I think this falls under "Stuff that matters" since it seems we won't be able to take laptops on flights with us anymore... Not too mention freezy pops.
I think it's just a tad easier to upload something to Flickr than to go and waste time photocopying and distributing the same picture. People (kids especially) tend to use less judgment on a decision that can be enacted in less than a minute.
How much are they making in revenue right now?
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I'm kind of curious how much revenue Facebook pulls in from advertising.. I've advertised just at my university and that cost about $10/day -- I have no idea how much it is for a global advertisement or how many advertisers there are.
And to everyone that's saying Facebook is stupid/pointless/never heard of it... I re-iterate what others have said: if you're in college right now, it -is- important. It's one of the easiest ways to exchange contact information; all you need to do is remember a name and ask, "are you on Facebook?" and bam -- email, address, clubs, phone number, pictures, everything. It's extremely convenient when you meet people in unlikely situations. And I check Facebook usually once a day, and compared to a lot of people at my school, that's not bad at all. So make fun of it all you want... it's a great networking tool and very, VERY popular right now for the 18-25 crowd.
"About seventy percent of households have at least one computer system, and most of those are homes in which there are school aged children."
That's a quick conclusion from a statement not supported from a source.
I'm not underestimating the intelligence of kids. But your kids, for example, are in a unique position. You use Linux, and you've taught them to use Linux. If the parents of a kid barely know how to use Windows (which is pretty common), there's no way they're going to use Linux on their home system -- so the kid will never get exposure to it even if they could figure it out. I know my dad wouldn't let me install Linux on the family computer 8 years ago, because he had to use it to, and he didn't want to figure it out.
I think you should look at the possibility that your kids might be smarter than most in America. Just because they can figure out Windows, doesn't mean Jimmy Doe, who's father has been in/out of jail for the last 10 years and who's mother works at the Chinese restaraunt, will be able to. (Yes, kids like that exist. I'd even say they're the majority)
About 5 years ago, when I was doing my Eagle scout project, I ran a small refurbish-for-charity computer operation. This was right around Y2K (haha) and a lot of local businesses were throwing out their computers. I collected the computers, led fellow scouts in sprucing them up (cleaning it physically, adding more RAM or any other spare parts if applicable). We placed about 50 complete systems in the local school district.
Being 15 at the time, I didn't know a lot about obtaining licenses for Windows. I went to a local computer vendor, explained my situation, and he worked out the details with Microsoft, and I got free reign to install Windows 95 on these systems.
Windows 95 was the best solution I could have hoped for: * Most of these computers couldn't run anything more than Windows 95 * Windows 95 provided Internet Explorer, so the computers we're online. For in school use, internet access is usually all you need * Most people in the schools had used Windows in some capacity, so there wasn't a steep learning curve.
This is going to be dangerous, given how in love with Linux everyone here is, but yea, I'm going to say it. I don't think putting Linux on donated PCs is a good idea at all. All the arguments are for how "easy it is to pick up if they've never touched Windows" , etc. What about when it breaks? Local computer shop down the street probably won't fix Linux for free -- they probably don't know it themselves. And if this is someone's first computer, odds are they're not going to learn enough about Linux to fix it themselves. Once it breaks, it'll get tossed or sit in the basement. So yea, go ahead and flame me, I really don't care. The project worked out, thanks to the benevolence of Microsoft and the donated copies of Windows 95.
Everyone seems pretty confident that if something like this is implemented, it will be discovered and exploited by black hats within weeks of Vista's release . . . As soon as it becomes 'common knowledge', in that sense, wouldn't it be feasible to create a patch to disable the backdoor? I mean, sure, disabling the backdoor will probable flag you as a terrorist and give enough probable cause to get your system seized, but I'm just being cynical.
I would enjoy spending my time running my own business. But I'm not in a position to quit my day job right now and expect the lights to be on for very long.
Well, it that's really how you feel, it's a good thing you won't be running your own business. It sounds like you love your 'comfort zone' way too much. Sometimes being successful involves taking risks.
My normal process it to run HJT and scan the log file, and then reboot into safe mode or off a PE CD to do the removal. KillBox is a nice little utility for removing stubborn files too, if for some reason you can't get to safe mode or boot from a PE CD (I have seen systems so hosed that safe mode doesn't boot). Also, make sure System Recovery is off -- malicious programs can hide there. And if all that still doesn't fix it, make sure that your partitions look like they should; I've seen spyware hide itself in a partition it created itself.
The problem with any type of Bayesian filter is the false positive. That's why the ISP I work at hasn't implemented bayesian spam filters on the server side --- in the event of a false positive, the customers would get REALLY pissed, no matter how infrequently it happened. If we made bayesian filters in P2P clients... Well, how would you feel if the next time you searched for "Pink Floyd," it came back saying "Go away, RIAA pig-dog!"
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Don't say that too loud, IBM might acquire Magnolia next.
You sure you don't work for IBM anymore, buddy?
Bluepages says otherwise...
You mean lights in the sky over Jerusalem?
I think this falls under "Stuff that matters" since it seems we won't be able to take laptops on flights with us anymore... Not too mention freezy pops.
