They usually look like someone sat in a theater with a video camera and taped it by hand
The real problem... this is illegal!
Broadband is meant for downloading porn and playing games now... eveything else will get you thrown in jail or sued! (well, some porn will get yo thrown in jail too, but that kinda stuff is only for "sickos"!)
I used to work for a small dial-up ISP. A couple customers were thinking about upgrading to a cable modem.. and asked me if I had one. I told them that I did, and they proceeded to ask me how much I was paying per month. When I told one customer, who was paying $12/mo for dial-up, that I was paying $55/mo for cable, he told me I was wasting money and hung up!
I asked a couple other customers what they thought would be a reasonable price... most of them said betwen $20-$25/mo. The bottom line is simple... it is psychological! Most people don't want to pay more than $25/mo for any service! These are the people that have basic cable and AOL right now... and AOL charges $20/mo... so they see no reason to pay more.
Like it is stated above, most of these people might consider paying more if they new just how much faster broadband is versus a dial-up (especially AOL), but I doubt they'd be willing to pay more than $35/mo.
I think this problem is pretty simple.... the broadband companies are making a fortune right now and see no reason to increase their user base by lowering their prices. Most of them know that the majority of people that don't have broadband are only using the Internet for email and basic web surfing... so lowering their prices will just make their service slower with the increased number of users and will not generate enough additional revenue to offset the lowered prices for the existing customers.
Time Warner usually offers a 3 - 6 month trial offer for RoadRuner broadband in the Ohio area for 1/2 the normal price (about $25-$30/mo) in an effort to get people addicted to RoadRunner. THis is a great idea, except what most people do is disconnect after 6 months... go back to AOL, or sign up for another 6 months of Road Runner at the "trial" price in a few months.
Bottom line: Most people don't need boradband for what they do on the Internet.. and thus, can not justify the high costs! Not only does it hit the pocket book hard, but it is also a psycological thing as well.
Maybe if the broadband compaines lowered their rates to $30/mo (only 2x dial-up instead of 3x to 4x)... that might make a difference.... but then again, I'm not in the business of price gouging for bandwidth.
I know my old boss was reselling 1/2 of a T-1 to over 400 dial up customers for $12/mo.... hmmmm....
This idea is great... in fact, in the U.S., it has been propoesed that the schools act as the stems of the lilly pads (since they all have bandwidth because of some gov't education bill) and that the amount of bandwidth provided to the school be greatly increased. The additional bandwidth costs will be added to the property taxes for the schol system.
I like the above idea a bit better than the proposed "la-la" land idea outlined on wired.com. The idea above ensures that everyone pays for their bandwidth (everyone pays for property taxes... directly or indirectly). The MIT Media centner, like most educational institutions, never consider the negatives of an idea such as this one. The main problem is cheap skates! The bandwidth bill will be paid by people who "must have" their high speed network and by those that feel guilty taking something for nothing. The other 50%+ of the population will just take what they need, slowing down the paying customers, and not pay a red cent for it!
Yes, I would LOVE to be able to go anywhere with my laptop and always be plugged into the net. I work on a wireless campus (www.uakron.edu) where this can be done, but as soon as I go home, its back to the ethernet card. As with most great ideas, the problem isn't making the technology availble... the problem is getting everyone to pay for their share!
I know my army brat friend, you know... the guy that never buys a round at the bar and comes to parties empty handed, would NEVER pay for this service, but he'd sure be happy to use it!
I really think people (especially PhD types) need to think about these kind of issues before proposing "la-la land".
"Cryptosystems don't protect information if they're not used. The introduction of physical one-way functions greatly expands where, and how, information can be protected,"
Has anybody considered the idea that this form of encryption may be "too strong"?
What if Bin Laden & Co. start using encrytion like this? How is our government going to determine which building will have a plane inprint next?
It is only a matter of time before some blood thirsty group of lawyers realizes that people are now able to make perfect, digital copies of television shows, movies, sporting events, and special network events and that these people are able to reproduce and sell them or redistribe them w/o the express written consent of Major League Baseball....
Seriously, has anyone really taken the time and thought about the possible legal issues with this... and now it is even easier to copy more shows at one!
Breaking out the crystal ball
This will make a great slashdot follow-up article in a year or so:)
Installed service pack 3 on my Windows 2000 box at work and sp1 on my XP box at home (stop laughing already!)
IE crashed under Win 2k, XP box won't let me install my new software I "found" on some Russina web site (*just kidding about that last bit*)
Asked if I wanted to debug or send info to Microsoft
New MS wireless hardware fails...
