I am quite impressed sir, you managed to use "Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of those" in-context and without intentionally being funny.
Please turn in your slashdot user ID at the door on your way out.
The article says that they're allowed to monitor the addresses of the websites and email you use, but not neccesarily the content of the page itself. For example if you went to a website you had to log in to, they wouldn't be able to find out what was on those pages without a warrant.
Still sucks, since getting the address of a webpage is pretty much equivalent to getting the page itself 99% of the time.
My problem: I have a case with 6 hard drive bays. I am not prepared to upgrade to a new case yet, so I need maximum density per drive to store the large amount of data.
For example, it's no longer worth it to me to buy less than a 500 gig drive, it's just not dense enough. Terabyte drives are still a bit too expensive for my taste, but I was thinking of getting one to put in a Shuttle I'd be building for my girlfriend - since they can only hold a single drive, I've heard.
"The sad and funny thing in once is that lots of them mark leak-testing software as viruses or malware."
This may seem obvious to me.... but the leak-testing software's imitating how a virus or trojan sends messages to the net, right? Wouldn't that of course mean that anti-virus software is going to mark it as malware?
I mean, the anti-viruses must be matching either the behavior of the program itself, or the signature of that data-sending bit. Of course they'll think it's a virus.
A program that I don't think anyone has mentioned yet is my all-time favorite for Windows, Winbar! (http://www.winbar.nl/) It was mentioned on The Screen Savers back when they still existed, I downloaded it, and haven't looked back since.
Right now mine is set up for Hostname, IP, clock, memory used, CPU use, Down/Up meter, and time sync, but it also interfaces with Winamp and does a half-million other things.
I wish it were open source, because it hasn't been updated in a few years, but it still works like a charm.
Yeah, that's the problem with the Gundam universe.... somehow they managed to find the resources to mine the huge, colony-anchoring asteroids and construct the colonies out of them. The amount of metal in one colony alone is mind-boggling.
Then again, by 0087 they also had gas-mining operations in the atmosphere of Jupiter, so they've definitely got some pretty awesome technology.
Well, it's not cheap, but my school uses fiber directly to PCs. Case Western Reserve University, (we've been on slashdot before) home of Fiber Gigabit Ethernet to the student systems.
We even have a gigabit link to the internet these days. It's very nice to get sustained internal transfers of 25 MB/s or so...
You know, at times, you almost have to feel some sympathy for the lawyers and judges trying to cypher this crap out. I mean, Jesus Christ, that nearly made my head explode.
Using a strategy from above, I'm gonna say... Here, look at the monkey! Look at the silly monkey!
Speaking as a Christian (though not a fundamentalist by any means), and an Engineer, I appreciate your attempts to describe the fundamentalist views to us here. I think part of the problem that some people here have is the concept of a being that exists, that has always existed, and will always exist. It just breaks down all the axioms and principles of engineering and science to recognize that that's possible.
I believe that God and Science can coexist... but we can't try to apply God to Science, or Science to God. If every time we observed an unexpected result we called it an Act of God (an extreme example, of course), we'd never improve our theories.
I think that it should be possible to create a scientific view of the universe that adequately describes everything in it, without depending on God.
I also think that it should be possible to be a Christian, in that universe.
For those that don't know, Qrios, unfortunately, are not for sale, rent, or anything else. They're Sony's dev models so that they can 'learn more about robotics' or some such. I'm not sure, but last time I checked there were 4 in existence worldwide.
If they were for sale, *I* would be saving up for one...
Open source software is great, right? Every geek should use it whenever they get the chance, and I'm all about that.
But, when we go over to someone's house to fix their spyware problem, or someone asks us "what's the best X", we have to keep in mind their skills and what they're willing to use. This is why more people don't recommend Linux straight off the bat when someone has a spyware problem - normal users just dont have the skill or inclination to make the switchover.
But, if we can get them to use Firefox, for example, thats a step in the right direction. Most people don't even notice the difference between firefox and IE anymore, except for the reduced popups and no ActiveX. I know that I'm still not good enough at Linux to completely switch. But more and more of my apps are cross-platform, and someday I'm going to hit that point where there's nothing important left to do that I can't do on Linux, and thats when the switch hits.
I'm sorry if people pressured the OP into trying things they werent ready for, or zealoted them into submission - we're not all like that! really! - but oftentimes, the open-source alternatives have significant improvements that we feel you ought to know about.
how did students running filesharing apps for trading music get authorized to use Internet2?
