It's annoying enough now sitting near dozens of fat slobs who make noise chewing popcorn and other snacks with their mouths open. I think it would be unbearable dealing with the foot-traffic of waiters and the commotion brought on by entire meals being served.
Why does everything have to be "plugged in" now? Can't people just go to a movie and watch it in silence without needing to be "connected"? I love technology, but sometimes you just need to ask "what's the point"?
Furthermore, on the 'build-your-own' thread, try telling the component manufacturers from China to include hardware copy protection in their devices.......
I typically despise reading books in electronic format, unless it's for the explicit purpose of performing searches to locate specific content.
I spend all day at work in front of computers, and feel like my eyes need a rest by the end of the day (and during the day if I'm reading the book at work).
As for what content I'd like to see ---- That's difficult to say, except to express my general opinion that technical books should strive to be more example-oriented ) in the future. (I.e., a "hands-on" approach, as opposed to intangible theory / textbook like crap.
Finally, I really like technical books that include a CD with a fully searchable electronic version of the text (so that I don't have to schlep the book around with me all the time with my laptop).
This will only discourage consumers from purchasing these "hobbled" products, yet people will *still* find a way to violate the copyrights.....regardless of the security put into place.
Hahahaha......someone should really mod the above post up......Much more entertaining than the obviously bogus fable which is responsible for this hopeless thread.....
I called the company last month to see if our corporate domain had been requested by someone else, and they wouldn't tell me if anyone had or not, and that the only way to be sure I'd get the.biz for our domain would be to put in more bids than anyone (if anyone) else competing for it......
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Welcome to this powerful group and thank you for your efforts to add to this team! My name is Ben and just so you know this is not SPAM I am the one who put this group together. Together we stand to make alot of money in this and any future companies this group merges into. However We will only be successful if we continue to grow very rapidly! Currently our group posesses 8-10 "Heavy Hitters" these people NEED YOUR HELP!!! There are many ways to HELP OUT and put alot of CASH IN YOUR POCKET at the same time! As any NETWORKER who actually makes money could tell you HIGH QUALITY LEADS and TARGETED ADVERTISING are the 2 most important things! For those of you who know me you can skip a lin................
Whatever, Mr. Anonymous Coward. In democratic nations, people accused of terrorism or any other illegal act are arrested and tried by the country's legal system. What kind of government launches missiles into a building to kill the accused? Israel's leaders are terrorists *just as* Hamas' leaders are. What a joke Israel is, and how offensive it is to pay taxes in the U.S. that end up in Israel, with its oppressive, theocratic, NON-DEMOCRATIC government. You're either evil and a liar, or incredibly stupid.
....kind of like how American tax dollars find their way to Israel in the form of kewl Apache helicopters used to assassinate Palestinian political leaders?
The virus in question recently infected one of our servers running the ever-so-crappy IIS 4.0, despite being patched with the most recent Service Pack from Microsoft, as well as the security update to prevent Code Red. Apparently, the SP isn't as cumulative as it should be.....
I would much rather be running Apache, but our CRM application requires IIS for its extranet capabilities.
This negligence from Microsoft should be addressed with a class action lawsuit.
Keep in mind, though ---- The simple existence of a statement in the TOS doesn't mean that it's legal. Companies put shit in contracts all the time and force their customers to sign at the line, but quite often end up losing court cases when it's determined that their "rules" were illegal. Just like those stupid signs that you see in coat-check areas of restaurants stating that they're not responsible for stolen items. None of them ever hold up in court (at least in the USA, anyway).
I think you kind of read into that quote incorrectly ---- What Breathed meant was that many cartoonists, including Schulz, were exploited, and never even owned the rights to their own characters. He wasn't saying that Schulz' creativity would have been replaced by the students, but that the syndicates could have basically done whatever they wanted with the characters, including cutting Schulz out of the picture completely.
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No. I don't think you're missing anything.
The very essence of P2P is that the questionable data is decentralized, and therefore immune to an ISP simply "pulling the plug" on it. Gnutella, for example, is just a protocol which allows for the query, request for, and sending of files to users. Like you said, the only way to stop it is to block those packets or to disallow traffic to port 6346, which is what my Gnotella client uses. And if they do that, then people will simply change the protocol and client/server apps slightly to get around it. The downfall of those attempting to regulate things like this is that what they do will ALWAYS BE REACTIVE IN NATURE.
From Microsoft's
own description of Hailstorm:
HailStorm also turns the industry debate over online privacy on its head. Instead of debating how much organizations can get away with with respect to an individual's information, HailStorm starts with the assumption that the user controls all personal information and gets to decide with whom to share any of it and under what terms. By putting people in control of their own data, HailStorm relies on an affirmative consent model as the way applications, services, and devices interact with users. The user owns the data. Any access to that data, any changes to that data, and any use of that data requires the explicit consent of the user.
This is flawed logic, in my opinion. None of that matters if, once you've given that information over to the other party (which is necessary to do to complete a transaction), they just turn around and sell it to someone else. Microsoft isn't "protecting" anything. They're just "holding" our data for us. The problem is that I don't trust Microsoft enough to hold ANYTHING of mine, much less something personal and important to me.
I'm sorry, but until Microsoft can secure their other, more trivial applications (as well as the not-so-trivial ones), there's no way in hell I'm going to give them a byte of my personal information. To me, it's just so incredibly obvious how dangerous something like this can grow to be. I'm not so concerned about someone hacking into my calendar; what frightens me is the possibility that medical records and tax information will ultimately start making its way towards Microsoft.
Given their past record on security, the government should disallow this on the grounds that it is a risk to public safety.
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It's annoying enough now sitting near dozens of fat slobs who make noise chewing popcorn and other snacks with their mouths open. I think it would be unbearable dealing with the foot-traffic of waiters and the commotion brought on by entire meals being served.
