I was going to mod you down, why ? do you want to prove something ?
but instead I'll be informative. So you prefer getting new karma than burning others ?
Spyware can be detected by checking the network connections, and/or sniffing packets. Yep, at one moment or one another, there is a (eventually set of) fixed server(s) in a p2p session, what about sending some encrypted data a this moment ?
I'm sure somewhere out there (people who work for kolla.de or lavasoft) people are already doing this. You can't hide spyware from a hacker. if KaZaA themselves encrypt the few packets you'll target to their servers, you may have a surprise, especially if they simulate some peers which'd be other recipients for such packets. unless your perception of KaZaA is religious, you should reckon you don't have a really good reason to just trust them... you can't hide spyware from a hacker, probably not in the long term, but you can still have some fun with them before they realise they've been had.
If you don't know anything about what I'm saying, try netstat -a at a command prompt (dos) you can see your incoming/outgoing connections. Thanks, I am the root of one of the biggest Swiss companies, I'm sure I can get to your point, even though I still maintain mine : I DON'T trust them à priori.
If you do it with Cydoor enabled kazaa, you'll notice some shifty odd IP addresses, which you can investigate further by jumping on a linux box and 'dig'-ing for the source, or nslookup them on you windows box (far less complete) to see who is connected to you. Some programs may hide spyware in the connection to their servers, which would be the way that it would have to in the new Kazaa in order to appear spyware free, but the guys with the packet sniffers would eventually dig this out as well. If they say it's spyware free, they'd better not be lying, becasue they will eventually be exposed. Then bought by another company... Or napster-ized : what does the words "longevity" and "quality" mean in our modern computing context ?
The fact is, AdAware found it and removed it. You check back a few weeks later and it was back. How is that AdAware's fault?
This is not the problem : I was just telling I can't rely on Ad Aware regarding the spywares detection/eradication ; if it can't detect what caused the install, then it obviously only works on a punctual basis and not as a permanent protection. Now, what if K++ is a sleeping-spyware ?
I once ran it on my home PC, it found the infamous Gator and claimed it had removed it. 2 weeks later, it (same version, same install) found it again even though I had only been using Phoenix in the meantime. So, please, understand I do not trust AdAware *that* much.
Sorry, but if you "need" the driver which doesn't exist in a Free Version, just taint your kernel and accept whatever technical issues with this.
I guess this is becoming ridiculous to read such statements, it's like those Jehova Witnesses who can't take any medication if they're ill because their faith is against such necessity.
The first Freedom that Free Software should bring would be the Freedom to choose. If you don't have a choice, whether commercial or not, then consider the risk and do with what you have.
In the current situation, the main hazard would be to make a compromise, but if it's the only way to make it work, then...
(1) It would be just as silly for me to say "I've been to Paris twice, (2) so I know what French people are all about, arrogant and stinky!"
well, if you've been there 2 x 9 months, this'd be equivalent:)
well, I somehow agree with you but as I am French, I could also tell you they have some really valuable other aspects, like irony, self-criticism (what we call "remise en cause"), DIY, charm, good taste, humor and the ability not to feel outraged if somebody shout at them...
BTW, I was working for this Corp in Germany. We all (including Englishs, Indians, Arabs, Germans, Italians, Belgians, Scandinavians,...) felt concerned about both my above point and this typical intercultural management model.
They once warned them, then the public about their feeble rot13 encryption scheme. They got busted because of the DMCA. Now, they do it again. I guess Dmitri should avoid the USA during the next months, otherwise, he'll soon understand that in Soviet American Corps, sucees is not a matter of technical excellency but rather a matter of negociation skills and of litigation. So, why should Adobe managers solve this "bug" when they'll get promoted by complaining about a "criminal offense" ?
(Note to the mods: I have been hard-working during 18 months in an American Corp, I know what it is about.)
Why ? I just observe a fact. There was a time when I thought people would be interested in marvels such as this one (I did not say it was not a nice thing) but after careful observation, I realized most of them rather prefer what won't frighten them.
Now, as I mentioned previously, this device would not sell that much, it's like a blood pressure device : one is enough for all the neighbourhood.
