sarcasm
Everyone should have atleast one Microsoft product or two around them at all times. Be it a PocketPC, Win 9x, Win2k or Win2003 or an Xbox or something else. end sarcasm
I mean look at them, they have been working hard for so many years, begging borrowing stealing and flourishing (not that all their code is like that, but I havn't seen it... have you??? so don't tell me I'm trolling...)
Look at those products, a bug a day keeps the unemployment away.
They keep millions of Windows "Administrators", programmers and IT support happily employed through these bad times, through weekly patches and serious consequences of losing your system if you dont.... throw in a few T-shirts, send them to MCSE trainings, certifications, "boot camps" and what not....
grin
Unlike BSD & Linux -- a bunch of crack smoking hippies who refuse to put in bugs into their system to secure employment of fellow Open Source hackers... these guys (MS) are EMPLOYING millions of ppl. directly or through hundreds of man years of debugging , fixing , patching and just running their software...
/grin
What has to be understood is that a compromised system, if part of a larger group of compro & non-compro systems can have a lot of undesirable consequences. In a Corporation network of say 150 servers a couple broken in boxes serving as open relays, ftp/warez sites or just sniffing around do not necessarily have to bring the whole Company down for a day, pulling the plug on them is always an option.
However if your servers/farms are crunching numbers for a Satellite recon or is running a battlefield communication center then your not quite sure how it would behave. A lot of modelling and discussions will go on about this, but some of these problems (of data consistency) have already been handled previously in Computer Science... so its not that big a deal. It will I guess be like one of those "decisions" a battlefield commander takes, of how much he trusts the intel he is getting and how he wishes to proceed and are the risks acceptable. Similarly the network/systems ppl will be making choices whether they can live with this intrusion or not...how best to handle it without stopping the grid.
If Lexmark (or HP or whoever) makes a product and they say that for warranty purposes you have to use their own crappy ink/toner -- all this upfront, I don't see a big deal why it is a consumer victory as touted. I surely agree that a refill helps in cost cutting, but I have also seen tons of printers (both inkjet and laser) with ink/toner spilt all over their innards just because ppl didn't want use a decent cartridge / toner. This is when they bring their product in for warranty "replacement" since their ink/toner is "smudging", "not printing right" , "sucks" or something of that nature.
As long as they let the consumer know this in advance and you have a choice not to buy this product no one is in trouble are they?
Ofcourse you may not have much choice for buying from someone besides Lexmark & Canon & HP but then thats a DIFFERENT problem.....
Poking around in the library could mean with something else too... there are cute chicks in the library you know;)
Go ahead and poke
Please don't assume that it means something innocuous....:)
"CRN: Are you being called in by vendors such as CA and systems integrators to help win over some of these big Linux deals?
Torvalds: No. I never go to customer meetings. I don't like customers (laughing). "
To make your PC, TV, wife/gf/bf/husband, dog, child (in whatever order) quieter use these.... Howard Leight earplugs:)
NRR= 33 and an 40 db average attenuation.
These are quiet enough to make you want to talk to yourself:)
So the planes in trouble (engine problems, pilot drunk,air hostess forgot makeup) and has to be taken through a "soft wall" to land ASAP so how is one going to "circumvent" the softwalls in these circumstances?
If the mechanism (disabling) is in the plane itself, its a candidate for takeover by a malicious person.. unlikely it can be on the ground because of misdirection / hostile action.
Finally from the mechanics of the problem, if I don't have sufficient thrust to clear the obstacle I could still go right in correct?? So a throttle close could still put the plane in the wrong place...
Yes they all have false positives, and we do lose occasional emails, but by your logic legislation against crime has been there for centuries, that hasn't prevented a lot of what we see in society...
As to the "no technology will ever be able to get around the continuous new tricks used by spammers.
" the tricks will again be technology written by programmers, your part of this trick is to stay one step ahead of them or find ppl who are (which will be many) and use their programs, not foolproof but certainly better than trying to haul all those viagra, inplant , & satisfaction emails to court......
Differently seen companies chasing their tails in copyright infringments, trade protocol violations and intellectual property rights are generally the ones which are going to fall pretty soon. Short on cash and not being able to earn/fund the millions they were used to in the dotgone era they are metamorphosing into scavengers and opportunists.... SCO is a shining example
The crummy economy is bringing out the best in a lot of Companys, their legal team thinks, "we are getting irrelevant (as a team) , lets think up something to make some money and make sure we dont' get laid off," "hmmm... patent # 5551212 seems to be worth looking into"
and there starts their Road to Hell
Easy money (or so they think),lot of publicity (for sure) and a lot of hits on their website , so there's a new concept for you the legal team is now the marketing team
Why does the goverment have to get into every freaking use or misuse of the internet?
