is that any argument that invokes 'Think of the Children' automatically loses. We grew up in a dangerous world, so will they. Its up to the parents to monitor what they're doing not the state.
Well considering all the DRM and crap that Vista has in it. He is doing the right thing by NOT trusting a Vista machine to accurately represent the IP traffic passing through it.
I personally would have done it with a Linux machine myself using Ethereal or something reliable. The fact is you cannot trust Vista to report the packets in an unbiased manner. It could theoretically drop these packets before they make it to your OS.
Either way if you set up a ARP spoofing attack on your own network (or have a managed switch) it would be better means of packet sniffing the network so that you dont even have to remote into Vista to get this going.
The *BIGGER* you make an OS, the *LESS* secure it gets.
This is a fact. The more lines of code inside of ANYTHING, introduces exponentially more potential for flaws that can be exploited by hackers because nothing EVER gets tested before it is released anymore. Thats the job of everyone who's paying for the wonderful pleasure of debugging your shitty software these days.
If you start blocking porn because of its content (porn) then the people who have the power will demand other things be blocked too which leads to the Great Firewall of China problem... Except this one would be in Nigeria.
The internet was supposed to free everyone and allow them to think for themselves. Naturally those in power decide to try and force it into a tool for control just like everything else from Income Taxes to Drivers Licenses.
LiveCD's are piss easy to use. I literally just pop a Kubuntu liveCD into my computer and BAM... no configuration, no nothing just click on Conqurer and you're on the internet ready to send whatever without any evidence being collected ever since it only uses the RAM the moment you shut your computer off theres no proof you ever did it (outside of logs from ISPs and such but we all know how reliable those are)
Actually it would be much harder to coerce an open source software makers/project.
The reason being, well most pro-OSS people do not like how the government has been quashing freedoms and liberties and is generally more informed about constitutional arguments both for and against various laws that may or may not be in effect.
And the other reason, its Open Source and that means that there WILL be eyes on the source code. Any attempt at a rootkit insertion by any project is professional(reputation) suicide within the community. No one will want to touch the project and no one will want to have the person on their project development team. Just look at the Sony Rootkit Fiasco and they were actively trying to hide the code and its install mechanisms and such as well as cutting deals with anti-virus vendors n stuff.
And the final reason that you wont see a Linux rootkit installed via some OSS projects cooperation... The fact that it is possible to bypass the auto-update mechanism and compile the source code yourself.
Sounds like the Government is planning to implant a rootkit in every single computer or atleast leave a vulnerability/flaw in code (very easy to do with Vista since its so new) which will allow them to do so.
Time for everyone to switch to Linux. The more eyeballs we can get on code the more likely someone isnt able to sneak shit like this in.
Why would Intel do this? It is not like they didnt get $200+ from your average user buying a new computer and possibly another $50-100 on the motherboard as well.
No Intel is very well set where they are, they sell hardware and you cant really pirate hardware (though you can steal it)
Just as the automobile can co-exist with the airplane, ODF and Open XML can and should co-exist, the team writes. They go on to imply that standards agencies should not place themselves in a role similar to restricting transportation solely to the ground level.
Sorta like the Department of Homeland Security and the 'No Fly Lists' that they put out to limit people to ground level transportation? I'm sorry but if ODF becomes the standard everyone uses/wants then Microsoft can adapt or die like anyone else in the marketplace. We dont owe them any favors for half assed OSes with bugs all the way up and down the spectrum and trying to force DRM onto people and make themselves out to be the Piracy Police.
The fact they're putting so much time and effort into trying to kill ODF just goes to prove that the standard *IS* a much better designed one and that Microsoft cannot compete on a level playing field. Oh dont worry I fully expect that sooner or later they'll find a way to make it so you cant install open office or any alternative text editors onto their machines (what you thought that computer you bought was YOURS?)
Yes it is dumb. Run some cable and leave the wireless for students with laptops and shit. Cables are the best method for mission critical things anyways.
Ofcourse, if they are using it for everything even desktop computers in labs... It could very easily be that a few iPhones can bring down APs but that would be a colossally stupid idea to begin with and any network designer approving such a plan should be shot.
I bet if you asked people if they would want their laws bent or even waived to allow a polluter to pollute their water even more that 99 percent of them would say no. So how the hell does the Indiana Department of Environmental Management have the balls to try to justify and defend their decision?
