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  1. Re:This Drive is CRAP on Is the Time Finally Right For Hybrid Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    The fact is you can get a much bigger slc ssd for caching and a larger hard drive for about the same price. You can expand the hard drive by adding more as needed same for the cache. I do this all day with enterprise setups, a bit more esoteric as the cache is local and the main store is over iscsi.

  2. Re:All of 'em on Amazon Releases Kindle Source Code · · Score: 1

    That my point, that was in reply to the statement that Amazon had some legal requirements to implement DRM same as a restaurant has to not serve tainted food.

  3. PXE on Ask Slashdot: Networked Back-Up/Wipe Process? · · Score: 1

    Single server pxe boot into a live linux distro with clonezilla and your drive wiper of choice. Some simple scripting to get clonezilla to backup all drives to the server under the name gotten from a prompt and wipe when it's done. Throw the same bits on a USB drive if you want.

  4. Re:All of 'em on Amazon Releases Kindle Source Code · · Score: 1

    I do not see any requirements under law that they have DRM. They may have contracted with the content owners that included that provision but there is no law requiring it. Lets not confuse safty with IP protection they are nowhere near each other.

  5. Re:Pointless -- there is already a secure solution on Secure Syslog Replacement Proposed · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you have rooted the system you can parse the file remove what ya want and resign/hash everything. If you want a standalone system to have secure logging you use something that's write once, Crypto signing adds nothing unless that signing is coming from a separate system and including an external variable like a use counter so you can detect the jump. This is a solution looking for a problem. When you have a syslog box accepting udp syslog as the only open port, you can find an exploit or flood out the port.

    You should be running something like splunk or octopussy to parse your syslog in real time generate alerts etc.

  6. Re:wow on 88-Year-Old Inventor Hassled By the DEA · · Score: 1

    But they can get that just need to ask a judge for the appropriate paperwork. They do not want to and or can not get the judge to agree and thus are using alternative methods.

  7. Wire or overlay on Ask Slashdot: Updating a Difficult Campground Wi-Fi Design? · · Score: 1

    From what I got your primary AP (1) connects to 3 secondaries (abc) and 2 more connect those (23). They are dual band are you repeating only over the 5ghz segment on a different ssid? Routing rather than bridging as people tend to just directly connect to these so limiting your broadcast domain is a must. 3 wires out to a b and c should do wonders, you might want to try power line networking for those wired connections since you will reuse your existing AC wiring, keep the 5ghz as a backup.

  8. Not hard to incentivze them on Net Neutrality and Carrier Incentives To Invest · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Require some truth in advertizing from them. Enact legislation where if they do not meet there advertized speeds one average during peek times they are fined and eventually loose there monopolies. There networks are cash cows network upgrades are a simple matter of trending and re engineering for wired networks. They want to suck all the money they can out and avoid capx purchases to make there bonus bigger. Honestly most monopoly services should be bid out where the carrier offering the most for the least gets the contract. I would love to see AT&T loose out on DSL and have to give up that franchise, they have no cost of bandwidth (paying your sister company does not count) but aggressively limiter there subscribers.

  9. Re:Usage based billing is efficient on Canada CRTC Rules Against Usage Based Billing · · Score: 1

    That only works in an open market telecom last mile is not open. A sane market would decouple the last mile lines and services.

  10. Re:We already have them in New Zealand on Oxford City Council Mandates CCTV Cameras In Taxies by 2015 · · Score: 1

    I do not mind the cameras they need to include strict data deletion like at the end of the cabbies shift unless a police complaint has been filed.

  11. Re:Excess ports on Via Launches a New Mini-ITX System · · Score: 1

    The only content I have the cares is wmc and the only reason I'm running that is for cablecard support with hd homerun prime. ICT seems to be a blueray thing, ripping bluerays is pretty straight forward, happens as soon as I put it in the drive. I've yet to find a good solution for loss less cable tv. They realy needed to keep that firewire requirement.

  12. Re:Excess ports on Via Launches a New Mini-ITX System · · Score: 1

    Please keep the vga or at least a dvi so and route a vga though that. A lot of people have older hdtv's without hdcp so vga is the best option for 1080i if you have to deal with drm.

