Hydrogen works very well too. It can be generated on site, on demand, using water and electricity or a controlled chemical reaction. Or it can be shipped in tanks like Helium. Hydrogen is used for radiosonde balloons http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstr...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Given that its payload will be radio gear, there's no worry of a Hindenburg-type disaster. Radio gear is replacable.
>... although.. after we've all finally moved onto IPv6 networking, and > all our home systems (not just well-run geek systems but also all Joe Public's > PCs running Windows 17) are sitting on publically routable real addresses and > *not* behind NATs, the situation won't be as comfortable any more.
That effing stupid setup is the brainchild of some braindead internet hippies...
1) If your ISP goes down for maintenace or a "backhoe incident", two machines at home won't be able to communicate.
2) I may have a fast router at home, and 2 PC's, all with gigabit ethernet. But if it goes over my 7 mbit down / 1 mbit up ADSL connection, copying files over will take forever.
3) Copying over a few hundred gigabytes of data from my old PC to a new replacement PC would destroy my monthly bandwidth quota.
4) I do *NOT* want my ISP to know what data I have on my PCs.
> To override a link-local address that is automatically computed for an > interface with a manually configured address, enter commands such as the following. > > device(config)#interface ethernet 3/1 > device(config-if-e1000-3/1)#ipv6 address > FE80::240:D0FF:FE48:4672 link-local > > These commands explicitly configure the link-local address FE80::240:D0FF:FE48:4672 for Ethernet interface 3/1.
And then use a hosts file to give simple aliases like "mom", "dad", "billy", or "sue" to each machine. Bonus points for a DD/WRT variant, or ip6tables ruleset on a Raspberry Pi that consolidates all the internal link-local addresses into one external IPv6 address as far as the outside world is concerned. Repeat after me... IPv6 NAT.
> This ransomware here will encrypt attached devices - such as > external usb drives - and any network share you may have access to. > > So even if you have backups, you can still get burned.
That's *NOT* how to backup. Three principles of successful backups...
1) Do *NOT* let the PC have write access to the backup system. Do not trust it to not f*** up external backups. Instead have the desktop PC share out directories (read-only access) so they can be copied by an external machine running linux/bsd/whatever.
2) Do *NOT* overwrite your backups. Use a proper versioning system. If a file is unchanged, don't make another copy. If it is changed *CREATE A SEPARATE COPY*. If you're running low on space, give read only access to the user and ask them to confirm that the latest file version is not screwed up. Then and only then have the backup machine delete older versions.
3) Set up random "tripwire files" that look like ordinary Word and Excel files... and tell the user *NOT* to touch them. Have the backup machine (with read only access) check the "tripwire files" every hour or so. If any of the files change, have the back up machine send an urgent email to IT to look into it *NOW*!
>> How do you give your child pocket money? > > Send it to their phone. Children can use WePay just as well as adults.
Lemeesee... after all the fighting to prevent kids (and their parents) from being ripped off with "in-game purchases", you now want your kid running around with a debit/credit card, or a phone hooked up to your credit card?!? No thanks. I'm sure that cellphone companies would just ***LOVE*** to have every family with a husband and wife and 2 kids end up with 4 cellphone accounts. And banks would just ***LOVE*** to charge that family 4 sets of annual fees for debit/credit cards.
The real reason was market monopoly, i.e. an attempt to lock out AMD. Here's the back story...
* Around 1980, IBM decided to put out an Apple ][ competitor machine, with potential sales of maybe a couple of hundred thousand during its lifetime production run
* "The IBM Way" included things like insisting on multiple sources for each component, so that no one supplier could demand higher fees on short notice, or go bankrupt and disrupt IBM's production capacity.
* Back then IBM was *BIG* in computing, and Intel was a lot smaller than today. So IBM got their way, and companies like AMD were licenced to produce clones of Intel 8088 cpus, as part of the contract that Intel got for supplying IBM.
* The IBM PC was introduced in August, 1981. Much to everybody's surprise, including IBM, it was a Y-U-U-U-U-U-G-E hit.
