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Mecha_Infantry said:
Hey PythonGAF, can someone do a quick test as I'm not on a machine with Python
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That's scapy stuff, am on OS X and it doesn't install. They're probably using the old SDK? Anyway, I'll check the docs.

Edit: The docs say it'll fragment a big packet into smaller packets, so you're gonna see the whole packet split into smaller packets up to a payload size of 24 bytes per packet. They're gonna be complete successive packets.
So according to the docs, first[0] will look like this (ignoring the specifics of your post, just with IP(dst="1.2.3.4")/ICMP()/("SOME_PAYLOAD_DAWG") as fragment's first arg):
Code: 
<IP flags=MF frag=0 proto=ICMP dst=1.2.3.4 |<Raw load=&#8217;\x08\x00W \x00\x00\x00\x00SOME_PAYLOAD_DAWG&#8217;
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Of course, first[1] will also have a header for the successive packet if the payload exceeds your fragsize.
 
I was thinking about it this weekend as I was driving on a road trip and I got to wondering...
IF they were ever to FINALLY implement high speed rail in the USA, why are they so hellbent on mainly upgrading the existing rail lines? Why not instead just build the best track possible along the highways? Many, if not most, highways have long, long stretches of median between them. Just build the HSR on tall columns above the highway? Then just figure out what to do about places where they can't really go on a median.

Am I just not seeing something here? Is there a reason this can't be done? Even in a perfect world where Republicans weren't insane assholes who block HSR just to piss off liberals, they still seem to plan to mainly upgrade existing rail corridors to support (relatively slow) high speed rail.
 
Buddha Beam said:
I was thinking about it this weekend as I was driving on a road trip and I got to wondering...
IF they were ever to FINALLY implement high speed rail in the USA, why are they so hellbent on mainly upgrading the existing rail lines? Why not instead just build the best track possible along the highways? Many, if not most, highways have long, long stretches of median between them. Just build the HSR on tall columns above the highway? Then just figure out what to do about places where they can't really go on a median.

Am I just not seeing something here? Is there a reason this can't be done? Even in a perfect world where Republicans weren't insane assholes who block HSR just to piss off liberals, they still seem to plan to mainly upgrade existing rail corridors to support (relatively slow) high speed rail.
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Oil.

And less flammatory, there are probably dozens of safety, sound and environmental regulations that need to maintained making it more difficult/expensive to (legally) make new railways than simply upgrade the current infrastructure. Not to mention that any new railways must be able to tie in to the existing system and that there may not be enough demand to justify it all.

Really I doubt anyone that isn't fully informed by all the details surrounding the plan could give you a good answer to that.
 
Buddha Beam said:
IF they were ever to FINALLY implement high speed rail in the USA, why are they so hellbent on mainly upgrading the existing rail lines? Why not instead just build the best track possible along the highways?
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Building completely new tracks across the US is rather costly, and difficult.
Building along the highways assumes that the ground can actually support trains, that they don't make crazy curves, that elevation doesn't vary too much, that they want to go along highways with long-distance trains, and so on. Lots of assumptions. Also a couple of pros, but they're not that great, and similar to existing railway pros.
Building along existing railway means being able to replace railway (lower footprint) and to recycle material (mostly metals), having easy access (rail), using proven paths with good elevation variance and curves that go where trains need to go, implementing a sharing scheme for all speeds to get the most out of a particular lane, being able to directly feed into stations, ports and the like without the need for remodeling, having the tunnels and bridges right in place with the appropriate tolerances, having the appropriate wiring in place for signalling, using already-contaminated land (in terms of noise and danger mostly)... Lots of good things to benefit from.
 
Does anyone else skip out on many discussions on GAF once the thread passes a certain amount of pages? I tend to do this because I don't want reiterate what may have been posted already and because I reall don't feel like reading 20+ pages of discussion before I make a post.
 
Tomat said:
Does anyone else skip out on many discussions on GAF once the thread passes a certain amount of pages? I tend to do this because I don't want reiterate what may have been posted already and because I reall don't feel like reading 20+ pages of discussion before I make a post.
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i usually read the first two pages and the last then post if i want to.

I keep up with community threads though.
 
