The problem is they are closing post offices where they lose money (even if they say they don't), which unfortunately tends to be in the same rural communities that need the post office the most, since they typically end up on the wrong side of the digital divide as well. If we actually forced the monopolies to lay high speed connections to these areas I'd be fine with eliminating the postal service. Don't get me wrong, I like netflix, but it is going digital. I like cards and letters too, but I mostly get junk. If I am going to get 99.9% junk and bills and.1% letters and cards it might as well go to my email, because at least then it can be filtered more easily.
Automated checkout would be fine if it actually worked, but it doesn't. It may be ok at a superstore or a grocery where you have 1 or 2 small items, but I absolutely HATE going to Home improvement stores like Home Depot now. They often ONLY have automated checkout, which is a real PITA when you are tying to buy asphalt, concrete, lumber, and other large and heavy items that don't even fit on the table, and then the damn machine wants me to bag them and won't let me scan anything until I convince it my 12 foot piece of wood has been set in a plastic bag. Further this is a pain for things like fasteners that don't have barcodes, as you now must wait for the 1 employee monitoring 6 checkout counters to get to you. Finally It is time to use the credit card.... oh wait, it seems to never work (especially at Lowe's Hardware for some reason). So after fighting with 50+ pound bags that could have been scanned by an employee with a gun-scanner and waiting for an employee to tell the machine I am over 18 and can buy paint, and waiting for an employee to count how many screws I purchased and waiting for an employee to manually enter my credit card number I could have been through a normal line 3 or 4 times and without breaking my back. Tell you what, you can complain about the slow dumb old people trying to use the machines when I get the option to use a person back (and I'm not over 40, but I do understand the validity of your complaints too)
You are kidding right? the only difference is you have to be able to locate a choke point now, and place your interception there. Everything still goes through the network, everything just isn't broadcast out to every port now.
For 10/100 use an old hub or passive network tap, for gigabit use a monitor port on a managed switch or a computer acting as a bridge to intercept and process between devices. You can put this between switches to get all traffic on a particular unmanaged switch or between the gateway and the rest of the network or directly on the gateway; those of us that do often call this "running snort".
Could they be chipped to spy on us without anyone knowing it?
They don't have to chip it, there's an app for that too, and it has been around for at least 5 years.
Now what I could fathom them taking the risk of exposure for is the camera. Imagine being able to access any cell phone with a camera, browse its contents, or even activate it secretly.
They can, and do
Moral of the story, is don't carry a cell phone, monitor your home's security 24/7 to check for intrusion, do regular bug sweeps, don't talk or do business in your car, and never ever trust anyone. Your wife and kids and most trusted friends will be used as spies against you.
...or you could just put on your tin foil hat and call it a day.
yes, cups is great, but scanner support is about where we were at with winmodems in the 90s - abysmal. Not that it is the fault of linux per se, it is just reality. That said, most of the scanner drivers/software on windows are so terrible you will often wish you were on linux and it just didn't work at all!
hahahahaha if by "HP good" you mean drivers that conflict with previous HP drivers on HP brand computers, terrible proprietary scanning software, and firmware glitches that cause faxing to malfunction, cause loss of samba account information and make calibration impossible until a hard reset are just a few of the joys we get to experience. That said, they are probably the best option out there for the price point of most most businesses unless they are true enterprises that do large volumes of printing. The Lexmark/Dell/Kodak/whatever-else-they-brand-them are even worse.
Yes, Sophos has a decent OSX solution. It can catch threats and is the only solution I have found that can properly remove an imap virus from mail.app's folders (most like clamav just delete the message/attachment and then the server resyncs, rinse, repeat). Is it necessary for most OSX users, not really. Is it necessary in business/education - no push safe images instead. But is it available if that is their crazy requirement - yes, it is (and it won't hurt anything and might stop the spread of viruses via email to windows machines too)!
They don't care, they are making too much money off of spammers and script kiddies to worry about reliability. Blocking their ip ranges reduced attempts on my servers by a significant percentage, and their abuse involves asking the customer what happened.... it is pretty clear what happened is they were running a spam network for xyz erection pills; cut them off already.
I have a list of about 7 hosting companies that if they could be disconnected from their peers internet spam and related sites would plummet within a week. Amazon is on that list.
Oh, can't beat the captcha? Pay turkers 5 cents to fill them out for you...
My Dad gave me his record player from the 70s. It is a direct drive pioneer, and works just fine to this day. It also didn't cost $1,000 - not even when adjusted for inflation. I asked him, but he said he didn't own a DVD player back then, but the 16mm films he has still play fine too. They didn't cost $1,000 either.
