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As I look back on the asus board and its eventual demise it’s clear there were additional failures before hand that came together. When the 160 gig drive failed it could of been part of static discharge and the other part it was a used drive with an unknown history.
Beyond that when watching netflix on Pauls computer it runs smoothly and streams without a problem while on the asus board using socket 754 with 2.5 gigs of ram within virtualbox there was delays and excessive buffering. Making the stream nearly unwatcheable or very frustrating. It could of also been the emulation used within Virtualbox that may of had something to do with it.
Regardless though first the 160 gig drive failed then the power to the monitors started failing, so I do not know yet at what point that occured but since then the asus board appears failed. Until I solve the failed power or wakeup problem with the monitors there is little that can be done with troubleshooting. For the moment I am reverting back to a much older system to be able to use Ubuntu in my office. Which is what I call – what would otherwise be known as a laboratory, the space where I do much of my exploration into computer technology.
The system I am experimenting with is p4 400 mhz machine with all of 256 megs of memory and two hard drives, one that isjust over 8 gig and another that is approximately 20 gig. Nothing like a power system but good enough for browsing the internet and research into some of the options in resolvin the main machines problems. The same machine was one which I mentioned as part of an experiment in setting it up as a router (http://blog.homeofknatchwa.net/an-experiment-probable) though that was put aside for the moment to see if I could figure out what is going on with the other system. Along with lives events sometimes things are put aside for the future.
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“Much like a Starbucks cup of coffee, your experience at the 2,100 T-Mobile HotSpot locations is the same. We use T1 lines because we want the T-Mobile HotSpot experience to mirror what business users are accustomed to at their office. We want to provide enough bandwidth to support streaming video for video conferencing and downloading multi-media presentations, as well as for email and other uses.”
~ Bryan Sidar Via Travel Insider ( http://www.thetravelinsider.com/2003/0221.htm)
Considering that was eight years ago, it is remarkable that only now is the realization of that idea that has become available to the end user with cable and dsl modems.
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Update: 12/06/2010
With the holiday season quick approaching, I have moved completely away from what was once known. The domain I had mentioned before has been phased out, and have instead moved to posterous – as for the time being that is the easiest option and seems to work equally as well.
Can make a world of difference, this article I found today speaks to and about the idea of moving forward in Open Source using a rather interesting idea;
Open source software can propogate, update and debug much faster than proprietary software, because there are a whole bunch of coders out there who can dive into the program and fix things. While there may be some overarching structure, such as the Mozilla Foundation, the reaction time is much faster (let’s not get into the old, shuffling Romero-era zombies vs the super-fast mutants of 28 Days Later and its ilk) than for proprietary software.
via Network World
It speaks to a very clear message of why more should become Open Source Advocates, and to do that can often be easier then you might imagine.
A tough lesson to learn, in regard to Ubuntu, that first there is often a reason certain updates are held back, usually unless you know how to fix it, you should try not to break it.
It’s about darn time: Google has joined the ranks of tech companies relegating Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 to the archive tapes of history.
In a post to its official enterprise blog, Internet giant Google has announced it will begin phasing out support for Microsoft’s nearly decade-old Internet Explorer 6 Web browser. Beginning March 1, IE6 users will start to find Google’s Web based applications and services—starting with Google Docs and Google Sites—will stop working well with Internet Explore 6. Eventually, IE6 won’t be able to use the services at all.
via Digital Trends
For Far to Long has Internet Explore Six been the bane of a web developers existence, the one browser to many still use, even if it is as old as XP is now. A browser that never has followed standards, had been the one browser developers had to modify, every little aspect of their design just so that it could look right on this browser that should have been phased out a very long time ago.
With Firefox taking the lead, and Open Source becoming the standard, the time has finally come to be able to develop, based on standards, for the browsers of the market today, Chrome, Firefox, Flock and Others. Most if not all being based on standards, making development more straightforward and simple then ever. The next challenge seems to be that we need to step it up to move the browsers in the market today to HTML 5 to make things even more straightforward.
The sad thing is still many may not be aware of it being phased out, but these are also the same people who were happy just as long when the power was pressed, the computer turned on and they could browse the connected world, even if they were using an otherwise antiquated browser that is Internet Explorer 6. To many of those who buy computers today have no idea what they have on the system and in that selective ignorance have no idea that each time they are using this browser, that should otherwise be placed in the throngs of the history like DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 as something that does not and will not work in today’s world.
These are the same people who have to long kept it the same because they had no idea, at least with Google phasing out support perhaps more will realize that needs upgrades or like this quote puts it;
You can’t see anything from a car; you’ve got to get out of the goddamn contraption and walk, better yet crawl, on hands and knees, over the sandstone and through the thorn-bush and cactus. When traces of blood begin to mark your trail, you’ll see something, maybe. ~Edward Abbey
Though IE6 is not a vehicle it was a means to access the community based initiative that is the Interconnected Web, and the quote is proper in that if these users never step out and see what is outside of IE6 they are more likely to stick with this flawed browser. Literally slowing down the world-wide web, as still others need to recode specific aspects of a page just so IE6 can see it how it was founded.
