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Submission + - Running Solar Off-grid Internet servers from SheevaPlug to Raspberry Pi B/+/2... (earth.org.uk)

DamonHD writes: The Raspberry Pi that has been running all my primary Internet servers from my home/office since mid-2014, entirely off-grid-powered, has been doing a fine job, and it's great to be using actively-supported hardware and Linux distro. (Before Pi, partly or fully off-grid were a SheevaPlug and a laptop...)

It really is possible to run production Web, mail, and other always-on servers from a few watts, from solar PV off-grid, in un-sunny UK.

Here's the latest round of the story!

Comment Came to that conculsion several years ago.. (Score 1) 212

After a stream of viri made it past the dictionary lookuip and a low hit rate on new viri, I made a decision to not install anti-viris software on any newly built virt boxes.

To replace it, I added an execute permission restrictions policy, so that any thing a limited user downloaded or any file that resided in his/her directory/server file tree could NOT execute. 2nd, I hired a company called "spam experts" to filter incomming emails/ (primary infection path). Lastly and very important, setup a filter for any emails that remembered the old server IP address(open port 25) and bypassed spamexperts(MX reord) to be redirected into a offsite spam holding account.

Finally, added as much encryption as possible, TLS links between email clients and server, same goes for between email servers(TLS over port 25 comms)..

Comment 109 ignorant fools who trust corps far too much.. (Score 1) 470

GMO's could be safe, but a significant portion are not. Thanks to our "for sale" highest bidder government, who allow substandard testing regimes to be accepted in the approval process.

Their is a world of misery headed our way thanks to these vested interests. The public is right to not trust these people. Is it any wonder why medical issues seam to be consuming ever more resources and funds look at the source, the food we eat.

Comment Re:title seems to be misleading, at best. (Score 4, Informative) 263

I don't buy into the projected increasing amounts of coal usage. As the Chinese discovered, one pays a heavy price burning coal, (pollution of water, soil, air), and India will soon learn this lesson first hand.

Coal in the USA maybe a NOP by 2027, where coal generation peaked near 49% (2007), 33%(2015) and is still dropping like a rock 31% (April 2016).

As for the so called base-load argument, is a fool's argument, eventually we will need to use renewable's to provide more than 150% of our overall demand, using excess energy production to put Carbon back into the ground. Preferably in the form of Methane(CH4), which we can later tap to stabilize the grid when needed.

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Submission + - Court upholds 'net neutrality' rules for equal internet access (chicagotribune.com)

walterbyrd writes: In a big win for the Obama administration, a federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the government's "net neutrality" rules that require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally.

The 2-1 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a victory for consumer groups and content companies such as Netflix that want to prevent online content from being blocked or channeled into fast and slow lanes.

Submission + - Companies Finding It Harder To Conceal H1-B Abuses (nytimes.com)

JustAnotherOldGuy writes: In America, it's common practice to make severance pay for laid-off workers contingent on signing a "nondisparagement clause" that prohibits workers from ever speaking ill of their former employers. But as more and more layoffs are precipitated by illegal practices like hiring H1B visa-holders and forcing existing workers to train them as a condition of severance bonuses, workers are growing bolder and refusing to sign gag-clauses — or breaking them and daring their former employers to sue. Marco Peña was among about 150 technology workers who were laid off in April by Abbott Laboratories, but he decided not to sign the agreement that was given to all departing employees, which included a nondisparagement clause. Mr. Peña said his choice cost him at least $10,000 in severance pay. “I just didn’t feel right about signing,” Mr. Peña said. “The clauses were pretty blanket. I felt like they were eroding my rights," he revealed in an expose by the New York Times.

Submission + - Worst Mass Shooting in U.S. History (cnn.com) 17

An anonymous reader writes: From CNN:

"Fifty people were killed inside Pulse, a gay nightclub, Orlando Police Chief John Mina and other officials said Sunday morning, just hours after a shooter opened fire in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. At least 53 more people were injured, Mina said. Police have shot and killed the gunman, he told reporters.

The shooter is not from the Orlando area, Mina said. He has been identified as Omar Saddiqui Mateen, 29, of Fort Pierce, about 120 miles southeast of Orlando, two law enforcement officials tell CNN.
Orlando authorities said they consider the violence an act of domestic terror. The FBI is involved. While investigators are exploring all angles, they "have suggestions the individual has leanings towards (Islamic terrorism), but right now we can't say definitely," said Ron Hopper, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's Orlando bureau."

Comment Re:Judge Davis retired last year (Score 1) 108

:First this conduct would be covered under federal jurisdiction and various bar associations.. I can think of number of different federal laws being broken, and the statute of limitations for conspiracy tolls from the last overt act. I.E. Yearly royalty payment to the patent troll.

Thus both this federal judge, his son and the principles of patent troll co could be in deep dodo..

Submission + - IT layoffs at insurance firm are a 'never-ending funeral' (computerworld.com)

dcblogs writes: The IT layoffs at MassMutual Financial Group will happen over a period of many months, and it's going to be painful for employees. Employees say they are training overseas workers via Web conferencing sessions. There are contractors in the office as well, some of whom may be working on temporary H-1B visas. Employees say they notice more foreign workers in the hallways. Approximately 100 employees are affected. The employees are angry but can't show it. A loss of composure, anything other than quiet acquiescence, means risking two weeks of severance pay for each year on the job. But maintaining composure is hard to do. "I know a few people that are probably close to a breakdown," said one IT employee.

Comment Re:Yes, if you're on your phone for nine hours a d (Score 1) 113

The exact opposite occurs, RF absorption in this case is based on physical dimensions.. A larger mass==worse, especially more than 40mm or more per dimensional vector. This also applies to hard radiation, smaller animals can tolerate higher radiation exposures, because much of radiation passes through tiny animals without impacting DNA, and other critical cellular functions.

As for 9 hours day for a 2 year old rat verses 1 hour a day fora human who has a lot more than 9x the lifespan.

As for low signal, that's a function fo the experimental animal's small mass in general, and a similar issue for brain size..

Comment Re:A more accurate headline (Score 2) 113

I should point out a couple of factors that you missed.. First, 3E+8m/s is the speed of light/radio waves while traveling in a vacuum, traveling through flesh is somewhat slower, velocity factor 0.6 to 0.7, (shorter actual wavelength).. Second item, peak exposure across tissue is 1/2 wave length(peak to peak), thus peak exposure is down to 40mm range. which is way larger than an average 2 gram rat brain(reduced occurrence), no so for humans.

As we bring the cell phone in closer to our bodies, the received S/N ratio drops, (our body blocks the received signal), which in turn causes the phone to ramp up it's transmit power.

As for physical effects, I 've got a pair of slowly healing rf burns on my right inner thigh(10 years+). They are located where the two ends of my old moto cell phone antenna used to sit in my right pants pocket. That's more than enough evidence for me..

Procedure to reduce RF exposure, distance is your friend, keep your cell phone as far away from your body as possible. My cell phone resides in a outer pocked of a backpack, while I'm driving/biking/etc. At home it's a minimum of several meters away being charged up, bluetooth'd to my low power DECT cordless phones. P.S. The higher cell phone frequencies are some what more dangerous, and they have been in widespread use for the last 10 to 15 years.

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