Your better off not trying to do anything to secure anything short of your own equipment. Just post a sign at the door that states that there is "no security" and that every individual is completely responsible for their own property.
Oh, and make a killing by offering security gear for sale, such as padlocked cables:D
As the parent poster indicates, people should take of their own stuff. If they are not happy with the rules, then they don't have to participate.
You can change this in your preferences. Just go to 'help and preferences' and then 'sections' section assign a thin box or a no-display to this category.
Why do I get the feeling that NASA is trying to hack a rocket together? NASA had suitable rockets in the 70s and then there is the Russian Space Agency and the ESA which already have viable heavy lifers. Maybe NASA could just license the designs of existing systems?
The more I read about this and how gymnastics work, then the girls should probably be disqualified. As mentioned, if a rule is in place then it should be followed, on the other hand how much investigation on age should a federation be doing before the fact?
The problem that I am seeing is that major news agencies, such as Reuters, BBC and CNN are not covering the issue. Until they do so this another issue that will quietly get swept under the carpet.
Why is there a minimum age to begin with? I think if a 14 year old can compete at the level of those a few years older, she should be allowed to. Is the age requirement only in gymnastics? Wasn't Michael Phelps 15 in his first Olympics in 2000?
Certainly worth modding up IMHO. She won despite her age, not because she took drugs or anything. I think she deserves her medal. The only scandal here are the documents, not her competing.
First find out all the ISPs in your area and ask them about IPv6 support. Second to get on board while waiting for them to get their act together (assuming they haven't already done so), choose a transition solution. Some include:
- Freenet6 - http://go6.net/4105/freenet.asp
- Aiccu - https://www.sixxs.net/wiki/Aiccu
- Teredo
- Hurricane Electric - http://tunnelbroker.net/
If there is no rtadv server then the computers will fall back to a zero-config addressing mode. Basically this is a special address range, starting with fe80:: and suffixed by the MAC address of the given network interface. See this: https://www.sixxs.net/wiki/Subnet
That's what's happening here. Most companies don't know where to start. The question is how many people are doing the pioneering, and how long after the squeeze hits (hits the small countries first, probably) will individuals have to put up with "carrier grade NAT" or whatever.
This is why I encourage as many techies to start playing with IPv6 and documenting/blogging about what they did and problems they solved. Once there is enough information out there, people won't be able to argue that there is lack of information on the web. It should be noted that there used to be a time when the only place you could get information on IPv6 were badly designed sites of 'task forces' and IPv6 research groups. Things are changing and details on getting to IPv6 are slowly surfacing.
The major hurdle are ISPs, since few offer IPv6 connectivity, so in most cases anyone wanting to start supporting IPv6 needs to set up a tunnel. The USA has been mandating various parts of their government to migrate to IPv6, though in reality they should start off by mandating ISPs to support IPv6 and then it will be easier for everyone else to make the shift.
If people could actually get IPv6 service from their providers instead of having to route everything through congested tunnels, THAT would help.
If you are in North America then you are probably going to wait, since while Europe and Asia are making the transition, North America seems to be dragging its feet. If you are interested in IPv6 connectivity from you ISP, get a whole of people to make enquires through official channels. If they feel there is a market then they may add support, even if it is experimental. Heck you could always ask to be signed up as a public beta tester when they first deploy IPv6. For the moment your ISP probably doesn't see the need or doesn't have the expertise and that won't change until people starting knocking on their door asking for connectivity.
It should be noted that IPv6 is one of these technologies if implemented right many people will not realise they are using the technology because 'it just works'.
Was IPv6 our only hope or do we have something else ready to go for when we hit that last address? And speaking of that, what WILL happen when we hit that last address? Will the internet suddenly die? Or will some people just not be able to connect because the IP is in use?
I see the addressing problem like the Y2K issue, in that few will actually do the work until the last address is about to run out. Its all down to money and also the fact that network hardware providers are dragging their feet. The latter is an important point, since how do you migrate to IPv6 easily if the person supplying you your router, bridge, etc does not provider support for IPv6? In general it is a sheep mentality, in that few are going to make the leap until a greater mass has already paved the way in large numbers.
I have been playing with IPv6 simply as a way to understand the issues involved. From doing so I discovered a few things:
- Asia and Europe are doing more work than North America when it comes to IPv6. There are already ISPs in Europe, such s free.fr, that offer IPv6 connectivity.
- The argument about numerical addresses is bogus, since with the advent of technologies such as zero-config you just use a name
- The lack of DHCPv6 support is minor, since router advertisements does the job in most cases, though is non-negligible in other cases.
- Cisco is yet to certify its whole line of hardware solutions IPv6 ready.
