How quickly people forget about the problems that are inherit with the UN. How quickly people forget about the history of the UN.
If you took out the security council, then you would find that the UN is based on a majority but a majority of what? My understanding is that there are more non democratic countries than there are democratic countries. Currently the EU seems to overlook state sponsored terrorism to help avoid any issues with internal migrant populations, this is most obvious with France.
I'm all for international oversight, but I am very wary of what will happen. Just look take a look at recent events at IWC (International Whaling Commision), Japan and other pro whaling countries paid for votes. They even got countries to join up, while providing the fee for joining as well as prommising aid to the countries, implication is that they will vote with Japan. It's a wonder that commercial whaling has begun again!
International control of the internet will end up being the same. At the best we could hope for the addition of protocols so that places like China can control what is accessable easier, and the removal of anonymity.
I for one will not welcome our new international internet overlords.
I should note that when i mention non democratic countries, i include countries that are considered to be democratic but by their size and average wealth, are easily brought by promises of foriegn investment and aid. When those plus non-democratic countries are put against those who are democratic with the freedom to do what they beleive... well the future doesn't look bright... just veery dark.
If your depending on just a copy then I can see how it would still infect, but if you compressed the files (which would be the norm I would have thought) then I doubt it would have caused you an issue.
This doesn't mean that hard disk backups are more dangerous, just that they are r/w and part of the file system (when not physicaly removed), unlike tapes.
Good backups are kept offsite anyway. Nothing like keeping your backup at the same location as your sever in case of a disaster, let alone within the same physical box as the server. Ahh disaster recovery, the rarely planned action.
I was a contractor for the Village Roadshow group in Australia. And I can tell you that each DVD or VHS that a rental store receives 'buys' it from the distributor at a special rate. This is because it's intended purpose is for commercial use, not 'home' use.
As such sales of DVD's reported in the media, are based on 'home' use sales, not commercial use sales.
Back when i was contracted to them, 80% of all DVD and VHS in Aust was via Village Roadshow Group. They sold a DVD to a store for approx. $90 AUD, if the store gave it back within 2 weeks then they only got charged half. Obvoiusly the distributor has paid rights to the owners of the movie, and I presume they pay for each DVD/VHS 'published', dependant on its use.
TB has yEnc support, gave me a good tingly feeling all over when I realised it had yEnc support.
But as my main platform is XP, I am stuck with the limited newsgroup lameware available under windows. Seems like every man and his dog wants to charge you money for using simple software now a days.
Spose I will have to sort out my other systems and run linux all the time so i can use that for email/news instead.
As of version 0.9 importing multiple accounts from Outlook Express worked perfectly.
My only problem was I couldn't remember the passwords for all my accounts.
However I didn't test Outlook, my comments are only for Express.
Btw, I love how you can group seperate accounts into seperate inboxes, a lot more logical that way. However you can specify to use only one (which was the default when i tested importing from Outlook Express).
I quite like TB as an email client. Its 'learning' ability for detecting spam is brillant. But as a news reader it lags a tad.
I know the new version has impoved grouping for threads, but I'll wait till i see it tonight before i pass judgment on that feature.
I am still waiting for:
* combining of encoded posts that are split, * mark posts for download
As I'm a lurker in alt.binaries.pictures.wallpapers , encoded post handling is important (especialy when someone split a 400k wallpaper into 20k chunks).
The two uses are unique identification, of individual units, or identification of a product. This is the same as the EAN 13 and EAN 128 usage.
So you can use it to identify that you have a pack of Hubba Bubba Strawberry, or you can use it to determine that you have a carton of T-Bones produced at the Rangi Plant by Affco Meats in New Zealand, and that the unique serial number is 10000028374.
The cost for both varies, as it changes what you have to do to do it. I have at my desk an RFID kit for an Intermec PF4i printer, that allows me to write to an RFID chip embedded in a label I am about to print. This label would then be applied to a carton/keg/pallet.
This is quite expensive (exact cost not known, but it's betwene than $0.45 and $1.00 AUD per label) when compared to normal barcoding.
If your using non unqiue identifiers then the cost goes down as they can be pre-printed. Last I heard the cost was approx. $0.20 AUD per, but thats down under, may be cheaper in America.
