While the hardware design is approved, engineers have yet to fully study how the fix will change the aerodynamics of the tank during launch.
Officials say they don't have any worries, but have decided to take the time and effort of building a new scale model of the shuttle for conducting wind tunnel tests early next summer.
Did that strike anyone else as just "typical fucking management"? "We've got no worries... we haven't even tested it yet though...":D
... apparently have a pc-recycling program, at least here in Australia.
I just noticed in one of their recent corporate brochure mail-outs, that they actually offer you a rebate on new stuff if you send them your old hardware.
I know I'm just feeding a troll... but in case anyone genuinely believes those points:
You can play any game on it that runs on under linux, via linux emulation.
Your grandma could use DOS, if set up properly
Any gui used on linux works. Ships with KDE and gnome
Documentation is far superior to linux (and thats based on my 7 yrs linux experience).
Its far less fragmented than Linux.
I'm running it on several x86 boxes right now, performing duties ranging from Ipsec gateways, to webservers, to desktops
You can install most of the ports from packages. You do not need to know C - simply type "make install"
USB was supported before Linux, just as one example from my comparatively limited (3 yrs) experience with BSD
2 words. Linux emulation. It works. VERY WELL.
Sampling the population of my server room (1, 3 year old linux box, 4 BSD boxes, and 1 BSD box being built to replace the linux box), Linux is dying - not BSD:D
On a more serious note - I'd recommend any Linux fan to give FreeBSD a shot. It took me a while to get my head around the whole philosphy behind the way things are done (just as I had to get used to Linux - its just "different" to most linux distros), but once you get used to it, its far more logical and consistant. Faster, in my experience, as well.
Even if you decide to go back to Linux, knowing BSD will put you in a better position to understand the way other Unices work, as Linux is far less similar to them than BSD.
His idiocy does not mean its anybody else's problem.
I'm guessing those on the south pole have planned and rationed out their fuel, etc until they can be re-supplied - this idiot has no right to expect them to inconvenience themselves simply because he is incompetent.
The other thing to remember here is that the "victim"" is just as guilty as the "hacker" if we start prosecuting people who leave back doors or security flaws on their own systems.
At the end of the day, I think electronic security can only be made the responsibility of the PC/network owner.
If you've got valuable data, secure it.
Writing secure software is difficult, yes - but fixing that problem should be an engineering problem, not a legal one.
Using the courtroom to fix problems like this is akin to (for example) Ford releasing a car that has a chronic brake failure design flaw, then prosecuting the car owner for negligence in the event of a brake failure induced crash.
"There is no road map for Linux, nobody who has his rear end on the line. We think it's an advantage a commercial company can bring--we provide a road map, indemnify customers. They know where to send e-mail. None of that is true in the other world. So far, I think our model works pretty well," Ballmer said.
Has he read the Microsoft EULA or what?
Microsoft doesn't put their ass on the line, either.
Whilst I agree with you 100%, in the meantime, its not feasible for some to simply ditch blocklists while we wait the unknown period of time for an SMTP replacement to be developed and then deployed.
If a new protocol was released tomorrow that solved all of SMTPs problems, unless it work with SMTP as well, it would never take off. And even if it DID take off, many places wouldn't deploy it for at least 3-5 years...
We're kinda stuck with SMTP for quite some time I think unfortunately... its just far too entrenched.
And don't give me this "I should be able to decided who I receive mail from". You should, but that's not what this is about. This is about power-tripping admins deciding to prevent people under their power from receiving mail that could be more effectively filtered by things like Bayesian filters and the like.
So, when you're unable to do anything useful with your connection, because your ISP's link is completely utilised by sending pr0n spam, viruses, and letters from nigerian millionaires who find themselves with money they need to offload, you're not going to complain, right?
This is about admins identifying the source of garbage, and ensuring that either the problems at that site (that allow the spam to propogate) are rectified and they decide to play nice with the rest of the net community, or they're excluded from it. Filtering on the receiving end does not fix the problem of paying for someone elses garbage.
They're dealing with it in whatever way they choose, its their perogitive. Part of the choice that goes with being an admin.
If you don't like your ISP's policy, go buy some bandwidth wholesale, set up your own mail server, run it your way.
If (just hypothetically) SCO did win the court case and everyone's supposed to pay for their Linux distros, the source is closed, and the GPL is declared invalid, I don't see users going down without a fight
I'm sure there will be mass hysteria, etc...
