Is it easy to de-install and return to a pristine (current distribution level) state yet? The last time I tried this, which is required when performing a distribution update with Redhat, it required a couple of hours dependency resolution. As a result, I never re-installed after the distribution upgrade. Redhat now includes Evolution, and the new "--aid" option on rpm makes automatically pulling in dependencies much easier (I don't need Red-Carpet).
More likely, they both copied it verbatim (cut and paste) from a public source. SCO never explained why it believes it has the rights to the code in question. For all we know, it's a bubble sort copied out of Knuth or equally heady stuff.
Showing the code to a bunch of journalists insures that it's significance goes unquestioned.
Piracy losses are tax deductible... Of course the monetary value of the loss is going up. Economic downturn? What economic downturn?
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So, does SCO continuing to post the (disputed) Linux source (distributed as GPL) on their ftp server (it's still there!) constitute "giving up your trade secret"?
I used the free online TaxAct to file my taxes this year. I had never used anything ther than the Intuit software (or online site, from Linux). As a result, I had no exposure to any of Intuit's competitors, until now. TaxAct was, to me, indistinguishable from Intuit's software and online web site. I did my taxes as quickly and as easily (both Federal, free, and state $8), and got my refund just as fast.
Now that I've seen that there really isn't much difference between the products, I will feel much more comfortable shopping around each year (since there's such a significant price difference). If my experience represents a portion of Intuit's revenue stream, than I don't think that portion will be coming back.
Maybe the next news we hear on the subject will be Intuit suing Macrovision for the loss in sales. After all, I doubt that the company took action solely on complaints (they probably expected that to some degree). They probably measured impact to their bottom line, and I think that was a surprise.
The first Sci-Fi book I remember reading was a childrens book by Alexander Key called Sprockets: A Little Robot. I'd love to get a copy to re-read, but used copies are rare, and typically sell for over $100. It's a shame; it would be a great story to get kids interested in Sci-Fi.
Our company offered to pay for the broadband (cable or DSL) connection. However, if the company paid, the connection was restricted to business use, and the terms of the corporate code of conduct. Browse porn or use P2P and you could be fired. Most employees opted to pay for the connection themselves, to be free of the restrictions.
Nortel VPN was used. However, in subsequent jobs, SSH was more flexible and lower cost (using non-standard ports to make port scans more time consuming). I preferred SSH, since a client wasn't even needed (you can use a web browser with a SSL protected Java client, like JavaSSH. I was able to securely access from the road by logging in from a public library. That's something that is difficult or impossible to do with a VPN. No dongles or SecurIDs to lose or manage either.
No, check the qualifications on the list of Tax preparers. I file a full 1040 and still qualify. Each preparer uses a different list of qualifications.
Here is the intro page at the IRS, where you can select a tax preparer that will let you file and submit electronically for free. Check the criteria for qualification; most people qualify.
If you insist on using TurboTax, use their web-based vesion; it's alway current and no software gets installed on your PC.
Personally, even though I've been using TurboTax for over 10 years, I will be using a different tax preparerer this year. I find their association with this kind of DRM crap distastful.
Yes, but the advantage is that you can use it from a system that only has a web browser (kiosks, libraries, Internet cafes, customer sites, etc.).
In an environment where you don't have the ability to install a ssh client (we used it while traveling), it can be a great way to obtain secure access to a server.
Even better; use the Java Telnet Application
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The Java Telnet Application supports SSH, and if you require SSL and password access to the directory in your web server, you can be reasonably secure with the login.
If I remember right, unless you explicitly configure Kazaa not to share files, it will. So if you downloaded 600 files overnight, you will have made available for distribution those same 600 files. Our cable company recently sent an email to that effect to all customers, warning them to disable sharing. Of course, if everyone disables sharing, there won't be anything to download, but I guess that's the point of the exercise.
Unless I'm at the mall, there isn't a pay phone around here for miles. I just keep an old cell phone (without service) in my car for emergencies. 911 calls still work, even if the phone is otherwise without service.
Many people have multiple cell phones from previous service contracts. It's pretty easy to get an old phone from a friend, acquantence or local community service.
My previous employer regularly collected old cell phones to give to community services, so that they could redistribute them to those that needed emergency phones.
