Not saying it's a good idea or even legal, but that'd be something to consider. Quick setup and deployment of a network of devices. Since the hardware is the same minus the MAC addresses, makes it VERY easy to pop the same image into multiple devices with a script to update the MAC on boot.
This is exactly how I redid my server when the HD started to die. dd to a.img file on a file server, then decided rather than replace it to virtualize it. Only ran into one issue with the MAC address on a NIC being unhappy...
Don't sell/give away/throw out the discs. That's where the "Piracy" thing comes in. However, I believe that translating from a physical disc to an HD should fall under fair use, as long as you have the original discs. Plus it keeps the discs nice and clean and undamaged (I'm currently collecting a series of DVDs and doing exactly this to keep the discs pristine)
Oops. I missed that part when I was reading the article.
My point of view is not whether what he's doing is moral, immoral, legal or not. I know *I* would rather have someone notify me that there are some accounts on my forum that are specifically spam so I can take action against those accounts rather than let them fester to be used later. Apparently that is the unpopular opinion on/. in this case.
They might. He didn't change any of the passwords, just guessed them, though. So Google might be more interested in knowing that spam is coming from the OTHER IPs that are accessing those same accounts. Heck, if they do a little digging I'm sure they can come up with more than a couple IPs that if blocked could stop a lot of spam.
Actually, he didn't do this to your site. He setup a vacation responder on the e-mail address that the bot was using that automatically responded to YOUR automated e-mail. And I'm willing to bet that for every ONE person that knows how to run his site, the vacation auto responder HELPED a couple dozen people kill a spam account that they didn't want on their site. It also teaches those people to be a little more stringent with their registration requirements.
I'm looking at this two ways: What could MS use SL technology for? and As bad as SL is, can MS POSSIBLY make it worse? Their track record says "YES" but SL's quality says "OH GOD NO, GEOCITIES EXPLODED INTO 3D!"
... not exact some sort of revenge on those who SHOWED HIM that he had a problem.
ArenaNet's Guild Wars (Subsidiary of NCSoft) tells you every hour "You have been playing X hours. Please take a break." I think they're trying to prevent this from occuring:)
They only have to make the code "available to witnesses for the defense" and there is no stipulation that the code can't be sealed/have a non-disclosure around it. I haven't been to court, so I don't know if NDAs are enforceable on evidence, but I do know that judges can seal a case/evidence if need be.
Just like with cars, some people are mechanics, some people just change oil and filters and others just drive the car. It's a shame the linux community can't understand the same thing about computers.
I am one of the people who just drives the car, but I also know to take it to someone who knows about cars when I have a question or a problem. So instead of asking, well, ANYONE about her computer, she blames it on Dell. I'm not going to blame GM if I want a sunroof and the car I buy doesn't have one. I'm not going to blame the dealership. I'm going to blame myself, because I was the idiot who didn't specify what I wanted.
Sarcasm noted.
Are they aware just how much money this is going to cost businesses in training?
Not to mention they will have to have every company (and possibly every employee of every company) submit and maintain a proper public key in a public database, no matter how technically savvy they are. I can't get my own company to do that internally...
And besides that, how many games do you REALLY need to carry with you? I carry my whole library because I have somewhere to put them. Realistically, I only really need 2-3 games to keep myself occupied for hours.
I don't NEED to carry more than what's in my DS. However, personally, I like to have the variety available, because I don't know what I'll be in the mood for 2 hours later. The only game that I have to make an honest effort to make sure I have is Guitar Hero, and that's because of the Fret pad. Otherwise, all my other games could be on the R4 device and all would be great.
explain that spamming 1000 people may get him 1 extra sale, but it will piss off the other 999 to the extent that some of them will go out of their way to avoid trading with you
Not only that, but if those 999 people tell their friends that they received spam from you, you will lose even more potential customers.
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TBH self hosted sites are at the mercy of your ISP or Data center.
Also: how many :)
Raspberry Pi + Bluetooth dongle + a little bit of bluetooth dev programming.
All of a sudden I have an easily flashable, copy-ready device to deploy to do bluetooth monitoring on a large scale for ~$50 ea.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/23/2023223/malls-track-shoppers-cell-phones-on-black-friday
Not saying it's a good idea or even legal, but that'd be something to consider. Quick setup and deployment of a network of devices. Since the hardware is the same minus the MAC addresses, makes it VERY easy to pop the same image into multiple devices with a script to update the MAC on boot.
