35km line of sight for the cellular bridge station isn't bad - any wifi based technology is going to need line of sight for those same distances
In a mountainous region you are sometimes lucky to get 10km line of sight. If you can't get enough users to cover the cost of installation, then the tower won't be put in place.
E-mail is fundamentally broken, and it's too easy to take advantage of any e-mail system.
I hear this being said over and over again. The problem is that no one has been able to provide a solution to resolved the problem. There have been suggestions, but doing so without penalizing the small guy is hard. Do we require certificates and if we do how can we ensure that it will be 100% fool proof? Do we only accept e-mail that hasn't been relayed or only accept mail from white listed relays, or create rules for them, if relays are to be tolerated in certain conditions?
Pretty much any email server can be used as a relay in this manner, the only thing special here is that it avoids Google's current features. I expect Google will have this locked down very soon.
Certainly, but this can be reduced by making sure that e-mail coming from the outside world can only be sent to gmail addresses and e-mail going to the outside world requires password authentication by the sender. One issue that we are starting to see it e-mail being bounced to a different part than the one that officially sent the e-mail. Other measures that can help is only accepting e-mail from external mail servers who's name can be resolved from its address.
The real problem is really deciding what is a legitimate source of e-mail, without requiring a central registry of e-mail servers or some other sort of bureaucratic process.
Maybe this was just a sneaky way of trying to get people to 'upgrade' to Vista. Then again this is probably more evidence of a broken process at Microsoft.
If I remember rightly the drives were integrated into some models of Amstrads. Given this if you can find an old Amstrad you should see if you could create a serial link between the computer and your Mac. After that its a matter of using kermit or some other serial transfer protocol.
I think that honestly if Software Update doesn't work, the machine can't be considered to be a successful model. If you downloaded windows or Linux and could never update, would you consider it a successful install?
That is a very bug issue. Not only that but if something doesn't work, who are you going to turn to. Psystar will probably blame Apple and Apple will say you have an unsupported system. Sure, you save $200 (the price difference for a Mac mini), but are the headaches you are getting for saving the money worth it?
I can confirm that this is a rather strange world we're living in. My wife wants to switch to Ubuntu...
Something else worth noting, that when compared to Windows, the naming of the projects code are much more creative and have a certain appeal to the non-business types. Compare 'Hardy Heron' (Ubuntu) or 'Leopard' (MacOS X) with 'Windows 7' (MS-Windows). Many people don't care about numbers and care more about getting the job done and feeling good at the same time.
I would be curious to know how many web sites actively use the gzip response to compress content. While this does put an extra load on both client and server, it does help save bandwidth. For static pages these could even be cached in compressed form on the server, to help reduce processor load.
As for many pages there is a lot of junk in there that could be stripped out or put into separate documents. This includes CSS or Javascript that is being reused by multiple pages, since this would be downloaded once.
I am sure that there other methods out there to save bandwidth, including forcing Flash developers, and their managers, to use a modem, smartphone or poor quality DSL, to access their web site - let them feel the pain;)
BTW I can't read the page at the moment, since it is not responding.
ATM's are also inherently more secure then voting machines. In recent years some of the voting machines that have been used there have been noted various security issues.
It also much easier to check the validity of banking transaction than a vote, especially when you consider that votes are meant to be anonymous. In a banking transaction I know what I had previously, know the factor that is changing the amount and what I should be getting once it is complete. To do so with a vote which is essentially a block box of anonymous transactions is hard and with closed code almost impossible. Adding methods where you could check whether your vote is present, has the unfortunate disadvantage of making it easier for vote buyers to make sure you voted as promised.
Democracy is a good idea, having everyone vote is even better and ensuring that the whole process is transparent is what allows it to work properly. Take out the transparency and the system is subject to paranoia.
It's illegal to have headlights above a certain brightness level, or perhaps it's above a certain number of lights - but there are light configurations you can put on a car that will get you pulled over if you have them on for street driving.
Strangely enough the Xenon lights are still allowed. They are so bright, that it is almost as if the other car has the head-lights on.