Yes, they are trivially easy to spoof, and even easier to "sniff". If I were at the University of Toronto using this system, I'd contest every charge after the first, saying I'd never made the connection.
At the very least, they should be (securely) prompting for a userid and password, and matching that to the MAC address(es) previously authenticated before associating the accounting information.
If you have to sign it after you've been employed by the company, to keep earning a paycheck, isn't that duress? (obviously, IANAL)
I had a personal experience with this at a previous employer... We signed this and were specifically informed all levels of management had to sign and agree to the same thing (by the CEO).
Not a couple of weeks later, I was contacted by a VP that wanted me to setup a Mac for his daughter's birthday -- on company time and with company resources. I refused, obviously, and was nearly fired... until I pointed out the violation of the code of ethics.
Of course, even though that violation was grounds for termination of employment, nothing ever happened to the VP. Big duh.
A balun (small inline impedance matching transformer) will take care of the problem. We used to use them all the time when we were running 3270 terminals over twisted pair.
If you want to prevent rogue users, connect the wired network termination (PCI/PC card, Ethernet bridge or access point) to a PC with only the IPSEC or SSH connections permitted by firewall.
Only users with secure, authenticated, access will be able to pass data through the network.
Rogue users will still be able to connect to the wireless segment, but they won't be able to get anywhere. The only data they will see will be encrypted in the IPSEC or SSH tunnels. Nothing to see, nowhere to go.
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Is it easy to de-install and return to a pristine (current distribution level) state yet? The last time I tried this, which is required when performing a distribution update with Redhat, it required a couple of hours dependency resolution. As a result, I never re-installed after the distribution upgrade. Redhat now includes Evolution, and the new "--aid" option on rpm makes automatically pulling in dependencies much easier (I don't need Red-Carpet).
More likely, they both copied it verbatim (cut and paste) from a public source. SCO never explained why it believes it has the rights to the code in question. For all we know, it's a bubble sort copied out of Knuth or equally heady stuff.
Showing the code to a bunch of journalists insures that it's significance goes unquestioned.
Looks like an 802.11b/g/a wireless unit is in the box too.
Piracy losses are tax deductible... Of course the monetary value of the loss is going up. Economic downturn? What economic downturn?
So, does SCO continuing to post the (disputed) Linux source (distributed as GPL) on their ftp server (it's still there!) constitute "giving up your trade secret"?
I think so. Hopefully, a judge will agree.
I used the free online TaxAct to file my taxes this year. I had never used anything ther than the Intuit software (or online site, from Linux). As a result, I had no exposure to any of Intuit's competitors, until now. TaxAct was, to me, indistinguishable from Intuit's software and online web site. I did my taxes as quickly and as easily (both Federal, free, and state $8), and got my refund just as fast.
Now that I've seen that there really isn't much difference between the products, I will feel much more comfortable shopping around each year (since there's such a significant price difference). If my experience represents a portion of Intuit's revenue stream, than I don't think that portion will be coming back.
Maybe the next news we hear on the subject will be Intuit suing Macrovision for the loss in sales. After all, I doubt that the company took action solely on complaints (they probably expected that to some degree). They probably measured impact to their bottom line, and I think that was a surprise.
The first Sci-Fi book I remember reading was a childrens book by Alexander Key called Sprockets: A Little Robot. I'd love to get a copy to re-read, but used copies are rare, and typically sell for over $100. It's a shame; it would be a great story to get kids interested in Sci-Fi.
Buying from Crucial and Kingston, and using proper anti-static handling, I've never had a bad memory. Knock on wood.
I thought that was an anti-gravity device? At least that's what I've been using mine for.
I did, and I did. Retired in 2001 at 45. Now I can read /. 16 hours a day (instead of 15, when I was working)...
Nortel VPN was used. However, in subsequent jobs, SSH was more flexible and lower cost (using non-standard ports to make port scans more time consuming). I preferred SSH, since a client wasn't even needed (you can use a web browser with a SSL protected Java client, like JavaSSH. I was able to securely access from the road by logging in from a public library. That's something that is difficult or impossible to do with a VPN. No dongles or SecurIDs to lose or manage either.