Right after I watched the eyePhone Futurama episode. Nice.
Also road congestion, quality, stop lights, who cares?
This is exactly how I redid my server when the HD started to die. dd to a .img file on a file server, then decided rather than replace it to virtualize it. Only ran into one issue with the MAC address on a NIC being unhappy...
Don't sell/give away/throw out the discs. That's where the "Piracy" thing comes in. However, I believe that translating from a physical disc to an HD should fall under fair use, as long as you have the original discs. Plus it keeps the discs nice and clean and undamaged (I'm currently collecting a series of DVDs and doing exactly this to keep the discs pristine)
Oops. I missed that part when I was reading the article. My point of view is not whether what he's doing is moral, immoral, legal or not. I know *I* would rather have someone notify me that there are some accounts on my forum that are specifically spam so I can take action against those accounts rather than let them fester to be used later. Apparently that is the unpopular opinion on /. in this case.
They might. He didn't change any of the passwords, just guessed them, though. So Google might be more interested in knowing that spam is coming from the OTHER IPs that are accessing those same accounts. Heck, if they do a little digging I'm sure they can come up with more than a couple IPs that if blocked could stop a lot of spam.
Actually, he didn't do this to your site. He setup a vacation responder on the e-mail address that the bot was using that automatically responded to YOUR automated e-mail. And I'm willing to bet that for every ONE person that knows how to run his site, the vacation auto responder HELPED a couple dozen people kill a spam account that they didn't want on their site. It also teaches those people to be a little more stringent with their registration requirements.
I'm looking at this two ways: What could MS use SL technology for? and As bad as SL is, can MS POSSIBLY make it worse? Their track record says "YES" but SL's quality says "OH GOD NO, GEOCITIES EXPLODED INTO 3D!"
... not exact some sort of revenge on those who SHOWED HIM that he had a problem.
ArenaNet's Guild Wars (Subsidiary of NCSoft) tells you every hour "You have been playing X hours. Please take a break." I think they're trying to prevent this from occuring :)
That would make it god(s) damn it, I think. Remember the polytheists out there! :)
They only have to make the code "available to witnesses for the defense" and there is no stipulation that the code can't be sealed/have a non-disclosure around it. I haven't been to court, so I don't know if NDAs are enforceable on evidence, but I do know that judges can seal a case/evidence if need be.
Just like with cars, some people are mechanics, some people just change oil and filters and others just drive the car. It's a shame the linux community can't understand the same thing about computers.
I am one of the people who just drives the car, but I also know to take it to someone who knows about cars when I have a question or a problem. So instead of asking, well, ANYONE about her computer, she blames it on Dell. I'm not going to blame GM if I want a sunroof and the car I buy doesn't have one. I'm not going to blame the dealership. I'm going to blame myself, because I was the idiot who didn't specify what I wanted.
Except that if your customer is employed, they will already know how to encrypt their emails before sending you one.
Sarcasm noted.
Are they aware just how much money this is going to cost businesses in training?
Not to mention they will have to have every company (and possibly every employee of every company) submit and maintain a proper public key in a public database, no matter how technically savvy they are. I can't get my own company to do that internally...
And besides that, how many games do you REALLY need to carry with you? I carry my whole library because I have somewhere to put them. Realistically, I only really need 2-3 games to keep myself occupied for hours.
I don't NEED to carry more than what's in my DS. However, personally, I like to have the variety available, because I don't know what I'll be in the mood for 2 hours later. The only game that I have to make an honest effort to make sure I have is Guitar Hero, and that's because of the Fret pad. Otherwise, all my other games could be on the R4 device and all would be great.
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I've got it slated for Kingdom Hearts 3. If Square-Enix decides to release that crossplatform, I might just forgo the PS3 entirely.
The OP said that they were using VoIP to service pretty much just business clients. It sounds like they have a home phone as well.
You forgot that they wanted it faster. The more distributed it is, the faster it can be redistributed. Just look at any torrent...
explain that spamming 1000 people may get him 1 extra sale, but it will piss off the other 999 to the extent that some of them will go out of their way to avoid trading with you
Not only that, but if those 999 people tell their friends that they received spam from you, you will lose even more potential customers.
So....another reason to ignore Fox News?
No, read your own quote.
They used Defiant's Email address and the fake street address