Comments for Rolandes Ramblings http://blog.thewaystation.com Feel free to ignore a wide array of useless information... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:34:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 Comment on Ohio & Football by Kelly http://blog.thewaystation.com/2006/11/17/ohio-football/#comment-622 Kelly Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:32:54 +0000 http://blog.thewaystation.com/2006/11/17/ohio-football/#comment-622 Go BUCKEYES!! Even in Cali I'm still a die hard buckeye! Tom is a Michigan just to spite me :) Go BUCKEYES!! Even in Cali I’m still a die hard buckeye! Tom is a Michigan just to spite me :)

]]> Comment on Net Neutrality (www.savetheinternet.com) by Rolande http://blog.thewaystation.com/2006/06/14/net-neutrality-wwwsavetheinternetcom/#comment-322 Rolande Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:58:56 +0000 http://blog.thewaystation.com/2006/06/14/net-neutrality-wwwsavetheinternetcom/#comment-322 The point is that the telco providers want to make an even greater profit margin on the existing infrastructure. They set the prices for their customers and the fierce competition has kept the profit margin relatively small. Now they think they have found an easy way to get rich quick off of their huge subscriber base leveraging them as an extortion tool against the content providers. The idea that the telcos need the ability to charge content providers in order to be able to invest in future growth is ridiculous. They are already charging their customers for the access to the bandwidth and have commercial customers paying premium rates for hosting bandwidth. What the customer does with it is their own business. If the providers are whining about carrying large amounts of transit traffic between their peering partners then that is best left to be discussed during peering negotiations between them. Otherwise, they can just cut off their transit peering and only allow traffic through their network that is originated by or sent to a directly connected customer. The Internet was built to be an open access network and I should not get a completely different view of it depending on which provider I am a customer of. If the cost of delivering service goes up, then the telcos should charge the customers, especially the commerical customers who are using it a fair price to recoup the investments. Simple economics. The big telco providers are already being paid for the access bandwidth for much of the commercial hosting that is going on today anyway. Why don't they just charge a premium rate for bandwidth that will be used for commercial hosting? If the big telcos are so cash poor that they can't invest in next generation backbone infrastructure to support the customer demand, then how are they able to fund these huge mergers that have been taking place requiring billions to complete? Not to mention, the majority of the telcos have been writing off huge amounts of depreciation ($Billions) for the past 5 or 6 years with much less capital investment in comparison. The majority of their positive cash flow has been going right to the funding of the next big acquisition or merger. If the telcos want to cry poor and say they can't afford to fund the growth to meet consumer demand for bandwidth, then let them. They have made their own bed by focusing on the next acquisition target instead of their customers. Too bad. That is their own problem for running their businesses the way they have. They can not just indiscriminately change the fundamental access model of the Internet to meet their own profit goals. If the Government allows this to happen, then the Internet as we have known it, since the early days of NSFnet in the 80's will begin to erode and become segmented within the US. It would be a terrible disaster for the Internet. The point is that the telco providers want to make an even greater profit margin on the existing infrastructure. They set the prices for their customers and the fierce competition has kept the profit margin relatively small. Now they think they have found an easy way to get rich quick off of their huge subscriber base leveraging them as an extortion tool against the content providers.

The idea that the telcos need the ability to charge content providers in order to be able to invest in future growth is ridiculous. They are already charging their customers for the access to the bandwidth and have commercial customers paying premium rates for hosting bandwidth. What the customer does with it is their own business. If the providers are whining about carrying large amounts of transit traffic between their peering partners then that is best left to be discussed during peering negotiations between them. Otherwise, they can just cut off their transit peering and only allow traffic through their network that is originated by or sent to a directly connected customer.

The Internet was built to be an open access network and I should not get a completely different view of it depending on which provider I am a customer of. If the cost of delivering service goes up, then the telcos should charge the customers, especially the commerical customers who are using it a fair price to recoup the investments. Simple economics.

