What about things to protect the data with? Armed guards, military/police support on request, advacned detection methods, and a 'lock-down' state in which no one can get out or leave until lock down is called off from the inside. They have to get ready for a siege, if they want to take it all the way. Also, it'd be nice if they started expanding farther and farther underground. That'd give 'data mining' a whole new meaning.
A new generation of script kiddies will be born. They might know how to stumble their way through the installation of a popular distro of Linux, but they can't surf without their prescious AOL. This generation will not be remembered, as they'll just get frustrated trying to find drivers for their eMachine and reinstall Windows.
Every Linux user that doesn't feel like spending money on a real modem would love to see winmodem support under Linux. There isn't any reason why it can't be done. In fact, the term 'winmodem' is misleading. They're just software-driven modems. I, for one, would use Linux much more if they supported my Rockwell HCF chipsert modem in my PC and my ESS something or another in my laptop.
Why is IBM getting out of the PC business? In the business of building computers, people more often look at the price than what hardware/software it comes with. Of course you can sell a decent PC for , but don't expect a hardware modem, or non-hard wired video and sound.
Here I sit in my DSL tech support job, supporting the multitudes of customers who are pissed because Alcatel and Efficent Networks have no official XP drivers out that we support.
Read the EULA that you agreed to by coming into contact with a person that owns the product. It clearly states that if Microsoft says so, then it is so. If you order products from their website, pay for them and everything, Microsoft pretty much has the right to say, "Its pirated software" and take your money, and possibly even prosecute you for being a pirate. Someone should show them what pirates are really like, and bust into their office and steal, raze and plunder.
Why are you people scared to watch the people that watch us? Shouldn't THEY be watched more than us to begin with, since they are given such power? If we're getting arrested for making sure everything goes fairly, then I no longer have faith in whichever governing body is responsible for that kind of thing.
I don't see how we're going to win the 'war on terrorism' if our soldiers just sit around and shoot themselves on the toilet. But I suppose a lot of people shoot themselves on the toilet, and we..err..they..seem to be doing fine.
Not to sound biased here, but isn't the Internet mostly in English already? since English is one of the most widely used languages in the world, why don't they just either learn English or get some software to convert the English into Chinese? Language is only a barrier because we don't put forth effort to express ideas.
Assuming that during the 50's era, we were just getting electronics on a large scale to do the same thing, I give this tech about 20-30 years to really take off and become the norm.
Of course I would. I'm not very interested in programming things myself, but am interested in the issues that go along with them. Sure, you can create a tool, and how people use it is up to them, but when you build a lock, and someone finds a sure-fire way of opening it every time, and many people lose much money, I'd be remorseful of making such a shitty lock.
I wonder if he feels personally responsible/remorseful when someone using a product he helped create is screwed over because he didn't do his job of finding/repairing security holes.
In my eyes, the next generation is going to be a mix-up of those intellectuals who want everything to be open source and free, and those who just want to be able to pay for their software and use it fairly. It's going to be split between the immature script kiddies who think they're the l33test sysadmin in the city, and humble security experts who quietly update and patch their systems, not wanting to throw their weight around and get noticed by the wrong crowd. It all comes down to this. Microsoft, or Linux? Which one are you for?
Open source accounting/HR software is a great idea. Not only could your company get useful software for next to nothing (having to pay someone to modify it for their company would be the cost), but if they wanted to expand it in the future to include other areas of interest, they could just modify their code to do it, preferebly paying the same person to code in a new part of it. The only problems I would see with it would be trying to train the staff on its use.
Think of it this way. All packets are moving at the maximum speed that they can on a particular medium (such as fiber or CAT-5). The redlights (routers, servers) will inevitably become bogged down with more and more traffic. Now imagine the 13 year old downloading porn on his cable line down the street. Also, that your cable node isn't very fast, and you'll see that the little bastard is getting most of the bandwidth, when everyone else gets screwed. Same way with the Internet, only the 13 year old is turned into a corporation that makes its money by spamming!
Starting an ISP is almost like trying to start a town. You can't just say, "This is an ISP" and people magically start to dial in or connect to your service. First, you have to have something that can support the connections. The hardware to support the data transfer, and the users. That's where your routers, servers, landlines/WAP's come in. Second, you actually have to have a connection to the Internet yourself. This, along with IP ranges, would come from something like UUnet. If all goes well, you'll have a nice background for an ISP set up. For the most part, setting up an ISP requires money. And lots of it. Pay a bit of attention to being efficient, and you'll save a lot. Now that you have your ISP, what next? You'll need a team to take care of charging people (Billing), a tech support group, an advertising group, an IT group, a legal department, and last but not least, facilities and logistics to support everything. Now we can see why the 'little guy' has more of a chance of launching himself to the moon than trying to start an ISP that is the least bit competitive. If anyone wants to start one, best of luck!
Or we could make it a lot easier on ourselves and just break into someone's house to get their password instead of having to go through a bunch of math and all that just to have the rights to say, '0wns j00'.
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...everyone using Boeing Wireless in the Southern U.S. is down and using Netzero.
What about things to protect the data with? Armed guards, military/police support on request, advacned detection methods, and a 'lock-down' state in which no one can get out or leave until lock down is called off from the inside. They have to get ready for a siege, if they want to take it all the way. Also, it'd be nice if they started expanding farther and farther underground. That'd give 'data mining' a whole new meaning.
