If they did anything at all to make it appear private then I would agree that it is trespassing. Do not broadcast SSID, use any form of encryption even if it sucks, or go full blown and secure it with a password that is printed on your receipt. But as it is, they're leaving the front door open with an automated greeting and a map of the house. And I don't see entering that house as trespassing.
It's a noun, being used to collectively refer to all Spyware programs.
From Wikipedia: "Common nouns may be capitalized when used as names for the entire class of such things." In this case, Spyware is being used as a name for an entire class of such programs, and is thus capitalized. That is vaguely familiar from an elementary school assignment of nearly 20 years ago. Thanks for doing the research (:
Jamie found an interesting story about how S pyware is still on the move. It talks about how S pyware vendors are trying to clean up their image, but still doing fishy things. It breaks down several common types of spyware and some analysis of each. How does spyware earn a capital s? I don't understand.
Instead of outright banning them why don't they send them to their own server? That way they can still keep track of who they are and perhaps not clue the modders in to the fact that MS knows that they've modded their box. MS could even run some well written bots to populate the server and totally kick the modders' asses. It could be a fun side project for the game developers (:
I've chosen to ween my regular free support requesters from their troublesome software, to eventually switch them to a Linux operating system all together.
First I've convinced them to use Firefox. I've gotten inconsistent results from users. But most are pleased. Next I've been talking people into ditching whatever mail provider they currently use, their ISP or Hotmail or whatever, in exchange for gmail. The results are generally positive. The last big hurdle for "average users" is a productivity sweet to replace MS Office (which I've found is rarely licensed anyway). OpenOffice.org works GREAT for about 99.99% of their uses and that last tiny bit can be done some other way. I've also personally had good results from Google's online stuff. But I haven't actually set anyone up using either of these solutions yet.
The last thing to do is install a free OS and let them keep using their existing apps and services. Personally I think that Google's solutions, Firefox, and Open Office are the best tool for converting troublesome 'computer dependents' to Linux, and eliminating the vast majority of our problems. The best part is, you can get them using all these options before you take Windows away from them.
Just because you're not paying for land-line service doesn't mean those wires in your walls need to go to waste, nor do you need to put up with lousy cell signals in your home. I'd like to see this sort of capability be far more prevalent in newer phones but my wife and I have discovered it's not very popular among the hardware manufacturers.
"For the desktop, Hilf sees a new frontier in terms of rich client programming. With more and more services by Amazon, Google, Yahoo and, of course, Microsoft being run as services rather than as software installed locally, it will be up to the desktop to provide richer functionality." The online services provided by Google and Yahoo are... wait for it... free software!
People aren't moving to online services. They're still moving to "free". Just happens it's online instead of locally installed. Woop-de-fucking-do.
I've often been made fun of for my casual use of a backward smile. If you assume that ":)" is the norm, which often translates to a smile image on forums, instant messages, and email, then my use of "(:" is backwards. I've even been told to "get your backward butt to smiley school, fool" by a friend on IRC many, many years ago.
Is there a definitive direction for smiles? Not that it'll change my mind.
Yes but when people finally go back to hating ipods (its only natural you just have to own one), you will have hated them before it was cool. You misunderstand. I don't, didn't?, hate the iPod. I just proclaimed that it wouldn't sell. It's a wonderful device - just that in 2001 the number of people wanting such a device couldn't make immediate use of the Apple iPod. For them it required additional purchases.
Haha thats great!!!!!!! You are such a prognosticator...how come some think tank hasn't snapped you up yet;) Well, in my defense, when I made that post in 2001 it was accurate and by 2005, four years later, when Apple corrected all the things that I complained about the iPod sales went through the fucking roof.
I'd like to see masses of Jedi and Sith battling over territory and the minds of the weak. It could actually be good. Jedi and Sith from all the familiar species and a bunch of new ones.
There was another technology built into Internet Explorer 4.0 that also died from lack of use. It was called "channels", and was very similar to RSS. Whoa... I thought I had dreamed that. Good to know I was having memories of reality instead of reoccurring dreams.
With few exceptions, and leaving aside a handful of loyal fanboys, the PS3's biggest problem is its price. We look for a Sony price cut later this year if sales stay ho-hum." Maybe I'm one of the few exceptions, but the price hasn't deterred me from the PS3 - the lack of games I want to play has. Actually it's kept me from buying any of the current consoles.
Lots of people are talking about all the technical reasons why everyone won't have a home server to replace online service and control their other devices, but how about the non-technical stuff. Like the fact that 99.9% of computer users have absolutely no clue what they're doing. They just send email and make text documents and spreadsheets. Setting up a home server, no matter how Apple-simple it gets, is a daunting task that frightens them even to think about. And coordinating it with all their other devices? Not likely. How about configuring it so you can access all your stuff from anywhere in the world? People would probably cease up and stop breathing. And there is no way, even for the most proficient of geeks, that any home user could provide themselves with as good of uptime as Google or Apple.
If it was not a minor they were talking to (but, instead a cop), then what crime was commited since no minor was exposed to the content? That would be "intent", which is in itself pretty bad and additionally punishable. Though not as severely.
