Look for their story on the double-free CVS flaw... the CERT advisory was from 2003 yet they wrote in 2004 that an exploit would be available 'any day'.
I have to wonder about the users on Slashdot sometimes. In my years here I've seen all kinds of people complain that they have to re-install ever six to twelve months.
Why?
Maybe the PEBKAC? I've got an Emachines I use daily (right now!) that has had Windows installed, since it left the factory, with no re-installs (or even repair installs). That has been almost three years ago. (Model T3025)
If the home user is able to (and does) buy USB HDTV Tuners then why can't he get a drive that is comfortable to move his backups to?
I feel comfortable opening my computer, but why should I? I like being able to plug in blocks of 250 or more Gigabytes. It is portable, but it is also damn easy and just as cheap as the other solutions. LaCie Porsche drives have dropped to around $125USD for 250 GB (USB only) where the EIDE drive, sans case is about $100USD. The cost seems worth it to me. The speed isn't as great, but I play thousands of songs and movies from them daily. Besides my power supply couldn't support five or six extra drives and the case wouldn't allow it of course.
Fast external storage is key. I sure would like to know my next HTPC has an outlet for faster external storage. I would also take comfort in buying a pre-built PC if it has this type of option.
Two open source software projects aiming at the same market, developing the same product?
I predict that the winner will be the one who goes gold last. All you've got to do is take their version and up the ante! Now, can I run a company or write for a magazine?
Seriously, wouldn't the big winner be the BSD projects?
Even worse is that the field is full of people who know a lot more but have been relegated to the Geek Squad. A friend of mine is very smart, knows just a little more than myself and has worked there for six months because the pickin's are slim. He is no engineer, but no one here is hiring someone to compile a custom BSD kernel.
The problem with places like Geek Squad is that they are underpaying while overcharging and attracting employees that would rather be, and should be, elsewhere. Then of course there are the plain idiots that work there, but sometimes the market is funny. The people I know that work(ed) there said it was a total joke - 99% of the calls were just easy, 'search and destroy', spy-ware removals. Maybe one in twenty calls was hardware related and almost always was hard drive failures (on old computers) or power supply failures.
Someone that should be designing directory services schemes shouldn't be running virus scan for a living. However, doing the same thing on a consulting level (for small business) doesn't always get you things like health care and a steady paycheck (automatic tax withholdings, etc). Geek Squad pays...
Not really proof so much that it worked, but it kept Yahoo! alive for a while. The reason that pop-ups became "mainstream" and a "crossover" way to advertise is because X10.com paid so much to flood the market. At the same time the online ad market was falling apart; Yahoo! and others were looking at ways to start charging for their non-basic features. X10.com really did save the day by doing something that other companies just wouldn't - they paid tons of cash to be known by every American with a computer, at any cost.
Yahoo! (for example, again) started using pop-ups and for a while things were bad. But it could have been worse, think of X10.com as the bank-roller for many free (as in beer) websites. The dot-com burst could have been worse. Surely enough people got mad and when the Average Joe was complaining about pop-ups the big guys stopped. AFAIK, no 99% respectable site will use pop-ups. I understand that they are desperate when they do. I'm an adult enough to see the need - don't knock their hustle (as the kids say).
(But as others pointed out: the reason you get millions of X-10 results is because it is the name of the home automation standard used. Oh and there are articles about my comment above out there, you just have to look for them.)
in no event shall Your web site consist of the following: search results, registration, "thank you", error, email or chat pages, pages comprised primarily of other advertising or pages that contain any of the following types of content: pornographic, obscene or excessively profane content or content intended to advocate or advance computer hacking or cracking, gambling, illegal activity, drug paraphernalia, hate, violence or racial or ethnic intolerance.
I can't put ads on my own error pages? Even if I'm hosting 30 domains on a dedicated account? Since when is bad web design a reason to shut a website down; so what if I plaster the thing with ads? And saying that gambling and drug talk isn't allowed goes a little far as restrictions vary from state to state and even from city to city (in the USA).
I own two domains that are "parked" there until I can use them (i.e. iheartje.ws) and who cares? Their parked domains have no reason to really stay online. They exist to advertise for GoDaddy and their minions until you setup shop. In a way I assume that is why there are so many sales at GoDaddy.
No matter you can get Linux & Windows (shared) hosting still:
Owning a 360 I've got to say that I look forward to a portable device from Microsoft. The 360 is showing to be a great network device and the potential it has makes me salivate. PS3 looks good too, from what I can see, and the PSP is very nice; options are always good though. Many services are already lined up with PlayForSure so there is content already.
