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lex1nat0r · 1 month
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The Danse Mechabre: White Elephant
AAR #01
Ran the first session in what is hopefully going to be a full Lancer campaign over the weekend. Gonna be posting these after-action reports from the GM perspective in case it's useful to anyone (and it turns out there are a couple of things I need to make sure I remember). No spoilers because at least half of the players are on the tumbles (eye see you).
Characters (LL 0):
Raiju (Hacker/Ace/Centimane) - GMS Everest - Delta
Sunshine (Grease Monkey/Technophile/Leader) - GMS Everest - Exchange of Affection
Rook (Walking Armory/Stormbringer/Brutal) - GMS Everest - Not Fun By Myself
Daylight (Technophile/Crack Shot/Infiltrator) - GMS Everest - Hits Different
Magpie (Hacker/Technophile/Centimane) - GMS Everest - General Protection Fault
You will notice right away that there are three - count 'em, three -characters with the Technophile talent. That means there are three bonus NHPs in the party. And the first thing I neglected to do is prompt for more interactions with the bonus NHPs. The only one that got characterization in this session was Molotov, Sunshine's little buddy.The reason I didn't prompt for more interaction is mostly because this group is used to 2.5-3 hour sessions and I am trying to hit one combat per session, which does not leave a lot of time for roleplay outside of combat. The schedule will need to be adjusted somewhat.
So in the year 4570u the PCs depart as crewmembers (and one stowaway) from the secret KRAKEN facility on the highly experimental blinkship Eye of the Tiger. The crew of the Eye of the Tiger had secretly been replaced with revolutionaries, planning to use its blink carver to quickly head towards the core worlds and help overthrow Union's Second Committee. They go into stasis, trigger the ship's blink carver and wake up to a variety of alarms blaring. It eventually turns out the year is now 5016u and the blink carver may have moved them in space as well as time. Or something. They fix up the ship a little and realize that they're near a planet that is putting out a distress call. When they also get the opposing force's broadcast about returning the planet to 'traditional Cradle values' they decide the situation requires mechanized intervention. Important note: I'm very happy with my players for not immediately deciding they need to intervene on the side of the people putting out the distress call and that maybe they need more information before getting stuck in. Keep hold of that instinct, just because you didn't need it this time doesn't mean you won't in the future.
So while the Eye of the Tiger engages the enemy fleet in orbit, the lancers drop right in to protect an urban area.
Combat 1.1: We get to be the Cavalry for Once
Sitrep: Control
OPFOR:
Pyro x2
Priest Vehicle x2
Hive x2
Grunt Breacher Vehicle x6
Outcome: PC victory, 11 - 8
No PC structure or stress damage, though Hits Different and Not Fun By Myself both used a Repair. The only mech to not get hit was Delta, which secured the lower left control zone and blasted away with its howitzer (whoever put the howitzer on the default Hacker loadout in COMP/CON is a real joker).
Here's the aftermath of the battle after I invoked the mercy rule when it became clear the NPCs couldn't take enough control zones some time around the middle of the last round (not pictured: the Hives' Razor Swarms that were still in 3/4 control zones).
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(Tokens by Retrograde Minis (on the basic blank 1-hex tokens that come with Lancer so they show up well), map by Interpoint Station's pixel art assets, they released their new mapmaking tool like the day before we played. VTT is Roll20)
Most of the civilians had already been evacuated from the area with two exceptions: the blue building just above the lower left control zone (some kind of cultural building maybe, there were a lot of civilians around it), and the orange building to the left of the lower right control zone (an IPS-N showroom/liaison office). Those were both intact at the end of the combat, which will be relevant next session.
The enemy comp is very short-ranged which ended up working because the PCs had to get at them to get into their control zones. It also features a lot of burn which I ended up not using correctly (see below). I maybe went a bit hard on Strikers with that many Breachers, but I knew it would be fine because Breachers can only hit something once in a blue moon (Hits Different was the only one to get tagged by a Breacher shotgun). A lot of vehicles because I like combined arms in my mecha (I think I get this from my exposure to Battletech). No optionals on any of the enemies to reduce cognitive load on me, and even then there was plenty I forgot (see below).
I was worried about cover and LoS going into this because it doesn't feel like the Lancer rules have enough detail on that but it was easy enough to adjudicate in practice. Also shout out to one of the best rules in Lancer: the PC that went last nominates the PC to go next. That helped speed things up a lot.
Overall for a first combat with 5 PCs, getting through it in ~2.5 hours is pretty impressive! HOWEVER:
Things I Definitely Forgot About:
Tech attacks ignore cover!
Engagement gives +1 diff on ranged attacks!
Pyros deal double burn to anyone who already has burn!
Pyros can put out their FIREBREAK shield at the end of each of their turns!
Breacher's shotguns have a threat of 3!
All the PC talents!
Thankfully this can kind of be written off in fiction as the OPFOR being kind of bozos and the PCs not being fully familiar with their mechs (maybe some residual grogginess from stasis and the fact that mech warfare was still pretty new to them).
So definitely some things to keep in mind for next time - I'll have to come up with a format of NPC stat blocks that works for me because just using their stats in the core book clearly means some things get overlooked.
Next Time: Straight into the Wall?
INDULGE ME:
Campaign notebook is a Maruman Mnemosyne N195A, 7mm lined. A month ago I swore I would only use binders for campaigns going forward but Lancer seems constrained enough (note I did not say 'on rails') that I can get away with not doing that (as opposed to, say, a hexcrawling sandbox) that I can get away with it. Plus this notebook was only holding a half-done campaign idea that is unlikely to see the light of day so I figured I'd use the rest of the pages up. I've found the paper is very good at taking fountain pen ink, though I'm not using a fountain pen for these notes. I've settled on a Zebra Sarasa Clip 0.5mm gel pen as working best, and I do like that pen (it's what I used to finish out my #Dungeon23 notes).
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selloldmobile · 8 months
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cashjojl463 · 1 year
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10 Things You Learned in Preschool That'll Help You With socks manufacturer
IP 56 is a rating for enclosures that are subject to a variety of weather conditions. This is a standard developed by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and is a worldwide standard. In the U.S., the National Electrical Manufacturers ASsociation (NEMA) sets similar standards.
IEC Ingress Protection Standards
The IEC has a published standard 60529, which defines Ingress Protection using a two digit code. This standard has all the information about testing and applications.
The first digit indicates the protection against access to hazardous sections and whether solid objects can get into the encolosure. In other words, how hard is it to stick your finger in there and cause some trouble.
The second digit indicates the amount of protection against water.
Here are the designations for the first digit - Hazardous Parts:
0 - Non-protected
1 - Protected against access with the back of the hand (50mm size object)
2 - Protected against access with jointed finger (12 mm x 80 mm)
3 - Protected against acess with a tool (2.5 mm)
4, 5, 6 - Protected against access with a wire (1.0 mm)
Here are the designations for the first digit - Solid Foreign Objects:
0 - Non-protected
1 - Objects greater than 50mm
2 - Objects greater than 12.5 mm
3 - Objects greater than 2.5
4 - Objects greater than or equal to 1mm
5 - Dust protected
6 - Dust tight
Protection designation for the second digit - Ingress of Liquids
0 - Non-protected
1 - Water dripping vertically
2 - Water dripping, enclosure tilted up to 15d
3 - Spraying water, upt to 60d angle from vertical
4 - Splashing water, any direction
5 - Jetting water, any direction
6 - Powerful jetting water, any direction
7 - Temporary immersion in water
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8 - Continuous immersion in water
You can see that an IP56 rated enclosure is protected against dust (and other small particles) and is water tight against jetting water from any direction.
