You also have the round trip of reply packet to consider, so double that to 500ms. Then you have to add the normal internet latency, so say on average the lag will be about 550ms to 650ms. Not horrible but worse than dialup.
New clipboard management, based off the Freedesktop.org specification and tightly integrated with GNOME, allows for objects to persist in the clipboard longer than the lifetime of an application
About time! Closing the application and losing the clipboard contents always annoying me and was a real embarrasment for Gnome. I'm glad it's been fixed but I wonder why it took so long.
The Serenity and this HD trailer play on my machine, slowly, but the bottom of the screen is garbage. It looks like some of the motion prediction for the top of the screen is also affecting the bottom - almost like a pointer is over-flowing (or overloading? I'm not sure what the term is). These are RPM's from freshrpms, happens with both mplayer and xine.
I remember running it on my overclocked 486, half sample rate and mono to get it to play - and only just. It took up most of the CPU and to play the MP3 without skipping I'd have to pause it at the start and let it buffer up a bit.
It will be interesting to see how the government reacts to this. I'm almost certain they will use this to push through laws like the ID cards and maybe even worse.
NAT != Firewall. Most NAT systems include some sort of firewall so it's an easy mistake to make. A firewall filters packets without changing them, NAT is a hack that rewrites the headers to get past ISP's only giving out single IP addresses per customer. It's a neat idea, but still a hack.
I'm lucky enough in that my ISP give me a small subnet. I have a machine acting as a firewall to prevent all the usual nasties getting onto the network, limiting what ports external users can connect to. All without NAT - each machine has it's own internet IP. VOIP works nicely.
If you can get the hardware it might be possible to use some kind of satellite internet service that is based outside of the country in question. Iridium is slow and expensive but should be fairly safe an anonymous if your careful (ie, make sure the signal is shielded in all directions but up)
What makes the location so important is that it is permanently lit, with a balmy -58 Fahrenheit (-50 C)."
The surface will be -50C because of the angle the light hits it, but surley any station built there will receive exactly the same amount of sunlight as a base on the lunar equator - ie, it'll still get very very hot.
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I find it funny how Sony are trying to soften the problem by calling them 'stuck pixels' rather than dead.
Almost like you could give 'em a little nudge and they'd start working again!
Too bad the telecommunications probe has been cancelled
Ah man, I didn't hear about that. That's a huge shame!
There's presently functioning two orbiters (Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey)
You mean three, ESA's Mars Express is alive and kicking!
You also have the round trip of reply packet to consider, so double that to 500ms. Then you have to add the normal internet latency, so say on average the lag will be about 550ms to 650ms. Not horrible but worse than dialup.
New clipboard management, based off the Freedesktop.org specification and tightly integrated with GNOME, allows for objects to persist in the clipboard longer than the lifetime of an application
About time! Closing the application and losing the clipboard contents always annoying me and was a real embarrasment for Gnome. I'm glad it's been fixed but I wonder why it took so long.
The Serenity and this HD trailer play on my machine, slowly, but the bottom of the screen is garbage. It looks like some of the motion prediction for the top of the screen is also affecting the bottom - almost like a pointer is over-flowing (or overloading? I'm not sure what the term is). These are RPM's from freshrpms, happens with both mplayer and xine.
Oh fantastic! I'd forgot about that one!
;-)
I remember running it on my overclocked 486, half sample rate and mono to get it to play - and only just. It took up most of the CPU and to play the MP3 without skipping I'd have to pause it at the start and let it buffer up a bit.
8.3 filenames, no ID3 or streaming. Good days
They don't launch from the same site .. they can probably still launch both.
Shouldn't that be:
(a) Commander Taco
(b) Zonk
(c) write-in candidate
(d) CowboyNeal
(e) Zonk
Their worst attrocities were two incidents where they blew up pubs.
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Oh, and that one little incident in Brighton where they tried to kill most of the entire British government.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_hotel_bombi
Chances are the person will be reported missing after a short time, so there is a relativly short list of records to compare against.
It will be interesting to see how the government reacts to this. I'm almost certain they will use this to push through laws like the ID cards and maybe even worse.
Good points. Thanks.
o sell online they need to bump the price up to $3 online to subsidize the shipping and nominally charge 50 cents to ship.
Ahhh but what if you sell them in packs of three? Or even packs of five since they are so cheap. 5 USD is still cheap!
I wonder if Slashdot might join this boycott
Yes, because as we know they rushed to get rid of their GIF's when that whole patent mess started.
NAT != Firewall. Most NAT systems include some sort of firewall so it's an easy mistake to make. A firewall filters packets without changing them, NAT is a hack that rewrites the headers to get past ISP's only giving out single IP addresses per customer. It's a neat idea, but still a hack.
I'm lucky enough in that my ISP give me a small subnet. I have a machine acting as a firewall to prevent all the usual nasties getting onto the network, limiting what ports external users can connect to. All without NAT - each machine has it's own internet IP. VOIP works nicely.
though the security aspect that NAT provides really is useful
Nothing a simple firewall can't handle.
'bling' wasn't a word 10 years ago.
And won't be again in 10 years.
Hopefully.
Yeah, but do they sigh contentedly when used?
Yes. And it's so depressing.
whats wrong with his spellerizing?
This is starting to sound like a G.W.Bush sketch from Dead Ringers...
You are right, it is a valid American English word. I should have thought of that before posting but it just looked so odd!
If my house ever gets burglarized, I'm going to try to get the burglar to pay the contractor to fix the "hole" the burglar got in through.
You should correctize your spelling first.
If you can get the hardware it might be possible to use some kind of satellite internet service that is based outside of the country in question. Iridium is slow and expensive but should be fairly safe an anonymous if your careful (ie, make sure the signal is shielded in all directions but up)
The last Skylark rocket is to be launched on Sunday. It's also a 50 year old rocket!
Amazing to think there was a British space program once!
What makes the location so important is that it is permanently lit, with a balmy -58 Fahrenheit (-50 C)."
The surface will be -50C because of the angle the light hits it, but surley any station built there will receive exactly the same amount of sunlight as a base on the lunar equator - ie, it'll still get very very hot.
Nitrogen Triiodide: "Does my bum look big in this?"