Extortion is committed when a person forces another person to do something against his will (usually give up money) by threat of death or bodily injury, extreme financial hardship or damage to the person's reputation. Extortion is a class 4 felony.
2. What is racketeering?
Racketeering is criminal activity in furtherance of an enterprise, even if the enterprise has lawful purposes.
2. What is RICO?
RICO -- the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act -- is a federal statute originally enacted in 1970 to control organized crime (such as the Mafia). In the early 1990s, however, this law was expanded to target non-traditional organized crime groups. The statute makes it unlawful to conduct or conspire to conduct an enterprise whose activities affect interstate commerce by committing or agreeing to commit a pattern of racketeering activity.
Sounds like SCO is well on its way... Are there any Attorneys General in the audience?
After they canceled Farscape, I canceled SCI-FI, by dropping down a tier in my cable bill. I lost a bunch of channels (including SCI-FI), but there was nothing worth watching on them anyway.
On the flip side, as a result of this change I save over $350 a year on my cable bill. More toys!
Digital signatures verify the authenticity of the email, but come in as an attachment. Stripping these off is counter to your intent, maintaining security.
> 15 inch display with 1600x1200 resolution
Isn't that called microfiche?! Can you actually read any text at that resolution?
Heh, heh. Trick question. Font size has (should have) nothing to do with resolution. A 12-point font should appear the same size at any resolution, it should just look better at a higher resolution (less blocky). My eyes are still good though, so I prefer small font point sizes (down to about 6 point) -- and they are incredibly clear at this resolution.
RPM doesn't equal speed unless every single other parameter is identical
The 4200rpm laptop drives are all slower than the 5400rpm laptop drives (lots of benchmarks; Google is your friend). There is a 60GB 5400rpm laptop drive, but Toshiba opted for the slower, cheaper unit. In general, the higher the rotational speed, the greater the sustained throughput of the drive.
Unfortunately, the way the Toshiba BIOS update handles this is to slow the CPU down. You may have bought a 2.4GHz CPU, but it may only be running at 1.6GHz. Of course, you could have bought a 1.7GHz Mobile machine that can run continuously at that rate for much less than you paid...
I understand there is a class-action lawsuit underway against Toshiba because of this (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toshiba5005/ has info). It used to be posted on the the Toshiba forum, but information that's more than a few weeks old is deleted.
Note that this machine uses a desktop CPU, instead of a mobile CPU. In the past, Toshiba have had problems with the machine shutting down due to heat when "stressed" (video games, SETI, long compiles, etc.). They "fixed" it by adding this disclaimer to their products that use desktop CPUs (see the detailed specs on the machine at the article link):
CPU performance in your computer product may vary from specifications
under the following conditions:
use of certain external peripheral products
use of battery power instead of AC power
use of certain multimedia games or videos with special effects
use of standard telephone lines or low speed network connections
use of complex modeling software, such as high end computer
aided design applications
use of computer in areas with low air pressure (high altitude >1,000
meters or >3,280 feet above sea level)
use of computer at temperatures outside the range of 5C to 35C
(41F to 95 F) or >25C (77F) at high altitude (all temperature
references are approximate).
CPU performance may also vary from specifications due to design
configuration.
Under some conditions, your computer product may automatically shut-
down. This is a normal protective feature designed to reduce the risk of
lost data or damage to the product when used outside recommended
conditions. To
avoid risk of lost data, always make back-up copies of data by
periodically storing it on an external storage medium. For optimum
performance, use your computer product only under recommended
conditions. Read additional restrictions under "Environmental Conditions"
in your product Resource Guide. Contact Toshiba Technical Service and
Support for more information.
I have the Toshiba 5105-s607 model, and that has a 15 inch display with 1600x1200 resolution. Going to the 17 inch display while larger, is a significant reduction (33%) in desktop space.
Having built-in WiFi doesn't thrill me either; this thing is a portable desktop, not a "laptop". I don't see people moving this around as they move around the house. Might as well plug it in. If you do decide to go wireless, that's what PC Card slots are for -- and you'll pay a whole lot less than for the built-in units.
They also went back to the slower (though higher capacity) 4200rpm drive (instead of the 5400rpm drive in the 5105).
It seems you're getting "less for more" these days in laptops, at least from Toshiba.
Linuxdevices.com is a good place to start looking for information on embedded Linux distributions. There are several free and commercial distributions, with varying attributes and footprints based on configuration.
