Take a piece of large paper. Cut a hole in it 1.5" by 2.25". Cover your monitor with this piece of paper. Now start using your computer like this and you will experience things just as if you had this service on a cell phone in your neck 'o the woods.
Step out from under that rock you've been living, and take a look at this cable I have here which connects my phone to my laptop for a wireless, high-speed connection. They've already got these for regular cell phones. Do you honestly think they are very far behind for 3G phones?
so if I understand this right for ten bucks a month I only get 30 stations that are comercial free and 100 + that arn't any any different than what I already have.
No, there are 100 channels total, 30 of which are commercial free. (Probably the same 30 that are broadcast on things like TimeWarner digital cable.)
The value that is added is that there are ONE HUNDRED CHANNELS in your car, as opposed to a few dozen (and out of those, probably 3-4 that you like).
I have a massive MP3 collection, and will eventually get something in my car to allow me to listen to my entire collection. However, there are times when I want to hear something different. I'd like to turn on the classical station, and have uninterrupted music that I don't get to hear very often.
And for the love of god, let there be a "movie score" channel! No, not "showtunes"!!!
You are correct, none of the stuff you mentioned is important. And that is not what most people are really concerned about here. They're more interested in things like: privacy, unconstitutional laws (DMCA), illegal monopolies, and above all, freedom.
I've seen what happens when a geek becomes a political activist, and it's called "Richard Stallman".
Richard Stallman is not a political activist, he's a free software activist. BIG DIFFERENCE.
Because the "other side" has money and is getting paid to do what they do. Here there is only enough incentive to bitch and moan, not to actually do anything. So what the submitter is proposing is a way to contribute to a fund to lobby (bribe) congressman into doing our bidding.
a little heavier (but not much!), and more general-purpose than the portable PS1, but infinitely more useful:) through the power of emulation, i have a completely portable machine that i can use to play more games than any other single platform.
I think you mean any other platform, except the Windows platform, right?
Just wait until I get my hands on the guy who invented Farsi. Those damn terrorists use this "encryption technology" as well, and not many in the U.S. government can break it! I even heard an announcement the other night where they were asking for supreme encryption experts known as "Farsi Speakers" to come in and help them decrypt this complicated technology!
Well, you may shout about your right to have guns, or how you don't want security cameras on your streets, but at least we've got GSM phones that actually *work*!
And I've got a PCS phone that actually *works*. YMMV, but I've had great success with Sprint PCS. It works in all the areas of the USA that I visit, such as LA, Las Vegas, Central Florida, Syracuse (upstate) NY, and many other places judging from their coverage maps.
BTW, I'll take my right to bear arms over working GSM any day of the week. It's like that old saying, "I might be fat, but you're ugly, and I can lose weight."
It's been said before, and I suppose I'll end up having to say it this time.
The more MS squeezes, the more slips through their fingers.
Yeah, it's been said before, and it seems logical, but where is the marketshare to prove your point? Has Microsoft OS marketshare slipped? Or is it still in the area of 95%?
Phantom Menace was a poor to mediocre movie no matter what your point of view...
So no matter what I actually thought of it, it was a poor movie? And here I thought movies were subjective! Good thing your comment was moderated as +1 Insightful, or I might never have learned this valuable information.
.. How about an IP address, assigned at birth.. Thats where you can host your site. Of course you always have jealousy over the really cool IP numbers, but hey, No copyright problems.
Yeah, but the real question is, do you assign one or two IP addresses to Siamese twins?
Suppose that your bank had a flaw on their web page that let anyone find your credit card number. Would you say that they were not to blame if someone exploited that flaw and used your credit card?
Apples and Oranges. If you want to make it apples and apples, I would not blame my bank, but instead the software company that created their operating system, or the person or group of people that wrote their CGI scripts. After all, the bank just maintains the PC's, they don't write the software themselves, correct?
Not true. Microsoft made a patch available to those that knew about it. "Patched" would mean that they actively installed the patch.
