What terrible advice. It's not like you can get your money back once you realize the film's shitty. You're still out the $8 or so you paid to get in. There's a big difference between repeatedly seeing a shitty movie and griping about the quality and just griping because you feel like you got ripped off the one time you saw it.
This is news? HD-Burn has been around for a little while now. It basically doubles CD-R capacity to 1.4 GB by shortening the pit length and using more efficient error correction. Oh, and it works in most CD-ROM drives that are out already.
I wish I hadn't used my last mod point. You're dead on right. People misuse and abuse statistics something terrible these days. It drives me nuts seeing numbers thrown around like that without any real meaning behind them.
Not to mention that usage could be up for other reasons. A lot of people don't read slashdot and have no idea that the *AA is cracking down on file traders. Correlation != causation.
I think the article was making a point that you CAN'T make it easier for the blind by spending just a little extra time. Audio security tags can be interpreted fairly easily, allowing for the continued use of scripts. (Which the security images are trying to eliminate)
If it was a simple solution, I'd be all for it. It's just that it's not that easy.
Keep in mind most spammers forge the email headers of the spam they send out with random email addresses from the list. (This happened to my girlfriend once, she started getting bounce messages from spams she never sent out that were reaching invalid addresses)
Since MSN and AOL are pretty much the 2 biggest ISPs out there, it's not a huge surprise that most of the spam you get has one of those email addresses in the header.
The difference is, you can make your site work with ALL browsers by taking a little extra time to make sure your web site is HTML compliant.
The blind are asking companies to basically invent new technologies to appease them, and that's not realistic. We're all very sorry you can't see, but that's why it's called a disability. We already make every reasonable accomodation to suit the blind...maybe they should just find other websites that don't use this verification technique. Or get someone who can see to come over and help them for a minute...you only need to do it once per site.
Since water is a byproduct, they may have some sort of condenser built into the fuel cell so that as the water vapor condenses, it cools the cell a bit. Of couse, liquid water draining from the cell may be a bit annoying, so maybe that's not such a hot idea. (no pun)
Does it come preconfigured with MIME types yet? I'm tired of having to "save link as" when I try and grab something that's not an mpg, exe, or avi. Not to mention that doesnt work with redirected downloads.
Is there a fast way to enter all known win32 mime types so I don't have to do it by hand when I come across a new file type I want to download?
The direct methanol fuel cell is a variant of the PEM fuel cellwhich uses methanol directly without prior reforming. The methanol is converted to carbon dioxide and hydrogen at the anode. The hydrogen then goes on to react with oxygen as in a standard PEM fuel cell.
Anode Reaction: CH3OH+ H2OCO2 + 6H+ + 6e-
Cathode Reaction: 3/2O2 + 6H+ + 6e- 3H2O
Cell Reaction: CH3OH+ 3/2O2CO2 + 2H2O
These cells are expected to operate at around 120C, which is slightly higher than the standard PEM fuel cell, and give efficiencies of around 40 per cent. One drawback is that the low temperature conversion of methanol to hydrogen and carbon dioxide needs a larger quantity of platinum catalyst than in conventional PEM cells. This increased cost is, however, expected to be more than outweighed by the convenience of using liquid fuel and the ability to function without a reforming unit. The technology behind direct methanol fuel cells is still in the early stages of development but it has been successfully demonstrated powering mobile phones and laptop computers, potential target end uses in future years.
In the olden days of 8 and 16MB graphics cards, there was this company called 3dfx was top of the game for a while. They also had fantastic Linux support, releasing Linux drivers right along with Windows drivers. Then a big, bad company called nVidia bought them out and discontinued all of the 3dfx lines of products that/. knew and loved. For a while after that, nVidia was the only guy in the game that was worth a damn. Everyone feared a Microsoft-esque monopoly situation coming to the video card industry. Then, out of the clouds swooped ATI to save the day with some good old-fashioned free market competition. So, in the end, even though nVidia now has better Linux support, it's cooler to like ATI because they saved us from an abusive monoply and stuff.
