Actually, no, many (most?) of the above reasons aren't "mandated". The IPv6 tunnel I have doesn't use IPSEC, there is no service discovery (even if there was, what supports it?) and autoconfiguration is not manditory.
Not only that if you DO autoconfig your hosts, you still have to handle DNS manually.
No, there's no good reason for IPv6, other than "it's neat".
Remember the/. story a while back where AT & T was dumping those squat microwave towers? They were designed to withstand a near atomic blast, weren't they?
Seems kinda silly to not have continued to use those, especially in areas where Mother Nature tends to be a bit vindictive.
Another option I don't see listed, is you could have him killed. It's like investing in server hardware and costs about the same just to have someone pop him.
Or if you're a DIY kinda guy, you can save a little money. You could get a cricket bat and invite him to watch "Shawn of the Dead" at your house.
As long as nothing splatters on the racks -- you ever tried to clean those lil holes on those Dell 1Us -- you should be good. Don't put him under the removable floor panels tho, that ticking noise will drive you nuts if someone comes asking for him.
Dude, the umteen-billion dollar Shuttle and the lives of it's crew were put in danger by a high-temperature maxi-pad sticking out from it's "don't touch the tiles, you might break 'em" underside.
Everyone understands that space flight isn't safe, but when foam kills a shuttle, or a strip of paper, or an O-ring, you have to ask if it isn't time for a better idea.
"Can we login to a Machine running SFTP with encryption and in the DMZ that Rsynchs to a sudo watch folder running on the system box?"
I initially ignored it as the ravings of a lunatic, but when later asked "were are we on this?" I pointed out that it was gibberish.....and I got in trouble because I was "rude" by pointing it out.
Teflon, when formed into a conical shape and accellerated due to gas expansion can reach extremely high rates of speed. If one of these conical shapes should hit you, the results generally negativly impact your health.
Thus, these pants are dangerious and should be banned.
A few years ago, I got to be an extra as a soldier on a movie. As a US Army Reservist, I was rather surprised at the blatant disregard for Army "culture" -- like the wear of the uniform.
(For current/former military types: "Hey, Hollywood! You work in a gas station? Fix your damn, cover!" -- you know what I mean.)
I pointed these out to the "technical consultant" (also a Reservist) and was told, "don't push it, no one cares."
Culture, uh-huh.
That aside I was very impressed at Hollywood's ability to duplicate the entire suite of field gear in foam. Foam rifles, foam body armor, foam (well plastic) helmets, foam in the rucksacks. Much ligher than the real deal:).
Um, a ragged bunch of men and women fighting against the strongest army and navy in the world along with the 2nd strongest army and navy in the world, collectivly called 'the French'.
My alma mater, California State University, Fresno, had was was supposed to be a Saturn V motor out in front of one of it's buildings. By the time I was there in 1990-1994 it was hidden in the midst of some low-traffic buildings.
Supposedly it was moved because it looked too much like a missile engine and missiles are for war, and that's bad.
I remember taking my girlfriend at the time who was a reporter for the campus newspaper to go see it. She had no idea it was even there. Yeah, she dug it -- shows that geeks really can attract girls:)
It was in pretty bad shape out in the elements at all, but it was impressive. I often wonder if it's still there a decade later, or if the weeds have clamed it.
Wow, you got IRIX 6.5 for $50? Two years ago it was more like $250 for a real (non-burned) set.
Either way, to spend $50 for an OS for a 8 year old computer one got for free is stupid.
I'm sorry, by software I did mean OS.
And, while there may be a hobbiest market, as the owner of several "classic workstations" of the same era as the peak SGI years, I can tell you that an SGI isn't among them - simply because of their atrocious support of Open Source operating systems.
I got an Indigo for FREE and thought it was so cool. Until I found out the OS was prohibitivly expensive, even today. Even IRIX 5.3 was more expensive than what I got for the box on eBay.
On and as for Open Source support, the ONLY SGIs that are supported are the O2s and their support is fledgling at best.
SGI boxes are beautiful and (for their time) powerful... but face it they're worthless to the hobbyist market.
Given the assumed ratio of/. XX readers to/. Xy readers, I'd think that the remaining 'ladies' would have no problem... er coming up with a sperm sample.
Not to check on the babysitter... but to check on the baby.
Seriously. Put a webcam on (above) the crib, preferrably one with low light capabilities.
I thought about doing this with my kid because there's so many times you want to go in and check on them and you wind up waking the little bugger up.
Also, it's good to know they're crying because they're just pissed you're not comming versus crying because their blankie is all twisted up around their neck or something.
