Communicating in a networked world
A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is one in which a server or service is “overwhelmed” by traffic and consequently either disabled or made unavailable to its customers. Typically the effect on the target of a DoS attack is a loss of business, or in … [Continue reading]
Thubten Samphel, information secretary (of DIIR- the Department of Information and International Relations) of the Tibetan government in exile in India, has written a fictional account of young Tibetan exiles living in India, entitled Falling through … [Continue reading]
I guess them that passes the laws first will get the kudos. So here's some credit, and honestly if you google around you won't find this law anywhere else. This is so simple yet it’s the basis of everything we do (and many things we overlook) every … [Continue reading]
{Geeks off the starboard bow, matey, arrrrrr!} I've mentioned before that I'm bringing up web sites on Slicehost. It’s a cloud computing environment and that means I don’t know and don’t care exactly what or where the server is, and I only buy as … [Continue reading]
Cloud Computing- it's a relatively new term for a relatively old concept. For at least six months now I've been thinking about two inevitabilities: 1) that my servers will fail some day soon; and 2) that I may have to rapidly scale (up) some … [Continue reading]