Let's face it; the world would be nothing like we know it today if steel had never been invented. From cars to trains, and from bridges to skyscrapers, the human race is undeniably dependent on steel supplies and on the ability of steel suppliers to manufacture enough of it in order to meet the ever increasing demand.
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To put this into perspective, let's consider the fact that China alone manufactures around 150 million tons of steel per year. Despite such an immense output, China is still the world's largest steel importer, importing close to 50 million tons each year, and this figure is expected to increase year on year.
The United States is not too far behind China in terms of steel production, and yet they too have to import millions of tons of steel annually. In fact, the United States is the world's second largest importer. With such staggering global demand, it only stands to reason that there'll inevitably be manufacturers cutting corners in terms of quality in order to keep production costs down, and profit margins up.
There are several different grades of steel, and manufacturers can easily mislabel their steel products intentionally so as to increase their profits. If or when this happens, who actually pays the price? Certainly not the steel suppliers! The businesses that rely on steel supplies for manufacturing goods also don't pay the price, but instead, it's often innocent consumers like you and I.
Let's take a very simple example. Let's say a local business that specializes in making gates goes ahead and orders their steel from a questionable supplier who in turn supplies them with steel which is inferior in terms of quality. The gate manufacturer unknowingly uses that steel, and then sells their gates as per usual. When those gates start degrading a few months later, it's the buyers who will be faced with the problem of having to replace their gates.
The above example is, as I pointed out, a very simple example. Now just try to imagine what the consequences could be like if a major construction company, tasked with erecting a massive suspension bridge, where supplied with steel of an inferior grade of quality.
Reliability and dependability are also key issues for businesses that rely on the use of steel supplies. For example, practically all large scale construction contracts include clauses which state that the construction company will be liable to penalties if certain deadlines aren't met. Usually, these penalties involve huge amounts of money, because a delay in construct can have a phenomenal knock on effect for other companies that are also involved in the building process. The construction company therefore can't risk running out of supplies.
Construction companies, along with many other companies, can lose millions if suppliers fail to deliver on socks wholesale time, every time. In a nutshell, if you have the responsibility of ordering steel from the suppliers, you really need to do some research before settling on a particular supplier, and you should also make sure you have a second supplier to fall back on if it's ever necessary.
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iptvresale · 2 years
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iptvfollow · 2 years
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Best IPTV Service Provider
                                  
An IPTV service provider is a great way to watch your favorite TV shows, movies, sports, and more. IPTV is a great alternative to traditional TV services like cable or satellite. With IPTV, you don’t have to worry about recording shows or paying for pay-per-view events so you can watch TV on your own time. 
What is IPTV?
Protocol for the Internet IPTV stands for "Internet Protocol Television." It's a way to send TV channels over the Internet or a local area network (LAN). Customers who buy IPTV subscriptions get TV shows and Video On Demand (VOD) through Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
Internet protocol television, or IPTV, has become popular in a number of business sectors as the number of video service providers has grown quickly in recent years.
This has led to a great innovation of IP-based services, which have been put together in one place to give you a unique IPTV solution that can be used in different streaming business models on the market. The best IPTV service provider will always be ready to meet your needs.
You might be surprised to hear that IPTV has started to grow in Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America, thanks to wide deployments in subscriber-based telecom networks and high-speed channel access on user-end devices. Also, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and other South Asian countries are moving toward the game to make the most money.
IPTV is the process of watching TV shows online instead of through cable or satellite. A stream sends this TV show to a set-top box.
Because there isn't much information about the quality of the service, it can be hard to choose an IPTV provider. We've taken it upon ourselves to find the best IPTV service providers that live up to their promises.
Legal IPTV Service Providers
A normal thought can help you figure out if an IPTV provider is legal or not. IF an app can be used on more than one platform. It is legal to use and download from places like the Amazon App Store or the Google Play Store in your area. When companies like Amazon or Google approve programs for use in their own app stores, users know this. They make a safety policy that makes sure everyone is safe. If not, both companies would be held responsible for copyright violations and piracy, which are both illegal ways to stream. IPTVFOLLOW is one of the legal IPTV service providers you can use.
Best IPTV Provider 2022
IPTVFOLLOW is the best service for streaming IPTV, especially for fans of news channels. This IPTV has many news and information channels that you can stream. This is one of the most popular iptv streaming services because you can watch many channels in high definition at 60 frames per second. Live TV and VOD shows and movies can be streamed to your computer through IPTVFOLLOW. They have more than 35,000 live and paid channels right now. It has been sent to more than 80 countries and more than 40,000 VODs. They also give you an EPG, or electronic program guide, which I found to be pretty reliable. There are also "catch-up TV" features that let you watch shows for up to 3 days if you have enough channels. IPTV lets you try all of its services for free for 24 hours.
Over 40.000 Channels
Over 150.000 Movies & TV Shows
Free Updates
HD & SD & FHD Channels
Premium Channels
TV Guide (EPG)
Support All Devices
24/7 support
AntiFreeze Technology
99.9% Uptime
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proteuus · 2 years
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I keep thinking it's monday because the week just started bc I was on break but it is actually fuckimg wednesday.........
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snlangford · 3 years
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Let’s Talk About Trackers...
Because of the major talk about them yesterday and how an anon tried to throw me under the bus, I want to make an informative post about the specific tracker I use and certain others do too (assuming they still use these). This will also go under a keep reading so you don’t have to scroll in case you read it and then don’t wanna scroll past it a second time.
I personally use a site called statcounter. What is stat counter? Well, let me explain with an excerpt from Wikipedia!
“StatCounter is a web traffic analysis website started in 1999. Access to basic services is free and advanced services can cost between US$5 and US$119 a month. StatCounter is based in Dublin, Ireland. The statistics from StatCounter are used to compute web usage share for example. As of May 2019, StatCounter is used on 0.9% of all websites. StatCounter statistics are directly derived from hits—as opposed to unique visitors—from 3 million sites, which use StatCounter, resulting in total hits of more than 15 billion per month. No artificial weightings are used to correct for sampling bias, thus the numbers in the statistics can not be considered to be representative samples.”
Statcounter I find has some cool features too if you do run a business site, which I aim to do in the future, here’s some of the cool analytics stuff they have if you’re a business marketer:
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This above is a capture taken for the tracker on my OC blog @ / barashikki-dialoversoc
This tool here provides where the majority of your people come from, so it will help businesses to have features such as this, so StatCounter is cool to use for business and marketing.
But that’s not why we’re here, are we?
StatCounter says they provide you with IPs in hopes of blocking/banning them from your site and/or stopping fraud on your website.
