Sounds reasonable, while we have a reasonable government (I'm in the UK)
Another point this brings up is that of the anti-terrorist act. While I agree that at the time this was necessary, the original plan was to have this repealed when there was no longer a pressing need for it, as it's a somewhat draconian law. Unfortuantely it's actually being extended, interestingly enough to add hacking as an act of terrorism!
Must admit to being a little disappointed at a legislature who sneak laws in by the backdoor while people don't fully understand the impact it'll have.
How many megabytes of files do you transfer when you browse the web? Downloading the kind of files available on the Gnutella network can average 400MB(ytes) each.
Also do you think Joe Bloggs regularly goes to IRC to swap files? Course not it requires a bit of talent. Try using bearshare (www.bearshare.com) and see how easy it is for a newbie.
For some reason we seem to more or less ignore space research, we're quite happy to tag along on the heels of the US and not send anything up ourselves. You'd think it'd save us enough money to have realistic petrol prices, but no.....
It's not just the legal requirement thing (which I can't confirm) that makes Macrovision not work with VCR's. It's something to do with The signal locking on and tracking within the video. A TV doesn't use this so doesn't notice that Macrovision's messed with it. Think of the band you sometimes get at the top of a pre-recorded video when it's knackered.
In theory if you don't run your DVD player through your VCR and pass it directly into your TV it should work. However some TV's apparently even have a problem with that.
Makes sense though, the only reason IIS beats Apache at certain things is it's integration into the kernel (and probably why web script errors can bring down NT). I just hope they've implemented it 'properly' or our famed web server uptime could suffer.
I was worried about this for a while (thinking about leaving). Simple solution, use www.hushmail.com. Alright for the super paranoid there's still keystorke monitorig, but come on.
Too much post Napster paranoia is going down here, this is just standard business practices no conpiracy, no deal to screw the consumer its just plain old cost cutting
Granted but what is just paranoia now is still legally enforceable in the future (as long as shrink wrap licenses aren't made void).
Just because your paranoid doesn't mean there not after you.
You could still put an ethernet socket in your living room and rig up an adapter to allow your modem to plug in to it. Then connect the other end to the phone line. Cat5 (ethernet) cable is easily capable of carrying a phone signal and it then leaves the option of future upgrading.
I thought a lot of the problem behind the RIP bill wasn't just that you had to give the government the key to encrypted files but also that you could be imprisoned if you told anybody you had been asked for the keys. The burden of proof if you did not have the key was also placed on the individual. AFAIK this has been the major problem as it a flagrant violation of human rights.
I seem to remember somebody emailing Jack Straw an encrypted confession to a crime and then destroying the key. Could have led to an interesting court case:)
If your *that* keen on having to pay so much for 'gas' (or petrol as we call it in the UK) try 85.9 pence per litre (that's over 4 UK pounds a gallon). 85 percent of this is tax, which goes straight to the government and is NOT spent on public transport or anything else good for the environment. I'm currently incapacitated and the only way I can get around is by relying on lifts from kind friends and family. Think about the part of the population that's disabled and can't get round on there own. Rant over.
Happened in our work today too. The preview pane in Outlook doesn't set it off though. Something to note is it end in.txt.vbs On a standard install of windows the filename extensions are turned off so it *looks* like a.txt file on first glance. In most cases that's all it takes to open it. Not a microsoft fan.
I'd like to ask if Jon realises how inflammatory some of his comments are before he posts his articles, i.e. Does he deliberately set out to provoke (sometimes offensive:) debate.
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Errr, sorry.
Another point this brings up is that of the anti-terrorist act. While I agree that at the time this was necessary, the original plan was to have this repealed when there was no longer a pressing need for it, as it's a somewhat draconian law. Unfortuantely it's actually being extended, interestingly enough to add hacking as an act of terrorism!
Must admit to being a little disappointed at a legislature who sneak laws in by the backdoor while people don't fully understand the impact it'll have.
How many megabytes of files do you transfer when you browse the web? Downloading the kind of files available on the Gnutella network can average 400MB(ytes) each.
Also do you think Joe Bloggs regularly goes to IRC to swap files? Course not it requires a bit of talent. Try using bearshare (www.bearshare.com) and see how easy it is for a newbie.
Obviously not Hemos:)
For some reason we seem to more or less ignore space research, we're quite happy to tag along on the heels of the US and not send anything up ourselves. You'd think it'd save us enough money to have realistic petrol prices, but no.....
In theory if you don't run your DVD player through your VCR and pass it directly into your TV it should work. However some TV's apparently even have a problem with that.
If your not from the UK you won't understand that:)
Funny, I think not
Does anyone know whether the khttpd module is likely to cause similar crashing problems?
For those of you without ROT13 try rotating the letters 13 places using a looped alphabet:).
Makes sense though, the only reason IIS beats Apache at certain things is it's integration into the kernel (and probably why web script errors can bring down NT). I just hope they've implemented it 'properly' or our famed web server uptime could suffer.
I was worried about this for a while (thinking about leaving). Simple solution, use www.hushmail.com. Alright for the super paranoid there's still keystorke monitorig, but come on.
Granted but what is just paranoia now is still legally enforceable in the future (as long as shrink wrap licenses aren't made void).
Just because your paranoid doesn't mean there not after you.
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You could still put an ethernet socket in your living room and rig up an adapter to allow your modem to plug in to it. Then connect the other end to the phone line. Cat5 (ethernet) cable is easily capable of carrying a phone signal and it then leaves the option of future upgrading.
Apparently Episode three is going to include multiple bondage scenes, Anakin actually turns to Black leather before the dark side.
The working title for Darth's costume is apparently "The Gimp suit".
Or maybe not.
Remember all RAIDs are not created equal.
If you try www.com it's got a stand up channel and it's free (Real Audio required). Quite good too, Dennis Leary etc.
I seem to remember somebody emailing Jack Straw an encrypted confession to a crime and then destroying the key. Could have led to an interesting court case:)
If your *that* keen on having to pay so much for 'gas' (or petrol as we call it in the UK) try 85.9 pence per litre (that's over 4 UK pounds a gallon). 85 percent of this is tax, which goes straight to the government and is NOT spent on public transport or anything else good for the environment. I'm currently incapacitated and the only way I can get around is by relying on lifts from kind friends and family. Think about the part of the population that's disabled and can't get round on there own. Rant over.
Happened in our work today too. The preview pane in Outlook doesn't set it off though. Something to note is it end in .txt.vbs On a standard install of windows the filename extensions are turned off so it *looks* like a .txt file on first glance. In most cases that's all it takes to open it. Not a microsoft fan.
I'd like to ask if Jon realises how inflammatory some of his comments are before he posts his articles, i.e. Does he deliberately set out to provoke (sometimes offensive:) debate.