Tomat said:
Does anyone else skip out on many discussions on GAF once the thread passes a certain amount of pages? I tend to do this because I don't want reiterate what may have been posted already and because I reall don't feel like reading 20+ pages of discussion before I make a post.
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Usually. I'll check out the first page, and if there's something I want to comment on I won't because by the 3rd or 4th page it's probably already been discussed and not worth talking about again.
 
Tomat said:
Does anyone else skip out on many discussions on GAF once the thread passes a certain amount of pages? I tend to do this because I don't want reiterate what may have been posted already and because I reall don't feel like reading 20+ pages of discussion before I make a post.
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Yes, unless I honestly really want to discuss. Like the Batman spoiler thread was something like 90 pages when I joined, but I really wanted to talk about the movie. I think i prefaced by saying I only read page 1 of the thread and knew what I was saying was probably said 100x times already.

And then once you've discussed to your satisfaction, best to leave the thread instead of hanging around and getting upset when new people keep bringing up the same things.
 
there's just quick clicking noise and then nothing when I try to turn my car on. There is gas.... so I assume this is a battery issue? Engine doesn't sputter or half turn on or anything, just the quick clicking and then nothing.

my roommate has been borrowing my car. I believe the headlights and interior lights WERE NOT left on... so what could cause this? Batteries just eventually die..... I don't think mine is that old though, a few years. Will a jump probably work?
 
Futureman said:
there's just quick clicking noise and then nothing when I try to turn my car on. There is gas.... so I assume this is a battery issue? Engine doesn't sputter or half turn on or anything, just the quick clicking and then nothing.

my roommate has been borrowing my car. I believe the headlights and interior lights WERE NOT left on... so what could cause this? Batteries just eventually die..... I don't think mine is that old though, a few years. Will a jump probably work?
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Sounds like the battery to me, yeah. Try giving it a jump start to see if it'll come back to life, and if you have a charger, recharge your battery. Try checking whether you need to refill some distilled water on it or not.
 
Futureman said:
there's just quick clicking noise and then nothing when I try to turn my car on. There is gas.... so I assume this is a battery issue? Engine doesn't sputter or half turn on or anything, just the quick clicking and then nothing.

my roommate has been borrowing my car. I believe the headlights and interior lights WERE NOT left on... so what could cause this? Batteries just eventually die..... I don't think mine is that old though, a few years. Will a jump probably work?
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If your sure it's not a flat battery then maybe the solenoid or the starter. Jumping it should work but obviously is not a real solution.

(Note it's been years since I looked under the hood of a car)
 
Is there a good book(s) on why people, particulalry conservatives, think the way they do, politically? Proud of their ignorance? Vote against their own interests?

That REALLY dives into the psychology of it all?
 
Combichristoffersen said:
Sounds like the battery to me, yeah. Try giving it a jump start to see if it'll come back to life, and if you have a charger, recharge your battery. Try checking whether you need to refill some distilled water on it or not.
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my battery gets like this...

battery_cable_repair_corroded_terminal.jpg


I just took the contacts off and gave it a real good clean. Put them back on... now it struggles a bit instead of just the clicking noises, but still doesn't turn on.

My buddy is gonna try to give me a jump later on.
 
Futureman said:
my battery gets like this...

battery_cable_repair_corroded_terminal.jpg


I just took the contacts off and gave it a real good clean. Put them back on... now it struggles a bit instead of just the clicking noises, but still doesn't turn on.

My buddy is gonna try to give me a jump later on.
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My battery on a brand new car did that after 2 years. The corrosion led to the battery's capacity going down.
 
Hrm. Excuse my ignorance.

Let's say you're a muslim. Ramadan comes around. You work nights. Do you fast during the sunlight? You might only see 2 hours of sunlight. Do you reverse it, fast at night?
 
Lirlond said:
Hrm. Excuse my ignorance.

Let's say you're a muslim. Ramadan comes around. You work nights. Do you fast during the sunlight? You might only see 2 hours of sunlight. Do you reverse it, fast at night?
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Since working nights is a newer thing, I don't think there are rules for this and I don't think you would reverse it or do anything to "make up for it". Depending on when you work, it might not even be that much easier. Plus you probably can't take sleep meds or caffeine in the morning. That's just my guess though.
 