Or, the sensible ones out there will simply switch to FreeBSD.
Not intending to get into an OS war here (I use both Linux AND FreeBSD), but both OSes are close enough in functionality to make the choice a personal thing.
Each one excels in different areas, but if Linux was to go away tomorrow, FreeBSD is there to take over. Or NetBSD... or OpenBSD... etc.
Many linux apps can run without even requiring a recompile, and those that can't are easily ported.
Interesting post... thanks for taking the time to respond...
It's probably perfectly legal, to the extent of my IANAL-level knowledge of such things...but is it ethical?
IMHO, yes, the steps they are taking are ethical.
They're attempting to prevent malicious users from costing both them and their customers money in unsolicitated, quite possibly offensive, e-mail.
Perhaps yes, they should advertise the fact that they actively filter e-mail from untrusted sources in an effort to reduce spam, so its out in the open.
Most people I know would consider that a plus.
Remember, the root of the issue is the spam relaying ISP who has not made the effort to prevent their system being abused. This system is not under AOL's control, has a reputation for not making any attempt to rectify the situation, so they are taking the only logical step.
If the abused ISP fails to take corrective action, they'll simply bleed customers as they realise they're unable to send email to one of the largest ISPs on the planet:)
Or sue, of course, but I really don't think they'll win;)
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If you don't run a webhosting company or an ISP, shut up. If you run a webhosting company or an ISP, you know how crappy AOL's system is.
I was recently a sysadmin for an ISP for around 5 years, and now administer a corporate network of around 250 users.
What you are describing is a seperate issue (AOL administrative problem) to the issue being raised here (AOL's right to block traffic as they see fit).
Penalising AOL for filtering traffic that is injected into their network opens up a whole new can of worms.
As I see it, AOL should be able to do what they like with regards to data entering/exiting their network, and in fact, I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that they have words to that effect in their customer contract.
So, given that their users have signed up consenting to this, the only people who can legitimately be pissed, are third parties - who have no right to use AOL's network at all.
Let me explain: Internet Exploder is build in into Windows at system level. It therefore can run processes at this level. If IE is cracked, it would probably give the attacker full system rights.
Nice theory.
'Cept you're wrong... IE runs as the logged in user.
The fact that in 99% of cases, the logged in user is a local machine administrator, is another problem entirely...
They do NOT have the right to prevent the use of interoperable third-party software. There was a little court case about that awhile ago, if you remember.
By your standards, the owner of a knife ought to have the right to choose for themself who they stab with it. That is false freedom and I urge you to keep re-reading it until you understand.
This isn't quite the same.
They could argue that the MSN messenger network is a source of advertising revenue, they could argue that the reason for it is to prevent the use of untrusted clients developed for sending spam/DOS attacks (which is, I think the reason).
They're supposedly willing to negotiate with 3rd party developers to make their clients compatibile.
At the end of the day, they own the service you are using. To give YOU an analogy to compare - its like Foxtel being irritated with me for building my own decoder box and descrambling their signal without paying for it.
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I posted the response in case some less clueful people out there actually took it as the truth.
Which was a hell of a lot more relevant than your post.
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I just noticed in one of their recent corporate brochure mail-outs, that they actually offer you a rebate on new stuff if you send them your old hardware.
Maybe worth if if you're looking to upgrade...
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On a more serious note - I'd recommend any Linux fan to give FreeBSD a shot. It took me a while to get my head around the whole philosphy behind the way things are done (just as I had to get used to Linux - its just "different" to most linux distros), but once you get used to it, its far more logical and consistant. Faster, in my experience, as well.
Even if you decide to go back to Linux, knowing BSD will put you in a better position to understand the way other Unices work, as Linux is far less similar to them than BSD.
My 2c.
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His idiocy does not mean its anybody else's problem.
I'm guessing those on the south pole have planned and rationed out their fuel, etc until they can be re-supplied - this idiot has no right to expect them to inconvenience themselves simply because he is incompetent.
Harsh, maybe, but thats life unfortunately.
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Given that ISPs are a large user of Linux, it possibly WAS their ISP who did it :D
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The other thing to remember here is that the "victim"" is just as guilty as the "hacker" if we start prosecuting people who leave back doors or security flaws on their own systems.
