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Comment Most secure is cash. (Score 1) 186

The most secure transactions you can make is cash out of your wallet. Only person who can take it then is a mugger (or a girlfriend) and at least then I know when it happens and how much is missing. All these alternative payment systems (including debit and credit cards) are ripe for the taking because of the numerous hands and systems that touch the payment information along the way.

Submission + - ShaperProbe detects ISP traffic shaping (arstechnica.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Two researchers at Georgia Tech can tell you exactly how American ISPs shape Internet traffic, and which ones do so. Bottom line: of the five largest Internet providers in the country, the three cable companies (Comcast, Time Warner, Cox) employ shaping while the telephone companies (AT&T, Verizon) do not—though that fact is less significant for the user experience than it might first sound.

Comment Consultant (Score 1) 480

Find a consultant to help with both upgrade and initial maintenance, not only will they take a big load off of you initially for the proper setup, they can teach and show you what is applicable to YOUR network, and take the blame if things go wrong down the road. Full Disclosure: I'm a network consultant. PS. Do you want my card? I like the sounds of unlimited budget :P

Comment Price (Score 1) 1162

Buying a DVD from a best buy, for instance, I can find the smoking deals every week with 5 dollar movies. No chance of finding that for a blu-ray movie. I also prefer my DVD collection since I can watch them on any computer in the house, and my TV's, while blu-ray can only play from my work machine.

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