Many comments here, so maybe someone has already covered this. Follow the links if you are interested
There are fixed fines for speeding: http://www.oikeus.fi/tuomioistuimet/karajaoikeudet/en/index/rikosasiat/seuraamukset/rikesakko.html
Fines are given for more serious offences: http://www.oikeus.fi/tuomioistuimet/karajaoikeudet/en/index/rikosasiat/seuraamukset/sakko.html
So, number of unit fines (day fines) indicates the level of offence, the amount of money per unit you have to pay tries to relate the penalty to your income.
Anonymizer.com allegedly sells its services to US government. So, why should anyone expect the service to be completely anonymous anymore?
Their advertisements still claim total privacy and reasons why HACKERS, ADVERTISERS, SPAMMERS and your BOSS do not want you to use Anonymizer. They do not list the GOVERNMENT.
Fortunately I've got nothing to hide and don't care about anonymity, privacy, encryption...
we happen to know that electromagnetic radiation isn't very good for your health.
"We"? Excessive amounts of water is not good for your health, neither is a) eating too much organic food b) eating too much genetically modified food c) eating "normal" food d)... - and so on.
Microwave oven's output is typically from 600 W upwards. Are you really comparing this to hundreds of milliwatts?
The "risk" of cellular phones has been and is being investigated - large scale and publicly. Check your sources. Unfortunately (or fortunately) for those with radiation phobia, none of the scientific studies have linked cell phones to cancer or other serious health problems.
Microwave radiation has been shown to increase tissue temperature slightly. According to one study it also changes protein production in human cells
Our modern military does not mean our soldiers are invulnerable. Quit watching Star Trek and crap and think about the REAL world for a moment. There is no invulnerability.
But flying helicopters full of soldiers directly into line of fire from literally hundreds of RPGs - that is plain stupid and arrogant.
CNN made a pretty good document named "Blackhawk down". It showed what kind of blunder the whole operation was, starting from the marine landing in front of the. US forces did not have any experience in peace keeping/enforcement then. Several US soldiers were interviewed in the document.
The trapped US soldiers in Mogadishu fought valiantly, but in my opinion the only reason why a movie like Black Hawk Down is successfull, is 11.9.2001 "afterglow"
The operator is upgrading their GSM 1900 network with EDGE and GPRS technology. These will allow "3G services" on the network.
The quoted maximum bandwidth is the theorectical maximum (8 TDMA timeslots). In practise mobile terminals will probably support only about half of that (about 235 kbit/s) in ideal conditions. Most terminals will not even support that.
For example, none of the current GPRS phone supports maximum data transfer rates.
You don't need any 'sniffing' tools to check the security or coverage.
Just take a laptop with WLAN card and walk around. Signal strength indicator will give you some idea of the coverage. If WEP is not enabled, anyone can use your WLAN. If WEP is enabled, using it will be more difficult.
Windows XP Professional has a nice interface which will show you all available WLAN networks and their properties (ie. infrastructure, adhoc, WEP/no WEP)
My guess is that Sun's comment was true. It really was somekind of WLAN test setup. Unfortunately it was not correctly configured or was connected to the corporate intranet.
These WLAN access points and network access cards are so easy to install that without being security concious you are _bound_ to make mistakes - no encryption, no security, connected to intranet/Internet etc.
The current business environment also encourages to do everything as fast as possible. Setting up a closed test network for a single project could be just another extra cost.
Fortunately all the test WLANs at our office are connected to an isolated test domain - yes, the data moves but there are no Secrets available.
Antenna on top of a phone booth is less a "risk" than the mobile phone antenna next to your head. It's just basic physics.
None of the scientific studies indicate a health risk from mobile phones. The only statistical health link I've seen is that mobile phone users have more fatal traffic accidents...
Lawyers and their customers, in search of rich companies to sue, like to quote the few available studies that seem to indicate health problems. They fail to mention, that most of those studies have had serious faults or are considered scientifically sound.
On the other hand, having a lot of valid studies showing there is no detectable health effect, does not exclude a possible unknown effect.