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Sure, that’s useful as I personally use that to block people’s IPs if they send me hate anons. But here is how it’s an issue... This specific tab, which I know M/C uses quite often from my former friendship with her: Visitor Activity
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Now, let’s go there and break it down. I will be censoring sensitive information like people’s locations and IP addresses to protect them.
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I want to also address the “xxx is now using 100% of its log space” too.
It may be hard to read, but it says the following 
“Your Project Bara Shikki is now using 100% of its log space. This means that your website traffic data for detailed stats older than 7 months* will be overwritten to make room for new data. You can upgrade for $9/month to increase your log to 10+ years*. If you don't mind losing this old data for detailed stats, then no action is required on your part. Summary Stats are included with all plans and are unlimited.
* Estimated based on your current traffic”
For my other blog @ / dialoving-lemons, it deletes this info in 7 days due to the high demand traffic (it is a LOT more popular than any of my other blogs despite me being on hiatus there).
So while that is good, this information stays for a while. If someone is paying for this service, they can keep this info for a long time.
Now onto the part we are mainly addressing, addresses and IPs. I will use my own visits for the example (the white censor). And yes, you can appear on your own tracker as it picks anyone up who visits the URL.
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I color coded this so we can do a breakdown. 
Yellow is my city. Green is the state (will be providence if you are in another country). Then you see “United States” as the country it says I’m from. Your country’s flag also appears before your location.
^^^This here is already pretty accurate and sensitive information, and we haven’t even gotten to the second line yet.
For the second line, we have these: Purple is your internet provider. White, that’s your IP. See that tag next to it? You can click on that and make notes in it for when that person returns to your url. You can even sign up for notifications to get emails or alerts on your phone (if you have the statcounter app). How do I know this? This is how:
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Incognito doesn’t have dark mode, so sorry for bright image lol
Idk about you guys, but that’d make me uncomfortable to know someone could just get a ping saying I’m visiting their page. Again, I don’t know what features M/C uses, so I can’t say if she has this or not.
So not only can you find someone’s location, internet provider, and IP (which I think is enough for someone who hack or screw you over somehow, idk. I’d want to look that info up) but you can also stalk when they’re on your blog. This is a big YIKES.
Now back to the breakdown of the image from earlier...
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You can learn what device they used, their browser, get a timestamp, and also how long they were on your page. I personally don’t care sharing this info, many of us use the most updated browser of our choice and most of us are on windows 10 for computer users.
So... yeah. While I use statcounter myself to block haters and redirect their IPs so they can’t get on my page anymore, I feel this site does give out too much information. On top of that, the one we all know who uses this software also has some software that checks who unfollows her. She uses these to get dirt on people and to expose them, it is not for her safety.
Now some tips on how to be safe if you don’t want to be tracked thanks to me testing things out:
Use the tumblr app.
The tumblr app uses coding for mobile usage. It does not rely on urls, but another form of code. StatCounter cannot log this code, so you will not appear on the visitor activity tab.
View blogs in side view
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This is side view for those that don’t know. Side view acts a lot like the app in terms of the coding. So viewing like this is safe for you to not appear on trackers.
StatCounter relies on you typing in and clicking on urls on someone’s tumblr page (if installed on a tumblr).
As long as you are on a way that doesn’t rely on url systems, you are safe from appearing in someone’s tracker.
And a final note, if you are going to use one like I do, for blocking haters’ IPs, then I highly recommend putting a disclaimer in your description. I immediately did that when I installed mine so people knew they’d get rerouted if they started crap with me. I personally feel that keeping it secret that you have a tracker is violating someone’s consent as you are gathering info without their permission. By saying you have one, them being able to use ways where they won’t be tracked is very useful and helps them feel at ease knowing they can decide if they’re fine popping up on your tracker or not. Here is an example disclaimer you can put if you do put one in. Feel free to copy and paste too!
"Disclaimer: I use a tracker that allows me to see visitors’ IPs so I can block them if they cause problems for me, proceed at your own risk"
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cancolighting · 3 years
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What is IP Rating for Lights?
What is IP Rating for lights. For better understanding what is IP Rating for lights, we would like to introduce what is IP Rating first, since it is the basic knowledge you need to understand.
If you are looking for an article to help you understand what is IP Rating for lights, follow us, we will explain clearly with charts and photos, learn knowledge with photos is much better than only words, isn’t it?
So Firstly, let’s ask: What is IP RATING?
IP Rating is the abbreviation of Ingress Protection or International Protection rating, it is worldwide known standard to define the protection level of electrical enclosures against outside intrusion. The intrusion includes solid objects like body, tools, dirt, dust and Liquids.
This IP Code standard was published by IEC (International Electro Technical Commission) in year 2012, based on international stand of EN60529 (British BS EN60529:1992). This standard already well acceptable in most European countries.
What is IP rating for lights? Let’s start from here:
An IP Rating uses a two digit system to explain:
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The first digit meaning protection level of electrical enclosures against solid objects, like tools fingers or dust.
The second digit meaning protection level of electrical enclosures against Liquids.
What does ip65 mean in lighting? For most lighting, the most popular IP Rating is: IP20, IP44, IP65 and IP68.
Follow us to learn first digit (Solid Objects Protection):
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IP 1X Test Method:
Diameter 50mm solid objects should not ingress inside enclosures
Back of the hand should not touch inside electricity part or rotate part of enclosures
Test Method: 50N, Means use 50N strength should not broke its IP Protection rating.
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IP 2X Test Method:
Diameter 12.5mm solid objects should not ingress inside of enclosures
Fingers or something like fingers, length less than 80mm, diameter less than 12mm, should not touch inside electricity part or rotate part of enclosures
Test Method: 30N, Means use 30N strength should not broke its IP Protection rating.
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IP 3X Test Method:
Diameter and thickness more than 2.5mm solid objects should not ingress inside of enclosures
Test Method: 3N, Means use 3N strength should not broke its IP Protection rating.
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IP 4X Test Method:
Diameter and thickness more than 1mm solid objects should not ingress inside of enclosures
Test Method: 1N, Means use 1N strength should not broke its IP Protection rating.
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IP 5X Test Method:
Dust proof, diameter 1mm metal wire should not ingress inside of enclosures, but ingress dust should not caused enclosures keep safe work and running.
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IP 6X Test Method:
Dust proof, diameter 1mm metal wire should not ingress inside of enclosures; also can 100% avoid dust ingress enclosures.
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Follow us to learn second digit(Liquids Protection):
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IP X1 Test Method:
Vertical drip should not cause any bad affect on enclosures.
Test Method: 1mm water flow per minute, test 10 minutes.
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IP X2 Test Method:
Put vertical face of enclosures at 15°, Vertical drip should not cause any bad affect on enclosures.
Test Method: 3mm water flow per minute, test 4 position,each position test 2.5 minutes.
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IP X3 Test Method:
Put vertical face of enclosures at 60°, Water falling as a spray at any angle up to 60° should not cause any bad affect on enclosures.
Test Method: Water falling from vertical face to two sides, less than 60°, 0.07L/Minute, and test 10minutes.
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IP X4 Test Method:
Water splashing against the enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effect.
Test Method: Waters splashing from any direction of enclosures, each sprinkler nozzle control water flow at 0.07L/Minute, and test 10minutes.
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IP X5 Test Method:
Water projected by a nozzle (6.3mm) against enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effects.
