"Oooh switch to firefox" is the most ignorant and misguided response to this. Does soccer mom really care about a firefox? Nope.
This activity needs to be ILLEGAL...and that's the only way to stop it. They're wiretapping without consent.
Oh, and before the pro-firefox people jump all over me...allow me to show you my browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040626 Firefox/0.8.
> If Microsoft cares so much about security > now, then why don't they include free virus > scanning software with Windows?
Did MS include it with DOS? If I recall, there were quite a few nasty viruses that destroyed networks and businesses back in the 80s and early 90s.
> I just continue using my virus-infected > computer until it no longer works at all, > at which time I simply reinstall Windows. > Works for me!!!
Exactly. That's the problem and the entire point of my post. I'm telling you, as an "industry professional", that your computer is wreaking havoc on other innocent people.
I can't wait until the big ISPs start doing application-based firewalling. It will cut off access to people like you when you get infected...then maybe you'll care.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy contributing to my Michelob Ultra and ThinkGeek.com fund.
I can't even estimate the number of people with whom I've dealt that have expired, disabled or even damaged anti-virus programs on their computers. Their justification is "I don't know about spending that $X/yr...I don't need it."
For those with Windows versions that have the auto update features available, I can't even estimate the number of people with whom I've dealt that have it disabled, inactive or just ignore it. Their justification is "it slows down my AOL and it keeps popping stuff up or tries to restart the PC."
It's *GREAT* for business and part of me wants to thank the virus writers, spammers and spyware folks...you're providing me with a chance to make some beer money. However, what it boils down to is SOMEONE has to educate the masses...and that someone is all of us; even if we just remind our family and close friends.
Before your little brother or sister [son or daughter] go back to college this fall, MAKE SURE THEIR PC IS SECURE. The college folk with whom I've dealt have epidemics happening on campus...the networks are so overloaded that it's difficult to even fix the machine without taking it home.
PA is shall-issue as well and in title 18, chapter 5 (concerning judicious use of deadly force) you'll see that you CANNOT use deadly force to protect moveable property...that means your iPod, laptop, et al.
Deadly force = you're in the process of being killed.
Deadly force != "give me your laptop, geek."
I'm sure Florida has similar laws regarding concealed carry. No offense, but "carry a gun to shoot the evil muggers" is NOT the kind of publicity we want. It's precisely the kind of attitude the anti-gun populace wants to take away that right.
Furthermore, why would you want to spend tens of thousands of dollars in attorney fees for when the mugger sues you for attempted murder or the family sues you for wrongful death? $50,000 plus 10 years in jail for a $900 Dell?
Educate yourself on concealed carry before you continue this nonsense. Geeks with guns are fine...but remember that you're a geek with a gun; not John Wayne.
Most of the comments here are ripping this poor guy apart for wanting to do this. Give me a break. He's just telling you how you can do it...I seriously doubt any geek is going to get OnStar SOLELY to have a GPS.
This is like saying to the person who broadcasts AM radio from his monitor that a cheap $10 AM transmiter kit from Radio Shack is cheaper than a $100 monitor and that his idea is dumb.
Friend of mine used to be the manager at Spencer Gifts...they started stocking these about a year and a half ago.
I was yelled at quite often to stop blowing smoke rings at customers, at her cashiers, at her...and even at myself. Couldn't put the toy down.
Smoke rings went for about 3 or 4 feet before they dissipated. Since I work in a club, I'm used to the smell of fog...and I'm one of the whackos who enjoy the smell of fog:)
Get one for your home, your office, your car...everywhere. Your visitors will pick it up, start playing, and not be able to put it down. Some day you'll see smokeringjunkies.com from the addicts to this toy.
Visa/Mastercard merchants filed a class action lawsuit against Visa for FORCING you to process the debit cards. So basically any merchant between 1992 and last year is going to get a piece of the pie.
I think this will ultimately end up being that any person who purchased music, listened to radio, or listened to an online station in a certain time period will get part of a settlement...similar to the Visa case.
When I become president, I'll disband the RIAA for being communist:)
If you replace a few words and change the subject to September 11th, this is what you get:
In June of 2000, you could make attempts to contact the president of the USA and tell him you have information about a possible terrorist attack on American soil...in exchange for that information you would want to be a part of the national security and obtain the secrets to how they operate.
He would have ignored you just like Microsoft ignored them. You don't just walk up the front door and ring the bell with these large companies.
With all the talk of an NDA and contracts and all that nonsense, I figured I'd point out that my old school district, Central Dauphin or "CD", has been using the C and D with apple seeds as a logo for quite some time. I think they have prior use to that logo of theirs.
The place where I used to work had these key fobs which worked like that. I thought it'd be cool that we just had to walk next to the door and it'd open it.
Not.
Even when directly contacting the sensor with the key fob in my pocket it didn't activate it. It had to be held infront of the device, almost touching it.
Whatever the range they say, I'm sure you're not going to be able to sniff out the RF signal by just sitting next to someone unless you have some expensive equipment.
