I don't believe being bound to an 'open-source' rule would justify getting a patent. One should not be forced to supplement confidential product plans or company "trade secret" in order to apply for a patent. That's like buying a car, test driving it, insuring it, washing it, then getting a license for it. Its back-ass-wards.
When other companies decided to make similar products of another company, they reverse-engineered the product and changed enough of the architecture and called it their own.
Well, you see, this is obviously open for debate, however, this would fall back on the ISP/installers since they installed the equipment (in most cases) and left their customers' systems vulnerable to attack. Potentially, for example, AOL/Time-Warner would be liable for leaving my system(s) exposed to the public because they failed to properly install the equipment. If that's the case, they should have left a line of coax draped across my fence and into my neighbor's yard.
Granted no auto manufacturer teaches you how to drive a car, but they at least give you a manual to read about how the car functions, just like any other manufacturer of about 99% of the companies in the world. If you don't know how to use a pencil, you're an IDIOT and need to go back to kindergarten. My point is, the information on how to secure your equipment is readily available and inept users are going to blame anynoe they can for their laziness instead of getting off their asses to keep people from surfing on their dime.
Blame can be placed in a lot of categories, though, I feel that blame will be placed mainly on ISPs and also on the wardrivers (since all of them are inherently evil and will steal your identity) *cough, bullshit, cough* because no one wants to take responsibility for their inability to learn new things and secure their assets.
Afterall, Kroger lets me into their grocery store. I, could, steal a box of Cheerios, but will I? I think what makes a wardriver a criminal or not is whether he/she actually compromises security measures on a network/system with harmful intent. The part that's really going to cook your noodle is whether or not I intend on bringing you harm.
Sweet! An upper AND a downer at the same time! Now why didn't I think of that???
I'm just going to go over here and have another Bowl-Blaster (Jagermeister and Red Bull, 1:1 ratio). Cheers!
...while you guys are arguing about technicalities, I'll be out buying one because its cheaper than Intel, more durable, lasts longer, and makes me happy.
Its not the software that goes bad, its my fault? You can only whip an Indian so many times before he starts writing hate comments into the code! Besides, whenever I write code and it doesn't work, I march right into my boss' office and let him have it! I tell him exactly what I think of his poor leadership skills and that my poor code-writing ability is his fault; not mine! That'll teach the lil bastard.
...does this mean I should expect the US government to step in and ration my morning brew or start remodeling the package to look like that of a cigarette's?
"Warning - product is addictive, may lead to long term addiction and should not be consumed if you meet one of the following: 1) you are pregnant. 2) you are a tea drinker. 3) you are a moron, er, I mean, mormon."
BTW, I found Pumpkin Ale this weekend at the store. Very good, very tasty, goes great with Halloween! The stuff is made by Buffalo Bills Brewery if anyone wants to look for it.
Among other things that are addictive: cigarettes, greek food, pizza, beer, sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll!
The standard for HDTV changes after July 1, 2005 and those of us who have purchased these non-DRM HDTV cards are screwed anyway. Let's jump on the bandwagon, buy up these cards, fill the pockets of the company selling them, and then have to buy another when the ones we bought don't work anymore. Yay, go bureacracy!
You other guys are right, sitting on your ass, enjoying a pizza and 6-pack certainly does hinder the chance of any physical activity - you should join me sometime. Mmmm, pizza...
No, it does not follow the direct definition of spam....and no, I'm not talking about the "lovely" canned "meat".
Spam is an unsolicited message advertising the sale of goods or services.
In this case, the keywords were found while searching a database. Granted, there was a motive to send the message since the keywords were found, there is still no motive for them to send the message since the keywords were part of another unrelated word. That would be like finding "shit" in shitake mushrooms.
Aside from that, they were wrongfully sent a take-down notice by the MPAA. It would be wise to keep a record of the notices and any correspondence with the MPAA regarding this matter. The MPAA should be notified by mail (snail mail), phone, email, and then dragged into court when the cessation of notices fails.
Just as I was plainly stating in an earlier article, (http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=121868&cid=10 258829) this is going to be a long, up-hill battle for the FireFox/Mozilla browser. The Mozilla team needs to be careful in what features they provide, the options they give the user, layout, and most importantly, the security of the application itself!
And for those of you who think slower, I'm still recommending FireFox and Thunderbird to all my friends and clients.