Hehe. Authorized. You think they want to bother setting up authentication for I2? Hell no. The packets that go to another university on I2 get routed over it. You can tell if you do a tracert:
7 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms clmbn-r1-po2-0.core.oar.net [199.18.145.14]
8 25 ms 7 ms 4 ms clmbn-r0-po3-0.core.oar.net [199.18.145.1]
9 59 ms 5 ms 5 ms clmbq-r2-po1-0.bb.oar.net [199.18.145.38]
10 31 ms 10 ms 11 ms abilene-IPLSng.ohio-gigapop.oar.net [192.88.192. 134]
11 23 ms 19 ms 20 ms kscyng-iplsng.abilene.ucaid.edu [198.32.8.81]
12 31 ms 30 ms 38 ms dnvrng-kscyng.abilene.ucaid.edu [198.32.8.13]
13 55 ms 54 ms 54 ms snvang-dnvrng.abilene.ucaid.edu [198.32.8.1]
14 62 ms 62 ms 64 ms losang-snvang.abilene.ucaid.edu [198.32.8.94]
15 62 ms 62 ms 62 ms hpr-lax-gsr1--abilene-LA-10ge.cenic.net [137.164.25.2]
16 62 ms 62 ms 62 ms lax-hpr.losnettos-hpr.cenic.net [137.164.27.246]
17 62 ms 62 ms 62 ms Booth-RSM.ilan.caltech.edu [131.215.254.253]
I will also be sending a check. I do wish they had an electronic way to do it - its easier to not be lazy about, and this is a cause people shouldn't be lazy about...
Man, I'd love to crash a segway into trusted computing. Maybe we could just slowly run over all the executives involved. It'd be like the steamroller scene in Austin Powers.
But what we REALLY should be asking is why IE Bloatware sucks less memory than Firefox. Needs a fix, guys.
No expert here, but I'm guessing it's cause half of IE is already running anyway, as Explorer. I suppose that's kind of an ass-backwards benefit of OS integration.
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I am quite impressed sir, you managed to use "Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of those" in-context and without intentionally being funny. Please turn in your slashdot user ID at the door on your way out.
The article says that they're allowed to monitor the addresses of the websites and email you use, but not neccesarily the content of the page itself. For example if you went to a website you had to log in to, they wouldn't be able to find out what was on those pages without a warrant.
Still sucks, since getting the address of a webpage is pretty much equivalent to getting the page itself 99% of the time.
And when it works, a whole new meaning to "handshaking protocol"
For example, it's no longer worth it to me to buy less than a 500 gig drive, it's just not dense enough. Terabyte drives are still a bit too expensive for my taste, but I was thinking of getting one to put in a Shuttle I'd be building for my girlfriend - since they can only hold a single drive, I've heard.
Same chart, only done by release date of the OS: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pZSZFa8zxX5 sJGtZLU3QSHA
Appears to not disprove the Parent's point - the memory requirements increased significantly.
Apparently, my vertical resolution is much larger than yours.
This may seem obvious to me.... but the leak-testing software's imitating how a virus or trojan sends messages to the net, right? Wouldn't that of course mean that anti-virus software is going to mark it as malware?
I mean, the anti-viruses must be matching either the behavior of the program itself, or the signature of that data-sending bit. Of course they'll think it's a virus.
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A program that I don't think anyone has mentioned yet is my all-time favorite for Windows, Winbar! (http://www.winbar.nl/) It was mentioned on The Screen Savers back when they still existed, I downloaded it, and haven't looked back since.
Right now mine is set up for Hostname, IP, clock, memory used, CPU use, Down/Up meter, and time sync, but it also interfaces with Winamp and does a half-million other things.
I wish it were open source, because it hasn't been updated in a few years, but it still works like a charm.
Yeah, that's the problem with the Gundam universe.... somehow they managed to find the resources to mine the huge, colony-anchoring asteroids and construct the colonies out of them. The amount of metal in one colony alone is mind-boggling.
Then again, by 0087 they also had gas-mining operations in the atmosphere of Jupiter, so they've definitely got some pretty awesome technology.
Well, it's not cheap, but my school uses fiber directly to PCs.
Case Western Reserve University, (we've been on slashdot before) home of Fiber Gigabit Ethernet to the student systems.
We even have a gigabit link to the internet these days.
It's very nice to get sustained internal transfers of 25 MB/s or so...
Ah, you must live in Cleveland too. It's fun this time of year.
You know, at times, you almost have to feel some sympathy for the lawyers and judges trying to cypher this crap out. I mean, Jesus Christ, that nearly made my head explode.
Using a strategy from above, I'm gonna say... Here, look at the monkey! Look at the silly monkey!
