If you use KaZaA, with all of its spyware, worm-like auto-updating, and history of escalating privacy invasion, you don't have a clue. You deserve to be 0wn3d d00d.
OK, you say they removed a feature...what functionality are you no longer able to access?
All the legacy plugins I'm aware of have ActiveX counterparts (and have for quite some time).
I don't give a flip if it's a plugin, activex, or a fucking fred flintstone bird inside a camera...if I can still access the SAME content, and it still renders correctly, and perhaps renders more reliably and quickly, well, let them do what they will.
100Mbps won't be showing up at your door any time soon. Price some of the modems -- you are dealing with modems, not simple 100baseT NICs. To bring 100Mbps to your door, it's optical, and the modem will run $15-20k US.
It will be awhile until that drops to something more reasonable. Maybe PON (passive optical networks) will be the breakthrough. I'm not very familiar with that technology -- anyone?? anyone?? Ferris?
They seem to be missing the point. Heck, even if you change the point, they seem to be always missing it.
Streaming is verboten, because that might be something that they could charge for. However, noone will pay for it (a la, major league baseball internet-cast).
But on the other hand, they won't support any form of open access to the media. So what do you think happens? piracy.
That's not much of a surprise. I hate to see it as much as anyone else. I think it's a shame, but until RIAA actually offers an alternative that people can use, noone should be surprised that the chinese are cracking down on protesters.
just like everything else in the.com space over the past year, things need a little renegotiation. The courts will agree. While the plaintiffs want to thing in terms of contracts and black and white, the judges aren't idiots. The law tends to favor actions which enable businesses to stay in business.
I have to laugh everytime I read one of these "spam is illegal/spam is made illegal/spammer is found to be violating the law" stories.
If the US congress tomorrow passes a law that clearly and completely illegalizes spam, the amount of pr0n and online diploma spam I get will drop ZERO PERCENT.
How do you sue? Like I'm going to sue a korean mail relay. Stop. You are wasting my time. This problem can't and won't be solved by Trent Lott and Tom Daschle. Stop pretending it will.
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My friend, who once commanded a six-figure salary coding C++ for a large development firm, has been crippled by these implements and now has to struggle with demeaning part-time jobs in order to put food on the table.
Oh really. And has he seen a doctor?
This bullshit is insulting to those who actually suffer.
If this "friend" really exists, and really has problems, he'd see a doctor, get a workman's comp identified illness cert (carpel tunnel is a recognized illness, no different from spraining your back), and he'd remain employed at his current employer, with medical time off as required. And if he and the employer can't come to terms on the environment/degree of incapacitation, he'll hire a lawyer.
If your friend is working crap jobs to get by, he's either a dumbass, or you're faking this whole thing.
I would think that most business class lines (T1, T3, etc) don't really care what you are using them for, as long as you pay your bills.
You would be wrong. I have dealt with 4 T1's over the last 5 years, and you can't resell or share. It's pretty damn simple. They care because they are the ISP, and they don't want you to be an ISP to someone else.
It's one of the few things they actually care about.
have you ever read the TOS for any modern ISP? They have every right, per the TOS, to shut you down; not just for reselling bandwidth, but often just for sharing it. The TOS limits the user of the ISP's service to you and your computers, not your neighbor, etc.
I doubt it. When the lease is renewed, the client asks the DHCP server to renew the same IP address, and in 99.9% of the cases, that's what happens. Now you could set your DHCP server up (in a very non-standard configuration) to never renew the same addresses (DHCPDECLINE) and rotate through the address space, but for the handful of VPNs you'd be thwarting, you'd undoubtedly cause hundreds of other problems. Windows isn't very adept at handling IP address changes on the fly.
Sure, the kiddies can still twiddle with system calls, but if they can't put _their_ code somewhere where _they_ can execute it, it raises the difficulty level of creating an exploit by an order of magnitude. Sure, false sense of security, blah blah blah, but really, shouldn't this (non-exec stack) be a standard feature of any OS that purports to be secure?
I believe the only reason 5.2 isn't on %25 of the business desktop in the windows world is because everyone sees MS Office
I tried StarOffice. I believe the reason it isn't on 25% of the business _OR_ non-business desktops is because its custom desktop bites.
Who came up with that idea? If I want a custom desktop, I'll let you know. Making an office-compatible knockoff is hard enough. Why complicate it by trying to take over the desktop??
