I wonder how anything with a non-zero pricetag can be more cost-effective than something that costs nothing.
Easy, free app takes too long to install, configure or just plain doesn't let the employees get the work done efficiently, while paid app pays for itself with increased productivity, sales. etc.
I LOVE FLOSS, and use it whenever I can, but there are times I tell a customer: Pay for app X, and you wont be sorry.
There is such a ting as a DMZ. For the most part, I want my internal network separated for the public network. When I need to do a "NAT punch-thru", a simple port forwarding rule suffices. P2P? I don't want it on my work networks, but bit torrent is happily serving up and pulling down ISOs on my home network as I write.
I'm not saying IPv6 doesn't have many advantages, just that "the reports of IPv4's demise are greatly exaggerated".
Their new one has a network jack and can be monitored remotely through a web interface. So we had to get them bandwidth and a static IP address so they could keep an eye on things even when nobody was physically at the civic center.
and:
I know I routinely troubleshoot issues remotely.
Try LogMeIn or GoToMyPC, or something similar. I manage nearly 100 remote PCs thru LogMeIn, and only 3 of them have static IPs.
Just what are you writing that your apps require a public IP? Every app I - and the many companies I support - use have no problem with NAT. Most of our apps, of course, run internally in our network, which of course uses a private internal network, class A,B or C depending upon size.
Not table cloths! I agree with the others, but in most cases (I have young kids) I want a spill to be absorbed down to a non-porous backing. That way when the milk/juice/water spills, it doesn't spread it everywhere else on the table, getting everything else wet. Especially my laptop!
Can I crack the encryption and get a raw feed of the video?
If there's going to be a reality show, I want all the outtakes, like her in the shower! Okay, I don't really, but someone will. This is a bad idea!
If you think Big Brother is bad now, wait until they can monitor your every move as seen by you, yourself! "You're under arrest for buying dope, we have the recordings. No you can't get off by turning states evidence against the dealer, we got him too, thanks to your eye-cam!"
They must be really smart. After all, how are they able to figure out how it is that I'm in need of a bigger schlong, can't get it up w/o viagra and need a new Rolex at bargain prices and I'm looking for a Russian wife.
I mean, what kind of research have they been doing to target me perfectly?
The sinking of the Titanic may not seem relevant after nearly a century,...
Speak for yourself! My grandmother, along with my Great Aunt and great-grandfather, were scheduled to come hither on the Titanic, but got delayed in travel across Europe, which is the only reason the next 4 generations of us are here!
We still have the travel trunks they used to cross the Atlantic with!
So, IF something 5K light years away happens within the next 10K years, we'll be effected how? My rotted, petrified bones may be irradiated? My great x 500 grandchildren, who by then will have conquered intergalactic space travel, might have to move elsewhere?
It's NOT just "TURN THE WHOLE POWER GRID OFF" that you have to worry about. The power grid automated when no one worried about computer security, and they still have that old infrastructure in place.
How would you like it if the hackers got into the grid control system and told the IP motors that control the floodgates on the big dams to open all the way, and then send them into a tizzy that burns them out, so they can't be used to shut the gates? How much damage would the downstream flooding cause?
Or how about the test the DHS did, where they gave a generator a command to generate power out of phase with the network, causing it to physically self-destruct? It only takes a few tings like this to screw up the country big-time! And it doesn't have to be done on site, it can be comfortably done from the safety and security of your ChiCom hacker network (they've been walking all over our networks for years) or your zombie bot-net.
I've been sounding the alarm on this for years, (although many others have been doing a far better job, don't want to take credit for others work) and finally the industry is responding. It will take billions to correct it in the US, Europe and Far East, while some poor countries don't have the financial means to do it at all.
You don't understand the process. No country accepts the right of another to charge anyone with a crime that was not COMMITTED in that country, or by a citizen to that country abroad.
For them to charge you would be meaningless, unless you are a Chinese citizen. Even being (legitimately) charged, they have to request extradition, and hire (local)lawyers to represent them at the hearing. It's not cheap, and not very likely they would try it unless they thought they had a good chance of success.
Let's see, I can buy a keyboard with an extra set of function keys and re-assign them, putting little stickers on them to indicate what I use them for. Then, for the extra language features, I buy a second, foreign language keyboard. Plug one in, re-set the codepage, and save what, $1500 dollars? Since this device requires special software, write a utility that recognizes the keyboard swap and auto changes the codepage for you.
