From the release notes: Dump images spanning multiple media volumes:
This major step forward alleviates Amanda's most significant limitation. The size of the backed up images is no longer restricted to a single media volume but may now span over several volumes. This gets rid of the need of the administrator to artificially segment their data into parts which can fit into a single media volume (as required in prior versions of Amanda).
The fundamental intellectual fight is to get rid of the idea of "intellectual property", and to explain when it comes up why it is an absurd idea with no historical basis, and an abuse of the term "property" as a false metaphor for what should be a licensing/sub-licensing relationship dealing with a temporary monopoly right that is artificially created to reward the creators of certain types of work to the general benefit of society.
Yeah, "intellectual licensing/sub-licensing relationship dealing with a temporary monopoly right that is artificially created to reward the creators of certain types of work to the general benefit of society" is much easier to say than "intellectual property".
All kidding aside, I completely agree with your point of view. Benjamin Franklin must be spinning in his grave.
My favorite line from the NYT Pogue article: A five-Mac license is available for $150 after Amazon rebate, too, although it's worth noting that Mac OS X is not copy-protected and requires no Windows-style activation.
In other words, feel free to borrow that Tiger CD from your friend and install it on your Mac. If anyone mentions it, just tell them David Pogue said it's ok.
Bug Name: URL Naming Bug
Bug: Browsers disallow entry of spaces into web addresses
Proposed Fix: Allow advertisers to advertise and users to enter as many spaces in a web address as they want, then remove all spaces internally before matching.
This seems like it would cause more problems than it's supposed to solve. Besides the obvious issue of resolving non-hierarchical namespaces, what about sites where the position of the space character is important? (i.e. "Reds Hots" vs. "Red Shots")
The AK-47 is completely illegal in the U.S. without a federal permit
FYI - While there are some US states in which the AK-47 is illegal, and others where a permit is required, there are a number of states where it's perfectly legal to purchase, own, and fire one without a permit.
:-) Sorry, this just reminded me of a Simpson's quote:
Shop Owner: We sell forbidden objects from places men fear to tread. We also sell frozen yogurt, which I call "Frogurt"!
Homer tells the owner that he is looking for a present for his son's birthday. The owner hands him a talking Krusty doll. Shop Owner: Take this object, but beware it carries a terrible curse! Homer: [worried] Ooooh, that's bad. Shop Owner: But it comes with a free Frogurt! Homer: [relieved] That's good. Shop Owner: The Frogurt is also cursed. Homer: [worried] That's bad. Shop Owner: But you get your choice of topping! Homer: [relieved] That's good. Shop Owner: The toppings contains Potassium Benzoate. Homer: [stares] Shop Owner: That's bad. Homer: Can I go now?
From the article: The guidelines call for new mechanisms to replacement the current security system, based on WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol), which has come under fire for being too easy to circumvent.
The last I checked, WEP stood for Wired Equivalent Privacy. Has to make you wonder how technically accurate the rest of the article is...
1. A Norton AntiVirus 2002 CD
2. A floppy disk with the latest virus definitions on it.
The Norton AntiVirus CD automatically checks the floppy drive for the latest virus definitions when you boot from it, otherwise it uses the outdated ones on the CD.
So when does LindowsOS actually become "release" version software? Currently the only way to get it is to become a LindowsOS "insider" with a $99 membership. See here. Is this just crafty marketing?
From the review: Instead of buying two dedicated pieces of equipment (albeit they're only about $99 each), you need to buy just a single $129 device.
Ok, so once I have my single $129 WET11, what wireless device will it be connecting to? Wouldn't I still need to buy a $99 access point? And if I'm buying a $99 access point already, why wouldn't I just buy another one that can do more than bridge and save myself $30?
Mark Westerman, managing partner with network consultant Westcam, installed the SE Linux access controls on a critical server for one of his customers after a common security flaw, known as a buffer overflow, allowed a hacker to take control of the company's server. Westerman configured the access rules but left the buffer overflow unpatched on the server as a test.
When the hacker came back a second time to the server and attempted to gain control of the process, the access controls limited what the attacker could do. Instead of taking control of the computer, the hacker could only crash the service that had the buffer overflow, but did no other damage.
That's all well and good, but if I were a Westcam customer, I don't think I would want a critical server left unpatched "as a test".
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I'm amazed you mentioned ASP, not because of of its flamebait value, but because, um, it sucks. I swear to God, there must be "if(client != "IEWin"){slow_down(); crash_unpredictably();}" in the source somewhere. Even these days, old-school Perl CGI is often the right tool for the job. Unless you're developing 100% for IEWin, IIS, and MS-SQL, ASP never is.
The last I checked, ASP was a server-side technology (i.e. Active Server Pages) In other words, the browser platform shouldn't matter because the processing happens before the browser even gets the output. PHP behaves this way as well.
I knew it was going to happen, just not this soon.. Is this the kind of FUD we're going to come to expect from security focus now that they sold out^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H are under the symantec "corporate umbrella"?
Actually, the article is by George Smith of SecurityFocus criticizing Howard Schmidt formerly of Microsoft fame. (The write-up incorrectly combines these names.) Read the article before you post next time...
