OSS, but for Windows, though I don't know what kind of hacking you'd want to do to get it on your OS of choice.
I use this EVERY day for my notes. The network communication feature for passing the notes around that are persistant on your desktop. Quick note that negates sending an email when I can send a persistant (See 'Always On Top') sticky that you have to acknowledge to put away.
I had to send Tom (the maintainer) a thank you note after 2 weeks of using it. It's been a lifesaver a couple of times. The network features are excellent.
Psssh. I live in Kansas. While I'm not going to bust out on some fanatical allegiance to The Sunflower State, I still got to stand up and say this is still a good state, if a little Republican at times, with plenty to do and see.
I-70 towards Hays sucks though. I know it'll get modded down, blah blah, but someone's gotta take a stand. =P
I guess I didn't clarify on that, but yes, *we* do patch them up. I didn't make it clear I was referring to the heavyweights in personal computers, like Dell, Gateway, Compaq. Those machines are the machines we see in our service center more than any for patch issues. (See Blaster and Sasser).
Actually, the average user DOES see this, but they're too afraid to transition to something else.
I sale computers in a Mom & Pop shop for a living, and I almost pity the people who buy new machines, only to have the machine exploited 30 minutes later when they first hook it up to the Internet.
An average week finds angry faces and empty threats of wishing there was an alternative to Microsoft. I promote my precious (see Golum) Apples, but the price difference and the software compatibilities stop a lot of people from switching.
I watch these people get hit in the pocketbooks for Microsoft's insecurities. I mean, hey, it pays my paycheck, but there NEEDS to be a better way. Regardless of whether or not Microsoft can provide this with *their* AV software, well, that's to be seen. They're a fairly innovative company in how they operate (COMPLETELY subjective comment, yes, but XP has empowered 80+yos to print, scan, copy, and fax with an ease not found previously), so we'll see what they do here.
Black Ice is a ridiculous product with many security issues of its own. Do your own Googling.
The best of the worst in software firewalls IMHO is Norton Internet Security. Good support, and if it hoses your TCP/IP stack (like most any software-based firewall has a tendency to do over time...), there's at least well documented support.
If they're a dialup user, security patch the hell out of the box and be done with it. If they're broadband, figure out a way to put a hardware solution in there. Don't compromise the stability of the TCP/IP stack with software filtering. I don't know how many machines I've had to rebuild the stacks on because of shitty software-based firewalls for Windows.
I've written my Congressman on the appealation of the DMCA, I've gone to open forum talks and brought the subject up, so don't talk to me about bellyaching.
I've done my part in promoting fair use in as much as I can. I'm anti DMCA, just as a good SlashThinker should be.
Using the software that Apple provides means you agree to the terms that usage provides. Don't like it, don't use it, but SURE AS HELL don't ruin it for people who agree with it and accept it in it's current form because you can't play it on every device you own.
Find an alternative, but don't ruin what I find is the fairest, most reasonable DRM to exist on the market.
There is a GPL comparison found later in this discussion which I love completely, and will reiterate here.
What would be said by the OSS community if someone decided they were going to use GPL'd software outside of it's license "because they didn't agree with it," but still wanted the benefit of using it. You'd all be up in arms. I'd be up in arms.
It's shit like this that will only serve to reinforce hardware-based DRM solutions that will lock you out even more.
Thanks for being a prick and ruining it for everybody.
I've got some Karma to burn, so mod as you like. Pulling the "I don't care, I'm gonna do it anyway" attitude will only solidify the **AA's fear and interest in making it near impossible to move digital content around.
FairPlay has been more than reasonable in use, IMHO.
This was caused by the neato heat-sensor power button where you don't need to actually touch it, but merely pass your finger in front of it
Just an FYI, but it's light-sensitive. Those machines will come on and off like a clapper when the power gasket starts wearing out. Every time you turn a lamp on and off. It gets old fast.
I work for one of the most intelligent people I know. Jim built his wireless network up from the ground by ordering $5,000 radios, ripping them apart with screwdrivers and plyers, and really learning how to get the job done.
I don't get told a lot about our network, but we have a combination of 802.11b and g from my understanding, running across links of up to 13 miles.
