Good job using so much caps dude. Calm down. Yelling doesn't make you look good. There's two ways to look at this:
- Verizon is doing people a favor by securing their routers a little more - Verizon has a backdoor
FYI the option to backdoor isn't set by the tech per-se. The tech runs a program that executes several scripts. Whether the default firmware for these devices has this option on by default OR if the script does it I am not sure of. But it's normal practice for them to have this setup as is. The issue at hand is that they have a way back into your router. My guess is that, for the most part, it's there for maintenance, status checking (i.e. do you have an actual internet connection) or password resetting if the user forgets it. POSSIBLY for data monitoring, but I'm not going to say that's true, nor am I going to rule it out.
But Jesus, next time don't use such harsh words. Try thinking first.
Uhhh correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this kinda information already available on either the blotter or otherwise? If it's available for public consumption you can't call "invasion of privacy" on this cause then there WOULD be no invasion of privacy! And seriously, come on:
- I think the police have better things to do than claim somebody was drunk driving when they weren't. I'm sure there's false positives, but I'm pretty sure technology is down to a tee by now - If you REALLY think they're out to get people and fake this, well, I'm sure you'd think there's a studio NASA used to fake the moon landing too;) - Do you think people who drive drunk really DESERVE respect?
The fuss was the wording: It originally had a part along the lines of "or any use of a mobile phone" in addition to a non-exhaustive list of common bans (i.e.: handheld calls, texting). This vagueness was what stirred up news about it. However it has since been amended.
The only thing I'll say to that is that it shouldn't be VERY bad. Sometimes things are SO bad that you remember them more BECAUSE they're bad. It should be a mediocre game with mediocre ads. If it's too bad of a game, then the subject may start examining just HOW horrible it is and looking at details including how cheesy or horrible the ads are, thus paying more attention to the ads.
I have many times found a URL again very easily with the so called "awful bar". Sometimes I remember part of a URL, sometimes I remember part of the title. It's useful. If you don't think it's useful you're just kidding yourself.
But it's NOT the same. The radio signal from the drive in theater is through public airwaves and UNENCRYPTED. The DISH Network signal IS encrypted. You're asking them to secure it. They did! They made an attempt to secure it. These are people trying to circumvent this and putting numerous amounts of effort into it.
It's not as if the encryption method requires you to XOR each byte with "123" or something lame. What if YOU had encrypted files and I broke that encryption and viewed them. Wouldn't you feel violated?
I've had some decent experiences with using Linux as a desktop. But until Ubuntu came around I kept switching back to Windows. I'm still using Windows right now infact, but that's due to various other factors. But even using Linux for over 13 years as a server platform and feeling comfortable with it, the LAST thing I wanted to do was configure X extensively. I want to install a desktop OS and have it work right out of the box as much as possible.
The biggest problems I had personally: The web browser and its plug-ins, and video resolution. I kid you not. It may even boil down to video card drivers and setup. Yes it's unfortunate I do have and used ATi cards, so I don't get the best support there. But even BEFORE then, before Ubuntu came around I ALWAYS ended up one notch BELOW my preferred and available resolution. I had 1280x1024 available, I could only get X to properly do 1024x768.
But no matter what resolution I could or couldn't get, if I used a java applet in a browser or a page with flash, there was a 10% chance my entire system would lock up. I could NEVER figure this out and this happened across multiple systems.
Overall it's a good thing! Even if it does break the web. ESPECIALLY if it breaks the web. Why? Here's why:
If IE8 is more standards compliant, there's less of a chance that competing browsers will have issues and that sites won't work with browsers besides IE. Now that sounds good for the new sites but what about existing sites? Once IE8 becomes the standard, many companies will say "oh no our site is broken, we need somebody to make it work again!". At which point they'll need to hire folks to make changes to the website, thus stimulating the economy a little. Or at least the web designer industry.
...except when you realize that you have to agree to the terms of service (whatever they may be mind you) and that as far as friends are concerned, you have control over who can see you. And you can also set a manual position.
tl;dr: Nobody's FORCING you to show your position with the latest updates, and I want to stab every single privacy nazi ever born.