With Google at least taking this step, more will recognize, at least hopefully that there are options, that there are upgrades if only they took the time to update their system, but the only way they will do such a thing is if more of those who Advocate Open Source, write-up their own views, and thoughts on what the Internet should really be about.
That the internet started as a collaborative medium, when it was still considered ARPANET the worlds first packet switching network and what the Global Internet started as, though there is more about the History of the Internet, it is important to recognize that it was a way to share information between professors and universities. Today it has not really changed even though Microsoft would have you believe otherwise, the internet that in this day and age is behind locked doors, at its roots is still community based, even blogging as a medium is community based. Why the logical future should be a world, of computers based on Open Sourced Ideas, on Linux, Firefox and others.
In closing it is beneficial that this step is being taken by Google, perhaps now that IE6 is being phased out can we truly grasp the possibilities and the potential long hampered by non standards based ideas that IE6 is the embodiment of.
Let us move forward, and take the steps in a new direction, nearly forgotten but recognized when a Giant of the Internet World are determined to break away from those false views and make the progress, that we have long needed, what do you think?
For many traditional IT companies, the lure of energy efficiency efforts is two-fold: data center costs are becoming dominated by power use, so greater efficiency will both save them money and provide them with products and services that they can sell to other companies. These efforts also fall nicely in line with the goals of the Department of Energy, which is now using some of its stimulus money to fund data center efficiency projects from companies like Alcatel-Lucent, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Yahoo. Meanwhile, Google has decided it needs greater control over the power coming in, and will be launching its own utility, which will focus on supplying it with renewable energy. via ArsTechnica c/o Twitter_Tips
An amazing article found via DrugStorCowboy on Twitter via Ubuntu101 with the stimulus money flowing at least through the end of 2010, Google and other hard hitters in the industry are grasping a piece of a Green Movement in a new direction of using renewable energy instead of the standard energy helping the environment while also moving forward in their own steps in making Google more than it has been before. To be self-sustaining, through the use of green energy in powering their data centers which can often be interpreted as the backbone of some of the biggest networks in the world.
This is a remarkable step in a new direction, of living a greener life, but the question remains as mentioned in the article, what happens to all this progress once the funding dries up? What then will occur in the future, will all these great steps in a new direction end in a stalemate? Once there is no more income coming from DOE (Department of Energy) when the stimulus money runs out, will that be the end? Or will it be self-sufficient, and growing by the time the money is gone?
There are many questions but at the very least this is a step in a new good direction, in helping the environment continue to exist, and increasing the understanding that the future is green, Just as Ubuntu should see it, and just as many of the Linux Distributions understand it. It is the future, and it is better on the overall if each do what they need to do in progressing this change to a cleaner energy source for some of the most energy dependant resources, the systems that run the interwebs, the data centers around the world. Be interesting to see where it goes from here, what are some of your views on making things greener? How are you also doing your part to help improve the environment? Share your view in the comments, look forward to hearing more from you in the future.
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The wonders of open source, the excitement of countless developers coming together playing a part in making Firefox the de facto standard. This is only a few of the many benefits of Firefox. Following is a list of some of the features are think are most pivotal.
Let us first define what exactly is open source, with each day passing more and more individuals are seeing open source products come out on the market. Some examples include, Open Office, which very much like MS OFFICE without the high price tag and frustrating non standard formatting, Firefox which we are exploring here, a Internet browser with increased security and easy to use add ons improving on its ability to be the way you want it not what Microsoft decides to throw at you. Open source simply means something that is truly built and operates for the people without the extensive commercialization. Constant updates with each moment numerous developers are doing there part to make that Firefox suite the best it can be. Improving usability and availability for the masses. There are many others worth mentioning, though another topic entirely will not explore them now.
To understand to see why Firefox has been open source and standards based from the beginning, the article quoted above goes into more detail. To speak about Firefox is to speak about a revolution, an opportunity for something that is not corporate based to have a fighting chance in a market that was long being strangled, by the likes of Internet Explorer, the only browser that came preinitialized with windows for far to long. A program that is not standards based and has caused more pain then it was worth.
Firefox as the alternative has continued to gain momentum, in the same field as Google Chrome which itself is a recent addition to this war. The wonders of Firefox is it’s extensibility, standards based and community based, being more stable and more secure then Internet Explorer could be in it’s most simple form. What is your chosen browser and why do you choose that over the others?
Many a windows user has entered the Linux fold after a host of bad experiences with malware in the Windows world ---viruses, and all sorts of other malicious bits of software code, too numerous to imagine. Windows is also plagued by a seemingly endless array of security vulnerabilities, leaving the system easy prey to invaders with less than nobile intentions. Every trip out into cyberspace thuse becomes something like a run through the infectious ward of a hospital. For a Windows user, it can sometimes seem that more time is spent ridding the system of viral pests and defending it from invaders that is actually spent getting things done.From Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks
by Rickford Grant
