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Comment Re:How about some basic guidelines? (Score 1) 94

Alternatively, [National] Rule 1: put it on the internet, with suitable security, if doing so will save money

This.

In many ways the air gap is antithetical to the interests of both the government and any related organizations responsible for said infrastructure. The air gap is nearly impossible to manage in a sane and worthwhile fashion. You can read about the myth of the air gap here.

Comment Re:Lies (Score 1) 1264

how many infants agreed to be circumsised?

The same number that opted to be treated in a variety of positive or negative ways by their parents. Your question is a misdirection at best.

Comment Re:We don't need Wikileaks (Score 1) 257

Along these lines a recent story on a former NPR Capitol Hill reporter:

“There’s a lot of great work being done,” said Seabrook. “I think the problem is the Congress itself. And we’re all in the same positions, scrambling to figure out how the hell to cover these a*sholes.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79998.html

Comment Re:IPV6 on AT&T Residential DSL (Score 1) 155

Back in April of 2012 I similarly randomly discovered I had IPv6 support. For me it was via RCN. Thanks to a friend's SSH server with a misconfigured fail2ban install and several failed login attempts over IPv4 I found myself connected over IPv6.

To answer your question I have yet to find a truly practical benefit. At the moment you can view a few IPv6-only test sites but that's about it for normal users.

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