While the auto update will not work, they (well any "custom" OSX box) can be updated.
Download the full update from the Apple developer site, do some major moving and backup magic with some of the kext's (apples loadable modules), and run the install. Some people have scripts out that will resolve the issue, but its a doable manual process.
The major issue with the updates, is that some of the modifications (even when using EFI installed OSX with a stock kernel) to the modules that Apple does, breaks the hardware drivers (this was my issue), usually related to power management and ACPI, which causes the dreaded rainbow circle of death and a reboot loop:(
On when Apples lawyers come crashing down on Psystar. I'm going to hazard a guess that since they are supplying a legal copy (according to their website) of the OS install disks, that there is not much Apple can do about it.
On the other hand, the EFI bootloader they are using from netkas, thats another story...
I actually have OSX running on my Dell Vostro 1500, and while everything in the base model works perfectly with OSX, my customized model, the intel wireless card does not work.. *sigh*
They have the option to just keep it, they can confiscate it if you do not, or cannot cooperate.
By not complying, you are just asking for trouble.
Which leaves you in a catch 22 situation. I trust border control people about as much as I trust a total stranger... In other words, I don't, and they have no right to my personal information, thoughts, finances, etc. They are more then welcome to search my laptops, but I will watch them, and if they attempt to copy anything that is not illegal (I would then have other problems), you can bet I will set some lawyers on them for breach of my privacy.. I am sure it will not get far, but I am sure there is some sleazy lawyer out there looking to take a shot at the feds:P
Also, a program can be classified while the name is not. Since most purchasing of equipment for said programs is public record (procurement officers rarely have clearances).
Interesting that they named it at all, since the previous 3 names were classified as well, and everytime the name is made public, they rename it again. This time however they released it instead of it being leaked.
I was involved in the Einstein program during its early days in a previous life, it is actually quite useful, for monitoring all the traffic coming and going, as well as a historical searching.
The current implementation as far as I know (its been almost a year since I was involved) only has header data, no content (or rather first 16 bytes to determine the the type of traffic, useful for determining tunnelling), so privacy is still maintained.
Especially when you sit in front of high end dungeon X waiting for 2 hours for everyone to assemble, spending hundreds of gold on all sorts of misc things to prepare.. step into the zone.. and wipe out...
Then you want to go outside and randomly shoot people...
ps to the person above complaining about the horde... we liked killing you:)
You are comparing public services to a private entity. Road building is run by the feds and the local governments with subsidies from FHWA (part of the DOT). Your taxes go to funding that yes, but your taxes do not go towards funding private roads. The RIAA/MPAA are essentially private roads in your argument, and if you plan to use them, you have to pay, but if you don't, you do not have to pay.... And no, I am not talking about public/private partnership built toll roads, thats a while different ballgame.
I will not pay a single sent to any entity. Agreements may be put in place by the various ISP's with the entertainment industry, but from that will come new competition, ISP's that will be more then happy to not charge you the fee to steal back customers from those who will.
In fact, I would go back to dialup before I pay any "tax" to the entertainment industry, because I barely listen to any of that crap (and the stuff I am willing to listen to I will purchase). There will be no freeloading off my wallet.
I am one of those undecided people.. and you know what, I think both the democrats suck, and I know nothing about McCain...
I grew up in another country, and I was taught to vote for what you believe in, not the lesser of multiple evils. The last presidential election was the first time I ever voted (been in the US since 96), and honestly, I am not sure if I will vote for any of these candidates.. I have of course not decided.
Then again, I am sure I will catch plenty of crap from people who will say I have no right to complain since I did not vote, but what is the point of voting these days, I do not see any change happening in my lifetime, its just going to be the same crap with a different political point of view and lots of infighting.
While the parent is modded as troll, he is correct in one aspect, no matter who wins, they always follow the money, period, no questions asked.
Look at every election in the past (I have not, but I am pretty sure there is a trend going), how many presidents have followed through with any of their campaign promises, I would hazard to guess... not a single one. Politicians all spout the I work for the people blah blah blah.. but what they really mean is they give major tax breaks to corporations in their districts who donate craptons of money to said politician...
I do not believe the throttling issue will effect the end users from a budget standpoint. I believe what they are trying to do is charge the content providers (google for example) a higher rate then they would say a partner like yahoo, and in that case when the end user goes to yahoo, the link will be fast and unimpeded, but when the end user goes to google who refuses to be extorted, the link will drop in speed to modem rates...
