Yes, but that's missing the point. That's like saying "It will be more secure because it's written down and stored in your pocket..."
That's missing the point. You see by swiping the card you prove that the card was present. It's easy to have it so it knows the difference between the swipe and entry. That's part of why you swipe the card in retail. It proves card was present. That at least stop people who collect just numbers.
This is paranoia..but if they have a digital image of you they could also manipulate it in a number of ways. Talk about blackmail..be like in the movies where the evil gov't agency makes it look like our Hero(tm) murdered that nice girl. They could also use recognition software to track your movements.
This is part of what any OS needs to stay competitive. First is to be able to use the existing technology not necessarily the bleeding edge, but what is out there and what is becoming popular. Bleeding edge is the stuff you add in developer's releases.
The second and more important IMHO is app support. You need to be able to run things on this nifty OS (whatever OS that is). Now i favor a more specialized approach, using the right OS for the job. Realistically I could care less if I can use a word processor on a web server. And for a desktop only machine I can care less if I can run a web server.
The 4GB memory capability is something that has been needed. A webserver or any server that needs high performance really doesn't need to be bogged down by the I/O subsystem.
Damn near all ISPs do this. What I want to know is WHY??!!!
Namely it's called CYA. Cover your ass. They are protecting their interests.
So what if I sell some shell accouts or set up a personal web/ftp server?
Well if you aren't a registered businness decalring the income and such it can be illegal. Also there are usually accounts ISP's have for businnesses and resellers. That is how they actually make any money. Dial-up is a no money situation unless you happen to have millions of subscribers. You are in essence taking away business from them. Most ISP's are not highly profitable
Why is it okay for Zeke to run MS Net meeting (two-way live video) and suck up 10GB of data transfers while my web/ftp/telnet/irc servers consume maybe 4GB/month.
Again it's because they, the ISP, needs to make money. Also they do not want to be responsible if you happen to be running a warez site, porn site(might violate terms and conditions), or something that can leave them open security wise. If someone hacks your server then that opens up the ISP potentially.
Neither me not Zeke cause the ISP grief by mailing out spam or anything like that. Why does the word 'server' get IPSs panties so wound up? Sprint ADSL and @Home cable both do this in my area.
This is apart of the reason above. @home is oke btw as long as you don;t do anything obvious or stupid like running a major warez site or start eating bandwith enough to make hteir alarms go off.
Yeah, MAYBE thay' won't notice servers or care. And yes, there's probably no way they can know if you're IP masquerading.
@home's terms allow for 3 computers per IP if you setup dhcp. They don't care if you proxy that much. Most calbe outfits are similar.
But that's not the point. I wanna buy bandwidth. What I do with it should be my choice. Period. Am I just a raving loon, or is there a cabal out there trying to limit and control our freedoms?
If you want to buy bandwith with no one to bother you every then get a co-lo'd server somewhere and pay for that. If your going to gripe about an ISP not wanting you to run a server then don't use an ISP for that, get a co-located server somewhere. They are trying to stay in business, and they don;t want to worry about someone that might think they know something but in fact leave them wide open for something. If you have an account with an ISP you agree to abide by their rules, if you break em and get caught face the consequences. As I said if you want to do whatever you want (within reason) get a server hosted.
You know there are more important thigns to worry about than the perceived sin of using MS Word.
If a product is good use it. I like Word, i used it from my dos days. Word 2000 is a different story.
You know if you are going to bas hsomething do so on merits, if someone attempts to better the prducts commend them, don't bash them more. But i am moving off topic. My point is so what if it was sent in a word format. Truth is a word format is probably the most common text document format used in the corporate world.
Actually an open relay is a secuirty issue and can be called a security hole. That is assuming they went in through an open relay. There is also the practice of signing up with an isp..spamming and then dropping the account when the isp catches on.
Also there is the issue of forging domains and having to deal with people not savvy enough to find the real culprit.
Working for an ISP or as a sysadmin for a company the latter two are the wosrt and hardest to deal with since you cannot simply shut off their ability to do that until after the fact.
$600 dollars can be a low estimate, when you consider time spent tracking the problem and repairing it. Plus any residual effects, lots accounts, having to get your isp unblocked from black hole lists, etc. $600.00 was getting off cheap imho.
You need to look at this from an IT Manager or Personnel Manager's point of view.
