When travelling to a Police State, such as the US:
1. Always have the name, address and telephone number of someone you "are staying with" on hand. Note that in the states, a phone number that contains "xxx-555-yyyy" is bogus (used only in the movies).
2. When asked how you know the person, use something vague and unverifiable, such as "We met on holiday in Canada," "we went to school together," etc.
3. When they ask you for your driver's license number or other identifying number from a card that you don't have a reason to carry, simply state "I don't remember." DO NOT SMILE WHEN YOU SAY THAT!
4. Never crack jokes. Police State Officials who have a sense of humour are usually sent to "reeducation centre" to have it removed.
5. Playing dumb always works.
Ironically, when travelling to an actual police state (well, some would consider it a police state), Cuba, it is much easier. Just show that you have a place to stay, economic self-sufficiency (i.e. you will be able to pay the airport tax on the way out;)) and a plane ticket back out, all done during visa application, and you're good to go. They are friendly, and give you a minimum of hassle compared to every post-9/11 time I've been in America....
Ummm... he means reasonable care to ensure that the gun does not kill people. After all, we all know that P2P apps shouldn't do illegal things if the user clicks on the wrong button (and if it does, then it should be stopped). People who kill people with a gun usually do it willfully and people who use P2P illegally do so willingly.
Well, this isn't even an option in my career (pilot) since the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots (and all commercial pilots, I think) is 60. Until legislation distinguishes between real age and synthetic age (for lack of a better term), this won't really work.
But, yeah, it is an interesting concept.
I don't really want to live much past 80 or 90. Now, if I could look and act like I were 20... it might be a different story. I, for one, am more concerned about premature death due to the stupidity of humanity in general, not due to age. I imagine after 100 years, you don't want to live too much. All the Guiness recordholders for age seem to have no quality of life whatsoever.
It seems that people consistently prefer PostgreSQL over MySQL (which I currently use). I use my database for things like trying out CMSs on my personal server (definitely not mission-critical!) and storing my music collection for amarok. Is there some way I can use Postgre for all these MySQL-only things? I want to try it, as MySQL seems kinda... old.
There are large sections of code that havent been touched since 1.x releases. Linux frankly runs for shit on anything other than x86, despite all the claims of all the different systems it runs on. Too much PC specific cruft.
As much as I support having a universal system that can be used on many architectures, Linux was designed for x86, hence its best performance will be on x86. If you need it, or want it, on other systems, you can, but don't expect the same level of performance. If, for example, Mac OS X (a good OS, IMO) were ported to x86, it would not run half as well as on Apple (until a lot of small bugs got worked out). Besides, except in the server market (not to discount its importance), there is very little other than x86. If you run PPC, there is a Unix-like OS with a pretty interface and a lot of ports from Linux, and if you need linux, it's there. And may I remind you that Linux is still the only desktop OS to have 64-bit support:)
1. Hub - A device which accepts the packets from multiple network connections, and distributes them to each other connection.
2. Switch - Like a hub, except it detects (via MAC address I think) which connection should receive the data.
3. Router - A device which handles the routing of packets to the correct place on a network.
4. Firewall - A piece of software, sometimes running on a dedicated piece of hardware, designed to keep your system safe from hackers, usually via closing ports. This does not count any backdoors or spyware you may download, which, usually unless custom restrictions are in effect, will be able to "phone home" without any interference from the firewall. I believe ZoneAlarm, for one, has a warning if this ocurrs.
5. NAT - Short for Network Address Translation, a system by which computers on a private LAN are able to access the Internet via a device set up to perform NAT. The NAT/Router takes the request of a computer on the LAN, and routes it to the proper destination using its own public IP address. When the response comes back, it then routes it to the proper computer. In many cases, specific ports may be forwarded to the necessary boxes on the LAN, so you don't need one box providing routing, NAT, webserver, etc... This may be added to the functionality of a router, provided that the router in question would require NAT.
6. Proxy - A bit fuzzy on this one. This is quite similar to NAT (described above), except that it is done over a WAN, usually the Internet, and is usually done for the purpose of using an IP address other than your own, for anonymity reasons (to avoid a ban, or content filtering restrictions).
