Lastly people, after you buy one, don't forget to format them with truecrypt, before you dump any files on them. I don't want to see my medical records or SIN number find its way to the unattended StarBucks coffee table.
Indeed. A useful warning in the event that
a) a government employee is reading this
b) that person knows what truecrypt is
c) that person was planning on keeping confidential data on a memory stick and carrying it around with them
...Actually come to think of it, (c) isn't even that surprising any more:\
...Your eyes can only pickup 80fps anyway; you wouldn't know if it was 100 or 10,000 fps unless the fps counter didn't say.
Some truth in that, but you are making something of a generalisation.
I've linked to this page a few times; it explains things nicely: How many frames can humans see?
I use the free dyndns service. App runs on startup/in background and updates IP to their servers. A free domain they provide (username.some-provided-domain.com) then resolves to your computer's current ip (or the ip of the router it is connecting through, anyway)
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...it's June. Little early, no?
Lastly people, after you buy one, don't forget to format them with truecrypt, before you dump any files on them. I don't want to see my medical records or SIN number find its way to the unattended StarBucks coffee table.
Indeed. A useful warning in the event that
a) a government employee is reading this
b) that person knows what truecrypt is
c) that person was planning on keeping confidential data on a memory stick and carrying it around with them
...Your eyes can only pickup 80fps anyway; you wouldn't know if it was 100 or 10,000 fps unless the fps counter didn't say.
Some truth in that, but you are making something of a generalisation.
I've linked to this page a few times; it explains things nicely:
How many frames can humans see?
As an American myself I condone this behaviour
I use the free dyndns service. App runs on startup/in background and updates IP to their servers. A free domain they provide (username.some-provided-domain.com) then resolves to your computer's current ip (or the ip of the router it is connecting through, anyway)
http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/
I imagine if the thief didn't format the laptop this is what happened.
a 200 watt halogen lamp which throws its energy all over the place wasting about 90% of its energy as light
:P
What? You mean all these lights are only giving me 10% useful heat energy? What is the world coming to.
a 200 watt halogen lamp which throws its energy all over the place wasting about 90% of its energy as light
:P
What? You mean all these lights are only giving me 10% useful heat energy? What is the world coming to.