If you configure your VoIP phone for DHCP from, say...CoffeeShop/Hotel/Home/Wherever - the DHCP server has "extentions" to give the physical address of it's location. DHCP is low scoped enough to where it could do that. Cable/DSL providers, that give DHCP to many different physical addresses can configure their DHCP server to recognize the MAC (mostly used in cable networks for authentication) or PPPoE authentication info to tie physical address information to an IP address.
It would take more than 120 days, but I think it would be more universally accepted than forcing it upon many different types of providers and hoping for the best. There's no way they could find them all.
The problem with the coffee commercials are that people ALREADY KNOW it's about coffee. Think about a coffee commercial about a new brand called "Smiths". If they don't show the coffee, or even a coffee cup, and just say at the end "Buy Smith's"... who's gonna know what the hell it is??
For something as "complicated" as installing an alternative web browser on your computer, the ads need to give people an idea of what they're going to get. The few people that actually do a google search for "Firefox" probably won't even download it.
Anyway, the videos are funny... but they're going to confuse the normal people. Who thinks everyone knows what Firefox is? And even if they've heard of it, do they know it's free? These videos don't even explain what the people are doing on their computers. Normal people will think "what the.." and then go back to whatever they were doing.
Horrible, horrible advertising techniques!! Come on guys, stop thinking inside your own boxes!
I just installed Ubuntu last night, which is based on Debian. It is Debian, with what you really want in it that isn't. Hardware detection, modern packages.
I love how everyone who finds it necessary to comment on the sig never seems to take into consideration that some people have their own *NIX workstations at work.;)
Oooooh, you have your own *NIX workstatation at WORK? Impressive!
I was just pointing out some errors in your rm syntax. You don't have to get all huffy about it.:-P
While I agree with you, I think it's best to use open arms etc. It is good for us on many levels for companies to do this, ulteria motives or not.
Use open arms? Look at where this gets Microsoft users, say, when they upgrade to SP2. "Oh, they say it's great, they have a new security panel, blah blah.." and then they wonder why their computer performance decreases.
I say be pessimistic. I (not jokingly) believe that open source works very well when people are pessimistic about who/what they allow in/out of the community - be it code, representatives, or anything else. Pessimism encourages verification. Make CA walk the walk, and *then* we'll give them credit.
This might be a little OT, but I've been thinking about this, and I'm not sure if there is something like it...Think a global repository (Thunderbird style) of spam, which your e-mail client feeds off of. You mark something as junk, and it uploads that addition to the DB that everyone else feeds off of in realtime. Wouldn't this work? Wouldn't it virtually eliminate spam (or at least cut it back DRASTICALLY)..? You could even go a step further to allow SMTP servers to access the list as well, and nuke spam before it even gets to the end user.
I haven't fammiliarized myself with any one of them... And I wouldn't be able to, since I'm not a programmer, either. I just think that when I hear something like "Spoofing entire address bar made easy", and it's IE specific, you assume it's NOT HTML/HTTP/any specific protocol/plugin specific (standards), so you assume further that it's the fault of the MS programmers and the bloat of IE, in their piss war with other browsers. And when you think about THAT for a second or two, you wonder just how hard it is to follow a standard and still make a good product.
And then I think about Firefox, and it all makes sense.
Yes, and outside of nerdville, who gives a shit about Firefox?
Just about everyone I install Firefox for (almost all non-geeks)... People who don't give a shit just plain don't know about it. Firefox is faster, it has a nicer interface, and prevents things like popups and bad security practice within the browser environment. The people that start using Firefox by force (by me) usually thank me profusely and rave to me (and their other non-geek friends) about it within 30 minutes of using it.
Plus, just look at the themes!! Who doesn't like themes??
To me, whenever I see a vulnerability article for IE on Slashdot, I say to myself "Man...why does that seem like it's such a trivial programming error to fix?" as opposed to when there's a vulneraibility to Firefox/all browsers, when it's something like "Wow, someone really took some time to craft that one out"...just a thought.
