Death cap is a common mushroom in our region (western part of Russia and Baltics). You can find it easily in every forest but amounts vary by year. Despite the fact it is well known to any interested person, there are a few lethal cases every summer involving careless mushroom pickers. A cultural note: wild mushroom picking is considered normal everyday activity here, regardless your income and social status.
1) Why do they think that was russian satellite? If it has deobited 12 hours earlier than expected, why this occured in _correct_ place? 2) (Someone already pointed at this) How could pilot see behind the plane?
Similar situation in Latvia. The only difference is that if I stay in my home town I would get _minimal_ wage (circa 150$ per month). My old town Livani lost 75% of its population in 15 years. The same shit happened to almost every small town in Eastern Latvia. Some villages are completely abandoned.
Everyone who wants to earn more than 150$ per month has three options:
1) Go to Ireland or UK and get paid minimum wage there 2) Become government officer or criminal (no big difference) 3) Become highly skilled worker, e.g. engineer or programmer
I would recommend OpenVPN because I have some experience with it. OpenVPN is very reliable solution when you have to connect several remote sites to single L2 (ethernet) segment.
We use Intel-based Linux server at our datacenter as VPN server. It runs several instances of OpenVPN on different UDP ports (OpenVPN can use TCP as well) for different customers. Endpoints are Asus WL-500g Deluxe routers with OpenWRT Linux and OpenVPN installed. Maximum throughput is 3Mbps with blowfish encryption and authentication (limited by 200 MHz CPU). These devices are small, silent, inexpensive and reliable enough. Endpoints are connected using various types of Internet access -- DSL, Cable, LAN, WiFi etc. Some customers have ~70 endpoints without problems.
If you insist on using Debian computers as VPN endpoints, do not use harddisks!!! They will die. Use IDE flash, for example. Use fanless CPU and PSU if possible.
1x Motorola DOCSIS modem. 1x Asus WL-500G Deluxe access point running OpenWRT. This one provides me with WiFi, NAT, firewall, FTP (vsftpd) and WWW (lighttpd). Here it is: http://dimss.homeunix.org/010about.html 1x HP nx9020 laptop. Turned off most of the time. 1x Sagem myX5-2 cellphone.
Someday I will move to a large house. There will be real 19-inch box somewhere in basement.
Many telecom devices use 48V DC. Not only PoE-devices. Vendors of consumer electronics should move towards single 48V standart. This is not a problem today because efficient DC voltage convertors are common. This will allow us feed all those wireless routers, cable modems, speakers, phone chargers et cetera from single 48V power bus.
Seven years ago I was a student in Riga Aviation University. Each room in every university building had three sets of power outlets: ~220V 50 Hz, ~115V 400 Hz and DC 27V because airplanes use these voltages and almost all aviation-related devices required them. I think that every aviation-related buildings across ex-USSR has these three power grids. Do other countries use the same system in aviation training centres and labs?
The only thing I miss in GIMP is ability to use 16 bits per channel. This is a must for quality photography and especially RAW image processing. There is ufraw plugin (dcraw-based) which processes RAW images internally at higher color-resolution and produces 8-bit image. This is partial solution.
Some time ago, there was a project named GEGL which could give as 16-bit in GIMP. Are they alive?
In my country, most shopping centres and many other organizations do not allow taking photos. I do not know why, because they refuse to explain. This was bad surprise for me when I got my digital camera. For example, in UK nobody cares when I take photos in stores or other public places.
In this situation, you should learn at work. Get right manual and read it in office. That's all. After all, your manager is the only person who need this, so do not worry.
There is another navigation system called Glonass. It is controlled by Russia. In fact, many professional GPS receivers receive both GPS and Glonass signals.
When Linksys started shipping v5, we switched to Asus WL-500G Deluxe. It has 32MB RAM, 2xUSB and (almost) ready-to-use COM-port. The only problem is small flash memory. I had to build a very custom OpenWRT image. Asus WL-500G Deluxe is more engineer-friendly than Linksys.