  13. Re:TiVo completely overridden on Failures Mark First National Test of Emergency Alert System · · Score: 1

    It's grand watching it slowly crawl across the screen it letters a blind person can see twice in English and twice in Spanish. I can see plenty of good uses or this I also see it being abused, can not wait till there is a threat level purple alert we think there might be somebody that might want to to something bad somewhere. Can see it happening more around election time.

    Repeal this idiotic law. Have the fcc come up with a voluntary system that sends cryptographically signed messages through a variety of channels in a standardized format, and let individual stations and devices choose how and when to display them. No politician needs a podium that everybody is required to listen to.

    What clause of the constitution does this stem from?

  14. Re:Netflix on Microsoft Killing Silverlight? · · Score: 1

    They do use it on windows boxes but they have linux clients as well. They seem to use whatever tech suits there needs on the platform.

  15. Re:Waste of money since... on Ballistic Clipboard Holds Papers, Stops Bullets · · Score: 1

    I think it's more aimed at something that's naturally between you and the shooter. No ballistic armor is going to keep them safe from a trained shooter with the correct weapon for the job in the correct location. They only rate it up to shotguns no rifles or big hand guns. That desert eagle that gang bangers are so fond of is going through. As to the 2ms that's from when it's leaving the barrel it takes a good deal of time to aim and fire suspect the intention is to get this between you and the weapon it's going to cover a good deal of a car window and should make an effective shield. Granted they could just fire though there door but the guy that's shooing a cop at a traffic stop is not the brightest bulb in the bunch to start off with. Is it worth it I doubt it, but it's not that pointless.

  16. Re:Yeah right on Comcast Begins Native IPv6 Deployment To End Users · · Score: 1

    Better yet some OS's can generate temp IP's so the IP you used to connect to a web site 2 seconds ago is already turned off and a new one used. OS level fire walling can automatically firewall all inbound to these temp IP's. Meaning you do not ever have to use your real IP for outbound connections. When a computer advertises a local service through something like bonjour or DNS it uses it's main IP. Sure people sill know it's all coming from the same /64 and apps will track it like they track nat ip's now.

  17. Re:Yeah right on Comcast Begins Native IPv6 Deployment To End Users · · Score: 2

    They still need a box at there end just like the box they use for nat now. IPv6 will not lead to bridged networks to you ISP. You you have two options plug one pc directly into the box or get a CPE router this is the exact same choice they have now IPv6 is changing nothing. Hell in some ways it's better since the newer telco CPE gear is generally configured as a router with firewall and moving to IPv6 will require new cpe gear for most. One of the big reasons for giving customers more than one public subnet is so they can have multiple routed subnets that just work. Ever seen that scary friend that plugs a netgear into a airport into an AT&T dsl box? 3 distinct layers of nat sometimes overlapping IP address ranges 192.168.0.x plugged into 10.0.0.x plugged into 192.168.0.x and wonders why things do not work? Tried finding a straight wired switch of a wireless bridge? 5 port + wireless cpe routers are dirt cheap, you average clueless customer buys those they have statefull firewalls.

  18. Re:Yeah right on Comcast Begins Native IPv6 Deployment To End Users · · Score: 1

    And anything that can do nat can do state-full fire-walling. I'm tunneled ipv6 at my home it's just as secure as my comcast connection since it's using the same firewall rules. Just because nat requires a firewall to function does not make it a good idea. Lets also remember where nat has one IP thats exposed to be attacked, a ipv6 user is given 1*10^24 IP's finding IP's to attack at random is neigh impossible if the firewall has any intelligence. Sure you can attack IPv6 boxes by finding the IP via other methods. There are already standard being developed so that desktops can grab lots of random IP's used for a short time for there outbound connections to help thwart that.

  19. Re:Why are these parts even coming from China? on US Military Trying To Weed Out Counterfeit Parts · · Score: 1

    The problem with def contractors is they figured out it's cheaper to pay senators than to do quality work.

  20. Re:Police Ssurveillance on Two New Fed GPS Trackers Found On SUV · · Score: 1

    A few issues, a GPS tracker tacks you in public and private space and has no concept of jurisdiction. It tracks you in public places in other states in foreign countries if you drive there around private estates they could not come onto.