And that's the story of why/. loves ATI.
If you're good children and eat all your hot grits, tomorrow I'll tell you the story of PHP, the Little Scripting Language That Could.
Just like with the processors, it's the uber-geeks who have disposable income and an inferiority complex that keep the R&D departments of these places churning out new products. They feel compelled to have the best and fastest systems out there and are willing to pay through the nose to get it. Be thankful that you can get a good video card for under $100 because these guys subsidize the new stuff. If you're not willing to pay $500 for a video card, then don't. But don't criticize the guys that WILL do it, because THEY are the ones video card companies make real money off of...not your "find a clearance special on newegg" cheap ass.
(not flaming you as bad as it seems...I'm a cheapo too, I just admit it =P)
Guess they shoulda paid more attention in math class then, huh?
I have no pity for people that pursue business or marketing degrees then whine that they're not happy in corporate cubicle-hell. Go back to school or STFU.
Regardless, mathematicians still have to produce results too, in the form of proofs, theorems, papers, and/or teaching. Saying that they're being "paid to sit around all day thinking" does a disservice to the fact they're doing as much "work" as the guy writing marketing proposals all day. They just happen to love what they're doing, that's all. And their work just might have the overall effect of bettering mankind, even if it's 50 years down the road. (As opposed to making a few fat rich white guys fatter and richer)
You're probably thinking of mixing an acid and reactive metal. (magnersium for example) Fairly common high school experiment.
2HCl + Mg -> MgCl2 + H2
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No, most professionals DON'T get overtime, but they are definately well rewarded for their efforts. Tell some guy on a $35,000 a year salary that he should be like the doctor that gets almost 10 times that amount and not ask for overtime to compensate for long hours.
And lawyers, sure when you're billing at $200 an hour, time and a half don't mean shit to you.
I think YOUR reality needs adjusting, "dude." Not everyone here is a devoted wage-slave who thinks that "company knows best."
-If tax cuts are coming, the clinics and shelters should also stop whatever wasteage that they are plauged by. They too should not have copies of windows on their accounting machines, or be overstaffed.
Most smaller clinics and shelters are already accustomed to running on a budget. When your existance is based on the generosity of others, you kinda have to. (Big guys like the Red Cross are another story) But when the money stops coming completely, it doesn't matter how efficient they are, there's nothing to work with.
Why do retards need school anyway? Not that I don't care about their welfare, but what could school provide for them that home could not?
Many of the kids in these programs could be fairly functional members of society if they are taught some behavioral skills and educated as much as they possibly can be. Do you want to pay this kid's rent the rest of your life because he's on permanent social security, or would you like to see him actually get a job washing dishes are picking up trash somewhere? Plus, many of the kids in these programs are borderline...they're not quite suited for regular school but witht he proper attention could do just fine. Our public schools aren't equipped to deal with them and they will just disrupt the learning process for these kids. They still deserve a chance, though.
Oh, and most parents of these kids have neither the ability nor the desire to teach them what they need. They can't get this kind of education at home because their parents don't know what to do, or can't be bothered to do it.
And the same common sense applies to schools as it does for the military and to social programs. If there's wasteage it needs to be fixed. (For example, why do the upper management of the school boards need to be paid so much?? Why are teachers who fail to perform allowed to remain just because their union is protecting them?)
I couldn't agree more. Not all teachers should be in their positions. But why punish the good ones? However, it does take a certain caliber of person to lead. Upper management makes a lot of money there for the same reason they do in the private sector: there'd be no incentive to take on the responsibility if there wasn't reward for it. Of course, there should be more accountability to match that salary, both in the coporate and nonprofit sector.
crazy-talking-to-himself-bums don't deserve shelter? I think they do!