Realized that I don't have source code to debug...
.... *lots of yelling and cursing*....
.... *wondering why MS keeps adding useless functionality to SP's rather than fixing the millions of existing bugs in their GUI interface that sits on top of a piss poor OS*....
... *realized that there was no need to go to the barber this month*...
Press "Enter" to install with graphics
Type "Text" and press "Enter" to install in text mode
....
(* The rest of the partition that this MS Word document is located on has been formated! *)
I can't believe this has been posted on SlashDot... again!
If a company doesn't protect it's wireless network by restricting MAC addresses, etc... then I believe they loose their right to complain!
IF they are really worried about theft, do something to protect yourself!
How many businesses don't have a lock on the front door? Let face it, a lock won't keep EVERYBODY out, but it will kep 99.9% of people out!
Instead of wasting time and money complaining about theft, why don't these companies spend those resources implimenting wireless security. It isn't that difficult to keep the majority of would be "hackers" (and I use that term VERY loosely... my appologizes to those that really know what is going on) off of a network!
"The primary motivator for enterprise customers (to buy Sun Linux desktops) will be reduction in costs and freedom from Microsoft," Sun said in a statement on the user conference.
Since when are large companies really concerned with "freedom from Microsoft"?? Sun is concerned about their bottom line, plain and simple.
In fact, it sounds like Sun has a way to cut costs by slowly eliminating Solaris and replacing it with Linux... which means, as usual, eliminating the jobs of innocent programmers and tech support. Also, they will be able to reduce costs by repackaging cheap hardware as Sun hardware and sell it for rediculous prices to Universities that have professors that "must have a Sun to do their research on".
Actually, they do want to be free from Microsoft, but not for the B.S. reasons they provided. This is just like big business... sugar coat the dismissal of employees by hiding it in positively spun plan of action which will cut costs. (Isn't it great, we're going to use Linux now! We'll creat hundreds of jobs *coughing* and fire a few thousand while we're at it *stop coughing*) They never mention how it will rip out the hearts and souls of the employees that made the company a success! However, Sun is a sinking ship, so those people should have had their resume's out on the open market for over a year! If they didn't, maybe they deserve to go down with the ship for their lack of forsight...
In anycase, I can't even fathom how the big wigs at Sun came up with this ludicrous idea of selling cheap PCs... all they are going to do is enter a saturated market that is already under complete control by Michael Dell and alienate their loyal customer base made up of people desiring high end Unix servers...
This should be one of the final nails in Sun's coffin. The shareholders of Sun should sue the executive managers of that company for mismanagement!
His crazy plot for Ep III sounds interesting...
It would definately make Lucas look like a genius, but like the good doctor, I don't believe that Lucas would be smart enough (or would let his ego deflate enough) to use this terrific plot that has been presented infront of him.
Consider the possibilities: Yoda and the Emperor working together the whole time.... Darth & Obi-Wan setting this whole thing up to bring balance to the force... how crazy would this be! Lucas would forever be known as a movie genius!
This would also answer the question of how the Emperor became so powerful with the force... we still don't know where he learned the ways of the Dark Side... maybe it was Yoda that taught him... That would REALLY mess things up!
Think about it...Yoda trained Dooku, who has obviously played a part in Anakin's turning to the dark side by showing him how powerful it is. Yoda trained Qui-Gon... who trained Obi-Wan, who trains Vader. And if Yoda trained Sidious!!! WOW! At that point, maybe the universe should have been focused on pointing a death star at the little green bastard!... or maybe Yoda was so smart that he knew this would rid the Universe of the Jedi and prevent the Jedi from taking over (for the long haul)....
That story line definately has possibilities!
Lets see...
1 Space ride, $35,000,000
70,000,000 cans of Pepsi (@ $0.50 each), $35,000,000
Wow! That is a TON of Pepsi!!
That's like giving one out of every three people (men, women, & children) in the United States a can of Pepsi... for free!
And how many of those people receiving a free can of Pepsi would throw it in the trash? (in favor of Coke)
Obviously, you had pirated MANY software titles. This leads me to my questions:
Why did you pirate so many different pieces of software? Was it just for prestiege?
Did you actually do more than just look at the title of the software and download it? How many titles did you actually install... and from there, how many did you use on a regular basis?
What was your favorite piece? Which pirated software package would you consider to be your most prized piece?
Finally, why would you even consider risking the perfect life for a sysadim? You were at MIT!!! It probably doesn't get much better than that (does it??)
