Actually, all they have to do is spoof your computer into thinking their computer is the WindowsUpdate system. Now this depends on how they implement their system but I'm willing to bet it depends on trusting some basic internet function that is exploitable one way or another.
Aren't MS patches signed? If they are, then fooling your computer (say, by poisoning dns) into connecting to a non-ms site would only yield invalid downloads. Even if they hijaak the actual servers, if they don't have the key, the result will be the same.
MS might produce crappy software (and some very good software IMHO) but surely with their resources they probably already considered this posibility.
It could be worse, Microsoft might have got it instead, in which case it would probably be only available on XBox
I'm not sure about that. Microsoft has released some very good games in the past and hasn't tried to transition to Xbox those that wouldn't be very good in a console (flight sim, age of empire, et al.)
Games are about the only MS software I don't flinch about when it comes to purchasing decisions.
When a credit card expires, the number doesn't change
Depends on the bank. I have a credit card with a unique number on the plastic. This number is different (on purpose) than the number on my account info. If I get a new plastic (renewal or replacement) it will have a new number. And only the number on the current (valid) plastic is authorized for transactions. The number in the account is only used as an internal id on the bank.
Indeed. Went there once (in LA) and was underwhelmed. The selection is not that good and the prices are nothing to write home about.
Plus, I hate stores that make you "clear customs" before you can leave. Geez, if I managed to sneak an article past the cashier, what makes you think you'll catch me? "No, sir, that's not a CAT-5 spool in my pocket... I'm just glad to see you".
The article doesn't mention the reason... but I guess no sequel at all is better than a crappy sequel.
Full Throttle was my third favorite Lucas Arts game (Grim Fandango and Day of the Tentacle being my favorite and second favorite).
Too bad, because I'm an adventure games fan and Lucas Arts always delivered in storyline and gameplay, and I haven't played a decent game since Longest Journey.
I remember when "The Colonel's Bequest" came out (I'm *that* old): interesting, imaginative, fun. Unfortunately Sierra seemed commited to releasing crap after crap for many years. Nice to see LucasArts has the guts to pull the plug before releasing a stinker (that might not have been the reason, but they are not telling).
Are you sure? I remember reading in a magazine (Time, perhaps) an article where they mention that during interviews with russian businessmen, they all removed the battery of their cell phones. They claimed that they were being used to snoop on them.
Before you know it you have people striking and everyone hates you.
For the life of me, I can't remember white collar workers ever striking. They usually just file a wrong termination suit or somesuch. I might be wrong, tho, I admit I haven't lived much.
As for hatred, meh... Managers will almost always be hated/mistrusted by the managed.
Why, yes of course. It will shift the burden of responsibility to the user. Just like cigarettes warnings. You can no longer use ignorance as an excuse. If you didn't read the terms of the agreement/warning label, it would be your fault.
Also, spyware would become "legal" since it's regulated (as a previous post said) making developers less shy of them.
Yeesh... ok, so he's acting like a doofus, but it's not like he did a Libby whatever... (you know... the girl whose "private" strip act for her boyfriend is all over the internet now).
Kids do things far more embarrasing to their "friends" and usually don't even end in detention... such as pulling your pants down in public... or shave *one* eyebrow when you are passed out drunk... (must... repress... memory...).
It's a pretty funny video, and cool in a geeky sort of way. He shouldn't feel demeaned for it. Plus he's fifteen, for god's sake. At that age, that is a way of making an ass out of yourself in a socially aceptable way.
But, if I could download a FreeNet installer for my windows, double-click, and have an easy-to-use node in 10 minutes, it will *explode*.
I don't know you, but I downloaded the windows installed, and just clicked next, next, next... on the wizard and Freenet was up and running in less than 10 minutes. Hell, if you right click on the tray icon, there's even an option to "open the gateway" that launches your browser to the appropiate address.
The config dialog even has different tabs depending on your level of expertise, and there's no need to access the "geek" sections at all.
Freenet is very easy to install on windows. On my freebsd box, however, the port made download manually the javasdk from Sun and one of the patches from somewhere else before compiling (it's doing so right now).
Why are they using bitkeeper in the first place? From their home page it doesn't seem to be GPL/OpenSource but rather a propietary system.
If that's so, why are they complaining about not being able to use their own clients? Surely they knew it could come to that when they started.
Of course, in true/. tradition I didn't bother to research the beginings of this controversy. Maybe they did have some sort of agreement at first and now somebody is backtracking.
Why do developers force the users to put applications when they don't know the system. How many windows apps install in C: with your program files is on D: or another partition. Stop forcing the users, and make your programs run out of its own directory.