[note to the parent's parent moderator] So, how's that a troll if this is just my observation on which bio app would seriously sell millions ?
It took only few seconds of reflection before I decided this could be the killer biotech app which is needed for the dot-bio boom everyone keeps predicting someday.
Sorry, people are rather interested in themselves, not in charity.
I guess, they'd rather want the imaginary watch which is described here.
(Or maybe directly some pills that'd consumme the extra calories and toxins we eat day after day so that we all end looking like the heroes of this movie)
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It's funny they'd mentioned Ben Franklin on this poster, I just thought he was the one who stole Nikola Tesla's work ?
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I wouldn't like to try playing Quake III on a PIII/600 era PC
This was OK on my P3/600 laptop, in 1024x768 res.
Now 11kmh is not especially a bus speed but would let one cross Paris in exactly one hour (Paris is 10~11km wide), a little more than now, using the metro.
Geez, who has the time to sort through all this stuff? Data-corelating programs... From time to time, I guess they trigger some "statistically dangerous situation" alarm... if they can detect that 2 peoples who bought a gun are approaching a populated area, this may light some red lamp somewhere... But, hey, I am not a black-helicopter worshiper, I don't care what they know or not because in a capitalist society, the fact is they'll also change and even monitoring's monitored from time to time.
rejection rate of less than 0.5 % So, that means in doubt they should burn 3 more CDs to have the 500 required. Will this help them benefit from the 501-1000-unit batch cheaper than the 1-500-unit one ?
I kinda like mine : bigger than a telly, colorfull, a 3000:1 contrast. It is IMHO better than an LCD-projector picture and more responsive than a TFT screen but we took it because it was cheap, it didn't imply paying TV taxes (no tuner inside) and it was also convenient to use and space saving.
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I was going to mod you down,
.
why ?
do you want to prove something ?
but instead I'll be informative.
So you prefer getting new karma than burning others ?
Spyware can be detected by checking the network connections, and/or sniffing packets.
Yep, at one moment or one another, there is a (eventually set of) fixed server(s) in a p2p session, what about sending some encrypted data a this moment ?
I'm sure somewhere out there (people who work for kolla.de or lavasoft) people are already doing this. You can't hide spyware from a hacker.
if KaZaA themselves encrypt the few packets you'll target to their servers, you may have a surprise, especially if they simulate some peers which'd be other recipients for such packets.
unless your perception of KaZaA is religious, you should reckon you don't have a really good reason to just trust them...
you can't hide spyware from a hacker, probably not in the long term, but you can still have some fun with them before they realise they've been had.
If you don't know anything about what I'm saying, try netstat -a at a command prompt (dos) you can see your incoming/outgoing connections.
Thanks, I am the root of one of the biggest Swiss companies, I'm sure I can get to your point, even though I still maintain mine : I DON'T trust them à priori
If you do it with Cydoor enabled kazaa, you'll notice some shifty odd IP addresses, which you can investigate further by jumping on a linux box and 'dig'-ing for the source, or nslookup them on you windows box (far less complete) to see who is connected to you. Some programs may hide spyware in the connection to their servers, which would be the way that it would have to in the new Kazaa in order to appear spyware free, but the guys with the packet sniffers would eventually dig this out as well. If they say it's spyware free, they'd better not be lying, becasue they will eventually be exposed.
Then bought by another company...
Or napster-ized : what does the words "longevity" and "quality" mean in our modern computing context ?
OK, then it might not be the best way to prevent oneself from being spied on. ...
Maybe one could prefer to couple it with http://www.zonealarm.com
The fact is, AdAware found it and removed it. You check back a few weeks later and it was back. How is that AdAware's fault?
This is not the problem : I was just telling I can't rely on Ad Aware regarding the spywares detection/eradication ; if it can't detect what caused the install, then it obviously only works on a punctual basis and not as a permanent protection.
Now, what if K++ is a sleeping-spyware ?
I once ran it on my home PC, it found the infamous Gator and claimed it had removed it.
2 weeks later, it (same version, same install) found it again even though I had only been using Phoenix in the meantime.
So, please, understand I do not trust AdAware *that* much.
No spyware ?