Wrong. I did not say Microsoft patched ALL SERVERS. I said Microsoft patched THE FLAW. In other words, they wrote a patch that fixes the flaw. They posted this notice to their list (which anyone can subscribe to) that dispenses security notices. They posted this news on their website. And I'm sure they will increase notifications due to this latest threat.
You probably think the gun manufacturers should be sued because someone shoots someone with a gun, right?
Absolutely not true. The way you make the public aware of a product defect is to send registered owners mail (with a stamp -- not e-mail).
This would make ZERO DIFFERENCE. Why? Because the people that are the cause of this problem don't bother to register their software. How exactly could Microsoft reach these clueless morons?
If Microsoft can send you snail mail telling you that they want to sell you a new version of Visual C++, they can send you a CD-ROM with patches for severe security flaws in the OS that they sold to you.
First of all, I run many servers running IIS. I've probably only registered a handful of them. We buy the software not from Microsoft but from third parties. I very rarely receive mailed ads from Microsoft.
So you're of the opinion that the same people that receive ads from Microsoft are the same people running IIS on their machines and haven't patched it?
The problem here is joe-blow not keeping his machine secured.
I keep forgetting that people around here need to see that stuff to tell.
Well let's see. I can't see your face or hear the inflection in your voice, and your ideas were typical of shit I've seen posted by serious people on slashdot in the past.
So, yes, in that case you would need to indicate that you're joking somehow. I find liberal use of CAPITALIZED WORDS and exclamation points help A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't know about everyone else but if this keeps up (with this virus and the 100 just around the door) we won't see many ISP's allowing web servers to run at all, ever.
Assuming you mean they won't allow port 80 traffic, you'll just see an increase in URL's like this:
http://visit.mysite.com:8080/
The only way to really block web servers is to setup firewalls that can detect HTTP requests on any port, and block them. However, if they really went that far, they'd soon find themselves without a lot of customers. Obviously they need to go a different route.
Do we really have to argue this all over again? It will never happen. If you want to know why, go back and re-read the Code Red discussion on Slashdot.
Summary: Microsoft did not write the virus. Microsoft patched the flaw over a year ago. Microsoft has made every attempt to patch known flaws. Microsoft makes every effort to notify known administrators about problems as they arise.
The real cause of the problem is braindead users that don't patch their systems. Sue them, if you'd like.
Other vegetables have similar behaviour signaling their end. Taking this to the logical extreme suggested by this article, what happens when designer-coloured veggies are the norm? Are we going to have to relearn, and relearn again the signs of *bad* for each new vegetable-of-the-day?
Who the hell cares what color the mold is? If there is an extra vegetable growing on the one I bought, I THROW IT AWAY!
If you're interested in a little geektavisim, you could then burn all the MP3s to CD audio and distribute them for free at all Clear Channel(TM) events with some propaganda stating how evil they are and how they've banned these (whichever 13 or so are on the CD) and other songs, include the list if you like.
Dave Matthews Band "Crash into me"... Apparently the word Crash is just bad stuff.
"Crash into me" is likely going to be immediately associated with an airplane crashing into a building right now.
Smashing Pumpkins "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"... I'm assuming for the refrain "music is my airplane"... ummm
Ummm, I'm guessing it's the title. The hijackers turned airplanes into "bullets with butterfly wings."
People, if you haven't, go read the list. Some of the songs on the list are certainly questionable and callous, but a lot of them are really good music that just happens to mention a word or two. The music itself and its message doesn't come anywhere near questionable, but it has a keyword in it...
Apparantly you don't understand the point of a list such as this. You seem to think this music has been banned from the radio for all time? Music on the radio is meant to be enjoyed. Most people, after the WTC events, would pick up on these "keywords" or themes and stop enjoying the music -- and possibly TURN THE CHANNEL.
It's called being sensitive. It's why HBO and the other movie channels have been running different movies in place of the scheduled "Passenger 57" and "Die Hard" reruns. It's why Hollywood has postponed or changed certain movies.
These people are trying to ENTERTAIN us. Right now, things that trigger thoughts of WTC are not very entertaining.