Well that doesn't really fall under the FBI mandate first of all, and second of all it is somewhat irrelevant, as the vast majority of affected computers are U.S. connected either in country or in territories/military facilities: http://www.mcafee.com/threat-intelligence/malware/default.aspx?id=100313 (note that the link is to the trojan that installs the backdoor they are removing, but as this infection is a prerequisite in most cases, it should be a good indicator of infection levels.)
You have to figure the cost has something to do with buying a whole crap ton of tech (often the same thing, car, wheel, controls, etc from multiple vendors), support contracts to find out how it all works, plus local labor to learn how it all functions, engineers to reverse engineer it, new manufacturing facilities to create it, testing.... anyhow, my point is it is costing them more to buy and then reinvent the train than to just buy it from someone else, but they will be able to compete against the companies that supplied them originally when all is said and done. Sure, they might have unusual part failures and strange control glitches due to poor programming, but at least the will be cheap! Everyone uses the lowest bidder, often even when they know it isn't a good idea deep down. And that is how China is beating us at our own game.
Forget both... I'm really upset because samsung was the only drive brand I've had 100% reliability with. Not saying they haven't put out bad drives before but I see a ton of bad WD and Seagate drives and haven't had a single samsung fail on me. I switched to Samsung a few years back when seagate started going to crap and haven't looked back. My only hope is maybe seagate will learn something from samsung and start making good drives again.
Between the two: use seagate in 2.5" and wd in 3.5" and stay away from anything over 500GB. The WD passports are particularly unreliable and anything seagate that uses the perpendicular writes is almost guaranteed to fail in my recent experience.
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hahahahaha. At least someone here has a sense of humor. I guess everyone else is scratching their heads and muttering "but that won't work..."
Wow it's lucky you found that. I've implemented it in snort:
alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"MISC malware author signature found"; flow:to_server,established; content:"jam3s"; classtype:misc-activity; sid:12345;)
Now all my networks are safe from logon stealing malware. I'm going to sleep well tonight knowing my networks are 100% safe again.
Ummm... You do know that EEPROM can be reflashed right? Might not be a patch but it will fix the problem...
Yeah, which is great and all until you realize that most business require group policy...
They didn't, they used all 3 remaining choppers. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/world/asia/79-commandos-four-choppers-killed-osama-bin-laden-049
The problem is they are closing post offices where they lose money (even if they say they don't), which unfortunately tends to be in the same rural communities that need the post office the most, since they typically end up on the wrong side of the digital divide as well. If we actually forced the monopolies to lay high speed connections to these areas I'd be fine with eliminating the postal service. Don't get me wrong, I like netflix, but it is going digital. I like cards and letters too, but I mostly get junk. If I am going to get 99.9% junk and bills and .1% letters and cards it might as well go to my email, because at least then it can be filtered more easily.
might be "forbidden" but an awful lot of external hard drives do just that...
If you think what you wrote is true, don't go into engineering. Ever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hardening#Problems_caused_by_radiation
J2android says otherwise. It has mysteriously vanished from the manufacturer's website, but there are videos of it in use and there are still copies floating around the intertubes. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/192044/myriad_tool_converts_java_apps_for_android_phones.html
Automated checkout would be fine if it actually worked, but it doesn't. It may be ok at a superstore or a grocery where you have 1 or 2 small items, but I absolutely HATE going to Home improvement stores like Home Depot now. They often ONLY have automated checkout, which is a real PITA when you are tying to buy asphalt, concrete, lumber, and other large and heavy items that don't even fit on the table, and then the damn machine wants me to bag them and won't let me scan anything until I convince it my 12 foot piece of wood has been set in a plastic bag. Further this is a pain for things like fasteners that don't have barcodes, as you now must wait for the 1 employee monitoring 6 checkout counters to get to you. Finally It is time to use the credit card.... oh wait, it seems to never work (especially at Lowe's Hardware for some reason). So after fighting with 50+ pound bags that could have been scanned by an employee with a gun-scanner and waiting for an employee to tell the machine I am over 18 and can buy paint, and waiting for an employee to count how many screws I purchased and waiting for an employee to manually enter my credit card number I could have been through a normal line 3 or 4 times and without breaking my back. Tell you what, you can complain about the slow dumb old people trying to use the machines when I get the option to use a person back (and I'm not over 40, but I do understand the validity of your complaints too)
compile from source?
You are kidding right? the only difference is you have to be able to locate a choke point now, and place your interception there. Everything still goes through the network, everything just isn't broadcast out to every port now.