* The cpu used for the IBM AT was the 80286. Intel argued that it was sufficiently different from the 8088 that the second-sourcing licences didn't apply. AMD disagreed, pointing out that the 80286 could natively execute 8088 programs in hardware. I.e. it was a derivative of the 8088, and therefore subject to the licence.
* The case went to court, and AMD got their way. Part of the settlement was a more specific cross-licencing agreement between the 2 companies' IP in 8088/80286 and any future derivatives.
* Intel brought out the 80386/80486/80586 and AMD followed with their equivalant cpus. Intel was *PISSED* about a) losing sales to AMD and b) not being able to charge higher prices, due to competion
* So Intel decided to bring out a 64-bit cpu so radically different that it would not be covered by the 8088/80286-and-derivatives cross-licence. They wanted something/anything that competiors would not have the right to reproduce. Thus, the concept of the Itanium was born.
* The cpu was a total failure, being nicknamed "the Itanic". AMD's 64 bit cpus were backwards-compatable, and could execute 32-bit programs at full speed natively in hardware. The Itanium could only do painfully slow 32-bit emulation for existing programs.
* Intel had no choice but to follow AMD's lead and build backwards-compatable x86_64 cpus. Ironically, it was the cross-licencing agreement that AMD had won on court, which gave Intel the right to use AMD's 64-bit extensions.
> This isn't about "I'm offended", this is about inciting riots.
There were riots in the US after Trump got elected. Your kind of logic would imply that voting for Trump should be illegal, because if enough people vote for Trump to elect him, some people will riot. Discuss.
> There is a benefit. Compatibility. Not even Intel who tried the impossible to kill > the x86 with HP failed when AMD made 64 bit standard. Funny pentium IV's > mysteriously started being 64 bit compabile. Hmm my hunch is Intel disabled > it to make Itanium look better and with a simple patch enabled the other bits.
Yes, there was a conspiracy, but you've got it wrong.
* The original IBM PC ran on an 8088. This was an 8086, 16-bit real mode CPU, with an 8-bit bus. 16-bit peripherals were scarce back then.
* In the early 1980's, IBM was *THE BIG NAME* in computers, and Intel was much smaller than it is today. IBM, being IBM, demanded, and got, a "second source" written into the contracts for 8086/8088 CPUs. The biggest second source player happened to be AMD. There was also the NEC V20 CPU and Cyrix, and possibly other bit players.
* A few years later, Intel stepped up to the 80286 and AMD followed.
* Intel sued, claiming that the original "second source" clause did not cover the 80286. AMD fought it in court, claiming the 80286 was basically a derivative of the 8086/8088.
* Eventually, AMD got their way. The settlement gave them the right to manufacture 80286 and other derivatives descended from the 8086/8088. Part of the settlement involved cross-licencing IP in the 8088 and derivatives.
* Intel came out with 32-bit 80386. The "SX" version had a 16-bit bus, and the "DX" version had a 32-bit bus. AMD followed.
* Intel came out with the 80486 and 80586 (Pentium). Again, AMD followed. Intel was pissed.
* Now for the real conspiracy. Intel deliberately designed the 64-bit Itanium to be so totally different from the 8088-descended CPUs, that the cross-licencing agreement would not cover it. They pushed Itanium very hard, because they badly wanted a market-leading 64-bit CPU that AMD wouldn't have a cross-licence to clone.
* In response, AMD added 64-bit extensions to their Pentium4 clone. This gave them a backwards-compatible 64-bit CPU. Meanwhile, Intel's Itanium flopped badly, being nicknamed "Itanic" in the industry. Part of the problem was that Itanium could only run 32-bit Pentium-class software via painfully slow software emulation.
* Remember the cross-licencing agreement I've mentioned? It was a 2-way agreement. When the Itanium was obviously dead, Intel used the cross-licencing agreement to legally clone AMD's 64-bit extensions. That's how they were able to ramp up 64-bit x86_64 chips so quickly.
> Well they sure as shit don't fit on a USB flash.
Ahemmm. $45 pesos^H^H^H^H Canadian dollars gets you a 64 gigabyte USB flash drive http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/pr...? That's somewhere around US$ $30 or $35. It'll easily hold a 53.3 gigabyte file. Just don't use FAT32 format, with its 4 gigabyte file-size limit.
