The bigger question is how exactly does Rand Paul and his constituents benefit from this? I'd like that question answered before I supported such a bill. Make no mistake, the rights of the poor and disenfranchised (as…
Quite a few people I know would prefer to travel on an American passport because it offers less hassle than most other passports. We have fewer VISA requirements, etc. We have somewhat shot ourselves in the foot here or…
I've been strongly considering expatriating, either to Canada or even more exotic locations such as Dubai/UAE. I have no real intentions of breaking from the US as a citizen, but perhaps you could clarify for me. 1.…
This is a useless blog post. Firstly, how does he know the style sheet is conforming to the standard? He made no mention not comparison of this. And "IE being listed in updates" has been the same for years. There is…
What would you 'avoid' it with? Grow your own food? In poisoned soil? What if you lived on extremely fertile ground but didn't have the time nor resources to support yourself? It's amazing at how so many people in the…
Could you describe some of these things? You don't have to be detailed, obviously; but is there anything that sticks out? Development processes were off? Requirements too crazy?
The interesting problem with "cyber security" in this country is that the field generally sucks, same with IT. The large problem is that none of it has bite. I work for a company that contracts for the US gov. I can…
The limitations are listed here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms74... - TCP data cannot be sent over raw sockets. - UDP datagrams with an invalid source address cannot be sent over raw…
Just as an FYI to the right wing nuts here, I actively voted for Obama knowing that internet rights would be an uphill battle. I followed Biden's tech trends over the years and knew going into it that this would be a…
Yeah, he lost me when he said "JUST CHANGE JOBS!" haha. It's easy when you've been handed everything in life and the best you work for is a measily odd job here or there, but that's not doable when you're in a…
You think 2.5Mbit is "not bad"? This is what's wrong with the country. 2.5Mbit is dogshit slow. Your freaking bluetooth wireless mouse is faster than that. Now think about that for a minute.
Except wireless ISPs don't come close to the offerings of a copper connection, let alone the connectivity provided by a fiber connection. Harp all you want about how "awesome" wireless is, but until it can push 40ms…
Though I haven't read this specific bill, the philosophical point of having to collect sales tax in some form is a necessity. The money ultimately has to come from somewhere. Regardless of your views on income taxation,…
I think quite a few people are missing the point of this feature. This feature is not to 100% fully secure "OMFG" protect your account. This isn't like some super secret government code sort of deal. The idea is that…
Not so great when the shoe's on the other foot, is it?
I was thinking about this the other day when I was messing with .htaccess configuration for WordPress. Unfortunately there's a lot of stuff that relies on .htaccess capability. There's also a lot of stuff that relies on…
I vote you up for pointing the obvious. It's not necessarily that this person is an "asshole", it's that they are heavily results-driven. What does being nice have to do with getting a project out? I mean, I doubt the…
If you can't deal with criticism, GTFO.
^ This. I generally see most providers going this way.
This is the plan. And that's the intent. They still want to make money off of addressing even though they shouldn't.
