Because the tiny Linux client has biometric authentication and can be plugged into just about any PC, Cunningham believes it will be a useful and secure way for travelers to logon to their corporate VPNs.
I agree - bloody useful!
I've been trying to find a device like this for extactly this purpose. I've come across a few like this one but I need to boot Windows, not Linux. Our VPN client and user software only runs on Windows.
Does anyone know of a similar device that can run Windows?
But then, they probably wouldn't be reading Slashdot or have an old PC and a couple of NIC cards lying around.
Enter the slashdot geek! Gamers who read slashdot are probably more interested in alternative OS's than the mainstream and want to learn something that helps them with their gaming hobby - plus they should have the parts already and be comfortable setting it all up from a hardware perspective. It's a good guide for those who game and have an interest in OS's other than Windows.
Cell phones are not new technology. There have been enough people using them for long enough to qualify for a serious study of the adverse effects of cell phones on their users' health.
What about young kids - mobile phones have been popular with kids at school for only around 4-5 years now at the most. We don't know if they will be affected in 30 years time.
Maybe the effects will worsen or become noticable after using a phone for 30 years.
We should be able to tell what cell phones do to us, without waiting another twenty years.
Yeah but nobody still knows for sure - *Should* is not good enough.
Regardless of all these studies, the only sure way to know is wait - time will tell.
I hear that Darth Vader desperatly wants to replace his Crazy Frog ringtone with this sound. Apparently he didn't have to think too long about it. After all, It's far more suitable for a Dark Lord.
I'm sure Jamster will find a way to ruin it though with Axel F over the top or something...
I agree. I've done IT support for a tech company and noone would care about me asking them these kind of questions. In saying that, it's free so I can't complain. I don't think I'd use it though.
Here's some sample questions (from your users) and answers from the site.
* Question: "Is the Internet down today? Why can't my browser find www.flakyhost.com?"
* Solution: First, check your wireless network with the scanap script; it will tell you about the wireless signal quality of all associated clients, including the one that's giving you problems. Then, check IP connectivity with the pingall script; it will tell you about the latency to your ISP's gateway, the DNS, and all your clients, including the problematic one. If these two scripts establish that your network is OK, try www.flakyhost.com.
* Question: "Yesterday I downloaded from www.flakyhost.com at speed X. Why do I only get speed Y now?"
* Solution: To determine if your network is saturated, run the countlog script. It will tell you the day's transaction load history by client and by hour.
The article doesn't mention whether they're a commercial, consumer or wholesale WISP. If they're non-consumer based which is probably more likely, then I wouldn't imagine they'd care.
50 scripts? Looked more like 10. Given that the complexity that being running a WISP can bring, and the fact that you wouldn't be using all 10 commands for every single fault, I disagree. How does that make the operator unqualified?
yeah yeah, find the torrent but good luck getting the beer out of your PC safely. How do you plan to get the beer out, drip it through that old unused floppy drive?
Are you crazy?
Streaming free beer over the internet is pointless without a DRM free RS-232 Bar Tap for output and only RMS has one of those.
Whenever I complained about some open source app not doing what I wanted it to, some dude would always come along and whine something like, "it's free, it's open source - fix it yerself"....
Ahem... (clears throat)
"Quit complaining! it's free, it's open source! Fix it yerself"
But seriously, I agree - it definitly doesn't look ready for a version 1.0 release right now.
As a Heineken representative, I'd just like to remind you all that THERE ARE NO ADVANTAGES to open source beer.
See our website for zillions of usless statistics and reports (compiled by and independent organisation (funded by us)), that disprove the so called benefits of open source beer.
As well as conveniently digging up all those old patents we also plan to file numourous lawsuits against the open source beer community - if you are a user of open source beer, watch out - you may be prosecuted.
I don't think so, but then again it depends on how you define racism.
IMHO, racism is a belief, not an instinct or something that evolution uses.
Though I guess that you could say "survival of the fittest" is kind of racist in the context of evolution, different species and classes of species. But that doesn't mean that in this context that racism is bad. From my point of view, racism as a belief is BAD!
It's interesting, but something we have to be careful about, not just because it's a "touchy subject" but because racism means different things to different people and it has very different meanings in different contexts.
Evolution isn't a "theory" in that sense of the word, any more than the theory of gravity is "just a theory". Both are fact as far as the scientific community is concerned.
If evolution is "fact" then why the need to study it further?