> The intent is to avoid being tapped by aggressive regulators like the state of California forcing > Alphabet to provide for recycling and waste disposal of their detritus. This startup offloads > the costs into a money-losing bucksink that will lobby to keep the costs off Alphabet. > With luck, they will get some government slush money to pay them for the effort too.
Tesla is not part of Alphabet. And you're too paranoid. This move makes perfect financial sense. The term is "vertical integration". If Tesla ever ramps up big time, they're going to need lots of raw materials, especially batteries. What better source of raw materials than recycled batteries?
> For the second quarter, the company's net income rose to $11.03 billion, or > $2.10 per share, compared with $10.52 billion, or $1.90 per share, a year earlier.
And, oh yeah, Apple now has a quarter of a ***TRILLION*** dollars of cash.
Try to get that to sink in.
> Citizens of the world buy more than a billion Android phones a year now.
"Losing money on every sale, but making up for it in volume" does not get you a quarter of a trillion in the bank. The goal of a business is to make a profit, and Apple is doing that very nicely, thank you. I am not an Apple fanboi, and do not own any Apple products. I have Dell PCs and a Samsung tablet at home, so I'm neutral here.
> Whether you're a politician trying to make congress see sense > or simply a manager trying to halt an atrocious team-building plan,
It was a decades-long struggle to establish that female employees are not required to be their male boss's sex partners. The next struggle is establishing that male employees should not be required to be their male boss's beer buddies. "After hours team building excercise" is a euphemism form cruising the strip joints and crawling the pubs, and getting home 2:30 AM totally plastered.
The real problem is that IDIOT (Insecurely Designed Internet Of Things) devices can be accessed from the net via telnet, with default passwords, or even no passwords. I don't care if you're running linux, Windows, BSD, OS/2, or whatever; using telnet is begging to be owned.
Telnet is an ancient, insecure protocol, from "a kinder/gentler time". When DARPAnet was started as a US-only project, you needed security clearance to access a mainframe or mini computer that could access the net. Every April 1st, there would be spoofed messages from "KREMVAX" (Kremlin minicomputer); that was fun, and nobody seriously believed it would happen. Telnet was appropriate for the conditions at that time.
The authors of telnet had no way of knowing that DARPAnet would become accessable by the average person worldwide, and cheaply made crap devices, and organized criminals in 2nd and 3rd world countries.
http://www.dell.com/ca/p/inspi... Dell Inspiron 11" lattop/netbook with 4 gigabytes of ram and 32GB eMMC drive is $329.99 Canadian, which translates to $240 US, probably lower in the USA. We get shafted on prices here in Canada.
Summary... the City of New Orleans is sinking, and sliding off the continental shelf. It's doomed even if sea levels did *NOT* rise.
> The river is moving away from the city. The city is sinking because of its > weight, because no upbuilding by new muck for many decades, because of > being cut off from the fresh water, because it is sliding off a cliff (the Continental Shelf), > and because the Oil and Gas Industry is extracting oil out from under it. > It is a city that for all intents and purposes is now Sea domain.
And, oh yeah, the very fact that ships can navigate from the Gulf of Mexico, up the Mississippi River is an anthropogenic artifact.
> To understand the City of New Orleans one must first understand the > massive Mississippi River delta. New Orleans was built at the site of the old > "French Quarter" on the high ground adjacent to the Mississippi river. > This location was picked because the Mississippi River didn't have a mouth > into the ocean. The river simply went into the "Black Swamp" and disappeared. > This was where ships headed down river had to stop and unload their > goods to be transshipped across Lake Pontchartrain to the sea. This was > done by unloading the goods at the docks and then hauling them to the > lake where shallow draft boats would take the goods to the seagoing ships. > > By using some ingenious methods, Henry Shreve -- after whom > Shreveport, La., is named -- forced the river to dig its own channel out to > the sea where it now goes. This allowed the ocean-going boats access to > the enormous Mississippi river. This, together with the work of the US Army > Corps of Engineers, produced what is functionally the largest ocean port on earth.
> Beanfield is condos. We are primarily focused on servicing condominiums > in high density areas at the moment. We are working as fast as > we can to hook up as many buildings each month as possible.