Test Method: Waters splashing from any direction of enclosures, each sprinkler nozzle (6.3mm) control water flow at 12.5L/Minute, distance 2.5-3m, and test 3 minutes.
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IP X6 Test Method:
Water projected in powerful jets (12.5mm nozzle) against the enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effects.
Test Method: Waters splashing from any direction of enclosures, each powerful nozzle (12.5mm) control water flow at 100L/Minute, distance 2.5-3m, and test 3 minutes.
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IP X7 Test Method:
Ingress of water in harmful quantity shall not be possible when the enclosure is immersed in water under defined conditions of pressure and time (up to 1 m of submersion).
Test Method: Enclosures under water 1m deep, 30minutes test.
IP X8 Test Method:
The equipment is suitable for continuous immersion in water under conditions which shall be specified by the manufacturer. Normally, this will mean that the equipment is hermetically sealed. However, with certain types of equipment, it can mean that water can enter but only in such a manner that it produces no harmful effects.
Test Method: Enclosures under water more than 1m deep, long time test.
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IP X9 Test Method:
At temperature 75℃-85℃, Waters splashing from any direction of enclosures shall have no harmful effects.
Test Method: At temperature 75℃-85℃, waters splashing from any direction of enclosures, water flow at 15L/Minute, distance 0.175m, and test 10 minutes.
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Additional letters option:
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IP XXA Meaning:
Protect back of hand ingress inside of enclosures, approaching with a 50mm global test ball, this ball shall stay enough distance with dangerous fittings inside enclosures.
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IP XXB Meaning:
Protect fingers ingress inside of enclosures, approaching enclosures with a diameter 12mm, length 80mm test finger, this test finger shall stay enough distance with dangerous fittings inside enclosures.
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IP XXC Meaning:
Protect tools ingress inside of enclosures, approaching enclosures with a diameter 2.5mm, length 100mm test rod, this test rod shall stay enough distance with dangerous fittings inside enclosures.
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IP XXD Meaning:
Protect Metal wire ingress inside of enclosures, approaching enclosures with a diameter 1.0mm, length 100mm test rod, this test rod shall stay enough distance with dangerous fittings inside enclosures.
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IP XXXH Meaning:
High Voltage Device.
IP XXXM Meaning:
Protect Waterproof test processed when rotate device in running.
IP XXXS Meaning:
Protect Waterproof test processed when rotate device in quiescence.
IP XXXW Meaning:
Supply additional protection to suit doe special climate.
Thanks for reaching here, from above explanation, you already understand what IP Rating is now, it will be quite easy for to understand what is IP Rating for lights.
So what is IP Rating for lights?
IP Rating is very important in lighting field, No matter indoor lighting or outdoor lighting, every lighting fixture need to declare its IP Rating to help customers understand and use lighting correctly.
Basically,
For Indoor lighting, you can choose IP20, IP40, IP44, and IP54. Included led down light, led panel light, led pendant light, led linear light, led mirror light, etc
For outdoor lighting, you can choose IP65, IP66, and IP68. Included led tunnel light, led street light, led underwater light, led garden light, led high-mast light, etc.
Maybe you are new on lighting, don’t worry, we make a chart for you to understand better what rooms or location you can choose IP Rating lighting products.
For Indoor Lighting:
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After reading information above, do you already know what is ip rating for lights?
As we know there are some similar questions always:
What is IP rating for lights?
what does ip65 mean in lighting?
What ip rating for bathroom lights?
What does ip44 mean in lighting?
What is an ip rating for lights?
From this article, you can find the right answer.
One point need to let you know is: IP Rating may be changed after few months or years application, due to bad environment or mankind destroy, need to check lighting IP grade after 1-2 years application.
If you still have questions, sales team of Canco Lighting are pleased to explain more for you or help you to choose right lighting.
Enjoy your knowledge tour on IP Rating for lights.
For more detailed explain, visit: https://www.canco.com/what-is-ip-rating-for-lights/
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What is a DDoS attack and Anti-DDoS methods
As technological solutions emerge, new methods of computer warfare also appear that threaten the security of our platforms. One of the most traditional cyber-attacks is carried out using the DDoS method. This technique dates back to the early 2000s, but according to Akamai reports, DDoS attacks have been on the rise since 2014. On October 21, 2016, one of the most severe massive DDoS attacks in the world took place, disrupting the services of large companies such as PayPal, Spotify, Twitter and Netflix. According to The Guardian, this attack was the most massive of its kind in history.
 What is a DDoS attack and what does it consist of?
Let's start by defining a simple denial of service or DoS attack. The final objective of a DoS attack is to consume the resources of the target machine or network causing the unavailability of its services. This is not a hacking attack, as a denial of service attack is not designed to steal confidential information or break into a system in a forced manner, but rather to interrupt the services offered by that system, which can be an application/web site or any IT platform connected to the Internet. Some hackers, however, can take advantage of this temporary vulnerability to perpetuate other types of attacks.
Difference between DoS and DDoS
Let's look at a simple analogy: suppose a large store with enough staff and products opens a new offer, free PS4 consoles! The number of customers trying to purchase the product will cause your resources to collapse, so it is very likely that the store will have to close temporarily, preventing customers from accessing your services.
 Now suppose a more cunning attacker wants to attack the store with more customers and inserts a chip that turns thousands of customers into zombies -yes, this is the IT term for an intruder-controlled computer- to drain more and more resources from that store. This is what a DDoS or distributed denial of service attack is all about. A stresser/booter is used for this type of attack.
 A DoS attack is carried out using a single Internet connection, taking advantage of software vulnerabilities or overflowing the attacked machine with fake requests with the intention of overloading network resources, RAM or CPU usage. In contrast, and as we can see in the analogy, a DDoS attack is perpetuated from several devices across the Internet network. In general, these attacks are executed using many computers in a network, in the order of hundreds or thousands. How do so many people manage to agree on such an attack? The reality is that the vast majority of device owners running a DDoS attack have no idea they are part of the attack, this is because a Trojan/Malware/bot infects the devices and takes over the attack.
 The large number of devices sending requests saturates the target computer or network, making it unavailable. This also makes determining the source of the attack extremely difficult. There are different types of DDoS attacks, which are described in the section Types of DDoS attacks and how they are carried out.
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What is a botnet?
The group of devices infected with a bot that can be managed remotely is called a botnet. Also called "zombie armies" (zombies are the equivalent of computer bots), they are the source of a DDoS attack. Due to the geographical dispersion of the computers that make up a botnet, it is almost impossible to find a pattern of attacking devices.
What is the impact of a DDoS attack?
The impact of a DDoS attack that achieves its objective is very extensive. Suppose you have a large retail consortium -like Amazon- and your service is affected for 24 hours or more. The first impact is usually economic. And it's not just the impact on major sales losses, it also affects your reputation, service level agreements are violated, your numbers drop in availability, and statistically important values such as quality of service and experience (QoS and QoE) are impacted.
This is why it is so important that you are protected against these attacks, or that you are prepared for their imminent occurrence. At OpenCloud we are pioneers in offering Anti-DOS solutions in Chile and Latin America, with which you can avoid the occurrence of these types of attacks or mitigate the problem, addressing it with mitigation methods used by large companies. For more information go to the Anti-DDoS Methods section.
