Do you have some pointers to information about the devices you describe, or are they all in house/proprietary? I'm aware of Cisco's efforts in this area (sniffing layer 4 and above to detect port hopping), but it seems that if a protocol were truly obscure, it would have no discernable structure. Of course, if packets contained statistically random data, I guess that'd be a red flag, too.
So what constitutes an operating system? More importantly, what good is an operating system without a kernel. Now what good is a kernel without an operating system? Seems like the GNU folk are a bit bitter that they had no kernel.
That's good news. Now the real question is "Where is all the other government developed software?" Anything the U.S. Government writes can't be subject to copyright and, if unclassified, is therefore in the public domain. Of course, they dodge this requirement by using contractors most of the time.
Granted, if you're a USian, it's less likely the German government would care what you're doing, but aren't you at all cynical of any kind of government sponsored anonymizing service?
You mean fanatics like Jack Valenti and Hilary Rosen? Or fanatics like Stallman and Lessig? Goldwater had it right: "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
The corporate imperators have their fanatics, we need ours more than ever.
That's an interesting argument, but the direct mailers say that it's the other way around--that bulk mail revenue makes relatively low first class rates possible. (Of course, UUnet, Verio, and other "pink" ISPs could be using the model you describe.)
Do you know of any hard figures that support either conclusion?
They're just bouncing their pitches off open relays overseas.
And hosting their sites in the PRC or Korea, where they're basically untouchable. The godless communists (plus the South Koreans) get hard currency, and the spammers get "bullet proof hosting." Time for a cable cut, and soon.
Except that it doesn't cost me anything to receive junk mail sent via the USPS. On the other hand, the receiver (no, not the one at goatse) pays for the bandwidth and storage used to transmit spam.
That, and if the pricing's not "all you can eat," most of the utility people are getting from broadband (i.e. free stuff, unlimited searching of information without the "meter" running) is gone--and with it, the market for broadband.
LOL, I remember writing a BASIC program that would try codes at random: dial a BBS; if there was a carrier, then the code worked! Telco's step in the escalation? Put a tone at the same frequency as a carrier on the line, making all codes appear good. Phreaks unhappy. Phreak's refinement: have it dial CompuServe, send a ^C on connect. If "^C" was echoed, code was good. Shame long distance is almost free now:).
aebpr22.zip* eBookReader (old verson)/ TiVo MPEG/
ASPI Me (backdate to 1998)/ PanoTools/ WINE with DX/
Blizzard Jackboots/ peng1.04.tar.gz WMA crack (v7)/
Broadcast 2000/ skie/ Xolox/
DeCSS/ Streambox VCR 3.1b/ xp-stuff/
[user@host Suppressed]$
When will these idiots learn that attempts to suppress software only result in wider distribution. I hadn't heard of Peng until today: now I'm preserving a copy.
I think his point is that there's a pretty obvious conflict of interest. It'd be like Slate running a "BSD is dying" story: they're a subsidiary of MSN which is a subsidiary of Microsoft, which wants to kill its open source competition (after copying its code).
Lets say I make a video of my children. I'm not selling you this media. I'm giving you it, but the ownership is really mine. I don't want you to accidentally or otherwise post this video on the internet where some pervert can watch the video and plan to abduct my children.
Yeah, right. And the URL for the free (to protect the children) user-friendly tool I can use to distribute that video only to the grandparents is where? Artful troll, though! Keep up the good work.
Those organizations, as you probably already know, have a very loose (if any) affiliation with law enforcement (or the fire department, or ambulance service, or what have you), and the causes they're trumpeting receive little (if any) of the funds raised.
I actually had one of the vegetable level people, when I declined to participate once (before Caller ID and before my answering machine message started with the special information tones) say "I hope nothing happens to your house." Sinister, indeed.
Since you agree with Sony, I wouldn't expect you'd have a problem with giving them money. I don't agree with Sony, so I do. Not much of a maturity issue there, just me making a choice in where I spend my money based on my beliefs.
Yes, you enjoy burgers, but, more importantly, with what toppings?
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A little late, I'm afraid.
Do you have some pointers to information about the devices you describe, or are they all in house/proprietary? I'm aware of Cisco's efforts in this area (sniffing layer 4 and above to detect port hopping), but it seems that if a protocol were truly obscure, it would have no discernable structure. Of course, if packets contained statistically random data, I guess that'd be a red flag, too.
So what constitutes an operating system? More importantly, what good is an operating system without a kernel. Now what good is a kernel without an operating system? Seems like the GNU folk are a bit bitter that they had no kernel.
That's good news. Now the real question is "Where is all the other government developed software?" Anything the U.S. Government writes can't be subject to copyright and, if unclassified, is therefore in the public domain. Of course, they dodge this requirement by using contractors most of the time.
Granted, if you're a USian, it's less likely the German government would care what you're doing, but aren't you at all cynical of any kind of government sponsored anonymizing service?
degrading, but not degraded that I've seen yet. BTW, last post.
I get last post again!
The corporate imperators have their fanatics, we need ours more than ever.
I got last post.
Do you know of any hard figures that support either conclusion?
Alas, you speak, but no one hears. Perhaps you should use your other ID.
And hosting their sites in the PRC or Korea, where they're basically untouchable. The godless communists (plus the South Koreans) get hard currency, and the spammers get "bullet proof hosting." Time for a cable cut, and soon.
Except that it doesn't cost me anything to receive junk mail sent via the USPS. On the other hand, the receiver (no, not the one at goatse) pays for the bandwidth and storage used to transmit spam.
That, and if the pricing's not "all you can eat," most of the utility people are getting from broadband (i.e. free stuff, unlimited searching of information without the "meter" running) is gone--and with it, the market for broadband.
n.b. Statute of limitations is long past.
aebpr22.zip* eBookReader (old verson)/
TiVo MPEG/
ASPI Me (backdate to 1998)/ PanoTools/ WINE with DX/
Blizzard Jackboots/ peng1.04.tar.gz WMA crack (v7)/
Broadcast 2000/ skie/ Xolox/
DeCSS/ Streambox VCR 3.1b/ xp-stuff/
[user@host Suppressed]$
When will these idiots learn that attempts to suppress software only result in wider distribution. I hadn't heard of Peng until today: now I'm preserving a copy.
I think his point is that there's a pretty obvious conflict of interest. It'd be like Slate running a "BSD is dying" story: they're a subsidiary of MSN which is a subsidiary of Microsoft, which wants to kill its open source competition (after copying its code).
Yeah, right. And the URL for the free (to protect the children) user-friendly tool I can use to distribute that video only to the grandparents is where? Artful troll, though! Keep up the good work.
Get back to me on that when Jack Valenti croaks. I'm likely to need a reminder.
Suck it!
I actually had one of the vegetable level people, when I declined to participate once (before Caller ID and before my answering machine message started with the special information tones) say "I hope nothing happens to your house." Sinister, indeed.
like the MCSE guys, but I don't have the money in my budget for SMS licenses. Can you help me?
Mad pr0pz on your fp.
You forgot the little detail that Sun charges for Solaris--this might just account for the difference.
Yes, you enjoy burgers, but, more importantly, with what toppings?