Comment Well done guys! (Score 3, Insightful) 191
It took a while, but all the effort was worth it.
Comment 145 from Ukraine (Score 1) 558
Interesting how internet infrastructure maps onto the 1st world / 3rd world model.
Comment HOW DO I MOD THIS -1 SPAM? (Score 0) 117
It bounces to a Burmese site filled with crapware
Comment Re:have you never seen this? (Score 1) 253
To be clear - some of those people "jumping under cars" were just pedestrians crossing on a zebra crossing (where pedestrians have right of way) and the cars tried to drive through them. This is also not unusual in ex-soviet countries.
Comment ...and what? (Score 0) 330
The problem with MD5 isn't the speed of creating hashes, it's that collisions are now trivial to find. This is one of the reasons that repeatedly hashing passwords is a fscking stupid idea - somewhere along your "hash over and over 10,000 times" if you find a collision you'll end up with the same chain as someone else from that point. This is why the big boys use chain rainbow tables ;)
Comment 1Gb/s in Ukraine for $18/month with 75 TV channels (Score 4, Interesting) 165
...though real-world benchmarks give me ~800Mb/s both ways. It's also native IPv6, so I don't need my tunnel anymore. Internet is dirt cheap here, you can get 30MB/s for about $3/month with TV and phone.
Comment Re:the bazaar strikes again (Score 1) 181
Easy victory for Debian as they didn't have to do 4 weeks of regression testing, documentation, etc before it could be classed as "fixed". Perhaps the manager didn't have the option of rolling a hack out to customers, then marking all the bugs raised against it as "works for me".
Comment Re:A records (Score 1) 239
Back in the late 90's I created a .turnip TLD in the DNS server of the ISP I was working at, and then gave "rob.is.a" the same IP as slashdot...
Comment Re:A records (Score 1) 239
All they have to do is add an A record to the GTLD and then when you type tickets into the bar at the top it will send you to a site rather than search via google.
Soda Ban May Hit the Big Apple 1141
An anonymous reader writes "NYC residents may soon be unable to buy big gulps. In an effort to curb obesity, New York City's Mayor Bloomberg is seeking a ban on oversized sodas in restaurants, movie theaters and stadiums officials said on Wednesday. 'Obesity is a nationwide problem, and all over the U.S., public health officials are wringing their hands saying, "Oh, this is terrible,"' Mayor Bloomberg said. 'New York City is not about wringing your hands; it's about doing something. I think that's what the public wants the mayor to do.'"
Comment Re:Troubling signal, why? (Score 2) 471
Actually, in Ukraine savings accounts pay 25% APR, and 15% on USD and EUR accounts.
Comment Re:Facts! Don't talk to me about facts! (Score 2) 663
I'm group d) : I download cam rips so I can put the audio track onto an MP3 player. In the country where I live there's a legal requirement to DUB foreign films, so I can't see it in English. I go to the cinema and stick the MP3 player in 1 ear. No lost sale.
The audio quality's not great though :( I once suggested a system for cinemas where people could use headphones similar to a silent disco, where you could select a language on the side and listen to a different audio track. It never went anywhere though :(
IT Calls of Shame 256
snydeq writes "InfoWorld's JR Raphael offers up six memorable tales of trouble and triumph from the tech support desk. 'Working in tech support is a bit like teaching preschool: You're an educator who provides reassurance in troubling times. You share knowledge and help others overcome their obstacles. And some days, it feels like all you hear is screaming, crying, and incoherent babble.' Pronoun problems, IT ghosts, the runaway mouse — when it comes to computers, the customer isn't always right."
Comment It's obvious: (Score 1) 516
Good SciFi / Fantasy is filmed outside the US - Game of Thrones and Dr. Who in the UK, and LotR in NZ.
Comment Re:Cyano-Acrylate (Score 4, Funny) 164
OMG - you work for Apple?
