But then again, you cannot be forced to sign away any rights (at least in Canada and the US). So, if I were offered a job, and refused to sign the contract since it would infringe on my right to privacy, I must still be given the job. Same goes for any type of service or purchase.
More often than not, it is illegal to record a phone call with out at least one party involved in the call knowing that it is being recorded. That is unless of course there is a court order to do so.
a person (machines don't care about DNS, just IP addresses) will type in a likely domain name and hope for the best
I would have to disagree. Seeing not technical people look for something on the interent invariably has them starting with a search engine. I watched my father wanting to look at Ford's website. He opened his browser which loaded to Google by default, and typed in Ford. My wife does similar things. The only time domain names seem to be really important for the average user, is when they see it advertised off the 'net (TV commerical, side of a bus, etc). Then, its more about an easy to read/remember name.
I think the sentence prety much tells you that they are discussing mass. Since they are discussing a given measurement of a battery will provide one hour of power. That almost guarantees mass, though I guess there is a possibility of volume. I think its a fair statement since the normal limitation of batteries is mass, so in this case I would read that as one kilogram.
Agreed. At work, my corporate desktop machine, has a IBM LCD. This machine is a nice box, 1GB Ram, 2.8Ghz I think, etc. etc. I spend most of my time on my non corp box (a 600Mhz with 256MB Ram, and a 17" CRT). It looks better (it runs Linux as opposed to XP on the corp box), and I have the ability to install software that I need or will help do my job.
I was going to be so clever and post a link to a google maps view of Norway and exclaiming how beautiful the Fjords were. That is until I scrolled east of NA, past the British isles, and found.... Alaska!
Suppose it did, how would that help. Knowing your encrypted passwords hash, doesn't help much in cracking it, aside from being able to run brute force on your own systems as opposed to the actual system.
I really believe this is an abuse of privileges, or a gross security oversite by Tim Starling. Knowing this information, I could likely gain access to these users' accounts on other, completely unrelated systems. Suppose I was on one of those lists (I'm not). Immediately, I know the password of everyone in my group. Now, suppose I start searching other sites, like/. for those usernames. Think they might use the same password on two different systems?
You might want to read the comment you responded to again. The poster did not suggest that cutting power to a hospital would result in lost lives. However, cutting power during rush hour would result in grid lock. Guess you wouldn't mind having a heart attack and waiting for an ambulance, since "that won't cause a loss of life".
Now, messing with patients records definitely could. I remember an old Law & Order where a hacker (given the story, I actually would call this kid a hacker) messed up the glucose monitors at a care home and resulted in several diabetic patients reporting with very high sugar levels and thus getting overdosed with insulin. Yes, overdosing with insulin can lead to death.
There's a lot of other similar type scenarios as well. No more early warning systems for natural disasters like tsunamis and tornados. You'll still have phone service, unless of course you only have cordless phones which for the most part won't work without power.
And this is the important point. For some reason, users of web services don't typically demand features like consumers do in other markets, at least not to the same degree. New features usually are first designed by site/owners/programmers/designers/masters/etc and then copied by countless other sites.
So, having a large population of readers that also maintain or run sites see and believe in an open system like this is probably more important than the user base knowing about it. Lets face it, if everyone on/. started incorporating this technology into their sites and mentioned it on other sites that are maybe more targetted, this could take off faster than anyone expected. Imagine if slashcode, post/php-nuke (and all the other OSS CMS systems), etc started putting in modules for this. Microsoft passport would become nothing but a memory very quickly.
Like planes, and other vehicles, any software problem should failover to a tested, less automated system. If my car stalls on the highway and I lose power steering and/or brakes, there's a big problem. Instead of stalling the engine, it should just shut down and let the engine take over, maybe flashing some warning lights.
That would be the bigger threat. I don't think SCO has a hope in hell of winning, or of IBM settling. As far as the GPL, several companies have given in rather than fight it in court so that says something for its validity. Of course until we actually see a ruling by a judge, the question probably won't be answered.
CRTC, for the most part, I agree, is not a benefit to Canadians, however, they have done some good things, and don't do somethings you suggest they do. They recently made sure 911 was provided by VoIP providers. They have nothing to do with subscribing to the channels you want. My TV provider allows me to pick the channels I want individually if I choose. Most providers do packages so they can earn more profits. Some of those extra charges on your phone bill are the result of regulations on telecom NOT the companies. The regulations forced on telecoms (like 911 access) cost money. They in turn have to pass that cost onto their customers. To do so, they need approval from the CRTC.
Another good file to change permissions on is the hosts file. I've seen these have some interesting entries... like redirecting common search engine URLs to add sites.
Also, make sure that you're not running/surfing as administrator - common sense I know, but some still do it. Assuming the malware isn't to sophisticated, this will often prevent it from getting itself fully installed (like in the Run/RunOnce registry keys). While it may still get installed, its usually easier to get rid of if it wasn't "installed" with admin privileges.
Now imagine a setup like this for a salesperson. There phone rings... as normal (PBX, Asterisk, whatever). Now, as the phone rings, an app on their computer takes the Caller ID and runs it through their database of existing customers. As our salesperson answers the phone, they can see every piece of information about that client. If they're not in the database, it could do a 411 lookup or something to pull any information it could. I thought about setting something like this up, but have just never got around to it. Wouldn't be that hard though.
