Have some assistant ask him for help for some really stupid problem (the classic broken cupholder broke off comes to mind), and see if he maintains his cool.
This is the same situation Apple was in when their G(something) was
declared a limited export and apple ran the ad with a Mac surrounded
by a bunch of tanks (which is my FAVORITE Apple ad of all time) with
the last line being "Pentium PC's... Well, they're harmless".
I'd be surprised if I didn't see a new ad now, "We can't let iPods
fall into the wrong hands, but Zune's are OK..."
Won't it be funny when the first RFID enabled DVD player comes out and the hack to play copied (non tagged) disks is to simply leave a legit disk on the top of the player for it to detect...
So if Ed McMahon shows up at your front door early in the morning with a camera crew, you might think back to whether you actually returned the Publishers Clearing House entry before opening the door...
You: I'm home Cleopatra. Cleopatra: You're late. You: I'm sorry Cleopatra, please turn on the lights. Cleaopatra: No, you just sit in the dark for a while and think about being late.
Step 1. Soften up Tivo's market share by offering your own DVR. Step 2. Kill off Tivo entirely by moving the hard drive out of the consumers home. Step 3. Charge $1.99 to watch a timeshifted show (*cough* itunes *cough*).
Not a thick book, but really thought provoking. It starts off REALLY simple and builds
and before you know it you realize you're learning about neural networks.
Vehicles, Experiments in Synthetic Psychology.
Based on the timing of the attack I'm guessing they got bit by the security hole that was just announced on the TWiki security alerts list on 9/28. I'm also giving them the benefit of the doubt that while they didn't do "security audits", they are at least subscribed to the TWiki alerts. In any case I am saying that TWiki has now had a couple of these and the time from alert to hack seems unusually short. I think the time I got hacked it was a matter of hours (on the weekend) between when I got the notification and when I checked my system and found the attacker still logged in and deleting logs - fortunatly I had just opened the log when he deleted it so I still had it on my screen.
It seems with TWiki that the security bulletin comes out right about the time that the script kiddie attacks begin. I got bit once by a TWIki security hole so when this new advisory came out I practically RAN to my server to disable the TWiki part of my site to prevent it from happening again. You really can't claim poor administration for sure in this case, things happen too fast. For my part I'm seriously considering eliminating TWiki from the public part of my site because it's just too much of a security risk.
I once had a cable guy at my house looking at a picture quality problem. He took one look and said it was a grounding problem - he shrugged and said it was a common problem. I asked him if he was trying to be funny, he didn't get the joke.
I run a SMTP server at home and I wouldn't want that ever to be taken away. But I do think the responsible thing for ISPs to do is to block outgoing port 25 BY DEFAULT. If a customer wants to set up a SMTP server as I have done then it should be doable with an authorization form (which would also lay out a policy of anti-relaying and complaint resolution) on the ISPs website which would remove the block. The problem with spam on these kinds of connections is botnets sending the spam without user knowledge and this would add protection for that. I still get my freedom to choose and everyone (but spammers) are happy.
That's not exactly what the article said. It said "How many years did you register your domain name for?" This is not a measure of how long the domain has been in existence, it is a measure of how many years you plan for it to exist. A spammer might register for just a year and then move on, but a serious business planning to build a reputation might register for 5 years or more. They are rewarding websites which are more committed to staying around, it has nothing to do with them being new.
Personally I use nufone.net, but here's a more complete list.
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Service+Provide rs+Residential
Funny the other poster talking about his Verizon $55/month unlimited service to US and Canada. With at least one of the flat providers on the above list you can get unlimited to 21 countries including the US and Canada for $19.95/month, 35 countries for $24.95/month.
For $55/month I'd get 45.83 hours of long distance talk time anywhere in the US which is WAY more sociable than I usually am:-) so the flat rate plan would be grossly more expensive than necessary for my actual use. Heck, even under an old fashioned calling plan $55 for a month would have been a VERY chatty month for me. However my wife also calls friends/family in Europe where my VOIP provider saves me even more over what an ordinary long distance provider is going to charge.
But we do seem to agree that with long distance rates under either a flat rate plan or a cheap pay per minute VOIP provider there seems little incentive to open up your lines to strangers to save some money.
The funny thing is that once you have an asterisk box working you can hook up to some very cheap VOIP providers (much cheaper than the phone company or even the "retail" VOIP providers). Not that the appeal of free stuff ever completely goes away, but if you can call anywhere in the US for less than $0.02/minute anyway there isn't much motivation to do the extra fuss and let someone use your phone lines for totally free calls.
I have a linux based Asterisk PBX at home and sign up with nufone.net to provide calling to POTS lines both US and international. nufone is a purely pay as you go so it costs very little to try them. The key is Asterisk, then there are a few options for the VOIP side.
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Have some assistant ask him for help for some really stupid problem (the classic broken cupholder broke off comes to mind), and see if he maintains his cool.
This is the same situation Apple was in when their G(something) was declared a limited export and apple ran the ad with a Mac surrounded by a bunch of tanks (which is my FAVORITE Apple ad of all time) with the last line being "Pentium PC's... Well, they're harmless". I'd be surprised if I didn't see a new ad now, "We can't let iPods fall into the wrong hands, but Zune's are OK..."
