I've eaten plenty of salmon, bass, sharks, eels, shrimp, clams, oysters, mussels, crabs, lobsters, flat fish. and eels that came out of that "good for nothing" ocean water. I've also been out on that good-for-nothing ocean water at 90mph, and I've gone swimming in it.
Believe me, that ocean water is good for stuff besides cooling.:)
We in Taxachusetts we have you beat: Here in the Boston area, when we see guerrilla/viral marketing campaigns like lighted cartoon characters made with glorified lite-brites (see: Aqua Teen Hunger Force campaign that was COMPLETELY uneventful in many other, larger, more-at-risk-for-terrorism cities), we freak out and call the bomb squad. Yes, here in bean town, we're better at pissing our pants than anyone else in America.
No kidding. The ONLY reason the 9/11 hijackings worked was that it had never been done before. Every previous hijacking was only to get money, or to exchange hostages for political detainees or pizza and beer or even just a "free" ride to $foo, or whatever the hijackers wanted. It was never about using the aircraft as weapons.
Israeli intelligence was sent to warn US officials several days in advance and they ignored the warnings. They simply didn't believe that such a thing would be attempted.
The passengers sat and took it, because previous/conventional wisdom has taught us that a hijacking results in an adventure. One's vacation might be extended a few days, one night unintentionally end up visiting another country, and ultimately the passengers would end up with a ton of free tickets/flyer miles and 15 minutes of fame doing the talk show rounds.
That was the ONLY reason passengers didn't fight back in the first two aircraft hijacked, and that was the only reason US officials didn't believe Israeli intelligence, or even their own. It had never been done before, and it was completely unthinkable.
So now, the ramifications are a knee-jerk reaction which hasn't let up yet. Even though passengers would never, ever allow a repeat one can't even bring a fucking bottle of water on a plane, all under the premise of safety when really it is only APPARENT safety, since the ter'rists would not even attempt the same thing again, because they know they'd not succeed; they would die for NAUGHT, and would probably die a very excruciating death as passengers literally tear their limbs off. I know were I on such a flight I would be that vicious; I'd be informing the would-be terrorists that they're going to be meeting satan in a few minutes and make sure they experience far more pain than they intended to cause. Does anyone have any bifocals? Broken in half those would make a create knife for cutting off would-be hijackers arms. Slowly. Anyone have a ham sandwich? Shove ham down their throat - or hell, disembowel the fuckers and toss a bunch of pork bologna where their entrails used to be, while they watch in horror. No, passengers wouldn't let it happen again, and the terrorists know that. They know they would die extremely painfully without accomplishing a damned thing other than pissing people off enough to kill them slowly and painfully.
You're right. It's a once-in-a-lifetime event and it will not be repeated. They are far more likely to infiltrate our very loose southern border (why on God's green earth is the Canadian border more secure than the Mexican border?!?!?!) and bring dirty nukes or biological agents in that way and poison our water systems or use other means to create mass hysteria.
1. They just match colors at either end and don't pick a standard pinout (T568A or B). That might result in a usable 10mbps link, but it won't work at 100 or 1000.
2. They mix 568A and 568B - usually wiring A in the wall, and using premade B patch cables. Instant crosstalk. OK on very short runs, but anything longer than 80' to 100' will become problematic with many NICs.
3. They score the insulation. Use the right tools, and adjust the tension on the stripper.
4. They only strip 1/2" of insulation and try to organize the cables and jam it in, so you don't get a clean connection on all the conductors - or might miss one completely. Strip the insulation back 2", then you have room to sort the conductors, trim them neatly then you can slide them all the way to the end of the terminator, then the clips will "bite" each conductor twice - cleanly, resulting in a good connection and a strong link.
Your boss sounds like an idiot and a hack.
If you're going from the wall to the PC I'd say yeah, buy a premade cable and save on labor. Just buy a good one. Believe it or not monoprice's cheap stuff is extremely good.
From the patch panel to the switch, it depends on the length. Will a premade cable fit the length well? Go premade. If not, then make the cables.
Ultimately though, your boss is the boss. If he insists on hanging patch cables loose through the wall, etc. just document it in email, send it to him with your recommendation, etc. so that when he comes back to you complaining that it looks hack or that the cabling was overpriced, you can remind him that you recommended otherwise.