I could have worded that better...they most certainly do merit shelter. The main argument I get when I discuss the homeless topic is "Tell those fucking bums to get jobs!" Most people are under the delusion that the scary guys begging for money are the only homeless people in their city, when in fact they are less than 10%. I suppose I was anticipating that response from readers and jumped the gun there.
I'm more afraid of the bums who decided booze is more fun than work and the government gives them a free ride so they take it. More wasteage that could have went to good social programs but instead put bread in the mouth of some drunk who deserves nothing.
It doesn't really work that way. The money doesn't get handed to these guys. It goes to shelters that provide them meals and warmth. Sure, most of them aren't going to ever use these facilities to help themselves get anywhere better, but this type of shelter costs next to nothing to run. The more expensive shelters are the ones that carefully screen their residents and/or monitor them once they are admitted. If they're not actively working to better their position (find housing, find jobs, etc) then they're back in the street with a quickness. These are the ones that really make a difference, and these are the ones that are closing.
I know when I was playing EQ, I didn't spend a dime on other games. Once in a great while I'd download some shareware puzzle game or something to play when servers were down or if I just needed to take a breather.
I'd guess most hardcore EQ addicts see it this way: It's not that you're paying $10 a month so you're compelled to play EQ and not buy other games...it's that you're compelled to play EQ so you don't have TIME to play other games. The $10 is irrelevant.
I don't think I'll be buying galaxies...it took me a long time to break the EQ habit, getting into another game just like it is going to ruin my GPA. I don't have the time to play a MMORPG anymore. That's why I like Planetside...some of the charm of an MMO, but without the huge time investment to start having fun.
Those of us that aren't frothing at the mouth Linux zealots understand that the military needs to use Windows because that's what your average grunt knows how to use.
Our beef is with the fact that many of the machines they bought licenses for already had a usable version of Windows on it. They also didn't try and cut any kind of deal. Buying Windows XP Pro and Office XP off the shelf at CompUSA will cost you about $950 right now. They bought 471,000 copies and didn't get a fucking volume discount? Come ON, man. It's a blatant waste of taxpayer money. (Which is not a shock coming from the DoD)
Yeah but the funny thing is, their tax bills are going to be lower so no one cares.
So who's really the victim here? Social programs that rely on state grant money and donations which in turn comes from government grants to states. These grants are GREATLY reduced, causing most states to be in a fiscal crisis right now. Hence, programs like drug treatment centers, domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, free medical clinics....those are all doing one of two things: Closing down or laying off staff. Both result in hurting the american public.
For instance, here in Colorado, the three biggest special education centers in Denver are closing their doors. The children they were treating now have to go to public schools, which do not have enough regular teachers right now, let alone special ed teachers. This is going to disrupt the education process of even more kids...the public schools are not prepared to handle this. The result? Even more frustrated teachers leaving to get different, better paying jobs, and kids that will care even less about actually learning anything.
A significant number of homeless shelters here also had to close. I'm not talking about crazy-talking-to-himself-bum homeless shelters, I'm talking about the place where families and single moms can go for a few months if they lose their house or job, somewhere they can get back on their feet. Now these people are going to literally be on the street, doing god-knows-what to get by. Wonder why crime rates are up?
Note to Republicans: Trickle-down economics does NOT work! You got your fucking tax cuts, so where's the money now? In a nice safe stock portfolio, because you're too fucking scared to give any to non-profits or invest in a new business.
It's roughly based on the "humor" of 80's standup comic Yakov Smirnoff. He used that joke over and over. (In soviet russia, television watch YOU, etc) Then they made fun of that routine in an episode of Family Guy (the one that was on Cartoon Network tonight, coincedentally) then some/. nerd started saying it, and it stuck.
That's about what I can piece together knowing what I do about slashdot, television, and bad 80's comedians.
