The problem is that our current email system is flawed... one of the best solutions (or actually work-arounds) for the current protocol is obvious, and already being used by several major ISPs... opt-in for ALL email. I know a few people who do this (their server rejects email from all senders except those on an approved list) and it works very well for them, but the average Joe wants both convenience AND security for their email, so the hassle of having to "approve" folks is not worth it (apparently it's easier to weed the 30 or 40 legit emails out of the 100's of spam messages)
Face it, email, in its current incarnation, is inherently flawed. Until we actually change the way we implement and use email (perhaps even changing protocols) we will continue to have spam problems. Even Britain's "opt-in" version of anti-spam legislation has done little to curb the problem. The US "opt-out" version is even worse! When a prominent spammer is quoted as saying this 'anti'-spam legislation "makes my day", you KNOW it's a bad law!
I think that the problem needs to be tackled from a technical standpoint, rather than a legal one. If we were able to improve the system, legislation like this wouldn't be necessary!
Am I the only one that thinks this is a bad idea? All it takes is one script kiddie or spammer getting the idea to check out a CD, take it home, replace it with their own kernel/binaries/whatever, and voila! Ownage.
I think an alternative would be to get behind hosting community Open Source events... after all, anyone who is interested in Open Source Software, probably already has the means to access the large, free, online library known as the Internet from the comfort of their own home.
This might not be small enough to truly fit in your pocket, but it's powerful enough to make a good basis for the heart of a "wearable" comptuer system... nifty!
While I think that what Penny Arcade is doing is a wonderful attempt to change the public perception of gamers, I think that the core of the problem is that parents just aren't spending enough time with their kids. When the only interaction and respect that children get is through television, the Internet, and video games, what do you expect?
I'm certainly going to contribute to what the guys are doing with Child's Play, but what I'd really like to see is some sort of media backlash against the parents who are neglecting their duty to our future! Our children should be viewed as a responsibility, not a liability, and we should stop looking for scapegoats and step up to the plate!
I see your point, but I think that Dell should consider that maybe they'd get more market penetration in the home sector if they took better care of their home users. Perhaps the fact that home sales are only 15% of Dell's sales is just a symptom of poor business strategies in this sector?
Moveable Type is an excellent solution. Very user friendly with excellent online documentation. It's also easy to set up! I'd totally recommend it, I too have set it up for a few folks that aren't all that computer savvy, and they've had no problem using it to blog. There's also their pay service Typepad that is even more newbie friendly and requires no setup at all! Either of these solutions will do what you need.
I would think that the home consumers would be the ones most impacted by the offshore callcenters... why move back the corporate calls but not the home users? At my company I deal with Dell all the time and get someone in India for about 60 - 70% of my calls. I usually have no problem getting what I need because I know what I'm talking about. However, the home users I support who on occasion deal with Dell are not as savvy, and they are constantly complaining to me about the horrid support they get from the offshore callcenters... I would think that Dell would be getting far more complaints from their home users than from the corporate folks who know what they're doing! This is a strange strategy, you'd think they'd make more people happy by leaving the business unit overseas and moving the home support back to the States...
This is refreshing, instead of primarily focusing on making restrictive laws and "cracking down on hackers" they're doing what should have been done a long time ago, putting the priority on educating people about actual and potential security threats. I hope it works well, and I hope that the U.S. takes notice of this, since an educated public would be the best defense against viruses and cracking (and would hopefully shut down the media's "chicken little" syndrome when it comes to viruses)
Are these cascading failures becoming the status-quo for America? Is apathy the new buzzword in corporate circles? How is it possible for this domino effect to occur on something as critical as a power grid?! You'd think that systems like these would have a better QoS system in place, especially with the "impending threat of terrorism" that we've been on about lately...
Don't get me wrong, I think this is a victory for privacy and liberty (albeit a small one), but isn't this setting a precident that's kind of scary? I mean as long as they don't interfere with the service it's ok? Granted, I'm sure that by the time the FBI is taking out warrants to listen in on your conversations you've probably already got worse things to worry about than this, but with everything becoming more interactive, how far away are we from losing what little is left of our privacy? Scary...
