I have been a New York City resident for 36 years, and I have NEVER seen any of them work. We call them 'placebo buttons', and I'm actually surprised when I travel to someplace where they do work.
I've shown my 15 year old a little ablout how I can track & log all of his actions on the internet. Then I let him pretty much do as he wants. The idea is to let him decide what's appropriate, knowing that his parents will also be able to see his choices. I think this gives him a fair ammount of privacy, since we're not looking over his shoulder, but still gives us the ability to monitor what's going on.
I work for a big financial firm in NYC that is using Z/Linux pretty heavily. I have to say that while we are very happy with the results, it is VERY important to have VM people on staff who are also Linux savvy. IBM has been great in getting us set up, but they don't live with the systems. We do. You'll need to be very careful about what you're using the Linux instances for, and take alook at how they'll use hardware resources, like the OSA cards.
With careful planning, and the expectation that it will be a bumpy start, you'' find that it's a very rewarding experience, both personally and professionally.
If you use the shared client libraries, you don't need to change anything, and you don't need to GPL your app. It's only when the static libraries are used that this come into play. If anything that used a gpl'd shared library needed to be gpl'd then there would only be GPL on linux since it would depend on libc!
This is the first card specifically for HDTV, but:
For a while now, DVB cards have been available with software for Linux that have been able to recieve and process HDTV satalite signals. The 'other' PVR app that doesn't seem to catch on in the US is VDR, located at http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr This is a full featured, open source PVR application that does work with DVB cards to show HDTV.
Maybe if we stuck all SCO/Microsoft/MPAA/RIAA/etc's lawyers in a Monty Python worthy blender, grinding them into a fine red (or black, as some might claim) paste, we'd have enough environmentally friendly biodegradable waste to restore a rainforest somewhere.
What make you think that that toxic sludge would be environmentally friendly?
Well, VPN's tunnel traffic. Without decrypting the traffic, you can only see where the VPN terminates, not where the actual traffic endpoints are. If I VPN into my office, I can establisg an RDP session to a server in the internal network, ssh to my desktop & all kinds of things. Anyone in the path can sniff the traffic all they want, but they won't see where I'm going, because the application layer endpoints are encrypted within the VPN tunnel.
As far as SSL & proxies, if you use an SSL proxy (such as anonymizer's commercial offering) the IP endpoints will show that you're connection to the proxy, and the encrypted payloads will not show the actual destination of the traffic involved.
NAT isn't outlawed by these bills, but any VPN technology is, as well as any access to proxies via SSL, since that 'conceals' the souce/destination.
Laws like this are quite disturbing, and if enacted could cripple business.
- Imagine not being able to do business at your local bank, because they can't use their VPN to communicate with the main office?
- How about not being able to fill a prescription at the drugstore, becase they can't have a secure channed as requireed by HIPPA back to the main office?
- Imagine not being able to execute a trade through your broker, because the financial industry has a HEAVY reliance on encrypted communications channels, partly to comply with teh GLBA.
Laws like this contradict so many existing laws that if it does get passed, it wont against any legitimate bush-back by a large company. The real problem is that small companies and individuals are ripe for persecution.
The point is not that your'e doing somthing illegal, you're not nececarily doing that at all.
There is nothing illegal about building your own PVR. Building such a system using Open software lets you build the system that you want, not the system that marketing execs want you to have. I gave a Tivo, and I'm very happy with it, but I'm still "rolling my own" because there are things that the Tivo doesn't do.
Getting the software for free is besides the point, you're already paying a lot for the hardware. The point is to be able to make any change you want to it.
In europe, satalite tv providers don't lock their customers into a single hardware platform. They use what's called a common interface to support teh decryption of satalite systems. You can use any reciever you want & use the provider's CAM (Conditional Access Module) to decrypt the pay channels. In the US & Canada, each provider has their own standard that is not compatable with any other's. Even with Bell View (Canada) and Dish (US) who both use the same hardware, it is not possible to use one reciever with the other's service without hacking the card and engaging in theft of service (in their view).
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If I see PacMan running arounf, and call out to the ghosts, is that cheating: ;)
Honey, we're moving to Washington!!!
Imagine mapping this (your HOUSE) for a Quake / Unreal map!!
You only need two things. Duct tape and WD-40. If it moves and it shouldn't, use the duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use the WD-40.
I have been a New York City resident for 36 years, and I have NEVER seen any of them work. We call them 'placebo buttons', and I'm actually surprised when I travel to someplace where they do work.
If it bothers you, look for a way to jam the RFID signal. Causing the vendor technical problems is a sure way to increase their costs as a deterrent.
After the purchace find & remove the tag.
So why does this come out AFTER christmas??
I've shown my 15 year old a little ablout how I can track & log all of his actions on the internet. Then I let him pretty much do as he wants. The idea is to let him decide what's appropriate, knowing that his parents will also be able to see his choices. I think this gives him a fair ammount of privacy, since we're not looking over his shoulder, but still gives us the ability to monitor what's going on.