That's an easy one. A lot of users aren't even aware of their Program Files directory. Poorly designed installers will default to "c:\program files", but I believe there's a registry key that says where your program files is (after all, the name varies also with the language).
Most of the time, installers will default to this location but give you the choice to change the path. Also, it gives a good oportunity to display license agreements.
But your point is valid, every app should run from it's own directory. It really bugs me when apps *have* to install something in you system32 dir or somesuch, specially when your system partition is nearly full.
Sounds like you've already made your move. Why ask anyone here what they'd do differently if you've already done it?
The deed is done. They want advice on how to integrate themselves into the new company with as little pain as possible.
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Most big time spammers go right around the "TOS" by becoming an ISP themselves.
Yes, but, unless they are becoming a tier 1 provider, they have to use an upstream provider, who probably have a TOS themselves, so no dice.
Believe me there are plenty of people who will sell you a/20 for a $4000 to $10,000, because they are going out of business.
Well, as far as I know, you can't sell your ip blocks. You have to return it to the relevant provider/registry for re-assignement. Of course, just because they shouldn't doesn't mean they don't, but it's another point against them if it comes to litigation.
A simple "Put more memory into this machine" becomes 3 or 4 days of living hell
Ah, but the realist (pesimist) admin will always hope for the best and plan for the worst. Critical machines/services need to have standby hardware. If I need to do a hw upgrade/software patch on a production machine, I'll make sure the standby machine is up to date and working before touching the main production machine. That way, If I I can't bring the machine back up in 10 mins, I'll know I have a Plan B machine.
Same goes for any other network equipment. I've seen "carrier class" switches that simply decide to go south upon removal of a hot-swappable module (going by the book).
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Actually, all they have to do is spoof your computer into thinking their computer is the WindowsUpdate system. Now this depends on how they implement their system but I'm willing to bet it depends on trusting some basic internet function that is exploitable one way or another.
Aren't MS patches signed? If they are, then fooling your computer (say, by poisoning dns) into connecting to a non-ms site would only yield invalid downloads. Even if they hijaak the actual servers, if they don't have the key, the result will be the same.
MS might produce crappy software (and some very good software IMHO) but surely with their resources they probably already considered this posibility.
It could be worse, Microsoft might have got it instead, in which case it would probably be only available on XBox
I'm not sure about that. Microsoft has released some very good games in the past and hasn't tried to transition to Xbox those that wouldn't be very good in a console (flight sim, age of empire, et al.)
Games are about the only MS software I don't flinch about when it comes to purchasing decisions.
Romero said he was gonna kick my ass, and I'm still waiting.
Didn't the ad say that he was going to make you "his bitch"?
Well, those who bought the game certainly did become his bitch, among other things.
When a credit card expires, the number doesn't change
Depends on the bank. I have a credit card with a unique number on the plastic. This number is different (on purpose) than the number on my account info. If I get a new plastic (renewal or replacement) it will have a new number. And only the number on the current (valid) plastic is authorized for transactions. The number in the account is only used as an internal id on the bank.
Indeed. Went there once (in LA) and was underwhelmed. The selection is not that good and the prices are nothing to write home about.
Plus, I hate stores that make you "clear customs" before you can leave. Geez, if I managed to sneak an article past the cashier, what makes you think you'll catch me? "No, sir, that's not a CAT-5 spool in my pocket... I'm just glad to see you".
You mean, it will only have a life span of two days??
*ducks*
do mules actually do anything that horses or donkeys can't?
I'm no zoologist, but I think they are sturdier than a donkey and more surefooted than a horse.
The article doesn't mention the reason... but I guess no sequel at all is better than a crappy sequel.
Full Throttle was my third favorite Lucas Arts game (Grim Fandango and Day of the Tentacle being my favorite and second favorite).
Too bad, because I'm an adventure games fan and Lucas Arts always delivered in storyline and gameplay, and I haven't played a decent game since Longest Journey.
I remember when "The Colonel's Bequest" came out (I'm *that* old): interesting, imaginative, fun. Unfortunately Sierra seemed commited to releasing crap after crap for many years. Nice to see LucasArts has the guts to pull the plug before releasing a stinker (that might not have been the reason, but they are not telling).
Score: +1 (Paranoid)
Are you sure? I remember reading in a magazine (Time, perhaps) an article where they mention that during interviews with russian businessmen, they all removed the battery of their cell phones. They claimed that they were being used to snoop on them.
"The most obvious use is to give a sterile animal or animals that die or can't breed because of some disease a chance to reproduce," Galli said.
;-)
Thus doing away with that pesky natural selection. Not that that's a bad thing...
Yep. And so is this article.
