Anti-spam activists tried to convince the Chinese government to think that Alan Ralsky was supporting the Falun Gong. IIRC, the servers were shut down while they investigated.
One of the bond movies had a line something like "As requested, the software is full of bugs. Consumers will be forced to upgrade for years". People laughed, but I don't think they got it.
Also, don't forget about MS patching a bug in IE for Mac a few years ago, and reintroducing THE SAME BUG in a later update.
Just while we're on the topic... I remember cleaning up a residential computer with XP (plugged in behind my firewall). One of the last things was to install SP1. As soon as I finished installing, I lost internet on the entire network. The machine was sending so much traffic that my switch lights were on solid (it took the load though), and P75 firewall completely gave up routing. My theory was that a virus was still on the machine, waiting for SP1 to be installed before striking.
Apple tweaks the battery code with each OS release. It sounds like they finally put things back to the level we had under 10.2. I had to buy a new battery after installing 10.3, because the battery life was so poor.
Didn't this happen to Microsoft? They tried to copyright/trademark "Windows" and were denied because it was a generic word. It didn't stop them from registering "Microsoft Windows" though.
So, couldn't Google get around it by calling it "Google Scholar"?
Had one the other day... WinXP blew up at a friend. 4 hours later it was finally running. They had internet problems later on and their ISP actually told them to remove the anti-spyware programs! A few days later, spyware took over again.
Another time, I wiped & locked down a machine which was constantly getting spyware. A few weeks later they were back to IE running as administrator.
What's really getting annoying is needing to run 4 different anti-adware programs, plus hosts and adware blocking, just to keep a machine somewhat usable.
An expression I heard years ago...
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Do increases in storage capacity appeal to some basic pack-rat nature?"
Data expands to fill all available space.
Explains why I recently doubled the size of my hard drive, and filled the additional space a few months later. (although, notebook drives are always too small)
One of my suppliers had a really annoying browser check. If the browser was not IE, then it simply returned "invalid password", instead of a "use Exploder" message. Emailing their webmaster did nothing (no we won't make that change).
Of course, I'm the one paying them, so if I can't log in I guess they can't make any money.
At one client our basic security recommendations (get a lock for the server room. install a patch panel in the wiring closet, removing 40+ crimps) took 6 months to happen. Our most advanced recommendation? Move your mail/web servers off-site so you're not allowing inbound traffic, since we know you can't handle a DMZ.
Residentially... if people would buy a $20 router it would begin to solve problems (which residential ISP's should bundle anyways). The number of times I've cleaned up after exipred definitions (I had to renew that? I wondered what that big red box was), or even no virus protection. ISP's: cut a deal with norton/mcafee to bundle virus protection with monthly service. As long as they're your customer they're protected, and you might even save bandwidth! Make it a negative billing option - include it unless people specifically decline it because they are willing to take full responsibility for managing it on their own. And block those Netsky & friends emails already.
I could be wrong on this, but my impression was that you are bound by the laws of the country/region you are doing business in. If you are doing business in Canada, you are subject to Canadian laws.
A few months ago an American company attempted to offer medical services out of the back of a van. Even though it was legal where the company was based, their operations violated the federal Canada Health Act. Canada Customs prevented them from entering.
As another example, if the widgets my company produces are illegal in your country, I can't sell them to you. Look at the G4's when they first came out. The computers couldn't be exported to certain countries (under US laws), but if machines were made outside of the US (.: not under US laws), could Apple export them? Maybe if they didn't get caught, although I'm sure Cupertino would now be a crater.
I've seen many contests which are void in certain provinces (Quebec is a good example), or are not available to Canada. Why? Often the company doesn't want the hassle of complying with the various laws. If an Ontario company offers a contest in Quebec, they are bound by the Quebec laws, or the Quebec government will take action against the Ontario company (and yes, they've done it)
On a recent flight on Air Canada, smoking was not allowed. As a Canadian company, they had to follow Transport Canada's rules, even outside of the country.