The concept works great in downtown Toronto in a highrise condo. An average residence... not so much.
Meanwhile, Sony pulls off their rootkit exploit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... and now Burger King with "OK, Google", and nobody goes to prison. The takeaway lesson for cybercriminals... don't do anything as an individual; instead, incorporate as a multinational, and have the corporation do the dirty work, without risk of anyone going to jail.
> As a further point on home assistants, someone at Hackaday suggested that if you want > to burgle a home, try shouting "Alexa, unlock the front door!" through the letter slot.
Iâ(TM)m sorry, Dave. Iâ(TM)m afraid I canâ(TM)t do that.
> Nobodies door got kicked in and nobody was in any legal trouble. The FBI IT > team contacted us and took a look, that was it. Nobody had guns to their heads.
Do you think the FBI would've been just as polite to Joe Sixpack?
> Not at all. What you are not taking into account is that electric vehicles > requires significantly less maintenance and electricity is cheap.
Electricity is cheap *TODAY*. Diesel fuel used to be a lot cheaper than gasoline. Then diesel cars became common, and the resulting demand pushed up diesel fuel prices. A big switchover from diesel fiel to electricity for trucks will push up electricity prices, and possibly lower diesel fuel prices. It's the demand side of supply and demand.
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> Helium is not exactly abundant here on Earth.
Hydrogen works very well too. It can be generated on site, on demand, using water and electricity or a controlled chemical reaction. Or it can be shipped in tanks like Helium. Hydrogen is used for radiosonde balloons http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Given that its payload will be radio gear, there's no worry of a Hindenburg-type disaster. Radio gear is replacable.
IMPORTANT: Block the following both inbound (cookies) and outbound ("Like" buttons") traffic
31.13.24.0/21
31.13.64.0/18
66.220.144.0/20
69.63.176.0/20
69.171.224.0/19
74.119.76.0/22
103.4.96.0/22
173.252.64.0/18
204.15.20.0/22
> ... although .. after we've all finally moved onto IPv6 networking, and
> all our home systems (not just well-run geek systems but also all Joe Public's
> PCs running Windows 17) are sitting on publically routable real addresses and
> *not* behind NATs, the situation won't be as comfortable any more.
That effing stupid setup is the brainchild of some braindead internet hippies...
1) If your ISP goes down for maintenace or a "backhoe incident", two machines at home won't be able to communicate.
2) I may have a fast router at home, and 2 PC's, all with gigabit ethernet. But if it goes over my 7 mbit down / 1 mbit up ADSL connection, copying files over will take forever.
3) Copying over a few hundred gigabytes of data from my old PC to a new replacement PC would destroy my monthly bandwidth quota.
4) I do *NOT* want my ISP to know what data I have on my PCs.
The way to go is to use link-local IPV6 addresses for all machines as per http://www.brocade.com/content... e.g. and I quote
> To override a link-local address that is automatically computed for an
> interface with a manually configured address, enter commands such as the following.
>
> device(config)#interface ethernet 3/1
> device(config-if-e1000-3/1)#ipv6 address
> FE80::240:D0FF:FE48:4672 link-local
>
> These commands explicitly configure the link-local address FE80::240:D0FF:FE48:4672 for Ethernet interface 3/1.
And then use a hosts file to give simple aliases like "mom", "dad", "billy", or "sue" to each machine. Bonus points for a DD/WRT variant, or ip6tables ruleset on a Raspberry Pi that consolidates all the internal link-local addresses into one external IPv6 address as far as the outside world is concerned. Repeat after me... IPv6 NAT.
> This ransomware here will encrypt attached devices - such as
> external usb drives - and any network share you may have access to.
>
> So even if you have backups, you can still get burned.
That's *NOT* how to backup. Three principles of successful backups...
1) Do *NOT* let the PC have write access to the backup system. Do not trust it to not f*** up external backups. Instead have the desktop PC share out directories (read-only access) so they can be copied by an external machine running linux/bsd/whatever.
