"Over a year, thats $202,777.78 in time lost to spam. Ouch."
No. That figure must only be applied as an offset against the amount of money _saved_ by your company through the use of email instead of the alternatives.
"Note - This is NOT Spam - you posted to one of our FFA sites or added yourself to the list. This is a one-time email transmission...no removal is necessary. Click Remove button to be removed: Remove"
Before you dive into google and read the thousands of pages listed on this subject, try to think up some arguments for yourself.
Once you've formulated some arguments, then use google/google groups to look for confirmation - writings of other people who have formulated the same argument.
This will give you confidence when making your case because you will really understand what you are saying.
If you just recite somebody else's argument without understanding the proof you won't come across as very convincing.
On the same subject, I want to know why an artists negotiating position is so weak that they end up with such a crap deal.
If the artist gets virtually nothing (and we've all heard artists make this complaint), and the record company gets everything, THEN WHY THE HELL DO THEY SIGN?
leet hacker: "I could break into your traffic light control system over the Internet and make the lights go green in both directions."
leet traffic light manufacturer: "No you couldn't."
leet hacker: "Why not?"
leet traffic light manufacturer: "Because we have protection in place. Relays physically prevent power being supplied to both red and green lights in opposing directions at the same time."
leet hacker: "What is the response time of those relays? What if I hacked your box and strobed the lights so fast that they appeared to be still lit?"
"$COMPANY has connected $DEVICE to the Internet meaning that $FUNCTION can be performed remotely. This is going to revolutionise the way $DEVICE is used."
Loads of people use my PC, my family when the come round to visit, my friends etc. And they all surf the web taking advantage of my broadband connection:o)
Their profile of "me" must be a right mess. I think they're taking advertisers for a ride when they say they can target people who visit "this" sort of web page, when there is no guarantee that the person using the computer at a given time is the same person that visited "that" web page.
I'm sure there's more to it that i'm missing (like linking up with email addresses on forms etc), but i'm still not sure I really understand what / how they're profiling.
I hope all these nancies who publish stuff on the web but don't want it linked to have set-up robots.txt appropriately.
There isn't much difference between a website linking to you, and a result page of a search engine.
For the unitiated, robots.txt is a text file you can place in the root directory of your web site that advises search engines not to index various parts of your site. More info at http://www.robotstxt.org/
If you stand on a beach in Northern France with your UK mobile phone, and do a "Network Search", it will probably see your home network back in the UK - but that doesn't mean you can use it because your phones transmitter is simply not capable of reaching the same distance.
Yes, but they tend to be specialised services that you wouldn't necessarily hear about unless you were targeted by their advertising campaigns.
Beneath the hype fuelled, misinterpreted and poorly understood Internet world that many and the media believe, there are some real companies, quietly making real money (and lots of it) with brand new concepts enabled by the Internet.
I work for one, and it makes us laugh when people and the media talk about the Internet having no viable business models.
Load of tosh.
There is plenty of money to made. It's just not for "Mr 25 Trillion Hits for 1 dollar".
Google seem to be struggling with the amount of crap they have ended up indexing.
So much so, that google places A LOT of weight in having a Open Directory (http://www.dmoz.org) entry for a site.
Google used to be great, but i'm starting to find even the top results can be pretty much bunk, and have to look a few pages into the results to find something really relevant.
Another problem is their AdWords service.
AdWords NEED to be more expensive so that only real companies can afford them, and not some sad act operating a "25 Trillions Hits for $1" service.:(
IANAC (I am not a cryptographer) but a real one could bore you for hours in answer to this question, so i'll try and be brief.
Re: writing your own encryption; the short answer is no, it would not be better. Truly good encryption techniques have been through years of peer review, to the extent that if they are executed properly, you are safe. Remember that there is a cost associated with breaking encryption, so unless you have something extremely valuable, and consider yourself a master cryptographer, just stick with a well known method.
Re: double encrypting passwords; this is kinda what happens anyway if you use an algorithm such as 3DES (triple DES). The traditional attack against passwords is one where you create a dictionary of known encrypted passwords and compare these to the encrypted password you are trying to crack. In this case, double encryption doesn't gain you much, because the attacker will just double encrypt the dictionary in the same way.
Also look at using one-way-hash functions for your password system.
If your IPv6 address is going to be assigned at birth, we need to be able to look at the genetic make up of the person to see if they are likely to turn out as a geek.
If they are, then we should assign a complete net-block, otherwise just the one will do.
Slashdot Mirror
What?
"shuttle_launcher_0_1"
Excellent. That'll save a few dollars. What's the development status?
"1 - Planning, sir"
Ah.
"Over a year, thats $202,777.78 in time lost to spam. Ouch."
No. That figure must only be applied as an offset against the amount of money _saved_ by your company through the use of email instead of the alternatives.
"Note - This is NOT Spam - you posted to one of our FFA sites or added yourself to the list. This is a one-time email transmission...no removal is necessary. Click Remove button to be removed: Remove"
LOL
Before you dive into google and read the thousands of pages listed on this subject, try to think up some arguments for yourself.
Once you've formulated some arguments, then use google/google groups to look for confirmation - writings of other people who have formulated the same argument.
This will give you confidence when making your case because you will really understand what you are saying.
If you just recite somebody else's argument without understanding the proof you won't come across as very convincing.
On the same subject, I want to know why an artists negotiating position is so weak that they end up with such a crap deal.