I mean, a couple of weeks ago I finished up a job where I went into a mess, with a mix of premade cables and mixing A and B pinouts. I re-did most of the connections - by hand - and installed all new patch cables - made by hand, and tested every link with a TDR. A couple failed - turned out the oh-so-slight crosstalk between T568B patch cables and the old T568R runs was just enough to break the link so I switched those old connections to T568B and all was well.
I've seen articles which claim the crosstalk from mixing A and B only sometimes cause link problems, but I've seen it often enough to make it a blanket rule to always, always, always go 568B. 568B is supposedly deprecated but every cable I've ever bought off the shelf, aside from crossover cable, has been wired 568B so I always stick with B.
Most of the premade patch cables that were on site tested bad BTW. I've since installed a few premade cables but they were brand new and those tested fine.
If you're going room to room, don't go with premade patch cables. Get a spool of CAT-6 and use keystones (jacks) on the PC side and a patch panel (or keystones if the boss is too cheap - although once you do more than 20 jacks the patch panel becomes much cheaper so just tell him to STFU and do it right, and skip one appetizer and alcoholic beverage at a meal to recoup the cost) on the other side. Just hanging a patch cable out of the wall is really hack. It works, but it's fugly.
One would expect an article lauding the user interface to include at least one sample screen shot as a courtesy. The article shouldn't be the equivalent of "justfuckinggoogleit"
A. The customer is always wrong. It is not your integrity we question.
Q. How do I know the copyrighted work I own actually exists and is in escrow?
A. You can trust us. You trust gold certificates, don't you? It is not our integrity that is in question. We have INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY we must protect!
I disagree. There certainly are "web sights" - in fact one is permanently etched into my brain and makes me want to gouge my eyes out, and, no, I'm not referring to Rosie O'Fat^H^H^HDonnell photos. I'm referring to the infamous goatse. That is a web sight I wish I could forget!
Thankfully, thus far, I have never seen tubgirl. For that, from what I hear, I am truly grateful.
Due to the overwhelmingly popular response we have drafted a preliminary fact. Thank you for all of your inquiries we are pleased that we have a Copyrighted Work solution which appears will make everybody happy,
Q. Will I be able to read, view, or listen to my copyrighted work?
A. Our Copyrighted Work Certificate product ensures that our copyright will never be infringed, including the Fair Use copy stored in your mind.
Q. How will I know what the book is about?
A. We will soon be announcing our Copyrighted Work Synopsis Certificate product in the near future. Stay tuned!
Q. Will works enter the Public Domain?
A. We are reasonably sure that the Copyrighted Work Certificates will eventually fall into Public Domain, however, with this product we have eliminated intellectual property ownership issues which the Constitution introduces. We were unhappy with the whole "limited duration" thing because it forces us to continue to innovate and create useful arts and sciences to remain profitable. That is cruel and unusual punishment!
Hello everyone, I'd like to announce that I have a solution which will work for everyone. Through my solution, you will actually OWN the copyrighted works you purchased, in accordance with the law. However my solution includes a safeguard which 100% guarantees that copyrights will not be infringed outside of the framework of Fair Use.
My solution is revolutionary, and yet so obvious, it's amazing to me that no one has ever considered it. To me, the "intellectual property" holders seem completely stupid, just barely approaching the intelligence of an idiot savant.
Now, please, hold back your excitement. I'll reveal my proposal very shortly, but first I need to inform you that both my copyright enforcement/protection method AND my business method are patented. You may contact me privately to inquire about licensing my patent and of course to learn where you may remit the licensing fees, which I am confident you will find completely reasonable.
Surely you are familiar with gold and other precious metal certificates, and you are familiar with futures. What I propose is selling not your copyrighted works, since distributing them makes your intellectual property vulnerable to relentless infringement and violates your right to control the resale and/or rental of those works due to that pesky doctrine of first sale.
Instead, what I propose is not the sale of books, CDs, MP3s, and DVDs, but rather, that you sell book CERTIFICATES. MP3 CERTIFICATES. DVD CERTIFICATES. Perhaps even COMPUTER SOFTWARE CERTIFICATES (I still have to work out the licensing details on the software - that is a business idea which is patent pending, because you know, the methods with movies and books are patented, but "doing it with computers" is a completely novel implementation so of course you understand I must patent it). Instead of delivering that copyrighted work to the customer, the customer receives a hologram-imprinted official certificate of deposit, where the book, MP3, CD, or DVD is always retained by the copyright holder and placed into escrow.
