I've noticed that a lot of my google searches get redirected to an Ebay search page even though the displayed url in the search results is a non-ebay url. I checked the Google cached result and it was not the same as the re-directed page.
It's very annoying as I haven't been able to figure out what is going on. The same Ebay search results show up under dozens of urls in the Google search results
There's nothing on Napster that can't found elsewhere on the internet without charge. The free choices are usually encoded at a higher bite rates. They're not encumbered with Digital Rights Management and the overall quality is usually better.
Don't waste your time with crippled audio formats. If you really like the stuff, go buy the CD and rip it yourself.
If you are going to pay $15 a month for a subscription, you are probably better off with XM Radio (which is also rippable).
The six-nation project - called the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER - is caught in a big-money squabble over where to put the $5 billion reactor. Japan and France both want the privilege.
Why not develop and build the prototype here in the US?
We need a Home Grown "Killer Application" / National Project to jumpstart the US economy and help eliminate our dependence on foreign oil. The loss of jobs resulting from manufacturing and High Tech operations moving off-shore, and the outsourcing of both technical and non-technical services in recent years is killing the US economy. We need to get back on track and reverse this loss.
The whole project would probably cost less than 1 year of war with Iraq.
In this case, the bounced email goes to the return address on the spam which is probably fake. The fake bounced email most likely will never reach the real spammer.
This isn't the same as your mail server refusing to accept the actual spam server's delivery attempt.
If I legally took a spammer to court and if he DDoSed me, it would only strengthen my case. I have the legal recourse to support my stand.
The Spammer has more money than I do. Most individuals do not have the resources to take a spammer to court. However, 10 Million individuals taking pot shots in the dark at the spammers by running anti-spam bots, and helping to make the spammer's life miserable will bring a lot of satisfaction to these individuals. Best of all, It doesn't cost anything.
Was The Game Show Rigged To Get Ratings?
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Adieu to Ken Jennings
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But Jeopardy! executives aren't complaining; ratings were up 22 per cent over the same period last time.
Does this suggest anything?
Is anybody old enough to remember the the "64 Thousand Dollar Question" game show back in the 50s? Remember the isolation booths and the network scandal that resulted after it was discovered that the show was rigged for the ratings? I do!
It's Not A Hack - They Really Mean It!
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SCO.com Defaced
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It's just a last ditch effort to save a sinking ship.
Large corporations go through a reogranization almost annually. I've gone through two in the past year with two different companies. The managers and high-ups make a huge deal about it (rightly so, since it's stuff like that that keeps em in a job) while everyone else just goes "yeah alright, so my division got renamed. yippee."
I used to work for a major Aircraft Flight Simulator company headquartered in Kirkwood NY. The company used to be refered to as the "Cadillac of Flight Simulators"
Toward the end, the company was re-organizing every few months. The employees commonly referred to these re-organizations as the equivalent of rotating 4 bald tires. This was a running joke during the final days of the company.
A year earlier, the company conducted company wide quality training sessions. During the training we were taught that frequent re-organizations were a sign of a failing company. Needless to say, the re-organizations were not successful in bringing the company back to life.
The company was sold and resold several times in the years that followed. The last I heard, is that telemarketers now occupy the building that used to be occupied by Engineers.
Most cable systems use dynamic IP addressing. Will DUNDI accommodate this?
I presently access Free World Dialup through a conventional phone connected to the internet through a Sipura box that uses SIP protocol. The box connects to the FWD server to establish the peer to peer connection.
The FWD server method works very well, but it's not that reliable. When the server is down, you can't dial out. An easy method of direct dialing without a dedicated server is needed.
The Sipura box is also capable of direct IP to IP dialing, but it's very cumbersome to dial this way. So far, we haven't been successful with direct IP dialing. A better solution is needed. DUNDI may be the answer, but the white paper failed to mention if and how DUNDI would work in a dynamic address environment.
I use Yahoo Pops to access my Yahoo account, and Pop Goes The Gmail to access my Gmail account from a Pop Client such as Outlook Express. In general both grabber applications work very well.
Yahoo Pops had some problems downloading file attachments in the 1 mb range. No problems with Pop goes the Gmail so far.
Both of these grabbers run as a Pop Servers on localhost, which means they can't both run on the same machine at the same time. A multi-service mail grabber should be the next step in grabber evolution.
I never cared for Mozilla that much, even though it blocks popups, because it ran terribly slow on my machine compared to IE6. Even the early versions of firefox were not as fast as IE
I just loaded the latest version of Firefox 1.0PR and was pleasantly surprised. Firefox now loads faster than IR6 (with all the security patches), web pages load noticeably faster than IE, and those mini web site icons that sometimes appear in IE and then dissappear are all present in Firefox.