To me, a confirmed fact would mean that we know (that we know) 100% of everything about the theroy to be correct - therefore, why study it further?
Don't get me wrong, my beliefs sway strongly towards evolution as there is a lot of evidence associated with it. But it is still a theroy - it's just a lot more plausible than many others.
This is nonsense. It's called "experience". What, you forget everything you learned at a job when you leave the place? I wouldn't want to employ you.
Experience is different to "inside knowledge".
For example:
I may have 3 years experience and knowledge of CRM systems and I can take that with me to another company - that's fine.
On the other hand, going to another company and sharing inside info like future corporate stratgies, plans, customer data, etc is unethical and not what I'd call experience.
Another recent example of this kind of "claustraphobia effect" is done in Kill Bill 2 during the lead up to the burial scene - nice effect - especially in the cinema.
The screen changes from the typical widescreen view to a cut down (kinda 4:3) view - black bars down the sides of the screen for a few moments.
Just thought I'd mention it as it is effective and very easy to spot for anybody interested in these sorts of things.
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Cheers for the site!
Here's the blurb for those too lazy to search the site:)
QWheel(TM) touch wheel technology can be thought of as a 'capacitive potentiometer', where the wiper is a finger. The electrode consists of a simple resistive ring element placed behind the plastic panel; three capacitive QT sensing channels are connected to this ring, and the signals processed to 7-bits of absolute position. The result is output on an SPI serial interface. The device can be set to sense through panels up to 3mm thick, and even through gloves.
The entire circuit with the electrode ring can be fabricated on a single-sided PCB for very low cost. In many cases the technology is less expensive than mechanical equivalents, and in all cases is more reliable.
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Us geeks only control the lanuguage amongst ourselves and unfortunatly our playing field is very small...
Because the tiny Linux client has biometric authentication and can be plugged into just about any PC, Cunningham believes it will be a useful and secure way for travelers to logon to their corporate VPNs.
I agree - bloody useful! I've been trying to find a device like this for extactly this purpose. I've come across a few like this one but I need to boot Windows, not Linux. Our VPN client and user software only runs on Windows.
Does anyone know of a similar device that can run Windows?
Reminds me of another popular news site...
:)
Apple!
:)
Microsoft have always been evil!
I agree - for the majority of gamers.
But then, they probably wouldn't be reading Slashdot or have an old PC and a couple of NIC cards lying around.
Enter the slashdot geek!
Gamers who read slashdot are probably more interested in alternative OS's than the mainstream and want to learn something that helps them with their gaming hobby - plus they should have the parts already and be comfortable setting it all up from a hardware perspective. It's a good guide for those who game and have an interest in OS's other than Windows.
http://www.bugmenot.com/view.php?url=http%3A%2F%2F www.technologyevaluation.com
Cell phones are not new technology. There have been enough people using them for long enough to qualify for a serious study of the adverse effects of cell phones on their users' health.
What about young kids - mobile phones have been popular with kids at school for only around 4-5 years now at the most. We don't know if they will be affected in 30 years time.
Maybe the effects will worsen or become noticable after using a phone for 30 years.
We should be able to tell what cell phones do to us, without waiting another twenty years.
Yeah but nobody still knows for sure - *Should* is not good enough.
Regardless of all these studies, the only sure way to know is wait - time will tell.
"There's something I forgot to tell you guys, don't cross the beams"
"Why?"
"It would be bad"
"Bad?"
"Imagine every pixel on the screen exploding at the speed of light"
"Ok, good safety tip there guys!"
What the hell is "Wot"?
:)
Read your comment above out loud and I'm sure you'll figure it out
Quote: "Most Impressive"
I hear that Darth Vader desperatly wants to replace his Crazy Frog ringtone with this sound. Apparently he didn't have to think too long about it. After all, It's far more suitable for a Dark Lord.
I'm sure Jamster will find a way to ruin it though with Axel F over the top or something...
I agree. I've done IT support for a tech company and noone would care about me asking them these kind of questions. In saying that, it's free so I can't complain. I don't think I'd use it though.
Here's some sample questions (from your users) and answers from the site.
* Question: "Is the Internet down today? Why can't my browser find www.flakyhost.com?"
* Solution: First, check your wireless network with the scanap script; it will tell you about the wireless signal quality of all associated clients, including the one that's giving you problems. Then, check IP connectivity with the pingall script; it will tell you about the latency to your ISP's gateway, the DNS, and all your clients, including the problematic one. If these two scripts establish that your network is OK, try www.flakyhost.com.
