Alright, so if we have a clock that loses a single second every seventy million years, why not just move it a second every 70 million years and end up with a clock that (should) be 100% accurate?
Is there a way to use the windows firmware updater to flash my ipod? I couldn't find any mention of a windows version.. even the screenshots are for a OSX gui..
The United States is in a league of its own when it comes to sending junk mail to email users.
Researchers at security company Sophos found after scanning its global network of honeypots -- computers designed to attract spam emails and viruses -- that 42 percent of all spam sent this year came from the United States.
Sophos says this is evidence that America's anti-spam legislation simply isn't working.
"When we released the first report back in February, the US had the excuse that the Can-Spam Act had been in existence for only three months," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, on Friday.
"Almost a year and millions of spam messages later, it is quite evident that that the Can-Spam legislation has made very little headway in damming the flood of spam."
South Korea and China came in second and third place, respectively, but together they sent just half as much spam as the US.
The United Kingdom came ninth in the list, and was responsible for just 1.13 percent of the world's spam.
The results came in as follows:
United States: 42.11 percent South Korea: 13.43 percent China (including Hong Kong): 8.44 percent Canada: 5.71 percent Brazil: 3.34 percent Japan: 2.57 percent France: 1.37 percent Spain: 1.18 percent United Kingdom: 1.13 percent Germany: 1.03 percent Taiwan: 1.0 percent Mexico: 0.89 percent
Sophos warned that many spammers are using hacked PCs with broadband connections to send out their spam. This could explain South Korea's position near the top of the list, as it leads the world for broadband penetration.
"Spammers are motivated by one thing -- quick, easy money," added Cluley. "There are plenty of spammers who have taken their money-making schemes to the extreme by hacking into innocent third-party computers in an effort to do their dirty work."
"Many of the computers sending out spam are most likely to have had their broadband internet connections exploited by remote hackers. Zombie computers -- PCs that have been compromised by hackers or virus writers -- are sending out over 40 percent of the world's spam, and many users who fall victim are unaware."
was organised by a local FM radio station with the professed aim of raising young people's awareness of the dangers of spending too much time in front of a computer."
The danger of course, being that your computer is going to be smashed by 300 ukranians:)
Gah. I forgot that I posted in HTML. Heres the EASIER to read version. Sorry guys.
Sigh, what could I possibly say about this?
A little background: I've been on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) for about 2 and a half years. Over that REALLY long span of time i've come accross some very interesting characters. To put it lightly, if you use your head, and don't act foolish over the internet nothing _should_ happen.
I compare it to walking down a street in New York holding a sign saying "I hate Blacks, Jews, and Hispanics" in that case you're asking for it. When you apply this to IRC, or whatever other medium might happen to catch your fancy you sorta see what I am getting at.
Most people who are victimized are attention hogs. I'm not trying to justify the end result, but merely providing a plausible reason for my stance. Oh sure, there are psychos in every nook, cranny and crevice of the internet.
But for some reason i've only come accross one such whackjob over the long time i've been online. Bottom line, new laws really aren't the answer, instead using a smidgen of ntelligence and discresion and you're safe.
Honestly, I don't even think that my parents suspect the level of which i'm involved in the internet. I've met people whom i've built up relationships with, and found them to be everything i've expected. I can't help but agree that laws are not the answer.
The appeal of irc is that it's an unregulated medium, and it seems that its going to stay that way. Its run by private individuals and the way its designed its nearly impossible to monitor it.
Besides, we have lawmakers trying to. Not people actually involved in the design of the networks will not want anything to do with something as draconian as whats being suggested.
Sigh, what could I possibly say about this?
A little background: I've been on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) for about 2 and a half years. Over that REALLY long span of time i've come accross some very interesting characters.
To put it lightly, if you use your head, and don't act foolish over the internet nothing _should_ happen. I compare it to walking down a street in New York holding a sign saying "I hate Blacks, Jews, and Hispanics" in that case you're asking for it. When you apply this to IRC, or whatever other medium might happen to catch your fancy you sorta see what I am getting at.
Most people who are victimized are attention hogs. I'm not trying to justify the end result, but merely providing a plausible reason for my stance.
Oh sure, there are psychos in every nook, cranny and crevice of the internet. But for some reason i've only come accross one such whackjob over the long time i've been online.
Bottom line, new laws really aren't the answer, instead using a smidgen of ntelligence and discresion and you're safe. Honestly, I don't even think that my parents suspect the level of which i'm involved in the internet.
I've met people whom i've built up relationships with, and found them to be everything i've expected.
I can't help but agree that laws are not the answer. The appeal of irc is that it's an unregulated medium, and it seems that its going to stay that way. Its run by private individuals and the way its designed its nearly impossible to monitor it. Besides, we have lawmakers trying to. Not people actually involved in the design of the networks will not want anything to do with something as draconian as whats being suggested.
And thats my ten cents.
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Alright, so if we have a clock that loses a single second every seventy million years, why not just move it a second every 70 million years and end up with a clock that (should) be 100% accurate?
Whats going to stop opponents of said technology from sabotauging patents?
The best way to manage geeks is with fences and cattle prods!
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/ 04/0614250&tid=198&tid=126&tid=137
Fairly similar, from April 4th.
I'd love to write a reply to this, but y'know... my solitare window is calling.
but seriously folks, maybe this will make companies think twice about relocating overseas?
What gives?
We all know the **aa are composed soley of a pack of idiots, but really, we all knew about this months ago. Whats the point?