1) Make whomever uses the service (in Canada) be liable They probably already are, especially if the American company is representing/acting on behalf of a Canadian company.
Dynamic IP addresses are used for several reasons. The first is that it discourages customers from running servers. It doesn't eliminate it, but it makes it more of an inconvienence.
My dynamic IP changes once a year. It has nothing to do with running a server (dyndns anyone?) - if they wanted to do that, they would be blocking inbound ports. If anyone remembers @home, you could actually configure your machine for static once you received your IP (which was necessary due to the stability of fetching a DHCP address from the other side of the continent).
The reason for DHCP? As the cable companies reconfigure networks (splitting/combining areas), it's sometimes necessary to change IP blocks (keep in mind, their network is heavily tied to location). Is it easier to change a DHCP server and release/renew, or notify hundreds of customers that their IP is changing? For the same reason, I often run my networks entirely on closed DHCP (using the MAC to IP mapping)
PPPOE has more to do with the fact that various companies resell or piggyback from the phone company, instead of sticking their own infrastructure in each CO. Static requires more work to setup and maintain (routing the line to a different DSLAM/network/etc)
People without motorised dishes are mostly on DirectTV or Dish Network
Nope. The only motorized dishes are ones that contact different satellites. (I'd guess mostly TV/private downlinks)
Fixed-link dishes always hit the same place, so there's no reason for them to move. In fact, they better not move or you're losing the signal.
There are a lot more data dishes than you would think, and they're fixed from my experience. GM, for example, runs their dealer network over sat (since they own Hughes), but I've always had to look really hard for the dish at the dealership.
I thought I read that spammers are now including links to totally unrelated web sites, just to throw off URL based filtering/blacklisting systems. It's an "if you can't beat them, join them" strategy - if you can't unblock your spam site, then blocking all the others works just as well.
I'm convinced I watch a TV show between commercials. I could just see some PHB at a TV network reducing expenses while increasing revenue by dropping shows and switching to all ads, all the time.
First it was the voiceovers over the credits. Then it was scaling down the credits to display ads while they run. Then it was the "Coming up next..." titles popping up during the show. Now we have the animated coming up next titles (and the occasional "brought to you by Foobar corp!") taking up the lower third of the screen.
I don't need to know what's on next DURING a show, or what's on your other networks, or what else I could be watching, or what's on next Thursday at 3AM. If it's good and I remember, I'll watch it.
One thing I never understood... In Canada, cable companies will replace an American station with the Canadian one during the same show. (ie: Watching the Simpsons on the "fox" station, I'll actually see Global's feed). The only reason I can think of is so that I see Canadian ads (although, I've also seen commercials replaced by cable companies), since they're not doing it for Canadian Content reasons.
It's an early one. Built in Nov 97, and the board is a Rev 1 (the one with the IDE bug preventing slave devices from working).
It's also a 233 Mhz model, the low-end at the time. It's not bad with a cheap G4 chip though, serving as a file server/iTunes box, and for anything else I want to offload from the powerbook. I also have a 266 with Zip (the higher end Rev 1) here, I should look at the board the next time it's open. I don't have much of a use for it at the moment, other than sitting below the other G3 to make the rack more impressive:-)
The Fountain building was sold, iirc. Not sure if that company actually did any production for Apple after they took over.
The first two letters in the serial number indicate where the product was made.
XA or XB - Run A/Run B, California (I forgot where). Desktops, from what I've seen. CK - Cork, Ireland. Powerbooks, up to the G3's QT - Quanta, in Asia. Powerbook G3/G4, iBooks SG - Singapore. iMacs (initially made in Mexico, iirc)
Of course, YMMV. My G3 desktop with an XA serial number (California) has a Made in Ireland sticker on the logic board. My guess is that the boards were made in Ireland, and the boxes stuffed in California.
