Yep, I agree. I got heavily into Metallica in the late eighties and subjected my friends to "And Justice For All" and "Master of Puppets" to the point where eventually some of them became fans too.
My fandom stopped when Metallica went on the rampage against their fans during the year 2000. What total sell-outs. I had bought every album up to and including Reload - in fact I bought the black album twice when the first CD got scratched. Since that time I haven't put a penny into their account, and wont now on principle.
Fortunately from what I've read, it appears that they haven't since released anything worth listening to anyway!
The biggest shame is that I never did get to see them live, and now never will.
- they wanted to know how much money we had on us - when I told them none, as we intended to use americna funds we would get from bank machines, they demanded to know how much money we had on our credit cards and in our bank accounts!
The 2nd question was because of your 'wrong' answer to the first. INS (or whatever they call themselves now) are required to ensure that you have enough funds to support your visit so that you won't resort to asking for handouts or robbery. The bizarre thing is that the law that codified this requirement was written a long time ago and the amount of cash required wasn't index linked, so it wouldn't cover a meal in a decent restaurant today. I can't remember exactly what the figure is, but it's something like $20.
When I was dating my now wife and make frequent trips into the USA without a green card, I used to keep $40 in my wallet just to avoid that hassle even though I, like you, used ATMs to support my stay.
Ugh. This is going to be really popular with the script kiddies. I have to (grudgingly) admit that this is quite elegant though.
I wonder if running your own (password-protected) vncserver will be any protection against this. I guess it depends on whether the payloaded vncserver can have its port changed or whether it is stuck with the default.
If it can be changed then this is going to be very nasty. You couldn't even simply firewall all the vnc ports any more as the kiddie could configure the server to run on an unprivileged port. I suppose that SYN flag checking or using a connection-stateful firewall should protect against this.
What about shifted numerals? It looks like the user would have to chord both the shift and numeral key with their thumb whilst hitting the appropiate number with a finger. Not exactly programmer-friendly. And what of {}[]`~|\/?,.;:'" ? If they aren't all available then it's useless.
As for the word and email crowd, I couldn't see a windows key so they'd be screwed too.
My inlaws' 2.4GHz 'phone (sorry, can't recall the brand) totally screwed up their Linksys WLAN until I changed the WLAN channel (now it degrades link quality but doesn't drop it).
OTOH, My Panasonic 2.4GHz 'phone has never interfered with my Netgear WLAN.
I suspect that the 'phone brand has more of an effect than the WLAN brand.
Security is a process. One risk at a time. I could smash your window in order to burgle your house but I bet you still have door locks. I am sure that anyone installing this wallpaper will be looking at mitigating risks from GPRS 'phones too.
I'm confident also that if they've thought of walls and windows that the clever folk have also considered doors, floors and roofing.
And no, _I'm_ not going to buy this stuff (yet). UKP500/m^2 can't be justified. But then again, the only 'secrets' in my house are my personal data. Other peoples' lives don't depend on any of it remaining secret.
Consider also an anecdotal story:
Recently my wife got into a fender-bender on a busy road. A few months back I had bought an LED flasher gadget that you can throw onto the road and it flashes a 360 degree pattern to warn other traffic, so I threw that down a few yards behind the car. Later on when all the insurance details had been exchanged, the Accident Investigator cop noticed me picking it up again and we struck up a conversation. It turned out that he had a toolbox in his trunk containing 8 of these gadgets. His department had paid over $500 for them 2 years ago (ie over $60 each). I paid $10 for mine.
This is typical - many products that consumers can buy at low prices originally were sold at high prices to Government/Aerospace/Military/Defence/Emergency entities. What starts as a low volume niche product becomes commoditized. High initial costs (research, development and production start-up) get eaten by the initial market (the 'guaranteed sales'), and once that initial market is near exhausted, the price drops in order to widen the market and maximise profits.
Now I don't know whether this product will ever become common in homes (given the current erosions of civil liberties, privacy products might become huge), but you can be sure that the corporate world will buy it. Given that many corporations lease their property I wouldn't be surprised to see office buildings built with this stuff included within the walls.
WEP is _far_ from perfect. And you are ignoring one of the main risks - that of rogue (ie non-authorised) APs set up by employees that are often unsecured.
Security is a process, not a milepost that can be passed. Risks need to be constantly re-evaluated and addressed. You can bet that UKP500/m^2 is a small price for a Gov't agency to pay to protect secrets that could cause lives to be lost should they leak. And that also goes for military contractors too.
that rogue APs are a concern (Strike 1), that they are working on transparent window treatments (Strike 2), and that they have considered market pricing (Strike 3).
Just when I need to order a couple of parts for my small business.
It's either going to take them a week to get their website back up, or lead times are going to increase by months as everyone orders their own unique casemods.
