If the virus is blocked at the router, why would you need anti-virus software?
Still.. it's the wrong solution to the problem. Client-side virus scanners and better operating-systems are the best solution. Packet filtering can only go so far and may often have unintended side effects.
Could you set up a file server in space on a satellite? What would be the jurisdiction on it?
None, which is a double edged sword. Being that high up you are limited to using radio to connect to it. If someone decided they didn't want you using it, they could easily jam the signal and you wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
Anyway the uplink would be subject to local regulations and such...
Digitizing it into a PC via videocapture or editing card should also work.
You don't even have to capture it, if your video card has TV-out. Most capture cards come with TV viewing apps, just run that full screen and turn on the TV-out. The output will be a nice clean signal, without all that macrovision sillyness. You don't need lodsa disk space or even a fast computer. I've done this on a Pentium 433.
That kind of setup can also be used as a really cheap NTSC<>PAL convertor:)
One bit of advice tho: Don't use any SiS based TV-out cards or you'll end up with a nasty black border and dodgy colour.
and I am running out of small hard disk replacements for it:-(
I recommend getting a Compact Flash -> IDE convertor, and a small CF chip (depending on how big your system is). They are quite cheap now, and as long as you don't write to it to often it'll probably outlast the computer it's in.
I do like Intel don't get me wrong. My last two machines where both Intel based, CPU and chipset. At the time I was buying this machine Intel where still insisting on using only RDRAM, so I avoided it. Glad I did now because it's becoming difficult and expensive to get RDRAM in the UK. Things have changed now tho, and my next machine might just be an Intel again.
I used to have an S3 card... evil it was. The only time it was stable was in text mode, so it's now running in a Linux file server. It had nasty SiS TV-out which is where my hate for them came from *g*
I've had W.D. drives fail here also:) Infact the only brand that hasn't failed (so far) is Seagate. I have a couple of really old Maxtors that are going well but I find that most of Maxtors drives get very very hot and they are quite noisy. What's the WD's like sound wise? I can't remember, been a while since I had one.
My current computer has an AMD CPU, VIA based motherboard, ATi video card and a Seagate HDD.
A few years ago I wouldn't even have considered those brands, even laughed at someone who bought them. AMD was always second place to Intel, VIA was unstable and had nasty onboard audio, ATi was buggy and Seagate made the loudest drives on the planet.
Now AMD is the top for CPU, VIA are... improving (still bad onboard audio!.. and they use SiS for TV-out), ATi's cards are great and Seagate make the quietest drives on the planet!
Yeesh. Next thing you know Transmeta will have the fastest CPU or something...
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If the virus is blocked at the router, why would you need anti-virus software?
.. it's the wrong solution to the problem. Client-side virus scanners and better operating-systems are the best solution. Packet filtering can only go so far and may often have unintended side effects.
Still
Proponents insist that the reactor's design features make it 'meltdown-proof' and 'walk-away safe'."
Said a Mr.J.Simpson.
"And the 3700 is even faster than the 3700, so what's so special about it?"
It's obviously faster than itself, that sounds pretty special to me!
Those pesky overclockers again! What will they do next.. overclock there toaster??
Several of the lectures are being broadcast via high bandwidth video if you are on Internet2.
Pooh,,. I think I'm still on Internet0.5.
This is the voice of the Mystery Mesons.... we know that you can hear us, Earthmen.
think ol' Bill looks eerily like Cigarette Smoking Man from X-Files
...
Nah, I think he kinda looks like Anne Robinson from The Weakest Link
You ARE the weakest link! Goodbye!.
Neo: What is the Matrix?
Morpheus: Unfortunately no one can be told what the Matrix is.
Neo: Why?
Morpheus: My tablet PC just crashed.
Or even just blow the thing up. Trivial for the USA at this stage, and cheaper in the long term than a jamming station.
I think if the USA started blowing things up in space it would cause them a lot more trouble in the long run.
Not that they would let that stop them...
Could you set up a file server in space on a satellite? What would be the jurisdiction on it?
...
None, which is a double edged sword. Being that high up you are limited to using radio to connect to it. If someone decided they didn't want you using it, they could easily jam the signal and you wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
Anyway the uplink would be subject to local regulations and such
be a conscientious wireless user and keep to channels 1, 6 or 11
And don't use amplifiers! They cause more trouble than they solve. If you need a longer distance link, try larger antennas first.
Everyone say 'Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww' :)
Well that was fun while it lasted
SLASHDOTED TO HELL
... is it a horror?
I don't know that movie
Perhaps he could bid for that satellite on eBay, turn it into an orbiting parking attendant.
Either that or a good kick up the asteroid.
When I first glanced at the subject, I thought it read:
SCO Subpoenas back Fires
Which they might yet do... RMS? Are they mad?
We haven't talked to a single user who has said they're using [open source] because it's better
Funny, I don't know anyone who uses Windows because it's better.
Qt/Embedded is slow and memory hungry; it's less featureful and without open implementations.
You mean open implementations like this?
Digitizing it into a PC via videocapture or editing card should also work.
:)
You don't even have to capture it, if your video card has TV-out. Most capture cards come with TV viewing apps, just run that full screen and turn on the TV-out. The output will be a nice clean signal, without all that macrovision sillyness. You don't need lodsa disk space or even a fast computer. I've done this on a Pentium 433.
That kind of setup can also be used as a really cheap NTSC<>PAL convertor
One bit of advice tho: Don't use any SiS based TV-out cards or you'll end up with a nasty black border and dodgy colour.
Is the frog boiling yet?
Not yet, but the Eye of Newt is just about done.
Hmmm... I could have swore these people where at my door trick-or-treat'ing on halloween!
It has at least gotten to the chip level so far...
... it's a prototype :)
I have a prototype of a Holly Hop Drive. It dosen't quite work yet, but still
All I need now is funding...
and I am running out of small hard disk replacements for it :-(
I recommend getting a Compact Flash -> IDE convertor, and a small CF chip (depending on how big your system is). They are quite cheap now, and as long as you don't write to it to often it'll probably outlast the computer it's in.
Plus it's silent.
We'd also not hear about how much we can do for so little from Microsoft
We still have those adverts in the UK. Hmmm... wonder if they can prove it.
I do like Intel don't get me wrong. My last two machines where both Intel based, CPU and chipset. At the time I was buying this machine Intel where still insisting on using only RDRAM, so I avoided it. Glad I did now because it's becoming difficult and expensive to get RDRAM in the UK. Things have changed now tho, and my next machine might just be an Intel again.
... evil it was. The only time it was stable was in text mode, so it's now running in a Linux file server. It had nasty SiS TV-out which is where my hate for them came from *g*
:) Infact the only brand that hasn't failed (so far) is Seagate. I have a couple of really old Maxtors that are going well but I find that most of Maxtors drives get very very hot and they are quite noisy. What's the WD's like sound wise? I can't remember, been a while since I had one.
I used to have an S3 card
I've had W.D. drives fail here also
Yep, the world is truly backwards now.
... improving (still bad onboard audio! .. and they use SiS for TV-out), ATi's cards are great and Seagate make the quietest drives on the planet!
...
My current computer has an AMD CPU, VIA based motherboard, ATi video card and a Seagate HDD.
A few years ago I wouldn't even have considered those brands, even laughed at someone who bought them. AMD was always second place to Intel, VIA was unstable and had nasty onboard audio, ATi was buggy and Seagate made the loudest drives on the planet.
Now AMD is the top for CPU, VIA are
Yeesh. Next thing you know Transmeta will have the fastest CPU or something