Vitlrtual hosts make it easier to deploy a new site since you don't need to have the host respond to yet another IP address. Just add an entry in Apache and there you are.
Amazon E3 is probably fairly safe from DDoS because of redundancy and having multiple data centers each with their own internet connection. For a DDoS attack to work you need to have the targeted service existing at one point, so when you disable their only point of presence. When the service is actually spread across locations then you reduce the risk.
I wouldn't be surprised if the sites that are likely to come down first are either single location sites or stateful transactional servers, which are harder to transparently replicate while still having security in place. I say this because stateful solutions usually require ensuring bandwidth between data centers, while keeping the servers in sync, or exposing things in encrypted cookies.
I know you are off topic, but I will respond in saying that in many cases people don't react until they can visualise the impending doom. Present them with something that is difficult to visualise and they won't care about it, because they can't appreciate it. Its simply a case of human psychology. Now you know the problem you are dealing with, you can at least know what you need to consider when looking for a solution.
The list is by no means complete, so if you are aware of others then be sure to add it the list (you will need to register for a Sixxs account).
BTW At this point, if your ISP does not provide IPv6 support then you can try out 6to4 or Teredo. Myself I am currently using 6to4, since this is support by the Apple Airport Extreme, and all the devices on my network have an IPv6 address this way.
I suppose one way of forcing the hand would be to move some seemingly important service to IPv6 only for a few days a month, each month, until people get the message. Think of this in the same way of the move to digital TV. Though, in reality I don't see that happening at this point.
One thing I tell people, is that if you are buying new network equipment now, make sure that it has IPv6 support built in. Even if it is not switched on, you are reducing your risk of having to potentially replace all you network hardware in 6-12 months if you suddenly find yourself having to make that IPv6 activation sooner than expected. If the hardware does not have IPv6 capability built in then complain to the manufacturer and see what options they have for reducing your investment risk.
I imagine a future version of Hamachi could be reworked to use a block within 10.200.x.x network, or something of the sorts. Sure it would mean that you aren't already using that for your own local subnet, but it is workable. Then again, if you get yourself a router with VPN support, then your friends could simply connect to your network.
ISPs won't have to give up any IPv4 addresses, they simply won't be able to get any new ones. Going forward only IPv6 address blocks will be available for assignment.
ISPs should be upgrading their networks already to support IPv6, but the problem is them dragging their feet and network equipment providers also dragging their feet. No matter how much feet dragging may be happening, their is cleat evidence that there are solution to getting IPv6 in place. For that we just need to look to Europe, so ISPs such as Free.fr which are already providing IPv6 subnets to their customers. I believe there is also an ISP in the Czech Republic doing so too.
If Ogg Theora and WebM have enough momentum in the web browser market, their inclusion in video editing products is inevitable for compatibility reasons. Everyone wins for both business and ideology because there are no royalties to pay.
To have create that momentum you need the authoring tools. If the Ogg Theora and WebM teams care enough, then they should be making those tools so nobody can complain. Also, some of that code will need to be BSD licensed (or equivalent) if its going to find itself included in closed sourced solution.
As a video host the concerns would be audience, quality, easy access to the tools and revenue. Cost is not an issue if the revenue covers it. Ideology is rarely a factor.
If I have an open standard without the tools to produce it, then it is nothing more than writing in a document. Content authoring tools needs to support producing things like WebM and Ogg, and I am yet to see anything available to Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere that will do that. If there is something that requires going to some obscure web site and requiring me to compile the tool, then it is not worth the time. If I am making money despite the H.264 tax then why would I want to make more effort than necessary, especially when the alternatives don't provide the quality expected.
Don't get me wrong, I am a big supported of open source, its just that sometimes you need to accept that what drives a business to make certain decisions is not ideologies, but rather the ability to reach the customers and bring in the money.
If you want you new video format standard to be taken seriously, then you need to make it easy to use in content creation and all mainstream video playback creation. If you don't do the work, then people aren't going to take the time or take you seriously.
