Here in South Africa we have to pay R0.50 / MB (US$1 is about R7.50 at the moment) All HTTP access is through a proxy and P2P is firewalled (no open outgoing ports) Some services are practically inacessible (such as web sites on non-standard ports, SSH, external email (webmail still work), external news servers)
However, bypassing this restrictions is not impossible, it has and can be done using tor (or another methods of tunneling) although setting it up (with proxy authentication and the restricted ports) are usually not worth the trouble.
In many cases 7-zip gives better compression than RAR.... I just wish they want to add the maximum compression results. (They are probably still waiting for WinRK to finish....)
The BSOD must be cause either by Vista or a driver. User-space programs are not supposed to be able to crash the operating system...
The hardware might also be faulty, but if ALL Toshiba laptops are faulty, it should include a workaround. Also the driver should try to cope with unexpected inputs (which is important for security as well...)
So accepting people's invitation to use their Wifi (by not securing it) is a crime...
Judge: Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realise you'd been invited to use that access point. Let's see your invite. Oh, wait - you mean since you weren't explicitly forbidden from using the access point, that's an implicit invitation.
It is the same as accusing someone of copyright infringement if they listen to their neighbor's CDs because their sound system is too loud...
Your analogy is missing a car or two. IOW, it's not a particularly apt analogy.
But still if you are in a accident without a license, you are responsible, even if someone else caused the accident. If you are not competent to operate a wireless network you should not be allowed to complain if other people abuse it.
Wifi has an option to turn off the SSID broadcasts, it sould be used if your network is not public... (It should probably not be turned on by default and AP manufactures should force users to explicitly turn on a open system before enabling the Wifi)
But if someone access you Wifi use your bandwidth (or delete files from your computer (I actually deleted a virus from Win 98 PC once using Wifi..)) you can at least prove that you did not want them on your network.
It is more like a stolen firearm (from a safe) used for a crime before it is reported stolen than one that was stolen due to negligence. (For firearm law I'm using a South African example since I'm familiar with it)
What about when Windows auto-connects to an open AP? Sure you would probably never get arrested for it, but its still technically illegal isn't it? Rather what if your laptop automatically downloads updates from the network? Or spyware run in the background and access illegal information?
Something else to remember here as well is that not all domains are bought for hosting websites.... I, and quite a few other people I know, own domains only for email purposes. (I used to host a website on mine as well, but my ISP started blocking incoming connections on port 80)
If you don't know what Cmd-Shift-1 and Cmd-Shift-2 are for, GTFO.
If you think Firefox is a decent Mac application, GTFO.
If you're still looking for the "maximize" button, GTFO.
If the name "Clarus" means nothing to you, GTFO.
Bandwagon jumpers are not welcome among real Mac users. Keep your filthy PC fingers to yourself. Unfortunately Firefox is the only browser that supports my extensions....
I have 3 computers, ` dual booting Windows 2003 and Gentoo, one running Gentoo and my MacBook. Unfortunately Sun is taking forever delivering my Solaris 10 DVD (it might be that ZA is one of the countries they don't ship to...) else I might have considered that as well. (Solaris looks like an amazing OS)
OS X Tiger REALLY impressed me. (my MacBook was the first OS X computer I worked on) The option of a bash shell with a really good GUI is the perfect interface...
I'm a happy nLite user, so a format with basic tweaking take about 30 minutes (Would be faster if MS could just get ZA's regional settings right....) Setting up the nLite CD takes a few hours however....
For my MacBook I still need to find my preferred setting, so I do not know how long tweaking takes.... My Gentoo takes forever, but that's exactly whhy I run Gentoo....
iBurst an other Wireless services (Such as Sentech's MyWireless) also have a significant market share.
If I were to use GPRS/3G/HSDPA I pay between ZAR 2 / MB an ZAR 0.50 (depending on bundles and network) for internet. ADSL usually have a cap of 2 - 3GB (With higher cap options significantly more expensive, uncapped option usually cost at least 10 times the 3GB price) Most ISPs (with the exception of Telkom, who provides the other ISPs bandwidth) completely disable your connection if you exceed th(message interrupted due to capped account)
If you are downloading more the 5GB then you are definitely a pirate. Or you download and test Solaris and Solaris Express, or you download a DVD based linux distro over bittorrent.....
There are many ways to use more that 5GB a month....
Well this makes the typical South African's complaints about a very low 3GB cap seem invalid... (I know users thats able to use more that 50GB / month on local only accounts....)