I wonder if anyone has taken the time to put this statistic together with the number of jobs that were created during the "dot com boom"... I'd be willing to bet that we're still far ahead of where we were in the early nineties. A lot of those jobs were in the technology and communication manufacturing sector, and manufacturing as a whole has taken a pretty big hit in the recession. The fact that R&D and testing jobs increased leads me to believe that efficiency is also partly to blame...
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The question would be if there are "large amounts of precious minerals" on the moon and Mars, would they still be valuable if the market was flooded by these new sources?
How do you account for the plateau that occurs when you have a pigeon cluster of 7, 8 or 9 pigeons yet results remain in the 500 range regardless of the additional pigeons?
My Dell at the office has this, and everytime I open it I get that blasted error until I go into the BIOS and turn it off... I finally just disabled the damn thing.
I also question the usefulness of this feature, I mean once someone has broken into your box isn't the damage done?
...is a jerk. I had a friend that idolized him and wanted to be a writer. He sent some of his work to Harlan, and Harlan returned it with a note that basically called my friend an idiot and provided nothing at all constructive... all this knowing that at the time my friend was a young kid in high school...
It doesn't surprise me that he'd take this idiotic stance on this... probably because he's alienated all his fans!
Yeah and if they did that, then they wouldn't have anyone to sell their products... no, I think that when they hear the complaints about these types of "secure" recordings, they'll listen... people have been making copies of music for years, it's nothing new.
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The problem is that our current email system is flawed... one of the best solutions (or actually work-arounds) for the current protocol is obvious, and already being used by several major ISPs... opt-in for ALL email. I know a few people who do this (their server rejects email from all senders except those on an approved list) and it works very well for them, but the average Joe wants both convenience AND security for their email, so the hassle of having to "approve" folks is not worth it (apparently it's easier to weed the 30 or 40 legit emails out of the 100's of spam messages)
Face it, email, in its current incarnation, is inherently flawed. Until we actually change the way we implement and use email (perhaps even changing protocols) we will continue to have spam problems. Even Britain's "opt-in" version of anti-spam legislation has done little to curb the problem. The US "opt-out" version is even worse! When a prominent spammer is quoted as saying this 'anti'-spam legislation "makes my day", you KNOW it's a bad law!
I think that the problem needs to be tackled from a technical standpoint, rather than a legal one. If we were able to improve the system, legislation like this wouldn't be necessary!
Am I the only one that thinks this is a bad idea? All it takes is one script kiddie or spammer getting the idea to check out a CD, take it home, replace it with their own kernel/binaries/whatever, and voila! Ownage. I think an alternative would be to get behind hosting community Open Source events... after all, anyone who is interested in Open Source Software, probably already has the means to access the large, free, online library known as the Internet from the comfort of their own home.
This might not be small enough to truly fit in your pocket, but it's powerful enough to make a good basis for the heart of a "wearable" comptuer system... nifty!
While I think that what Penny Arcade is doing is a wonderful attempt to change the public perception of gamers, I think that the core of the problem is that parents just aren't spending enough time with their kids. When the only interaction and respect that children get is through television, the Internet, and video games, what do you expect?
I'm certainly going to contribute to what the guys are doing with Child's Play, but what I'd really like to see is some sort of media backlash against the parents who are neglecting their duty to our future! Our children should be viewed as a responsibility, not a liability, and we should stop looking for scapegoats and step up to the plate!
I see your point, but I think that Dell should consider that maybe they'd get more market penetration in the home sector if they took better care of their home users. Perhaps the fact that home sales are only 15% of Dell's sales is just a symptom of poor business strategies in this sector?
Moveable Type is an excellent solution. Very user friendly with excellent online documentation. It's also easy to set up! I'd totally recommend it, I too have set it up for a few folks that aren't all that computer savvy, and they've had no problem using it to blog. There's also their pay service Typepad that is even more newbie friendly and requires no setup at all! Either of these solutions will do what you need.
