the financial district everyday and the place is ripe for terrorism.
that said, i hope everyone is ok. the two towers make a great target for anyone. i didn't work that high up, but i can't imagine walking the stairs. they're plain concrete stairs without windows or anything. in a time of panic like this, it would be easy to get hurt simply trying to evacuate.
i really hope everyone is ok.
Downloadable movies? Haha, who are they kidding? Ok, let's go over the math again.
First, 90% of American households with internet access STILL USE DIAL-UP. Like people want to sit there and download a 500 meg file to watch it ONCE.
Secondly, those with broadband already have easy sources for movies currently in theaters or just released on DVD. Kazaa, Gnutella, Hotline, FTP, IRC, etc...
Thirdly, why would anyone want to wait to rent movies that are available as DVDs? If you have US Postal Service, you can sign up for NetFlix and rent DVDs thru the mail. It's $19.95 a month and you get to check out three DVDs at a time. They have new releases and foreign films. There aren't any late fees and to return DVDs, just drop them in the return envelope they provide. Mad easy! (Only problem with NetFlix is that since I'm located in NJ, it takes a while for them to ship and receive the DVDs I rent.)
w00t!
I don't think the network topology changes, but I think the asker of the question is referring to helping out new students who are using ethernet for the first time. Remember, 90% of the US is still using dial-up and many freshmen don't know what the Internet is beyond AOL. They have no clue what an ethernet card is, despite it already installed on newer desktops, or built-in the newer laptops.
I know this is the case at my school last year when the freshman dorms were finally wired for ethernet. I felt sorry for the people who had to help the incoming students install NICs and deal with IRQ conflicts and what-not. In addition, my school allows only static IPs to each port, so you have to fill out forms and wait for someone to "turn on" your port.
Dorm storm is definitely not a fun time. As for the porn pipe, you don't have to worry about the "fat pipe going down the tubes" once the coeds are back on campus. w00t!
1) Have people fill out forms early, like what OS, what brand of NIC, etc... On the form, give them tips on helping them determine such info from their computer. Require all people seeking ethernet connections to have this form on them when they call/ask for help. This will help with the redundant questions..."what OS are you running?" "uh...i dunno" "well, reboot and tell me what you see on the screen."
2) Post network info in BIG poster boards attached to the dorm bulletin boards right at the entrance to each dorm. Some genius admins have directions to getting ethernet posted on the web. That sure helps when you have no ethernet connection in your dorm.
3) Plan conservatively when making troublshooting appointments. People get discouraged when you tell them you'll send a tech to their dorm at 7:30pm and the tech doesn't show because he's still at another dorm rebooting for the 9th time. People will be surprised the tech is early and appreciate him/her spending extra time troubleshooting their connections. It's better to take it slow, get one problem done right then do quick fixes and make repeat visits.
4) Have a TOS in plain english. List programs people are discouraged to use. If you have a per port traffic limit, publish an easy link for people to check how much they've used.
That's about it!
Good analogy of chess and football and the "human equation".
This is informative. There is nothing funny about identity theft.
Imagine if this occurs again and again, especially if there are still bugs in the system. If these mistakes are published, criminal organizations could easily find such instances and take advantage of them. The story involved the US News and World Report and was published in the St. Petersburg Times. That's enough publicity to penetrate into the underground.
I do want the mistakes of "Big Brother" published, but the resulting consequences, that can be abused, are not funny.
redking
This legislation is coming from a New Jersey senator. I live in New Jersey and admit this is the state which invented DWB as a crime.
DWB = driving while black.
rk
Yup, that was pretty much my first computer. Dad brought it home in 1985 and showed me how to run pinball. Then he showed me how to play some games written in Basic. Then he showed me how to change the games written in Basic by using the Basic compiler. That was how I first learned to program.
We kept that XT for a long time. I remember spending long hours on it after school trying to beat every campaign for Sun Tzu's Ancient Art of War. Swapping all those 5.25" floppies to play King/Police/Space Quest.
With that CGA monitor displaying those 4 colors at an amazing 25382859299230 fps, I was unstoppable in Ultima 3 and Bard's Tale. Those were the days. Then my parents stopped being so cheap and upgraded to a 386-DX 66Mhz with a HARD DRIVE and VGA monitor.