From their point of view unless you have 15 years experience with it, with good references that are rock solid. That piece of paper can be gold, since they know at least you've had some sort of "reputable" training. At least in their minds. Part of why the whole MCSE and NT thing is big is just that. You have 1. A large company that you know won;t be gone in a year(Anti-trust trial aside, M$ will not be out of business any time soon). 2. A program setup to train ppl on admin for their products.
Those two things make IT/Personnel managers all warm and fuzzy inside.
Certification is a fact that won't go away, and unless you have lots of experience under your belt it can get you in the door.
I use both a natural keyboard and a trackball. If If i use a normal keyobard ort mouse fora long period of time my wrists start hurting very badly. Just because someone uses an m$ keyboard or a trackball does NOT make them trendy. Leave you ego at the door and let people use what they want without judging them.
I never said that it would be free, what i meant is that it could force anyone with a private network to open it up to others. I myself wouldn't want to be forced to allow a customer (like AOL) that I know would suck off lots of bandwith. This bill would make it a crime to turn them away.
"has only limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to conceal such source or routing information; "
That's the part that can be twisted. If you run a masquerade and route something through it you can be opened up for problems. Even if the gov't never prosecutes the harrasement can be enough to take something out. Part of how the gov't can work it not necessarily sending you to jail just making you life a living hell. And most time federal prosecutors are immune to any reprisals like lawsuits, etc.
I've been reading through the bill, it first off attempts to regulate something that has boundaries far beyond us soil, which is it's first failing.
Here is a more sectionized look. Disclaimer : I'm no lawyer.
Section 101-103 can be used to force a major provider to allow others to use their bandwith..kind of like the recent attempts by aol to force @home to open up their private network to them.
Section 104 is also kind of broad in it's determination. It's a stab at spam but it goes about it wrong. This could illegalize things like ip masquerade, many services mask their internal ip's, if someone sends spam through them then it's their responsibility if they are hacked? I like california's attempt to control spam, it's much more realistic about SPAM. What I'm worried is that this could be twisted to go after ppl they don;t like..you sent an email to the wrong person? What you use IP masquerade at home? $10,000 please, yes I know that is an exaggeration but the possibility exists.
Provisions:
The Commission that controls the "Accelerated Deeployement" has no real power beyond initial approval. They also temporarily outlaw Voice-Over-IP by any of the baby bells or their affiliates.
This bill is an attempt to control something by the government that it cannot control, the FCC has done an ok job in staying away from it Internet and letting it grow itself. I wish the government would take a lesson from it's own agencies.
Sometimes example code isn't enough. And what if your not in front of your computer? Me I prefer books because I can take them with me anywhere. And the Palm documentation..i'd rather buy a $30.00 book and a $300.00 Palm just to have some documentation.
I've learned alot through looking through code, but reading some books helps too. What you don't get from looking at somone's code is an explanation of what does what and why as you go. I like to know the theory as well as the execution. No sample code will teach you theory.
Doc's can but they are harder on the eyes for me at least. Sometimes I need to step away from the monitor and a book is a good way to keep learning about it without having to be in front of the monitor.
This example used in the article is like some other ones, a poor example, not to mention an unrealistic one.
His example of people uploading articles to the internet everyday for millions to see. I don't think copyrights are about restricting *access* so much as restricting someone stealing what is there and caliming it is their own. PErsonally I hate when someone tries to take what I've done, what I've worked hard on and claims it as their own.
Now yes there will be abuses and extreme cases but overall I think the idea of copyright and IP is like Congress states in the Constitution to promote ideas not restrict them. By giving those who create these ideas a way to protect them from those who would steal it does promote.
I also think that the laws should protect the creator not the publisher of them. Also as a side note many companies have their developers sign over all rights to what they come up with while employed there. So if you worked for Ford and you designed a better sterring wheel, you are saying "While I work for ford, my ideas about new car concepts are fords, in return they give me salary, training, and other benefits."
I've used both text editors and wysiwig editors. Truth is a WYSIWIG editor is good for quick stuff but for a serious page with complex layout or actual coding within the page you need to do it by hand. WYSIWIG editors usually lay out the nastyess, ugliest, hardest to read code. From a professioanl stand-point having to clean up the code so it's able to be read and uderstood easily is extremely important. The vi/notepad thing I agree with. I use vi for quick changes in a page on a server, but if I'm designing a page or editing one that invloves more than one line I use a text editor. Why? Because of things like syntax highlighting, validation, some automated features. Preset code blocks. Anyone who says they only use notepad or vi for example is wasting so much time and effort. That's time I can't afford to waste. As for WYSIWIG the time spent fixing the code they generate is just as much a waste. A good strong editor like Homesite and some knowledge are the keys. I think for anything, if you don;t at least leran the basic structure of what your doing you won;t do it correctly no matter how good it looks on the surface.