    Second is an issue of manpower and budgets, in my town I directly vote for the police budget. We even put in place that any funds coming from other sources, grants fines etc etc etc they are only allowed to spend there budget and us taxpayers get to see a reduction in our taxes. It's called defunding while it's hard to get rid of things but it's easier to not pay for them. It's not that I do not like policing but for example I do not care for drug sniffing dogs (well not the dogs themselves they are cute and fluffy) but do not see a need for one and thus push to get rid of that line item. In essence the peoples power to control the purse is a check on police running wide as they are know for doing. A lot of good has come from it we no longer have random speed traps or sobriety checks, if there is an issue they will put a speed trap up but it generally requires a complaint. If somebody is swerving all over the place they pull them over. Since ticket revenue does not increase the budget they have no reason to do so much ticket generating work funny thing that.

    Third they are causing a device to come unto private property without a warrant. They have GPS and a cell phone it's how hard to add a microphone and camera? Hell strap a few batteries to my so's simple cell phone and you have gps tracking, a camera mic and a month of battery life.

    Personally I'm iffy them doing much of anything without a complaint Couple this with them going after people for "stealing" these things, sorry but if you mail me something I did not ask for it's mine if improve my property with me asking it's mine this is different how?

    If it feels wrong them your morally obligated to vote against it law does not trump morals it's the other way around. Law is supposed to be the commonly held morals that need to be enforced to allow society to function. I can not ignore a person physically abusing there power over another, taking anther's life intentionally without having there own or others threatened. By saying well the law supports it I guess it's ok is how we got into this idiocy of the rule of law. Men and morals rule, laws are things we setup to allow society to function. It's supposed to be the will of the majority set in code the things they will not stand for and will stop by violence if necessary.

  21. Re:Gotta love these rich people on Bill Gates Advocates Tax On Financial Transactions · · Score: 1

    How many common people do you know that change money into different currencies in large amounts on a regular basis? This is a tax to reduce the volatility of exchange rates. With a sensible floor say 10k a year to account for international travelers, foreign currency collectors (like stamps). Remember this is only on direct exchanges of currency not changing currency to buy something with it. The point it to put a damper on short term currency speculation. That is a market that purely gambling it does not help the economy. I would also like to see a large tax of stocks the progressively lessons over time. Again day trading does not help the economy it only parasitically feeds off it. Stocks are a method to raise large amounts of capital and spread around risk.

  22. How about dept of does not exist any more on Help Rename the Department of Homeland Security · · Score: 1

    The only good dept of homeland security is a lack of one. Let the coasties go back to rescuing people and stopping smugglers.

  23. Ditching cable and this is amond the reasons why on FEMA, FCC Hope To Forestall Panic Over National Emergency Alert · · Score: 1

    I've hating this since my S3 tivo's decided that any of these alerts it must change the channel to them and make me watch it 2 times in English and in Spanish and disable all functionality till it's over. The bad part is it tells me about things a hundred miles away or local river flooding (I'm 150 feet above the nearest river about the thousand year flood mark). The random amber alerts. This is political theater to scare more people into voting these guys back in. The weather alert systems are cheap and reliable. I'm waiting for flashy the security threat level in you area is mauve random mandatory anal probes at all checkpoints until further notice have a nice day.

  24. Re:Bounce==Backscatter on Ask Slashdot: Spoof an Email Bounce With Windows? · · Score: 1

    Agreed it's much better to accept the email or not rather than this spam folder or bounce email BS. To do either creates backstatter or makes the system unreliable. Mail clients doing spam filtering is asinine the spam is already delivered do it on the server the mail client can help by reporting spam back to the server so it learns. Better for the odd false positive to get a near instant response that it was not delivered.

  25. Re:Generational Abuser v2.0 on No Charges For Child-Whipping Judge Caught On YouTube · · Score: 1

    She got a mild beating, she was obviously preparing for it and overacting. Nothing but a petulant child trying to get back at her father. This does not even look to come close to child abuse. Overall seems like it was a seriously screwed up home. But at the end of the day parents need to be allowed to parent, there are children that need more than there xbox taken away or no more shopping on daddy's credit card. From the back story it sounds like she was and still is a spoiled brat hiding behind some label as why she deserves special treatment. If you think it makes this guy unfit to be a judge then vote against him. In my view anything that does not permanently damage your children is fair game.

    PS I did not grow up in a home anything like this nor would do anything like that to my son at 7. At 16 he might need to be taken down a notch but I expect I'll have more effective methods than a beating.