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  1. Re:NAT on There Is No Plan B, the Ugly Transition To IPv6 · · Score: 1

    Several come to mind: 1) Servers (ssh to your phone) 2) True IPSEC (IPSEC uses signed headers and therefore cannot be translated since the router would need the private key to do so) 3) Not bog down routers doing translation. Translation is substantially slower than routing. There are more these are just right off the top of my head.

  2. Re:Procrastination on There Is No Plan B, the Ugly Transition To IPv6 · · Score: 1

    What he doesn't realize is that if he uses NAT only, then right now, any of his neighbors using the same ISP just need to add a route to for 10.0.0.* (or whatever block he uses) to route through his public IP. Firewalls protect networks.....not NAT.... NAT is security through obscurity.....

  3. Re:Same thing on National Academy of Science Urges Carbon Tax · · Score: 1

    If someone doesn't like the service my company provides they don't have to do business with us. It's as simple as that. It's amazing how many people will stomp out freedom because 1) they think they're idea of the world is the best and 2) they think they can make their idea become a reality.

  4. Re:Same thing on National Academy of Science Urges Carbon Tax · · Score: 1

    It's because of of over regulation. Scientists and Engineers don't make the big bucks because over regulation pushed those jobs to China and India. Why would a company choose to be in America to pay 40% taxes instead of elsewhere where they can pay 10%? On top of that, why would they want to spend the large amount of money needed to hire lawyers to interpret regulation and then spend large amounts of money complying with those regulations? These costs make them uncompetitive with companies from other nations. The only solution is to pick up and go to India. If the cost of govt was dropped by 90% and the regulations taken off the books, then inventive engineers would be successful in the good ol' USA. Right now, engineers like me go work for banks because theres money to be made and I'd like to stay employed :-D

  5. Re:clueless on New "Circuit Breaker" Imposed To Stop Market Crash · · Score: 1

    Hey... it's Slashdot, what'd you expect? They hate greed and target those who help them and the world in which we live. Greed never hurt anyone in this country, only the government regulators who allow greedy humans (which all of us are) to have control over others. If the government protected our freedom of choice, greedy humans (again, which we all are) would not be able to forcefully effect any others.

  6. Re:I'd much rather... on "Loud Commercial" Legislation Proposed In US Congress · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hardly. The gov't sets interest rates (ala Federal Reserve). This is not the free market. No private company would set interest rates so low because of the risk of default, except when the gov't comes in and says we'll loan you the money cheap and we'll back the mortgage (fannie may, freddie mac). You have zero understanding of the situation. Free market would have solved the problem, but we didn't have it.

  7. Re:It all depends on Project Aims For 5x Increase In Python Performance · · Score: 1

    GCC's libstdc++6-4.3 std::vector size() is computed by subtracting the end-begin ptrs. There is no size field! Vector should be no slower than array, if it is, you are probably using it wrong. The only exception is if you constantly create arrays on the stack, those would be faster on most platforms than vector because constantly allocating vectors cause heap allocations. However, a pre-allocated vector and pre-allocated array are equal.

  8. Re:Libertarians have too much baggage. on Obama DOJ Sides With RIAA · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Couple off-hand on (Useful) Stupid Vim Tricks? · · Score: 1

    ct" (no enter) saves you a keystroke. t/T/f/F are often overlooked movement commands.

  10. Re:Say goodbye to your rights on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    Sure there is. If an man works hard, save his money, and starts generating large volumes of income off his investments, he earned. He wasn't out there buying flashy cars, big screen TVs and large houses he couldn't afford, he was saving. The Democrats don't understand that taxing the wealthy even more will just lead to the wealthy taking smaller taxable incomes and they'll put there money else where. It won't change anything. Promoting spending instead of savings....now that will help the poor. Go Dems!!!

  11. Re:Misconception on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Health Care · · Score: 1

    No. True Americans believe in freedom. Taxation is tyranny. In the UK, you don't have freedom, so you probably don't understand. Freedom is more important than money any day of the week.

  12. Consider Bob Barr on Barack Obama Wins Democratic Nomination · · Score: 1

    The libertarian party will be on the ballot and Bob Barr and Ron Paul are good friends and have similar stances on the federal gov't.

  13. more than 2 parties? on Barack Obama Wins Democratic Nomination · · Score: 1

    I'm getting very sick of the fact that America as a whole does not understand that we have more than 2 political parties in this country plus independents. Republicans and Democrats are not that dissimilar. Both want more power, both want to spend more of our money, both wish to use taxation as a method of transferring wealth between classes, both seek an unconstitutional federal gov't. If you are one of those people who says voting for a 3rd party is a waste of a vote or you'd rather pick from the lesser of "2" evils, you are part of the problem so get out of America! I would've loved a Ron Paul nomination but since that didn't pan out, Bob Barr is the next best choice.

  14. Re:Considering how expensive ink is on InkJet Printers Lying, Or Just Wrong? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have found that nice laser printers can be had on ebay for cheap because of the abundance of off-business-lease printers. You can pick up a HP 4050 with duplexer and networking for $100 or less + shipping. That's a nice B/W printer. Color are still more, but much more affordable than retail price. Business class HP LaserJets are designed to last a long time, so the fact that they are used for a few years should have little bearing on the longevity they'll provide to a home user.

  15. Don't forget to bundle souce.... on Closed Source On Linux and BSD? · · Score: 1

    If you are distributing an embedded system that contain Linux (and other GPL/LGPL software) you must either bundle source code / configs (e.g. kernel config) with those boxes or make an offer to supply the code for a reasonable fee (i.e. shipping & handling) for the components that fall under this license. This has nothing to do with whether your application falls under GPL or closed-source status. Also, you can't say go download X.Y.Z kernel source from kernel.org. You will need a copy of all the source code. In the past, I've made a CD ISO of all source code for embedded systems. If a customer was to ask for GPL code, I'd just copy the ISO and mail it out, usually for $5 - $10.

  16. Re:Security. on The Assassination of Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Actually, if you are a licensed amateur radio operator, you can already use 1500 Watts on 802.11G :-D See: http://www.qsl.net/kb9mwr/projects/wireless/alloca tions.html . So everyone should go out and get an amateur license.....

  17. Not a Democracy!!!! It's a Constituional Republic! on Net Neutrality Act On the Agenda Again · · Score: 1

    No, actually we are not a democracy. We are a Constitutional Republic. Unfortunately, most of the people and the federal government don't know that.

  18. Re:Safety in Numbers on How To Choose Archival CD/DVD Media · · Score: 1

    RAID is not a backup. It is redundancy. A real backup will allow you to restore files you accidentally deleted or a database that corrupted 3 weeks ago. RAID mirroring and will mirror defects as well!