These certificates may be sold, resold, and rented to the owners' hearts' content; use of the Copyrighted Work Certificates are unrestricted in their use. Need toilet paper? Use your certificate. You're a worthless stoner and need a hit? Just roll one up in your certificate. Want to run a book or movie rental business? This program is for you, Need to invest in your college education? This solution isn't for you. Instead see the "Futures" section below.
Regarding Copyrighted Work Futures: this is somewhat similar to the Copyrighted Work Certificate, except in this case you are trading on the the speculated future worth of our intellectual property. Of course, the futrure value of each Copyrighted Work Certificate will vary based on the demand and popularity of our works. You may trade these futures any time you wish, but we recommend purchasing in advance of our non-publication dates for our copyrighted works for maximal investment value.
As you can see, my solution is completely flawless. Copyrights cannot be infringed by reading, listening to, or watching them, so no unauthorized, infringing copies are retained in anyone's brain. Our copyright cannot be violated by parodies, commentaries, or criticisms. We will never receive a bad review, so no one can possibly libel our works. Most importantly, no one will be able to steal our rightful revenue by reselling those copyrighted works. We even will admit that you own these Copyrighted Work Certificates.
It is the perfect solution that doesn't allow those pesky first sale doctrine and fair use clauses interfere, nor DMCA exceptions! You can start thanking me now.
Aren't you happy I created this noteworthy solution?
Okay, so you have the raw material costs. What about:
* Maintenance (patches, upgrades, etc.) * salaries - assembly, support, marketing, sales, quality assurance, and so forth * Surplus for future R&D * Surplus for warranty service * Patent royalties (software patents are evil) * affiliates' tiny slice of the pie
I know you're kidding, but you will actually find far more EFIS panels running Linux than WinCE or Windows embedded, and they're often more feature-rich than proprietary panels - and obviously extensible. They HAVE to be stable and offer certain minimum instrumentation in order for any aircraft they're installed in, including experimental, to gain IFR certification. Blue Mountain Avionics' EFIS/One is just one example. See http://www.bluemountainavionics.com/
The fact the one could download anything even remotely close to a single gigabyte, let alone several or more TERABYTES tells me that Homeland Security is all about pomp and circumstance and squandering taxpayer money than actually doing their job. Heck, even a medium-size enterprise with a firewall monitoring service (like BBN/Genuity used to offer) would have spotted this bandwidth and brought their customer's attention to it, and preemptively killed the transfer pending verification that the traffic was legit. Why don't our DoD contractors have this kind of network security in place?
Even more basic than that: why did they not have a clean net/dirty net architecture for their network? America Online had one in their Needham office for development and QA, I set one up in an HR software company on a shoestring budget, and set one up at my own company using hasbro-quality equipment when working with sensitive data. Why don't DoD contractors have everything on a clean net which is 100% isolated from the Internet for working on top-secret and classified projects? I'd think that Skunk Works would qualify for that kind of protection.
No, the government is penny-wise, pound foolish. They'll buy up mountain ranges around Groom Lake to prevent citzens from seeing even at a distance what amazing aircraft and space plans their money is paying for, and they'll skimp on network design and put plans for those amazing vehicles on a network which is accessible from the internet, enabling our foreign enemies to grab every bit (literally) of data about those vehicles. How sensible is that?
Expect bandwidth caps to creep down and become strictly enforced as Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, et. al gasp their dying breaths as Cable TV providers rather than embracing their new positions as internet providers.
2. A multititude of versions readily available, all the way back to early alpha, and will likely always be available, accompanied by the source code
3. (generally/often) cross-platform support
4. A huge support base made up of both paid professional support and "community" support
5. If you have a nagging "must fix" bug that affects you and only you, you have the option of fixing it or hiring someone to fix it for you
6. 0% risk of violating "per-seat" licensing
7. Development might be in someone's bedroom, or backed by a big company. YMMV, batteries not included. This could be a "con" if it's the former.
Cons
1. No warranty
2. Programs are often buggy or incomplete
3. Some projects are run by arrogant BOFH/RTFM types.
4. May require administrator training, in the form of self-study or tutorial videos on youtube, or time spent on messageboards.
