I always wanted to try a chording keyboard. Connecting one to this device, however, would negate it's portability. If the chording keyboard were part of this device, it would be ideal. It might scare away potential users, however.
The next step is to use a system which is built to protect your identity, like Freent.
I really like the idea of Freenet, but it has a serious chicken and egg problem. It's far too slow to be of any use and if no more people use it (thus creating more nodes) it will never get faster.
It needs a use that can bring on the masses and completely anonymous filesharing might be just what does it.
Unfortunately it has a reputation problem. A lot of people have heard of Freenet, but think it is some illegal pornography distribution network.
They might. If in their terms of service they specifically disallow connection sharing via NAT, you have no (legal) resource.
But I think the main purpose would be for corporations and other networks to detect potential security breaches.
A *lot* of spam comes from insecure proxies that are sometimes installed on end user machines, not on corporate gateways and, as stated in the article, if said proxy has a wireless interface, you just opened a huge hole in your network.
...there go my aspirations as a stand up comedian...;-)
Kids will just "borrow" their parent's CC, and it won't do much to stop them
Yup, and those parents will have bigger problems that privacy concerns.
If the person/company operating the site is "unsavory", they will find a way to charge you money. Often without your knowledge
Just like them Nigerian scam emails. Always distrust by default. There are several age verification systems in the Internet. A site that claims to use your cc for that purpose is most likely up to no good.
Easy. Do what porn sites do: ask for a credit card info. If it's valid, then you are of appropiate age. Rest assured, the information will only be used for verification purposes and no charges will be made. (* insert pop-up ad to totally unrelated site here *)
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Really, this has got to be the worst, most moronic question that can be asked.
I take it you didn't know the answer.
(kidding, dude, no need to take it personally).
What's even worse are the moronic answers people give in a hackneyed attempt to make a weakness look like a strength - "I'm a perfectionist!!" or "I work TOO hard!!".
Too true. When I hear people say that, I assume that they are either liars or lack imagination.
To compare the two is not only illogical, but dangerously misleading
Indeed. Plus, HIV, hepatitis, other, are side effects of sharing needles whose main purpose is to get drugs into the body.
Security breaches do not occur as a side effect of cracking/hacking. They are usually the main purpose. That would be equivalent of distributing rubber knives to the criminally insane to reduce the number of victims.
I agree. For some reason I find the sound soothing when I'm typing. When somebody else is clickety-clacketing away on a similar keyboard however, it drives me insane. Silent keyboards can be a plus in a shared office enviroment.
The only thing I find more anoying is those funny noises people insist in using in their email notification features. There was this lady (in another department, thank god) that had a recording of her 3 years old daughter crying "Mommy, you have a mail!" and it would go off every 3 to 5 minutes. I mute my pc out of respect for my coworkers, the "woof-woof" visual notification of screen is good enough for me and Outlook places an icon in the tray whenever I get mail anyway.
Or better yet, write alternatives to the stuff that's really holding us on Windows...
Indeed. Altho Outlook *is* holding me in windows (...and Visio and that bloody Watchguard Control Center). I have yet to see a PIM for Linux that compares to it. Evolution is nice, but is just a clone of the interface.
Now, all I need is integration with my PDA and for it to import my pst files, and according to the FAQ, it's not planned in the near future.
I have a crap account that appears on my domain name registrations and anywhere else that is likely to garner crap mail.
What if somebody has to send legitimate email to the contact emails on your domain registration? Say, complains about abuse, or domain renewal notices, copyright violations queries, offers to buy your domain, some other trouble associated with administering a domain. What if somebody roots your server(s) and starts portscanning?
It is my understanding that all domains have to have valid admin emails, phone #, etc. Your method makes things worse, because there won't even be a bounce message.
You can set up rules in an automatic mail client to forward emails from your registrar but that won't cover all bases, and if you have to check that account regularly for those kind of messages, you'll have so much crap to wade thru that you'll have defeated the purpose of a crap account anyway.
