At my old University, they required everyone to buy a computer through them. So, every numb-nuts had a computer hooked up to the network. There was no default AV or firewall installed, or even Auto-updates, as this was early WinXP days (and Win2k and 98 the years before that).
Well, he of course got infected with ungodly amounts of crap. I ran Adaware on it once, and it came up with 500-600 pieces of garbage, with approximately 50 - 60 of those being actual installed software. As the school had on-campus service, I just told him to bring it to them, and they'd reinstall all the school software for him.
So, he brought it in, and they found "child pornography" on it. Now, this was absolute news to him, and everyone else. As this was at my old Fraternity house (owned by the school, network owned by the school, was run similarly to other school-owned residencies), they threatened everyone at the house, and God knows what else. Eventually they looked around the house, and to their surprise, did not find a projector and child porn laying around. Apparantly this is what they thought they were housing a child porn theater of some sort. Amazingly, they dropped the case right there, and were very nice about it all, considering what was involved.
As for the original poster, was it this student's fault anyway? He was forced to use this computer, was given inadequate software with no training, and was only using the services given to him. I realize he got away cleanly, with no lawyers involved, but can we really expect this to not be a problem? Many in law enforcement do not understand what's involved in these cases, nor do many in the field of law (though this is getting better as the younger generations are entering these fields.)
"Hello, Doom9.com's ISP? Yes, this is Microsoft. We're auditing your sofware licenses."
"Hello, Doom9.com's registrar? You're being charged with violating the DMCA. Pretty much all of it."
"Hello, little tiny country? This is the MPAA, and as official representitives of the US government, we're asking you to hand over all people involved in this post on Doom9.com's forum. If you fail to respond, we'll enact sanctions on your country and drive you into the dark ages. Just look at North Korea for an example.
I've mentioned the same thing in previous Slashdot posts. Of course, other posts got modded up by talking about monkey poo and being funny instead of me. Welcome to/. I suppose.
Is that they so easily did this. There had to have been someone, somewhere, or something with a plan already in place to block specific Internet traffic from Brazil. It's not China fer Chrissakes!
You'll have to buy the expansion pack to add all the minority groups you'd want to show who's who. Until then, you'll have to sate your bloodlust with the major groups.
This is why we need to push the plug-in hybrid. Most people don't drive further than 25 miles from home in a regular day. With some slightly improved battery technology, we will be able to run off of grid electricity for short regular trips.
Hydrogen (or even some ethanol or gas or diesel) could be used for purely long-distance trips. Plug in at your destination to recharge as much as possible, keeping fuel usage down. I'd like to see a study on what percentage of fuel usage we'd be able to cut out in this fashion. I imagine remembering to plug in your car at the end of the day would be an easy transition, given that you'd burn $20 of fuel the next day to get to work instead of recharging for $.50 (numbers pulled from air).
I am not an official "analyst" but this seems to me to be what we'll be transitioning to anyway, without intervention. I imagine that in a few years, assuming rising oil costs, plug-in hybrids will become more/very common. Oil will slowly transition to a lesser used fuel as its cost skyrockets, to be replaced by whatever can be found (ethanol, methane, hydrogen, bigger batteries). It's inevitable, mark my words.
Cons: Yes, I am going to throw in a couple downfalls of this method. 1). Your fuel engine/cell will possibly be idle for long periods of time, making sudden long-haul usage risky. That once a month you visit Grandma 100 miles away would really be the only time you'd find out there's a mechanical problem with your vehicle.
2). Electrical transmission lines across the country would have to be updated. As it is, there are brown and blackouts due to lack of enough power. Upgrading existing lines wouldn't be enough: the pattern of usage would change with residential areas using a lot more power to charge their cars, as well as anywhere else those cars might be charged at (parking lots with meters?).
There are new windmills going up in the flat countryside. They're barely making the payments on the initial costs, but they're relatively affordable. It doesn't take huge amounts of wind to make decent amounts of electricity, it's just not as affordable for the companies trying to make a profit. Here's a helpful website, I am not affiliated with http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=108
A version of Linux that's so simple they just click on ginormous "EMAIL" and "BROWSE WEB" icons on a desktop. Seriously, it's what my mom would actually use. Maybe throw in a "PICTURES" in there, in case they have kids sending them pictures.
Of course, you could set it up in the background, and it of course wouldn't have much functionality. And, the browser and email client skins would have to be customized a bit. Simple media players identical to current digital players would be great too.
Tasers are meant to knock people down who are being unruly. Here, they're using tasering as a threat to a person already in a prone position! They don't care that the taser inhibits movement, they only care that it hurts him!
They could have just jumped him and dragged his ass out. Tasers aren't meant to beat people into submission, they're meant to drop an immediate threat, after which they can be handled better.
There was a previous article a long ways back about how Google tracks search characteristics by IP address. This was before Gmail came out, but I wouldn't doubt they still use it. Your cookies and Gmail are not safe.