Types of DDoS attacks and how they are carried out
We can divide DDoS attacks into two main categories within the OSI model: network layer attacks and application layer attacks.
DDoS attacks in the application layer
These attacks are usually of a smaller scale, and are aimed at directly affecting the web server, without adverse effects on other ports and services. These types of attacks consume little bandwidth and include: HTTP overflows, slow attacks with tools such as Slowloris or RUDY, "day zero" attacks (taking advantage of vulnerabilities before they are discovered/solved by the manufacturer) and DNS request overflow attacks.
Slowloris sends partial requests to the target server, to keep connections open for as long as possible. At the same time, it sends large numbers of HTTP headers at certain time intervals that increase the number of requests, but never complete a connection. In this way, the victim's resources are affected, making it impossible for them to continue providing their services. This attack only affects the web server.
For its part, RUDY focuses on web applications by consuming all available sessions on the web server. It simulates a user who has a very slow Internet connection and sends HTTP POST packets -like those of a web form-, forcing the server to wait a long time until the request is completed. It is a slow attack, but is usually effective as it takes advantage of this HTTP vulnerability.
DDoS attacks in the network layer
These types of attacks try to take advantage of network and transport layer vulnerabilities (layers 3 and 4 of the OSI model), sending more packets or more bandwidth than the target server can support. The major attacks we usually read about in media reports are DDoS attacks on the network layer.
Attacks under this category usually cause a total interruption of service or serious operational damage. These attacks consume so many network resources that they are usually measured in the order of Gbps (gigabits per second), the largest ones even exceeding 300 Gbps.
Attacks of this type include:
●     SYN overflows: this attack exploits a small vulnerability in TCP connections. Attackers send a request in a SYN synchronization packet to the victim server, but mask the attacker's IP address (or the zombies in a botnet). Although the connection request looks real, the victim, when trying to respond to the connection request with an ACK message, does not find the attacker, slowing down the connection process and leaving connections open. By multiplying these requests by hundreds of thousands, the server consumes all available network resources and stops working.
●     DNS overflow: The attacker points to one or more DNS servers and sends apparently valid traffic, when in reality it is a question of badly formed packets, exhausting the resources of the recursive DNS server and preventing it from processing the requests that are real.
●     UDP overflow: in this case the attacker floods random ports of the victim with IP packets containing UDP datagrams. The victim searches for the associated service and when it does not get anything, it returns an "Unreachable Destination" packet. As it receives and responds to more packets, it becomes saturated and stops responding to other clients.
●     UDP-based amplification attacks: this type of attack is based on saturation of other services such as [DNS] (name translation to IPs on the Internet), NTP (synchronization of the computer clock on the Internet) or SSDP (searching for UPnP devices on the network) by sending large amounts of UDP packets. They are called amplification attacks because the attacker uses amplification techniques that can exaggerate the size of UDP packets, making the attack very powerful.
●     Ping of death: in this case, the attacker sends badly formed ICMP packets (slightly above the standardized limit of 65,535 bytes) using a simple ping command. When the victim server tries to reconstruct these packets it consumes a lot of resources; by considerably multiplying the number of packets sent via ping the server hangs.
●     There are other attacks such as NUKE and SMURF (smurf) that also take advantage of IP protocol vulnerabilities and ICMP messages to cause saturation and a final network overflow.
Why do you carry out DDoS attacks?
There are many different reasons for performing a DDoS attack, the most common causes include:
●     Hacktivism: this word comes from hacker and activism; this is one of the most common reasons for these attacks. It is a way for hackers or hacker organizations -like Anonymous- to express their critical opinion on issues of large corporations or politics.
●     Extortion: this is another increasingly popular motive. Here, attackers extort medium and large companies to hand over money in exchange for not carrying out a DDoS attack.
●     Cyber-vandalism: These are generally less experienced attackers who use tools and scripts already developed to carry out an attack simply for the sake of fun or unethical revenge.
●     Competition in the market: these competitive attacks are usually triggered by rivalry between companies or simply as a form of dirty market competition; for example: attacks on servers of online games companies, or attacks on companies selling services and products on crucial days, such as Black Friday.
Anti-DDoS Methods
DoS-based attacks cannot be prevented. You must accept the fact that the attackers are likely to act and will succeed in reaching the target. However, let's look at some steps to prepare you in case of such an attack. What we can do is make our platform more difficult to penetrate, and be prepared to take action in the event of an attack. Let's look at some recommendations for preparing for DDoS cyber-attacks:
●     Invest in building a robust platform: If you own a large platform that offers services or products that generate revenue or commercial value, you should invest in the security of your applications. Many times companies are reluctant to pay for services they don't use, however, this can be a very small expense when compared to the losses that a DDoS attack can generate.
●     Implement a monitoring tool for your systems: there are many tools available on the market, OpenCloud offers a monitoring solution to monitor the most important values of your CloudServer, however, it is advisable to implement a monitoring solution in a different network segment to be aware of unusual changes in the use of bandwidth, CPU and memory. Conduct stress tests: Another good idea is to use tools for third-party DDoS attacks and do testing before your platform goes into production, so you know how your system behaves in different DDoS scenarios.
●     Watch out for social networks and news blogs about DDoS threats. You can use Info Risk Today's RSS crawlers to keep up to date with the latest cyber threats.
●     During a DDoS attack, the log file record grows exponentially and can be the cause of your service interruption. As soon as you become aware that you are a victim of a DDoS attack, start deleting the dump files that start to be created due to the amount of general errors. One of the secrets of DDoS attacks is to cause large loads on instances of the system other than those attacked a priori. A good idea is to completely disable the generation of logs while the attack lasts.
●     Mitigating DDoS attacks with OpenCloud
●     OpenCloud offers a solution that helps redirect traffic corresponding to a DDoS attack on your website, diverting it to another point in the network. Traffic - national and international - entering your network is carefully inspected, filtered and discarded. In addition, we use IP masking on your CloudServer, preventing direct attacks on your IP address. This is an ideal solution for gamers or users with broad platforms that require more advanced levels of security.
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5 Easy Steps to a Better Wi-Fi Connection
5 Easy Steps to a Better Wi-Fi Connection!
We at Computer Tutoring focus on helping our lovely customers to get the most from their IT investment through training and support – which we absolutely love! with that in mind, we wanted to get right back to basics and send a little Wi-Fi help your way.
Guess what?....If your Wi-Fi connection isn’t great than everything you do online will be in steeped in frustration – so lets get to the bottom of how to get a better Wi-Fi connection.
1. Check what you are Paying for / what Package do you have?
It might sound obvious, but we are inclined to skim over the details and just look at ‘amount due’ section on our bill.  However, it’s well worth finding out exactly what your package includes.  If your internet provider is not delivering what they promised it may be that you are entitled to a refund.  Other benefits that come from reviewing your package are that you may well find that it comes with free cloud storage space which you could make use of!
But how do you know if your internet service provider is or is not delivering what they have promised?
2. Check your Internet Speed.
You can check your internet speed by directly plugging your laptop into your router.  You will need the CAT5 cable that came with your laptop to do this. 