Yes, just like the laughably phallic handle on my frying pan, the laughably phallic handle on a tennis racket, or the laughably phallic bannana I had for breakfast today.
I think it was John Lovitz in an interview that told a story about the time he went to see "Crimson Tide" with a girlfriend. When he asked her what she tought of the movie she answered something along the lines of "It was a phallic movie. Subs were phallic shaped, torpedoes were phallic shaped, etc". His reply was "Thanks god it wasn't vagina shaped or it would fill with water and sink."
My point is, those who see penises everywhere are just plain obsessed. Even Freud said that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Yes, interesting concept. But you get the "Truman Show" problem. You need too many people (compared to how many can play) to keep the story moving.
Say, you get 200 people signed up and even if no more than 5 play at the same time, you's probably need one or two DM constantly online. And if the DM is not a very good multitasker, some storylines will get on hold while he sees to another player.
Example, if the Geoff char is playing and the shopkeeper is also playing at the same time, unless it's the same shopkeeper that's getting beat up, you would need to DMs.
And since the DM is a full time job you'd need three shifts of DM. And they'd better be great storytellers if you intend to charge $30.00.
(for the record, I know you're speculating and none of the examples given are written in stone. Just my 2 cents.)
I seriously doubt you can get a decent storyline in a multiplayer game. At least, one that's involving.
Sure you are paying $10 - $20 each month, but so is everybody else. When every one gets to be a super powerful mage that gets to save the world from evil "forces from the north", it kind of loses its appeal.
Instead, everything is reduced to competition: who can level faster so they can kill more monster so they can level even more!
And who cares about a quest where you have to slay the dragon that's ravaging the countryside? It will re-spawn a couple of minutes later so someone else can do it!
You want storylines? Buy an solo game. The last game with a good storyline I played was "The Longest Journey". I'm partial to adveture games more than FPS and RTS, so YMMV.
At $20/month for dialup, cost of each piece of spam is rather insignificant.
But how much does it cost to your provider in terms of bandwitdth and storage space (as well as processing time)? And as their costs goes up, the difference will get passed on to you.
ROTFL!!! It's a bad enough idea of a personal planner for the Gameboy (when you can get an el-cheapo one with better keyboard for about the same price). But an E.T. themed one? I might buy myself one just because of that. What can I say, I like tacky, plus my Animal Crossing "typing" skills might come in handy here.
However, nothing should force me to receive SMTP connections from you, if I don't want them.
Entirely correct, as well.
But the point is AOL is *forcing* their customers not to accept email originated from those addresses.
How is this blocking done? (I confess I didn't RTFA). If its via reverse dns, can't you talk to your IP provider and ask them to delegate your netblock so you can set different reverses? Or have them set them up themselves. Mail servers *should* have an appropiate reverse anyway.
Now, if your provider does not allow setting up SMTP servers on residential DSL, it's entirely another matter.
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I always wanted to try a chording keyboard. Connecting one to this device, however, would negate it's portability. If the chording keyboard were part of this device, it would be ideal. It might scare away potential users, however.
The next step is to use a system which is built to protect your identity, like Freent.
I really like the idea of Freenet, but it has a serious chicken and egg problem. It's far too slow to be of any use and if no more people use it (thus creating more nodes) it will never get faster.
It needs a use that can bring on the masses and completely anonymous filesharing might be just what does it.
Unfortunately it has a reputation problem. A lot of people have heard of Freenet, but think it is some illegal pornography distribution network.
Yes, but can it be worse than "Birds of Prey"?. Three (count 'em, three!) hot women and it still sucks to high heaven.
Let's see...
Final Fantasy
Mortal Kombat
Resident Evil
Final Fantasy...
nope, can remember a single video game based movie that turned out ok, tho I'm sure there must be one somewhere.
What? No Interstate '76 movie??? And come on! Pac-Mac? Will they bring back the "Magic Pill Trees"
XP Pro is limited to 10 connections
I'm not sure if the same is true for XP, but in 2000 Pro the IIS didn't allow to create virtual hosts either. Only one site and that's it.