More are here... http://www.clubarne.com/nblog/comments.php?id=125_ 0_1_0_C
My high school had a large number of portables (due to sections of the main building being closed for renovation while I was there, although they're still there years later)
Will each portable have RFID readers? Will students be flagged if they're walking between the building and the portable?
Before LCD projectors came out, a few companies made LCD panels designed to be placed on an overhead projector. You were stuck at 640, and the image quality was poor and dark. There's a reason why projector lamps are expensive (and bright!)
Not a troll, but why? With a unix/linux machine it's controlled by cli (gui programs are basically shells to the cli). I can completely control a machine from a terminal window.
With windows being dependant on the gui, when you ssh to a windows box, what do you do? The commands are fairly limited, and I don't know of a way to access the MSC interface through a cli.
Put all the LED's in some central part of the car and just pipe the light out to the headlights and tail lights. Switch the signals centrally, so you can use less bulbs (light all three brake lights with a single (plus backup) LED, a single signal light, etc...) The mounting for the lights in the back is then much lighter, and there is no need to route copper power wires back there. Reduced, power, reduced components, reduced weight.
LED car lights are almost always clusters, because a single LED isn't bright enough.
And, other than side markers/center brake light and some higher-end cars, LEDS aren't used much to start with.
Short of a requirement to fax/mail photo id to them, it's not like the delivery person will ask for ID. Most of the time, they just leave the package in my door without a signature!
The original poster was probably refering to the 5Meg option from Rogers for about $45/month (it went up by $5 about a year ago). You need to buy a DOCSIS modem though at your expense.
Cable TV though costs more. An internet/digital cable bundle (including the box but with no digital stations) is $99, iirc. Digital stations are $2 each/month,
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Doesn't mean you have to report them as spam.
Anti-spam activists tried to convince the Chinese government to think that Alan Ralsky was supporting the Falun Gong. IIRC, the servers were shut down while they investigated.
IIRC, a few years ago NONE of the money had been distributed. And, the industry was asking to raise the fees at almost exactly the same time.
One of the bond movies had a line something like "As requested, the software is full of bugs. Consumers will be forced to upgrade for years". People laughed, but I don't think they got it.
Also, don't forget about MS patching a bug in IE for Mac a few years ago, and reintroducing THE SAME BUG in a later update.
Just while we're on the topic...
I remember cleaning up a residential computer with XP (plugged in behind my firewall). One of the last things was to install SP1. As soon as I finished installing, I lost internet on the entire network. The machine was sending so much traffic that my switch lights were on solid (it took the load though), and P75 firewall completely gave up routing. My theory was that a virus was still on the machine, waiting for SP1 to be installed before striking.
Apple tweaks the battery code with each OS release. It sounds like they finally put things back to the level we had under 10.2. I had to buy a new battery after installing 10.3, because the battery life was so poor.
Didn't this happen to Microsoft? They tried to copyright/trademark "Windows" and were denied because it was a generic word. It didn't stop them from registering "Microsoft Windows" though.
So, couldn't Google get around it by calling it "Google Scholar"?
Had one the other day... WinXP blew up at a friend. 4 hours later it was finally running. They had internet problems later on and their ISP actually told them to remove the anti-spyware programs! A few days later, spyware took over again.
Another time, I wiped & locked down a machine which was constantly getting spyware. A few weeks later they were back to IE running as administrator.
What's really getting annoying is needing to run 4 different anti-adware programs, plus hosts and adware blocking, just to keep a machine somewhat usable.
Do increases in storage capacity appeal to some basic pack-rat nature?"
Data expands to fill all available space.
Explains why I recently doubled the size of my hard drive, and filled the additional space a few months later. (although, notebook drives are always too small)
One of my suppliers had a really annoying browser check. If the browser was not IE, then it simply returned "invalid password", instead of a "use Exploder" message. Emailing their webmaster did nothing (no we won't make that change).
Of course, I'm the one paying them, so if I can't log in I guess they can't make any money.
People don't follow basic security.