7. Modem - A device that may be internal or external, designed to convert various methods of transport (cable, phone line, etc) into a usable network for a computer (PPP or Ethernet).
For any given TCP or UDP connection, yes, I know that it must travel through several routers. I mistakenly said router when I meant something else. Each router uses a series of routing tables to figure out where the packet must go. This is repeated until the packet finds the correct destination (where it then might be NAT'd if the destination is on a private LAN).
1. Hub - A device which accepts the packets from multiple network connections, and distributes them to each other connection.
2. Switch - Like a hub, except it detects (via MAC address I think) which connection should receive the data.
3. Router - A device which handles the routing of packets to the correct place on a network.
4. Firewall - A piece of software, sometimes running on a dedicated piece of hardware, designed to keep your system safe from hackers, usually via closing ports. This does not count any backdoors or spyware you may download, which, usually unless custom restrictions are in effect, will be able to "phone home" without any interference from the firewall. I believe ZoneAlarm, for one, has a warning if this ocurrs.
5. NAT - Short for Network Address Translation, a system by which computers on a private LAN are able to access the Internet via a device set up to perform NAT. The NAT/Router takes the request of a computer on the LAN, and routes it to the proper destination using its own public IP address. When the response comes back, it then routes it to the proper computer. In many cases, specific ports may be forwarded to the necessary boxes on the LAN, so you don't need one box providing routing, NAT, webserver, etc... This may be added to the functionality of a router, provided that the router in question would require NAT.
6. Proxy - A bit fuzzy on this one. This is quite similar to NAT (described above), except that it is done over a WAN, usually the Internet, and is usually done for the purpose of using an IP address other than your own, for anonymity reasons (to avoid a ban, or content filtering restrictions).
7. Modem - A device that may be internal or external, designed to convert various methods of transport (cable, phone line, etc) into a usable network for a computer (PPP or Ethernet).
All happy now?
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Yes, but a lot of us (including me) come close to worshipping it as a god... that has to be worth something, no?
I do mean NAT/hardware firewall/router thingy. And, yeah, my point was that there are enough unprotected boxes out there that it doesn't make sense to hack through said NAT/firewall device, unless there was sure to be something tempting on the other side, in much the same way that having a deadbolt will protect you from most home breakins.
I am happy to hear this, as I run a linux box. These reports are mostly moot, however, because a router will deter all but hackers with a reason to pwn your box, and there is little reason to do so to a home computer. My unfirewalled SP1 Windows XP box has faired similarly to my linux box, with just a bit of spyware.
Well, given that Allofmp3 was given permission to distribute this music based on Russian laws, which state that the ROMS (Russian Media something) has copyright to all media distributed within Russia, I would like to see what would happen if the Russian government went back on their word (hint: it involves a massive loss of credibility).
True (I am another allofmp3 customer). But it is so cheap that it is almost free, and it is much easier to find what you want, and there is a full preview to make sure it's the right song. Also, there is some guarantee of quality (a 384kb/s mp3 reencoded to 192-ogg is still better than most of the 128kb/s mp3s that you can find on filesharing networks). Also, with Online Encoding Exclusive (which costs twice as much) it uses the original CDDA data as the source, meaning that there is no quality hit, and a full CD would still be between 1 and 2 dollars American.
Although the Airbus A380 may be able to hold 800 people, it will certainly never do so, as it is only certified for up to 580 passengers, if I remember correctly (or possibly 540). Also, some airlines, like Singapore, are planning to further reduce the number of seats and offer it as something of a premium service, with extra room and amenities.
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First of all, let me say that you take things a bit too seriously for my tastes. Secondly, how does this relate to my comment, the intent of which is to show that an anime producer's name should not be assumed to be common geek knowledge, like, say, Linus Torvalds or Bill Gates. I think what you speak of is important, but of limited scope. I am not saying that no one likes anime, but I am saying that, outside of several key points, it will have no greater effect on the world than the GNAA when all is said and done.
