Yes, that's a good idea and I might be able to do that, although I'll loose the scroll function, although I might still roll the weel to scroll.:-)
I'll check it out. Hopefully I can make a special rule for Opera then, otherwise I suppose the middle-button functionality in all other apps will break.
Opera both preserves text in text boxes when using Back and also let you restore the browser state, down to the tabs opened and the amount you've scrolled down on each tab, when you open the browser. You can also configure Opera to start with a saved tab configuration, much like I think Phoenix let you do as well.
Yes, I also thought it added some complexity that might be exploited somehow. Hmm..
Another example:
An IPv6 packet can contain "chains" of headers since it has a "Next Header" field to describe the next extension header. I suppose an extension header has a similar field as well. I wonder what happens if you chain a huge packet together and send it? Would it be detected as illegal? The packet should still follow the standard. Is there an upper limit of total packet size?
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There are several other benefits to IPv6 IETF is implementing while they are updating the protocol. They don't wish to do it too often for obvious reasons and will try to get as much useful stuff in the new version while they're at it.
IPv6...
-... will support IPSec intrinsically to provide end-to-end security on protocol level.
-... eliminates the need of NAT with special "local" addresses.
-... supports QoS features.
-... supports multihomed devices and load balancing, since an IPv6 address specifies a network interface, not a computer as in IPv4.
-... uses "modularized" headers where only the necessary fields are used. This essentially makes IPv6 more optimized than IPv4. For example, if the payload of a packet is larger than 64KB, IPv6 will attach another field for "jumbo payloads" and set the 16-bit value to 0.
-... contains improved multicast support (as an extension header), support for an authentication header (also an optional extension header), and an encryption header (also an optional extension header).
-... provides enhancements for DNS.
-... provides automatic neighbor discovery which is especially useful for ad hoc networks and wireless devices.
-... has a completely rewritten adress autoconfiguration.
I assume you're suggesting.kids should then be only for the US then, or are you suggesting an international organization merely to check which sites match the.kids domain or not. That would be a huge undertaking and there'd certainly become a grey zone as well. Personally, I think a search engine would do a much faster and more efficient job at that:
Better that than getting a false "safety" that all.kids sites are actually for kids and, whoopsie, stumbling upon a kiddieporn site someone set up under a fake name. Then the.kids "police" would have to shut the site down and the story would repeat itself. The.kids domain would have to be more or less bullet proof and the majority of kid sites would have to get such a TLD, or much of the point would be lost. If only a "few" kid sites got such a TLD, we'd still have to let search engines do the job and check the site to be sure we came to the right place. Much like the problem with a spam filter that only works to 50%. We'd have to check lots of spam to make sure we didn't loose a legit mail just to be sure, which is exactly what we did without a filter.
I think this post summarizes the outstanding problems well.
Two points from that post:
-.NAME is a TLD targetted for individuals, but priced for organizations, even if.NAME DNS requests should be far less common than.COM lookups.
-.NAME in your e-mail let spammers easily detect individuals, merely by looking in a phone book and putting an @ between the forename and surname, and finally applying.NAME.
Sorry, I completely forgot to mention that it's a soundtrack CD released by Exxos for the computer game Dune, but I think it matches the Dune "theme" remarkably well. You might not like all tunes in it, but I really like the sound of Ecolove and a few others. Pretty unique music style.
Check out Dune - Spice Opera. The links aren't working right now, but it seems the webmaster is working on it. You're guided to another site while s/he sort things out, but that one was very slow for me. Anyway, you might get the Spice Opera CD from Kazaa or something too.
I don't think it's something you can get from a store, or even order that easily.:-/
Actually, the Borg could have a far worse destiny than being controlled by Bill Gates. Read on...:-)
The Microsoft Borg
(Picard) "Mr. LaForge, have you had any success with your attempts at finding a weakness in the Borg? And Mr. Data, have you been able to access their command pathways?"