Then McDonalds, KFC etc. would have it perfected already!!
Probably. At the same time walking into shish-taouk restaurant and seeing all that rotating meat being cooked, makes me of this. Well, so does the film 'Aliens', but that is a another matter.
While there are plenty of books out there on Unix, not all of them cover all flavours of Unix. Sometimes you are better off getting something that covers one flavour well, or be happy with one that is a good compromise of all of them. The book I have is Essential System Administration. It is a good book, but there are are certainly times that I would like a bit more depth on certain subjects, but when that need arises I usually head off to the internet.
I'm from Canada, and perhaps it's a blessing that it isn't available in Canada yet:)
The irony is that they two companies that support GSM here are the same company, since Microcell (aka Fido) got bought out by Rogers. Knowing how Rogers work they will probably only sell the iPhone on the Rogers brand and force you to pay a penalty to move from Fido to Rogers! Yes I am cynical. Then again, I would rather get my iPhone from someone else, other than Rogers and unlocked.
Looks like I can say hello to a new format way, skip out an Blu-Ray, and look forward to my super-extra-dooper HD HD TV, with accompanying storage, where I still can't tell much of a difference.
Truth is, this would probably be a sweet format for distributing digital movies to cinemas.
The parent is not warning about the links posted in the thread summary. It is warning against the link posted by the anonymous coward it is replying to.
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35km line of sight for the cellular bridge station isn't bad - any wifi based technology is going to need line of sight for those same distances
In a mountainous region you are sometimes lucky to get 10km line of sight. If you can't get enough users to cover the cost of installation, then the tower won't be put in place.
in HD, will we finally be able to see the wires helping Armstrong look like he is on the moon?
Possibly, but I am just convinced the special effects will be better. After that I am just just waiting for a George Lucas style Director's cut
E-mail is fundamentally broken, and it's too easy to take advantage of any e-mail system.
I hear this being said over and over again. The problem is that no one has been able to provide a solution to resolved the problem. There have been suggestions, but doing so without penalizing the small guy is hard. Do we require certificates and if we do how can we ensure that it will be 100% fool proof? Do we only accept e-mail that hasn't been relayed or only accept mail from white listed relays, or create rules for them, if relays are to be tolerated in certain conditions?
Pretty much any email server can be used as a relay in this manner, the only thing special here is that it avoids Google's current features. I expect Google will have this locked down very soon.
Certainly, but this can be reduced by making sure that e-mail coming from the outside world can only be sent to gmail addresses and e-mail going to the outside world requires password authentication by the sender. One issue that we are starting to see it e-mail being bounced to a different part than the one that officially sent the e-mail. Other measures that can help is only accepting e-mail from external mail servers who's name can be resolved from its address.
The real problem is really deciding what is a legitimate source of e-mail, without requiring a central registry of e-mail servers or some other sort of bureaucratic process.
the IPv6 address of the Beast.
The great thing with IPv6, is that we will all be able to a subnet with more addresses than the whole IPv4 internet put together.
Maybe this was just a sneaky way of trying to get people to 'upgrade' to Vista. Then again this is probably more evidence of a broken process at Microsoft.
If I remember rightly the drives were integrated into some models of Amstrads. Given this if you can find an old Amstrad you should see if you could create a serial link between the computer and your Mac. After that its a matter of using kermit or some other serial transfer protocol.
How much exactly does that mean?
;)
More pr0n than you can even imagine
Many such people want it to have TV tuner capabilities...
Indeed. See here. No "slot" required.
The seems to be an often missed point. Much that used to need a PCI card is now available in external form, either using USB or Firewire.
I think that honestly if Software Update doesn't work, the machine can't be considered to be a successful model. If you downloaded windows or Linux and could never update, would you consider it a successful install?
That is a very bug issue. Not only that but if something doesn't work, who are you going to turn to. Psystar will probably blame Apple and Apple will say you have an unsupported system. Sure, you save $200 (the price difference for a Mac mini), but are the headaches you are getting for saving the money worth it?