" The reason Atari wanted me to design [Breakout] is they were tired of their games taking 150, 200 chips, and they knew I designed things with very few chips, so we had incentives for getting it under 50 or under 40 chips. That was my forte. Now I designed it, but it was... To save parts, I'll make no part go to waste and have tricky little designs that are hard for just a simple engineer to follow. Once you understand it, it's very easy because there's so few parts, it's easier to understand. But they had trouble understanding it." I know Woz is a super geek and everyone adores him. I do. I think he's a cool guy. But dammit he's hard to follow and generally rambles about things that don't matter. It's no wonder they had trouble understanding you, man! He's so full of thought, and has so much to say, that he can't get it out fast enough and he's on to something else.
I don't know if I'm paranoid or what, but pirated software in the office is a huge no-no for me. Administrating 30+ Windows workstations, 30+ Mac workstations, and 10-/+ servers I attempt to keep them clean of any incriminating bits. I just know that it would be 'my fault' if anything were to happen. But it gets tough keeping all the users from installing the latest versions of whatever software before we buy it, or software we simply don't own. I've check workstations after employees have left to find a plethora of illegal software - some of it being things they never even attempted to acquire legally through the company.
This really blows me away. We hired them to do a job using our tools and for whatever reason they've decided that that just isn't good enough. Suddenly there are various software packages on their computer that I did not provide and they're creating files that no one else can open. Then they leave and I'm forced to either continue stealing the software or purchase it just so we can manipulate the work they've done. Boot to the God Damned head, jackass. Thanks for ruining my day.
I've been out of a laptop since less than a year after I bought it. Apple refused to fix my G4 iBook after sending it to them twice. It's now more than two years old (maybe three?). If they fix the one I have it is old technology and pretty much useless to me now anyway. Are they required to refund my purchase? Or replace it with modern comparable equipment? Even a fully functioning G4 iBook is pretty crappy by today's standards.
I think it's fairly well accepted that all these products have issues. The problem here is that Apple isn't claiming responsibility. I am a Mac admin and we have one such G4 iBook. We sent it to Apple TWICE to get it fixed, both times they said, and I quote, "When it arrived here it was working properly. No warranty work performed" and returned it to me. This even though the unit's serial number fit a list posted on apple.com claiming it had faulty hardware that needed to be replaced.
Come the fuck on, Apple.
People bitch about Dell service all the time. The only trouble I've had was getting telephone support from someone I couldn't understand. I just hung up, called again and, like always, problem solved in 30 minutes.
So yes, we're aware that everyone has problems with their products. But they need to own up to them when they do - Apple is usually good about this. The G4 iBook is a very frustrating exception because there are so many of them.
The only way to completely secure a computer is to turn it off.
Instead of paying $39.95/year for a virus scanner license, $29.99/year for a firewall subscription, and $9.98/year for a spam filter, I think it would be far more effective for everyone to pool their money and hire hitmen to track down the 'bad people' and do 'bad things' to them. I bet you'd see the need for more secure computing go down. As it is now, they're not afraid of anything.
Marsellus: What now? Let me tell you what now. I'ma call a coupla hard, pipe-hittin' niggers, who'll go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass.
This kid doesn't deserve to be arrested. He doesn't deserve to be thrust into "Alternative Education". He deserves to have someone ask him why he built the school in a video game. Let a psychologist evaluate him, and then either medicate the kid or let him go back to class. Or maybe he needs to be groomed for architectural or video game design? If the map was good enough for people to recognize it and he made it by himself he's ahead of everyone I know in terms of user created game maps.
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If they did anything at all to make it appear private then I would agree that it is trespassing. Do not broadcast SSID, use any form of encryption even if it sucks, or go full blown and secure it with a password that is printed on your receipt. But as it is, they're leaving the front door open with an automated greeting and a map of the house. And I don't see entering that house as trespassing.
From Wikipedia: "Common nouns may be capitalized when used as names for the entire class of such things." In this case, Spyware is being used as a name for an entire class of such programs, and is thus capitalized. That is vaguely familiar from an elementary school assignment of nearly 20 years ago. Thanks for doing the research (:
Instead of outright banning them why don't they send them to their own server? That way they can still keep track of who they are and perhaps not clue the modders in to the fact that MS knows that they've modded their box. MS could even run some well written bots to populate the server and totally kick the modders' asses. It could be a fun side project for the game developers (:
I've chosen to ween my regular free support requesters from their troublesome software, to eventually switch them to a Linux operating system all together.
First I've convinced them to use Firefox. I've gotten inconsistent results from users. But most are pleased. Next I've been talking people into ditching whatever mail provider they currently use, their ISP or Hotmail or whatever, in exchange for gmail. The results are generally positive. The last big hurdle for "average users" is a productivity sweet to replace MS Office (which I've found is rarely licensed anyway). OpenOffice.org works GREAT for about 99.99% of their uses and that last tiny bit can be done some other way. I've also personally had good results from Google's online stuff. But I haven't actually set anyone up using either of these solutions yet.
