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  1. Re:You mean... on AT&T Proposes Net Neutrality Compromise · · Score: 2

    That is how all QoS works. You can only control what you send not what you receive. Often times, however, you can influence what people send you by controlling what you send them. An example would be stalling TCP ACK packets headed upstream for a particular connection will cause that connection to slow down.

  2. Re:Saw it at the Smithsonian a few years ago on Original 11' Star Trek Enterprise Model Being Restored Again · · Score: 1

    Many manuals of style indicate italicizing for names of vessels

  3. Re:Several others posting say that risks corruptio on The State of ZFS On Linux · · Score: 1

    Data corruption isn't likely. The reason to use partitioned disks is for performance so that ZFS can control the disk caches directly.

  4. Re:Still no SELinux support on The State of ZFS On Linux · · Score: 1

    The FAQ is outdated. SELinux support was added in the last release. I run a ZFS system on CentOS 6 with SELinux set to Enforcing and it works fine.

  5. Re: Unfamiliar on The State of ZFS On Linux · · Score: 2

    1GB RAM per TB Storage is only needed if you require dedupe. Dedupe is honestly more trouble than its worth anyway and it isn't enabled by default. Without dedupe RAM requirements are closer to a standard fileserver.

  6. Re:above, below, and at the same level. ZFS is eve on The State of ZFS On Linux · · Score: 5, Informative

    Anything that can be represented as a block device can added to a zpool. This also includes files which is handy when your trying to understand complicated interactions you can mock up a small zpool based on files instead of devices for testing.

    On the otherside of the abstraction ZFS can also expose block devices called zvols that will be backed by the zpool. So if you wanted to run a dmcrypted EXT4 filesystem backed by a zpool you can certain do that using a zvol and still get all the benefits of ZFS integrity protection and snapshoting.

    Plenty of layering can be done with ZFS.

  7. Re:Volcanoes on Northwest Passage Exploration Ship Found · · Score: 3, Informative

    You've got it backwards. The mountain in Antarctica was named after the ship. The ship was named after the god. James Clark Ross discovered the mountains while sailing with the HMS Erebus and Terror.

  8. Re:What's wrong with Windows Server? on You Got Your Windows In My Linux · · Score: 1

    You can install syslog on a system that uses systemd if you really want text logs. I'm not familiar with journald myself but I've heard there are 'follow' commands for the log file. https://wiki.archlinux.org/ind...

  9. Re:IPv6 would make the problem worse on The IPv4 Internet Hiccups · · Score: 2

    In addition to the other points brought up by other posters. Routing decisions occur only on the first 64 bits of an IPv6 address. There is no need to store the entire address.

  10. Re:Betteridge on The IPv4 Internet Hiccups · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also routing only occurs on the first 64-bits of an IPv6 address, the router doesn't need to store the host last 64-bits of an IPv6 address.

  11. Re:Theft on Comcast Drops Spurious Fees When Customer Reveals Recording · · Score: 1

    There are legal remedies available if they send a bogus charge to collections. Several of them can be exercised without engaging a lawyer. It usually never gets that far, anytime I've had to call about a billing error it has been fixed over the phone.

    The point of my original comment to say that one should not blindly pay bills with auto pay systems, the bill should be examined and errors corrected before sending payment. It doesn't take much effort to verify the bill is correct once a month.

  12. Re:Theft on Comcast Drops Spurious Fees When Customer Reveals Recording · · Score: 1

    This is exactly the reason I use electronic bill pay through my bank and don't use the service providers auto pay system. I like to see the bill before I authorize payment.

  13. Re:Huh? on Idiot Leaves Driver's Seat In Self-Driving Infiniti, On the Highway · · Score: 1

    It is likely that if that is the case one of two things will happen. You'll be required to indemnify the manufacturer when you buy the car, individuals would then cover their risk with insurance policies, or you'll be required maintain an insurance policy on behalf of the manufacturer as a condition of using the vehicle, (or the cost of the policy for the life of the vehicle may be priced-in some how). Both of these have a nice feature that underwriting should provide a corrective market force (unsafe cars or autonomous driving systems cost more than safe ones to insure).

