Neat, but the audio file really wasn't worth attempting to listen to. I wonder what data would actually have been transmitted in that bit of sound? Where it came from is kind of awesome though.
If this is actually true and at least the frivolous software patents are going to be removed, what about those who have been sued by the patent owners and lost? Will they be entitled to receive anything back from the patent owners as the patents are now invalidated?
I know if I lost out hundreds of thousands of dollars to one of these BS patents, I would want my money back. Hell, if I lost $5, I'd want it back.
I only read part of TFA, so maybe I'm missing something. Patent discussions are boring:o
ISOs? Had them a week ago:) SuSE 8.0 is muchly nice, that it is. Installer is still as good as in 7.3, picked up everything on my lappy, including the nasty token ring pcmcia card.
Have you even taken a look at any of the new linux installs? Mandrake is just as easy as any Windoze install, and Redhat is about the same at this point. Getting some proper info before posting would be a good idea.
"Linux for the desktop is another matter. Its wide-scale adoption is still treated with skepticism by experts, who say that for consumer-level users, simply configuring Linux to dial into an ISP (Internet service provider) is a challenge. "
Shit..what are they talking about? It's a challenge for almost every consumer level user on Windoze, Mac, or whatever else they might be running. Rather thought that was funny there:)
And maybe I should read the entire page before I post here:( The site specifies that it is for Windows only on those requirements already there, the other operating systems will have their info listed later.
On neverwinternights.com site, it's still listing as only supported under Windows 98/ME/2000sp2/XP, with a mention at the bottom of "Other OS requirements coming later." The link to that info is here.
I'm hoping that it will come out for linux at the same time as it does for Windows, but I really doubt it. More likely that the linux version will come out sometime later. And at the speed of the development of NWN, look for it in 2003:)
Must've cost him a ton of quarters to get to a score like that, only managed to hit about 1,000,000 myself. But I never really played it all that much either.
Erm...if that's coming up, you may want to get Ad Aware from Lavasoft. It may have been bundled with some other software you've installed. Don't know of any examples offhand that has it, never run into it yet tho.
Yups, go check www.mp3.mp3. That domain has been registered fully under new.net if you try to search for availability there. It won't work, 'course, unless you installed new.net's software somehow. Use www.mp3.mp3.new.net to see the actual site. There's nothing there, but it's up and running.
new.net is a company that tried to get a shit load more top level domains added, but couldn't. So, they went and made their own database for them all. (ie:.golf,.xxx,.love,.mp3, etc). The software installed by new.net mentioned in the article is basically a redirect when trying to go to those domains.
Say, for example, I had a site called www.stuff.mp3. Under nearly every ISP out there, this obviously would not work. The new.net software modifies the system to be able to recognize it. Outside of this software, the only way to get to this address would be to go to www.stuff.mp3.new.net.
You'd be right:), starting with Win2k, and in WinXP, they're using basically Unix TCP/IP sockets. Must admit that it does work much better than Win9x for network connectivity.
I usually wouldn't agree with an opinion like this, that the large corporation would be the better provider, but I have to concur with it this time.
Just as an example, in Ontario, the largest DSL provider, Sympatico (owned by Bell Canada, giant conglomerate phone company if you didn't know:) ), they have the lowest prices, as well as the most reliable service. My downtime in two years is maybe a total of two days. Most of the smaller DSL services have nowhere near that uptime.
On the other hand, the only real cable internet provider available, Rogers Cable, is one of the worsts ISPs I've ever seen. They are the only ones providing the service, owning all the lines, with no competition, and well...the service sucks.
I think there may be some more monopoly style lawsuits coming up in the future. If this puts any cable based ISP out of business, or suffers too much of a loss, this will be in court pretty damned fast.
I believe what he meant was that by the not insured by FDIC was that if PayPal was continuing to hold the funds, it does not seem that it would be insured, as they are not classified as a bank. Now that PayPal is depositing the funds into FDIC insured accounts, those user balances are insured.
But not everyone does this:) I can drive around with a wireless NIC in my lappy in downtown Toronto, sooner or later can get on to someone's network that they have set up. Pretty sad security measures.
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...what type of security he'd have implemented on something such as this network. Would anyone with a wireless NIC be able to access it? If it connects to his own network at home, are those boxes secure there?
Just getting off a 14 hour helldesk shift, give me a break:)
Normally I'd look into something a little further before announcing my ignorance to everyone, but I forgot this time.
My real amount of knowledge of smartcards are that they get me in the front door and elevators at work:)
..in itself, but in practice, there's no way at all something like this will avoid abuse, commerical, governmental, or privately. What's to stop someone with a smartcard writer from creating their own, or modifying someone else's?
As well, if they decide on implementing access to banking information, credit cards, what happens if you lose your card and don't notice right away? Someone could pick it up and have full access to all of it. And they could really rack up late charges if they put the library card function on it:)
There's also another article on this at wired.com.
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Neat, but the audio file really wasn't worth attempting to listen to. I wonder what data would actually have been transmitted in that bit of sound? Where it came from is kind of awesome though.
