I would prefer that the newsgroup messages not be indexed because it can clutter your results list if that is not what you are looking for. If you know that what you are looking for should be in newsgroups (e.g. it is a question you are looking for the answer to) you could look it up at Google Groups
Because the update notifier isn't automatically installed. The thing that irritates me most about microsoft is that they make easily exploitable, inadequately tested features like the internet printing capability default, but they don't for something like an automatic patch notification system.
Actually, combining this with the comments here and here could make a very effective and apparently legal counter to the Code Red II problem.
If you posted a page on your website stating that people could access the link.../default.ida to automatically download code to clean their machine of code red and install the cleaner in its place, then put similar text into the default.ida script, that would give you a sembalance of "requesting permission". You don't cause additional problems because you only communicate with infected machines to boot! What do you think?
They actually have this. It is called the "Windows Critical Update Notifier". It periodically logs onto Windows Update and checks to see if there are any new critical updates that pertain to your system and haven't been installed yet.
I own a 6gig Jukebox, and I've *never* had any problems with the hard drive. I've gone running with it, no skips or data problems. It has fallen off of its perch in my truck a couple of times, and it shut off both times, but there were no problems.
Either I'm very lucky, or the other person was unlucky.
I will say however that there are several things I don't like about it. It is slow to boot, transferring sometimes hangs the device, and I hate the proprietary file transfer system.
Now this is by far the best solution I have seen so far.
We have to assume it is a dial-up, he wouldn't have the right connection to support DSL or cable modem. Write up a juicy sounding e-mail, include a nude picture from alt.nekked.somethingorother and an executable that phones home. I think that would stand a very strong chance of succeeding.
Once you have a tele/address, the police would be much more inclined to pick him up. I've faced the bullshit red tape of trying to get a company to do something to help you bring a criminal to justice.
Great idea Tim!
Me to ISP: "This person did something illegal. Can I have his address to have him arrested?"
ISP to me: No. We can only speak with law enforcement personel."
Me to police: "This person did something illegal, can you contact his ISP and request his records to catch him?"
Police to me: "No, you need to fill out a crime report and we will investigate it from there."
I remember my 300bps days on an Apple IIe, connecting to GEnie. (Anyone remember that?:)
I was frequently waiting for the display to catch up to me. I certainly wasn't typing 30 cps, I was likely typing around 5cps (60 to 70 wpm), and between occasional resends due to line noise and all the data coming back in response, you will be waiting. Don't forget that for every character you typed, you would be getting that character back, plus any ANSI color, etc.
I'm glad this comment is at the top because it seems to sum up the majority of slashdot users' opinions in regards to Katz's reviews. I find it a little odd that in almost every review that Katz has ever done on slashdot, the commentary from users always seems to lean the opposite way.
Now I guess this could very well be because people who agree with him aren't as eager to pipe up, but still..
I won't go into the typical "Jon Katz bashing", but I really wouldn't mind seeing some reviews make it as slashdot articles that were more in tune with what appears to be the tastes of the majority of slashdot users. Jon might be a decent traditional reviewer, but regardless, I for one would like to hear more good things about the movies I enjoy than to hear someone who is supposed to be an authoritative constantly pan them. I actually feel sorry for him if is that difficult for him to enjoy a movie.
What was the last one he actually gave a positive review to anyway?
"The company also agreed to change its practices so further violations would not take place."
Seeing as how they have stopped offering the i-opener service, and sold the existing customers off to Earthlink, that shouldn't be too difficult for them.
I still get very mad at them whenever I think about it. I purchased two i-openers, one for each of my parents. My mother went through 4 of them before we gave up (the modem kept going bad). My dad faired slightly better until the change-over to Earthlink.
First, one of the big things Netpliance talked about when notifying their customers they had been sold out was that their monthly service would drop from $21.95 to $19.95! Great. What happens? Earthlink just hikes their rates.
My irritation with Earthlink didn't stop there. When my father called them because he couldn't connect to their service anymore, the support person told him that there wasn't anything they could do.
"No one knows anything about those things, and anyway, they aren't high-powered enough to handle our service. It is just going to get worse. I would suggest you get a real computer instead."
Fantastic customer service there. Not to mention the fact that I waited for one hour and fifteen minutes during the middle of the day to speak with an Earthlink representative just to cancel my two accounts with them!