The big telco providers are already being paid for the access bandwidth for much of the commercial hosting that is going on today anyway. Why don’t they just charge a premium rate for bandwidth that will be used for commercial hosting?

If the big telcos are so cash poor that they can’t invest in next generation backbone infrastructure to support the customer demand, then how are they able to fund these huge mergers that have been taking place requiring billions to complete? Not to mention, the majority of the telcos have been writing off huge amounts of depreciation ($Billions) for the past 5 or 6 years with much less capital investment in comparison. The majority of their positive cash flow has been going right to the funding of the next big acquisition or merger. If the telcos want to cry poor and say they can’t afford to fund the growth to meet consumer demand for bandwidth, then let them. They have made their own bed by focusing on the next acquisition target instead of their customers. Too bad. That is their own problem for running their businesses the way they have. They can not just indiscriminately change the fundamental access model of the Internet to meet their own profit goals. If the Government allows this to happen, then the Internet as we have known it, since the early days of NSFnet in the 80’s will begin to erode and become segmented within the US. It would be a terrible disaster for the Internet.

]]> Comment on Net Neutrality (www.savetheinternet.com) by Wilson http://blog.thewaystation.com/2006/06/14/net-neutrality-wwwsavetheinternetcom/#comment-321 Wilson Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:04:02 +0000 http://blog.thewaystation.com/2006/06/14/net-neutrality-wwwsavetheinternetcom/#comment-321 I work with the Hands Off the Internet coaltion and we oppose legislation madating net neutrality. The telecos don't want to limit access to content. They want the ability to recoup their investment in the next generation internet and net neutrality legislation would prevent them from doing so. Again, it's not about discriminating content based on the personal preferences of the telecos but prioritizing packets based on maintinaing a fast and fully functioning internet. As VOIP, video and music become more popular online the amount of bandwidth being used is greatly increasing and the current infrastructure isn't equipped to handle this demand. Thus, they want to invest billions to upgrade the network. Nobody will have their access downgraded or have content blocked. What will happen is the content providers who are streaming HD videos, and other large files will have to pay more to accomodate the amount of bandwidth that they are using. If the telecos aren't allowed to charge the content providers more for better service then the financial burden will fall on the consumer. The FCC has four solid net neutrality principles and the legislation that passed the House gives the FCC the power to enforce them. In addition, the chairman of the FCC, Kevin Martin, commented last week that additional net neutrality regulations are unecessary. To use a phrase I'm sure you've seen, net neutrality is a solution in search of a problem. I work with the Hands Off the Internet coaltion and we oppose legislation madating net neutrality. The telecos don’t want to limit access to content. They want the ability to recoup their investment in the next generation internet and net neutrality legislation would prevent them from doing so. Again, it’s not about discriminating content based on the personal preferences of the telecos but prioritizing packets based on maintinaing a fast and fully functioning internet.

As VOIP, video and music become more popular online the amount of bandwidth being used is greatly increasing and the current infrastructure isn’t equipped to handle this demand. Thus, they want to invest billions to upgrade the network. Nobody will have their access downgraded or have content blocked. What will happen is the content providers who are streaming HD videos, and other large files will have to pay more to accomodate the amount of bandwidth that they are using. If the telecos aren’t allowed to charge the content providers more for better service then the financial burden will fall on the consumer.

The FCC has four solid net neutrality principles and the legislation that passed the House gives the FCC the power to enforce them. In addition, the chairman of the FCC, Kevin Martin, commented last week that additional net neutrality regulations are unecessary. To use a phrase I’m sure you’ve seen, net neutrality is a solution in search of a problem.