(Geordi)"Yes, Captain. In fact, we found the answer by searching through our archives on late Twentieth-century computing technology." (Geordi presses a key, and a logo appears on the computer screen.)
(Riker looks puzzled.) "What the hell is 'Microsoft'?" (Data turns to answer.) "Allow me to explain. We will send this program, for some reason called 'Windows', through the Borg command pathways. Once inside their root command unit,it will begin consuming system resources at an unstoppable rate."
(Picard) "But the Borg have the ability to adapt. Won't they alter their processing systems to increase their storage capacity?"
(Data) "Yes, Captain. But when 'Windows' detects this, it creates a new version of itself known as an 'upgrade'. The use of resources increases exponentially with each iteration. The Borg will not be able to adapt quickly enough. Eventually all of their processing ability will be taken over and none will be available for their normal operational functions."
(Picard) "Excellent work. This is even better than that 'unsolvable geometric shape' idea.".. . . 15 Minutes Later . ..
(Data) "Captain, We have successfully installed the 'Windows' in the command unit and as expected it immediately consumed 85% of all resources. We however have not received any confirmation of the expected 'upgrade'."
(Geordi) "Our scanners have picked up an increase in Borg storage and CPU capacity to compensate, but we still have no indication of an 'upgrade' to compensate for their increase."
(Picard) "Data, scan the history banks again and determine if there is something we have missed."
(Data) "Sir, I believe there is a reason for the failure in the 'upgrade'. Apparently the Borg have circumvented that part of the plan by not sending in their registration cards.
(Riker) "Captain we have no choice. Requesting permission to begin emergency escape sequence 3F . .."
(Geordi, excited) "Wait, Captain I just detected their CPU capacity has suddenly dropped to 0% !"
(Picard) "Data, what do your scanners show?"
(Data) "Apparently the Borg have found the internal 'Windows' module named 'Solitaire' and it has used up all the CPU capacity."
(Picard) "Let's wait and see how long this 'solitaire' can reduce their functionality.".. . . Two Hours Pass . ..
(Riker) "Geordi, what's the status of the Borg?"
(Geordi) "As expected the Borg are attempting to re-engineer to compensate for increased CPU and storage demands, but each time they successfully increase resources I have set up our closest deep space monitor beacon to transmit more 'Windows' modules from something called the 'Microsoft fun-pack'.
(Picard) "How much time will that buy us?"
(Data) "Current Borg solution rates allow me to predict an interest time span of 6 more hours."
(Geordi) "Captain, another vessel has entered our sector."
(Picard) "Identify."
(Data) "It appears to have markings very similar to the 'Microsoft' logo."
(Over the speakers) "THIS IS ADMIRAL BILL GATES OF THE MICROSOFT FLAGSHIP 'MONOPOLY'. WE HAVE POSITIVE CONFIRMATION OF UNREGISTERED SOFTWARE IN THIS SECTOR. SURREDER ALL ASSETS AND WE CAN AVOID ANY TROUBLE. YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS."
(Data) "The alien ship has just opened its forward hatches and released thousands of humanoid shaped objects."
(Picard) "Magnify forward viewer on the alien craft."
(Riker) "Good God, Captain! Those are humans floating straight toward the Borg ship with no life support suits! How can they survive the tortures of deep space?!"
(Data) "I don't believe that those are humans,sir. If you will look closer I believe you will see that they are carrying something recognized by Twenty-first Century man as doe skin leather briefcases, and they are wearing Armani suits."
(Riker and Picard together, horrified) "Lawyers!!"
(Geordi) "It can't be. All the Lawyers were rounded up and sent hurtling into the sun in 2017 during the Great Awakening."
(Data) "True, but apparently some must have survived."
(Riker) "They have surrounded the Borg ship and are covering it with all types of papers."
(Data) "I believe that is known in ancient vernacular as 'red tape'. It often proves fatal."
(Riker) "They're tearing the Borg to pieces!"