I especially like the tool bar that allows me to place bookmarks for frequently visited sites. I've made Firefox my default browser.
Windows update still requires IE to be present. Hopefully, the Firefox Team will find a workaround for this.
Not exactly bleeding edge technology. Amateur Radio operators have been doing this for over 20 years. It's called packet radio. Low cost packet radio networks span hundreds of miles.
http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pktf.html
This notice appears on my part 15 unlicensed router and most likely appears on the university's access points as well:
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference (to licensed services), and
(2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
A simple workaround for the aparement students, although illegal, would be to load European or Japanese firmware into their 802.11B equipment. This will open up several more channels just above the US channels and would no longer cause interference with the university's equipment, provided the apartment users restricted operation to these out of band channels.
My laptop simply has a box to check (stating that I am in Japan) to open up the extra channels.
Chances are that the university would not be scanning the out of band channels, so the chances of getting caught are very low.
In any event, the FCC rules and regulations state that the university must put up with the interference because they are operating unlicensed equipment.
Put up a Porn Site and Start Charging Admission
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Katie Jones should find a way to profit from all the free publicity her web site is receiving.
Why not just put up a porn site and start charging admission to the book readers that are trying to gain access?
VOIP services such as Jeff Pulver's Free World Dialup operate as a peer to peer connection. The server is only there to establish the connection. It should be easy enough to encrypt the end points.
I personally use FWD to circumvent local toll charges from the money grubbing phone companies for calls made to a friend across town just outside of the localling area.
Perhaps I'm parenoid, but I don't need Home World Security, the FBI, or anybody else having the ability to monitor my VOIP calls. I'm also disturbed by the extensive key stroke logging that takes place at FWD. Every call that I initiate or receive whether or not completed gets logged. I had thought of circumventing the logging by simply running my own server, in effect establishing my own private network.
As far as making communications secure, I can do this now through an encrypted VPN connection. If VOIP wire tapping actually materializes, new secure protocols (VOIPs://, or PGP for VOIP) will surely rise to meet this challange.
Slashdot Mirror
I want to watch it, but haven't found the torrent.
I've noticed that a lot of my google searches get redirected to an Ebay search page even though the displayed url in the search results is a non-ebay url. I checked the Google cached result and it was not the same as the re-directed page.
It's very annoying as I haven't been able to figure out what is going on. The same Ebay search results show up under dozens of urls in the Google search results
There's nothing on Napster that can't found elsewhere on the internet without charge. The free choices are usually encoded at a higher bite rates. They're not encumbered with Digital Rights Management and the overall quality is usually better.
Don't waste your time with crippled audio formats. If you really like the stuff, go buy the CD and rip it yourself.
If you are going to pay $15 a month for a subscription, you are probably better off with XM Radio (which is also rippable).
Who paid for the park - certainly not the taxpayers.
I wonder how much the owner/artist pays in annual property taxes!
Did you remember to ground the tinfoil? If left ungrounded, it will act as an antenna instead of a shield allowing your data to escape.
I guess that Apple isn't going along with the plan.
Why not develop and build the prototype here in the US?
We need a Home Grown "Killer Application" / National Project to jumpstart the US economy and help eliminate our dependence on foreign oil. The loss of jobs resulting from manufacturing and High Tech operations moving off-shore, and the outsourcing of both technical and non-technical services in recent years is killing the US economy. We need to get back on track and reverse this loss.
The whole project would probably cost less than 1 year of war with Iraq.
In this case, the bounced email goes to the return address on the spam which is probably fake. The fake bounced email most likely will never reach the real spammer.
This isn't the same as your mail server refusing to accept the actual spam server's delivery attempt.
The Spammer has more money than I do. Most individuals do not have the resources to take a spammer to court. However, 10 Million individuals taking pot shots in the dark at the spammers by running anti-spam bots, and helping to make the spammer's life miserable will bring a lot of satisfaction to these individuals. Best of all, It doesn't cost anything.
Does this suggest anything?
Is anybody old enough to remember the the "64 Thousand Dollar Question" game show back in the 50s? Remember the isolation booths and the network scandal that resulted after it was discovered that the show was rigged for the ratings? I do!
It's just a last ditch effort to save a sinking ship.
If you believe that, I have some Ocean Front property in Arizona for sale - Are You Interested?
I can't disclose the precise location because it would be in violation of the DMCA.
Big Deal! It's just a sign-up promotion.