About 3 years ago, I saw a project/demo for a 3d filebrowser/viewer that represented a globe. The files and directories were represented as text, sticking up from the globe, and when you drug the globe around, the particular files/directories zoomed in so you could examine them further. I, for the life of me, cannot find that project - I can't remember the name. When I saw it, though, I thought "Wow..I can't wait until this project is more stable, because I will use it." It was utterly and insanely easy to find files. Does someone know what I'm talking about?
The United States of America (USA) 'runs' on money. Cash. Credit. Status.
Anything can happen when you're rich. You can be president, the head of an national power company, or even the supposed 'good guy' in the fight against Internet freedom from solicitation.
Slashdot Mirror
My fiancee had an m105 with the capacitor problem. We couldn't even get $20 at a garage sale for it, so we traded it to a friend for a bunny.
$*(#!@ing bunnies...
From the article:
...some brain-damaged people can't comprehend sarcasm
w00t! I SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL! So much has been explained to my fragile little mind...
If you configure your VoIP phone for DHCP from, say...CoffeeShop/Hotel/Home/Wherever - the DHCP server has "extentions" to give the physical address of it's location. DHCP is low scoped enough to where it could do that. Cable/DSL providers, that give DHCP to many different physical addresses can configure their DHCP server to recognize the MAC (mostly used in cable networks for authentication) or PPPoE authentication info to tie physical address information to an IP address.
It would take more than 120 days, but I think it would be more universally accepted than forcing it upon many different types of providers and hoping for the best. There's no way they could find them all.
omputer doohickey does things on the box with colors in it.
3. ???
"Wow. this TV has words on it.." - Homestar
The problem with the coffee commercials are that people ALREADY KNOW it's about coffee. Think about a coffee commercial about a new brand called "Smiths". If they don't show the coffee, or even a coffee cup, and just say at the end "Buy Smith's"... who's gonna know what the hell it is??
For something as "complicated" as installing an alternative web browser on your computer, the ads need to give people an idea of what they're going to get. The few people that actually do a google search for "Firefox" probably won't even download it.
(Yes, that's a FG pun)
Anyway, the videos are funny... but they're going to confuse the normal people. Who thinks everyone knows what Firefox is? And even if they've heard of it, do they know it's free? These videos don't even explain what the people are doing on their computers. Normal people will think "what the.." and then go back to whatever they were doing.
Horrible, horrible advertising techniques!! Come on guys, stop thinking inside your own boxes!
Hey this site sure shows what Darth does in his off-time...
I just installed Ubuntu last night, which is based on Debian. It is Debian, with what you really want in it that isn't. Hardware detection, modern packages.
Time brings change!
I love how everyone who finds it necessary to comment on the sig never seems to take into consideration that some people have their own *NIX workstations at work. ;)
:-P
Oooooh, you have your own *NIX workstatation at WORK? Impressive!
I was just pointing out some errors in your rm syntax. You don't have to get all huffy about it.
With windows, you have windows.
:-P
http://www.shellfront.org/
Enough said.
BUT having said that, I still use Linux, so I still officially don't give a crap about Windows shells.
I work in I.T. Don't make me rm -r / you.
Ugh!
1) You really wanna hold down the Y button while it asks you to delete every file??
2) Are you calling ME root? I thought YOU were the one working in IT, you IT worker you!
While I agree with you, I think it's best to use open arms etc. It is good for us on many levels for companies to do this, ulteria motives or not.
Use open arms? Look at where this gets Microsoft users, say, when they upgrade to SP2. "Oh, they say it's great, they have a new security panel, blah blah.." and then they wonder why their computer performance decreases.
I say be pessimistic. I (not jokingly) believe that open source works very well when people are pessimistic about who/what they allow in/out of the community - be it code, representatives, or anything else. Pessimism encourages verification. Make CA walk the walk, and *then* we'll give them credit.
Imagine a reality show based on this...