At the end of the day, I think electronic security can only be made the responsibility of the PC/network owner.
If you've got valuable data, secure it.
Writing secure software is difficult, yes - but fixing that problem should be an engineering problem, not a legal one.
Using the courtroom to fix problems like this is akin to (for example) Ford releasing a car that has a chronic brake failure design flaw, then prosecuting the car owner for negligence in the event of a brake failure induced crash.
My 2c.
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Not that I think its required.
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Microsoft doesn't put their ass on the line, either.
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If you have a common set of stuff ALL users need in their login script, simply call that script at the end of their group login script.
Simple no?
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Normal AA doesn't seem to smooth text enough on the systems I use - text still looks really jaggy.
Interesting...
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Seriously, those are the only reasons I use XP - a lot of the other features are nice, but its not as stable as 2k.
I've got a laptop at work (with an additional LCD for multihead), and a nice 17" LCD on my home desktop, so cleartype is a huge plus.
For those who haven't used an LCD before... it makes pixels MUCH more visible.
Yes, this means you get excellent contrast, however, text looks like ass unless its been smoothed with cleartype.
XP is just much better suited to laptops with regards to driver support, wireless networking, etc...
That said, I prefer 2k in all other respects, and ran it for 2 years - its definately the best OS microsoft has yet produced...
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If a new protocol was released tomorrow that solved all of SMTPs problems, unless it work with SMTP as well, it would never take off. And even if it DID take off, many places wouldn't deploy it for at least 3-5 years...
We're kinda stuck with SMTP for quite some time I think unfortunately... its just far too entrenched.
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So, when you're unable to do anything useful with your connection, because your ISP's link is completely utilised by sending pr0n spam, viruses, and letters from nigerian millionaires who find themselves with money they need to offload, you're not going to complain, right?
This is about admins identifying the source of garbage, and ensuring that either the problems at that site (that allow the spam to propogate) are rectified and they decide to play nice with the rest of the net community, or they're excluded from it. Filtering on the receiving end does not fix the problem of paying for someone elses garbage.
They're dealing with it in whatever way they choose, its their perogitive. Part of the choice that goes with being an admin.
If you don't like your ISP's policy, go buy some bandwidth wholesale, set up your own mail server, run it your way.
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Or, the sensible ones out there will simply switch to FreeBSD.
Not intending to get into an OS war here (I use both Linux AND FreeBSD), but both OSes are close enough in functionality to make the choice a personal thing.
Each one excels in different areas, but if Linux was to go away tomorrow, FreeBSD is there to take over. Or NetBSD... or OpenBSD... etc.
Many linux apps can run without even requiring a recompile, and those that can't are easily ported.
Non issue...
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They're attempting to prevent malicious users from costing both them and their customers money in unsolicitated, quite possibly offensive, e-mail.
Perhaps yes, they should advertise the fact that they actively filter e-mail from untrusted sources in an effort to reduce spam, so its out in the open.
Most people I know would consider that a plus.
Remember, the root of the issue is the spam relaying ISP who has not made the effort to prevent their system being abused. This system is not under AOL's control, has a reputation for not making any attempt to rectify the situation, so they are taking the only logical step.
If the abused ISP fails to take corrective action, they'll simply bleed customers as they realise they're unable to send email to one of the largest ISPs on the planet :)
Or sue, of course, but I really don't think they'll win ;)
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What you are describing is a seperate issue (AOL administrative problem) to the issue being raised here (AOL's right to block traffic as they see fit).
Penalising AOL for filtering traffic that is injected into their network opens up a whole new can of worms.
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So, given that their users have signed up consenting to this, the only people who can legitimately be pissed, are third parties - who have no right to use AOL's network at all.
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'Cept you're wrong... IE runs as the logged in user.
The fact that in 99% of cases, the logged in user is a local machine administrator, is another problem entirely...
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They could argue that the MSN messenger network is a source of advertising revenue, they could argue that the reason for it is to prevent the use of untrusted clients developed for sending spam/DOS attacks (which is, I think the reason).
They're supposedly willing to negotiate with 3rd party developers to make their clients compatibile.
At the end of the day, they own the service you are using. To give YOU an analogy to compare - its like Foxtel being irritated with me for building my own decoder box and descrambling their signal without paying for it.
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They have the right to determine who logs into their network, regardless of what software they use.
They're exercising that right.
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