]]> Comment on DVD Burning by Derwood http://blog.thewaystation.com/2006/02/20/dvd-burning/#comment-205 Derwood Tue, 23 May 2006 05:07:16 +0000 http://blog.thewaystation.com/2006/02/20/dvd-burning/#comment-205 It took me a lot of coasters and poorly burned DVDs to learn the ins and outs of DVD burning.. First, if you have an 8x or slower burner you probably unfortunately want to get rid of it and get a newer 16x burner.. The new generation burners are more accurate and can better handle different brands of media. You might try checking for updated firmware for your drive.. That can sometimes make a big difference in burn quality. Second, there was a long period of time when 8x disc quality was highly questionable.. Most of what was out there was garbage and even the good companies like Taiyo Yuden had consistency problems. Brand name discs like Verbatim and Fujifilm are all I use. Third, make sure your version of Nero is updated.. Older 6.x versions of Nero had problems too. 6.6.x.x is good, and so is The latest release of the 7 series. Fourth, DVD Shrink is great, but there are some discs that you will need to use DVD Decrypter on first. Its good to keep both around just in case. Also, remember that since you're making a dual layer disc fit on a single layer disc, the amount of space taken up by menus, extras, etc. all take away from the total quality of the movie itself.. The more you have to transcode down, the lesser the quality of the movie itself will be.. Thats why I remove everything except the movie, and the dolby english track.. Menus, extras, deleted scenes, Spanish and French audio tracks all get ripped out to make as much room as possible for the movie. It took me a lot of coasters and poorly burned DVDs to learn the ins and outs of DVD burning..
First, if you have an 8x or slower burner you probably unfortunately want to get rid of it and get a newer 16x burner.. The new generation burners are more accurate and can better handle different brands of media. You might try checking for updated firmware for your drive.. That can sometimes make a big difference in burn quality.
Second, there was a long period of time when 8x disc quality was highly questionable.. Most of what was out there was garbage and even the good companies like Taiyo Yuden had consistency problems. Brand name discs like Verbatim and Fujifilm are all I use.
Third, make sure your version of Nero is updated.. Older 6.x versions of Nero had problems too. 6.6.x.x is good, and so is The latest release of the 7 series.
Fourth, DVD Shrink is great, but there are some discs that you will need to use DVD Decrypter on first. Its good to keep both around just in case.
Also, remember that since you’re making a dual layer disc fit on a single layer disc, the amount of space taken up by menus, extras, etc. all take away from the total quality of the movie itself.. The more you have to transcode down, the lesser the quality of the movie itself will be.. Thats why I remove everything except the movie, and the dolby english track.. Menus, extras, deleted scenes, Spanish and French audio tracks all get ripped out to make as much room as possible for the movie.

]]> Comment on DVD Burning by Chris Bush http://blog.thewaystation.com/2006/02/20/dvd-burning/#comment-13 Chris Bush Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:59:58 +0000 http://blog.thewaystation.com/2006/02/20/dvd-burning/#comment-13 Hey buddy, enjoyed reading about this whole event; I was glued to my seat and didn't read ahead. I just knew you'd get through it. Sorry you had to go through all that. I'll be sure to call you before I ever purchase the technology to even start messing with DVD's. Sorry I haven't called you recently. I'll be sure to very soon. Take care. Hello to your family, we miss you. cb Hey buddy, enjoyed reading about this whole event; I was glued to my seat and didn’t read ahead. I just knew you’d get through it. Sorry you had to go through all that. I’ll be sure to call you before I ever purchase the technology to even start messing with DVD’s. Sorry I haven’t called you recently. I’ll be sure to very soon. Take care. Hello to your family, we miss you. cb

]]> Comment on I’m Finally Back! by dworst http://blog.thewaystation.com/2006/01/21/im-finally-back/#comment-8 dworst Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:58:04 +0000 http://blog.thewaystation.com/2006/01/21/im-finally-back/#comment-8 welcome back! about time the link from my blog worked!! welcome to beeeutiful Ohio! :lol: welcome back!
about time the link from my blog worked!!

welcome to beeeutiful Ohio! :lol:

]]> Comment on You’d think I would know better… by Carlos http://blog.thewaystation.com/2005/07/19/youd-think-i-would-know-better/#comment-7 Carlos Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:33:20 +0000 http://blog.thewaystation.com/2005/07/19/youd-think-i-would-know-better/#comment-7 I will leave with the question of not knowing if my own laptop harddrive that crashed would have been recoverable with spin rite from grc.com, I sent it to one of these places that recover data and sure enough I got a quote of 3k to get the info back I will leave with the question of not knowing if my own laptop harddrive that crashed would have been recoverable with spin rite from grc.com, I sent it to one of these places that recover data and sure enough I got a quote of 3k to get the info back

]]> Comment on The pain and irritation that is job searching and interviewing by Carlos http://blog.thewaystation.com/2005/08/24/the-pain-and-irritation-that-is-job-searching-and-interviewing/#comment-6 Carlos Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:26:20 +0000 http://blog.thewaystation.com/2005/08/24/the-pain-and-irritation-that-is-job-searching-and-interviewing/#comment-6 You know, I am in sort of the same boat, I have been looking to switch positions for over a year. In my case the problem is that now I am overqualified for almost every position that is "out there" and the positions for which I am not overqualified are not what I want I was told in no less than 3 places, your resume looks great and you are right for the position but your wages expectations are way too high. Perhaps you have a very good position and you are just a bit burned out from the normal (and sometimes abnormal ) problems that go on everyday? Just when the band was playing on the decks and the captain already left the ship........some investors stepped in and saved the company so I managed to remain aboard losing a couple of benefits and now being on contract instead of being a full time employee. The lesson I got from my job hunting period is that sometimes its hard to get a better position WITH the conditions that you want (that is no travel, normal hours etc), I am sure you will get the right position and most likely it will happen when you are not looking Good luck You know, I am in sort of the same boat, I have been looking to switch positions for over a year. In my case the problem is that now I am overqualified for almost every position that is “out there” and the positions for which I am not overqualified are not what I want

I was told in no less than 3 places, your resume looks great and you are right for the position but your wages expectations are way too high.

Perhaps you have a very good position and you are just a bit burned out from the normal (and sometimes abnormal ) problems that go on everyday?

Just when the band was playing on the decks and the captain already left the ship……..some investors stepped in and saved the company so I managed to remain aboard losing a couple of benefits and now being on contract instead of being a full time employee.

The lesson I got from my job hunting period is that sometimes its hard to get a better position WITH the conditions that you want (that is no travel, normal hours etc), I am sure you will get the right position and most likely it will happen when you are not looking

Good luck

]]> Comment on Passing the CCIE Lab Exam by alistair http://blog.thewaystation.com/2005/07/07/passing-the-ccie-lab-exam/#comment-5 alistair Thu, 04 Aug 2005 17:34:30 +0000 http://blog.thewaystation.com/2005/07/07/passing-the-ccie-lab-exam/#comment-5 hi! ronalde its nice to go thru your profile .. i am sure you are feeeling at the top of the world & u dont have to study any more NETWORKING stuff ..ia have been going thru a lot of CCIE forums , it seems like this is the most HARDEST thing ever in life ..seen people breaking their heads just trying to get those concepts nailed down ..well! as for me i am just a beginer , just doen my MCSE , studying for CCNA ...will keeps in touch hi! ronalde
its nice to go thru your profile .. i am sure you are feeeling at the top of the world & u dont have to study any more NETWORKING stuff ..ia have been going thru a lot of CCIE forums , it seems like this is the most HARDEST thing ever in life ..seen people breaking their heads just trying to get those concepts nailed down ..well! as for me i am just a beginer , just doen my MCSE , studying for CCNA …will keeps in touch

]]> Comment on Funny things seen on the road by GE http://blog.thewaystation.com/2005/07/08/funny-things-seen-on-the-road/#comment-4 GE Mon, 18 Jul 2005 03:28:46 +0000 http://blog.thewaystation.com/2005/07/08/funny-things-seen-on-the-road/#comment-4 just wondering if you were at the bus station waiting for the Lamer's bus?? ;) just wondering if you were at the bus station waiting for the Lamer’s bus?? ;)

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