Of course, with a 10 connection limit, there's not much point in having virtual webs, except for testing purposes, maybe.
Will ISPs use it against us?
They might. If in their terms of service they specifically disallow connection sharing via NAT, you have no (legal) resource.
But I think the main purpose would be for corporations and other networks to detect potential security breaches.
A *lot* of spam comes from insecure proxies that are sometimes installed on end user machines, not on corporate gateways and, as stated in the article, if said proxy has a wireless interface, you just opened a huge hole in your network.
Assuming you're not joking
;-)
...there go my aspirations as a stand up comedian...
Kids will just "borrow" their parent's CC, and it won't do much to stop them
Yup, and those parents will have bigger problems that privacy concerns.
If the person/company operating the site is "unsavory", they will find a way to charge you money. Often without your knowledge
Just like them Nigerian scam emails. Always distrust by default. There are several age verification systems in the Internet. A site that claims to use your cc for that purpose is most likely up to no good.
How do you prove that the dob is not false.
Easy. Do what porn sites do: ask for a credit card info. If it's valid, then you are of appropiate age. Rest assured, the information will only be used for verification purposes and no charges will be made. (* insert pop-up ad to totally unrelated site here *)
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Really, this has got to be the worst, most moronic question that can be asked.
I take it you didn't know the answer.
(kidding, dude, no need to take it personally).
What's even worse are the moronic answers people give in a hackneyed attempt to make a weakness look like a strength - "I'm a perfectionist!!" or "I work TOO hard!!".
Too true. When I hear people say that, I assume that they are either liars or lack imagination.
To compare the two is not only illogical, but dangerously misleading
Indeed. Plus, HIV, hepatitis, other, are side effects of sharing needles whose main purpose is to get drugs into the body.
Security breaches do not occur as a side effect of cracking/hacking. They are usually the main purpose. That would be equivalent of distributing rubber knives to the criminally insane to reduce the number of victims.
I agree. For some reason I find the sound soothing when I'm typing. When somebody else is clickety-clacketing away on a similar keyboard however, it drives me insane. Silent keyboards can be a plus in a shared office enviroment.
The only thing I find more anoying is those funny noises people insist in using in their email notification features. There was this lady (in another department, thank god) that had a recording of her 3 years old daughter crying "Mommy, you have a mail!" and it would go off every 3 to 5 minutes. I mute my pc out of respect for my coworkers, the "woof-woof" visual notification of screen is good enough for me and Outlook places an icon in the tray whenever I get mail anyway.
I have a small error in the makefile which causes something liek 50% of people come back for help on compiling it.
Is this a good idea? Does the other 50% manage to compile without help or simply throw their hands up and move somewhere else?
how many will be as good as Spiderman or X-Men
I did like X-Men, but if Hulk's only as good as Spiderman, I guess I won't be going to see it.
That said, I hope the end credit roll to the tune of the "Sad Piano Music" of the Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno series (as seen on Family Guy).
Or better yet, write alternatives to the stuff that's really holding us on Windows...
Indeed. Altho Outlook *is* holding me in windows (...and Visio and that bloody Watchguard Control Center). I have yet to see a PIM for Linux that compares to it. Evolution is nice, but is just a clone of the interface.
Now, all I need is integration with my PDA and for it to import my pst files, and according to the FAQ, it's not planned in the near future.
I have a crap account that appears on my domain name registrations and anywhere else that is likely to garner crap mail.
What if somebody has to send legitimate email to the contact emails on your domain registration? Say, complains about abuse, or domain renewal notices, copyright violations queries, offers to buy your domain, some other trouble associated with administering a domain. What if somebody roots your server(s) and starts portscanning?
It is my understanding that all domains have to have valid admin emails, phone #, etc. Your method makes things worse, because there won't even be a bounce message.
