If they are dont want to say what is wrong, im more inclined to believe the website itself has been hacked and the security flaw, troan etc, is in the latest release.
All spam say: Upgrade immidietly, click here etc. without really saying why.
You want ubuntu unstable? Well that is dapper at the moment isn't? Though when dapper is released you have to do a dist-upgrade to the next development release.
http://www.doostang.com/ is a another way, they use social networking so that the job posts you see are from people you trust. And for real job vacancies.
That way you can avoid the recruiters who spam the normal job boards with vague description to catch applications for non existant jobs.
It is not that relevant for me as it is mostly US jobs, but seems to be spreading their circle of friends so there are already the odd jobs across the pond.
If they obey the laws of Norway, being a Norwegian company, and/or if their proxy servers are hosted in Norway, then they are not allowed to keep any personal information and definetly not allowed to sell them on. Pretty sure police/court requests don't change that situation either.
What they do with anonymous data is not clear though.
However I doubt they use central servers, probably got some deal with google or us/global networks....
When I was hired by my employers, a smallish software company (~20 people), I was the first non PhD employee they hired. (Not including secretaries, out of pure work discrimniation reasons...).
But I was the first with a computer related degree !?
I think they eventully realised PhD didnt equal good employees. Although it does indicate you are not too thick, by ripping of other peoples work to establish your thesis.
Wooohooo. Time to leave my pirate cove and hit the sea. With the coast guard out of the way, I can finaly sail to Calais and resume my booze and sigarette trade.
Well every time my family calls I switch into auto-support drone mode learnt from my first job which was tech-support. Thankfully I dont have to explain to them where the "spacebar" is.
I can't force them to use non M$ S/W, usually they have to comply to work policies, but my dad still calls me from abroad instead of the company's tech support!
First thing I did last time I visited was to put on SSH and VNC on his box, so he stops trying to delete system files.
> setting them up a webmail account on my server (spamassassin, clamav, several DNSRBLs)
Yup done that as well, to stop my mum receiving graphical spam and to stop my sister spread viruses(computer ones). Enabled IMAP and forwarding as some insisted on using local ISP accounts, but they are still scanned for spam and viruses.
Mandrake has in a recent survey(~Nov 2003) some 60% market share in the UK. This survey was perhaps not the most scientific, I think it was for readers of Linux Format or similar. However it does indicate how popular the distro is.
With 10 now comming out, I think it will maintain it.
I still dont know anyone using Fedora, while everyone I know uses MDK.
I disagree. It is not nice to be cut off without warning, but if your machine is infected or comprimised in some way then it needs to be isolated.
True, an email warning would be helpfull, but some people only read their email once a week or less. In the mean time their machine could still be on, and relaying junk all over the place.
Best cut them off and have them contact Customer Services to be reconnected. Ok they probably might want to join another company afterwards...
Or send them an physical letter.
The best solution though, would be to move suspected customers into a specific firewalled network where all ports were blocked incomming and outgoing and all that was allowed was incomming pop3/imap so they could receive the warning message?
Without it, it would just be a good pda with an outdated mobilephone. By making it MMS compatible, I see no reasong to have any other phone at the moment.
All my mates got MMS phones, and it is very annoying not having one. Of course I have survived for a year without it, but I was going to get a MMS phone and a cheap treo/palm, but why carry around two bricks instead of one?
Naturally a 0.1 mp is useless for anything else, but i doubt they could include a 3 mp camera in it for that size and price.
Seemds very intermitent.
If it can find a similar domain name it seems to trigger. Maybe also some load level rejection settings?
So
muhahahahaa.com works, while www.asaaadsasdasd.com do not work.
I am going to have the same problem as comment 5734348 I have already had to explain to my boss that we will be using two firebird products.
The Firbird ( the database..) newsgroups seems be busy with some very miffed people. I Dont Blame them.
Yes, they may not be in direct competition, and hence less trademark issues,
but why slap another great open source project in the face ?
Or is AOL/Netscape corporate people who is pushing this through as they think they can do
what they like as they have better lawyers than the proper firebird people ?
Slashdot Mirror
If they are dont want to say what is wrong, im more inclined to believe the website itself has been hacked and the security flaw, troan etc, is in the latest release.
All spam say: Upgrade immidietly, click here etc. without really saying why.
You want ubuntu unstable? Well that is dapper at the moment isn't?
p yGroundhog ?
Though when dapper is released you have to do a dist-upgrade to the next development release.
If you really want bleeding edge ubuntu, then perhaps this version is better: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDownUnder/BOFs/Grum
Anyway, if you want just more than security updates, then the backports repositories is enough for me.
http://www.doostang.com/ is a another way, they use social networking so that the job posts you see are from people you trust. And for real job vacancies.
That way you can avoid the recruiters who spam the normal job boards with vague description to catch applications for non existant jobs.
It is not that relevant for me as it is mostly US jobs, but seems to be spreading their circle of friends so there are already the odd jobs across the pond.
