How's that? Most mobile carriers that I use never issued real IPv4 addresses to being with? Always getting a 10 dot something address going out through their NAT gateways. Nothing changes there.
Sign up for a VPN or create one yourself, then consistently use Google services over it. Google will eventually tell you your real location, not the proxies location.
I haven't looked into how they do it, but I imagine there is a lot of information leaking which they can use. Browser timezone in the headers, etc.
SSH etc is indeed a better idea, though it may be a bit slow for Google Earth.
You obviously haven't used Google services from Iran, or any other non-US country for that matter. They will sooner or later associate your proxy address with the country you're really in. I setup my own US proxies when traveling (VPN actually), and if I stay in a country long enough, gmail will show the US IP address as a address.
I'm sure the clever tricks google employs here to detect your location can also be circumvented, but no, they're not stupid enough to simply rely on IP registries or your off-the-shelf geo database.
Now how they are to distinguish government from the public is a lot more interesting.
Since when is an American government dealing with an American company bound by European rules? Nobody forced us Europeans to sign up for Twitter. I think we're all aware it's an American entity and that American law applies above all others in this situation.
Take a business class. Cost and value are hardly related. Some businesses give costly things away for free, others charge heavily for low-cost items. It just depends on the business model or the company.
Indeed. HTTP might be a bit slower and not benefit from the ISP's DNS caching, but in conjunction with the DNS method it would provide an acceptable correction method. Rather wait 1 more second for the download to start then to download at painfully low speeds.
As a prof. I would certainly expect everyone to close their laptop. At least while I'm speaking. There's something rude about people looking elsewhere while you speak to them.
As a former student though, plenty profs have wasted my time - a laptop would've allowed me to do something more useful. Now I ended up writing code on paper while many fellow students made drawings, did homework for other classes, etc.
While I realize it's hard to measure, I would be interested to know to what extend CCTV prevents crimes rather than solve them. It sounds like the criminals mentioned still managed to commit their crime. They *may* be prevented from future crimes (unlikely for petty crimes in UK), but other than a mild feeling of justice that doesn't help the victims much.
I would also like to know how many crimes were registered by CCTV camera's but could not be solved. This would help to understand how well these camera's could work as a deterrent.
Exactly. Not to mention that in many countries in Asia and Africa this is still the primary reason for marriage. While arranged marriage may be declining in these countries, the bases for choosing a certain partner are often still the same.
Please re-read my message: "somewhere there is a point of no return."
What you describe is way before the point of no return. It's the standing and line for the roller coaster. Fixing your jacket, putting away your sunglasses, getting excited about what's ahead. It's the part that lasts 20 minutes. I'm talking about the actual roller coaster ride, the 20 second thrill that can't be stopped once started.
Or to spell it out for you: I'm talking about the sexual climax. You really think if a woman changes her mind seconds before the guy is to ejaculate it's reasonable to expect a guy to pull out and abort? Even if you do think so, for many men it's simply impossible to do so. 10 seconds before that? Sure. But once those fish start swimming, there's no turning back.
I think the argument here is that somewhere there's a point of no return. You can't get off a roller coaster once it's started rolling. This is just the nature of the ride you've chosen to take. You have to finish it.
Two becoming one sounds like something for people who love each other. Love does not require marriage. And marriage does not require love (despite the promise.) Marriage is a legal arrangement. If you feel you must marry to show or "proof" your love, you're in the wrong relationship. You marry only because you feel it gives you as a couple and/or your children certain legal or social benefits.
So? Even if Skype uses SIP, these millions of users would still have gone offline because they're Skype's SIP users.
You're already free to use SIP services if that makes you happier and, provided both you and your Skype peer sign up for something called a "phone number" you'll be able to reach each other as well.
Don't we all learn in school why 1 line is faster? I sure did. Not to mention that any place where it really matters (e.g. airports) do this already. Who cares what a handful of people who didn't pay attention in school "feel" about it "psychologically". What about me? Do you have any idea how distressed I get when there's multiple lines to choose from? And no way to know for sure which line performs best?
Politicians needed 20+ years to catch up on the Internet and now they're trying to basically destroy it. Let them. They're great at messing things up.
Let us Slashdot nerds focus on building the future Internet. Whether it's a freenet of NFC capable devices or something other that much brighter minds come up with. Let's focus our energy on designing an impossible to corrupt network unrelated and (at least in essence) independent on what will be the government controlled old Internet.
How is it family friendly if the adults in the family can't use it to satisfy some of their needs/urges?
Don't they just mean kid-friendly?
Also does this mean that any porn-capable object is not family friendly? My Windows laptop? My Windows phone? Bananas? Cute little bunnies? The neighbors?
I don't like Java much myself, but I don't see it going anywhere. A staggering amount of java based (Android?) devices are shipped daily. Once the iPad version is released you may even see some folks switching (back) to it.
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How's that? Most mobile carriers that I use never issued real IPv4 addresses to being with? Always getting a 10 dot something address going out through their NAT gateways. Nothing changes there.
Don't take my word for it.
Sign up for a VPN or create one yourself, then consistently use Google services over it. Google will eventually tell you your real location, not the proxies location.
I haven't looked into how they do it, but I imagine there is a lot of information leaking which they can use. Browser timezone in the headers, etc.
