The beauty of the DNS "trick" is that a user requesting say "yadiyadi.com/media/cheez.mp4" in Norway would get one IP and a client in say Australia would get a completely different IP. This makes the whole CDN implementation a whole lot easier as you avoid the whole negotiation issue by having the domain resolve to different IPs based on the source of the request.
I ran one in high school where my laptop would even take proxy calls from other machines on the network. Sniffing msn conversations of the popular people is amusing as hell:p
I have my phone on silent when in meetings or in a classroom at training courses. With one very important functionality enabled.
Certain numbers are never silenced when the phone is in meeting mode. This is something I recently added as I missed a call from my mother about my grandfather dying in a car crash. Seeing a picture of your grandpa's car crashed to bits in the news before being told is a tad rough.
There are valid reasons for keeping the ringer active.
I am sorry, but your distraction of the sound going off in a classroom (and that of the rest of the class) is not of greater value to me than my family being able to get hold of me in an emergency. (I might add that my family has never, ever called me during normal business hours unless it -was- an emergency and we all have this agreement that if we -do- call it -is- an emergency).
I wish there was a simple way to make everyone happy when it comes to the phone and noise.. sadly there isnt. Just mediocre "will have to do" solutions.
ABB still support a huge number of plants running on "Conductor VMS" systems. They are so stable that the customers are reluctant to change;)
The problem with this is that there are few spare parts, few people with the needed skills and even fewer people who know how to -properly- set up the system.
The new HMI system is called 800xA and runs on top of Windows 2003 Server. Why?
I suspect money... And the ability to actually run it in a few years time when the old DEC hardware finally goes out of production:p
What people fail to get is that the control system functions do not run on the windows servers. The control loops and logic runs on dedicated controllers out in the field. What runs on the windows machines is the HMI or interface for operators. Getting access to the windows system doesnt mean you get access to the control functionality...
And for christ sake people, properly secure your removable media damnit..... You run the systems isolated for a reason! >.
Authority is mostly about who has physical access to the required 'big red button' so to speak.
If the control room is gone and you have major errors in the control system you could be in a state where it is not possible to call a general evacuation -or- operate equipment.
Such a state -must- cause everything to go to a fail-safe position. This is industry standard these days but was not in the past.
I'd add that when he/she says ESD is tested at least annually the test includes testing every single io-point in the whole ESD system.
In addition to the ESD system there is a PSD system which shuts down valves, motors, heaters and the likes if they enter dangerous levels. If this doesnt stop the issue and it reaches higher alarm levels ESD trips happen.
Having implemented controller logic at a major north sea installation I know a bit of what goes on and how things are tested...
Shit can happen, but the chance of a cascading failure that takes out the plant is extremely unlikely.
And Piper Alpha was a horrible incident. It had major industry impact and pretty much changed the safety system philosophy in place. Learning from the mistakes is important...
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Which wont matter if they drop the VGA output from the chipset. The physical dvi port has some of the pins connected to the VGA outputs on the chipset. If those outputs no longer exist then the vga signal obviously wont be available regardless of the dvi->vga wiring converters that come with most cards.
My personal view of Assange is that he is an assbag that shouldnt be the spokesperson of anything.
That doesnt really affect my view of wikileaks itself though. While I am skeptical to a lot of what they do and always question their motives (as one should... with anything really) I would rather they keep doing what they do than stop.
The world is going to shit quite fast at the moment and -something- has to change. I have no clue if what wikileaks is doing is the right way, but I sure have not seen any good alternatives to forced open-ness (so to speak..)
I had a broken CPU (DOA from the webshop) and had it returned on warranty.
The new one went out the next day with DHL "2 day shipping".
It took thirteen days for the CPU to arrive at my place... Why? DHL lost the warranty-paperwork they were given by intel. It took them -thirteen- days to get a copy of a damn slip of paper...
Intel were not amused when I called after a week asking what the holdup was.. Apparently DHL hadnt contacted them about it yet... Meh...
We ship a lot of sensitive equipment from where I work as we build control systems for oil rigs and other such fairly important sites.
If there is one thing you can be sure of is that we have both external and internal g-force sensors attached to the shipment. We also have tilt-sensor attached to anything we dont want tilted. If the transporter fucks up on that, they are usually in for a world of hurt. When you're shipping something which is supposed to control the emergency shutdown system at a gas plant you want it to arrive just as happy as it was when it left the building.
This costs, but you get what you pay for.