Download a speed test app on the device that you’ve plugged into the router (we used SpeedTest App). To see exactly what this looks this please see our latest video – Getting a Better Wi-Fi Signal Speed Test.  
So how do you know what is a good speed?  Run a Speed Test.  You will now see your Download Speed and your Upload Speed.
Speeds vary! As an example Computer Tutorings Download Speed in London today is approx. 72 – 73 Mbps (megabits per second).  Some places and will be higher and some lower.  The higher the better!
Your Upload Speed will be slower – Ours today was 17 -18 Mbps.
Basically, the higher the numbers the better.  
You will also see a Ping (milli seconds) figure.  This can also be called the latency figure.  You want a low Ping figure.   If you have a high Ping (latency) number may mean that you will experience a lot of freezing when using video conferencing  (Zoom and Teams etc) and when online gaming.
3. Test your Wi-Fi Speed.  
This is the speed at which devices not directly connected to the router are running at (i.e your phone, tablet, ipad, laptop etc).
Download a speed test app on whatever device you want to test (your phone / tablet etc) and then run a speed test.  
You may find It is a couple of Mbps lower than when you directly connected your laptop to the router, but that is quite normal.
Many software providers outline their minimum systems requirements online (Zoom Bandwidth Requirements). This is helpful if you want some reassurance that your Wi-Fi connection is strong enough.
4. Check which band you are using. 4 GHz V 5 GHz.  
So, what does this mean?  Simply put they are radio waves.  The 2.4 Ghz band is very busy! As well as being used for WiFi it is also used by a myriad of devices including:
Cordless phones
Garage Door Openers
Baby Monitors
Microwaves
Radio Control Devices
and of course..Radios!
The 5Ghz is a newer technology and is a lot quieter.  
So how do you check which channel you are using?
This is very simple. Fist of all find your Router IP Address.  This will be a number on the back of your router or on a little card that may pop out of your router.   Type your router ip address (number) directly into your web browser.  You will be asked for your password.  This is your Admin Password (not the Wi-Fi code) that is listed on your router. Low and behold your router information will appear.
You now have access to router settings and can make changes.
First of all check which band you are currently using (default is 2.4 GHz).  Select ‘Wireless’.  You should see the two bands (2.4 GHz & 5 GHz).  To get access to the 5 GHz band switch on ‘Separate Bands’.  You will now have access to the 2.4 GHz and the 5 GHz band.
Now when you scan for Wi-Fi connections with your device you will now see 2 appear!  The first one will be your existing one (2.4 GHz), the other will be the new 5 GHz connection…it will look exactly the same as the first but with a 5 at the end.  You can rename it if you wish.
Now you can connect your devices to the far less crowded 5 GHz band.
When would a 2.4 GHz connection be Preferable?
If your devices are far from your router or your house has extremely thick walls it may be that you are better sticking to the 2.4 GHz, as these radio waves travel further. However, if you are in fairly close proximity to your router a 5GHz connection will be much stronger.
For more information on 2.4 GHz Vs 5 GHz please see our latest video ‘Getting a Better Wi-Fi Signal’.
5. Check what devices are connected to your Wi-Fi.
While in router settings select My Network - This will show you how many devices are using your router and how much internet they are using.   If you have an important Zoom training session / meeting coming up, you can disable devices that are taking up too much Wi-Fi!
You can also scan the networks in your neighbourhood and see how busy the channels are.  
One way to do this is using a free download – we have used NetSpot (we used the free edition).  This will scan the networks in your neighbourhood and see how busy the channels are.
You will see your own network connections pop up.  Your router will probably have a SMART capability.  This means that it will automatically change to the less busy channels.  If you do not have this option than you can manually select the least busy channel.  For 2.4 GHz you can select either channel 1, 6 or 11.   Select the channel with the fewest networks.
Lastly If your Wi-Fi doesn't seem to be working at all it is probably a problem with the internet provider - not you!
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DreamHost VPS and Dedicated Servers Hosting Services
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This organization has needed to battle with some crucial issues before. One of those issues was the worker personal time of 2006 which came about because of two blackouts at their server farms, and the second was the hacking of their webpage in 2007 which came about in around 700 sites records and FTP accounts having a place with around 3500 destinations being undermined. In any case, DreamHost appears to have gotten the past unequivocally behind them and are currently giving quality, continuous administrations to their clients. They have won the PC Mag's Best Web Hosting Service for the second year straight. They've been facilitating more than 1,500,000 sites since 1997.
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A few facilitating bundles to look over.
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No telephone uphold
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Lies Untold
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Part of The Untamed - EXO Wolf Universe
Genre: Supernatural, Wolf Au
Pairing: Luhan x Reader
Summary: For generations, your family has been the protectors of mankind. You were considered one of the best and due to that reputation, you were sent on what could be the most important mission for the organization. Going under cover in a college to sniff out a particularly large and threatening wolf pack seemed easy enough. But when you meet one of the members, everything you’ve known since birth will be overturned and your loyalty to your family and heritage will be tested.
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You watched the bartender out of the corner of your eye as he shifted over to the end of the counter to take care of another group of young women. There was something about him that giving off a very non-human vibe. Your alarm bells were already going off, but you needed to be careful. Going around and just assuming which members of this society were werewolves would give you tunnel vision and you needed to be alert. All options needed to be open to you if this mission was going to succeed.
But your eyes kept flickering over to him, this Luhan character. His soft face was intriguing to you, capturing your attention to the point that you were only partially taking in what Innie was saying. He’d smile and laugh as he conversed with the patrons. The strange thought of wanting him to come back over here and only laugh with you skirted across your mind before you shoved it away.
Since when did an attractive face distract you like this?
Tearing your eyes away, you began scanning the room, looking out for any possible signs of a wolf or anything else that could point you in the right direction.
“There he is!”
Grabbing your attention again, you followed Innie’s line of sight, where she was waving enthusiastically to a trio of boys that had just walked into the bar. The one in front, a short, brown haired guy with an obnoxiously pointy chin and puppy-like eyes, smiled brightly when he noticed Innie and quickly made his way through the crowd. As soon as he reached the two of you, he grabbed Innie’s waist and gave her a kiss that barely passed the criteria to be considered PG-13. A little more tongue and they’d be inching towards rated “R” material.
But when he pulled away, you nearly gasped.
One of the tale-tell signs of a wolf was when they were around their mate. It took a trained eye and complete focus, but when that chemical reaction of love and adoration was happening inside the wolf, his eyes reflected those emotions, flashing an amber gold for just a second as the beast pushed towards the surface. And you happened to catch this wolf’s involuntary reaction.
However, your small victory came with a price.
Not only had you identified a wolf in your first night here, you discovered the worst possible scenario that hadn’t even crossed your mind: your cousin Hae In was a mate.
As per the law, hunters didn’t touch mates unless absolutely necessary, only if they attacked first. They were still humans who were pulled into this battle against their wills, though their hormones told them otherwise. Even with that floating in the back of your head, that didn’t make the situation any easier. How were you supposed to keep your cousin out of this now?
Innie punched the wolf in the shoulder, pouting deeply. “You’re late.”