Popular books do get purchased by (or donated to) the library. Our local library has about 10 copies of each of the Harry Potter books. The people that read them (myself included) usually do so in under a week, so that's:
10 copies * 5 books * 52 weeks = 2600 reads/year
That's just 1 small library. There are 117,418 libraries in the USA. If you figure, on average, they only have 3 copies of each book, that's:
3 * 5 * 52 * 117,418 = 91,586,040 reads/year
File sharing has some serious competition. Libraries are a serious force to be reckoned with in the entertainment industry.
And yet, people want to own media they love. Whether it's movies, music or books, if the content touches them they want to have a copy they can call their own. I downloaded and read the fifth Harry Potter myself, before buying a copy. Not because I wanted to steal it, but because I couldn't wait to read it. I'm 47 years old, and fall way outside of the demographic the article is discussing. But I still love the books, I still go see the movies in the theater, and I still buy CDs. If they're good.
In large part, I see the problem being that media is sold as unreturnable. If I go to the movie, and it sucks, I can't get my money back. Likewise, if I buy a CD, DVD, or book.
I don't want to stand in the store for hours to preview, I want to take it home, and enjoy it in the environment that I will be using the media normally. The ability to download and verify the connection with the content prior to sale is the thing that I see the entertainment industry fighting so hard against. They know that the majority of their content can't stand up to that test.
Other industries seem to be moving in the opposite direction. Some car dealerships will even let you take an extended (overnight) "test drive". That's a $30,000 piece of merchandise! Yet for a $20 piece of media, the FBI patrols the net. Does this make sense to anyone with two (functioning) brain cells???
I registered three numbers, and got back three emails. However, there's a bug in their code; two of the confirmations were for the same number, so the third number never got registered. Now I have to go through that two hour long process again. Great.
"If you're NATing from port 80 to port 1234... doesn't the user still have the ability to do whatever they wanted to do your web server, since they're connected now."
Yes, that's the point. This discussion thread wasn't about using NAT for security, but rather to avoid allocation of excessive IP addresses. By using NAT and port forwarding, many servers can share the same Internet visible IP adddress.
Whether NATed/port forwarded or with a unique IP address, a web server would be Internet accessible, and would still need to be secure.
If you are having problems with NAT, speak to your vendor. The only "Screwing with" it does is covered in RFC1631, and should be properly handled by all compliant equipment and software. If this isn't the case, your vendor either has some explaining to do, or your software configuration may be in error.
In the real world, web sites are easily handled by URL redirection and framing, making NATed port number completely transparent to end users. They simply enter "http://www.mycompay.com" and are sent to the actual URL, for example, "http://mycomany.com:1234/index.html". I use this functionality all the time, and it operates perfectly.
This is effectively what NAT and port forwarding provide. It allows everyone to reuse the same network addresses behind a single true IP address. It also supports exposing 64K servers behind that one address. You really don;t need a second IP address, until you need to expose more than 64K servers.
The real problem is that it's easier to be sloppy with IP management, and assign Internet exposed addresses for everything under the sun.
I really belive there would be no IP address shortage if people managed their addresses properly.
What really needs to go away is the concept of well known ports. Not only does this provide the "area code" visibilty, but it makes life much more difficult for port scanners. I never put services on their well known ports, just for that reason. The port scanner that spends hours just scanning one address to map open services isn't going to cause the Internet at large a problem.
phpBB2 is a great community forum system that's easy to setup, extensible, and requires little or no maintenance. You can easily create forums that the students would find interesting and useful (homework discussion, reference sources for research, suggestions for class projects, etc.), while still allowing instructor oversight and moderation. Private areas can also be setup (invisible to students), to allow the instructor to have their own discussion areas as well (or areas where students can work on group projects, isolated from other student groups).
The phpBB Community Forum is an example of the software in use, if you want to get an idea of its capabilities. All open source. I'm not involved with the project, just a happy user.:-)
"Apple has better access to the underlying operating system"
I think they are confusing Windows and Mac OS X. The underlying operating system, Darwin, is open source. Or are they referring to the window manager? Why would they need access to the Window manager source???
"My RSI (a tendinitis, not carpal tunnel) hit me out of the blue when I was 26, and I've never been the same since. Perhaps an infection rendered my tendon sheaths fragile for a few days, or for some reason my collagen production decreased temporarily."
But then you're not talking about RSI, are you? The damage was caused by an external agent, not the repetitive stress caused by typing or mousing, the subject of the article.
Computer use is no more a cause for repetitive stress injuries than any other activity. The difference is that people don't seem to stop for a while when their bodies tell them to.
I've been keyboarding long days for 26+ years now (and "mousing" since 1984). When I start to feel a little cramped, I stop for a few minutes. No carpel tunnel injuries.
