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June 28, 2006

Network based (encrypted) backup in 15 minutes -using open source software!

Filed under: tech — zeb @ 2:54 pm

Open source based data backup tools have come a long way. This article shows how to quickly setup network based backup all using freely downloadable open source tools. A combination of Amanda, Samba and open source encryption tools enable this setup. Backup configuration on two different Linux distributions and a Windows client is shown.

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Google the ISP with 2^96 IPv6 addresses

Filed under: tech — zeb @ 2:19 pm

Google has 79 billion billion billion IPv6 addresses, is buying up massive amounts of dark fiber, and building a massive data center. Just what is Google up to?

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Darth Vader Calls the Emperor

Filed under: tech — zeb @ 2:04 pm

What really happened when the emperor learned about the destruction of the Death Star, Funny clip from Robot Chicken

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June 27, 2006

Test Your Web Design in 20 Different Browsers + More for FREE!

Filed under: tech — zeb @ 5:08 pm

Preview your website in 20 different browsers for Linux, Mac, Windows, Terminal, and Mobile. Customize screen resolution (tiny to huge), JavaScript (yes/no + version), Flash (yes/no + version), color depth (4/8/16/24-bit), Java (yes/no + version), media plugins (QTP/WMP/SVG/PDF), and maximum wait (15 min to 4 hours). FANTASTIC WEB DESIGN TOOL!

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ISPs Are Going To Eat Vonage’s Lunch

Filed under: tech — zeb @ 5:04 pm

“The problem for Vonage will be: there is nothing in their technology that larger providers can’t already do, and do more cheaply.”

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Is Microsoft about to release a Windows ‘kill’ switch?

Filed under: tech — zeb @ 3:09 pm

A ZDNet.com Blog, posted by Ed Bott. Ed speculates that a specific unanswered question may reveal a September date to disable Windows if WGA has not been applied to computers running Windows.

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June 26, 2006

School Finds Out It’s Not Google’s Fault

Filed under: tech — zeb @ 9:11 pm

A snafu between Google and a North Carolina school brought with it some valuable lessons: spiders can’t type passwords; Google crawls so deep only reporters can find it; you should double check your security; and everyone likes a judge with a funny name. So ends this latest google saga.

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Optical illusion causes hallucination

Filed under: tech — zeb @ 3:49 pm

You HAVE to try this. Fix this video for 1 minute and 30 seconds, and look away. You will hallucinate waves over anything you look. For best results, look at this video on full screen mode…

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June 25, 2006

School claimed google hacked it’s private servers and then posted that data

Filed under: tech — zeb @ 11:13 pm

School system officials say Google broke through the password and username protected server the information was stored in and took a photo of the page, which it posted to the Internet.

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June 22, 2006

Google Alert - Aviation

Filed under: tech — zeb @ 7:06 pm
Google Alert for: Aviation


Saudis To Get US Aviation Scholarships

Judicial Watch - Washington,District of Columbia,USA
allow thousands of Saudi students to enroll in American universities
and now that Islamic country is promoting scholarships to study civil
aviation in America.

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Air Force announces aviation resource management awards

NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
Air Force officials have announced the 2005 Outstanding Air Force Aviation
Resource Management of the Year award winners. - Airman


Aviation soars in Indian skies

Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
Aviation, as a career has witnessed a spurt in recent times.
KAPTAN MALI takes a flight around the city to check out what promises
the aviation sector holds.

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Air China Ltd agreed to acquire China National Aviation Co Ltd

Baystreet.ca - Canada
China Ltd, a Hong Kong-listed airlines operator, offered to
acquire the remaining 1.0 billion ordinary shares or 31.6% stake in China
National Aviation Co Ltd


Fainting pilot loses fight to fly again

Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
said he was not satisfied that issuing a medical certificate
to Mr Paterson, a 767 pilot with 27 years' experience, was not likely
to jeopardise aviation safety

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Canada: CAE considers aviation game

Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
Robert Brown, CAE's chief executive, said yesterday that a team at
the Montreal-based firm is looking at the possibility of developing aviation-based
video

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Mission Aviation Fellowship ready to take flight

Redlands Daily Facts - Redlands,CA,USA
REDLANDS - According to Kevin Swanson, Mission Aviation Fellowship
president, many nonprofit organizations have left California in the last
10 years and it is


EC signs aviation deal with New Zealand

الإتحاد العربي للنقل الجوي - Beirut,Lebanon
New Zealand has signed a new aviation agreement with the European
Union, bringing existing bilateral agreements between members states and
New Zealand into

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House bill halves funding for GE Aviation engine project

Cincinnati Business Courier - OH, United States
GE Aviation's fight to keep its share of the Joint Strike Fighter
project received a setback Tuesday when the US House of Representatives
cut funding in half

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Aircraft Act to be amended for stronger DGCA

Indian Express - New Delhi,India
22:The proposed amendments to the Aircraft Act, 1934 seeking
to grant greater regulatory authority to the Directorate General of Civil
Aviation (DGCA) were

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Military offered cheaper alternative to costly C-17 purchase

Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA — A Toronto-based commercial aviation company says it can
meet all the Canadian Forces long-range transport needs for $42 million
a year, instead of



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