zeroharmada - Slashdot User

Comment Guess I lucked out (Score 1) 835

by zeroharmada on Tuesday September 08, 2009 @05:41PM (#29357841) Attached to: Does Your College Or University Support Linux?

Reading other poster's comments I have actually been surprised. I attend OSU's IT campus and not only do they go out of there way to make sure all formats are supported, They actually assume working knowledge of all 3 OS. In database classes we run Microsoft SQL so you are expected to use Windows or are provided with virtual machine licenses. In web scripting we are advised to use Ubuntu or a Linux distro, but provided with support and tutorials for Windows as well. I guess it all comes down to what the focus of the campus and college is. If you want ubiquitous Linux support you should probably lean toward a more technically inclined environment.

Comment well, crud. (Score 1) 282

by zeroharmada on Wednesday January 28, 2009 @07:01PM (#26646297) Attached to: Cox Communications and "Congestion Management"

As a cox customer in Kansas I will be keeping a definite eye on this, but I don't feel too concerned. I know that I use up more than the average user in bandwidth, but I set up my large bandwidth uses to operate overnight when congestion is not an issue. Cox has always been pretty open about being able to talk to a real person who actually knows what they are talking about whenever I have a problem, so I am far more inclined than the regular /.er to trust them. Provided they are only traffic-shaping people who are using more than their fair share of bandwidth during times of congestion I not only am OK with it, but expect it. I will allow their previous good PR with me to give this a rose tint, but you can be sure that if it does become an issue they will both lose me and any client/personnel recommendations they are getting right now. Fortunately, Kansas has surprisingly diverse internet options in its bigger cities.

Comment am I the only one? (Score 2, Insightful) 432

by zeroharmada on Sunday July 06, 2008 @11:05PM (#24079803) Attached to: Giant Snake-Shaped Generators Could Capture Wave Power

Am I the only one who thinks arrays of these could be used to power trans-oceanic relay stations leading to a more robust internet backbone. The internet could be not only made of tubes, but powered by them too.

Does Anonymity In Virtual Worlds Breed Terrorism? 295

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 07, 2008 @02:07AM from the threat-of-the-week dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "The Washington Post has an article about the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's take on the numerous virtual worlds (e.g. Second Life) that have cropped up in recent years. IARPA's thesis is that because the Government can't currently monitor all the communication and interaction, terrorists will plot and scheme in such environments."

Submission + - Vista Express Upgrade moving at snail's pace

Submitted by Chester Freeze on Friday February 16, 2007 @01:56PM

Chester Freeze writes: During the holiday season, many shoppers bought PCs with the promise of quick, free Vista upgrades. The reality has been something else entirely: many Dell and HP customers are being told that they won't receive their copies of Vista before April. 'One source at a major OEM who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the real issue is that OEMs are still not sure which PCs are really ready to support Vista, and which PCs aren't... Customers who qualify for an Express Upgrade also qualify for OEM support for Windows Vista, even if their machines came with Windows XP. The last thing a Dell, Gateway, or HP wants to do is start sending out upgrades to customers who might have video cards that do not have particularly stable drivers yet (or sound cards, or RAID controllers, etc.). This could be a support disaster.'

Submission + - Apple TV to be a centrally controlled P2P network?

Submitted by Rolgar on Friday February 16, 2007 @11:57AM

Rolgar writes: This week, Bob Cringely states that since the Apple TV will be an always on device (unless you unplug it) with a 40GB hard drive, Apple will distribute content to Apple TVs for every ISP, and then use centrally controlled P2P sharing on those Apple TVs to distribute the content to the rest of the owners of the Apple TV, cutting their own bandwidth costs and providing video faster to the consumers. The ISPs will incur higher (essentially free) bandwidth locally, possibly lose some subscribers to cable TV, but have fewer costs through the Tier II Internet backbone providers, which I suspect would possibly undercut the Apple and Google's need to worry about net neutrality for video. Bob also expects that Google will be involved with their fiber network and advertising expertise, and I suspect that they'll bundle in YouTube content as well and maybe Google has worked out a way to distribute YouTube video to PCs through this network. Bob suspects that they won't get around to announcing the full details of this plan until they hit a half million units or more, and that this Apple and Google pairing will become the equivalent of a cable TV provider with almost none of the infrastructure costs, and that eventually the real HD revolution will come from Apple and Google.

Kansas Adopts New Science Standards 868

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 16, 2007 @11:42AM from the in-line-with-the-rest-of-us dept.

porcupine8 writes "The Kansas State Board of Education has changed the state science standards once again, this time to take out language questioning evolution. This turnaround comes fast on the heels of the ouster given this past election to the ultra-conservative Board members who originally introduced the language. 'Science' has also been re-redefined as 'a human activity of systematically seeking natural explanations' (the word 'natural' had been previously stricken from the definition). If you'd like to see the new standards, a version showing all additions and deletions is available from the KS DOE's website (PDF)."

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