Children are adults when they are capable of taking responsibility for their decisions. This largely occurs around the age of 5. Eventually children must make their decisions without parental control and suppervision, and imo the easiest (best) way to do this is by letting the child do this in a fairly safe way.
Some people disagree, in that case, let them have the school track their own children.
Slashdot readers (should) be/are fairly intelligent and can probably come to their own conclusions without being sent obviously biased articles. (shared-source.com)
Closed mindedness is what most of your are trying to combat, so don't embrace it yourselves.
The problems are not with the drivers, they are with cheaters and a general lack of honesty, honor, and responsibility.
It's not illegal to own a gun. It shouldn't be illegal to own DeCSS code. It shouldn't be illegal to own drivers that let you see though walls.
It is illegal to shoot people with your gun (in most circumstances). It should be illegal to use the DeCSS code (in most circumstances). It should be [bad word here] to use video drivers to see through walls.
I work for a smallish startup (1000 people) that actually produces product, so has been fairly resilient to the recent adjustment of valuations. We got a version of win2k around December of last year, and after a week of poking at it, deceided that the benefits from the installs would negate the downtime of migrating users over. The roll over was pretty painless.
Now we recieved a beta version of winXP in the office a few weeks back, and let me just say that we will not be upgrading to it. Basically it doesn't add anything new. Sure, theres a few little cool features, but honestly it's not worth the effort.
Do I think it's wrong to bundle Windows Media Player with the os? no, not really. Do I think it's wrong to bundle a anti-virus program with winxp? Hell, nobody complained with msav in dos.
Personnally I think Microsoft could do some good/interesting things by instead of licensing the OS to manufacturers and/or users licensing it to distributors who then value add things and resell the OS as their own distribution.
Someone could then actually sell a version of windows with litestep out of the box, or with an installer that lets you choose IE or Netscape or kmeleon or opera or...
I also had a great deal of happiness with my DSL connection through PacBell. My CO is probably about a mile away, though the connection speeds, and more importantly the latency is very very good. I can even say that the one time I had to call their farmed out Technical support (to SBC who owns pretty much everything now.)(forgotten dns addies) was very positive.
Actually afaik(ianal) the licensing contacts are still legally binding, and the companies that folded to such foolishness will still be required by the contract to pay up.
Yes, though there's also a small matter of approach to things as far as a web administrator is concerned. If you'd want to turn off something like this in Apache, you'd edit the conf file, pick out the correct line, and change yes to no.
In IIS, and nearly all of microsoft's server side applications, any time you need to do something even remotely out of the norm it's buried withing menus upon unintuitive menus if it's even possible sans hackking.
I would assume this would get better over time, like the client applications Microsoft sells...
And speaking of IIS, I had a conversation with my boss the other day, and he asked if the IIS server required by a product was a security problem.
"Yes", I said, "even patched current and doing sanity checking it has had too many previous issues for me to trust."
Maybe someone should bring this up at the "Open source advocacy panel (as mentioned on slashdot)
The reason (in the US at least) that the Bells are required to give line access to DSL providers is because of the prohibitively expensive "right of way" costs to actually build said competative network.
This certainly wouldn't "help" companies that are already burning cash too quickly.
People one slashdot should be technically capable enough to realise that by going to a site, they run the risk of people noticing. Furthermore you guys should realise that the other end of the connection will, out of good admin practice, log your connection.
I don't see how you could possibly have a reasonable expectation of privacy in such circumstances.
Note that these machines are still considered part of the network, and are usually priced ~$3000 as at this price mark they will enter a different bracket of penalties for the hacker.
Also note the honeynet does not use sensors within the network to collect data, but relies upon the firewall to gather data. Anyone can pretty much do this with most any firewall.
Recourse's Mantrap documents everything on a per machine basis (incl. keystroke logging). This unfortunately is designed more for corperate use than for my home:/
After taking a brief look at the site, I realise that this is not a "number theory for programmers (idiots)".
Even though the Axioms are laid out like a man page, and the steps are very simple, it still reads as kanji to me.