They dont have balls, thats why they let it happen in the first place. Corporate America has taken the testicles of the politicians and got them in a vice like grip.
If I want to support an artist I'll drop a $5 bill into an envelope and mail it to them. It'd probably be a hundred times more than they'd get from the RIAA selling me a CD.
No I was just saying that if it improves the performance of the network functions it is justified.
VOIP is a very time sensitive protocol. If your ping times become laggy and/or your bandwidth fails to meet the required 64kbps that a DS0 channel requires then the audio becomes choppy and/or delayed and laggy. This is perfectly acceptable in video communications but audio with lagging response is to say the least an annoyance (Notice on News reporters on the scene (or astronauts) they ask a question and sometimes theres a delay of up to 2+ seconds before they respond? Thats the sorta thing we're talking about here. Cant do much about the astronaut scenario since thats a limitation on the laws of physics). FPS games fall under similar things since delays getting too long renders a game unplayable.
So yes if you want voice communications over the internet then you want them to prioritize that traffic. What you DONT want them doing is intentionally throttling and/or delaying packets (IE. Torrents) that have no particular performance reason for being delayed other than they've not bothered to lay enough fiber for the bandwidth to their customers.
So in short yes you want protocols and programs which require more 'real-time' response to be prioritized over torrents but they should not be throttling connections and/or engaging in active filtering (Censorship) of websites because they refuse to pay for their bandwidth twice (once to get it out, once to get it to customers in a quick and expedient manner).
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is that any argument that invokes 'Think of the Children' automatically loses. We grew up in a dangerous world, so will they. Its up to the parents to monitor what they're doing not the state.
99 cents a song. Just like on iTunes. None of this $750/song bullshit or $3000 settlements.
Courtesy of Mr. John Q. Public, The Taxpayers. What? You thought the airlines would have to come up with the money to upgrade their equipment?
Because as we all know 64k memory ought to be enough for anybody.
Well considering all the DRM and crap that Vista has in it. He is doing the right thing by NOT trusting a Vista machine to accurately represent the IP traffic passing through it.
I personally would have done it with a Linux machine myself using Ethereal or something reliable. The fact is you cannot trust Vista to report the packets in an unbiased manner. It could theoretically drop these packets before they make it to your OS.
Either way if you set up a ARP spoofing attack on your own network (or have a managed switch) it would be better means of packet sniffing the network so that you dont even have to remote into Vista to get this going.
Actually from the sound of it they're targeting the point of infection rather than the infection itself.
I guess the analogy is similar to locking the door instead of leaving it unlocked and open. If the virus cant spread anywhere then it's going to die.
The *BIGGER* you make an OS, the *LESS* secure it gets.
This is a fact. The more lines of code inside of ANYTHING, introduces exponentially more potential for flaws that can be exploited by hackers because nothing EVER gets tested before it is released anymore. Thats the job of everyone who's paying for the wonderful pleasure of debugging your shitty software these days.
As much as I hate to say it. You're right.
If you start blocking porn because of its content (porn) then the people who have the power will demand other things be blocked too which leads to the Great Firewall of China problem... Except this one would be in Nigeria.
The internet was supposed to free everyone and allow them to think for themselves. Naturally those in power decide to try and force it into a tool for control just like everything else from Income Taxes to Drivers Licenses.
You mean like coming up with an arbitrary number like say 235 Patents that Linux is Infringing upon
Oh wait Microsoft already did that didnt they?
LiveCD's are piss easy to use. I literally just pop a Kubuntu liveCD into my computer and BAM... no configuration, no nothing just click on Conqurer and you're on the internet ready to send whatever without any evidence being collected ever since it only uses the RAM the moment you shut your computer off theres no proof you ever did it (outside of logs from ISPs and such but we all know how reliable those are)
Sounds like someone is hacking their network using ARP spoofing techniques.
Actually it would be much harder to coerce an open source software makers/project.
The reason being, well most pro-OSS people do not like how the government has been quashing freedoms and liberties and is generally more informed about constitutional arguments both for and against various laws that may or may not be in effect.
And the other reason, its Open Source and that means that there WILL be eyes on the source code. Any attempt at a rootkit insertion by any project is professional(reputation) suicide within the community. No one will want to touch the project and no one will want to have the person on their project development team. Just look at the Sony Rootkit Fiasco and they were actively trying to hide the code and its install mechanisms and such as well as cutting deals with anti-virus vendors n stuff.