At one client our basic security recommendations (get a lock for the server room. install a patch panel in the wiring closet, removing 40+ crimps) took 6 months to happen. Our most advanced recommendation? Move your mail/web servers off-site so you're not allowing inbound traffic, since we know you can't handle a DMZ.
Residentially... if people would buy a $20 router it would begin to solve problems (which residential ISP's should bundle anyways). The number of times I've cleaned up after exipred definitions (I had to renew that? I wondered what that big red box was), or even no virus protection. ISP's: cut a deal with norton/mcafee to bundle virus protection with monthly service. As long as they're your customer they're protected, and you might even save bandwidth! Make it a negative billing option - include it unless people specifically decline it because they are willing to take full responsibility for managing it on their own. And block those Netsky & friends emails already.
Apple is EXACTLY where they want to be ... at being the BMW/Porsche of personal computing rather than GM.
And Microsoft is the Yugo!
(couldn't resist...)
I could be wrong on this, but my impression was that you are bound by the laws of the country/region you are doing business in. If you are doing business in Canada, you are subject to Canadian laws.
A few months ago an American company attempted to offer medical services out of the back of a van. Even though it was legal where the company was based, their operations violated the federal Canada Health Act. Canada Customs prevented them from entering.
As another example, if the widgets my company produces are illegal in your country, I can't sell them to you. Look at the G4's when they first came out. The computers couldn't be exported to certain countries (under US laws), but if machines were made outside of the US (.: not under US laws), could Apple export them? Maybe if they didn't get caught, although I'm sure Cupertino would now be a crater.
I've seen many contests which are void in certain provinces (Quebec is a good example), or are not available to Canada. Why? Often the company doesn't want the hassle of complying with the various laws. If an Ontario company offers a contest in Quebec, they are bound by the Quebec laws, or the Quebec government will take action against the Ontario company (and yes, they've done it)
On a recent flight on Air Canada, smoking was not allowed. As a Canadian company, they had to follow Transport Canada's rules, even outside of the country.
1) Make whomever uses the service (in Canada) be liable
They probably already are, especially if the American company is representing/acting on behalf of a Canadian company.
But, IANAL. What do I know?
Dynamic IP addresses are used for several reasons. The first is that it discourages customers from running servers. It doesn't eliminate it, but it makes it more of an inconvienence.
My dynamic IP changes once a year. It has nothing to do with running a server (dyndns anyone?) - if they wanted to do that, they would be blocking inbound ports. If anyone remembers @home, you could actually configure your machine for static once you received your IP (which was necessary due to the stability of fetching a DHCP address from the other side of the continent).
The reason for DHCP? As the cable companies reconfigure networks (splitting/combining areas), it's sometimes necessary to change IP blocks (keep in mind, their network is heavily tied to location). Is it easier to change a DHCP server and release/renew, or notify hundreds of customers that their IP is changing? For the same reason, I often run my networks entirely on closed DHCP (using the MAC to IP mapping)
PPPOE has more to do with the fact that various companies resell or piggyback from the phone company, instead of sticking their own infrastructure in each CO. Static requires more work to setup and maintain (routing the line to a different DSLAM/network/etc)
People without motorised dishes are mostly on DirectTV or Dish Network
Nope. The only motorized dishes are ones that contact different satellites. (I'd guess mostly TV/private downlinks)
Fixed-link dishes always hit the same place, so there's no reason for them to move. In fact, they better not move or you're losing the signal.
There are a lot more data dishes than you would think, and they're fixed from my experience. GM, for example, runs their dealer network over sat (since they own Hughes), but I've always had to look really hard for the dish at the dealership.
I thought I read that spammers are now including links to totally unrelated web sites, just to throw off URL based filtering/blacklisting systems. It's an "if you can't beat them, join them" strategy - if you can't unblock your spam site, then blocking all the others works just as well.
I'm convinced I watch a TV show between commercials. I could just see some PHB at a TV network reducing expenses while increasing revenue by dropping shows and switching to all ads, all the time.
