Comment Re:Is it really anything *new*? (Score 5, Informative) 311
Debian uses spatial by default. I know, because it's about the first thing I change on a fresh install.
Comment Outgoing Mail Gets Spammed (Score 1) 263
I've just today been reading up on SPF records. My problem is that mail coming from a new server we've set up is being spammed by Big Mail (Gmail, Hotmail, etc.).
The server has a primary domain (domain.com) but many other domains are hosted on it too (eg. mine.com). When I try to send mail with the from field set to me@mine.com (as opposed to me@domain.com) it gets spammed.
We're not on any blacklists, the A records for mine.com point to domain.com as do the MX records, domain.com has PTR records, and I've just put in a SPF record for mine.com.
So far no luck. Sigh.
Comment Re:Handbrake (Score 1) 398
AFAIK, Handbrake only uses VLC's version of libdvdcss to decrypt encrypted DVDs. And this was purely for legal reasons. Handbrake does its own decoding.
Lack of Manpower May Kill VLC For Mac 398
plasmacutter writes "The Video Lan dev team has recently come forward with a notice that the number of active developers for the project's MacOS X releases has dropped to zero, prompting a halt in the release schedule. There is now a disturbing possibility that support for Mac will be dropped as of 1.1.0. As the most versatile and user-friendly solution for bridging the video compatibility gap between OS X and windows, this will be a terrible loss for the Mac community. There is still hope, however, if the right volunteers come forward."
Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released 272
supersloshy writes Today Mozilla released Thunderbird 3.
Many new features are available, including Tabs and enhanced search features, a message archive for emails you don't want to delete but still want to keep, Firefox 3's improved Add-ons Manager, Personas support, and many other improvements. Download here."
Comment Re:And tons of carbon enter the air (Score 2, Interesting) 167
I'm also a bit confused. I've never used PGP to make an encrypted zip file, but I use GnuPG to encrypt emails all the time and I, too, was under the impression that it was infeasible in practice to brute force the encryption.
Is the difference that with PGP/GnuPG email encryption, our passwords are merely decrypting our keys which are themselves fully 128 or 256 bits long or whatever? Whereas in this situation with the ZIP file there was no separate key - the password was the key? (I haven't read all of TFA)
Comment Re:LAN performance also? (Score 1) 187
Based on my reading of the article, it will detect congestion at any point along the route. If you have several computers behind a NAT router all sharing the same internet connection, and one of those computers is using this new BT protocol, it'll detect if it's congesting the gateway and reduce its speed.
So, yes, it'll improve the network performance of any non-BT apps on any of the other computers in your local network.
Comment Been Doing this for Some Time (Score 1) 557
I already have an old G4 Mac Mini sitting in the corner of my lounge. It's running Debian and hosts a number of community websites without a problem, is a permanent torrent server and hosts several code repos. It runs perfectly fine for these sorts of jobs. Plus, it's virtually unnoticeable with just a power cord and an ethernet cable connected to it. Personally, I love it.
Comment Re:Oh man. Nightmare. (Score 1) 353
I feel compelled to correct your signature:
I believe it's "for all intents and purposes", which would make more sense too.
Comment Re:Linux audio (Score 1) 374
The article you're probably thinking of is State of Sound in Linux Not So Sorry After All.
Hubble Releases First Post-Upgrade Images 129
Hynee writes "As tweeted, NASA has released 10 new images, all from the new WFC3 instrument and others, including the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph. Images include NGC 6302, Carina Nebula, Stephan's Quintet, Markarian 817, Abell 370, and a few others. Great looking stuff, the WFC3 has twice the resolution of the WF/PC2, on the CCD at least, if memory serves correctly. Eta Carina is a fascinating object, and there are at least two releases in this 'Early Release Observations' set."
Here is a video about the new images at Hubblesite.org, and a full HubbleSite.org release page with 56 images.
Making Sense of Revision-Control Systems 268
ChelleChelle writes "During the past half-decade there has been an explosion of creativity in revision-control software, complicating the task of determining which tool to use to track and manage the complexity of a project as it evolves. Today, leaders of teams are faced with a bewildering array of choices ranging from Subversion to the more popular Git and Mercurial. It is important to keep in mind that whether distributed or centralized, all revision-control systems come with a complicated set of trade-offs. Each tool emphasizes a distinct approach to working and collaboration, which in turn influences how the team works. This article outlines how to go about finding the best match between tool and team."
Comment Re:hmmm (Score 2, Insightful) 187
It's all about the IP and the patents!
If h.264 were royalty free, no doubt it would be supported. But as it stands, only those with deep pockets can pay the licensing fees — and that goes for both those providing the decoders as well as those simply hosting (broadcasting) h.264 encoded content.
Comment Theora 1.1 (Score 5, Informative) 187
Monty from Xiph has provided an update on the state of the upcoming 1.1 release. It makes for interesting reading.
