johngalt

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What would you do with a community meshnet?
1 points by johngalt 13y ago|1 comments
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by johngalt 13y ago
I don't see how an obvious result could be considered a scandal. We beat the drum for 30 years that all HS students must go to college and pursue their dreams of being marine biologists. We offer loans that people are unqualified to
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by johngalt 13y ago
The leaf doesn't have a transmission in the traditional sense. Just a single gear ratio from the motor to the wheels.
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by johngalt 13y ago
We discuss these limitations as if it were anything other than expecting someone else to subsidize our bandwidth consumption. People who run afoul of personal use restrictions know exactly what they are doing, and that they could never affo
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by johngalt 13y ago
Astonished by the people complaining about 1Gbps connections for $70/month just because they can't run it line rate 24/7. It's unreal how quickly humans adjust to getting what they want. The very next minute it's
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by johngalt 13y ago
So what's the problem? If you violate the ToS and become an unprofitable customer they refuse to keep selling you a connection by disconnecting you. I guess I don't understand all the complaints along this vein. It's not like
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by johngalt 13y ago
I don't think you have an accurate picture of how the nuts and bolts work for networking and the internet. You seem to think of your connection as (1Gbps -> Internet) when in reality there are several switches/routers in betwee
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by johngalt 13y ago
The problem most ISP's face is that a very small fraction of users consume a majority of the bandwidth. It doesn't pay to quibble with users over metering, so you generally just cap or disconnect your unprofitable customers. The o
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by johngalt 13y ago
How can we fix a government program that has overstepped it's bounds? Lets add a monitoring agency to monitor the monitoring agency!
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by johngalt 13y ago
Average, not median. A thousand 50KB email are easily offset by a few 30MB email with max size attachments. 122KB average isn't unusual.
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by johngalt 13y ago
The administration blocked government intervention when it applied to their friends. Others do not get the same treatment. Did the administration dissolve the USITC? Did it declare the Tariff Act of 1930 unenforced? No, it simply picks and
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by johngalt 13y ago
Please explain how this instance of the government choosing winners and losers arbitrarily is pro free market? Creating arbitrary rules that don't apply to businesses who are serving the 'public interest' (politically connect
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by johngalt 13y ago
Is retirement a dangerous fantasy?
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by johngalt 13y ago
It's a neat argument that the Feds have. If you send traffic unencrypted: 'You have no expectation of privacy, because you're broadcasting information publicly.' Turn on encryption: 'Clearly you have something to hi
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by johngalt 13y ago
No complaints. It's well organized and tends to follow a clear and minimalist design. Their status page follows a similar theme. http://status.apps.rackspace.com/
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by johngalt 13y ago
Never compromise on clarity. Nothing wrong with the proper application of a filter. Filter out words that don't improve the message, or criticism that isn't constructive. The problem with your filter is that you had it tuned to fi
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by johngalt 13y ago
Secure ID token is a little much to ask for $3/month email.
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by johngalt 13y ago
It was two years ago so it may be better now. I had a number of mailboxes to migrate (~200). Their mass input tool didn't work. No timely response to a ticket opened on it. Additionally it seemed like they were chasing the smaller acco
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by johngalt 13y ago
Tried fastmail and wasn't impressed. Rackspace email is a great choice. Its cheap and fast. Outages are rare. Has active sync support and IMAP push works on android/iPhone. Rackspace also allows you to run exchange mailboxes along
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by johngalt 13y ago
Nowhere did I say that. Respond to the comment I made, not the straw man that you've created. To restate my point: While you shouldn't be a jerk, friendship as described in the article is unnecessary. Clarity is more important, an
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by johngalt 13y ago
Try not to be a jerk but we don't need to be friends. Most IT staff are professional enough to do their jobs. Personally I value clarity over attitude. How to work with IT: Communicate your needs properly and get buy in from people who
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by johngalt 13y ago
Great list. The only thing I'd add is 'Amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics'. I've seen too many projects held up for want of a nail. Anyone who's worked for a larger organization knows that you&#x2
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by johngalt 13y ago
"I haven't met a sane smart man who felt threatened by feminism." Talk to any male who has dealt with a female stalker. All the legal 'protections' put in place and advocated by feminist organizations don't app
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by johngalt 13y ago
Additionally, if you're anti-slavery you're by definition a Republican. If you don't identify as republican you're automatically pro-slavery. It's 2013, if you're not a republican by now what are you?
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by johngalt 13y ago
You're completely correct. I didn't take that into account. No more comments about relativity before coffee.
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by johngalt 13y ago
The Lorentz factor doesn't really make an appreciable difference until you get much closer to c. For instance cutting the trip time in half would require .866c. .99c would cut the trip down to ~30years.
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by johngalt 13y ago
'...for seemingly no reason whatsoever' Perhaps you missed it. The IRS specifically targeted groups likely to oppose DNC policies.
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by johngalt 13y ago
I guess I don't understand how this is different. Are you taking the position that the NSA gathers data without Obama's permission? Nixon chose to wiretap the White House so he's fair game. Obama wiretaps the entire country a
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by johngalt 13y ago
Nixon shouldn't have had to turn over his tapes? Let me guess, you feel that situation was somehow different. For reasons other than each president's political affiliation?
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by johngalt 13y ago
Seems like cheap high performance batteries will make or break Tesla. Musk is underwriting the resale value of the model S and planning a move towards the volume market. Both depend on a cheap battery. I am certainly no expert on batteries,

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