(Picard) "Turn off the monitors. I can't stand to watch, not even the Borg deserve that.
No, I don't know what that part about IPv6 being a 128-bit protocol being broken down into 32-bit packets came from??
Anyway, I think the most common ways to implement IPv6 and IPv4 "interoperability" are:
- Use a dual IP layer to support both IPv4 and IPv6. This requires both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses however, and address selection rules. DSTM (Dual Stack Transition Mechanism) might help solve problems with too few IPv4 addresses for the mapping.
- Tunnel the IPv6 traffic over the IPv4 infrastructure. Encapsulate IPv6 packets within IPv4. This method is used on the 6bone.
- Translate the headers with transition tools. Simply translate the IPv4 header into an IPv6 header. This method can only translate information shared by both protocols. This method can be used to make IPv4 hosts on a LAN able to interoperate with an outside IPv6 network, where the translator function much the same as a NAT.
Actually I've been paying attention at movies having heard the "well movies are 24fps and they look perfect": MOVIES LOOK LIKE TRASH.
Yes, I know what you're saying and have noticed it myself, although I'm sure it doesn't look as bad as 24fps on a monitor. Again, perhaps the only reason movies are watchable at all is that the bluriness at the frame transitions might make it easier for the brain to "add in" the extra information to interpolate. Yes, movies look kinda jerky to me but at least I tend to forget about it after a short while when I get into the movie story line more. I think I'd have a harder time with a monitor at 24 fps.
I didn't know that Q3 had such a setting and if it properly fixes the frame rate it might be a decent tool to see the actual "when-you-don't-notice-the-difference" rate, although I'm sure it's individual.
1600x1200 on a 19" monitor is hardly "microscopic" pixels
Wow, I'd like to have your eye sight.:-)
I use 1280x1024 on my 19" usually and even then the pixels are pretty small to me.:-) Sure, they are noticeable on a static display, but I wouldn't notice them if they changed at a rate of something like 70 fps. But that's just me of course. I guess ATi and the likes fear me since I don't need a 1600x1200 res on 19" to not get disturbed by the graphics.:-)
It's said that you stop seeing the difference at around 30 fps, but so far I've only heard comparisons with movies and TV. Other "rules" might be in effect when you display the same graphics on a screen much sharper than a movie, where each frame is clearly transitioned to another without any blur inbetween, like on a movie (at least I assume the transitions between frames on a movie screen isn't as defined as on a monitor).
Would be interesting to know if 30 fps *is* enough (of course only *minimum* 30 fps) or if monitors need an even higher frame rater for humans to not see the transitions.
What I'm more annoyed about is those who must run games in 1600x1200 and not 1024x768 on a typical 19" monitor, and then complain that a gfx card sucks since it doesn't perform good enough in 1600x1200. It's not like you have enough time to spot the microscopic pixels anyway.:-) And then there's FSAA to remove the pixelation even more.
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Yes, that's a good idea and I might be able to do that, although I'll loose the scroll function, although I might still roll the weel to scroll. :-)
I'll check it out. Hopefully I can make a special rule for Opera then, otherwise I suppose the middle-button functionality in all other apps will break.
I still think it's faster if you happen to own a 5-button mouse. Click, you're back. Click, you go forward. :-)
:-)
Hmm... Didn't know about that Right Button + Left Button to get back. Interesting.
If only Opera could offer the same middle-click on a link => open tab in background as in Phoenix. That's a shortcut I'd kill for.
I'm personally using the fourth mouse button. Fits perfectly under the thumb. :-)
Opera both preserves text in text boxes when using Back and also let you restore the browser state, down to the tabs opened and the amount you've scrolled down on each tab, when you open the browser. You can also configure Opera to start with a saved tab configuration, much like I think Phoenix let you do as well.
Doh. I was meaning "is there an upper limit of total *header* size" above...
Yes, I also thought it added some complexity that might be exploited somehow. Hmm..