Thats what I think they are trying to do.
My opinion on the matter, let the ISPs do what they want, if they remain a strict pipe and do nothing else to impede or interfere with traffic, thats great, but allow them the choice.
Should those same ISPs decide to mess with traffic (say filter or block VOIP and pushing their own services), let them, but strip them of all common carrier status and regulate them in such a way, let the lawsuits flow.
I think if the above happened, their interest in filtering and pushing their own services over competitors by using traffic shaping will disappear. I hope anyways.
Obviously the outcome is not guaranteed, however there appears to be a good chance that the next president will most likely be a democrat. If this happens, the chance of a veto is far less likely. Why constantly push for bills in an environment where there is a 100% chance of failure?
In my days as a technician.. way back in the dot bomb days, I would have to say that alot, I figure about 75% of the systems I looked at had FW headers on the motherboard, but only a few of them were actually connected (most of them were Sony based), so while you may not have the connector, you probably do have the headers.
My security system is even better... its a vicious dalmation that attacks anyone who comes into the house..
And while yes its a great security feature.. it gets annoying when he attacks the same neighbour over and over and over again.. who comes and goes in my house 2 or 3 times a week....
I intentionally left my description vague, and while the inner workings of how SIPRNET works is technically not classified, it is generally not a good idea to go too deep into its inner workings.
Actually, the SIPR net runs on top of the nipr net, the nipr net is the internet that is connected to the general internet, so technically, the SIPR net is connected to the general internet, but well secured... think of it as a giant closed VPN....
This is currently a valid issue, not a "what if" scenario. Currently, atleast in the gov entities I work in, the gov is no longer purchasing IBM desktop and Laptops, well the Lenovo branded ones anyways. A while back, in some of the meetings I have attended, there was a particular briefing which discussed a particular component in a device, that apparently had no function. This was from a well known brand that manufactures it's products Taiwan.
While yes their have been IOS updates, alot of their equipment can be updated without a reboot of the router, usually just the management module, and if the equipment has redundant modules, then you update them separately, without the need to reboot, or lose connectivity.
I dunno, I did not read the article.. however if the synopsis is correct (which it rarely is...), the mere suspicion of file sharing could result in account termination. I imagine we could turn this into a new denial of service attack.. forge p2p traffic from someone you do not like.. until the ISP kills off their account...
That being said.. I am sure there are probably protections in place to prevent abuse... heh.. okay maybe not...
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Has the slashdot demographic decayed this much? Yes... I have been here long enough to see the rise and fall of the/. mentality.. but it does make for amusing reading during days at work when I am bored.
Sadly, they do understand that their is competition coming. My neighborhood has both fios and comcast, and comcast has literally been going door to door and cold calling customers that have switched and offering some insane deals. My neighbour (literally) has the comcast triple play, at 30% to 40% off the current going rate locked in for a year. He is the only comcast holdout in the 5 houses on either side of mine heh.
I was involved in the last CyberStorm exercise. It is almost all simulated. Essentially the members from all the critical goverment entities meet (last time it was at a DHS facility, not sure where this one was held) at a designated location (google NCRCG).... A control center (the non player control center) throws scenarios out, they start innocent, and the members respond, sometimes reaching back to their respective security personnel or organizations (those in the meeting room are usually federal employees in the decision making process, high level feds). Sometimes they intercommunicate with the other gov orgs as well. From there the scenarios, which are all interlinked, get progressively more serious. The last few days of the exercise are table tops that show what went wrong, and how things turned out.
The reason they had to lease the copper, was the original copper infrastructure was gov subsidized. The fiber costs are being eaten completely by Verizon, and while I am sure there are some tax breaks involved, there is no subsidy from the gov, state or local. Surprisingly though, the service itself is great, I have had very few problems, (yes there are some that had horrible installs and could never get some things working), the only issue I have is with the billing department which I have to call every month to get the appropriate triple play discount credited to my account since their system keeps losing it, and their CS.. it is abysmal and thats me being nice to them. The install actually was pleasant, and its not subcontracted like comcasts installers, they get paid hourly, not by the number of jobs they get done, so whether they do 5 installs in a day, or spend all day at your house rewiring your internal cable infrastructure, they get paid the same.
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While the auto update will not work, they (well any "custom" OSX box) can be updated.
:(
Download the full update from the Apple developer site, do some major moving and backup magic with some of the kext's (apples loadable modules), and run the install. Some people have scripts out that will resolve the issue, but its a doable manual process.