Steve Allison of Midway charges: "The guys bitching about this new trend are inching up on 35 years old, and they grew up on old-school gameplay. They're a very vocal bunch, but they're just not the market anymore.
But in five to ten years time we will be in control of the market's purse-strings. Don't ignore us.
This is the real reason for the SCO lawsuit.
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SFU is not shipped with Windows because SFU currently contains open-source software, such as the GNU C compiler, which cannot be distributed with commercial software. Zions confirmed that Microsoft is working to replace all open-source code in SFU with commercially licensed alternatives. Last year it licensed Unix software from SCO.
How long do you think that it will take to replace all the open-source code with commercially licensed alternatives? This isn't a trivial excercise by any means.
It would get a lot easier if a friendly business could 'acquire' commercial rights to open source software through legal means. Suppose for a second that the impossible happened and linux was shown to be a derivative work of SCO's. Would gcc be the next target?
Airport Security Guard: Do you have anything that could be used as a weapon in your carry on luggage? Traveller: Well, I do have this laptop. ASG: Do you have an export license for that laptop? Traveller: Err...no. ASG: I'll take that then, thank you. ASG2: Ooh...nice model. That one's a keeper - I'll put it on your pile. ASG: Get your greedy hands off - that's mine you theiving bastard.(Laughs)
The base breaks down and the rover then breaks down and then the back up rover breaks down. How are the guys going to get back to the return craft then?
No, the hidden subtext is "We really want to make this compulsory but cannot. So we'll give people the chance to opt in and over time make it really inconvenient for those who choose not to until eventually everyone opts in just to avoid the hassle."
Been through a fast-lane enabled toll booth recently? The cash lanes are getting fewer and slower all the time.
I'm perfectly confident that all of these Mass. 'security measures' are being given a hefty push by our incumbent Republican governor.
Like the one that is going to shut down I93 for about 10 miles in each direction during the convention. It's not like I128 isn't already a parking lot during rush hour, even without the current road construction on it.
Or the idea of shutting South Station, one of the busiest stops in Boston's T Network.
I'm going to be well out of Boston for this convention. Vacation time.
The iPod's interface is beaten by the Rio Karma and Rio Nitrus. And since the Nitrus (1.5GB) was out a long time before the iPod mini you have to wonder about the impartiality of the results.
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Yep, I agree. I got heavily into Metallica in the late eighties and subjected my friends to "And Justice For All" and "Master of Puppets" to the point where eventually some of them became fans too.
My fandom stopped when Metallica went on the rampage against their fans during the year 2000. What total sell-outs. I had bought every album up to and including Reload - in fact I bought the black album twice when the first CD got scratched. Since that time I haven't put a penny into their account, and wont now on principle.
Fortunately from what I've read, it appears that they haven't since released anything worth listening to anyway!
The biggest shame is that I never did get to see them live, and now never will.
The 2nd question was because of your 'wrong' answer to the first. INS (or whatever they call themselves now) are required to ensure that you have enough funds to support your visit so that you won't resort to asking for handouts or robbery. The bizarre thing is that the law that codified this requirement was written a long time ago and the amount of cash required wasn't index linked, so it wouldn't cover a meal in a decent restaurant today. I can't remember exactly what the figure is, but it's something like $20.
When I was dating my now wife and make frequent trips into the USA without a green card, I used to keep $40 in my wallet just to avoid that hassle even though I, like you, used ATMs to support my stay.
Unfortunately not. If they did I wouldn't still be stuck in NBC hell.
Ugh. This is going to be really popular with the script kiddies. I have to (grudgingly) admit that this is quite elegant though.
I wonder if running your own (password-protected) vncserver will be any protection against this. I guess it depends on whether the payloaded vncserver can have its port changed or whether it is stuck with the default.
If it can be changed then this is going to be very nasty. You couldn't even simply firewall all the vnc ports any more as the kiddie could configure the server to run on an unprivileged port. I suppose that SYN flag checking or using a connection-stateful firewall should protect against this.
Yuck.
What about shifted numerals? It looks like the user would have to chord both the shift and numeral key with their thumb whilst hitting the appropiate number with a finger. Not exactly programmer-friendly. And what of {}[]`~|\/?,.;:'" ? If they aren't all available then it's useless.
As for the word and email crowd, I couldn't see a windows key so they'd be screwed too.
My inlaws' 2.4GHz 'phone (sorry, can't recall the brand) totally screwed up their Linksys WLAN until I changed the WLAN channel (now it degrades link quality but doesn't drop it).
OTOH, My Panasonic 2.4GHz 'phone has never interfered with my Netgear WLAN.
I suspect that the 'phone brand has more of an effect than the WLAN brand.