Don't get confused, you will pay for 99% of the content. Don't think that any of these devices with DRM free - don't even look at one if that is your deal. Really, they are putting that upfront as well. Still, there are all kind of subscription services that do and will take advantage of Microsoft's size.
I for one welcome our new, seamless content delivery overlords!
Not really, but it is exciting because we've been asking for this for ages. Apple, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo? are in the game. I like Microsoft's model the best though: they are allowing different content providers to use their devices and allowing other hardware manufactures to use their DRM. It makes Microsoft have to produce the best hardware (we shall see) and gives the consumer the choice of content providers. Apple gives you no choices (more are coming) and Sony likely will try to corner the market on hardware (and they own a few content companies).
Provide these devices and keep the DRM off of our computers. Then I'll be happy.
Hey, if a 12-year-old boy can be charged with a felony of "possession of a lookalike drug" in a school (which was a bag of powdered sugar for a science project), then the above isn't unlikely.
Actually, overall this is a good law. People who have "fake" drugs are looking to rob other addicts or dealers - an act that leads to murder many times.
Automatic felony in most states, and it should be that way. And don't get me wrong: I'm a recreational drug user and a huge freedom nut (i.e. This story about CBS is terrible) but looking at it from that perspective you've got to see the logic.
Should a child get in trouble? Is that the intent of the law? Of course not. Any good lawyer could argue that (and win).
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Everything eWeek runs is crap!
Look for their story on the double-free CVS flaw... the CERT advisory was from 2003 yet they wrote in 2004 that an exploit would be available 'any day'.
I have to wonder about the users on Slashdot sometimes. In my years here I've seen all kinds of people complain that they have to re-install ever six to twelve months.
Why?
Maybe the PEBKAC? I've got an Emachines I use daily (right now!) that has had Windows installed, since it left the factory, with no re-installs (or even repair installs). That has been almost three years ago. (Model T3025)
The mortar attacks would slow down if the connection would just stay up!
--Yours Truly,
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
I, for one, welcome our new high-resolution overlords.
(Can we keep it around 1920x1080 for my new High-Def TV?)
If the home user is able to (and does) buy USB HDTV Tuners then why can't he get a drive that is comfortable to move his backups to?
I feel comfortable opening my computer, but why should I? I like being able to plug in blocks of 250 or more Gigabytes. It is portable, but it is also damn easy and just as cheap as the other solutions. LaCie Porsche drives have dropped to around $125USD for 250 GB (USB only) where the EIDE drive, sans case is about $100USD. The cost seems worth it to me. The speed isn't as great, but I play thousands of songs and movies from them daily. Besides my power supply couldn't support five or six extra drives and the case wouldn't allow it of course.
Fast external storage is key. I sure would like to know my next HTPC has an outlet for faster external storage. I would also take comfort in buying a pre-built PC if it has this type of option.
Two open source software projects aiming at the same market, developing the same product?
I predict that the winner will be the one who goes gold last. All you've got to do is take their version and up the ante! Now, can I run a company or write for a magazine?
Seriously, wouldn't the big winner be the BSD projects?
Even worse is that the field is full of people who know a lot more but have been relegated to the Geek Squad. A friend of mine is very smart, knows just a little more than myself and has worked there for six months because the pickin's are slim. He is no engineer, but no one here is hiring someone to compile a custom BSD kernel.
The problem with places like Geek Squad is that they are underpaying while overcharging and attracting employees that would rather be, and should be, elsewhere. Then of course there are the plain idiots that work there, but sometimes the market is funny. The people I know that work(ed) there said it was a total joke - 99% of the calls were just easy, 'search and destroy', spy-ware removals. Maybe one in twenty calls was hardware related and almost always was hard drive failures (on old computers) or power supply failures.
Someone that should be designing directory services schemes shouldn't be running virus scan for a living. However, doing the same thing on a consulting level (for small business) doesn't always get you things like health care and a steady paycheck (automatic tax withholdings, etc). Geek Squad pays...
Not really proof so much that it worked, but it kept Yahoo! alive for a while. The reason that pop-ups became "mainstream" and a "crossover" way to advertise is because X10.com paid so much to flood the market. At the same time the online ad market was falling apart; Yahoo! and others were looking at ways to start charging for their non-basic features. X10.com really did save the day by doing something that other companies just wouldn't - they paid tons of cash to be known by every American with a computer, at any cost.
