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  1. Ethernet is not half duplex has less overhead. And if OP installed Cat6 those cables will most likely support 10 Gbps for short distances common in the home or 5 Gbps N-baseT.

  2. Re:How ages voted on BBC: UK Votes To Leave The European Union (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    He meant more who voted to leave would be dead in a few years to sway the vote.

  3. Yup. That's where G.fast come into play. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  4. Re:I just watched a video about this on Apple Is Fighting A Secret War To Keep You From Repairing Your Phone (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Louis Rossmann has some great repair videos. If anyone is interested in how practical repairs of water-damaged computers are done check his channel out. He also collaborates with another person whose name escapes me at this time who does iPhone/iPad devices at https://www.youtube.com/channe....

    Like him or not, Linus Sebastian also collaborated with Louis on a video after a scathing response from Louis of a LinusTechTips video.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  5. Sonic's CEO feels the same on Frontier Has No Plans For Data Caps As They're Not Necessary, Says CEO (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    http://www.cio.com/article/307...

    Basically AT&T and Comcast want to protect their TV revenue--conflict of interest.

  6. You mean like our process has been preempted by some Universal OS?

  7. Wavelength can't fit within the universe(?) on The 'Impossible' EM Drive Being Tested By NASA May Finally Be Explained (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    What does this statement mean?

    At very small accelerations, the wavelengths become so large they can no longer fit in the observable universe. When this happens, inertia can take only certain whole-wavelength values and so jumps from one value to the next.

    Reading the reference http://arxivblog.com/?p=207 didn't help me understand.

  8. Re:Does this give me native CLI tools or not on Confirmed: Microsoft and Canonical Partner To Bring Ubuntu To Windows 10 (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    These utilities have a Windows-ized behavior with quotes. You must use double quotes or else they won't work. Cygwin is more portable.

  9. Re:I'll take it over Comcast and a cap! on AT&T Wants $100 Million From California Taxpayers For Aging DSL (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    AT&T imposes transfer caps on their ADSL subscribers while although the ToS for their U-verse and GigaPower states a transfer cap, they're not enforced.

  10. Re:A reliable standard on Ask Slashdot: Is It Time To Shrink the Ethernet Connector? · · Score: 1

    Agreed on the RJ plug/jack combo. But I have seen failed jacks on notebooks. It's quite rare but I have seen 2 instances. Here's one example. https://i.imgur.com/D9bDecr.pn...

  11. Re:As with so many "is it time" questions... no. on Ask Slashdot: Is It Time To Shrink the Ethernet Connector? · · Score: 1

    I used to think this until I saw used ones for sale in excess computer stores for $5-$15, in excellent condition. The premium is probably due to the proprietary connector.

  12. Happened to another person in NYC on Comcast Failed To Install Internet, Then Demanded $60,000 In Fees (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Something similar happened to someone else who had Time Warner in Manhattan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  13. Re:DOCSIS congestion on Comcast Provides Uncapped 1 Gb Service To 1 Customer -- of 22.4 Million (myajc.com) · · Score: 1

    PON is shared.

  14. Re: No right to $500 rent in SF on Some Root For a Tech Comeuppance In San Francisco · · Score: 1

    How does MUNI suck and what do you think could be done to make it more efficient?

  15. Re:Kernel updates actually are in the GUI on Linux Mint Hack Is an Indicator of a Larger Problem (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    I installed Linux Mint around a year back but I did not like getting a lot of conflicts whenever I perform a dist-upgrade. The conflicts had to do with branding between Mint and Ubuntu. Does it still happen with the current version?

  16. Re:So spoof packets and find safety? on Neutrino Exploit Kit Has a New Way To Detect Security Researchers (csoonline.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The second link states passive OS fingerprinting, p0f, was developed by Michal Zalewski. http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/p0f... shows your connection's fingerprint. It may be as easy as using a proxy such as Squid to perform the "spoofing."

  17. Re:More details... on First Hidden Electric Motor In Cycling World Championship (cxmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    It's in the article.

  18. Re:It was the first standard for video? on In Memoriam: VGA (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    > If it needs a an obscure adapter to use it, that doesn't count.

    The sheer number of PCs built makes it non-obscure.

  19. Re:The whole Wikimedia Foundation needs to disband on Arnnon Geshuri, Newest Wikimedia Trustee, Forced To Resign · · Score: 1

    Regardless, I'm glad the judge who ruled on the case thought what they did was illegal.

  20. Re:Don't be too quick to choose a side on Cable Lobby Steams Up Over FCC Set-Top Box Competition Plan (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If the cable companies don't like it, it must be a good thing for the consumers.

  21. security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts on Firefox 44 Arrives With Push Notifications (mozilla.org) · · Score: 2

    Does anyone know if security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts is now deprecated? I have an old device that will never get its SSL certificates reissued and I cannot create a new certificate with better algorithms. I use an old portable version of Firefox that I use to sometimes login. I noticed with Firefox 44 if I now go to the IP address, which I have added in the above preference name, I am greeted with the Advanced button and expanding it gives me a link to "(Not secure) try loading 'ip address' using outdated security." If I click on it it does nothing and gives redirects back to the "Your connection is not secure" page.

    The latest version of ssh allows one to whitelist hosts with deprecated encryption so I have access that way, too. It would be nice to not have Firefox 44 and another just to access this device.

  22. Re:Stopped reading after... on The Trouble With Intel's Management Engine (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    Intel AMT is available even if the machine is powered off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  23. Re:EdgeRouter is exactly this! on Benefits of a Homebrew Router (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Not really. Edgerouter has custom code to make full hardware offloading using the Cavium chip driving those appliances. pfSense should support Edgerouters now but not with hardware offloading support--which will probably trickle in slowly.

    If the OP is building a homebrew router, he needs to pay attention to what kind of NICs are embedded. Without the right ones the device will be limited in throughput for VPN functionality.

  24. Re:Seems reasonable on Landlords Want a Share of Renters' Airbnb Revenue (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    If the renter wants to make money with property, they should buy a house. Or they rent from people who explicitly permit subleasing. The contracts I've seen are quite clear: either tenants can sublease or they cannot. Most, if not all of them I've seen do not allow it. People who have thought it through tend not to allow it.

  25. Re:Why Master Lock? on Skip the Picks; Expert Uses Hammer To Open a Master Lock (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    Apparently Master Locks didn't used to be this bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Guess that head of industry just wanted to have more profits so they cut corners until the insides are just "soft marshmallows."