How and why?  I've been so busy doing installs that there are a lot of 
things I'm way out of touch on.
marlon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article


> xHz hasn't been the primary measurement of CPU performance in about 4 
> years.
> A 1.7 GHz processor today can beat the snot out of a 4 GHz+ processor of
> yesteryear.
>
>
> -----
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 10:28 PM
> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>
>> Grin
>>
>> I remember putting a 286 upgrade card into what must have been an ISA 
>> slot
>> on my old Tandy 1000.  Man, that made the F19 game run SOOOOOOO much
>> smoother!
>>
>> I don't mess with pc's much anymore.  What speeds are machines running 
>> at?
>> I was just looking at a new one for the front office.  I can't find
>> anything
>> running much faster than 2 or 2.5 ghz unless I want to spend a lot more
>> money than a machine running email and quickbooks should take.  (I'll
>> never
>> do another one of those laptop based small Dell POS machines!!!  Came in
>> with a bad board on it, now they have to send out another tech to fix
>> broken
>> stuff.  junk)
>>
>> laters,
>> marlon
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "RickG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>>
>>
>>> So you upgraded the cpu and the os from Windows 286, eh? Those were the
>>> days!
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Marlon K. Schafer 
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Dude!  2 years ago, maybe three.  Wow, I didn't know Windows 3.10 could
>>>> run
>>>> so well!  Sure makes life a lot easier.
>>>> marlon
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "RickG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:05 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 286? When did you upgrade from your 8088? :)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Marlon K. Schafer
>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Shoot, I've given up on some threads for the most part.  I just pop 
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> once
>>>>>> in a while.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As for 486, when did those come out?  I need to get me one of them.
>>>>>> I'll
>>>>>> bet they really rock compared to my 286!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have a great Christmas ol' friend!
>>>>>> marlon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:58 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Marlon
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know you guys out there in the woods are a little behind but a
>>>>>>> whole
>>>>>>> day
>>>>>>> behind!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Com'on dude. Its the fifth.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you don't change it now you are gonna be late for Christmas and
>>>>>>> boy
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> your family gonna be pissed!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> LOL
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Change the clock on that 486 machine already
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -B-
>>>>>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 18:56:35
>>>>>>> To: WISPA General List<[email protected]>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> LOL  Yeah.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's much easier to whine than it is to join and help improve things
>>>>>>> eh?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark, you still fail to grasp the difference between working to
>>>>>>> change
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> rules while living within the ones that exist.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> marlon
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "Bob Moldashel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 11:38 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Wow...OK   Who peed in the Muddy Water and hit the Frog?????
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sheesh...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -B-
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>>>>>>> And I won't be.   I was once and put money into WISPA.    When I
>>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>>> WISPA
>>>>>>>>> has the interests of all WISPS in mind when they act, then I'll
>>>>>>>>> financially
>>>>>>>>> support it.   When WISPA goes to washington DC and represents to
>>>>>>>>> them,
>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> we actually WANT to be regulated, I cannot support them.   When
>>>>>>>>> WISPA
>>>>>>>>> consistently fights FOR all of us, and not just the narrow
>>>>>>>>> interests
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> those who want federal money or whatever, then I may again support
>>>>>>>>> WISPA
>>>>>>>>> financially.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When the attitude that "consolidation and shaking out the smaller
>>>>>>>>> players"
>>>>>>>>> is a good thing goes away, then there's on more barrier down.  It
>>>>>>>>> may
>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>> official, but people who make decisions in WISPA have said that in
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> past.
>>>>>>>>> Sorry, you lost me with that one.  Small business and "mom and 
>>>>>>>>> pop"
>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> backbone of our economy and make up a huge segment of all the jobs
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> whole country.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Every other industry organization unabashedly opposes everything
>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> costs
>>>>>>>>> them or can harm them, but the leadership continues to insist that
>>>>>>>>> somehow
>>>>>>>>> playing nice and agreeing to mandates and costs will buy us
>>>>>>>>> favor...
>>>>>>>>> All
>>>>>>>>> that happens is the mandates and agreements happen, the regulators
>>>>>>>>> change
>>>>>>>>> and all the "goodwill" supposedly bought evaportes, with the
>>>>>>>>> precedents
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> whatnot remain.  Until they understand that Washington DC is NEVER
>>>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>>>> friend, never to be trusted, then we're just sheep waiting to get
>>>>>>>>> shorn.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Until this fundamental approach changes, no way in good conscience
>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> put
>>>>>>>>> my name on what they do or give them money.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Sorry, that's just my opinion and it's not subject to "revision 
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> extension".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This same attitude is going on still.   WISPA leadership is still
>>>>>>>>> talking
>>>>>>>>> about trying to out maneuver the big boys so as to make grants and
>>>>>>>>> loans
>>>>>>>>> available.   Cripes.  Yeah, like we're ever going to win the arm
>>>>>>>>> twisting
>>>>>>>>> contest to bend it in our direction?   We don't collectively have
>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> much
>>>>>>>>> money or lobbyists tin DC to get our names to the top of the
>>>>>>>>> rolodexes.