Is there a way to use the windows firmware updater to flash my ipod? I couldn't find any mention of a windows version.. even the screenshots are for a OSX gui..
The United States is in a league of its own when it comes to sending junk mail to email users.
Researchers at security company Sophos found after scanning its global network of honeypots -- computers designed to attract spam emails and viruses -- that 42 percent of all spam sent this year came from the United States.
Sophos says this is evidence that America's anti-spam legislation simply isn't working.
"When we released the first report back in February, the US had the excuse that the Can-Spam Act had been in existence for only three months," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, on Friday.
"Almost a year and millions of spam messages later, it is quite evident that that the Can-Spam legislation has made very little headway in damming the flood of spam."
South Korea and China came in second and third place, respectively, but together they sent just half as much spam as the US.
The United Kingdom came ninth in the list, and was responsible for just 1.13 percent of the world's spam.
The results came in as follows:
United States: 42.11 percent
South Korea: 13.43 percent
China (including Hong Kong): 8.44 percent
Canada: 5.71 percent
Brazil: 3.34 percent
Japan: 2.57 percent
France: 1.37 percent
Spain: 1.18 percent
United Kingdom: 1.13 percent
Germany: 1.03 percent
Taiwan: 1.0 percent
Mexico: 0.89 percent
Sophos warned that many spammers are using hacked PCs with broadband connections to send out their spam. This could explain South Korea's position near the top of the list, as it leads the world for broadband penetration.
"Spammers are motivated by one thing -- quick, easy money," added Cluley. "There are plenty of spammers who have taken their money-making schemes to the extreme by hacking into innocent third-party computers in an effort to do their dirty work."
"Many of the computers sending out spam are most likely to have had their broadband internet connections exploited by remote hackers. Zombie computers -- PCs that have been compromised by hackers or virus writers -- are sending out over 40 percent of the world's spam, and many users who fall victim are unaware."
I REALLY wouldn't use that. If they've comprimised the main site, what makes you think the installer is clean?
Who knows.. it might be rife with spyware cack and zombie guts..
Surely this has pissed off SOMEONE. Its too bad really, this just makes me want to get it more.
was organised by a local FM radio station with the professed aim of raising young people's awareness of the dangers of spending too much time in front of a computer."
:)
The danger of course, being that your computer is going to be smashed by 300 ukranians
I love how they call it a 'service'
This is utterly shameless. I actually miss netsol. *shudder*
Is this even legal? Makes me wish there was some sort of complaint service that game lawyers interesting cases to persue.
... imagine a beowulf cluster of these ;p
... when I say:
BAHAHAHAHAHA. *COUGH* AHAAHHAAHAHHHAHAA*wheeze* BAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH *sputter*
*falls over laughing while convulsing*
..hear me now? boom!
He must work for microsoft.
I hope to god it hits Quebecc.
Gah. I forgot that I posted in HTML. Heres the EASIER to read version. Sorry guys.
Sigh, what could I possibly say about this?
A little background: I've been on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) for about 2 and a half years. Over that REALLY long span of time i've come accross some very interesting characters. To put it lightly, if you use your head, and don't act foolish over the internet nothing _should_ happen.
I compare it to walking down a street in New York holding a sign saying "I hate Blacks, Jews, and Hispanics" in that case you're asking for it. When you apply this to IRC, or whatever other medium might happen to catch your fancy you sorta see what I am getting at.
Most people who are victimized are attention hogs. I'm not trying to justify the end result, but merely providing a plausible reason for my stance. Oh sure, there are psychos in every nook, cranny and crevice of the internet.
But for some reason i've only come accross one such whackjob over the long time i've been online. Bottom line, new laws really aren't the answer, instead using a smidgen of ntelligence and discresion and you're safe.
Honestly, I don't even think that my parents suspect the level of which i'm involved in the internet. I've met people whom i've built up relationships with, and found them to be everything i've expected. I can't help but agree that laws are not the answer.
The appeal of irc is that it's an unregulated medium, and it seems that its going to stay that way. Its run by private individuals and the way its designed its nearly impossible to monitor it.
Besides, we have lawmakers trying to. Not people actually involved in the design of the networks will not want anything to do with something as draconian as whats being suggested.
And thats my ten cents.
orange@efnet
Sigh, what could I possibly say about this? A little background: I've been on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) for about 2 and a half years. Over that REALLY long span of time i've come accross some very interesting characters. To put it lightly, if you use your head, and don't act foolish over the internet nothing _should_ happen. I compare it to walking down a street in New York holding a sign saying "I hate Blacks, Jews, and Hispanics" in that case you're asking for it. When you apply this to IRC, or whatever other medium might happen to catch your fancy you sorta see what I am getting at. Most people who are victimized are attention hogs. I'm not trying to justify the end result, but merely providing a plausible reason for my stance. Oh sure, there are psychos in every nook, cranny and crevice of the internet. But for some reason i've only come accross one such whackjob over the long time i've been online. Bottom line, new laws really aren't the answer, instead using a smidgen of ntelligence and discresion and you're safe. Honestly, I don't even think that my parents suspect the level of which i'm involved in the internet. I've met people whom i've built up relationships with, and found them to be everything i've expected. I can't help but agree that laws are not the answer. The appeal of irc is that it's an unregulated medium, and it seems that its going to stay that way. Its run by private individuals and the way its designed its nearly impossible to monitor it. Besides, we have lawmakers trying to. Not people actually involved in the design of the networks will not want anything to do with something as draconian as whats being suggested. And thats my ten cents.