I know. The corner store down the street is run by Arabs, and it has the best deals on produce and pita. I also like the dolmas (grape leaves stuffed with rice). Good thing I always paid cash there. I guess next time I want some healthy olive oil, I'll be a good Patriot and get Crisco shortening from the supermarket instead.
Your university also has high population density and maybe less than universal coverage. Can you get WiFi in the parking lots and the sports fields? 802.11 is inherently a short range technology. Building any kind of municipal size network out of it will be expensive especially with the low population densities of most sprawling US cities.
Also note: bouncing undeliverable email is part of the specification for SMTP, because mis-addressed or randomly guessed email is indistinguishable from temporarily undeliverable email.
Not exactly. You can return an SMTP 5xx error for an unknown recipient, and any compliant MTA will understand that as a permanent failure. You can also send an SMTP 4xx error for a temporary failure, and the sender's MTA will know to retry later.
Now many MTAs don't check for unknown users in the initial handshake, either because they don't have directory info available or they're just configured to accept all mail and bounce it later. While that's still correct, it's much worse for spam in practice.
The problem is, web surfing isn't what it used to be. AJAX and Flash will easily max out a P3 500Mhz, and remember the VIA is a pretty low power CPU. An 800Mhz C3 is about as fast as a 500Mhz P3. The 1.5Ghz C7 might run as fast as a 1Ghz P3.
Big business will realize it's a bad idea when their own ox gets gored, and the patent trolls are doing just that. The tech patent situation used to be a truce where all the big tech companies had lots of patents and you couldn't just sue a competitor because they could counter-sue for a patent you were infringing. It also works nicely for keeping out new competitors.
Patent trolls throw a wrench in this system because they don't build or sell anything. You can't counter-sue. I'll give it a few years before the tech lobby has enough and pays Congress to change it.
It is certainly more fun to watch two Capitalist parties go at each other than just having the one Communist party to vote for. The things they fight over in public are generally symbolic little tokens of social policy, chosen for ease of public posturing. The Communist party offered just one bitter pill. The two Capitalist parties offer a choice of two placebos.
Let's see... symbolic tokens of social policy. Sounds like God, Guns and Gays, just like Howard Dean said.
He also thinks that other democracies are less flawed than the US:
Perestroika and Glasnost were all about democracy, and in my opinion it had the same chance of success as the hopelessly gerrymandered system that passes for democracy in the US, (although much less than any proper, modern democracy, in which the Bush regime would have been put out of power quite a while ago, after a simple parliamentary vote of no confidence and early elections).
Just one minor thing, the FBI does follow up on suspicious fertilizer sales a little more than they used to. I suppose suspicious means buying a lot of fertilizer when you don't look like a farmer. It's boring, shit work that they pawn off on the junior agents since most of these leads turn out to be nothing.
When you mentioned insurance, I went to check prices for coverage. I know Dell sells insurance to coverage accidental damage, but I see they now offer Computrace Lojack and accidental damage insurance for the same price as what they used to charge for just insurance, $120. There's no subscription fee. The Lojack coverage runs as long as the warranty.
Best Buy will take open box returns, and I know they'll go on the clearance table marked as open box. I'm not sure what they do for shrink-wrapped returns. The one time I returned a an unopened game (years ago), the lady broke the seal and inspected the contents.
However, if the box had already been returned (which is probably the case), then the manager should be able to figure out that he goofed.
Except that selling a returned item as new would be fraud on Best Buy's part. I know Best Buy has a clearance section where they sell open box and returned items (usually for a whopping 12% discount). The manager would have to point fingers back to the manufacturer or else he'd be admitting to reselling returns as new. I wonder if BB's receipt includes the serial number of hard drives.
Check Sandisk's price chart. Their stock price is in the toilet, down from mid 50's a few weeks ago to under 40 today. I think the market correctly interpreted this lawsuit as an act of desperation. It dropped $1.70 a share today.
Is EDGE so different from UMTS that it needs different chips? My CDMA phone runs both EVDO and 1xRTT.
I know what you mean about streaming video. If you know what you want to watch, it's easier to load it on the flash card at home, but with Youtube, it's more about surfing around and finding funny clips you didn't know about before.