If you had taken the time to read my article and actually comprehended it, you would have noticed I'm speaking highly of FireFox despite its recent vulnerabilities. Unlike Microsoft, yes, another compliment, the Mozilla team is actually fixing the problems WITHOUT causing new ones.
The resizing feature sucks. Whenever I want to save a file by right-clicking on it, then choosing "Save As...", I'm not blessed with the fact it'll download the actual file; instead, downloads the resized version from cache.
...I'd hate to be the one that pisses in the punch, though, I already see a problem. Granted, one day, this argument may be used in some sort of congressional debate, I still want to voice my opinion.
Sure, the general public is slowly converting to the FireFox/Mozilla browser, but on the black-hat side, does this mean we should expect a frontal-assault on our browsers much like the now-dwindling MSIE did?
This almost makes me want to open a new thread titled, "FireFox/Mozilla Exploits". What concerns should we address, because the fight for security is the toughest its ever been. Are there any ActiveX-like components, unchecked buffers, or any other interesting unlocked protocols in FireFox we need to lock down? Frankly, I'd like to see FireFox set with a default configuration to turn all the pretty crap off. Automatic resizing of pictures is the worst thing in the world. I hated it in MSIE and I hate it in FireFox! Get rid of it - its one of the things that urged me to convert anyway!
I'll fully support FireFox and the Mozilla Initiative, but keep in mind, the more users we bring into the light, the more Script-Kiddies and malware we attract. With that said, I'll continue surfing safely...;-)
you, being a 16-year old over-achiever, register yourself with Microsoft as a preferred customer using your daddy's company credit card. At that point, you learn of the impending vulnerabilities and release one hell of a worm virus on the net. Stick a fork in me, I'm done...
The reason we have to protect monopolies is so we can receive our "under-the-desk", "kickbacks" for pushing to have a certain company service a certain area. With guaranteed sales, why shouldn't the person in office, who fights so hard to have the monopoly there in the first place, get a little somethin' somethin'?;-) This is also referred to as being "in-bed-with" the company. As long as we can promote a monopolistic practice in a large area - leaving no options to the general public for a product made in China by 10-year old kids and supported by half-assed, camel-jockeys in India, I'm cool as long as I get my extra $5,000 a year.:-P Go Corporate America!
I'll admit, I'm fairly new to wireless, but doesn't this fall under Part 15, Section 'J' of FCC regulations?
"This device may receive interference that may cause undesired operation." and "This device may cause interference with other devices."
To my knowledge, this just means that yes, we (The FCC) authorized the use of this bandwidth, however, we haven't assigned anything to any specific frequencies, so be careful using it as its not really regulated.
In either case, UT Dallas needs to remove their heads from their asses ASAP and stop pushing students around. If they're having that much of a problem with wireless signals, they should consider surveying their antennas and signal-right-of-ways. There could very well be an antenna physically blocked, damaged, or even set to use a channel too close to another antenna. You should always stagger your channels so that they don't collide with one another (diagram shown below).
In the diagram shown above, notice that frequency #6 is missing. This is done on purpose since most "out-of-the-box" APs are shipped with a default configuration for, yes, you guessed it, channel 6. So if the kids are using channel 6 and you're not, you shouldn't have any problems. Another tip would be to configure this for a "closed wireless network" and not broadcast the SSID.
Pusi.
He's not a man since he so easily gave up the company that makes money to put food on his table.
"The pleasure I get in life is knowing that, near the end of life, I will have outlived most of the assholes I know and will have the greatest time ever while pissing on their graves."
Just to get my adrenaline pounding, I recently bought the fastest, most hardcore, cutting edge Atari 2600 I could find. The sound effects are mind-blowing...
I just returned from QuakeCon with a fried 700VA UPS. It worked on-site and hadn't been used during the trip home. So, after determining the UPS was officially f*cked, we gutted it and took what components we could.
Ironically, I had just won a bid on eBay for an old Atari 2600, but it didn't work. The old Atari was DOA. Sooo, seeing as how I wanted to repair it, a friend of mine helped in the UPS donor project and salvaged a hundred or so parts from the UPS to be grafted into an Atari.:-) Gotta love electronics!