  14. Re:If only they recognized the difference... on Gmail Recognizes Addresses Containing Non-Latin Characters · · Score: 2

    In case you are asking this for real, this is a documented gmail feature.

    https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10313?hl=en

    You can actually log in with any variant of your username that includes 1 or more periods added in arbitrary locations.

  15. Re:How can Java code be "native code"? on Old Apache Code At Root of Android FakeID Mess · · Score: 1

    Many parts of the Java runtime environment are written in Java.

  16. Re:How can Java code be "native code"? on Old Apache Code At Root of Android FakeID Mess · · Score: 1

    Native as in "comes with the OS", not as in "compiled to machine code". It is confusing, but that is what I make of it.

  17. Re:Radicalization on Gaza's Only Power Plant Knocked Offline · · Score: 1

    Yes and not long ago all US citizens had the right to be married to one person of the opposite gender of the same race. The Commonwealth of Virginia use the same argument that you are using now defending it, that the law was equally applied to all citizens. The supreme court said that that was incompatible with the 14th amendment.

    No doubt eventually we will knock the gender caveat off of marriage too. While we are at it, lets just get the state out of marriage and just allow exclusive legal partnerships between any two consenting adults.

  18. Re:1 or 1 million on Verizon Now Throttling Top 'Unlimited' Subscribers On 4G LTE · · Score: 1

    I've never seen any marketing materials that commit them to delivering a certain speed. At most you see stuff like "up to, blazing fast, X Mbps speed!!!111!!" which is not a commitment or guarantee.

  19. Re:Alternative explanation on Enraged Verizon FiOS Customer Seemingly Demonstrates Netflix Throttling · · Score: 1

    I'm not against charging Netflix-FIOS mutual customers more than non-mutual FIOS customers. As long as it isn't because they are Netflix customers and instead because they are using more bandwidth I see no reason that it would run afoul of net neutrality. People should pay for what they use, If Verizon isn't charging enough for bandwidth that is a Verizon problem not a Netflix problem.

  20. Re:1 or 1 million on Verizon Now Throttling Top 'Unlimited' Subscribers On 4G LTE · · Score: 1

    Unless the contract specified a service level agreement for speed, Verizon is free give you unlimited data at whatever speed is reasonable. I'm not sure I've ever seen a clause for "Unlimited bandwidth means no limits above physical layer" spelled out anywhere. There is probably wiggle room on "reasonable" you'd likely have to take them to arbitration over it if you don't like it.

  21. Re:1 or 1 million on Verizon Now Throttling Top 'Unlimited' Subscribers On 4G LTE · · Score: 1

    No Verizon should charge a usage based model just like every other consumer utility. If Verizon isn't charging their users enough for bandwidth because of their flat rate model that is a Verizon problem. Netflix should not have to pay a premium for packets Verizon users request.

  22. Re:Forcing a $5/mo router on you, too. on Verizon Boosts FiOS Uploads To Match Downloads · · Score: 1

    Current FIOS customer, everything I've seen the router is free* with the install. That being said, the stuff ISPs give to customers is generally junk so I only use it as a MoCA bridge for the STBs. I use an Edge Router Lite as my actual gateway connected to the ONT. (ERLs rock)

    *Free meaning they recoup the cost elsewhere

  23. Yes people will go back and fourth on password managers. They are not idiot proof, and take skill to use, but for those of us who use them properly they are very convenient. No security system is going to be perfect so one just has to do a risk management analysis for themselves.

    Personally, if I was forced to use an unsecured computer (a public terminal) to log in to a website I would look up the password on my cellphone and physically type it in. I would not log in to my password service on an unsecured computer, ever.

  24. Re: Major source of corruption is Tax Code not PAC on Steve Wozniak Endorses Lessig's Mayday Super PAC · · Score: 1

    Not an accountant, but I believe IRA earnings withdrawn are taxed as regular income today, regardless of how those gains were realized in the IRA. Getting rid of the special treatment of long term capital gains wouldn't have any impact on your IRA.

  25. Re:Culpability at the Top on GM Names and Fires Engineers Involved In Faulty Ignition Switch · · Score: 3, Informative

    A little background research show lawsuits were filed on Jan 10, one day after the event, Freedom Industries did not file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy until Jan 17. Really it is more about the limited liability of the company stake holders and officers than bankruptcy law that is upsetting.