If they obey the laws of Norway, being a Norwegian company, and/or if their proxy servers are hosted in Norway, then they are not allowed to keep any personal information and definetly not allowed to sell them on. Pretty sure police/court requests don't change that situation either.
What they do with anonymous data is not clear though.
However I doubt they use central servers, probably got some deal with google or us/global networks....
Here are some alternative reviews and piccies while the site is slashdoted: dutch site, uk site, toms hw, japan.
ok its a google search, but usefull
It may have been an off the cuff remark, that the PR department exploited.
But fair play to the man, he is giving it a go.
(Ok, he is never going to swim the whole way)
Having just read "Situation report #2", he is in the water and swimming a bit anyway.
Now that is funny.
Maybe they argued for months,
and then just settled on a-vird-nam as a funny joke.
mandriva is not bad. i just loved the drake. it will take time to get used to man-drivel.
Maybe it sounds better in french and portuguese.
When I was hired by my employers, a smallish software company (~20 people), I was the first non PhD employee they hired. (Not including secretaries, out of pure work discrimniation reasons...).
But I was the first with a computer related degree !?
I think they eventully realised PhD didnt equal good employees. Although it does indicate you are not too thick, by ripping of other peoples work to establish your thesis.
Wooohooo.
Time to leave my pirate cove and hit the sea.
With the coast guard out of the way, I can finaly sail to Calais
and resume my booze and sigarette trade.
> after many a long tech support call
Well every time my family calls I switch into auto-support drone mode learnt from my first job which was tech-support. Thankfully I dont have to explain to them where the "spacebar" is.
I can't force them to use non M$ S/W, usually they have to comply to work policies, but my dad still calls me from abroad instead of the company's tech support!
First thing I did last time I visited was to put on SSH and VNC on his box, so he stops trying to delete system files.
> setting them up a webmail account on my server (spamassassin, clamav, several DNSRBLs)
Yup done that as well, to stop my mum receiving graphical spam and to stop my sister spread viruses(computer ones). Enabled IMAP and forwarding as some insisted on using local ISP accounts, but they are still scanned for spam and viruses.
Mandrake has in a recent survey(~Nov 2003) some 60% market share in the UK. This survey was perhaps not the most scientific, I think it was for readers of Linux Format or similar. However it does indicate how popular the distro is.
With 10 now comming out, I think it will maintain it.
I still dont know anyone using Fedora, while everyone I know uses MDK.
The Netscape ISP in the UK was a no-frills ISP, which basically used the name recognition to interest people.
However the name had probably faded from too many people to be successfull.
ZDNet posted this article when it eventually closed down.
Mozillazine did cover this story of the new US based ISP on their blogs.
I disagree.
It is not nice to be cut off without warning, but if your machine is infected or comprimised in some way then it needs to be isolated.
True, an email warning would be helpfull, but some people only read their email once a week or less. In the mean time their machine could still be on, and relaying junk all over the place.
Best cut them off and have them contact Customer Services to be reconnected. Ok they probably might want to join another company afterwards...
Or send them an physical letter.
The best solution though, would be to move suspected customers into a specific firewalled network where all ports were blocked incomming and outgoing and all that was allowed was incomming pop3/imap so they could receive the warning message?
So will the be Proactive or just Reactive?
Will the ISP just act when contacted by others or will they actively scan their network for Virus and Spam related request?
WinFx, you mean like this
???
http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/
The camera is the key thing for me.
Without it, it would just be a good pda with an outdated mobilephone. By making it MMS compatible, I see no reasong to have any other phone at the moment.
All my mates got MMS phones, and it is very annoying not having one. Of course I have survived for a year without it, but I was going to get a MMS phone and a cheap treo/palm, but why carry around two bricks instead of one?
Naturally a 0.1 mp is useless for anything else, but i doubt they could include a 3 mp camera in it for that size and price.
Seemds very intermitent.
If it can find a similar domain name it seems to trigger.
Maybe also some load level rejection settings?
So muhahahahaa.com works,
while www.asaaadsasdasd.com do not work.
So how much "sticky tape" can one have to certain weights/newtons?
Will a tyre foot print be enough for cars or do we need a football pitch size sticky tape?
Can 2 tonne car going at 100kph stick round any corner ? And will we then need tilting cars, like the tgv and bullet trains ?
For practical use we need to develop a super quick stick / unstick method for tires , climbers.
Question, questions....
I am going to have the same problem as comment 5734348
I have already had to explain to my boss that we will be using two firebird products.
The Firbird ( the database..) newsgroups seems be busy with some very miffed people.
I Dont Blame them.
Yes, they may not be in direct competition, and hence less trademark issues,
but why slap another great open source project in the face ?
Or is AOL/Netscape corporate people who is pushing this through as they think they can do
what they like as they have better lawyers than the proper firebird people ?
I cant see why and how this has made it onto ./
and why yahoo run it as a story in the first place.
It is just a standard dial up service, where the isp gets the money of the telecom company.
I though this was the most common type of dial up in the worl, and has been for years.
This is why Freeserve etc even exist.
Announcing v8.
nice.
but slashdotted already