I'm an Australian consumer and I will happily pay an extra 10% on purchases for GST on behalf of the overseas retailer.
Goods online are, in nearly all instances over 50% cheaper overseas. If I can give 10% of this money to Australia to help support our country I am happy to do so.
Dear Retailers who are involved in this,
Please rest assured I and every other consumer who is outraged at your comments will never shop in your overpriced, monopolized brick and mortar stores ever again. Our AUD has almost doubled in value (54c to 101c vs USD) yet our prices are still increasing.
If this firm had any integrity before this article, they can comfortable assume they have zero right now. What kind of "researcher" at a Security Firm doesn't know WPA2 is minimum 8 characters?
So if you forget to lock your house door or window, or a car door, or accidentally leave a window open, etc, it's ok for anybody to enter your house and look around?
Would you forget to lock your door if the moment you left every single person in the entire world could pass your door? Oh, and would you *still* forget to lock your door if you happened to have the personal information for everybody in your neighborhood at that point in time?
While we're talking about it, I thought I'd use this space to inform others about how my Outlook 2010 beta is going on Windows 7 64bit. Back end is Exchange 2010 RTM.
Since installing it, IE -> Office 'Sharepoint Services Support'" literally doesn't work. Obviously supporting being able to click a Document in Sharepoint and have it Open or Edit inside it's Office counterpart is too hard. You can't even manually open a document from 'Open' and save it to Sharepoint.
Composing an Email Message will take 100% CPU until you send it. I can confirm this on other SOE's with AMD to Intel CPU's. Lucky I have a Core2Duo so my workstation is usable. My team mate who is also trying it is unlucky enough to only have a single CPU so he literally can't leave an email half composed. Well he can, but he can't do anything else.
Returning from PC from Standby leaves the Inbox empty, It reconnects, but just doesnt show any email. You need to click another folder than another one.
The Send-A-Smile 'feature' is stupid. Yes I want to give some feedback (for example, the above 3 points) but I'm NOT giving you a screenshot of my Corporate SOE Desktop while doing so.
It's slow, really slow.
Composing an Email in HTML default with a signature and then trying to change it to Plain-Text will cause all your cause in the Email to be deleted.
Uninstalling it and moving back to Office 2007 32bit fixed all my problems. Some of the new features are pretty cool though, and I'm looking forward to having a true 64bit Office SOE Workstation
After going to vote, it's extremely obvious that slashdot crowd has taken reign over this voting page.
Can you PLEASE STOP posting specific highly technical changes that the average user will not understand.
Sure, blabber on about H.6969 decoding formats while you're in your basement with your friends. BUT LISTEN PEOPLE. If you want Google and Youtube to change, and change for the good of the Open Source and Freedom of speed world, lets keep our suggestion to "Use HTML5 for video, not flash". or something similar. The next "please use \this\ codec" I'm going to vote no.
All I want is to be able to download a free and open source Linux distribution, Install it and watch a video on Youtube. Couldn't care less if it's HTML412.80211g or H.2342333(revision9).
So it turns out Chinese steal and pilfer IP from themselves as well. Not just the big US Corporations.
Anyone who doesn't truely understand how this isnt MSFT's fault hasn't worked in Corporate IT for long enough.
I hope the Project Managers and Developers are dealt with swiftly, but "Microsoft steals code"... I don't think so. I think you will find the real Developers in MSFT are offended that they are brought down by an under-evaluated project (why else would it be pawned off to China) run by a hand full of incompetent and unethical people.
>>However, it's the equivalent of calling a Brain surgeon a Doctor
Brain Surgeon == neurosurgeon.
Maybe we should get other professions correct before we start complaining about ourselves.
I've personally found outside of a technical company, you will always be the "IT people". Even inside a technical company (and extremely technical, such as startups) you can still be "IT" if you don't have the employee foot print.
Please stop thinking in a FOSS mind frame. In our world, someone asks a question and if we're experienced in that field we don't mind helping out.
In the law world, they just lol'd at you (just like every patent attorney who actually read your post) and are currently waiting for you to swipe your credit card details.
Now... Armchair Patent Attorneys... now that's another matter. I'm sure they're willing to provide an abundance of information.
I'm sorry, but none of us at/. monitor server up time.
We monitor servers and services. I thought we all accepted that most modern day Operating systems are good for 3+ months uptime. At least until the next patch cluster comes through.
Why is this an issue for us who lock our workstations or logoff before we leave it on and unlocked?
Has someone found a vulnerability with gaining access to a live Linux file system via console or via SSH that we should know about? If you're answer this you may as well also include Windows, can you gain access to Windows after it's been locked?
What are they going to do? The second they bounce it the data is useless.
So what are the Film industries [who are currently chasing a quick buck] going to do when BitTorrent is encrypted end-to-end; which will completely remove ISP's from the equation?