For 10/100 use an old hub or passive network tap, for gigabit use a monitor port on a managed switch or a computer acting as a bridge to intercept and process between devices. You can put this between switches to get all traffic on a particular unmanaged switch or between the gateway and the rest of the network or directly on the gateway; those of us that do often call this "running snort".
Could they be chipped to spy on us without anyone knowing it?
They don't have to chip it, there's an app for that too, and it has been around for at least 5 years.
Now what I could fathom them taking the risk of exposure for is the camera. Imagine being able to access any cell phone with a camera, browse its contents, or even activate it secretly.
They can, and do
Moral of the story, is don't carry a cell phone, monitor your home's security 24/7 to check for intrusion, do regular bug sweeps, don't talk or do business in your car, and never ever trust anyone. Your wife and kids and most trusted friends will be used as spies against you.
...or you could just put on your tin foil hat and call it a day.
yes, cups is great, but scanner support is about where we were at with winmodems in the 90s - abysmal. Not that it is the fault of linux per se, it is just reality. That said, most of the scanner drivers/software on windows are so terrible you will often wish you were on linux and it just didn't work at all!
hahahahaha if by "HP good" you mean drivers that conflict with previous HP drivers on HP brand computers, terrible proprietary scanning software, and firmware glitches that cause faxing to malfunction, cause loss of samba account information and make calibration impossible until a hard reset are just a few of the joys we get to experience. That said, they are probably the best option out there for the price point of most most businesses unless they are true enterprises that do large volumes of printing. The Lexmark/Dell/Kodak/whatever-else-they-brand-them are even worse.
Yes, Sophos has a decent OSX solution. It can catch threats and is the only solution I have found that can properly remove an imap virus from mail.app's folders (most like clamav just delete the message/attachment and then the server resyncs, rinse, repeat). Is it necessary for most OSX users, not really. Is it necessary in business/education - no push safe images instead. But is it available if that is their crazy requirement - yes, it is (and it won't hurt anything and might stop the spread of viruses via email to windows machines too)!
Am I the only one shocked that they are paying over $4.90 per towel? I would think hotels could get a better rate than that...
Not that would admit it in public. ;-)
Thank you, wondering that myself. I know it is played other places, but aren't the rules very similar??
They don't care, they are making too much money off of spammers and script kiddies to worry about reliability. Blocking their ip ranges reduced attempts on my servers by a significant percentage, and their abuse involves asking the customer what happened.... it is pretty clear what happened is they were running a spam network for xyz erection pills; cut them off already. I have a list of about 7 hosting companies that if they could be disconnected from their peers internet spam and related sites would plummet within a week. Amazon is on that list. Oh, can't beat the captcha? Pay turkers 5 cents to fill them out for you...
Seriously. Let me know how your i7 holds up to space radiation....
My Dad gave me his record player from the 70s. It is a direct drive pioneer, and works just fine to this day. It also didn't cost $1,000 - not even when adjusted for inflation. I asked him, but he said he didn't own a DVD player back then, but the 16mm films he has still play fine too. They didn't cost $1,000 either.
Well that doesn't really fall under the FBI mandate first of all, and second of all it is somewhat irrelevant, as the vast majority of affected computers are U.S. connected either in country or in territories/military facilities: http://www.mcafee.com/threat-intelligence/malware/default.aspx?id=100313 (note that the link is to the trojan that installs the backdoor they are removing, but as this infection is a prerequisite in most cases, it should be a good indicator of infection levels.)
You have to figure the cost has something to do with buying a whole crap ton of tech (often the same thing, car, wheel, controls, etc from multiple vendors), support contracts to find out how it all works, plus local labor to learn how it all functions, engineers to reverse engineer it, new manufacturing facilities to create it, testing.... anyhow, my point is it is costing them more to buy and then reinvent the train than to just buy it from someone else, but they will be able to compete against the companies that supplied them originally when all is said and done. Sure, they might have unusual part failures and strange control glitches due to poor programming, but at least the will be cheap! Everyone uses the lowest bidder, often even when they know it isn't a good idea deep down. And that is how China is beating us at our own game.
Forget both... I'm really upset because samsung was the only drive brand I've had 100% reliability with. Not saying they haven't put out bad drives before but I see a ton of bad WD and Seagate drives and haven't had a single samsung fail on me. I switched to Samsung a few years back when seagate started going to crap and haven't looked back. My only hope is maybe seagate will learn something from samsung and start making good drives again. Between the two: use seagate in 2.5" and wd in 3.5" and stay away from anything over 500GB. The WD passports are particularly unreliable and anything seagate that uses the perpendicular writes is almost guaranteed to fail in my recent experience.