Studies on possible mobile phone health effects are mainly made because of public and media interest. That also assures funding for every team that remembers to mention 'mobile/cell phones' in their grant application
It's 05.00 and I just read the original article . So I may have "misread" some details.
To me it seems like a good idea, and it seems like something that has been done before.
There are existing operating systems that do not rely on just user identification or program access privileges. "Old" mainframe stuff still in use and still being developed.
The NSA suggestion seems to go a bit further and will enhance the safeguards.
Also, if it is for Linux Kernel, you have to have the source code available. Then you'll have thousands of people examining the code (that's the theory). So, no conspiracies even if NSA is involved.
Right?
Even in the early 1980's, hand held radio users were warned not to have the handset antenna near their eye. The handsets I know used a different frequency (around 160 MHz), had more transmitting power (about 5 W) and were analogue (transmitter always on when you talked on the radio).
BTW, the last centense of the quoted study says:
"Several methodologic limitations prevent our results from providing clear evidence on the hypothesized association."
>It's possible to get a job there, but not easy
>unless you're a citizen. And right now, with
>scandals such as Echelon raising the hackles of
>major corps in Europe, you're working at a severe
>disadvantage.
It's not much easier or harder than in most other western countries. You just have to make all the right bureaucratic moves.
The worst countries I've visited are UK and USA. If you even _hint_ at the immigration that you might be _working_ - well, you'll get the Spanish Inquisition. For example I'm employed by an European subsidiary of an US company. Every now and then we need to travel to USA for something else than training, marketing or 'pleasure'. It is a grave mistake to mention "work" at the immigration...
Well, it seems their databases are more up to date now...
Learn to read - well, I read the original sentence as:
Over the next 270 days engineers on board the satellite will gradually place it in its intended final orbit
A second space station?
Anyway, where can I find more info on the satellite? From what I've read it seems to be _huge_ compared to the early satellites. General news articles just tell that it's 'improving HAM communications'
(Failed my HAM tests many many years ago - damn that CW receive test - some problems with a 'rythm', started counting dots and dashes instead of listening => failed)
Seems really strange that a bank would have just a single PIN to 'protect' customer accounts (Well, E*Trade has...)
Our local banks use either PIN code list or a combination of usercode/password and PIN code list. List is needed whenever you what to add, change or delete information. PIN codes are 4-5 digits long, sometimes associated with a 'challenge' number. Some banks will soon offer access with the Government issued identity card (smart card).
If you read the Observer's news article carefully, you'll notice it never mentioned that full access was available for the accounts. Change PIN, but what if the system required old PIN first? Transfer money, but what if the PIN was again required?
WAP (and maybe IMODE) just try to chain users to the metered telecom world - even though WAP is advertised as 'Internet in your phone'.
What's wrong with the plain old HTML and sites designed for those tiny mobile phone screens?
Of course! The meaning of Liff was/is my favourite - every couple of months I just have to leaf through the book. There is even a Finnish version of the book - very good version, I have to admit. Translation would not work so the Finnish team made a book about Finnish city/county/community names. The name of the book is "Elimäen tarkoitus" - they even managed to 'translate' the joke ("The meaning of Life" is "Elämän tarkoitus" in Finnish and "Elimäen" is a small city in Finland - actually Elimäki, but conjugated)
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Yes, it will cost time and money - though, in the end the lawers will always get their money, win or lose. Their customers will pay, of course. Frustration - I doubt it. These where the guys who were intelligent enough to include deja.com on their first list of complaint because their search found messages on deja.com referring to DeCSS.
It is not piracy, if you actually _buy_ the product from USA. Producers are just protecting their profits. Also, they cannot sell their latest releases for 20 USD in India, so they want to prevent US/European customers buying the Indian versions. Zoning is the main reason why I have not bought a DVD player. I have a habit of ordering some difficult to obtain (in Europe) cult films/series from USA. My VHS can handle both PAL and NTSC - with DVD I never would know what I'd get. Though our local consumer protection laws are quite strict, the problems with international 'e-commerce' would be enormous.
Ha! After the Wassenaar treaty most EU countries are drafting laws that will make it illegal even to possess 'devices' to circumvent copy protection/encryption etc - as far as I know, of course... Very similar to the US legislation.
