"Sender verification" is a good idea, but it won't work for most users.
Not all automated email is bad. A user who has "sender verification" on would not receive an Amazon.com sales receipt, for instance, because there is no way Amazon.com would go through the trouble to "authenticate" just for the AOL user.
Exactly, this is what the other P2P applications should imitate. Shareaza took the existing Gnutella network and turned it into something useful. After you use it for five minutes, you'll know what I'm talking about. What originally took hours of searching on Limewire now takes a few minutes with Shareaza/Gnutella2.
Shareaza is not planning on keeping the Gnutella2 protocol a secret. This is simply a marketing tactic; keep it secret long enough to lure new users, then release the spec. Seeing how Shareaza is the only P2P product that isn't making money (no ads, no spyware), I think they are entitled to be a little sneaky.
This being said, I hope that Shareaza releases the Gnutella2 spec in good time. Gnutella2 is the only way that competing P2P networks can compete against KaZaA.
This is not evil. Google has every right to be pissed. Of course the joke was in good humor, but consider what this does to Google's brand reputation. Google is not intended to be used to stalk people, nor is it a source of informational; it is a search engine.
If the definition was simply 'to search for something using Google', it wouldn't be an issue.
Sorry, I don't mean to get too off-topic, but I'm outright insulted by your comment about rape offenders.
Judging by recent lawsuits, no one knows what rape is anymore. Half the time, the victim doesn't make it clear that she (assuming typical circumstances, the victim is female) refuses intercourse. Furthermore, current laws do not recognize anal rape as rape. And what is to say for statutory rape?
No, I'm not a rapist nor a rape victim. I ask you to think before you speak.
I'm charming. Kids today sit around on their fat asses, chugging carbonated sugar water. They're fat, lazy, and dumb. We need a movement to get more of today's children drinking coffee. Black coffee.
After instantaneous adoption from fast-food restaurants and chain coffee shops, the substance will later be found to be allergenic/carcinogenic. Moral corporations will discontinue use, and the rest will face class-action lawsuits to remove the substance from their food.
This probably has to do with human pheromones, which are detected through a part of the olfactory system. Pheromones are utilized during both sex and the search for a mate.
The 3d monitor support will rely on an updated DirectX/OpenGL software renderer, which would, in turn, seemlessly patch all games. They had to make a patched version of Quake because these updated software renderers are not yet available.
In other news, Slashdot users are 'planning to propose calling President Bush a moron'.
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...hence the "geek syndrome", Asperger's Syndrome. Each geek lies somewhere on the Asperger's spectrum, between very mild to severe, primarily visible through degree of social withdrawal.
Just ignore the letter. The majority of the time, organizations who send cease & desist letters *know* that they have no way to enforce their claims, and believe they can do so by scaring off the victim.
Perhaps I'm being quick to judge, but it doesn't sound like they've been on the playing field for long. Their domain name was registered two years ago. Certainly, if this is the case, they were not the first to use digital video on the Internet...
It seems that many of the posters have missed the entire point of the article...
The FBI is not trying to hide anything from the cracker or the victim. That wouldn't do a lot of good. The point is to NOT PUBLICIZE every event that a company's network has been hacked. Not only is this embarrassing for the company, but it attracts unwanted attention from press, ignorant investors, and aspiring crackers.
I'm sure that all the script kiddies read the news about, say, Yahoo! getting hacked, and think, "Hey, maybe defacing a company's website isn't as hard as I thought!" This is one of the many issues with publicizing a major hack.
I completely agree with the actions of the FBI concerning this issue.
On an unrelated note, this is exactly what Apple has implemented in OS X 10.2 Jaguar. Their propreitary "Quartz Extreme" feature uses the GPU to render the Aqua UI when not in use.
It would be interesting to see other applications utilize this technique.
Needless to say, this has been a move AOL has been planning for ages.
If you hack open an old version of AOL Instant Messenger for Macintosh with ResEdit, you'll find all the necessary UI to implement ICQ integration. They have the icons, dialogs, errors, etc.
It seems that AOL was just waiting for the right moment to flip the switch.
Sean Connery had this laser beam aparatus that he put in the loot room. It had several laser pointers that were all adjusted to block out the cameras in the room.
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"Sender verification" is a good idea, but it won't work for most users.
Not all automated email is bad. A user who has "sender verification" on would not receive an Amazon.com sales receipt, for instance, because there is no way Amazon.com would go through the trouble to "authenticate" just for the AOL user.
OMG You mean I'll be able to play all those popular games on my Linux box? No way!
It appears that this man has also travelled almost a month forward in time to republish his news story on /.
Don't be fooled! This is Slashdot, not CNN.
