Recent content by koffiejunkie

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    Man killed and six injured after large sign falls at Big Church Festival in West Sussex

    Aaah, we're back to smiting!
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    Kyk die kak - Emfuleni wants to charge grid fees

    Your comment speak to the assumption that breakup and privatisation was the only solution.
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    Kyk die kak - Emfuleni wants to charge grid fees

    Just a thought for those who've been cheering the break-up and privatisation of Eskom: This is the inevitable outcome. When transmission is a separate entity, you have to pay them separately. It typically works something like this: Electricity generator pays for access to the grid. They price...
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    Internet Protocol Version 8 (IPv8)

    eCommerce sites were literally running X-Cart over plain text because they cared more about the cost of a Thawte-123 certificate than their customer data. Sure, we'll send your card data over SSL to the payment provider, but only after getting it from you over plain text. Did you forget how we...
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    Ceiling Fan Control

    The ones you describe usually have two chains. The wall switch gives power to the unit, and the two chains allow you to operate the light and fan independently. These, I think, are usually used where the ceiling fan was fitted at a later date, and they didn't want to run the cable for controls...
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    Internet Protocol Version 8 (IPv8)

    IPv4 was very far from being the dominant standard when work on IPv6 started. Windows didn't even have an IPv4 stack back then.
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    Internet Protocol Version 8 (IPv8)

    You're missing the point. Google enforced a changed, everybody else acted. Not because every webside cared about their customers' security, but because they wanted to protect their revenue. I said nothing about backward compatibility. I don't care about backward compatibility. I have you a...
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    Internet Protocol Version 8 (IPv8)

    Business do spend money when their continued existence depends on it. Just like when Google announced they would de-rank non-https sites in their search results, and overnight everyone got on board with SSL certs. Transition options have been around for a long time. Here's one for this use...
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    Internet Protocol Version 8 (IPv8)

    Something to know: Anyone can submit a proposal to the IETF. The fact that this was proposed, and thus published as a proposal, means absolutely nothing. What's even worse, It adds more complexity without solving any real problem. Most computer users don't ever see an IP address, and if they...
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    Anyone had brain surgery before?

    Glad to hear you're still with us. You can still write full sentences, so it can't be too bad!
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    Australia’s Trump Tower plans scrapped as developer says brand has become ‘toxic’

    Didn't think too deeply there, champ.
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    It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars

    It is rather disappointing to see so few EVs from the low end of the market, available in South Africa. Appropriate policy is sorely needed.
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    Internet Protocol Version 8 (IPv8)

    https://xkcd.com/927/
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    Quick survey: IPv6

    Thanks guys. Disappointing but good to know.
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    Lightroom alternatives?

    <Sigh> I miss Aperture...
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