Note that RFID's will not replace labels, as a visual means of identification will still be required. If you have a gander at an EAN13 or EAN 128 barcode, there is a human readable portion. This allows for manual entry for a non scannable barcode. The same will have to occur for RFID, a manual means of entering the information.
Many in the industry presume that barcoding and labeling will continue with RFID embedded in the label, or placed in the packaging in tangent with the labeling.
The downside for your end, the need for a printer than can print RFID embedded labels, program the label on the fly and a manual means of entering the system.
Otherwise its the same. If you have an existing system, there will be no changes if it can handle the lenghth of an RFID number. Most hand held scanners and fixed scanners act identicaly as a barcode scanner, either serial or keyboard wedge. So only cost will be media (ongoing) and hardware (once off).
But I recommend checking how long you keep your stuff stored before destruction and the life of the RFID devices. Though I'm not personaly familar with the life of passive RFID only active.
Normaly high security systems use more than one method for access to secure areas/information.
For example, access to your bank account via ATM requires something physical (your card) and something only you should know (your pin number).
A lot of people beleive that biometrics will answer everything, but secure systems will still require information that only the holder should know. Reason being is that your eyeball can be removed and so can your finger.
So, if you used RFID then you would still require something known by the owner of the RFID device to prove that they are them.
Of course residentual buildings that use the key passes don't require something that only the owner can provide. This is because the unit still requires a physical key to gain entry to the unit. The pass only provides access to 'public areas'.
No business should provide access to an area based only on a key pass. You will find that normaly there is a receptionist, or an alarm system that requires a pin code.
Btw, the 'swipe cards' are in fact the same as RFID. Most of the RFID spec is about how the ID part of RF works for international use, some see this as an extension of the EAN specification for international use of barcodes.
I spose you could put an RFID chip in the lining of the pocket, but you will find that most key fobs or swipe cards fit easily on the key chain or the wallet/purse. Also note that the most expense is normaly in the 'reader'.
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How quickly people forget about the problems that are inherit with the UN. How quickly people forget about the history of the UN.
If you took out the security council, then you would find that the UN is based on a majority but a majority of what? My understanding is that there are more non democratic countries than there are democratic countries. Currently the EU seems to overlook state sponsored terrorism to help avoid any issues with internal migrant populations, this is most obvious with France.
I'm all for international oversight, but I am very wary of what will happen. Just look take a look at recent events at IWC (International Whaling Commision), Japan and other pro whaling countries paid for votes. They even got countries to join up, while providing the fee for joining as well as prommising aid to the countries, implication is that they will vote with Japan. It's a wonder that commercial whaling has begun again!
International control of the internet will end up being the same. At the best we could hope for the addition of protocols so that places like China can control what is accessable easier, and the removal of anonymity.
I for one will not welcome our new international internet overlords.
I should note that when i mention non democratic countries, i include countries that are considered to be democratic but by their size and average wealth, are easily brought by promises of foriegn investment and aid. When those plus non-democratic countries are put against those who are democratic with the freedom to do what they beleive... well the future doesn't look bright... just veery dark.
If your depending on just a copy then I can see how it would still infect, but if you compressed the files (which would be the norm I would have thought) then I doubt it would have caused you an issue.
This doesn't mean that hard disk backups are more dangerous, just that they are r/w and part of the file system (when not physicaly removed), unlike tapes.
Good backups are kept offsite anyway. Nothing like keeping your backup at the same location as your sever in case of a disaster, let alone within the same physical box as the server. Ahh disaster recovery, the rarely planned action.
I was a contractor for the Village Roadshow group in Australia. And I can tell you that each DVD or VHS that a rental store receives 'buys' it from the distributor at a special rate. This is because it's intended purpose is for commercial use, not 'home' use.
As such sales of DVD's reported in the media, are based on 'home' use sales, not commercial use sales.
Back when i was contracted to them, 80% of all DVD and VHS in Aust was via Village Roadshow Group. They sold a DVD to a store for approx. $90 AUD, if the store gave it back within 2 weeks then they only got charged half. Obvoiusly the distributor has paid rights to the owners of the movie, and I presume they pay for each DVD/VHS 'published', dependant on its use.