Why does everything have to be "plugged in" now? Can't people just go to a movie and watch it in silence without needing to be "connected"? I love technology, but sometimes you just need to ask "what's the point"?
Furthermore, on the 'build-your-own' thread, try telling the component manufacturers from China to include hardware copy protection in their devices.......
He did all the wonderful orchestral music to go alone with these gems.....
I typically despise reading books in electronic format, unless it's for the explicit purpose of performing searches to locate specific content.
I spend all day at work in front of computers, and feel like my eyes need a rest by the end of the day (and during the day if I'm reading the book at work).
As for what content I'd like to see ---- That's difficult to say, except to express my general opinion that technical books should strive to be more example-oriented ) in the future. (I.e., a "hands-on" approach, as opposed to intangible theory / textbook like crap.
Finally, I really like technical books that include a CD with a fully searchable electronic version of the text (so that I don't have to schlep the book around with me all the time with my laptop).
This will only discourage consumers from purchasing these "hobbled" products, yet people will *still* find a way to violate the copyrights.....regardless of the security put into place.
Universal loses either way.
All your privacy are belong to us.
Hahahaha......someone should really mod the above post up......Much more entertaining than the obviously bogus fable which is responsible for this hopeless thread.....
I called the company last month to see if our corporate domain had been requested by someone else, and they wouldn't tell me if anyone had or not, and that the only way to be sure I'd get the
What a scam......
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Hello
Welcome to this powerful group and thank you for your efforts to add to this team! My name is Ben and just so you know this is not SPAM I am the one who put this group together. Together we stand to make alot of money in this and any future companies this group merges into. However We will only be successful if we continue to grow very rapidly! Currently our group posesses 8-10 "Heavy Hitters" these people NEED YOUR HELP!!! There are many ways to HELP OUT and put alot of CASH IN YOUR POCKET at the same time! As any NETWORKER who actually makes money could tell you HIGH QUALITY LEADS and TARGETED ADVERTISING are the 2 most important things! For those of you who know me you can skip a lin................
Do they have to obtain all new licenses for every piece of M$ software?
Sounds pretty impossible to enforce, IMHO.
Whatever, Mr. Anonymous Coward. In democratic nations, people accused of terrorism or any other illegal act are arrested and tried by the country's legal system. What kind of government launches missiles into a building to kill the accused? Israel's leaders are terrorists *just as* Hamas' leaders are. What a joke Israel is, and how offensive it is to pay taxes in the U.S. that end up in Israel, with its oppressive, theocratic, NON-DEMOCRATIC government. You're either evil and a liar, or incredibly stupid.
....kind of like how American tax dollars find their way to Israel in the form of kewl Apache helicopters used to assassinate Palestinian political leaders?
The virus in question recently infected one of our servers running the ever-so-crappy IIS 4.0, despite being patched with the most recent Service Pack from Microsoft, as well as the security update to prevent Code Red. Apparently, the SP isn't as cumulative as it should be.....
I would much rather be running Apache, but our CRM application requires IIS for its extranet capabilities.
This negligence from Microsoft should be addressed with a class action lawsuit.
Keep in mind, though ---- The simple existence of a statement in the TOS doesn't mean that it's legal. Companies put shit in contracts all the time and force their customers to sign at the line, but quite often end up losing court cases when it's determined that their "rules" were illegal. Just like those stupid signs that you see in coat-check areas of restaurants stating that they're not responsible for stolen items. None of them ever hold up in court (at least in the USA, anyway).
Lawsuits, anyone?
Don't these people have anything better to do than to create offensively stupid laws and then insist on enforcing them?
I think you kind of read into that quote incorrectly ---- What Breathed meant was that many cartoonists, including Schulz, were exploited, and never even owned the rights to their own characters. He wasn't saying that Schulz' creativity would have been replaced by the students, but that the syndicates could have basically done whatever they wanted with the characters, including cutting Schulz out of the picture completely.
No. I don't think you're missing anything.
The very essence of P2P is that the questionable data is decentralized, and therefore immune to an ISP simply "pulling the plug" on it. Gnutella, for example, is just a protocol which allows for the query, request for, and sending of files to users. Like you said, the only way to stop it is to block those packets or to disallow traffic to port 6346, which is what my Gnotella client uses. And if they do that, then people will simply change the protocol and client/server apps slightly to get around it. The downfall of those attempting to regulate things like this is that what they do will ALWAYS BE REACTIVE IN NATURE.
Just my thoughts.
From Microsoft's own description of Hailstorm: HailStorm also turns the industry debate over online privacy on its head. Instead of debating how much organizations can get away with with respect to an individual's information, HailStorm starts with the assumption that the user controls all personal information and gets to decide with whom to share any of it and under what terms. By putting people in control of their own data, HailStorm relies on an affirmative consent model as the way applications, services, and devices interact with users. The user owns the data. Any access to that data, any changes to that data, and any use of that data requires the explicit consent of the user.
This is flawed logic, in my opinion. None of that matters if, once you've given that information over to the other party (which is necessary to do to complete a transaction), they just turn around and sell it to someone else. Microsoft isn't "protecting" anything. They're just "holding" our data for us. The problem is that I don't trust Microsoft enough to hold ANYTHING of mine, much less something personal and important to me.
I'm sorry, but until Microsoft can secure their other, more trivial applications (as well as the not-so-trivial ones), there's no way in hell I'm going to give them a byte of my personal information. To me, it's just so incredibly obvious how dangerous something like this can grow to be. I'm not so concerned about someone hacking into my calendar; what frightens me is the possibility that medical records and tax information will ultimately start making its way towards Microsoft.
Given their past record on security, the government should disallow this on the grounds that it is a risk to public safety.