If the artist gets virtually nothing (and we've all heard artists make this complaint), and the record company gets everything, THEN WHY THE HELL DO THEY SIGN?
leet hacker: "I could break into your traffic light control system over the Internet and make the lights go green in both directions."
leet traffic light manufacturer: "No you couldn't."
leet hacker: "Why not?"
leet traffic light manufacturer: "Because we have protection in place. Relays physically prevent power being supplied to both red and green lights in opposing directions at the same time."
leet hacker: "What is the response time of those relays? What if I hacked your box and strobed the lights so fast that they appeared to be still lit?"
leet traffic light manufacturer: "Ah....."
We ain't talking about "Getting Up There", we're talking about making a living. Big difference.
Starting up is an option. There are all sorts of things you can do with email and web access.
Freelance web design is the obvious option, but there are others.
Trouble is, even Google can't differentiate the good opportunities from the trash.
PHB.
Does anybody know anything about the actual infrastructure that is the "Great Firewall of China"?
I've done some googlin' but can't really find out anything about it. I think I heard once that Cisco had been involved in putting it together.
I'm just idley curious - where is it/they? What platforms are used? What are the bandwidth requirements etc. Anybody know?
the software equivalent of small, wedge shaped robot with self-righting mechanism and loads of torque.
We have many, many years of this to come.
"$COMPANY has connected $DEVICE to the Internet meaning that $FUNCTION can be performed remotely. This is going to revolutionise the way $DEVICE is used."
They have outlets in American cities, kind of like an Internet cafe only more business oriented with word processing facilities, photo-copying etc.
...what doubleclick do about multi-user PC's?
:o)
Loads of people use my PC, my family when the come round to visit, my friends etc. And they all surf the web taking advantage of my broadband connection
Their profile of "me" must be a right mess. I think they're taking advertisers for a ride when they say they can target people who visit "this" sort of web page, when there is no guarantee that the person using the computer at a given time is the same person that visited "that" web page.
I'm sure there's more to it that i'm missing (like linking up with email addresses on forms etc), but i'm still not sure I really understand what / how they're profiling.
PHB.
I love the way the RIAA think that every song shared by P2P is a lost sale.
LOL!
I hope all these nancies who publish stuff on the web but don't want it linked to have set-up robots.txt appropriately.
There isn't much difference between a website linking to you, and a result page of a search engine.
For the unitiated, robots.txt is a text file you can place in the root directory of your web site that advises search engines not to index various parts of your site. More info at http://www.robotstxt.org/
This has actually swung round the other way now in the UK.
I recently applied for planning permission to plant a big tree, but was told that I could only do it if I disguise it as a cell phone tower.
If you stand on a beach in Northern France with your UK mobile phone, and do a "Network Search", it will probably see your home network back in the UK - but that doesn't mean you can use it because your phones transmitter is simply not capable of reaching the same distance.
So doesn't the same thing happen with 802.11?
MAIN
{
target = 72;
do
{
guess = rand();
}
while guess target;
print "GOT IT!"
}
NEWS HEADLINE:
Artificial Intelligence researcher creates computer program that comes up with the number 72.
Yes, but they tend to be specialised services that you wouldn't necessarily hear about unless you were targeted by their advertising campaigns.
Beneath the hype fuelled, misinterpreted and poorly understood Internet world that many and the media believe, there are some real companies, quietly making real money (and lots of it) with brand new concepts enabled by the Internet.
I work for one, and it makes us laugh when people and the media talk about the Internet having no viable business models.
Load of tosh.
There is plenty of money to made. It's just not for "Mr 25 Trillion Hits for 1 dollar".
PHB
Google seem to be struggling with the amount of crap they have ended up indexing.
:(
So much so, that google places A LOT of weight in having a Open Directory (http://www.dmoz.org) entry for a site.
Google used to be great, but i'm starting to find even the top results can be pretty much bunk, and have to look a few pages into the results to find something really relevant.
Another problem is their AdWords service.
AdWords NEED to be more expensive so that only real companies can afford them, and not some sad act operating a "25 Trillions Hits for $1" service.
I think.
Hi RedElf,
IANAC (I am not a cryptographer) but a real one could bore you for hours in answer to this question, so i'll try and be brief.
Re: writing your own encryption; the short answer is no, it would not be better. Truly good encryption techniques have been through years of peer review, to the extent that if they are executed properly, you are safe. Remember that there is a cost associated with breaking encryption, so unless you have something extremely valuable, and consider yourself a master cryptographer, just stick with a well known method.
Re: double encrypting passwords; this is kinda what happens anyway if you use an algorithm such as 3DES (triple DES). The traditional attack against passwords is one where you create a dictionary of known encrypted passwords and compare these to the encrypted password you are trying to crack. In this case, double encryption doesn't gain you much, because the attacker will just double encrypt the dictionary in the same way.
Also look at using one-way-hash functions for your password system.
Hope this helps!
PHB.
for stupid people that store their toilet roll somewhere other than in the toilet.
I mean come on.
Crap songs.
The reason I've given up buying CDs is because most of the songs are crap. This seems to be what happens:
New band makes really good couple of records. Get noticed, get sucked in by record company.
Record company thinks "$$$$" so need album. Lock new band in recording studio for 2 days whilst they come up with 10 really crap filler tracks.
Release album with 2 decent tracks and 10 really crap filler tracks.
And then, stone me, people start P2P the two decent tracks because they don't want to pay $15 for a CD full of crap filler tracks.
I think (could be wrong).
If your IPv6 address is going to be assigned at birth, we need to be able to look at the genetic make up of the person to see if they are likely to turn out as a geek.
If they are, then we should assign a complete net-block, otherwise just the one will do.
Dunno,
It's my hair that's pointy, not my head.