Yes, we still have the XT. No, I haven't tried to get Linux running on it.
rk
I read all the threads in this topic and finally found someone who has the balls to say...
When people ask me if they should get 'into computers' (because they heard it pays well) I tell them this:
"If you don't love it, don't bother. If your in it for the money, you'll never be any good at it. In order to be a good engineer of any kind it has to be in your blood. If you're doing it for the money you'll never be any good at it. If you are a natural, you don't do it for the money; the money just follows."
The above should be posted in every "college guide" book published in the world.
-redking
TSA (title says all)
As a child of immigrants, I believe what you have said is very true and you make a lot of excellent points.
I mixed up the Keyboard and Chair! Yeah, I should've previewed more. Guess I proved my own point. Haha.
Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard.
No amount of pressuring of software vendors will make a difference. Did you look at the members lists?!? No Microsoft, No Oracle, No SAP, No Computer Associates, No Adobe, No Red Hat...hmm, pretty weak IMHO. If the vendors really cared, they would already be members in the CIS and not have to be "pressured".
Back to my inital acronym, PEBKAC. It's the weakest point in the chain of security. How many people do we know write their passwords in easily located places? How many people do we know download anything (directx updates, flash, Comet Cursor!)? How many people do we know still give out AOL passwords, even though the Instant Messange windows have warnings not to give out passwords? Even if software security settings are the highest, social engineering will always be able to bypass wetware security settings. I'm not even going to mention exploits in software, just read BugTraq.
Lastly, the car analogy doesn't hold up. You don't tell car manufacturers to build tanks because people are speeding and/or driving drunk. You educate them and if necessary, punish them. True, anti-lock brakes and airbags are standard in almost every modern car available today, but automakers only put them there because of pressure from the insurance industry. But do people will die from automobile accidents? Unfortunately, yes...again, PEBSWAC (Problem Exists Between Steering Wheel and Chair).
redking
Well, apparently there are people who think the Crusoe chip is adequate because a Fujitsu laptop with a Crusoe 533Mhz chip won "Best of Show" at PC Expo 2001.
The reason a lot of people haven't tried Transmeta powered machines, is because these computers aren't currently sold in the United States. However, you can check out a whole line of sleek, feature rich laptops at Dynamism. There are impressive laptops available that include built-in DVDs, bright screens and Transmeta chips that have extraordinary battery life. Don't count Transmeta out yet.
redking
true software innovation will never happen if people just rely on hardware to overcome software bottlenecks. too many people, not just MS, let poor programming slide because they think people are willing and able to buy the newest cpus, hard drives or memory. that's why we have bloated OSes and productivity software and games.
One new discovery of mine is the Java based massively, multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Runescape.
It's Java based and it's free. There is a small download but you can pretty much play it anywhere as long as you have a Java enabled browser. Currently, Runescape uses three servers and their FAQ says it costs $50,000 a year to run the game. I've been playing for two weeks and the most people I've seen on Runescape at one time is ~800 per server (2500 total). The game is less than a year old and the website says it is still in beta. The company who develops Runescape is Jagex. They're probably the best ones to ask this question because Runescape is one of the most popular, free MMORPGs available today.
- rk
Ever use a Super Nintendo?
Then you have used the same machine the US military uses to train troops in rifle marksmanship. Strange, but true. http://www.oh-tagnet.com/tadss/wpns/macs.htm
MACS are excellent devices to train soldiers. I know because my shooting scores increased after significant practice on a MACS. Furthermore, they let more soldiers get "trigger time" but save money and the environment. Sweet deal.
If IBM can really implement a supercomputer in the PS3, how many will Saddam Hussein buy?
...as long as everybody get equal search access.
/ 0,aid,32863,00.asp. Most interesting are the charts that show the increase in employers monitoring employees.
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The article mentions peer-to-peer uses similar to Napster. Well, as long as all the computers on the network are peers I don't see anything wrong with this. What I'm getting at is that, as long as the Junior Graphic Designer has the same searching privledges as the Senior Vice President (or higher), then I think this new search application could be useful in finding files on a corporate network.