The school isn't going to look at packet contents that are outgoing...what they're going to do is see what ports you are sending traffic over. If it's a port that matches one used by a p2p service, then they will start looking at content. (In case you're running a legitimate app that uses that same port)
Therefore, if you're passing encrypted traffic over that port, (or over any port that is not normally used for encrypted packets, like 440 for https, 22 for ssh, whatever IPsec uses, etc) they will probably null route you and stop by for a little chat. Better have a good reason why you're hiding something...it's THEIR network, they are the ones legally responsible for your traffic.
Copy your mail files to another directory. Uninstall Mozilla, then install the new one. Recreate your mail account settings exactly as they were before. Now copy your mail files back over. Should work just fine...I agree, Moz needs a good solid way of exporting then reimporting mail files to account for reinstalls and backups and such.
This technology pretty much already exists in the form of "painting" a target with a laser. Lasers also have the benefit of not being interfered with by ambient EM radiation between target and "painter."
If you hadn't heard of this before, basically the missile/bomb/artillery looks for the heat signature of the laser and homes in on it. Newer versions use GPS technology. The painting device knows its coordinates on GPS, and using some basic optics calculations can determine the GPS coords of whatever it's pointed at, then relays those to the missle/bomb/artillery. I don't think the GPS tech has been used in combat yet (MAYBE in Iraq / Afghanistan, but I can't say for sure) but it's past prototype phase and has been proven to work.
The only way to really beat this tech is to use perfectly light absorptive coatings on valuable targets, which is neither practical or cheap. (Not to mention, considering area of effect of most of our warheads, they could just paint the ground next to the target.)
Regardless, using cell phone tech is a step backwards unless you absolutely positively cannot carry a rifle-sized laser in the area you're in. This puts this technology more in the role of CIA operatives rather than special forces.
A message to all the snobby Eurotrash who constantly brag about how their precious EU intellectual property laws are so superior to their draconian US counterparts:
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If you don't like it, don't watch it
What terrible advice. It's not like you can get your money back once you realize the film's shitty. You're still out the $8 or so you paid to get in. There's a big difference between repeatedly seeing a shitty movie and griping about the quality and just griping because you feel like you got ripped off the one time you saw it.
This is news? HD-Burn has been around for a little while now. It basically doubles CD-R capacity to 1.4 GB by shortening the pit length and using more efficient error correction. Oh, and it works in most CD-ROM drives that are out already.
I wish I hadn't used my last mod point. You're dead on right. People misuse and abuse statistics something terrible these days. It drives me nuts seeing numbers thrown around like that without any real meaning behind them.
Not to mention that usage could be up for other reasons. A lot of people don't read slashdot and have no idea that the *AA is cracking down on file traders. Correlation != causation.
We call a friend of mine's domineering overbearing bitchwad of a wife the MCP.
Not to her face of course. She would annhilate us.
She rules him with an iron first. I think I've seen him alone twice in the last 4 years.
I think the article was making a point that you CAN'T make it easier for the blind by spending just a little extra time. Audio security tags can be interpreted fairly easily, allowing for the continued use of scripts. (Which the security images are trying to eliminate)
If it was a simple solution, I'd be all for it. It's just that it's not that easy.
Keep in mind most spammers forge the email headers of the spam they send out with random email addresses from the list. (This happened to my girlfriend once, she started getting bounce messages from spams she never sent out that were reaching invalid addresses)
Since MSN and AOL are pretty much the 2 biggest ISPs out there, it's not a huge surprise that most of the spam you get has one of those email addresses in the header.
The difference is, you can make your site work with ALL browsers by taking a little extra time to make sure your web site is HTML compliant.
The blind are asking companies to basically invent new technologies to appease them, and that's not realistic. We're all very sorry you can't see, but that's why it's called a disability. We already make every reasonable accomodation to suit the blind...maybe they should just find other websites that don't use this verification technique. Or get someone who can see to come over and help them for a minute...you only need to do it once per site.