How come countries don't have nuclear bomb testing anymore? Because it affects the entire world.
Why don't all the countries come together to eliminate spam like they did with nuclear bombs? The internet is worldwide and it affects us all.
We don't need an ICANN. We don't need a single police force. We just need the countries to come together and recognize that EVERYONE is involved and EVERYONE should do their part.
Are we still fighting with France over the rights to the AIDS virus?
I saw a show on HBO the other day about the discovery of it...felt like slapping the scientists. They were more concerned with patents and glory than the actual research and elimination.
With the amount of money they make, you'd think they could dedicate a little more man power to their feedback dispute resolution department. All it takes is a simple 'delete' SQL command, yet it seems to take the Supreme Court to get their attention.
Are they going to get a zillion complaints from people if they relax their dispute policy? Sure. But guess what...it's a big company, they should be able to get the man power.
First we waste bandwidth on causing wallop hacks, channel flooding and massive bot networks on IRC. Then we discover DDoS and waste bandwidth on that. Then the spam gets so bad that the majority of email traffic is spam.
Slashdot.org is carrying an article from me about the lobbying efforts of companies such as linux.org, gnu.org and fsf.org to stop Microsoft from "fundamentally altering the Internet. If that happens, they say, the Internet could evolve into a cable-TV-like system, where providers of operating systems could steer subscribers toward affiliated Internet sites. The OS owners could also limit the types of devices that could be connected to/installed into their OS, potentially stifling innovation."
Why do I have the distinct feeling that, in the not-so-distant future, most companies will receive their funding from anonymous people in brown paper bags left on the street corner...the funds in small denominations, unmarked, and non-sequential serial numbers.
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"Oooh switch to firefox" is the most ignorant and misguided response to this. Does soccer mom really care about a firefox? Nope.
This activity needs to be ILLEGAL...and that's the only way to stop it. They're wiretapping without consent.
Oh, and before the pro-firefox people jump all over me...allow me to show you my browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040626 Firefox/0.8.
> If Microsoft cares so much about security
> now, then why don't they include free virus
> scanning software with Windows?
Did MS include it with DOS? If I recall, there were quite a few nasty viruses that destroyed networks and businesses back in the 80s and early 90s.
> I just continue using my virus-infected
> computer until it no longer works at all,
> at which time I simply reinstall Windows.
> Works for me!!!
Exactly. That's the problem and the entire point of my post. I'm telling you, as an "industry professional", that your computer is wreaking havoc on other innocent people.
I can't wait until the big ISPs start doing application-based firewalling. It will cut off access to people like you when you get infected...then maybe you'll care.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy contributing to my Michelob Ultra and ThinkGeek.com fund.
Say this with me: EDUCATE THE PERSON.
I can't even estimate the number of people with whom I've dealt that have expired, disabled or even damaged anti-virus programs on their computers. Their justification is "I don't know about spending that $X/yr...I don't need it."
For those with Windows versions that have the auto update features available, I can't even estimate the number of people with whom I've dealt that have it disabled, inactive or just ignore it. Their justification is "it slows down my AOL and it keeps popping stuff up or tries to restart the PC."
It's *GREAT* for business and part of me wants to thank the virus writers, spammers and spyware folks...you're providing me with a chance to make some beer money. However, what it boils down to is SOMEONE has to educate the masses...and that someone is all of us; even if we just remind our family and close friends.
Before your little brother or sister [son or daughter] go back to college this fall, MAKE SURE THEIR PC IS SECURE. The college folk with whom I've dealt have epidemics happening on campus...the networks are so overloaded that it's difficult to even fix the machine without taking it home.
Telling them to "fuck off" escalates the situation so you'll have no defense.
Seriously man...take a course or something before you get killed or wind up in jail.
PA is shall-issue as well and in title 18, chapter 5 (concerning judicious use of deadly force) you'll see that you CANNOT use deadly force to protect moveable property...that means your iPod, laptop, et al.
Deadly force = you're in the process of being killed.
Deadly force != "give me your laptop, geek."
I'm sure Florida has similar laws regarding concealed carry. No offense, but "carry a gun to shoot the evil muggers" is NOT the kind of publicity we want. It's precisely the kind of attitude the anti-gun populace wants to take away that right.
Furthermore, why would you want to spend tens of thousands of dollars in attorney fees for when the mugger sues you for attempted murder or the family sues you for wrongful death? $50,000 plus 10 years in jail for a $900 Dell?
Educate yourself on concealed carry before you continue this nonsense. Geeks with guns are fine...but remember that you're a geek with a gun; not John Wayne.
First time I ever saw this upon loading Windows Update:
HTTP/1.1 Server Too Busy
Most of the comments here are ripping this poor guy apart for wanting to do this. Give me a break. He's just telling you how you can do it...I seriously doubt any geek is going to get OnStar SOLELY to have a GPS.
This is like saying to the person who broadcasts AM radio from his monitor that a cheap $10 AM transmiter kit from Radio Shack is cheaper than a $100 monitor and that his idea is dumb.
