For those who have never seen a thin client in actual use:
I work for a small technology company in a small city (Technology Partners, Vero Beach, FL http://www.techpart.net/), and a quick list over our clients shows 18 are using Citrix and thin client solutions. I can only assume after you multiply that out by all the cities in the US that you would come up with a rather large number of users. Not all of them are 100% thin client installations, many are a mix of thin clients and domain PCs, but a good percentage of the users are thin clients.
The key is using some type of remote server software like Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Server alone just won't do what you need it to.
"I'm a Student and spend a lot of time on public wireless networks at my university, coffee shops, and hotels. Recently I have noticed the alot of disconections in my Bittorent of linux distro's I need to download for my CS thesis. The result is that I can't my thesis completed, during the day I have noticed someone playing World of Warcraft without any problems. I have considered sniffing and spoofing TCP resets to free up some bandwidth but need an automated way to handle new connections. Does anybody have any ideas on how to automate the sniff and reset strategy, or other ways to carve out a little bandwidth from hogs on the wireless sytem that my college tuition pays for?"
I too am a Direct TV subscriber with a DTV Tivo Unit, already DTV no longer sells new Tivo units and unless their own DVR makes some major leaps in function/usability I will be considering other options. I turned down a HD receiver so I can keep Tivo already.
Hopefully DTV will wake up and realize the customers they will lose is going to far offset the licensing fees they saved.
Let me get this straight.... they send out e-mail from a bank saying "we are your bank give us your password" and it happens to actually be your bank... but as a smart user you don't believe it.
They send out an E-mail to the whole cleansing list or even just random addresses, and because you happen to be a member it must be true? Besides for the time it would take to send these all out BlueSecurity has no defense against this... so the honeypot caught it... not like it has an Opt-Out link in the E-mail for it to send back too. But eventually the Spammer will go back to his profit making mails while managing to scare a few thousand people off of BlueSecurity.
Anyone else notice the irony that they want us to remove ourselves from BlueSecurity's website but they want us to notice the site is down.... Tells you a little about their intelligence level.
I for one can live with a high volume of E-mails of this type, now I just need to set any E-mail with the word BlueSecurity straight to spam. Remember no one is paying spammers to send E-mails to BlueSecurity users like this, eventually the all mighty dollar will make them go back to using their resources for profit generating spam.
All these comments and it didn't occur to a single person to suggest he get new refrence prints taken? Probably the glass was dirty when security took your original prints so now the system dosen't recognze them?
The only thing that would make this whole article about collecting of personal info any funnier would be if it was posted in the NY Times(free registration required).
The reason they all look the same is most of them use the same software. http://remote-backup.com/ RBS sells the software letting anyone go into buisness, the consulting firm I work for is buying this not as a money maker, but just so we don't have to keep suporting all these tape backup systems in the field.
"Your made a statement, but not a point. Did the Federal Government depend upon your HAM radio to get the word out about 9/11?"
Actually the answer is yes, HAM radio volunteers where one of the main line of communications after 9/11. They provided nearly 100% of the comunications for the Red Cross as well as a large chunk of traffic for the government.
he DID use paypal to get funds to ship the item. Wrong!
As far as PayPal is concerned, he received funds to ship an item - they have no involvement in what item was involved. Since he shipped an item, he has completed that transaction properly and PayPal has not been defrauded in any manner.
He DID use eBay to sell a real item but ACTUALLY shipped a fake item
Actually if you read the article the paypal payments were donations from other forum members to help him scam the scammer, they knew exactly what was going to be shipid, the buyer never paid 1 cent.
blame the US patent system for allowing jarheads to patent trivial
As a former US Marine I am appalled at your use of the word JarHead in a sentance with these scum, I will overlook any uses such as "We should send in the JarHeads to bomb these 419ers into atoms!"
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Sounds like you opted for the minimal install version
Scary how this got modded as Insightful and not just Funny!
It is in the works... and looking for volunteers to help build it:
http://itvolunteersworldwide.org/
Actually a new organization is currently being developed for just such a purpose: http://itvolunteersworldwide.org/
Currently there is a LinkedIn group http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1181337 you can go to for more info.
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Love the tux!
For those who have never seen a thin client in actual use:
I work for a small technology company in a small city (Technology Partners, Vero Beach, FL http://www.techpart.net/), and a quick list over our clients shows 18 are using Citrix and thin client solutions. I can only assume after you multiply that out by all the cities in the US that you would come up with a rather large number of users. Not all of them are 100% thin client installations, many are a mix of thin clients and domain PCs, but a good percentage of the users are thin clients.
