Unless Apple has changed the way this process works, the keys you need to get it to sync aren't in the keychain at all. ON a mac you can find them in ~/Library/MobileSync or something like that. On later versions of Windows it'll be in Users\\AppData\Roaming\Apple\MobileSync

You can quite literally copy and paste them from one machine to another in order to trick an iDevice into syncing with multiple iTunes libraries at once, though you can run into problems with that if you're not careful. However, if encryption is enabled on backups, then you must know the passphrase to actually access a device backup. It's been years since I've played around with this, so I may bit a bit off on the exact directory locations, but they are basically just files sitting around in your user folder.

Well, I suppose the point I am trying to make is there may be corporate edge cases where they want split tunnel. In general, most employees aren't smart enough to realize when to use what, and so the best policy from an IT perspective is to keep the user from shooting themselves in the foot with the VPN. Hell I've known IT people who weren't smart enough to configure the VPN properly to force traffic through the connection, and then failed to properly test whether traffic was leaking out of the tunnel.

Depends on what you're doing. I allow a split-tunnel into my home VPN because I use that VPN connection strictly to access internal resources remotely. I have no need to route all my web traffic through my home connection when all I want to do is SSH into a box, or copy a file off a network share or something like that. When I am on the road and on an untrusted connection, I just VPN into the home network and run RDP and use the remote machine to access online banking, email, or other services.

Not strange at all in the US. In fact, I had my Airbus rocked by the afterburners of two F-16s taking off of a civilian airstrip in the US just a few months ago. It was an interesting experience being right behind them in the ground pattern. The US uses civilian airfields for National Guard and reserve bases. I used to work right across the street from one such facility. After Sept 11 that facility had F-16s taking off every 60-90 minutes with live munitions.

I think he's talking about King George the III bro.

Maybe I need to wear a little less tinfoil but how are they going to plan their next airport terrorist attack if they don't have some biological weapons to use? ;)

Wow. You poor guy. If I run 7 miles 4-5 times a week at an 8 minutes per mile pace I can quite literally consume 4000-6000 calories (kcals for you Europeans) and maintain my exact body weight. You can't see my six pack, but you can feel it. I have to consume 60-80 grams of protein (about 20 before and 40-60 after a workout) per day just so that I don't eat myself out of house and home. It's the only thing that seems to control my appetite in the slightest. I'll quite literally eat an entire family sized bag of vegetables and beg for more. The more I work out, the more I crave and consume fatty foods like hamburgers and other such things. When I get into a funk where I'm not working out, I don't crave those things at all. It's very bizarre to me.

Where I live? Yes. But we don't have freeze/thaw cycles and the roads are designed specifically with the rain in mind.

I agree that there may be outlying areas where PV could potentially have that kind of ROI, I've just never personally heard of it. That is why I want to know where the guy lives. It didn't sound like he was living on some rock out in the middle of the Pacific or something like that. For his claim to be true he has to be living somewhere unusual, and that is my point. And the odds of him living somewhere that unusual are low.

Wait you are saying your PV cells are going to pay for themselves in 2 years? Is this with or without subsidies and other tax considerations? Where the hell do you live that gets enough sunlight that PV cells can pay for themselves in 2 years? I've never heard of this kind of ROI on PV (or any power generation) anywhere.

I had surgery on my hand about a year ago and spent a couple of weeks at home recuperating. Out of boredom I rolled up hundreds of dollars in coins I had collected over the space of about 4 years. I went into the bank to deposit them and the cute little bank teller told me in the future I had two options: A) I could bring them in unrolled and the bank would use a machine to process them for me at no charge. B) She loved to roll coins and she would be happy to come over and help me.

I had never been so sad to have run out of pennies in my life.

A doctorate level degree does not make you intelligent or clever. And what is the point in not explicitly naming the station chief if they are so easy to spot?

Say what? They can't hand each other pieces of paper or they are "accepting" explanations? Do you have some sort of reference for this? This is the most asinine thing I have ever heard, and I have never seen a news story or report where it mentioned a diplomat "recited" or "read out load [sic]" anything. By your explanation everything would have to be done verbally and nothing could ever be done via letter. Were you a member of the diplomatic corps or otherwise employed by the state department?

I don't mean to sound like I am attacking you. I have just never heard anything like this before and I would like to know more about it.

Sorry guys. My bad. I thought I had taken those samples with me when I moved back to my home country of Iraq. -- Sadam

He claims to be a safe driver by violating the law that says he must yield to faster traffic. He's making the road dangerous by trying to enforce speed limits on others rather than moving out of traffic for others to exercise their free will. People will speed whether he gets in the way or not. If he wants to enforce speed limits, he should go into law enforcement. Its hypocritical to criticize people for speeding and then violate the law yourself.

How much less can you care, exactly? And accelerating quickly is not always an undesirable thing. Certainly it consumes more gas, but there is a light on my daily commute that I miss any time the person in front of me does not give it a little extra gas. Not to speed, but to get up to speed fast enough that the poorly timed light doesn't cause you to stop right after you just got started.

In any event, the devices they use (OBD-II plugs) can't tell when you use your blinkers or don't. They also can't tell when you're driving like a jackass in the left hand lane and making everyone else around you impatient and interested in getting around you. I have a coworker who thinks he's the safest driver on the planet. I've been stuck behind him and he is frustrating as hell. He goes exactly the speed limit in the middle lane on the interstate because "the left lane is for passing" and the "right lane is for getting off the road. The center lane is for cruising." He's conservative as hell but almost causes accidents because he doesn't heed the law that says "Slower traffic move right" no matter what he thinks the center lane is for.