Comment Re:Units (Score 1) 363
Decibel?
Comment Re:Privacy for what? (Score 2, Informative) 213
I use OpenDNS at home and it is possible to disable the NXDomain redirect if you setup a free account.
http://www.opendns.com/support/article/312
Comment PBE vs. BE (Score 1) 698
Can anyone explain the difference between 'Priority Best Effort' (PBE) queueing and 'Best Effort' (BE) queueing?
If a node isn't saturated, are the BE packets delayed and if it is saturated will they just not arrive?
Comment Re:TFA says "18 microseconds", not "18 seconds" (Score 3, Informative) 127
I bet the submitter used the micro symbol. For some reason that symbol disappears when the story is either submitted or reaches the main page. I couldn't even copy/paste it into this comment
Submission + - Electronic Privacy in Jeopardy, Email Tapping (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: "According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a
dangerous legal precedent has just been set that can potentially unravel existing federal privacy protections for e-mail and Internet usage. The alert from the EFF is not just to sound a general warning, but it also takes the form of an Amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief, filed with the federal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, asking for the court's legal finding to be overturned. The findings of this case
could become the foundation of a
legal precedent by which other similar cases can subsequently be based upon. If that were to be the case, then the unauthorized retrieving of e-mails from an e-mail server would not be considered a violation of the federal Wiretap Act, which
will then open the door for government-sponsored snooping."
Submission + - Your worst IT workshop?
suntory writes: I am a lecturer at a Spanish university. This week had to attend a
workshop on "Advanced HTML and CSS" for the university staff. Some of
the ideas that the presenter (a fellow lecturer) shared with us:
- IE is the only browser that follows standards. You can see it clearly because it works for all sites, whereas Firefox and other browsers have problems displaying some of them.
- Frames and tables are the best way to organize your website.
- You can view the source for most CSS, Javascript and HTML files, so you can freely copy and paste what you feel like — the Internet is so free, you know.
- Same applies for images. If you can see them in Google Images Search, then you can use them for your projects.