Re:A conversation between 2 physic researchers
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Ouch! -1!!! Offtopic???
How ya figure? These damn researchers make crazy claims that they can do stuff, but in reality, they're just trying to get more grant money to waste! I was a researcher for a while, and the reason I quit was because of all the bullshit that goes on. People make crazy claims that they can do something, get money, and produce nothing but a 200 page paper of bullshit! Isn't that what we're saying here.... that these researchers didn't actually do waht they said they did?
Hmmm... or maybe it was that this one must have hit too close to home for some people!
C'mon, where's the karma?
Ans: probably burning up right now!
A conversation between 2 physic researchers
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Researcher 1:Man, I'm tired!
Researcher 2:Been working all day?
Researcher 1:No, I was working out... I put up 120 today! Don't my arms look bigger?
Researcher 2:120??? No way!
Researcher 1:Yes way, dude! And a really hot chick was checking me out while I was doing that, so I have proof!
Researcher 2:Prove it!
Researcher 1:Uhhh.... I'm too tired right now... mabye later...
Researcher 2:Yea, just like when you were going to prove that you made superheavy element 118...
Researcher 1:Hey! I did do that! I did! I did! I did!
Researcher 2:Prove it!
Researcher 1:Uhh... I'm too tired, maybe later...
Researcher 2:Dude, you're so full of shit!
Researcher 1:Am not! Are you calling me a liar?
Researcher 2:Then prove it...
Researcher 1:You're such a jerk!
Researcher 2:Heh... I knew it! You can't prove it!
Researcher 1: *sniffle* I'm moving to a different town! *stomps off crying with hot blonde on his arm*
Which is not the case with current Gnome and KDE. And probably never will be.
You are right... and this is some what unfortunate. Although I like the ability to choose and I have an intense dislike for MicroShaft, as long as people are confused about the desktop situation with Linux (and while Linux doesn't have a standard for desktops), it will not become widely accepted and overtake M$ as the OS of choice. The one thing that M$ has done right is (attempt) to place standards on its software and OS. The problem with Linux, from a business point of view, is the lack of standards.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Linux and hate M$, but if the Linux people can't get organized and get some sort of standards together for thier desktop, then they are going to have a hard time selling it to business. The business people don't want to hear that some stuff will run on KDE and not Gnome, but their desktop of chice is Gnome... so the software is worthless to them.
Organization and standards is what would make Linux more main stream... but it would also make it more M$-ish.... I guess the question really is:
Is the Linux community willing to sacrifice some of its "freedom" in an attempt to get Linux more widely accepted? It doesn't look like it... but it looks like RedHat is going to try....
It is going to be interesting to see if this gets global acceptance from the Linux community or if RedHat just comes another step closer to joing "the dark side"...
I run a couple free web games... and let me tell you... if it has a security flaw, these people will find it! Hire a couple people that play my game! I'm sure they'll find any security flaws you may have!
Seriously, I don't know of any software that does that, but if you find one, I'M INTERESTED!
I don't know if you're looking for advice or not, but try putting in negative numbers or things like #(-3+1000)... or end a SQL query in a text box and try to execute another query (or put in a sub query)... and edit your query strings if you use GET (or build a query string and make sure that your program doesn't take a GET where it is looking for a POST).... just a couple basics to try... You might want to write a "validate_input" function for your forms as well....
Oh, and I forgot... the Universities (for legal reasons) have to be careful NOT to provide Internet access to people other than students, faculty, and staff. This is why the Universities must be careful to protect their wireless networks... otherwise the local ISPs will sue them for directly competing with for profit business. Public institutions are not alowed to do that... what a bummer for the guy that lives down the road from the computer center...
I currently work for the University of Akron (http://www.uakron.edu) where we do have a wireless network on campus. I must say, the future is nice, but scarey! Yes, it is sweet being able to give presentations with a laptop using the 'net without having to find a network jack, but there are BIG draw backs as well. It is also cool (and a great use of time) to take a a laptop to meetings and read my email during portions of meetings that don't concern me without offending anyone at the meeting or to review my meeting notes (and take notes) without taking a pen to the meeting! However (now the bad news), anyone can pick up anything I type trough the laptop thgat is sent across the wireless net.... no encryption. Although the wireless net is nice, it isn't well protected. Security is something that most academic institutions seem to forget (damn academic freedon issues!) when using newer technologies. But..., I do believe that your mac address has to be on record before you can connect to the campus net... (I don't have any of my own wireless devices to try this with... the shame!), which does help with security and network abuse... a LITTLE....