He actually whined, like he wasn’t worried that someone might wonder why a grown man was making a noise like that. “I’m sorry, babe. It’s all Chanyeol’s fault. He kept changing his shirt.”
“No idea why,” one of the others snorted. “It’s not like Lanie’s with us.”
“Both of you shut up,” the tall one growled. Okay, so that one was named Chanyeol. From the way the three of them stood, moving in sync to make sure they had a defensive edge at all times, they were definitely a pack. An instinctual habit that happened without them thinking about it.
“(y/n), this is my idiot of a boyfriend, Baekhyun,” Innie introduced playfully. Pointing to other two, she said, “The giant one is Chanyeol and that’s Jongdae. These three are absolute trouble, but don’t worry, they won’t bother you.”
“Thanks for the wonderful introduction,” Jongdae grumbled.
Baekhyun didn’t seem bothered by the slight insult, throwing an arm around Innie’s shoulders and placing a kiss to her temple.
“Guys, this is my cousin, (y/n),” Innie continued on.
The fact that these wolves knew your name and your face made you want to squirm in your seat. It was a fight against your training to always go unseen, to never be noticed. But this might be an in that you could utilise, so you slapped on a smile and waved innocently. “Hi! It’s nice to you meet you guys.”
Baekhyun nodded towards you politely before calling out, “Hey, Luhan!”
Luhan didn’t seem too thrilled to see the newest arrivals, shuffling over while grumbling to himself. His gaze set on you for just a second before turning to the others. “Don’t I see you guys enough at home?”
Home?
Was he a wolf, too?
As he made the drinks his friends requested, you watched his movements. They were quick, graceful and smooth. Yes, you were sure he was one of them as well. It would take a little more observation on your end, but it was the only conclusion. Wolves stuck together, rarely letting outsiders in. Their lives revolved around secrecy, kind of like yours.
“Here,” Luhan sighed, placing the newly made drinks down on the counter. “Now, please, don’t be too crazy. Remember, I still work here and I’d like to keep it that way.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” Baekhyun brushed off.
You frowned at his response. It bothered you, the way he didn’t seem to listen to the request, but you couldn’t explain why. You didn’t know any of these people and four of them were your enemies. How they interacted with or treated Luhan shouldn’t rub you this way.
Downing the rest of the drink, you shoved your thoughts back on the right track. You had a job to do and nothing was going to throw you off track. The family was counting on you.
**
You probably looked like a delinquent. From what you could sense, the front desk clerk’s eyes never left the back of your head. What could possibly be stolen in here and easily snuck out without breaking glass or setting of some kind of alarm?
It didn’t stop her from her judging, though.
A ball cap was shoved on your head, covered by the hood of your black jacket. It was your go-to cover up, the bill of the hat covering your face from most cameras and the hood covering up your hair and other identifiable parts. It helped you blend in and go unnoticed in most cases. Perhaps not so much in this very empty museum, though.
You glanced down at the screen shot on your cell phone.
Archeology4life: My museum has a pretty good selection based on the history of werewolf folklore. I’m constantly combing through it for ideas on my papers.
The IP addresses, from a phone to a college library computer, that your computer expert, Carter, had tracked all led back to this town. The girl you’d been conversing with until about six months ago had to be from this place. She wouldn’t lie about having access to these artifacts, would she? What would be the point in that?
But you’d combed over this entire museum and there was no section on werewolf folklore. You needed access to whatever this girl was talking about in order to find the one thing you were sent here to find: the book.
It’d been a legend, a myth whispered about through the generations. An entire archive of wolf anatomy, their weaknesses and their strengths, secrets that the hunters hadn’t been able to uncover in centuries not matter how hard they tried. According to lore, all of it was accumulated in a novel for a little light reading, kept hidden by the wolves. From what your internet friend had said, it seemed like it wasn’t so legendary after all. If it truly did exist, you had to get your hands on it, to give the organization the edge it needed to end the threat for good.
But how?
Walking out of the museum, you dialed Carter, hoping he’d keep this little conversation to himself.
“I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to be on radio silence,” Carter mocked the second he answered.
You rolled your eyes at the lack of a proper greeting. He was so lucky that you considered him one of your best friends.
“Shut up,” you grumbled as you hurried down the sidewalk. “I need you to track that girl’s phone again. I need to know where she is. There’s no display here at the museum so I need to know where she’s getting her information from.”
Miss Archeology4life had accidentally dropped a few bits of intel that no ordinary human would know. A rare female wolf wouldn’t be so careless, so your conclusion was that she was a mate. A mate who would lead you straight to the pack… and the book.
“I’m guessing that the family isn’t supposed to know about this?”
“I’m sure you can work your magic like no one else and make any record of this call disappear.”
Carter laughed. “I see how it is. Butter me up so I do what you want.”
“It’s not for me,” you countered. “It’s for the mission, which in turn benefits us all.”
A heavy sigh came from the other end of the line. “Fine. Give me a minute.”
You waited patiently, stopping your feet and glancing around you to make sure no one was watching you or trying to listen in. Then a building across the way caught your eye.
Lang Auto Shop.
They wouldn’t be that obvious, would they?
Part of your training was learning how to say “wolf” in different languages. Wolves were very in touch with the ancestors they came from and would often use those words in their businesses in other aspects of their lives like a secret display.
“Are you even listening to me?” Carter snapped.
“What? Sorry!” You’d been staring the shop a little too hard apparently.
“I’ve got the location. She’s at the university, in the library. And because I’m amazing, I even pinpointed the fact that she is on the first floor in the far east corner.”
You could hear the smug, self-satisfied smirk from here. “Thanks. I owe you one.”
“Just another to add to the long list.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever.” You hung up the phone before Carter could send another sarcastic comment your way.
Sliding your phone into your pocket, you slung around the camera that was hanging from your shoulder and snapped a few pictures of the shop to research later. You ran to the nearest bus stop and caught a bus that would take you to the university.
The campus was bustling with students in a hurry to make it to their next class. To try and blend in more, you took off the ball cap and stuffed it in your bag, replacing the hood to keep some sort of cover.
Finding the library was easy enough. No one stopped you, asking if you were actually a student here or not. Everyone just assumed you were, making you smile to yourself. Yes, you fit in quite nicely.
Bingo.
The girl you were looking for was the only soul around in the corner, sitting at a table and typing away at her laptop. It was kind of curious that she was here, considering the fact that you remembered vaguely of her telling you that she graduated last year. Hm. Maybe she decided to get a masters after all.
When another body joined her at the table, you slipped behind a bookshelf, allowing only the tiniest sliver of your face to peek through the books.
It was a man who joined her; professor by the looks of him, with his glasses and crisp button down. He gave her a quick peck on the lips before sitting down next to her. The two of them were so engrossed in each other, you probably could have just stood there out in the open and go unnoticed.
You gave your surroundings a quick glance before taking out your phone. In a situation like this, you preferred your Canon, but that wouldn’t exactly be discrete. So, the lesser quality pictures would just have to do for now. You clicked one, two, three pictures with perfect discretion.
“(y/n)?”
At the sound of your name, you whirled around to see Innie coming towards you, a very confused look on her face. You simply waved at her, cringing inside for being caught.
“Hey, Innie,” you greeted through gritted teeth.