The key is using some type of remote server software like Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Server alone just won't do what you need it to.
"I'm a Student and spend a lot of time on public wireless networks at my university, coffee shops, and hotels. Recently I have noticed the alot of disconections in my Bittorent of linux distro's I need to download for my CS thesis. The result is that I can't my thesis completed, during the day I have noticed someone playing World of Warcraft without any problems. I have considered sniffing and spoofing TCP resets to free up some bandwidth but need an automated way to handle new connections. Does anybody have any ideas on how to automate the sniff and reset strategy, or other ways to carve out a little bandwidth from hogs on the wireless sytem that my college tuition pays for?"
I too am a Direct TV subscriber with a DTV Tivo Unit, already DTV no longer sells new Tivo units and unless their own DVR makes some major leaps in function/usability I will be considering other options. I turned down a HD receiver so I can keep Tivo already.
Hopefully DTV will wake up and realize the customers they will lose is going to far offset the licensing fees they saved.
Just got a passport last week, no certification needed for my birth certificate.
Let me get this straight.... they send out e-mail from a bank saying "we are your bank give us your password" and it happens to actually be your bank... but as a smart user you don't believe it.
They send out an E-mail to the whole cleansing list or even just random addresses, and because you happen to be a member it must be true? Besides for the time it would take to send these all out BlueSecurity has no defense against this... so the honeypot caught it... not like it has an Opt-Out link in the E-mail for it to send back too. But eventually the Spammer will go back to his profit making mails while managing to scare a few thousand people off of BlueSecurity.
Anyone else notice the irony that they want us to remove ourselves from BlueSecurity's website but they want us to notice the site is down.... Tells you a little about their intelligence level.
I for one can live with a high volume of E-mails of this type, now I just need to set any E-mail with the word BlueSecurity straight to spam. Remember no one is paying spammers to send E-mails to BlueSecurity users like this, eventually the all mighty dollar will make them go back to using their resources for profit generating spam.
Oh I was able to get to the site.
Fox news reported this morning that one of the cartoons was run in an Egyptian Newspaper long before this even, nobody cared.
All these comments and it didn't occur to a single person to suggest he get new refrence prints taken? Probably the glass was dirty when security took your original prints so now the system dosen't recognze them?
The simplest answer is often overlooked.
Finally a product I can buy with guaranteed Tech-Support in America.
Not to pick on this poster because others repeated it, the WAP54G is not a router, it is a pure access point, you are thinking of the WRT54G.
Every slashdot reader who has ever been to a military Dining-in is having flashbacks of the grog bowl right now.
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The only thing that would make this whole article about collecting of personal info any funnier would be if it was posted in the NY Times(free registration required).
The reason they all look the same is most of them use the same software. http://remote-backup.com/ RBS sells the software letting anyone go into buisness, the consulting firm I work for is buying this not as a money maker, but just so we don't have to keep suporting all these tape backup systems in the field.
"Your made a statement, but not a point. Did the Federal Government depend upon your HAM radio to get the word out about 9/11?"
Actually the answer is yes, HAM radio volunteers where one of the main line of communications after 9/11. They provided nearly 100% of the comunications for the Red Cross as well as a large chunk of traffic for the government.
Here is an article about what they did: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/WTC.pdf
Here is an article in which the state of New Jersey Thanks them: http://www.eham.net/articles/4572
There are many more articles like this out there.
-KI4HLW
Post his phone number... I get vwery bored at 2am!!!
Keyboards still have a Cap Locks Key? I bought a keyboard without one years ago. Never gonna go back.
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Heck, Mothers accross the wold have been trying to do that for years!
Great, now I need to change the combination on my luggage!!
Anyone else think it would make a neat GeoCaching point!
he DID use paypal to get funds to ship the item.
Wrong!
As far as PayPal is concerned, he received funds to ship an item - they have no involvement in what item was involved. Since he shipped an item, he has completed that transaction properly and PayPal has not been defrauded in any manner.
He DID use eBay to sell a real item but ACTUALLY shipped a fake item
Actually if you read the article the paypal payments were donations from other forum members to help him scam the scammer, they knew exactly what was going to be shipid, the buyer never paid 1 cent.
blame the US patent system for allowing jarheads to patent trivial
As a former US Marine I am appalled at your use of the word JarHead in a sentance with these scum, I will overlook any uses such as "We should send in the JarHeads to bomb these 419ers into atoms!"