What really concerns me is this: If someone searches for something like their SS# or CC#, thinking that someone had gotten ahold of it and posted it online. They think that the search goes into a black hole when instead, it's now going into a "memory hole," ala 1984.
At my co-op job, we had a biologist, among others. Also, we had a about a quarter to a third of the people with associate's degrees + a lot of experience. Also, our drafters were considered "engineers" though their actual design work may have been minimal.
Most people don't work in IT, and don't get free mousepads. Unless you're trying to brag up your uber-mousepad collection on slashdot? Ok, that makes more sense. Carry on.
The point is, neither the readers, nor the authors can relate to an atomic bomb. They simply have no personal knowledge of such energy. Thus, it's a pointless analogy.
Only if the Hiroshima bomb was a dud. Seriously, a bomb unleashing 63 terajoules of energy (from wikipedia). Even if that rock was 300kg, that means that it would have to be travelling at 648,000m/s or about 1,500,000 mph, in order to have the same amount of energy. Heck, that's about.0022c!
To say this guy overstated the impact is an understatement in itself.
The hotel I'm staying at (not a Holiday Inn Express!), got 553 down and 712 up. Usually things seem to go the other way around...
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edits the crap out of them to include all the ads, and then airs them year after year (e.g. The Fifth Element, Terminator 2, Something about Mary are pretty nice for me uncut, but the nerfed versions are unwatchable).
Only cause you wanted to see Milla Jovovich's tastey tatties. Not that I can argue..:D
I agree. You apparantly think that we can do without IHOP. I disagree. If a person so chooses to eat at IHOP, then that's just fine. If you start banning IHOP because you don't personally think that it's needed, then all of a sudden you run into problems where the government is deciding your life for you.
This road is paved with good intentions of helping the world populace. But, there is absolutely no way that a government large enough to do so would be efficient or not corrupt.
Oh, and I've never been to IHOP. Not that it matters I suppose
Oh, please. If we don't fight over oil, we'll be fighting over carbon-vestibules in the name of Kyoto! The reasonings of war change depending on the current needs.
Alarmist, absolutely. Realistic? A little. I'd like to see things change, but Kyoto is, as others have said, insane.
Companies already increase efficiency as much as possible. It's economically smart. They're not running companies because they don't know business you know.
But, you're saying the government knows better than companies how to run them? Yowzers, that has implications!
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At my old University, they required everyone to buy a computer through them. So, every numb-nuts had a computer hooked up to the network. There was no default AV or firewall installed, or even Auto-updates, as this was early WinXP days (and Win2k and 98 the years before that).
Well, he of course got infected with ungodly amounts of crap. I ran Adaware on it once, and it came up with 500-600 pieces of garbage, with approximately 50 - 60 of those being actual installed software. As the school had on-campus service, I just told him to bring it to them, and they'd reinstall all the school software for him.
So, he brought it in, and they found "child pornography" on it. Now, this was absolute news to him, and everyone else. As this was at my old Fraternity house (owned by the school, network owned by the school, was run similarly to other school-owned residencies), they threatened everyone at the house, and God knows what else. Eventually they looked around the house, and to their surprise, did not find a projector and child porn laying around. Apparantly this is what they thought they were housing a child porn theater of some sort. Amazingly, they dropped the case right there, and were very nice about it all, considering what was involved.
As for the original poster, was it this student's fault anyway? He was forced to use this computer, was given inadequate software with no training, and was only using the services given to him. I realize he got away cleanly, with no lawyers involved, but can we really expect this to not be a problem? Many in law enforcement do not understand what's involved in these cases, nor do many in the field of law (though this is getting better as the younger generations are entering these fields.)
"Hello, Doom9.com's ISP? Yes, this is Microsoft. We're auditing your sofware licenses."
"Hello, Doom9.com's registrar? You're being charged with violating the DMCA. Pretty much all of it."
"Hello, little tiny country? This is the MPAA, and as official representitives of the US government, we're asking you to hand over all people involved in this post on Doom9.com's forum. If you fail to respond, we'll enact sanctions on your country and drive you into the dark ages. Just look at North Korea for an example.
I've mentioned the same thing in previous Slashdot posts. Of course, other posts got modded up by talking about monkey poo and being funny instead of me. Welcome to /. I suppose.
Is that they so easily did this. There had to have been someone, somewhere, or something with a plan already in place to block specific Internet traffic from Brazil. It's not China fer Chrissakes!
I always thought Hacker meant a guy who spat a lot.
You'll have to buy the expansion pack to add all the minority groups you'd want to show who's who. Until then, you'll have to sate your bloodlust with the major groups.
This is why we need to push the plug-in hybrid. Most people don't drive further than 25 miles from home in a regular day. With some slightly improved battery technology, we will be able to run off of grid electricity for short regular trips.
Hydrogen (or even some ethanol or gas or diesel) could be used for purely long-distance trips. Plug in at your destination to recharge as much as possible, keeping fuel usage down. I'd like to see a study on what percentage of fuel usage we'd be able to cut out in this fashion. I imagine remembering to plug in your car at the end of the day would be an easy transition, given that you'd burn $20 of fuel the next day to get to work instead of recharging for $.50 (numbers pulled from air).
