chasethetail - Slashdot User

Comment Powershell (Score 0) 351

by chasethetail on Thursday March 15, 2007 @03:49PM (#18366683) Attached to: Novell Assents To "Windows Is Cheaper Than Linux"

I've spent some time playing with powershell, it is an attempt to integrate a *nix shell into their server/development environment. I guess so $USE and M$ can play nicely. Not quite as powerful as is suggested. It came out around the same time as Novell/M$ licensing thing came up. They know serious admins don't want paper-clips and wizards and need some sturdy shell to issue edicts and commands.

"Our decision to simplify our mixed-source environment with Microsoft and Novell will allow us to reduce the cost and complexity"

I really haven't seen enough outcry against Novell in the Linux community, nothing good can come from this partnership.

Journal Journal: Fuck you SUV with the Bush/Cheney '04 sticker! 2

Journal by Servo on Thursday March 15, 2007 @03:21PM

Driving to work yesterday (in my new Prius), and I get cut off by some sort of huge SUV with Bush/Cheney sticker on the back.

Hey driver of said vehicle... would you mind taking a long walk off a short pier? Just because I drive a hybrid car doesn't mean you get to be a prick. I bought the car because its 1) geeky from a technology standpoint and 2) gets better gas mileage for my 110 mile round trip everyday.

Submission + - Military system offers worldwide cell phone access

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coondoggie

on Thursday March 15, 2007 @03:20PM

coondoggie writes: "U.S. soldiers stationed in remote regions of Iraq and Afghanistan can flip open their Razr or LG mobile phones and place calls, thanks to a new portable cellular communications system from LGS, the U.S. government marketing arm of Alcatel-Lucent. LGS announced its Tactical Base Station Router (TacBSR), which was developed by Bell Laboratories, in February. The TacBSR is a single box that provides instant commercial cellular communications and serves as a gateway between cellular and VoIP networks. The TacBSR is available for U.S. government customers only. Applications include field deployments, disaster recovery, reverse 911, and search and rescue operations. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/031507-milit ary-systems-provide-instant-cell-phones.html"

Researchers Scheming to Rebuild Internet From Scratch 254

Posted by Zonk on Thursday March 15, 2007 @02:49PM from the can-i-have-the-old-one-when-you're-done-with-it dept.

BobB writes "Stanford University researchers have launched an initiative called the Clean Slate Design for the Internet. The project aims to make the network more secure, have higher throughput, and support better applications, all by essentially rebuilding the Internet from scratch. From the article: 'Among McKeown's cohorts on the effort is electrical engineering Professor Bernd Girod, a pioneer of Internet multimedia delivery. Vendors such as Cisco, Deutsche Telekom and NEC are also involved. The researchers already have projects underway to support their effort: Flow-level models for the future Internet; clean slate approach to wireless spectrum usage; fast dynamic optical light paths for the Internet core; and a clean slate approach to enterprise network security (Ethane).'"

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