Actually notepad is the worst if your site is hosted on a unix platform. Notepad adds extra characters and hard carriage returns to every line end. It doesn't like the cnoept of word wrapping.
If you want a text editor get UltraEdit for the PC. If you want an HTML editor..get Homesite from Allaire.
I remember George Carlin. I think this is as muc ha grab for publicity as anything else. From what I've read they model their restrictions on the FCC restrictions which are considered Constitutional. I doubt they will win this one, the recent lawsuit about whitehouse.com was lost by the plaintiffs.
I think ppl who goto college to prepare them for their chosen career go for th e wrong reasons now, especially in the computer industry. I've talked to so many ppl with a piece of paper who would apply for a job but couldn't handle simple questions posed to them. It's the ivory tower syndrome. Fact is most Colleges lag in technology and teaching.
Example: A friend of mine who is a CS major was told he couldn't telnet into the unix servers at school if he was using windows95 by his teacher. The fact that Win95 comes with a telnet client(albeit a sucky one) or u can install one never occured to the teacher.
I dropped out, mostly for financial reasons. It has taken me less time to get where I am overall, instead of 4+years of school, I had 2 years of workplace experience before I got the good job.
Now i think every situation is different, some ppl learn better by teaching, some by experience(I'm the latter). But college, IMHO teaches you more about social interactions, and the world around you than about what u want to do for a career.
2 months is a little under two years..not the four he has been serving tho. The ones who should be looked at are Miramax and ( I forget his name) the reporter who turned this into the mess by blowing it way out of proportion.
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Article seems like mostly a rehash of what every other BSD vs. Linux article is saying. This is mostly a fluff piece.
They don't get into why it's used by some of the heavily hit sites on the Internet.
Yes, but that's missing the point. That's like saying "It will be more secure because it's written down and stored in your pocket..."
That's missing the point. You see by swiping the card you prove that the card was present. It's easy to have it so it knows the difference between the swipe and entry. That's part of why you swipe the card in retail. It proves card was present. That at least stop people who collect just numbers.
Plus it cuts down on entry erros probably.
Actually White Wolf bought this from WoTC then WoTC bought it back..
This is paranoia..but if they have a digital image of you they could also manipulate it in a number of ways. Talk about blackmail..be like in the movies where the evil gov't agency makes it look like our Hero(tm) murdered that nice girl. They could also use recognition software to track your movements.
This is part of what any OS needs to stay competitive. First is to be able to use the existing technology not necessarily the bleeding edge, but what is out there and what is becoming popular. Bleeding edge is the stuff you add in developer's releases.
The second and more important IMHO is app support. You need to be able to run things on this nifty OS (whatever OS that is). Now i favor a more specialized approach, using the right OS for the job. Realistically I could care less if I can use a word processor on a web server. And for a desktop only machine I can care less if I can run a web server.
The 4GB memory capability is something that has been needed. A webserver or any server that needs high performance really doesn't need to be bogged down by the I/O subsystem.
Damn near all ISPs do this. What I want to know is WHY??!!!
Namely it's called CYA. Cover your ass. They are protecting their interests.
So what if I sell some shell accouts or set up a personal web/ftp server?
Well if you aren't a registered businness decalring the income and such it can be illegal. Also there are usually accounts ISP's have for businnesses and resellers. That is how they actually make any money. Dial-up is a no money situation unless you happen to have millions of subscribers. You are in essence taking away business from them. Most ISP's are not highly profitable
Why is it okay for Zeke to run MS Net meeting (two-way live video) and suck up 10GB of data transfers while my web/ftp/telnet/irc servers consume maybe 4GB/month.
Again it's because they, the ISP, needs to make money. Also they do not want to be responsible if you happen to be running a warez site, porn site(might violate terms and conditions), or something that can leave them open security wise. If someone hacks your server then that opens up the ISP potentially.
Neither me not Zeke cause the ISP grief by mailing out spam or anything like that. Why does the word 'server' get IPSs panties so wound up? Sprint ADSL and @Home cable both do this in my area.
This is apart of the reason above. @home is oke btw as long as you don;t do anything obvious or stupid like running a major warez site or start eating bandwith enough to make hteir alarms go off.