Exactly, this is what the other P2P applications should imitate. Shareaza took the existing Gnutella network and turned it into something useful. After you use it for five minutes, you'll know what I'm talking about. What originally took hours of searching on Limewire now takes a few minutes with Shareaza/Gnutella2.
Shareaza is not planning on keeping the Gnutella2 protocol a secret. This is simply a marketing tactic; keep it secret long enough to lure new users, then release the spec. Seeing how Shareaza is the only P2P product that isn't making money (no ads, no spyware), I think they are entitled to be a little sneaky.
This being said, I hope that Shareaza releases the Gnutella2 spec in good time. Gnutella2 is the only way that competing P2P networks can compete against KaZaA.
If you're going to get picky, ever notice how Microsoft writes "Built on NT Technology"?
NT stands for New Technology. Built on New Technology Technology.
This is not evil. Google has every right to be pissed. Of course the joke was in good humor, but consider what this does to Google's brand reputation. Google is not intended to be used to stalk people, nor is it a source of informational; it is a search engine.
If the definition was simply 'to search for something using Google', it wouldn't be an issue.
Sorry, I don't mean to get too off-topic, but I'm outright insulted by your comment about rape offenders.
Judging by recent lawsuits, no one knows what rape is anymore. Half the time, the victim doesn't make it clear that she (assuming typical circumstances, the victim is female) refuses intercourse. Furthermore, current laws do not recognize anal rape as rape. And what is to say for statutory rape?
No, I'm not a rapist nor a rape victim. I ask you to think before you speak.
The post was modded +3 insightful; apparently I'm not the only one who didn't pick up on the satire.
Could you be any more arrogant?
After instantaneous adoption from fast-food restaurants and chain coffee shops, the substance will later be found to be allergenic/carcinogenic. Moral corporations will discontinue use, and the rest will face class-action lawsuits to remove the substance from their food.
You read it here first.
... a case of unscented soap is unaccounted for at a local Stop & Shop.
Local authorities suspect the synthesis of chemical weapons, including nitroglycerin. Homeland Security has been alerted.
Christ, give me a break.
I don't mean to troll, but who cares about standards when Microsoft doesn't care about standards? We can't push standards on WinIE.
This probably has to do with human pheromones, which are detected through a part of the olfactory system. Pheromones are utilized during both sex and the search for a mate.
This was moderated as +3 Insightful?
>Did you buy a book about basketball? Some red Michael Jordan Boxer shorts and some clean socks.
Did you buy some dirty socks? How about an Eminem CD?
I'll fathom a guess:
The 3d monitor support will rely on an updated DirectX/OpenGL software renderer, which would, in turn, seemlessly patch all games. They had to make a patched version of Quake because these updated software renderers are not yet available.
In other news, Slashdot users are 'planning to propose calling President Bush a moron'.
...hence the "geek syndrome", Asperger's Syndrome. Each geek lies somewhere on the Asperger's spectrum, between very mild to severe, primarily visible through degree of social withdrawal.
Just ignore the letter. The majority of the time, organizations who send cease & desist letters *know* that they have no way to enforce their claims, and believe they can do so by scaring off the victim.
Perhaps I'm being quick to judge, but it doesn't sound like they've been on the playing field for long. Their domain name was registered two years ago. Certainly, if this is the case, they were not the first to use digital video on the Internet...
It seems that many of the posters have missed the entire point of the article...
The FBI is not trying to hide anything from the cracker or the victim. That wouldn't do a lot of good.
The point is to NOT PUBLICIZE every event that a company's network has been hacked. Not only is this embarrassing for the company, but it attracts unwanted attention from press, ignorant investors, and aspiring crackers.
I'm sure that all the script kiddies read the news about, say, Yahoo! getting hacked, and think, "Hey, maybe defacing a company's website isn't as hard as I thought!" This is one of the many issues with publicizing a major hack.
I completely agree with the actions of the FBI concerning this issue.
On an unrelated note, this is exactly what Apple has implemented in OS X 10.2 Jaguar. Their propreitary "Quartz Extreme" feature uses the GPU to render the Aqua UI when not in use.
It would be interesting to see other applications utilize this technique.
Needless to say, this has been a move AOL has been planning for ages.
If you hack open an old version of AOL Instant Messenger for Macintosh with ResEdit, you'll find all the necessary UI to implement ICQ integration. They have the icons, dialogs, errors, etc.
It seems that AOL was just waiting for the right moment to flip the switch.
Hasn't anyone seen Entrapment?
Sean Connery had this laser beam aparatus that he put in the loot room. It had several laser pointers that were all adjusted to block out the cameras in the room.
"Dec. 22, 2012 -- the Mayans' predicted apocalypse"
Well forget college...