The major issue with the updates, is that some of the modifications (even when using EFI installed OSX with a stock kernel) to the modules that Apple does, breaks the hardware drivers (this was my issue), usually related to power management and ACPI, which causes the dreaded rainbow circle of death and a reboot loop
On when Apples lawyers come crashing down on Psystar. I'm going to hazard a guess that since they are supplying a legal copy (according to their website) of the OS install disks, that there is not much Apple can do about it.
On the other hand, the EFI bootloader they are using from netkas, thats another story...
I actually have OSX running on my Dell Vostro 1500, and while everything in the base model works perfectly with OSX, my customized model, the intel wireless card does not work.. *sigh*
They have the option to just keep it, they can confiscate it if you do not, or cannot cooperate.
:P
By not complying, you are just asking for trouble.
Which leaves you in a catch 22 situation. I trust border control people about as much as I trust a total stranger... In other words, I don't, and they have no right to my personal information, thoughts, finances, etc. They are more then welcome to search my laptops, but I will watch them, and if they attempt to copy anything that is not illegal (I would then have other problems), you can bet I will set some lawyers on them for breach of my privacy.. I am sure it will not get far, but I am sure there is some sleazy lawyer out there looking to take a shot at the feds
Also, a program can be classified while the name is not. Since most purchasing of equipment for said programs is public record (procurement officers rarely have clearances).
Interesting that they named it at all, since the previous 3 names were classified as well, and everytime the name is made public, they rename it again. This time however they released it instead of it being leaked.
I was involved in the Einstein program during its early days in a previous life, it is actually quite useful, for monitoring all the traffic coming and going, as well as a historical searching.
The current implementation as far as I know (its been almost a year since I was involved) only has header data, no content (or rather first 16 bytes to determine the the type of traffic, useful for determining tunnelling), so privacy is still maintained.
Especially when you sit in front of high end dungeon X waiting for 2 hours for everyone to assemble, spending hundreds of gold on all sorts of misc things to prepare.. step into the zone.. and wipe out...
:)
Then you want to go outside and randomly shoot people...
ps to the person above complaining about the horde... we liked killing you
Dedicated by the RIAA in the near future at the University of Maine.....
:)
That should get the faculty to shut up those pesky law students
Your whole argument is completely off....
You are comparing public services to a private entity. Road building is run by the feds and the local governments with subsidies from FHWA (part of the DOT). Your taxes go to funding that yes, but your taxes do not go towards funding private roads. The RIAA/MPAA are essentially private roads in your argument, and if you plan to use them, you have to pay, but if you don't, you do not have to pay.... And no, I am not talking about public/private partnership built toll roads, thats a while different ballgame.
I will not pay a single sent to any entity. Agreements may be put in place by the various ISP's with the entertainment industry, but from that will come new competition, ISP's that will be more then happy to not charge you the fee to steal back customers from those who will.
In fact, I would go back to dialup before I pay any "tax" to the entertainment industry, because I barely listen to any of that crap (and the stuff I am willing to listen to I will purchase). There will be no freeloading off my wallet.
I am one of those undecided people.. and you know what, I think both the democrats suck, and I know nothing about McCain...
I grew up in another country, and I was taught to vote for what you believe in, not the lesser of multiple evils. The last presidential election was the first time I ever voted (been in the US since 96), and honestly, I am not sure if I will vote for any of these candidates.. I have of course not decided.
Then again, I am sure I will catch plenty of crap from people who will say I have no right to complain since I did not vote, but what is the point of voting these days, I do not see any change happening in my lifetime, its just going to be the same crap with a different political point of view and lots of infighting.
Ah well.. we will see
While the parent is modded as troll, he is correct in one aspect, no matter who wins, they always follow the money, period, no questions asked.
Look at every election in the past (I have not, but I am pretty sure there is a trend going), how many presidents have followed through with any of their campaign promises, I would hazard to guess... not a single one. Politicians all spout the I work for the people blah blah blah.. but what they really mean is they give major tax breaks to corporations in their districts who donate craptons of money to said politician...
I do not believe the throttling issue will effect the end users from a budget standpoint. I believe what they are trying to do is charge the content providers (google for example) a higher rate then they would say a partner like yahoo, and in that case when the end user goes to yahoo, the link will be fast and unimpeded, but when the end user goes to google who refuses to be extorted, the link will drop in speed to modem rates...