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This makes good sense, and it holds some value, but one of the problems it doesn't answer is the cost of the spam. Having a user level filter means that your mail server has to accept every spam message in its entirity and store it until you get around to retrieving it (which is where most personal mail filters get applied. There are also server side filters, I know, but they aren't as common, and a lot of them, you don't have control over). This costs your ISP / Mail Server bandwidth and storage, both of which cost money. With MAPS and ORBS type solutions, the mail is actually rejected rather than discarded. The mail server that tried to send the mail receives a detailed message about what happened and what to do about it. This message also makes its way back to the originator.
Now in most cases, if they relay was unintintional, either the admin of that mail server will receive the notification and correct it, or the originator of the message (if it was legitimate) will notify them and ask them to do something about it. You would be suprized at the number of mail servers that are hijacked to deliver spam mail because they weren't configured properly.:/
As the answer always is, to this question, "The difference is that I did not go out seeking this information and I had to pay to receive it."
If someone hosts a website and I visit it, I made a choice. No Problem. If I sign up to get the weekly best buys from AutoShack.com, that's fine too. If I started getting a monthly bill from the USPS at a charge of $.01 for every "Resident" or "Postal Customer" envelope I receive, I'd be outraged. Wouldn't you?
My personal opinion is that I have the right to filter my own mail, wether it is server or recipient based (I do both). I have an *obligation* to read the terms of service for any ISP I am interested in using, and if they subscribe to ORBS or MAPS, or if they don't allow open relays, I should either accept that, or keep looking for an ISP. If there were enough people upset about the TOS of available IPSs, then new ISPs would appear to fill that gap.
1. If they pay for email, you should have to pay for email you send anywhere as well and then we will be back to having a regulated postal service.
Well, there is a difference in the mail that spammers send and that I send. I send emails to people I know and who *want* to recieve email from me. Spammers send to who ever is on thier list. While the one spam I get does not cost me much it does over time; it also costs the ISPs who have to recieve and store the large numbers of unwanted emails.
One interesting thing about this.. What if I receive an e-mail from someone that I would normally not mind getting e-mail from, but this one is one I do object to? Examples might be my girlfriend's break-up note, her father's threatening letter, or her mother's Cracker Barrel chain letter.
It seems to me that the problem with this idea is that the cable companies will have likely thought of it. I imagine if anyone provided this service, they would have it chock to the gills with next generation Macrovision style copy protection.
When reading their site a few minutes ago, I saw the latest concession they are making to try to become more compliant.
They have stated they are going to pull the GPL'ed dlls out of the primary setup and make them an optional "plug-in" with a seperate setup.
This seems fair to me, and while IANAL, it seems to hold true to the spirit of the GPL.
Now while I didn't see their website before the fit hit the shan (although I did check Google's cache and it was the same), their credits page seems *very* upfront about what they did and to a common bloke like me, seems like they are at least attempting to be GPL compliant.
What do y'all think?
To each his own opinion I guess, although, I feel your biggest problem in this regard is that you were just unlucky to pick up a left thumb space habit instead of the right thumb.:)
I knew about the shift key, but unfortunately, it still doesn't help with having to correct keystrokes (Unless you count using arrow left then delete which would be 3 extra keys for a one character mistake).
OMG, how useful.. I didn't know shift space did that! Thanks!
I just checked and noticed that I have a habit of using my left thumb when doing a shift-space. I use that combo frequently when coding in MSDev. (Keyword completion)
A while back I had a split keyboard from Compaq that did something I considered unusual. It split the space bar like the MS "Natural" approach, but instead of both sides being a space, the left side was a backspace just like this person's invention.
Having learning typing in an actual class, I already had the "right thumb for space" behavior learned, and I have to say I really enjoyed the new backspace! (Note, the keyboard still had the traditional backspace as well which is something this one is lacking I feel.)
If you are using the num pad, it is *extremely* inconvenient to have to totally disrupt your number entry to backspace. With this layout, it increased my number entry signifigantly. I suspect with just a little adjustment, it would be just as convenient on this layout as well.
MS HailStorm devoted to a "Pay for use" model
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While reading An Introduction to Microsoft HailStorm, I came across this interesting section, titled The HailStorm Business that describes Microsoft's commitment to profiting from their <sarcasm level="extreme">wonderful</sarcasm> service by charging both users and developers rather than continuing with the free service methods used by hotmail.