- If you want IPv6 support on your home router you are either having to use the newer Apple Airport or install an open-source firmware, when possible
- There are still important APIs that aren't IPv6 ready. Examples include libwww (Perl) and the network API for LibSDL.
If you want to give IPv6 a go, then there are a number of solutions such as Freenet6 and Teredo, though I use Aiccu from Sixxs:
Maybe we need something similar to dating web sites for our politicians? No, not a dating web site for politicians, but one where they can present themselves to the people in their area. Basically all registered representatives would create a profile, describe their platform and why you should be supporting them and then you can donate how ever much you wish to their platform. With a solution like this you could quickly compare the representatives available to you and support if you wish. The only question is whether you should be able to provide financial support to a representative who is not in your geographical area?
My university provided calculators if they were needed, you couldn't take your own.
I have never heard of this being done elsewhere, but at least this means that everyone is a on a level playing field in the exams, well at least when it comes to the calculator in use. One thing here is that it pays to have used the calculator before the exam, so that you aren't also faced with trying to learn how to access some of the advanced functions.
So take your pictures and when they ask you to stop, say no.
The problem is most people don't know what their rights are in such a situation and instead cease and desist, just to be safe. If in doubt I suppose you could ask the security guard why you should stop taking photos, but that is probably asking too much. In reality we need to find out what our rights are and use them to educate those who would make out lives difficult.
Maybe what we need is to organise a spontaneous crowd of photographers going from building to building taking photos. Such an event would certainly get noticed and maybe draw attention to the rights of photographers.
Is this all fallout from 9/11? If so, did OBL ever think in his wildest dreams he'd be able to fuck us up this seriously?
The other screwy thing about all this is that someone with criminal intent is more likely to use a cheap point and shoot. I mean why go out and spend a fortune on an SLR, which is highly noticeable, when there are some small point and shoots which will get the job done. Heck some of them even handle low lighting conditions surprisingly well.
I can remember trying to a picture inside our newly establish library building, in Montreal, and was told not to take photos. I just get the feeling that security guards are highly paranoid about this sort of thing and don't want be the ones to get the blame if it does lead to something. I would be curious to know if anyone has put a list together citing laws in different countries/locations on what rules are really in place.
The funny thing is that I've seen a lot of Mac fans cheering each quarter at the new record profits and at the same time get very defensive (or even offended) when someone suggests that Apple is selling their products for a lot more than it costs them to produce (yes, including fixed costs like R&D etc) compared to most of their competitors.
They are probably worried that this fact will detract people from buying Macs. The simple truth is that people buy the computers and other hardware despite this fact, even first time buyers. While you could save a few bucks by going elsewhere, it isn't always about saving money.
To bring in the car analogy: people still buy Mercedes cars, even though you probably get just as much out of a Honda. It is the seemingly unimportant things that make a difference.
Legalizing doping will only raise the bar to the next level. Now that everyone can be doped, some will be more doped than others. Thus we are back to the original problem, that some people are more doped than others.
It would also change the nature of the sponsors. Imagine it being announced that team USA is sponsored by 'insert pharmaceutical co. here'. I don't feel comfortable about drugs companies half the time, and this would do nothing to increase the comfort level. If Olympians want to run or cycle doped, then they should be pushing for a 'Doped Olympics' to run parallel to the current one, heck there is already an attempt for the 'Gay Olympics', so anything is possible. The nature of the current Olympics and sports competitions is to do see what we can achieve without making things too easy.
But on the surface it seems more to me that they're just saying that solar systems have a life cycle that is marked by the location of gas giants. I don't really think that means that our setup is rare.
The other thing worth mentioning is how many more trillions of star systems there are out there. Also, at this point in time any judgement at this point in time is like an ant in Hawaii trying to make a prediction of whether there is life beyond the edges of its island. I believe there is life out there, but first we need to make a concerted effort to go explore beyond our solar system.
It is not even displayed in correct order when it's hosted in the USA.
In Canada it was displayed in the correct order: Greece first, followed by the countries in the order they would appear in a Chinese dictionary. You can't really talk about alphabetical order since Mandarin use ideograms, not letters, thus the order is based on the rule of strokes.
"I was concerned about security of my old business documents that I worked with over the years, they might be recoverable from the HDD if the computer is stolen. So I decided to wipe it all clean before the trip, and I will be using it only to browse the Web."
Or simply that you had sensitive business documents that your boss were worried about if the computer got stolen. Then again if you had Windows: it was time for a reinstall;)
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Your better off not trying to do anything to secure anything short of your own equipment. Just post a sign at the door that states that there is "no security" and that every individual is completely responsible for their own property.
Oh, and make a killing by offering security gear for sale, such as padlocked cables :D
As the parent poster indicates, people should take of their own stuff. If they are not happy with the rules, then they don't have to participate.