Years ago my sister-in-law and mother of five was telling me how Doom (in the era of Quake 3) was Bad for kids BECAUSE the US Army used it to train it's soldiers.
Apparently some nut fancied himself an ex-Army Special Ranger Delta CIA spooky dude and came out against video games after Columbine and fed folks this bunk about the Army training soldiers with "Doom".
Anyway as a former soldier, I tried to explain the concept to my wonderful, if ignorant, sis-in-law that in video games you don't actually bleed, you don't sweat and pant and panic you don't hear things and shivver in the cold and sweat in the heat... and most importantly there's a reset button.
In the US in 197x (no, I don't remember exactly) a munitions train loaded with bombs destined for Vietnam exploded in the railyard (in Roseville, CA). Bombs went off for hours, devastating the surrounding areas. I was a young kid in the area at the time. All I remember was, "Mommy, is that thunder?" Followed by "Get in the house!"
Anyway. That's not the best part. A few years ago they were doing some construction in the area when a backhoe hit something... something metal.
Oops.
Well, they called out the bomb squad, who said 'fsck it!' and called the military, who decided to blow the thing in place. Many windows in the area gave their lives.
After that they used ground penetrating radar in the area and declared the area "cleared".
End of story? Nope.
A week later "tink"... a backhoe hit something... something metal. It seems that, and this is just priceless, when they did the ground penetrating radar passes, they only went for POSITIVE matches, i.e.: it had to look like a bomb on radar. Well, come on, the area is littered with shrapnel and train debris even 30 years later.
After much flogging, they did more radar and found not 1... not 2... but EIGHT 250-lbs bombs in the immediate area.
Anyway, I hear houses in the area can be had cheap:).
Good for nat'l security?!? You mean like a really big screen where they can tell us everything is fine and that we will blind the terrorists with their own confusion?
Just one question, is the chick with the hammer seeing anoyne?
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Actually, no, many (most?) of the above reasons aren't "mandated". The IPv6 tunnel I have doesn't use IPSEC, there is no service discovery (even if there was, what supports it?) and autoconfiguration is not manditory.
Not only that if you DO autoconfig your hosts, you still have to handle DNS manually.
No, there's no good reason for IPv6, other than "it's neat".
Remember the /. story a while back where AT & T was dumping those squat microwave towers? They were designed to withstand a near atomic blast, weren't they?
Seems kinda silly to not have continued to use those, especially in areas where Mother Nature tends to be a bit vindictive.
Another option I don't see listed, is you could have him killed. It's like investing in server hardware and costs about the same just to have someone pop him.
Or if you're a DIY kinda guy, you can save a little money. You could get a cricket bat and invite him to watch "Shawn of the Dead" at your house.
As long as nothing splatters on the racks -- you ever tried to clean those lil holes on those Dell 1Us -- you should be good. Don't put him under the removable floor panels tho, that ticking noise will drive you nuts if someone comes asking for him.
Dude, the umteen-billion dollar Shuttle and the lives of it's crew were put in danger by a high-temperature maxi-pad sticking out from it's "don't touch the tiles, you might break 'em" underside.
Everyone understands that space flight isn't safe, but when foam kills a shuttle, or a strip of paper, or an O-ring, you have to ask if it isn't time for a better idea.
I initially ignored it as the ravings of a lunatic, but when later asked "were are we on this?" I pointed out that it was gibberish...
Whatever.
Teflon, when formed into a conical shape and accellerated due to gas expansion can reach extremely high rates of speed. If one of these conical shapes should hit you, the results generally negativly impact your health.
Thus, these pants are dangerious and should be banned.
Cooking with Teflon cookware will kill your birds
I thought cooking birds would kill them irrespective of the material they were cooked in.
A few years ago, I got to be an extra as a soldier on a movie. As a US Army Reservist, I was rather surprised at the blatant disregard for Army "culture" -- like the wear of the uniform.
:).
(For current/former military types: "Hey, Hollywood! You work in a gas station? Fix your damn, cover!" -- you know what I mean.)
I pointed these out to the "technical consultant" (also a Reservist) and was told, "don't push it, no one cares."
Culture, uh-huh.
That aside I was very impressed at Hollywood's ability to duplicate the entire suite of field gear in foam. Foam rifles, foam body armor, foam (well plastic) helmets, foam in the rucksacks. Much ligher than the real deal
Um, a ragged bunch of men and women fighting against the strongest army and navy in the world along with the 2nd strongest army and navy in the world, collectivly called 'the French'.
I'd think a voice on the radio saying "turn around or we'll shoot you" would be fine.
