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I would NOT pay for any email service. If anything I'd say use gmail or yahoo or something free. But... I would say no matter how hard they whine, they do not need an email account until perhaps junior high years or so (getting a job age, getting a drivers license age, somewhere in between). Instead if they're little and still in elementary school, I am just letting them use "mom & dad's" email account to email relatives or receive emails from friends, etc. That way I can filter what was sent and received. Kids that young do not need their own email account.
gct saysone species, Geochelone elephantopus, with 14 different races or sub-species, three of which are believed to be extinct.
So just to clarify, several races are extinct and this discusses bringing them back to life. The species itself though is not extinct... it's alive and well.
Exploit the Windows operating system cause the majority of users have it. Exploit Internet Explorer because the majority of users have it. Exploit Office products because the majority of users have it. Exploit Adobe's PDF format because the majority of users have it.
There is now Mac OS, various Linux distros, etc. There is FireFox, Opera, Chrome, etc. There is Open Office, etc. Maybe Adobe needs some good competition in the eyes of the public?
Do you think there is a correlation also to the fact that TV shows and Video Games desensitize people to real-world violence? Do right wingers play and watch less violence than left wingers? Thus... the right-wingers have not been desensitized and have more to fear and the left wingers have been desentized and fear nothing?
NASA this week awarded Lockheed Martin a $485 million contract to design, build and operate the spacecraft for NASA's 2013 space mission known as Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) program.
I would've done it for $420 million, but they never asked.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed comments offering suggestions for the trade agreement. Among its recommendations: Countries should allow investigators to treat piracy like organized crime, giving IP enforcement efforts additional resources used to fight organized crime. The RIAA also wants laws requiring ISPs to remove infringing materials posted by subscribers, the trade group said in its comments.
A 42-year-old fighter pilot has been chosen to become the first Chinese person to walk in space...
Zhai Zhigang, a colonel in the People's Liberation Army...His pressurised spacesuit, which cost up to 100 million yuan (15 million dollars), is largely based on Russian designs and will include two lifelines that will supply oxygen and communications
China is spending millions on space suits and America is spending millions on bailing out big corporations. Strange how that works, huh?
JoeRockHead: What is the status of good security tools for IPv6?
Fred_Wettling: We have found that several security tools (firewall, IDS, IPS) are ready for IPv6 traffic, others are at varying stages of maturity. While Microsoft should be applauded for its IPv6 deployment in its operating systems, it has not yet addressed IPv6 in its ISA Server that several organizations use for Internet traffic security logging. Current versions of Squid DO support IPv6. The "bad guys" are exploring the use of IPv6 to gain access to systems. A common approach is the use of tunnels that may be turned on in a default configuration... like Teredo, ISATAP or 6to4. Security awareness is important when deploying IPv6. A lot of potential risks can be solved with prudent configuration, including turning host-based tunnels OFF by default. Command Information has been doing some interesting work in this area.
Probably not many people on/. share my opinion... but I'd much rather spend hours in front of Tetris, Super Mario 3, Dig Dug, Frogger, Sonic, the original WarCraft, Sim City 2000, or some other classic... than waste my time and money on the latest and greatest resource hog.
>> Under current federal law, individuals can place a 90-day "fraud alert" on their credit files... merely notifies the consumer if an inquiry has been made
>> Under the proposed "Identity Theft Prevention Act," consumers would need to spend $30 to place a credit freeze on their files that covers all three major credit reporting bureaus.
>> Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and ranking Republican Ted Stevens (Alaska)
This is good, and also stunning... the stunning part being the fact that a Democrat and a Republican are actually working together.
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Nobody should be allowed to vote unless they provide their public key
I beg you to use this link instead of flipping thru all 8 pages
Well here's an actual list
I would NOT pay for any email service. If anything I'd say use gmail or yahoo or something free. But ... I would say no matter how hard they whine, they do not need an email account until perhaps junior high years or so (getting a job age, getting a drivers license age, somewhere in between). Instead if they're little and still in elementary school, I am just letting them use "mom & dad's" email account to email relatives or receive emails from friends, etc. That way I can filter what was sent and received. Kids that young do not need their own email account.
on my time sheet I record time spent on /. as Job Responsibility Training.