Proprietary/Closed Source
Pros:
1. Shrink wrapped package and professionally-replicated DVD (oooh, SHINY!)
2. Development backed by a professional company
3. Program is usually relatively complete and bug free
4. Training i$ generally available for a co$t - where your sysadmin will receive a year's worth of information in 3-5 days and will remember precisely none of it, so he'll be asking you for funding for books, time for self-study and will be spending time on messageboards and/or watching tutorials on youtube
Cons
1. High up-front costs
2. High risk of copyright/license violations if you install more seats than "allowed" by your "license"
3. Support is generally expensive
4. Only the latest version is commercially available
5. If you have a bug you and only you encounter, you're SOL. It ain't gonna be fixed. They have your money already, so why should they care?
6. You are tied to the one and only one platform the software runs on
7. Support is paid support only, and in many cases, if you need support on an older version, they will require you to upgrade prior to providing support. Some community support may be available.
6. All warranties are expressly waived/disclaimed.
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1s - free 0s - $10 per 0, minimum 100,000 0s
per processor core, multiplied by the number of megabytes of RAM installed in your system.
Oh, pardon me, this isn't a production system, but is a development workstation? Allow me to refer you to the above licensing fee schedule. Thank you for choosing Oracle!
I've used TPB to download perfectly-legal torrents: Linux distros, the free Crossover Office releases, old, free Wordperfect and StarOffice releases, and so forth. I've also downloaded public domain ebooks and audio recordings not to mention old cartoons and movies that have reverted to Public Domain. Therefore, TPB canb, has been, and is used and probably will be used for non-infinging purposes as well as illicit purposes.
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I've eaten plenty of salmon, bass, sharks, eels, shrimp, clams, oysters, mussels, crabs, lobsters, flat fish. and eels that came out of that "good for nothing" ocean water. I've also been out on that good-for-nothing ocean water at 90mph, and I've gone swimming in it.
Believe me, that ocean water is good for stuff besides cooling. :)
yeah the ones with "soy" in the name are obvious. It's the other half that is so insidious.
This site has been of enormous value to me and friends who are also soy intolerant and/or allergic to soy:
http://www.geocities.com/hotsprings/4620/decoder.htm
We in Taxachusetts we have you beat: Here in the Boston area, when we see guerrilla/viral marketing campaigns like lighted cartoon characters made with glorified lite-brites (see: Aqua Teen Hunger Force campaign that was COMPLETELY uneventful in many other, larger, more-at-risk-for-terrorism cities), we freak out and call the bomb squad. Yes, here in bean town, we're better at pissing our pants than anyone else in America.
Beat that!
I see that Homeland Security Theater has trained you well for embracing the new world order and the Orwellian society it will bring.
No kidding. The ONLY reason the 9/11 hijackings worked was that it had never been done before. Every previous hijacking was only to get money, or to exchange hostages for political detainees or pizza and beer or even just a "free" ride to $foo, or whatever the hijackers wanted. It was never about using the aircraft as weapons.
Israeli intelligence was sent to warn US officials several days in advance and they ignored the warnings. They simply didn't believe that such a thing would be attempted.
The passengers sat and took it, because previous/conventional wisdom has taught us that a hijacking results in an adventure. One's vacation might be extended a few days, one night unintentionally end up visiting another country, and ultimately the passengers would end up with a ton of free tickets/flyer miles and 15 minutes of fame doing the talk show rounds.
That was the ONLY reason passengers didn't fight back in the first two aircraft hijacked, and that was the only reason US officials didn't believe Israeli intelligence, or even their own. It had never been done before, and it was completely unthinkable.
So now, the ramifications are a knee-jerk reaction which hasn't let up yet. Even though passengers would never, ever allow a repeat one can't even bring a fucking bottle of water on a plane, all under the premise of safety when really it is only APPARENT safety, since the ter'rists would not even attempt the same thing again, because they know they'd not succeed; they would die for NAUGHT, and would probably die a very excruciating death as passengers literally tear their limbs off. I know were I on such a flight I would be that vicious; I'd be informing the would-be terrorists that they're going to be meeting satan in a few minutes and make sure they experience far more pain than they intended to cause. Does anyone have any bifocals? Broken in half those would make a create knife for cutting off would-be hijackers arms. Slowly. Anyone have a ham sandwich? Shove ham down their throat - or hell, disembowel the fuckers and toss a bunch of pork bologna where their entrails used to be, while they watch in horror. No, passengers wouldn't let it happen again, and the terrorists know that. They know they would die extremely painfully without accomplishing a damned thing other than pissing people off enough to kill them slowly and painfully.
