Comment Re:How do they filter porn then? (Score 1) 345
And? It's discriminatory too. Difference being, that in this instance, it's socially acceptable to do so.
And? It's discriminatory too. Difference being, that in this instance, it's socially acceptable to do so.
If you have multiple NTP servers, then your suggestion of "haywire" is moot. (I love your haywire suggestion by the way, that it's guaranteed to fail in such a way to cause everything to drift.... Oooohhh bogeyman!) Also, buy a dedicated device. I have GPS based NTP servers which now have an uptime of the last time I moved them (6 months). Before that, the uptime was from when they were comissioned (4 - 5 years ago). We measure their drift in nanoseconds.
As you point out though, it depends on what the application is. In some instances if the device doesn't output time, they only need to know time relative to themselves then a cheap TXCO (Thermal controlled crystal oscillator) will be cheaper than an ethernet interface, an IP stack and the human overhead.
*blink* how can running your own NTP server taking time from GPS "Fuck up all the devices in the hospital" ?
There is a good link here:
http://ttsiodras.github.com/rsbep.html
This is a good move for creating par files etc as part of your backups. He also has some other really good information up there in regards to protecting data. Especially creating backups under windows:
Rob, your editing again?
Seconded to previous poster, my parents live in the 'burbs in Sydney on the border of two exchanges and can't get ADSL, so no, this isn't a complete waste.
Targetting higher value areas where they are going to get a large take up and get income to support the roll out is also a good business decision.
CSIRO is building the technology to do NBN for rural. It's called Ngara:
There is plenty of times these exact things happen. It's called "Security" and it's big business. While you complain about it, in a lot of places these things happen for a reason and yes there is security personnel who review data brought between the networks. Stop being so short sighted.
Correct, the law on this hasn't been changed. There is a requirement for 99.95% uptime, and every time the provider fails, they get fined. Telstra / NBNCo hasn't been excused from this, so while they might have 4 hours of battery in the CPE, the last major power outage I saw in Sydney was for about 16 hours (Transformer explosion). That means that NBNCo would be fined for the rest of the time. Telstra is just covering their arse.
In regards to the Schengen Borders, nope, not allowed:
> When crossing an external border, European Union (EU) citizens and other persons enjoying the right of free movement within the EU (such as the family members of an EU citizen) undergo a minimum check. This minimum check is carried out to establish their identity on the basis of their travel documents and consists of a rapid and straightforward verification of the validity of the documents and a check for signs of falsification or counterfeiting.
> However, on a non-systematic basis, when carrying out minimum
checks on persons enjoying the Community right of free movement,
border guards may consult national and European databases
in order to ensure that such persons do not represent a
genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat to the internal
security, public policy, international relations of the Member
States or a threat to the public health.
All they typically do is look at your passport to determine whether it's counterfeit. Not allowed to systematically record, lookup or otherwise any EU citizen. While they can periodically look stuff up, if you aren't a threat to the member state you are going to, they probably still won't stop you.
Within the EU:
> Irrespective of nationality, any person may cross the internal borders at any crossing-point without checks being carried out.
If you go to the UK / Ireland, you will have the same treatment, quick look at your passport and keep walking. If you hold an Irish passport and go through the airport in Dublin, it seems holding your passport up to the officer in question is enough, don't even break step as you walk through. In London, they will hold and look at your passport but usually won't ask you a question.
Pretty shit not being able to go home though.
I guess they could probably go in and out fine (EU passport will mean that unless they are on a watch list in the country they are going to they probably won't get caught) but if they get stopped by Police when there and checked then they will have to serve their time.
In Europe, I haven't had problems with that in the past. A lot of the phones I've had on contract have come unlocked, others will be unlocked with a call to the carrier (Usually when I'm going away for a month or two and don't want to roam). I still owe them for the contract, but unlocking the phone hasn't been an issue for them.
The carriers make WAY too much money out of it as they know that the price of providing you that service in 18 months time is going to be less than half what it is when you sign your contract. At the end of the contract is the time that they make the most money out of you, not at the beginning of the contract when you are paying for the handset + airtime, aside from it being cheaper for them to provide you the service at the end of the contract (Moore's law and all that)
Depending on the contract, while you might be in physical possession of the device, if you have just walked out of a store without paying for it (Signed a contract though) I can't think of anywhere in the western world where a court would consider it "Your property".
If you cancel the contract then you are basically doing a "buy out" as you mention. This is what I'm referring to in your quote of my post. Until you have "bought out" your contract, then you haven't completely paid for the device.
You do read your contracts don't you? If you are willingly making calls outside of your contract and this is a problem, simply, don't! If this is such an issue for you, lodge a complaint with the carrier and ask for it to go to dispute resolution. At this point, they would normally settle then go through that as it will cost too much or complain to whatever Government based consumer rights group you have in your country. Looking at your previous posts, you're in the UK:
A complaint to the Ombudsman (CICAS) costs the carrier money; they will go to dispute resolution and drop rates to prevent you from doing so.
In Europe and Australia, you are tied financially to the carrier. If after a week of a 12 or 18 month contract you want out, you can ask for them to unlock your phone and they will normally do it, you port away, they will give you a bill for the remainder of your contract.
Some carriers will ask that you pay the bill before the unlock (Change from monthly billing to pay as you go) but a lot of them will unlock first.
You're holding it wrong
PURGE COMPLETE.