Booting up a computer IS work. It's as much work as somebody waiting for diagnostic results, or a supervisor "supervising", or a programmer compiling. They may not be making a direct impact at the time, but they have invoked the actions and are required to invoke said actions and required to wait for said actions to complete.
The employee should not suffer a lack of compensation due to the lack of the ability of the equipment supplied by the employer themselves. If they want to not pay the employee, they need to invest in an instant-on technology of some sort.
On the OTHER hand however, if one is, for instance, compiling, and it continues through and beyond a break (such as lunch), it makes sense for the employer to not compensate (if they do not compensate for lunch, as the break time is no longer considered a required period of labor and observation and supervising and what not. The employer can definitely push for such longer periods of time to be started before a break.
And this is not to say that the employer cannot have an employee be productive in other ways while a computer may be booting or whatever. Ask them to straighten their desk or something.
And to echo a lot of other people's comments, yeah, seriously. 15-30 minutes for BOOTING? I don't care if they "start programs". 15-30 minutes?! First off if they're "starting programs" that is DEFINITELY being productive. But if it's seriously taking 15-30 minutes for an individual to wait for a computer to start up or shut down, they have MUCH worse problems on their hands.
Fair enough. Makes sense to me that the shareholders have a large say in this, so he needs to be following that. This still doesn't change my opinion that it shouldn't be happening at all. But if it's what they want, it's what they want.
UGH! Am I the ONLY one on this planet that sees BEYOND the whole financial benefits of this! I don't care if Yahoo!'s current stocks were $1 and Microsoft was offering $100! If I was Jerry Yang I wouldn't bite on the offer either! The last thing I want to see is Microsoft acquire Yahoo! at all.
If you WANT to see Microsoft acquire them, all you're caring about is the money side of things. That's perhaps the worst reason to have this buyout go through. Jerry is trying to protect his company, damn it.
And I ask you all this: Since when is "offer" defined as "a requirement to oblige"?
If there are CONTINUED offenses where there is a blatant disregard for this law, sure throw him in jail. A lack of video equipment, ehhh it's not THAT bad compared to the potential jail time. 1 year without video equipment is something one could sacrifice fairly easily, minus the fact that one's cell phone MAY suffer. It IS getting harder to get a cell phone WITHOUT video capabilities these days.
But no, seriously, my comment was simply a counter to the argument in the headline about there being $250 alternative controllers and that it was being implied that it was unheard of.
License keys and DRM aren't one in the same. A license key would be like a physical key to a lock, where as DRM would be closer to a finger print. Both are designed to prevent access, but one is easily forged (copy of a key, like a serial/keygen) where as the other generally requires verification and requires more sophisticated techniques to be bypassed (GENERALLY requiring modification of an object)
Ok perhaps not the best analogy, but basically, this issue isn't like DRM whereby a valid copy is suddenly not valid and never will be again due to technical issues such as a server disappearing or a technology/device disappearing. It will only be an issue when people don't write down the proper 20th character and go to install it 10 years down the road.
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Fuckin' magnet links. How do THEY work?!
No no, you had it all wrong! It was reviews that the nature that came back was glowing!
Good job using so much caps dude. Calm down. Yelling doesn't make you look good. There's two ways to look at this:
- Verizon is doing people a favor by securing their routers a little more
- Verizon has a backdoor
FYI the option to backdoor isn't set by the tech per-se. The tech runs a program that executes several scripts. Whether the default firmware for these devices has this option on by default OR if the script does it I am not sure of. But it's normal practice for them to have this setup as is. The issue at hand is that they have a way back into your router. My guess is that, for the most part, it's there for maintenance, status checking (i.e. do you have an actual internet connection) or password resetting if the user forgets it. POSSIBLY for data monitoring, but I'm not going to say that's true, nor am I going to rule it out.
But Jesus, next time don't use such harsh words. Try thinking first.
