I used to trust ZoneAlarm, but then I figured that hardware firewalling is probably a safer bet than software firewalling, especially if the software firewall is running on a Windows box. ZoneAlarm is the only thing that can tell you this attempt to connect to port 80 on http://12.34.56.78 is not coming from your browser, but from a process called __Leet_IM__CLient!!!111__ . You get the picture... Because you allow port 80 outbound in your hardware firewall, don't you?
I really felt like this chick was *trying* to get some creep stalking/abducting her.
I really think that chick was a 40 yrs old fbi agent... y'know the saying, "on the Internet, men are men, women are women and 12 years old kids are FBI agents".:)
A better idea is to write "rm -rf ~/*", name the script "ls" and put it in your home directory to punish people with "." in $PATH . Now _that's_ teh funnay.:)
On the other side of things, Google stands to make a killing here. Google can sell a new class of ads to people like plumbers, who don't need a webpage.
Wait, I have a better idea: why not put together a collection of local info (maybe print it also) and call that, say, Yellow Pages?:-)
Only three have succeeded so far: the two Viking probes in the 1970s and Mars Pathfinder in 1997.
What are the chances those probes contaminated Mars with terrestrian microorganisms? Since the 1970's it was discovered life is more resilient than it was thought, with bacteria not only surviving, but thiriving, in mediums considered to be sterile - like in thermal water springs or nuclear reactor cores.
The meaning of "sterile" has changed a lot - see what measures NASA is preparing to take now for a (still theoretical) mission to Europa (Jupiter's satellite, for the challenged).
Same for Sweden, Germany, and to my knowledge Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Romania. That makes me suspect receiving calls is free (even for the pay-as-you-go services) all over europe.
Why do you think I said "still"?:-) Anyway, I finished my download at 4kb/s, down from 65kb/s for the first 25Mb or so - but it went ok. I learnt from past mistakes and didn't post the link until I was 90% with my download.;-)
Pros: * Cheap disks - $2 each as opposed to $45 a compact flash card * Quality player devices - can survive a trek into the off road bike trails with no skip [...]
Now, tell me if you ever heard of a skipping flash card...:)
From the article: On Tuesday, a music industry group said worldwide sales of CDs fell 5 percent last year, the first drop ever. The group attributed it to the rise of Internet services like Napster, which distribute music copied from CDs.
As long as such CNN and the other mainstream media (ok, except M$NBC because of the "M$") - present things this way, the myth of "mp3 piracy" will live on; like the CD being "new media" and charged as such even as we speak (in spite of being in use more than the average age of slashdot users) - they can blame their losses on mp3's forever.
I guess this new format will die soon... but is it wishfull thinking on my side?
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Seriously, I really want secure security!
Run ipsec or some other form of end-to-end encryption or vpn. Put the wireless network on a separate interface (a la DMZ) on one of your routers. That's it - it's probably safer than your cat5 now.
To hell with the positive benefits of making cars safer in the long run...
I bet the black box won't help a bit to recover stolen cars... no sir, that's another department. It will surely monitor your driving habits and give the insurance companies more reasons to refuse to pay. It'll allow cops to trace you but won't help in pinpointing your position if you have an accident.
It's not that I don't have my tinfoil hat, it something called *REALITY*. Try it some time - it'll change the way you see the world.
very sizable faction of Japanese who would like nothing better than to declare Japan a nuclear power and begin dominating the Pacific again
[off topic] And if they decide to do this, is it good or bad? Who's gonna challenge them? Is the US (or EU, or China) better at dominating the Pacific? At least the chinese and the japanese understand the local culture, understanding which has eluded the West for 500 years. The US is not in the position to freeze japanese assets, as in 1941. Maybe Japan is the natural Israel of the Pacific, after all.
This is interesting; the other two killer apps, pr0n and games, were NOT so terrified about piracy - or they didn't have so much power. Come to think of, we're talking about the *entertainment* industry here. Stop reading for a second and think "entertainment"... ok, now how does this fit with all the big words/phrases like "intellectual property", "innovation", "loses of billions of dollars"...? If Disney goes bankrupt tomorrow, how will the life of the average American change? Will millions of people starve, or freeze to death? Extend to African, Asian etc. I think all this has gone way out of proportions.
I bet that Sun could save a crapload of more money by dedicating a few engineers to improve Linux on SPARC
Obviously they are not so sure. I mean, they don't want linux on sparc, period. Solaris/sparc is a cash-cow right now, you just don't play/fool around with something like this.
'Third-party' software as in compilers, profiling tools, debuggers, other libraries. You're right about the shitty hardware support; but hey - it was targeted for businesses, not "oh-i-found-this-486-in-the-basement-.-cool-!-" home-user.
2.2GHz Uniprocessor x86 chips can smoke 4-way Solaris Sparc chips [...]
Heloooo... the story is about Solaris on x86. I won't go in the "Sparc vs. x86" argument, which is off-topic, but instead reiterate that on SMP x86, Solaris smokes Linux. Maybe sad, but true.
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I used to trust ZoneAlarm, but then I figured that hardware firewalling is probably a safer bet than software firewalling, especially if the software firewall is running on a Windows box.
ZoneAlarm is the only thing that can tell you this attempt to connect to port 80 on http://12.34.56.78 is not coming from your browser, but from a process called __Leet_IM__CLient!!!111__ . You get the picture...
Because you allow port 80 outbound in your hardware firewall, don't you?
I really felt like this chick was *trying* to get some creep stalking/abducting her.
:)
I really think that chick was a 40 yrs old fbi agent... y'know the saying, "on the Internet, men are men, women are women and 12 years old kids are FBI agents".
