Quoting WikiP as a source is not usually a good idea in an academic work. Whether or not the information on the Wiki page is correct is beside the issue. Due to the nature of the content of Wikipedia, being compiled and edited by the "experts" in the field, the facts presented are such that they are what the author wants you to believe is the truth.
In cases where an axe is wishing to be ground the presentation of information is likely to be highly biased. This is particularly true when there is something to be gained either politically, financially or both. The use of the information to "sell" is too irresistable for most!
This fact is borne out by the fact that my website is quoted as a source by a number of WikiP entries. Some of these references are to pages that were posted in the frustration with manufacturers in their inability to be forthright with their customers about the specifications of their products. Intel is one of the companies to which I refer, wrt Notebook Processors.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Using Tor for BBC iPlayer Access outside the UK
A complete description on how to do this is to be found on my website. www.tempusfugit.ca
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Torrent and Bandwidth Hogs
Why would an ISP offer accounts with 95G of bandwidth per month if they didn't have the network infrastructure to support 3 to 4GBytes of traffic per day?
To say that ISPs would rather the users of torrents go away and that this is detrimental to the other users of the network does not make sense.
Copyright infringement and DRM is another issue and will be pursued.
To say that ISPs would rather the users of torrents go away and that this is detrimental to the other users of the network does not make sense.
Copyright infringement and DRM is another issue and will be pursued.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Deleting pages from Google Cache
This is a new one for me! Always willing to try something new.
Question is: How long do the pages take to actually disappear from the listings?
I must admit that I hadn't added the profile for the blog to Google's Webmaster Tools (just the website)
If this works, it will be an interesting tool.
With respect to the blogger.com blog - a page that no longer exists returns what is presumed to be a "custom 404" page. It this is not the case then the removal may not work.
Question is: How long do the pages take to actually disappear from the listings?
I must admit that I hadn't added the profile for the blog to Google's Webmaster Tools (just the website)
If this works, it will be an interesting tool.
With respect to the blogger.com blog - a page that no longer exists returns what is presumed to be a "custom 404" page. It this is not the case then the removal may not work.
Friday, March 6, 2009
iPlayer using a proxy
As an experiment this morning I thought that I would try connecting to the BBC not using a VPN.
It still works. It took about a minute to find an exitnode in the UK but the play-back is perfect. If I wanted to download the program it would have been even quicker.
It still works. It took about a minute to find an exitnode in the UK but the play-back is perfect. If I wanted to download the program it would have been even quicker.
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