I usually have my personal packages (ebay, amazon etc) shipped to my work address for one interesting reason: When the package is going to a business they tend to be a weee bit more careful. They want to keep the business after all;)
One thing that surprised me a bit though.... UPS and USPS will send mail around the country on airplanes with a battery pack, a circuit board and various sensors in it?.... And TSA and the likes are worried about printer-toner?.... *facedesk*....
Apple was told to go nibble on a shotgun last time around by the norwegian consumer board;) Ripping dvds is legal, as is ripping bluray.
A while back someone pointed out that one of the laws being passed would make most of the politicians in the room criminals as they all had mp3-players. The law died faaast.
While I have a nagging worry in the back of my head I'm not -that- worried. Unlike the US system we have a myriad of political parties and there isnt really two big ones full of asshats in the same way.
Why would I ever buy a DVD? The last one I bought had a new idiotic 'mangled index' DRM scheme requiring me to get a patched dvd player to play it....
Until I get a workable online distribution system for movies I'll just spend my time doing something else.. Like playing games or *gasp* borrowing dvds from friends. Hell, here in Norway I'm legally allowed to make copies of media for close friends and family. DRM doesnt matter, I'm allowed to break it:D
So... fuck you RIAA and MPAA, I'm not giving you any more money until you cut this shit out.
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Um, I know it is early (6am here for me...) but which modern OS only supports one server?...
Win7 supports a long list if you so desire, as does linux...
Or did you typo? :p
The beauty of the DNS "trick" is that a user requesting say "yadiyadi.com/media/cheez.mp4" in Norway would get one IP and a client in say Australia would get a completely different IP. This makes the whole CDN implementation a whole lot easier as you avoid the whole negotiation issue by having the domain resolve to different IPs based on the source of the request.
This is overly simplified of course.
It works for the vast majority of users too.
ssh proxies ftw :p
I ran one in high school where my laptop would even take proxy calls from other machines on the network. Sniffing msn conversations of the popular people is amusing as hell :p
That would require quite a lot of permits.
It would also block a myriad of other functions, like access to the school resources like Its-learning/Fronter etc.
Trying to come up with a technical solution for people being irresponsible with their time is pointless. Use the energy on something productive :p
I have my phone on silent when in meetings or in a classroom at training courses. With one very important functionality enabled.
Certain numbers are never silenced when the phone is in meeting mode. This is something I recently added as I missed a call from my mother about my grandfather dying in a car crash. Seeing a picture of your grandpa's car crashed to bits in the news before being told is a tad rough.
There are valid reasons for keeping the ringer active.
I am sorry, but your distraction of the sound going off in a classroom (and that of the rest of the class) is not of greater value to me than my family being able to get hold of me in an emergency. (I might add that my family has never, ever called me during normal business hours unless it -was- an emergency and we all have this agreement that if we -do- call it -is- an emergency).
I wish there was a simple way to make everyone happy when it comes to the phone and noise.. sadly there isnt. Just mediocre "will have to do" solutions.
Or have cleaners that are not beyond stupid?
The server rooms where I do system work have special outlets set aside for "unclean" use like vacuums or power-tools.
Then again the cleaning crew knows enough to not break shit ;)
We're at least two people with this view :p
And as reiterated in various publications and on this very site over and over again....
Reclaiming IPv4 addresses is a waste of time as the reclaimed addresses will be used faster than one can reclaim more.
Band-aids wont work.
ABB still support a huge number of plants running on "Conductor VMS" systems. They are so stable that the customers are reluctant to change ;)
The problem with this is that there are few spare parts, few people with the needed skills and even fewer people who know how to -properly- set up the system.
The new HMI system is called 800xA and runs on top of Windows 2003 Server. Why?
I suspect money... And the ability to actually run it in a few years time when the old DEC hardware finally goes out of production :p
What people fail to get is that the control system functions do not run on the windows servers. The control loops and logic runs on dedicated controllers out in the field. What runs on the windows machines is the HMI or interface for operators. Getting access to the windows system doesnt mean you get access to the control functionality...
And for christ sake people, properly secure your removable media damnit..... You run the systems isolated for a reason! >.
Hell, I have emails from 97 and I'm 26 years old...
I have my father's punch cards from his university days in a box somewhere.
Then again, at work we have systems that still use 5.25 floppies for backup purposes (oil rig control systems... scary huh? :p)
Logic and sense?
We dont like your kind around here! *rawr*
Authority is mostly about who has physical access to the required 'big red button' so to speak.
If the control room is gone and you have major errors in the control system you could be in a state where it is not possible to call a general evacuation -or- operate equipment.
Such a state -must- cause everything to go to a fail-safe position. This is industry standard these days but was not in the past.
I'd add that when he/she says ESD is tested at least annually the test includes testing every single io-point in the whole ESD system.