Thats what I think they are trying to do.
My opinion on the matter, let the ISPs do what they want, if they remain a strict pipe and do nothing else to impede or interfere with traffic, thats great, but allow them the choice.
Should those same ISPs decide to mess with traffic (say filter or block VOIP and pushing their own services), let them, but strip them of all common carrier status and regulate them in such a way, let the lawsuits flow.
I think if the above happened, their interest in filtering and pushing their own services over competitors by using traffic shaping will disappear. I hope anyways.
Till after the presidential elections??
Obviously the outcome is not guaranteed, however there appears to be a good chance that the next president will most likely be a democrat. If this happens, the chance of a veto is far less likely. Why constantly push for bills in an environment where there is a 100% chance of failure?
In my days as a technician.. way back in the dot bomb days, I would have to say that alot, I figure about 75% of the systems I looked at had FW headers on the motherboard, but only a few of them were actually connected (most of them were Sony based), so while you may not have the connector, you probably do have the headers.
My security system is even better... its a vicious dalmation that attacks anyone who comes into the house..
And while yes its a great security feature.. it gets annoying when he attacks the same neighbour over and over and over again.. who comes and goes in my house 2 or 3 times a week....
I intentionally left my description vague, and while the inner workings of how SIPRNET works is technically not classified, it is generally not a good idea to go too deep into its inner workings.
Actually, the SIPR net runs on top of the nipr net, the nipr net is the internet that is connected to the general internet, so technically, the SIPR net is connected to the general internet, but well secured... think of it as a giant closed VPN....
This is currently a valid issue, not a "what if" scenario. Currently, atleast in the gov entities I work in, the gov is no longer purchasing IBM desktop and Laptops, well the Lenovo branded ones anyways. A while back, in some of the meetings I have attended, there was a particular briefing which discussed a particular component in a device, that apparently had no function. This was from a well known brand that manufactures it's products Taiwan.
While yes their have been IOS updates, alot of their equipment can be updated without a reboot of the router, usually just the management module, and if the equipment has redundant modules, then you update them separately, without the need to reboot, or lose connectivity.
I dunno, I did not read the article.. however if the synopsis is correct (which it rarely is...), the mere suspicion of file sharing could result in account termination. I imagine we could turn this into a new denial of service attack.. forge p2p traffic from someone you do not like.. until the ISP kills off their account...
That being said.. I am sure there are probably protections in place to prevent abuse... heh.. okay maybe not...
If he actually answered the questions himself, or someone who has their ideals aligned with Ron Paul on his staff that is technically savvy.
The answers, although answered, were rather short, and someone ambiguous in my opinion. But atleast he (or someone in his office) responded.
Yeah, I do not see competition going away anytime soon... I live in the DC Metro area....
Sadly, they do understand that their is competition coming. My neighborhood has both fios and comcast, and comcast has literally been going door to door and cold calling customers that have switched and offering some insane deals. My neighbour (literally) has the comcast triple play, at 30% to 40% off the current going rate locked in for a year. He is the only comcast holdout in the 5 houses on either side of mine heh.
I was involved in the last CyberStorm exercise. It is almost all simulated. Essentially the members from all the critical goverment entities meet (last time it was at a DHS facility, not sure where this one was held) at a designated location (google NCRCG).... A control center (the non player control center) throws scenarios out, they start innocent, and the members respond, sometimes reaching back to their respective security personnel or organizations (those in the meeting room are usually federal employees in the decision making process, high level feds). Sometimes they intercommunicate with the other gov orgs as well. From there the scenarios, which are all interlinked, get progressively more serious. The last few days of the exercise are table tops that show what went wrong, and how things turned out.
Beyond that, I cannot explain anymore.
The reason they had to lease the copper, was the original copper infrastructure was gov subsidized. The fiber costs are being eaten completely by Verizon, and while I am sure there are some tax breaks involved, there is no subsidy from the gov, state or local. Surprisingly though, the service itself is great, I have had very few problems, (yes there are some that had horrible installs and could never get some things working), the only issue I have is with the billing department which I have to call every month to get the appropriate triple play discount credited to my account since their system keeps losing it, and their CS.. it is abysmal and thats me being nice to them. The install actually was pleasant, and its not subcontracted like comcasts installers, they get paid hourly, not by the number of jobs they get done, so whether they do 5 installs in a day, or spend all day at your house rewiring your internal cable infrastructure, they get paid the same.