As soon as I realized that one of the satellites was Russian, a flag went up.
Could it be worth $100 million to take out one of their satellites, then blame it on an "accident"? Maybe the Iridium was basically just what you said, a weapon, in disguise the whole time.
I wonder if tinfoil hats protect oneself from falling space debris as well...
"I have several customers who now want more than my word about the security of systems that have worked for them flawlessly for 5-6 years."
Simply point out that they've been "test driving" open-source for 5-6 years.
Then go ahead and tell them they you'll switch over to Microsoft products, if they REALLY want you to. I'll bet my/. password, they will decline after pointing out the track record of what they have been using.
No need for botnets when you command an entire country armed with broadband.
"My fellow countrymen, you have fought well! Your Ancestors praise you honorable actions! Our next target will be www.whitehouse.gov !!! Onward, to victory! Commence DDOS!"
...data will actually become more of a liability for these companies, and maybe, just maybe, we will finally see the end of data-mining browser bars being included in everything under the sun.
Yes, but if the bar is raised, for some stupid reason, the trust in such technology seems to increase.
What this means is that when the "scammers" actually do succeed in defeating protections, their fakes have just that much more "believability".
Think "Its so hard to duplicate, it must be real".
Just more of the same "security theatre" we've seen in the past, but with the potential for serious repercussions, IF we put our trust in the system. Which, quite frankly, I do not.
Or better yet, put it on a disc, so I can, you know, put it in my disc drive?
The media type is really a moot point these days.
Ease of reproduction is all that really matters, and for the most part, as soon as someone comes up with a "secure" media, some other company provides us with technology to reproduce that media.
When the hell will these corporations stop blaming us, the consumer, for this shit, and start blaming the right people? The other corporations?
It is also well known that Comcast blocks seeding once it reaches a certain level. All I was saying is that it seems that they punish you on the download side if your seeding the crap out of files.
I can watch a 500-600KB/sec connection drop to 3-4KB/sec by simply going from 198KB/sec upload to 201KB/sec upload. I also said the UPLOAD drops to nothing as well. If what you are saying is correct, the drop would only occur on the download.
When using P2P, on Comcast, I get beautiful download rates...until my upload goes above 200KB/S.
When that happens my download rate is dropped, along with upload, down to under 10KB/s. Period.
I've been able to sustain download rates of up to 1MB/s as long as my upload is maintained at LESS then 200KB/s. For the most part, it appears they are using your upload rate to determine your download rate. Needless to say, I keep my upload set to 190KB/s(even a SINGLE spike over 200KB/s triggers the drop).
I've not noticed ANY change if I am using any other form of download.
What banner ads? To be honest, I have never seen a SINGLE banner ad here on slashdot, or most places for that matter.
Ad-Blocker Plus since the day I installed Firefox.
Your argument falls kinda flat, since I seriously doubt the marketers keep track(or even know) of how many people actually stop using a service because of advertising frustrations. It would go AGAINST them if they were to actually make that information available to prospective advertisers.
I used to watch 10-12 hrs a week of Television. Now I watch MAYBE 1-2 hrs simply because the ads now comprise approx. 60% of the content on Comcast cable.
And, yeah, when I can no longer turn off the ads here on/., I'll stop coming here. Then, you might say, slashdot will fall and crumble without the advertising revenue. So be it. Find a business model that works.
...when all these brilliant marketing peoples will stop seeing advertising as another "revenue stream" and see it as "another reason not to use the service".
Better yet, do the aforementioned "Reformat and reinstall clean software", then, and ONLY then, make a restore point.
THEN disable "System Restore".
At that point, the.exe can no longer be used to corrupt your restore points, but YOU can always go back and turn the service back on to access that KNOWN good system/software install if the shit hits the fan again.
Not sure about the emission standards of Massachusetts, but I know that California was a stickler for oxides of nitrogen emissions.