At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter. DNS is just a way to find an IP address from an easier to type name on the network. The proper way to do it would be to have SRV records in your zone which point to the…
To clarify a particular slide, the person mentions that Windows "silently installs" a certificate to the user's root store without prompting. I contacted Microsoft about this, and this is by design as documented here:…
No, they shouldn't be heard. Just like any person with an irrational and illogical argument based on lack of facts should not be heard. Period. Argument for the sake of argument is pointless. It's a meaningless waste of…
It's funny how people bicker on here. And of course, everyone asks me for my opinion at work/in public on these matters. Here's my OS usage on a daily basis: -Windows 7 -Windows XP -Windows Vista -Windows Server 2008…
Any time someone lists WebGL I usually assume they're blowing smoke. These people aren't providing the context of their rants, and instead "HEY LOOK I FOUND STUFF IE9 DOESN'T SUPPORT, IT'S NOT STANDARDS-BASED!" The…
The bigger question is how exactly does Rand Paul and his constituents benefit from this? I'd like that question answered before I supported such a bill. Make no mistake, the rights of the poor and disenfranchised (as…
Quite a few people I know would prefer to travel on an American passport because it offers less hassle than most other passports. We have fewer VISA requirements, etc. We have somewhat shot ourselves in the foot here or…
I've been strongly considering expatriating, either to Canada or even more exotic locations such as Dubai/UAE. I have no real intentions of breaking from the US as a citizen, but perhaps you could clarify for me. 1.…
This is a useless blog post. Firstly, how does he know the style sheet is conforming to the standard? He made no mention not comparison of this. And "IE being listed in updates" has been the same for years. There is…
What would you 'avoid' it with? Grow your own food? In poisoned soil? What if you lived on extremely fertile ground but didn't have the time nor resources to support yourself? It's amazing at how so many people in the…
Could you describe some of these things? You don't have to be detailed, obviously; but is there anything that sticks out? Development processes were off? Requirements too crazy?
The interesting problem with "cyber security" in this country is that the field generally sucks, same with IT. The large problem is that none of it has bite. I work for a company that contracts for the US gov. I can…
The limitations are listed here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms74... - TCP data cannot be sent over raw sockets. - UDP datagrams with an invalid source address cannot be sent over raw…
Just as an FYI to the right wing nuts here, I actively voted for Obama knowing that internet rights would be an uphill battle. I followed Biden's tech trends over the years and knew going into it that this would be a…
Yeah, he lost me when he said "JUST CHANGE JOBS!" haha. It's easy when you've been handed everything in life and the best you work for is a measily odd job here or there, but that's not doable when you're in a…
You think 2.5Mbit is "not bad"? This is what's wrong with the country. 2.5Mbit is dogshit slow. Your freaking bluetooth wireless mouse is faster than that. Now think about that for a minute.
Except wireless ISPs don't come close to the offerings of a copper connection, let alone the connectivity provided by a fiber connection. Harp all you want about how "awesome" wireless is, but until it can push 40ms…
Though I haven't read this specific bill, the philosophical point of having to collect sales tax in some form is a necessity. The money ultimately has to come from somewhere. Regardless of your views on income taxation,…
I think quite a few people are missing the point of this feature. This feature is not to 100% fully secure "OMFG" protect your account. This isn't like some super secret government code sort of deal. The idea is that…
Not so great when the shoe's on the other foot, is it?
I was thinking about this the other day when I was messing with .htaccess configuration for WordPress. Unfortunately there's a lot of stuff that relies on .htaccess capability. There's also a lot of stuff that relies on…
I vote you up for pointing the obvious. It's not necessarily that this person is an "asshole", it's that they are heavily results-driven. What does being nice have to do with getting a project out? I mean, I doubt the…
If you can't deal with criticism, GTFO.
^ This. I generally see most providers going this way.
This is the plan. And that's the intent. They still want to make money off of addressing even though they shouldn't.
At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter. DNS is just a way to find an IP address from an easier to type name on the network. The proper way to do it would be to have SRV records in your zone which point to the…
To clarify a particular slide, the person mentions that Windows "silently installs" a certificate to the user's root store without prompting. I contacted Microsoft about this, and this is by design as documented here:…
No, they shouldn't be heard. Just like any person with an irrational and illogical argument based on lack of facts should not be heard. Period. Argument for the sake of argument is pointless. It's a meaningless waste of…
It's funny how people bicker on here. And of course, everyone asks me for my opinion at work/in public on these matters. Here's my OS usage on a daily basis: -Windows 7 -Windows XP -Windows Vista -Windows Server 2008…
Any time someone lists WebGL I usually assume they're blowing smoke. These people aren't providing the context of their rants, and instead "HEY LOOK I FOUND STUFF IE9 DOESN'T SUPPORT, IT'S NOT STANDARDS-BASED!" The…