The problem with big companies like Verizon, they cant turn a big as a profit as little companies. Smaller isp's have a cost of 2-3 dollars per customer when largers telco's have 6-10 dollars per customer.
Are you paying more for better service?
And the excuse that Verizon needs to charge more, because they have to clean up. Will verizon get tax write offs for this? Did they get any aid to rebuild from the government?
Verizon has been bilking me for ISDN for ages, I pay 4x the price of DSL. Why bother upgrading me, then? Im told I might have DSL in may 2002. After they fix my CO. My CO is wired, but the ISP went out of business. Ya, monopolies good. Customers bad.
I do agree that the FBI could be spending their time on terrorists or serial killers. Violent crimes should be their main job, then physical robbery, and everything else last on the list.
In the older warez days people put Cracktros into the games, old Amiga and c64 cracktros and demos. It wasn't about copying games, it was about hacking, skill, showmanship.
Today its about ripping people off, companies selling counterfeit office, windows, adobe. This goes against everything most hackers believe in.
The same thing goes for Mp3s, its like a bootleg tapes, even thou its illegal, people love them. I think this is a kind of double standard on morals, its ok to be robin hood and steal, but you cant sell.
Morals, laws and justice. 3 completely different things.
Going from a dual to a single cpu.
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I just migrated from a dual p3-800 to a single amd 1800. I regret it now. I/O is still a bitch on single CPUs, Copy a large file in the background and open another explorer window, and explorer waits. Programs load quicker, but the snappy task switching isnt there. Couple tasks using all the cpu and you feel it.
Thou on the bright side, with a gf3 ti500, im getting 100fps in tribes2 at 1024x768 with all display options set to max. 3DMark2001 actually runs in the 30+ fps in the highres demos. I dont do CAD or Modeling but so far, The cpu+gfx card
combo just tribes2 playable, its been collecting dust for a few months now.
We don't live in a democracy, we live in a republic, those who represent us (to some small degree...) get to push the federal government agencies in the direction they want. The FBI is no exception. They fight the federal government fires first.
The real problem with this is the "elitist" representatives are passing laws to quiet the public. 70 percent of our government representatives are millionaires, they don't represent the average American.
Personally. I think linux distros are just making it worse. With everyone using their own library versions and core software versions that are different, user functionality is shit.
I'm going to reference windows for a second, DLL hell use to be a major problem, but now, people can install library's in their own directory, why cant we do this with linux? If you say disk space you should be smacked. Id rather have a tar of a pre compiled binaries and libraries and an install.sh script than to put up with the crap every distro is taking. You should be able to take any distro binary and move them between distros. Until the day you can take a program and install it on any Linux distro, it will NEVER be on the same playing field as windows.
Linus needs to step back, come up with a new layout, let people add modules, libraries and programs without this nightmare. The answer is here, but everyone keeps bitching about disk space. Time to move on folks, lets have a little data replication to keep the system working. The need for 20+ library directories is over, kick the old habit about doing the same thing the same way. DAMN It, are we going to have these same articles every 3 months, and just let some vendor talk about how his package installer will solve world hunger?
I have enough complaints about linux distros, but I take the quirks for software.
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Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.- Scott Adams, 'The Dilbert Principle'
1. It would only run as root.
2. You couldnt disable Clippy.
3. Word documents would be saved with extensions ".upgrade_to_windows"
4. NET extenstions would be automatically installed.
5. Visios linux box icon would look like a toaster
6. Spell checker would spell Linux as linux, and Open Source as "Pirated Software"
7. Eastereggs in office would have the BSDeality logo.
8. Office update would keep popping up, update "Microsoft Linux service pack #6805" for download.
9. MSN messenger would be required with a passport account.
10. Kernels would have to insert a new module that allows blue screens.
Same thing pisses me off about digital cable and satellite. They use higher mpeg2 rate for football games and ppv movies, but they lower it for my favorite tv shows. They only have so much bandwidth (they say) so the big money makers get the better quality.
This also happens with live tv, watch a football being passed, no mpeg2 artifacts. Watch a late night kungfu movie, and you can see artifacts. Older movies are stored on tape at lower quality, they should really start re-encoding those older movies for broadcast.
I dont think its about buying another computer lab, its about buying computers. My kids school is still using Classic Macs and they arnt networked.
BTW, network != Internet. Just cause the ibooks have 802.11b network adapters, doesnt make them networked. But it would be a waste to not use them, and save money on "NOT" installing a network.