Ok, say CA passed a law and allowed ppl to sue a spammer for say a million dollars, ok, so are you going to Korea, China,.ru , and all the other domains, and serving warrants on them?
"Wait wait" will be the protests, you can go after the big spammers like aaa,bbbb & cccc!!
yeah sure, dont you think they'd just use servers outside CA and perhaps the US to do what they've been doing ???
Trying to explain a email message header to a court of law may be one thing but getting the actual spammer may be a whole different game to play. Ofcourse "my server was hacked and was being used for spam" will always be an option.
So whats the answer? technology, even Windows machines have pretty good free Bayesian filter softwares available,(atleast for OE, & Outlook) and they are pretty effective, Popfile , SpamBayes are a couple which come to mind.
They will stop most of your spam, and a couple of weeks of "training" will catch most of 'em.
These softwares are not complicated to use, and are available through click and point interface no messy config files.
Ofcourse in the brighter side of this planet where free software reigns , there are too many spam filters available, server side, and client side. Pick one and forget the rest of the laws.
$46 is unlimited long distance calling (which includes local line and phone) which is equivalent to a $20 land line + $40 "unlimited" calling from SBC/ATT) = $15 saving
and they have a $26 plan (which I'm thinking of getting) which has 500 long distance mins and unlimited local calling:)
ITs better because 1. You don't have to dial a 18 digit sams code # 2. you dont' have to carry a card with a 18 digit sams code # 3. you don't have to "refresh" your 18 digit sams code # everytime your card finishes specially in the middle of a conversation:) 4. you don't have to be a sams member to get it ( you CANNOT buy it if you're not a member the walmart card is at a higher rate (around 4-6/ cents/min) 5. wham bam sorry sam
PS: 18 digit sams code # is a FOMI (figment of my imagination) but I guess a 18005551212 == 11 digits + a 4-6 digit pin + press 1 for englissss and 2 for se habla espaniol should be around 18 keypresses ==> yes I know there are "shortcuts" on your whiz bang phone
Honda Develops World's First 'Collision Mitigation Brake System' (CMS) for Predicting Rear-end Collisions and Controlling Brake Operations To be installed in upcoming Inspire, in combination with "E-Pretensioner" seatbelt retraction mechanism
Tokyo, May 20, 2003 --- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced today it has developed the world's first Collision Mitigation Brake System (CMS), which predicts rear-end collisions and assists brake operation to reduce impact on occupants and vehicle damage. This system determines the likelihood of a collision based on driving conditions, distance to the vehicle ahead, and relative speeds, and uses visual and audio warnings to prompt the driver to take preventative action. It can also initiate braking to reduce the vehicle's speed. The new system will be installed in the new Inspire scheduled for release in June of this year, in combination with the "E-Pretensioner," which retracts the seatbelt in anticipation of impact.
The CMS and E-Pretensioner use a millimeter-wave radar to detect vehicles ahead within a range of 100 meters, and then calculate the distance between the vehicles, the relative vehicle speeds, and the anticipated vehicle path to determine the likelihood of a collision. If the system determines that a collision is likely, it sounds an alarm and provides a tactile warning, tightening the seatbelt to prompt the driver to take preventative action. The system also incorporates a number of functions to reduce impact on occupants in the event an impact is unavoidable, including a brake assist function that compensates for insufficient pedal pressure to reduce the speed of impact, and seatbelt control that increases seatbelt tension to hold the driver more securely in place.
Honda considers safety to be one of the most crucial issues automakers face, and as such has long been active in the fields of driver safety education, active safety (preventing collisions), and passive safety (minimizing injury in the event of a collision). In addition, Honda has been promoting research and development of 'Honda Pre-crash Safety Technologies,' which are designed to predict collisions and minimize impacts. CMS and the E-Pretensioner, which warn the driver of impending collisions and reduce impact when collisions are unavoidable, represent the first stage in the practical application of these technologies.
Outline of CMS and E-Pretensioner Operations
Primary warning When there is a risk of collision with the vehicle ahead or if the distance between the vehicles has become too short, an alarm sounds, and the message "BRAKE" appears on the multi-information display in the instrument panel, prompting the driver to take preventative action.