Create SSH-accessible "guest" account on your router or server. Set password to "guest". They will come to your network within 24 hours. Make sure they can't do much with this account! Most probably they will try to download local exploits and other nasty tools.
I have created "guest" account on my Linksys router three days ago. Someone from Romania discovered this account next morning. They downloaded some binary files and tried to run them. Idiots! Binaries were for i386 but Linksys router is MIPS:)
My co-worker has bought new Linksys. He wanted to install OpenWRT... Bad luck. It was ver.5 running VxWorks.
Linksys running OpenWRT is nearly-perfect (and very inexpensive) universal CPE equipment for medium-sized ISP. Some ISPs in Latvia use hundreds of them. Here is one: http://nx.mpe.lv/
If you have large transformer close to home, you may need magnetic shielding, not electric one. First, try to estimate strength of magnetic field. Use simple open induction coil and multimeter for this. If you will find rather strong magnetic field, change your house or destroy transformer, because good magnetic shield for 60 Hz is difficult to create.
Transformers, transmission lines, GSM base stations and radio/TV transmitters are very important things to check when you are looking for new home.
I have 4 or 5 high-voltage transmission lines in 100-200m from our building. But this is not a big problem because reinforcement of walls acts as electric shield.
Something wrong happens with your computer. This should be fixed. I run network-intensive applications (incl. gnutella ultrapeer) on my Linux box without any problems.
I am going to buy small hotel or guest house somewhere in Latgale (east of Latvia). This is more interesting business (I hope) than typing on keyboard all day long.
Nokia 3310 isn't basic model. It's just older one. One or two years ago it was popular in Latvia too. My parents still happy with it. It was the best phone I've ever owned.
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Death cap is a common mushroom in our region (western part of Russia and Baltics). You can find it easily in every forest but amounts vary by year. Despite the fact it is well known to any interested person, there are a few lethal cases every summer involving careless mushroom pickers. A cultural note: wild mushroom picking is considered normal everyday activity here, regardless your income and social status.
1) Why do they think that was russian satellite? If it has deobited 12 hours earlier than expected, why this occured in _correct_ place?
2) (Someone already pointed at this) How could pilot see behind the plane?
The same stupid law exists in Latvia.
Similar situation in Latvia. The only difference is that if I stay in my home town I would get _minimal_ wage (circa 150$ per month). My old town Livani lost 75% of its population in 15 years. The same shit happened to almost every small town in Eastern Latvia. Some villages are completely abandoned.
Everyone who wants to earn more than 150$ per month has three options:
1) Go to Ireland or UK and get paid minimum wage there
2) Become government officer or criminal (no big difference)
3) Become highly skilled worker, e.g. engineer or programmer
I would recommend OpenVPN because I have some experience with it. OpenVPN is very reliable solution when you have to connect several remote sites to single L2 (ethernet) segment.
We use Intel-based Linux server at our datacenter as VPN server. It runs several instances of OpenVPN on different UDP ports (OpenVPN can use TCP as well) for different customers. Endpoints are Asus WL-500g Deluxe routers with OpenWRT Linux and OpenVPN installed. Maximum throughput is 3Mbps with blowfish encryption and authentication (limited by 200 MHz CPU). These devices are small, silent, inexpensive and reliable enough. Endpoints are connected using various types of Internet access -- DSL, Cable, LAN, WiFi etc. Some customers have ~70 endpoints without problems.
If you insist on using Debian computers as VPN endpoints, do not use harddisks!!! They will die. Use IDE flash, for example. Use fanless CPU and PSU if possible.
1) Use better speakers with better shielding
2) Do not use mobile phone
Just who defines "violent" or "pornographic" material? What is "violent" or "pornographic" material?
And then explain it to your router.
1x Motorola DOCSIS modem.
1x Asus WL-500G Deluxe access point running OpenWRT. This one provides me with WiFi, NAT, firewall, FTP (vsftpd) and WWW (lighttpd). Here it is: http://dimss.homeunix.org/010about.html
1x HP nx9020 laptop. Turned off most of the time.
1x Sagem myX5-2 cellphone.
Someday I will move to a large house. There will be real 19-inch box somewhere in basement.