Well, this is an interesting theory and I say Aon is right, however, partially. The oversight he's making is that there aren't even enough techs to justify what little turn-overs there are because our jobs are constantly being "redefined" then out-sourced. The rate of turn-over relies on people actually leaving the company where a position is hosted. If my job (IT position) were redefined as virus removal of the bathroom floor, I'd still have a job, my title, but my function would be entirely different. Since I work in a different department, maintenance, I am technically no longer referred to as a technician, therefore, my job is eliminated and I become a statistic of the "blackhole". This is an entirely legal practice and is being carried out all over the nation.
...and yet we let our kids draw on the sidewalks with chalk.
They'll use anything to shut the mouths of truth, won't they? Looks like free "speech" is limited to just the act of talking. Its a sad world.
I've been predicting exactly this story for the past 2 years. Since I was laid off from my oilfield job, then later at HP, I've had a bit of a chip on my shoulder towards the companies that outsource not only my job, but a chance at life with a future.
HP has been outsourcing our jobs for the past year, but when it comes to doing the dirty work, they call me and ask me to come back to work for a few weeks. What, am I their little bitch? I don't think so... you see, the Indians in India (ironic, isn't it?) are constantly screwing shit up and making my life a living hell. If these Big-Wig companies would use AMERICAN workers to do AMERICAN support, then there wouldn't be a huge decrease in sales!
The "Language Barrier" isn't just the only thing getting in the way. Its the TOTAL LACK OF EXPERIENCE! These Indians have no idea what they're supporting and read everything from a script. Great, its a humanoid robot on the other end of my phone line.
www.hireamericancitizens.org
I used to be a firm believer in HP's quality, but since Carleton S. Fiorina took her seat in the captain's chair, the company has sunk to an all-time low. I'm not the only tech who feels this way and if we don't rise up against our employers and protect our futures as well as our childrens', we may not have a future left to protect!
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we're not pulling the plug (literally) on Korea.........why?
"Let loose a vicious rage upon thy enemy for they know not with what they fumble!"
I don't believe being bound to an 'open-source' rule would justify getting a patent. One should not be forced to supplement confidential product plans or company "trade secret" in order to apply for a patent. That's like buying a car, test driving it, insuring it, washing it, then getting a license for it. Its back-ass-wards. When other companies decided to make similar products of another company, they reverse-engineered the product and changed enough of the architecture and called it their own.
Thunderbirds are GO!
Well, you see, this is obviously open for debate, however, this would fall back on the ISP/installers since they installed the equipment (in most cases) and left their customers' systems vulnerable to attack. Potentially, for example, AOL/Time-Warner would be liable for leaving my system(s) exposed to the public because they failed to properly install the equipment. If that's the case, they should have left a line of coax draped across my fence and into my neighbor's yard.
Granted no auto manufacturer teaches you how to drive a car, but they at least give you a manual to read about how the car functions, just like any other manufacturer of about 99% of the companies in the world. If you don't know how to use a pencil, you're an IDIOT and need to go back to kindergarten. My point is, the information on how to secure your equipment is readily available and inept users are going to blame anynoe they can for their laziness instead of getting off their asses to keep people from surfing on their dime.
Blame can be placed in a lot of categories, though, I feel that blame will be placed mainly on ISPs and also on the wardrivers (since all of them are inherently evil and will steal your identity) *cough, bullshit, cough* because no one wants to take responsibility for their inability to learn new things and secure their assets.
Afterall, Kroger lets me into their grocery store. I, could, steal a box of Cheerios, but will I? I think what makes a wardriver a criminal or not is whether he/she actually compromises security measures on a network/system with harmful intent. The part that's really going to cook your noodle is whether or not I intend on bringing you harm.
Sweet! An upper AND a downer at the same time! Now why didn't I think of that??? I'm just going to go over here and have another Bowl-Blaster (Jagermeister and Red Bull, 1:1 ratio). Cheers!
...while you guys are arguing about technicalities, I'll be out buying one because its cheaper than Intel, more durable, lasts longer, and makes me happy.
Its not the software that goes bad, its my fault? You can only whip an Indian so many times before he starts writing hate comments into the code! Besides, whenever I write code and it doesn't work, I march right into my boss' office and let him have it! I tell him exactly what I think of his poor leadership skills and that my poor code-writing ability is his fault; not mine! That'll teach the lil bastard.
...does this mean I should expect the US government to step in and ration my morning brew or start remodeling the package to look like that of a cigarette's?