First it was the voiceovers over the credits. Then it was scaling down the credits to display ads while they run. Then it was the "Coming up next..." titles popping up during the show. Now we have the animated coming up next titles (and the occasional "brought to you by Foobar corp!") taking up the lower third of the screen.
I don't need to know what's on next DURING a show, or what's on your other networks, or what else I could be watching, or what's on next Thursday at 3AM. If it's good and I remember, I'll watch it.
One thing I never understood... In Canada, cable companies will replace an American station with the Canadian one during the same show. (ie: Watching the Simpsons on the "fox" station, I'll actually see Global's feed). The only reason I can think of is so that I see Canadian ads (although, I've also seen commercials replaced by cable companies), since they're not doing it for Canadian Content reasons.
It's an early one. Built in Nov 97, and the board is a Rev 1 (the one with the IDE bug preventing slave devices from working).
:-)
It's also a 233 Mhz model, the low-end at the time. It's not bad with a cheap G4 chip though, serving as a file server/iTunes box, and for anything else I want to offload from the powerbook. I also have a 266 with Zip (the higher end Rev 1) here, I should look at the board the next time it's open. I don't have much of a use for it at the moment, other than sitting below the other G3 to make the rack more impressive
The Fountain building was sold, iirc. Not sure if that company actually did any production for Apple after they took over.
The first two letters in the serial number indicate where the product was made.
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XA or XB - Run A/Run B, California (I forgot where). Desktops, from what I've seen.
CK - Cork, Ireland. Powerbooks, up to the G3's
QT - Quanta, in Asia. Powerbook G3/G4, iBooks
SG - Singapore. iMacs (initially made in Mexico, iirc)
Of course, YMMV. My G3 desktop with an XA serial number (California) has a Made in Ireland sticker on the logic board. My guess is that the boards were made in Ireland, and the boxes stuffed in California.
More are here... http://www.clubarne.com/nblog/comments.php?id=125
My high school had a large number of portables (due to sections of the main building being closed for renovation while I was there, although they're still there years later)
Will each portable have RFID readers? Will students be flagged if they're walking between the building and the portable?
Before LCD projectors came out, a few companies made LCD panels designed to be placed on an overhead projector. You were stuck at 640, and the image quality was poor and dark.
There's a reason why projector lamps are expensive (and bright!)
I thought emacs had a vi mode. M-x-vi-mode? It's been so long since I used it though.
And, of course, it won't be fun if your meta key is esc.
Not a troll, but why? With a unix/linux machine it's controlled by cli (gui programs are basically shells to the cli). I can completely control a machine from a terminal window.
With windows being dependant on the gui, when you ssh to a windows box, what do you do? The commands are fairly limited, and I don't know of a way to access the MSC interface through a cli.
Put all the LED's in some central part of the car and just pipe the light out to the headlights and tail lights. Switch the signals centrally, so you can use less bulbs (light all three brake lights with a single (plus backup) LED, a single signal light, etc...) The mounting for the lights in the back is then much lighter, and there is no need to route copper power wires back there. Reduced, power, reduced components, reduced weight.
LED car lights are almost always clusters, because a single LED isn't bright enough.
And, other than side markers/center brake light and some higher-end cars, LEDS aren't used much to start with.
My phone takes useless pictures. My camcorder takes horrible stills. My digital camera takes low-res video (but 5 MP pictures).
Isn't this why iPod (and Palm before them) did well? They concentrated on doing one thing well.
Short of a requirement to fax/mail photo id to them, it's not like the delivery person will ask for ID. Most of the time, they just leave the package in my door without a signature!
The original poster was probably refering to the 5Meg option from Rogers for about $45/month (it went up by $5 about a year ago). You need to buy a DOCSIS modem though at your expense.
Cable TV though costs more. An internet/digital cable bundle (including the box but with no digital stations) is $99, iirc. Digital stations are $2 each/month,