I think that someone should patent ext2/3 using the "public" type of patent. I think that type is called "SIR". This way, no one could patent ext2/3 and sue us. A defensive patent.
Taking inventory of your house
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NYT on RFID
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Hmmm,
Let see.. a thief with a handheld scanner could walk around your house and determine exactly what's in your house and the exact worth. If you have a better scanner with a slightly longer range...say 50 feet. You could easily wardrive around for RFID tages and have a GPS and a laptop log were the best loot is.
OK, I REALLY want a way to disable these things. Who needs ID cards when your clothes will give away your identity.
Does it have to be in the blood?
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Powered by Blood
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One step closer to nanites in the human body.
Hey, if this thing runs off glucose, does it have to be in blood? Could I just have a sugar-powered car? Just think, gas up the car and have a couple of mouthfuls for myself. One for me... one for the car... once for me....
I use the amanda software to backup to a hard drive. Amanda can treat a directory as a virtual tape drive. You can even set up a virtual tape changer to change your virtual tapes automatically.
I have ten virtual tapes set up on a separate backup server at work. It backs up about 5 other machines. This system has been working very well for about a year.
If you're really paranoid, you can use a tape and disk backup scheme. Use the disk for instant backup and restore and use the tapes for off-site storage and archiving.
Umm, isn't the gas tax for making sure that those who use the roads pay more? This is a whole lot simpler & cheaper than putting GPS boxes in all cars. The gas tax has the added advantage of encouraging people to buy vehicles with better gas mileage.
I find it ironic. I remember many people saying that the RIAA SHOULD be going after the people who are pirating music instead of turning all consumers into criminals via the SSSCA/CBDTPA.
I say that IIS did something wrong and they are paying for it. End of story. Hopefully, this is the start of a trend: The RIAA using existing laws to bust pirates instead of legislating all electronic devices to be brain-dead.
I would suggest LDAP with Kerberos v5 for the passwords. LDAP gives you the user info such as username, uid, and home directory. Kerberos v5 would be used for the passwords.
Just about everything can support kerberos.
Scary thought: Do kerberos authentication against an Active Directory tree.
I used to work at an office supply store and had to destroy a desk one time. The desk was returned and the manufacturer didn't want to pay to have it shipped back. The store got full credit for the desk in exchange for destroying it. I had to have another eployee witness the destruction.
The manager also said they didn't want someone dumpster diving and then returning/exchanging the desk.
I have done something similar to the above with Postgresql and MS Access.
I have a stock Redhat 7.0 box with Postgresql running with an MS Access front-end. It works quite well. Use the postgres odbc driver and create link tables in the access database.
The biggest quirk that I have seen it that booleans don't work well, use integers. Access likes to use (0,-1) as false,true. The odbc driver translates booleans as a single char. use a "yes/no" data type in Access and an "int4" in postgres and the rest should be fine.
This system has been up and running for over a year. although, it's not under very heavy use. The secretaries update personel info in the database. They only have to update things once. The web server pulls data from postgres (ala php), so the secretaries update my web pages for me! makes my life easier.
Re:Shooting the messenger
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Lawsuits Suck
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Hi Cris,
I personally agree with you. I read the whole article and found it to be a wake-up call. I intent to mail my congressman about the recent court rulings. I can only hope that will be enough.
I recently looked at the list of comments that were submitted about the DMCA and was appaled. There were only FOURTEEN comments. We need everyone to start sending snail mail. We need to face the reality that some law-makers don't even READ e-mail or web posts.
I challenge everyone to do the following: instead of typing a post, type up a letter to your congressman and other law-makers and SNAIL MAIL it to them.
I have a backpack (bookbag) from LL Bean that has a laptop compartment in it. I use it CONSTANTLY. I have a Kensington Saddlebag, but I don't use it.
My LL Bean lasted through my senior year and hasn't quite yet. I give it a recommendation because of the abuse the I put backpacks through.
I looked on their website, but couldn't find it. It was one of the Campus Organizers.
