The way I understand the DNS protocol, the initiation of the service should have been effective immediately. Reversal of the service should depend on how long an active duration was given on the DNS entries.
The ISP that I work at would be absolutely pissed. All their domains, and the domains they host, are registerd at Verisign (except for one.cc).
As a "Mom & Pop shop", we can't afford to go through all the effort to get the domains switched. We don't own them, our customers do. And our customers would be chewing out ME, the tech support guy, if their domains stopped working.
Think of it like ordering SBC shut down. Economically, a lot of businesses couldn't afford it.
If there's going to be complaints about the 404 error code, someone might take it up with Microsoft why their error page in IE is the same for both HTTP 404 and for an unresponsive server.
A sort of BitTorrent-based filesystem would be really useful. A block of data would have both popular and unpopular programming on it, so that both would be equally available. A search through the system would point to the torrent managing that piece of data.
Antivirus software in Linux might focus on performing as a safety net for when boxes get rooted. Like forcing a restore of shadow files if they were modified outside an authorized time, or notifying a user and administrator if a file that'd been set to "read-only" was written to anyway.
There was a brief (but nice) piece on NPR this evening about the rebuilding of the educational system in Iraq. Iraqi kids started school today; buildings have been repaired (to a point), textbooks have been slightly modified, and the poster of Saddam Hussein has been torn down from the front of every classroom.
They're working on developing a curriculum worthy of comparison to Western standards.
I should know, I've got close friends and relatives who write the software for it. I look forward to the day when strict realtime extensions find their way into the main kernel tree.
I've always recommended people get addicted to computers instead of the TV. As long as you're going to get fat from sitting all the time, you might as well stimulate your brain while you're at it.
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That almost looks like the old TV series Bat-mobile. He might think you're applying an age label on him...
The way I understand the DNS protocol, the initiation of the service should have been effective immediately. Reversal of the service should depend on how long an active duration was given on the DNS entries.
The ISP that I work at would be absolutely pissed. All their domains, and the domains they host, are registerd at Verisign (except for one .cc).
As a "Mom & Pop shop", we can't afford to go through all the effort to get the domains switched. We don't own them, our customers do. And our customers would be chewing out ME, the tech support guy, if their domains stopped working.
Think of it like ordering SBC shut down. Economically, a lot of businesses couldn't afford it.
Since when did government organizations start enforcing things in civil court, anyways?
IIRC, Any congressman can only get $2000 from each individual or organization that donates. I wouldn't call $2000 something to "ride in on."
If there's going to be complaints about the 404 error code, someone might take it up with Microsoft why their error page in IE is the same for both HTTP 404 and for an unresponsive server.
Life sucks here in tech support.
The average reader can't immediately make the intellectual leaps some of these two-line jokes require. :(
Patch database, maybe. I believe their bug database is word-of-mouth.
A sort of BitTorrent-based filesystem would be really useful. A block of data would have both popular and unpopular programming on it, so that both would be equally available. A search through the system would point to the torrent managing that piece of data.
Wasn't there talk a while back about watermarking each DVD sent to the screeners, so they could track who leaked it?
For preventative maintenance, they could have set up a DRM solution that depended on a screener's private key.
They could have embedded the video on a BSD or Linux boot CD with an encrypted FS, so they'd have the DMCA on their side.
Antivirus software in Linux might focus on performing as a safety net for when boxes get rooted. Like forcing a restore of shadow files if they were modified outside an authorized time, or notifying a user and administrator if a file that'd been set to "read-only" was written to anyway.
There was a brief (but nice) piece on NPR this evening about the rebuilding of the educational system in Iraq. Iraqi kids started school today; buildings have been repaired (to a point), textbooks have been slightly modified, and the poster of Saddam Hussein has been torn down from the front of every classroom.
They're working on developing a curriculum worthy of comparison to Western standards.
Sorry, but their testing equipment runs QNX.
I should know, I've got close friends and relatives who write the software for it. I look forward to the day when strict realtime extensions find their way into the main kernel tree.
I suppose the solution is to move to an independant label, like some musicians are doing.
The Library of Congress might fit the bill. Depends on how much of their archive is already digital.
I've been told he's used paperclips to speak to modems, and built a nuclear reactor out of a pen. Doesn't sound like realistic usage to me.
Which is why we trust performance specs released by Intel, and studies funded by Microsoft, right?
Even if everyone was the perfect patch-applying sysadmin, one vulnerability found in the majority of boxes could lead to millions of rooted boxes.
Especially if that vulnerability was initially discovered by a "black hat."
If you read the article, Geer points out that he was normally paid for taking the lead at that company.
s/buy/get paid for/
Unfortunately, acedamia is the only place where you'll find non-consumer-driven research.
I guess it's corporate-shaped, instead.
He calls it "plausible deniability".
Microsoft didn't need to pick up the phone; Greer's boss knew what they wanted anyway.
I don't even watch TV.
As a better example, since when did voting solve technopolitical issues?
Stop being overly critical. This is Slashdot, remember?
I've always recommended people get addicted to computers instead of the TV. As long as you're going to get fat from sitting all the time, you might as well stimulate your brain while you're at it.