“What are you doing here?” she asked. Her hand was on her hip and there was a sparkle of suspicion in her eye.
Thankfully, you were able to come up with a lie rather smoothly. “I came to check out the graphic design section.”
“Oh,” Innie blinked. “But you don’t go here.”
You shrugged. “Yeah, but that just means I can’t check them out. Nothing wrong with a little browsing to kickstart some ideas.”
That made Innie light up. “Really? What are you working on?”
“Just some… banners for a small computer company. Surveillance mostly.” Why Carter was always your go-to when you were trying to come up with a story you didn’t know, but it sure could be handy.
“Sounds interesting… and slightly stalkerish,” Innie giggled.
You rolled your eyes. “It’s for property surveillance. Like businesses and buildings, things like that. Not a spy store.”
Innie raised an eyebrow. “You kind of look like a spy right now.”
You snorted. “It’s windy outside.” As smoothly as you could, you removed the hood. You were already exposed by your cousin, might as well just relax and move on. “Why are you judging my only protection from the elements?”
“Okay, so-rry,” she sniffed. Checking her watch, she shrugged, “I’m hungry. Do you want to go grab something to eat?”
“Sure.” You needed to do some organizing and research of the tiny crumbs of information you’d managed to pick up, but you were human, too, and hadn’t eaten since earlier this morning. “Where are you thinking?”
“There’s a little pizzeria a few blocks down the street that the guys are wanting to meet at,” she replied. “You’re welcome to join us.”
“Okay,” you nodded. “Sounds good.”
“Alright, let’s go!”
You swallowed as you followed her out of the library, your fight or flight instinct already rearing up to take over. Whenever you were close like this to wolves, you were normally armed and fighting for your life, not about to order pizza and act like an average, oblivious twenty-something while they chatted away in front of you.
The pizzeria was an interesting design with dark wooden tables surrounded by old fashioned iron chairs and painted grapes outlining the ceiling. Already at one of the tables were the same group of boys from the bar as well as two other girls who seemed to the other wolves’ mates.
At the end of the table, sitting apart from the others was Luhan. Your heart leapt in your chest as you sat across from him, but you chalked it up to your trained instincts gearing up for a fight.
He smiled at you gently. “Hi, (y/n).”
“Hi,” you mumbled back.
The waitress stopped by and took everyone’s drink order before the chatter started up again. How could such a small group of people be so loud?
You stayed quiet beyond that, keeping your ears open to the others for anything vital. Soon, the waitress returned with the drinks and dropped a handful of straws in the middle of the table before walking away again. You waited for most of the straws to be picked up before reaching for yours. Big mistake.
At the same time that your fingers hit the paper wrapping, Luhan also reached for the straws and your hands brushed against each other, sending a shock of warm electricity through your body. Immediately you pulled back, unsure of how to process what the hell just happened. Never before had you felt something like that. It wasn’t anything like static electricity.
This didn’t feel right. You shouldn’t be here, surrounded by wolves where something could slip and you could be found out. And you definitely couldn’t stick around with the chance of that shock happening again. You needed to get out of here.
“I’m sorry,” you whispered Innie, barely getting her attention. “I don’t feel good. I have to go.”
Before anyone could stop you, you ran out of the pizzeria.
A nagging thought was pulling at your mind, but you refused to acknowledge it. The very idea of what could be behind that electrical current was ridiculous and unheard of. You just needed to get your head on straight.
Once you were back at your apartment and away from the wolves, you could refocus your attention on the task at hand. There was no way the stress and nerves of the mission were going to get the best of you.
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Our article on changes in data center electricity use from 2010 to 2018, out in Science Magazine today
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Our article on global data center electricity use is out today (February 28, 2020) in Science Magazine as a Policy Forum article. 
The intro of the article gives context:
Data centers represent the information backbone of an increasingly digitalized world. Demand for their services has been rising rapidly (1), and data-intensive technologies such as artificial intelligence, smart and connected energy systems, distributed manufacturing systems, and autonomous vehicles promise to increase demand further (2). Given that data centers are energy-intensive enterprises, estimated to account for around 1% of worldwide electricity use, these trends have clear implications for global energy demand and must be analyzed rigorously. Several oft-cited yet simplistic analyses claim that the energy used by the world’s data centers has doubled over the past decade and that their energy use will triple or even quadruple within the next decade (3–5). Such estimates contribute to a conventional wisdom (5, 6) that as demand for data center services rises rapidly, so too must their global energy use. But such extrapolations based on recent service demand growth indicators overlook strong countervailing energy efficiency trends that have occurred in parallel (see the first figure). Here, we integrate new data from different sources that have emerged recently and suggest more modest growth in global data center energy use (see the second figure). This provides policy-makers and energy analysts a recalibrated understanding of global data center energy use, its drivers, and near-term efficiency potential.
Key findings: 
• Total global data center electricity use increased by only 6% from 2010 to 2018, even as the number of data center compute instances (i.e. virtual machines running on physical hardware) rose to 6.5 times its 2010 level by 2018 (compute instances are a measure of computing output as defined by Cisco). 
• Data center electricity use rose from 194 TWh in 2010 to 205 TWh in 2018, representing about 1% of the world’s electricity use in 2018. 
• Computing service demand rose rapidly from 2010 to 2018. Installed storage capacity rose 26 fold, data center IP traffic rose 11 fold, workloads and compute instances rose six fold, and the installed base of physical servers rose 30%. 
• Computing efficiency rapidly increased, mostly offsetting growth in computing service demand: PUE dropped by 25% from 2010 to 2018, server energy intensity dropped by a factor of 4, the average number of servers per workload dropped by a factor of 5, and average storage drive energy use per TB dropped by almost a factor of 10. 
• Expressed as energy use per compute instance, the energy intensity of the global data center industry dropped by around 20% per year between 2010 and 2018.  This efficiency improvement rate is much greater than rates observed in other key sectors of the global economy over the same period. 
• We also showed that current efficiency potentials are enough to keep electricity demand roughly constant for the next doubling of computing service demand after 2018, if policy makers and industry keep pushing efficiency in their facilities, hardware, and software. 
• We offered three primary areas for policy action: (1) extend current efficiency trends by stressing efficiency standards, best practice dissemination, and financial incentives; (2) increase RD&D investments in next generation computing, storage, and heat removal technologies to deliver efficiency gains when current trends approach their limits, while incentivizing renewable power in parallel; and (3) invest in robust data collection, modeling, and monitoring.
Articles summarizing the work appeared yesterday in The New York Times, Bloomberg, USA Today, Data Center Dynamics, Wired, Quartz, IFL Science, New Scientist, and One Zero, among other outlets. Google also did a blog post describing their progress in improving data center efficiency over time.
The Northwestern University news release is here.
The UCSB news release is here.
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory release is here.
The spreadsheet model used for the analysis can be downloaded here: https://zenodo.org/record/3668743#.XmF-Gi2ZPWZ
The full reference is
Masanet, Eric, Arman Shehabi, Nuoa Lei, Sarah Smith, and Jonathan Koomey. 2020. "Recalibrating global data center energy-use estimates." Science. vol. 367, no. 6481. pp. 984. [http://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6481/984.abstract]
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