Make a second copy of the drive image before sending it, and checksum them both. Then, if (when) the asshats change something, you can appeal to a judge who actually knows what hes talking about (or is willing to listen to those that do) and get them exposed for the frauds that they are.
It's posts like these that makes me think Slashdot needs a +6 limit. However, to get +6, at *least* 5 additional people need to bump it up. That way the really good posts like this one can be distinguished. This is a fantastic idea.
So, who determines which copyright holders get what, and how much they get? Seems to me this is a system just ripe for abuse, with minimal controls on the right money getting to the right people...... and, in other, no-way related news, I released a couple of songs I sung myself last year, and while I am a crappy singer/writer, I believe someone in Spain may be listening to my songs right now, and burning them and distributing them to their friends.
For the rest of the people that did not bother reading the fine print, it is also recommended that you make a firmware restoration cd before you install the firmware update that makes boot camp work. Otherwise, you could leave your computer in an unbootable state.
At least with these guys they have the option of doing an erase and install to restore their software to the way it was before. Some people are not able to boot their computers any more without using the firmware restore CD.
Please, please, please, before trying this type of stuff, RTFM...
Because that would involve personal responsibility, and this day in age it's far too easier to just sue someone claiming they didn't do enough to stop you from hurting yourself.
I think he should do more research in the case before making public statements. Apple isn't suing ThinkSecret to have them stop posting news articles. They're suing to obtain the identity of the Apple Employee(s) who posted internal, confidential, NDA protected items that ThinkSecret published on their website. They're also upset that ThinkSecret was apparently trying to solicit the confidential information from employees to begin with.
IF the allegation turns out to be true, I'd be pissed, too.
Hmm.. anyone know Rick Bouchers district/contact info? I would love to write that man a letter.. and I dont mean a bad one, either.
With all the negative feedback congressmen normally get from us, I think it would be a nice change if we actually wrote them something thanking and encouraging them for once...
You know, its pretty sad when I think about this. The terrorists have won; no matter what we say. They wanted to force us to change our lives; they succeeded. They wanted us to give up our way of life; we have, or at least part of it. They wanted us to be afraid; we are, at least to some extent. If you see somebody walking down main street with a large trenchcoat now, your afraid. What might he be doing.
Terrorism will always succeed if we let them force us to change our ways, and give up some of our freedoms.
Personally, I like Domain Discover. Their privacy policy is good, and you also own your own Domain. Tierranet (the parent company of Domain Discover) actually states that you own your own domain name, and they can't take it away from you if someone were to offer them a truckload of money. NSI recently changed their policy to indicate that they own all domain names registered through them, and they can sell your domain to someone else if they want.
Also, Domain Discover makes it incredibly easy to transfer your domain to them. They have a SSL web based interface for making changes.
Note: I don't work for them, but I do have ~15 personal domains registered through them so.. Slightly more expensive them some of the other registrars out there, but I think its worth it to know that my registrar won't steal my domain name if it suits their interests...
The Proximotron proxy filter will automatically remove these pop up ads from win* machines. Its also really configurable, and freeware. My favorite feature -- it lets you strip out blink tags from pages..
I would be extremely wary of posting a page like this. Especially the introduction. Considering whats happening to the guy that posted something resembling CNN's CNNFN, he could have a whole pack of lawyers after his pack of dog biscuits lickety split.
Anyone know about the legal ramifications of using some of Amazon's actual logos and pages on a page directing a lot of negative direction at Amazon? It seems to me they would be likely to throw everything in the book at this guy for doing this site..
The real problem I have with this "initiative" is that people using older browsers tend to be doing so for a reason.
Most people using Netscape 3 is because they are using older computers, and can't afford to upgrade to newer computers. Basically, we are trying to tell people that can't afford a recent computer that can run memory intensive versions of Netscape and IE that they can't use the Internet anymore?
Standards are supposed to make sure that more people can view a web page, not less. The only thing this will accomplish is that anyone who can't afford a new computer won't be able to use the Internet any more. Is this really what we want to say? The message we want to convey to everyone? You can't afford a new toy, or don't want a new toy, so your old one shouldn't work any more either?
So, BSD is doomed because their code is used by Microsoft? Ummm, I think a lot of OS's use at least some portion of the BSD tcp/ip stack. A fairly large portion of them, as I recall.