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"US" as in slashdot readers?
gct says one species, Geochelone elephantopus, with 14 different races or sub-species, three of which are believed to be extinct.
... it's alive and well.
So just to clarify, several races are extinct and this discusses bringing them back to life. The species itself though is not extinct
Exploit the Windows operating system cause the majority of users have it. Exploit Internet Explorer because the majority of users have it. Exploit Office products because the majority of users have it. Exploit Adobe's PDF format because the majority of users have it.
There is now Mac OS, various Linux distros, etc. There is FireFox, Opera, Chrome, etc. There is Open Office, etc. Maybe Adobe needs some good competition in the eyes of the public?
From: Christopher Li
Andrey reports e1000 corruption, and that a patch in vmware's ESX fixed it.
The EEPROM corruption is triggered by concurrent access of the EEPROM read/write. Putting a lock around it solve the problem.
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Do you think there is a correlation also to the fact that TV shows and Video Games desensitize people to real-world violence? Do right wingers play and watch less violence than left wingers? Thus ... the right-wingers have not been desensitized and have more to fear and the left wingers have been desentized and fear nothing?
NASA this week awarded Lockheed Martin a $485 million contract to design, build and operate the spacecraft for NASA's 2013 space mission known as Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) program.
I would've done it for $420 million, but they never asked.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed comments offering suggestions for the trade agreement. Among its recommendations: Countries should allow investigators to treat piracy like organized crime, giving IP enforcement efforts additional resources used to fight organized crime. The RIAA also wants laws requiring ISPs to remove infringing materials posted by subscribers, the trade group said in its comments.
Organized crime?
I was reading about the fighter pilot china chose ( http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080916/world/china_space ), and this is crazy ...
A 42-year-old fighter pilot has been chosen to become the first Chinese person to walk in space... Zhai Zhigang, a colonel in the People's Liberation Army...His pressurised spacesuit, which cost up to 100 million yuan (15 million dollars), is largely based on Russian designs and will include two lifelines that will supply oxygen and communications
China is spending millions on space suits and America is spending millions on bailing out big corporations. Strange how that works, huh?
JoeRockHead: What is the status of good security tools for IPv6?
... like Teredo, ISATAP or 6to4. Security awareness is important when deploying IPv6. A lot of potential risks can be solved with prudent configuration, including turning host-based tunnels OFF by default. Command Information has been doing some interesting work in this area.
Fred_Wettling: We have found that several security tools (firewall, IDS, IPS) are ready for IPv6 traffic, others are at varying stages of maturity. While Microsoft should be applauded for its IPv6 deployment in its operating systems, it has not yet addressed IPv6 in its ISA Server that several organizations use for Internet traffic security logging. Current versions of Squid DO support IPv6. The "bad guys" are exploring the use of IPv6 to gain access to systems. A common approach is the use of tunnels that may be turned on in a default configuration
the food IN the plastic is causing the heart disease?
Probably not many people on /. share my opinion ... but I'd much rather spend hours in front of Tetris, Super Mario 3, Dig Dug, Frogger, Sonic, the original WarCraft, Sim City 2000, or some other classic ... than waste my time and money on the latest and greatest resource hog.
you can try to barter with somebody.
You can get one on eBay for like $6.50, with Tetris. What else do you need?
"Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets!"
>> Under current federal law, individuals can place a 90-day "fraud alert" on their credit files ... merely notifies the consumer if an inquiry has been made
>> Under the proposed "Identity Theft Prevention Act," consumers would need to spend $30 to place a credit freeze on their files that covers all three major credit reporting bureaus.
>> Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and ranking Republican Ted Stevens (Alaska)
This is good, and also stunning ... the stunning part being the fact that a Democrat and a Republican are actually working together.
Yes, even Howard Stern's own site says he's on Sirius.
And wiki says it too.
The posting is wrong.
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