I mean, other than cars, that is. What about train stations? Do they have screening policies that are nearly as strict? Hell, I'd be happy to extend my travel time by a day or more, just so I don't need to worry about having my name run through any number of databases in the vain hopes of finding something and appeasing the herd/masses of their security concerns.
My wife and I both predict that within 10 years (most likely less) it will be required to carry "papers" while you travel, even in your car, not just on a plane or some such. Interstate travel will start to be as arduous as international travel. It's quite sickening, actually...
I happen to use Spamcop to get said information. You enter the headers and the body of the spam, and it processes all the headers, compares them to known open relays, and will identify the email of the admin of both the origin point of the email, and the relays it passes through. Even sends an alert for you, if you so choose.
This may be a troll, but I'll feed it: in journalism (I know,/. doesn't really qualify), whenever there is a relation between 2 companies, it is good form to make that relationship known so there isn't an impression of favortism or anything of the sort.
If the Open Source community is so convinced of Microsoft's villany and non-worth, allow them to speak on their own behalf. People need to come to their own conclusions about this matter, or they'll never truly reconcile themselves to the fact that Open Source is a truly good thing, possibly even superior to Microsoft's offerings. Wouldn't it be better for the OS movement to win in a forum of free discussion, than to say, "This is MY point of view, and it's the right one. No, I won't let you speak and defend yourself, because I'm right." How childish does that seem?
While I detect the sarcasm just fine (like the nick, btw), it's not really like that. If someone comes with a printed transcript, and others want a copy, do you expect them to use a single sheet copier? No, you'd expect them to have something on hand to handle the bulk that they'd be producing. Same with this ClearChannel idea: even if they have several 52x CD burners, that's roughly 2.5 mins per CD. That's fine for small little venues, but when it gets larger, like they expect it to, this will simply not work. Hence my comment about having a CD presser. Admittedly, I'm not sure how long it takes to press a CD, but I can imagine it would be less than a CD burner.
For something like this, which they say is going to be elevated to the amphitheater level, wouldn't they want to bring in a CD pressing device, rather than a CD burner?
I'm surprised no one noticed this - he doesn't HAVE 5th amendment rights. He's not an American citizen. There may be something equivalent in a situation such as this, with a non-citizen bearing witness in a courtroom, but I'm relatively sure the 5th amendment doesn't apply. But, as everyone here is so fond of saying, IANAL, so I could be WAAAAAY off base here.
No, they haven't. This bootnote has been up since the article was published. Whoever made the comment simply didn't read. And they got modded up for it by OTHER people who don't pay attention. Good job, folks!
Sounds like something straight outta "Forge of God". Either that or Eon. Come to think of it, Bear has some sort of fixation about the end of civilization and the rescuation (shaddap, it's a word, no, really) of a select handful of people...
"Now listen to me very closely, because I have the answer for your problems. The way to fix your troubles is to not trust me..."
Catch-22, eh? The company that's giving you the solution is also telling to that they're not to be trusted. I don't care WHAT company that comes from, it's funny...
Ok, so I fork over my money, I've got this shiny new DVD with the sum total of my existance on it. Aside from being horribly depressing, so what? What can I do with it? Store it for safekeeping in case of a terrible car accident which leaves me without my memory? No problem! A quick hard reboot with disc inserted (yuck) and I'm better?
Seriously though, aside from being incredibly cool, what's the use of this thing? To pass on to relatives after you're gone? Nefarious use in our legal system? Coaster ("Don't put your drink on the table, use Aunt Jenny instead...")?
Your lack of facts regarding the bnetd project is staggering. You state that bnetd was created to promote piracy by circumventing Blizzard's protection. Nonsense.
Bnetd was created to get around the *bloat* that surrounds the battle.net servers. It was ideal for things like LAN parties or hosting a campaign for a few friends, instead of fighting to find the people you you wanted to play against on the battle.net network.
I tend to agree with your MS views - it's theirs and they can do what they want with it - but please don''t fall for the hype that open source alternatives are only designed for piracy.
Re:Is this really all that important?
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>If you have to ask, you are missing the point.
I asked, so therefore I AM missing the point. The reason I asked was to be enlightened. Does this have a real-world application? Or is it just a simple, "Hey, look what we can do!" sort of thing? If it's the latter, I get it. If the former, then I don't.
Is this really all that important?
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This seems more like a "proof of concept" situation than something that's really important. I understand that it shows a relatively clean program, but when would something like this be necessary or applicable in the real world (ie - repetitively nesting cygwin and wine)?