* Question: "Yesterday I downloaded from www.flakyhost.com at speed X. Why do I only get speed Y now?"
* Solution: To determine if your network is saturated, run the countlog script. It will tell you the day's transaction load history by client and by hour.
The article doesn't mention whether they're a commercial, consumer or wholesale WISP. If they're non-consumer based which is probably more likely, then I wouldn't imagine they'd care.
50 scripts? Looked more like 10. Given that the complexity that being running a WISP can bring, and the fact that you wouldn't be using all 10 commands for every single fault, I disagree.
How does that make the operator unqualified?
yeah yeah, find the torrent but good luck getting the beer out of your PC safely. How do you plan to get the beer out, drip it through that old unused floppy drive?
Are you crazy?
Streaming free beer over the internet is pointless without a DRM free RS-232 Bar Tap for output and only RMS has one of those.
Whenever I complained about some open source app not doing what I wanted it to, some dude would always come along and whine something like, "it's free, it's open source - fix it yerself"....
Ahem... (clears throat)
"Quit complaining! it's free, it's open source! Fix it yerself"
But seriously, I agree - it definitly doesn't look ready for a version 1.0 release right now.
:-)
As a Heineken representative, I'd just like to remind you all that THERE ARE NO ADVANTAGES to open source beer.
See our website for zillions of usless statistics and reports (compiled by and independent organisation (funded by us)), that disprove the so called benefits of open source beer.
As well as conveniently digging up all those old patents we also plan to file numourous lawsuits against the open source beer community - if you are a user of open source beer, watch out - you may be prosecuted.
These gloves were originally designed for plumbers who jump on mushrooms, turtles and flagpoles - not for space exploration.
I don't think so, but then again it depends on how you define racism.
IMHO, racism is a belief, not an instinct or something that evolution uses.
Though I guess that you could say "survival of the fittest" is kind of racist in the context of evolution, different species and classes of species. But that doesn't mean that in this context that racism is bad. From my point of view, racism as a belief is BAD!
It's interesting, but something we have to be careful about, not just because it's a "touchy subject" but because racism means different things to different people and it has very different meanings in different contexts.
Evolution isn't a "theory" in that sense of the word, any more than the theory of gravity is "just a theory". Both are fact as far as the scientific community is concerned.
If evolution is "fact" then why the need to study it further?
To me, a confirmed fact would mean that we know (that we know) 100% of everything about the theroy to be correct - therefore, why study it further?
Don't get me wrong, my beliefs sway strongly towards evolution as there is a lot of evidence associated with it. But it is still a theroy - it's just a lot more plausible than many others.
Well if they turn out to be unreliable we could call them:
Semi
Autonomous
Vehicle
Exploring
Our
Underwater
Rocks,
Silt and
Ocean
Until it
Leaks
Sinking
This is nonsense. It's called "experience". What, you forget everything you learned at a job when you leave the place? I wouldn't want to employ you.
Experience is different to "inside knowledge".
For example:
I may have 3 years experience and knowledge of CRM systems and I can take that with me to another company - that's fine.
On the other hand, going to another company and sharing inside info like future corporate stratgies, plans, customer data, etc is unethical and not what I'd call experience.
Strategy???
:)
Dude! It's just that time of the month!
Computers are just like chicks... well, they are for us Mac owners anyway.... prrrrrrrr - sexy.
Another recent example of this kind of "claustraphobia effect" is done in Kill Bill 2 during the lead up to the burial scene - nice effect - especially in the cinema.
The screen changes from the typical widescreen view to a cut down (kinda 4:3) view - black bars down the sides of the screen for a few moments.
Just thought I'd mention it as it is effective and very easy to spot for anybody interested in these sorts of things.
Cheers for the site!
:)
Here's the blurb for those too lazy to search the site
QWheel(TM) touch wheel technology can be thought of as a 'capacitive potentiometer', where the wiper is a finger. The electrode consists of a simple resistive ring element placed behind the plastic panel; three capacitive QT sensing channels are connected to this ring, and the signals processed to 7-bits of absolute position. The result is output on an SPI serial interface. The device can be set to sense through panels up to 3mm thick, and even through gloves.
The entire circuit with the electrode ring can be fabricated on a single-sided PCB for very low cost. In many cases the technology is less expensive than mechanical equivalents, and in all cases is more reliable.
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Same Bat Channel