And the final reason that you wont see a Linux rootkit installed via some OSS projects cooperation... The fact that it is possible to bypass the auto-update mechanism and compile the source code yourself.
The photos have a serial number of the camera
It'd be hard to prove the serial number if you put the camera through a blender
Sounds like the Government is planning to implant a rootkit in every single computer or atleast leave a vulnerability/flaw in code (very easy to do with Vista since its so new) which will allow them to do so.
Time for everyone to switch to Linux. The more eyeballs we can get on code the more likely someone isnt able to sneak shit like this in.
Here's one patent we know linux will definitely *NOT* be infringing upon.
Why would Intel do this? It is not like they didnt get $200+ from your average user buying a new computer and possibly another $50-100 on the motherboard as well.
No Intel is very well set where they are, they sell hardware and you cant really pirate hardware (though you can steal it)
Just as the automobile can co-exist with the airplane, ODF and Open XML can and should co-exist, the team writes. They go on to imply that standards agencies should not place themselves in a role similar to restricting transportation solely to the ground level.
Sorta like the Department of Homeland Security and the 'No Fly Lists' that they put out to limit people to ground level transportation? I'm sorry but if ODF becomes the standard everyone uses/wants then Microsoft can adapt or die like anyone else in the marketplace. We dont owe them any favors for half assed OSes with bugs all the way up and down the spectrum and trying to force DRM onto people and make themselves out to be the Piracy Police.
The fact they're putting so much time and effort into trying to kill ODF just goes to prove that the standard *IS* a much better designed one and that Microsoft cannot compete on a level playing field. Oh dont worry I fully expect that sooner or later they'll find a way to make it so you cant install open office or any alternative text editors onto their machines (what you thought that computer you bought was YOURS?)
In English...
"OOXML sucks and we want everyone to use it instead of ODF so we can keep our monopoly."
But then again we all knew this already.
Yes it is dumb. Run some cable and leave the wireless for students with laptops and shit. Cables are the best method for mission critical things anyways.
Ofcourse, if they are using it for everything even desktop computers in labs... It could very easily be that a few iPhones can bring down APs but that would be a colossally stupid idea to begin with and any network designer approving such a plan should be shot.
Dont worry, they can fix that.
Past performance is the best indicator of future performance...
:)
Otherwise why would we always be bitching about Vista and praising Linux?
I bet if you asked people if they would want their laws bent or even waived to allow a polluter to pollute their water even more that 99 percent of them would say no. So how the hell does the Indiana Department of Environmental Management have the balls to try to justify and defend their decision?
They dont have balls, thats why they let it happen in the first place. Corporate America has taken the testicles of the politicians and got them in a vice like grip.
If I want to support an artist I'll drop a $5 bill into an envelope and mail it to them. It'd probably be a hundred times more than they'd get from the RIAA selling me a CD.
No its because going to a movie costs like $10-12 for the ticket. Then another $20 for a supersized popcorn and pop that'd make McDonald's jealous.
:P might as well blame it on that instead of piracy.
Total cost for 2 people to go: $60-70.
Coincidentally the MPAA is losing money as social networking sites gain popularity
No I was just saying that if it improves the performance of the network functions it is justified.
VOIP is a very time sensitive protocol. If your ping times become laggy and/or your bandwidth fails to meet the required 64kbps that a DS0 channel requires then the audio becomes choppy and/or delayed and laggy. This is perfectly acceptable in video communications but audio with lagging response is to say the least an annoyance (Notice on News reporters on the scene (or astronauts) they ask a question and sometimes theres a delay of up to 2+ seconds before they respond? Thats the sorta thing we're talking about here. Cant do much about the astronaut scenario since thats a limitation on the laws of physics). FPS games fall under similar things since delays getting too long renders a game unplayable.
So yes if you want voice communications over the internet then you want them to prioritize that traffic. What you DONT want them doing is intentionally throttling and/or delaying packets (IE. Torrents) that have no particular performance reason for being delayed other than they've not bothered to lay enough fiber for the bandwidth to their customers.
So in short yes you want protocols and programs which require more 'real-time' response to be prioritized over torrents but they should not be throttling connections and/or engaging in active filtering (Censorship) of websites because they refuse to pay for their bandwidth twice (once to get it out, once to get it to customers in a quick and expedient manner).