Visited my parents for dinner and there was a brown envelope, apparently from London. Handwritten address on the front.
Basically it was a printed out version of the email scam.
Tell them to drive through Williamsburg, VA again. I got SO lost last weekend courtesy of Mapquest...
This is the official "God is everywhere" thread.
:)
Have fun
Seriously. THANK YOU for not filing law suits, hiring the FBI, CIA, Marines, calling upon Patriot Act, etc.
To Netgear, THANK YOU for not calling upon the DMCA, filing NDA law suits, etc.
It was resolved in a diplomatic and professional manner...and the write up explaining the entire incident was educational and informative.
Now, if it had been SCO or Microsoft involved......
radio:/usr/exim/exiscan/virusmails# ls -l | grep Aug | wc -l
5853
When can I get some sleep?
Friend of mine used to be the manager at Spencer Gifts...they started stocking these about a year and a half ago.
:)
I was yelled at quite often to stop blowing smoke rings at customers, at her cashiers, at her...and even at myself. Couldn't put the toy down.
Smoke rings went for about 3 or 4 feet before they dissipated. Since I work in a club, I'm used to the smell of fog...and I'm one of the whackos who enjoy the smell of fog
Get one for your home, your office, your car...everywhere. Your visitors will pick it up, start playing, and not be able to put it down. Some day you'll see smokeringjunkies.com from the addicts to this toy.
Visa/Mastercard merchants filed a class action lawsuit against Visa for FORCING you to process the debit cards. So basically any merchant between 1992 and last year is going to get a piece of the pie.
:)
I think this will ultimately end up being that any person who purchased music, listened to radio, or listened to an online station in a certain time period will get part of a settlement...similar to the Visa case.
When I become president, I'll disband the RIAA for being communist
If you replace a few words and change the subject to September 11th, this is what you get:
In June of 2000, you could make attempts to contact the president of the USA and tell him you have information about a possible terrorist attack on American soil...in exchange for that information you would want to be a part of the national security and obtain the secrets to how they operate.
He would have ignored you just like Microsoft ignored them. You don't just walk up the front door and ring the bell with these large companies.
Now we get to hear this idiot wind bag on TV even more? On a regular basis?
$5 says it was a settlement. The RIAA caught CNBC people sharing music at work and rather than sue the pants off them, they offered her a show.
With all the talk of an NDA and contracts and all that nonsense, I figured I'd point out that my old school district, Central Dauphin or "CD", has been using the C and D with apple seeds as a logo for quite some time. I think they have prior use to that logo of theirs.
The place where I used to work had these key fobs which worked like that. I thought it'd be cool that we just had to walk next to the door and it'd open it.
Not.
Even when directly contacting the sensor with the key fob in my pocket it didn't activate it. It had to be held infront of the device, almost touching it.
Whatever the range they say, I'm sure you're not going to be able to sniff out the RF signal by just sitting next to someone unless you have some expensive equipment.
Since the last posting about Buffy, I've had to look no further than my own computer area to figure out how it's relevent to Slashdot.
:)
Doesn't every nerd have a huge poster of Sarah Michelle Gellar next to their Matrix poster?
How come countries don't have nuclear bomb testing anymore? Because it affects the entire world.
Why don't all the countries come together to eliminate spam like they did with nuclear bombs? The internet is worldwide and it affects us all.
We don't need an ICANN. We don't need a single police force. We just need the countries to come together and recognize that EVERYONE is involved and EVERYONE should do their part.
Are we still fighting with France over the rights to the AIDS virus?
I saw a show on HBO the other day about the discovery of it...felt like slapping the scientists. They were more concerned with patents and glory than the actual research and elimination.
With the amount of money they make, you'd think they could dedicate a little more man power to their feedback dispute resolution department. All it takes is a simple 'delete' SQL command, yet it seems to take the Supreme Court to get their attention.
Are they going to get a zillion complaints from people if they relax their dispute policy? Sure. But guess what...it's a big company, they should be able to get the man power.
There are plenty of people who abuse it...
First we waste bandwidth on causing wallop hacks, channel flooding and massive bot networks on IRC. Then we discover DDoS and waste bandwidth on that. Then the spam gets so bad that the majority of email traffic is spam.
...now "millions and millions" of IMs. Die.
Slashdot.org is carrying an article from me about the lobbying efforts of companies such as linux.org, gnu.org and fsf.org to stop Microsoft from "fundamentally altering the Internet. If that happens, they say, the Internet could evolve into a cable-TV-like system, where providers of operating systems could steer subscribers toward affiliated Internet sites. The OS owners could also limit the types of devices that could be connected to/installed into their OS, potentially stifling innovation."
:(
Oops. Too late
Why do I have the distinct feeling that, in the not-so-distant future, most companies will receive their funding from anonymous people in brown paper bags left on the street corner...the funds in small denominations, unmarked, and non-sequential serial numbers.
Trust me...the day I win Powerball several organizations are going to receive anonymous donations.