Another example:
An IPv6 packet can contain "chains" of headers since it has a "Next Header" field to describe the next extension header. I suppose an extension header has a similar field as well. I wonder what happens if you chain a huge packet together and send it? Would it be detected as illegal? The packet should still follow the standard. Is there an upper limit of total packet size?
There are several other benefits to IPv6 IETF is implementing while they are updating the protocol. They don't wish to do it too often for obvious reasons and will try to get as much useful stuff in the new version while they're at it.
... will support IPSec intrinsically to provide end-to-end security on protocol level.
... eliminates the need of NAT with special "local" addresses.
... supports QoS features.
... supports multihomed devices and load balancing, since an IPv6 address specifies a network interface, not a computer as in IPv4.
... uses "modularized" headers where only the necessary fields are used. This essentially makes IPv6 more optimized than IPv4. For example, if the payload of a packet is larger than 64KB, IPv6 will attach another field for "jumbo payloads" and set the 16-bit value to 0.
... contains improved multicast support (as an extension header), support for an authentication header (also an optional extension header), and an encryption header (also an optional extension header).
... provides enhancements for DNS.
... provides automatic neighbor discovery which is especially useful for ad hoc networks and wireless devices.
... has a completely rewritten adress autoconfiguration.
IPv6...
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See also:
IPv6: The Promise, The Problems, The Protocol
RDC 2373
I think sixxs.org just found out the ultimate solution to prevent a site from becoming slashdotted. :-)
I assume you're suggesting .kids should then be only for the US then, or are you suggesting an international organization merely to check which sites match the .kids domain or not. That would be a huge undertaking and there'd certainly become a grey zone as well. Personally, I think a search engine would do a much faster and more efficient job at that:
e ctory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/
.kids sites are actually for kids and, whoopsie, stumbling upon a kiddieporn site someone set up under a fake name. Then the .kids "police" would have to shut the site down and the story would repeat itself. The .kids domain would have to be more or less bullet proof and the majority of kid sites would have to get such a TLD, or much of the point would be lost. If only a "few" kid sites got such a TLD, we'd still have to let search engines do the job and check the site to be sure we came to the right place. Much like the problem with a spam filter that only works to 50%. We'd have to check lots of spam to make sure we didn't loose a legit mail just to be sure, which is exactly what we did without a filter.
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/
http://dir
Better that than getting a false "safety" that all
I think this post summarizes the outstanding problems well.
.NAME is a TLD targetted for individuals, but priced for organizations, even if .NAME DNS requests should be far less common than .COM lookups.
.NAME in your e-mail let spammers easily detect individuals, merely by looking in a phone book and putting an @ between the forename and surname, and finally applying .NAME.
Two points from that post:
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You have an Oprah browser? Do you get O magazine? (it's Opera)
/. thread some week ago. =)
I know, I just call it Oprah since that
Yes, it doesn't even align correctly with the rest of the text, at least not in the Oprah Browser. :-)
At least they've got something for the weird people with a hand fetish...
Sorry, I completely forgot to mention that it's a soundtrack CD released by Exxos for the computer game Dune, but I think it matches the Dune "theme" remarkably well. You might not like all tunes in it, but I really like the sound of Ecolove and a few others. Pretty unique music style.
Check out Dune - Spice Opera. The links aren't working right now, but it seems the webmaster is working on it. You're guided to another site while s/he sort things out, but that one was very slow for me. Anyway, you might get the Spice Opera CD from Kazaa or something too.
:-/
I don't think it's something you can get from a store, or even order that easily.
It isn't mine. :-)
I didn't do it for karma (I think I'm already maxed), I did it for *your* amusement and since it fit the topic. Strange, huh?
Thanks for this explanation! Your nick fits that comment. :-)
Actually, the Borg could have a far worse destiny than being controlled by Bill Gates. Read on... :-)
.. . . 15 Minutes Later . . .
."
.. . . Two Hours Pass . . .