What, it's only censorship if the government is doing it?
Yes! Well, it only really "counts" as censorship if the government is doing it. Those that complain about this showing that our first ammendment is being taken away really show how clueless they are.
Folks, I realize Clear Channel is big, but they aren't the government! If people want to listen to songs that remind them of WTC right now, they can buy a CD, or they can wait a few months and turn the radio on.
How many non-suicidal hijackers have flown planes into the WTC and Pentagon?
Well smart ass, try reading what I was responding to if my message doesn't make sense to you!
The person I was responding to implied that dealings with hijackers should continue on as they had in the past, because "90%" of hijackings end peacefully. Obviously this is ludicrous in wake of what has happened, because we must now assume that anyone hijacking a large vessel means to use it as a guided missile.
Once we institute rules to deal with these types of "suicide" situations, you will not see NON-suicidal hijackers take over large vessels, because they will realize it is pointless to do so. (Since we will now treat them as suicidal, and act accordingly.)
Sorry to say this, but... Your perception is clearly blurred by the recent events.
Blurred? I'd say FOCUSED!
These people have forever changed the way we deal with hijackers of large vessels. We must now treat them all as if they wish to use the vessel as a guided missile. This means exactly what the original poster said -- seal of the pilots no matter what, perhaps give them a way to disable everyone outside the cockpit, etc.
Trust me, once non-suicidal hijackers realize that this is going to become the normal course of action, they will soon give up the hijacking of large vessels. What would be the point?
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No need to be jealous...
Take a piece of large paper. Cut a hole in it 1.5" by 2.25". Cover your monitor with this piece of paper. Now start using your computer like this and you will experience things just as if you had this service on a cell phone in your neck 'o the woods.
Step out from under that rock you've been living, and take a look at this cable I have here which connects my phone to my laptop for a wireless, high-speed connection. They've already got these for regular cell phones. Do you honestly think they are very far behind for 3G phones?
so if I understand this right for ten bucks a month I only get 30 stations that are comercial free and 100 + that arn't any any different than what I already have.
No, there are 100 channels total, 30 of which are commercial free. (Probably the same 30 that are broadcast on things like TimeWarner digital cable.)
The value that is added is that there are ONE HUNDRED CHANNELS in your car, as opposed to a few dozen (and out of those, probably 3-4 that you like).
I have a massive MP3 collection, and will eventually get something in my car to allow me to listen to my entire collection. However, there are times when I want to hear something different. I'd like to turn on the classical station, and have uninterrupted music that I don't get to hear very often.
And for the love of god, let there be a "movie score" channel! No, not "showtunes"!!!
Perhaps I'm being hopelessly naive, but I believe that lobbying is evil.
Well I wouldn't say EVIL, but it is definitely legalized bribery and very distasteful to everyone but those getting and giving the money.
What has worked for people in the past?
Apparantly, stealing as much shit on the way out as possible.
None of this stuff is important.
You are correct, none of the stuff you mentioned is important. And that is not what most people are really concerned about here. They're more interested in things like: privacy, unconstitutional laws (DMCA), illegal monopolies, and above all, freedom.
I've seen what happens when a geek becomes a political activist, and it's called "Richard Stallman".
Richard Stallman is not a political activist, he's a free software activist. BIG DIFFERENCE.
Nice try, though.
The other side is organized; why aren't we?
Because the "other side" has money and is getting paid to do what they do. Here there is only enough incentive to bitch and moan, not to actually do anything. So what the submitter is proposing is a way to contribute to a fund to lobby (bribe) congressman into doing our bidding.
I'm actually serious - anyone?
No, if you were "actually serious," you wouldn't ask why you should upgrade your copy of Windows on Slashdot...
yep, it's an iBook.
:) through the power of emulation, i have a completely portable machine that i can use to play more games than any other single platform.
a little heavier (but not much!), and more general-purpose than the portable PS1, but infinitely more useful
I think you mean any other platform, except the Windows platform, right?
Ouch!