An argument could be made that by handing the business your card, you are consenting for that business to collect the information on it. Not to mention that it makes identity theft easier.
I wrote about this earlier.
Of course not, but that's not the point. Typically the guys who make the money decisions will read the headlines, and glaze over the rest, probably missing details like this study was paid for by Microsoft. Ever have to hand in a project proposal or such? I've done many, rarely does anything other than the Executive Summary get read. The rest is just there to make the document look good. Microsoft has a very big marketing department. They know this kind of stuff. Do you really think Microsoft would pay for these "studies" if they didn't show a positive return on investment?
If you have a chance, read through some of the site especially some of the findings. Actually, in getting you that second link, I saw a new finding posted regarding SPAM - guess what, the complaint was well founded. So, any Canadians out there spamming better pay attention to this. The precedent has been set. If I haven't expressed an intrest in your product, you have no right to email me about it.
Just move north. Our Privacy Commissioner isn't too likely to let something like identity cards happen up here, at least not without a hell of a fight.
How much of their customer base Valve would lose by going to an online distribution method as their only source?
Now we all know that you require an internet connection for signup and to download the latest patches. Suppose however, that Valve allowed anyone to burn generic copies of HL2 (and previous/future releases) to their media of choice and distribute freely. None of these freely distributed versions would be playable until the user signed up with Valve and payed the "activation" fee. Valve gets to save bandwidth and publishing costs, yet the game is still available to those without high speed connections.
please note, I AM a Civil Eng. Student
Cool, your miles ahead of me in understanding this.
Here's a question for you then. Where I live (Saskatchewan, Canada) a serious problem in homes today is cracking of basement walls. As we live in one of the most widely varying temperature areas in the world (easily -40C to +40C every year), the freezing and thawing of the ground puts a lot of stress on basement walls. The city I live in is also built atop what used to be a swamp, so there tends to be a fair bit of moisture in the ground, which when it freezes, puts a lot of pressure on basement walls. Would this cement be the godsend I'm thinking it would be? In the last year I've seen two houses on my street that were jacked up to have their basements repoured (these houses are around 25 years old). Is this something that these companies should be looking at for future projects, especially if the cost is not significantly more?
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But then again, you cannot be forced to sign away any rights (at least in Canada and the US). So, if I were offered a job, and refused to sign the contract since it would infringe on my right to privacy, I must still be given the job. Same goes for any type of service or purchase.
More often than not, it is illegal to record a phone call with out at least one party involved in the call knowing that it is being recorded. That is unless of course there is a court order to do so.
a person (machines don't care about DNS, just IP addresses) will type in a likely domain name and hope for the best
I would have to disagree. Seeing not technical people look for something on the interent invariably has them starting with a search engine. I watched my father wanting to look at Ford's website. He opened his browser which loaded to Google by default, and typed in Ford. My wife does similar things. The only time domain names seem to be really important for the average user, is when they see it advertised off the 'net (TV commerical, side of a bus, etc). Then, its more about an easy to read/remember name.
I think the sentence prety much tells you that they are discussing mass. Since they are discussing a given measurement of a battery will provide one hour of power. That almost guarantees mass, though I guess there is a possibility of volume. I think its a fair statement since the normal limitation of batteries is mass, so in this case I would read that as one kilogram.
Agreed. At work, my corporate desktop machine, has a IBM LCD. This machine is a nice box, 1GB Ram, 2.8Ghz I think, etc. etc. I spend most of my time on my non corp box (a 600Mhz with 256MB Ram, and a 17" CRT). It looks better (it runs Linux as opposed to XP on the corp box), and I have the ability to install software that I need or will help do my job.
Ahh, isn't it beautiful
I was going to be so clever and post a link to a google maps view of Norway and exclaiming how beautiful the Fjords were. That is until I scrolled east of NA, past the British isles, and found.... Alaska!
Suppose it did, how would that help. Knowing your encrypted passwords hash, doesn't help much in cracking it, aside from being able to run brute force on your own systems as opposed to the actual system.
I really believe this is an abuse of privileges, or a gross security oversite by Tim Starling. Knowing this information, I could likely gain access to these users' accounts on other, completely unrelated systems. Suppose I was on one of those lists (I'm not). Immediately, I know the password of everyone in my group. Now, suppose I start searching other sites, like /. for those usernames. Think they might use the same password on two different systems?
You might want to read the comment you responded to again. The poster did not suggest that cutting power to a hospital would result in lost lives. However, cutting power during rush hour would result in grid lock. Guess you wouldn't mind having a heart attack and waiting for an ambulance, since "that won't cause a loss of life".
Now, messing with patients records definitely could. I remember an old Law & Order where a hacker (given the story, I actually would call this kid a hacker) messed up the glucose monitors at a care home and resulted in several diabetic patients reporting with very high sugar levels and thus getting overdosed with insulin. Yes, overdosing with insulin can lead to death.