I also worked for a small ISP in a small city south of Akron, Ohio. They have very little competition in the ISP market (no DSL or Cable Modem service available), but they did provide wireless access to all the businesses in the area. That was COOL! Being able to take an IPac outside (anywhere in the "city") and having instant access to the Internet was pretty sweet. It would be nice if other places near me had this available. I heard something about providing schools with newer wireless access points that have a range of 20+ miles and adding bandwidth fees to everyone's taxes, but I have a feeling that is WAY down the road... but couldn't the future be great?!?!?! NO MORE CABLES!!!
Of course, the only problem now is security. The world is going to have to learn about IPsec, etc... what fun that will be!!! Hopefully informing the world about the credit card theft incident at the "outdoor" Best Buy will help convince people to secure their wireless nets a bit better.... but so far, people just don't seem to care enough (or maybe I'm just surrounded by too many people that have no idea what security is or that just don't care enough... that is, until their credit card number *or bosses credit card number* gets swiped by some hacker in a van)
Slashdot Mirror
What community?
Where is Ballmer going to get a community?
Is he going to buy friends?
Maybe I shouldn't suggest this
Next year on college campuses world wide:
Pi Mu Microsoft
This sounds promissing!
...
A book with more than just "Hello World" examples!
There must be a couple "professional" examples with 945 pages! There is only so much BS you can write about PHP and XML
*Driving to book store to see if they have a copy*
Broadband is meant for downloading porn and playing games now
I used to work for a small dial-up ISP. A couple customers were thinking about upgrading to a cable modem .. and asked me if I had one. I told them that I did, and they proceeded to ask me how much I was paying per month. When I told one customer, who was paying $12/mo for dial-up, that I was paying $55/mo for cable, he told me I was wasting money and hung up!
... most of them said betwen $20-$25/mo. The bottom line is simple ... it is psychological! Most people don't want to pay more than $25/mo for any service! These are the people that have basic cable and AOL right now ... and AOL charges $20/mo ... so they see no reason to pay more.
.... the broadband companies are making a fortune right now and see no reason to increase their user base by lowering their prices. Most of them know that the majority of people that don't have broadband are only using the Internet for email and basic web surfing ... so lowering their prices will just make their service slower with the increased number of users and will not generate enough additional revenue to offset the lowered prices for the existing customers.
... go back to AOL, or sign up for another 6 months of Road Runner at the "trial" price in a few months.
.. and thus, can not justify the high costs! Not only does it hit the pocket book hard, but it is also a psycological thing as well.
... that might make a difference .... but then again, I'm not in the business of price gouging for bandwidth.
.... hmmmm ....
I asked a couple other customers what they thought would be a reasonable price
Like it is stated above, most of these people might consider paying more if they new just how much faster broadband is versus a dial-up (especially AOL), but I doubt they'd be willing to pay more than $35/mo.
I think this problem is pretty simple
Time Warner usually offers a 3 - 6 month trial offer for RoadRuner broadband in the Ohio area for 1/2 the normal price (about $25-$30/mo) in an effort to get people addicted to RoadRunner. THis is a great idea, except what most people do is disconnect after 6 months
Bottom line: Most people don't need boradband for what they do on the Internet
Maybe if the broadband compaines lowered their rates to $30/mo (only 2x dial-up instead of 3x to 4x)
I know my old boss was reselling 1/2 of a T-1 to over 400 dial up customers for $12/mo
$12 * 400 = $4,800 - $500 for 1/2 T-1 = $4,300 profit!
(*hits self in head for not starting up own ISP 3 years ago when the opportunity was there*)
Gotta wonder what Time Warner is making????
Isn't this similar to yelling "fire" in a crowded theater?
*watches as the Internet police whip out the cuffs*
This idea is great ... in fact, in the U.S., it has been propoesed that the schools act as the stems of the lilly pads (since they all have bandwidth because of some gov't education bill) and that the amount of bandwidth provided to the school be greatly increased. The additional bandwidth costs will be added to the property taxes for the schol system.
... directly or indirectly). The MIT Media centner, like most educational institutions, never consider the negatives of an idea such as this one. The main problem is cheap skates! The bandwidth bill will be paid by people who "must have" their high speed network and by those that feel guilty taking something for nothing. The other 50%+ of the population will just take what they need, slowing down the paying customers, and not pay a red cent for it!
... the problem is getting everyone to pay for their share!
