IT(Network Guys) what would you do?
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Originally Posted by rutherk1
Sounds pretty sweet.
Your school must have some $ to blow. Regan was president when I was in middle school. I think our text books went up to Kennedy
. The teachers just made up the rest. Now students have 100Mbps connection at their desk?
Pretty awesome.
You know. Maybe you should hold off. Nostradamus predicted the end of days following a global sharing of information (the internet).
Your school must have some $ to blow. Regan was president when I was in middle school. I think our text books went up to Kennedy
. The teachers just made up the rest. Now students have 100Mbps connection at their desk?Pretty awesome.
You know. Maybe you should hold off. Nostradamus predicted the end of days following a global sharing of information (the internet).
It's actually DHS, and the school is for Military only, so, yep I guess the Gov't does have allot of money to blow(our tax dollars)...
We actually were in the process about 4 years ago of running fiber to the desktop, but the users kept kicking the NIC's and wall plates of their cubes and breaking stuff, so we decided it was too much money to keep replacing all of that. We only tested on Dept of about 30 people at the time, and we could only imagine the cost of doing 2K users.
Also, I am trying to be the sole person to bring down the entire world....per Nostradamus.....
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Originally Posted by RandallT
We actually were in the process about 4 years ago of running fiber to the desktop, but the users kept kicking the NIC's and wall plates of their cubes and breaking stuff, so we decided it was too much money to keep replacing all of that.
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http://whatis.techtarget.com/definit...499008,00.html
Interesting link. From my perspective, their use of "Mbps" is wrong (but I acknowledge that I'm pretty much alone in the world on this). Strangely, they are careful to point out that the use of lowercase "k" is appropriate when it's 10^3 being discussed vs. 2^10.
Check out the "*" note about "not generally used to express data speed."
Interesting link. From my perspective, their use of "Mbps" is wrong (but I acknowledge that I'm pretty much alone in the world on this). Strangely, they are careful to point out that the use of lowercase "k" is appropriate when it's 10^3 being discussed vs. 2^10.
Check out the "*" note about "not generally used to express data speed."
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According to this exerpt from a "Metric System FAQ" I found (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/metric-system-faq.txt), I am in violation of international protocol:
1.12 What is the correct way of writing metric units?
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Each unit and prefix in the International System of Units has an
official symbol (abbreviation) assigned to it. This symbol is
identical in all languages. When writing down numeric quantities,
especially in the more formal context of product descriptions,
documentation, signs, scientific publications, etc., it is important
to pay some attention to the accurate writing of the unit symbol.
Here are the most important rules for abbreviating SI units:
- Use exactly the standard symbols for prefixes and units listed
in the tables above. Do not invent your own abbreviations.
- Remember that there is a simple system for deciding which letters
are uppercase or lowercase:
- Symbols of units named after a person start uppercase.
(E.g., newton, volt, weber use N, V, Wb.)
- Other units start lowercase.
(E.g., metre, second, lux use m, s, lx.)
- Symbols of prefixes greater than 10³ (kilo) start uppercase.
- All other prefix symbols start with a lowercase letter.
- Further letters in a unit or prefix are always lowercase.
(Correct examples: kHz, MHz)
Oh the shame!
1.12 What is the correct way of writing metric units?
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Each unit and prefix in the International System of Units has an
official symbol (abbreviation) assigned to it. This symbol is
identical in all languages. When writing down numeric quantities,
especially in the more formal context of product descriptions,
documentation, signs, scientific publications, etc., it is important
to pay some attention to the accurate writing of the unit symbol.
Here are the most important rules for abbreviating SI units:
- Use exactly the standard symbols for prefixes and units listed
in the tables above. Do not invent your own abbreviations.
- Remember that there is a simple system for deciding which letters
are uppercase or lowercase:
- Symbols of units named after a person start uppercase.
(E.g., newton, volt, weber use N, V, Wb.)
- Other units start lowercase.
(E.g., metre, second, lux use m, s, lx.)
- Symbols of prefixes greater than 10³ (kilo) start uppercase.
- All other prefix symbols start with a lowercase letter.
- Further letters in a unit or prefix are always lowercase.
(Correct examples: kHz, MHz)
Oh the shame!