Why do you need more than one? Can't you just install this before you split the signal? I doubt people actually have multiple cables entering their home.

The only reason I was able to switch from Linux to OS/X on my desktop is exactly because it has a decent command-line.

From a customer support perspective I can tell you it's significantly easier to support an OS/X user than a Windows user as well. Why? Because I can send someone a string of commands and the can copy&paste the result back to. On Windows you have to enter each command one, often can't find a suitable command and, probably the worst, it's non-trivial for a regular use to copy&paste the output.

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Anything other than a government controlled VPN would be a dumb move. One step back though, why do you need a VPN? I assume the Navy can get his hands on a decent US IP range and have it routed properly? Even with non-US IP's you can probably get access. Most entertainment companies have good relations with the military - they could provide access as a courtesy.

Increasing abuse is probably the quickest route to having reform. Everyone "laying low" and having the current system in place allows for targeted attacks is much more harming in the long run. Please let them all go crazy and block each other until politicians wake up.

Freedom of speech allows you to say whatever you want about the government. It does not allow you to say whatever you want about others and certainly does not in any way apply to piracy.

Yeah, because slasdot.org would never use a info@ e-mail address if slashdot.org was already using it.

Their trains failing was more a political than a technical error though. The guy responsible for rolling out the high speeds trains did this very well. So well, that others thought he may be headed for disaster by pursuing ever increasing top speeds. So what did they do? They replaced the guy. What did his replacement do? He started mixing up different train classes on the same track. This meant that slower tracks had to be tacking off track at specific locations to let faster trains pass. THIS was a recipe for disaster.

And you do, provided you choose the right phone. Several vendors now officially allow you to root your phone. This may not be suitable for all users but neither is re-installing your PC with the newest OS. Anyway, there's no point to bitch about this any longer. Vote with your cash and buy phones that support rooting.

Of course it's Sony's fault. Nobody forced Sony to use this specific WiFi chipset, nor did anyone force Sony to use or update to Android 4. Not to mention that Sony can be expected to have the engineering capabilities to fix some WiFi drivers. Finally, if this is such a well-known issue, Sony should have warned it's users before upgrading.

Thanks for the background information, which is useful, but it in no way excuses so for crippling people's devices.

Come on, we all know you want someone to yell "OMG, they're going after US citizens!". Don't be shy now.

Screw those telco's. It's time us slashdotter get of our lazy ass and create that peer-to-peer wifi/radio system.

As others have already suggested, this is not about the porn. It's simply to introduce more laws.

How would outlawing TOR stop these CP criminals? TOR will still be legal in many other countries, where these people can VPN to before they start TOR. Not to mention that most criminals don't give much about laws to begin with. Are we going to arrest everyone with a suspicious packet stream on the their Internet connection?

I've never understood legislating against something that can be used by criminals. It's not like criminals obey the law.

There was child porn and sexual exploitation of children way before the Internet came around. I'll be happy to see it removed from the Internet, just so my kids don't run into it, but not for a second do I believe that it does anything significant to reduce demand or actual harm to children. Unfortunately people with these needs will simply turn elsewhere. Directly to children if they must.