For the controlling servers, my understanding is that we're running a mostly Linux layout, but that's speculation as I've currently got just a sales job signing up new customers.
We service a coverage aread of 100+ square miles, and short of lightning strikes, it's a pretty reliable service.
Just thought I'd promote one for the home team. =)
Remember that statistics can be twisted however one wants.
As long as it benefits the Slashdot crowd, we all eat them up and say "Yeah! Exactly!"
The second some statistics come out to the contrary, I've always seen the arguments here go "Well, those are just statistics, they skewed them to their advantage..."
Just an observation. Flame away. Thought about posting Anonymously, but I've got some karma, and I think it's a justifiable point.
The first thing I thought of was the fact that he used some other software for the sole purpose of "reverse engineering" a Word document.
Then, I thought about the fact that a Word document has become so convoluted with extra XML and unneccesarily metadata that yes, in fact, you DO have to reverse engineer a document to get the archived data.
Don't know why. Just thought the concept was kinda funny. I can see the spin on that one:
"He used Linux to reverse engineer our documents! Linux is a tool designed just for that, and should be outlawed!"
We ARE talking about PR people here, and especially some who have just been ridiculed in public. =)
Unfortunately, regardless of pamphlet or not, people still do not read and understand.
Worse yet, they refuse to understand, letting the mysticism and magic of their computer whisk away any common sense to be had in logical thinking.
Before I was in a position of admining just boxes, I worked in as tech in an on-site service and repair. The people whom I worked with generally heeded any warnings I gave them with a dull blankness on their faces. They heard the words, but they did not register. One in twenty might listen harder than a "Uh huh..." and "...but I'm good for now?".
A pamphlet would just be a waste of paper and ink. Shutting their connections off once or twice drives the point home harder that wasted words.
I say that bitterly, but it makes sense to me, as it's the nature of people. Lots of people don't have time to worry about stuff like that. They have their jobs and their people to be annoyed at. Only when it affects their productivity or their leisure do they really stop to care. At that point, they do something about it and see to it that it doesn't happen again.
I push routers to everyone I can. We don't give them away for free, but we do price them competitively so that we can be their one-stop shop.
We don't support them though. It's the mindset that we're not a free service to take advantage of; we're here to make money. If you have a problem that is addressable, we'll take care of it. What we're not here to do is teach you how to use your computer for free.
Want tutorials? Sure, we'll come in and show you how to use your machine all day long.
$75/hour onsite, $65/hr in-shop.
That's what people also don't get. Your ignorance isn't my problem. What *is* my problem is when your ignorance causes my network problems. Then I flip the switch, and your connection drops.
People have to get burned once or twice before they realize the flame is hot.
Internet usage is not a RIGHT. It's a PRIVILEDGE. And it's one you should have to be responsible to keep.
Word, brother. I love it when people come in and bitch about how slow their new computer is that they just bought from us a month ago.
I smile, nod, and ask them to bring it in, usually to scoffs. They get the machine here, I fire it up, and there's Gator, WeatherBug, DateManager, Kazaa, iMesh, etc.
I smile, nod, and tell them it's going to be $65 (our hourly in-shop rate) for me to clean it up because their problem is a software one. Either that, or I can restore their machine back to the way it was when they bought it for free.
As much of a BOFH that makes me sound, I get pleasure out of the looks on their face when torn between their ignorance and their wallet.
Worse part is, they could do the same thing I'm gonna do for free at home if they had a clue.
Like they say, you get paid for what you know, and pay for what you don't know...
...And every little old lady that comes in and purchases a DSL circuit for email makes me cringe.
All I can think is that she's just another virus infection waiting to happen on my network.
For some, it's senseless and stupid to have a broadband connection. I mean, my bread and butter requires that people DO have a DSL circuit, but there's no sense of responsibility with their internet connection.
People bitch all the time about spam, and how to get rid of it. That same person comes in and has a SMTP relay cleaned off their system a month later. They can complain about it, but they don't realize they're part of the problem as well.
Then there are those that come in and tell me to my face "Bah, I don't care if I have a virus, it just makes things a little slower." Those people piss me off the most. Those same people get pissed when I shut their connections off because they're sending out 20 messages/second, drowing their outbound pipe.