Yeah, that map showing the destruction of one of America's greatest symbols sure is "nifty"!
Just wait until I get my hands on the guy who invented Farsi. Those damn terrorists use this "encryption technology" as well, and not many in the U.S. government can break it! I even heard an announcement the other night where they were asking for supreme encryption experts known as "Farsi Speakers" to come in and help them decrypt this complicated technology!
Well, you may shout about your right to have guns, or how you don't want security cameras on your streets, but at least we've got GSM phones that actually *work*!
And I've got a PCS phone that actually *works*. YMMV, but I've had great success with Sprint PCS. It works in all the areas of the USA that I visit, such as LA, Las Vegas, Central Florida, Syracuse (upstate) NY, and many other places judging from their coverage maps.
BTW, I'll take my right to bear arms over working GSM any day of the week. It's like that old saying, "I might be fat, but you're ugly, and I can lose weight."
Get it?
Of course, I'd like to know what they're doing with those cookies and click-through data, but that's just the privacy freak in me talking.
Apparantly the privacy freak in you needs to read Google's privacy policy, easil found on their website:
http://www.google.com/privacy.html
It's been said before, and I suppose I'll end up having to say it this time.
The more MS squeezes, the more slips through their fingers.
Yeah, it's been said before, and it seems logical, but where is the marketshare to prove your point? Has Microsoft OS marketshare slipped? Or is it still in the area of 95%?
Phantom Menace was a poor to mediocre movie no matter what your point of view...
So no matter what I actually thought of it, it was a poor movie? And here I thought movies were subjective! Good thing your comment was moderated as +1 Insightful, or I might never have learned this valuable information.
P.S. I thought it sucked ass, too.
.. How about an IP address, assigned at birth.. Thats where you can host your site. Of course you always have jealousy over the really cool IP numbers, but hey, No copyright problems.
Yeah, but the real question is, do you assign one or two IP addresses to Siamese twins?
So what? They are still liable for product flaws.
In your opinion...
Suppose that your bank had a flaw on their web page that let anyone find your credit card number. Would you say that they were not to blame if someone exploited that flaw and used your credit card?
Apples and Oranges. If you want to make it apples and apples, I would not blame my bank, but instead the software company that created their operating system, or the person or group of people that wrote their CGI scripts. After all, the bank just maintains the PC's, they don't write the software themselves, correct?
Not true. Microsoft made a patch available to those that knew about it. "Patched" would mean that they actively installed the patch.
Wrong. I did not say Microsoft patched ALL SERVERS. I said Microsoft patched THE FLAW. In other words, they wrote a patch that fixes the flaw. They posted this notice to their list (which anyone can subscribe to) that dispenses security notices. They posted this news on their website. And I'm sure they will increase notifications due to this latest threat.
You probably think the gun manufacturers should be sued because someone shoots someone with a gun, right?
Absolutely not true. The way you make the public aware of a product defect is to send registered owners mail (with a stamp -- not e-mail).
This would make ZERO DIFFERENCE. Why? Because the people that are the cause of this problem don't bother to register their software. How exactly could Microsoft reach these clueless morons?
If Microsoft can send you snail mail telling you that they want to sell you a new version of Visual C++, they can send you a CD-ROM with patches for severe security flaws in the OS that they sold to you.
First of all, I run many servers running IIS. I've probably only registered a handful of them. We buy the software not from Microsoft but from third parties. I very rarely receive mailed ads from Microsoft.
So you're of the opinion that the same people that receive ads from Microsoft are the same people running IIS on their machines and haven't patched it?
The problem here is joe-blow not keeping his machine secured.
I keep forgetting that people around here need to see that stuff to tell.
Well let's see. I can't see your face or hear the inflection in your voice, and your ideas were typical of shit I've seen posted by serious people on slashdot in the past.
So, yes, in that case you would need to indicate that you're joking somehow. I find liberal use of CAPITALIZED WORDS and exclamation points help A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't know about everyone else but if this keeps up (with this virus and the 100 just around the door) we won't see many ISP's allowing web servers to run at all, ever.