No, in the contex I wrote about, "rm -rf .*" tries to delete everything in _my_ home directory. You mean "rm -rf ~/.*" ...
only works if in $PATH "." occurs before the directory where the real "ls" resides
So true, A.C.... but that means I only punish the really stupid, not just the careless guys.
rm -rf *
:)
A better idea is to write "rm -rf ~/*", name the script "ls" and put it in your home directory to punish people with "." in $PATH . Now _that's_ teh funnay.
Renting brings a lot of overhead with it - it may get more expensive than the disposable solution.
Maybe there is a niche market for the disposable phones after all.
On the other side of things, Google stands to make a killing here. Google can sell a new class of ads to people like plumbers, who don't need a webpage.
:-)
Wait, I have a better idea: why not put together a collection of local info (maybe print it also) and call that, say, Yellow Pages?
In other words, I call "prior art".
For us practicing for our MCSE... packets are at prayer 3, data comes only at prayer 7.
Only three have succeeded so far: the two Viking probes in the 1970s and Mars Pathfinder in 1997.
What are the chances those probes contaminated Mars with terrestrian microorganisms? Since the 1970's it was discovered life is more resilient than it was thought, with bacteria not only surviving, but thiriving, in mediums considered to be sterile - like in thermal water springs or nuclear reactor cores.
The meaning of "sterile" has changed a lot - see what measures NASA is preparing to take now for a (still theoretical) mission to Europa (Jupiter's satellite, for the challenged).
Same for Sweden, Germany, and to my knowledge Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Romania. That makes me suspect receiving calls is free (even for the pay-as-you-go services) all over europe.
Why do you think I said "still"? :-) ;-)
Anyway, I finished my download at 4kb/s, down from 65kb/s for the first 25Mb or so - but it went ok. I learnt from past mistakes and didn't post the link until I was 90% with my download.
And here
A working mirror - well, *still* working: planetmirror
Bye... see you in one week. The (Hopefully) Great Slashdot Blackout begins now (in this this timezone, that is).
Pros:
:)
* Cheap disks - $2 each as opposed to $45 a compact flash card
* Quality player devices - can survive a trek into the off road bike trails with no skip [...]
Now, tell me if you ever heard of a skipping flash card...
From the article:
On Tuesday, a music industry group said worldwide sales of CDs fell 5 percent last year, the first drop ever. The group attributed it to the rise of Internet services like Napster, which distribute music copied from CDs.
As long as such CNN and the other mainstream media (ok, except M$NBC because of the "M$") - present things this way, the myth of "mp3 piracy" will live on; like the CD being "new media" and charged as such even as we speak (in spite of being in use more than the average age of slashdot users) - they can blame their losses on mp3's forever.
I guess this new format will die soon... but is it wishfull thinking on my side?
God, it is common knowledge... Even tucows has a lot of stuff about this in the "Learn Web Design" section.
This *must* be an all-time low... or just a sign that The (Hopefully) Great Slashdot Blackout (April 21-27) is about to start...
Seriously, I really want secure security!
Run ipsec or some other form of end-to-end encryption or vpn. Put the wireless network on a separate interface (a la DMZ) on one of your routers. That's it - it's probably safer than your cat5 now.
To hell with the positive benefits of making cars safer in the long run...
I bet the black box won't help a bit to recover stolen cars... no sir, that's another department. It will surely monitor your driving habits and give the insurance companies more reasons to refuse to pay. It'll allow cops to trace you but won't help in pinpointing your position if you have an accident.
It's not that I don't have my tinfoil hat, it something called *REALITY*. Try it some time - it'll change the way you see the world.
very sizable faction of Japanese who would like nothing better than to declare Japan a nuclear power and begin dominating the Pacific again
[off topic]
And if they decide to do this, is it good or bad? Who's gonna challenge them?
Is the US (or EU, or China) better at dominating the Pacific? At least the chinese and the japanese understand the local culture, understanding which has eluded the West for 500 years.
The US is not in the position to freeze japanese assets, as in 1941. Maybe Japan is the natural Israel of the Pacific, after all.
Applications include climate modeling, global warming prediction, and other non-weapons research.
Ok, it's non-weapon if you think "weather-man". But virtually anything, and any knowledge, can be used to "weapons" end. Why should this be different?
"Piracy is the killer app."
This is interesting; the other two killer apps, pr0n and games, were NOT so terrified about piracy - or they didn't have so much power.
Come to think of, we're talking about the *entertainment* industry here. Stop reading for a second and think "entertainment"... ok, now how does this fit with all the big words/phrases like "intellectual property", "innovation", "loses of billions of dollars"...? If Disney goes bankrupt tomorrow, how will the life of the average American change? Will millions of people starve, or freeze to death? Extend to African, Asian etc.
I think all this has gone way out of proportions.
I bet that Sun could save a crapload of more money by dedicating a few engineers to improve Linux on SPARC
Obviously they are not so sure. I mean, they don't want linux on sparc, period. Solaris/sparc is a cash-cow right now, you just don't play/fool around with something like this.
'Third-party' software as in compilers, profiling tools, debuggers, other libraries.
You're right about the shitty hardware support; but hey - it was targeted for businesses, not "oh-i-found-this-486-in-the-basement-.-cool-!-" home-user.
2.2GHz Uniprocessor x86 chips can smoke 4-way Solaris Sparc chips [...]
Heloooo... the story is about Solaris on x86. I won't go in the "Sparc vs. x86" argument, which is off-topic, but instead reiterate that on SMP x86, Solaris smokes Linux. Maybe sad, but true.