I swear. Sometimes I think owning a computer should require a license.
I'm sitting here with my brand new 20GB iPod, and that's exactly the reason why. Got $1,200 back from Uncle Sam, and planned on blowing half that on a 20GB and an iTrip, iSkin, PowerPod, and a custom-built car mount for my baby.
I say Apple's genious for timing it like they did. I personally could be happier. Now I can bring my whole music collection to work without potentially legally compromising my employer by keeping mp3s on my work machine. Now I just hook up my iPod to a set of speakers and groove all day. Using the power adapter, I can listen to my music all day, and have a full charge for the drive home as well.
Bravo to Apple. Now I'm just gonna be pissed when the color screens come out. I suspect that's the next piece of the evolution. Color screens and albums covers being displayed have got to be the next step in my mind.
Honestly, I was too young to vote or even cared when the DMCA was being passed through Congress. I'm just tired of having to circumvent one law to do what is arguably protected in another.
I used to pirate music, because there wasn't the option of picking out a single song. As I type this, my newly purchased The Darkness album is playing, courtesy of iTunes.
I have no desire to pirate movies and music in the long term. I will, however, in spite. I have an option to pick and choose my music, and I want the option to FAIRLY backup my CDs and DVDs, and newly released by 321 Studios, my video games. I've bought it, it's mine. What I do with it after that is MY perogative.
Sorry, just saw the article this afternoon, and I flipped out. I love DVDXCOPY, and suggest it everywhere. To lose a good product that does it's intended purpose well is a travesty.
I hope they win in court.
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They Sound like the names of multi-million dollar gated communities...
OSS, but for Windows, though I don't know what kind of hacking you'd want to do to get it on your OS of choice.
I use this EVERY day for my notes. The network communication feature for passing the notes around that are persistant on your desktop. Quick note that negates sending an email when I can send a persistant (See 'Always On Top') sticky that you have to acknowledge to put away.
Anyhow, the URL: http://www.btinternet.com/~tom.revell/
I had to send Tom (the maintainer) a thank you note after 2 weeks of using it. It's been a lifesaver a couple of times. The network features are excellent.
The Spinx? Just saying that word has my tongue in a knot. =P
Psssh. I live in Kansas. While I'm not going to bust out on some fanatical allegiance to The Sunflower State, I still got to stand up and say this is still a good state, if a little Republican at times, with plenty to do and see.
I-70 towards Hays sucks though. I know it'll get modded down, blah blah, but someone's gotta take a stand. =P
I guess I didn't clarify on that, but yes, *we* do patch them up. I didn't make it clear I was referring to the heavyweights in personal computers, like Dell, Gateway, Compaq. Those machines are the machines we see in our service center more than any for patch issues. (See Blaster and Sasser).
We don't fear dying or being stupid anymore in this day of extended life and wealth of information.
We fear being bored. And thus, we throw exhorbident amounts of cash and idolation at the shrines of entertainment.
*looks around and realizes he sounds fanatical*
Just the way I've always looked at it. Hell, I admit I do it to.
Actually, the average user DOES see this, but they're too afraid to transition to something else.
I sale computers in a Mom & Pop shop for a living, and I almost pity the people who buy new machines, only to have the machine exploited 30 minutes later when they first hook it up to the Internet.
An average week finds angry faces and empty threats of wishing there was an alternative to Microsoft. I promote my precious (see Golum) Apples, but the price difference and the software compatibilities stop a lot of people from switching.
I watch these people get hit in the pocketbooks for Microsoft's insecurities. I mean, hey, it pays my paycheck, but there NEEDS to be a better way. Regardless of whether or not Microsoft can provide this with *their* AV software, well, that's to be seen. They're a fairly innovative company in how they operate (COMPLETELY subjective comment, yes, but XP has empowered 80+yos to print, scan, copy, and fax with an ease not found previously), so we'll see what they do here.
Black Ice is a ridiculous product with many security issues of its own. Do your own Googling.
The best of the worst in software firewalls IMHO is Norton Internet Security. Good support, and if it hoses your TCP/IP stack (like most any software-based firewall has a tendency to do over time...), there's at least well documented support.
