The Cellar - The Internet http://cellar.org Web sites, web development, email, chat, bandwidth, the net and society en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:16:03 GMT vBulletin 60 http://cellar.org/images/misc/rss.jpg The Cellar - The Internet http://cellar.org Does Your ISP Throttle P2P? http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21433&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:45:46 GMT
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Do your torrent downloads seem to be taking longer than usual? Are you trying to transfer, say, a home video to a friend via Pando and the upload keeps getting stuck? Or maybe you’re having problems with BitTorrent’s new streaming service, which just doesn’t seem to work on your system? There’s a good chance your ISP is at fault, as more and more providers are putting the brakes on BitTorrent these days.

Luckily, it’s pretty easy to tell if your ISP is one of the bad guys — we’ve pulled together five tests that will do it for you.
I did the Max Planck Insitute web-based test that works right in your browser. It tells me Verizon FIOS does not... at the moment.
At other times of possibly higher traffic, who knows. but since I don't P2P, except rare occasions, I was just curious. :blush:

btw, it was part of this article; 9 Ways ISPs Screw You Over. ]]> The Internet xoxoxoBruce http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21433 Hey, my Mac needs a repair! http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21428&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:20:32 GMT http://gizmodo.com/5406566/what-happens-when-you-bring-a-22+year+old-mac-to-the-genius-bar http://gizmodo.com/5406566/what-happ...the-genius-bar ]]> The Internet chrisinhouston http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21428 slow ass internet at regularly scheduled times http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21406&goto=newpost Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:43:11 GMT ffs. mebbe this is just a bitch session but why the heck does my internet (dsl= prob. #1) slow down to slower than a turtle trying to take a crap while crossing I-10 with BrianR barreling down on him? for the past week i've notice that at around 3:00 am every morning it slows down to "hey mebbe i should get dial up!" ffs. just frustrated. i've checked my equip. reset it and so forth. during the day i'm good. but at 3? fuggetaboutit.
damn. my beer has a hole in it. must stop post and refill and smoke too.

nuther note, miss y'all. but been around lurking. :) ]]> The Internet plthijinx http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21406 Write the past you a letter/e-mail http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21398&goto=newpost Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:02:03 GMT I have messed up BIG in my life at times and it would be nice if the future me could write me a letter telling me in no uncertain terns not to do it, whatever "it" might be.

Like, "Sammy, do not place that bowl of tadpoles under your bed and forget it until your Mother makes an unpleasant surprise some days later.

Some messages should arrive FedEX - please open at once:

"Dear Sam, I know he looks like Robert Redford, has a droll sense of humor, writes you poetry and has a good job for the moment.

Please now run as fast as you can. He dinks like a fish, will dump his two kids on you, become engaged to you, tell you that he'd like you to be a stay at home step Mom, and then for his coup de grace, he will run off to California one night, leaving you penniless and trying to decide what to do with his 2 kids who'd rather die then go back to Mom."

Warnings like these are sorely needed in the modern era, and science should make every effort to make the reverse e-mail/letter a possibiity. ]]> The Internet SamIam http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21398 <![CDATA[Firefox: Web's Most Insecure Browser?]]> http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21372&goto=newpost Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:38:10 GMT
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Application security vendor Cenzic today released its security trends report for the first half of 2009 application. In it, Cenzic claims that the Mozilla's Firefox browser led the field of Web browsers in terms of total vulnerabilities.

According to Cenzic, Firefox accounted for 44 percent of all browser vulnerabilities reported in the first half of 2009. In contrast, Apple's Safari had 35 percent of all reported browser vulnerability, Microsoft's Internet Explorer was third at 15 percent and Opera had just six percent share.

The 2009 figures stand in contrast to Cenzic's Q3/Q4 2008 report, where IE accounted for 43 percent of all reported Web browser vulnerabilities and Firefox followed closely at 39 percent.

As to why Firefox's numbers were so high, Cenzic has a few ideas.

"It's a combination of different things," Lars Ewe, CTO of Cenzic, told InternetNews.com. "They've gotten more traction as a browser, which is good for them and the more you get used the more exposure you have. As well a fair amount of the vulnerabilities have come by way of plug-ins."

One key area that Ewe said was responsible for a number of reported Firefox vulnerabilities is with how the browser handles plug-ins.
More here ]]> The Internet xoxoxoBruce http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21372 <![CDATA[WTF got all up in Firefox's ass?]]> http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21360&goto=newpost Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:37:53 GMT The shit just updated itself and now it takes a million and a half years to load any pages. The shit just updated itself and now it takes a million and a half years to load any pages. ]]> The Internet footfootfoot http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21360 Facebook Games Recruiting http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21350&goto=newpost Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:38:13 GMT Since we're already a group, I thought I would start a thread for recruiting fellow Cellarites to Facebook games.

Join my crew and I automatically join yours
http://apps.facebook.com/battlestati...ard+King+Petty

Me vs Sandstorm Renegades
http://apps.facebook.com/battlestati...php?hid=440962

Me vs Royal Bomb Vessel
http://apps.facebook.com/battlestati...php?hid=440955 ]]> The Internet richlevy http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21350