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Firstly I'm not an American. Secondly, I have traveled from South Africa to Brazil to Cuba and so on, so I'm fairly culturally literate. I'd say that America (and to some extent Canada) is actually one of the more anime-influenced cultures outside of Japan, because, let's face it, it's a very Japan-centric sort of thing and Japan is a trendy concept these days. International culture is not the topic of slashdot. If there were such a site, I would expect to see such articles; slashdot is about geekdom and such things. Anime is one of the more appaling fads to hit the geek community. Not to mention the true roots of the genre are hardly ever shown to an audience outside Japan, as they are usually violent or sexual; I don't mind that. And the intent of my first comment was not that anime is bad and useless, it was that a director thereof should not be assumed to be universally known and loved.
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Or... or maybe it's because some people don't watch anime and don't have wet dreams about fellating an anime artist!! Could that possibly be it??? Oooh, how about, because, unlike Torvalds or Hawking, he has no impact on anything tangent to reality???
(Not that I am supportive of anyone's attempts to fellate Linus Torvalds either).
Some car drivers stopped driving because it was quite a bit of work putting gas in their car. And don't even get me started about filling the tires with air...
Since when does communist equate with totalitarian dictator? Granted, it more often then not turns out this way, sadly, the communist==dictator relationship is Western Cold War propaganda.
How can anti-MS people *not* insult Microsoft when Microsoft seems so very intent in giving them every reason? Although, I must say that it has become so easy it's no fun anymore.
I have linux installed and working on my Powerbook, a machine from before Apple made it not insanely hard to install Linux. You will only miss out on some of the linux commercial programs (and I believe some come for ppc). There are a wide variety of ppc distros, and linux remains the only OS to support full 64-bit computing (although it won't affect the mac mini). I'm looking at (in the future) ditching my x86 cheap box, and buying this, in addition to keeping my Windows box for games. This is the first mac I might actually consider.
Wow... you have my undying gratitude and respect for that. How did you do that, out of curiosity? This would be a welcome solution for many wardriver-victims... post a guide, perhaps?
Then maybe the guy shouldn't have been using a laser in such situations. The truth is that a blinded pilot constitutes a significant danger to the public. I mean, in Israel, suicide bombers kill maybe 20 people in an attack. A "laser painter" could kill 200-1000. Intent or not, it should be punished, and the activity should be stopped.
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1. Always have the name, address and telephone number of someone you "are staying with" on hand. Note that in the states, a phone number that contains "xxx-555-yyyy" is bogus (used only in the movies).
2. When asked how you know the person, use something vague and unverifiable, such as "We met on holiday in Canada," "we went to school together," etc.
3. When they ask you for your driver's license number or other identifying number from a card that you don't have a reason to carry, simply state "I don't remember." DO NOT SMILE WHEN YOU SAY THAT!
4. Never crack jokes. Police State Officials who have a sense of humour are usually sent to "reeducation centre" to have it removed.
5. Playing dumb always works.
Ironically, when travelling to an actual police state (well, some would consider it a police state), Cuba, it is much easier. Just show that you have a place to stay, economic self-sufficiency (i.e. you will be able to pay the airport tax on the way out ;)) and a plane ticket back out, all done during visa application, and you're good to go. They are friendly, and give you a minimum of hassle compared to every post-9/11 time I've been in America....
Just what I said: legislation has to catch up to the new immortality thing... It's like on Futurama, "You should leave science to the 120 year olds!"
Ummm... he means reasonable care to ensure that the gun does not kill people. After all, we all know that P2P apps shouldn't do illegal things if the user clicks on the wrong button (and if it does, then it should be stopped). People who kill people with a gun usually do it willfully and people who use P2P illegally do so willingly.
Well, this isn't even an option in my career (pilot) since the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots (and all commercial pilots, I think) is 60. Until legislation distinguishes between real age and synthetic age (for lack of a better term), this won't really work. But, yeah, it is an interesting concept.
I don't really want to live much past 80 or 90. Now, if I could look and act like I were 20... it might be a different story. I, for one, am more concerned about premature death due to the stupidity of humanity in general, not due to age. I imagine after 100 years, you don't want to live too much. All the Guiness recordholders for age seem to have no quality of life whatsoever.
It seems that people consistently prefer PostgreSQL over MySQL (which I currently use). I use my database for things like trying out CMSs on my personal server (definitely not mission-critical!) and storing my music collection for amarok. Is there some way I can use Postgre for all these MySQL-only things? I want to try it, as MySQL seems kinda... old.