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Many comments here, so maybe someone has already covered this. Follow the links if you are interested
There are fixed fines for speeding: http://www.oikeus.fi/tuomioistuimet/karajaoikeudet/en/index/rikosasiat/seuraamukset/rikesakko.html
Fines are given for more serious offences: http://www.oikeus.fi/tuomioistuimet/karajaoikeudet/en/index/rikosasiat/seuraamukset/sakko.html
So, number of unit fines (day fines) indicates the level of offence, the amount of money per unit you have to pay tries to relate the penalty to your income.
This company has also a tracking product that might apply:
http://benefon.com/products/pointer_dog_gps/
Might cost a few hundred euros and requires GPS and especially GSM network coverage.
Anonymizer.com allegedly sells its services to US government. So, why should anyone expect the service to be completely anonymous anymore?
Their advertisements still claim total privacy and reasons why HACKERS, ADVERTISERS, SPAMMERS and your BOSS do not want you to use Anonymizer. They do not list the GOVERNMENT.
Fortunately I've got nothing to hide and don't care about anonymity, privacy, encryption...
"We"?
Excessive amounts of water is not good for your health, neither is a) eating too much organic food b) eating too much genetically modified food c) eating "normal" food d)
Microwave oven's output is typically from 600 W upwards. Are you really comparing this to hundreds of milliwatts?
The "risk" of cellular phones has been and is being investigated - large scale and publicly. Check your sources. Unfortunately (or fortunately) for those with radiation phobia, none of the scientific studies have linked cell phones to cancer or other serious health problems.
Microwave radiation has been shown to increase tissue temperature slightly. According to one study it also changes protein production in human cells
But flying helicopters full of soldiers directly into line of fire from literally hundreds of RPGs - that is plain stupid and arrogant.
CNN made a pretty good document named "Blackhawk down". It showed what kind of blunder the whole operation was, starting from the marine landing in front of the. US forces did not have any experience in peace keeping/enforcement then. Several US soldiers were interviewed in the document.
The trapped US soldiers in Mogadishu fought valiantly, but in my opinion the only reason why a movie like Black Hawk Down is successfull, is 11.9.2001 "afterglow"
The operator is upgrading their GSM 1900 network with EDGE and GPRS technology. These will allow "3G services" on the network.
The quoted maximum bandwidth is the theorectical maximum (8 TDMA timeslots). In practise mobile terminals will probably support only about half of that (about 235 kbit/s) in ideal conditions. Most terminals will not even support that.
For example, none of the current GPRS phone supports maximum data transfer rates.
You don't need any 'sniffing' tools to check the security or coverage.
Just take a laptop with WLAN card and walk around. Signal strength indicator will give you some idea of the coverage. If WEP is not enabled, anyone can use your WLAN. If WEP is enabled, using it will be more difficult.
Windows XP Professional has a nice interface which will show you all available WLAN networks and their properties (ie. infrastructure, adhoc, WEP/no WEP)
My guess is that Sun's comment was true. It really was somekind of WLAN test setup. Unfortunately it was not correctly configured or was connected to the corporate intranet. These WLAN access points and network access cards are so easy to install that without being security concious you are _bound_ to make mistakes - no encryption, no security, connected to intranet/Internet etc. The current business environment also encourages to do everything as fast as possible. Setting up a closed test network for a single project could be just another extra cost. Fortunately all the test WLANs at our office are connected to an isolated test domain - yes, the data moves but there are no Secrets available.
Antenna on top of a phone booth is less a "risk" than the mobile phone antenna next to your head. It's just basic physics.
None of the scientific studies indicate a health risk from mobile phones. The only statistical health link I've seen is that mobile phone users have more fatal traffic accidents...
Lawyers and their customers, in search of rich companies to sue, like to quote the few available studies that seem to indicate health problems. They fail to mention, that most of those studies have had serious faults or are considered scientifically sound.
On the other hand, having a lot of valid studies showing there is no detectable health effect, does not exclude a possible unknown effect.