Some can be adapted - my wifi router can route ipv6 but not talk it for example. No way all that hardware is going to be replaced within two years.
Not all have to be. If 10% switched to IPv6, that gives us 10% more v4 addresses. Then, as prices come down or, more likely, v6 is built in to all the new home routers, all new people and everyone replacing an old one will go v6, freeing even more v4 addresses.
Now, I, personally, have to learn v6 soon, since one of my clients (Fed Gov) is making the switch, but most of my clients aren't and won't until it's too expensive not to.
The President, intentionally, is a seat to make peace and forge trade agreements... not to make war. The only role the President plays in war is to lead the armies when Congress votes it necessary to go to war. Other than that, the President's job is to kiss as much ass as possible.
Huh? The President is the head of the Executive Branch of Govt., meaning his job is to Execute the laws of the country and implement those things necessary to keep the nation going. He's the CEO, and Congress is the Board. There's a lot more to his job than being Commander-in-Chief and kissing ass.
I'm all for this, but as the old spam form response says, "Ideas similar to yours are easy to come up with, yet none have ever been shown practical".
To change Congress, we first have to change the attitude of the voters who think their CongressCritter is giving them a "free lunch" by stealing someone else's tax dollars and funding a local project. Earmarks are just the tip of the iceberg.
How about a Constitutional Amendment requiring all money raised for a campaign MUST be raised from registered voters in the District you intend to represent?
Then another that states that all monies budgeted must have a corresponding Constitutional Article that allows the agency of project funded to be paid for by the Federal Govt.? That alone would cut 80% of our Federal Budget. Granted, much of that would then have to be paid for by State or Local Govt., but at then you get a better return on your dollar, as there are not as many thieves in line to steal some before they return the remainder!
The practicality of your idea fails on several fronts.
For one, there is no standard battery pack, nor could there be without making all the systems similar enough. How would you like to own an electric sports can that has the same battery pack as a single seat local commuter vehicle? There's also the need to invest in sufficient numbers of battery packs by the stations to meet consumer need. Many gas stations server over 1k customers a day! Even counting that the batteries are being charged and then re-used, you'd have to have 250 packs to service a station open for 16 hours/day with a 4 hr. mean charge time.
There's also the issue of battery life. Since every battery eventually needs to be replaced, you have to have a way to track and credit or debit the customers for bringing in new or almost defunct batteries. That means every battery would have to have a battery life indicator on it, and a complex formula worked out for pricing. You: "I need recharged batt-paks." Service station attendant: "I only have once-recharged, and your's are at end-of-life, that'll be $1285.60, plus tax." You: "But I only need to go 50 more miles, I have brand new ones at home!"
Well, I think that writing complaints about Slashdot dupes is best done on emacs when your OS has a monolithic kernel, and on vi when using a micro kernel.
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So, unless you all want to get sued, you need to send me 2 cents (US) for each 1 thousand vowels used.
It's not too expensive, and if you are a book or newspaper publisher, I offer volume discounts!
Check out Southern Open Source Systems "Howdy Y'all".
I wonder how anything with a non-zero pricetag can be more cost-effective than something that costs nothing.
Easy, free app takes too long to install, configure or just plain doesn't let the employees get the work done efficiently, while paid app pays for itself with increased productivity, sales. etc.
I LOVE FLOSS, and use it whenever I can, but there are times I tell a customer: Pay for app X, and you wont be sorry.
I'm not saying IPv6 doesn't have many advantages, just that "the reports of IPv4's demise are greatly exaggerated".
Their new one has a network jack and can be monitored remotely through a web interface. So we had to get them bandwidth and a static IP address so they could keep an eye on things even when nobody was physically at the civic center.
and:
I know I routinely troubleshoot issues remotely.
Try LogMeIn or GoToMyPC, or something similar. I manage nearly 100 remote PCs thru LogMeIn, and only 3 of them have static IPs.
I'm quite happy with NAT.
True. My point is simply that they cannot compel you to do so.
Wrong. We don't force one spouse to testify against another, although they are allowed to do so if they so desire.
They can force you to testify against your Mother, Father, Brother Daughter, etc.
IANAL, but I've spent a lot of time in court!
Not table cloths! I agree with the others, but in most cases (I have young kids) I want a spill to be absorbed down to a non-porous backing. That way when the milk/juice/water spills, it doesn't spread it everywhere else on the table, getting everything else wet. Especially my laptop!
My Dad grew up in a time where all paints contained lead.
