Comment Yes, it's the ads (Score 1) 336
This was the final straw that made me delete my SF.net account http://s.lowendshare.com/10/1383891038.308.2013-10-22T054551Z-sfnet.png
Comment Jiayu G3 (Score 1) 91
but you can't argue with the price.
Maybe not me, but they can.
Submission + - 24-hour Switch to IPv6-only Proposed for June 8th (version6.ru)
Roman Mamedov writes: "Often cited as one of the reasons of slow IPv6 uptake, is the lack of Internet resources and services that require IPv6 for operation or access. In other words, "why bother implementing IPv6, if every website is accessible on IPv4 anyways?" To do something about this, let's continue the trend set by the World IPv6 Day in 2011 and World IPv6 Launch in 2012, this year by World IPv6 Jump, turning off IPv4 on your websites and services for 24 hours!"
Comment Re:Interesting tidbits from the site: (Score 1) 203
> mega.co.nz is a model of website design efficiency
A navigation bar that slides away from under your cursor? Thanks but no thanks, please.
Comment Re:End-to-end encryption (Score 3, Informative) 152
And how many ssh users actually check the key fingerprints and verify they match those stored on the remote host? Is that even possible in most circumstances?
Hello, have you ever used ssh? As in, at all? It raises a holy hell if the keys have been tampered with.
$ ssh hostname.tld
@ WARNING: POSSIBLE DNS SPOOFING DETECTED! @
The RSA host key for hostname.tld has changed,
and the key for the corresponding IP address xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
is unknown. This could either mean that
DNS SPOOFING is happening or the IP address for the host
and its host key have changed at the same time.
@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that a host key has just been changed.
The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Please contact your system administrator.
Add correct host key in
Offending RSA key in
RSA host key for hostname.tld has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.
Submission + - Austrian Man Raided For Running Tor Node Exit (lowendtalk.com) 5
An anonymous reader writes: From William, the man affected: "Yes, it happened to me now as well — Yesterday i got raided for someone sharing child pornography over one of my Tor exits.
I'm good so far, not in jail, but all my computers and hardware have been confiscated.
If convicted i could face up to 6 years in jail, of course i do not want that and i also want to try to set a legal base for running Tor exit nodes in Austria or even the EU.
I'm good so far, not in jail, but all my computers and hardware have been confiscated.
If convicted i could face up to 6 years in jail, of course i do not want that and i also want to try to set a legal base for running Tor exit nodes in Austria or even the EU.
Comment Re:Demestically developed? (Score 1) 154
Submission + - Raspberry Pi inspired Cubieboard Launches Next Week (cnx-software.com)
Roman Mamedov writes: "The Allwinner A10 SoC used in some Android set-top boxes and tablets is liked by many open source ARM enthusiasts for its ability to also very easily boot any other compatible OS (including Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu) from an inserted SD card. Like many other A10-based devices the Cubieboard features 1GB of RAM, 100 Megabit Ethernet port, 4GB onboard NAND flash, 2 USB and 1 SATA port, Audio In/Out, SD/MMC slot and an IR receiver. But probably being somewhat inspired by the Raspberry Pi, this new device comes without a case and adds to the 'hackability' of the SoC by sporting a lot of extension pins for I2C, SPI, LCD, sensors and GPIO. According to the project website, the board (pictures) will cost $49, manufacturing has already began and the first shippings start next week."
Comment Re:What is the BFD with an $45 tablet (Score 1) 144
Unlike eBay the Aliexpress system shows buyer feedback for each item publicly, so you can see that on both tablets that I have linked they have hundreds of positive "excellent", "5 star" feedback from people.
Comment Re:What is the BFD with an $45 tablet (Score 2) 144
The linked tablets have the exact same specs as the indian one mentioned in this story. So if you're going to diss the specs, you can start right with that one. And no, you don't run an old GNU/Linux distribution on these tablets, you run a tailored version of Android. Which runs pretty well with 256 MB of RAM.
Comment Re:What is the BFD with an $45 tablet (Score 2) 144
Actually here's a better model and $2 cheaper http://www.aliexpress.com/product-gs/439643437-Free-shipping-NEW-7-Inch-Android-2-3-256M-4GB-WiFi-Tablet-Pc-wholesalers.html
Comment What is the BFD with an $45 tablet (Score 2) 144
Everyone touts it as the second coming, some great breakthrough etc. Well here's one for $55. $10 more? Yes. But with free worldwide shipping included.
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-gs/454240700-7-Inch-Android-2-2-Tablet-PC-support-WIFI-3G-Android-MID-with-retail-package-8121-wholesalers.html
+ thousands of other models.
People thinking a tablet is called an iPad and costs $500 or whatever and you can get nothing cheaper, should get a reality (or an Aliexpress) check.
Comment Re:Sweet (Score 1) 192
> and doesn't crap out in the VNC "box" like KDE or Gnome.
Xfce4 works quite well inside VNC too.
Comment Re:Era of absurdly overpriced ARM boards is ending (Score 1) 77
Economies of scale. The price is relatively high due to the low volume of production. These are hobby boards. The only reason you can build a $200 PC right now is because the hardware gets production runs in the millions or more.
Sure, and also maybe the chicken-and-egg problem?
There won't be any scale until there's significant demand, and there won't be any demand while those boards cost so much, that even most ARM enthusiasts would find it difficult to justify the purchase.
It's okay that the performance of those boards would not be stellar, but with them being so overpriced, the result is that the price/performance absolutely BLOWS -- and that's a big problem.
Comment Re:Era of absurdly overpriced ARM boards is ending (Score 2) 77
This has 4 times the memory, twice the clock speed and twice the cores of the Pi, of course it isn't going to be less then twice the price. Everything else being equal you might expect nearly 4 times the price (i.e. ~$130)
So, $130 for a bare board with CPU and RAM?
Yeah that would sound great, except when anyone can build a whole PC for $191, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392163,00.asp
With 2x the RAM and a CPU that rips the ARM on PandaBoard into a thousand of tiny teddy bears in terms of performance.
And a frigging 500 GB HDD (ok, pre-HDD-crisis).
You could say, "yeah but it's not ARM and low-power etc". Okay. There are now Chinese tablets with comparable specs, http://www.aliexpress.com/product-gs/509457480-CPAM-Free-shipping-10-1-superpad-3-android-2-3-tablet-pc-flytouch-3-GPS-512MB-wholesalers.html
that cost $125 shipped. Including stuff like 10" touch screen, camera, internal flash, battery, casing, etc, etc. There's no way a bare board should cost $130. It's just vendors up until now felt just fine with hiking up the price as much as they desire, because those who need it (for development etc) would buy it anyway, or even buy on their company's funds. But hopefully the Raspberry Pi will beat some sense into competitors in this area, and this will move an ARM PC from the ranks of a too-expensive-to-be-practical dream, to reality.
