Correct. But an IP address uniquely identifies you and can't be spoofed as easily as a MAC. But like a license plate it identifies the car (most of the time), not the driver.
Nobody is anonymous on the internet. Ok, maybe I should say most are not anonymous. The reason? Everyone has a MAC address. While it can be changed, and probably is when someone is acting nefariously, most people have no idea what it is. So, like outlawing firearms, making a law to ban "anonymous Internet access" would only hurt law abiding citizens. I will certainly add more complexity to ISPs and that will trickle down to users in some way that probably won't be pleasant.
Your MAC address goes no further than your NAT router.
I support the idea, but please make it optional for those of us who have reasons not to want to do it. One example of why you might not want to do this: if you restrict MAC addresses on your home wifi, this will break it.
US Law Enforcement may be racist, but that's not the problem.
The problem is: - they see themselves as above the law (and they are, for all intents and purposes) - if they want to arrest you, they will, regardless of whether you're guilty or innocent - if arrested, it's going to cost you a lot of money to clear yourself...assuming you're not killed in the process - if need be, they will lie under oath to protect each other or to cover their mistakes
Not all of them, but enough of them that this is a huge problem. And, of course, the moderate cops won't stand up to their "bad apple" brothers in blue, so you get the Blue Wall effect.
I've always wondered how conservatives can justify to themselves their vigorous defense of the rights granted under the Second Amendment, but seem far less concerned with those granted under the First and Fourth.
My favorite Red Green line: "Now you hold it in place by putting a nail through here and bending it -- or you can use a cotter pin if you're made of money."
Remember: we're all in this together.
Keep your stick on the ice.// Quandus omni flunkus moritatis
People expect Caddys to drive slow and do weird things, because Uncle Harry is driving. Same for Priuses, because it's either Aunt Marge or some granola-head hippy doing his "hyper-mileing" thing. Problem solved:-)
Either that or put a sticker on the back: "This car rigorously obeys all traffic laws"
I live near the bridge, and have driven across it a few times.
RIIIIGHT...
Let me guess, you want to sell me a bridge too...
I walked across the new one at Thanksgiving. My son lives less than a mile from it (there are now two). They rebuilt Gertie, using the original foundations, and there's an air vent down the middle. The new bridge is much wider and has a sidewalk/bike path.
Repeat after me: Ada Lovelace wrote a program for the Analytical Engine architecture.
I'm sure Babbage's Difference Engine is fascinating, but it can't be programmed. The architecture you're looking for is the Analytical Engine. At least get the basics right.
In fairness, you can't go to see an Analytical Engine reconstruction., because there isn't one. So the best you can do is the Difference Engine, which, as you correctly point out, Ada had nothing to do with. It's still worth seeing. And it's in Mountain View, not Santa Clara...sorry, about that.
If you have not seen the Difference Engine reconstruction at The Computer History Museum in Santa Clara, I highly recommend it. They actually operate it, and it's hypnotic to watch it.
Wow. This guy's a case. I'm not sure why he's so against Science, but he seems to have convinced himself that anything modern is bad, although he doesn't seem to condemn modern medicine.
A telescope is a pretty light impact on a volcano.
Hopefully, the permitting process will allow these native groups to have their say and an agreement can be worked out that satisfies all parties. Perhaps Mr. Falk can be excluded from these discussions since he's not a Hawaiian resident.
If the transformers in the power converter are of high quality, you should not hear anything.
The audible whine is caused by the alternating magnetic field vibrating the laminated transformer core. Cheap power supplies and flyback transformers would vibrate, quality ones don't.
Most switching supplies are now using frequencies well above 20 KHz, the technology has changed. Transformers are smaller, too.
Those more receptive to bull**** are less reflective, lower in cognitive ability (i.e., verbal and fluid intelligence, numeracy), are more prone to ontological confusions [beliefs in things for which there is no empirical evidence (i.e. that prayers have the ability to heal)] and conspiratorial ideation, are more likely to hold religious and paranormal beliefs, and are more likely to endorse complementary and alternative medicine.
aka, the common clay of the new West...you know...morons.
"... you get to understand the engineer who made the machine. Then you go "oh..." and start heading back to church."
That's a big jump you made there. The assumption that the New Testament is the literal word of a Supreme Being, transcribed, error-free by mortals, is one I'm not prepared to make.
I won't argue that Jesus was not a good and spiritual person, or that the Bible isn't full of good advice on how to lead a better life. But I see both as products of human beings, with all their faults. Divinely inspired, perhaps, but human nonetheless.
And it's the ideas that are important, in my opinion, not slavish worship or ritual. But that's my opinion, and you're welcome to yours. Religion is, and should be, a completely private and personal thing. As long as you harm no one, worship the way you want to.
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$50 here: http://www.amazon.com/Davis-Ma...
$17 - Copy of Bowditch (tells you all you need to know to use the sextant)
http://www.amazon.com/American...
Kahn's _The Codebreakers_
Slide rule?
My thought exactly. About $10 for a nice K+E or Post on shopgoodwill.
Sextants are more expensive, but they open up a world of possibilities. Cheap plastic one is probably $100 at your local boating store.
Bank heists are for amateurs.
OWNING a bank is how you steal the big bucks.
Correct. But an IP address uniquely identifies you and can't be spoofed as easily as a MAC. But like a license plate it identifies the car (most of the time), not the driver.