... the guy that never buys a round at the bar and comes to parties empty handed, would NEVER pay for this service, but he'd sure be happy to use it!
I like the above idea a bit better than the proposed "la-la" land idea outlined on wired.com. The idea above ensures that everyone pays for their bandwidth (everyone pays for property taxes
Yes, I would LOVE to be able to go anywhere with my laptop and always be plugged into the net. I work on a wireless campus (www.uakron.edu) where this can be done, but as soon as I go home, its back to the ethernet card. As with most great ideas, the problem isn't making the technology availble
I know my army brat friend, you know
I really think people (especially PhD types) need to think about these kind of issues before proposing "la-la land".
We're all gonna die!!!!
What if Bin Laden & Co. start using encrytion like this? How is our government going to determine which building will have a plane inprint next?
Sometimes encryption isn't such a great thing
Just my $0.02
I can see the headlines already
....
... and now it is even easier to copy more shows at one!
:)
TiVo-ster sued by HBO
It is only a matter of time before some blood thirsty group of lawyers realizes that people are now able to make perfect, digital copies of television shows, movies, sporting events, and special network events and that these people are able to reproduce and sell them or redistribe them w/o the express written consent of Major League Baseball
Seriously, has anyone really taken the time and thought about the possible legal issues with this
Breaking out the crystal ball
This will make a great slashdot follow-up article in a year or so
(* The rest of the partition that this MS Word document is located on has been formated! *)
Does this mean that I don't have to clean the ass print on my car windows after I moon someone during winter?
Gimme a break people! You can't throw away your Windex yet!
I can't believe this has been posted on SlashDot ... again!
... then I believe they loose their right to complain!
IF they are really worried about theft, do something to protect yourself!
... my appologizes to those that really know what is going on) off of a network!
If a company doesn't protect it's wireless network by restricting MAC addresses, etc
How many businesses don't have a lock on the front door? Let face it, a lock won't keep EVERYBODY out, but it will kep 99.9% of people out!
Instead of wasting time and money complaining about theft, why don't these companies spend those resources implimenting wireless security. It isn't that difficult to keep the majority of would be "hackers" (and I use that term VERY loosely
Some common sence here people!
His crazy plot for Ep III sounds interesting ...
.... Darth & Obi-Wan setting this whole thing up to bring balance to the force ... how crazy would this be! Lucas would forever be known as a movie genius!
... we still don't know where he learned the ways of the Dark Side ... maybe it was Yoda that taught him ... That would REALLY mess things up!
...Yoda trained Dooku, who has obviously played a part in Anakin's turning to the dark side by showing him how powerful it is. Yoda trained Qui-Gon ... who trained Obi-Wan, who trains Vader. And if Yoda trained Sidious!!! WOW! At that point, maybe the universe should have been focused on pointing a death star at the little green bastard! ... or maybe Yoda was so smart that he knew this would rid the Universe of the Jedi and prevent the Jedi from taking over (for the long haul) ....
It would definately make Lucas look like a genius, but like the good doctor, I don't believe that Lucas would be smart enough (or would let his ego deflate enough) to use this terrific plot that has been presented infront of him.
Consider the possibilities: Yoda and the Emperor working together the whole time
This would also answer the question of how the Emperor became so powerful with the force
Think about it
That story line definately has possibilities!
Does this mean that we're going to be seeing more programs with annoying paper clips?
Lets see ...
... for free!
1 Space ride, $35,000,000
70,000,000 cans of Pepsi (@ $0.50 each), $35,000,000
Wow! That is a TON of Pepsi!!
That's like giving one out of every three people (men, women, & children) in the United States a can of Pepsi
And how many of those people receiving a free can of Pepsi would throw it in the trash? (in favor of Coke)
Ouch! -1!!! Offtopic???
.... that these researchers didn't actually do waht they said they did?
... or maybe it was that this one must have hit too close to home for some people!
How ya figure? These damn researchers make crazy claims that they can do stuff, but in reality, they're just trying to get more grant money to waste! I was a researcher for a while, and the reason I quit was because of all the bullshit that goes on. People make crazy claims that they can do something, get money, and produce nothing but a 200 page paper of bullshit! Isn't that what we're saying here
Hmmm
C'mon, where's the karma?
Ans: probably burning up right now!
Researcher 1:Man, I'm tired!
... I put up 120 today! Don't my arms look bigger?
.... I'm too tired right now ... mabye later ...
...
... I'm too tired, maybe later ...
...
... I knew it! You can't prove it!
Researcher 2:Been working all day?
