Seriously. I and many others rip CDs for my own use on my own computer. If it's unrippable I won't buy it, and I feel that I HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW if that is the case.
Someone needs to start a "Copy-Protected CD Blacklist" online. Cryptome perhaps?
Thank you. All of this pro-Microsoft PR shite ("It's a full Outlook client!" AS IF THAT DIDN'T SUCK BALLS) won't change the fact that Palm has won, and continues to win, because it's not bloated, heavy, overpriced, slow, and with short battery life.
I use Palm and like it for this reason, and I'd rather fight than switch. Palm: please DON'T be tempted to match MS/HP/CPQ feature for feature.
An 802.11 network outside the firewall may be open to abuse by warez kidz, but it won't be open to unauthorized access to your PRIVATE NETWORK that you've probably spent many $K to secure via firewalls and the like. Assume that ALL 802.11 traffic is public internet traffic, and then run IPSec over it for all private traffic, and you should be okay.
This comes up a lot, but I really agree. It would NOT be hard to add auto-mirror to Slash, which the user could turn off if he didn't like it (like the annoying little that comes with links now. Do it, Slash team, and we will love you forever! (Or at least bitch about it in a way that makes it clear we really love you.)
Okay, I actually agree with the guy that it's bad policy to monitor judges at work. But come on, dude, it's at work! It's the government's computer network! You shouldn't be surprised that some bureaucrat is watching you, if only "to maintain optimum network performance."
Seriously, any network use requiring privacy should be done on one's own connection. It's too bad, but even eloquently written letters decrying this fact won't change it.
Lomeiko acknowledged a problem with vacations.
Under Russian law each employee is entitled to 24 days
of paid holiday, but Plesk can't afford the disruption
that would bring, so the company tries to "limit"
vacations to 10 days. The work ethic here is pretty
intense.
I'm not one to crow about exploitation, but come on: they're paying Russian wages, can't they accept Russian vacations? It's not like 24 days is that much anyway, for most of the world.
Talk about a technology looking for a solution. My favorite anecdote is about American Express Blue - a recent article in the NY Times (I think) said that at one point they asked their vendor if they could make the card with a picture of the chip on it, instead of an actual chip. Why? Because it would have the same functionality at a significant cost savings!
Forget kiddie porn. The big threat is spam. Bad guy can drive or walk around all day grabbing IPs and sending emails using open SMTPs or spam tools from a little company in Russia we all know about.
Don't think it will happen? I bet, if freenets become more popular, someone builds a customized spamming laptop (802.11, long battery life - old 486 or Pentium subnotebook is fine) for this exclusive purpose and starts selling it on eBay. It wouldn't be difficult at all!
This is such old news. Of course people go to a few favorite sites! They have done so ever since bookmarks were invented. The fact that people don't "surf" as randomly as before is just an indication that they know what to look for.
Thank you. Editors: Goddammit, it's WHOM. For some reason, people have a REALLY HARD TIME with this simple word in this particular sentence. It happens all the time, despite the fact that it's clearly dead wrong!
Best example I can think of: the elder George Bush routinely asked "Who do you trust?" when running against Bill Clinton. Of course we know the outcome.
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Someone needs to start a "Copy-Protected CD Blacklist" online. Cryptome perhaps?
I use Palm and like it for this reason, and I'd rather fight than switch. Palm: please DON'T be tempted to match MS/HP/CPQ feature for feature.
An 802.11 network outside the firewall may be open to abuse by warez kidz, but it won't be open to unauthorized access to your PRIVATE NETWORK that you've probably spent many $K to secure via firewalls and the like. Assume that ALL 802.11 traffic is public internet traffic, and then run IPSec over it for all private traffic, and you should be okay.
Where were you when it was passed?
"People" already know - but submitters are slow. (And editors don't fix what they clearly should nix.)
This comes up a lot, but I really agree. It would NOT be hard to add auto-mirror to Slash, which the user could turn off if he didn't like it (like the annoying little that comes with links now. Do it, Slash team, and we will love you forever! (Or at least bitch about it in a way that makes it clear we really love you.)
NSCP is a pretty small division of that pretty big company...
LOL, mod up. Just like the old "Honor System Virus"!
Don't believe me?
GM = IBM
Ford = Dell
Chrysler = Compaq
Daimler = HP
VW = Apple
Toyota = Sony
Others = Clone Makers
but then again, why are we reading slashdot?
Seriously, any network use requiring privacy should be done on one's own connection. It's too bad, but even eloquently written letters decrying this fact won't change it.
Lomeiko acknowledged a problem with vacations. Under Russian law each employee is entitled to 24 days of paid holiday, but Plesk can't afford the disruption that would bring, so the company tries to "limit" vacations to 10 days. The work ethic here is pretty intense.
I'm not one to crow about exploitation, but come on: they're paying Russian wages, can't they accept Russian vacations? It's not like 24 days is that much anyway, for most of the world.
if my fridge suddenly got taken over by (filled with) Code Red!
umm, that's an old communications protocol. I think you mean 25X.
Talk about a technology looking for a solution. My favorite anecdote is about American Express Blue - a recent article in the NY Times (I think) said that at one point they asked their vendor if they could make the card with a picture of the chip on it, instead of an actual chip. Why? Because it would have the same functionality at a significant cost savings!
Don't think it will happen? I bet, if freenets become more popular, someone builds a customized spamming laptop (802.11, long battery life - old 486 or Pentium subnotebook is fine) for this exclusive purpose and starts selling it on eBay. It wouldn't be difficult at all!
you don't have to reboot win 98
Because your version crashes far less often than the one I tried recently (for MacOS 9)?
What a flamebait headline. Kind of surprising for InfoWorld - usually they try just a little to sound pro-consumer. Maybe Ed Foster was on vacation?
This is such old news. Of course people go to a few favorite sites! They have done so ever since bookmarks were invented. The fact that people don't "surf" as randomly as before is just an indication that they know what to look for.
PDA spreads cooties for free, last time I checked.
Best example I can think of: the elder George Bush routinely asked "Who do you trust?" when running against Bill Clinton. Of course we know the outcome.
Why? Because they can. Damn tinpot bureaucrats.
But isn't that what RIAA wants? They want to kill the competition, right?