In addition to the ESD system there is a PSD system which shuts down valves, motors, heaters and the likes if they enter dangerous levels. If this doesnt stop the issue and it reaches higher alarm levels ESD trips happen.
Having implemented controller logic at a major north sea installation I know a bit of what goes on and how things are tested...
Shit can happen, but the chance of a cascading failure that takes out the plant is extremely unlikely.
And Piper Alpha was a horrible incident. It had major industry impact and pretty much changed the safety system philosophy in place. Learning from the mistakes is important...
Which wont matter if they drop the VGA output from the chipset.
The physical dvi port has some of the pins connected to the VGA outputs on the chipset. If those outputs no longer exist then the vga signal obviously wont be available regardless of the dvi->vga wiring converters that come with most cards.
The issue isnt the port, it is the chipset.
Was thinking the same thing...
Mad fun for almost no money! :D
Comcast isnt blocking the website but the content distribution networks.
What happens is that the site works fine, but the videos wont play.
My personal view of Assange is that he is an assbag that shouldnt be the spokesperson of anything.
That doesnt really affect my view of wikileaks itself though. While I am skeptical to a lot of what they do and always question their motives (as one should... with anything really) I would rather they keep doing what they do than stop.
The world is going to shit quite fast at the moment and -something- has to change. I have no clue if what wikileaks is doing is the right way, but I sure have not seen any good alternatives to forced open-ness (so to speak..)
Yes, but this was a neat little scam to get free hardware from NI, not Apple ;)
Hell, that is what projects are for at universities even. To get new toys without a budget :p
I love me some samples. *cuddles his big box of free loot*
That is why you put one on the inside of the package. If the inside one is tripped but the outside is not, you know the shipper is fiddling with them.
We also commonly sign across the border of them with a sharpie-type pen to make it bloody hard to do just that.
Get this...
Intel uses DHL.
I had a broken CPU (DOA from the webshop) and had it returned on warranty.
The new one went out the next day with DHL "2 day shipping".
It took thirteen days for the CPU to arrive at my place... Why? DHL lost the warranty-paperwork they were given by intel. It took them -thirteen- days to get a copy of a damn slip of paper...
Intel were not amused when I called after a week asking what the holdup was.. Apparently DHL hadnt contacted them about it yet... Meh...
I hate fedex. Mostly because they chose to use a local company for deliveries here.
The local company has their own shipping labels.
So... My package has a fedex label with info like this on it:
John Geekman Doe
Squirrel street 123 apartment 321
Cityville 12345, Norway
Phone: +47 123-12-123
The local company label has everything but the apartment and phone number on it... BOTH labels are clearly readable...
I get to pick the package up at their distribution center 30 min out of the city because of an "Incomplete address information" problem....
Fuck em.
We ship a lot of sensitive equipment from where I work as we build control systems for oil rigs and other such fairly important sites.
If there is one thing you can be sure of is that we have both external and internal g-force sensors attached to the shipment. We also have tilt-sensor attached to anything we dont want tilted. If the transporter fucks up on that, they are usually in for a world of hurt.
When you're shipping something which is supposed to control the emergency shutdown system at a gas plant you want it to arrive just as happy as it was when it left the building.
This costs, but you get what you pay for.
I usually have my personal packages (ebay, amazon etc) shipped to my work address for one interesting reason: When the package is going to a business they tend to be a weee bit more careful. They want to keep the business after all ;)
One thing that surprised me a bit though.... UPS and USPS will send mail around the country on airplanes with a battery pack, a circuit board and various sensors in it?.... And TSA and the likes are worried about printer-toner?.... *facedesk*....
Apple was told to go nibble on a shotgun last time around by the norwegian consumer board ;)
Ripping dvds is legal, as is ripping bluray.
A while back someone pointed out that one of the laws being passed would make most of the politicians in the room criminals as they all had mp3-players. The law died faaast.
While I have a nagging worry in the back of my head I'm not -that- worried. Unlike the US system we have a myriad of political parties and there isnt really two big ones full of asshats in the same way.
Why would I ever buy a DVD? The last one I bought had a new idiotic 'mangled index' DRM scheme requiring me to get a patched dvd player to play it....
Until I get a workable online distribution system for movies I'll just spend my time doing something else.. Like playing games or *gasp* borrowing dvds from friends. Hell, here in Norway I'm legally allowed to make copies of media for close friends and family. DRM doesnt matter, I'm allowed to break it :D
So... fuck you RIAA and MPAA, I'm not giving you any more money until you cut this shit out.
Which is different to flash video how exactly? :p