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  1. Re:NAT isn't a permanent solution on David Clark: Rebuild the Internet · · Score: 1

    IPv6 is backwards compatible, so simply install IPv6 stacks and IPv6 compliant software wherever you can. Toredo works perfectly, and eventually people will notice a load of IPv6 traffic being routed over tunnels on their IPv4 networks and duly upgrade.

  2. Re:Fine by me. on ICANN Won't Get DNS Root Servers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Bring it in with IPv6. If you look at the spec, nameservers *always* have the same IP address no matter where you are or what you're trying to get to. There are 3 IPs which are guaranteed to resolve to a nameserver, even if the nameserver doesn't have that specific IP.

    I'm not clear on the details, but I remember that point.

  3. Re:Great job! on Following Bill Gates' Linux Attack Money · · Score: 1

    I'll give you a hint, and take it more seriously than it looks.

    You will never own a newspaper if you use "Windoze" and "Micro$oft". The terms are "Windows" and "Microsoft".

    Management do not listen to people going "You shouldn't use Windoze because it is made by Micro$oft, and Micro$oft are evil!".

    Seriously. Spelling names wrong or trying to be 'l33t' doesn't make your point any stronger, in fact the opposite.

    I'll let "reeding figures" slip for now.

  4. Re:Interesting take on biometrics on Vein Patterns to Verify Identity · · Score: 1

    The only place where people are going to go to the lengths of actually severing a limb to pass biometric authentication in order to get in are the kinds of places where there's already someone on the other side of the door with the key.

    In fact, the only places I have ever seen two-step biometric authentication used as a serious security device had the biometrics behind other security, so you need to:

    > Get into the building
    > Check in at the front desk to have your card activated for the day
    > Go through a swipecard-locked door
    > Travel up 3 floors without anybody challenging you
    > Go through another swipecard locked door
    > Go through another reception area
    > Undergo a retina scan
    > Swipe your card again to open the big door

    And then do the same *in reverse* to get out again. At both of the reception areas a single button press locks all doors to everything except high level emergency access, and calls the police.

    The people who design serious security systems don't think a quick fingerprint scanner will do it, if you have something to protect you have *serious* security.

  5. Re:Encouragement on Microsoft In Talks To Buy Claria · · Score: 1

    I want to start moderating the metamoderations, an m system in fact.

    I have had my moderations marked as wrong by metamoderators who couldn't moderate to start with, the system doesn't compensate for that.

  6. Re:I already do a lot of that stuff... on The Book of Postfix · · Score: 1

    You're a student of the 'Prod and Pray' school then?

  7. Re:The Force is *retarded* with this one... on Britain's First Jedi Member of Parliament · · Score: 1

    Oh for mod points, that's the best laugh I've had in a while.

    (Me = A-Level Physics student, it gets to you after a while)

  8. Re:Microsoft's Prediction... on First Picture of new Motorola iTunes Phone? · · Score: 1

    My phone played MP3s well before I got my iPod, and I still carry both.

  9. Re:well... on U.S. Scientists Create Zombie Dogs · · Score: 1

    And when was the last time you gave blood to prevent situations like that from arising?

  10. Re:I have on Inside Hardware Design - Competing Against the iPod · · Score: 1

    Along your lines of having an MP3 player you bought years back, I get the feeling that my 4th gen iPod will be my primary MP3 player until its battery dies, by which time i'll be after the next size up. This is a good upgrade cycle for me, since I use it as a portable HDD.

    iPod: Easy, stylish, solid, works.
    iTunes: Easy, efficient, solid, works.

  11. Re:It's not his fault (for a change) on Supreme Court Rules against Grokster · · Score: 2, Funny

    No! It's the fault of the recording industry for creating the content to be shared in the first place! Sue the RIAA! ...

    Wait a second.

  12. Re:Difference between data and trash on Archiving Digital History at the NARA · · Score: 1

    The trick is to get your data infrastructure organised to start with. Because I have a predetermined system for organising my class notes (Microsoft OneNote, so shoot me) I can reliably pick out notes from a specific class based on date, or topic based on exam questions, or I can take the Google approach and just go "Find me anything to do with this".

