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Ah, the Open Source mantra. You can fix the code yourself. In all these years of me using FreeBSD, Linux, Samba, Apache, I've not audited one single line of code, neither have I changed one single line of code. And with me 99.99% of the OS users do.
So while you may have the source, it's pretty much useless, because you're not going to change it. You can, but you won't. And that's where your reasoning breaks.
People, unencrypted by WEP doesn't mean unsecured. We all know 802.11 WEP has its shortcomings, so more and more administrators are relying on different techniques to secure their wireless LAN, IPsec and VPN to name a few.
And after you've secured your network on a higher level than OSI 1, you can be less paranoid about WEP. So much less, that some claim that DISabling WEP is not a bad thing at all. Think about it, you already have encryption taken care of, so why not make your network more stable, robust and fast by disabling WEP?
Those 'wardriving' pictures should make a distinction between "secured with WEP", "no WEP, but I cannot use the network because of IPsec/VPN/whatever" and "no WEP, and I can surf freely through it".
Go to "Edit / Preferences / Advanced / Mouse gestures" and de-select all modifier keys (Ctrl, Alt, Shift). I have my mouse gesture button set to the right button, so all I need to do for "back" is "right button + left", which works great. If you hold down the right button without moving / gesturing, you'll get your normal context menu.
So you are saying that $79 is not a lot of money? It is, especially if the OS (98?) you are running is perfectly fine as it is.
$79 becomes even more money in countries where the absurd exchange rate of the US Dollar makes Windows outrageously expensive. In Europe (Netherlands), I saw XP (full version) for sale for E270. That's about 1/10th of a monthly salary. Don't tell me XP is cheap.
Other than that, my laptop won't run XP. Dell doesn't support it, meaning no ACPI, PCMCIA, all those things you cannot live without on a laptop.
I'll keep on hitting Slashdot with my 98 that came with the laptop. Works great! All I run is Mozilla and putty, anyway.
"You can also choose to turn off copy protection when you create your music collection, which can be done easily in any version of [WMP7.x or later].
When you first run Windows Media Player, it will ask if you want to keep copy protection on, and you can turn it off if you wish. If you missed that dialog box, it is still easy to turn off copy protection by going into the Tools|Options menu. Click on the Copy Music tab, and under Copy Settings, uncheck the 'Protect Content' box. In previous versions, this box was called the 'Enable Per sonal Rights Management' check box." Turning off copy protection would seem the best idea.
What the number plate poster is pointing out is that the 'coincendence' of "JAA 768" next to a "XPA 117" plate is just as probable as seeing "TAE 072" while driving by a Thomas Alva Edison school.
From the article:
You only notice your poker hand when it's a royal flush, you never remember that day you got that Hearts-5, Spades-King, Diamonds-10, Diamonds-7 and Spades-8. And it's just as probable as a Royal Flush....
Remember this about immigration: If you deport all H1B workers from the US, and (of course) force to take back all US citizens working abroad, you'll end up with a positive influx into the US, and more unemployment.
McManes said IEEE-USA wants companies to rely on foreign nationals only when they cannot find qualified US citizens to fill jobs.
But wait! Isn't that already the law for H1B right now? My own H1B application went to great lengths to explain to the Dept of Labor that I was going to fulfill a jobposition that my company could not find an American worker for. Hence, I'm not grabbing anyone else's job.
The article already states that the number of H1B visas is down to something like 60k already, because companies can fill all job positions with US workers.
If this results in difficulties for extending my legitimite H1B next year, I'll be pissed. Let me prepare my cancellation of my IEEE membership...
I don't see why people get so outrageous about this. If you don't like the product someone is selling, don't buy it!
If I'm at the grocery, and I see rotten apples, I'm not going to sue the store, I'm just going to take my business elsewhere.
I'm getting rather tired of all these people _expecting_ certain licenses. "But it takes away my Freedom"? Replay has the freedom to put whatever license they feel on their product. Hey, and know what, if you don't hack the thing, they won't cancel your service!
It's not like there's no competition around to buy your PVR from.
Exactly, we have had the same tax in the Netherlands for a long time.
For those who are wondering: It's included in the sales-price you see on the sticker, so you don't really even notice the E10 or so increase on a new washer, dryer, computer, coffeemaker, philishave, etc.
WTF? They advertise "always on" IP. That means that they must have a 1:1 IP to cable box ratio, right?
No, it means that there is a 1:x IP to cable box ratio, where x is the fraction of a day where an average cable box is turned on.
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I'd like to point out that it is not the distributed.net software that has a hole. _If_ you have your computer misconfigured and allow write access to shares over the internet, worms and trojans will find your way into your computer. Unfortunately, some moron thought it would be funny to use the distributed.net client as payload for his malicious worms.