Deja is one of the tools available in that almost useful search bar in IE. I wonder if this will be an inline to getting Google listed as one of the search sites.. That would actually encourage me to use it... Although the GoogleBar is still so friggin powerful it amazes me.::GriN::
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I would prefer that the newsgroup messages not be indexed because it can clutter your results list if that is not what you are looking for. If you know that what you are looking for should be in newsgroups (e.g. it is a question you are looking for the answer to) you could look it up at Google Groups
Because the update notifier isn't automatically installed. The thing that irritates me most about microsoft is that they make easily exploitable, inadequately tested features like the internet printing capability default, but they don't for something like an automatic patch notification system.
Actually, combining this with the comments here and here could make a very effective and apparently legal counter to the Code Red II problem. .../default.ida to automatically download code to clean their machine of code red and install the cleaner in its place, then put similar text into the default.ida script, that would give you a sembalance of "requesting permission".
If you posted a page on your website stating that people could access the link
You don't cause additional problems because you only communicate with infected machines to boot!
What do you think?
They actually have this. It is called the "Windows Critical Update Notifier". It periodically logs onto Windows Update and checks to see if there are any new critical updates that pertain to your system and haven't been installed yet.
I own a 6gig Jukebox, and I've *never* had any problems with the hard drive. I've gone running with it, no skips or data problems. It has fallen off of its perch in my truck a couple of times, and it shut off both times, but there were no problems.
Either I'm very lucky, or the other person was unlucky.
I will say however that there are several things I don't like about it. It is slow to boot, transferring sometimes hangs the device, and I hate the proprietary file transfer system.
Now this is by far the best solution I have seen so far.
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We have to assume it is a dial-up, he wouldn't have the right connection to support DSL or cable modem. Write up a juicy sounding e-mail, include a nude picture from alt.nekked.somethingorother and an executable that phones home. I think that would stand a very strong chance of succeeding.
Once you have a tele/address, the police would be much more inclined to pick him up. I've faced the bullshit red tape of trying to get a company to do something to help you bring a criminal to justice.
Great idea Tim!
Me to ISP: "This person did something illegal. Can I have his address to have him arrested?"
ISP to me: No. We can only speak with law enforcement personel."
Me to police: "This person did something illegal, can you contact his ISP and request his records to catch him?"
Police to me: "No, you need to fill out a crime report and we will investigate it from there."
And the story ends there.
If you did this, I believe it would run afoul all sorts of FCC restrictions on class D(?) items..
I remember my 300bps days on an Apple IIe, connecting to GEnie. (Anyone remember that? :)
I was frequently waiting for the display to catch up to me. I certainly wasn't typing 30 cps, I was likely typing around 5cps (60 to 70 wpm), and between occasional resends due to line noise and all the data coming back in response, you will be waiting. Don't forget that for every character you typed, you would be getting that character back, plus any ANSI color, etc.
I'm glad this comment is at the top because it seems to sum up the majority of slashdot users' opinions in regards to Katz's reviews. I find it a little odd that in almost every review that Katz has ever done on slashdot, the commentary from users always seems to lean the opposite way.
Now I guess this could very well be because people who agree with him aren't as eager to pipe up, but still..
I won't go into the typical "Jon Katz bashing", but I really wouldn't mind seeing some reviews make it as slashdot articles that were more in tune with what appears to be the tastes of the majority of slashdot users. Jon might be a decent traditional reviewer, but regardless, I for one would like to hear more good things about the movies I enjoy than to hear someone who is supposed to be an authoritative constantly pan them. I actually feel sorry for him if is that difficult for him to enjoy a movie.
What was the last one he actually gave a positive review to anyway?
I use AdSubtract, and I'm very happy with it. They have a free and a "pro" version, and it is good at knocking out popups and banner ads..
I especially like this part:
Seeing as how they have stopped offering the i-opener service, and sold the existing customers off to Earthlink, that shouldn't be too difficult for them.
I still get very mad at them whenever I think about it. I purchased two i-openers, one for each of my parents. My mother went through 4 of them before we gave up (the modem kept going bad). My dad faired slightly better until the change-over to Earthlink.
First, one of the big things Netpliance talked about when notifying their customers they had been sold out was that their monthly service would drop from $21.95 to $19.95! Great. What happens? Earthlink just hikes their rates.
My irritation with Earthlink didn't stop there. When my father called them because he couldn't connect to their service anymore, the support person told him that there wasn't anything they could do.Fantastic customer service there. Not to mention the fact that I waited for one hour and fifteen minutes during the middle of the day to speak with an Earthlink representative just to cancel my two accounts with them!
