Can anyone recommend a Windows based media player that plays most all formats (mp3, divx, avi, mpeg, whatever), that ISNT some overly feature laden, skinnable piece of Britney candy?
Another problem is that apps on Windows can piggyback on IE's permissions for HTTP connections.
That's why I use Mozilla. I use a rules based firewall, and IE has no permissions at all except for access to Windows Update.
With all the software these days that phones home without telling you, it just seems to make sense for broadband users to have a hardware router/firewall to protect against external threats as well as a software firewall to keep unauthorized communication from getting out.
There seem to be a lot of people in this discussion who feel that this is a black and white issue. "If you can die from it, it should be disclosed. If it won't kill you, then I should protect my reputation. You'll recover eventually."
While there is no need for new laws, I see an issue of liability, especially for an exploit that infects your computer and either remains dormant or operates silently. Every computer that visited an infected site could be compromised and remain compromised.
Even after the infection is cleaned at the source, the infected computers could go on causing trouble. The surest way to get them cleaned would be to place an announcement on the compromised site warning repeat visitors that they may be infected.
The only actual benefit of NOT having the catch all is that the spammer's server will have to handle all the mail that is bounced back and possibly slow its output of spam.
Very few spammers use their own servers. I would bet that none of them provide a valid server name for bounces or replies to be routed to.
I'm not sure if this is a golf joke or a sex joke:
Two business partners are playing golf. The two women playing in front of them are playing slowly and badly, and holding them up. One businessman says to his partner, "I'll go ask if we can play through." He starts walking toward them, but about halfway there, he turns around. When he gets back, his partner asks what happened.
He replies, "I can't talk to those women, one of then is my wife, and the other is my mistress. Why don't you go talk to them?" The second man starts to walk over. He gets halfway there and turns around. When he gets back, his partner asks, "Now what happened?" To this he replies, "Small world, isn't it?"
How could a judge award damages for lost revenue when you didn't make any money out of their idea anyway?
1) Claim that the Open Source project uses your copyrighted/patented material
2) Claim that they are giving away what you are trying to sell
3) Send out John Doe subpoenas ala RIAA
4) Sue
Or they can sue under the grounds that Booble deliberatly chose a name that sounds very similar to theirs and is using it to sell a product that is very similar to theirs.
I don't think you can successfully sell "Clorex" laundry products or "Rolez" watches and jewelry without being sued. I don't see this as being any different.
>They are suing because of... Hotmail. Both recieve huge amounts of spam to user accounts...
Not since a week ago. Incoming spam, which used to average 10's of messages a *day*, is now down to a trickle. Hotmail has started using new filters, along with their new look.
The filters just mean that the end user isn't seeing all that spam. It is still being sent to hotmail users, and Microsoft still has to deal with it, and has to pay the cost of processing it - including the cost of implementing those new filters.
My favorite example of this is Nexium. I saw an advertisement for this product, and the sum total of the information I got from the ad is that it is a little purple pill that I should ask my doctor about. They never bothered to mention what the product is or what it does.
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If you want to know why pornography is evil then just think about it from the point of view of the photographic objects. Imagine that was you, how degraded would you feel if you were the subject of those pictures. What kind of psycological defences would you have to put up just to get up in the morning?
This kind of flawed logic seems to be very common. You would feel degraded by being the subject of pornographic photos, therefore everybody would feel degraded by it, therefore pornography is bad.
The world isn't that simple. There are a lot of people who enjoy or seek out things that others consider degrading or even harmful. What one person finds degrading, another might find entertaining or even arousing. Neither side is wrong until they insist that everybody else must feel the same way.
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Can anyone recommend a Windows based media player that plays most all formats (mp3, divx, avi, mpeg, whatever), that ISNT some overly feature laden, skinnable piece of Britney candy?
Media Player Classic at SourceForge, Afterdawn, or Divx Digest.
I'd love to see Google get in with Jabber. Joogle?
No, it's "Gabber".
You can get LiteStep here.
Or you can take the longer way and go here.
Another problem is that apps on Windows can piggyback on IE's permissions for HTTP connections.
That's why I use Mozilla. I use a rules based firewall, and IE has no permissions at all except for access to Windows Update.
With all the software these days that phones home without telling you, it just seems to make sense for broadband users to have a hardware router/firewall to protect against external threats as well as a software firewall to keep unauthorized communication from getting out.
There seem to be a lot of people in this discussion who feel that this is a black and white issue. "If you can die from it, it should be disclosed. If it won't kill you, then I should protect my reputation. You'll recover eventually."