HDTV seems like its one of those rushed standards. I'd give it about 2 or 3 years to shape up before I even tried with HDTV.
A new generation of script kiddies will be born. They might know how to stumble their way through the installation of a popular distro of Linux, but they can't surf without their prescious AOL. This generation will not be remembered, as they'll just get frustrated trying to find drivers for their eMachine and reinstall Windows.
Every Linux user that doesn't feel like spending money on a real modem would love to see winmodem support under Linux. There isn't any reason why it can't be done. In fact, the term 'winmodem' is misleading. They're just software-driven modems. I, for one, would use Linux much more if they supported my Rockwell HCF chipsert modem in my PC and my ESS something or another in my laptop.
Why is IBM getting out of the PC business? In the business of building computers, people more often look at the price than what hardware/software it comes with. Of course you can sell a decent PC for , but don't expect a hardware modem, or non-hard wired video and sound.
Here I sit in my DSL tech support job, supporting the multitudes of customers who are pissed because Alcatel and Efficent Networks have no official XP drivers out that we support.
Read the EULA that you agreed to by coming into contact with a person that owns the product. It clearly states that if Microsoft says so, then it is so. If you order products from their website, pay for them and everything, Microsoft pretty much has the right to say, "Its pirated software" and take your money, and possibly even prosecute you for being a pirate. Someone should show them what pirates are really like, and bust into their office and steal, raze and plunder.
Why are you people scared to watch the people that watch us? Shouldn't THEY be watched more than us to begin with, since they are given such power? If we're getting arrested for making sure everything goes fairly, then I no longer have faith in whichever governing body is responsible for that kind of thing.
I don't see how we're going to win the 'war on terrorism' if our soldiers just sit around and shoot themselves on the toilet. But I suppose a lot of people shoot themselves on the toilet, and we..err..they..seem to be doing fine.
Were the asteroids pink and did they have "Sweet'n'Low" written on the side?
Not to sound biased here, but isn't the Internet mostly in English already? since English is one of the most widely used languages in the world, why don't they just either learn English or get some software to convert the English into Chinese? Language is only a barrier because we don't put forth effort to express ideas.
I guess we're going to have to change the name of those holes that are full of glass in our walls, else we be sued by Microsoft.
Do not sell the Constitution away to corporations! The DMCA is the pen that we will use to sign our own fates.
Assuming that during the 50's era, we were just getting electronics on a large scale to do the same thing, I give this tech about 20-30 years to really take off and become the norm.
Of course I would. I'm not very interested in programming things myself, but am interested in the issues that go along with them. Sure, you can create a tool, and how people use it is up to them, but when you build a lock, and someone finds a sure-fire way of opening it every time, and many people lose much money, I'd be remorseful of making such a shitty lock.
I wonder if he feels personally responsible/remorseful when someone using a product he helped create is screwed over because he didn't do his job of finding/repairing security holes.
Does this mean we can hack the One ring and have it redirect people to goatse?
In my eyes, the next generation is going to be a mix-up of those intellectuals who want everything to be open source and free, and those who just want to be able to pay for their software and use it fairly. It's going to be split between the immature script kiddies who think they're the l33test sysadmin in the city, and humble security experts who quietly update and patch their systems, not wanting to throw their weight around and get noticed by the wrong crowd. It all comes down to this. Microsoft, or Linux? Which one are you for?
..Canadian shield proves ineffective.
Open source accounting/HR software is a great idea. Not only could your company get useful software for next to nothing (having to pay someone to modify it for their company would be the cost), but if they wanted to expand it in the future to include other areas of interest, they could just modify their code to do it, preferebly paying the same person to code in a new part of it. The only problems I would see with it would be trying to train the staff on its use.
Think of it this way. All packets are moving at the maximum speed that they can on a particular medium (such as fiber or CAT-5). The redlights (routers, servers) will inevitably become bogged down with more and more traffic. Now imagine the 13 year old downloading porn on his cable line down the street. Also, that your cable node isn't very fast, and you'll see that the little bastard is getting most of the bandwidth, when everyone else gets screwed. Same way with the Internet, only the 13 year old is turned into a corporation that makes its money by spamming!
Starting an ISP is almost like trying to start a town. You can't just say, "This is an ISP" and people magically start to dial in or connect to your service. First, you have to have something that can support the connections. The hardware to support the data transfer, and the users. That's where your routers, servers, landlines/WAP's come in. Second, you actually have to have a connection to the Internet yourself. This, along with IP ranges, would come from something like UUnet. If all goes well, you'll have a nice background for an ISP set up. For the most part, setting up an ISP requires money. And lots of it. Pay a bit of attention to being efficient, and you'll save a lot. Now that you have your ISP, what next? You'll need a team to take care of charging people (Billing), a tech support group, an advertising group, an IT group, a legal department, and last but not least, facilities and logistics to support everything. Now we can see why the 'little guy' has more of a chance of launching himself to the moon than trying to start an ISP that is the least bit competitive. If anyone wants to start one, best of luck!
With all that hydrogen, that must be the reason why Mars is so high up...
Or we could make it a lot easier on ourselves and just break into someone's house to get their password instead of having to go through a bunch of math and all that just to have the rights to say, '0wns j00'.