it's even more ignorant to think that it's more damaging to have a breach in security for 60 days than, 30, or 15. If you're going through the trouble of gaining someones login, and you actually plan to do something wrong with it, you aren't going to sit on your thumbs. Unless you're changing your password every 12 hours, the timing is relatively* irrelevant.
Consider this - I brute force your password, and there are 5 days left before your 30 day password reset. I slap in some custom sneaky aliases for your default shell that look exactly like the password changing utility, and in fact change your password - but lo and behold, it also a> logs it to a file I can read, b> emails it to me, c> insert_random_too_late_you're_already_screwed_acti on_here
good thing you reset your password, I almost got in!
* [obviously using the same password everywhere for years sucks because you'll mistype it somewhere in an IRC channel or the wrong window or in front of someone at SOME point, and then it really should be changed - if it's a strong password, it'll be obvious that it's not just a "wrong window" IM/chat reply]
check the screen out before you buy tho, or make sure you can return it. A lot of people dislike it. Also, the buttons aren't for gamers, but I find I rather like them.
It's gsm - if you want to use the danger device just for data - then you could switch SIM's whenever you want to use your voice minutes. The only problem there would be that you wouldn't have your normal voice number 'active' when using your danger as a data device, but I bet you could tie it to your other voicemail box or manage a notification scheme.
It'd work if one of your activities was self-initiated (aka you make a lot of calls but don't recieve a lot, or you only do data on your own schedule/etc.)
It's okay, if you look at this you'll notice you really don't want to be anywhere near this phone. Apparently it's "connect anywhere / to anything" ability has rather a microwave-oven effect on the people beyond the lens of its camera.
he has a usb bluetooth dongle, and wants to buy some bluetooth 'things' to slap on the end of his normal keyboard, mouse, etc.
hahahahaha. no.
those devices are chatty and expect to draw their power from the usb port, as well as have nice snappy speeds going up to it - and you'll quickly find yourself bottlenecked using bluetooth anywhere near 802.11b, or with multiple devices.
To me, someone who posts without showing their face, is ashamed of themselves and their opinion.
I feel sorry for you, you poor tortured AC.
[I am assuming, of course, that you didn't post AC just because you're running Opera under Linux and/.'s cookies are still broken, if that is the case I apologize.]
no - really. hahaha.
now then, what wasn't dangerous about users hopping on the web and opening random stray documents in a shell?... but i digress, this isn't a point that needs to be made again.
No they don't - they kill popups created in a certain way. If you have a target="_new" then it should work fine. Popups a-la javascript created new windows is what's being disabled, which makes sense because that's where you get the stuff that's created without user request. If your webmail scripts are doing it that way, they may want to consider doing it otherwise.
still, a hotkey would be nice for those rare occassions:)
They did the same for Shrek - which is why Shrek had so many DVD sales I expect. I went in on that deal too - but I certainly only went in for the rental card, I wouldn't have put any money towards owning Shrek (sure it was a fun movie, but it's just not one you watch... well, ever again. haha)
Now LOTR - that's a good one for this 10 week deal in my mind, I grabbed it post haste when I saw the deal.
Indeed - we can't control the metadata itself - we'll just have to determine a way to write the metadata itself backwards as well. Brilliant.
Oh, gee look - we can just make it spin the opposite direction, how painstakingly obvious it is to just reverse the direction of the spinning and viola - normal dvd reading, small form factor. A simple switch on the side and we can change which direction it'll spin. Granted it's a hardware mod, but hardly damaging to the unit itself or particularly difficult (not like soldering an ide header and micromotherboard to the beast just to "get booting" as it were.
Now, if it still uses some fancy proprietary format on top of that we still need to be writing in that format.
they aren't publicizing it possibly because their licenses for the palm os don't allow upgrades. I don't know the whole issue behind licensing and whatnot, but I think I remember something about it being cheaper for them to go the ROM route and not offer upgrades per device, but the buying in bulk issue is also a possible one, perhaps more likely.
I haven't gotten into the nitty-gritty, but opera very easily catches popups...
File -> Quick Preferences -> Accept Popup Windows Refuse Popup Windows Open Popup Windows in Background
(and javascript, cookies, referer, etc.) - the popup stuff is actually pretty intelligent though, it seems to allow what I want and not what I don't. (except on the occassional photo gallery where they spawn a new window instead of setting the href target properly)
don't forget - all of this stuff is for naught if the power/cable/telephone lines are cut - get a big bad UPS, disguise it, have batteries for all the sensors, and a cellphone or cellular modem for backup warning.