As much as I support having a universal system that can be used on many architectures, Linux was designed for x86, hence its best performance will be on x86. If you need it, or want it, on other systems, you can, but don't expect the same level of performance. If, for example, Mac OS X (a good OS, IMO) were ported to x86, it would not run half as well as on Apple (until a lot of small bugs got worked out). Besides, except in the server market (not to discount its importance), there is very little other than x86. If you run PPC, there is a Unix-like OS with a pretty interface and a lot of ports from Linux, and if you need linux, it's there. And may I remind you that Linux is still the only desktop OS to have 64-bit support :)
2. Switch - Like a hub, except it detects (via MAC address I think) which connection should receive the data.
3. Router - A device which handles the routing of packets to the correct place on a network.
4. Firewall - A piece of software, sometimes running on a dedicated piece of hardware, designed to keep your system safe from hackers, usually via closing ports. This does not count any backdoors or spyware you may download, which, usually unless custom restrictions are in effect, will be able to "phone home" without any interference from the firewall. I believe ZoneAlarm, for one, has a warning if this ocurrs.
5. NAT - Short for Network Address Translation, a system by which computers on a private LAN are able to access the Internet via a device set up to perform NAT. The NAT/Router takes the request of a computer on the LAN, and routes it to the proper destination using its own public IP address. When the response comes back, it then routes it to the proper computer. In many cases, specific ports may be forwarded to the necessary boxes on the LAN, so you don't need one box providing routing, NAT, webserver, etc... This may be added to the functionality of a router, provided that the router in question would require NAT.
6. Proxy - A bit fuzzy on this one. This is quite similar to NAT (described above), except that it is done over a WAN, usually the Internet, and is usually done for the purpose of using an IP address other than your own, for anonymity reasons (to avoid a ban, or content filtering restrictions).
7. Modem - A device that may be internal or external, designed to convert various methods of transport (cable, phone line, etc) into a usable network for a computer (PPP or Ethernet).
For any given TCP or UDP connection, yes, I know that it must travel through several routers. I mistakenly said router when I meant something else. Each router uses a series of routing tables to figure out where the packet must go. This is repeated until the packet finds the correct destination (where it then might be NAT'd if the destination is on a private LAN).
All happy now?
1. Hub - A device which accepts the packets from multiple network connections, and distributes them to each other connection. 2. Switch - Like a hub, except it detects (via MAC address I think) which connection should receive the data. 3. Router - A device which handles the routing of packets to the correct place on a network. 4. Firewall - A piece of software, sometimes running on a dedicated piece of hardware, designed to keep your system safe from hackers, usually via closing ports. This does not count any backdoors or spyware you may download, which, usually unless custom restrictions are in effect, will be able to "phone home" without any interference from the firewall. I believe ZoneAlarm, for one, has a warning if this ocurrs. 5. NAT - Short for Network Address Translation, a system by which computers on a private LAN are able to access the Internet via a device set up to perform NAT. The NAT/Router takes the request of a computer on the LAN, and routes it to the proper destination using its own public IP address. When the response comes back, it then routes it to the proper computer. In many cases, specific ports may be forwarded to the necessary boxes on the LAN, so you don't need one box providing routing, NAT, webserver, etc... This may be added to the functionality of a router, provided that the router in question would require NAT. 6. Proxy - A bit fuzzy on this one. This is quite similar to NAT (described above), except that it is done over a WAN, usually the Internet, and is usually done for the purpose of using an IP address other than your own, for anonymity reasons (to avoid a ban, or content filtering restrictions). 7. Modem - A device that may be internal or external, designed to convert various methods of transport (cable, phone line, etc) into a usable network for a computer (PPP or Ethernet). All happy now?
Yes, but a lot of us (including me) come close to worshipping it as a god... that has to be worth something, no?
I do mean NAT/hardware firewall/router thingy. And, yeah, my point was that there are enough unprotected boxes out there that it doesn't make sense to hack through said NAT/firewall device, unless there was sure to be something tempting on the other side, in much the same way that having a deadbolt will protect you from most home breakins.
