Comment Disabling the web cam. (Score 1) 442
This may seem simplistic, but, considering all the laptop parts companies out there right now, what about simply ordering a new shell that doesn't have a hole for the cam?
Should Network Cables Be Replaced? 524
Jyms writes "As technology changes, so hubs routers and switches are upgraded, but does the cabling need replacing, and if so, how often? Coax gave way to CAT 5 and CAT 5e replaced that. If you are running a 100Mbit/s network on old CAT 5, can that affect performance? Do CAT 5(e) cables get old?"
A Layman's Guide To Bandwidth Pricing 203
narramissic links to IT World's A Layman's Guide to Bandwidth Pricing, writing "Time Warner Cable has, for now, abandoned the tiered pricing trials that raised the ire of Congressman Eric Massa, among others. And, as some nice data points in a New York Times article reveal, it's good for us that they did. For instance, Comcast says it costs them $6.85 per home to double the internet capacity of a neighborhood. But the bit of the Times article that we should commit to memory is this: 'If all Time Warner customers decided one day not to check their e-mail or download a single movie, the company's costs would be no different than on a day when every customer was glued to the screen watching one YouTube video after another.'"
Comment Re:silly solutions to simple problems (Score 1) 158
I always get a kick when our European cousins bring up the idea of cheap public transportation. In Europe, It can work. Here in the US. Not so much. I would like to see a major discussion about this topic. The pro's and the con's. I live in California, USA and the first major issue I see is earthquakes. We have a few from time to time. Also, the other major challenge we have is land mass. Things are much farther apart. Maybe at a city level this might work. Most EU countries are about the size of our cities, so that is a feasibility. What do others think on this matter? Is a cheap public transportation system possible that doesn't require armed guards at most stops, say, in downtown L.A.?
China - We Don't Censor the Internet 554
kaufmanmoore writes "A Chinese government official at a United Nations summit in Athens on internet governance has claimed that no Net censorship exists at all in China. The article includes an exchange by a Chinese government official and a BBC reporter over the blocking of the BBC in China." From the article: "I don't think we should be using different standards to judge China. In China, we don't have software blocking Internet sites. Sometimes we have trouble accessing them. But that's a different problem. I know that some colleagues listen to the BBC in their offices from the Webcast. And I've heard people say that the BBC is not available in China or that it's blocked. I'm sure I don't know why people say this kind of thing. We do not have restrictions at all."