"Warning - product is addictive, may lead to long term addiction and should not be consumed if you meet one of the following:
1) you are pregnant.
2) you are a tea drinker.
3) you are a moron, er, I mean, mormon."
BTW, I found Pumpkin Ale this weekend at the store. Very good, very tasty, goes great with Halloween! The stuff is made by Buffalo Bills Brewery if anyone wants to look for it.
Among other things that are addictive: cigarettes, greek food, pizza, beer, sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll!
The standard for HDTV changes after July 1, 2005 and those of us who have purchased these non-DRM HDTV cards are screwed anyway. Let's jump on the bandwagon, buy up these cards, fill the pockets of the company selling them, and then have to buy another when the ones we bought don't work anymore. Yay, go bureacracy!
You other guys are right, sitting on your ass, enjoying a pizza and 6-pack certainly does hinder the chance of any physical activity - you should join me sometime. Mmmm, pizza...
No, it does not follow the direct definition of spam. ...and no, I'm not talking about the "lovely" canned "meat".
Spam is an unsolicited message advertising the sale of goods or services.
In this case, the keywords were found while searching a database. Granted, there was a motive to send the message since the keywords were found, there is still no motive for them to send the message since the keywords were part of another unrelated word. That would be like finding "shit" in shitake mushrooms.
Aside from that, they were wrongfully sent a take-down notice by the MPAA. It would be wise to keep a record of the notices and any correspondence with the MPAA regarding this matter. The MPAA should be notified by mail (snail mail), phone, email, and then dragged into court when the cessation of notices fails.
Just as I was plainly stating in an earlier article, (http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=121868&cid=10 258829) this is going to be a long, up-hill battle for the FireFox/Mozilla browser. The Mozilla team needs to be careful in what features they provide, the options they give the user, layout, and most importantly, the security of the application itself!
And for those of you who think slower, I'm still recommending FireFox and Thunderbird to all my friends and clients.
If you had taken the time to read my article and actually comprehended it, you would have noticed I'm speaking highly of FireFox despite its recent vulnerabilities. Unlike Microsoft, yes, another compliment, the Mozilla team is actually fixing the problems WITHOUT causing new ones.
The resizing feature sucks. Whenever I want to save a file by right-clicking on it, then choosing "Save As...", I'm not blessed with the fact it'll download the actual file; instead, downloads the resized version from cache.
numb-nuts.
...I'd hate to be the one that pisses in the punch, though, I already see a problem. Granted, one day, this argument may be used in some sort of congressional debate, I still want to voice my opinion.
;-)
Sure, the general public is slowly converting to the FireFox/Mozilla browser, but on the black-hat side, does this mean we should expect a frontal-assault on our browsers much like the now-dwindling MSIE did?
This almost makes me want to open a new thread titled, "FireFox/Mozilla Exploits". What concerns should we address, because the fight for security is the toughest its ever been. Are there any ActiveX-like components, unchecked buffers, or any other interesting unlocked protocols in FireFox we need to lock down? Frankly, I'd like to see FireFox set with a default configuration to turn all the pretty crap off. Automatic resizing of pictures is the worst thing in the world. I hated it in MSIE and I hate it in FireFox! Get rid of it - its one of the things that urged me to convert anyway!
I'll fully support FireFox and the Mozilla Initiative, but keep in mind, the more users we bring into the light, the more Script-Kiddies and malware we attract. With that said, I'll continue surfing safely...
you, being a 16-year old over-achiever, register yourself with Microsoft as a preferred customer using your daddy's company credit card. At that point, you learn of the impending vulnerabilities and release one hell of a worm virus on the net. Stick a fork in me, I'm done...
The reason we have to protect monopolies is so we can receive our "under-the-desk", "kickbacks" for pushing to have a certain company service a certain area. With guaranteed sales, why shouldn't the person in office, who fights so hard to have the monopoly there in the first place, get a little somethin' somethin'? ;-) This is also referred to as being "in-bed-with" the company. As long as we can promote a monopolistic practice in a large area - leaving no options to the general public for a product made in China by 10-year old kids and supported by half-assed, camel-jockeys in India, I'm cool as long as I get my extra $5,000 a year. :-P Go Corporate America!
I'll admit, I'm fairly new to wireless, but doesn't this fall under Part 15, Section 'J' of FCC regulations?
