I just was around campus with friends for like the past few hours. I hung out with Hilary for a bit more and gave her tasty Christmas presents--she was lucky and got 2 bags of chocolate, while Sara, Jennifer, and Janaya got a bar of chocolate each.
Other then that, I am flying out at like 11AM tomorrow, but the shuttle is bringing me to the airport for like 7AM. Oh well--I'll bring my laptop and my charger, as well as remember my phone charger and the data cable (for if I'm in the airport or run out of outlets, I can charge my phone off of my laptop). I also need to pack a bit--including something for Christmas. I'm thinking of a navy blue suit and a red tie, or black pants and a dark blue shirt (with dark blue tie or black tie).
Once I get home, I still need to find some gifts for my grandparents. I am thinking liquor would be the easy way out, but I'm only *18*, so I can't buy liquor unless I'm in Canada, in which case I can't bring it into the USA. Oh well--I'll figure something out for them.
The big problem I see for tomorrow is that New York is going to have a period of VERY bad weather starting from when I'm scheduled to land and continuing for 3+ hours after. Heavy snows for 3 hours. Yeahhh--ouch. And there's no set transportation to my hometown... my mom and uncle are going to be at work, as well as my sister. My grandparents don't drive, and my step-dad is going to be in Canada. So yeah... fun.
&Stones--I realize that. It's a necessary standard, but most companies are dragging their feet. Whenever we think it's about end-game, they pull out a few more years worth by optimizing the current system. That being said, not everything in use has IPv6 compatibility or support--especially at the corporate/data center level. Many companies have invested millions (easily) into contracts with Cisco and others, and they aren't giving thought to upgrading until the standard becomes a necessity. For the levels of reliability required for many consumer services, you don't just swap out components as you go. You have an engineer from Cisco design for you a system, head-to-toe, and then implement it. Otherwise, your network supplying the service can be down for an extended period of time, while the company is spending hundreds or thousands of dollars an hour just talking to Cisco.
Anyways--I would like to see IPv6 implemented, but there's not enough support. Yet.
