Same here. I run an average of four Windows systems with firewall but no AV. I have had one virus in the past 5 years, a new one that came in over an open port when I wasn't running a firewall. If you don't click on executable email attachments (which seems to include pdf files now), update Windows, and have a firewall, I think you're reasonably safe. A virus scanner is nice to verify that you're clean, but real-time protection gives me more problems that benefits. I should be clear of rootkits because I rip my CDs instead of playing them directly.:-)
Two points: First, the obvious. It cannot be stealing if the stealee did not lose anything. It might be illegal, but theft, by definition, leaves the victim without her property.
Second, it is not currently illegal to convert a file from one format to another, which is what happens when you rip a CD. But if the recording industry condinues to make payoffs (i.e. contributions) to politicians at the current level, I can foresee legislation to make it illegal to convert files without the originator's permission. Heck, those dummies are liable to label it terrorism or child porn and ban music altogether!
The radioisotope thermoelectric generators in Voyager I and II have laster 30 years. They are a bit larger than laptop batteries, but that's the same principle, isn't it?
Most companies who protect their code don't need to worry too much about it. It would take their competitors as much time to steal their code as it would to write new code. Analyzing a "foreign" project and then integrating it into another usually takes a lot of time. And then, the result would probably not be as good as new code. There might be some "ahh... so that's how they do that!" moments, but probably not worth the effort of stealing and analyzing the software. The main reason I would protect code would be to prevent lawsuits. Someone could analyze the code, find flaws, stage losses, and sue. Even this is pretty unlikely in a medium-to-small sized company.
"none of the studies had a control group of animals that did not get chips, the normal rate of tumors cannot be determined and compared to the rate with chips implanted." The AP (and the Slashdot post) report this as if it were a fact that RFID emissions cause cancer. You cannot intelligently draw that conclusion from these studies, since there was no control group with inert RFIDs implanted. This is yet another inaccurate portrayal of an inconclusive, pseudo-scientific paper as fact. When I am emporer, I will require all journalists to take a remedial science course.
"studies have shown..." == "here comes a crock..."
I just tried out Walmart's music download. First, I was greeted with this:
"We notice you're not using Internet Explorer. Other browsers may be able to access our original Music Downloads store which has fewer user features than our latest version but offers the same music. We will be making enhancements to our updated version in the future to support the Firefox browser. If you want to take advantage of all the features in our updated design now, please get the latest version of Internet Explorer."
But I perservered, in spite of not having the "latest version of Internet Explorer." I downloaded High_School_Musical_Cast-7-Gotta_Go_My_Own_Way.wma . (They didn't have much Beethoven.)
I was tricked! I lost 88 of my hard-earned cents. It won't play because it thinks I don't have a license. In fact, I have had a license since I was 16. (15 and a half, if you count the learner's permit). Those Arkansas farmers!
There is a big issue here. People have been free to leave the U.S. until this (assuming this is implemented). Now, government permission will be required to leave the U.S.
During the cold war, it was hammered into our young impressionable minds that the U.S. was a free country and its citizens could leave any time they wanted, unlike the communist block. Now we throw that away.
It's a shame to build those expensive fences and towers along the Mexican and Canadian borders and only use them to keep people out. We can keep people in, too! It's a new iron curtain!
Maybe the author did find the 20,000 passwords, I am guessing most are not MySpace passwords. Myspace requires a number or non-alpha character in the password, but the article lists many that are all alpha.
I agree with Dvorak. Maybe that's because I'm somewhat of a dinosaur too. So I wrote my own photo program that performs the important fundamentals, such as merging Mars Rover raw photos into color images and generating web pages with lat-lon-altitude from the image exif info. Important, fundamental stuff! (This can't be advertising if if I don't make any money on it, right?)
There used to be about 2.54000508 centimeters per inch (exactly 39.37 inches per meter). Even Einstein didn't remember that number. In 1959 either the U.S. got larger or Europe got smaller, and an inch became 2.54 centimeters exactly.
