Another aimless Monday

By , April 7, 2008 9:23 pm

Am feeling better but today was just not one of my productive ones. Did cook up a veggie, twice cooked pork and noodle dish for lunch and then made a chicken base soup with some of it for supper but that and some browsing was about the extent of my day. Hope to get out and do something tomorrow just not sure what direction I will be going in. Guess I’ll figure it out when I get to it. Am gonna finish my cup of Ovaltine and call it a night. Till tomorrow…

TidBITS Opinion: Instant Messaging for Introverts

By , April 7, 2008 4:12 pm

TidBITS Opinion: Instant Messaging for Introverts

So I’m not the only one that has trouble with IM’s. Most interesting article with MUCH that applies to me.

Kettering University student Will Foster builds fully operational half-size Panzer tank

By , April 7, 2008 4:07 pm

Kettering University student Will Foster builds fully operational half-size Panzer tank – News Now – The Flint Journal – MLive.com

Interesting project. Wish there was a bit more info on it. Video of it’s operation is right cool.

Etymology of a Linux distro | Royal HeHe2-ness!

By , April 7, 2008 3:52 pm

Etymology of a Linux distro | Royal HeHe2-ness!

A distro by any other name. πŸ˜‰

U.S. Health Agency Forbids Sensitive Data On Apple MacBooks — Security — InformationWeek

By , April 7, 2008 11:25 am

U.S. Health Agency Forbids Sensitive Data On Apple MacBooks — Security — InformationWeek
In the wake of a widely publicized security breach that left thousands of patient records exposed, the federal government’s National Institutes of Health is forbidding all employees who use Apple’s MacBook laptops from handling sensitive data as of Friday, InformationWeek has learned.

Employees at the health agency who store medical records and other personal information on laptops must use systems that run either on Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)’s Windows operating system or Linux, according to an agency memo.

This is beyond words. Go, read the article, especially the comments. Typical top management CYA BS.

Broadband Network Management – CUSystems

By , April 7, 2008 11:13 am

Broadband Network Management – CUSystems
New traffic shaping can disrupt a Comcast Internet connection

Recently, it has been observed that Comcast is disrupting TCP connections using forged TCP reset (RST) packets [1]. These reset packets were originally targeted at TCP connections associated with the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol. However, Comcast has stated that they are transitioning to a more “protocol neutral” traffic shaping approach [2]. We have recently observed this shift in policy, and have collected network traffic traces to demonstrate the behavior of their traffic shaping. In particular, we are able (during peak usage times) to synthetically generate a relatively large number of TCP reset packets aimed at any new TCP connection regardless of the application-level protocol. Surprisingly, this traffic shaping even disrupts normal web browsing and e-mail applications.

Well that just makes me want to go right out and get me a Comcast Internet connection, NOT! πŸ‘Ώ

I’ve noticed several of the sites I check regularly have been having problems with dropped connections in the past few days. Guess either they are on Comcast or the connection is being routed through the Comcast net. Either way it’s a REAL pain in the arse and I’d thing that making folks reload time after time to finally get a connection would create MORE traffic than just letting it all through the first time. ArseHats! πŸ‘Ώ

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