You're right. It's a once-in-a-lifetime event and it will not be repeated. They are far more likely to infiltrate our very loose southern border (why on God's green earth is the Canadian border more secure than the Mexican border?!?!?!) and bring dirty nukes or biological agents in that way and poison our water systems or use other means to create mass hysteria.
Here's how people screw up cables:
1. They just match colors at either end and don't pick a standard pinout (T568A or B). That might result in a usable 10mbps link, but it won't work at 100 or 1000.
2. They mix 568A and 568B - usually wiring A in the wall, and using premade B patch cables. Instant crosstalk. OK on very short runs, but anything longer than 80' to 100' will become problematic with many NICs.
3. They score the insulation. Use the right tools, and adjust the tension on the stripper.
4. They only strip 1/2" of insulation and try to organize the cables and jam it in, so you don't get a clean connection on all the conductors - or might miss one completely. Strip the insulation back 2", then you have room to sort the conductors, trim them neatly then you can slide them all the way to the end of the terminator, then the clips will "bite" each conductor twice - cleanly, resulting in a good connection and a strong link.
Your boss sounds like an idiot and a hack.
If you're going from the wall to the PC I'd say yeah, buy a premade cable and save on labor. Just buy a good one. Believe it or not monoprice's cheap stuff is extremely good.
From the patch panel to the switch, it depends on the length. Will a premade cable fit the length well? Go premade. If not, then make the cables.
Ultimately though, your boss is the boss. If he insists on hanging patch cables loose through the wall, etc. just document it in email, send it to him with your recommendation, etc. so that when he comes back to you complaining that it looks hack or that the cabling was overpriced, you can remind him that you recommended otherwise.
That's funny.
I mean, a couple of weeks ago I finished up a job where I went into a mess, with a mix of premade cables and mixing A and B pinouts. I re-did most of the connections - by hand - and installed all new patch cables - made by hand, and tested every link with a TDR. A couple failed - turned out the oh-so-slight crosstalk between T568B patch cables and the old T568R runs was just enough to break the link so I switched those old connections to T568B and all was well.
I've seen articles which claim the crosstalk from mixing A and B only sometimes cause link problems, but I've seen it often enough to make it a blanket rule to always, always, always go 568B. 568B is supposedly deprecated but every cable I've ever bought off the shelf, aside from crossover cable, has been wired 568B so I always stick with B.
Most of the premade patch cables that were on site tested bad BTW. I've since installed a few premade cables but they were brand new and those tested fine.
If you're going room to room, don't go with premade patch cables. Get a spool of CAT-6 and use keystones (jacks) on the PC side and a patch panel (or keystones if the boss is too cheap - although once you do more than 20 jacks the patch panel becomes much cheaper so just tell him to STFU and do it right, and skip one appetizer and alcoholic beverage at a meal to recoup the cost) on the other side. Just hanging a patch cable out of the wall is really hack. It works, but it's fugly.
Dell required Tiger to advertise falsely, mislead customers, and compete unfairly? That's an awful strange contract!
(badly worded summary. Obviously. Tiger sucks. IMHO. Carry on.)
One would expect an article lauding the user interface to include at least one sample screen shot as a courtesy. The article shouldn't be the equivalent of "justfuckinggoogleit"
Two additions to the FAQ:
Q. I do not like this business method.
A. The customer is always wrong. It is not your integrity we question.
Q. How do I know the copyrighted work I own actually exists and is in escrow?
A. You can trust us. You trust gold certificates, don't you? It is not our integrity that is in question. We have INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY we must protect!
I disagree. There certainly are "web sights" - in fact one is permanently etched into my brain and makes me want to gouge my eyes out, and, no, I'm not referring to Rosie O'Fat^H^H^HDonnell photos. I'm referring to the infamous goatse. That is a web sight I wish I could forget!