Ibooks come with 802.11b, so its not an extra purchase. So the schools can actually save money by NOT putting in a large network. So they get good cheap computer, and save money on a network. Lots of people forget about other expenses on a computer lab.
BTW, some high school experiences are much better, programming, typing tests, doing actual work, being a TA and grading assignments.
Side note - Every kid should play Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego and wagon train.
You sir are correct, They could save MILLIONS. Just give each kid a stick and a sandbox...
But really.. 1000 bux per computer is a good buy, and they do include aircards, so the schools can save money on network wireing costs. The macs are also low maintence, so its easier for the teachers.
38,600 computers is a pretty large public purchase, so ya, its news worthy.
But in other news, Bob bought a ibook too.
I couldnt use it daily, but I would like one.
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My street is 45mph, it only does 17mph. I only live 5 miles from work, but we dont have bike lanes or sidewalks for me to use it. Most of the people at work live 20+ miles, not doable. And my laptop bag is too heavy to carry that far.
Really, the only thing I could use it for is short trips to the store, but where would I carry my groceries?
Before I could use it daily, need the roads to have bike lanes, and I need to carry a payload.
Nothing is secure.. But! you can you can make it as secure as possible, its not like your transmitting clear text, have your database open to the Internet (google btw catalogs database gui html sites, nice way to find open databases...), the employees are thiefs, the company isnt reputable.
At work we spend millions on security and secure ecommerce e-wallet support, I know of only 2 ways to hack it, and you need root access on the box. If you have root on the box, your broke through many firewalls, software firewalls, tcp wrappers, encrypted file systems, software security alarms, hardend o/s, etc... Its not like we left telnetd open with guest/guest account enabled.
Washington state senators are even trying to pass identity theft laws that change the time that credit card holders have to report theft charges. Currently its at the time it happens, not the time the card holder notices it.
I hate when people say goto the web when your service isnt working. Same logic at work, you call in, my network access isnt working, they say please goto the intranet website and fill out a support request form.
Its never about if your wrong or right, its about political views. Many people in the US seem to be blind to the reasons justice organizations go on holy crusades. Its either political or religious. Right or wrong is decided by the group that better lawyers.
Your free to live in the USA as long as you have the same morals, if you don't its off to prison with you. Over a million people are in prison in the US for minor drug related charges, Over 2 million are on parole for minor drug offenses as "Position of marijuana"
The moral majority in the US has passed laws to keep freedoms from you. They empower the jacked boot thugs to take everything you own, lock you away, and forget about your speedy trial. They can ruin your life, walk away and say "All in a days work, protecting the innocent..."
Crime is murder, rape, arson, robbery, identify theft, violence and abuse...
NOT backing up software, fair use, recording a tv show, downloading an mp3, having sex, smoking, erotica, fiction writing, speaking against the government, abortion and sexual orientation...
At least they cant put me in prison for detecting a trojan, right?
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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. - Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
Senator Maria Cantwell (Washington) is trying to amend some federal laws for Identity theft. Been on the news almost daily. Seattle Times
Some of the reforms are needed.
Require businesses to turn over to identity-theft victims copies of any records reflecting fraudulent transactions.
Require consumer-credit-reporting agencies to block information that appears on a victim's credit report as a result of identity theft.
Give businesses a new civil avenue to recover damages from identity-theft criminals in federal court.
Change the statute of limitations for identity-theft victims to file a claim from the time when the fraud occurred to the time when the consumer discovers the fraud.
I had customers calling into today saying they couldnt reach excite mobile mail on the phones. After some checking, mobile.excite.com says they discontinued thier service. They didnt even let me know so I could remove the connection.
I use filters for web, scanners for adware, virus checkers, back up programs, password safes, security tools and firewall software.
My computer is a warzone, as long as I have the tools I can win the war. I wonder how long before my tools will be outlawed.
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Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. - Paul Valery
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Only 10 users. More mirrors please, and the windows link also.
. in troversion.co.uk/cgi-bin/countdown1.cgi?uplinkdemo .exe
Also, something funny to read -
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:http://www
The problem with big companies like Verizon, they cant turn a big as a profit as little companies. Smaller isp's have a cost of 2-3 dollars per customer when largers telco's have 6-10 dollars per customer.
Are you paying more for better service?