He always claimed that it wasn't eating paint chips that causes retardation, rather, retarded kids tended to eat paint chips!
No, more like a piece of bridge abutment!
If there's going to be a reality show, I want all the outtakes, like her in the shower! Okay, I don't really, but someone will. This is a bad idea!
If you think Big Brother is bad now, wait until they can monitor your every move as seen by you, yourself! "You're under arrest for buying dope, we have the recordings. No you can't get off by turning states evidence against the dealer, we got him too, thanks to your eye-cam!"
They must be really smart. After all, how are they able to figure out how it is that I'm in need of a bigger schlong, can't get it up w/o viagra and need a new Rolex at bargain prices and I'm looking for a Russian wife. I mean, what kind of research have they been doing to target me perfectly?
Speak for yourself! My grandmother, along with my Great Aunt and great-grandfather, were scheduled to come hither on the Titanic, but got delayed in travel across Europe, which is the only reason the next 4 generations of us are here!
We still have the travel trunks they used to cross the Atlantic with!
This should help: http://www.a1b2c3.com/suilodge/
You first, the rest of us will follow along later....
Ho-hum. Must be a slow science news day.
How would you like it if the hackers got into the grid control system and told the IP motors that control the floodgates on the big dams to open all the way, and then send them into a tizzy that burns them out, so they can't be used to shut the gates? How much damage would the downstream flooding cause?
Or how about the test the DHS did, where they gave a generator a command to generate power out of phase with the network, causing it to physically self-destruct? It only takes a few tings like this to screw up the country big-time! And it doesn't have to be done on site, it can be comfortably done from the safety and security of your ChiCom hacker network (they've been walking all over our networks for years) or your zombie bot-net.
I've been sounding the alarm on this for years, (although many others have been doing a far better job, don't want to take credit for others work) and finally the industry is responding. It will take billions to correct it in the US, Europe and Far East, while some poor countries don't have the financial means to do it at all.
For them to charge you would be meaningless, unless you are a Chinese citizen. Even being (legitimately) charged, they have to request extradition, and hire (local)lawyers to represent them at the hearing. It's not cheap, and not very likely they would try it unless they thought they had a good chance of success.
Too many geeks with money to burn!
Not all have to be. If 10% switched to IPv6, that gives us 10% more v4 addresses. Then, as prices come down or, more likely, v6 is built in to all the new home routers, all new people and everyone replacing an old one will go v6, freeing even more v4 addresses.
Now, I, personally, have to learn v6 soon, since one of my clients (Fed Gov) is making the switch, but most of my clients aren't and won't until it's too expensive not to.
Huh? The President is the head of the Executive Branch of Govt., meaning his job is to Execute the laws of the country and implement those things necessary to keep the nation going. He's the CEO, and Congress is the Board. There's a lot more to his job than being Commander-in-Chief and kissing ass.
To change Congress, we first have to change the attitude of the voters who think their CongressCritter is giving them a "free lunch" by stealing someone else's tax dollars and funding a local project. Earmarks are just the tip of the iceberg.
How about a Constitutional Amendment requiring all money raised for a campaign MUST be raised from registered voters in the District you intend to represent?
Then another that states that all monies budgeted must have a corresponding Constitutional Article that allows the agency of project funded to be paid for by the Federal Govt.? That alone would cut 80% of our Federal Budget. Granted, much of that would then have to be paid for by State or Local Govt., but at then you get a better return on your dollar, as there are not as many thieves in line to steal some before they return the remainder!
For one, there is no standard battery pack, nor could there be without making all the systems similar enough. How would you like to own an electric sports can that has the same battery pack as a single seat local commuter vehicle? There's also the need to invest in sufficient numbers of battery packs by the stations to meet consumer need. Many gas stations server over 1k customers a day! Even counting that the batteries are being charged and then re-used, you'd have to have 250 packs to service a station open for 16 hours/day with a 4 hr. mean charge time.
There's also the issue of battery life. Since every battery eventually needs to be replaced, you have to have a way to track and credit or debit the customers for bringing in new or almost defunct batteries. That means every battery would have to have a battery life indicator on it, and a complex formula worked out for pricing. You: "I need recharged batt-paks." Service station attendant: "I only have once-recharged, and your's are at end-of-life, that'll be $1285.60, plus tax." You: "But I only need to go 50 more miles, I have brand new ones at home!"
Well, I think that writing complaints about Slashdot dupes is best done on emacs when your OS has a monolithic kernel, and on vi when using a micro kernel.