It sounds like the temperatures involved here are high enough to form oxides of nitrogen (the cylinder of an automobile can be) and these are precisely the gases that are responsible for "Acid Rain".
"...Dude, seriously. Don't bother personalizing Internet Explorer. Use it to download Firefox, then set the homepage for Internet Explorer for Netflix, then change all the shortcuts to read "Netflix Instant View". That is all your going to be using it for anyways."
I wonder if Nexicon is telling their prospective customers that the ONLY way they are going to make money from this is if the person accused submits and pays the "settlement".
If they contest it, plead innocence, who is paying for the lawyers? Nexicon? The ISP?
If NOBODY submits, or pays the extortion, then this idea is dead out of the gates.
...The MOMENT any/.er finds evidence of this happening, post it here on/.
Next, scream it at the top of your online lungs. Direct the screams at the CUSTOMERS of the ISP that is using this service. Convince them do to drop that ISP like a hot potato.
When said ISP sees subscriptions dropping faster then the cashcut of lawsuits comes in, the money will talk for all of us.
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As soon as I realized that one of the satellites was Russian, a flag went up.
Could it be worth $100 million to take out one of their satellites, then blame it on an "accident"? Maybe the Iridium was basically just what you said, a weapon, in disguise the whole time.
I wonder if tinfoil hats protect oneself from falling space debris as well...
"I have several customers who now want more than my word about the security of systems that have worked for them flawlessly for 5-6 years."
Simply point out that they've been "test driving" open-source for 5-6 years.
Then go ahead and tell them they you'll switch over to Microsoft products, if they REALLY want you to. I'll bet my /. password, they will decline after pointing out the track record of what they have been using.
No need for botnets when you command an entire country armed with broadband.
"My fellow countrymen, you have fought well! Your Ancestors praise you honorable actions! Our next target will be www.whitehouse.gov !!! Onward, to victory! Commence DDOS!"
...data will actually become more of a liability for these companies, and maybe, just maybe, we will finally see the end of data-mining browser bars being included in everything under the sun.
Yes, but if the bar is raised, for some stupid reason, the trust in such technology seems to increase.
What this means is that when the "scammers" actually do succeed in defeating protections, their fakes have just that much more "believability".
Think "Its so hard to duplicate, it must be real".
Just more of the same "security theatre" we've seen in the past, but with the potential for serious repercussions, IF we put our trust in the system. Which, quite frankly, I do not.
With today's technology, why take such risks with meat-meetings?
Get online, and get with it, man.
'Our programmers are some of the best in the world,'
From what I can tell, they write some of the best virii and keyloggers out there, hands down.
The "Industry" wants taxpayers to pay for an official entity to essentially enforce DRM on the entire population.
Didn't we start dumping tea over the gunwales because of something like this?
Granted, times have changed, but c'mon folks.
Or better yet, put it on a disc, so I can, you know, put it in my disc drive?
The media type is really a moot point these days.
Ease of reproduction is all that really matters, and for the most part, as soon as someone comes up with a "secure" media, some other company provides us with technology to reproduce that media.
When the hell will these corporations stop blaming us, the consumer, for this shit, and start blaming the right people? The other corporations?
Amazing what a test drive can do for consumer confidence.
We pay the ISPs to use their service to download things. Upload too.
Now they are going to join forces with someone to stop us from doing that?
Why the FUCK would I keep doing business with them?
Is this some kind of joke? Are the guys running the bridge really that stupid?
What AM I missing here?
I've done all that. Trust me.
It is also well known that Comcast blocks seeding once it reaches a certain level. All I was saying is that it seems that they punish you on the download side if your seeding the crap out of files.
That occurred to me, but I don't buy it.
I can watch a 500-600KB/sec connection drop to 3-4KB/sec by simply going from 198KB/sec upload to 201KB/sec upload. I also said the UPLOAD drops to nothing as well. If what you are saying is correct, the drop would only occur on the download.
I've been looking through all these posts and cannot seem to find the one with the obvious in it.