TB has yEnc support, gave me a good tingly feeling all over when I realised it had yEnc support.
But as my main platform is XP, I am stuck with the limited newsgroup lameware available under windows. Seems like every man and his dog wants to charge you money for using simple software now a days.
Spose I will have to sort out my other systems and run linux all the time so i can use that for email/news instead.
As of version 0.9 importing multiple accounts from Outlook Express worked perfectly.
My only problem was I couldn't remember the passwords for all my accounts.
However I didn't test Outlook, my comments are only for Express.
Btw, I love how you can group seperate accounts into seperate inboxes, a lot more logical that way. However you can specify to use only one (which was the default when i tested importing from Outlook Express).
what client do you use? and is this under windows, linux or mac?
I quite like TB as an email client. Its 'learning' ability for detecting spam is brillant. But as a news reader it lags a tad.
I know the new version has impoved grouping for threads, but I'll wait till i see it tonight before i pass judgment on that feature.
I am still waiting for:
* combining of encoded posts that are split,
* mark posts for download
As I'm a lurker in alt.binaries.pictures.wallpapers , encoded post handling is important (especialy when someone split a 400k wallpaper into 20k chunks).
The cost varies dependant on how you go about it.
The two uses are unique identification, of individual units, or identification of a product. This is the same as the EAN 13 and EAN 128 usage.
So you can use it to identify that you have a pack of Hubba Bubba Strawberry, or you can use it to determine that you have a carton of T-Bones produced at the Rangi Plant by Affco Meats in New Zealand, and that the unique serial number is 10000028374.
The cost for both varies, as it changes what you have to do to do it. I have at my desk an RFID kit for an Intermec PF4i printer, that allows me to write to an RFID chip embedded in a label I am about to print. This label would then be applied to a carton/keg/pallet.
This is quite expensive (exact cost not known, but it's betwene than $0.45 and $1.00 AUD per label) when compared to normal barcoding.
If your using non unqiue identifiers then the cost goes down as they can be pre-printed. Last I heard the cost was approx. $0.20 AUD per, but thats down under, may be cheaper in America.
Note that RFID's will not replace labels, as a visual means of identification will still be required. If you have a gander at an EAN13 or EAN 128 barcode, there is a human readable portion. This allows for manual entry for a non scannable barcode. The same will have to occur for RFID, a manual means of entering the information.
Many in the industry presume that barcoding and labeling will continue with RFID embedded in the label, or placed in the packaging in tangent with the labeling.
The downside for your end, the need for a printer than can print RFID embedded labels, program the label on the fly and a manual means of entering the system.
Otherwise its the same. If you have an existing system, there will be no changes if it can handle the lenghth of an RFID number. Most hand held scanners and fixed scanners act identicaly as a barcode scanner, either serial or keyboard wedge. So only cost will be media (ongoing) and hardware (once off).
But I recommend checking how long you keep your stuff stored before destruction and the life of the RFID devices. Though I'm not personaly familar with the life of passive RFID only active.
Normaly high security systems use more than one method for access to secure areas/information.
For example, access to your bank account via ATM requires something physical (your card) and something only you should know (your pin number).
A lot of people beleive that biometrics will answer everything, but secure systems will still require information that only the holder should know. Reason being is that your eyeball can be removed and so can your finger.
So, if you used RFID then you would still require something known by the owner of the RFID device to prove that they are them.
Of course residentual buildings that use the key passes don't require something that only the owner can provide. This is because the unit still requires a physical key to gain entry to the unit. The pass only provides access to 'public areas'.
No business should provide access to an area based only on a key pass. You will find that normaly there is a receptionist, or an alarm system that requires a pin code.
Btw, the 'swipe cards' are in fact the same as RFID. Most of the RFID spec is about how the ID part of RF works for international use, some see this as an extension of the EAN specification for international use of barcodes.
I spose you could put an RFID chip in the lining of the pocket, but you will find that most key fobs or swipe cards fit easily on the key chain or the wallet/purse. Also note that the most expense is normaly in the 'reader'.