Likewise, my vision hasn't changed over the same period, for the same reason. Eyes get tired? Stop. Look around (at a distant object). Close them for a minute.
Repetitive stress injuries are self-inflicted wounds. The psychology behind the activity would be more interesting to read about, but I haven't seen any articles on that subject.
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Handy definitions:
1. What is extortion?
Extortion is committed when a person forces another person to do something against his will (usually give up money) by threat of death or bodily injury, extreme financial hardship or damage to the person's reputation. Extortion is a class 4 felony.
2. What is racketeering?
Racketeering is criminal activity in furtherance of an enterprise, even if the enterprise has lawful purposes.
2. What is RICO?
RICO -- the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act -- is a federal statute originally enacted in 1970 to control organized crime (such as the Mafia). In the early 1990s, however, this law was expanded to target non-traditional organized crime groups. The statute makes it unlawful to conduct or conspire to conduct an enterprise whose activities affect interstate commerce by committing or agreeing to commit a pattern of racketeering activity.
Sounds like SCO is well on its way... Are there any Attorneys General in the audience?
I'm pretty sure a pre-frontal lobotomy is required, but the tricky part is having your moral center removed.
The memos piece has been missing forever. Can't display memos synced from PDA. That's one Outlook feature I used heavily.
After they canceled Farscape, I canceled SCI-FI, by dropping down a tier in my cable bill. I lost a bunch of channels (including SCI-FI), but there was nothing worth watching on them anyway.
On the flip side, as a result of this change I save over $350 a year on my cable bill. More toys!
Digital signatures verify the authenticity of the email, but come in as an attachment. Stripping these off is counter to your intent, maintaining security.
Heh, heh. Trick question. Font size has (should have) nothing to do with resolution. A 12-point font should appear the same size at any resolution, it should just look better at a higher resolution (less blocky). My eyes are still good though, so I prefer small font point sizes (down to about 6 point) -- and they are incredibly clear at this resolution.
RPM doesn't equal speed unless every single other parameter is identical
The 4200rpm laptop drives are all slower than the 5400rpm laptop drives (lots of benchmarks; Google is your friend). There is a 60GB 5400rpm laptop drive, but Toshiba opted for the slower, cheaper unit. In general, the higher the rotational speed, the greater the sustained throughput of the drive.
Unfortunately, the way the Toshiba BIOS update handles this is to slow the CPU down. You may have bought a 2.4GHz CPU, but it may only be running at 1.6GHz. Of course, you could have bought a 1.7GHz Mobile machine that can run continuously at that rate for much less than you paid...
I understand there is a class-action lawsuit underway against Toshiba because of this (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toshiba5005/ has info). It used to be posted on the the Toshiba forum, but information that's more than a few weeks old is deleted.
CPU performance in your computer product may vary from specifications under the following conditions:
use of certain external peripheral products
use of battery power instead of AC power
use of certain multimedia games or videos with special effects
use of standard telephone lines or low speed network connections
use of complex modeling software, such as high end computer aided design applications
use of computer in areas with low air pressure (high altitude >1,000 meters or >3,280 feet above sea level)
use of computer at temperatures outside the range of 5C to 35C (41F to 95 F) or >25C (77F) at high altitude (all temperature references are approximate).
CPU performance may also vary from specifications due to design configuration.
Under some conditions, your computer product may automatically shut- down. This is a normal protective feature designed to reduce the risk of lost data or damage to the product when used outside recommended conditions. To avoid risk of lost data, always make back-up copies of data by periodically storing it on an external storage medium. For optimum performance, use your computer product only under recommended conditions. Read additional restrictions under "Environmental Conditions" in your product Resource Guide. Contact Toshiba Technical Service and Support for more information.
I have the Toshiba 5105-s607 model, and that has a 15 inch display with 1600x1200 resolution. Going to the 17 inch display while larger, is a significant reduction (33%) in desktop space.
Having built-in WiFi doesn't thrill me either; this thing is a portable desktop, not a "laptop". I don't see people moving this around as they move around the house. Might as well plug it in. If you do decide to go wireless, that's what PC Card slots are for -- and you'll pay a whole lot less than for the built-in units.
They also went back to the slower (though higher capacity) 4200rpm drive (instead of the 5400rpm drive in the 5105).
It seems you're getting "less for more" these days in laptops, at least from Toshiba.
Linuxdevices.com is a good place to start looking for information on embedded Linux distributions. There are several free and commercial distributions, with varying attributes and footprints based on configuration.