This is not that far from reality. X-Ray lasers are presently under development. X-Ray Laser
X-Rays have a wavelength that lies betwween UV light and Gamma Rays. In a few years, Gamma Ray Lasers may be a reality.
I used to work for a major Aircraft Flight Simulator company headquartered in Kirkwood NY. The company used to be refered to as the "Cadillac of Flight Simulators"
Toward the end, the company was re-organizing every few months. The employees commonly referred to these re-organizations as the equivalent of rotating 4 bald tires. This was a running joke during the final days of the company.
A year earlier, the company conducted company wide quality training sessions. During the training we were taught that frequent re-organizations were a sign of a failing company. Needless to say, the re-organizations were not successful in bringing the company back to life.
The company was sold and resold several times in the years that followed. The last I heard, is that telemarketers now occupy the building that used to be occupied by Engineers.
5 years in jail may be an equitable trade off for the millions that he received.
Most cable systems use dynamic IP addressing. Will DUNDI accommodate this?
I presently access Free World Dialup through a conventional phone connected to the internet through a Sipura box that uses SIP protocol. The box connects to the FWD server to establish the peer to peer connection.
The FWD server method works very well, but it's not that reliable. When the server is down, you can't dial out. An easy method of direct dialing without a dedicated server is needed.
The Sipura box is also capable of direct IP to IP dialing, but it's very cumbersome to dial this way. So far, we haven't been successful with direct IP dialing. A better solution is needed. DUNDI may be the answer, but the white paper failed to mention if and how DUNDI would work in a dynamic address environment.
The Term "Third World" implies that a "First World" and a "Second World" also exist. Where might these be located?
Better Call "Home World Security" - We need to locate the first two missing worlds before the third one disappears.
Yep, Here in the US, We have the best politians that money can buy. This is just another example.
I use Yahoo Pops to access my Yahoo account, and Pop Goes The Gmail to access my Gmail account from a Pop Client such as Outlook Express. In general both grabber applications work very well.
Yahoo Pops had some problems downloading file attachments in the 1 mb range. No problems with Pop goes the Gmail so far.
Both of these grabbers run as a Pop Servers on localhost, which means they can't both run on the same machine at the same time. A multi-service mail grabber should be the next step in grabber evolution.
I never cared for Mozilla that much, even though it blocks popups, because it ran terribly slow on my machine compared to IE6. Even the early versions of firefox were not as fast as IE
I just loaded the latest version of Firefox 1.0PR and was pleasantly surprised. Firefox now loads faster than IR6 (with all the security patches), web pages load noticeably faster than IE, and those mini web site icons that sometimes appear in IE and then dissappear are all present in Firefox.
I especially like the tool bar that allows me to place bookmarks for frequently visited sites. I've made Firefox my default browser.
Windows update still requires IE to be present. Hopefully, the Firefox Team will find a workaround for this.
Not exactly bleeding edge technology. Amateur Radio operators have been doing this for over 20 years. It's called packet radio. Low cost packet radio networks span hundreds of miles. http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pktf.html
This notice appears on my part 15 unlicensed router and most likely appears on the university's access points as well:
A simple workaround for the aparement students, although illegal, would be to load European or Japanese firmware into their 802.11B equipment. This will open up several more channels just above the US channels and would no longer cause interference with the university's equipment, provided the apartment users restricted operation to these out of band channels.
My laptop simply has a box to check (stating that I am in Japan) to open up the extra channels.
Chances are that the university would not be scanning the out of band channels, so the chances of getting caught are very low.
In any event, the FCC rules and regulations state that the university must put up with the interference because they are operating unlicensed equipment.
Katie Jones should find a way to profit from all the free publicity her web site is receiving.
Why not just put up a porn site and start charging admission to the book readers that are trying to gain access?
I wonder how Penguin would react to that!.
VOIP services such as Jeff Pulver's Free World Dialup operate as a peer to peer connection. The server is only there to establish the connection. It should be easy enough to encrypt the end points.
I personally use FWD to circumvent local toll charges from the money grubbing phone companies for calls made to a friend across town just outside of the localling area.
Perhaps I'm parenoid, but I don't need Home World Security, the FBI, or anybody else having the ability to monitor my VOIP calls. I'm also disturbed by the extensive key stroke logging that takes place at FWD. Every call that I initiate or receive whether or not completed gets logged. I had thought of circumventing the logging by simply running my own server, in effect establishing my own private network.
As far as making communications secure, I can do this now through an encrypted VPN connection. If VOIP wire tapping actually materializes, new secure protocols (VOIPs://, or PGP for VOIP) will surely rise to meet this challange.