Hunter Safety course: Because in 21st century Western society, homo sapiens still has to hunt for his food.
D.A.R.E: Done a similar thing. I learned more from Bill Hicks about drugs, and life in general, in 10 seconds than I learned in 2 hours from CASCAID or any school education program.
Driver's Ed: There's an old saying; "You pass your test, then you learn to drive."
The UN should have the person who came up with that cretinous waste of cycles for crimes against humanity.
They should also support involuntary euthenasia for the voice actor.
P2P wouldn't be disruptive if they didn't oversell the bandwidth available.
If I get a contract for an 8Mb downstream connection, I should be able to receive 8Mb/8(to MB) x 60(seconds) x 60(minutes) x 24(hours) = 86.4GB of data a day, if I want.
They're now fscking over the customer because they blatantly lied about the bandwidth availability, redefined the word "unlimited" to cover it up, and are now pissy because the way we use the internet has changed.
I've no sympathy whatsoever for corporate whores lining their own pockets at the expense of the consumer. The whole lot can go and die.
Two ways to look at it; Firstly, you could bound by a computer usage policy (most likely tied to your contract) for the company, in which case I bet it has some section about "downloading or bringing in executable programs" or some such, so most likely Firefox and Opera breach that. If IT is headed by a totalitarian knob-jockey, he'll kick up a stink because you're installing downloaded programs onto HIS computer.
Other way to look at it is you weren't PREVENTED from doing these things, and none of them (AFAI/YouK) were detrimental to the running of the network. In fact, some may have been beneficial. Either way, it's probably best to check with your manager first (as he never, ever wants to be left out of a decision regarding one of his working masses), and then the IT dept to let them know you're not some PHB who thinks that just because he can plug in a power lead without dribbling into it makes him competant.
For free? I don't know about you, but I pay my ISP £35 a month to access your free content. If your content is of particular interest to me (for instance, an MMORPG) i'll pay you too to access that particular content.
What I don't expect is for you to automatically forward all the data i'm paying to access, plus all the data I submit to you as the receiving party (which may be confidential), to a third party, previously linked with less than legal practices, with limited or no choice in the matter, which has no discernable benefit for me.
If you think you can get away with that, expect me to give my money and business to a competitor, and to recommend to all I know to do the same.
I've 4 years in small business doing monkey work (tech support, some admin), and 2 years supporting a 1.5k user network with 9 servers including dedicated Exchange, proxy, and DHCP servers. I've experience with HP & Cisco managed switches, resolved some of the most horrible network issues you can think of (Ever seen what happens when a 12 year old little bastard plugs a patch lead into itself? Two words: CASCADING FAILURE.) I've even came up with an improved disaster recovery policy for my current employer, and been sub-contracted to another business based on performance.
I've no "theory of Computing - The Valve years" computing degree or MS "Our way or no way" brainwashing. I got a D in Computer Science at college. I work bottom-rung tech support changing print toners for a school because nobody wants an Sys or Network Admin without a degree.
THAT'S where your shortage is; managers who can look past the letters "BSc" after someone's name.
And don't get me started on the American Revolution.
Damn right! So many years ago we COLONISED you and made you what you are! br>
Should we be proud of that?:(
Your constitution was burned alongside the passports of all but two of the passengers on the planes which hit the WTC, as were the privacy rights to the western world.
Come one, come all, into 1984. (No, that's not Orwell for once!)
FFS... When I don't select HTML, I don't expect to have to put HTML tags in to get comments formatted correctly! Apparently/. has trouble interpreting the "Enter" key.
Free: First 9 tracks
$5: Download of 36 instrumental tracks, MP3 (320kbps), FLAC (CD Quality), and AAC for the fanbois (Choice of one only)
$10: 2 CD boxed set, 16 page booklet (Available 8th APril)
$75: Hard cover slipcase with 2 x CD's, 1 x DVD with $5 package, all formats, and Blu-Ray disc with all tracks in high-def audio with accompanying slideshow of album art.