"This device may receive interference that may cause undesired operation." and "This device may cause interference with other devices."
To my knowledge, this just means that yes, we (The FCC) authorized the use of this bandwidth, however, we haven't assigned anything to any specific frequencies, so be careful using it as its not really regulated.
In either case, UT Dallas needs to remove their heads from their asses ASAP and stop pushing students around. If they're having that much of a problem with wireless signals, they should consider surveying their antennas and signal-right-of-ways. There could very well be an antenna physically blocked, damaged, or even set to use a channel too close to another antenna. You should always stagger your channels so that they don't collide with one another (diagram shown below).
----------------
| 05 | 03 | 11 |
----------------
| 08 | 07 | 09 |
----------------
| 02 | 10 | 04 |
----------------
In the diagram shown above, notice that frequency #6 is missing. This is done on purpose since most "out-of-the-box" APs are shipped with a default configuration for, yes, you guessed it, channel 6. So if the kids are using channel 6 and you're not, you shouldn't have any problems. Another tip would be to configure this for a "closed wireless network" and not broadcast the SSID.
Even funnier... what if the people issuing the death-threats were using *38? How would he know who the call was from? >:-D
Pusi. He's not a man since he so easily gave up the company that makes money to put food on his table. "The pleasure I get in life is knowing that, near the end of life, I will have outlived most of the assholes I know and will have the greatest time ever while pissing on their graves."
Just to get my adrenaline pounding, I recently bought the fastest, most hardcore, cutting edge Atari 2600 I could find. The sound effects are mind-blowing...
*beep, beep, boop, beep...*
So what does this mean? We won't get a chance to see the hot Nordic alien babes? Darn, I was soooo hoping for a date this Friday night.
"Hi, Papa Johns..."
I just returned from QuakeCon with a fried 700VA UPS. It worked on-site and hadn't been used during the trip home. So, after determining the UPS was officially f*cked, we gutted it and took what components we could.
:-) Gotta love electronics!
Ironically, I had just won a bid on eBay for an old Atari 2600, but it didn't work. The old Atari was DOA. Sooo, seeing as how I wanted to repair it, a friend of mine helped in the UPS donor project and salvaged a hundred or so parts from the UPS to be grafted into an Atari.
Well, this is an interesting theory and I say Aon is right, however, partially. The oversight he's making is that there aren't even enough techs to justify what little turn-overs there are because our jobs are constantly being "redefined" then out-sourced. The rate of turn-over relies on people actually leaving the company where a position is hosted. If my job (IT position) were redefined as virus removal of the bathroom floor, I'd still have a job, my title, but my function would be entirely different. Since I work in a different department, maintenance, I am technically no longer referred to as a technician, therefore, my job is eliminated and I become a statistic of the "blackhole". This is an entirely legal practice and is being carried out all over the nation.
...and yet we let our kids draw on the sidewalks with chalk. They'll use anything to shut the mouths of truth, won't they? Looks like free "speech" is limited to just the act of talking. Its a sad world.
I've been predicting exactly this story for the past 2 years. Since I was laid off from my oilfield job, then later at HP, I've had a bit of a chip on my shoulder towards the companies that outsource not only my job, but a chance at life with a future.
HP has been outsourcing our jobs for the past year, but when it comes to doing the dirty work, they call me and ask me to come back to work for a few weeks. What, am I their little bitch? I don't think so... you see, the Indians in India (ironic, isn't it?) are constantly screwing shit up and making my life a living hell. If these Big-Wig companies would use AMERICAN workers to do AMERICAN support, then there wouldn't be a huge decrease in sales!
The "Language Barrier" isn't just the only thing getting in the way. Its the TOTAL LACK OF EXPERIENCE! These Indians have no idea what they're supporting and read everything from a script. Great, its a humanoid robot on the other end of my phone line.
www.hireamericancitizens.org
I used to be a firm believer in HP's quality, but since Carleton S. Fiorina took her seat in the captain's chair, the company has sunk to an all-time low. I'm not the only tech who feels this way and if we don't rise up against our employers and protect our futures as well as our childrens', we may not have a future left to protect!
...and I'd like to give you that first step into penguin-manhood.
{pops tab on beer can}
Drink up sonny boy, you've got a long road ahead of you and no one is going to fight your fights for you anymore. Go get 'em boy!