And the excuse that Verizon needs to charge more, because they have to clean up. Will verizon get tax write offs for this? Did they get any aid to rebuild from the government?
Verizon has been bilking me for ISDN for ages, I pay 4x the price of DSL. Why bother upgrading me, then? Im told I might have DSL in may 2002. After they fix my CO. My CO is wired, but the ISP went out of business. Ya, monopolies good. Customers bad.
I do agree that the FBI could be spending their time on terrorists or serial killers. Violent crimes should be their main job, then physical robbery, and everything else last on the list.
In the older warez days people put Cracktros into the games, old Amiga and c64 cracktros and demos. It wasn't about copying games, it was about hacking, skill, showmanship.
Today its about ripping people off, companies selling counterfeit office, windows, adobe. This goes against everything most hackers believe in.
The same thing goes for Mp3s, its like a bootleg tapes, even thou its illegal, people love them. I think this is a kind of double standard on morals, its ok to be robin hood and steal, but you cant sell.
Morals, laws and justice. 3 completely different things.
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What party are you?
I just migrated from a dual p3-800 to a single amd 1800. I regret it now. I/O is still a bitch on single CPUs, Copy a large file in the background and open another explorer window, and explorer waits. Programs load quicker, but the snappy task switching isnt there. Couple tasks using all the cpu and you feel it.
Thou on the bright side, with a gf3 ti500, im getting 100fps in tribes2 at 1024x768 with all display options set to max. 3DMark2001 actually runs in the 30+ fps in the highres demos. I dont do CAD or Modeling but so far, The cpu+gfx card
combo just tribes2 playable, its been collecting dust for a few months now.
We don't live in a democracy, we live in a republic, those who represent us (to some small degree...) get to push the federal government agencies in the direction they want. The FBI is no exception. They fight the federal government fires first.
The real problem with this is the "elitist" representatives are passing laws to quiet the public. 70 percent of our government representatives are millionaires, they don't represent the average American.
There is no Political Equality in the USA.
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Honest discussion that says anything negative about linux isnt flamebait. I use linux, my point of view is a valid one.
They can always change the constitution. So yes, he could be president.
Personally. I think linux distros are just making it worse. With everyone using their own library versions and core software versions that are different, user functionality is shit.
I'm going to reference windows for a second, DLL hell use to be a major problem, but now, people can install library's in their own directory, why cant we do this with linux? If you say disk space you should be smacked. Id rather have a tar of a pre compiled binaries and libraries and an install.sh script than to put up with the crap every distro is taking. You should be able to take any distro binary and move them between distros. Until the day you can take a program and install it on any Linux distro, it will NEVER be on the same playing field as windows.
Linus needs to step back, come up with a new layout, let people add modules, libraries and programs without this nightmare. The answer is here, but everyone keeps bitching about disk space. Time to move on folks, lets have a little data replication to keep the system working. The need for 20+ library directories is over, kick the old habit about doing the same thing the same way. DAMN It, are we going to have these same articles every 3 months, and just let some vendor talk about how his package installer will solve world hunger?
I have enough complaints about linux distros, but I take the quirks for software.
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Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.- Scott Adams, 'The Dilbert Principle'
Well if Office did come out for Linux..
1. It would only run as root.
2. You couldnt disable Clippy.
3. Word documents would be saved with extensions ".upgrade_to_windows"
4. NET extenstions would be automatically installed.
5. Visios linux box icon would look like a toaster
6. Spell checker would spell Linux as linux, and Open Source as "Pirated Software"
7. Eastereggs in office would have the BSDeality logo.
8. Office update would keep popping up, update "Microsoft Linux service pack #6805" for download.
9. MSN messenger would be required with a passport account.
10. Kernels would have to insert a new module that allows blue screens.
Id rather see exchange transport opened up, and a linux client for exchange. This is the only piece missing in open office suite.
BTW, I wouldnt mind seeing directx opened up also, so more games could be ported to linux.
Same thing pisses me off about digital cable and satellite. They use higher mpeg2 rate for football games and ppv movies, but they lower it for my favorite tv shows. They only have so much bandwidth (they say) so the big money makers get the better quality.
This also happens with live tv, watch a football being passed, no mpeg2 artifacts. Watch a late night kungfu movie, and you can see artifacts. Older movies are stored on tape at lower quality, they should really start re-encoding those older movies for broadcast.
Damn it, another person who will trade freedom and control for government regulation. Stop trying to make your moral values into law.