Thankfully, thus far, I have never seen tubgirl. For that, from what I hear, I am truly grateful.
Due to the overwhelmingly popular response we have drafted a preliminary fact. Thank you for all of your inquiries we are pleased that we have a Copyrighted Work solution which appears will make everybody happy,
Q. Will I be able to read, view, or listen to my copyrighted work?
A. Our Copyrighted Work Certificate product ensures that our copyright will never be infringed, including the Fair Use copy stored in your mind.
Q. How will I know what the book is about?
A. We will soon be announcing our Copyrighted Work Synopsis Certificate product in the near future. Stay tuned!
Q. Will works enter the Public Domain?
A. We are reasonably sure that the Copyrighted Work Certificates will eventually fall into Public Domain, however, with this product we have eliminated intellectual property ownership issues which the Constitution introduces. We were unhappy with the whole "limited duration" thing because it forces us to continue to innovate and create useful arts and sciences to remain profitable. That is cruel and unusual punishment!
Hello everyone, I'd like to announce that I have a solution which will work for everyone. Through my solution, you will actually OWN the copyrighted works you purchased, in accordance with the law. However my solution includes a safeguard which 100% guarantees that copyrights will not be infringed outside of the framework of Fair Use.
My solution is revolutionary, and yet so obvious, it's amazing to me that no one has ever considered it. To me, the "intellectual property" holders seem completely stupid, just barely approaching the intelligence of an idiot savant.
Now, please, hold back your excitement. I'll reveal my proposal very shortly, but first I need to inform you that both my copyright enforcement/protection method AND my business method are patented. You may contact me privately to inquire about licensing my patent and of course to learn where you may remit the licensing fees, which I am confident you will find completely reasonable.
Surely you are familiar with gold and other precious metal certificates, and you are familiar with futures. What I propose is selling not your copyrighted works, since distributing them makes your intellectual property vulnerable to relentless infringement and violates your right to control the resale and/or rental of those works due to that pesky doctrine of first sale.
Instead, what I propose is not the sale of books, CDs, MP3s, and DVDs, but rather, that you sell book CERTIFICATES. MP3 CERTIFICATES. DVD CERTIFICATES. Perhaps even COMPUTER SOFTWARE CERTIFICATES (I still have to work out the licensing details on the software - that is a business idea which is patent pending, because you know, the methods with movies and books are patented, but "doing it with computers" is a completely novel implementation so of course you understand I must patent it). Instead of delivering that copyrighted work to the customer, the customer receives a hologram-imprinted official certificate of deposit, where the book, MP3, CD, or DVD is always retained by the copyright holder and placed into escrow.
These certificates may be sold, resold, and rented to the owners' hearts' content; use of the Copyrighted Work Certificates are unrestricted in their use. Need toilet paper? Use your certificate. You're a worthless stoner and need a hit? Just roll one up in your certificate. Want to run a book or movie rental business? This program is for you, Need to invest in your college education? This solution isn't for you. Instead see the "Futures" section below.
Regarding Copyrighted Work Futures: this is somewhat similar to the Copyrighted Work Certificate, except in this case you are trading on the the speculated future worth of our intellectual property. Of course, the futrure value of each Copyrighted Work Certificate will vary based on the demand and popularity of our works. You may trade these futures any time you wish, but we recommend purchasing in advance of our non-publication dates for our copyrighted works for maximal investment value.
As you can see, my solution is completely flawless. Copyrights cannot be infringed by reading, listening to, or watching them, so no unauthorized, infringing copies are retained in anyone's brain. Our copyright cannot be violated by parodies, commentaries, or criticisms. We will never receive a bad review, so no one can possibly libel our works. Most importantly, no one will be able to steal our rightful revenue by reselling those copyrighted works. We even will admit that you own these Copyrighted Work Certificates.
It is the perfect solution that doesn't allow those pesky first sale doctrine and fair use clauses interfere, nor DMCA exceptions! You can start thanking me now.
Aren't you happy I created this noteworthy solution?
Okay, so you have the raw material costs. What about:
* Maintenance (patches, upgrades, etc.)