Soon as I read the article title, the first thing through my mind was "Great. Another law for paranoid cops."
Click. Cop now knows he is being photographed.
Fortunately, most people, including cops, know this is a waste of time as anyone that really cared would have disabled the fucking noise already.
There should be a law against idiots trying to make stupid laws like this.
True that.
When using P2P, on Comcast, I get beautiful download rates...until my upload goes above 200KB/S.
When that happens my download rate is dropped, along with upload, down to under 10KB/s. Period.
I've been able to sustain download rates of up to 1MB/s as long as my upload is maintained at LESS then 200KB/s. For the most part, it appears they are using your upload rate to determine your download rate. Needless to say, I keep my upload set to 190KB/s(even a SINGLE spike over 200KB/s triggers the drop).
I've not noticed ANY change if I am using any other form of download.
What banner ads? To be honest, I have never seen a SINGLE banner ad here on slashdot, or most places for that matter.
Ad-Blocker Plus since the day I installed Firefox.
Your argument falls kinda flat, since I seriously doubt the marketers keep track(or even know) of how many people actually stop using a service because of advertising frustrations. It would go AGAINST them if they were to actually make that information available to prospective advertisers.
I used to watch 10-12 hrs a week of Television. Now I watch MAYBE 1-2 hrs simply because the ads now comprise approx. 60% of the content on Comcast cable.
And, yeah, when I can no longer turn off the ads here on /., I'll stop coming here. Then, you might say, slashdot will fall and crumble without the advertising revenue. So be it. Find a business model that works.
Locate the actual save files and simply copy them to an external device.(do a search for *restore*.* and look for the saves there)
Load it back up in the same place after you have reactivated the service.
Yeah. I know what you mean.
Planned obsolescence can have that effect. There is a whole new cycle of purchases with each new product.
Why keep spending money on processors when there is a perfectly good one in your PC?
Sheep with money. The easiest to fleece.
...when all these brilliant marketing peoples will stop seeing advertising as another "revenue stream" and see it as "another reason not to use the service".
Kinda like me.
Better yet, do the aforementioned "Reformat and reinstall clean software", then, and ONLY then, make a restore point.
THEN disable "System Restore".
At that point, the .exe can no longer be used to corrupt your restore points, but YOU can always go back and turn the service back on to access that KNOWN good system/software install if the shit hits the fan again.
MUCH easier to use a restore point then reformat.
Not sure about the emission standards of Massachusetts, but I know that California was a stickler for oxides of nitrogen emissions.
It sounds like the temperatures involved here are high enough to form oxides of nitrogen (the cylinder of an automobile can be) and these are precisely the gases that are responsible for "Acid Rain".
Trading one problem for another?
Lighten up a little.
"There has not been a single Presidential inauguration in history which has been this over the top."
True, true. But when was the last time we a black President being sworn in? Kind of a unique situation.
And, if nothing else, consider it a celebration of the LAST President LEAVING.
That make it a little easier to accept?
"...Dude, seriously. Don't bother personalizing Internet Explorer. Use it to download Firefox, then set the homepage for Internet Explorer for Netflix, then change all the shortcuts to read "Netflix Instant View". That is all your going to be using it for anyways."
And another thing.
I wonder if Nexicon is telling their prospective customers that the ONLY way they are going to make money from this is if the person accused submits and pays the "settlement".
If they contest it, plead innocence, who is paying for the lawyers? Nexicon? The ISP?
If NOBODY submits, or pays the extortion, then this idea is dead out of the gates.
...The MOMENT any /.er finds evidence of this happening, post it here on /.
Next, scream it at the top of your online lungs. Direct the screams at the CUSTOMERS of the ISP that is using this service. Convince them do to drop that ISP like a hot potato.
When said ISP sees subscriptions dropping faster then the cashcut of lawsuits comes in, the money will talk for all of us.
Make it hurt the ISPs, as it SHOULD.