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  1. Re:ballsy move on Brazil Announces Plans To Move Away From US-Centric Internet · · Score: 1

    Still, my suggestion still stands that Brazil could use a few more direct connections to other countries from around the world. A connection from Rio to Johannesberg, to give an example, would IMHO help both cities out and furthermore help the internet as a whole in a number of ways. It certainly wouldn't be fragmentation.

    I fully agree, connections are good. I am not sure I would like Rio though, because Johannesberg is so far into South Africa, almost on the east side. What about Cape Town?

    And by the way, what about this idea?
    Lisabon Natal Cape Town?

    Cape Town Natal is 6331 km according to Google Earth.
    Cape Town Rio de Janeiro is 6073 km according to Google Earth.

    Yeah, almost 300 km longer, but picking Natal would connect Europe and South Africa, probably meaning more traffic.

  2. Re:ballsy move on Brazil Announces Plans To Move Away From US-Centric Internet · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't hurt for Brazil to have more physical connections with other Latin American countries as well as other countries relatively near, such as perhaps a direct link to South Africa and Spain/Portugal (aka something across the Atlantic). Unfortunately west Africa isn't exactly an economic hot spot in the world and would be the easiest to reach.

    Actually the shortest path from the city Natal in Brazil to Lisabon in Portugal goes through both Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, both of which are pretty close to western Africa, so western Africa could get linked up pretty good if Brazil creates this trans-Atlantic connection. And if you pick Gibraltar instead, then the direct line actually crosses Africa several places.

  3. Re:Wasn't It As Much Individual Photog & ID? on Boston Police Chief: Facial Recognition Tech Didn't Help Find Bombing Suspects · · Score: 1

    If we had single payer, every Tom, Dick, and Harry would be going to the doctor every time they got a sniffle and the bill would be Trillions.

    Bullshit. I live in Denmark. I have free healthcare and I can go to the doctor as many times as I want without paying anything. But I can assure you that I only go when I feel sick.

    And it is not at all my impression that other people go to the doctor every other day. Sure, there might be some people who are really sick and needs to see the doctor quite often, and even those that think they are sick and goes often, but they do actually have a "disease" called http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochondriasis

    Every civilized country has free healthcare and free education for its citizens.

  4. Re:ssh tunnel to a proxy, block images + colors on Ask Slashdot: How To Stay Fit In the Office? · · Score: 2

    Browse Slashdot while you're supposed to be working, use your lunch time to go for a walk.

    No, RUN during your lunch break.

    You could also just ditch the chair and stand up in front of the computer.

  5. Re:Generation Gap? on A Brain-Based Explanation For Why Old People Get Scammed · · Score: 2

    If anything people were less honest. In the 1950s lots of crimes went totally unreported and still their crime rates where rather high. Physical, mental or sexual abuse of family members was very often unreported. In most states a wife could not even report a rape by her husband as no such crime existed.

    The homicide rate today for the USA is lower than it was in 1960.

    Citation needed

  6. Re:Move things less. on Ask Slashdot: Extreme Cable Management? · · Score: 1

    If you space out the cables like a harp and try to keep 5 cm between the cables, then it is a lot easier to follow them and unplug if needed.

  7. Re:A great vehicle for a few who are interested on Electric Velomobiles: Urban Transportation For the Future, Available Now · · Score: 1

    Next time, read at least some of the article.

    And go see in in person. I have one, and I am fat. 110 kilo naked. I still have had room my laptop bag, my gymbag and some groceries. It is only in the most warm days of summer that I get sweatty when riding to work, probably because I dress lighter than other modes of transportation would. And no, I do not freeze either, the shell protects me from the wind, the cold and the rain. I ride in t-shirt well into October.

  8. Get a job before you move on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Place To Relocate? · · Score: 1

    Get a job before you move regardless of where you are moving to.

  9. Re:CycleStreets is often better on Google Maps Adds UK Cycling Directions · · Score: 2

    CycleStreets ... gives a choice of three routes (fast, balanced, quiet)

    http://www.openrouteservice.org/ gives 5 choices:

    • Shortest Track
    • Mountainbike
    • Racer
    • safest track
    • prefered cycleway

    But I am still missing these, some in sliders and not just on/off.

    • no obstacles
    • cargo bike/trailer
    • velomobile
    • many street lights
    • no hills
    • no (red) lights
  10. Re:My WTF, explained on Sequencing the Unborn · · Score: 1

    What's decidedly unclear from the summary: they're sequencing fetal cells found in the mother's blood. It was separated from the mother's own blood cells with a nify trick using the father's DNA.

    What if the man the woman says is the father is not the father?

  11. Re:Busy databases on Ask Slashdot: What Type of Asset Would You Not Virtualize? · · Score: 1

    If you need 5000 IOPS on a disk volume, are you going to directly attach dozens of disks to a single server? I doubt it. Directly-attached storage is nice, but apps have an IOPS requirement, and SANs make satisfying those requirements more straightforward, and no reduction in latency will make your random seeks faster.

    I would buy SSD, but should I stick to HDD, then Supermicro has some nice 2U boxes with 12x 3,5" or 24x 2,5" and 4U boxes with 36x 3,5" or 72x 2,5" there is therefore plenty of space to satisfy IOPS requirements. These boxes can even be supplied with a dummy power on card and then you can use SAS to plug it into a single server.