Does this mean that every OS is doomed if Microsoft starts using their code as well? Theres something we all need to realize here. Microsoft may not do or say the smartest things sometimes, but they aren't going anywhere.
If Microsoft (or any other OS) wants to base their code on BSD, why is this a bad thing? I guess I could have totally missed the point here, but you seem to be saying source code shouldn't be released for really good products because someone might use it.
I can think of at least one OS that runs perfectly stable outside of the box. Its a BSD OS (to prevent against starting a flame war or a "mine is bigger then yours" war, I wont mention WHICH BSD it is) and I have never really had any problems with it.
I use this particular OS for DNS, SMTP, POP3, and several other servers, and never have any problems with it. Granted, I modify the SMTP and DNS servers, but only with configuration files necessary for my domains. Nothing that changes the behavior of the programs in any way.
Of course, this is just my personal experience. And, although I do have a Win2k box sitting next to me, I've never really tried to use it for anything relevant (although I have to admit, it never has crashed on me yet).
So I'm probably not qualified to argue which OS is better, since I've never really given Win2k a fair chance. But then, I've never had any problems with my current OS, so why bother to fix something that isn't broken?
The problem with a lot of ISP's now is that they are implementing much more drastic spam control. Many ISP's won't allow direct connections from anyone who looks like they're on a dialup host (which more then likely is the problem you were running into).
Most of the time, its just a basic hostmask search for "dialup", "ppp" and the like. If the server finds a match, it denies the connection, and tells you that you need to go through your regular ISP's server and not connect directly to them.
In addition, a lot of ISP's are now implementing port 25 blocking (where they won't allow you to connect to any system other then their own mail servers on port 25) to help get rid of spam.
Its likely that you just happened to have partially the same hostmask as people who were spamming, and the mail servers are treating you as such.
I run my own private mail server, and I don't really get very much spam anymore... Thats because every time I get a piece of spam relayed through an open relay in mexico, i just block.mx from connecting to my mail servers. It really works wonders..
Granted, this isn't a good solution if you ever think you might receive a legitimate piece of email from mexico, but I'm pretty sure I won't be (and definitely won't be now!) so it turns out to be a pretty good solution to me.
There are several admins and other people on Efnet who are trying to fix the problem. They are working on a totally new IRC client/server process which basically hides all of the routing servers from the users. The new network is going to be called "EFNext".
In addition, with the new network, it is possible for admins on remote servers to ban people (with the approval of local admins) and quite a bit more.
In addition, server operators will be able to view the logs of the last people to have ops in a channel, and they can intervene and give ops back to the original owners of a channel.
Granted, most of the DDoS attacks happening today aren't due to takeovers any more, but rather certain people trying to overcome penis envy, but it should help with a lot of the problems that have been associated with the Eris Free Network in the past.
If you want, you can find out more information from:
http://www.efnext.com
The page is still under heavy development, but it has a lot of the technical documentation for the server, and gives a good idea as to what is planned.
Not really... They simply used the international version of RSA which is now publicly available. The code was released for quite some time, it is simply the patent that was preventing it from being distributed with the base OS.
Any "Independent review" or "Rubber stamp" that some would place on Carnivore is irrelevant.
Let's just say that Carnivore is open sourced for the entire world to see. Everyone agrees that its "safe".
Whats going to stop the FBI from sending one remote command to the box and have it "update" the software. Oh look. It doesn't do the same thing anymore.
"Hmm.. Someone is getting suspicious as to what is going on." They update the software again, and 2 minutes later, the software does what its supposed to be doing again.
This is what we need to worry about. Only by having the ISP themselves control what the software is doing can anyone truely be safe. No matter what we think, there is always going to be the potential to abuse any software. The real problem is just how easy it is to happen, and how easy it is to cover the tracks when it does. I don't believe it will be a matter of "if" Carnivore will be abused, but rather a matter of "when".
I normally try to avoid posting comments, because I often find myself unqualified. However, after doing a little research, I would like to just point out something I read, and let everyone else judge for themselves regarding one of the posts Mr. Sokolov posted earlier this year...
Oh no, I don't have any firewalls! I am an agent of the International Free
Computing Task Force, and firewalls are by definition an obstacle to Free
Computing that must be brought down. When I ordered my dedicated ARPA Internet
connection, I instructed my ISP very clearly to make my connection wide open
without any firewalls whatsoever.