Yeah, MAYBE thay' won't notice servers or care. And yes, there's probably no way they can know if you're IP masquerading.
@home's terms allow for 3 computers per IP if you setup dhcp. They don't care if you proxy that much. Most calbe outfits are similar.
But that's not the point. I wanna buy bandwidth. What I do with it should be my choice. Period. Am I just a raving loon, or is there a cabal out there trying to limit and control our freedoms?
If you want to buy bandwith with no one to bother you every then get a co-lo'd server somewhere and pay for that. If your going to gripe about an ISP not wanting you to run a server then don't use an ISP for that, get a co-located server somewhere. They are trying to stay in business, and they don;t want to worry about someone that might think they know something but in fact leave them wide open for something. If you have an account with an ISP you agree to abide by their rules, if you break em and get caught face the consequences. As I said if you want to do whatever you want (within reason) get a server hosted.
Light travels in a straight line...the only way to see it at a 45 degree angle is if it were to reflect off os something else.
You know there are more important thigns to worry about than the perceived sin of using MS Word.
If a product is good use it. I like Word, i used it from my dos days. Word 2000 is a different story.
You know if you are going to bas hsomething do so on merits, if someone attempts to better the prducts commend them, don't bash them more. But i am moving off topic. My point is so what if it was sent in a word format. Truth is a word format is probably the most common text document format used in the corporate world.
Actually an open relay is a secuirty issue and can be called a security hole. That is assuming they went in through an open relay. There is also the practice of signing up with an isp..spamming and then dropping the account when the isp catches on.
Also there is the issue of forging domains and having to deal with people not savvy enough to find the real culprit.
Working for an ISP or as a sysadmin for a company the latter two are the wosrt and hardest to deal with since you cannot simply shut off their ability to do that until after the fact.
$600 dollars can be a low estimate, when you consider time spent tracking the problem and repairing it. Plus any residual effects, lots accounts, having to get your isp unblocked from black hole lists, etc. $600.00 was getting off cheap imho.
You need to look at this from an IT Manager or Personnel Manager's point of view.
From their point of view unless you have 15 years experience with it, with good references that are rock solid. That piece of paper can be gold, since they know at least you've had some sort of "reputable" training. At least in their minds. Part of why the whole MCSE and NT thing is big is just that. You have 1. A large company that you know won;t be gone in a year(Anti-trust trial aside, M$ will not be out of business any time soon). 2. A program setup to train ppl on admin for their products.
Those two things make IT/Personnel managers all warm and fuzzy inside.
Certification is a fact that won't go away, and unless you have lots of experience under your belt it can get you in the door.
I use both a natural keyboard and a trackball. If If i use a normal keyobard ort mouse fora long period of time my wrists start hurting very badly. Just because someone uses an m$ keyboard or a trackball does NOT make them trendy. Leave you ego at the door and let people use what they want without judging them.
If you want to get technical, Liux was written to be a unix clone.
They are working on an alpha version now. Also thereis is also NetBSD and OpenBSD.
heh...wel lthe article at least can make pople curious and presents everything in a non threatening light. "We are your friend"
I never said that it would be free, what i meant is that it could force anyone with a private network to open it up to others. I myself wouldn't want to be forced to allow a customer (like AOL) that I know would suck off lots of bandwith. This bill would make it a crime to turn them away.
"has only limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to conceal such source or routing information; "
That's the part that can be twisted. If you run a masquerade and route something through it you can be opened up for problems. Even if the gov't never prosecutes the harrasement can be enough to take something out. Part of how the gov't can work it not necessarily sending you to jail just making you life a living hell. And most time federal prosecutors are immune to any reprisals like lawsuits, etc.
The federal gov't has a habit of twisting things in laws to their purposes. Also the bill is pretty broad based in it's definitions for this category.
I've been reading through the bill, it first off attempts to regulate something that has boundaries far beyond us soil, which is it's first failing.
Here is a more sectionized look. Disclaimer : I'm no lawyer.
Section 101-103 can be used to force a major provider to allow others to use their bandwith..kind of like the recent attempts by aol to force @home to open up their private network to them.
Section 104 is also kind of broad in it's determination. It's a stab at spam but it goes about it wrong. This could illegalize things like ip masquerade, many services mask their internal ip's, if someone sends spam through them then it's their responsibility if they are hacked? I like california's attempt to control spam, it's much more realistic about SPAM. What I'm worried is that this could be twisted to go after ppl they don;t like..you sent an email to the wrong person? What you use IP masquerade at home? $10,000 please, yes I know that is an exaggeration but the possibility exists.