You can change this in your preferences. Just go to 'help and preferences' and then 'sections' section assign a thin box or a no-display to this category.
Why do I get the feeling that NASA is trying to hack a rocket together? NASA had suitable rockets in the 70s and then there is the Russian Space Agency and the ESA which already have viable heavy lifers. Maybe NASA could just license the designs of existing systems?
The more I read about this and how gymnastics work, then the girls should probably be disqualified. As mentioned, if a rule is in place then it should be followed, on the other hand how much investigation on age should a federation be doing before the fact?
The problem that I am seeing is that major news agencies, such as Reuters, BBC and CNN are not covering the issue. Until they do so this another issue that will quietly get swept under the carpet.
Why is there a minimum age to begin with? I think if a 14 year old can compete at the level of those a few years older, she should be allowed to. Is the age requirement only in gymnastics? Wasn't Michael Phelps 15 in his first Olympics in 2000?
Certainly worth modding up IMHO. She won despite her age, not because she took drugs or anything. I think she deserves her medal. The only scandal here are the documents, not her competing.
For those of you interested, Cisco has documented which pieces of their hardware is IPv6 ready: Cisco IPv6 Solutions
First find out all the ISPs in your area and ask them about IPv6 support. Second to get on board while waiting for them to get their act together (assuming they haven't already done so), choose a transition solution. Some include:
- Freenet6 - http://go6.net/4105/freenet.asp
- Aiccu - https://www.sixxs.net/wiki/Aiccu
- Teredo
- Hurricane Electric - http://tunnelbroker.net/
If there is no rtadv server then the computers will fall back to a zero-config addressing mode. Basically this is a special address range, starting with fe80:: and suffixed by the MAC address of the given network interface. See this: https://www.sixxs.net/wiki/Subnet
That's what's happening here. Most companies don't know where to start. The question is how many people are doing the pioneering, and how long after the squeeze hits (hits the small countries first, probably) will individuals have to put up with "carrier grade NAT" or whatever.
This is why I encourage as many techies to start playing with IPv6 and documenting/blogging about what they did and problems they solved. Once there is enough information out there, people won't be able to argue that there is lack of information on the web. It should be noted that there used to be a time when the only place you could get information on IPv6 were badly designed sites of 'task forces' and IPv6 research groups. Things are changing and details on getting to IPv6 are slowly surfacing.
The major hurdle are ISPs, since few offer IPv6 connectivity, so in most cases anyone wanting to start supporting IPv6 needs to set up a tunnel. The USA has been mandating various parts of their government to migrate to IPv6, though in reality they should start off by mandating ISPs to support IPv6 and then it will be easier for everyone else to make the shift.
If people could actually get IPv6 service from their providers instead of having to route everything through congested tunnels, THAT would help.
If you are in North America then you are probably going to wait, since while Europe and Asia are making the transition, North America seems to be dragging its feet. If you are interested in IPv6 connectivity from you ISP, get a whole of people to make enquires through official channels. If they feel there is a market then they may add support, even if it is experimental. Heck you could always ask to be signed up as a public beta tester when they first deploy IPv6. For the moment your ISP probably doesn't see the need or doesn't have the expertise and that won't change until people starting knocking on their door asking for connectivity.
It should be noted that IPv6 is one of these technologies if implemented right many people will not realise they are using the technology because 'it just works'.
Was IPv6 our only hope or do we have something else ready to go for when we hit that last address? And speaking of that, what WILL happen when we hit that last address? Will the internet suddenly die? Or will some people just not be able to connect because the IP is in use?
I see the addressing problem like the Y2K issue, in that few will actually do the work until the last address is about to run out. Its all down to money and also the fact that network hardware providers are dragging their feet. The latter is an important point, since how do you migrate to IPv6 easily if the person supplying you your router, bridge, etc does not provider support for IPv6? In general it is a sheep mentality, in that few are going to make the leap until a greater mass has already paved the way in large numbers.
I have been playing with IPv6 simply as a way to understand the issues involved. From doing so I discovered a few things:
- Asia and Europe are doing more work than North America when it comes to IPv6. There are already ISPs in Europe, such s free.fr, that offer IPv6 connectivity.
- The argument about numerical addresses is bogus, since with the advent of technologies such as zero-config you just use a name
- The lack of DHCPv6 support is minor, since router advertisements does the job in most cases, though is non-negligible in other cases.
- Cisco is yet to certify its whole line of hardware solutions IPv6 ready.
- If you want IPv6 support on your home router you are either having to use the newer Apple Airport or install an open-source firmware, when possible
- There are still important APIs that aren't IPv6 ready. Examples include libwww (Perl) and the network API for LibSDL.