You can set up rules in an automatic mail client to forward emails from your registrar but that won't cover all bases, and if you have to check that account regularly for those kind of messages, you'll have so much crap to wade thru that you'll have defeated the purpose of a crap account anyway.
the laughably phallic joystick
Yes, just like the laughably phallic handle on my frying pan, the laughably phallic handle on a tennis racket, or the laughably phallic bannana I had for breakfast today.
I think it was John Lovitz in an interview that told a story about the time he went to see "Crimson Tide" with a girlfriend. When he asked her what she tought of the movie she answered something along the lines of "It was a phallic movie. Subs were phallic shaped, torpedoes were phallic shaped, etc". His reply was "Thanks god it wasn't vagina shaped or it would fill with water and sink."
My point is, those who see penises everywhere are just plain obsessed. Even Freud said that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Crypto is your friend..
... sorry, couldn't resist...
Superboy's dog? What's he got to do with this?
Yeah yeah! I have a condom in my wallet, but it doesn't mean i have sex.
But, would you carry 400 condoms if didn't intend to have sex?
Personally, I make balloon animals with mine. But not after I use them... *ducks*
Yes, interesting concept. But you get the "Truman Show" problem. You need too many people (compared to how many can play) to keep the story moving.
Say, you get 200 people signed up and even if no more than 5 play at the same time, you's probably need one or two DM constantly online. And if the DM is not a very good multitasker, some storylines will get on hold while he sees to another player.
Example, if the Geoff char is playing and the shopkeeper is also playing at the same time, unless it's the same shopkeeper that's getting beat up, you would need to DMs.
And since the DM is a full time job you'd need three shifts of DM. And they'd better be great storytellers if you intend to charge $30.00.
(for the record, I know you're speculating and none of the examples given are written in stone. Just my 2 cents.)
I seriously doubt you can get a decent storyline in a multiplayer game. At least, one that's involving.
Sure you are paying $10 - $20 each month, but so is everybody else. When every one gets to be a super powerful mage that gets to save the world from evil "forces from the north", it kind of loses its appeal.
Instead, everything is reduced to competition: who can level faster so they can kill more monster so they can level even more!
And who cares about a quest where you have to slay the dragon that's ravaging the countryside? It will re-spawn a couple of minutes later so someone else can do it!
You want storylines? Buy an solo game. The last game with a good storyline I played was "The Longest Journey". I'm partial to adveture games more than FPS and RTS, so YMMV.
At $20/month for dialup, cost of each piece of spam is rather insignificant.
But how much does it cost to your provider in terms of bandwitdth and storage space (as well as processing time)? And as their costs goes up, the difference will get passed on to you.
First and foremost: is this going to be a for-profit venture or a "Public Service"?
Is this $40/month a flat rate or a minimun rate without "extras"? Will everyone have the same benefits?
Obviously, bandwith *will* have to be limited. Who will admin this? City Hall?
Expect AOL to SMTP-block your netblocks as well.
How is the fiber going to be terminated in every drop? Ethernet transceivers? ST/SC/whatever...
so why do folks sink lots of time and effort into this?
Why do people climb the Everest? It's not like they are going to settle there or mine for resources.
There's already a cartridge that does it for $10.
ROTFL!!! It's a bad enough idea of a personal planner for the Gameboy (when you can get an el-cheapo one with better keyboard for about the same price). But an E.T. themed one? I might buy myself one just because of that. What can I say, I like tacky, plus my Animal Crossing "typing" skills might come in handy here.
However, nothing should force me to receive SMTP connections from you, if I don't want them.
Entirely correct, as well.
But the point is AOL is *forcing* their customers not to accept email originated from those addresses.
How is this blocking done? (I confess I didn't RTFA). If its via reverse dns, can't you talk to your IP provider and ask them to delegate your netblock so you can set different reverses? Or have them set them up themselves.
Mail servers *should* have an appropiate reverse anyway.
Now, if your provider does not allow setting up SMTP servers on residential DSL, it's entirely another matter.