Bandwidth use at Cambridge University in the UK has been restricted for ages... essentially you're allowed to use the network for necessary academic purposes, and personal use as long as it's light. Peer-to-peer file sharing is definitely out.
This is largely because the college pays 1p/Mb for incoming transatlantic traffic during the day... this charge comes directly from JANET, the Joint Academic Network.
Didn't stop me downloading Linux ISOs (in the middle of the night, to avoid the traffic charges)...
Anyway... I'm not paying for the 5Mbit/second access... why shouldn't they say how I'm allowed to use it?
Seems fair enough to me.
With the threats of bandwidth caps on cable modems, you'd think people would start to realise... bandwidth costs money.
One file, "gg.bat," attempts to connect to other computers using various administrator accounts. If successful, the file will then copy other files over to the compromised system. This behavior is usually considered characteristic of a worm--but Miller stressed that since the file doesn't copy itself to the victim's hard drive, it shouldn't be considered a worm.
Er... can anyone explain what he's on about? Sounds like worm behavior to me... I suppose it's only LAN-wide, though... ?
Well... this is a topic I know almost nothing about, but I'll reply anyway:-)
I thought antibiotics relied on more complicated methods than a brute physical attack... targetting specific molecules on the cell walls of bacteria, that kind of thing?
I can't think of a good reason why something that 'dissolves' microbes and viruses won't just dissolve human cells...
The resulting solution is so energy rich, it dissolves all microbes it comes in contact with, in water, on objects and on human skin. It also happens to be odorless, colorless, and completely safe for human consumption.
It dissolves microbes, but is safe for human consumption? Is anyone else not convinced?
Researchers said the technique used to control bacteria, viruses, cysts and germs is 200 to 300 times more efficient than any other purification alternative.
200 to 300 times more efficient, how, exactly? And what does it do to help cysts?
(and, er, what's the difference between a virus and a germ?)
The process is cheap. It costs just fractions of a penny to purify a litre of water. Researchers have even been able to take spoiled milk and, by passing it through the Emerald, make it fresh once again. Sounds like science fiction, doesn't it?
As someone already mentioned, you should download the demo and try it... it works perfectly well with a mouse. It's also quite fun:-)
They quote about 30 characters per second... not a great typing speed, but passable for most things. And for some people with disabilities, I can see this being very useful.
I'd be interested to see the reaction of someone who can't type... er... anyone?
True. On the other hand, I've just spent a while reading the judgement... and the following few minutes muttering 'insane, insane, completely insane'. It's crazy.
They lost the case on the kind of picky interpretation of words that, in everyday life, any sane person would just laugh off as irrelevant.
There was absolutely nothing along the lines of, "look, your claim is idiotic, and you know it, now go away."
Maybe that's patent law for you, I don't know. If it is... *shudder*... the sooner this kind of thing stops, the better.
"It is thought that as many as ten million mammoths are buried in the Siberian permafrost. This is shallow in many areas, but because Siberia is so sparsely populated, it is thought that mammoth remains may go unearthed for hundreds of years in more impassable areas."
So they're expecting to unearth at least 10,000,000/500 = 20,000 mammoths a year for the next few hundred years?
Wow. What are they going to do with them all?
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I saw this clause in the EULA for a simple Windows 98 security patch that most definitely did not contain the.NET framework...
So they're obviously spreading it about a bit, so to speak.
Still struck me as rather pathetic... actually, I have to wonder how far it goes. Are we allowed to say 'I tried using.NET instead of Java, but it was too slow/buggy'?
How about 'it was around half the speed and took longer to set up'?
"We had a case in France recently where we turned up at a company's premises with a search order, but they were one step ahead of us on every PC -- deleting the files before we could get to them," said Peets.
Since when does deleting a file cover your tracks reliably...?
Either way, I have to agree... the whole idea seems fairly pointless...
I unsubscribed from AOL, hmm, online, I think... no trouble at all... they asked for a reason, and I said, just bought a cable modem, your service was good but it's no use to me any more.
I was therefore rather irritated to received (a few months later) a nicely crafted letter apologising for 'their mistakes' and offering me a reduced price subscription for coming back. Obviously utter nonsense...
However, there is a happy ending! I called their free customer support number and said, I just got this mail from you, I'm not interested, could you take me off your mailing list, please? And they did.