Untrue about the CPNI. It simply means they can't offer to sell you CERTAIN things. Most of the reps are unaware of this, but the company is well within its rights to offer you products, even if you revoke your CPNI. Admittedly, this is in FL, and yes, I do work for a prominent telco (I'll leave it to your powers of deduction to determine which one).
If you really don't want to have them try to upsell you, just tell them at the beginning of the call. Most people that you talk to work on a Pay-For-Performance sliding pay scale, but the calls from the people that just call in and request a service make up enough sales for them to meet their quota, so they aren't all that interested in selling. If you tell them at the beginning of the call, "I understand it's part of your job, but please don't try to sell me anything," and do it politely, they'll be more than happy to shut the hell up. Either because they want to get you off the damned phone so that they actually have a sales opportunity with the next call, or because they aren't required to sell you anything now that you've made it known you're not in the buying mood. Trust me, up until 3 weeks ago, I worked in a telco sales call center, and this is the view of about 90% of the people on the floor.
Sprint has this feature for $4.95 a month that disallows all non-Caller ID readable calls (blocked, private, anonymous, etc.) But there is a passcode that you can give out to "trusted" friends and family that allows them to bypass the restriction. But those 4 digits are defaulted to the last 4 of your phone number, so it's quite easy for telemarketers to guess (and they do).
Now, most of us here are probably careful with our information, and giving it out, but I'd say the other 99% of the population aren't. Now, I'm not saying that the telcos aren't using these underhanded tactics, but don't leave user stupidity out of the equation.
Microsoft is just upset because Real used to be just as rabid about protecting their source code as Microsoft is and now they've released it. Interest in Real media formats is not exactly skyrocketing, and by doing this, they may be able to boost these sentiments, at least among the geek crowd. Integrating this into something like XMMS (personal preference) would be a Good Thing(tm).
Haven't click-thru EULAs been proven to be unenforceable in court? And if so, wouldn't this still qualify as a worm? And if so, shouldn't it subsequently be picked up and cleaned by Symantec/McAffee/Bob's Viro-matic?
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I mean, other than cars, that is. What about train stations? Do they have screening policies that are nearly as strict? Hell, I'd be happy to extend my travel time by a day or more, just so I don't need to worry about having my name run through any number of databases in the vain hopes of finding something and appeasing the herd/masses of their security concerns.
My wife and I both predict that within 10 years (most likely less) it will be required to carry "papers" while you travel, even in your car, not just on a plane or some such. Interstate travel will start to be as arduous as international travel. It's quite sickening, actually...
I happen to use Spamcop to get said information. You enter the headers and the body of the spam, and it processes all the headers, compares them to known open relays, and will identify the email of the admin of both the origin point of the email, and the relays it passes through. Even sends an alert for you, if you so choose.
This may be a troll, but I'll feed it: in journalism (I know, /. doesn't really qualify), whenever there is a relation between 2 companies, it is good form to make that relationship known so there isn't an impression of favortism or anything of the sort.
If the Open Source community is so convinced of Microsoft's villany and non-worth, allow them to speak on their own behalf. People need to come to their own conclusions about this matter, or they'll never truly reconcile themselves to the fact that Open Source is a truly good thing, possibly even superior to Microsoft's offerings. Wouldn't it be better for the OS movement to win in a forum of free discussion, than to say, "This is MY point of view, and it's the right one. No, I won't let you speak and defend yourself, because I'm right." How childish does that seem?
Holy christ on a bike, that's a large CD press. I had no idea they were that large. My mistake.
What's the startup cost for high speed robotic CD burning replication equipment?
While I detect the sarcasm just fine (like the nick, btw), it's not really like that. If someone comes with a printed transcript, and others want a copy, do you expect them to use a single sheet copier? No, you'd expect them to have something on hand to handle the bulk that they'd be producing. Same with this ClearChannel idea: even if they have several 52x CD burners, that's roughly 2.5 mins per CD. That's fine for small little venues, but when it gets larger, like they expect it to, this will simply not work. Hence my comment about having a CD presser. Admittedly, I'm not sure how long it takes to press a CD, but I can imagine it would be less than a CD burner.
For something like this, which they say is going to be elevated to the amphitheater level, wouldn't they want to bring in a CD pressing device, rather than a CD burner?
Can any lawyers weigh in on this? Now, I'm actually curious as to how this topic is treated...
I'm surprised no one noticed this - he doesn't HAVE 5th amendment rights. He's not an American citizen. There may be something equivalent in a situation such as this, with a non-citizen bearing witness in a courtroom, but I'm relatively sure the 5th amendment doesn't apply. But, as everyone here is so fond of saying, IANAL, so I could be WAAAAAY off base here.