Uhhh correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this kinda information already available on either the blotter or otherwise? If it's available for public consumption you can't call "invasion of privacy" on this cause then there WOULD be no invasion of privacy! And seriously, come on:
- I think the police have better things to do than claim somebody was drunk driving when they weren't. I'm sure there's false positives, but I'm pretty sure technology is down to a tee by now ;)
- If you REALLY think they're out to get people and fake this, well, I'm sure you'd think there's a studio NASA used to fake the moon landing too
- Do you think people who drive drunk really DESERVE respect?
Let's not forget that Houston once covered the residents of New Orleans in a dome
The fuss was the wording: It originally had a part along the lines of "or any use of a mobile phone" in addition to a non-exhaustive list of common bans (i.e.: handheld calls, texting). This vagueness was what stirred up news about it. However it has since been amended.
The only thing I'll say to that is that it shouldn't be VERY bad. Sometimes things are SO bad that you remember them more BECAUSE they're bad. It should be a mediocre game with mediocre ads. If it's too bad of a game, then the subject may start examining just HOW horrible it is and looking at details including how cheesy or horrible the ads are, thus paying more attention to the ads.
I have many times found a URL again very easily with the so called "awful bar". Sometimes I remember part of a URL, sometimes I remember part of the title. It's useful. If you don't think it's useful you're just kidding yourself.
According to the article they also used "SQL injection" except they described it wrong.
The person made a .php file through MySQL calls, but they referred to that as SQL injection.
Somebody get that fail whale out of the way! It's blocking my view!
But it's NOT the same. The radio signal from the drive in theater is through public airwaves and UNENCRYPTED. The DISH Network signal IS encrypted. You're asking them to secure it. They did! They made an attempt to secure it. These are people trying to circumvent this and putting numerous amounts of effort into it.
It's not as if the encryption method requires you to XOR each byte with "123" or something lame. What if YOU had encrypted files and I broke that encryption and viewed them. Wouldn't you feel violated?
Ugh ugh ugh UGH! STOP IT PEOPLE! Stop it!
Seriously stop basing a SINGLE SITE that is NOT well known to the GENERAL PUBLIC as a meter of how many people use IE or not.
Infact I just looked at my stats for June. Guess what browser was #1 and was probably ATLEAST 50% of the hits (also including bots)? IE 5!
Not 6, not even 7. 5. 70,000 hits marked as IE5. Next inline was Firefox 3 w/ 5600 hits.
Let's take what is considered the "top 10" or "top 100" sites of the internet and use THEIR stats to figure things out.
I've had some decent experiences with using Linux as a desktop. But until Ubuntu came around I kept switching back to Windows. I'm still using Windows right now infact, but that's due to various other factors. But even using Linux for over 13 years as a server platform and feeling comfortable with it, the LAST thing I wanted to do was configure X extensively. I want to install a desktop OS and have it work right out of the box as much as possible.
The biggest problems I had personally: The web browser and its plug-ins, and video resolution. I kid you not. It may even boil down to video card drivers and setup. Yes it's unfortunate I do have and used ATi cards, so I don't get the best support there. But even BEFORE then, before Ubuntu came around I ALWAYS ended up one notch BELOW my preferred and available resolution. I had 1280x1024 available, I could only get X to properly do 1024x768.
But no matter what resolution I could or couldn't get, if I used a java applet in a browser or a page with flash, there was a 10% chance my entire system would lock up. I could NEVER figure this out and this happened across multiple systems.
Overall it's a good thing! Even if it does break the web. ESPECIALLY if it breaks the web. Why? Here's why:
If IE8 is more standards compliant, there's less of a chance that competing browsers will have issues and that sites won't work with browsers besides IE. Now that sounds good for the new sites but what about existing sites? Once IE8 becomes the standard, many companies will say "oh no our site is broken, we need somebody to make it work again!". At which point they'll need to hire folks to make changes to the website, thus stimulating the economy a little. Or at least the web designer industry.
I figured I was not the only one who could RESIST this joke.