Anyone want my 386DX? $4000 refurb AS IS.
"I like parrots" gets a +5 Informative? Awesome:D
I like parrots too. Karma++
If this is actually true and at least the frivolous software patents are going to be removed, what about those who have been sued by the patent owners and lost? Will they be entitled to receive anything back from the patent owners as the patents are now invalidated? I know if I lost out hundreds of thousands of dollars to one of these BS patents, I would want my money back. Hell, if I lost $5, I'd want it back. I only read part of TFA, so maybe I'm missing something. Patent discussions are boring :o
Because no one at all knows about using TOR or encrypting your connections.
Mozilla's works good, but Opera's had that for a long time too. Prefer using it most of the time :)
It's at Ipswitch.com.
1.54 million, actually.
ISOs? Had them a week ago :) SuSE 8.0 is muchly nice, that it is. Installer is still as good as in 7.3, picked up everything on my lappy, including the nasty token ring pcmcia card.
Have you even taken a look at any of the new linux installs? Mandrake is just as easy as any Windoze install, and Redhat is about the same at this point. Getting some proper info before posting would be a good idea.
"Linux for the desktop is another matter. Its wide-scale adoption is still treated with skepticism by experts, who say that for consumer-level users, simply configuring Linux to dial into an ISP (Internet service provider) is a challenge. "
Shit..what are they talking about? It's a challenge for almost every consumer level user on Windoze, Mac, or whatever else they might be running. Rather thought that was funny there :)
And maybe I should read the entire page before I post here :( The site specifies that it is for Windows only on those requirements already there, the other operating systems will have their info listed later.
I think I need sleep now.
On neverwinternights.com site, it's still listing as only supported under Windows 98/ME/2000sp2/XP, with a mention at the bottom of "Other OS requirements coming later." The link to that info is here.
I'm hoping that it will come out for linux at the same time as it does for Windows, but I really doubt it. More likely that the linux version will come out sometime later. And at the speed of the development of NWN, look for it in 2003 :)
Must've cost him a ton of quarters to get to a score like that, only managed to hit about 1,000,000 myself. But I never really played it all that much either.
Erm...if that's coming up, you may want to get Ad Aware from Lavasoft. It may have been bundled with some other software you've installed. Don't know of any examples offhand that has it, never run into it yet tho.
Yups, go check www.mp3.mp3. That domain has been registered fully under new.net if you try to search for availability there. It won't work, 'course, unless you installed new.net's software somehow. Use www.mp3.mp3.new.net to see the actual site. There's nothing there, but it's up and running.
new.net is a company that tried to get a shit load more top level domains added, but couldn't. So, they went and made their own database for them all. (ie: .golf, .xxx, .love, .mp3, etc). The software installed by new.net mentioned in the article is basically a redirect when trying to go to those domains.
Say, for example, I had a site called www.stuff.mp3. Under nearly every ISP out there, this obviously would not work. The new.net software modifies the system to be able to recognize it. Outside of this software, the only way to get to this address would be to go to www.stuff.mp3.new.net.
I think that made sense :)
You'd be right :), starting with Win2k, and in WinXP, they're using basically Unix TCP/IP sockets. Must admit that it does work much better than Win9x for network connectivity.
Just as an example, in Ontario, the largest DSL provider, Sympatico (owned by Bell Canada, giant conglomerate phone company if you didn't know :) ), they have the lowest prices, as well as the most reliable service. My downtime in two years is maybe a total of two days. Most of the smaller DSL services have nowhere near that uptime.
On the other hand, the only real cable internet provider available, Rogers Cable, is one of the worsts ISPs I've ever seen. They are the only ones providing the service, owning all the lines, with no competition, and well...the service sucks.
I think there may be some more monopoly style lawsuits coming up in the future. If this puts any cable based ISP out of business, or suffers too much of a loss, this will be in court pretty damned fast.
I believe what he meant was that by the not insured by FDIC was that if PayPal was continuing to hold the funds, it does not seem that it would be insured, as they are not classified as a bank. Now that PayPal is depositing the funds into FDIC insured accounts, those user balances are insured.
But not everyone does this :) I can drive around with a wireless NIC in my lappy in downtown Toronto, sooner or later can get on to someone's network that they have set up. Pretty sad security measures.
...what type of security he'd have implemented on something such as this network. Would anyone with a wireless NIC be able to access it? If it connects to his own network at home, are those boxes secure there?
Just getting off a 14 hour helldesk shift, give me a break :)
:)
Normally I'd look into something a little further before announcing my ignorance to everyone, but I forgot this time.
My real amount of knowledge of smartcards are that they get me in the front door and elevators at work
..in itself, but in practice, there's no way at all something like this will avoid abuse, commerical, governmental, or privately. What's to stop someone with a smartcard writer from creating their own, or modifying someone else's? As well, if they decide on implementing access to banking information, credit cards, what happens if you lose your card and don't notice right away? Someone could pick it up and have full access to all of it. And they could really rack up late charges if they put the library card function on it :)
There's also another article on this at wired.com.