All the foul language and no-nothing replies I've seen here in response to his article are evidence for his contentions, by the way.
And the delicious irony of it all is that the phrase is "know-nothing". Yes, I'm pedantic. =)
I shall act according to your sig, and do nothing. =)
No, they haven't. This bootnote has been up since the article was published. Whoever made the comment simply didn't read. And they got modded up for it by OTHER people who don't pay attention. Good job, folks!
Careful, you're likely to be eaten by a grue...
Sounds like something straight outta "Forge of God". Either that or Eon. Come to think of it, Bear has some sort of fixation about the end of civilization and the rescuation (shaddap, it's a word, no, really) of a select handful of people...
" I don't know maybe I sound juvenile but punishment for a virtual crime such as this seems like a total overkill..."
I dunno man...if that's juvenille, than I don't know if a word exists for what passes for conversation here sometimes....
"Now listen to me very closely, because I have the answer for your problems. The way to fix your troubles is to not trust me..."
Catch-22, eh? The company that's giving you the solution is also telling to that they're not to be trusted. I don't care WHAT company that comes from, it's funny...
Ok, so I fork over my money, I've got this shiny new DVD with the sum total of my existance on it. Aside from being horribly depressing, so what? What can I do with it? Store it for safekeeping in case of a terrible car accident which leaves me without my memory? No problem! A quick hard reboot with disc inserted (yuck) and I'm better?
Seriously though, aside from being incredibly cool, what's the use of this thing? To pass on to relatives after you're gone? Nefarious use in our legal system? Coaster ("Don't put your drink on the table, use Aunt Jenny instead...")?
I, for one, was getting quite sick of tracking all those "fake" time vehicles...=)
Your lack of facts regarding the bnetd project is staggering. You state that bnetd was created to promote piracy by circumventing Blizzard's protection. Nonsense.
Bnetd was created to get around the *bloat* that surrounds the battle.net servers. It was ideal for things like LAN parties or hosting a campaign for a few friends, instead of fighting to find the people you you wanted to play against on the battle.net network.
I tend to agree with your MS views - it's theirs and they can do what they want with it - but please don''t fall for the hype that open source alternatives are only designed for piracy.
>If you have to ask, you are missing the point.
I asked, so therefore I AM missing the point. The reason I asked was to be enlightened. Does this have a real-world application? Or is it just a simple, "Hey, look what we can do!" sort of thing? If it's the latter, I get it. If the former, then I don't.
This seems more like a "proof of concept" situation than something that's really important. I understand that it shows a relatively clean program, but when would something like this be necessary or applicable in the real world (ie - repetitively nesting cygwin and wine)?
Untrue about the CPNI. It simply means they can't offer to sell you CERTAIN things. Most of the reps are unaware of this, but the company is well within its rights to offer you products, even if you revoke your CPNI. Admittedly, this is in FL, and yes, I do work for a prominent telco (I'll leave it to your powers of deduction to determine which one).
If you really don't want to have them try to upsell you, just tell them at the beginning of the call. Most people that you talk to work on a Pay-For-Performance sliding pay scale, but the calls from the people that just call in and request a service make up enough sales for them to meet their quota, so they aren't all that interested in selling. If you tell them at the beginning of the call, "I understand it's part of your job, but please don't try to sell me anything," and do it politely, they'll be more than happy to shut the hell up. Either because they want to get you off the damned phone so that they actually have a sales opportunity with the next call, or because they aren't required to sell you anything now that you've made it known you're not in the buying mood. Trust me, up until 3 weeks ago, I worked in a telco sales call center, and this is the view of about 90% of the people on the floor.
Sprint has this feature for $4.95 a month that disallows all non-Caller ID readable calls (blocked, private, anonymous, etc.) But there is a passcode that you can give out to "trusted" friends and family that allows them to bypass the restriction. But those 4 digits are defaulted to the last 4 of your phone number, so it's quite easy for telemarketers to guess (and they do).
Now, most of us here are probably careful with our information, and giving it out, but I'd say the other 99% of the population aren't. Now, I'm not saying that the telcos aren't using these underhanded tactics, but don't leave user stupidity out of the equation.
Microsoft is just upset because Real used to be just as rabid about protecting their source code as Microsoft is and now they've released it. Interest in Real media formats is not exactly skyrocketing, and by doing this, they may be able to boost these sentiments, at least among the geek crowd. Integrating this into something like XMMS (personal preference) would be a Good Thing(tm).
Haven't click-thru EULAs been proven to be unenforceable in court? And if so, wouldn't this still qualify as a worm? And if so, shouldn't it subsequently be picked up and cleaned by Symantec/McAffee/Bob's Viro-matic?