Comment: Re:I'm still waiting for FAXes to die (Score 1) 227
I'm waiting for analog FAXes to die. But the concept of FAXing with a dumb machine at the console is a good one. What I'd like to see an a method of IP FAXing where you fax using domain names. fax1.domain.com, fax2.domain.com, etc. So simple that even a ditsy bimbo blond of a receptionist can use it.
Comment: Re:i have an idea! (Score 2) 227
Step 1: Setup an e-mail server.
Step 2. Create PTR (reverse DNS record).
Step 3. Create an SPF record (TXT DNS record)
Step 4 (optional): Use a hosted e-mail security service to filter the SPAM for you.
Step 5 (optional): White list SMTP traffic only coming from your hosted e-mail service provider. Block all outbound SMTP traffic from inside your local IP subnet.
Results: Virtually little to no spam and no chance of being blacklisted on an RBL list from an infected machine inside your network.
Yes. I do this for a living as a network consultant.
Comment: Re:Universal Human Rights Are Above Relativity (Score 2) 389
You're confused. The Cultural Revolution was based on spreading Communism. That in of itself was about getting rid of confucianism and the denigration of wealth. The Cultural Revolution was a "reboot" of Chinese society to be ruled and controlled by Mao Zedong and his supporters (CCP).
Communism, everywhere is it's ruled has been (and continues to be) and abject failure. It's pure evil. It must be fought and defeated whoever it tries to infect a society. Thermonuclear fallout be damned! The aftermath provides salvation for human dignity and freedom above and beyond the oppressive nature of communism.
Comment: Re:Universal Human Rights Are Above Relativity (Score 1) 389
The Cultural Revolution was about communism. It was about equality via denigration of wealth and confucianism. That was the entire point of the revolution! To say otherwise is not ignorance, but blatant historical revisionism!
Comment: Re:Construction or landscaping (Score 2) 321
Shanghainese and the cantonese are generally friendly toward westerners. Every place else is a crap shoot. My wife is from Shanghai, so I've been to about every major city by train or plain when spending time overseas to visit her family side.
Oh, and whatever you do. Do not dress like a thug. The police won't have it. Those people do profile. Rightfully so I might add.
Comment: Re:Universal Human Rights Are Above Relativity (Score 0) 389
Believe it or not, communism does not blatantly violate everyone's rules of Universal Human Rights...
Tell that to the surviving members of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. I dare you!
Comment: Re:Eco-anarchist will be the new terrorist. (Score 1) 400
From now on, I suggest you guys scan your timber through a metal detector. Pass them through a detection ring and mark suspected areas and sort prior to cutting.
Comment: Re:Google bomb the mewling quim (Score 1) 654
As a conservative myself, I agree with you 1000%. She's one milkshake short of a Happy Meal. I really don't know what her political leanings truely are, but they have to be in name only. I seriously doubt she has any core philosophical principles of her own. At least they're not conservative base on her blogging. I think she just likes riding on the coattails of power for her own personal gain.
Comment: Re:How (Score 1) 654
She's a classic case of psychological projection. She is who she claims others to be.
Comment: Re:And the fix is easy (Score 1) 352
Sure, if you had to. If your system is really hosed, you could always restore from a system restore state.
Start --> Accessories --> System Tools --> System Restore
Comment: And the fix is easy (Score 4, Informative) 352
Reboot the PC. Just after POST (power on self test), tap the F8 key once a second to invoke Windows boot options. Choose "Safe Mode". Click the Start button and type in MSCONFIG. Select "Normal Startup" under the General tab. Reboot again and all should be well. Assuming you didn't provide CC info or let them install any other application.
I'd love to know what public IP they're hiding behind.
Comment: Re:Wireless thought (Score 1) 117
Emotions. Not ideas, actions, people, or places. The ability to pick up happiness, fear, surprise, or caution would be an invaluable form of communication. So yes, while it be an invasion of privacy, it would put all members on the same level of enhanced awareness.
They way I see it, if you're already trusting each other with your lives, an extra layer of emotional intimacy (non-sexual) being shared among the platoon is worth it if that means staying alive.
Comment: Re:Regulation (Score 1) 329
More simple than that. There's profit in scarcity. Eventually home accounts will be NATed by default. If you currently have a public IP, you may wake up one morning to find out otherwise (while troubleshooting your home router in frustration). If you want a public dynamic IP, you will have to pay extra for that. If you want a static public IP, that's an additional cost on top of that. The day of double NAT or being stuck with using your ISPs router/switch will be the "new normal". Get used to it.
And don't try and use the argument that you need to establish a VPN for work. They will tell you first to fuck off, and secondly, that's what a business account is for. So so sorry that our NAT breaks the GRE protocol.
Comment: Wireless thought (Score 3, Interesting) 117
While telekinesis doesn't exist in the real world, I wonder if an implant or headband could transmit core emotional responses to the rest of your platoon via wireless link. That is to say, you wouldn't be able to transmit exact words but rather basic core primitive thoughts and emotions. If one of your members are in danger or senses a major problem, everyone could be aware of the situation simultaneously without a single word spoken on the battlefield.