They won't win this case, but they might be able to make a point. However, we're Slashdot, we think in the future and the Execs of these film companies merely think in the past decade and try to profit from that.
- Bring on Truecrypt being globally accepted (for the typical home BitTorrent User)
- Bring on BT Encryption
- Bring on some form Anonymous End Point to BT
I'm not a professor in business or legal, but let me answer half your question:
If you impose stricter mechanisms for business to operate, and then tax them more (or remove legal loopholes). That business *must* do one of the following to recoup costs:
1. Charge more for the product
2. Internal cost cutting
Now, I'm in Australia and I'm out of the loop, but I'm assuming US citizens have had enough of jobs cuts from Big Corporations? And every comment on slashdot regarding MSFT seem to be infatuated with their overpriced OS.
No, smart ones leave the computer and steal the passwords.
This then puts the endavour on the recipient of the burglary to be open enough to still change there passwords. I think even mums and dads are smart enough to change netbanking passwords if there Laptop is stolen.
I'd just like to point out that on Monday night EST, Four Corners one of only a small handful of highly respected journalism shows in Australia, ran a piece on "Hackers" and "cyber-crime". I use inverted commas, because although this show is highly respected it "dumbed" down all the interviewees.
1. Essentially it was about hackers who DDOS'd multi-bet and destroyed the company.
2. Essentially it was about a dumb old guy who was a victim of a simple phishing scam.
3. Essentially it was about Australian Federal Police (AFP) who were on the TV show, quite literally laughing at the hackers.
Now, I agree with the first point. I do not have time or appreciation for hackers black mailing then botnet'ting a company to Bankruptcy.
But I do want to make the point: Dumb people get what they deserve (point 2), and dumb organizations who instigate other organization that are much smarter than themselves also get what they deserve. I think "pie in the face" in an understatement in this instance.
I think the only good news in this Article was that the database didn't contain the Tax numbers or Criminal Records of every Australian. I have the highest respect for AFP and the Australia Police Service.
Everyone *does* want to use it, heck, I can open 14 Chrome windows and have boobs in my face before FF even decides it wants to open. But the fact that it wants to show you every add on every dodgie internet site trying to make a quick buck, means I can wait an extra few milliseconds.
Obviously one cannot look negatively on GOOG for *not* having an ad-blocker, but at the same time they must accept it kills there user-base.
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I'm an Australian consumer and I will happily pay an extra 10% on purchases for GST on behalf of the overseas retailer.
Goods online are, in nearly all instances over 50% cheaper overseas. If I can give 10% of this money to Australia to help support our country I am happy to do so.
Dear Retailers who are involved in this,
Please rest assured I and every other consumer who is outraged at your comments will never shop in your overpriced, monopolized brick and mortar stores ever again. Our AUD has almost doubled in value (54c to 101c vs USD) yet our prices are still increasing.
When you stop buying from China, so will we.
If this firm had any integrity before this article, they can comfortable assume they have zero right now. What kind of "researcher" at a Security Firm doesn't know WPA2 is minimum 8 characters?
Calling BS on BS doesn't make the initial statement true.
So if you forget to lock your house door or window, or a car door, or accidentally leave a window open, etc, it's ok for anybody to enter your house and look around?
Would you forget to lock your door if the moment you left every single person in the entire world could pass your door? Oh, and would you *still* forget to lock your door if you happened to have the personal information for everybody in your neighborhood at that point in time?
While we're talking about it, I thought I'd use this space to inform others about how my Outlook 2010 beta is going on Windows 7 64bit. Back end is Exchange 2010 RTM.
Uninstalling it and moving back to Office 2007 32bit fixed all my problems. Some of the new features are pretty cool though, and I'm looking forward to having a true 64bit Office SOE Workstation
After going to vote, it's extremely obvious that slashdot crowd has taken reign over this voting page.
Can you PLEASE STOP posting specific highly technical changes that the average user will not understand.
Sure, blabber on about H.6969 decoding formats while you're in your basement with your friends. BUT LISTEN PEOPLE. If you want Google and Youtube to change, and change for the good of the Open Source and Freedom of speed world, lets keep our suggestion to "Use HTML5 for video, not flash". or something similar. The next "please use \this\ codec" I'm going to vote no.
All I want is to be able to download a free and open source Linux distribution, Install it and watch a video on Youtube. Couldn't care less if it's HTML412.80211g or H.2342333(revision9).
So FML${Surname}@domain.com is acceptable these days? Jeez times have changed!
Or anyone who created a Geocities website with Hit Counter in 1995.
As an IT Professional, you get paid for what you know not how long you work.
It's nice to know an Architect and Engineer can design a building and still not know how much above sea level it is.
http://apps.facebook.com/thesummoning/
"Note: If you do not see buttons for Male/Female, please disable adblock."
Looks like I won't be your 6,000,001 user.