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/63332.h tm l
One to Three years sentence, yet nobody has been charged with spamming since the law took effect on January 1. Doesn't the government know there are millions of illegal spam emails sent every day?
The earthlink audit is not accurate. I've run Earthlink's free spyware scans on two computers and gotten 4 "hits," all definitely incorrect.
It claims I have Alexa Toolbar and Bonzi Buddy on both systems, and I definitely do not files from those applications, nor do they attempt to communicate over my network.
Allowing some false positives in the scan encourages people to use the Earthlink software, and it makes for a more sensational press release.
There are several reasons to write free software, and several not to.
1. Cost of Entry. If you write your own application and hope to sell it, you usually need to provide some advertising, sales, support, and delivery. If you don't have enough buyers, why not make the first version or two freeware until it's popular? Then you're only risking your time, not your money.
2. Personal Satisfaction. If you write programs for fun and don't want to mess with what someone thinks the market wants, why not give away the software? If an application happen to takes off in the market, then you can charge money for upgrades. Or not.
3. Food. If you're good at programming, it's a fun way to make a living. Most humans need food in order to program, and it's easier to get food if you have at least a little money.
4. Payroll. If you're running a company with programmers on staff, they will likely get rowdy and cantankerous unless they occasionally get paid. It's easier to pay people if there is some source of income, such as paying customers.
I could go on and on. There is lots of room for free software, and lots of room for commercial software (as exhibited by Microsoft, et. al.).
Slashdot Mirror
Same here. I run an average of four Windows systems with firewall but no AV. I have had one virus in the past 5 years, a new one that came in over an open port when I wasn't running a firewall. If you don't click on executable email attachments (which seems to include pdf files now), update Windows, and have a firewall, I think you're reasonably safe. A virus scanner is nice to verify that you're clean, but real-time protection gives me more problems that benefits. I should be clear of rootkits because I rip my CDs instead of playing them directly. :-)
Two points: First, the obvious. It cannot be stealing if the stealee did not lose anything. It might be illegal, but theft, by definition, leaves the victim without her property.
Second, it is not currently illegal to convert a file from one format to another, which is what happens when you rip a CD. But if the recording industry condinues to make payoffs (i.e. contributions) to politicians at the current level, I can foresee legislation to make it illegal to convert files without the originator's permission. Heck, those dummies are liable to label it terrorism or child porn and ban music altogether!
Transportation would make it cost prohibitive. Eventually, probably beyond my lifetime, they may be able to move asteroids close to earth for mining.
The radioisotope thermoelectric generators in Voyager I and II have laster 30 years. They are a bit larger than laptop batteries, but that's the same principle, isn't it?
Most companies who protect their code don't need to worry too much about it. It would take their competitors as much time to steal their code as it would to write new code. Analyzing a "foreign" project and then integrating it into another usually takes a lot of time. And then, the result would probably not be as good as new code. There might be some "ahh... so that's how they do that!" moments, but probably not worth the effort of stealing and analyzing the software. The main reason I would protect code would be to prevent lawsuits. Someone could analyze the code, find flaws, stage losses, and sue. Even this is pretty unlikely in a medium-to-small sized company.
"none of the studies had a control group of animals that did not get chips, the normal rate of tumors cannot be determined and compared to the rate with chips implanted." The AP (and the Slashdot post) report this as if it were a fact that RFID emissions cause cancer. You cannot intelligently draw that conclusion from these studies, since there was no control group with inert RFIDs implanted. This is yet another inaccurate portrayal of an inconclusive, pseudo-scientific paper as fact. When I am emporer, I will require all journalists to take a remedial science course. "studies have shown..." == "here comes a crock..."
I just tried out Walmart's music download. First, I was greeted with this:
a . (They didn't have much Beethoven.)
"We notice you're not using Internet Explorer. Other browsers may be able to access our original Music Downloads store which has fewer user features than our latest version but offers the same music. We will be making enhancements to our updated version in the future to support the Firefox browser. If you want to take advantage of all the features in our updated design now, please get the latest version of Internet Explorer."