Tracers from a nearby F-16 are probably equally as effective.
I for one welco... oh nevermind, it's just not that funny.
Likewise, a bow and arrow can kill, which is something that was required in my high school P.E. class
Killing was required in your high school PE class?
Damn.
A couple of quick points
Aaah! I'm blind!
My alma mater, California State University, Fresno, had was was supposed to be a Saturn V motor out in front of one of it's buildings. By the time I was there in 1990-1994 it was hidden in the midst of some low-traffic buildings.
:)
Supposedly it was moved because it looked too much like a missile engine and missiles are for war, and that's bad.
I remember taking my girlfriend at the time who was a reporter for the campus newspaper to go see it. She had no idea it was even there. Yeah, she dug it -- shows that geeks really can attract girls
It was in pretty bad shape out in the elements at all, but it was impressive. I often wonder if it's still there a decade later, or if the weeds have clamed it.
Wow, you got IRIX 6.5 for $50? Two years ago it was more like $250 for a real (non-burned) set.
Either way, to spend $50 for an OS for a 8 year old computer one got for free is stupid.
I'm sorry, by software I did mean OS.
And, while there may be a hobbiest market, as the owner of several "classic workstations" of the same era as the peak SGI years, I can tell you that an SGI isn't among them - simply because of their atrocious support of Open Source operating systems.
I got an Indigo for FREE and thought it was so cool. Until I found out the OS was prohibitivly expensive, even today. Even IRIX 5.3 was more expensive than what I got for the box on eBay.
On and as for Open Source support, the ONLY SGIs that are supported are the O2s and their support is fledgling at best.
SGI boxes are beautiful and (for their time) powerful... but face it they're worthless to the hobbyist market.
Sperm sample required. Sorry ladies
/. XX readers to /. Xy readers, I'd think that the remaining 'ladies' would have no problem... er coming up with a sperm sample.
Given the assumed ratio of
So this is what the Incredable's suits are made out of... isn't it daaaaaahling!
My issue with shows like CSI and even Crossing Jordan is that they make everything look so slick and cool. Like the "programmer" in Swordfish.
Reality just ain't like that.
Not to check on the babysitter... but to check on the baby.
Seriously. Put a webcam on (above) the crib, preferrably one with low light capabilities.
I thought about doing this with my kid because there's so many times you want to go in and check on them and you wind up waking the little bugger up.
Also, it's good to know they're crying because they're just pissed you're not comming versus crying because their blankie is all twisted up around their neck or something.
Insert Chewbacca yell here...
Years ago my sister-in-law and mother of five was telling me how Doom (in the era of Quake 3) was Bad for kids BECAUSE the US Army used it to train it's soldiers.
Apparently some nut fancied himself an ex-Army Special Ranger Delta CIA spooky dude and came out against video games after Columbine and fed folks this bunk about the Army training soldiers with "Doom".
Anyway as a former soldier, I tried to explain the concept to my wonderful, if ignorant, sis-in-law that in video games you don't actually bleed, you don't sweat and pant and panic you don't hear things and shivver in the cold and sweat in the heat... and most importantly there's a reset button.
"But," she said, "the children..."
In the US in 197x (no, I don't remember exactly) a munitions train loaded with bombs destined for Vietnam exploded in the railyard (in Roseville, CA). Bombs went off for hours, devastating the surrounding areas. I was a young kid in the area at the time. All I remember was, "Mommy, is that thunder?" Followed by "Get in the house!"
:).
Anyway. That's not the best part. A few years ago they were doing some construction in the area when a backhoe hit something... something metal.
Oops.
Well, they called out the bomb squad, who said 'fsck it!' and called the military, who decided to blow the thing in place. Many windows in the area gave their lives.
After that they used ground penetrating radar in the area and declared the area "cleared".
End of story? Nope.
A week later "tink"... a backhoe hit something... something metal. It seems that, and this is just priceless, when they did the ground penetrating radar passes, they only went for POSITIVE matches, i.e.: it had to look like a bomb on radar. Well, come on, the area is littered with shrapnel and train debris even 30 years later.
After much flogging, they did more radar and found not 1... not 2... but EIGHT 250-lbs bombs in the immediate area.
Anyway, I hear houses in the area can be had cheap
Wait, so he's gonna take some code and fork it. Great. And where would that code be? Oh we've got a spiffy web site... but no code to be found.
Nothing to see here... move along.
Good for nat'l security?!? You mean like a really big screen where they can tell us everything is fine and that we will blind the terrorists with their own confusion?
Just one question, is the chick with the hammer seeing anoyne?