What I've never understand is why - after all these years - Google Maps and Waze still have not merged their databases and routing systems. It's frustrating, because Google Maps is much better for searching and routing, whereas Waze is much better for warning about police/speed traps, and for sudden rerouting to avoid congestion. It's annoying to have to use both apps.
But I'll bet that even in most of these remote desert areas, you'll find roads (or remains of roads) not far away. For fun, I like to visit Degree Confluence Points (http://www.confluence.org/), and I've been surprised at how easy most of them are to reach, even in supposedly remote patches of desert. I rarely have had to hike more than a couple of miles from a (admittedly, often 4WD) road.
...and provides each user a/64 as the RFC requires. What this means is that with every public IPv6 address you have 2 IPv4 networks worth of addresses to use on your own network.
Actually, 64 bits gives you 2^32 (i.e., about 4 billion) "IPv4 networks worth of addresses to use on your own network". Behold the power of exponentiation!
The bug - which has now been fixed in the LIVE555 library (with the fix already reported to Cisco) - affected only the LIVE555 library's implementation of a RTSP *server*. It doesn't affect the implementation of a RTSP *client*, which is the only part of the LIVE555 library that VLC and MPlayer use. (VLC does have an embedded RTSP server, but that uses a separate implementation, not LIVE555's.)
(I know this because I'm the author of the LIVE555 software:-)
Does anyone know why - after several years of being under the same company - Waze and Google Maps have *still* not been integrated? Google Maps seems to have a different (and much more comprehensive) database than Waze, but doesn't have many of Waze's features (like reporting police).
No, but there *is* a large volcanic cauldera (Lake Taupo) in the centre (sic:-) of New Zealand's North Island whose beaches are covered with pumice rocks. If you pick up these rocks and throw them into the lake, they'll float!
"the solid reliability of a 3.5mm analog connector"
You must have lived in a different universe to the rest of us. Have you *really* never had problems with the analog connector flaking out - and playing only one of the two stereo sides - unless you twisted the connector around 'just right'? A digital connector is a big improvement - though you're correct that the multitude of 'standards' is a bit of a problem.
Same here./. was the first web site I visited after waking up that morning. When I saw the stories (about planes hitting the WTC, and buildings collapsing), my first thought was that someone had hacked the site, and this was someone's idea of a sick joke.
The trouble is that blocking all of these additional addresses will stop you from logging into and using Facebook normally. If you still want to use Facebook, but also want to stop other web pages from contacting it, then just blocking the various "connect" domain names might be sufficient.
A landline phone is still useful if you're asked for a phone number (e.g., in an online form). You give them the phone number of your landline - but you never answer that landline phone. Instead, make all incoming landline calls go to an answering machine (that you check every few days, just in case you get a useful call).
Meanwhile, use your cell phone for all 'real' calls.
The drawback of doing this is that you have to pay for the landline - but that's only ~$20-something/month in the US.
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What I've never understand is why - after all these years - Google Maps and Waze still have not merged their databases and routing systems. It's frustrating, because Google Maps is much better for searching and routing, whereas Waze is much better for warning about police/speed traps, and for sudden rerouting to avoid congestion. It's annoying to have to use both apps.
But much of the remote land in Australia is still used for cattle grazing - in which case it won't count as "untouched".
But I'll bet that even in most of these remote desert areas, you'll find roads (or remains of roads) not far away. For fun, I like to visit Degree Confluence Points (http://www.confluence.org/), and I've been surprised at how easy most of them are to reach, even in supposedly remote patches of desert. I rarely have had to hike more than a couple of miles from a (admittedly, often 4WD) road.
New Horizons will speed past Ultima Thule at about 14.6 m/s...
No, you're off by 3 orders of magnitude. 31,500 miles per hour is 14 km/s
...and provides each user a /64 as the RFC requires. What this means is that with every public IPv6 address you have 2 IPv4 networks worth of addresses to use on your own network.
Actually, 64 bits gives you 2^32 (i.e., about 4 billion) "IPv4 networks worth of addresses to use on your own network". Behold the power of exponentiation!
The bug - which has now been fixed in the LIVE555 library (with the fix already reported to Cisco) - affected only the LIVE555 library's implementation of a RTSP *server*. It doesn't affect the implementation of a RTSP *client*, which is the only part of the LIVE555 library that VLC and MPlayer use. (VLC does have an embedded RTSP server, but that uses a separate implementation, not LIVE555's.)
(I know this because I'm the author of the LIVE555 software :-)
Not necessarily. Remember that this is about the EU. The UK won't be in the EU much longer. It won't be bound by this.
Do you have any specific evidence that "VirnetX" has ties to the US intelligence community, or is this just speculation out of your ass?
Oh please...
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"GitHub is an essential tool for coders"
No it's not. It's a *useful* tool for *many* coders. Many other coders use other cloud-based source code control services - or none at all.
It's important that we be precise in our language, and stop resorting to hyperbole.
And yet Waze is also owned by Google.
Does anyone know why - after several years of being under the same company - Waze and Google Maps have *still* not been integrated? Google Maps seems to have a different (and much more comprehensive) database than Waze, but doesn't have many of Waze's features (like reporting police).
...invented the Internet. (The only person who comes close is Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the *World-Wide Web", not the Internet.
The town is also less than 18 km away from a Degree Confluence Point (45 Degrees North, 78 Degrees West) - a 'natural' geocache.
Add the following to your /etc/hosts file:
0.0.0.0 connect.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 static.ak.connect.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 api.connect.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 ssl.connect.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 www.connect.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 graph.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 connect.facebook.net
A Nobel prize is never awarded posthumously
No, but there *is* a large volcanic cauldera (Lake Taupo) in the centre (sic :-) of New Zealand's North Island whose beaches are covered with pumice rocks. If you pick up these rocks and throw them into the lake, they'll float!
"the solid reliability of a 3.5mm analog connector"
You must have lived in a different universe to the rest of us. Have you *really* never had problems with the analog connector flaking out - and playing only one of the two stereo sides - unless you twisted the connector around 'just right'? A digital connector is a big improvement - though you're correct that the multitude of 'standards' is a bit of a problem.
Same here. /. was the first web site I visited after waking up that morning. When I saw the stories (about planes hitting the WTC, and buildings collapsing), my first thought was that someone had hacked the site, and this was someone's idea of a sick joke.
I lost all respect for the Nobel Peace Prize when Yasser Arafat won it...
The trouble is that blocking all of these additional addresses will stop you from logging into and using Facebook normally. If you still want to use Facebook, but also want to stop other web pages from contacting it, then just blocking the various "connect" domain names might be sufficient.
In particular, redefine the following host names (e.g., to 0.0.0.0) in your /etc/hosts file:
connect.facebook.com
connect.facebook.net
graph.facebook.com
A landline phone is still useful if you're asked for a phone number (e.g., in an online form). You give them the phone number of your landline - but you never answer that landline phone. Instead, make all incoming landline calls go to an answering machine (that you check every few days, just in case you get a useful call).
Meanwhile, use your cell phone for all 'real' calls.
The drawback of doing this is that you have to pay for the landline - but that's only ~$20-something/month in the US.
That's often the case - but sometimes, people really are morons :-)
...is a perfect illustration of the principle: "A-level people hire other A-level people. B-level people hire C-level people."