Won't it be funny when the first RFID enabled DVD player comes out and the hack to play copied (non tagged) disks is to simply leave a legit disk on the top of the player for it to detect...
Yes! That one was on the 2006 Dilbert desktop calendar just a few days ago - what a coincidence!
So if Ed McMahon shows up at your front door early in the morning with a camera crew, you might
think back to whether you actually returned the Publishers Clearing House entry before opening the door...
Next killer mobile application - a realtime SCOX stock ticker and "days to covers shorts" display.
You: I'm home Cleopatra.
Cleopatra: You're late.
You: I'm sorry Cleopatra, please turn on the lights.
Cleaopatra: No, you just sit in the dark for a while and think about being late.
Step 1. Soften up Tivo's market share by offering your own DVR.
Step 2. Kill off Tivo entirely by moving the hard drive out of the consumers home.
Step 3. Charge $1.99 to watch a timeshifted show (*cough* itunes *cough*).
I didn't say anything about reality, just marketing - there's a difference...
"Creating a CSO position may be viewed by some as an admission of weakness." - Not if they market the position like the Maytag Repair Guy...
Not a thick book, but really thought provoking. It starts off REALLY simple and builds and before you know it you realize you're learning about neural networks. Vehicles, Experiments in Synthetic Psychology.
Based on the timing of the attack I'm guessing they got bit by the security hole that was just announced on the TWiki security alerts list on 9/28. I'm also giving them the benefit of the doubt that while they didn't do "security audits", they are at least subscribed to the TWiki alerts. In any case I am saying that TWiki has now had a couple of these and the time from alert to hack seems unusually short. I think the time I got hacked it was a matter of hours (on the weekend) between when I got the notification and when I checked my system and found the attacker still logged in and deleting logs - fortunatly I had just opened the log when he deleted it so I still had it on my screen.
It seems with TWiki that the security bulletin comes out right about the time that the script kiddie attacks begin. I got bit once by a TWIki security hole so when this new advisory came out I practically RAN to my server to disable the TWiki part of my site to prevent it from happening again. You really can't claim poor administration for sure in this case, things happen too fast. For my part I'm seriously considering eliminating TWiki from the public part of my site because it's just too much of a security risk.
The real motivation for this partnership is that Larry and Sergei get a big runway so they can take their shiny new plane to work...
I once had a cable guy at my house looking at a picture quality problem. He took one look and said it was a grounding problem - he shrugged and said it was a common problem. I asked him if he was trying to be funny, he didn't get the joke.
I run a SMTP server at home and I wouldn't want that ever to be taken away. But I do think the responsible thing for ISPs to do is to block outgoing port 25 BY DEFAULT. If a customer wants to set up a SMTP server as I have done then it should be doable with an authorization form (which would also lay out a policy of anti-relaying and complaint resolution) on the ISPs website which would remove the block. The problem with spam on these kinds of connections is botnets sending the spam without user knowledge and this would add protection for that. I still get my freedom to choose and everyone (but spammers) are happy.
That's not exactly what the article said. It said "How many years did you register your domain name for?" This is not a measure of how long the domain has been in existence, it is a measure of how many years you plan for it to exist. A spammer might register for just a year and then move on, but a serious business planning to build a reputation might register for 5 years or more. They are rewarding websites which are more committed to staying around, it has nothing to do with them being new.
You'll see, if you ever get a kid and a camcorder...
Since in addition to not allowing you to crash they also won't let you drive to an Apple store...
Personally I use nufone.net, but here's a more complete list. http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Service+Provide rs+Residential
Funny the other poster talking about his Verizon $55/month unlimited service to US and Canada. With at least one of the flat providers on the above list you can get unlimited to 21 countries including the US and Canada for $19.95/month, 35 countries for $24.95/month.
For $55/month I'd get 45.83 hours of long distance talk time anywhere in the US which is WAY more sociable than I usually am :-) so the flat rate plan would be grossly more expensive than necessary for my actual use. Heck, even under an old fashioned calling plan $55 for a month would have been a VERY chatty month for me. However my wife also calls friends/family in Europe where my VOIP provider saves me even more over what an ordinary long distance provider is going to charge.
But we do seem to agree that with long distance rates under either a flat rate plan or a cheap pay per minute VOIP provider there seems little incentive to open up your lines to strangers to save some money.
The funny thing is that once you have an asterisk box working you can hook up to some very cheap VOIP providers (much cheaper than the phone company or even the "retail" VOIP providers). Not that the appeal of free stuff ever completely goes away, but if you can call anywhere in the US for less than $0.02/minute anyway there isn't much motivation to do the extra fuss and let someone use your phone lines for totally free calls.
Heck, for the price of a copy of MS Office you can buy the whole company of some competitors/innovators that fell victim to MS unfair competition.
Go pick it up in your flying car.
I have a linux based Asterisk PBX at home and sign up with nufone.net to provide calling to POTS lines both US and international. nufone is a purely pay as you go so it costs very little to try them. The key is Asterisk, then there are a few options for the VOIP side.