Data mining *your own data* isn't spying. The phone companies data mining the phone records of their own customers isn't spying. The federal government data mining the phone records of tens of millions of US citizens is spying.
It's the same in California. When I signed up earlier this year, it even said in the install FAQs on the website that they'll cut the copper. It doesn't say that any more, though.
The only reason they didn't was because I don't have POTS and only ordered Internet. I'm also in a small apartment building, and they ran fiber just to my unit because I'm the only one in the building who ordered FIOS.
It's security vulnerabilities in old versions of Flash Player that make them vulnerable to malicious files. Here's one of the more severe ones: http://secunia.com/advisories/26027. It doesn't matter if the file has no executable content when the reader has a buffer overflow that can be exploited with a malicious file. Strictly speaking, the exploit is executable machine code.
The issue of executable or scriptable content in media files is something different. As other people pointed out, WMVs can have script a web event, like opening a browser to a certain page, but in that case, a malicious website would be exploiting your browser. The media player is just a vector to open that web page.
AT&T already sells Windows Mobile handsets that can run Skype or a SIP softphone, although not over Wifi, so you still have to pay AT&T for a data plan. I think HTC does have some 3G+Wifi smartphones coming soon, but not for AT&T. Mobile VoIP is still not convenient enough for most users, between booting a softphone and finding a hotspot. The only time it would be worth it is if you're travelling internationally and you're determined to find a hotspot and save money. Even then it only works well for making calls not receiving calls because keeping an IP connection open for your softphone uses up your battery.
Yeah, that's what I meant, 3G/UMTS through AT&T or EVDO through Sprint and Verizon. If you look at the AT&T website, you can buy 17 different smartphones with Windows Mobile, Palm or Blackberry OS. Only the Windows Mobile handsets have high speed UMTS, though.
other AT&T phones are handsets with limited OS installed and low data rate capabilities
That excuse doesn't fly. The iPhone uses AT&T's EDGE network which is slower than 3G or EVDO (although faster than GPRS). Other Smartphone OSes like Palm, Windows Mobile and Symbian are just as full-featured and open to developers. I have a Moto Q that cost 100 bucks. The screen is small and battery life sucks, but it has a full QWERTY keyboard, and I can install any Windows Mobile Smartphone software I damn please.
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I know. The corner store down the street is run by Arabs, and it has the best deals on produce and pita. I also like the dolmas (grape leaves stuffed with rice). Good thing I always paid cash there. I guess next time I want some healthy olive oil, I'll be a good Patriot and get Crisco shortening from the supermarket instead.
Your university also has high population density and maybe less than universal coverage. Can you get WiFi in the parking lots and the sports fields? 802.11 is inherently a short range technology. Building any kind of municipal size network out of it will be expensive especially with the low population densities of most sprawling US cities.
Not exactly. You can return an SMTP 5xx error for an unknown recipient, and any compliant MTA will understand that as a permanent failure. You can also send an SMTP 4xx error for a temporary failure, and the sender's MTA will know to retry later.
Now many MTAs don't check for unknown users in the initial handshake, either because they don't have directory info available or they're just configured to accept all mail and bounce it later. While that's still correct, it's much worse for spam in practice.
Yeah, first you have the femtosecond laser pulse to destroy viruses and now this.
The problem is, web surfing isn't what it used to be. AJAX and Flash will easily max out a P3 500Mhz, and remember the VIA is a pretty low power CPU. An 800Mhz C3 is about as fast as a 500Mhz P3. The 1.5Ghz C7 might run as fast as a 1Ghz P3.
Big business will realize it's a bad idea when their own ox gets gored, and the patent trolls are doing just that. The tech patent situation used to be a truce where all the big tech companies had lots of patents and you couldn't just sue a competitor because they could counter-sue for a patent you were infringing. It also works nicely for keeping out new competitors.
Patent trolls throw a wrench in this system because they don't build or sell anything. You can't counter-sue. I'll give it a few years before the tech lobby has enough and pays Congress to change it.
Let's see... symbolic tokens of social policy. Sounds like God, Guns and Gays, just like Howard Dean said.
He also thinks that other democracies are less flawed than the US:
Just one minor thing, the FBI does follow up on suspicious fertilizer sales a little more than they used to. I suppose suspicious means buying a lot of fertilizer when you don't look like a farmer. It's boring, shit work that they pawn off on the junior agents since most of these leads turn out to be nothing.