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If you use KaZaA, with all of its spyware, worm-like auto-updating, and history of escalating privacy invasion, you don't have a clue. You deserve to be 0wn3d d00d.
All the legacy plugins I'm aware of have ActiveX counterparts (and have for quite some time).
I don't give a flip if it's a plugin, activex, or a fucking fred flintstone bird inside a camera...if I can still access the SAME content, and it still renders correctly, and perhaps renders more reliably and quickly, well, let them do what they will.
More practical?
More practical for someone who needs a tram in their backyard? K.
What would be more practical for the referenced site is a webserver than handle more than 5 hits per hour.
If you're not using Debian, you're wasting your time -- literally.
If your customers can't figure out what you're trying to do, you are in a world of shit.
Rest assured, we're not. Good intentions pave the...
Not that I say we should stop. It's not in our nature. Just sit back and wait for the mind boggling dilemmas that are certainly to come.
The fact that 3,000 people died in this tragedy doesn't exempt it from considered analysis and discussion. Instead, it demands it.
your ISP isn't going to be running 100Base-FX to the door. Too much loss.
It will be awhile until that drops to something more reasonable. Maybe PON (passive optical networks) will be the breakthrough. I'm not very familiar with that technology -- anyone?? anyone?? Ferris?
I like the term "Security Enhanced" instead of "Secure." The former is attainable, the latter is quite laughable to anyone in the know.
Streaming is verboten, because that might be something that they could charge for. However, noone will pay for it (a la, major league baseball internet-cast).
But on the other hand, they won't support any form of open access to the media. So what do you think happens? piracy.
That's not much of a surprise. I hate to see it as much as anyone else. I think it's a shame, but until RIAA actually offers an alternative that people can use, noone should be surprised that the chinese are cracking down on protesters.
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What the heck, I'm game. I'll stoop to your level. Stuff it, asshole.
If the US congress tomorrow passes a law that clearly and completely illegalizes spam, the amount of pr0n and online diploma spam I get will drop ZERO PERCENT.
How do you sue? Like I'm going to sue a korean mail relay. Stop. You are wasting my time. This problem can't and won't be solved by Trent Lott and Tom Daschle. Stop pretending it will.
Oh really. And has he seen a doctor?
This bullshit is insulting to those who actually suffer.
If this "friend" really exists, and really has problems, he'd see a doctor, get a workman's comp identified illness cert (carpel tunnel is a recognized illness, no different from spraining your back), and he'd remain employed at his current employer, with medical time off as required. And if he and the employer can't come to terms on the environment/degree of incapacitation, he'll hire a lawyer.
If your friend is working crap jobs to get by, he's either a dumbass, or you're faking this whole thing.
You would be wrong. I have dealt with 4 T1's over the last 5 years, and you can't resell or share. It's pretty damn simple. They care because they are the ISP, and they don't want you to be an ISP to someone else.
It's one of the few things they actually care about.
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have you ever read the TOS for any modern ISP? They have every right, per the TOS, to shut you down; not just for reselling bandwidth, but often just for sharing it. The TOS limits the user of the ISP's service to you and your computers, not your neighbor, etc.
standard business TOS specifically excludes right to resell. I've seen it time and time again; DSL, cable, T1, ISDN.
I'm posting this right now from an XP ACPI openbsd system. I'm not sure what the big deal is. I didn't realize I had unintentionally split the atom...
I doubt it. When the lease is renewed, the client asks the DHCP server to renew the same IP address, and in 99.9% of the cases, that's what happens. Now you could set your DHCP server up (in a very non-standard configuration) to never renew the same addresses (DHCPDECLINE) and rotate through the address space, but for the handful of VPNs you'd be thwarting, you'd undoubtedly cause hundreds of other problems. Windows isn't very adept at handling IP address changes on the fly.
http://bbspot.com/News/2002/02/bitter_guide.html
Sure, the kiddies can still twiddle with system calls, but if they can't put _their_ code somewhere where _they_ can execute it, it raises the difficulty level of creating an exploit by an order of magnitude. Sure, false sense of security, blah blah blah, but really, shouldn't this (non-exec stack) be a standard feature of any OS that purports to be secure?
I tried StarOffice. I believe the reason it isn't on 25% of the business _OR_ non-business desktops is because its custom desktop bites.
Who came up with that idea? If I want a custom desktop, I'll let you know. Making an office-compatible knockoff is hard enough. Why complicate it by trying to take over the desktop??