There's a lot of other similar type scenarios as well. No more early warning systems for natural disasters like tsunamis and tornados. You'll still have phone service, unless of course you only have cordless phones which for the most part won't work without power.
The ice went directly from solid to gas.. no water damage. Of course the idea that the gas might be explosive is another matter.
And this is the important point. For some reason, users of web services don't typically demand features like consumers do in other markets, at least not to the same degree. New features usually are first designed by site/owners/programmers/designers/masters/etc and then copied by countless other sites.
So, having a large population of readers that also maintain or run sites see and believe in an open system like this is probably more important than the user base knowing about it. Lets face it, if everyone on /. started incorporating this technology into their sites and mentioned it on other sites that are maybe more targetted, this could take off faster than anyone expected. Imagine if slashcode, post/php-nuke (and all the other OSS CMS systems), etc started putting in modules for this. Microsoft passport would become nothing but a memory very quickly.
Like planes, and other vehicles, any software problem should failover to a tested, less automated system. If my car stalls on the highway and I lose power steering and/or brakes, there's a big problem. Instead of stalling the engine, it should just shut down and let the engine take over, maybe flashing some warning lights.
That would be the bigger threat. I don't think SCO has a hope in hell of winning, or of IBM settling. As far as the GPL, several companies have given in rather than fight it in court so that says something for its validity. Of course until we actually see a ruling by a judge, the question probably won't be answered.
CRTC, for the most part, I agree, is not a benefit to Canadians, however, they have done some good things, and don't do somethings you suggest they do. They recently made sure 911 was provided by VoIP providers. They have nothing to do with subscribing to the channels you want. My TV provider allows me to pick the channels I want individually if I choose. Most providers do packages so they can earn more profits. Some of those extra charges on your phone bill are the result of regulations on telecom NOT the companies. The regulations forced on telecoms (like 911 access) cost money. They in turn have to pass that cost onto their customers. To do so, they need approval from the CRTC.
Another good file to change permissions on is the hosts file. I've seen these have some interesting entries... like redirecting common search engine URLs to add sites.
Also, make sure that you're not running/surfing as administrator - common sense I know, but some still do it. Assuming the malware isn't to sophisticated, this will often prevent it from getting itself fully installed (like in the Run/RunOnce registry keys). While it may still get installed, its usually easier to get rid of if it wasn't "installed" with admin privileges.
Geez, they said I couldn't smoke in planes, then theatres, now restaurants. Now I can't smoke in space? This is getting out of hand!
Now imagine a setup like this for a salesperson. There phone rings... as normal (PBX, Asterisk, whatever). Now, as the phone rings, an app on their computer takes the Caller ID and runs it through their database of existing customers. As our salesperson answers the phone, they can see every piece of information about that client. If they're not in the database, it could do a 411 lookup or something to pull any information it could. I thought about setting something like this up, but have just never got around to it. Wouldn't be that hard though.
An argument could be made that by handing the business your card, you are consenting for that business to collect the information on it. Not to mention that it makes identity theft easier. I wrote about this earlier.
Of course not, but that's not the point. Typically the guys who make the money decisions will read the headlines, and glaze over the rest, probably missing details like this study was paid for by Microsoft. Ever have to hand in a project proposal or such? I've done many, rarely does anything other than the Executive Summary get read. The rest is just there to make the document look good. Microsoft has a very big marketing department. They know this kind of stuff. Do you really think Microsoft would pay for these "studies" if they didn't show a positive return on investment?
Precisely, don't expect to see honest comments, reviews, conversations, etc. on a companies blog about that company. Try a generic service for that.
If you have a chance, read through some of the site especially some of the findings. Actually, in getting you that second link, I saw a new finding posted regarding SPAM - guess what, the complaint was well founded. So, any Canadians out there spamming better pay attention to this. The precedent has been set. If I haven't expressed an intrest in your product, you have no right to email me about it.
Just move north. Our Privacy Commissioner isn't too likely to let something like identity cards happen up here, at least not without a hell of a fight.
How much of their customer base Valve would lose by going to an online distribution method as their only source?
Now we all know that you require an internet connection for signup and to download the latest patches. Suppose however, that Valve allowed anyone to burn generic copies of HL2 (and previous/future releases) to their media of choice and distribute freely. None of these freely distributed versions would be playable until the user signed up with Valve and payed the "activation" fee. Valve gets to save bandwidth and publishing costs, yet the game is still available to those without high speed connections.
Hmmm, maybe I should run to the patent office
Cool, your miles ahead of me in understanding this.
Here's a question for you then. Where I live (Saskatchewan, Canada) a serious problem in homes today is cracking of basement walls. As we live in one of the most widely varying temperature areas in the world (easily -40C to +40C every year), the freezing and thawing of the ground puts a lot of stress on basement walls. The city I live in is also built atop what used to be a swamp, so there tends to be a fair bit of moisture in the ground, which when it freezes, puts a lot of pressure on basement walls.
Thanks!Would this cement be the godsend I'm thinking it would be? In the last year I've seen two houses on my street that were jacked up to have their basements repoured (these houses are around 25 years old). Is this something that these companies should be looking at for future projects, especially if the cost is not significantly more?