How can you be *that* sure it doesn't include these ?
Actually, that would rather be Lunix which is a c64 port of Linux...
Sorry, but if you "need" the driver which doesn't exist in a Free Version, just taint your kernel and accept whatever technical issues with this.
I guess this is becoming ridiculous to read such statements, it's like those Jehova Witnesses who can't take any medication if they're ill because their faith is against such necessity.
The first Freedom that Free Software should bring would be the Freedom to choose.
If you don't have a choice, whether commercial or not, then consider the risk and do with what you have.
In the current situation, the main hazard would be to make a compromise, but if it's the only way to make it work, then...
This can't be : it was supposed to be manuscript, not typed !? :)
BTW, I was working for this Corp in Germany. We all (including Englishs, Indians, Arabs, Germans, Italians, Belgians, Scandinavians,
Answer them you didn't learn to read to lose your time reading such idiocies :)
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No, seriously : I'll only consider downmod fair if it's being done by a mod who can prove me he *always* read entire EULAs before agreeing
They once warned them, then the public about their feeble rot13 encryption scheme.
They got busted because of the DMCA.
Now, they do it again.
I guess Dmitri should avoid the USA during the next months, otherwise, he'll soon understand that in Soviet American Corps, sucees is not a matter of technical excellency but rather a matter of negociation skills and of litigation.
So, why should Adobe managers solve this "bug" when they'll get promoted by complaining about a "criminal offense" ?
(Note to the mods: I have been hard-working during 18 months in an American Corp, I know what it is about.)
So, was the submitter subliminally associating a Geek with some punk ?
Last time I checked it consisted of 2 different things (not incompatible, BTW).
Why ?
I just observe a fact.
There was a time when I thought people would be interested in marvels such as this one (I did not say it was not a nice thing) but after careful observation, I realized most of them rather prefer what won't frighten them.
Now, as I mentioned previously, this device would not sell that much, it's like a blood pressure device : one is enough for all the neighbourhood.
[note to the parent's parent moderator] So, how's that a troll if this is just my observation on which bio app would seriously sell millions ?
It took only few seconds of reflection before I decided this could be the killer biotech app which is needed for the dot-bio boom everyone keeps predicting someday.
Sorry, people are rather interested in themselves, not in charity.
I guess, they'd rather want the imaginary watch which is described here.
(Or maybe directly some pills that'd consumme the extra calories and toxins we eat day after day so that we all end looking like the heroes of this movie)
It's funny they'd mentioned Ben Franklin on this poster, I just thought he was the one who stole Nikola Tesla's work ?
There also the Tompox mix.
BTW, here are other contributions to RMS art by Tompox
Would it be stored in an ASIC ? :)
what is a subset of BASIC ? "BAS" or "SIC" ?
I wouldn't like to try playing Quake III on a PIII/600 era PC
This was OK on my P3/600 laptop, in 1024x768 res.
Now 11kmh is not especially a bus speed but would let one cross Paris in exactly one hour (Paris is 10~11km wide), a little more than now, using the metro.
http://salbatar.free.fr/slashshirt.png
The ThinkGeek "First Post" T-Shirt ? :)
I wanted one !
Geez, who has the time to sort through all this stuff?
Data-corelating programs...
From time to time, I guess they trigger some "statistically dangerous situation" alarm...
if they can detect that 2 peoples who bought a gun are approaching a populated area, this may light some red lamp somewhere...
But, hey, I am not a black-helicopter worshiper, I don't care what they know or not because in a capitalist society, the fact is they'll also change and even monitoring's monitored from time to time.
rejection rate of less than 0.5 %
So, that means in doubt they should burn 3 more CDs to have the 500 required.
Will this help them benefit from the 501-1000-unit batch cheaper than the 1-500-unit one ?
yep, but at list I won't fall in the consumerist logic : I won't pay a little more for something I don't want.
I kinda like mine : bigger than a telly, colorfull, a 3000:1 contrast.
It is IMHO better than an LCD-projector picture and more responsive than a TFT screen but we took it because it was cheap, it didn't imply paying TV taxes (no tuner inside) and it was also convenient to use and space saving.