Isn't this akin to saying "anyone who doesn't personally inspect architectural component X deserves to have their house collapse on them"? No. Would you move into a house knowing it was completely dryrotted and could collapse at any moment, with even the slightest breeze? That's like using Windows without spending 10 minutes tidying up all the open ends Microsoft ships their OS's with.
Microsoft isn't secure like Unix/Linux/BSD is. But it can become far more secure than it is out of the box.
No, what makes people stupid is their lack of interest in security and their incessant ranting about the lack of Microsoft's security stance. My point is it is ignorant to leave open 75 TCP/IP ports for services that aren't being used. What's worse is that 10 minutes of research could prevent 90% of most virus' spreading.
It's not akin to a random driveby shooting. It's closer to living in a gang neighborhood and leaving the front door open with the porch light on.
In case you hadn't noticed, few virus writers are developing malicious code. It would appear that most of the internet worms of late are fairly innocuous, and their only design feature is the ability to replicate itself. However, there are others that send random files by e-mail to random people. That was kind of funny. No, if someone wanted to write some really mean code, they'd set up a worm that would find and infect at least a few hosts, and then destroy it's host OS. It wouldn't spread as fast as non-destructive worms, but it'd cause a lot of trouble for a lot of people.
Personally, this RPC bug doesn't really get me thinking much. Anyone stupid enough to allow incoming RPC packets from the internet deserves what they've got coming. Now, on the otherhand, if a live exploit for BGP4 was ever discovered and published, we'd be in a world of hurt for quite a while.
Do some research. NCR makes ATM machines. NCR makes POS(Point Of Sale) machines. They used to make networking equipment for their products(who knows if they still do). They aren't necessarily evil. They are broke. Doesn't make it right though.
They are nowhere near as bad as Microsoft. But, if corporations continue to bend over, they might get that bad.
They are licensing the technology from NCR. I guess this way ended up cheaper than the lawsuit. That's sad too. The board of directors looked at the two options and chose the cheaper option, not the right one.
In this case, doing the Right Thing(TM) cost more than doing the cheap and easy thing. It's sad because they can afford to license this technology from NCR, yet many small companies are left in the dust. And, the fact that they are now licensing these frivolous patents only gives the patents credibility, making it even harder for the little guy to escape.
I realize, corporations are financially self-serving; but that doesn't make it right.
And while they might have the right to observe me on the plane, they have no right to keep documentation of that observation once I leave the plane. Nope. You're wrong. The thing is, if you are warned in advance of the videotaping, you consent to it's creation. Your presence on the plane is implied consent and you have no control over the tape or it's usage.
By that logic, Segregated Airlines should be able to ask all blacks to please move to the back of the plane. Not exactly. They still cannot discriminate based on legally protected characteristics. See this comment here.
This is a lot like contracts. There are some rights you can give up in a contract, and some that you cannot. Likewise, there are some things you can do if you warn someone, and some things you cannot.
This change of policy by Southeast has no privacy implications. They alread keep a detailed log of your flight activity, probably indefinitely. All airlines do this. The fact that they will videotape the flight only means that they will catch you picking your nose when no one is looking.
Why does this bother anyone? They already have your flight information on file, where it will likely stay forever. They probably have to keep the flight passenger lists anyways to comply with the law. So, it's not like this is a change of how your movements are monitored. I'll be redundant here: You have no right to privacy on someone elses private property, except where excluded by law.
The DMCA is a special case, and isn't(probably) a precedent in this case. The DMCA would only apply to smart card writers if that was their primary purpose. Seeing that there are a number of good uses for smart card writers, the DMCA might not apply. One of the reasons DeCSS was on shaky ground was the fact that there are only two uses for it: copying + reading DVD's. If a sufficient number of defendants go to court with proof that they used the device for something other than pirating sat signals, it will set precedent for the rest of the cases to get thrown out before even reaching trial. Remember: If this was to be litigated soley based on the DMCA, DirecTV would likely have sued and shut down all of the smart card programmer manufacturers.
This smart card users vs. DirectTV should be far more interesting. You're right about one thing: Most of those 9,000 cases won't go to court. I'm betting most will be settled, probably for less than they are asking. Most people don't have the time or money to persue litigation in a federal court.
The whole thing is horse shit. It won't pass. Repeat this with me: It Will Not Pass. Maybe a derivative of the bill. In it's current form, it will not pass. It is prior restraint. Even if it did pass, this bill is so extreme that it would be struck down quite quickly. But, alas, another bill would be right behind it with more 'acceptable' terms.
So, who cares if it passes anyways. They can't imprison 65 million citizens. And, threat of imprisonment obviously won't stop people, copyright violations are already felonies. It has to do with 'immediacy of threat'. Look at why so many people still smoke cigarettes; it will kill them. But it won't kill them today. Much the same way, people will continue to use P2P until the threat is so great that they don't feel that they will get 'away' with it.
I'm almost positive slutie isn't a word. However, the context would imply you were attempting to write the word slutty. It's ok. It's one of those words you probably use every day, but almost never have to write out.