Hmmmm cellphones can be jammed.
Then again - if they go through all that, they probably deserve our stuff more than we do:)
You're right, except I've found that it's quite easy and pleasant to read a book on my palm. Admittedly you do end up reading only about 8-10 or so words per line, but it's not like it's painstaking reading - and as far as the 'advancing under thumb' you can solve both these problems by getting a reader that supports horizontal use. Throw in a clie or one handera and you surely can get 20 words (or 40+ if you go for a similar-to-standard palm bitmap font) and still retain the scrolling under thumb.
One main thing I really *really* do like about reading 'ebooks' (convert to txt then palmdoc) on my palm is that I can do it anywhere anytime - I plunk down waiting for a meeting to start, I can fire up a book... I'm sitting on 'the can', I can fire up a book and relax (always a good mental state to be in during that exercise)... those ebook readers, while nicer screens and faster, definately don't have the convenience factor down.
Realistically, you can't get a device *much* bigger than a palm IIIxe or so and expect people to actually carry the device (in pocket or on holder on belt) - so for people like me who like to have it always available, those 6inch wide ebook readers will never find themselves in my possession. [well, unless it's given of course:) never refuse hardware]
yes it does that resolution - when plugged into AN EXTERNAL MONITOR. So you can get your desktops 1024x768 by running your wireless "monitor" to your neighbors cubicle (don't make that too far away!) and plugging their monitor into your "monitor". ALRIGHT!
No matter how you do it - eventually, your data is on *a* machine. Eventually, it's residing somewhere - be it a single server or a couple rsync'd or otherwise servers.
My 'solution' - a laptop.
"But its expensive and if it breaks...." yadda yadda yadda - I rsync my data to my home desktop each morning before going to work, I can optionally rsync from work before I leave (but I rarely do as rarely does anything change while at work, I can just ssh to my shell account where my email is coming in to check for any important mails)
That said - it's wonderful *always* having your data with you. Yeah I have a palm, but I don't send and recieve my emails with it - and it'd be ridiculous to try with the volume I (and probably most of us) get. The fact of the matter is - I have a hard time envisioning a scenario where I trust someone so much as to plop down on their windows machine with keyboard logger and punch in all my passwords, but I'm fine jacking my laptop into their network and tunneling all my communications to my hearts content.
It's nice to have access to stuff from everywhere - but don't do it at the cost of giving everyone else access.
Oh yeah - and wireless is fun, but tunnel *everything* or all this security advice is pretty much ridiculously useless.
You suck - I had to pay $90 after shipping to get a replacement keyboard for my PCG-C1X from Sony - and that's just the part, I did the 'work' myself. (Only mention that from the $40 complaint from our parent) . . . mine was just getting at its end and all the keys were worn and getting unreliable (popping off from plastic being worn and over-flexible). It was worth it, but barely, $90 is a good chunk to be dropping on a replacement keyboard for such a slow system:)
I'm still running a p2 350 - well, that's my fastest machine anyways. I don't have a real reason to upgrade, other than my dxr2 card doesn't output a strong enough signal to be usable anymore - so maybe a 550 or so would do so software dvd is flawless... but really, I know there ARE reasons for processors this fast - but are there any real reasons to upgrade to one from, say, a p3 800 or so? Does it really matter if you get 140fps or 180fps in a game?
now - heavy divx encoding and rendering farms I can see... but a common desktop (or even high end gaming desktop)?
Hmm, technically I use a gigahertz at work - but that's not *my* box. Doesn't perform much better.
The author doesn't make his point very clearly, but he seems to be saying that there is more open-source development per capita outside the US because programmers in the US can make loads of money, so they want to do that instead of relaxing with a nice free software project.
Could be - but my guess is that a lot of people 'in the biz' just aren't given the freedom and don't have as much free time to pursue such projects. The truly vigilant, and the truly lucky ones - perhaps. But for the most part, I am lucky to squeeze more than two hours of free time between getting home from work and going to bed. Coupled with like 2 weeks of vacation a year doesn't add up to much free time. (ah yes, and the woman cuts those two hours into enough time to almost finish checking my email.)
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it's even more ignorant to think that it's more damaging to have a breach in security for 60 days than, 30, or 15. If you're going through the trouble of gaining someones login, and you actually plan to do something wrong with it, you aren't going to sit on your thumbs. Unless you're changing your password every 12 hours, the timing is relatively* irrelevant.
i on_here
Consider this - I brute force your password, and there are 5 days left before your 30 day password reset. I slap in some custom sneaky aliases for your default shell that look exactly like the password changing utility, and in fact change your password - but lo and behold, it also a> logs it to a file I can read, b> emails it to me, c> insert_random_too_late_you're_already_screwed_act
good thing you reset your password, I almost got in!