Speaking as a Christian (though not a fundamentalist by any means), and an Engineer, I appreciate your attempts to describe the fundamentalist views to us here. I think part of the problem that some people here have is the concept of a being that exists, that has always existed, and will always exist. It just breaks down all the axioms and principles of engineering and science to recognize that that's possible.
I believe that God and Science can coexist... but we can't try to apply God to Science, or Science to God. If every time we observed an unexpected result we called it an Act of God (an extreme example, of course), we'd never improve our theories.
I think that it should be possible to create a scientific view of the universe that adequately describes everything in it, without depending on God.
I also think that it should be possible to be a Christian, in that universe.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I hope not.
If only we could buy them...
For those that don't know, Qrios, unfortunately, are not for sale, rent, or anything else. They're Sony's dev models so that they can 'learn more about robotics' or some such. I'm not sure, but last time I checked there were 4 in existence worldwide.
If they were for sale, *I* would be saving up for one...
Exactly.
Open source software is great, right? Every geek should use it whenever they get the chance, and I'm all about that.
But, when we go over to someone's house to fix their spyware problem, or someone asks us "what's the best X", we have to keep in mind their skills and what they're willing to use. This is why more people don't recommend Linux straight off the bat when someone has a spyware problem - normal users just dont have the skill or inclination to make the switchover.
But, if we can get them to use Firefox, for example, thats a step in the right direction. Most people don't even notice the difference between firefox and IE anymore, except for the reduced popups and no ActiveX. I know that I'm still not good enough at Linux to completely switch. But more and more of my apps are cross-platform, and someday I'm going to hit that point where there's nothing important left to do that I can't do on Linux, and thats when the switch hits.
I'm sorry if people pressured the OP into trying things they werent ready for, or zealoted them into submission - we're not all like that! really! - but oftentimes, the open-source alternatives have significant improvements that we feel you ought to know about.
It looks like you're trying to replace the CEO of Opera with a small shell script. Would you like some help with that, Skipper?
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how did students running filesharing apps for trading music get authorized to use Internet2?
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Hehe. Authorized. You think they want to bother setting up authentication for I2? Hell no.
The packets that go to another university on I2 get routed over it. You can tell if you do a tracert:
7 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms clmbn-r1-po2-0.core.oar.net [199.18.145.14]
8 25 ms 7 ms 4 ms clmbn-r0-po3-0.core.oar.net [199.18.145.1]
9 59 ms 5 ms 5 ms clmbq-r2-po1-0.bb.oar.net [199.18.145.38]
10 31 ms 10 ms 11 ms abilene-IPLSng.ohio-gigapop.oar.net [192.88.192.
134]
11 23 ms 19 ms 20 ms kscyng-iplsng.abilene.ucaid.edu [198.32.8.81]
12 31 ms 30 ms 38 ms dnvrng-kscyng.abilene.ucaid.edu [198.32.8.13]
13 55 ms 54 ms 54 ms snvang-dnvrng.abilene.ucaid.edu [198.32.8.1]
14 62 ms 62 ms 64 ms losang-snvang.abilene.ucaid.edu [198.32.8.94]
15 62 ms 62 ms 62 ms hpr-lax-gsr1--abilene-LA-10ge.cenic.net [137.164
16 62 ms 62 ms 62 ms lax-hpr.losnettos-hpr.cenic.net [137.164.27.246]
17 62 ms 62 ms 62 ms Booth-RSM.ilan.caltech.edu [131.215.254.253]
Everything with "abilene" in it is I2.
I will also be sending a check.
I do wish they had an electronic way to do it - its easier to not be lazy about, and this is a cause people shouldn't be lazy about...
Which these kids can't get. Because they're illegal immigrants.
So - either those colleges have better aid programs than my college (likely anyway), or the kids are still SOL.
It should be noted that MIT gives NO merit-based scholarships of any kind. Period. Ever.
Private organizations, or affiliated organizations, might, but MIT is pretty anal about it.
So, these kids are pretty much out of luck, unless some company, college or Foundation want to pick them up.
Man, I'd love to crash a segway into trusted computing. Maybe we could just slowly run over all the executives involved. It'd be like the steamroller scene in Austin Powers.
Oh, a segue? Never mind.
But what we REALLY should be asking is why IE Bloatware sucks less memory than Firefox. Needs a fix, guys.
No expert here, but I'm guessing it's cause half of IE is already running anyway, as Explorer.
I suppose that's kind of an ass-backwards benefit of OS integration.
I want all-singing all dancing software. It'd make a great screensaver.
DC++! Hash my filelist!
Oh, I'm just wild about Mary, and Mary's just wild about me...