I wonder whether these systems take into account the relative momentum to the vehicle in front of you - it would mean having this information communicated between vehicles. For example if a truck is following a car, then the system will need to adjust safe distance to be sure that it can break safely in an emergency (truck will take longer to break than the car and this will vary based on load). Other things that need to be accounted for are lane changes and sudden erratic behaviour of the vehicle in front.
It would be interesting to present emergency situations to both humans and computer and see which ones react best in that situation.
Not if those skills won your employer a contract worth 10x your salary.
There is that, but you also need to take into account what the market value of that skill is. If that skill pays more than then currently employed staff, because that is what the market defines, then you need to go with it. At the same time you need to take into account that this person will also be subjected to salary increases and therefore that may be a cost that the company may not be able to endure. It is at times like that, that you pay a contract fee with option to become a salaried employee.
No matters the choices you make you need to consider whether knowledge of that salary will cause people to leave or complain - and whether that matters. Policy is don't talk about your salary. Reality is people find out somehow.
For me the game seems attractive due to a mix of simple, but challenging game play, simple but cute graphics and the whole audio choice which makes it feel like some sort of crazy mad house. Maybe people like crazy?
This story is about the opposite. Using employee purchased equipment to be used for work.
It is, but it creates a gray area that I would rather not deal with. If the company wants to stay competitive, then it should be investing in its own hardware and keeping it up to date. If they want me to buy my own equipment for work, then they better make me a voting investor and sign a contract restricting them access to the contents of the PC, otherwise I will look for another job.
You could even use this for inter-building communication. Stick and transceiver on an outside wall, with the opposite building doing the same. For improved reliability increase the intensity and use a laser instead.
As other people have mentioned the technology is not that novel, but the fact they are actually try to move the technology forward is of interest, since there are scenarios where a more limited signal transmitting solution actually has it uses. Security being one of them. Sure any device in the room could receive the signal, but as wi-fi implementations have shown there are solutions.
BTW in Europe I have seen stores using the fluorescent lighting with data modulated into them to update price tags on the shelves.
I disagree about the unsnoopable part. Watch some of the documentaries about prisons and you will find that many require guards to have a piece of material occluding their version of your "piece of metal" to prevent the prisoners from looking at it and duplicating it.
Well, any deficiencies in the design can be worked around using the DMCA as a defensive mechanism.
This patent presents a locking system for automotive vehicles that can not be snooped by a nearby wireless hacker. This approach eliminates the need for problem prone wireless receivers and transmitters, whose signal can easily be captured by a third party in the vicinity. This devices presents an opening in the door of about 2mm x 5mm and requires the use of a specifically shaped piece of metal This piece of metal would be unique to each owner. Activation and deactivation is accomplished by a rotational action in either clock-wise or anti-clockwise directions.
This patent is truly ground-breaking since it eliminates the need for an electronic system to function.
It also depends on the agent you are dealing with - they don't all work in the same way. It is also because they are sometime finding you an option that is not widely listed.
As to advertising, that would cost them money and requires they are consistently finding cheaper prices.
Things are difficult to compare, but sometimes you just need to be aware of the tricks.
You may be surprised, but in certain cases going to your local travel agent can get you a lower price. If they don't, compare what they are offering you and be sure to let them know you can get it cheaper online. A real-life travel agent can reduce their commission, while a web site won't.
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Vitlrtual hosts make it easier to deploy a new site since you don't need to have the host respond to yet another IP address. Just add an entry in Apache and there you are.
In this case would it not make more sense to have the firewalls behind the load balancer protecting each individual server? I am not a network expert.
Amazon E3 is probably fairly safe from DDoS because of redundancy and having multiple data centers each with their own internet connection. For a DDoS attack to work you need to have the targeted service existing at one point, so when you disable their only point of presence. When the service is actually spread across locations then you reduce the risk.
