Anon provided more ammo for those who want to implement multiple forms of 'internet controls' or harsher punishment for 'cyber' crime. They just fortified the positions of those they're trying to scare off.

I think what you were seeing was more due to ATM overhead than the DSLAM trying to be cute with throttling. Because ADSL encapsulates everything in ATM even small IP / Ethernet frames get broken up into lots of ATM cells which can add upwards of 20% overhead. So an ADSL line trained at 8Mb/s will never provide 8Mb/s of usable throughput to the end user. Some ISPs actually advertise targeted throughput instead of train rate and set the train rate a certain percentage above the target throughput to compensate. Others just advertise train rates and have disclaimers in the fine print.

I've had my hands inside most Gen 1, 1.5 and 2nd Gen DSLAMs and never seen any with automatic throttling like you described.

(Gen 1 being units that just function at the ATM layer requiring an external system to bridge to Ethernet or IP. Gen 1.5's being upgraded Gen 1s with crude bridging, and Gen 2 being units that were designed to terminate connections directly from the ground up.)

Ah, no shit. But the concept is there, ya know? Do you expect ANY modern movie or TV show to nail the tech, or just work with the concept?

It's already been shown on TV, an NCIS episode has one guy using an iPhone app plus the VIN of an OnStar equipped car to unlock the car.

I had the last Win 2k beta for Alpha, ran quite well on my 533mhz 21164, could even run some games via FX32!.

Without Hacktivism we'd never get to experience the joy of Hacktivo. Thats right, now you'll never miss another poorly coordinated DDoS because you're too busy actually accomplishing things. Just set the Hacktivo to record your favorite troublemakers and play back the lulz when YOU'RE ready to watch, on your schedule.

Oh no, they were directly targeting www.paypal.com for awhile but later shifted gears as their collective strength was way down compared to when they were hitting Mastercard and they weren't having any real impact hitting www.

It'll always look down to that tool, it doesn't respond on port 80, never has.

11:50EST and the target change off api.paypal.com hasn't taken place. There is serious internal strife as to weather or not to attack Amazon at all given that they so far haven't been able to reliably take out paypal.

Depends on the state. Maine for example is an at will employment state. An employer can just decide "You're done" and you no longer have a job. There is no requirement for just cause. If you can prove it was due to something inappropriate you can bring a case, but the burden of proof is on the employee at that point.

It's a two stroke boxer motor with a second set of outboard pistons running opposite to the primary units.

The only real big changes worth noting over existing auto engines - it's a two stroke, and they have it running off a turbo decently.

If you were to make a modern DFI two stroke with their turbo you would see the same compactness and emissions and even FEWER moving parts. The double opposed setup is just flash to distract you from the fact that it's a two stroke.

Now, combine said theoretical DFI motor with Polimotor's research, aka a nearly all plastic motor and you'll see the power density go through the roof. THATs the engine I want.

I'm just waiting to hear that someone's cracked the bootloader on the Apple TV so I can toss *nix distros on it. Cheapie lil ARM sandbox.

And yet, Apple is the only one doing that I've come across... weird.

As long as they got a good bounce they'll reach the Quad Damage and be rocking despite the minor health loss up front.