So it turns out Chinese steal and pilfer IP from themselves as well. Not just the big US Corporations.
Anyone who doesn't truely understand how this isnt MSFT's fault hasn't worked in Corporate IT for long enough.
I hope the Project Managers and Developers are dealt with swiftly, but "Microsoft steals code"... I don't think so. I think you will find the real Developers in MSFT are offended that they are brought down by an under-evaluated project (why else would it be pawned off to China) run by a hand full of incompetent and unethical people.
>>However, it's the equivalent of calling a Brain surgeon a Doctor
Brain Surgeon == neurosurgeon.
Maybe we should get other professions correct before we start complaining about ourselves.
I've personally found outside of a technical company, you will always be the "IT people". Even inside a technical company (and extremely technical, such as startups) you can still be "IT" if you don't have the employee foot print.
Please stop thinking in a FOSS mind frame. In our world, someone asks a question and if we're experienced in that field we don't mind helping out. In the law world, they just lol'd at you (just like every patent attorney who actually read your post) and are currently waiting for you to swipe your credit card details. Now ... Armchair Patent Attorneys ... now that's another matter. I'm sure they're willing to provide an abundance of information.
I don't think the problem here is the ELECTRICITY COMPANY knowing when you "leave in the morning and get home at night".
I think Token Criminal who is working with some hackers in Russia gaining access to these INTERNET CONNECTED Smart Grids is the real problem.
It's easy to accept "trade-offs" when you don't understand an entire scenario.
I'm sorry, but none of us at /. monitor server up time.
We monitor servers and services. I thought we all accepted that most modern day Operating systems are good for 3+ months uptime. At least until the next patch cluster comes through.
Why is this an issue for us who lock our workstations or logoff before we leave it on and unlocked? Has someone found a vulnerability with gaining access to a live Linux file system via console or via SSH that we should know about? If you're answer this you may as well also include Windows, can you gain access to Windows after it's been locked? What are they going to do? The second they bounce it the data is useless.
Can someone please fix the SSL problem associated with https://en-gb.www.mozilla.com/en-GB/blocklist/ kthx
So what are the Film industries [who are currently chasing a quick buck] going to do when BitTorrent is encrypted end-to-end; which will completely remove ISP's from the equation?
They won't win this case, but they might be able to make a point. However, we're Slashdot, we think in the future and the Execs of these film companies merely think in the past decade and try to profit from that.
- Bring on Truecrypt being globally accepted (for the typical home BitTorrent User)
- Bring on BT Encryption
- Bring on some form Anonymous End Point to BT
I'm not a professor in business or legal, but let me answer half your question:
If you impose stricter mechanisms for business to operate, and then tax them more (or remove legal loopholes). That business *must* do one of the following to recoup costs:
1. Charge more for the product
2. Internal cost cutting
Now, I'm in Australia and I'm out of the loop, but I'm assuming US citizens have had enough of jobs cuts from Big Corporations? And every comment on slashdot regarding MSFT seem to be infatuated with their overpriced OS.
PICK ONE.
Valid point, but someone who logs into Facebook and doesn't log off -- doesn't use gloves.
Smart ones take the FUCKING COMPUTER!
No, smart ones leave the computer and steal the passwords. This then puts the endavour on the recipient of the burglary to be open enough to still change there passwords. I think even mums and dads are smart enough to change netbanking passwords if there Laptop is stolen.
This is actually a good idea. Sadly, it's another step in the direction of moderated, government approved, unable to opt-out internet.
I'd just like to point out that on Monday night EST, Four Corners one of only a small handful of highly respected journalism shows in Australia, ran a piece on "Hackers" and "cyber-crime". I use inverted commas, because although this show is highly respected it "dumbed" down all the interviewees.
1. Essentially it was about hackers who DDOS'd multi-bet and destroyed the company.
2. Essentially it was about a dumb old guy who was a victim of a simple phishing scam.
3. Essentially it was about Australian Federal Police (AFP) who were on the TV show, quite literally laughing at the hackers.
Now, I agree with the first point. I do not have time or appreciation for hackers black mailing then botnet'ting a company to Bankruptcy.
But I do want to make the point: Dumb people get what they deserve (point 2), and dumb organizations who instigate other organization that are much smarter than themselves also get what they deserve. I think "pie in the face" in an understatement in this instance.
I think the only good news in this Article was that the database didn't contain the Tax numbers or Criminal Records of every Australian. I have the highest respect for AFP and the Australia Police Service.
Chrome has an interesting dilemma.
Cost benefit for speed vs Ads.
Everyone *does* want to use it, heck, I can open 14 Chrome windows and have boobs in my face before FF even decides it wants to open. But the fact that it wants to show you every add on every dodgie internet site trying to make a quick buck, means I can wait an extra few milliseconds.
Obviously one cannot look negatively on GOOG for *not* having an ad-blocker, but at the same time they must accept it kills there user-base.