Even when using sendfile() in linux, the disk does a DMA transfer into RAM, and the NIC does a DMA transfer out of RAM.

While the CPU is not involved in copying the data, it still goes into RAM.

The user input is in the form of specially-crafted HTTP headers in the HTTP request that cause environment variables to be set on the server.

While you don't need to pass arguments, you still need to set environment variables based on user input.

Whoever thought it was a good idea to allow an HTTP request to set environment variables within the HTTP server to arbitrary values wasn't thinking about security.

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I have no problems at all with an ISP prioritizing certain types of traffic, but that prioritization should be 1) under the control of the subscriber, and 2) it should *only* affect traffic belonging to that subscriber. My traffic and your traffic should be shaped (as a whole) based on the subscriptions that each of us has paid for.

That is, I could ask my ISP to prioritize my Netflix packets over my bittorrent packets, but if you and I have paid for the same level of service then your VoIP packets shouldn't get priority over my Netflix packets.

Typically the scoopers carry a tank of fire retardant concentrate that gets injected into the scooped water.

I question that. The Martin Mars scooper holds 7200 US gallons.

Most providers of "cloud" services are *not* free. You pay for time, workload, network, storage, etc.

In IaaS (infrastructure as a service) you're basically just renting time/space/bandwidth on someone else's equipment.

To an independent body that doesn't report to the police.

If someone complains about an interaction with an officer where the officer's camera has no record of the interaction, the officer is assumed to be guilty.

That should give officers incentive to ensure their cameras are in working order.

That last sentence should have been, "....remain relevant for the next two years, much less the next 20."

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I did linux kernel development and low-level posix stuff for over a decade, and there's still plenty of work there. I've now moved on to cloud computing, but on the backend infrastructure side. Lots of stuff happening there too...

I'm pretty sure that most of the main guys working on Wayland are guys that have been involved with X for a long time.

I live in the Canadian prairies. Our block heater is 400W. When it's -40, you need the heat.