However, we all know it won't be the case. Management will be the ones with the access and the worker drones will be the ones with their privacies invaded. Is this really a big change from what could already be happening in the workplace? There is enough corporate "spyware" programs available that a new search application shouldn't be the wakeup call for a change in office privacy laws. Check out this link: http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article
Here's to wishful thinking. Maybe companies will implement this new Altavista corporate search but give everyone equal access. Could help keep things kosher in the office and discourage incidents like this: http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,9375,00
redking
Read history below:
http://www.taiwandc.org/hst-1624.htm
How can Taiwanese people have Japanese last names? Damn you stupid trolls! Japanese written language is based on Kanji (which is basically Chinese). The official language of Taiwan is Mandarin. There isn't a way to write Taiwanese because it's just a dialect. Therefore, the only names people who live in Taiwan can have are Mandarin Chinese names that are written in Mandarin too!
Futhermore, the Taiwanese dialect is almost the same dialect spoken in the closest Chinese province to Taiwan. The customs are similar too.
Understand, you stupid motherfucker?
Fuck the PLA. How's weapons training going with the wooden guns?
From this, I take it that he's an American citizen (born here) but lived part of his life in Taiwan. Whether he's Taiwanese is irrelevent.
irrelevent??? Alex says he's from Taiwan, but also says "I am not a Taiwanese. I am Chinese, and I wish China will one day take Taiwan back, peacefully or by force, at any cost!
That's irrelevent?????? If anybody tries to "take Taiwan back...at any cost", I'll be on the first plane back to defend the country where my grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews live. Alex Chiu is the type of person I can't stand. They live in Taiwan, receive health care, education, food, shelter but then they say taking Taiwan back by force is ok. FUCK YOU ALEX
Alex never said the people in Taiwan wanted Communist rule. Here's what he said: If the communist party is controlling China, they represent China.
Notice I used "VAST majority" when I said: The VAST majority of people who live in Taiwan don't want the communist government representing them and do not think of the PLA as their "defender". There are people, like Alex, who believe that "if the communist party is controlling China, they represent China". I don't want anybody to think that is the prevaling opinion. Every recent poll has shown the majority of the people of Taiwan don't want anything to do with the communist government and/or China.
There's discrimination against both mainlanders and "Taiwanese"? Well, gosh, do you think people who live in the North make fun of people who live in the South and vice versa. I'll stock up on weapons when the second Civil War starts when Dave Letterman makes fun of a "Southern redneck". There's discrimination everywhere, but the mainlanders bonds are weakening. Mainlander Taiwanese and "native" Taiwanese have intermarried for generations. There are "native" Taiwanese in the nationalist government such as the PRESIDENT. There are "native" and Mainlander Taiwanese members of the same organized crime gangs in Taiwan. GET A FUCKING CLUE
Why are you saying anything when it's obvious you're not Taiwanese and you don't know shit??
Stupid fucking troll. Nice user bio. Maybe you should look in the fucking mirror before you call people the "unwashed masses". Nobody gives a flying fuck what user number you are. Telling me the reread the interview, haha. You fucking reread the interview, then goto Taiwan and live there as a kid.
I'm Taiwanese and I think this Alex Chiu is a fucking nutcase. There have already been enough posts to destroy his product, but what strikes me are his views on China and Taiwan. Notice how he doesn't actually answer a question with statements, but more questions. Taiwan is separate entity than China. There were Chinese people who emigrated to the island of Taiwan 350 years ago. However, after World War 2, the Nationalist Party escaped to Taiwan to form their own government there. These people have stronger ties to China, but after 50 years, these bonds are weak. The VAST majority of people who live in Taiwan don't want the communist government representing them and do not think of the PLA as their "defender". All able bodied males in Taiwan have a two year mandatory military service requirement once they reach eighteen. Nobody in Taiwan counts on the PLA to "defend" them when Taiwan already has a strong standing Army. FACT: Taiwan has the second largest Marine Corps in the world. (U.S. is the first.) There is no good analogy to compare Taiwan and China. This is something new and hasn't really happened before in history. Please don't listen to a fool like Alex Chiu and do your own research.