2) Do *NOT* overwrite your backups. Use a proper versioning system. If a file is unchanged, don't make another copy. If it is changed *CREATE A SEPARATE COPY*. If you're running low on space, give read only access to the user and ask them to confirm that the latest file version is not screwed up. Then and only then have the backup machine delete older versions.
3) Set up random "tripwire files" that look like ordinary Word and Excel files... and tell the user *NOT* to touch them. Have the backup machine (with read only access) check the "tripwire files" every hour or so. If any of the files change, have the back up machine send an urgent email to IT to look into it *NOW*!
>> How do you give your child pocket money?
>
> Send it to their phone. Children can use WePay just as well as adults.
Lemeesee... after all the fighting to prevent kids (and their parents) from being ripped off with "in-game purchases", you now want your kid running around with a debit/credit card, or a phone hooked up to your credit card?!? No thanks. I'm sure that cellphone companies would just ***LOVE*** to have every family with a husband and wife and 2 kids end up with 4 cellphone accounts. And banks would just ***LOVE*** to charge that family 4 sets of annual fees for debit/credit cards.
The real reason was market monopoly, i.e. an attempt to lock out AMD. Here's the back story...
* Around 1980, IBM decided to put out an Apple ][ competitor machine, with potential sales of maybe a couple of hundred thousand during its lifetime production run
* "The IBM Way" included things like insisting on multiple sources for each component, so that no one supplier could demand higher fees on short notice, or go bankrupt and disrupt IBM's production capacity.
* Back then IBM was *BIG* in computing, and Intel was a lot smaller than today. So IBM got their way, and companies like AMD were licenced to produce clones of Intel 8088 cpus, as part of the contract that Intel got for supplying IBM.
* The IBM PC was introduced in August, 1981. Much to everybody's surprise, including IBM, it was a Y-U-U-U-U-U-G-E hit.
* The cpu used for the IBM AT was the 80286. Intel argued that it was sufficiently different from the 8088 that the second-sourcing licences didn't apply. AMD disagreed, pointing out that the 80286 could natively execute 8088 programs in hardware. I.e. it was a derivative of the 8088, and therefore subject to the licence.
* The case went to court, and AMD got their way. Part of the settlement was a more specific cross-licencing agreement between the 2 companies' IP in 8088/80286 and any future derivatives.
* Intel brought out the 80386/80486/80586 and AMD followed with their equivalant cpus. Intel was *PISSED* about
a) losing sales to AMD and
b) not being able to charge higher prices, due to competion
* So Intel decided to bring out a 64-bit cpu so radically different that it would not be covered by the 8088/80286-and-derivatives cross-licence. They wanted something/anything that competiors would not have the right to reproduce. Thus, the concept of the Itanium was born.
* The cpu was a total failure, being nicknamed "the Itanic". AMD's 64 bit cpus were backwards-compatable, and could execute 32-bit programs at full speed natively in hardware. The Itanium could only do painfully slow 32-bit emulation for existing programs.
* Intel had no choice but to follow AMD's lead and build backwards-compatable x86_64 cpus. Ironically, it was the cross-licencing agreement that AMD had won on court, which gave Intel the right to use AMD's 64-bit extensions.
With your large files shuttling back-and-forth beteween MS and your PC, watch internet usage skyrocket.
> This isn't about "I'm offended", this is about inciting riots.
There were riots in the US after Trump got elected. Your kind of logic would imply that voting for Trump should be illegal, because if enough people vote for Trump to elect him, some people will riot. Discuss.
> There is a benefit. Compatibility. Not even Intel who tried the impossible to kill
> the x86 with HP failed when AMD made 64 bit standard. Funny pentium IV's
> mysteriously started being 64 bit compabile. Hmm my hunch is Intel disabled
> it to make Itanium look better and with a simple patch enabled the other bits.
Yes, there was a conspiracy, but you've got it wrong.
* The original IBM PC ran on an 8088. This was an 8086, 16-bit real mode CPU, with an 8-bit bus. 16-bit peripherals were scarce back then.
* In the early 1980's, IBM was *THE BIG NAME* in computers, and Intel was much smaller than it is today. IBM, being IBM, demanded, and got, a "second source" written into the contracts for 8086/8088 CPUs. The biggest second source player happened to be AMD. There was also the NEC V20 CPU and Cyrix, and possibly other bit players.
