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  1. Settings to check: on The Hostile Email Landscape (liminality.xyz) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    0. Previous RBL history for the IP address and the block
    1. Not being an open relay for any amount of time while setting up
    2. Reverse DNS
    3. SPF
    4. SMTP server host name 5. Retry delay not less than 1 hour. And e-mail starts running.

  2. I want one. on USB Killer 2.0: a Harmless-Looking USB Stick That Destroys Computers · · Score: 1

    Seriously. People keep "borrowing" USB flashes from me all the time.

  3. Re:Diesel electric on Volkswagen Seeks To Repair Its Image By Focusing On Electric (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Large trucks, locomotives and ships are another case. They are not "hybrids" in a sense of having batteries, they have electric transmission which is heavier and more complex but scales better and is more efficient than mechanic or hydro. For the locomotives and mine dumpers, it also brings the option to run on overhead electricity. As for petrol/diesel, they differ a lot. Enough to make a 20-40% difference in overall car efficiency. First of all, diesel engine is much more efficient at partial or near-idle load. Idle consumption of the same car is about 1.1l/h gasoline or 0.4l/h diesel. Diesel has better torque distribution. Adding the mass of the battery to a diesel car generally has more effect than optimizing the engine load.

  4. Re:Diesel hybrids would be perfect for VW on Volkswagen Seeks To Repair Its Image By Focusing On Electric (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Diesel hybrid is a nonsense. I know they exist, but still the whole hybrid jazz is about overcoming problems of petrol engine the diesel just does not have.

  5. Re:Wood frame homes are expensive. on "E-mailable" House Snaps Together Without Nails (clemson.edu) · · Score: 1

    "So why can't these digital files be adapted to clay, brick or cement construction?" Because building using rock, clay, brick or cement has long-established local traditions everywhere. Such files will bring you nothing.

  6. Not really carbon-neutral. A lot of our food is not only indirectly dependent on fossil fuels, but contains direct oil/gas derivatives. And I didn't even started talking about cheap hard drinks. Or soda.

  7. Re:As a Canadian on Neutrino 'Flip' Discovery Earns Nobel For Japanese, Canadian Researchers · · Score: 1

    Well, it wasn't that good anyway.

  8. Re:500 million? on 500 Million Users At Risk of Compromise Via Unpatched WinRAR Bug · · Score: 1

    It is, well, optionally paid application. It nags you to pay if you open the main window, but it is mostly used as a shell extension (well, at least I use it that way). I decided to pay after years of hassle-free use.

  9. Re:More info needed on Misusing Ethernet To Kill Computer Infrastructure Dead · · Score: 1

    Yes, a disabled port is equally vulnerable to this kind of attack. Unless it is disabled by unplugging the cable.

  10. It even happens by itself - rain static! on Misusing Ethernet To Kill Computer Infrastructure Dead · · Score: 1

    A very cheap and popular internet access in my area are ISP 1Gbit (sometimes 100Mbit) cooper LANs, spanning few kilometers and tens of buildings in a residential environment. Cables are hooked between roofs and trees and a lot of network hops are near or at the 100m limit. Power for the switches is leeched from everywhere (users, street lights). And then, we have thunderstorms.

  11. Re:15? on The Long Reach of Windows 95 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not really a DOS application. DOS was an advanced bootloader (in modern terms) for Windows 95. W95 has it's own memory manager, cpu scheduler, device drivers and even DOS API emulation. You could not "close Windows" and go back to DOS without a reboot. In W3.11 it was pretty much possible.

  12. Re:we can fix this on Abusing Symbolic Links Like It's 1999 · · Score: 1

    Yes, it is bad. Even bad for the free software.

  13. Re:we can fix this on Abusing Symbolic Links Like It's 1999 · · Score: 2

    Good luck imposing this. You will simply kill the proprietary software in this jurisdiction.

  14. Re:we can fix this on Abusing Symbolic Links Like It's 1999 · · Score: 1

    Why only commercial?

  15. Re:Pointless on Arro Taxi App Arrives In NYC As 'Best Hope' Against Uber · · Score: 1

    The whole reason I use Uber is to find a driver with a clean car, clean clothes, good local language, good knowledge of the city, good driving skills, sane metering device, known rates and acceptable behavior. Mutual ratings and mutual GPS control in Uber make wonders. Our local taxi companies (Sofia, Bulgaria) use some forms of internet service for a decade but still struggle with the above basic customer needs.

  16. Re:If only I could convince the manufacturers ... on Google Relaxes Handset Makers' Requirements for "Must-Include" Android Apps · · Score: 1

    You will never have the "convincing power" of the FB company.

  17. Re:The. ignorance is strong in this one. on Cashless Adoption Growing In Europe · · Score: 1

    Nope. They don't use banks for their cashless efforts.

  18. Re:Don't worry on Cashless Adoption Growing In Europe · · Score: 1

    As soon as the lights go out or the servers are down, cash will be pretty much as useless as credit cards.

  19. Re:Oh hell no! on The Uber Economy Needs a New Category of Worker · · Score: 1

    Uber work also has pretty much enough similarities to "contract work". Uber decides where and when there IS work, contractor decides if and how it will be done (by him). And, PLEASE, I don't want my employer to pay for MY unemployment protection. YMMV, but I generally am much more efficient than the government.

  20. WHAT! COULD! GO! WRONG! on MasterCard To Approve Online Payments Using Your Selfies · · Score: 1

    And can I opt-out before the "payment method" is launched?

  21. Soon. on When Will Your Hard Drive Fail? · · Score: 1

    nuf said.

  22. Re: FTFY on DOJ Vs. Google: How Google Fights On Behalf of Its Users · · Score: 1

    "Those who pay" are still much less than "everyone". And the worst of them, the government, is a known bad payer. So even I am not OK with that I still prefer that.

  23. Re:Cheap Nokia have great reputation on Microsoft Hasn't Given Up On the Non-Smart Phones It Inherited From Nokia · · Score: 1

    Nokia dumb phones also have a good reputation in the first and the second world countries. They are good for older people or for those who prefer simplicity and battery life.

  24. Re:If it sounds too good to be true on Company Extends Alkaline Battery Life With Voltage Booster · · Score: 1

    Yep. It IS too good to be true.

    (1) an adequate electric device will drain a cell down to 0.9-0.8v. For a good 1.5v alkaline cell this is about 80% of the energy at all possible. Further, the internal resistance limits kick in. For a good 1.2v NiMH at 0.9v you are at 95%-or-something-like mark. Not much to save by draining more. "Salt" batteries leak electrolyte when drained too low.
    (2) booster efficiency. 'nuf said. Space constraints and the very small coil don't help either.
    (3) idle consumption = ?
    Generally, you can get at most 20% more on alkaline batteries in a very limited cases. In most cases, you'll get less or much less.

  25. Re:Info needed on Company Extends Alkaline Battery Life With Voltage Booster · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You cannot damage a single NiMH (or NiCd, for that matter) cell by simply draining it down to 0v. Well, you will have to use a "stupid" charger to wake it up afterwards, but the cell will be otherwise ok. Then again, you rarely use a single cell. Generally, you connect 2-4 of them in series. When you discharge them, they will hit the 0v in slightly different moments. The first one that gets to 0 will continue getting a discharge current and will actually go below zero (reverse polarity) with all the nasty things the reverse polarity does (electrolyte depletion, gas build-up and venting).