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  1. Re:probably not slowing it specificly on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Prove My ISP Slows Certain Traffic? · · Score: 1

    I think you have that right. I try to download files from GB prior to 1800 PDT as after that time the rate drops like a rock. What takes 5 minutes at 1600 takes 30-60 minutes at 2000. These are not netflix files but it would seem that in the evening netflixs flood the system.

  2. Ghostery and Privacy Badger on Firefox 57's Speed Secret? Delaying Requests from Tracking Domains (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I notice that no one has mentioned these, why not?

  3. Re:But . . . on Donald Trump Running Insecure Email Servers (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    There maybe not be any documents on his server if someone so decides.

  4. Why not on Ask Slashdot: Self-Hosted Gmail Alternatives? · · Score: 1

    I have been doing it for years and it is not that big a deal once it is configured.
    If you want to get fancy then it can be a problem.
    We run courier (I wanted sendmail but lost ) using imap to our local net.
    it runs on a local virtual machine and is pretty much maintenance free.
    It can not be accessed from outside (the "fancy" part) and it has no spam filtering.
    The jewel in this is the alias file. Untrustworthy sites (most) get a specific alias.
    If I get spam with that I delete the alias.

  5. Re:Prosperity, here we come... on Facebook May Make Tiny Town a Data Center Mecca · · Score: 1

    You mean like Beaverton? (Intel)
    Lots of towns in Oregon like that (a dying breed).
    Most were dependent on a sawmill (sometimes a very large sawmill). Timber goes, town goes.
    Sometimes there is a small town left, and sometimes they remove everything (Valsetz for instance).
    Some were even company towns (the lumber company owned everything) Gilchrist OR. for instance.
    Even Bend was a mill town, but it had a little more going for it (skiing, county seat) and didn't die out.

  6. Re:The natives probably won't be getting the jobs. on Facebook May Make Tiny Town a Data Center Mecca · · Score: 2

    AH Bend. What a mess they made out of that town. Good skiing , but population growth got a bit ahead of the city and county.
    The town of 10,000 that was so neat is long gone. Californication at it's best.

    A Eugene resident (native)

  7. Re:17% of 10'000? on Facebook May Make Tiny Town a Data Center Mecca · · Score: 1

    People don't stay. Those that can often leave. It may not be as pretty but you can find a job in Portland a
    lot easier.

  8. Re:I've been there on Facebook May Make Tiny Town a Data Center Mecca · · Score: 1

    No hydro locally. There is a hydro project down stream where the Crooked, Deschutes and Metolious river join. Water around Prineville is for irrigation.
    Even the small dam upstream might have problems. It was built using a method that is now considered suspect.
    Electric power in the region come from the Columbia via BPA (Bonneville Power Administration).
     

  9. Re:I've been there on Facebook May Make Tiny Town a Data Center Mecca · · Score: 1

    Lumber industry is not too good right now.

  10. Re:The natives probably won't be getting the jobs. on Facebook May Make Tiny Town a Data Center Mecca · · Score: 1

    good luck at finding most of those in Prineville.

  11. Smoke out of volcano? on Volcano Erupts In Iceland · · Score: 1

    I have never seen a volcano smoke. Ash, rocks, mud, steam, noxious gases yes, but no smoke.
    You want smoke you gotta burn something.
    (maybe the volcano came up thru a coal bed???) (no coal that I know of in Iceland).

    NB: Maybe trolls are surreptitiously feeding it peat.

  12. Cascadia Subduction zone on Geologists Say California May Be Next · · Score: 1

    Put that in Google and read away.
    Forget about the San Andreas, this is where the big ones come from.
    Fortunately not too often.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_subduction_zone
    http://earthquake.usgs.gov

  13. Re:Holy crooked election Batman! on Voting Machines Selecting Default Candidates · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I feel overly entertained

  14. Doesn't NV have "NONE OF THE ABOVE" on Voting Machines Selecting Default Candidates · · Score: 1

    I thought Nevada had a "none of the above" choice.

  15. There's a joke about POD PEOPLE in there somewhere on Apple, Startup Go To Trial Over 'Pod' Trademark · · Score: 0

    no text

  16. I use Opera on IE9 Team Says "Our GPU Acceleration Is Better Than Yours" · · Score: 1

    I'm just going to sit here and giggle and point.

    Opera works fine for reading HuffPo.

  17. Somebody finaly read last weeks The Economist on Salesforce Uses Chatter To Monitor Employees · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.economist.com/node/16910031?story_id=16910031
    Mining social networks
    Untangling the social web
    Software: From retailing to counterterrorism, the ability to analyse social connections is proving increasingly useful

    It's still and interesting article.

  18. The joy of it all on Location Services Raise Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    Look at the bright side, you not only get to give away your personal info/location
    you get to pay to have this done.

    Cell phones are such a wonderful invention.

  19. Sympathy??? on Google Researcher Issues How-To On Attacking XP · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I find it very hard to generate much sympathy for MSFT.
    Gee, someone played a dirty trick on them.

    While it wasn't nice of Google , I hope they don't stop.

  20. Re:Possible upwind? YES Think Iceboats on Google-Backed Wind-Powered Car Goes Faster Than the Wind · · Score: 1

    The can go up wind.
    They can also sail faster than the wind (very much faster).

    "Modern designs of iceboats are very efficient, utilizing aerodynamic designs and low friction, and can achieve speeds as high as ten times the wind speed in good conditions."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_boat

  21. Might there be confusion? on HP Confirms Slate To Run WebOS · · Score: 1

    http://www.slate.com/ is running the thing.
    HP contracted the thing out to Slate?
    Is there a lawsuit in the future?

  22. The Annotated Alice on Algebra In Wonderland · · Score: 1

    Sounds like somebody found a copy.
    There is so much stuff alluded to in Alice that the annotations seem to go on for ever.
    It is an interesting read, but slow.

  23. "THIS STORY BELONGS IN THE IDLE SECTION" on 19th-Century Photographer Captured 5,000 Snowflakes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It is.

  24. Why bother, there's always opera on Mozilla Accepts Chinese CNNIC Root CA Certificate · · Score: 1

    "Since Mozilla has already accepted CNNIC as a trusted root CA, the burden rests with those who argue for its removal."
    Yah , sure, whatever ...

  25. This should be rated 10 not 0 on Ubuntu Moves To Yahoo For Default Firefox Search · · Score: 1

    Nailed it.