SSH etc is indeed a better idea, though it may be a bit slow for Google Earth.
You obviously haven't used Google services from Iran, or any other non-US country for that matter. They will sooner or later associate your proxy address with the country you're really in. I setup my own US proxies when traveling (VPN actually), and if I stay in a country long enough, gmail will show the US IP address as a address.
I'm sure the clever tricks google employs here to detect your location can also be circumvented, but no, they're not stupid enough to simply rely on IP registries or your off-the-shelf geo database.
Now how they are to distinguish government from the public is a lot more interesting.
Since when is an American government dealing with an American company bound by European rules? Nobody forced us Europeans to sign up for Twitter. I think we're all aware it's an American entity and that American law applies above all others in this situation.
Take a business class. Cost and value are hardly related. Some businesses give costly things away for free, others charge heavily for low-cost items. It just depends on the business model or the company.
[HTTP] I think that's what Apple is using here.
Regardless, not being able to do Redirects is a design choice of whomever came up with the protocol used. It can be added.
While it's arguably "prettier" I don't see anything wrong with old school redirects though. Either using 302's or "sourceforge" style.
Indeed. HTTP might be a bit slower and not benefit from the ISP's DNS caching, but in conjunction with the DNS method it would provide an acceptable correction method. Rather wait 1 more second for the download to start then to download at painfully low speeds.
BTW - Remember when Google proposed to modify the DNS protocol to pass on the end-users IP? This is exactly why.
This applies to tons of GEO-optimized services and has been this way since day one. Really, how is this news?
The law only covers Phone-Phone and PC-Phone calls. PC-PC and Phone-PC is not affected or arguably a grey area at most.
As a prof. I would certainly expect everyone to close their laptop. At least while I'm speaking. There's something rude about people looking elsewhere while you speak to them.
As a former student though, plenty profs have wasted my time - a laptop would've allowed me to do something more useful. Now I ended up writing code on paper while many fellow students made drawings, did homework for other classes, etc.
While I realize it's hard to measure, I would be interested to know to what extend CCTV prevents crimes rather than solve them. It sounds like the criminals mentioned still managed to commit their crime. They *may* be prevented from future crimes (unlikely for petty crimes in UK), but other than a mild feeling of justice that doesn't help the victims much.
I would also like to know how many crimes were registered by CCTV camera's but could not be solved. This would help to understand how well these camera's could work as a deterrent.
Exactly. Not to mention that in many countries in Asia and Africa this is still the primary reason for marriage. While arranged marriage may be declining in these countries, the bases for choosing a certain partner are often still the same.
Please re-read my message: "somewhere there is a point of no return."
What you describe is way before the point of no return. It's the standing and line for the roller coaster. Fixing your jacket, putting away your sunglasses, getting excited about what's ahead. It's the part that lasts 20 minutes. I'm talking about the actual roller coaster ride, the 20 second thrill that can't be stopped once started.
Or to spell it out for you: I'm talking about the sexual climax. You really think if a woman changes her mind seconds before the guy is to ejaculate it's reasonable to expect a guy to pull out and abort? Even if you do think so, for many men it's simply impossible to do so. 10 seconds before that? Sure. But once those fish start swimming, there's no turning back.
How about a small one with some lube?
Unlikely, yes. Impossible, no.
I think the argument here is that somewhere there's a point of no return. You can't get off a roller coaster once it's started rolling. This is just the nature of the ride you've chosen to take. You have to finish it.
Two becoming one sounds like something for people who love each other. Love does not require marriage. And marriage does not require love (despite the promise.) Marriage is a legal arrangement. If you feel you must marry to show or "proof" your love, you're in the wrong relationship. You marry only because you feel it gives you as a couple and/or your children certain legal or social benefits.
Give'em choice? That sounds too American. Why would we do that?
So? Even if Skype uses SIP, these millions of users would still have gone offline because they're Skype's SIP users.
You're already free to use SIP services if that makes you happier and, provided both you and your Skype peer sign up for something called a "phone number" you'll be able to reach each other as well.
Don't we all learn in school why 1 line is faster? I sure did. Not to mention that any place where it really matters (e.g. airports) do this already. Who cares what a handful of people who didn't pay attention in school "feel" about it "psychologically". What about me? Do you have any idea how distressed I get when there's multiple lines to choose from? And no way to know for sure which line performs best?
Politicians needed 20+ years to catch up on the Internet and now they're trying to basically destroy it. Let them. They're great at messing things up.
Let us Slashdot nerds focus on building the future Internet. Whether it's a freenet of NFC capable devices or something other that much brighter minds come up with. Let's focus our energy on designing an impossible to corrupt network unrelated and (at least in essence) independent on what will be the government controlled old Internet.
How is it family friendly if the adults in the family can't use it to satisfy some of their needs/urges?
Don't they just mean kid-friendly?
Also does this mean that any porn-capable object is not family friendly? My Windows laptop? My Windows phone? Bananas? Cute little bunnies? The neighbors?
I don't like Java much myself, but I don't see it going anywhere. A staggering amount of java based (Android?) devices are shipped daily. Once the iPad version is released you may even see some folks switching (back) to it.
Which is exactly why there will be an undocumented liveswitch as well.