I am happy to hear this, as I run a linux box. These reports are mostly moot, however, because a router will deter all but hackers with a reason to pwn your box, and there is little reason to do so to a home computer. My unfirewalled SP1 Windows XP box has faired similarly to my linux box, with just a bit of spyware.
Well, given that Allofmp3 was given permission to distribute this music based on Russian laws, which state that the ROMS (Russian Media something) has copyright to all media distributed within Russia, I would like to see what would happen if the Russian government went back on their word (hint: it involves a massive loss of credibility).
True (I am another allofmp3 customer). But it is so cheap that it is almost free, and it is much easier to find what you want, and there is a full preview to make sure it's the right song. Also, there is some guarantee of quality (a 384kb/s mp3 reencoded to 192-ogg is still better than most of the 128kb/s mp3s that you can find on filesharing networks). Also, with Online Encoding Exclusive (which costs twice as much) it uses the original CDDA data as the source, meaning that there is no quality hit, and a full CD would still be between 1 and 2 dollars American.
Although the Airbus A380 may be able to hold 800 people, it will certainly never do so, as it is only certified for up to 580 passengers, if I remember correctly (or possibly 540). Also, some airlines, like Singapore, are planning to further reduce the number of seats and offer it as something of a premium service, with extra room and amenities.
First of all, let me say that you take things a bit too seriously for my tastes. Secondly, how does this relate to my comment, the intent of which is to show that an anime producer's name should not be assumed to be common geek knowledge, like, say, Linus Torvalds or Bill Gates. I think what you speak of is important, but of limited scope. I am not saying that no one likes anime, but I am saying that, outside of several key points, it will have no greater effect on the world than the GNAA when all is said and done.
Firstly I'm not an American. Secondly, I have traveled from South Africa to Brazil to Cuba and so on, so I'm fairly culturally literate. I'd say that America (and to some extent Canada) is actually one of the more anime-influenced cultures outside of Japan, because, let's face it, it's a very Japan-centric sort of thing and Japan is a trendy concept these days. International culture is not the topic of slashdot. If there were such a site, I would expect to see such articles; slashdot is about geekdom and such things. Anime is one of the more appaling fads to hit the geek community. Not to mention the true roots of the genre are hardly ever shown to an audience outside Japan, as they are usually violent or sexual; I don't mind that. And the intent of my first comment was not that anime is bad and useless, it was that a director thereof should not be assumed to be universally known and loved.
Or... or maybe it's because some people don't watch anime and don't have wet dreams about fellating an anime artist!! Could that possibly be it??? Oooh, how about, because, unlike Torvalds or Hawking, he has no impact on anything tangent to reality???
(Not that I am supportive of anyone's attempts to fellate Linus Torvalds either).
I'm not saying that there haven't been communist dicatorships... I'm saying that true communism doesn't rely on dictatorships.
Some car drivers stopped driving because it was quite a bit of work putting gas in their car. And don't even get me started about filling the tires with air...
Since when does communist equate with totalitarian dictator? Granted, it more often then not turns out this way, sadly, the communist==dictator relationship is Western Cold War propaganda.
How can anti-MS people *not* insult Microsoft when Microsoft seems so very intent in giving them every reason? Although, I must say that it has become so easy it's no fun anymore.
I have linux installed and working on my Powerbook, a machine from before Apple made it not insanely hard to install Linux. You will only miss out on some of the linux commercial programs (and I believe some come for ppc). There are a wide variety of ppc distros, and linux remains the only OS to support full 64-bit computing (although it won't affect the mac mini). I'm looking at (in the future) ditching my x86 cheap box, and buying this, in addition to keeping my Windows box for games. This is the first mac I might actually consider.
Wow... you have my undying gratitude and respect for that. How did you do that, out of curiosity? This would be a welcome solution for many wardriver-victims... post a guide, perhaps?
Then maybe the guy shouldn't have been using a laser in such situations. The truth is that a blinded pilot constitutes a significant danger to the public. I mean, in Israel, suicide bombers kill maybe 20 people in an attack. A "laser painter" could kill 200-1000. Intent or not, it should be punished, and the activity should be stopped.