I have 802.11B/G, 80211AC, 802.11B/GN, 10BaseT, 10/100BaseT, 1000BaseT, and Powerline 500 all in use on my home. Different devices have different WiFi capabilities, explaining why I listed the various modes separately. Ditto, the wired Ethernet media. Some devices (WII, SqueezeBox-3) are limited to 802.11B/G. Others (smartphones, tablets, AppleTV, laptops, desktops) are more versatile. WiFi doesn't reach all of our upstairs, thus the powerline. I've also used the powerline to connect a network printer, a DirecTV DVR, and an Ethernet-only Squeezebox-1). I needed the Powerline upstairs until my daughter got a WiFi enabled desktop. Now the Powerline us available upstairs and used mostly as a convenience elsewhere. Servers & Desktops. Whats in your pocket?

Ah yes, the old vampire tap. I remember it well. Worked well for me. I had a 386 PC w / OS/2 & Dos 3.3 on my desk. I wrote a DOS driver for a 3Com Ethernet board as a TSR and used it to connect to our VAX 11/750 for fast data transfer (400Kbps in 1989), much faster than the available VMS to PC software of the time, DecnetDos. Then Thinnet came out. Thinnet was a pain in the ass because our resident idiots disconnected the wires, not the T-Barrel connector when moving a PC. EVERY TIME THEY MOVED THE PC AN INCH!

1) USA. What of it?

I have an assortment of VAXen, 4060 and 4090 workstations, a few VAXServers including a pair of 4105a boxes, 2 Alpha servers and one small Alpha Workstation, all of which use 31/2 inch SCSI drives. The 4105a's use DSSI drives which are an improved version of SCSI from the defunct Digital Equipment Corporation, a former giant in the computer industry. They can also use SCSI at a slower speed. I also have some storage shelves to slot the drives into, instead of mounting them internally. All I've tested in the last few years are still working, although I expect some of them to fail from old age problems such as stiction.

I believe that the more accurate quote is: "If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization."

uh, what exactly are you referring to? How does Gmail solve anything related to spam and credit card processing?

once in civil court, all at the county circuit court level. Each time I was called I served for a week. I was the jury foreman (foreperson if you want to be PC) once. I was called for jury duty seven times as best as I can remember and was dismissed several times with cases being settled, obviating at the last minute the need for a trial.

I believe that it is a citizens honor and duty to serve when called and did so proudly, even though it played havoc with my projects at work. Also, it was not much fun to sit around in the jury selection room at the county courthouse waiting to be called or sent home for the day.

My employer was generous with my time, extending my projects so that any delays caused by serving did not reflect on me.

but it would be really nice to have open Access points at my various Dr.'s offices and/or inexpensive 3G for the rest of the places I go a few days a month. Having more than a minimum data plan doesn't make sense for me, and I can't afford it.

the sound of his own voice. In this case he seems to be supporting the luddites because many people don't accept or desire that technology brings change. Read about the introduction of steam power for parallels. There are many good comments here already. Being proactive in handling job displacement would be a major plus for all of us, as best as I can see.

Stupid git! The title says it all. The quote is from Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle.

I see several mentions of using NTFS on OS X but no mention of using a commercial SUPPORTED version that is commonly available - for instance Paragon NTFS 8. I have used v7 and upgraded to v8 and had little to no issues with it. The only problem I've had was with a corrupted volume.

Is this a religious or moral issue - using only FOSS - or am I unaware of significant issues with this product? It would seem to me that a business would be willing to pay a small amount for support on a product.

I have no interest in the product other than being a user of it.

Would that be John Alabama or perhaps Sam Alabama?

Better read the current terms of service first - yanking the rug before changing the terms of service frequently leads to lawsuits. Be nice to the pointy-haired one, but point out the likelihood of legal problems here. Also, I liked the first responder 'seanadams' suggestion as an actual solution - if there is no way to actually get the bandwidth upped.

says it all.