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Comment Re:What a load of crap! (Score 5, Insightful) 147

In fact anyone capable to run his own infrastructure already had most of this services more than 10 years ago.

Webmail, file storage accessible from anywhere, files synchronization between computers thru Internet, remote encrypted backups... all of this is quite trivial to setup and can be tailored to your needs in such a way that you won't even think of going back to "generic" services.

Don't get me wrong, all this "cloud" thing has been great to bring to the masses what we nerds always had. But I have yet to see one of this services successfully replacing what I already provide to myself with just an Internet connection, a router, a NAS, and tiny server.

Comment Re:Really bad idea. (Score 1) 1173

Roundabouts (or rotaries, or traffic circles, as they're known in parts of the U.S.) induce confusion and fear in many drivers

Are american drivers specially retarded?

I don't intend to be rude but... Confusion? Fear? It is just a roundabout! You just, you know, drive around it. I swear I can't understand what is so difficult.

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Submission + - EFF Releases Software to Spot Net NonNeutrality (eff.org)

DanielBoz writes: In the wake of the detection and reporting of Comcast Corporation's controversial interference with Internet traffic, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a comprehensive account of Comcast's packet-forging activities and has released software and documentation instructing Internet users on how to test for packet forgery or other forms of interference by their own ISPs.

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