$300: NIN fanboi package. $75 package + (2500 only) 4 x Vinyl discs, 2 limited run posters, signed by Trent.
When Cedega starts working properly (they're porting DX10 at the moment) with most games, i'm dropping Windows permenantly. I have a system capable of running anything I want, and all my hardware is supported. Hell, I dual booted Ubuntu and xp for a while until I got fed up of switching between the two when I wasn't gaming. Games are the only reason I use Windows.
Oh fuck off, faggot. Stop spreading the cancer. The Linux community is already suffering with the *buntu mongoloids who have no idea of what a man page is, please leave the BSD community alone. Why not tell these folk what a man page is instead of hurling abuse at them? Seriously, stop acting like a 14 year old on MySpace and mature a little.
Better yet, help make BSD more user-friendly so people don't need to know what a man page is. You know, like Microsoft let you set up wireless connections without messing with shell commands for half an hour.
As will your lungs, after you die in an automobile accident since nothing lies between your body and the pavement. I guess the resulting hamburger that is your corpse will fertilize plants, so yeah that's kinda green. I prefer two tons of steel wrapped around me and the other 70 MPH idiots on the road, environment be damned.
I'd rather die on impact than end up having my legs minced by the steering column and have to shit into a bag for the rest of my natural life. That's not why I ride a bike, though.
Bikes are no more dangerous than cars; It's the idiot in control that causes accidents.
However, I DO ride a motorcycle, pumping out far less CO2 than almost any other motorised road vehicle.
I also don't have a TV, as my PC does everything I need it to. MORE savings. It's not about a green PC, it's about reducing load on the grid. I do it by having less equipment, not greener equipment.
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Hunter Safety course: Because in 21st century Western society, homo sapiens still has to hunt for his food.
D.A.R.E: Done a similar thing. I learned more from Bill Hicks about drugs, and life in general, in 10 seconds than I learned in 2 hours from CASCAID or any school education program.
Driver's Ed: There's an old saying; "You pass your test, then you learn to drive."
The UN should have the person who came up with that cretinous waste of cycles for crimes against humanity.
They should also support involuntary euthenasia for the voice actor.
Morality is for the working class.
P2P wouldn't be disruptive if they didn't oversell the bandwidth available.
If I get a contract for an 8Mb downstream connection, I should be able to receive 8Mb/8(to MB) x 60(seconds) x 60(minutes) x 24(hours) = 86.4GB of data a day, if I want.
They're now fscking over the customer because they blatantly lied about the bandwidth availability, redefined the word "unlimited" to cover it up, and are now pissy because the way we use the internet has changed.
I've no sympathy whatsoever for corporate whores lining their own pockets at the expense of the consumer. The whole lot can go and die.
Two ways to look at it; Firstly, you could bound by a computer usage policy (most likely tied to your contract) for the company, in which case I bet it has some section about "downloading or bringing in executable programs" or some such, so most likely Firefox and Opera breach that. If IT is headed by a totalitarian knob-jockey, he'll kick up a stink because you're installing downloaded programs onto HIS computer.
Other way to look at it is you weren't PREVENTED from doing these things, and none of them (AFAI/YouK) were detrimental to the running of the network. In fact, some may have been beneficial. Either way, it's probably best to check with your manager first (as he never, ever wants to be left out of a decision regarding one of his working masses), and then the IT dept to let them know you're not some PHB who thinks that just because he can plug in a power lead without dribbling into it makes him competant.
*Somewhere in the middle of the NSA / MI6 buildings, a check mark is put next to an IP address.*
For free? I don't know about you, but I pay my ISP £35 a month to access your free content. If your content is of particular interest to me (for instance, an MMORPG) i'll pay you too to access that particular content.
What I don't expect is for you to automatically forward all the data i'm paying to access, plus all the data I submit to you as the receiving party (which may be confidential), to a third party, previously linked with less than legal practices, with limited or no choice in the matter, which has no discernable benefit for me.