I think it's just a tad easier to upload something to Flickr than to go and waste time photocopying and distributing the same picture. People (kids especially) tend to use less judgment on a decision that can be enacted in less than a minute.
That suddenly gives new meaning to the six degrees of Kevin Bacon game.
... Pabst should be given the first one.
I'm kind of curious how much revenue Facebook pulls in from advertising.. I've advertised just at my university and that cost about $10/day -- I have no idea how much it is for a global advertisement or how many advertisers there are.
And to everyone that's saying Facebook is stupid/pointless/never heard of it... I re-iterate what others have said: if you're in college right now, it -is- important. It's one of the easiest ways to exchange contact information; all you need to do is remember a name and ask, "are you on Facebook?" and bam -- email, address, clubs, phone number, pictures, everything. It's extremely convenient when you meet people in unlikely situations. And I check Facebook usually once a day, and compared to a lot of people at my school, that's not bad at all. So make fun of it all you want... it's a great networking tool and very, VERY popular right now for the 18-25 crowd.
"About seventy percent of households have at least one computer system, and most of those are homes in which there are school aged children."
That's a quick conclusion from a statement not supported from a source.
I'm not underestimating the intelligence of kids. But your kids, for example, are in a unique position. You use Linux, and you've taught them to use Linux. If the parents of a kid barely know how to use Windows (which is pretty common), there's no way they're going to use Linux on their home system -- so the kid will never get exposure to it even if they could figure it out. I know my dad wouldn't let me install Linux on the family computer 8 years ago, because he had to use it to, and he didn't want to figure it out.
I think you should look at the possibility that your kids might be smarter than most in America. Just because they can figure out Windows, doesn't mean Jimmy Doe, who's father has been in/out of jail for the last 10 years and who's mother works at the Chinese restaraunt, will be able to. (Yes, kids like that exist. I'd even say they're the majority)
About 5 years ago, when I was doing my Eagle scout project, I ran a small refurbish-for-charity computer operation. This was right around Y2K (haha) and a lot of local businesses were throwing out their computers. I collected the computers, led fellow scouts in sprucing them up (cleaning it physically, adding more RAM or any other spare parts if applicable). We placed about 50 complete systems in the local school district.
Being 15 at the time, I didn't know a lot about obtaining licenses for Windows. I went to a local computer vendor, explained my situation, and he worked out the details with Microsoft, and I got free reign to install Windows 95 on these systems.
Windows 95 was the best solution I could have hoped for:
* Most of these computers couldn't run anything more than Windows 95
* Windows 95 provided Internet Explorer, so the computers we're online. For in school use, internet access is usually all you need
* Most people in the schools had used Windows in some capacity, so there wasn't a steep learning curve.
This is going to be dangerous, given how in love with Linux everyone here is, but yea, I'm going to say it. I don't think putting Linux on donated PCs is a good idea at all. All the arguments are for how "easy it is to pick up if they've never touched Windows" , etc. What about when it breaks? Local computer shop down the street probably won't fix Linux for free -- they probably don't know it themselves. And if this is someone's first computer, odds are they're not going to learn enough about Linux to fix it themselves. Once it breaks, it'll get tossed or sit in the basement. So yea, go ahead and flame me, I really don't care. The project worked out, thanks to the benevolence of Microsoft and the donated copies of Windows 95.
Everyone seems pretty confident that if something like this is implemented, it will be discovered and exploited by black hats within weeks of Vista's release . . . As soon as it becomes 'common knowledge', in that sense, wouldn't it be feasible to create a patch to disable the backdoor? I mean, sure, disabling the backdoor will probable flag you as a terrorist and give enough probable cause to get your system seized, but I'm just being cynical.
I would enjoy spending my time running my own business. But I'm not in a position to quit my day job right now and expect the lights to be on for very long.
Well, it that's really how you feel, it's a good thing you won't be running your own business. It sounds like you love your 'comfort zone' way too much. Sometimes being successful involves taking risks.
Instead of just Googling, there are online log file anyalyzers that keep track of known malicious file. These are two that I use..
http://www.hijackthis.de/
http://hjt.networktechs.com/
My normal process it to run HJT and scan the log file, and then reboot into safe mode or off a PE CD to do the removal. KillBox is a nice little utility for removing stubborn files too, if for some reason you can't get to safe mode or boot from a PE CD (I have seen systems so hosed that safe mode doesn't boot). Also, make sure System Recovery is off -- malicious programs can hide there. And if all that still doesn't fix it, make sure that your partitions look like they should; I've seen spyware hide itself in a partition it created itself.
The problem with any type of Bayesian filter is the false positive. That's why the ISP I work at hasn't implemented bayesian spam filters on the server side --- in the event of a false positive, the customers would get REALLY pissed, no matter how infrequently it happened. If we made bayesian filters in P2P clients... Well, how would you feel if the next time you searched for "Pink Floyd," it came back saying "Go away, RIAA pig-dog!"
If all the P2P network users turn ourselves into the appropriate authorities on the same day? We could slashdot the cops!