If you want to give IPv6 a go, then there are a number of solutions such as Freenet6 and Teredo, though I use Aiccu from Sixxs:
https://www.sixxs.net/wiki/Aiccu
Just go to your user preferences section on /. and go to the Index/Sections settings and select the thin bar setting for 'idle' topics.
Maybe we need something similar to dating web sites for our politicians? No, not a dating web site for politicians, but one where they can present themselves to the people in their area. Basically all registered representatives would create a profile, describe their platform and why you should be supporting them and then you can donate how ever much you wish to their platform. With a solution like this you could quickly compare the representatives available to you and support if you wish. The only question is whether you should be able to provide financial support to a representative who is not in your geographical area?
My university provided calculators if they were needed, you couldn't take your own.
I have never heard of this being done elsewhere, but at least this means that everyone is a on a level playing field in the exams, well at least when it comes to the calculator in use. One thing here is that it pays to have used the calculator before the exam, so that you aren't also faced with trying to learn how to access some of the advanced functions.
So take your pictures and when they ask you to stop, say no.
The problem is most people don't know what their rights are in such a situation and instead cease and desist, just to be safe. If in doubt I suppose you could ask the security guard why you should stop taking photos, but that is probably asking too much. In reality we need to find out what our rights are and use them to educate those who would make out lives difficult.
Maybe what we need is to organise a spontaneous crowd of photographers going from building to building taking photos. Such an event would certainly get noticed and maybe draw attention to the rights of photographers.
Is this all fallout from 9/11? If so, did OBL ever think in his wildest dreams he'd be able to fuck us up this seriously?
The other screwy thing about all this is that someone with criminal intent is more likely to use a cheap point and shoot. I mean why go out and spend a fortune on an SLR, which is highly noticeable, when there are some small point and shoots which will get the job done. Heck some of them even handle low lighting conditions surprisingly well.
I can remember trying to a picture inside our newly establish library building, in Montreal, and was told not to take photos. I just get the feeling that security guards are highly paranoid about this sort of thing and don't want be the ones to get the blame if it does lead to something. I would be curious to know if anyone has put a list together citing laws in different countries/locations on what rules are really in place.
AAC is an open standard, as in the spec is publicly available for anyone.
There are even open source implementations:
- http://www.audiocoding.com/faac.html (encoder)
- http://www.audiocoding.com/faad2.html (decoder)
The funny thing is that I've seen a lot of Mac fans cheering each quarter at the new record profits and at the same time get very defensive (or even offended) when someone suggests that Apple is selling their products for a lot more than it costs them to produce (yes, including fixed costs like R&D etc) compared to most of their competitors.
They are probably worried that this fact will detract people from buying Macs. The simple truth is that people buy the computers and other hardware despite this fact, even first time buyers. While you could save a few bucks by going elsewhere, it isn't always about saving money.
To bring in the car analogy: people still buy Mercedes cars, even though you probably get just as much out of a Honda. It is the seemingly unimportant things that make a difference.
Legalizing doping will only raise the bar to the next level. Now that everyone can be doped, some will be more doped than others. Thus we are back to the original problem, that some people are more doped than others.
It would also change the nature of the sponsors. Imagine it being announced that team USA is sponsored by 'insert pharmaceutical co. here'. I don't feel comfortable about drugs companies half the time, and this would do nothing to increase the comfort level. If Olympians want to run or cycle doped, then they should be pushing for a 'Doped Olympics' to run parallel to the current one, heck there is already an attempt for the 'Gay Olympics', so anything is possible. The nature of the current Olympics and sports competitions is to do see what we can achieve without making things too easy.
But on the surface it seems more to me that they're just saying that solar systems have a life cycle that is marked by the location of gas giants. I don't really think that means that our setup is rare.
The other thing worth mentioning is how many more trillions of star systems there are out there. Also, at this point in time any judgement at this point in time is like an ant in Hawaii trying to make a prediction of whether there is life beyond the edges of its island. I believe there is life out there, but first we need to make a concerted effort to go explore beyond our solar system.
Is there any good documentation on how to remove noise using Audacity?
It is not even displayed in correct order when it's hosted in the USA.
In Canada it was displayed in the correct order: Greece first, followed by the countries in the order they would appear in a Chinese dictionary. You can't really talk about alphabetical order since Mandarin use ideograms, not letters, thus the order is based on the rule of strokes.
"I was concerned about security of my old business documents that I worked with over the years, they might be recoverable from the HDD if the computer is stolen. So I decided to wipe it all clean before the trip, and I will be using it only to browse the Web."
Or simply that you had sensitive business documents that your boss were worried about if the computer got stolen. Then again if you had Windows: it was time for a reinstall ;)
Okay, lets not mention the confiscating of portable computer at US borders as a possible spying risk.
Nah, you get them to play Zork, so at least they get to know what a Grue is :)