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Am I the only one remembering ATM?
Not cash machines, but Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A physical level protocol designed for an end-to-end maximum latency of 300 ms. Globally.
The first version of the standard, 35 years ago, specified 155 Mbps and 620 Mbps user interfaces; 2.4 Gbps and 10 Gbps was for internal network switches. Like a telephone connection, an ATM connection was routed end-to-end at the physical level. The physical level also handled statistical multiplexing for virtual connections.
I have heard (no URL available) that there were IP routing networks using virtual ATM connections for single-hop routing between any two routers connected to the ATM network, significantly reducing latency and processing overhead.
But ATM fell as a victim to the Network Wars. I never saw any good technical reasons why ATM should fail - but a lot of network-political reasons. I really wouldn't object to an ATM revival ... (Alternately: If someone would provide really good technical arguments why ATM deserved to fail, I'd like to learn about it. But I strongly doubt that there are many people around today that know ATM well enough to really give it a critical assessment, and certainly not without being colored by the Network Wars.)
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Why is the language developers and DBAs use to organize our data such a mess? Here are nine reasons we wish we could quit SQL, even though we probably won't. DROP *;
OK everyone. He's spoken. Back to flat files everywhere!
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Reads like someone who hasn't really learned SQL or software engineering in general.
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That was my original idea for the blurb: “tell me you’ve never written a real application without telling me you’ve never written an application.”
I wonder at these opinion columnists at times.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I wonder at these opinion columnists at times. At times?
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Yep, every time I read one of their columns.
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For hierarchically structured data, CODASYL databases might be an option.
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I find his reasons strange, but SQL *is* a pretty clunky way for applications to interact with databases. For analysts, it is fine.
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In a blog post, the FTC cautioned that cleverly placed QR codes can set people up for a scam. Scan this to find out more
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It might not be the year of the Linux desktop yet, but Linux distributions will soon have their own Blue Screen of Death message. Our little OS is all grown up!
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I knew it was not a good idea to bring linux so close to windows...
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So what is the command line to make it a 'chartreuse' screen of death? And that command better have at least five esoteric switches. Bonus points if some of them directly affect everyday things in the OS.
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I guess BSOD sounds better than kernel panic
modified 12-Dec-23 7:45am.
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As long as the QR code is white on blue, I'm happy.
(Lots of people are not aware that white on blue is shown in numerous practical tests to provide the highest level of readability. IBM didn't chose it at random, but for a very good reason. Black on yellow competes with white on blue, and a few tests show it to be better, but they are very close. So black on yellow traffic signs is not randomly chosen, either.)
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If you study computer science you don't learn how to ensure quality standards in software. We can fix that later then
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If you study language, you don't learn how to ensure quality books in literature.
(not that I find it right, but...)
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You can learn a lot from the brain of a mouse that's exploring a virtual world Fear the mice that are getting really good at Beat Saber
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I wonder, it the mice manage to transcend, will it ring all the phones at once?
Quote: You can learn a lot from the brain of a mouse that's exploring a virtual world Considering some people I have seen, better to observe the brain of the mice...
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Both AV-TEST and AV-Comparatives released their newest assessment report recently and in this article, we look at how the various anti-virus products that were tested stack up in terms of system/performance impact. Why you always feel like you need a new computer: AV Edition
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What a benchmark... when most of the listed act like viri themselves...
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Opinion: HP's printer business practices have infuriated users for years. What's worse: reviled or detested?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: What's worse: reviled or detested? What's worse: ignorance or indifference? I don't know and I don't care.
Kent Sharkey wrote: Opinion: HP's printer business practices have infuriated users for years. Not me, never used it voluntarily... and when forced, I wasn't paying for them and had support.
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I had an HP InkJet printer about thirty years ago, but that's it. I spent more on ink for cleaning than on actual printing, and eventually the nozzles got completely gummed up. No more InkJets for me!
OTOH, their ProBook line of laptops is OK - reasonably sturdy, not too heavy, and do everything that I need them to do.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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