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    Best firewall?
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    I'm with protosaurus a bit in that if you have the time the best way to handle this is with a built up Linux box with the right tools instead of some pre-packaged hardware. Also, if you are going that route you can separate out the firewall aspect from the monitoring aspect so your firewall can focus on the job it was meant to do and you can mess with your monitoring without impacting traffic if you just tap into the switch port for the firewall (port mirroring etc). If you go that route there is a nice GUI tool called squil (http://sguil.sourceforge.net/) that can be setup to give you some good views into what sort of traffic is going on. Personally I try to steer clear of that sort of in depth snooping into user traffic (other than keeping up on alerting rule type stuff for tracking malware outbreaks etc) as it is a never ending game and what it really comes down to for me is whether employees are doing their job or not (more of a management problem than a technology problem).
    Hope this info helps

    scarr4 answered in Geek Week 10 months ago
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    Is anyone using Sprint's 4G service?
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    well, I'm probably not going to help you much since I was the one that answered the question a few months ago that you pointed out but the site I mentioned (http://www.clear.com/coverage) is still a pretty good guideline for 4G coverage. It is a little more generous than it should be but is a good rough estimate. I happen to live it one of the zones marked on the map that doesn't get 4G (and sure enough I don't get a signal from my house) but I've gotten great connectivity in many places around the GMA. I have not tried out my 4G in Ballard but do remember getting pretty good coverage near that SPU soccer field at Interbay. So, it is possible it is your phone or you are just in a bad zone. Check out the map to see if your specific areas are in the "grey areas"

    scarr4 answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago
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    you could also just scrape this site (until they ban you maybe)
    http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=234

    scarr4 commented about 1 year ago
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    I'm guessing Latitude, Longitude, Time Zone and Data. Somewhere in there ;-)

    scarr4 commented about 1 year ago
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    heck if I know. You could use the Spreadsheet that NOAA made with those calculations although not sure that'll help you much either
    http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/highlights/sunrise/NOAA_Solar_Calculations_day.xls

    scarr4 commented about 1 year ago
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    Web service API for sunrise/sunset times?
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    Can you just use the math to do it yourself like this
    http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/highlights/sunrise/program.txt

    scarr4 answered in Geek Week about 1 year ago
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    Is there really a difference between "nerd" and "geek"?
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    The obligatory
    http://xkcd.com/747/

    scarr4 answered in Geek Week about 1 year ago
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    What is the best geek-album of all time?
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    Well, if you're talking the geekiness of the musician(s) then I'd have to say offthesky would be my first choice as that dude revels in the tech stuff of his music (taking weather patterns\phenomena and turning them into sound). Then we have The Flaming Lips with albums like Zaireka where you're needing to time a bunch of CD's to play together (nerds!). I've always been more partial to songs like "Charlie Manson Blues" etc though. The Minutemen have always been a little geeky to me ("our band is scientist rock"). You can also go way back to the Goldberg Variations of course as those are pretty geeky. As far as sounding geeky or having a geek quality I'd have to go with Belong first as their walls of distortion appeal to the inner geek in me. Second I think I'd have to say Stars of The Lid because all geeks like space exploration.

    scarr4 answered in Geek Week about 1 year ago
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    which new smartphone should i get?
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    I've only messed with the iPhone a bit since I haven't owned one myself but I will say for me the EVO is really much better. the 4.3 inch screen makes for a pretty decent browsing experience and the 1GHz processor makes everything quick. Syncing it is easy. You can just mount it as a hard drive and manage things yourself (ex: for music just copy any folders from your iTunes collection into the folder marked "music" and you are in business) or you can grab DoubleTwist for a more polished approach (see Nick's answer). The microSD chip is nice so you can get up to 32GB of storage for now (comes with 8GB). Plus, Android 2.2 (froyo) will be coming to the device this year and that promises a bunch of improvements and even better speed, etc.
    I agree with Nickm though, that if you aren't in a hurry then wait for the Epic as it is supposed to be very similar to the Evo but newer and thus better. Finally, the best thing for me about this device is Swype, the input method that makes tapping on a keyboard obsolete (granted this will probably show up on the iPhone eventually). I can compose emails or text messages 10 times faster now. Frickin' awesome.

    scarr4 answered in Geek Week about 1 year ago
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    I haven't had the really bad battery issues that some folks have reported with the EVO (I think an early batch of hardware was problematic) plus HTC\Sprint came out with an update end of June that greatly improved the battery life (before the update I'd squeeze a day out of battery if I didn't use 4G or wifi very much but after the update I could use whatever I wanted and get through the day easily). That said, 4G definitely drains battery faster than 3G so it wouldn't be something you'd leave on all day or you might be running for a charger at the end of the day (there really isn't a reason to have it on except when doing data-intensive stuff anyway like YouTube HD, etc plus it heats up your phone so you don't really want a Hot Pocket (and I don't mean that nasty food item)). I did testing and found that you lose around 3-5% of battery per hour on 4G with basic usage (for me that's constant mail syncing, a bunch of browsing, and maybe a phone call here or there). I did run 4G to watch a World Cup game on Sprint TV for about two hours a week or two ago and still only hit about 5% battery loss per hour so 4G itself is the main drainer.

    scarr4 commented about 1 year ago
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