I needed to scan up to 50-page documents to PDF and found that the cheapest way to do it, and the most automatic, was a small Oki fax, with a fax-to-email feature. It's quick, self-sufficient (no PC needed), efficient (small PDF size) and Just Works. The cost was $1500 AU from a small reseller. If you can justify that for other jobs as well it's a good solution.
These've been sold down here in Australia for at least the last 18months. REALLY good for all-weather surveying work, specially with bluetooth GPS and a 1Gb microdrive in the CF slot. My company want more & its in the budget....:)
Neither do I - I wonder how other countries will take crack attempts on their servers, or even better, what if someone does fake evidence pointing to (for example) a Chinese company's server as being a major warez/mp3z site - what fun!
I'm not advocating that by the way *grin*.
Nope, sorry - bandwidth-filling DOS attacks on an International level are NOT a good thing. Anyone say 'unfriendly act'? Not to mention lawsuits vs RIAA/US fedgov re loss of business/damages from Tier1 providers/Telcos/many internet-based businesses. Far better to 'flood' the p2p networks with 'fake hits'. Set up BIG servers/pipes with lotsa fake files/many IP's and a good percentage of all search hits become duds - problem solved for the SPECIFIC targets the RIAA wants to deny access to, with the RIAA paying and performed in a legal manner. Or target the main peer hubs - USE the p2p against itself. Say - lotsa hits NOW are duds anyway, could this be happening already?
Missing the point here - DOS means FLOODING bandwidth, doesn't matter which protocol. How are other countries going to react to attacks on their internet structure by the USA - allies might be ok, Germany,china,india (a lot of tech-aware people there), France, etc... for might take exception. Good luck USA.
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I needed to scan up to 50-page documents to PDF and found that the cheapest way to do it, and the most automatic, was a small Oki fax, with a fax-to-email feature. It's quick, self-sufficient (no PC needed), efficient (small PDF size) and Just Works. The cost was $1500 AU from a small reseller. If you can justify that for other jobs as well it's a good solution.
These've been sold down here in Australia for at least the last 18months. REALLY good for all-weather surveying work, specially with bluetooth GPS and a 1Gb microdrive in the CF slot. My company want more & its in the budget.... :)
Neither do I - I wonder how other countries will take crack attempts on their servers, or even better, what if someone does fake evidence pointing to (for example) a Chinese company's server as being a major warez/mp3z site - what fun!
I'm not advocating that by the way *grin*.
Nope, sorry - bandwidth-filling DOS attacks on an International level are NOT a good thing. Anyone say 'unfriendly act'? Not to mention lawsuits vs RIAA/US fedgov re loss of business/damages from Tier1 providers/Telcos/many internet-based businesses.
Far better to 'flood' the p2p networks with 'fake hits'. Set up BIG servers/pipes with lotsa fake files/many IP's and a good percentage of all search hits become duds - problem solved for the SPECIFIC targets the RIAA wants to deny access to, with the RIAA paying and performed in a legal manner. Or target the main peer hubs - USE the p2p against itself. Say - lotsa hits NOW are duds anyway, could this be happening already?
Missing the point here - DOS means FLOODING bandwidth, doesn't matter which protocol. How are other countries going to react to attacks on their internet structure by the USA - allies might be ok, Germany,china,india (a lot of tech-aware people there), France, etc... for might take exception.
Good luck USA.
Try patenting the American Electoral process :)