* A few years later, Intel stepped up to the 80286 and AMD followed.
* Intel sued, claiming that the original "second source" clause did not cover the 80286. AMD fought it in court, claiming the 80286 was basically a derivative of the 8086/8088.
* Eventually, AMD got their way. The settlement gave them the right to manufacture 80286 and other derivatives descended from the 8086/8088. Part of the settlement involved cross-licencing IP in the 8088 and derivatives.
* Intel came out with 32-bit 80386. The "SX" version had a 16-bit bus, and the "DX" version had a 32-bit bus. AMD followed.
* Intel came out with the 80486 and 80586 (Pentium). Again, AMD followed. Intel was pissed.
* Now for the real conspiracy. Intel deliberately designed the 64-bit Itanium to be so totally different from the 8088-descended CPUs, that the cross-licencing agreement would not cover it. They pushed Itanium very hard, because they badly wanted a market-leading 64-bit CPU that AMD wouldn't have a cross-licence to clone.
* In response, AMD added 64-bit extensions to their Pentium4 clone. This gave them a backwards-compatible 64-bit CPU. Meanwhile, Intel's Itanium flopped badly, being nicknamed "Itanic" in the industry. Part of the problem was that Itanium could only run 32-bit Pentium-class software via painfully slow software emulation.
* Remember the cross-licencing agreement I've mentioned? It was a 2-way agreement. When the Itanium was obviously dead, Intel used the cross-licencing agreement to legally clone AMD's 64-bit extensions. That's how they were able to ramp up 64-bit x86_64 chips so quickly.
If you purchase anonymously with cash, there's no data to track.
> Well they sure as shit don't fit on a USB flash.
Ahemmm. $45 pesos^H^H^H^H Canadian dollars gets you a 64 gigabyte USB flash drive http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/pr...? That's somewhere around US$ $30 or $35. It'll easily hold a 53.3 gigabyte file. Just don't use FAT32 format, with its 4 gigabyte file-size limit.
> The intent is to avoid being tapped by aggressive regulators like the state of California forcing
> Alphabet to provide for recycling and waste disposal of their detritus. This startup offloads
> the costs into a money-losing bucksink that will lobby to keep the costs off Alphabet.
> With luck, they will get some government slush money to pay them for the effort too.
Tesla is not part of Alphabet. And you're too paranoid. This move makes perfect financial sense. The term is "vertical integration". If Tesla ever ramps up big time, they're going to need lots of raw materials, especially batteries. What better source of raw materials than recycled batteries?
>Trying to get that number to sink deep down in, I really am, but it's just not happening.
Apple gets just about all the industry's profits... http://www.reuters.com/article...
> For the second quarter, the company's net income rose to $11.03 billion, or
> $2.10 per share, compared with $10.52 billion, or $1.90 per share, a year earlier.
And, oh yeah, Apple now has a quarter of a ***TRILLION*** dollars of cash.
Try to get that to sink in.
> Citizens of the world buy more than a billion Android phones a year now.
"Losing money on every sale, but making up for it in volume" does not get you a quarter of a trillion in the bank. The goal of a business is to make a profit, and Apple is doing that very nicely, thank you. I am not an Apple fanboi, and do not own any Apple products. I have Dell PCs and a Samsung tablet at home, so I'm neutral here.
> Whether you're a politician trying to make congress see sense
> or simply a manager trying to halt an atrocious team-building plan,
It was a decades-long struggle to establish that female employees are not required to be their male boss's sex partners. The next struggle is establishing that male employees should not be required to be their male boss's beer buddies. "After hours team building excercise" is a euphemism form cruising the strip joints and crawling the pubs, and getting home 2:30 AM totally plastered.
The real problem is that IDIOT (Insecurely Designed Internet Of Things) devices can be accessed from the net via telnet, with default passwords, or even no passwords. I don't care if you're running linux, Windows, BSD, OS/2, or whatever; using telnet is begging to be owned.
