I would like to use SpiderOak, especially if they open-source their entire client code. But CrashPlan's unlimited space makes it a nearly unbeatable deal. I like not having to worry about usage, and being able to dig up an old, accidentally-deleted file long after it's gone. Decisions, decisions...
Can you point to any studies indicating that the brain ever benefits from losing cells?
The brain is not like a CPU that only does integer math, so removing the FPU saves a few mW. Nor is it like a car engine, which more efficiently propels a car if the A/C is disengaged.
I usually detest this response, but I think it's justified here: Citation needed. Generalization detected.
What is "distracted" anyway? If I need to pee really bad, is that distracted, and therefore illegal? Would I therefore be legally required to stop and relieve myself on the shoulder, or stop and wait for...help?
What's illegal is driving recklessly and running into things with your car, regardless of how much attention you were paying.
Getting them off the market does the MPEG-LA no good.
Sure it would: without free programs like VLC and mplayer, people would have to buy programs to play DVDs and BDs, which would result in more licensing fees, or use systems like iTunes and Netflix, which already pay licensing fees.
I think the reason they haven't pursued it is probably a combination of foreign legal jurisdictions and that it would cost more money than they would recover. But if, for example, Google started shipping x264 without paying MPEG-LA for it, you can be sure they'd sue.
I'm also using CrashPlan because, despite being Java and closed-source, it works very well and is a bargain.
The best alternatives include using generic storage services (like rsync.net or VPS hosting) and software like Duplicity, Obnam, or encfs+sshfs+whatever-backup-software-you-want. The problem with these is that the price per GB is much higher than with CrashPlan. And while encfs on top of sshfs works, it's pretty slow and probably unsuitable for more than a few hundred MB of data.
If you don't trust CrashPlan, you could use it to back up an encrypted filesystem, either an image (which would require constant block checksumming, but would work), or a file-based one like encfs or eCryptfs. Of course, it does run as root, so if you really don't trust it, you could run it on a separate system and share the encrypted data files over a network.
Or you could always use zip files and GPG and physical media. (And you probably should, even if you use online backup. Having an old physical backup saved me once, because deleted files don't appear on new backups.)
Your example is not an example of an ICU ward. An ICU ward is not one nurse watching a screen of heart monitors and going on 10-minute walks across the hospital to pick up lab test results. An ICU ward is a room of patients in critical condition staffed by dedicated personnel who can quickly run to any patient when their monitoring equipment starts to sound a loud alarm.
Worse yet, perhaps the hospital is in a rural area and they may not have the personnel 24/7...
So a hospital with only patients, no staff? That's called Home Health with LifeAlert. Where do you come up with this stuff? You're making no sense at all.
What's the matter with you? He's pointing out the absurdity of the ruling by following their reasoning to its logical conclusions. You are the one making personal attacks and failing to comprehend his writing. He's on your side. Good grief. Internet...
Some things that help are Lazarus, and AdBlock Plus (if you trust it to block most third-party garbage, you can enable scripts by default, at least for top-level domains).
You think that's bad? Try using AdBlock Plus, NoScript, Cookie Monster, and RequestPolicy. It's actually impossible to order a Domino's pizza online now. (But Papa John's works.)
It has an option to allow scripts from top-level domains by default. That combined with adblock and whitelisting stuff like jquery.com is probably good enough.
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Interesting. Do they actually use schemes like that? I don't think I've heard that recommended as a good idea before.
I would like to use SpiderOak, especially if they open-source their entire client code. But CrashPlan's unlimited space makes it a nearly unbeatable deal. I like not having to worry about usage, and being able to dig up an old, accidentally-deleted file long after it's gone. Decisions, decisions...
I may be lazy, but at least I don't make unsubstantiated generalizations...most of the time.
...You mean OpenBSD? Do you not know what you're talking about, or was that just a brain cramp? :p
Or to losing brain cells.
Can you point to any studies indicating that the brain ever benefits from losing cells?
The brain is not like a CPU that only does integer math, so removing the FPU saves a few mW. Nor is it like a car engine, which more efficiently propels a car if the A/C is disengaged.
