Ordinary users on Unix are subject to even worse limitations (which is, in fact, why ping among other utilities runs setuid root).
Has anyone found that this makes Unix unusable for them? For that matter, outside of DDoS, connection hijacking, and abusing smtp servers to cover your tracks when spamming, is there ever any need for an application programmer to falsify a source address? Doing so means you won't get a reply from whatever you're trying to do.
All that said, I imagine if MS actually put some effort into fixing the security issues with their flagship product in the first place, so it didn't get hacked (hint: disable activex by default, along with integrated vb scripting in outlook), then there'd be no hacked machines to be used in attacks.
Actually, among other things, corporations do need to pay taxes. Also they're subject to "capital punishment" if they become bankrupt, which humans are not.
Are you or are you not aware that Wikimedia has a policy of only running free software on the servers? Actually the Kate's Tools were offline for awhile largely because they didn't want to install Java (and I know there's free software JVM's, don't know what the situation was with using those).
Also I believe a fair amount of the wiki code is MySQL specific.
Basically because then people would use cheaper generic versions of the same herbicide (patent expired years ago). Which the seed license also says they can't do - they have to use Roundup (tm).
I would think their 100,000 servers are in multiple datacenters by now. Otherwise, they'd be producing ~ 30 MW of heat. I think this would lead to an unpleasant work environment (and perhaps a rapidly absent building...) if it were all in the googleplex.
As such, it's debatable how many employees actually have LAN access to the whole cache (isn't it about a PB?) and how many have to browse it over an intranet or VPN that's not much faster than our own broadband connections.
And I know I'm going to lose karma for "-1, killing the joke," but oh well.
The TV tax (at least in the UK, not sure about other european countries) has nothing to do with copyright, it has to do with funding the public television station.
I can't see the RIAA in the US, or probably in Canada, accepting money when they can just sue 30 million file sharing users, hoping that most of them will settle out of court, and the RIAA will end up with trillions of dollars of pure profit.
They're going to launch those large-scale suits sooner or later, and they have absolutely no motive to accept anything that would preculde them from doing so.
Note: I'm not an author, or a musician, or a lawyer; I'm a WP sysop who sometimes writes about this stuff there, and that's it.
I used to play subspace a *lot*. One of the reasons I left (aside from the obvious one, that I switched to Linux) was that some people had *character names* that were offensive.
These started with "So_Damn_Insane" and went up from there. Right after the Columbia accident, a long-time player on one of my favorite servers created an accoutn named "Dead_Columbia" and flied like an idiot. Whenever someone shot him, he'd broadcast to all players "NICE SHOT, JOHNDOE, YOU BLEW UP THE COLUMBIA!"
Not to mention the references to teammates who "shot like a bunch of f-gs" etc that were almost universal.
Yeah I read that article when it came out, hence my reference to the cost faced by Apollo Diamond. It still isn't even vaguely in the price range of an industrial material.
The problem is the kind of material strength you need only occurs in diamond. Right now, Apollo Diamond is making gem-quality stones for about $5/carat, which is still more money than any human civilization has ever printed to reach orbit.
Uhm, they didn't come *close* to a stable orbit. It was never one of their goals. Actually, IIRC, they'd need to carry a fair bit more fuel to make it there - not to mention all the gear, food, etc for a trip to mars, preferably with a crew of more than 1.
Personally I thought it was a Casimir effect engine for cars, which would "revolutionize transportation" by eliminating any gas costs, as well as pollution, etc.
Here in the US, I sometimes get a notice "extended service area" meaning "we're going to bill you through the nose if you call while you're here", but I don't know if that has anything to do with carriers.
If you jam cell phones, won't that just lead to people shouting louder? Knowing most of the cell phone users I do, I can just picture...
(Phone goes off) "Hello?... Oh, hi, John, they have a cell phone jammer in here. JOHN, I SAID THEY HAVE A CELL PHONE JAMMER IN HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW?... DAMMIT JOHN, EVERYONE IN THE THEATER IS STARING AT ME.... YEAH, I'D LOVE TO MEET YOU FOR A BEER, BUT I'M IN THIS MOVIE FOR THE NEXT HALF HOUR. Oh, never mind, they just dragged me out by my shirt collar.... Yeah, there's much better reception out here, where do you want to go?"
Especially since it's now been linked from here. Heck, that's a solution to any worm that tries to "phone home" - just include a link in the/. article about it!
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It isn't "almost crippled."
Ordinary users on Unix are subject to even worse limitations (which is, in fact, why ping among other utilities runs setuid root).
Has anyone found that this makes Unix unusable for them? For that matter, outside of DDoS, connection hijacking, and abusing smtp servers to cover your tracks when spamming, is there ever any need for an application programmer to falsify a source address? Doing so means you won't get a reply from whatever you're trying to do.
All that said, I imagine if MS actually put some effort into fixing the security issues with their flagship product in the first place, so it didn't get hacked (hint: disable activex by default, along with integrated vb scripting in outlook), then there'd be no hacked machines to be used in attacks.
Actually, among other things, corporations do need to pay taxes. Also they're subject to "capital punishment" if they become bankrupt, which humans are not.
Gasoline may not destroy a hard drive. It will, however, heat it above the Curie temperature, and that's all you need.