10 copies * 5 books * 52 weeks = 2600 reads/year
That's just 1 small library. There are 117,418 libraries in the USA. If you figure, on average, they only have 3 copies of each book, that's:
3 * 5 * 52 * 117,418 = 91,586,040 reads/year
File sharing has some serious competition. Libraries are a serious force to be reckoned with in the entertainment industry.
And yet, people want to own media they love. Whether it's movies, music or books, if the content touches them they want to have a copy they can call their own. I downloaded and read the fifth Harry Potter myself, before buying a copy. Not because I wanted to steal it, but because I couldn't wait to read it. I'm 47 years old, and fall way outside of the demographic the article is discussing. But I still love the books, I still go see the movies in the theater, and I still buy CDs. If they're good.
In large part, I see the problem being that media is sold as unreturnable. If I go to the movie, and it sucks, I can't get my money back. Likewise, if I buy a CD, DVD, or book.
I don't want to stand in the store for hours to preview, I want to take it home, and enjoy it in the environment that I will be using the media normally. The ability to download and verify the connection with the content prior to sale is the thing that I see the entertainment industry fighting so hard against. They know that the majority of their content can't stand up to that test.
Other industries seem to be moving in the opposite direction. Some car dealerships will even let you take an extended (overnight) "test drive". That's a $30,000 piece of merchandise! Yet for a $20 piece of media, the FBI patrols the net. Does this make sense to anyone with two (functioning) brain cells???
I registered three numbers, and got back three emails. However, there's a bug in their code; two of the confirmations were for the same number, so the third number never got registered. Now I have to go through that two hour long process again. Great.
Yes, that's the point. This discussion thread wasn't about using NAT for security, but rather to avoid allocation of excessive IP addresses. By using NAT and port forwarding, many servers can share the same Internet visible IP adddress.
Whether NATed/port forwarded or with a unique IP address, a web server would be Internet accessible, and would still need to be secure.
If you are having problems with NAT, speak to your vendor. The only "Screwing with" it does is covered in RFC1631, and should be properly handled by all compliant equipment and software. If this isn't the case, your vendor either has some explaining to do, or your software configuration may be in error.
In the real world, web sites are easily handled by URL redirection and framing, making NATed port number completely transparent to end users. They simply enter "http://www.mycompay.com" and are sent to the actual URL, for example, "http://mycomany.com:1234/index.html". I use this functionality all the time, and it operates perfectly.
In the US, T-Mobile offers unmetered Internet for $29.99/month:
n te rnet
http://www.t-mobile.com/plans/default.asp?tab=i
In the US, T-Mobile offers this for $29.99/month:
n te rnet
http://www.t-mobile.com/plans/default.asp?tab=i
This is effectively what NAT and port forwarding provide. It allows everyone to reuse the same network addresses behind a single true IP address. It also supports exposing 64K servers behind that one address. You really don;t need a second IP address, until you need to expose more than 64K servers.
The real problem is that it's easier to be sloppy with IP management, and assign Internet exposed addresses for everything under the sun.
I really belive there would be no IP address shortage if people managed their addresses properly.
What really needs to go away is the concept of well known ports. Not only does this provide the "area code" visibilty, but it makes life much more difficult for port scanners. I never put services on their well known ports, just for that reason. The port scanner that spends hours just scanning one address to map open services isn't going to cause the Internet at large a problem.
The phpBB Community Forum is an example of the software in use, if you want to get an idea of its capabilities. All open source. I'm not involved with the project, just a happy user. :-)
...Is it USB 2.0 Full Speed or High Speed?
I'm sure her reporting as a news anchor will be fair and unbiased.
I did NOT have a sarcasm tag on that last statement. It was all in your head.
Once Microsoft bought the government, buying Google was the next logical step.
Just:
tcpdump -X port 5190 >> log.file
for AIM, for example. Not so onerous.
I think they are confusing Windows and Mac OS X. The underlying operating system, Darwin, is open source. Or are they referring to the window manager? Why would they need access to the Window manager source???
But then you're not talking about RSI, are you? The damage was caused by an external agent, not the repetitive stress caused by typing or mousing, the subject of the article.
Computer use is no more a cause for repetitive stress injuries than any other activity. The difference is that people don't seem to stop for a while when their bodies tell them to.
I've been keyboarding long days for 26+ years now (and "mousing" since 1984). When I start to feel a little cramped, I stop for a few minutes. No carpel tunnel injuries.
Likewise, my vision hasn't changed over the same period, for the same reason. Eyes get tired? Stop. Look around (at a distant object). Close them for a minute.
Repetitive stress injuries are self-inflicted wounds. The psychology behind the activity would be more interesting to read about, but I haven't seen any articles on that subject.