* [obviously using the same password everywhere for years sucks because you'll mistype it somewhere in an IRC channel or the wrong window or in front of someone at SOME point, and then it really should be changed - if it's a strong password, it'll be obvious that it's not just a "wrong window" IM/chat reply]
just noted at http://www.techbargains.com - refurb t415 for $119.
(discontinued, but) sony clie t415. 320x320 screen, polyphonic sounds, "enhanced infrared" (not particularly enhanced fwiw)... monochrome, rechargable battery, usb, greenish backlight (similar to palm's)
check the screen out before you buy tho, or make sure you can return it. A lot of people dislike it. Also, the buttons aren't for gamers, but I find I rather like them.
It's gsm - if you want to use the danger device just for data - then you could switch SIM's whenever you want to use your voice minutes. The only problem there would be that you wouldn't have your normal voice number 'active' when using your danger as a data device, but I bet you could tie it to your other voicemail box or manage a notification scheme.
It'd work if one of your activities was self-initiated (aka you make a lot of calls but don't recieve a lot, or you only do data on your own schedule/etc.)
It's okay, if you look at
this
you'll notice you really don't want to be anywhere near this phone. Apparently it's "connect anywhere / to anything" ability has rather a microwave-oven effect on the people beyond the lens of its camera.
google uses ide drives.
I'm sorry, did you say something?
he has a usb bluetooth dongle, and wants to buy some bluetooth 'things' to slap on the end of his normal keyboard, mouse, etc.
hahahahaha. no.
those devices are chatty and expect to draw their power from the usb port, as well as have nice snappy speeds going up to it - and you'll quickly find yourself bottlenecked using bluetooth anywhere near 802.11b, or with multiple devices.
buy some cable ties.
To me, someone who posts without showing their face, is ashamed of themselves and their opinion.
/.'s cookies are still broken, if that is the case I apologize.]
... but i digress, this isn't a point that needs to be made again.
I feel sorry for you, you poor tortured AC.
[I am assuming, of course, that you didn't post AC just because you're running Opera under Linux and
no - really. hahaha.
now then, what wasn't dangerous about users hopping on the web and opening random stray documents in a shell?
I expect his reason for citing pocketpc is because that's what he has and that's what he's gunna use, for better or worse.
Still, good background links of what else is out there for people looking for similar things.
fine internet browser
s/fine internet browser/dangerous shell/
No they don't - they kill popups created in a certain way. If you have a target="_new" then it should work fine. Popups a-la javascript created new windows is what's being disabled, which makes sense because that's where you get the stuff that's created without user request. If your webmail scripts are doing it that way, they may want to consider doing it otherwise.
:)
still, a hotkey would be nice for those rare occassions
They did the same for Shrek - which is why Shrek had so many DVD sales I expect. I went in on that deal too - but I certainly only went in for the rental card, I wouldn't have put any money towards owning Shrek (sure it was a fun movie, but it's just not one you watch... well, ever again. haha)
Now LOTR - that's a good one for this 10 week deal in my mind, I grabbed it post haste when I saw the deal.
Indeed - we can't control the metadata itself - we'll just have to determine a way to write the metadata itself backwards as well. Brilliant.
Oh, gee look - we can just make it spin the opposite direction, how painstakingly obvious it is to just reverse the direction of the spinning and viola - normal dvd reading, small form factor. A simple switch on the side and we can change which direction it'll spin. Granted it's a hardware mod, but hardly damaging to the unit itself or particularly difficult (not like soldering an ide header and micromotherboard to the beast just to "get booting" as it were.
Now, if it still uses some fancy proprietary format on top of that we still need to be writing in that format.
they aren't publicizing it possibly because their licenses for the palm os don't allow upgrades. I don't know the whole issue behind licensing and whatnot, but I think I remember something about it being cheaper for them to go the ROM route and not offer upgrades per device, but the buying in bulk issue is also a possible one, perhaps more likely.
I haven't gotten into the nitty-gritty, but opera very easily catches popups...
File -> Quick Preferences ->
Accept Popup Windows
Refuse Popup Windows
Open Popup Windows in Background
(and javascript, cookies, referer, etc.) - the popup stuff is actually pretty intelligent though, it seems to allow what I want and not what I don't. (except on the occassional photo gallery where they spawn a new window instead of setting the href target properly)
it's nice to see a company willing to work with developers to support their old products under installations they were never intended to work with.
don't forget - all of this stuff is for naught if the power/cable/telephone lines are cut - get a big bad UPS, disguise it, have batteries for all the sensors, and a cellphone or cellular modem for backup warning.