They were even nice about it...
I guess it just depends on luck, really - and whether the person you end up talking to has had a bad day...
...have both. I want to be able to give the computer voice commands when I feel like it, visual commands when I feel like it... and just use the darn keyboard an' mouse when I feel like it, too.
Interesting findings, but they're not going to get out of providing good voice interfaces that easily:-)
And that it did cost various people a total of $80 million...
Being 'harsh' to the virus writers sounds like a good option, whenever possible... inflicting something like that on society isn't something society should look kindly on...
Has anyone ever had an audio/data CD stop working on them? I haven't... and certainly have never felt the need to back them up.
So is this 'right to back up' as in 'right to copy and give to all my friends'? Or is it 'right to back up' as in, 'we will not be controlled to that extent'?
I can agree with the second... the DMCA goes too far... but the first, well... get over it, you can't expect to get everything for free...
And remember, the important things in life are free.
Large institutions need someone to critize, cajoule and annoy them... here's hoping he wins...
If all you can see is a pretty picture painted by their public relations department... what does that tell you? Nothing... they should be thanking him!
Or maybe it's a cunning ploy on the school's part to generate publicity...
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All the computers in the world for a hundred years would be a bit marginal, though... after all, things are always getting faster...
In fifty years, that could well be feasible... (who knows?)
What you really want is to need all the computers in the world working for several universe lifetimes, then you're *definitely* safe ;-)
...I love the first line:
AES may have been broken. Serpent, too. Or maybe not. In either case, there's no need to panic. Yet. But there might be soon. Maybe.
Lovely summary, guys :-)
No, it isn't. But I don't pay extra just because I have a connection to the University network.
I certainly don't pay anything like I'd pay for that kind of connection at home...
Bandwidth use at Cambridge University in the UK has been restricted for ages... essentially you're allowed to use the network for necessary academic purposes, and personal use as long as it's light. Peer-to-peer file sharing is definitely out.
This is largely because the college pays 1p/Mb for incoming transatlantic traffic during the day... this charge comes directly from JANET, the Joint Academic Network.
Didn't stop me downloading Linux ISOs (in the middle of the night, to avoid the traffic charges)...
Anyway... I'm not paying for the 5Mbit/second access... why shouldn't they say how I'm allowed to use it?
Seems fair enough to me.
With the threats of bandwidth caps on cable modems, you'd think people would start to realise... bandwidth costs money.
Congrats to the author of JPEGView... your program is now running on someone's picture frame :-)
One file, "gg.bat," attempts to connect to other computers using various administrator accounts. If successful, the file will then copy other files over to the compromised system. This behavior is usually considered characteristic of a worm--but Miller stressed that since the file doesn't copy itself to the victim's hard drive, it shouldn't be considered a worm.
Er... can anyone explain what he's on about? Sounds like worm behavior to me... I suppose it's only LAN-wide, though... ?
Well... this is a topic I know almost nothing about, but I'll reply anyway :-)
I thought antibiotics relied on more complicated methods than a brute physical attack... targetting specific molecules on the cell walls of bacteria, that kind of thing?
I can't think of a good reason why something that 'dissolves' microbes and viruses won't just dissolve human cells...
Let's have a look at that CTV report:
The resulting solution is so energy rich, it dissolves all microbes it comes in contact with, in water, on objects and on human skin. It also happens to be odorless, colorless, and completely safe for human consumption.
It dissolves microbes, but is safe for human consumption? Is anyone else not convinced?
Researchers said the technique used to control bacteria, viruses, cysts and germs is 200 to 300 times more efficient than any other purification alternative.
200 to 300 times more efficient, how, exactly? And what does it do to help cysts?
(and, er, what's the difference between a virus and a germ?)
The process is cheap. It costs just fractions of a penny to purify a litre of water. Researchers have even been able to take spoiled milk and, by passing it through the Emerald, make it fresh once again. Sounds like science fiction, doesn't it?
Yep... it does. Sorry.
As someone already mentioned, you should download the demo and try it... it works perfectly well with a mouse. It's also quite fun :-)
They quote about 30 characters per second... not a great typing speed, but passable for most things. And for some people with disabilities, I can see this being very useful.
I'd be interested to see the reaction of someone who can't type... er... anyone?