* salaries - assembly, support, marketing, sales, quality assurance, and so forth
* Surplus for future R&D
* Surplus for warranty service
* Patent royalties (software patents are evil)
* affiliates' tiny slice of the pie
I know you're kidding, but you will actually find far more EFIS panels running Linux than WinCE or Windows embedded, and they're often more feature-rich than proprietary panels - and obviously extensible. They HAVE to be stable and offer certain minimum instrumentation in order for any aircraft they're installed in, including experimental, to gain IFR certification. Blue Mountain Avionics' EFIS/One is just one example. See http://www.bluemountainavionics.com/
The fact the one could download anything even remotely close to a single gigabyte, let alone several or more TERABYTES tells me that Homeland Security is all about pomp and circumstance and squandering taxpayer money than actually doing their job. Heck, even a medium-size enterprise with a firewall monitoring service (like BBN/Genuity used to offer) would have spotted this bandwidth and brought their customer's attention to it, and preemptively killed the transfer pending verification that the traffic was legit. Why don't our DoD contractors have this kind of network security in place?
Even more basic than that: why did they not have a clean net/dirty net architecture for their network? America Online had one in their Needham office for development and QA, I set one up in an HR software company on a shoestring budget, and set one up at my own company using hasbro-quality equipment when working with sensitive data. Why don't DoD contractors have everything on a clean net which is 100% isolated from the Internet for working on top-secret and classified projects? I'd think that Skunk Works would qualify for that kind of protection.
No, the government is penny-wise, pound foolish. They'll buy up mountain ranges around Groom Lake to prevent citzens from seeing even at a distance what amazing aircraft and space plans their money is paying for, and they'll skimp on network design and put plans for those amazing vehicles on a network which is accessible from the internet, enabling our foreign enemies to grab every bit (literally) of data about those vehicles. How sensible is that?
I blame slashdot user Anonymous Coward. After all, it's common knowledge that anonymous users are domestic ter'rists!
The first virus and two spyware applications will count. ;-)
64-bit flash already exists, and has been around for a while.
Expect bandwidth caps to creep down and become strictly enforced as Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, et. al gasp their dying breaths as Cable TV providers rather than embracing their new positions as internet providers.
Open source
Pros:
1. (Generally) free up front costs
2. A multititude of versions readily available, all the way back to early alpha, and will likely always be available, accompanied by the source code
3. (generally/often) cross-platform support
4. A huge support base made up of both paid professional support and "community" support
5. If you have a nagging "must fix" bug that affects you and only you, you have the option of fixing it or hiring someone to fix it for you
6. 0% risk of violating "per-seat" licensing
7. Development might be in someone's bedroom, or backed by a big company. YMMV, batteries not included. This could be a "con" if it's the former.
Cons
1. No warranty
2. Programs are often buggy or incomplete
3. Some projects are run by arrogant BOFH/RTFM types.
4. May require administrator training, in the form of self-study or tutorial videos on youtube, or time spent on messageboards.
Proprietary/Closed Source
Pros:
1. Shrink wrapped package and professionally-replicated DVD (oooh, SHINY!)
2. Development backed by a professional company
3. Program is usually relatively complete and bug free
4. Training i$ generally available for a co$t - where your sysadmin will receive a year's worth of information in 3-5 days and will remember precisely none of it, so he'll be asking you for funding for books, time for self-study and will be spending time on messageboards and/or watching tutorials on youtube
Cons
1. High up-front costs
2. High risk of copyright/license violations if you install more seats than "allowed" by your "license"
3. Support is generally expensive
4. Only the latest version is commercially available
5. If you have a bug you and only you encounter, you're SOL. It ain't gonna be fixed. They have your money already, so why should they care?
6. You are tied to the one and only one platform the software runs on
7. Support is paid support only, and in many cases, if you need support on an older version, they will require you to upgrade prior to providing support. Some community support may be available.
6. All warranties are expressly waived/disclaimed.
per processor core, multiplied by the number of megabytes of RAM installed in your system.
Oh, pardon me, this isn't a production system, but is a development workstation? Allow me to refer you to the above licensing fee schedule. Thank you for choosing Oracle!
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I've used TPB to download perfectly-legal torrents: Linux distros, the free Crossover Office releases, old, free Wordperfect and StarOffice releases, and so forth. I've also downloaded public domain ebooks and audio recordings not to mention old cartoons and movies that have reverted to Public Domain. Therefore, TPB canb, has been, and is used and probably will be used for non-infinging purposes as well as illicit purposes.