Rio de Janerio was the capital of Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars of the 19th Century, so there is at least a source of confusion over which continent the country is really located at. The capital was moved (with the royal family, government seals, and library/archives) to keep it from falling under French control. That was also one of the seeds for the independence of Brazil, as trying to move the capital back to Lisbon proved to be a bit more complicated than they thought it would be when the war ended. Some of the bureaucracy simply didn't want to go back.
Do you really think that someone that doesn't know where Portugal is located, is because they are familiar with Portugal's History and they got confused by it?
I haven't. People who don't know where Portugal is (and yeah, I know some people like that) are unlikely to gain significant additional insight by the addition of the word "Europe". You'd have to have slept through every history and geography class you ever had starting in third grade. Such people don't know enough about Europe to attach any real meaning to it as a location.
I think it gives some additional insight. Once, I met an American who thought Portugal was next to Brazil. At least by reading this, there's no doubt that Portugal is not in South America.
For homebanking and similar sites, in order to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks, make sure you bookmark the HTTPS URL, so the first hit on the bank's httpd is HTTPS and not HTTP. Also, add the address of your homebanking to/etc/hosts, so you don't really rely on DNS for that.
That's the question.
Universities bring technology and new companies to the city. There are a lot of public projects in the city that are a reality only because of CMU and University of Pittsburgh. The Universities drive the evolution of the city.
I guess the mayor is too blind to see that the wealth of the city is the universities.
Some High School Students from Bilbao, Spain, did the same thing earlier this year for less than $100. Looking at the photos, it seems they got better shots.
"If it isn't, it's still no worse than storing plain text".
That's not necessarily true. If it gives a false perception of security, then it is a lot worse than storing plain text. I'll give you an example. I use PGP to encrypt some files I have on my hard drive. If I had my entire disk encrypted and I trusted the system, I would not have those files encrypted with PGP.
Besides everything (scary) that is involved on using OpenDNS as your resolver, it's true that it can block the Conficker Worm.
However, Conficker worm might be the last one that OpenDNS can stop. Once the evil minds realize the power of OpenDNS, they'll start using IP addresses instead of names within their worms (period).
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Rio de Janerio was the capital of Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars of the 19th Century, so there is at least a source of confusion over which continent the country is really located at. The capital was moved (with the royal family, government seals, and library/archives) to keep it from falling under French control. That was also one of the seeds for the independence of Brazil, as trying to move the capital back to Lisbon proved to be a bit more complicated than they thought it would be when the war ended. Some of the bureaucracy simply didn't want to go back.
Do you really think that someone that doesn't know where Portugal is located, is because they are familiar with Portugal's History and they got confused by it?
Metres are used almost everwhere exept the USA. Not just Portugal.
The USA is not the only country that uses imperial units officially. Liberia, and Myanmar also use them.
I haven't. People who don't know where Portugal is (and yeah, I know some people like that) are unlikely to gain significant additional insight by the addition of the word "Europe". You'd have to have slept through every history and geography class you ever had starting in third grade. Such people don't know enough about Europe to attach any real meaning to it as a location.
I think it gives some additional insight. Once, I met an American who thought Portugal was next to Brazil. At least by reading this, there's no doubt that Portugal is not in South America.
For homebanking and similar sites, in order to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks, make sure you bookmark the HTTPS URL, so the first hit on the bank's httpd is HTTPS and not HTTP. Also, add the address of your homebanking to /etc/hosts, so you don't really rely on DNS for that.
That's the question. Universities bring technology and new companies to the city. There are a lot of public projects in the city that are a reality only because of CMU and University of Pittsburgh. The Universities drive the evolution of the city. I guess the mayor is too blind to see that the wealth of the city is the universities.
Some High School Students from Bilbao, Spain, did the same thing earlier this year for less than $100. Looking at the photos, it seems they got better shots.
Story here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5005022/Teens-capture-images-of-space-with-56-camera-and-balloon.html
Photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/meteotek08/sets/
That's not necessarily true. If it gives a false perception of security, then it is a lot worse than storing plain text. I'll give you an example. I use PGP to encrypt some files I have on my hard drive. If I had my entire disk encrypted and I trusted the system, I would not have those files encrypted with PGP.
Besides everything (scary) that is involved on using OpenDNS as your resolver, it's true that it can block the Conficker Worm. However, Conficker worm might be the last one that OpenDNS can stop. Once the evil minds realize the power of OpenDNS, they'll start using IP addresses instead of names within their worms (period).
Except that the price is in EUR not USD, so you can say that it's 2.6 billion dollars and rising daily. :-)