I wouldn't be surprised if the sites that are likely to come down first are either single location sites or stateful transactional servers, which are harder to transparently replicate while still having security in place. I say this because stateful solutions usually require ensuring bandwidth between data centers, while keeping the servers in sync, or exposing things in encrypted cookies.
Anyone wanting to see some photos of the place can look here:
- http://www.scottish-places.info/features/moregpix7987.html
- http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/Cultybraggan
There are also some videos on YouTube.
This gives me lot of hope for global warming!
I know you are off topic, but I will respond in saying that in many cases people don't react until they can visualise the impending doom. Present them with something that is difficult to visualise and they won't care about it, because they can't appreciate it. Its simply a case of human psychology. Now you know the problem you are dealing with, you can at least know what you need to consider when looking for a solution.
There is a list here of IPv6 capable routers:
http://www.sixxs.net/wiki/Routers
The list is by no means complete, so if you are aware of others then be sure to add it the list (you will need to register for a Sixxs account).
BTW At this point, if your ISP does not provide IPv6 support then you can try out 6to4 or Teredo. Myself I am currently using 6to4, since this is support by the Apple Airport Extreme, and all the devices on my network have an IPv6 address this way.
I suppose one way of forcing the hand would be to move some seemingly important service to IPv6 only for a few days a month, each month, until people get the message. Think of this in the same way of the move to digital TV. Though, in reality I don't see that happening at this point.
One thing I tell people, is that if you are buying new network equipment now, make sure that it has IPv6 support built in. Even if it is not switched on, you are reducing your risk of having to potentially replace all you network hardware in 6-12 months if you suddenly find yourself having to make that IPv6 activation sooner than expected. If the hardware does not have IPv6 capability built in then complain to the manufacturer and see what options they have for reducing your investment risk.
I imagine a future version of Hamachi could be reworked to use a block within 10.200.x.x network, or something of the sorts. Sure it would mean that you aren't already using that for your own local subnet, but it is workable. Then again, if you get yourself a router with VPN support, then your friends could simply connect to your network.
ISPs won't have to give up any IPv4 addresses, they simply won't be able to get any new ones. Going forward only IPv6 address blocks will be available for assignment.
ISPs should be upgrading their networks already to support IPv6, but the problem is them dragging their feet and network equipment providers also dragging their feet. No matter how much feet dragging may be happening, their is cleat evidence that there are solution to getting IPv6 in place. For that we just need to look to Europe, so ISPs such as Free.fr which are already providing IPv6 subnets to their customers. I believe there is also an ISP in the Czech Republic doing so too.
If Ogg Theora and WebM have enough momentum in the web browser market, their inclusion in video editing products is inevitable for compatibility reasons. Everyone wins for both business and ideology because there are no royalties to pay.
To have create that momentum you need the authoring tools. If the Ogg Theora and WebM teams care enough, then they should be making those tools so nobody can complain. Also, some of that code will need to be BSD licensed (or equivalent) if its going to find itself included in closed sourced solution.
As a video host the concerns would be audience, quality, easy access to the tools and revenue. Cost is not an issue if the revenue covers it. Ideology is rarely a factor.
If I have an open standard without the tools to produce it, then it is nothing more than writing in a document. Content authoring tools needs to support producing things like WebM and Ogg, and I am yet to see anything available to Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere that will do that. If there is something that requires going to some obscure web site and requiring me to compile the tool, then it is not worth the time. If I am making money despite the H.264 tax then why would I want to make more effort than necessary, especially when the alternatives don't provide the quality expected.
Don't get me wrong, I am a big supported of open source, its just that sometimes you need to accept that what drives a business to make certain decisions is not ideologies, but rather the ability to reach the customers and bring in the money.
If you want you new video format standard to be taken seriously, then you need to make it easy to use in content creation and all mainstream video playback creation. If you don't do the work, then people aren't going to take the time or take you seriously.