"Coming up, we'll have Windows eat a big bowl of fried portscans!!!"
*circus music*
"And after the break, Linux will jump off of the gigantic Mount Exploit!"
*dark piano music*
(Reality check): It would probably fall off the air for requiring someone to think, though...
"Hey kids, looks like you're about ready to infect!"
"YEAH!"
"Better use Trojan, the world's most trusted MSAntiSpywareDisabler!"
"YEAH!"
"...Now with extra lubricant!"
"...."
I bet all that Russian hacker code has some cool comments...
"In Soviet Russia, the code comments YOU!"
(the faint, whining bugle sounds)
He forgot Poland!! How can my opponent run a country when he doesn't remember POLAND?
This might be a little OT, but I've been thinking about this, and I'm not sure if there is something like it...Think a global repository (Thunderbird style) of spam, which your e-mail client feeds off of. You mark something as junk, and it uploads that addition to the DB that everyone else feeds off of in realtime. Wouldn't this work? Wouldn't it virtually eliminate spam (or at least cut it back DRASTICALLY)..? You could even go a step further to allow SMTP servers to access the list as well, and nuke spam before it even gets to the end user.
"An audio account of the closing can be heard at NPR."
Let's just hope they're not on those old-ass reel-to-reel tapes. Those things SUCKED!
I haven't fammiliarized myself with any one of them... And I wouldn't be able to, since I'm not a programmer, either. I just think that when I hear something like "Spoofing entire address bar made easy", and it's IE specific, you assume it's NOT HTML/HTTP/any specific protocol/plugin specific (standards), so you assume further that it's the fault of the MS programmers and the bloat of IE, in their piss war with other browsers. And when you think about THAT for a second or two, you wonder just how hard it is to follow a standard and still make a good product.
And then I think about Firefox, and it all makes sense.
Yes, and outside of nerdville, who gives a shit about Firefox?
Just about everyone I install Firefox for (almost all non-geeks)... People who don't give a shit just plain don't know about it. Firefox is faster, it has a nicer interface, and prevents things like popups and bad security practice within the browser environment. The people that start using Firefox by force (by me) usually thank me profusely and rave to me (and their other non-geek friends) about it within 30 minutes of using it.
Plus, just look at the themes!! Who doesn't like themes??
To me, whenever I see a vulnerability article for IE on Slashdot, I say to myself "Man...why does that seem like it's such a trivial programming error to fix?" as opposed to when there's a vulneraibility to Firefox/all browsers, when it's something like "Wow, someone really took some time to craft that one out"...just a thought.
About 3 years ago, I saw a project/demo for a 3d filebrowser/viewer that represented a globe. The files and directories were represented as text, sticking up from the globe, and when you drug the globe around, the particular files/directories zoomed in so you could examine them further. I, for the life of me, cannot find that project - I can't remember the name. When I saw it, though, I thought "Wow..I can't wait until this project is more stable, because I will use it." It was utterly and insanely easy to find files. Does someone know what I'm talking about?
The United States of America (USA) 'runs' on money. Cash. Credit. Status.
Anything can happen when you're rich. You can be president, the head of an national power company, or even the supposed 'good guy' in the fight against Internet freedom from solicitation.
Wouldn't it be nice to test this theory on the great W. Bush?
... Can you make sure they're on tight? I'm not getting a reading here.
Doctor: Ok, put the probes on the president, Norma.
Norma: They are on, sir.
Doctor:
Norma: Yes sir, they're on tight.
Doctor: Mr. Bush, can you please tell us why we are at war with Iraq.
Dub'ya: They are a terrorist harboring nation with weapons of mass destruction! Yeehaw!
Doctor: Norma, can you turn down the sensor sensitivity, please? My reader just crashed.
Dub'ya: Yee-haw!!
But will the FREGGIN' SHARKS with FREGGIN' LASER BEAMS coming out of their FREGGIN' HEADS have 500GB FREGGIN' capacity?