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A USB Ethernet dongle for $29 and an external USB Superdrive for $99 doesn't seem that bad to me:
http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs.html (very bottom of the page)
Why would it be your responsibility to keep these around anyway? Wouldn't the user bring them in with the laptop?
From the release notes:
Dump images spanning multiple media volumes:
This major step forward alleviates Amanda's most significant limitation. The size of the backed up images is no longer restricted to a single media volume but may now span over several volumes. This gets rid of the need of the administrator to artificially segment their data into parts which can fit into a single media volume (as required in prior versions of Amanda).
Yeah, "intellectual licensing/sub-licensing relationship dealing with a temporary monopoly right that is artificially created to reward the creators of certain types of work to the general benefit of society" is much easier to say than "intellectual property".
All kidding aside, I completely agree with your point of view. Benjamin Franklin must be spinning in his grave.
A five-Mac license is available for $150 after Amazon rebate, too, although it's worth noting that Mac OS X is not copy-protected and requires no Windows-style activation.
In other words, feel free to borrow that Tiger CD from your friend and install it on your Mac. If anyone mentions it, just tell them David Pogue said it's ok.
Bug: Browsers disallow entry of spaces into web addresses
Proposed Fix: Allow advertisers to advertise and users to enter as many spaces in a web address as they want, then remove all spaces internally before matching.
This seems like it would cause more problems than it's supposed to solve. Besides the obvious issue of resolving non-hierarchical namespaces, what about sites where the position of the space character is important? (i.e. "Reds Hots" vs. "Red Shots")
FYI - While there are some US states in which the AK-47 is illegal, and others where a permit is required, there are a number of states where it's perfectly legal to purchase, own, and fire one without a permit.
According to WHOIS results, infiniumlabs.com was registered on November 19, 2002. I'll let you connect the dots...
...is whether it's now in the hands of the CIA or SD-6.
Is it me, or does it seem that in the last decade or so NASA has become more interested in PR and their image than space science?
Shop Owner: We sell forbidden objects from places men fear to tread. We also sell frozen yogurt, which I call "Frogurt"!
Homer tells the owner that he is looking for a present for his son's birthday. The owner hands him a talking Krusty doll.
Shop Owner: Take this object, but beware it carries a terrible curse!
Homer: [worried] Ooooh, that's bad.
Shop Owner: But it comes with a free Frogurt!
Homer: [relieved] That's good.
Shop Owner: The Frogurt is also cursed.
Homer: [worried] That's bad.
Shop Owner: But you get your choice of topping!
Homer: [relieved] That's good.
Shop Owner: The toppings contains Potassium Benzoate.
Homer: [stares]
Shop Owner: That's bad.
Homer: Can I go now?
The guidelines call for new mechanisms to replacement the current security system, based on WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol), which has come under fire for being too easy to circumvent.
The last I checked, WEP stood for Wired Equivalent Privacy. Has to make you wonder how technically accurate the rest of the article is...
2. A floppy disk with the latest virus definitions on it.
The Norton AntiVirus CD automatically checks the floppy drive for the latest virus definitions when you boot from it, otherwise it uses the outdated ones on the CD.
So when does LindowsOS actually become "release" version software? Currently the only way to get it is to become a LindowsOS "insider" with a $99 membership. See here. Is this just crafty marketing?
Instead of buying two dedicated pieces of equipment (albeit they're only about $99 each), you need to buy just a single $129 device.
Ok, so once I have my single $129 WET11, what wireless device will it be connecting to? Wouldn't I still need to buy a $99 access point? And if I'm buying a $99 access point already, why wouldn't I just buy another one that can do more than bridge and save myself $30?
Mark Westerman, managing partner with network consultant Westcam, installed the SE Linux access controls on a critical server for one of his customers after a common security flaw, known as a buffer overflow, allowed a hacker to take control of the company's server. Westerman configured the access rules but left the buffer overflow unpatched on the server as a test.
When the hacker came back a second time to the server and attempted to gain control of the process, the access controls limited what the attacker could do. Instead of taking control of the computer, the hacker could only crash the service that had the buffer overflow, but did no other damage.
That's all well and good, but if I were a Westcam customer, I don't think I would want a critical server left unpatched "as a test".
Just use wget and regular expressions. :-)
I'm curious if anyone has tried LindowsOS or noticed that it is still in beta? i.e. Go to the LindowsOS site and pay $99 for a "sneak preview"?!?!?!
The last I checked, ASP was a server-side technology (i.e. Active Server Pages) In other words, the browser platform shouldn't matter because the processing happens before the browser even gets the output. PHP behaves this way as well.
--Matt
I wish I could do a 2 meg down 1 meg up. I'd pay $80 a month for that RIGHT NOW.
--Matt
Is this the kind of FUD we're going to come to expect from security focus now that they sold out^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H are under the symantec "corporate umbrella"?
Actually, the article is by George Smith of SecurityFocus criticizing Howard Schmidt formerly of Microsoft fame. (The write-up incorrectly combines these names.) Read the article before you post next time...
--Matt