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Re:The death of transit? on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @10:54AM (#12846101)
>I know that NAT is not a security feature but, pragmatically, one could argue the opposite: lots of vulnerable devices today aren't part of a botnet just because they haven't been discovered being hidden behind NAT.

But in the same way, I feel like NAT has allowed a false sense of security. Maybe if NAT wasn't there to hide everyone's PC, more machines would be broken into, and device security would be a lot better today.

Re:Microsoft Surface Studio on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @02:16PM (#12798967)
SSDs have a definite positive performance impact for editing photos, especially when using programs such as Lightroom that also manage photo libraries/databases
Did you mean l33t5p4ak?
Question to those astrophotographers out there. I notice the cooler has a fan on it, is the fan vibration damped somehow?

I shoot a lot of long distance photos (300mm F/2.8 and 600mm F/4 are my main lenses). Any vibration is greatly amplified when I shoot, and this is a much longer range than that.

What does that have to do with privacy? Just because the data is encrypted doesn't mean it can't be harvested by FB
Re:Ten million Raspberry Pis on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:15PM (#12455595)
Do you have any writeups on the last 2 items? They both interest me.
Re:Guerrilla Bike Lanes in San Francisco on Monday August 22, 2016 @08:15AM (#12335718)
>There was an interesting pilot program to give $50 tickets to people exceeding the speed limit by 30mph in school zones. Tons of opposition.

At least here in Ohio, speeding in a school zone during restricted hours results in doubling the fine and mandatory court.

Also, at 30 mph over the speed limit, the officer can charge you with reckless operation which is a large fine and requires remedial driving lessons.

Re:My review of Dell XPS 15 as a developer laptop on Monday August 15, 2016 @08:52AM (#12290068)
I find the computer case, and tower placement as well as room acoustics can influence this greatly.
Perhaps he had multiple children, extending the range
Re:Ship scrapping accelerates ahead of Panama Canal launch on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @01:03PM (#11816090)
The Panama Canal re-opening will allow larger ships to pass through. The larger ships are much more cost effective, and now that they will be able to traverse the canal, the small-ish ships are being decommissioned.
Re:Massachusetts Right to Repair Initiative on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @11:53AM (#11431387)
Its not the volts that will kill you, its the amps
Cat 5e is 1Gbps
Re:I Drove Chevrolet's Bolt on Monday April 04, 2016 @11:22AM (#11422565)
2010 Toyota Prius limits what you can do on the touchscreen while in motion. For example, you can't use the navigation
Re:Oculus Rift is Shipping on Monday March 28, 2016 @02:08PM (#11376085)
I have used the DK2 for 90 minute sessions with no issue. I would imagine this release is lighter
Re:Marc Andreessen Pro-Colonialism Tweet Riles India Tech World on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @01:27PM (#11074777)
Unrelated, but why does bloomberg hijack my back button to make it more difficult to leave their site?
Re:IP traffic over ICMP tunneling on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @03:24PM (#10549019)
You can potentially bypass firewalls and prevent inspection of your traffic depending on how the network is configured
Re:Walgreens announces deal to buy Rite Aid for $9 a share on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @04:06PM (#10466982)
Duane Reade was bought by Walgreens several years ago
Re:The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. And China Headed for War? on Thursday October 01, 2015 @07:43PM (#10315605)
It is interesting to me that 3 of the 4 non-war outcomes were all within the last 50 years.
Port knocking can help also
Re:Monitor your local network with Raspberry Pi on Tuesday September 15, 2015 @07:40PM (#10223801)
Just a nminor nitpick, it says you're using 192.168.1.0/8 but your netmask is 255.255.255.0 which would be /24 in CIDR