Even if you hate IRIX, you can always keep it plugged in as a space heater. The newest Onyx4 Power puts off over 5000 BTU/hr. That's better than the spaceheater in my house!
Robbie Williams is not unknown in the US. He has had several singles released, several music videos made, and many albums sold. We 'mericans just aren't fanatic about him like them european folk.
Laziness is a finely acquired art. Computer programming is very much related. The previous posts would make you think there is only two ways of doing things: Right and slow, or half-right and fast. In reality, there is a wide spectrum of correctness, all inversely correlated to the amount of time spent.
My point is, you must find that perfect balance. You want to do it correct; at least to the extent that you don't have to redo it. That is the point at which the least time is spent on a project. If you have to come back to it, you didn't get it right the first time.
Doing anything once, is always better than doing anything twice.
Because, extortion is to make a demand and a threat. The threat must be threat of an illegal action. In this case, the exploit they released is probably not illegal because it does not enable someone to play unlicensed, or pirated games. It only enables Linux to be loaded. However, that interpretation could be wrong, as the exploit released could be modified to allow the playing of pirated games, thus qualifying it as a technology further enabling someone to pirate games.
Even if it were in the US, the DMCA might not apply to this version of the exploit. If another version was released, that did allow the playing of pirated games, the DMCA would likely apply.
If MS has no legal recourse because of geopolitical boundaries, they will likely ignore it for now, and patch up the XBox Dashboard to prevent usage of the exploit on all XBox units built in the future.
Are you speaking of the Microsoft Wireless Base Station? A wireless 802.11b enabled, 4 port router? Please, do some research before you speak. It, in fact does have a web based admin system. It is also far more versatile than the shitty broadband manager that it installs for XP. You can set up things like application-triggered and persistent port forwarding, DHCP server and client configuration, MAC access control lists, WEP, firewalling, whatever you want.
It is on 192.168.2.1:80, right where it belongs. I use my wireless base station all the time, from Linux. Somehow, it seems far to stable to actually be a MS product. Maybe I'll take a look inside, one of these days.
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Isn't this akin to saying "anyone who doesn't personally inspect architectural component X deserves to have their house collapse on them"?
No. Would you move into a house knowing it was completely dryrotted and could collapse at any moment, with even the slightest breeze? That's like using Windows without spending 10 minutes tidying up all the open ends Microsoft ships their OS's with.
Microsoft isn't secure like Unix/Linux/BSD is. But it can become far more secure than it is out of the box.
No, what makes people stupid is their lack of interest in security and their incessant ranting about the lack of Microsoft's security stance. My point is it is ignorant to leave open 75 TCP/IP ports for services that aren't being used. What's worse is that 10 minutes of research could prevent 90% of most virus' spreading.
It's not akin to a random driveby shooting. It's closer to living in a gang neighborhood and leaving the front door open with the porch light on.
In case you hadn't noticed, few virus writers are developing malicious code. It would appear that most of the internet worms of late are fairly innocuous, and their only design feature is the ability to replicate itself. However, there are others that send random files by e-mail to random people. That was kind of funny. No, if someone wanted to write some really mean code, they'd set up a worm that would find and infect at least a few hosts, and then destroy it's host OS. It wouldn't spread as fast as non-destructive worms, but it'd cause a lot of trouble for a lot of people.
Personally, this RPC bug doesn't really get me thinking much. Anyone stupid enough to allow incoming RPC packets from the internet deserves what they've got coming. Now, on the otherhand, if a live exploit for BGP4 was ever discovered and published, we'd be in a world of hurt for quite a while.
Yawn. Looked like any other Microsoft security advisory. DCOM isn't new. Neither is this security threat.
When will people learn?
Do some research. NCR makes ATM machines. NCR makes POS(Point Of Sale) machines. They used to make networking equipment for their products(who knows if they still do). They aren't necessarily evil. They are broke. Doesn't make it right though.
They are nowhere near as bad as Microsoft. But, if corporations continue to bend over, they might get that bad.
They are licensing the technology from NCR. I guess this way ended up cheaper than the lawsuit. That's sad too. The board of directors looked at the two options and chose the cheaper option, not the right one.
In this case, doing the Right Thing(TM) cost more than doing the cheap and easy thing. It's sad because they can afford to license this technology from NCR, yet many small companies are left in the dust. And, the fact that they are now licensing these frivolous patents only gives the patents credibility, making it even harder for the little guy to escape.
I realize, corporations are financially self-serving; but that doesn't make it right.
Is that possible?
This is off their web site:
Value. Simplicity. Innovation.
Better:
Slamming. Theives. Liars.
Who cares. No one with half a brain listens to the group. Microsoft pays them well to say what they want.
And while they might have the right to observe me on the plane, they have no right to keep documentation of that observation once I leave the plane.
Nope. You're wrong. The thing is, if you are warned in advance of the videotaping, you consent to it's creation. Your presence on the plane is implied consent and you have no control over the tape or it's usage.