Many telecom devices use 48V DC. Not only PoE-devices. Vendors of consumer electronics should move towards single 48V standart. This is not a problem today because efficient DC voltage convertors are common. This will allow us feed all those wireless routers, cable modems, speakers, phone chargers et cetera from single 48V power bus.
Seven years ago I was a student in Riga Aviation University. Each room in every university building had three sets of power outlets: ~220V 50 Hz, ~115V 400 Hz and DC 27V because airplanes use these voltages and almost all aviation-related devices required them. I think that every aviation-related buildings across ex-USSR has these three power grids. Do other countries use the same system in aviation training centres and labs?
The only thing I miss in GIMP is ability to use 16 bits per channel. This is a must for quality photography and especially RAW image processing. There is ufraw plugin (dcraw-based) which processes RAW images internally at higher color-resolution and produces 8-bit image. This is partial solution.
Some time ago, there was a project named GEGL which could give as 16-bit in GIMP. Are they alive?
In my country, most shopping centres and many other organizations do not allow taking photos. I do not know why, because they refuse to explain. This was bad surprise for me when I got my digital camera. For example, in UK nobody cares when I take photos in stores or other public places.
In this situation, you should learn at work. Get right manual and read it in office. That's all. After all, your manager is the only person who need this, so do not worry.
This is somehow similar to mobile phone cameras. Some of them are very slow too:
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http://dimss.solutions.lv/samsung-phone-camera.ht
There is another navigation system called Glonass. It is controlled by Russia. In fact, many professional GPS receivers receive both GPS and Glonass signals.
http://www.glonass-center.ru/frame_e.html
If Christmas makes you depressed, try celebrating Hanukkah.
When Linksys started shipping v5, we switched to Asus WL-500G Deluxe. It has 32MB RAM, 2xUSB and (almost) ready-to-use COM-port. The only problem is small flash memory. I had to build a very custom OpenWRT image. Asus WL-500G Deluxe is more engineer-friendly than Linksys.
D-Link DWL-G630 (ver.D1) + Ubuntu work fine out of box. But WPA support is tricky. You have to install wpa_supplicant and configure it.
Create SSH-accessible "guest" account on your router or server. Set password to "guest". They will come to your network within 24 hours. Make sure they can't do much with this account! Most probably they will try to download local exploits and other nasty tools.
:)
I have created "guest" account on my Linksys router three days ago. Someone from Romania discovered this account next morning. They downloaded some binary files and tried to run them. Idiots! Binaries were for i386 but Linksys router is MIPS
> Hinting that they should have more RAM than they need is a bit... detached from harsh business reality.
Not "they need". _I_ need more RAM.
My co-worker has bought new Linksys. He wanted to install OpenWRT... Bad luck. It was ver.5 running VxWorks.
Linksys running OpenWRT is nearly-perfect (and very inexpensive) universal CPE equipment for medium-sized ISP. Some ISPs in Latvia use hundreds of them. Here is one: http://nx.mpe.lv/
Oh shit... I just wanted to read "man ath" to check if my WiFi card is supported by FreeBSD...
If you have large transformer close to home, you may need magnetic shielding, not electric one. First, try to estimate strength of magnetic field. Use simple open induction coil and multimeter for this. If you will find rather strong magnetic field, change your house or destroy transformer, because good magnetic shield for 60 Hz is difficult to create.
Transformers, transmission lines, GSM base stations and radio/TV transmitters are very important things to check when you are looking for new home.
I have 4 or 5 high-voltage transmission lines in 100-200m from our building. But this is not a big problem because reinforcement of walls acts as electric shield.
Something wrong happens with your computer. This should be fixed. I run network-intensive applications (incl. gnutella ultrapeer) on my Linux box without any problems.
I am going to buy small hotel or guest house somewhere in Latgale (east of Latvia). This is more interesting business (I hope) than typing on keyboard all day long.
Nokia 3310 isn't basic model. It's just older one. One or two years ago it was popular in Latvia too. My parents still happy with it. It was the best phone I've ever owned.