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Make a second copy of the drive image before sending it, and checksum them both. Then, if (when) the asshats change something, you can appeal to a judge who actually knows what hes talking about (or is willing to listen to those that do) and get them exposed for the frauds that they are.
Hey, it makes a difference. If they are Korean theres a good chance that none of them went off correctly...
It's posts like these that makes me think Slashdot needs a +6 limit. However, to get +6, at *least* 5 additional people need to bump it up. That way the really good posts like this one can be distinguished. This is a fantastic idea.
So, who determines which copyright holders get what, and how much they get? Seems to me this is a system just ripe for abuse, with minimal controls on the right money getting to the right people... ... and, in other, no-way related news, I released a couple of songs I sung myself last year, and while I am a crappy singer/writer, I believe someone in Spain may be listening to my songs right now, and burning them and distributing them to their friends.
Can I have my check now, please?
At least with these guys they have the option of doing an erase and install to restore their software to the way it was before. Some people are not able to boot their computers any more without using the firmware restore CD.
Please, please, please, before trying this type of stuff, RTFM...
Because that would involve personal responsibility, and this day in age it's far too easier to just sue someone claiming they didn't do enough to stop you from hurting yourself.
I think he should do more research in the case before making public statements. Apple isn't suing ThinkSecret to have them stop posting news articles. They're suing to obtain the identity of the Apple Employee(s) who posted internal, confidential, NDA protected items that ThinkSecret published on their website. They're also upset that ThinkSecret was apparently trying to solicit the confidential information from employees to begin with.
IF the allegation turns out to be true, I'd be pissed, too.
Hmm.. anyone know Rick Bouchers district/contact info? I would love to write that man a letter.. and I dont mean a bad one, either.
With all the negative feedback congressmen normally get from us, I think it would be a nice change if we actually wrote them something thanking and encouraging them for once...
Yeah, Oracle will probably wind up wanting an extra 10,000 licenses just to be safe. Probably try and convince them its for their own good, too.
You know, its pretty sad when I think about this. The terrorists have won; no matter what we say. They wanted to force us to change our lives; they succeeded. They wanted us to give up our way of life; we have, or at least part of it. They wanted us to be afraid; we are, at least to some extent. If you see somebody walking down main street with a large trenchcoat now, your afraid. What might he be doing.
Terrorism will always succeed if we let them force us to change our ways, and give up some of our freedoms.
Also, Domain Discover makes it incredibly easy to transfer your domain to them. They have a SSL web based interface for making changes.
Note: I don't work for them, but I do have ~15 personal domains registered through them so.. Slightly more expensive them some of the other registrars out there, but I think its worth it to know that my registrar won't steal my domain name if it suits their interests...
The Proximotron proxy filter will automatically remove these pop up ads from win* machines. Its also really configurable, and freeware. My favorite feature -- it lets you strip out blink tags from pages..
KTXL Fox has it in my area (sacramento, ca) ... usually on sundays at 5:00pm PST
I would be extremely wary of posting a page like this. Especially the introduction. Considering whats happening to the guy that posted something resembling CNN's CNNFN, he could have a whole pack of lawyers after his pack of dog biscuits lickety split.
Anyone know about the legal ramifications of using some of Amazon's actual logos and pages on a page directing a lot of negative direction at Amazon? It seems to me they would be likely to throw everything in the book at this guy for doing this site..
The real problem I have with this "initiative" is that people using older browsers tend to be doing so for a reason.
Most people using Netscape 3 is because they are using older computers, and can't afford to upgrade to newer computers. Basically, we are trying to tell people that can't afford a recent computer that can run memory intensive versions of Netscape and IE that they can't use the Internet anymore?
Standards are supposed to make sure that more people can view a web page, not less. The only thing this will accomplish is that anyone who can't afford a new computer won't be able to use the Internet any more. Is this really what we want to say? The message we want to convey to everyone? You can't afford a new toy, or don't want a new toy, so your old one shouldn't work any more either?
Unbelievable. Absolutely Unbelievable.
So, BSD is doomed because their code is used by Microsoft? Ummm, I think a lot of OS's use at least some portion of the BSD tcp/ip stack. A fairly large portion of them, as I recall.