Then you haven't read carefully. This is the preparer I'm using from the IRS web page:
TaxACT.com: Free federal online tax preparation & e-filing if you have an Adjusted Gross Income of $50,000 or more *** OR *** if you use Form 1040EZ
No, check the qualifications on the list of Tax preparers. I file a full 1040 and still qualify. Each preparer uses a different list of qualifications.
If you insist on using TurboTax, use their web-based vesion; it's alway current and no software gets installed on your PC.
Personally, even though I've been using TurboTax for over 10 years, I will be using a different tax preparerer this year. I find their association with this kind of DRM crap distastful.
Yes, but the advantage is that you can use it from a system that only has a web browser (kiosks, libraries, Internet cafes, customer sites, etc.).
In an environment where you don't have the ability to install a ssh client (we used it while traveling), it can be a great way to obtain secure access to a server.
The Java Telnet Application supports SSH, and if you require SSL and password access to the directory in your web server, you can be reasonably secure with the login.
If I remember right, unless you explicitly configure Kazaa not to share files, it will. So if you downloaded 600 files overnight, you will have made available for distribution those same 600 files. Our cable company recently sent an email to that effect to all customers, warning them to disable sharing. Of course, if everyone disables sharing, there won't be anything to download, but I guess that's the point of the exercise.
I retract the statement; the user interface reports the MAC address change, but the card does not transmit the changed address.
I guess that means you can't do a wireless failover. Is that intentional, or just a deficiency in the current drivers/fimware/hardware?
Uh, you're using a weird wireless card. All Ethernet cards have a hard coded MAC, wired or wireless. They can all be overridden:
[root@buggsb root]# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:25:xx:xx:xx (changed for publication)
inet addr:13x.x.x.x Bcast:13x.x.x.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 (changed for publication)
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2071986 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4172682 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:969512650 (924.5 Mb) TX bytes:1160156046 (1106.4 Mb)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100
[root@buggsb root]# ifconfig wlan0 down
[root@buggsb root]# ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:01:02:03:04:05
[root@buggsb root]# ifconfig wlan0 up
[root@buggsb root]# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:02:03:04:05
inet addr:13x.x.x.x Bcast:135.82.8.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 (changed for publication)
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2072456 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4173602 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:969569432 (924.6 Mb) TX bytes:1160184256 (1106.4 Mb)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100
Unless I'm at the mall, there isn't a pay phone around here for miles. I just keep an old cell phone (without service) in my car for emergencies. 911 calls still work, even if the phone is otherwise without service.
Many people have multiple cell phones from previous service contracts. It's pretty easy to get an old phone from a friend, acquantence or local community service.
My previous employer regularly collected old cell phones to give to community services, so that they could redistribute them to those that needed emergency phones.
Yes, they are trivially easy to spoof, and even easier to "sniff". If I were at the University of Toronto using this system, I'd contest every charge after the first, saying I'd never made the connection.
At the very least, they should be (securely) prompting for a userid and password, and matching that to the MAC address(es) previously authenticated before associating the accounting information.
If you have to sign it after you've been employed by the company, to keep earning a paycheck, isn't that duress? (obviously, IANAL)
I had a personal experience with this at a previous employer... We signed this and were specifically informed all levels of management had to sign and agree to the same thing (by the CEO).
Not a couple of weeks later, I was contacted by a VP that wanted me to setup a Mac for his daughter's birthday -- on company time and with company resources. I refused, obviously, and was nearly fired... until I pointed out the violation of the code of ethics.
Of course, even though that violation was grounds for termination of employment, nothing ever happened to the VP. Big duh.
You can use prebuilt units, like these, or build your own.
Over short distances, the signal loss wont be significant -- heck, it's working with the mismatch! :-)
They make some nice rack mount units that should do the job (about $13K for a RAID 5+1 500GB hot swappable Relion 240 configuration).
If you want to prevent rogue users, connect the wired network termination (PCI/PC card, Ethernet bridge or access point) to a PC with only the IPSEC or SSH connections permitted by firewall.
Only users with secure, authenticated, access will be able to pass data through the network.
Rogue users will still be able to connect to the wireless segment, but they won't be able to get anywhere. The only data they will see will be encrypted in the IPSEC or SSH tunnels. Nothing to see, nowhere to go.