Revoh said:
I use this site http://sig.mca.gov.py/ a lot for my work and I fear the day some day it vanish or something happens to it.
Is there a way for me to mirror the entire site to my computer?
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No. At a glance, I'd say they're feeding map data from a server asynchronously with AJAX requests, so you only have at your disposal what you see on the screen at a particular point in time. The site isn't cached in your browser, and it needs a database and a backend application to function, basically. You could of course download current map pictures that you got from some request (Firefox makes this easy, for example), but you would have to have a local map data server (and some other stuff) running if you wanted to have an interactive map like that locally.

You could try contacting the people running the site and ask if they'll give you the whole thing, but you probably won't be able to cope with the complexity of what they'd be sending you, even if they'd bother packing it together for you (which takes a while). It wouldn't work out of the box as well, so you'd have to configure details that are hidden from us right now. Impossible to say what precisely goes on on the map server, what the database looks like, bla.
 
wolfmat said:
No. At a glance, I'd say they're feeding map data from a server asynchronously with AJAX requests, so you only have at your disposal what you see on the screen at a particular point in time. The site isn't cached in your browser, and it needs a database and a backend application to function, basically. You could of course download current map pictures that you got from some request (Firefox makes this easy, for example), but you would have to have a local map data server (and some other stuff) running if you wanted to have an interactive map like that locally.

You could try contacting the people running the site and ask if they'll give you the whole thing, but you probably won't be able to cope with the complexity of what they'd be sending you, even if they'd bother packing it together for you (which takes a while). It wouldn't work out of the box as well, so you'd have to configure details that are hidden from us right now. Impossible to say what precisely goes on on the map server, what the database looks like, bla.
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Damn. You seem to know a lot of this stuff so thanks for your input. Guess I'm going to stop being paranoid and forget about it though.
 
Revoh said:
Damn. You seem to know a lot of this stuff so thanks for your input.
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I know nothing of what they do, I just right-clicked a bunch and did a lot of guessing. I could be totally off. We're playing it loose here. You're welcome though!
 
Like the hat? said:
how does one avoid feeling like a worthless failure of a human being all the time?
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Asking that kind of question opens you up to a range of 'something is wrong - seek professional help' responses. You may consider this to be one of them. I really hope you do sort this out.
 
There was a strange youtube video posted a while back. It was of a guy waking up naked in a dumpster saying something along the lines of What does this mean?

I know it's a strange request, but it was just such a bizzare video. Anybody know what I'm talking about?
 
Legato.Reborn- said:
why in the world are my tabs in chrome opening like this? at first I thought it was AB but then I turned it off and still nothing

http://i.imgur.com/ONBTr.png[IMG][/QUOTE]

How are they supposed to open? That's how Chrome tabs work for me..




What's that website with the list of links to common programs/websites/utilities for when you're on a fresh OS install?
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Ok, anyone with a lot of buying experience from Newegg?

I bought a laptop yesterday, and today, I see that there's a new offer that gives a free $100 gift card for buying this laptop! I was so pissed

Anyways, I emailed customer service seeing if I could get in on this deal, have you guys had a similar situation happen and were you able to get in on the deal?
 
Orellio said:
How are they supposed to open? That's how Chrome tabs work for me..




What's that website with the list of links to common programs/websites/utilities for when you're on a fresh OS install?
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whaaaaaaaaaat?

they're suppose to open fullscreen!

like, the website is in the middle -- this has never happened before
 
What's the name of an youtube account that posts short "tutorials" how to make a simple meals and it's always funny? I remember there was a milk spilled all over the place, and a random egg smashing in at least two videos.
 
JokerOfSpades said:
Why doesn't "trickle down" economics actually work?
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That's probably neither a stupid question nor doesn't it deserve its own thread, actually.

What immediately comes to mind is that it hasn't worked so far. It's been tried a couple of times. Arguments against it are made on the basis of evidence found in data following such historic top tax rate reductions.
 
wolfmat said:
That's probably neither a stupid question nor doesn't it deserve its own thread, actually.

What immediately comes to mind is that it hasn't worked so far. It's been tried a couple of times. Arguments against it are made on the basis of evidence found in data following such historic top tax rate reductions.
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Oh. Well then - I'll make a thread, thanks!
 
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