This makes good sense, and it holds some value, but one of the problems it doesn't answer is the cost of the spam. Having a user level filter means that your mail server has to accept every spam message in its entirity and store it until you get around to retrieving it (which is where most personal mail filters get applied. There are also server side filters, I know, but they aren't as common, and a lot of them, you don't have control over). This costs your ISP / Mail Server bandwidth and storage, both of which cost money. With MAPS and ORBS type solutions, the mail is actually rejected rather than discarded. The mail server that tried to send the mail receives a detailed message about what happened and what to do about it. This message also makes its way back to the originator.
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Now in most cases, if they relay was unintintional, either the admin of that mail server will receive the notification and correct it, or the originator of the message (if it was legitimate) will notify them and ask them to do something about it. You would be suprized at the number of mail servers that are hijacked to deliver spam mail because they weren't configured properly.
As the answer always is, to this question, "The difference is that I did not go out seeking this information and I had to pay to receive it."
If someone hosts a website and I visit it, I made a choice. No Problem. If I sign up to get the weekly best buys from AutoShack.com, that's fine too. If I started getting a monthly bill from the USPS at a charge of $.01 for every "Resident" or "Postal Customer" envelope I receive, I'd be outraged. Wouldn't you?
My personal opinion is that I have the right to filter my own mail, wether it is server or recipient based (I do both). I have an *obligation* to read the terms of service for any ISP I am interested in using, and if they subscribe to ORBS or MAPS, or if they don't allow open relays, I should either accept that, or keep looking for an ISP. If there were enough people upset about the TOS of available IPSs, then new ISPs would appear to fill that gap.
It is only available via either the Advanced Search page or the Images page.
One interesting thing about this.. What if I receive an e-mail from someone that I would normally not mind getting e-mail from, but this one is one I do object to? Examples might be my girlfriend's break-up note, her father's threatening letter, or her mother's Cracker Barrel chain letter.
It seems to me that the problem with this idea is that the cable companies will have likely thought of it. I imagine if anyone provided this service, they would have it chock to the gills with next generation Macrovision style copy protection.
When reading their site a few minutes ago, I saw the latest concession they are making to try to become more compliant. They have stated they are going to pull the GPL'ed dlls out of the primary setup and make them an optional "plug-in" with a seperate setup. This seems fair to me, and while IANAL, it seems to hold true to the spirit of the GPL. Now while I didn't see their website before the fit hit the shan (although I did check Google's cache and it was the same), their credits page seems *very* upfront about what they did and to a common bloke like me, seems like they are at least attempting to be GPL compliant. What do y'all think?
To each his own opinion I guess, although, I feel your biggest problem in this regard is that you were just unlucky to pick up a left thumb space habit instead of the right thumb. :)
I knew about the shift key, but unfortunately, it still doesn't help with having to correct keystrokes (Unless you count using arrow left then delete which would be 3 extra keys for a one character mistake).
OMG, how useful.. I didn't know shift space did that! Thanks! I just checked and noticed that I have a habit of using my left thumb when doing a shift-space. I use that combo frequently when coding in MSDev. (Keyword completion)
I guess so. :) I didn't know what to call it which is why I opted for RSS instead.
Great... Now I can get RSS in my ankles as well as my wrists and shoulder. ::GriN::
A while back I had a split keyboard from Compaq that did something I considered unusual. It split the space bar like the MS "Natural" approach, but instead of both sides being a space, the left side was a backspace just like this person's invention.
Having learning typing in an actual class, I already had the "right thumb for space" behavior learned, and I have to say I really enjoyed the new backspace! (Note, the keyboard still had the traditional backspace as well which is something this one is lacking I feel.)
If you are using the num pad, it is *extremely* inconvenient to have to totally disrupt your number entry to backspace. With this layout, it increased my number entry signifigantly. I suspect with just a little adjustment, it would be just as convenient on this layout as well.
While reading An Introduction to Microsoft HailStorm, I came across this interesting section, titled The HailStorm Business that describes Microsoft's commitment to profiting from their <sarcasm level="extreme">wonderful</sarcasm> service by charging both users and developers rather than continuing with the free service methods used by hotmail.
Deja is one of the tools available in that almost useful search bar in IE. I wonder if this will be an inline to getting Google listed as one of the search sites.. That would actually encourage me to use it... Although the GoogleBar is still so friggin powerful it amazes me. ::GriN::