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Here in South Africa we have to pay R0.50 / MB (US$1 is about R7.50 at the moment) All HTTP access is through a proxy and P2P is firewalled (no open outgoing ports) Some services are practically inacessible (such as web sites on non-standard ports, SSH, external email (webmail still work), external news servers)
However, bypassing this restrictions is not impossible, it has and can be done using tor (or another methods of tunneling) although setting it up (with proxy authentication and the restricted ports) are usually not worth the trouble.
In many cases 7-zip gives better compression than RAR.... I just wish they want to add the maximum compression results. (They are probably still waiting for WinRK to finish....)
The BSOD must be cause either by Vista or a driver. User-space programs are not supposed to be able to crash the operating system...
The hardware might also be faulty, but if ALL Toshiba laptops are faulty, it should include a workaround. Also the driver should try to cope with unexpected inputs (which is important for security as well...)
Same here. People who knock are most likely beggars. (And I live in South Africa)
More you cannot enter a public restroom to take a leak...
My game cannot connect here, let me walk around to see where it works... Ok. I'll sit and play here...
Not after you announced it (through a SSID broadcast...)
But still if you are in a accident without a license, you are responsible, even if someone else caused the accident. If you are not competent to operate a wireless network you should not be allowed to complain if other people abuse it.
Wifi has an option to turn off the SSID broadcasts, it sould be used if your network is not public... (It should probably not be turned on by default and AP manufactures should force users to explicitly turn on a open system before enabling the Wifi)
But if someone access you Wifi use your bandwidth (or delete files from your computer (I actually deleted a virus from Win 98 PC once using Wifi..)) you can at least prove that you did not want them on your network.
It is more like a stolen firearm (from a safe) used for a crime before it is reported stolen than one that was stolen due to negligence. (For firearm law I'm using a South African example since I'm familiar with it)
What about South African laws? ;-)
I have never used a public Wifi network (Bandwidth is expensive in ZA). How am I supposed to know that a network that my PC says is a public network?
At least setting up WEP will prove that you did not intend anyone else to use your network....
And if you don't want anyone to use it at least turn of SSID broadcast else you ARE intentionally advertising it.
If you do not know how wireless networks work you should not operate one or you should hire someone to set it up for you.
Actually what I meant to say is that it now appear to be a crime to not inform them how to turn down the music because it saves you buying the CD...
So accepting people's invitation to use their Wifi (by not securing it) is a crime...
It is the same as accusing someone of copyright infringement if they listen to their neighbor's CDs because their sound system is too loud...
PS: I still need to RTFA
Something else to remember here as well is that not all domains are bought for hosting websites.... I, and quite a few other people I know, own domains only for email purposes. (I used to host a website on mine as well, but my ISP started blocking incoming connections on port 80)
I found it necessary to decrypt a rental DVD to play a it on my computer. It kept complaining about enabled YV out.
Bypassing copy protection should never be the only way to access protected content....
You can always emigrate to a country without software patents...
If you think Firefox is a decent Mac application, GTFO.
If you're still looking for the "maximize" button, GTFO.
If the name "Clarus" means nothing to you, GTFO.
Bandwagon jumpers are not welcome among real Mac users. Keep your filthy PC fingers to yourself. Unfortunately Firefox is the only browser that supports my extensions....
I have 3 computers, ` dual booting Windows 2003 and Gentoo, one running Gentoo and my MacBook. Unfortunately Sun is taking forever delivering my Solaris 10 DVD (it might be that ZA is one of the countries they don't ship to...) else I might have considered that as well. (Solaris looks like an amazing OS)
OS X Tiger REALLY impressed me. (my MacBook was the first OS X computer I worked on) The option of a bash shell with a really good GUI is the perfect interface...
I'm a happy nLite user, so a format with basic tweaking take about 30 minutes (Would be faster if MS could just get ZA's regional settings right....) Setting up the nLite CD takes a few hours however....
For my MacBook I still need to find my preferred setting, so I do not know how long tweaking takes.... My Gentoo takes forever, but that's exactly whhy I run Gentoo....
iBurst an other Wireless services (Such as Sentech's MyWireless) also have a significant market share.
If I were to use GPRS/3G/HSDPA I pay between ZAR 2 / MB an ZAR 0.50 (depending on bundles and network) for internet. ADSL usually have a cap of 2 - 3GB (With higher cap options significantly more expensive, uncapped option usually cost at least 10 times the 3GB price) Most ISPs (with the exception of Telkom, who provides the other ISPs bandwidth) completely disable your connection if you exceed th(message interrupted due to capped account)
There are many ways to use more that 5GB a month....
Well this makes the typical South African's complaints about a very low 3GB cap seem invalid... (I know users thats able to use more that 50GB / month on local only accounts....)
So that's why textbooks are so expensive?