I am not an official "analyst" but this seems to me to be what we'll be transitioning to anyway, without intervention. I imagine that in a few years, assuming rising oil costs, plug-in hybrids will become more/very common. Oil will slowly transition to a lesser used fuel as its cost skyrockets, to be replaced by whatever can be found (ethanol, methane, hydrogen, bigger batteries). It's inevitable, mark my words.
Cons: Yes, I am going to throw in a couple downfalls of this method. 1). Your fuel engine/cell will possibly be idle for long periods of time, making sudden long-haul usage risky. That once a month you visit Grandma 100 miles away would really be the only time you'd find out there's a mechanical problem with your vehicle.
2). Electrical transmission lines across the country would have to be updated. As it is, there are brown and blackouts due to lack of enough power. Upgrading existing lines wouldn't be enough: the pattern of usage would change with residential areas using a lot more power to charge their cars, as well as anywhere else those cars might be charged at (parking lots with meters?).
There are new windmills going up in the flat countryside. They're barely making the payments on the initial costs, but they're relatively affordable. It doesn't take huge amounts of wind to make decent amounts of electricity, it's just not as affordable for the companies trying to make a profit. Here's a helpful website, I am not affiliated with http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=108
A version of Linux that's so simple they just click on ginormous "EMAIL" and "BROWSE WEB" icons on a desktop. Seriously, it's what my mom would actually use. Maybe throw in a "PICTURES" in there, in case they have kids sending them pictures.
Of course, you could set it up in the background, and it of course wouldn't have much functionality. And, the browser and email client skins would have to be customized a bit. Simple media players identical to current digital players would be great too.
Tasers are meant to knock people down who are being unruly. Here, they're using tasering as a threat to a person already in a prone position! They don't care that the taser inhibits movement, they only care that it hurts him!
They could have just jumped him and dragged his ass out. Tasers aren't meant to beat people into submission, they're meant to drop an immediate threat, after which they can be handled better.
You can throw your new one in a microwave just in case :D
You can renew your passport without replacing it. It's cheaper than getting a new one too!
There was a previous article a long ways back about how Google tracks search characteristics by IP address. This was before Gmail came out, but I wouldn't doubt they still use it. Your cookies and Gmail are not safe.
What really concerns me is this: If someone searches for something like their SS# or CC#, thinking that someone had gotten ahold of it and posted it online. They think that the search goes into a black hole when instead, it's now going into a "memory hole," ala 1984.
At my co-op job, we had a biologist, among others. Also, we had a about a quarter to a third of the people with associate's degrees + a lot of experience. Also, our drafters were considered "engineers" though their actual design work may have been minimal.
Most people don't work in IT, and don't get free mousepads. Unless you're trying to brag up your uber-mousepad collection on slashdot? Ok, that makes more sense. Carry on.
The point is, neither the readers, nor the authors can relate to an atomic bomb. They simply have no personal knowledge of such energy. Thus, it's a pointless analogy.
Only if the Hiroshima bomb was a dud. Seriously, a bomb unleashing 63 terajoules of energy (from wikipedia). Even if that rock was 300kg, that means that it would have to be travelling at 648,000m/s or about 1,500,000 mph, in order to have the same amount of energy. Heck, that's about .0022c!
To say this guy overstated the impact is an understatement in itself.
The hotel I'm staying at (not a Holiday Inn Express!), got 553 down and 712 up. Usually things seem to go the other way around...
edits the crap out of them to include all the ads, and then airs them year after year (e.g. The Fifth Element, Terminator 2, Something about Mary are pretty nice for me uncut, but the nerfed versions are unwatchable).
Only cause you wanted to see Milla Jovovich's tastey tatties. Not that I can argue.. :D
Think of the CHILDREN!
I agree. You apparantly think that we can do without IHOP. I disagree. If a person so chooses to eat at IHOP, then that's just fine. If you start banning IHOP because you don't personally think that it's needed, then all of a sudden you run into problems where the government is deciding your life for you.
This road is paved with good intentions of helping the world populace. But, there is absolutely no way that a government large enough to do so would be efficient or not corrupt.
Oh, and I've never been to IHOP. Not that it matters I suppose
It's just an example. A sad example though, as I think that the entire world living at current US standards of living would be ideal.
Kyoto just doesn't help. That's all.
That's not efficiency. That's emissions. Kyoto basically wants to have an incentive in place for emissions as well as efficiency.
Oh, please. If we don't fight over oil, we'll be fighting over carbon-vestibules in the name of Kyoto! The reasonings of war change depending on the current needs.
Alarmist, absolutely. Realistic? A little. I'd like to see things change, but Kyoto is, as others have said, insane.
Companies already increase efficiency as much as possible. It's economically smart. They're not running companies because they don't know business you know.
But, you're saying the government knows better than companies how to run them? Yowzers, that has implications!