Does this mean that every OS is doomed if Microsoft starts using their code as well? Theres something we all need to realize here. Microsoft may not do or say the smartest things sometimes, but they aren't going anywhere.
If Microsoft (or any other OS) wants to base their code on BSD, why is this a bad thing? I guess I could have totally missed the point here, but you seem to be saying source code shouldn't be released for really good products because someone might use it.
I'm going to get flagged as a troll for this, but I have to point it out... I think it'll get a laugh out of someone at least..
:)
"... whereas 'it's' is the contraction of 'it is' you where looking for."
Isn't that supposed to be "were"?
I can think of at least one OS that runs perfectly stable outside of the box. Its a BSD OS (to prevent against starting a flame war or a "mine is bigger then yours" war, I wont mention WHICH BSD it is) and I have never really had any problems with it.
I use this particular OS for DNS, SMTP, POP3, and several other servers, and never have any problems with it. Granted, I modify the SMTP and DNS servers, but only with configuration files necessary for my domains. Nothing that changes the behavior of the programs in any way.
Of course, this is just my personal experience. And, although I do have a Win2k box sitting next to me, I've never really tried to use it for anything relevant (although I have to admit, it never has crashed on me yet).
So I'm probably not qualified to argue which OS is better, since I've never really given Win2k a fair chance. But then, I've never had any problems with my current OS, so why bother to fix something that isn't broken?
The problem with a lot of ISP's now is that they are implementing much more drastic spam control. Many ISP's won't allow direct connections from anyone who looks like they're on a dialup host (which more then likely is the problem you were running into).
.mx from connecting to my mail servers. It really works wonders..
Most of the time, its just a basic hostmask search for "dialup", "ppp" and the like. If the server finds a match, it denies the connection, and tells you that you need to go through your regular ISP's server and not connect directly to them.
In addition, a lot of ISP's are now implementing port 25 blocking (where they won't allow you to connect to any system other then their own mail servers on port 25) to help get rid of spam.
Its likely that you just happened to have partially the same hostmask as people who were spamming, and the mail servers are treating you as such.
I run my own private mail server, and I don't really get very much spam anymore... Thats because every time I get a piece of spam relayed through an open relay in mexico, i just block
Granted, this isn't a good solution if you ever think you might receive a legitimate piece of email from mexico, but I'm pretty sure I won't be (and definitely won't be now!) so it turns out to be a pretty good solution to me.
There are several admins and other people on Efnet who are trying to fix the problem. They are working on a totally new IRC client/server process which basically hides all of the routing servers from the users. The new network is going to be called "EFNext".
In addition, with the new network, it is possible for admins on remote servers to ban people (with the approval of local admins) and quite a bit more.
In addition, server operators will be able to view the logs of the last people to have ops in a channel, and they can intervene and give ops back to the original owners of a channel.
Granted, most of the DDoS attacks happening today aren't due to takeovers any more, but rather certain people trying to overcome penis envy, but it should help with a lot of the problems that have been associated with the Eris Free Network in the past.
If you want, you can find out more information from:
http://www.efnext.com
The page is still under heavy development, but it has a lot of the technical documentation for the server, and gives a good idea as to what is planned.
Not really... They simply used the international version of RSA which is now publicly available. The code was released for quite some time, it is simply the patent that was preventing it from being distributed with the base OS.
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Let's just say that Carnivore is open sourced for the entire world to see. Everyone agrees that its "safe".
Whats going to stop the FBI from sending one remote command to the box and have it "update" the software. Oh look. It doesn't do the same thing anymore.
"Hmm.. Someone is getting suspicious as to what is going on." They update the software again, and 2 minutes later, the software does what its supposed to be doing again.
This is what we need to worry about. Only by having the ISP themselves control what the software is doing can anyone truely be safe. No matter what we think, there is always going to be the potential to abuse any software. The real problem is just how easy it is to happen, and how easy it is to cover the tracks when it does. I don't believe it will be a matter of "if" Carnivore will be abused, but rather a matter of "when".
Oh no, I don't have any firewalls! I am an agent of the International Free Computing Task Force, and firewalls are by definition an obstacle to Free Computing that must be brought down. When I ordered my dedicated ARPA Internet connection, I instructed my ISP very clearly to make my connection wide open without any firewalls whatsoever.
'Nuff Said.