Since water is a byproduct, they may have some sort of condenser built into the fuel cell so that as the water vapor condenses, it cools the cell a bit. Of couse, liquid water draining from the cell may be a bit annoying, so maybe that's not such a hot idea. (no pun)
Does it come preconfigured with MIME types yet? I'm tired of having to "save link as" when I try and grab something that's not an mpg, exe, or avi. Not to mention that doesnt work with redirected downloads.
Is there a fast way to enter all known win32 mime types so I don't have to do it by hand when I come across a new file type I want to download?
Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFC)
The direct methanol fuel cell is a variant of the PEM fuel cellwhich uses methanol directly without prior reforming. The methanol is converted to carbon dioxide and hydrogen at the anode. The hydrogen then goes on to react with oxygen as in a standard PEM fuel cell.
Anode Reaction: CH3OH+ H2OCO2 + 6H+ + 6e-
Cathode Reaction: 3/2O2 + 6H+ + 6e- 3H2O
Cell Reaction: CH3OH+ 3/2O2CO2 + 2H2O
These cells are expected to operate at around 120C, which is slightly higher than the standard PEM fuel cell, and give efficiencies of around 40 per cent. One drawback is that the low temperature conversion of methanol to hydrogen and carbon dioxide needs a larger quantity of platinum catalyst than in conventional PEM cells. This increased cost is, however, expected to be more than outweighed by the convenience of using liquid fuel and the ability to function without a reforming unit. The technology behind direct methanol fuel cells is still in the early stages of development but it has been successfully demonstrated powering mobile phones and laptop computers, potential target end uses in future years.
In the olden days of 8 and 16MB graphics cards, there was this company called 3dfx was top of the game for a while. They also had fantastic Linux support, releasing Linux drivers right along with Windows drivers. Then a big, bad company called nVidia bought them out and discontinued all of the 3dfx lines of products that /. knew and loved. For a while after that, nVidia was the only guy in the game that was worth a damn. Everyone feared a Microsoft-esque monopoly situation coming to the video card industry. Then, out of the clouds swooped ATI to save the day with some good old-fashioned free market competition. So, in the end, even though nVidia now has better Linux support, it's cooler to like ATI because they saved us from an abusive monoply and stuff.
/. loves ATI.
And that's the story of why
If you're good children and eat all your hot grits, tomorrow I'll tell you the story of PHP, the Little Scripting Language That Could.
Just like with the processors, it's the uber-geeks who have disposable income and an inferiority complex that keep the R&D departments of these places churning out new products. They feel compelled to have the best and fastest systems out there and are willing to pay through the nose to get it. Be thankful that you can get a good video card for under $100 because these guys subsidize the new stuff. If you're not willing to pay $500 for a video card, then don't. But don't criticize the guys that WILL do it, because THEY are the ones video card companies make real money off of...not your "find a clearance special on newegg" cheap ass.
(not flaming you as bad as it seems...I'm a cheapo too, I just admit it =P)
Guess they shoulda paid more attention in math class then, huh?
I have no pity for people that pursue business or marketing degrees then whine that they're not happy in corporate cubicle-hell. Go back to school or STFU.
Regardless, mathematicians still have to produce results too, in the form of proofs, theorems, papers, and/or teaching. Saying that they're being "paid to sit around all day thinking" does a disservice to the fact they're doing as much "work" as the guy writing marketing proposals all day. They just happen to love what they're doing, that's all. And their work just might have the overall effect of bettering mankind, even if it's 50 years down the road. (As opposed to making a few fat rich white guys fatter and richer)
You're probably thinking of mixing an acid and reactive metal. (magnersium for example) Fairly common high school experiment.
2HCl + Mg -> MgCl2 + H2
No, most professionals DON'T get overtime, but they are definately well rewarded for their efforts. Tell some guy on a $35,000 a year salary that he should be like the doctor that gets almost 10 times that amount and not ask for overtime to compensate for long hours.
And lawyers, sure when you're billing at $200 an hour, time and a half don't mean shit to you.
I think YOUR reality needs adjusting, "dude." Not everyone here is a devoted wage-slave who thinks that "company knows best."