Secondary warning If the distance between the two vehicles continues to diminish, CMS applies light braking, and the E-Pretensioner retracts the seatbelt gently two or three times, providing the driver with a tactile warning. At this point, if the driver applies the brakes, the system interprets this action as emergency braking, and activates the brake assist function to reduce impact speed.
Collision damage reduction If the system determines that a collision is unavoidable, the E-Pretensioner retracts the seatbelt with enough force to compensate for seatbelt slack or baggy clothing, providing even more effective driver retention than conventional seatbelt pretensioners, which only begin to operate once the collision has occurred. The CMS also activates the brakes forcefully to further reduce the speed of impact. The E-Pretensioner is designed to operate whenever the driver brakes suddenly and the brake assist functions, tightening the seatbelt to secure the driver even if the CMS has not prediced a collision.
CMS & E-Pretensioner System Configuration
â Millimeter-wave radar Detects vehicles within a range of about 100 meters ahead, in a
More competition, more power to the consumer.
If you think I'm kidding see what intel offers today compared to when AMD wasn't around and ofcourse the price.
Do you even think that their processors would be around the $400 mark if there was no AMD?
India pop. 1 billion * 80% (Hindus 80% of that they cremate) * (say 2 % use this technology) * 2% = 16 million
(at 1/4 carat each that translates to) a staggering 4 million carats a year..
prostoalex works for the RIAA they couldn't shut it down so they./ it
prostoalex writes "Music labels filed a lawsuit against major Internet service providers for not blocking access to Listen4Ever.com, music site located in China. The defendants in the suit include AT&T Broadband, Cable & Wireless USA, Sprint Corp., Advanced Network Services and UUNET Technologies." Wow
Slashdot Mirror
sarcasm
/grin
Everyone should have atleast one Microsoft product or two around them at all times. Be it a PocketPC, Win 9x, Win2k or Win2003 or an Xbox or something else.
end sarcasm
I mean look at them, they have been working hard for so many years, begging borrowing stealing and flourishing
(not that all their code is like that, but I havn't seen it... have you??? so don't tell me I'm trolling...)
Look at those products, a bug a day keeps the unemployment away.
They keep millions of Windows "Administrators", programmers and IT support happily employed through these bad times, through weekly patches and serious consequences of losing your system if you dont.... throw in a few T-shirts, send them to MCSE trainings, certifications, "boot camps" and what not....
grin Unlike BSD & Linux -- a bunch of crack smoking hippies who refuse to put in bugs into their system to secure employment of fellow Open Source hackers... these guys (MS) are EMPLOYING millions of ppl. directly or through hundreds of man years of debugging , fixing , patching and just running their software...
What has to be understood is that a compromised system, if part of a larger group of compro & non-compro systems can have a lot of undesirable consequences. In a Corporation network of say 150 servers a couple broken in boxes serving as open relays, ftp/warez sites or just sniffing around do not necessarily have to bring the whole Company down for a day, pulling the plug on them is always an option.
However if your servers/farms are crunching numbers for a Satellite recon or is running a battlefield communication center then your not quite sure how it would behave. A lot of modelling and discussions will go on about this, but some of these problems (of data consistency) have already been handled previously in Computer Science... so its not that big a deal.
It will I guess be like one of those "decisions" a battlefield commander takes, of how much he trusts the intel he is getting and how he wishes to proceed and are the risks acceptable.
Similarly the network/systems ppl will be making choices whether they can live with this intrusion or not...how best to handle it without stopping the grid.
If Lexmark (or HP or whoever) makes a product and they say that for warranty purposes you have to use their own crappy ink/toner -- all this upfront, I don't see a big deal why it is a consumer victory as touted. I surely agree that a refill helps in cost cutting, but I have also seen tons of printers (both inkjet and laser) with ink/toner spilt all over their innards just because ppl didn't want use a decent cartridge / toner. This is when they bring their product in for warranty "replacement" since their ink/toner is "smudging", "not printing right" , "sucks" or something of that nature.
.....
As long as they let the consumer know this in advance and you have a choice not to buy this product no one is in trouble are they?
Ofcourse you may not have much choice for buying from someone besides Lexmark & Canon & HP but then thats a DIFFERENT problem
Poking around in the library could mean with something else too... there are cute chicks in the library you know ;) :)
Go ahead and poke
Please don't assume that it means something innocuous....
Where's the reboot button on this ship ??? and where's that blue screen??? Blue screen of death
Have these two guys ever turned on a TV recently?
/.
Amongst ABC,CBC,NBC,CNN,FOX, where the f@*$ did they find information in them??