But I perservered, in spite of not having the "latest version of Internet Explorer." I downloaded High_School_Musical_Cast-7-Gotta_Go_My_Own_Way.wm
I was tricked! I lost 88 of my hard-earned cents. It won't play because it thinks I don't have a license. In fact, I have had a license since I was 16. (15 and a half, if you count the learner's permit). Those Arkansas farmers!
There is a big issue here. People have been free to leave the U.S. until this (assuming this is implemented). Now, government permission will be required to leave the U.S.
During the cold war, it was hammered into our young impressionable minds that the U.S. was a free country and its citizens could leave any time they wanted, unlike the communist block. Now we throw that away.
It's a shame to build those expensive fences and towers along the Mexican and Canadian borders and only use them to keep people out. We can keep people in, too! It's a new iron curtain!
Maybe the author did find the 20,000 passwords, I am guessing most are not MySpace passwords. Myspace requires a number or non-alpha character in the password, but the article lists many that are all alpha.
I agree with Dvorak. Maybe that's because I'm somewhat of a dinosaur too. So I wrote my own photo program that performs the important fundamentals, such as merging Mars Rover raw photos into color images and generating web pages with lat-lon-altitude from the image exif info. Important, fundamental stuff! (This can't be advertising if if I don't make any money on it, right?)
At the end of FY 2003, SCO president McBride got a $755,000 bonus, more than triple his salary, for his excellent performance.
I once experienced a collision between a pick and a mac:
http://xpda.com/mac.jpg
There used to be about 2.54000508 centimeters per inch (exactly 39.37 inches per meter). Even Einstein didn't remember that number. In 1959 either the U.S. got larger or Europe got smaller, and an inch became 2.54 centimeters exactly.
h tm l
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/63332.
http://rwebster.com/resume.htm
A interesting footnote -- Far more people have viewed that catalog in the past several hours than in the entire 1980's!
Dagnabbit! I always get those tools mixed up.
Sorry about the slow link. My server seems to be bogged down tonight for some reason...
You're welcome to mirror anything on there -- thanks for the help! (That anonymous post is a fake.)
Yeah, I've already been harassed by our network guy.
Yep... essentially the same company evolved through about 4 names and various owners. The CAD business was recently sold to IMSI.
One to Three years sentence, yet nobody has been charged with spamming since the law took effect on January 1. Doesn't the government know there are millions of illegal spam emails sent every day?
The earthlink audit is not accurate. I've run Earthlink's free spyware scans on two computers and gotten 4 "hits," all definitely incorrect. It claims I have Alexa Toolbar and Bonzi Buddy on both systems, and I definitely do not files from those applications, nor do they attempt to communicate over my network. Allowing some false positives in the scan encourages people to use the Earthlink software, and it makes for a more sensational press release.
There are several reasons to write free software, and several not to.
1. Cost of Entry. If you write your own application and hope to sell it, you usually need to provide some advertising, sales, support, and delivery. If you don't have enough buyers, why not make the first version or two freeware until it's popular? Then you're only risking your time, not your money.
2. Personal Satisfaction. If you write programs for fun and don't want to mess with what someone thinks the market wants, why not give away the software? If an application happen to takes off in the market, then you can charge money for upgrades. Or not.
3. Food. If you're good at programming, it's a fun way to make a living. Most humans need food in order to program, and it's easier to get food if you have at least a little money.
4. Payroll. If you're running a company with programmers on staff, they will likely get rowdy and cantankerous unless they occasionally get paid. It's easier to pay people if there is some source of income, such as paying customers.
I could go on and on. There is lots of room for free software, and lots of room for commercial software (as exhibited by Microsoft, et. al.).
The photos from the Rovers are all black and white images, some filtered by bandwidth. This site
http://xpda.com/mars
has combined a lot of the filtered photos into reasonably good color images. I might have to visit Mars to verify the accuracy of the color...
Forward your deceptive spam to the FTC at uce@ftc.gov. If we can up the numbers they get from thousands to millions, maybe they'll fix the problem.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/02/eileenspam1.htm