Studies on possible mobile phone health effects are mainly made because of public and media interest. That also assures funding for every team that remembers to mention 'mobile/cell phones' in their grant application
It's 05.00 and I just read the original article . So I may have "misread" some details. To me it seems like a good idea, and it seems like something that has been done before. There are existing operating systems that do not rely on just user identification or program access privileges. "Old" mainframe stuff still in use and still being developed. The NSA suggestion seems to go a bit further and will enhance the safeguards. Also, if it is for Linux Kernel, you have to have the source code available. Then you'll have thousands of people examining the code (that's the theory). So, no conspiracies even if NSA is involved. Right?
Even in the early 1980's, hand held radio users were warned not to have the handset antenna near their eye. The handsets I know used a different frequency (around 160 MHz), had more transmitting power (about 5 W) and were analogue (transmitter always on when you talked on the radio). BTW, the last centense of the quoted study says: "Several methodologic limitations prevent our results from providing clear evidence on the hypothesized association."
>It's possible to get a job there, but not easy
>unless you're a citizen. And right now, with
>scandals such as Echelon raising the hackles of
>major corps in Europe, you're working at a severe
>disadvantage.
It's not much easier or harder than in most other western countries. You just have to make all the right bureaucratic moves.
The worst countries I've visited are UK and USA. If you even _hint_ at the immigration that you might be _working_ - well, you'll get the Spanish Inquisition. For example I'm employed by an European subsidiary of an US company. Every now and then we need to travel to USA for something else than training, marketing or 'pleasure'. It is a grave mistake to mention "work" at the immigration...
Well, it seems their databases are more up to date now...
Learn to read - well, I read the original sentence as: Over the next 270 days engineers on board the satellite will gradually place it in its intended final orbit A second space station? Anyway, where can I find more info on the satellite? From what I've read it seems to be _huge_ compared to the early satellites. General news articles just tell that it's 'improving HAM communications' (Failed my HAM tests many many years ago - damn that CW receive test - some problems with a 'rythm', started counting dots and dashes instead of listening => failed)
Seems really strange that a bank would have just a single PIN to 'protect' customer accounts (Well, E*Trade has...) Our local banks use either PIN code list or a combination of usercode/password and PIN code list. List is needed whenever you what to add, change or delete information. PIN codes are 4-5 digits long, sometimes associated with a 'challenge' number. Some banks will soon offer access with the Government issued identity card (smart card). If you read the Observer's news article carefully, you'll notice it never mentioned that full access was available for the accounts. Change PIN, but what if the system required old PIN first? Transfer money, but what if the PIN was again required?
WAP (and maybe IMODE) just try to chain users to the metered telecom world - even though WAP is advertised as 'Internet in your phone'. What's wrong with the plain old HTML and sites designed for those tiny mobile phone screens?
Of course! The meaning of Liff was/is my favourite - every couple of months I just have to leaf through the book. There is even a Finnish version of the book - very good version, I have to admit. Translation would not work so the Finnish team made a book about Finnish city/county/community names. The name of the book is "Elimäen tarkoitus" - they even managed to 'translate' the joke ("The meaning of Life" is "Elämän tarkoitus" in Finnish and "Elimäen" is a small city in Finland - actually Elimäki, but conjugated)
Yes, it will cost time and money - though, in the end the lawers will always get their money, win or lose. Their customers will pay, of course. Frustration - I doubt it. These where the guys who were intelligent enough to include deja.com on their first list of complaint because their search found messages on deja.com referring to DeCSS.
It is not piracy, if you actually _buy_ the product from USA. Producers are just protecting their profits. Also, they cannot sell their latest releases for 20 USD in India, so they want to prevent US/European customers buying the Indian versions. Zoning is the main reason why I have not bought a DVD player. I have a habit of ordering some difficult to obtain (in Europe) cult films/series from USA. My VHS can handle both PAL and NTSC - with DVD I never would know what I'd get. Though our local consumer protection laws are quite strict, the problems with international 'e-commerce' would be enormous.
Ha! After the Wassenaar treaty most EU countries are drafting laws that will make it illegal even to possess 'devices' to circumvent copy protection/encryption etc - as far as I know, of course... Very similar to the US legislation.