Do players need a purse or handbag to put their valuables in
Where do they keep them when not gaming? Don't they have pockets? DO they walk around with the cell phone, wallet, pda, whatever in their hands?
(Don't tell me how it ends!)
It was all a dream. Your char wakes up and finds Patrick Duffy in the shower.
Survival horror, they call it.
Before you know it you have people striking and everyone hates you.
For the life of me, I can't remember white collar workers ever striking. They usually just file a wrong termination suit or somesuch. I might be wrong, tho, I admit I haven't lived much.
As for hatred, meh... Managers will almost always be hated/mistrusted by the managed.
Will this bill do anything at all?
Why, yes of course. It will shift the burden of responsibility to the user. Just like cigarettes warnings. You can no longer use ignorance as an excuse. If you didn't read the terms of the agreement/warning label, it would be your fault.
Also, spyware would become "legal" since it's regulated (as a previous post said) making developers less shy of them.
It's socially acceptible to 20-yr-olds, not to 15-yr-olds.
Different cultures, I guess...
Yeesh... ok, so he's acting like a doofus, but it's not like he did a Libby whatever... (you know... the girl whose "private" strip act for her boyfriend is all over the internet now).
Kids do things far more embarrasing to their "friends" and usually don't even end in detention... such as pulling your pants down in public... or shave *one* eyebrow when you are passed out drunk... (must... repress... memory...).
It's a pretty funny video, and cool in a geeky sort of way. He shouldn't feel demeaned for it. Plus he's fifteen, for god's sake. At that age, that is a way of making an ass out of yourself in a socially aceptable way.
But, if I could download a FreeNet installer for my windows, double-click, and have an easy-to-use node in 10 minutes, it will *explode*.
I don't know you, but I downloaded the windows installed, and just clicked next, next, next... on the wizard and Freenet was up and running in less than 10 minutes. Hell, if you right click on the tray icon, there's even an option to "open the gateway" that launches your browser to the appropiate address.
The config dialog even has different tabs depending on your level of expertise, and there's no need to access the "geek" sections at all.
Freenet is very easy to install on windows. On my freebsd box, however, the port made download manually the javasdk from Sun and one of the patches from somewhere else before compiling (it's doing so right now).
Will it be out of beta in time for Talk Like a Pirate Day (Sep 19)? Arr!
Why are they using bitkeeper in the first place? From their home page it doesn't seem to be GPL/OpenSource but rather a propietary system.
/. tradition I didn't bother to research the beginings of this controversy. Maybe they did have some sort of agreement at first and now somebody is backtracking.
If that's so, why are they complaining about not being able to use their own clients? Surely they knew it could come to that when they started.
Of course, in true
Why do developers force the users to put applications when they don't know the system. How many windows apps install in C: with your program files is on D: or another partition. Stop forcing the users, and make your programs run out of its own directory.
That's an easy one. A lot of users aren't even aware of their Program Files directory. Poorly designed installers will default to "c:\program files", but I believe there's a registry key that says where your program files is (after all, the name varies also with the language).
Most of the time, installers will default to this location but give you the choice to change the path. Also, it gives a good oportunity to display license agreements.
But your point is valid, every app should run from it's own directory. It really bugs me when apps *have* to install something in you system32 dir or somesuch, specially when your system partition is nearly full.
Whoever moded this redundant, needs an urgent transplant of sense of humor.
Sounds like you've already made your move. Why ask anyone here what they'd do differently if you've already done it?
The deed is done. They want advice on how to integrate themselves into the new company with as little pain as possible.
Most big time spammers go right around the "TOS" by becoming an ISP themselves.
/20 for a $4000 to $10,000, because they are going out of business.
Yes, but, unless they are becoming a tier 1 provider, they have to use an upstream provider, who probably have a TOS themselves, so no dice.
Believe me there are plenty of people who will sell you a
Well, as far as I know, you can't sell your ip blocks. You have to return it to the relevant provider/registry for re-assignement. Of course, just because they shouldn't doesn't mean they don't, but it's another point against them if it comes to litigation.
A simple "Put more memory into this machine" becomes 3 or 4 days of living hell
Ah, but the realist (pesimist) admin will always hope for the best and plan for the worst. Critical machines/services need to have standby hardware. If I need to do a hw upgrade/software patch on a production machine, I'll make sure the standby machine is up to date and working before touching the main production machine. That way, If I I can't bring the machine back up in 10 mins, I'll know I have a Plan B machine.
Same goes for any other network equipment. I've seen "carrier class" switches that simply decide to go south upon removal of a hot-swappable module (going by the book).
Would nintendo prefer me playing a rom of super mario brothers that i didnt pay for, or playing on the X-Box?
Well, if *I* can't have you, no one else will!! Muahahahaha...