Security is a process. One risk at a time. I could smash your window in order to burgle your house but I bet you still have door locks. I am sure that anyone installing this wallpaper will be looking at mitigating risks from GPRS 'phones too.
I'm confident also that if they've thought of walls and windows that the clever folk have also considered doors, floors and roofing.
And no, _I'm_ not going to buy this stuff (yet). UKP500/m^2 can't be justified. But then again, the only 'secrets' in my house are my personal data. Other peoples' lives don't depend on any of it remaining secret.
Consider also an anecdotal story:
Recently my wife got into a fender-bender on a busy road. A few months back I had bought an LED flasher gadget that you can throw onto the road and it flashes a 360 degree pattern to warn other traffic, so I threw that down a few yards behind the car. Later on when all the insurance details had been exchanged, the Accident Investigator cop noticed me picking it up again and we struck up a conversation. It turned out that he had a toolbox in his trunk containing 8 of these gadgets. His department had paid over $500 for them 2 years ago (ie over $60 each). I paid $10 for mine.
This is typical - many products that consumers can buy at low prices originally were sold at high prices to Government/Aerospace/Military/Defence/Emergency entities. What starts as a low volume niche product becomes commoditized. High initial costs (research, development and production start-up) get eaten by the initial market (the 'guaranteed sales'), and once that initial market is near exhausted, the price drops in order to widen the market and maximise profits.
Now I don't know whether this product will ever become common in homes (given the current erosions of civil liberties, privacy products might become huge), but you can be sure that the corporate world will buy it. Given that many corporations lease their property I wouldn't be surprised to see office buildings built with this stuff included within the walls.
WEP is _far_ from perfect. And you are ignoring one of the main risks - that of rogue (ie non-authorised) APs set up by employees that are often unsecured.
Security is a process, not a milepost that can be passed. Risks need to be constantly re-evaluated and addressed. You can bet that UKP500/m^2 is a small price for a Gov't agency to pay to protect secrets that could cause lives to be lost should they leak. And that also goes for military contractors too.
If he had, he would have seen;
that rogue APs are a concern (Strike 1),
that they are working on transparent window treatments (Strike 2), and
that they have considered market pricing (Strike 3).
Just when I need to order a couple of parts for my small business.
It's either going to take them a week to get their website back up, or lead times are going to increase by months as everyone orders their own unique casemods.
Yeah, because there's nothing like using a sledgehammer to crack a hazlenut.
For starters, how about the readers play nice and spread their updates around a bit instead of all clamoring at the same time.
But in five to ten years time we will be in control of the market's purse-strings. Don't ignore us.
How long do you think that it will take to replace all the open-source code with commercially licensed alternatives? This isn't a trivial excercise by any means.
It would get a lot easier if a friendly business could 'acquire' commercial rights to open source software through legal means. Suppose for a second that the impossible happened and linux was shown to be a derivative work of SCO's. Would gcc be the next target?
Does this guy have some strange desire to get ulcers?
Crossfading?
Also comes as standard on the Rio Karma.
LOL. iRiver certainly make some nice players. But we all know that 'the software makes the player'.
:p
The true quality winner is actually the Rio Karma.
Gap Killing?
Comes as standard on the Rio Karma.
But honestly, do I really care about that? My empeg has a perfectly functional display and buttons of its own.
just so we can all laugh at the ensuing chaos;
Airport Security Guard: Do you have anything that could be used as a weapon in your carry on luggage?
Traveller: Well, I do have this laptop.
ASG: Do you have an export license for that laptop?
Traveller: Err...no.
ASG: I'll take that then, thank you.
ASG2: Ooh...nice model. That one's a keeper - I'll put it on your pile.
ASG: Get your greedy hands off - that's mine you theiving bastard.(Laughs)
That's the whole point of them being hybrid - to get the stop-start efficiency of electric and the power of gasoline engines.
The base breaks down and the rover then breaks down and then the back up rover breaks down. How are the guys going to get back to the return craft then?
No, the hidden subtext is "We really want to make this compulsory but cannot. So we'll give people the chance to opt in and over time make it really inconvenient for those who choose not to until eventually everyone opts in just to avoid the hassle."
Been through a fast-lane enabled toll booth recently? The cash lanes are getting fewer and slower all the time.
I'm perfectly confident that all of these Mass. 'security measures' are being given a hefty push by our incumbent Republican governor.
Like the one that is going to shut down I93 for about 10 miles in each direction during the convention. It's not like I128 isn't already a parking lot during rush hour, even without the current road construction on it.
Or the idea of shutting South Station, one of the busiest stops in Boston's T Network.
I'm going to be well out of Boston for this convention. Vacation time.
The iPod's interface is beaten by the Rio Karma and Rio Nitrus. And since the Nitrus (1.5GB) was out a long time before the iPod mini you have to wonder about the impartiality of the results.