The last thing to do is install a free OS and let them keep using their existing apps and services. Personally I think that Google's solutions, Firefox, and Open Office are the best tool for converting troublesome 'computer dependents' to Linux, and eliminating the vast majority of our problems. The best part is, you can get them using all these options before you take Windows away from them.
This has to be the biggest "duh factor" /. post I've ever seen. We, as a people, tend to move toward new technology, discarding the old.
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But it reminds me of two other posts which led to a purchase of mine.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/08/01422
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/26/1
Just because you're not paying for land-line service doesn't mean those wires in your walls need to go to waste, nor do you need to put up with lousy cell signals in your home. I'd like to see this sort of capability be far more prevalent in newer phones but my wife and I have discovered it's not very popular among the hardware manufacturers.
People aren't moving to online services. They're still moving to "free". Just happens it's online instead of locally installed. Woop-de-fucking-do.
http://www.greenhybrid.com/compare/mileage/
They've got a pretty impressive database of information going. I'd say lowering those two cars 11 and 12 miles per gallon is a bit aggressive.
I've often been made fun of for my casual use of a backward smile. If you assume that ":)" is the norm, which often translates to a smile image on forums, instant messages, and email, then my use of "(:" is backwards. I've even been told to "get your backward butt to smiley school, fool" by a friend on IRC many, many years ago.
Is there a definitive direction for smiles? Not that it'll change my mind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ipod_sales.svg
USB, proper Windows iTunes client, and the price was cut in half. Not to mention the hardware was about 1000x better.
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So how about it, Slashdot, lets start deleting old database entries.
I'd like to see masses of Jedi and Sith battling over territory and the minds of the weak. It could actually be good. Jedi and Sith from all the familiar species and a bunch of new ones.
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http://starwars.carrotnetwork.com/jediepisode2.jp
You know you want it too.
I tend to agree. Sometimes I forget to fast-forward, or sometimes there's an ad I actually want to see and choose to not fast-forward.
The problem isn't "ads". The problem is shitty ads. Good ads even have their own website!
http://veryfunnyads.com/
Make better games and I'll buy your console.
Lots of people are talking about all the technical reasons why everyone won't have a home server to replace online service and control their other devices, but how about the non-technical stuff. Like the fact that 99.9% of computer users have absolutely no clue what they're doing. They just send email and make text documents and spreadsheets. Setting up a home server, no matter how Apple-simple it gets, is a daunting task that frightens them even to think about. And coordinating it with all their other devices? Not likely. How about configuring it so you can access all your stuff from anywhere in the world? People would probably cease up and stop breathing. And there is no way, even for the most proficient of geeks, that any home user could provide themselves with as good of uptime as Google or Apple.
Well that for sure. And maybe some editing? (:
I don't know if I'm paranoid or what, but pirated software in the office is a huge no-no for me. Administrating 30+ Windows workstations, 30+ Mac workstations, and 10-/+ servers I attempt to keep them clean of any incriminating bits. I just know that it would be 'my fault' if anything were to happen. But it gets tough keeping all the users from installing the latest versions of whatever software before we buy it, or software we simply don't own. I've check workstations after employees have left to find a plethora of illegal software - some of it being things they never even attempted to acquire legally through the company.
This really blows me away. We hired them to do a job using our tools and for whatever reason they've decided that that just isn't good enough. Suddenly there are various software packages on their computer that I did not provide and they're creating files that no one else can open. Then they leave and I'm forced to either continue stealing the software or purchase it just so we can manipulate the work they've done. Boot to the God Damned head, jackass. Thanks for ruining my day.
I've been out of a laptop since less than a year after I bought it. Apple refused to fix my G4 iBook after sending it to them twice. It's now more than two years old (maybe three?). If they fix the one I have it is old technology and pretty much useless to me now anyway. Are they required to refund my purchase? Or replace it with modern comparable equipment? Even a fully functioning G4 iBook is pretty crappy by today's standards.
I think it's fairly well accepted that all these products have issues. The problem here is that Apple isn't claiming responsibility. I am a Mac admin and we have one such G4 iBook. We sent it to Apple TWICE to get it fixed, both times they said, and I quote, "When it arrived here it was working properly. No warranty work performed" and returned it to me. This even though the unit's serial number fit a list posted on apple.com claiming it had faulty hardware that needed to be replaced.
Come the fuck on, Apple.
People bitch about Dell service all the time. The only trouble I've had was getting telephone support from someone I couldn't understand. I just hung up, called again and, like always, problem solved in 30 minutes.
So yes, we're aware that everyone has problems with their products. But they need to own up to them when they do - Apple is usually good about this. The G4 iBook is a very frustrating exception because there are so many of them.
The only way to completely secure a computer is to turn it off.
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Instead of paying $39.95/year for a virus scanner license, $29.99/year for a firewall subscription, and $9.98/year for a spam filter, I think it would be far more effective for everyone to pool their money and hire hitmen to track down the 'bad people' and do 'bad things' to them. I bet you'd see the need for more secure computing go down. As it is now, they're not afraid of anything.
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1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Marsellus: What now? Let me tell you what now. I'ma call a coupla hard, pipe-hittin' niggers, who'll go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass.
Now that's what I'm talking about.