Researcher 1:No, I was working out
Researcher 2:120??? No way! Researcher 1:Yes way, dude! And a really hot chick was checking me out while I was doing that, so I have proof!
Researcher 2:Prove it!
Researcher 1:Uhhh
Researcher 2:Yea, just like when you were going to prove that you made superheavy element 118
Researcher 1:Hey! I did do that! I did! I did! I did!
Researcher 2:Prove it! Researcher 1:Uhh
Researcher 2:Dude, you're so full of shit!
Researcher 1:Am not! Are you calling me a liar?
Researcher 2:Then prove it
Researcher 1:You're such a jerk!
Researcher 2:Heh
Researcher 1: *sniffle* I'm moving to a different town! *stomps off crying with hot blonde on his arm*
You are right
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Linux and hate M$, but if the Linux people can't get organized and get some sort of standards together for thier desktop, then they are going to have a hard time selling it to business. The business people don't want to hear that some stuff will run on KDE and not Gnome, but their desktop of chice is Gnome
Organization and standards is what would make Linux more main stream
Is the Linux community willing to sacrifice some of its "freedom" in an attempt to get Linux more widely accepted? It doesn't look like it
It is going to be interesting to see if this gets global acceptance from the Linux community or if RedHat just comes another step closer to joing "the dark side"
I run a couple free web games ... and let me tell you ... if it has a security flaw, these people will find it! Hire a couple people that play my game! I'm sure they'll find any security flaws you may have!
... or end a SQL query in a text box and try to execute another query (or put in a sub query) ... and edit your query strings if you use GET (or build a query string and make sure that your program doesn't take a GET where it is looking for a POST) .... just a couple basics to try ... You might want to write a "validate_input" function for your forms as well ....
...
Seriously, I don't know of any software that does that, but if you find one, I'M INTERESTED!
I don't know if you're looking for advice or not, but try putting in negative numbers or things like #(-3+1000)
Hopefully that helps a little
File -> New -> Other Documents -> Document Theft Wizard
At Microsoft, everything is user friendly!
Oh, and I forgot ... the Universities (for legal reasons) have to be careful NOT to provide Internet access to people other than students, faculty, and staff. This is why the Universities must be careful to protect their wireless networks ... otherwise the local ISPs will sue them for directly competing with for profit business. Public institutions are not alowed to do that ... what a bummer for the guy that lives down the road from the computer center ...
I currently work for the University of Akron (http://www.uakron.edu) where we do have a wireless network on campus. I must say, the future is nice, but scarey! Yes, it is sweet being able to give presentations with a laptop using the 'net without having to find a network jack, but there are BIG draw backs as well. It is also cool (and a great use of time) to take a a laptop to meetings and read my email during portions of meetings that don't concern me without offending anyone at the meeting or to review my meeting notes (and take notes) without taking a pen to the meeting! However (now the bad news), anyone can pick up anything I type trough the laptop thgat is sent across the wireless net .... no encryption. Although the wireless net is nice, it isn't well protected. Security is something that most academic institutions seem to forget (damn academic freedon issues!) when using newer technologies. But ..., I do believe that your mac address has to be on record before you can connect to the campus net ... (I don't have any of my own wireless devices to try this with ... the shame!), which does help with security and network abuse ... a LITTLE ....
... but couldn't the future be great?!?!?! NO MORE CABLES!!!
... what fun that will be!!! Hopefully informing the world about the credit card theft incident at the "outdoor" Best Buy will help convince people to secure their wireless nets a bit better .... but so far, people just don't seem to care enough (or maybe I'm just surrounded by too many people that have no idea what security is or that just don't care enough ... that is, until their credit card number *or bosses credit card number* gets swiped by some hacker in a van)
I also worked for a small ISP in a small city south of Akron, Ohio. They have very little competition in the ISP market (no DSL or Cable Modem service available), but they did provide wireless access to all the businesses in the area. That was COOL! Being able to take an IPac outside (anywhere in the "city") and having instant access to the Internet was pretty sweet. It would be nice if other places near me had this available. I heard something about providing schools with newer wireless access points that have a range of 20+ miles and adding bandwidth fees to everyone's taxes, but I have a feeling that is WAY down the road
Of course, the only problem now is security. The world is going to have to learn about IPsec, etc
Won't tcpdump or netstat -an do basically the same thing?
If you're THAT worries about security, I have 3 words for you:
Build a firewall!!!
(and don't make your firewall similar to swiss cheese by poking lots of holes in it!)