Well you should be saving your work when you leave the machine anyhow. Especially if it's a windows machine, and thereby liable to crash.
I know Oracle does well on recovery, but what about its redundant apostrophe extraction capabilities?
Are you or are you not aware that Wikimedia has a policy of only running free software on the servers? Actually the Kate's Tools were offline for awhile largely because they didn't want to install Java (and I know there's free software JVM's, don't know what the situation was with using those).
Also I believe a fair amount of the wiki code is MySQL specific.
Yeah, something will be done. Most likely, the company suing each farmer and then owning an entire nation.
Basically because then people would use cheaper generic versions of the same herbicide (patent expired years ago). Which the seed license also says they can't do - they have to use Roundup (tm).
I would think their 100,000 servers are in multiple datacenters by now. Otherwise, they'd be producing ~ 30 MW of heat. I think this would lead to an unpleasant work environment (and perhaps a rapidly absent building...) if it were all in the googleplex.
As such, it's debatable how many employees actually have LAN access to the whole cache (isn't it about a PB?) and how many have to browse it over an intranet or VPN that's not much faster than our own broadband connections.
And I know I'm going to lose karma for "-1, killing the joke," but oh well.
Not commenting on the IP, legal, etc issues around this or file sharing in general in .ca or anywhere else...
Personally, I find that use of "retarded" to be quite offensive. My mother works with mentally retarded students. Please try to be more sensitive.
That's never going to happen though.
The TV tax (at least in the UK, not sure about other european countries) has nothing to do with copyright, it has to do with funding the public television station.
I can't see the RIAA in the US, or probably in Canada, accepting money when they can just sue 30 million file sharing users, hoping that most of them will settle out of court, and the RIAA will end up with trillions of dollars of pure profit.
They're going to launch those large-scale suits sooner or later, and they have absolutely no motive to accept anything that would preculde them from doing so.
Note: I'm not an author, or a musician, or a lawyer; I'm a WP sysop who sometimes writes about this stuff there, and that's it.
Ok, if 1" onto concrete is 200G, how did my brain survive when I fell skiing onto ice, hitting my head directly?
As it stood, I was dizzy for a minute.
That too, apparently. It sounds like Verizon wants to get this test site up ASAP by focusing a lot of money and contractors on this one county.
I get the impression keeping roads from collapsing is a secondary priority.
Agreed with the insults issue.
I used to play subspace a *lot*. One of the reasons I left (aside from the obvious one, that I switched to Linux) was that some people had *character names* that were offensive.
These started with "So_Damn_Insane" and went up from there. Right after the Columbia accident, a long-time player on one of my favorite servers created an accoutn named "Dead_Columbia" and flied like an idiot. Whenever someone shot him, he'd broadcast to all players "NICE SHOT, JOHNDOE, YOU BLEW UP THE COLUMBIA!"
Not to mention the references to teammates who "shot like a bunch of f-gs" etc that were almost universal.
Yeah I read that article when it came out, hence my reference to the cost faced by Apollo Diamond. It still isn't even vaguely in the price range of an industrial material.
The problem is the kind of material strength you need only occurs in diamond. Right now, Apollo Diamond is making gem-quality stones for about $5/carat, which is still more money than any human civilization has ever printed to reach orbit.
Uhm, they didn't come *close* to a stable orbit. It was never one of their goals. Actually, IIRC, they'd need to carry a fair bit more fuel to make it there - not to mention all the gear, food, etc for a trip to mars, preferably with a crew of more than 1.
Personally I thought it was a Casimir effect engine for cars, which would "revolutionize transportation" by eliminating any gas costs, as well as pollution, etc.
Well, the problem is it's hosted on the public internet. And is very tough to use without connecting to said internet.
Windows is perfectly secure when offline, unpowered, and preferably in a vat of mercury.
Yeah, and they can't just add 500 "john doe" defendents, on the basis of "someone must be stealing from us?"
What does that change?
Here in the US, I sometimes get a notice "extended service area" meaning "we're going to bill you through the nose if you call while you're here", but I don't know if that has anything to do with carriers.
If you jam cell phones, won't that just lead to people shouting louder? Knowing most of the cell phone users I do, I can just picture...
... Oh, hi, John, they have a cell phone jammer in here. JOHN, I SAID THEY HAVE A CELL PHONE JAMMER IN HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW? ... DAMMIT JOHN, EVERYONE IN THE THEATER IS STARING AT ME. ... YEAH, I'D LOVE TO MEET YOU FOR A BEER, BUT I'M IN THIS MOVIE FOR THE NEXT HALF HOUR. Oh, never mind, they just dragged me out by my shirt collar. ... Yeah, there's much better reception out here, where do you want to go?"
(Phone goes off) "Hello?
I didn't know 1/8 was internal. I know 10/8 is, and I meant my own address (192.168/16) is a rfc 1918 address
Sounds good to me.
*opens a tab in background with each link*
Hmm, they're all still loading. Funny that.
pakaran% netstat
Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
tcp 0 1 192.168.1.101:40652 1.10.5.89:www SYN_SENT
(and yes my family uses a rfc 1918 address)
Especially since it's now been linked from here. Heck, that's a solution to any worm that tries to "phone home" - just include a link in the /. article about it!