If they're a dialup user, security patch the hell out of the box and be done with it. If they're broadband, figure out a way to put a hardware solution in there. Don't compromise the stability of the TCP/IP stack with software filtering. I don't know how many machines I've had to rebuild the stacks on because of shitty software-based firewalls for Windows.
And, as always, YMMV.
I've written my Congressman on the appealation of the DMCA, I've gone to open forum talks and brought the subject up, so don't talk to me about bellyaching.
I've done my part in promoting fair use in as much as I can. I'm anti DMCA, just as a good SlashThinker should be.
Using the software that Apple provides means you agree to the terms that usage provides. Don't like it, don't use it, but SURE AS HELL don't ruin it for people who agree with it and accept it in it's current form because you can't play it on every device you own.
Find an alternative, but don't ruin what I find is the fairest, most reasonable DRM to exist on the market.
There is a GPL comparison found later in this discussion which I love completely, and will reiterate here.
What would be said by the OSS community if someone decided they were going to use GPL'd software outside of it's license "because they didn't agree with it," but still wanted the benefit of using it. You'd all be up in arms. I'd be up in arms.
I think I've made my point.
It's shit like this that will only serve to reinforce hardware-based DRM solutions that will lock you out even more.
Thanks for being a prick and ruining it for everybody.
I've got some Karma to burn, so mod as you like. Pulling the "I don't care, I'm gonna do it anyway" attitude will only solidify the **AA's fear and interest in making it near impossible to move digital content around.
FairPlay has been more than reasonable in use, IMHO.
Ummm...
Ethereal for checking out packets.
Thought it was obvious with a little googling...
This was caused by the neato heat-sensor power button where you don't need to actually touch it, but merely pass your finger in front of it
Just an FYI, but it's light-sensitive. Those machines will come on and off like a clapper when the power gasket starts wearing out. Every time you turn a lamp on and off. It gets old fast.
Just an FYI
I work for one of the most intelligent people I know. Jim built his wireless network up from the ground by ordering $5,000 radios, ripping them apart with screwdrivers and plyers, and really learning how to get the job done.
I don't get told a lot about our network, but we have a combination of 802.11b and g from my understanding, running across links of up to 13 miles.
For the controlling servers, my understanding is that we're running a mostly Linux layout, but that's speculation as I've currently got just a sales job signing up new customers.
We service a coverage aread of 100+ square miles, and short of lightning strikes, it's a pretty reliable service.
Just thought I'd promote one for the home team. =)
Remember that statistics can be twisted however one wants.
As long as it benefits the Slashdot crowd, we all eat them up and say "Yeah! Exactly!"
The second some statistics come out to the contrary, I've always seen the arguments here go "Well, those are just statistics, they skewed them to their advantage..."
Just an observation. Flame away. Thought about posting Anonymously, but I've got some karma, and I think it's a justifiable point.
The first thing I thought of was the fact that he used some other software for the sole purpose of "reverse engineering" a Word document. Then, I thought about the fact that a Word document has become so convoluted with extra XML and unneccesarily metadata that yes, in fact, you DO have to reverse engineer a document to get the archived data. Don't know why. Just thought the concept was kinda funny. I can see the spin on that one: "He used Linux to reverse engineer our documents! Linux is a tool designed just for that, and should be outlawed!" We ARE talking about PR people here, and especially some who have just been ridiculed in public. =)
It's not really about this item now, but the fact that the technology is now in place to get better and better, and cheaper to boot.
Unfortunately, regardless of pamphlet or not, people still do not read and understand.
Worse yet, they refuse to understand, letting the mysticism and magic of their computer whisk away any common sense to be had in logical thinking.
Before I was in a position of admining just boxes, I worked in as tech in an on-site service and repair. The people whom I worked with generally heeded any warnings I gave them with a dull blankness on their faces. They heard the words, but they did not register. One in twenty might listen harder than a "Uh huh..." and "...but I'm good for now?".
A pamphlet would just be a waste of paper and ink. Shutting their connections off once or twice drives the point home harder that wasted words.