Telnet is an ancient, insecure protocol, from "a kinder/gentler time". When DARPAnet was started as a US-only project, you needed security clearance to access a mainframe or mini computer that could access the net. Every April 1st, there would be spoofed messages from "KREMVAX" (Kremlin minicomputer); that was fun, and nobody seriously believed it would happen. Telnet was appropriate for the conditions at that time.
The authors of telnet had no way of knowing that DARPAnet would become accessable by the average person worldwide, and cheaply made crap devices, and organized criminals in 2nd and 3rd world countries.
http://www.dell.com/ca/p/inspi... Dell Inspiron 11" lattop/netbook with 4 gigabytes of ram and 32GB eMMC drive is $329.99 Canadian, which translates to $240 US, probably lower in the USA. We get shafted on prices here in Canada.
From a 2005 post https://pesn.com/archive/2005/...
Summary... the City of New Orleans is sinking, and sliding off the continental shelf. It's doomed even if sea levels did *NOT* rise.
> The river is moving away from the city. The city is sinking because of its
> weight, because no upbuilding by new muck for many decades, because of
> being cut off from the fresh water, because it is sliding off a cliff (the Continental Shelf),
> and because the Oil and Gas Industry is extracting oil out from under it.
> It is a city that for all intents and purposes is now Sea domain.
And, oh yeah, the very fact that ships can navigate from the Gulf of Mexico, up the Mississippi River is an anthropogenic artifact.
> To understand the City of New Orleans one must first understand the
> massive Mississippi River delta. New Orleans was built at the site of the old
> "French Quarter" on the high ground adjacent to the Mississippi river.
> This location was picked because the Mississippi River didn't have a mouth
> into the ocean. The river simply went into the "Black Swamp" and disappeared.
> This was where ships headed down river had to stop and unload their
> goods to be transshipped across Lake Pontchartrain to the sea. This was
> done by unloading the goods at the docks and then hauling them to the
> lake where shallow draft boats would take the goods to the seagoing ships.
>
> By using some ingenious methods, Henry Shreve -- after whom
> Shreveport, La., is named -- forced the river to dig its own channel out to
> the sea where it now goes. This allowed the ocean-going boats access to
> the enormous Mississippi river. This, together with the work of the US Army
> Corps of Engineers, produced what is functionally the largest ocean port on earth.
They pluck the low-hanging fruit. A quote from their own website... https://www.beanfield.com/resi...
> Beanfield is condos. We are primarily focused on servicing condominiums
> in high density areas at the moment. We are working as fast as
> we can to hook up as many buildings each month as possible.
The concept works great in downtown Toronto in a highrise condo. An average residence... not so much.
I wonder what their "new and improved replacement" for LinkedIn will look like.
> but alas the list of domains isn't included in the appendix.
Try blocking "*.in" for starters. https://registry.in/
Kevin Mitnick spent 5 years in jail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... and Aaron Swartz was prosecuted/persecuted to the point that he committed suicide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Meanwhile, Sony pulls off their rootkit exploit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... and now Burger King with "OK, Google", and nobody goes to prison. The takeaway lesson for cybercriminals... don't do anything as an individual; instead, incorporate as a multinational, and have the corporation do the dirty work, without risk of anyone going to jail.
> As a further point on home assistants, someone at Hackaday suggested that if you want
> to burgle a home, try shouting "Alexa, unlock the front door!" through the letter slot.
Iâ(TM)m sorry, Dave. Iâ(TM)m afraid I canâ(TM)t do that.
> Surely, you mean this one: https://www.xkcd.com/1807/
I'll see your XKCD and raise you a Dilbert http://dilbert.com/strip/1994-...
> Nobodies door got kicked in and nobody was in any legal trouble. The FBI IT
> team contacted us and took a look, that was it. Nobody had guns to their heads.
Do you think the FBI would've been just as polite to Joe Sixpack?
> Not at all. What you are not taking into account is that electric vehicles
> requires significantly less maintenance and electricity is cheap.
Electricity is cheap *TODAY*. Diesel fuel used to be a lot cheaper than gasoline. Then diesel cars became common, and the resulting demand pushed up diesel fuel prices. A big switchover from diesel fiel to electricity for trucks will push up electricity prices, and possibly lower diesel fuel prices. It's the demand side of supply and demand.