Provisions:
The Commission that controls the "Accelerated Deeployement" has no real power beyond initial approval. They also temporarily outlaw Voice-Over-IP by any of the baby bells or their affiliates.
This bill is an attempt to control something by the government that it cannot control, the FCC has done an ok job in staying away from it Internet and letting it grow itself. I wish the government would take a lesson from it's own agencies.
Sometimes example code isn't enough. And what if your not in front of your computer? Me I prefer books because I can take them with me anywhere. And the Palm documentation..i'd rather buy a $30.00 book and a $300.00 Palm just to have some documentation.
I've learned alot through looking through code, but reading some books helps too. What you don't get from looking at somone's code is an explanation of what does what and why as you go. I like to know the theory as well as the execution. No sample code will teach you theory.
Doc's can but they are harder on the eyes for me at least. Sometimes I need to step away from the monitor and a book is a good way to keep learning about it without having to be in front of the monitor.
This example used in the article is like some other ones, a poor example, not to mention an unrealistic one.
His example of people uploading articles to the internet everyday for millions to see. I don't think copyrights are about restricting *access* so much as restricting someone stealing what is there and caliming it is their own. PErsonally I hate when someone tries to take what I've done, what I've worked hard on and claims it as their own.
Now yes there will be abuses and extreme cases but overall I think the idea of copyright and IP is like Congress states in the Constitution to promote ideas not restrict them. By giving those who create these ideas a way to protect them from those who would steal it does promote.
I also think that the laws should protect the creator not the publisher of them. Also as a side note many companies have their developers sign over all rights to what they come up with while employed there. So if you worked for Ford and you designed a better sterring wheel, you are saying "While I work for ford, my ideas about new car concepts are fords, in return they give me salary, training, and other benefits."
At least that is my opinion on the subject.
I've used both text editors and wysiwig editors. Truth is a WYSIWIG editor is good for quick stuff but for a serious page with complex layout or actual coding within the page you need to do it by hand. WYSIWIG editors usually lay out the nastyess, ugliest, hardest to read code. From a professioanl stand-point having to clean up the code so it's able to be read and uderstood easily is extremely important. The vi/notepad thing I agree with. I use vi for quick changes in a page on a server, but if I'm designing a page or editing one that invloves more than one line I use a text editor. Why? Because of things like syntax highlighting, validation, some automated features. Preset code blocks. Anyone who says they only use notepad or vi for example is wasting so much time and effort. That's time I can't afford to waste. As for WYSIWIG the time spent fixing the code they generate is just as much a waste. A good strong editor like Homesite and some knowledge are the keys. I think for anything, if you don;t at least leran the basic structure of what your doing you won;t do it correctly no matter how good it looks on the surface.
Actually notepad is the worst if your site is hosted on a unix platform. Notepad adds extra characters and hard carriage returns to every line end. It doesn't like the cnoept of word wrapping.
If you want a text editor get UltraEdit for the PC. If you want an HTML editor..get Homesite from Allaire.
I remember George Carlin. I think this is as muc ha grab for publicity as anything else. From what I've read they model their restrictions on the FCC restrictions which are considered Constitutional. I doubt they will win this one, the recent lawsuit about whitehouse.com was lost by the plaintiffs.
I think ppl who goto college to prepare them for their chosen career go for th e wrong reasons now, especially in the computer industry. I've talked to so many ppl with a piece of paper who would apply for a job but couldn't handle simple questions posed to them. It's the ivory tower syndrome. Fact is most Colleges lag in technology and teaching.
Example: A friend of mine who is a CS major was told he couldn't telnet into the unix servers at school if he was using windows95 by his teacher. The fact that Win95 comes with a telnet client(albeit a sucky one) or u can install one never occured to the teacher.
I dropped out, mostly for financial reasons. It has taken me less time to get where I am overall, instead of 4+years of school, I had 2 years of workplace experience before I got the good job.
Now i think every situation is different, some ppl learn better by teaching, some by experience(I'm the latter). But college, IMHO teaches you more about social interactions, and the world around you than about what u want to do for a career.
2 months is a little under two years..not the four he has been serving tho. The ones who should be looked at are Miramax and ( I forget his name) the reporter who turned this into the mess by blowing it way out of proportion.