-If tax cuts are coming, the clinics and shelters should also stop whatever wasteage that they are plauged by. They too should not have copies of windows on their accounting machines, or be overstaffed.
Most smaller clinics and shelters are already accustomed to running on a budget. When your existance is based on the generosity of others, you kinda have to. (Big guys like the Red Cross are another story) But when the money stops coming completely, it doesn't matter how efficient they are, there's nothing to work with.
Why do retards need school anyway? Not that I don't care about their welfare, but what could school provide for them that home could not?
Many of the kids in these programs could be fairly functional members of society if they are taught some behavioral skills and educated as much as they possibly can be. Do you want to pay this kid's rent the rest of your life because he's on permanent social security, or would you like to see him actually get a job washing dishes are picking up trash somewhere? Plus, many of the kids in these programs are borderline...they're not quite suited for regular school but witht he proper attention could do just fine. Our public schools aren't equipped to deal with them and they will just disrupt the learning process for these kids. They still deserve a chance, though.
Oh, and most parents of these kids have neither the ability nor the desire to teach them what they need. They can't get this kind of education at home because their parents don't know what to do, or can't be bothered to do it.
And the same common sense applies to schools as it does for the military and to social programs. If there's wasteage it needs to be fixed. (For example, why do the upper management of the school boards need to be paid so much?? Why are teachers who fail to perform allowed to remain just because their union is protecting them?)
I couldn't agree more. Not all teachers should be in their positions. But why punish the good ones? However, it does take a certain caliber of person to lead. Upper management makes a lot of money there for the same reason they do in the private sector: there'd be no incentive to take on the responsibility if there wasn't reward for it. Of course, there should be more accountability to match that salary, both in the coporate and nonprofit sector.
crazy-talking-to-himself-bums don't deserve shelter? I think they do!
I could have worded that better...they most certainly do merit shelter. The main argument I get when I discuss the homeless topic is "Tell those fucking bums to get jobs!" Most people are under the delusion that the scary guys begging for money are the only homeless people in their city, when in fact they are less than 10%. I suppose I was anticipating that response from readers and jumped the gun there.
I'm more afraid of the bums who decided booze is more fun than work and the government gives them a free ride so they take it. More wasteage that could have went to good social programs but instead put bread in the mouth of some drunk who deserves nothing.
It doesn't really work that way. The money doesn't get handed to these guys. It goes to shelters that provide them meals and warmth. Sure, most of them aren't going to ever use these facilities to help themselves get anywhere better, but this type of shelter costs next to nothing to run. The more expensive shelters are the ones that carefully screen their residents and/or monitor them once they are admitted. If they're not actively working to better their position (find housing, find jobs, etc) then they're back in the street with a quickness. These are the ones that really make a difference, and these are the ones that are closing.
I know when I was playing EQ, I didn't spend a dime on other games. Once in a great while I'd download some shareware puzzle game or something to play when servers were down or if I just needed to take a breather.
I'd guess most hardcore EQ addicts see it this way: It's not that you're paying $10 a month so you're compelled to play EQ and not buy other games...it's that you're compelled to play EQ so you don't have TIME to play other games. The $10 is irrelevant.
I don't think I'll be buying galaxies...it took me a long time to break the EQ habit, getting into another game just like it is going to ruin my GPA. I don't have the time to play a MMORPG anymore. That's why I like Planetside...some of the charm of an MMO, but without the huge time investment to start having fun.
It boils down to time:
Pick Two:
School/Job
Girlfriend
MMORPG
Hell, for some people I know, pick one =P
Those of us that aren't frothing at the mouth Linux zealots understand that the military needs to use Windows because that's what your average grunt knows how to use.
Our beef is with the fact that many of the machines they bought licenses for already had a usable version of Windows on it. They also didn't try and cut any kind of deal. Buying Windows XP Pro and Office XP off the shelf at CompUSA will cost you about $950 right now. They bought 471,000 copies and didn't get a fucking volume discount? Come ON, man. It's a blatant waste of taxpayer money. (Which is not a shock coming from the DoD)
Yeah but the funny thing is, their tax bills are going to be lower so no one cares.