I would think that the home consumers would be the ones most impacted by the offshore callcenters... why move back the corporate calls but not the home users? At my company I deal with Dell all the time and get someone in India for about 60 - 70% of my calls. I usually have no problem getting what I need because I know what I'm talking about. However, the home users I support who on occasion deal with Dell are not as savvy, and they are constantly complaining to me about the horrid support they get from the offshore callcenters... I would think that Dell would be getting far more complaints from their home users than from the corporate folks who know what they're doing! This is a strange strategy, you'd think they'd make more people happy by leaving the business unit overseas and moving the home support back to the States...
This is refreshing, instead of primarily focusing on making restrictive laws and "cracking down on hackers" they're doing what should have been done a long time ago, putting the priority on educating people about actual and potential security threats. I hope it works well, and I hope that the U.S. takes notice of this, since an educated public would be the best defense against viruses and cracking (and would hopefully shut down the media's "chicken little" syndrome when it comes to viruses)
Are these cascading failures becoming the status-quo for America? Is apathy the new buzzword in corporate circles? How is it possible for this domino effect to occur on something as critical as a power grid?! You'd think that systems like these would have a better QoS system in place, especially with the "impending threat of terrorism" that we've been on about lately...
Don't get me wrong, I think this is a victory for privacy and liberty (albeit a small one), but isn't this setting a precident that's kind of scary? I mean as long as they don't interfere with the service it's ok? Granted, I'm sure that by the time the FBI is taking out warrants to listen in on your conversations you've probably already got worse things to worry about than this, but with everything becoming more interactive, how far away are we from losing what little is left of our privacy? Scary...
I wonder if anyone has taken the time to put this statistic together with the number of jobs that were created during the "dot com boom"... I'd be willing to bet that we're still far ahead of where we were in the early nineties. A lot of those jobs were in the technology and communication manufacturing sector, and manufacturing as a whole has taken a pretty big hit in the recession. The fact that R&D and testing jobs increased leads me to believe that efficiency is also partly to blame...
The question would be if there are "large amounts of precious minerals" on the moon and Mars, would they still be valuable if the market was flooded by these new sources?
Or on the other hand after are you looking for monetary gain? Something like pay 12 bucks to see Rocket guy's Rocket?
Hmmm... that'd be a way to raise funds... and lower pants...
Er... there's more scotch in Scotland... you'd be surprised what you see after you have a few glasses...
How do you account for the plateau that occurs when you have a pigeon cluster of 7, 8 or 9 pigeons yet results remain in the 500 range regardless of the additional pigeons?
My Dell at the office has this, and everytime I open it I get that blasted error until I go into the BIOS and turn it off... I finally just disabled the damn thing. I also question the usefulness of this feature, I mean once someone has broken into your box isn't the damage done?
Do they chop off your keyboard?
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...is a jerk. I had a friend that idolized him and wanted to be a writer. He sent some of his work to Harlan, and Harlan returned it with a note that basically called my friend an idiot and provided nothing at all constructive... all this knowing that at the time my friend was a young kid in high school... It doesn't surprise me that he'd take this idiotic stance on this... probably because he's alienated all his fans!
Jeez, this was posted on Gamespy YESTERDAY MORNING...
But I gotta tell ya, I am looking forward to all the RPG offerings this year... hope I get laid off so I have time to play!
No, the letters are elvish, but the language was orcish or some crap if I recall... been too many decades since I was a LotR geek...
Speach recognition? What about spell check? :P
Oh, I guess it is... Seems like chrisd is almost as anxious as those "first posters"... :P
...less filling. "is filling for Chapter 11 ..."
Yeah and if they did that, then they wouldn't have anyone to sell their products... no, I think that when they hear the complaints about these types of "secure" recordings, they'll listen... people have been making copies of music for years, it's nothing new.