...except when you realize that you have to agree to the terms of service (whatever they may be mind you) and that as far as friends are concerned, you have control over who can see you. And you can also set a manual position.
tl;dr: Nobody's FORCING you to show your position with the latest updates, and I want to stab every single privacy nazi ever born.
Booting up a computer IS work. It's as much work as somebody waiting for diagnostic results, or a supervisor "supervising", or a programmer compiling. They may not be making a direct impact at the time, but they have invoked the actions and are required to invoke said actions and required to wait for said actions to complete.
The employee should not suffer a lack of compensation due to the lack of the ability of the equipment supplied by the employer themselves. If they want to not pay the employee, they need to invest in an instant-on technology of some sort.
On the OTHER hand however, if one is, for instance, compiling, and it continues through and beyond a break (such as lunch), it makes sense for the employer to not compensate (if they do not compensate for lunch, as the break time is no longer considered a required period of labor and observation and supervising and what not. The employer can definitely push for such longer periods of time to be started before a break.
And this is not to say that the employer cannot have an employee be productive in other ways while a computer may be booting or whatever. Ask them to straighten their desk or something.
And to echo a lot of other people's comments, yeah, seriously. 15-30 minutes for BOOTING? I don't care if they "start programs". 15-30 minutes?! First off if they're "starting programs" that is DEFINITELY being productive. But if it's seriously taking 15-30 minutes for an individual to wait for a computer to start up or shut down, they have MUCH worse problems on their hands.
Fair enough. Makes sense to me that the shareholders have a large say in this, so he needs to be following that. This still doesn't change my opinion that it shouldn't be happening at all. But if it's what they want, it's what they want.
UGH! Am I the ONLY one on this planet that sees BEYOND the whole financial benefits of this! I don't care if Yahoo!'s current stocks were $1 and Microsoft was offering $100! If I was Jerry Yang I wouldn't bite on the offer either! The last thing I want to see is Microsoft acquire Yahoo! at all.
If you WANT to see Microsoft acquire them, all you're caring about is the money side of things. That's perhaps the worst reason to have this buyout go through. Jerry is trying to protect his company, damn it.
And I ask you all this: Since when is "offer" defined as "a requirement to oblige"?
I agree to an extent.
If there are CONTINUED offenses where there is a blatant disregard for this law, sure throw him in jail. A lack of video equipment, ehhh it's not THAT bad compared to the potential jail time. 1 year without video equipment is something one could sacrifice fairly easily, minus the fact that one's cell phone MAY suffer. It IS getting harder to get a cell phone WITHOUT video capabilities these days.
Yeah but you can't exactly play with a deck of cards on the go all that easily.
Here let me smack you with it from here!
But no, seriously, my comment was simply a counter to the argument in the headline about there being $250 alternative controllers and that it was being implied that it was unheard of.
SOOO agreed, considering my experience with the drummania drum sets available.
I've paid more. I play GUITAR FREAKS and drummania. I've owned a guitar that was about $300 cause it was "arcade style": http://mgrsti3030s.seamlesstech.biz/templates/frmTemplateR.asp?CatalogID=10923&SearchYN=N&subFolderID=97 (And places like play-asia.com don't have it anymore cause it's a limited edition item so it's "out of print")
And the "arcade style" sets for drums are full electronic YAMAHA drumsets.
I'm very very used to expensive controllers for music games to simulate an arcade experience.
License keys and DRM aren't one in the same. A license key would be like a physical key to a lock, where as DRM would be closer to a finger print. Both are designed to prevent access, but one is easily forged (copy of a key, like a serial/keygen) where as the other generally requires verification and requires more sophisticated techniques to be bypassed (GENERALLY requiring modification of an object)
Ok perhaps not the best analogy, but basically, this issue isn't like DRM whereby a valid copy is suddenly not valid and never will be again due to technical issues such as a server disappearing or a technology/device disappearing. It will only be an issue when people don't write down the proper 20th character and go to install it 10 years down the road.