>>>>>>>>> We
>>>>>>>>> cannot win that fight with those rules.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We have got to start selling the value of a thriving and diverse
>>>>>>>>> industry
>>>>>>>>> that exists solely due to lack of regulation and lack of
>>>>>>>>> governmental
>>>>>>>>> interference and that the big players cannot play our game
>>>>>>>>> effectively
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> that betting on the big guys is like buying Enron or Lehman stock.
>>>>>>>>> We
>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>> never be the providers to the masses, but there can never be
>>>>>>>>> affordable
>>>>>>>>> ubiquitous broadband without us.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That might take some thought and creativity to compose the
>>>>>>>>> narration
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> might take some skill to sell, but there's simply no rebuttal from
>>>>>>>>> Verizon
>>>>>>>>> that FIOS is ever going to make a lick of sense in a wide array of
>>>>>>>>> places.
>>>>>>>>> Or that in an era when Congress really, REALLY needs to get their
>>>>>>>>> fiscal
>>>>>>>>> act
>>>>>>>>> in order, that blowing vast sums to reach few people makes sense.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It has to be about selling the value of who and what you are and
>>>>>>>>> why
>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>> are, not out muscling the big guys for a slice of pie.   That 
>>>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>> won.
>>>>>>>>> Further, it obliterations the differences between us and them.
>>>>>>>>> That
>>>>>>>>> DIFFERENCE is our strength, not our weakness.  If you're not
>>>>>>>>> thinking
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> those terms, then some re-thinking needs to happen.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What will attract membership is a consistent, clear message about
>>>>>>>>> how
>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>> have and are building a thriving and healthy industry, even in
>>>>>>>>> these
>>>>>>>>> economic times, due to the fact that WE ARE NOT THEM and then
>>>>>>>>> selling
>>>>>>>>> exactly who we are.   The people coming back form DC need to
>>>>>>>>> talking
>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>> how they sold us so well that when we say we need protection from
>>>>>>>>> mandates
>>>>>>>>> and expensive intrusions, that they listened.   The idea of going
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> DC
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> being a "we threw a toothpick in the cogs of the big guys and got
>>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>> money
>>>>>>>>> for us" is self defeating.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We need to be proactive, not reactive, we need a coherent message
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> coherent brand.  We need to be defensive of the very thing that
>>>>>>>>> makes
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> possible for our numbers to multiply - freedom to do business
>>>>>>>>> without
>>>>>>>>> regulatory overhead.   We need to not be attempting to joust with
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> cable
>>>>>>>>> operators and telcos over what they want.  We need to present
>>>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>>> compelling than "feed our gaping maw so we c an continue our
>>>>>>>>> mediocre
>>>>>>>>> performance" that the othe guys play.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And no, don't tell me to "run for WISPA office".   Agitators like
>>>>>>>>> myself
>>>>>>>>> don't win popularity contests.  Besides, I won't put my name on 
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> organization until it changes.   I prefer poking a stick in the
>>>>>>>>> hornets
>>>>>>>>> nest, to letting stuff go along quietly.   I've never found that
>>>>>>>>> emulating
>>>>>>>>> someone else is the sure-fire way to beat them.   That is not
>>>>>>>>> conducive
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> winning anything.  Go for the whole banana, go for broke, or don't
>>>>>>>>> bother.
>>>>>>>>> Lead, follow, or get out of the way...    I spent the first half 
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>> life
>>>>>>>>> being compliant and found life has gotten too short.   So, love me
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>> hate
>>>>>>>>> me, but for pity's sakes, grow a spine and act like real men with
>>>>>>>>> original
>>>>>>>>> ideas when you go to lobby DC.   The world is so absent real
>>>>>>>>> leadership
>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> even the mediocre would stand out if they make an effort these
>>>>>>>>> days.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am firmly convinced you could make a serious impact if you think
>>>>>>>>> outside
>>>>>>>>> the box of present conventions.   The whole notion of "raising
>>>>>>>>> broadband's
>>>>>>>>> definition" to justify federal handouts to industry is so small, 
>>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>>> weak,
>>>>>>>>> such tired thinking that surely a better notion can be sold.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Of course, if that's the best the "membership" can come up with...
>>>>>>>>> hell,
>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>> probably deserve our fate..
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ok, soapbox gone...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am ever so late today...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>> <insert witty tagline here>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>> From: "Butch Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 6:45 AM
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Tom DeReggi wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I am open to feedback from you, on what your opinions are, so we
>>>>>>>>>>> can decide on a WISPA policy for those questions.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Tom, don't get caught up in arguments with him.  He is not a 
>>>>>>>>>> WISPA
>>>>>>>>>> member (unless that's changed) and as such, his opinion is NOT
>>>>>>>>>> valid
>>>>>>>>>> in shaping WISPA policy.  That is a member's right, not his.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> ********************************************************************
>>>>>>>>>> * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation*
>>>>>>>>>> * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering    *
>>>>>>>>>> * http://www.wispa.org/ * WISPA Board Member    *
>>>>>>>>>> * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * Wired or Wireless Networks    *
>>>>>>>>>> ********************************************************************
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