The Microsoft Borg
(Picard) "Mr. LaForge, have you had any success with your attempts at finding a weakness in the Borg? And Mr. Data, have you been able to access their command pathways?"
(Geordi)"Yes, Captain. In fact, we found the answer by searching through our archives on late Twentieth-century computing technology." (Geordi presses a key, and a logo appears on the computer screen.)
(Riker looks puzzled.) "What the hell is 'Microsoft'?" (Data turns to answer.) "Allow me to explain. We will send this program, for some reason called 'Windows', through the Borg command pathways. Once inside their root command unit,it will begin consuming system resources at an unstoppable rate."
(Picard) "But the Borg have the ability to adapt. Won't they alter their processing systems to increase their storage capacity?"
(Data) "Yes, Captain. But when 'Windows' detects this, it creates a new version of itself known as an 'upgrade'. The use of resources increases exponentially with each iteration. The Borg will not be able to adapt quickly enough. Eventually all of their processing ability will be taken over and none will be available for their normal operational functions."
(Picard) "Excellent work. This is even better than that 'unsolvable geometric shape' idea."
(Data) "Captain, We have successfully installed the 'Windows' in the command unit and as expected it immediately consumed 85% of all resources. We however have not received any confirmation of the expected 'upgrade'."
(Geordi) "Our scanners have picked up an increase in Borg storage and CPU capacity to compensate, but we still have no indication of an 'upgrade' to compensate for their increase."
(Picard) "Data, scan the history banks again and determine if there is something we have missed."
(Data) "Sir, I believe there is a reason for the failure in the 'upgrade'. Apparently the Borg have circumvented that part of the plan by not sending in their registration cards.
(Riker) "Captain we have no choice. Requesting permission to begin emergency escape sequence 3F . .
(Geordi, excited) "Wait, Captain I just detected their CPU capacity has suddenly dropped to 0% !"
(Picard) "Data, what do your scanners show?"
(Data) "Apparently the Borg have found the internal 'Windows' module named 'Solitaire' and it has used up all the CPU capacity."
(Picard) "Let's wait and see how long this 'solitaire' can reduce their functionality."
(Riker) "Geordi, what's the status of the Borg?"
(Geordi) "As expected the Borg are attempting to re-engineer to compensate for increased CPU and storage demands, but each time they successfully increase resources I have set up our closest deep space monitor beacon to transmit more 'Windows' modules from something called the 'Microsoft fun-pack'.
(Picard) "How much time will that buy us?"
(Data) "Current Borg solution rates allow me to predict an interest time span of 6 more hours."
(Geordi) "Captain, another vessel has entered our sector."
(Picard) "Identify."
(Data) "It appears to have markings very similar to the 'Microsoft' logo."
(Over the speakers) "THIS IS ADMIRAL BILL GATES OF THE MICROSOFT FLAGSHIP 'MONOPOLY'. WE HAVE POSITIVE CONFIRMATION OF UNREGISTERED SOFTWARE IN THIS SECTOR. SURREDER ALL ASSETS AND WE CAN AVOID ANY TROUBLE. YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS."
(Data) "The alien ship has just opened its forward hatches and released thousands of humanoid shaped objects."
(Picard) "Magnify forward viewer on the alien craft."
(Riker) "Good God, Captain! Those are humans floating straight toward the Borg ship with no life support suits! How can they survive the tortures of deep space?!"
(Data) "I don't believe that those are humans,sir. If you will look closer I believe you will see that they are carrying something recognized by Twenty-first Century man as doe skin leather briefcases, and they are wearing Armani suits."
(Riker and Picard together, horrified) "Lawyers!!"
(Geordi) "It can't be. All the Lawyers were rounded up and sent hurtling into the sun in 2017 during the Great Awakening."
(Data) "True, but apparently some must have survived."
(Riker) "They have surrounded the Borg ship and are covering it with all types of papers."
(Data) "I believe that is known in ancient vernacular as 'red tape'. It often proves fatal."
