And no dead pixels on the really cool Nokia 9500 I'm typing this on. I would never accept a broken screen on a device as expensive as the PSP, even if it is a toy.
I would reveal my password for chocolate
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The password would be 12345. That's the kind of password an idiot would use on his luggage.
But it does say that "sessions are uni-directional, outbound from the private network." I don't know how else to interpret that, even if it doesn't explicitly say what should be done with unexpected inbound sessions.
FWIW, I agree that NAT in itself doesn't provide much security.
In a traditional NAT, sessions
are uni-directional, outbound from the private network. Sessions in
the opposite direction may be allowed on an exceptional basis using
static address maps for pre-selected hosts.
Same story here: tried it a few times, didn't see any advantages over a "normal" search engine.
It is however true that many people have a hard time writing good queries. On one of the services here, the top query is for the web address of the service, which is a strange thing to look for if you've obviously already found it.
The second most frequent query is for the biggest competitor.
Yes, "upgradepkg *.tgz" is a really, really hard way to upgrade the whole system.
There's nothing wrong with the Slackware package management. It doesn't have dependencies; that is by design. Otherwise it's not too different from anything else, except Gentoo.
While two-factor authentication doesn't solve everything, the essay incorrectly claims that it doesn't solve anything. It does a pretty good job of solving the problem it is supposed to solve. It does not solve the new problem of attacks that work around the authentication.
My bank requires separate authentication for every transaction. I don't see a problem with that.
I'm not a Debian user, but I understand that the long release cycles are viewed as a problem by those who are. Do you think it will be possible to solve that problem without dropping a few architectures, and if so, how?
I understand that Gentoo supports several architectures, including several (alpha, sparc) that would not be supported with this scheme. How come they don't seem to have a problem getting releases out the door? (You may not have more of a clue than I do, but perhaps someone else does.)
Slackware has also had, and dropped, support for Alpha and Sparc. Maintaining a distribution for different architectures is a lot of (expensive/unpaid) work.
I think the best way to handle this is to have a few supported architectures and let maintainers port to the rest. That way the release schedules of the most important platforms won't be held back, which I believe is a major problem for Debian today.
I think he mentioned pa-risc, sparc and alpha, which are still useful (you can get them new) and supported by Debian. I was considering picking up Debian myself just because of their support for different architectures.
I don't remember that. The more common idea would be to not charge anything in the first place. The end result was the same of course.
Come to think of it, the 100% rebate might actually work as a scam. Sell lots of things for real money, take out a huge salary, when the time comes to return the money - it all gone!
I want such a gadget. In fact, I want a tricorder, but for now I'll settle for a PDA with built-in phone, wlan, mp3 player, camera, gps and, oh yeah, hard drive.
Except that's not what the newspaper wrote, it's what the linked article wrote.
Just to show that I, too, can cut and paste, here's the reasoning from the Canadian court:
[23] Where the plaintiff chooses to bring a foreigner into the jurisdiction, typically in the case of service ex juris, the burden is on the plaintiff to establish that Ontario is the appropriate forum if the choice of forum is challenged by the defendant. See Frymer v. Brettschneider (1994), 115 D.L.R. (4th) 744 (Ont. C.A.) at 747, Arbour J.; Danks v. Ioli Management Consulting, [2003] O.J. 4051 at para. 20 (Sup. Ct.) (QL), Master Dash.
[24] Among the factors the court considers in determining the appropriate forum for the trial of the action are:
(a) The location of the majority of the parties;
(b) The location of key witnesses and evidence;
(c) Avoidance of a multiplicity of proceedings;
(d) The jurisdiction in which the factual matters arose;
(e) The applicable law and its weight compared with the factual issues to be decided; and
(f) Loss of juridical advantage.
See Muscutt v. Courcelles, supra at 34-35.
[25] The test is whether there is an alternative forum that is clearly more convenient for the pursuit of the action and for securing the ends of justice than the forum chosen by the plaintiff.
[26] While the plaintiff bears the burden of justifying the choice of forum if the defendant challenges it (see Fryer, supra), Castel and Walker note that the burden will rarely affect the outcome of the court's determination. See Castel, supra at 13 - 13; Amchem Products Inc. v. British Columbia (Workers Compensation Board), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 897. The assessment of the relevant factors is the most important consideration.
[27] After assessing the limited evidence available, I find that there will be problems whether this action is tried in Ontario or the District of Columbia. Not all of the parties are located in either jurisdiction. The publication took place in Washington, but the plaintiff's reputation was affected in Ontario. The applicable law is that of the lex loci delicti in tort cases; but, because this case involves defamation, it is difficult to determine where the tort occurred. If based on publication, then the District of Columbia is the choice of law; if based on damages and where reputation was affected, then Ontario is the choice of law. It is safe to say that Ontario and the District of Columbia are both appropriate fora. As a result, I think Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. v. Foster Yeoman Ltd. (1992), 12 C.P.C. (3d) 31 (Ont. Gen. Div.), aff'd (1993), 14 O.R. (3d) 548 (C.A.) resolves this issue by finding that the plaintiff's choice of forum should not be disturbed when no forum is clearly more appropriate.
If a newspaper or anybody else makes baseless accusations of serious crimes against somebody and refuses to retract them, surely that's illegal not only in Canada but anywhere?
It would be much easier to know whom to side with after reading what the newspaper wrote.
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And no dead pixels on the really cool Nokia 9500 I'm typing this on. I would never accept a broken screen on a device as expensive as the PSP, even if it is a toy.
The password would be 12345. That's the kind of password an idiot would use on his luggage.
FWIW, I agree that NAT in itself doesn't provide much security.
It is however true that many people have a hard time writing good queries. On one of the services here, the top query is for the web address of the service, which is a strange thing to look for if you've obviously already found it.
The second most frequent query is for the biggest competitor.
I personally prefer Transpiranto, pioneered by the Swedish publication Grönköpings Veckoblad.
Ouch. I was going to write exactly that.
There's nothing wrong with the Slackware package management. It doesn't have dependencies; that is by design. Otherwise it's not too different from anything else, except Gentoo.
Usually the "why don't you do it yourself" comment is just annoying, but considering who you're commenting on it's actually a bit amusing.
Works For Me (tm).
And today's big news is that someone believes that Google are going to not do something.
Can you trust your computer?
My bank requires separate authentication for every transaction. I don't see a problem with that.
"Dark is the suede that mows like a harvest."
I understand that Gentoo supports several architectures, including several (alpha, sparc) that would not be supported with this scheme. How come they don't seem to have a problem getting releases out the door? (You may not have more of a clue than I do, but perhaps someone else does.)
I think the best way to handle this is to have a few supported architectures and let maintainers port to the rest. That way the release schedules of the most important platforms won't be held back, which I believe is a major problem for Debian today.
I think he mentioned pa-risc, sparc and alpha, which are still useful (you can get them new) and supported by Debian. I was considering picking up Debian myself just because of their support for different architectures.
I have an Abit NF8 which I'm quite happy with.
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Come to think of it, the 100% rebate might actually work as a scam. Sell lots of things for real money, take out a huge salary, when the time comes to return the money - it all gone!
I want such a gadget. In fact, I want a tricorder, but for now I'll settle for a PDA with built-in phone, wlan, mp3 player, camera, gps and, oh yeah, hard drive.
Just to show that I, too, can cut and paste, here's the reasoning from the Canadian court:
That's pretty much what I wonder, too. As for laws on retractions, I honestly don't know what difference it would make.
It would be much easier to know whom to side with after reading what the newspaper wrote.