I wonder whether these systems take into account the relative momentum to the vehicle in front of you - it would mean having this information communicated between vehicles. For example if a truck is following a car, then the system will need to adjust safe distance to be sure that it can break safely in an emergency (truck will take longer to break than the car and this will vary based on load). Other things that need to be accounted for are lane changes and sudden erratic behaviour of the vehicle in front.
It would be interesting to present emergency situations to both humans and computer and see which ones react best in that situation.
BTW Australia already has road trains, but they don't refer to the same thing. See top photo here: http://www.greenprophet.com/2010/04/time-to-hook-your-car-onto-the-road-train/road-train-australia-truck/
Not if those skills won your employer a contract worth 10x your salary.
There is that, but you also need to take into account what the market value of that skill is. If that skill pays more than then currently employed staff, because that is what the market defines, then you need to go with it. At the same time you need to take into account that this person will also be subjected to salary increases and therefore that may be a cost that the company may not be able to endure. It is at times like that, that you pay a contract fee with option to become a salaried employee.
No matters the choices you make you need to consider whether knowledge of that salary will cause people to leave or complain - and whether that matters. Policy is don't talk about your salary. Reality is people find out somehow.
first post!
Must be the doing of a green pig. Launch the birds!
For me the game seems attractive due to a mix of simple, but challenging game play, simple but cute graphics and the whole audio choice which makes it feel like some sort of crazy mad house. Maybe people like crazy?
This story is about the opposite. Using employee purchased equipment to be used for work.
It is, but it creates a gray area that I would rather not deal with. If the company wants to stay competitive, then it should be investing in its own hardware and keeping it up to date. If they want me to buy my own equipment for work, then they better make me a voting investor and sign a contract restricting them access to the contents of the PC, otherwise I will look for another job.
I hear that Chuck Norris just uses his name as the key. When anyone tries to crack it their computer catches fire.
Chuck Norris doesn't need keys. His name is sufficient to tell people to stay away
You could even use this for inter-building communication. Stick and transceiver on an outside wall, with the opposite building doing the same. For improved reliability increase the intensity and use a laser instead.
As other people have mentioned the technology is not that novel, but the fact they are actually try to move the technology forward is of interest, since there are scenarios where a more limited signal transmitting solution actually has it uses. Security being one of them. Sure any device in the room could receive the signal, but as wi-fi implementations have shown there are solutions.
BTW in Europe I have seen stores using the fluorescent lighting with data modulated into them to update price tags on the shelves.
The other variation is:
Q: How many union workers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 5. One to change the light bulb and 4 to stand around.
Could set up a solution so that the data is sent over the power lines instead of being wireless?
What is this computer you speak of. Never heard of one before. Clearly this is mentioning a new concept never known to the American public. Approved.
I disagree about the unsnoopable part. Watch some of the documentaries about prisons and you will find that many require guards to have a piece of material occluding their version of your "piece of metal" to prevent the prisoners from looking at it and duplicating it.
Well, any deficiencies in the design can be worked around using the DMCA as a defensive mechanism.
This patent presents a locking system for automotive vehicles that can not be snooped by a nearby wireless hacker. This approach eliminates the need for problem prone wireless receivers and transmitters, whose signal can easily be captured by a third party in the vicinity. This devices presents an opening in the door of about 2mm x 5mm and requires the use of a specifically shaped piece of metal This piece of metal would be unique to each owner. Activation and deactivation is accomplished by a rotational action in either clock-wise or anti-clockwise directions.
This patent is truly ground-breaking since it eliminates the need for an electronic system to function.
It also depends on the agent you are dealing with - they don't all work in the same way. It is also because they are sometime finding you an option that is not widely listed.
As to advertising, that would cost them money and requires they are consistently finding cheaper prices.
Things are difficult to compare, but sometimes you just need to be aware of the tricks.
You may be surprised, but in certain cases going to your local travel agent can get you a lower price. If they don't, compare what they are offering you and be sure to let them know you can get it cheaper online. A real-life travel agent can reduce their commission, while a web site won't.