So who's really the victim here? Social programs that rely on state grant money and donations which in turn comes from government grants to states. These grants are GREATLY reduced, causing most states to be in a fiscal crisis right now. Hence, programs like drug treatment centers, domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, free medical clinics....those are all doing one of two things: Closing down or laying off staff. Both result in hurting the american public.
For instance, here in Colorado, the three biggest special education centers in Denver are closing their doors. The children they were treating now have to go to public schools, which do not have enough regular teachers right now, let alone special ed teachers. This is going to disrupt the education process of even more kids...the public schools are not prepared to handle this. The result? Even more frustrated teachers leaving to get different, better paying jobs, and kids that will care even less about actually learning anything.
A significant number of homeless shelters here also had to close. I'm not talking about crazy-talking-to-himself-bum homeless shelters, I'm talking about the place where families and single moms can go for a few months if they lose their house or job, somewhere they can get back on their feet. Now these people are going to literally be on the street, doing god-knows-what to get by. Wonder why crime rates are up?
Note to Republicans: Trickle-down economics does NOT work! You got your fucking tax cuts, so where's the money now? In a nice safe stock portfolio, because you're too fucking scared to give any to non-profits or invest in a new business.
It's roughly based on the "humor" of 80's standup comic Yakov Smirnoff. He used that joke over and over. (In soviet russia, television watch YOU, etc) Then they made fun of that routine in an episode of Family Guy (the one that was on Cartoon Network tonight, coincedentally) then some /. nerd started saying it, and it stuck.
That's about what I can piece together knowing what I do about slashdot, television, and bad 80's comedians.
The school isn't going to look at packet contents that are outgoing...what they're going to do is see what ports you are sending traffic over. If it's a port that matches one used by a p2p service, then they will start looking at content. (In case you're running a legitimate app that uses that same port)
Therefore, if you're passing encrypted traffic over that port, (or over any port that is not normally used for encrypted packets, like 440 for https, 22 for ssh, whatever IPsec uses, etc) they will probably null route you and stop by for a little chat. Better have a good reason why you're hiding something...it's THEIR network, they are the ones legally responsible for your traffic.
Copy your mail files to another directory. Uninstall Mozilla, then install the new one. Recreate your mail account settings exactly as they were before. Now copy your mail files back over. Should work just fine...I agree, Moz needs a good solid way of exporting then reimporting mail files to account for reinstalls and backups and such.
This technology pretty much already exists in the form of "painting" a target with a laser. Lasers also have the benefit of not being interfered with by ambient EM radiation between target and "painter."
If you hadn't heard of this before, basically the missile/bomb/artillery looks for the heat signature of the laser and homes in on it. Newer versions use GPS technology. The painting device knows its coordinates on GPS, and using some basic optics calculations can determine the GPS coords of whatever it's pointed at, then relays those to the missle/bomb/artillery. I don't think the GPS tech has been used in combat yet (MAYBE in Iraq / Afghanistan, but I can't say for sure) but it's past prototype phase and has been proven to work.
The only way to really beat this tech is to use perfectly light absorptive coatings on valuable targets, which is neither practical or cheap. (Not to mention, considering area of effect of most of our warheads, they could just paint the ground next to the target.)
Regardless, using cell phone tech is a step backwards unless you absolutely positively cannot carry a rifle-sized laser in the area you're in. This puts this technology more in the role of CIA operatives rather than special forces.
The more your around people, the more you realize that people are idiots.
Your stunning grasp of the English language certainly proves your moral superiority to the rest of us "idiots."
A message to all the snobby Eurotrash who constantly brag about how their precious EU intellectual property laws are so superior to their draconian US counterparts:
<nelson> HA HA </nelson>