They can't put a unqique key on the CD because they use mass stampers. Each CD is 100% identical. If they were to have different data on each CD, the costs of production would skyrocket...
The FBI doesn't need a virus to do this, all they need to do is tell Microsoft they'll drop the charges against them if they agree to secretly include code to do whatever the FBI wants. How hard would it be to add a keylogger to Windows XP's millions of lines of code? Not hard. The hardest part would be transmitting the data, but with most people being computer-security ignorant that won't be a problem.
What this really is is a way for the FBI to catch petty criminals. It will do absolutely nothing against professionals or anyone else who has a clue...
I believe that if they are obviously negligent (as it appears they are, based on the condition of the box) then you have a potential lawsuit. No matter what their business waivers say, if they are clearly at fault then you have a case.
What did you use to pad it though? Wrapping it in a thick blanket might give enough padding that wouldn't shift around.
The other option is to use a hardened case (like 99% of PC's) rather than a cutesy mac plastic one with weak feet:)
I was always under the impression that the country TLD's were meant to be used for sites that had geography-specific information. Such as city government sites, or a store that is in one city. The example "clothingstore.los-angeles.ca.us" given was a good example, but now they want to make it "clothingstore.us"? Doesn't that pretty much defeat the point?
Another point to consider is who can buy these. Will it be US people only or will it be like cc, tv, to, etc which will sell to anyone?
On a third note, do I care? I already have a couple.com's:)
While their at it, Hollywood should make a bunch of movies where terrorists get the crap beat out of them. Instead of making "let's destroy america for fun" movies to give them ideas, make a movie to scare them about the world's response to attack!
It's a good thing in the long run, but what are the costs of switching that many people over? Sure the OS is free, but all that tech support time is quite expensive, especially in the beginning. How long would it take for them to recoup in savings the loss for the switchover?
CAT5 would most definately NOT work over 45 miles. the maximum cable length without using a repeater is a few thousand feet (total, including all splits)
I agree that fiber would be the only way, and you mights still need powered repeaters along the way, but you may be able to power these with solar arrays at the spot.
How can I find out which of our esteem elected "representatives" added these riders? I sure would like to know if someone I voted for added something that I didn't like. Maybe then I wouldn't vote for that person next time! What about those who spoke out against it? I'd like to vote for them again if I can!
What happened to the time when companies would start small and then grow? In the "internet age" people want to get rich quick, which doesn't work unless you're in a tech bubble (pop!)
There are definately good internet businesses out there. My favorite is DreamHost. All Debian, hosting 30,000 domains now, handled my site getting slashdotted last month, and no annoying money-making-schemes. It's a place that's run by programmers, for programmers, and therefore it is excellent for people wanting php, mysql, perl, shell, encryption, etc etc etc.
The only companies that need agressive marketing are the ones that people would not normally buy products from.
There were rumors about printers which emitted homing signals that bombs could hone in on which were sold to the iraqi's. Also, if they can get GPS circuits small enough to stick in a phone, I'm sure they can be embedded into lots of things. We just have to put a note on the product reminding the "subject" to keep the batteries charged on his turban:)
I think that tying GPS into phones is a really good idea. When visiting San Francisco a friend and I were looking for a ToGo's for lunch. We could use his phone for the web, but we didn't know the zip code, nor where we were or how to get anywhere. We ended up wandering around till we found one:)
The most important thing is this: The ability to turn it off. There is no valid reason for anyone to have the potential to track where my phone is if I choose to not want that feature.
Good for Samsung! Just think if the phone ran Micro$oft Windows CE?
On a related note, if Tivo's were to use solid state hard drives they could ignore Pause, Inc.'s patent on pausing since they require a disk-based memory system. Or so I recall from they patent papers.
In further released papers, the FBI has siezed all Microsoft assets. The FBI was able to do this by citing the laws regarding "primary use by criminals" since most copies of windows are pirated, used by viruses, or used by people who are criminals (including unpaid parking tickets).
The new company, tentatively called GovernSoft, will be sold to the lowest bidder to pay for the costs of prosecuting the case, which could reach into untold billions of dollars.
To get around this, just do it the way MacGyver did! Take a glass that the subject touched, heat some wax, put the wax on your finger, press your finger to the print on the glass, go press that to the reader and viola' you're in!
What this would be good for is _supplemental_ security. So you would need a valid password AND a print to get in. Or you could use the print to access semi-private data while you would still need the password to get to the really sensitive stuff. It's not like we need one security level for everything.
Editors: You edit the posts, I know you do. On main-page stories please make sure that such bvious errors are fixed, otherwise we look like a bunch of high-schoolers...
Our only way to judge people online is by their words, so it is important to get those words right!
The greatest thing about the BBS days (other than TradeWars and OOII) was that you were connecting to people nearby. Though you never met face-to-face, it was still nice to know that they were in the same area. I would love to find a local web site in my area that was focused exclusively on my neighborhood. Alas, I can find none. We don't need a wireless freenet, we just need better focused sites.
People say we're anti-social, but computers have ALWAYS been about connecting people to people!
You know, the good side to all these viruses running around all the time is that a lot of security holes have been patched. Therefore, if we (meaning anyone) are attacked via computer by someone trying to do some real damage then there are a lot of security holes that have already been plugged. Throw in some on-the-job crisis management for the IT guys and you have a company that is much better for a targeted attack.
I'd love a world without virii but then I'd be out of a job and the number of stories on slashdot would be halved!:)
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Phone lines have 40V nominal and 80V+ rings. Low voltage is < 12V. You're right though, they usually don't interfere with other devices.
Travis
"the plaintiff's lawyer, Gino Scarselli"
Isn't that the mob guy the FBI keylogged to sniff his password?