:)
Hmmmm cellphones can be jammed.
Then again - if they go through all that, they probably deserve our stuff more than we do
You're right, except I've found that it's quite easy and pleasant to read a book on my palm. Admittedly you do end up reading only about 8-10 or so words per line, but it's not like it's painstaking reading - and as far as the 'advancing under thumb' you can solve both these problems by getting a reader that supports horizontal use. Throw in a clie or one handera and you surely can get 20 words (or 40+ if you go for a similar-to-standard palm bitmap font) and still retain the scrolling under thumb.
:) never refuse hardware]
One main thing I really *really* do like about reading 'ebooks' (convert to txt then palmdoc) on my palm is that I can do it anywhere anytime - I plunk down waiting for a meeting to start, I can fire up a book... I'm sitting on 'the can', I can fire up a book and relax (always a good mental state to be in during that exercise)... those ebook readers, while nicer screens and faster, definately don't have the convenience factor down.
Realistically, you can't get a device *much* bigger than a palm IIIxe or so and expect people to actually carry the device (in pocket or on holder on belt) - so for people like me who like to have it always available, those 6inch wide ebook readers will never find themselves in my possession. [well, unless it's given of course
yes it does that resolution - when plugged into AN EXTERNAL MONITOR. So you can get your desktops 1024x768 by running your wireless "monitor" to your neighbors cubicle (don't make that too far away!) and plugging their monitor into your "monitor". ALRIGHT!
No matter how you do it - eventually, your data is on *a* machine. Eventually, it's residing somewhere - be it a single server or a couple rsync'd or otherwise servers.
...." yadda yadda yadda - I rsync my data to my home desktop each morning before going to work, I can optionally rsync from work before I leave (but I rarely do as rarely does anything change while at work, I can just ssh to my shell account where my email is coming in to check for any important mails)
My 'solution' - a laptop.
"But its expensive and if it breaks
That said - it's wonderful *always* having your data with you. Yeah I have a palm, but I don't send and recieve my emails with it - and it'd be ridiculous to try with the volume I (and probably most of us) get. The fact of the matter is - I have a hard time envisioning a scenario where I trust someone so much as to plop down on their windows machine with keyboard logger and punch in all my passwords, but I'm fine jacking my laptop into their network and tunneling all my communications to my hearts content.
It's nice to have access to stuff from everywhere - but don't do it at the cost of giving everyone else access.
Oh yeah - and wireless is fun, but tunnel *everything* or all this security advice is pretty much ridiculously useless.
Brings new meaning to googles "I'm Feeling Lucky" search option.
You suck - I had to pay $90 after shipping to get a replacement keyboard for my PCG-C1X from Sony - and that's just the part, I did the 'work' myself. (Only mention that from the $40 complaint from our parent) . . . mine was just getting at its end and all the keys were worn and getting unreliable (popping off from plastic being worn and over-flexible). It was worth it, but barely, $90 is a good chunk to be dropping on a replacement keyboard for such a slow system :)
hmmmmm a big, rich, nerd - Kinda like this?
I'm still running a p2 350 - well, that's my fastest machine anyways. I don't have a real reason to upgrade, other than my dxr2 card doesn't output a strong enough signal to be usable anymore - so maybe a 550 or so would do so software dvd is flawless... but really, I know there ARE reasons for processors this fast - but are there any real reasons to upgrade to one from, say, a p3 800 or so? Does it really matter if you get 140fps or 180fps in a game?
now - heavy divx encoding and rendering farms I can see... but a common desktop (or even high end gaming desktop)?
Hmm, technically I use a gigahertz at work - but that's not *my* box. Doesn't perform much better.
The author doesn't make his point very clearly, but he seems to be saying that there is more open-source development per capita outside the US because programmers in the US can make loads of money, so they want to do that instead of relaxing with a nice free software project.
Could be - but my guess is that a lot of people 'in the biz' just aren't given the freedom and don't have as much free time to pursue such projects. The truly vigilant, and the truly lucky ones - perhaps. But for the most part, I am lucky to squeeze more than two hours of free time between getting home from work and going to bed. Coupled with like 2 weeks of vacation a year doesn't add up to much free time. (ah yes, and the woman cuts those two hours into enough time to almost finish checking my email.)