Even man pages are not useful when you do not understand the symbology or the context of the syntax.
Maybe one day either I will have the revelation to put everything together... or someone will actually write a site made for the common man, that is for the common man.
Simply read up on how do set things up first off, and consider the requirements. RJ 45 is the most secure to setup, and good for fairly permanent machines. Wireless I hear is easy to setup, though I am wary of the security implications of such a setup.
Ironically the best guide I found is at lanparty.com
This covers ip addressing, and network design, even making your own cables, all in a layout easy enough for stoned gamers =]
Perhaps you misread... I said that samba on most platforms is much more stable than win9x, or NT4. win2k I would debate you depending on the *nix variant chosen, and the way samba was used.
Flamebait is a far better cry than being just as stupid as management that require companies to use windows clients.
Windows (2000) has it's benefits, especially compared to modern Linux. Modern linux has it's benefits over windows and more traditional unicies. Traditional unicies have benefits over windows and modern linux.
Linux zealots should pull their heads out of their asses and realise what a bad name they're creating for their beloved.
I'd like to thank the Samba team for developing one of the two first "enterprise" useful tools for linux/unix (apache being the other). Their work has made it possible for Administrators who want the stability and functionality of unix while being hamstrung by technical incompetance at a managerial level.
"We need to support all these windows users."
"okay, let me setup this file server... yeah... windows..."
Okay. So you're going to spend $5000 for a nice laptop that will run half as fast as a real gaming machine, cost 4 times as much, and be 3 times as easy to STEAL?
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Children are adults when they are capable of taking responsibility for their decisions. This largely occurs around the age of 5. Eventually children must make their decisions without parental control and suppervision, and imo the easiest (best) way to do this is by letting the child do this in a fairly safe way.
Some people disagree, in that case, let them have the school track their own children.
So they can write "FP! BEYOTCH"
Slashdot readers (should) be/are fairly intelligent and can probably come to their own conclusions without being sent obviously biased articles. (shared-source.com)
Closed mindedness is what most of your are trying to combat, so don't embrace it yourselves.
And DeCSS can be used to play DVD's on Linux machines that do not have decoders available. This is legitimate use afaik.
The problems are not with the drivers, they are with cheaters and a general lack of honesty, honor, and responsibility. It's not illegal to own a gun. It shouldn't be illegal to own DeCSS code. It shouldn't be illegal to own drivers that let you see though walls. It is illegal to shoot people with your gun (in most circumstances). It should be illegal to use the DeCSS code (in most circumstances). It should be [bad word here] to use video drivers to see through walls.
And adults never make rash decisions without fully comprehending all of the possible ramifications...
I work for a smallish startup (1000 people) that actually produces product, so has been fairly resilient to the recent adjustment of valuations. We got a version of win2k around December of last year, and after a week of poking at it, deceided that the benefits from the installs would negate the downtime of migrating users over. The roll over was pretty painless.
Now we recieved a beta version of winXP in the office a few weeks back, and let me just say that we will not be upgrading to it. Basically it doesn't add anything new. Sure, theres a few little cool features, but honestly it's not worth the effort.
Do I think it's wrong to bundle Windows Media Player with the os? no, not really. Do I think it's wrong to bundle a anti-virus program with winxp? Hell, nobody complained with msav in dos.
Personnally I think Microsoft could do some good/interesting things by instead of licensing the OS to manufacturers and/or users licensing it to distributors who then value add things and resell the OS as their own distribution.
Someone could then actually sell a version of windows with litestep out of the box, or with an installer that lets you choose IE or Netscape or kmeleon or opera or...
Wouldn't that be interesting
Yes, but it is not illegal to look through the door that is standing wide open facing public areas.
Do florida web sites that are not linked to illegal to view?
Furthermore a real sanctioned _professional_ orginization would go a long way toward a sanctioned orginization for IT lobbying interest.
I also had a great deal of happiness with my DSL connection through PacBell. My CO is probably about a mile away, though the connection speeds, and more importantly the latency is very very good. I can even say that the one time I had to call their farmed out Technical support (to SBC who owns pretty much everything now.)(forgotten dns addies) was very positive.