True. On the other hand, I've just spent a while reading the judgement... and the following few minutes muttering 'insane, insane, completely insane'. It's crazy.
They lost the case on the kind of picky interpretation of words that, in everyday life, any sane person would just laugh off as irrelevant.
There was absolutely nothing along the lines of, "look, your claim is idiotic, and you know it, now go away."
Maybe that's patent law for you, I don't know. If it is... *shudder*... the sooner this kind of thing stops, the better.
"It is thought that as many as ten million mammoths are buried in the Siberian permafrost. This is shallow in many areas, but because Siberia is so sparsely populated, it is thought that mammoth remains may go unearthed for hundreds of years in more impassable areas."
So they're expecting to unearth at least 10,000,000/500 = 20,000 mammoths a year for the next few hundred years?
Wow. What are they going to do with them all?
I saw this clause in the EULA for a simple Windows 98 security patch that most definitely did not contain the .NET framework...
So they're obviously spreading it about a bit, so to speak.
Still struck me as rather pathetic... actually, I have to wonder how far it goes. Are we allowed to say 'I tried using .NET instead of Java, but it was too slow/buggy'?
How about 'it was around half the speed and took longer to set up'?
Ah well. No matter - I won't be using it.
"We had a case in France recently where we turned up at a company's premises with a search order, but they were one step ahead of us on every PC -- deleting the files before we could get to them," said Peets.
Since when does deleting a file cover your tracks reliably...?
Either way, I have to agree... the whole idea seems fairly pointless...
Jus' thought I'd point out that my little sister, aged ten, really loves The Sims. In fact, it seems to be impressively tailored to her tastes...
I wouldn't play it, but it does seem like they've done a good job...
I unsubscribed from AOL, hmm, online, I think... no trouble at all... they asked for a reason, and I said, just bought a cable modem, your service was good but it's no use to me any more.
I was therefore rather irritated to received (a few months later) a nicely crafted letter apologising for 'their mistakes' and offering me a reduced price subscription for coming back. Obviously utter nonsense...
However, there is a happy ending! I called their free customer support number and said, I just got this mail from you, I'm not interested, could you take me off your mailing list, please? And they did.
They were even nice about it...
I guess it just depends on luck, really - and whether the person you end up talking to has had a bad day...
Yep, it's not really possibly to seriously claim that the moon landings were faked. There's a rather nice site rebuking the conspiracy freaks:
Moonhoax
Some of it's pretty interesting...
...have both. I want to be able to give the computer voice commands when I feel like it, visual commands when I feel like it... and just use the darn keyboard an' mouse when I feel like it, too.
Interesting findings, but they're not going to get out of providing good voice interfaces that easily :-)
Indeed... a good teacher is absolutely priceless, can really have a good effect on a lot of kids... the future of the country and all that...
Less good teachers - well - still a tough job...
Someone commented about babysitting toddlers... I personally would do a lot to avoid being asked to babysit five toddlers, but a room full... :-)
Hmm... I thought it was two years?
And that it did cost various people a total of $80 million...
Being 'harsh' to the virus writers sounds like a good option, whenever possible... inflicting something like that on society isn't something society should look kindly on...
Hmm... rather annoying, then...
Hmm, are you sure you can't just send 'em for replacements? I'm sure I've heard of companies offering this... er... I can't remember where, though.
Hmm... fair enough... I suppose I was just being cynical :-)
Has anyone ever had an audio/data CD stop working on them? I haven't... and certainly have never felt the need to back them up.
So is this 'right to back up' as in 'right to copy and give to all my friends'? Or is it 'right to back up' as in, 'we will not be controlled to that extent'?
I can agree with the second... the DMCA goes too far... but the first, well... get over it, you can't expect to get everything for free...
And remember, the important things in life are free.
Large institutions need someone to critize, cajoule and annoy them... here's hoping he wins...
If all you can see is a pretty picture painted by their public relations department... what does that tell you? Nothing... they should be thanking him!
Or maybe it's a cunning ploy on the school's part to generate publicity...
Hmm... 48 gigabits and 770 bits/s? That'd mean two years to send the whole lot... or is most of that likely to be used for processing?
Hmm, I suppose if you compress the signals, you could get the whole lot in a matter of months...