Ohhh you mean
To make your PC, TV, wife/gf/bf/husband, dog, child (in whatever order) quieter use these.... :)
NRR= 33 and an 40 db average attenuation. :)
Howard Leight earplugs
These are quiet enough to make you want to talk to yourself
So the planes in trouble (engine problems, pilot drunk,air hostess forgot makeup) and has to be taken through a "soft wall" to land ASAP so how is one going to "circumvent" the softwalls in these circumstances?
If the mechanism (disabling) is in the plane itself, its a candidate for takeover by a malicious person.. unlikely it can be on the ground because of misdirection / hostile action.
Finally from the mechanics of the problem, if I don't have sufficient thrust to clear the obstacle I could still go right in correct?? So a throttle close could still put the plane in the wrong place...
I'm sure there are answers to these somewhere..
Yes they all have false positives, and we do lose occasional emails, but by your logic legislation against crime has been there for centuries, that hasn't prevented a lot of what we see in society... As to the "no technology will ever be able to get around the continuous new tricks used by spammers. " the tricks will again be technology written by programmers, your part of this trick is to stay one step ahead of them or find ppl who are (which will be many) and use their programs, not foolproof but certainly better than trying to haul all those viagra, inplant , & satisfaction emails to court......
Differently seen companies chasing their tails in copyright infringments, ....
,lot of publicity (for sure) and a lot of hits on their website ,
trade protocol violations and intellectual property rights
are generally the ones which are going to fall pretty soon.
Short on cash and not being able to earn/fund the millions they were used to in the dotgone era they are metamorphosing into scavengers and opportunists
SCO is a shining example
The crummy economy is bringing out the best in a lot of Companys, their legal team thinks, "we are getting irrelevant (as a team) , lets think up something to make some money and make sure we dont' get laid off," "hmmm... patent # 5551212 seems to be worth looking into"
and there starts their Road to Hell
Easy money (or so they think)
so there's a new concept for you
the legal team is now the marketing team
Why does the goverment have to get into every freaking use or misuse of the internet?
.ru , and all the other domains, and serving warrants on them?
Ok, say CA passed a law and allowed ppl to sue a spammer for say a million dollars, ok, so are you going to Korea, China,
"Wait wait" will be the protests, you can go after the big spammers like aaa,bbbb & cccc!!
yeah sure, dont you think they'd just use servers outside CA and perhaps the US to do what they've been doing ???
Trying to explain a email message header to a court of law may be one thing but getting the actual spammer may be a whole different game to play.
Ofcourse "my server was hacked and was being used for spam" will always be an option.
So whats the answer?
technology, even Windows machines have pretty good free Bayesian filter softwares available,(atleast for OE, & Outlook) and they are pretty effective, Popfile , SpamBayes are a couple which come to mind.
They will stop most of your spam, and a couple of weeks of "training" will catch most of 'em.
These softwares are not complicated to use, and are available through click and point interface no messy config files.
Ofcourse in the brighter side of this planet where free software reigns , there are too many spam filters available, server side, and client side. Pick one and forget the rest of the laws.
whew....
my dear Billy
If you wern't so silly
and hadn't sold the list
to make money hand over fist
if you turned away from the dark side
went to unix where there is light
you would cuss a little less and be so carefree
cause with unix you can stop spam for free!!
$46 is unlimited long distance calling (which includes local line and phone)
:)
which is equivalent to a $20 land line + $40 "unlimited" calling from SBC/ATT) = $15 saving
and they have a $26 plan (which I'm thinking of getting) which has 500 long distance mins and unlimited local calling
ITs better because :)
1. You don't have to dial a 18 digit sams code #
2. you dont' have to carry a card with a 18 digit sams code #
3. you don't have to "refresh" your 18 digit sams code # everytime your card finishes specially in the middle of a conversation
4. you don't have to be a sams member to get it ( you CANNOT buy it if you're not a member the walmart card is at a higher rate (around 4-6/ cents/min)
5. wham bam sorry sam
PS: 18 digit sams code # is a FOMI (figment of my imagination) but I guess a 18005551212 == 11 digits + a 4-6 digit pin + press 1 for englissss and 2 for se habla espaniol should be around 18 keypresses ==> yes I know there are "shortcuts" on your whiz bang phone
Make it "glow" in the dark so she can find you...