By that logic, Segregated Airlines should be able to ask all blacks to please move to the back of the plane.
Not exactly. They still cannot discriminate based on legally protected characteristics. See this comment here.
This is a lot like contracts. There are some rights you can give up in a contract, and some that you cannot. Likewise, there are some things you can do if you warn someone, and some things you cannot.
This change of policy by Southeast has no privacy implications. They alread keep a detailed log of your flight activity, probably indefinitely. All airlines do this. The fact that they will videotape the flight only means that they will catch you picking your nose when no one is looking.
Don't like it? Don't fly it.
Why does this bother anyone? They already have your flight information on file, where it will likely stay forever. They probably have to keep the flight passenger lists anyways to comply with the law. So, it's not like this is a change of how your movements are monitored.
I'll be redundant here: You have no right to privacy on someone elses private property, except where excluded by law.
No, a closer analogy would be:
My dog is dead.
You own a gun.
Therefore, you shot my dog.
The DMCA is a special case, and isn't(probably) a precedent in this case. The DMCA would only apply to smart card writers if that was their primary purpose. Seeing that there are a number of good uses for smart card writers, the DMCA might not apply. One of the reasons DeCSS was on shaky ground was the fact that there are only two uses for it: copying + reading DVD's. If a sufficient number of defendants go to court with proof that they used the device for something other than pirating sat signals, it will set precedent for the rest of the cases to get thrown out before even reaching trial. Remember: If this was to be litigated soley based on the DMCA, DirecTV would likely have sued and shut down all of the smart card programmer manufacturers.
This smart card users vs. DirectTV should be far more interesting. You're right about one thing: Most of those 9,000 cases won't go to court. I'm betting most will be settled, probably for less than they are asking. Most people don't have the time or money to persue litigation in a federal court.
The only reason this isn't a +5 Funny is it's too close to the truth to be funny; it's scary.
The whole thing is horse shit. It won't pass. Repeat this with me: It Will Not Pass. Maybe a derivative of the bill. In it's current form, it will not pass. It is prior restraint. Even if it did pass, this bill is so extreme that it would be struck down quite quickly. But, alas, another bill would be right behind it with more 'acceptable' terms.
So, who cares if it passes anyways. They can't imprison 65 million citizens. And, threat of imprisonment obviously won't stop people, copyright violations are already felonies. It has to do with 'immediacy of threat'. Look at why so many people still smoke cigarettes; it will kill them. But it won't kill them today. Much the same way, people will continue to use P2P until the threat is so great that they don't feel that they will get 'away' with it.
I'm almost positive slutie isn't a word. However, the context would imply you were attempting to write the word slutty. It's ok. It's one of those words you probably use every day, but almost never have to write out.
I'll forgive you.
Even if you hate IRIX, you can always keep it plugged in as a space heater. The newest Onyx4 Power puts off over 5000 BTU/hr. That's better than the spaceheater in my house!
(I confess, I usually click on every /.-story link)
This is *Slashdot*. We don't read articles. Please, either read the article or post a comment; you cannot do both.
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Robbie Williams is not unknown in the US. He has had several singles released, several music videos made, and many albums sold. We 'mericans just aren't fanatic about him like them european folk.
Laziness is a finely acquired art. Computer programming is very much related. The previous posts would make you think there is only two ways of doing things: Right and slow, or half-right and fast. In reality, there is a wide spectrum of correctness, all inversely correlated to the amount of time spent.
My point is, you must find that perfect balance. You want to do it correct; at least to the extent that you don't have to redo it. That is the point at which the least time is spent on a project. If you have to come back to it, you didn't get it right the first time.
Doing anything once, is always better than doing anything twice.
Repeat after me:
It isn't blackmail
It isn't blackmail
It isn't blackmail
Why?
Because, extortion is to make a demand and a threat. The threat must be threat of an illegal action. In this case, the exploit they released is probably not illegal because it does not enable someone to play unlicensed, or pirated games. It only enables Linux to be loaded. However, that interpretation could be wrong, as the exploit released could be modified to allow the playing of pirated games, thus qualifying it as a technology further enabling someone to pirate games.
Even if it were in the US, the DMCA might not apply to this version of the exploit. If another version was released, that did allow the playing of pirated games, the DMCA would likely apply.
If MS has no legal recourse because of geopolitical boundaries, they will likely ignore it for now, and patch up the XBox Dashboard to prevent usage of the exploit on all XBox units built in the future.
Are you speaking of the Microsoft Wireless Base Station? A wireless 802.11b enabled, 4 port router? Please, do some research before you speak. It, in fact does have a web based admin system. It is also far more versatile than the shitty broadband manager that it installs for XP. You can set up things like application-triggered and persistent port forwarding, DHCP server and client configuration, MAC access control lists, WEP, firewalling, whatever you want.
It is on 192.168.2.1:80, right where it belongs. I use my wireless base station all the time, from Linux. Somehow, it seems far to stable to actually be a MS product. Maybe I'll take a look inside, one of these days.