They can't put a unqique key on the CD because they use mass stampers. Each CD is 100% identical. If they were to have different data on each CD, the costs of production would skyrocket...
:)
Good thought though
Sounds like the Spirit cooled computers from a few years back!
:)
Alcohol sure does work wonders
The FBI doesn't need a virus to do this, all they need to do is tell Microsoft they'll drop the charges against them if they agree to secretly include code to do whatever the FBI wants. How hard would it be to add a keylogger to Windows XP's millions of lines of code? Not hard. The hardest part would be transmitting the data, but with most people being computer-security ignorant that won't be a problem.
What this really is is a way for the FBI to catch petty criminals. It will do absolutely nothing against professionals or anyone else who has a clue...
I believe that if they are obviously negligent (as it appears they are, based on the condition of the box) then you have a potential lawsuit. No matter what their business waivers say, if they are clearly at fault then you have a case.
:)
What did you use to pad it though? Wrapping it in a thick blanket might give enough padding that wouldn't shift around.
The other option is to use a hardened case (like 99% of PC's) rather than a cutesy mac plastic one with weak feet
I was always under the impression that the country TLD's were meant to be used for sites that had geography-specific information. Such as city government sites, or a store that is in one city. The example "clothingstore.los-angeles.ca.us" given was a good example, but now they want to make it "clothingstore.us"? Doesn't that pretty much defeat the point?
.com's :)
Another point to consider is who can buy these. Will it be US people only or will it be like cc, tv, to, etc which will sell to anyone?
On a third note, do I care? I already have a couple
I had to idea Will Wheaton was so cool :)
shouldn't that be ?
shouldn't that be ?
While their at it, Hollywood should make a bunch of movies where terrorists get the crap beat out of them. Instead of making "let's destroy america for fun" movies to give them ideas, make a movie to scare them about the world's response to attack!
It's a good thing in the long run, but what are the costs of switching that many people over? Sure the OS is free, but all that tech support time is quite expensive, especially in the beginning. How long would it take for them to recoup in savings the loss for the switchover?
CAT5 would most definately NOT work over 45 miles. the maximum cable length without using a repeater is a few thousand feet (total, including all splits)
I agree that fiber would be the only way, and you mights still need powered repeaters along the way, but you may be able to power these with solar arrays at the spot.
How can I find out which of our esteem elected "representatives" added these riders? I sure would like to know if someone I voted for added something that I didn't like. Maybe then I wouldn't vote for that person next time! What about those who spoke out against it? I'd like to vote for them again if I can!
What happened to the time when companies would start small and then grow? In the "internet age" people want to get rich quick, which doesn't work unless you're in a tech bubble (pop!)
There are definately good internet businesses out there. My favorite is DreamHost. All Debian, hosting 30,000 domains now, handled my site getting slashdotted last month, and no annoying money-making-schemes. It's a place that's run by programmers, for programmers, and therefore it is excellent for people wanting php, mysql, perl, shell, encryption, etc etc etc.
The only companies that need agressive marketing are the ones that people would not normally buy products from.
Travis
There were rumors about printers which emitted homing signals that bombs could hone in on which were sold to the iraqi's. Also, if they can get GPS circuits small enough to stick in a phone, I'm sure they can be embedded into lots of things. We just have to put a note on the product reminding the "subject" to keep the batteries charged on his turban :)
The most important thing is this: The ability to turn it off. There is no valid reason for anyone to have the potential to track where my phone is if I choose to not want that feature.
Good for Samsung! Just think if the phone ran Micro$oft Windows CE?
On a related note, if Tivo's were to use solid state hard drives they could ignore Pause, Inc.'s patent on pausing since they require a disk-based memory system. Or so I recall from they patent papers.
In further released papers, the FBI has siezed all Microsoft assets. The FBI was able to do this by citing the laws regarding "primary use by criminals" since most copies of windows are pirated, used by viruses, or used by people who are criminals (including unpaid parking tickets).
The new company, tentatively called GovernSoft, will be sold to the lowest bidder to pay for the costs of prosecuting the case, which could reach into untold billions of dollars.
To get around this, just do it the way MacGyver did! Take a glass that the subject touched, heat some wax, put the wax on your finger, press your finger to the print on the glass, go press that to the reader and viola' you're in!
What this would be good for is _supplemental_ security. So you would need a valid password AND a print to get in. Or you could use the print to access semi-private data while you would still need the password to get to the really sensitive stuff. It's not like we need one security level for everything.
Travis
new is spelled "knew" in this context.
Editors: You edit the posts, I know you do. On main-page stories please make sure that such bvious errors are fixed, otherwise we look like a bunch of high-schoolers...
Our only way to judge people online is by their words, so it is important to get those words right!
Travis
The greatest thing about the BBS days (other than TradeWars and OOII) was that you were connecting to people nearby. Though you never met face-to-face, it was still nice to know that they were in the same area. I would love to find a local web site in my area that was focused exclusively on my neighborhood. Alas, I can find none. We don't need a wireless freenet, we just need better focused sites. People say we're anti-social, but computers have ALWAYS been about connecting people to people!
Great! Now when playing WolfTest I can actually grab the teamkillers and slap them silly! Woo hoo!
We're really in trouble if a porn site is running the spam blacklist! What's next, blocking all sites with non-sex content?
Travis
You know, the good side to all these viruses running around all the time is that a lot of security holes have been patched. Therefore, if we (meaning anyone) are attacked via computer by someone trying to do some real damage then there are a lot of security holes that have already been plugged. Throw in some on-the-job crisis management for the IT guys and you have a company that is much better for a targeted attack.
:)
I'd love a world without virii but then I'd be out of a job and the number of stories on slashdot would be halved!