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  1. Wait and see.. on Keeping in Contact With Family, From Afghanistan? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Probably best to wait and see when you get there. It's been over a year since I was there and NIPR was horrible and limited but enough to provide the basic connection. Then our camp had a satellite connected that about a hundred of us shared. It was slower than dialup and expensive with a high monthly rate and initial equipment charge of a 2-3k, if memory serves. Hopefully things have changed and you have fiber to the hubble by then. lol. Good luck and keep your head down!

  2. Re:Oh, lookie here on White House Demands Encryption for Sensitive Data · · Score: 1

    "The 3-foot rule is an old EMSEC (Emmissions Security) rule that seems a bit outdated. It's supposed to prevent signal emmissions of hard-wired machines from being interfered with or being collected by other devices. I know it sounds ridiculous, but the program is is old and outdated."

    The EMSEC program is alive and well and much more than a 3-foot rule. Maintaining separation distances not unlike working a 3-D puzzle. You usually don't make many friends by telling them exactly where they can put there equipment.

  3. Solaris free only for smaller systems... on Sun Bashes Linux on (IBM) Mainframes · · Score: 1

    Solaris is only free on 8 or fewer processors. I don't know what they're charging above that but can only guess that after you've spent a cool half-million on an Enterprise server, the $5-15k for the OS is just a drop in the bucket.