Answers a lot of queries ppl had..
http://world.honda.com/news/2003/4030520.html
Honda Develops World's First 'Collision Mitigation Brake System' (CMS)
for Predicting Rear-end Collisions and Controlling Brake Operations
To be installed in upcoming Inspire,
in combination with "E-Pretensioner" seatbelt retraction mechanism
Tokyo, May 20, 2003 --- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced today it has developed the world's first Collision Mitigation Brake System (CMS), which predicts rear-end collisions and assists brake operation to reduce impact on occupants and vehicle damage. This system determines the likelihood of a collision based on driving conditions, distance to the vehicle ahead, and relative speeds, and uses visual and audio warnings to prompt the driver to take preventative action. It can also initiate braking to reduce the vehicle's speed. The new system will be installed in the new Inspire scheduled for release in June of this year, in combination with the "E-Pretensioner," which retracts the seatbelt in anticipation of impact.
The CMS and E-Pretensioner use a millimeter-wave radar to detect vehicles ahead within a range of 100 meters, and then calculate the distance between the vehicles, the relative vehicle speeds, and the anticipated vehicle path to determine the likelihood of a collision. If the system determines that a collision is likely, it sounds an alarm and provides a tactile warning, tightening the seatbelt to prompt the driver to take preventative action. The system also incorporates a number of functions to reduce impact on occupants in the event an impact is unavoidable, including a brake assist function that compensates for insufficient pedal pressure to reduce the speed of impact, and seatbelt control that increases seatbelt tension to hold the driver more securely in place.
Honda considers safety to be one of the most crucial issues automakers face, and as such has long been active in the fields of driver safety education, active safety (preventing collisions), and passive safety (minimizing injury in the event of a collision). In addition, Honda has been promoting research and development of 'Honda Pre-crash Safety Technologies,' which are designed to predict collisions and minimize impacts. CMS and the E-Pretensioner, which warn the driver of impending collisions and reduce impact when collisions are unavoidable, represent the first stage in the practical application of these technologies.
Outline of CMS and E-Pretensioner Operations
Primary warning
When there is a risk of collision with the vehicle ahead or if the distance between the vehicles has become too short, an alarm sounds, and the message "BRAKE" appears on the multi-information display in the instrument panel, prompting the driver to take preventative action.
Secondary warning
If the distance between the two vehicles continues to diminish, CMS applies light
braking, and the E-Pretensioner retracts the seatbelt gently two or three times, providing
the driver with a tactile warning. At this point, if the driver applies the brakes, the
system interprets this action as emergency braking, and activates the brake assist
function to reduce impact speed.
Collision damage reduction
If the system determines that a collision is unavoidable, the E-Pretensioner retracts the
seatbelt with enough force to compensate for seatbelt slack or baggy clothing,
providing even more effective driver retention than conventional seatbelt pretensioners,
which only begin to operate once the collision has occurred. The CMS also activates
the brakes forcefully to further reduce the speed of impact. The E-Pretensioner is
designed to operate whenever the driver brakes suddenly and the brake assist functions,
tightening the seatbelt to secure the driver even if the CMS has not prediced a collision.
CMS & E-Pretensioner System Configuration
â Millimeter-wave radar
Detects vehicles within a range of about 100 meters ahead, in a
More competition, more power to the consumer. If you think I'm kidding see what intel offers today compared to when AMD wasn't around and ofcourse the price. Do you even think that their processors would be around the $400 mark if there was no AMD?
XP = Crap;
TigerDirect = Crap;
XP && TigerDirect
= Crap and Crap
= more crap
Buy our good software we will save your sorry asses
If so, what can one comment on the Ogg stream if its already well defined?
I thought RFC's were proposals for eliciting peer comments/reviews??
Scenario Time: anytime
.... "gasp!!???" , "ouch", (straining grunts...) , "brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"
Location : Bathrooms all over the world
Sounds : gasping and grunts from the bathroom...
"uh", "brrrrrr...."
"sighh..........aaaaaaaaaaaaahhh"
aaahhhhh the POWER of brown
India pop. 1 billion * 80% (Hindus 80% of that they cremate) * (say 2 % use this technology) * 2% = 16 million (at 1/4 carat each that translates to)
a staggering 4 million carats a year..
prostoalex works for the RIAA they couldn't shut it down so they
prostoalex writes "Music labels filed a lawsuit against major Internet service providers for not blocking access to Listen4Ever.com, music site located in China. The defendants in the suit include AT&T Broadband, Cable & Wireless USA, Sprint Corp., Advanced Network Services and UUNET Technologies." Wow
In God we trust... others we firewall
so now we should firewall EVERYTHING??