Actually afaik(ianal) the licensing contacts are still legally binding, and the companies that folded to such foolishness will still be required by the contract to pay up.
They should probably clarify the question. I mean I'm at work about 40 hours a week, but I probably am actually working closer to 10.
Yes, though there's also a small matter of approach to things as far as a web administrator is concerned. If you'd want to turn off something like this in Apache, you'd edit the conf file, pick out the correct line, and change yes to no.
In IIS, and nearly all of microsoft's server side applications, any time you need to do something even remotely out of the norm it's buried withing menus upon unintuitive menus if it's even possible sans hackking.
I would assume this would get better over time, like the client applications Microsoft sells...
And speaking of IIS, I had a conversation with my boss the other day, and he asked if the IIS server required by a product was a security problem.
"Yes", I said, "even patched current and doing sanity checking it has had too many previous issues for me to trust."
Maybe someone should bring this up at the "Open source advocacy panel (as mentioned on slashdot)
Also Team Fortress garnered it's designers a contract with sierra for a sequel.
The reason (in the US at least) that the Bells are required to give line access to DSL providers is because of the prohibitively expensive "right of way" costs to actually build said competative network.
This certainly wouldn't "help" companies that are already burning cash too quickly.
I know I'm asking for it,but...
People one slashdot should be technically capable enough to realise that by going to a site, they run the risk of people noticing. Furthermore you guys should realise that the other end of the connection will, out of good admin practice, log your connection.
I don't see how you could possibly have a reasonable expectation of privacy in such circumstances.
Every hard drive I've ever seen has always been 80%+ full, no matter its size. Give me a few terabyte drive, I'll fill it!
Note that these machines are still considered part of the network, and are usually priced ~$3000 as at this price mark they will enter a different bracket of penalties for the hacker.
:/
Also note the honeynet does not use sensors within the network to collect data, but relies upon the firewall to gather data. Anyone can pretty much do this with most any firewall.
Recourse's Mantrap documents everything on a per machine basis (incl. keystroke logging). This unfortunately is designed more for corperate use than for my home
After taking a brief look at the site, I realise that this is not a "number theory for programmers (idiots)".
Even though the Axioms are laid out like a man page, and the steps are very simple, it still reads as kanji to me.
Even man pages are not useful when you do not understand the symbology or the context of the syntax.
Maybe one day either I will have the revelation to put everything together... or someone will actually write a site made for the common man, that is for the common man.
Simply read up on how do set things up first off, and consider the requirements. RJ 45 is the most secure to setup, and good for fairly permanent machines. Wireless I hear is easy to setup, though I am wary of the security implications of such a setup.
Ironically the best guide I found is at lanparty.com
This covers ip addressing, and network design, even making your own cables, all in a layout easy enough for stoned gamers =]
Perhaps you misread... I said that samba on most platforms is much more stable than win9x, or NT4. win2k I would debate you depending on the *nix variant chosen, and the way samba was used.
Flamebait is a far better cry than being just as stupid as management that require companies to use windows clients.
Windows (2000) has it's benefits, especially compared to modern Linux. Modern linux has it's benefits over windows and more traditional unicies. Traditional unicies have benefits over windows and modern linux.
Linux zealots should pull their heads out of their asses and realise what a bad name they're creating for their beloved.
Quite true, though unless I'm mistaken Apache and Samba were developed 2-3 years before postgreSQL, I may be mistaken. If so accept my appologies.
I'd like to thank the Samba team for developing one of the two first "enterprise" useful tools for linux/unix (apache being the other). Their work has made it possible for Administrators who want the stability and functionality of unix while being hamstrung by technical incompetance at a managerial level.
"We need to support all these windows users."
"okay, let me setup this file server... yeah... windows..."
...and this time she means it!
Okay. So you're going to spend $5000 for a nice laptop that will run half as fast as a real gaming machine, cost 4 times as much, and be 3 times as easy to STEAL?