Unless you go through a VPN
Nobody is anonymous on the internet. Ok, maybe I should say most are not anonymous. The reason? Everyone has a MAC address. While it can be changed, and probably is when someone is acting nefariously, most people have no idea what it is. So, like outlawing firearms, making a law to ban "anonymous Internet access" would only hurt law abiding citizens. I will certainly add more complexity to ISPs and that will trickle down to users in some way that probably won't be pleasant.
Your MAC address goes no further than your NAT router.
I support the idea, but please make it optional for those of us who have reasons not to want to do it. One example of why you might not want to do this: if you restrict MAC addresses on your home wifi, this will break it.
US Law Enforcement may be racist, but that's not the problem.
The problem is:
- they see themselves as above the law (and they are, for all intents and purposes)
- if they want to arrest you, they will, regardless of whether you're guilty or innocent
- if arrested, it's going to cost you a lot of money to clear yourself...assuming you're not killed in the process
- if need be, they will lie under oath to protect each other or to cover their mistakes
Not all of them, but enough of them that this is a huge problem. And, of course, the moderate cops won't stand up to their "bad apple" brothers in blue, so you get the Blue Wall effect.
Um, no we don't.
I've always wondered how conservatives can justify to themselves their vigorous defense of the rights granted under the Second Amendment, but seem far less concerned with those granted under the First and Fourth.
My favorite Red Green line: "Now you hold it in place by putting a nail through here and bending it -- or you can use a cotter pin if you're made of money."
Remember: we're all in this together.
Keep your stick on the ice. // Quandus omni flunkus moritatis
People expect Caddys to drive slow and do weird things, because Uncle Harry is driving. Same for Priuses, because it's either Aunt Marge or some granola-head hippy doing his "hyper-mileing" thing. Problem solved :-)
Either that or put a sticker on the back: "This car rigorously obeys all traffic laws"
I live near the bridge, and have driven across it a few times.
RIIIIGHT...
Let me guess, you want to sell me a bridge too...
I walked across the new one at Thanksgiving. My son lives less than a mile from it (there are now two). They rebuilt Gertie, using the original foundations, and there's an air vent down the middle. The new bridge is much wider and has a sidewalk/bike path.
"We Brake for Nobody"
OK, so the humor level is about 6th Grade, but it's still more fun than watching the first Star Wars again.
*sigh*
The difference engine. Really? Seriously?
Repeat after me: Ada Lovelace wrote a program for the Analytical Engine architecture.
I'm sure Babbage's Difference Engine is fascinating, but it can't be programmed. The architecture you're looking for is the Analytical Engine. At least get the basics right.
Here: A Sketch of the Analytical Engine. It has never actually been built, although I understand one of the mills almost was.
The woman page. (That's a joke, son.)
And finally, the table of contents in case I've missed something in my nerd rage.
In fairness, you can't go to see an Analytical Engine reconstruction., because there isn't one. So the best you can do is the Difference Engine, which, as you correctly point out, Ada had nothing to do with. It's still worth seeing. And it's in Mountain View, not Santa Clara...sorry, about that.
If you have not seen the Difference Engine reconstruction at The Computer History Museum in Santa Clara, I highly recommend it. They actually operate it, and it's hypnotic to watch it.
Wow. This guy's a case. I'm not sure why he's so against Science, but he seems to have convinced himself that anything modern is bad, although he doesn't seem to condemn modern medicine.
A telescope is a pretty light impact on a volcano.
Hopefully, the permitting process will allow these native groups to have their say and an agreement can be worked out that satisfies all parties. Perhaps Mr. Falk can be excluded from these discussions since he's not a Hawaiian resident.
If the transformers in the power converter are of high quality, you should not hear anything.
The audible whine is caused by the alternating magnetic field vibrating the laminated transformer core. Cheap power supplies and flyback transformers would vibrate, quality ones don't.
Most switching supplies are now using frequencies well above 20 KHz, the technology has changed. Transformers are smaller, too.
Great minds...
"Those who don't remember the past are doomed to think they've invented something new." :-)
sounds a lot like slotted ALOHAnet...
Yet the article says she texted friends. A cell phone is much more powerful than wifi...
Sad. But probably not caused by wifi.
Those more receptive to bull**** are less reflective, lower in cognitive ability (i.e., verbal and fluid intelligence, numeracy), are more prone to ontological confusions [beliefs in things for which there is no empirical evidence (i.e. that prayers have the ability to heal)] and conspiratorial ideation, are more likely to hold religious and paranormal beliefs, and are more likely to endorse complementary and alternative medicine.
aka, the common clay of the new West...you know...morons.
"... you get to understand the engineer who made the machine. Then you go "oh..." and start heading back to church."
That's a big jump you made there. The assumption that the New Testament is the literal word of a Supreme Being, transcribed, error-free by mortals, is one I'm not prepared to make.
I won't argue that Jesus was not a good and spiritual person, or that the Bible isn't full of good advice on how to lead a better life. But I see both as products of human beings, with all their faults. Divinely inspired, perhaps, but human nonetheless.
And it's the ideas that are important, in my opinion, not slavish worship or ritual. But that's my opinion, and you're welcome to yours. Religion is, and should be, a completely private and personal thing. As long as you harm no one, worship the way you want to.
I guess I fail as an engineer --
- save my anger for Microsoft
- liberal as all get-out
- try to avoid blowing things up in the lab
- not particularly religious
Seriously? This actually happened to me. I came home from vacation, and there was a pile of gravel on my driveway, and a bill stuck in the door.
I called the company, told them they'd delivered to the wrong address (right street, wrong town) and it was gone the next day.
"...on account of F=ma and all."
I think you mean 1/2mv**2