I mean, come on! are we all that afraid that WE'RE overpaid?
It's funny, because they distribute all kinds of GPL code right here:
S RP MS/
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/OpenLinux311/Workstation/
I work for a big financial firm in NYC that is using Z/Linux pretty heavily. I have to say that while we are very happy with the results, it is VERY important to have VM people on staff who are also Linux savvy. IBM has been great in getting us set up, but they don't live with the systems. We do. You'll need to be very careful about what you're using the Linux instances for, and take alook at how they'll use hardware resources, like the OSA cards.
With careful planning, and the expectation that it will be a bumpy start, you'' find that it's a very rewarding experience, both personally and professionally.
If you use the shared client libraries, you don't need to change anything, and you don't need to GPL your app. It's only when the static libraries are used that this come into play. If anything that used a gpl'd shared library needed to be gpl'd then there would only be GPL on linux since it would depend on libc!
This is the first card specifically for HDTV, but:
For a while now, DVB cards have been available with software for Linux that have been able to recieve and process HDTV satalite signals. The 'other' PVR app that doesn't seem to catch on in the US is VDR, located at http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr This is a full featured, open source PVR application that does work with DVB cards to show HDTV.
I'm writing this because I have been able to retreive evidence as solid as SCO's that their intelectual property is in the Linux kernel.
/usr/src/linux-2.4/ -exec grep -l SCO {} \;
:)
I feel that this is AS STRONG A CLAIM AS SCO'S . Here it is. Are you ready?
linux-2.4]$ find
This definitevly shows that the letters "SCO" appear in the Linux kernel, and we all know that 'SCO' is SCO's intelectual property!
(never mind that it's words like CROSSCOMPILE and DISCONNECT
Maybe if we stuck all SCO/Microsoft/MPAA/RIAA/etc's lawyers in a Monty Python worthy blender, grinding them into a fine red (or black, as some might claim) paste, we'd have enough environmentally friendly biodegradable waste to restore a rainforest somewhere.
What make you think that that toxic sludge would be environmentally friendly?
(e.g. Netscape planned release, codenamed "buffy").
As in "Ready to be canceled"?
Tell it to my Parole Officer!
Hey guys! I have the secret key here, but you'll have to crack my top-secret ROT-13 encryption!!!
Hfr:Yvahk:Vafgrnq::Qbag:Obgure:Jvgu:Zvpebfbsg:
- The only way to win is to not play the game!
Well, VPN's tunnel traffic. Without decrypting the traffic, you can only see where the VPN terminates, not where the actual traffic endpoints are. If I VPN into my office, I can establisg an RDP session to a server in the internal network, ssh to my desktop & all kinds of things. Anyone in the path can sniff the traffic all they want, but they won't see where I'm going, because the application layer endpoints are encrypted within the VPN tunnel.
As far as SSL & proxies, if you use an SSL proxy (such as anonymizer's commercial offering) the IP endpoints will show that you're connection to the proxy, and the encrypted payloads will not show the actual destination of the traffic involved.
NAT isn't outlawed by these bills, but any VPN technology is, as well as any access to proxies via SSL, since that 'conceals' the souce/destination.
Laws like this are quite disturbing, and if enacted could cripple business.
- Imagine not being able to do business at your local bank, because they can't use their VPN to communicate with the main office?
- How about not being able to fill a prescription at the drugstore, becase they can't have a secure channed as requireed by HIPPA back to the main office?
- Imagine not being able to execute a trade through your broker, because the financial industry has a HEAVY reliance on encrypted communications channels, partly to comply with teh GLBA.
Laws like this contradict so many existing laws that if it does get passed, it wont against any legitimate bush-back by a large company. The real problem is that small companies and individuals are ripe for persecution.
Does anyone remember Dimitri Skylarov?
The point is not that your'e doing somthing illegal, you're not nececarily doing that at all.
There is nothing illegal about building your own PVR.
Building such a system using Open software lets you build the system that you want, not the system that marketing execs want you to have. I gave a Tivo, and I'm very happy with it, but I'm still "rolling my own" because there are things that the Tivo doesn't do.
Getting the software for free is besides the point, you're already paying a lot for the hardware. The point is to be able to make any change you want to it.
The Exeter is also the name of a Brittish warship.
In europe, satalite tv providers don't lock their customers into a single hardware platform. They use what's called a common interface to support teh decryption of satalite systems. You can use any reciever you want & use the provider's CAM (Conditional Access Module) to decrypt the pay channels.
In the US & Canada, each provider has their own standard that is not compatable with any other's. Even with Bell View (Canada) and Dish (US) who both use the same hardware, it is not possible to use one reciever with the other's service without hacking the card and engaging in theft of service (in their view).
Mr. Shatner,
Many of your roles have been praised and maligned. What role that you have played have you learned the most from, as an actor?
I wonder what the refund policy is?
To paraphrase the article:
1) I work 5000 man hours working around NT/2000 problems
2) I spend 100 man hours building a solution
Conclusion: My whole work should now belong to M$, because their product represents the majority of work!
:)