Assuming you mean they won't allow port 80 traffic, you'll just see an increase in URL's like this:
http://visit.mysite.com:8080/
The only way to really block web servers is to setup firewalls that can detect HTTP requests on any port, and block them. However, if they really went that far, they'd soon find themselves without a lot of customers. Obviously they need to go a different route.
Do we really have to argue this all over again? It will never happen. If you want to know why, go back and re-read the Code Red discussion on Slashdot.
Summary: Microsoft did not write the virus. Microsoft patched the flaw over a year ago. Microsoft has made every attempt to patch known flaws. Microsoft makes every effort to notify known administrators about problems as they arise.
The real cause of the problem is braindead users that don't patch their systems. Sue them, if you'd like.
Other vegetables have similar behaviour signaling their end. Taking this to the logical extreme suggested by this article, what happens when designer-coloured veggies are the norm? Are we going to have to relearn, and relearn again the signs of *bad* for each new vegetable-of-the-day?
Who the hell cares what color the mold is? If there is an extra vegetable growing on the one I bought, I THROW IT AWAY!
If you're interested in a little geektavisim, you could then burn all the MP3s to CD audio and distribute them for free at all Clear Channel(TM) events with some propaganda stating how evil they are and how they've banned these (whichever 13 or so are on the CD) and other songs, include the list if you like.
Or you could do something that really matters.
Dave Matthews Band "Crash into me"... Apparently the word Crash is just bad stuff.
"Crash into me" is likely going to be immediately associated with an airplane crashing into a building right now.
Smashing Pumpkins "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"... I'm assuming for the refrain "music is my airplane"... ummm
Ummm, I'm guessing it's the title. The hijackers turned airplanes into "bullets with butterfly wings."
People, if you haven't, go read the list. Some of the songs on the list are certainly questionable and callous, but a lot of them are really good music that just happens to mention a word or two. The music itself and its message doesn't come anywhere near questionable, but it has a keyword in it...
Apparantly you don't understand the point of a list such as this. You seem to think this music has been banned from the radio for all time? Music on the radio is meant to be enjoyed. Most people, after the WTC events, would pick up on these "keywords" or themes and stop enjoying the music -- and possibly TURN THE CHANNEL.
It's called being sensitive. It's why HBO and the other movie channels have been running different movies in place of the scheduled "Passenger 57" and "Die Hard" reruns. It's why Hollywood has postponed or changed certain movies.
These people are trying to ENTERTAIN us. Right now, things that trigger thoughts of WTC are not very entertaining.
What, it's only censorship if the government is doing it?
Yes! Well, it only really "counts" as censorship if the government is doing it. Those that complain about this showing that our first ammendment is being taken away really show how clueless they are.
Folks, I realize Clear Channel is big, but they aren't the government! If people want to listen to songs that remind them of WTC right now, they can buy a CD, or they can wait a few months and turn the radio on.
How many non-suicidal hijackers have flown planes into the WTC and Pentagon?
Well smart ass, try reading what I was responding to if my message doesn't make sense to you!
The person I was responding to implied that dealings with hijackers should continue on as they had in the past, because "90%" of hijackings end peacefully. Obviously this is ludicrous in wake of what has happened, because we must now assume that anyone hijacking a large vessel means to use it as a guided missile.
Once we institute rules to deal with these types of "suicide" situations, you will not see NON-suicidal hijackers take over large vessels, because they will realize it is pointless to do so. (Since we will now treat them as suicidal, and act accordingly.)
Think before you post next time...
Sorry to say this, but... Your perception is clearly blurred by the recent events.
Blurred? I'd say FOCUSED!
These people have forever changed the way we deal with hijackers of large vessels. We must now treat them all as if they wish to use the vessel as a guided missile. This means exactly what the original poster said -- seal of the pilots no matter what, perhaps give them a way to disable everyone outside the cockpit, etc.
Trust me, once non-suicidal hijackers realize that this is going to become the normal course of action, they will soon give up the hijacking of large vessels. What would be the point?