When you mentioned insurance, I went to check prices for coverage. I know Dell sells insurance to coverage accidental damage, but I see they now offer Computrace Lojack and accidental damage insurance for the same price as what they used to charge for just insurance, $120. There's no subscription fee. The Lojack coverage runs as long as the warranty.
Best Buy will take open box returns, and I know they'll go on the clearance table marked as open box. I'm not sure what they do for shrink-wrapped returns. The one time I returned a an unopened game (years ago), the lady broke the seal and inspected the contents.
Except that selling a returned item as new would be fraud on Best Buy's part. I know Best Buy has a clearance section where they sell open box and returned items (usually for a whopping 12% discount). The manager would have to point fingers back to the manufacturer or else he'd be admitting to reselling returns as new. I wonder if BB's receipt includes the serial number of hard drives.
Thanks for the gallery link.
Check Sandisk's price chart. Their stock price is in the toilet, down from mid 50's a few weeks ago to under 40 today. I think the market correctly interpreted this lawsuit as an act of desperation. It dropped $1.70 a share today.
They're talking about free MMORPGs like Flyff and Maple Story. My friends' kids just can't stop playing them.
Is EDGE so different from UMTS that it needs different chips? My CDMA phone runs both EVDO and 1xRTT.
I know what you mean about streaming video. If you know what you want to watch, it's easier to load it on the flash card at home, but with Youtube, it's more about surfing around and finding funny clips you didn't know about before.
Data mining *your own data* isn't spying. The phone companies data mining the phone records of their own customers isn't spying. The federal government data mining the phone records of tens of millions of US citizens is spying.
How does that square with the concept of statutory damages? The maximum judgment per song could have been much higher than $9250.
Don't worry about it. With any luck Vista will be Windows ME Part II, and we'll get a new Windows that doesn't suck for your DX10 gaming.
I can think of one feature. They backported Shuffle Songs to my 3G ipod, and they gave it its own item in the top menu. I know. Whoop Dee Doo.
It's the same in California. When I signed up earlier this year, it even said in the install FAQs on the website that they'll cut the copper. It doesn't say that any more, though.
The only reason they didn't was because I don't have POTS and only ordered Internet. I'm also in a small apartment building, and they ran fiber just to my unit because I'm the only one in the building who ordered FIOS.
Hey, no problem. Here's a hat tip to a rare /. mea culpa. :)
It's security vulnerabilities in old versions of Flash Player that make them vulnerable to malicious files. Here's one of the more severe ones: http://secunia.com/advisories/26027. It doesn't matter if the file has no executable content when the reader has a buffer overflow that can be exploited with a malicious file. Strictly speaking, the exploit is executable machine code.
The issue of executable or scriptable content in media files is something different. As other people pointed out, WMVs can have script a web event, like opening a browser to a certain page, but in that case, a malicious website would be exploiting your browser. The media player is just a vector to open that web page.
AT&T already sells Windows Mobile handsets that can run Skype or a SIP softphone, although not over Wifi, so you still have to pay AT&T for a data plan. I think HTC does have some 3G+Wifi smartphones coming soon, but not for AT&T. Mobile VoIP is still not convenient enough for most users, between booting a softphone and finding a hotspot. The only time it would be worth it is if you're travelling internationally and you're determined to find a hotspot and save money. Even then it only works well for making calls not receiving calls because keeping an IP connection open for your softphone uses up your battery.
Yeah, that's what I meant, 3G/UMTS through AT&T or EVDO through Sprint and Verizon. If you look at the AT&T website, you can buy 17 different smartphones with Windows Mobile, Palm or Blackberry OS. Only the Windows Mobile handsets have high speed UMTS, though.
That excuse doesn't fly. The iPhone uses AT&T's EDGE network which is slower than 3G or EVDO (although faster than GPRS). Other Smartphone OSes like Palm, Windows Mobile and Symbian are just as full-featured and open to developers. I have a Moto Q that cost 100 bucks. The screen is small and battery life sucks, but it has a full QWERTY keyboard, and I can install any Windows Mobile Smartphone software I damn please.