I can confirm that this is a rather strange world we're living in. My wife wants to switch to Ubuntu...
Something else worth noting, that when compared to Windows, the naming of the projects code are much more creative and have a certain appeal to the non-business types. Compare 'Hardy Heron' (Ubuntu) or 'Leopard' (MacOS X) with 'Windows 7' (MS-Windows). Many people don't care about numbers and care more about getting the job done and feeling good at the same time.
I would be curious to know how many web sites actively use the gzip response to compress content. While this does put an extra load on both client and server, it does help save bandwidth. For static pages these could even be cached in compressed form on the server, to help reduce processor load.
;)
As for many pages there is a lot of junk in there that could be stripped out or put into separate documents. This includes CSS or Javascript that is being reused by multiple pages, since this would be downloaded once.
I am sure that there other methods out there to save bandwidth, including forcing Flash developers, and their managers, to use a modem, smartphone or poor quality DSL, to access their web site - let them feel the pain
BTW I can't read the page at the moment, since it is not responding.
ATM's are also inherently more secure then voting machines. In recent years some of the voting machines that have been used there have been noted various security issues.
It also much easier to check the validity of banking transaction than a vote, especially when you consider that votes are meant to be anonymous. In a banking transaction I know what I had previously, know the factor that is changing the amount and what I should be getting once it is complete. To do so with a vote which is essentially a block box of anonymous transactions is hard and with closed code almost impossible. Adding methods where you could check whether your vote is present, has the unfortunate disadvantage of making it easier for vote buyers to make sure you voted as promised.
Democracy is a good idea, having everyone vote is even better and ensuring that the whole process is transparent is what allows it to work properly. Take out the transparency and the system is subject to paranoia.
> Go north
What?
Clearly its bee a while. The right response would have been:
> Go north
Don't know how to go north.
With titles like "Extereme Linux Server", what will have next? "Linux servers gone wild" maybe? ;)
You have forgotten a very important outcome:
> Go north
You have been eaten by a grue.
Is it possible to have filters over the wind screens to protect against this, without interfering with normal operation of the vehicle?
It's illegal to have headlights above a certain brightness level, or perhaps it's above a certain number of lights - but there are light configurations you can put on a car that will get you pulled over if you have them on for street driving.
Strangely enough the Xenon lights are still allowed. They are so bright, that it is almost as if the other car has the head-lights on.
Then McDonalds, KFC etc. would have it perfected already!!
Probably. At the same time walking into shish-taouk restaurant and seeing all that rotating meat being cooked, makes me of this. Well, so does the film 'Aliens', but that is a another matter.
uni labs are great, lots of tea and lots of not doing much. At least in physics labs in england that is.
;)
Just make sure its Earl Grey. Remember you have an image to keep
While there are plenty of books out there on Unix, not all of them cover all flavours of Unix. Sometimes you are better off getting something that covers one flavour well, or be happy with one that is a good compromise of all of them. The book I have is Essential System Administration. It is a good book, but there are are certainly times that I would like a bit more depth on certain subjects, but when that need arises I usually head off to the internet.
I'm from Canada, and perhaps it's a blessing that it isn't available in Canada yet :)
The irony is that they two companies that support GSM here are the same company, since Microcell (aka Fido) got bought out by Rogers. Knowing how Rogers work they will probably only sell the iPhone on the Rogers brand and force you to pay a penalty to move from Fido to Rogers! Yes I am cynical. Then again, I would rather get my iPhone from someone else, other than Rogers and unlocked.
Looks like I can say hello to a new format way, skip out an Blu-Ray, and look forward to my super-extra-dooper HD HD TV, with accompanying storage, where I still can't tell much of a difference.
Truth is, this would probably be a sweet format for distributing digital movies to cinemas.
So, does this mean that Apple is now Big Brother?
;)
It depends on your view point. Some people would consider Apple God. Now to move away from the RDF.
Link in parent is malicious. Do not click.
The parent is not warning about the links posted in the thread summary. It is warning against the link posted by the anonymous coward it is replying to.