I say that bitterly, but it makes sense to me, as it's the nature of people. Lots of people don't have time to worry about stuff like that. They have their jobs and their people to be annoyed at. Only when it affects their productivity or their leisure do they really stop to care. At that point, they do something about it and see to it that it doesn't happen again.
I push routers to everyone I can. We don't give them away for free, but we do price them competitively so that we can be their one-stop shop.
We don't support them though. It's the mindset that we're not a free service to take advantage of; we're here to make money. If you have a problem that is addressable, we'll take care of it. What we're not here to do is teach you how to use your computer for free.
Want tutorials? Sure, we'll come in and show you how to use your machine all day long.
$75/hour onsite, $65/hr in-shop.
That's what people also don't get. Your ignorance isn't my problem. What *is* my problem is when your ignorance causes my network problems. Then I flip the switch, and your connection drops.
People have to get burned once or twice before they realize the flame is hot.
Internet usage is not a RIGHT. It's a PRIVILEDGE. And it's one you should have to be responsible to keep.
Word, brother. I love it when people come in and bitch about how slow their new computer is that they just bought from us a month ago.
I smile, nod, and ask them to bring it in, usually to scoffs. They get the machine here, I fire it up, and there's Gator, WeatherBug, DateManager, Kazaa, iMesh, etc.
I smile, nod, and tell them it's going to be $65 (our hourly in-shop rate) for me to clean it up because their problem is a software one. Either that, or I can restore their machine back to the way it was when they bought it for free.
As much of a BOFH that makes me sound, I get pleasure out of the looks on their face when torn between their ignorance and their wallet.
Worse part is, they could do the same thing I'm gonna do for free at home if they had a clue.
Like they say, you get paid for what you know, and pay for what you don't know...
...And every little old lady that comes in and purchases a DSL circuit for email makes me cringe.
All I can think is that she's just another virus infection waiting to happen on my network.
For some, it's senseless and stupid to have a broadband connection. I mean, my bread and butter requires that people DO have a DSL circuit, but there's no sense of responsibility with their internet connection.
People bitch all the time about spam, and how to get rid of it. That same person comes in and has a SMTP relay cleaned off their system a month later. They can complain about it, but they don't realize they're part of the problem as well.
Then there are those that come in and tell me to my face "Bah, I don't care if I have a virus, it just makes things a little slower." Those people piss me off the most. Those same people get pissed when I shut their connections off because they're sending out 20 messages/second, drowing their outbound pipe.
I swear. Sometimes I think owning a computer should require a license.
That's EXACTLY right.
I'm sitting here with my brand new 20GB iPod, and that's exactly the reason why. Got $1,200 back from Uncle Sam, and planned on blowing half that on a 20GB and an iTrip, iSkin, PowerPod, and a custom-built car mount for my baby.
I say Apple's genious for timing it like they did. I personally could be happier. Now I can bring my whole music collection to work without potentially legally compromising my employer by keeping mp3s on my work machine. Now I just hook up my iPod to a set of speakers and groove all day. Using the power adapter, I can listen to my music all day, and have a full charge for the drive home as well.
Bravo to Apple. Now I'm just gonna be pissed when the color screens come out. I suspect that's the next piece of the evolution. Color screens and albums covers being displayed have got to be the next step in my mind.
No one can tell you about the iPod Mini; you have to see it for yourself...
With a little karma to burn...
It's spelled 'tires', ya limey!
*big ol' grin*
Love the movie. Enjoy Inigo's character. Was especially happy when the actor who was Inigo showed up in one of my new favorite series, Dead Like Me.
Honestly, I was too young to vote or even cared when the DMCA was being passed through Congress. I'm just tired of having to circumvent one law to do what is arguably protected in another. I used to pirate music, because there wasn't the option of picking out a single song. As I type this, my newly purchased The Darkness album is playing, courtesy of iTunes. I have no desire to pirate movies and music in the long term. I will, however, in spite. I have an option to pick and choose my music, and I want the option to FAIRLY backup my CDs and DVDs, and newly released by 321 Studios, my video games. I've bought it, it's mine. What I do with it after that is MY perogative. Sorry, just saw the article this afternoon, and I flipped out. I love DVDXCOPY, and suggest it everywhere. To lose a good product that does it's intended purpose well is a travesty. I hope they win in court.