Besides being durable, it's big enough to carry my books too (3 classes worth). The backpack doesn't look like a laptop bag either so it's not so conspicuous.
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I think that someone should patent ext2/3 using the "public" type of patent. I think that type is called "SIR". This way, no one could patent ext2/3 and sue us. A defensive patent.
Hmmm,
Let see.. a thief with a handheld scanner could walk around your house and determine exactly what's in your house and the exact worth. If you have a better scanner with a slightly longer range...say 50 feet. You could easily wardrive around for RFID tages and have a GPS and a laptop log were the best loot is.
OK, I REALLY want a way to disable these things. Who needs ID cards when your clothes will give away your identity.
One step closer to nanites in the human body.
Hey, if this thing runs off glucose, does it have to be in blood? Could I just have a sugar-powered car? Just think, gas up the car and have a couple of mouthfuls for myself. One for me... one for the car... once for me....
I use the amanda software to backup to a hard drive. Amanda can treat a directory as a virtual tape drive. You can even set up a virtual tape changer to change your virtual tapes automatically.
I have ten virtual tapes set up on a separate backup server at work. It backs up about 5 other machines. This system has been working very well for about a year.
If you're really paranoid, you can use a tape and disk backup scheme. Use the disk for instant backup and restore and use the tapes for off-site storage and archiving.
Umm, isn't the gas tax for making sure that those who use the roads pay more? This is a whole lot simpler & cheaper than putting GPS boxes in all cars. The gas tax has the added advantage of encouraging people to buy vehicles with better gas mileage.
I find it ironic. I remember many people saying that the RIAA SHOULD be going after the people who are pirating music instead of turning all consumers into criminals via the SSSCA/CBDTPA.
I say that IIS did something wrong and they are paying for it. End of story. Hopefully, this is the start of a trend: The RIAA using existing laws to bust pirates instead of legislating all electronic devices to be brain-dead.
I would suggest LDAP with Kerberos v5 for the passwords. LDAP gives you the user info such as username, uid, and home directory. Kerberos v5 would be used for the passwords.
Just about everything can support kerberos.
Scary thought: Do kerberos authentication against an Active Directory tree.
I used to work at an office supply store and had to destroy a desk one time. The desk was returned and the manufacturer didn't want to pay to have it shipped back. The store got full credit for the desk in exchange for destroying it. I had to have another eployee witness the destruction.
The manager also said they didn't want someone dumpster diving and then returning/exchanging the desk.
I have done something similar to the above with Postgresql and MS Access.
I have a stock Redhat 7.0 box with Postgresql running with an MS Access front-end. It works quite well. Use the postgres odbc driver and create link tables in the access database.
The biggest quirk that I have seen it that booleans don't work well, use integers. Access likes to use (0,-1) as false,true. The odbc driver translates booleans as a single char. use a "yes/no" data type in Access and an "int4" in postgres and the rest should be fine.
This system has been up and running for over a year. although, it's not under very heavy use. The secretaries update personel info in the database. They only have to update things once. The web server pulls data from postgres (ala php), so the secretaries update my web pages for me! makes my life easier.
Hi Cris,
I personally agree with you. I read the whole article and found it to be a wake-up call. I intent to mail my congressman about the recent court rulings. I can only hope that will be enough.
I recently looked at the list of comments that were submitted about the DMCA and was appaled. There were only FOURTEEN comments. We need everyone to start sending snail mail. We need to face the reality that some law-makers don't even READ e-mail or web posts.
I challenge everyone to do the following: instead of typing a post, type up a letter to your congressman and other law-makers and SNAIL MAIL it to them.
I have a backpack (bookbag) from LL Bean that has a laptop compartment in it. I use it CONSTANTLY. I have a Kensington Saddlebag, but I don't use it.
My LL Bean lasted through my senior year and hasn't quite yet. I give it a recommendation because of the abuse the I put backpacks through.
I looked on their website, but couldn't find it. It was one of the Campus Organizers.
Besides being durable, it's big enough to carry my books too (3 classes worth). The backpack doesn't look like a laptop bag either so it's not so conspicuous.