We dont need more government regulations! We need less government.
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Political party quiz, which party do you fit into? 10 question quiz
I dont think its about buying another computer lab, its about buying computers. My kids school is still using Classic Macs and they arnt networked.
BTW, network != Internet. Just cause the ibooks have 802.11b network adapters, doesnt make them networked. But it would be a waste to not use them, and save money on "NOT" installing a network.
Ibooks come with 802.11b, so its not an extra purchase. So the schools can actually save money by NOT putting in a large network. So they get good cheap computer, and save money on a network. Lots of people forget about other expenses on a computer lab.
BTW, some high school experiences are much better, programming, typing tests, doing actual work, being a TA and grading assignments.
Side note - Every kid should play Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego and wagon train.
You sir are correct, They could save MILLIONS. Just give each kid a stick and a sandbox...
But really.. 1000 bux per computer is a good buy, and they do include aircards, so the schools can save money on network wireing costs. The macs are also low maintence, so its easier for the teachers.
38,600 computers is a pretty large public purchase, so ya, its news worthy.
But in other news, Bob bought a ibook too.
My street is 45mph, it only does 17mph. I only live 5 miles from work, but we dont have bike lanes or sidewalks for me to use it. Most of the people at work live 20+ miles, not doable. And my laptop bag is too heavy to carry that far.
Really, the only thing I could use it for is short trips to the store, but where would I carry my groceries?
Before I could use it daily, need the roads to have bike lanes, and I need to carry a payload.
Nothing is secure.. But! you can you can make it as secure as possible, its not like your transmitting clear text, have your database open to the Internet (google btw catalogs database gui html sites, nice way to find open databases...), the employees are thiefs, the company isnt reputable.
At work we spend millions on security and secure ecommerce e-wallet support, I know of only 2 ways to hack it, and you need root access on the box. If you have root on the box, your broke through many firewalls, software firewalls, tcp wrappers, encrypted file systems, software security alarms, hardend o/s, etc... Its not like we left telnetd open with guest/guest account enabled.
Washington state senators are even trying to pass identity theft laws that change the time that credit card holders have to report theft charges. Currently its at the time it happens, not the time the card holder notices it.
BTW, check fraud is much larger than CC fraud.
As the school's website says, paying over the internet isn't secure.
Those hackers dont know about SSL? (-;
I hate when people say goto the web when your service isnt working. Same logic at work, you call in, my network access isnt working, they say please goto the intranet website and fill out a support request form.
Its never about if your wrong or right, its about political views. Many people in the US seem to be blind to the reasons justice organizations go on holy crusades. Its either political or religious. Right or wrong is decided by the group that better lawyers.
Your free to live in the USA as long as you have the same morals, if you don't its off to prison with you. Over a million people are in prison in the US for minor drug related charges, Over 2 million are on parole for minor drug offenses as "Position of marijuana"
The moral majority in the US has passed laws to keep freedoms from you. They empower the jacked boot thugs to take everything you own, lock you away, and forget about your speedy trial. They can ruin your life, walk away and say "All in a days work, protecting the innocent..."
Crime is murder, rape, arson, robbery, identify theft, violence and abuse...
NOT backing up software, fair use, recording a tv show, downloading an mp3, having sex, smoking, erotica, fiction writing, speaking against the government, abortion and sexual orientation...
At least they cant put me in prison for detecting a trojan, right?
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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. - Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
Senator Maria Cantwell (Washington) is trying to amend some federal laws for Identity theft. Been on the news almost daily. Seattle Times
Some of the reforms are needed.
Require businesses to turn over to identity-theft victims copies of any records reflecting fraudulent transactions.
Require consumer-credit-reporting agencies to block information that appears on a victim's credit report as a result of identity theft.
Give businesses a new civil avenue to recover damages from identity-theft criminals in federal court.
Change the statute of limitations for identity-theft victims to file a claim from the time when the fraud occurred to the time when the consumer discovers the fraud.
I had customers calling into today saying they couldnt reach excite mobile mail on the phones. After some checking, mobile.excite.com says they discontinued thier service. They didnt even let me know so I could remove the connection.
And my commodore floppy drives and 300 baud modem played Jingle Bells also.
I use filters for web, scanners for adware, virus checkers, back up programs, password safes, security tools and firewall software.
My computer is a warzone, as long as I have the tools I can win the war. I wonder how long before my tools will be outlawed.
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Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. - Paul Valery