(Riker) "They're tearing the Borg to pieces!"
(Picard) "Turn off the monitors. I can't stand to watch, not even the Borg deserve that.
No, I don't know what that part about IPv6 being a 128-bit protocol being broken down into 32-bit packets came from??
Anyway, I think the most common ways to implement IPv6 and IPv4 "interoperability" are:
- Use a dual IP layer to support both IPv4 and IPv6. This requires both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses however, and address selection rules. DSTM (Dual Stack Transition Mechanism) might help solve problems with too few IPv4 addresses for the mapping.
- Tunnel the IPv6 traffic over the IPv4 infrastructure. Encapsulate IPv6 packets within IPv4. This method is used on the 6bone.
- Translate the headers with transition tools. Simply translate the IPv4 header into an IPv6 header. This method can only translate information shared by both protocols. This method can be used to make IPv4 hosts on a LAN able to interoperate with an outside IPv6 network, where the translator function much the same as a NAT.
... since archived material is considered so old that it doesn't require a registration. ;-)
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http://archive.nytimes.com/2003/02/09/magazine/09
lol, this is funny dammit :-)
I actually had to read the topic a few times before I got that the "Cancellation" wasn't part of the product name.
"Rumors of a GeForceFX 5800 Ultra Cancelation?"
Wow, that's an innovative product name. I wonder how good it is? lol
Actually I've been paying attention at movies having heard the "well movies are 24fps and they look perfect": MOVIES LOOK LIKE TRASH.
:-)
:-) Sure, they are noticeable on a static display, but I wouldn't notice them if they changed at a rate of something like 70 fps. But that's just me of course. I guess ATi and the likes fear me since I don't need a 1600x1200 res on 19" to not get disturbed by the graphics. :-)
Yes, I know what you're saying and have noticed it myself, although I'm sure it doesn't look as bad as 24fps on a monitor. Again, perhaps the only reason movies are watchable at all is that the bluriness at the frame transitions might make it easier for the brain to "add in" the extra information to interpolate. Yes, movies look kinda jerky to me but at least I tend to forget about it after a short while when I get into the movie story line more. I think I'd have a harder time with a monitor at 24 fps.
I didn't know that Q3 had such a setting and if it properly fixes the frame rate it might be a decent tool to see the actual "when-you-don't-notice-the-difference" rate, although I'm sure it's individual.
1600x1200 on a 19" monitor is hardly "microscopic" pixels
Wow, I'd like to have your eye sight.
I use 1280x1024 on my 19" usually and even then the pixels are pretty small to me.
It's said that you stop seeing the difference at around 30 fps, but so far I've only heard comparisons with movies and TV. Other "rules" might be in effect when you display the same graphics on a screen much sharper than a movie, where each frame is clearly transitioned to another without any blur inbetween, like on a movie (at least I assume the transitions between frames on a movie screen isn't as defined as on a monitor).
:-) And then there's FSAA to remove the pixelation even more.
Would be interesting to know if 30 fps *is* enough (of course only *minimum* 30 fps) or if monitors need an even higher frame rater for humans to not see the transitions.
What I'm more annoyed about is those who must run games in 1600x1200 and not 1024x768 on a typical 19" monitor, and then complain that a gfx card sucks since it doesn't perform good enough in 1600x1200. It's not like you have enough time to spot the microscopic pixels anyway.
"Java is not the wonder language which solves all development issues as some of the SUN marketing drones would have us believe"
:-P At least not in Solaris systems, depending on how you interpret the memo.
No, they don't even think it should be used in commercial apps.
They often speak of the JRE as "Java", such as here:
"Java has too large a footprint (both memory and disk image) and may not be installed on the customer's host."
And regarding if the Java itself is broken, they mention this, for example:
"Bug ID 4526853 describes a bug in Core Java which used to be an external module called JSSE."
I guess it depends how you interpret it, but it's written quite sloppily if they actually only talk about the Solaris JRE.