While there is no need for new laws, I see an issue of liability, especially for an exploit that infects your computer and either remains dormant or operates silently. Every computer that visited an infected site could be compromised and remain compromised.
Even after the infection is cleaned at the source, the infected computers could go on causing trouble. The surest way to get them cleaned would be to place an announcement on the compromised site warning repeat visitors that they may be infected.
The only actual benefit of NOT having the catch all is that the spammer's server will have to handle all the mail that is bounced back and possibly slow its output of spam.
Very few spammers use their own servers. I would bet that none of them provide a valid server name for bounces or replies to be routed to.
Opera has an option to start where you left off last time, Mozilla has the Session Saver extension.
I'm not sure if this is a golf joke or a sex joke:
Two business partners are playing golf. The two women playing in front of them are playing slowly and badly, and holding them up. One businessman says to his partner, "I'll go ask if we can play through." He starts walking toward them, but about halfway there, he turns around. When he gets back, his partner asks what happened.
He replies, "I can't talk to those women, one of then is my wife, and the other is my mistress. Why don't you go talk to them?" The second man starts to walk over. He gets halfway there and turns around. When he gets back, his partner asks, "Now what happened?" To this he replies, "Small world, isn't it?"
Autopatcher.com also has a Lite version and an UltraLite version.
The UltraLite version contains only Critical and Recommended updates, along with IE and Outlook patches, and weighs in at 89MB.
It claimed to be something desirable, but was actually something harmful. That is the primary Trojan like aspect.
How could a judge award damages for lost revenue when you didn't make any money out of their idea anyway?
1) Claim that the Open Source project uses your copyrighted/patented material
2) Claim that they are giving away what you are trying to sell
3) Send out John Doe subpoenas ala RIAA
4) Sue
Link accountability to commerciality.
If a person wants to disclaim responsibility, they can make a program freely available and state that they don't warrant usability.
If a person or company wants to sell a program, a certain level of accountability is called for.
This issue was discussed in another article recently.
Many sites charge by the number of banners shown, rather than the number of banners clicked on.
I think there are 2 different types of sucker.
One type is the people who buy something from spam in the mistaken belief that they are going to get value for their money.
The other type is the people who buy the services of a spammer in the mistaken belief that they are going to get value for their money.
Sometimes this belief persists even after the transaction has been concluded.
<pedantic> That's Valentine Michael Smith. </pedantic>
Orkut describes itself as "an online community that connects people through a network of trusted friends".
I don't want to socialize with that guy, or with any of his friends.
Or they can sue under the grounds that Booble deliberatly chose a name that sounds very similar to theirs and is using it to sell a product that is very similar to theirs.
I don't think you can successfully sell "Clorex" laundry products or "Rolez" watches and jewelry without being sued. I don't see this as being any different.
There is never a "worst time" for nude Natalie Portman pictures.
I was just about to score with Natalie Portman, when she found my stash of nude Natalie Portman pictures......
The article is about a guy who likes to work from Florida 2 weeks out of every month in the winter. Not the same thing.
So the small record labels can ship CDs with no copy protection. Problem solved.
Too bad Groklaw isn't up there at #3.
If enough people link to them, they will be.....
>They are suing because of
Not since a week ago. Incoming spam, which used to average 10's of messages a *day*, is now down to a trickle. Hotmail has started using new filters, along with their new look.
The filters just mean that the end user isn't seeing all that spam. It is still being sent to hotmail users, and Microsoft still has to deal with it, and has to pay the cost of processing it - including the cost of implementing those new filters.
My favorite example of this is Nexium. I saw an advertisement for this product, and the sum total of the information I got from the ad is that it is a little purple pill that I should ask my doctor about. They never bothered to mention what the product is or what it does.
51/4" disks: open slot = write enabled, closed slot = write protected.
31/2" disks: open slot = write protected, closed slot = write enabled.
If you want to know why pornography is evil then just think about it from the point of view of the photographic objects. Imagine that was you, how degraded would you feel if you were the subject of those pictures. What kind of psycological defences would you have to put up just to get up in the morning?
This kind of flawed logic seems to be very common. You would feel degraded by being the subject of pornographic photos, therefore everybody would feel degraded by it, therefore pornography is bad.
The world isn't that simple. There are a lot of people who enjoy or seek out things that others consider degrading or even harmful. What one person finds degrading, another might find entertaining or even arousing. Neither side is wrong until they insist that everybody else must feel the same way.