    The information I need is preserved in an easily accessible form because I made a decision to make all my class notes organised, and as a result I've replaced 8 ringbinders of poorly organised content with a tablet PC and searchable, editable content.

    Good planned structure to start with helps organisation later. Google has made gMail easily organised with tags, the world is getting closer to the idea that *everything* needs to be categorised by date, subject, relevance, people involved etc. but it's a long way yet.

  13. Re:tub6i8l on Space Shuttle One Step Closer To July Launch · · Score: 1

    Slightly Safe for Work, but still offtopic.

  14. Re:Say "NO" to Bloatware on Windows Longhorn and Internet Explorer 7 · · Score: 1

    I have 1gb and boot Windows in 1 min 47 seconds, and firefox in about 6. What are the other specs on your system, and have you considered running a good spyware scan?

  15. Re:bush judges on Supreme Court Rules Private Property Can be Seized · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dude, we burnt the transfer allowance halfway through me reading that :(

  16. Re:its the hackers alright! on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 1

    As long as no American station wants to make their own version (The Office anyone?) it should be OK, but only for a specific audience.

    The US audiences appreciate some British shows, like the British appreciate some US shows, but we just can't get the formula right ourselves. The Office (Original UK) was a hit in the US, but the US version sucked. Likewise many US sitcoms (Friends for example) have done great over here, but UK sitcoms along similar lines were total failures.

  17. Re:its the hackers alright! on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 1

    Mickey will definately be back for the next series, I reckon he's finally gonna get Rose when she's written out halfway through.

    I thought Jack would make a great doctor's assistant, shame if they lost him.

    As for rebroadcasting, can you imagine it split into 3 15 minute segments for US advertising? Not to mention the fact that it was pushing the limits of the 9pm watershed in the UK, nevermind the US.

  18. Re:its the hackers alright! on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 1

    I don't know if he was definately written out, I think he might be back for some of the next series.

  19. Re:its the hackers alright! on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 1

    I don't know. The yellow wolf on Jack's Chula warship was fairly subtle, and so was the bomb.

    If you really want to test the theory, wasn't Rose wearing a red hood in the first episode?

  20. Re:Block on Adopt a [Chinese] Blog · · Score: 1

    No no no no NO. You do *not* have the obligation to speak out in favour of liberty, because that would be hyprocritical. You are at liberty whether or not to speak out, if you were obligated to then you are no longer at liberty to make that decision.

  21. Re:they actually test them? on How to Build a Mainboard: ECS Production Tour · · Score: 1

    I see a lot of this, there are some people who have used several ASUS boards with no problems, and others who seem to have loads of issues.

    Perhaps different fab sites? Older chipsets on some of them?

    I'm in the UK, and all 7 of the ASUS mobos I've used in the past 4 years have been solid, even when i've done daft things like dropped screws onto the tracks whilst they were running.

    Where are you and what kind of boards were you running?

  22. Re:Is there really a difference? on Corsair to Continue Receiving Samsung TCCD Memory · · Score: 1

    I just built my brother a new PC, and at the end realised that I hadn't ripped my hands to shreds, broken at least 6 fingernails, had to re-solder pins on the motherboard, or used 17 different types of mounting screw. The case speaker header on the motherboard even had proper male connectors!

    Where's the fun in that?

  23. Re:Holely Cheese on Viewing Files on the Web Considered Possession? · · Score: 1

    Undeleters can be fooled by applications which write all the empty space on your disks with 0s, then 1s, then 0s again, then a random mixture, then does the whole thing another 20 times.

    After that, the data is irretrievable to all technology I know of.

  24. Re:Definitely a bad idea... on Paul Graham Describes Dangers of Spam Blacklists · · Score: 1

    Port 25 *outbound* - If my ISP blocks 25 inbound they're going to have some explaining to do.

  25. Re:interesting on Hybrid Fixed and Mobile Telephony · · Score: 3, Informative

    VoIP it is. The service needs a BT Broadband line, and the 'hub' routes calls over VoIP.