    I would also prefer picking a shared kernel based (linux-vserver, openVZ, jail(), ... ) virtualization technology over a virtual machine based (Xen, KVM, vmware, ...). Simply to get higher IO speed.

  12. Re:gotta have a night light server on Ask Slashdot: What Type of Asset Would You Not Virtualize? · · Score: 1

    competent vm admins time delay the boot of all vms to prevent that.

    And competent physical box admins delay the boot of some physical boxes to boot in the correct order and to avoid overloading UPSes and fuseboxes. Like booting up the SAN box before the VM box so the VM box can actually read data from the SAN box and does not have to wait.

  13. Re:Why are we still using passwords? on Microsoft Says Two Basic Security Steps Might Have Stopped Conficker · · Score: 1

    The only way a token card is useful for an impostor is by stealing it, and using it before it's reported stolen. So in most ways, it's a step up from a one-time-pad, and a mile up from the typical US security of no "something you have" component at all.

    No, you could also break into RSA and steal the SecurID codes like it was done here: http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/10/12/0051220/rsa-blames-nation-state-for-cyber-attack

  14. Re:Why are we still using passwords? on Microsoft Says Two Basic Security Steps Might Have Stopped Conficker · · Score: 1

    They replaced it with a code generating card a while ago, for improved security (no one can make a copy of a code that's not generated yet).

    yes, people can "copy" a code that is not generated yet if the method of generating the code is known. Like a pseudo random number generator that given the same input always will return the same output.

  15. Re:fsck speed, want safety on What's the Damage? Measuring fsck Under XFS and Ext4 On Big Storage · · Score: 2

    We're in the process of installing a 700TB array with a 1.5PB tape library backup. You just have to do the backups using filesystem snapshots and run them pretty much constantly.

    And XFS is pretty brilliant for taking filesystem snapshots. Using the command xfs_freeze you can make good snapshots of XFS in what appears to have no downtime at all see XFS manpage like http://linux.die.net/man/8/xfs_freeze
    And then run these commands:

    xfs_freeze -f /mount/point && block_level_snapshot && xfs_freeze -u /mount/point

    Last time I checked that did not work with EXT4.

  16. gaining weight? on New Car Anti-Theft Device Profiles Your Rear End · · Score: 2

    I'm sorry Dave, I can not open the garage doors and let you drive out in your car since you gained 5 kilo during xmas. You need exercise, take the cycle.

  17. Get a dog? on Ask Slashdot: Protecting Tech Gear From Smash-and-Grab Theft? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get a dog and keep it in the car.

  18. Re:USA against the World? on US Defunds UNESCO After Palestine Vote · · Score: 1

    Now for just a moment, imagine this:
    - China has created a settlement near your town/city and has claimed all of the fertile land as its own.
    - In order to provide security for their settlement, they routinely patrol your town in military vehicles and set up checkpoints.

    This reminds me of the situation in Tibet.

  19. Exercise on Ask Slashdot: Ergonomic Office Environment? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are there other categories I should consider?

    Yes, exercise

  20. Can he build houses with that printer? on A Solar-Powered 3D Printer Prints Glass From Sand · · Score: 1

    Cool usage of the sun. I wonder if he can build houses with that printer?

  21. Re:Questions answered in this thread... on A New Approach To Reducing Spam: Go After Credit Processors · · Score: 1

    In this day and age its hard to tell. You could call it a Latvian bank too (that's what we did in the paper).

    I would call it Latvian too.

  22. Re:Questions answered in this thread... on A New Approach To Reducing Spam: Go After Credit Processors · · Score: 1

    I suspect the connection is via DnBNord... the bank in our study was the Latvian branch, but I believe the headquarters are in Copenhagen (although as I recall the whole lot may be owned by DnB NOR in Norway.

    Does that make it a Danish bank or a Norwegian bank?

  23. Which company in Denmark? on A New Approach To Reducing Spam: Go After Credit Processors · · Score: 1

    handled by just three financial companies â" one based in Azerbaijan, one in Denmark and one in Nevis, in the West Indies

    Please point more specific to where the Danish company is identified, because I can not find the word Denmark in the PDF paper, but I can find both Nevis and Azerbaijan.

  24. Re:Wow, what will THAT outlet look like? on Experimental Batteries Charge In Minutes · · Score: 1

    What if your home had some sort of device to temporarily store the needed energy? Like a battery or a flywheel? This device could then slowly be charged up from the electrical power network until next time you needed 2400 Amps in a few seconds.

  25. Re:If you support democracy, leave Libya alone on Libya SIGINT Jamming Satellites, Towers · · Score: 1

    Look, people die, that's horrible. But Libya's problems are their own internal problem. It's ultimately a healthy thing that Libyans are revolting against their dictator. This is democracy at its finest. If all goes well, this is going to be their 1776.

    Bullshit. Humans are humans, no matter where they live. If what you say is true then think of this far out example: Your neighbour abuses his kids, but you say that your neighbours family problems are their own internal problems? I say that is wrong, humans should help humans.