Just to clear things up.
Ivo
distributed.net abuse@d.net officer
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And why do you reboot every day?
So while you may have the source, it's pretty much useless, because you're not going to change it. You can, but you won't. And that's where your reasoning breaks.
What, you mean linus still produces patches for 1.1.x? Or that samba still fixes holes in 1.8.x? Or that apache still fixes holes in 1.2.x?
And after you've secured your network on a higher level than OSI 1, you can be less paranoid about WEP. So much less, that some claim that DISabling WEP is not a bad thing at all. Think about it, you already have encryption taken care of, so why not make your network more stable, robust and fast by disabling WEP?
Those 'wardriving' pictures should make a distinction between "secured with WEP", "no WEP, but I cannot use the network because of IPsec/VPN/whatever" and "no WEP, and I can surf freely through it".
-Leto2
No, not at all, I'm a Christian too... Why are you responding to a question no one asked?
Go to "Edit / Preferences / Advanced / Mouse gestures" and de-select all modifier keys (Ctrl, Alt, Shift). I have my mouse gesture button set to the right button, so all I need to do for "back" is "right button + left", which works great. If you hold down the right button without moving / gesturing, you'll get your normal context menu.
$79 becomes even more money in countries where the absurd exchange rate of the US Dollar makes Windows outrageously expensive. In Europe (Netherlands), I saw XP (full version) for sale for E270. That's about 1/10th of a monthly salary. Don't tell me XP is cheap.
Other than that, my laptop won't run XP. Dell doesn't support it, meaning no ACPI, PCMCIA, all those things you cannot live without on a laptop.
I'll keep on hitting Slashdot with my 98 that came with the laptop. Works great! All I run is Mozilla and putty, anyway.
Leto (ivo at distributed dot net)
"You can also choose to turn off copy protection when you create your music collection, which can be done easily in any version of [WMP7.x or later].
When you first run Windows Media Player, it will ask if you want to keep copy protection on, and you can turn it off if you wish. If you missed that dialog box, it is still easy to turn off copy protection by going into the Tools|Options menu. Click on the Copy Music tab, and under Copy Settings, uncheck the 'Protect Content' box. In previous versions, this box was called the 'Enable Per sonal Rights Management' check box." Turning off copy protection would seem the best idea.
A lot. HTML does it very well.
From the article:
You only notice your poker hand when it's a royal flush, you never remember that day you got that Hearts-5, Spades-King, Diamonds-10, Diamonds-7 and Spades-8. And it's just as probable as a Royal Flush....
If you're noticed, it means the network is falling apart. Unfortunately, most sysadmins do indeed get noticed. You do the math.
No, I stole it from another /. user, because I liked it.
There's always the other side of the story...
McManes said IEEE-USA wants companies to rely on foreign nationals only when they cannot find qualified US citizens to fill jobs.
But wait! Isn't that already the law for H1B right now? My own H1B application went to great lengths to explain to the Dept of Labor that I was going to fulfill a jobposition that my company could not find an American worker for. Hence, I'm not grabbing anyone else's job.
The article already states that the number of H1B visas is down to something like 60k already, because companies can fill all job positions with US workers.
If this results in difficulties for extending my legitimite H1B next year, I'll be pissed. Let me prepare my cancellation of my IEEE membership...
Too bad you're not allowed to hack them, because that would only confirm their opinion...
If I'm at the grocery, and I see rotten apples, I'm not going to sue the store, I'm just going to take my business elsewhere. I'm getting rather tired of all these people _expecting_ certain licenses. "But it takes away my Freedom"? Replay has the freedom to put whatever license they feel on their product. Hey, and know what, if you don't hack the thing, they won't cancel your service!
It's not like there's no competition around to buy your PVR from.
As long as no one tries to decree the number of pi to be 3.2 again...
and.... you're out!
Herbalife (ticker symbol HERBA) made a 25% gain on the day the cockeyed-story ran.
Exactly, we have had the same tax in the Netherlands for a long time. For those who are wondering: It's included in the sales-price you see on the sticker, so you don't really even notice the E10 or so increase on a new washer, dryer, computer, coffeemaker, philishave, etc.
No, it means that there is a 1:x IP to cable box ratio, where x is the fraction of a day where an average cable box is turned on.
I'd like to point out that it is not the distributed.net software that has a hole. _If_ you have your computer misconfigured and allow write access to shares over the internet, worms and trojans will find your way into your computer. Unfortunately, some moron thought it would be funny to use the distributed.net client as payload for his malicious worms. Just to clear things up. Ivo distributed.net abuse@d.net officer