Yahoo! (for example, again) started using pop-ups and for a while things were bad. But it could have been worse, think of X10.com as the bank-roller for many free (as in beer) websites. The dot-com burst could have been worse. Surely enough people got mad and when the Average Joe was complaining about pop-ups the big guys stopped. AFAIK, no 99% respectable site will use pop-ups. I understand that they are desperate when they do. I'm an adult enough to see the need - don't knock their hustle (as the kids say).
(But as others pointed out: the reason you get millions of X-10 results is because it is the name of the home automation standard used. Oh and there are articles about my comment above out there, you just have to look for them.)
I own iheartjes.us you insensitive clod!
Sounds like the return of the modem.
I say we mix this with a autonomous wireless network that allows "offline" users to share "packs". I doubt any of this will happen though.
Lose the fat and go with Hurd!
GNU Hurd, barely lean.
Big Brother is Tivo'n it in case he wants to watch it later
In Soviet Union, Drone Flys You!
(also, I for one welcome our giant bee overlords)
Now that I read it, the legal agreement is the story:
s px?plvid=1&name=hosting_sa
http://documents.secureserver.net/show/document.a
in no event shall Your web site consist of the following: search results, registration, "thank you", error, email or chat pages, pages comprised primarily of other advertising or pages that contain any of the following types of content: pornographic, obscene or excessively profane content or content intended to advocate or advance computer hacking or cracking, gambling, illegal activity, drug paraphernalia, hate, violence or racial or ethnic intolerance.
I can't put ads on my own error pages? Even if I'm hosting 30 domains on a dedicated account? Since when is bad web design a reason to shut a website down; so what if I plaster the thing with ads? And saying that gambling and drug talk isn't allowed goes a little far as restrictions vary from state to state and even from city to city (in the USA).
I own two domains that are "parked" there until I can use them (i.e. iheartje.ws) and who cares? Their parked domains have no reason to really stay online. They exist to advertise for GoDaddy and their minions until you setup shop. In a way I assume that is why there are so many sales at GoDaddy.
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No matter you can get Linux & Windows (shared) hosting still:
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/shared.asp
and it's all Fedora on the dedicated side:
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/dedicated.
Not really a story.
That is why we use certificated OSs in critical areas of the cockpit.
Famous last words.
In Soviet Union, Government Plays You!
Owning a 360 I've got to say that I look forward to a portable device from Microsoft. The 360 is showing to be a great network device and the potential it has makes me salivate. PS3 looks good too, from what I can see, and the PSP is very nice; options are always good though. Many services are already lined up with PlayForSure so there is content already.
Don't get confused, you will pay for 99% of the content. Don't think that any of these devices with DRM free - don't even look at one if that is your deal. Really, they are putting that upfront as well. Still, there are all kind of subscription services that do and will take advantage of Microsoft's size.
I for one welcome our new, seamless content delivery overlords!
Not really, but it is exciting because we've been asking for this for ages. Apple, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo? are in the game. I like Microsoft's model the best though: they are allowing different content providers to use their devices and allowing other hardware manufactures to use their DRM. It makes Microsoft have to produce the best hardware (we shall see) and gives the consumer the choice of content providers. Apple gives you no choices (more are coming) and Sony likely will try to corner the market on hardware (and they own a few content companies).
Provide these devices and keep the DRM off of our computers. Then I'll be happy.
The receipts are already in English.
But they don't really do anything, other than linking other sites. They're a link site, plain and simple. ... add[s] little value to the internet.
Like Yahoo, Dmoz (Google Directory) and others? Why do you get to judge?
It's a directory, their job isn't to provide information - just link to it. And finding what you are looking for shouldn't be hard it is a directory.
Hey, if a 12-year-old boy can be charged with a felony of "possession of a lookalike drug" in a school (which was a bag of powdered sugar for a science project), then the above isn't unlikely.
Actually, overall this is a good law. People who have "fake" drugs are looking to rob other addicts or dealers - an act that leads to murder many times.
Automatic felony in most states, and it should be that way. And don't get me wrong: I'm a recreational drug user and a huge freedom nut (i.e. This story about CBS is terrible) but looking at it from that perspective you've got to see the logic.
Should a child get in trouble? Is that the intent of the law? Of course not. Any good lawyer could argue that (and win).
Because it isn't always needed.
VNC? What if I'm only using it over a Cat-5 cable on a private network? Who am I encrypting it from?
You've always got FreeNet. But you aren't using it are you?
Good job, let me congratulate you with a nice e-mail message.
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or even TurboTax?
Looking at your user id I'd say you are behind.
(Not that mine is that low either, just pointing that out)