Maybe if you didn't pull so many all-nighters...
It's not legal to drive while distracted
I usually detest this response, but I think it's justified here: Citation needed. Generalization detected.
What is "distracted" anyway? If I need to pee really bad, is that distracted, and therefore illegal? Would I therefore be legally required to stop and relieve myself on the shoulder, or stop and wait for...help?
What's illegal is driving recklessly and running into things with your car, regardless of how much attention you were paying.
Getting them off the market does the MPEG-LA no good.
Sure it would: without free programs like VLC and mplayer, people would have to buy programs to play DVDs and BDs, which would result in more licensing fees, or use systems like iTunes and Netflix, which already pay licensing fees.
I think the reason they haven't pursued it is probably a combination of foreign legal jurisdictions and that it would cost more money than they would recover. But if, for example, Google started shipping x264 without paying MPEG-LA for it, you can be sure they'd sue.
I'm also using CrashPlan because, despite being Java and closed-source, it works very well and is a bargain.
The best alternatives include using generic storage services (like rsync.net or VPS hosting) and software like Duplicity, Obnam, or encfs+sshfs+whatever-backup-software-you-want. The problem with these is that the price per GB is much higher than with CrashPlan. And while encfs on top of sshfs works, it's pretty slow and probably unsuitable for more than a few hundred MB of data.
If you don't trust CrashPlan, you could use it to back up an encrypted filesystem, either an image (which would require constant block checksumming, but would work), or a file-based one like encfs or eCryptfs. Of course, it does run as root, so if you really don't trust it, you could run it on a separate system and share the encrypted data files over a network.
Or you could always use zip files and GPG and physical media. (And you probably should, even if you use online backup. Having an old physical backup saved me once, because deleted files don't appear on new backups.)
Password lists?
Your example is not an example of an ICU ward. An ICU ward is not one nurse watching a screen of heart monitors and going on 10-minute walks across the hospital to pick up lab test results. An ICU ward is a room of patients in critical condition staffed by dedicated personnel who can quickly run to any patient when their monitoring equipment starts to sound a loud alarm.
Worse yet, perhaps the hospital is in a rural area and they may not have the personnel 24/7...
So a hospital with only patients, no staff? That's called Home Health with LifeAlert. Where do you come up with this stuff? You're making no sense at all.
Air-gapping is part of securing critical infrastructure. A major part. Or it should be.
What's the matter with you? He's pointing out the absurdity of the ruling by following their reasoning to its logical conclusions. You are the one making personal attacks and failing to comprehend his writing. He's on your side. Good grief. Internet...
The what?
Welcome to Slashdo...oh, you have been here for a while...
HOSTS!!!
Here are some to check out:
[ ] Conkeror (Gecko/XULRunner, emacs/vi-inspired)
[ ] xxxterm
[ ] jumanji
[ ] uzbl
[ ] luakit (said to be very good)
[ ] dwb
[ ] QupZilla
[ ] vimprobable2
AdBlock Plus is your friend.
Google is the primary source of funding for Mozilla. If Mozilla dies, Ff will be forked and will live on, just like Netscape was forked.
Tried Pentadactyl?
I don't blame them for disabling those. Pretty boring stuff.
Who is clamoring for a Firefox application marketplace? Mozilla? I thought so.
Who is clamoring for Firefox to be Firefox? The users? I thought so.
Mozilla Marketplace? Who asked for that? I just want my stinking web browser! Geesh, I almost want to dig up Phoenix 0.6 and run it in WINE.
Sad but true.
Some things that help are Lazarus, and AdBlock Plus (if you trust it to block most third-party garbage, you can enable scripts by default, at least for top-level domains).
You think that's bad? Try using AdBlock Plus, NoScript, Cookie Monster, and RequestPolicy. It's actually impossible to order a Domino's pizza online now. (But Papa John's works.)
It has an option to allow scripts from top-level domains by default. That combined with adblock and whitelisting stuff like jquery.com is probably good enough.