If you think you can get away with that, expect me to give my money and business to a competitor, and to recommend to all I know to do the same.
Lizard tails?
Isn't a mean (assumed from "average") of 0.89 hops the same as saying that the median value is less than 1?
Is it possible that pixies and angel farts are carrying packets between peers in your model?
I think you mean the majority don't use the service they pay for to its full potential, the minority do.
I can't stop reading that sentence as "...bar the use of emerging tools that ISPs can use to prevent privacy."
If I had mod points to give, you'd get them. I'll read into this more.
Thank you.
I've 4 years in small business doing monkey work (tech support, some admin), and 2 years supporting a 1.5k user network with 9 servers including dedicated Exchange, proxy, and DHCP servers. I've experience with HP & Cisco managed switches, resolved some of the most horrible network issues you can think of (Ever seen what happens when a 12 year old little bastard plugs a patch lead into itself? Two words: CASCADING FAILURE.) I've even came up with an improved disaster recovery policy for my current employer, and been sub-contracted to another business based on performance.
I've no "theory of Computing - The Valve years" computing degree or MS "Our way or no way" brainwashing. I got a D in Computer Science at college. I work bottom-rung tech support changing print toners for a school because nobody wants an Sys or Network Admin without a degree.
THAT'S where your shortage is; managers who can look past the letters "BSc" after someone's name.
Damn right! So many years ago we COLONISED you and made you what you are!
br> Should we be proud of that?
A Brit.
When I download Windows Updates, or use Google, my computer connects to their computers.
Get THEM to give you access to their files!
Your constitution was burned alongside the passports of all but two of the passengers on the planes which hit the WTC, as were the privacy rights to the western world.
Come one, come all, into 1984. (No, that's not Orwell for once!)
I downloaded a torrent of the FLAC encoded files after I paid my $10 for the 2 CD version because the servers died and I couldn't get the download.
Stop doing the RIAA's work for them and labelling ALL torrent use as ILLEGAL torrent use.
FFS... When I don't select HTML, I don't expect to have to put HTML tags in to get comments formatted correctly! Apparently /. has trouble interpreting the "Enter" key.
Free: First 9 tracks $5: Download of 36 instrumental tracks, MP3 (320kbps), FLAC (CD Quality), and AAC for the fanbois (Choice of one only) $10: 2 CD boxed set, 16 page booklet (Available 8th APril) $75: Hard cover slipcase with 2 x CD's, 1 x DVD with $5 package, all formats, and Blu-Ray disc with all tracks in high-def audio with accompanying slideshow of album art. $300: NIN fanboi package. $75 package + (2500 only) 4 x Vinyl discs, 2 limited run posters, signed by Trent.
When Cedega starts working properly (they're porting DX10 at the moment) with most games, i'm dropping Windows permenantly. I have a system capable of running anything I want, and all my hardware is supported. Hell, I dual booted Ubuntu and xp for a while until I got fed up of switching between the two when I wasn't gaming. Games are the only reason I use Windows.
The trouble is, the people intelligent to realise this are so few they're ineffectual.
Every ISP in the world, to meet the bandwidth allocations they've sold fraudulently.
Better yet, help make BSD more user-friendly so people don't need to know what a man page is. You know, like Microsoft let you set up wireless connections without messing with shell commands for half an hour.
Part of the problem, not the solution.
I'd rather die on impact than end up having my legs minced by the steering column and have to shit into a bag for the rest of my natural life. That's not why I ride a bike, though.
Bikes are no more dangerous than cars; It's the idiot in control that causes accidents.
Tagan 800w PSU, Core2Quad Q6600, NF4650SLI motherboard, 8800gtx, backlit keyboard, wireless mouse (with transformer).
However, I DO ride a motorcycle, pumping out far less CO2 than almost any other motorised road vehicle.
I also don't have a TV, as my PC does everything I need it to. MORE savings. It's not about a green PC, it's about reducing load on the grid. I do it by having less equipment, not greener equipment.