Buy whatever cord you want. It doesn't matter, because the RadioShark is, as an earlier post mentioned, vapourware. Too bad, too, because I really want one, and have wanted one for nearly two years now.
...I bought an antenna. It's nothing much, just a 4db jobbie I got for $20 at Frys (mmm...Frys...) but it's solved the problem of my phone interfering with my wireless.
What it doesn't help with is the microwave. Our microwave is between the router and the PC (they're on opposite sides of the tiny box we call our home) and when it's on, my 'net connection goes bye-bye. Which means there's a leak in the box somewhere. Come to think of it, we should probably buy a new microwave soon. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to find some lead-lined underwear...
I'm serious. I don't really like the game. Oh, it's pretty (well, the graphics are really nicely detailled, but what they depict ain't PRETTY) and all, but...well, dammit, it's YAFPS!
This mod might make it more interesting to play, because I keep finding myself under attack when I'm in the dark. Maybe if I ramp the gamma all the way up...
And does anyone have some fluffy bunny graphics to replace the nasty undead soldiers and scientists? Pretty please? With sugar on top?
Sure, you can use a car to drive to work or go shopping or take a holiday, but what about those people who use their cars to kill people or get away from the scene of a crime?
I say we put GM & Ford and all the other automakers on notice! We won't tolerate their existence for long if these kinds of things continue!
Invasion of privacy means they're invading my privacy. Not stealing something. They're exploiting a weakness in Windows to deliver unwanted and uninvited ads.
Let's put this another way: Can I come over to your house and exploit some weakness in its design to actually ENTER your home, and then tell you how to fix it?
So if I come 'round and kick them in the groin once a day and then leave, is that another of those 'annoyances (sic) you have to deal with in a free society'?
Seems like assault and battery, but really, it's not! And those ads they're sending, they only SEEM like an invasion of privacy, but trust me, they're not!
Sounds reasonable. I hope they release a demo soon so I can scope it out (or have they already? I guess I should check, eh?). And hey, I just looked, and my card is 128mb! I thought it was 64, but nope, it's 128! Whee! Slightly higher quality! 8^)
Thing is, I don't WANT to have to sit at my computer to read something. I don't WANT to have to buy specialised readers with DRM and funky connection protocols (and which probabaly won't work with my Mac anyway). I don't WANT to read a PDF file on a tiny palmtop computer. I don't WANT to pay full price for a digital file.
What do I want? Dead fscking trees, m'man, and lots of 'em. I've never had the batteries in my books die. I've never had to find a wall socket for my books. I've never had to carry around special equipment to hook my books up to a computer. I've never had to tell a friend, "No, sorry, the DRM on this dead tree prohibits me from letting you borrow it." And I have yet to find a used eBook store.
eBooks are the solution to a problem that doesn't exist. They may be useful to some people (geeks who travel a lot, for instance, or techs who have to do a lot of on-site work) but for most people there's no obvious appeal.
It's an example of translating a meatspace idea into the digital realm and finding that the result is far too complex and unsatisfying to justify the effort. Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn't. The trick is recognising when it's failed and letting it die or settle into its niche and leave it be. Just stop trying to force it on consumers who obviously don't care.
Um...because it's NEWS? Seriously, I've heard bugger all about this anywhere but slashdot and some dinky Canadian news site. You seem to think that the media outlets will stifle a news story which might sound bad for them. OK, that sounds feasable, but there are only TWO stories. Not five, not ten, just TWO, and neither of them is from what I would call a "reputable" news source.
There seems to be a consensus here that the guy's a scammer. What I'd like is a little proof that any of this has happened/is happening.
So he's being charged in LA. Fine, what's the case number? I'll look it up the next time I go downtown. Who's the judge? Who's his lawyer? What's his bar number? How about a scan of the "affidavit" for the search warrant? How about the names of the agents who conducted the search and seizure?
If this really happened, someone can get at least SOME of this info-the case number at least, since that should be a matter of public record.
This doesn't smell right to me. Where's the news in the major outlets? There are only two entries in Google News, and one of them is this article. If this were true, there'd be stuff from all the majors out there, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, etc. I may well be wrong, but this sounds like a hoax to me.
Hey, if you've got all this money burning a hole in your wallet, why not send some to me? I promise to use at least some of it to pay bills and thus get out of debt.
Found some honey recipes in the "Fun Stuff" category. I'm thinking of making the Saffron Honey Ice Cream. Seems like an awful lot of saffron to me, but otherwise it sounds about right. The process for making the custard is spot on. They don't say to add the saffron-honey mixture to the custard base, but you should, probably after you start turning the ice cream.
Well, gee. Let's see. The woman gets raped. Does the sysadmin? No? Who does...let's see...oh yeah, it's the people whose data is stolen! You're RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURING THE DATA! You're not the victim. You're the idiot who walked away and left the keys in the ignition.
Let me be clear: you're paid to do a job. You do that job to the best of your abilities. Period. Don't blame management for your shortcomings. If you can't handle it, say so and let someone else try.
Clearly any sysadmin that sloppy SHOULD face punishment. His task is to make it as difficult to abuse the system. If he walks away and leaves the root account logged in to the console, well, that's just fscking sloppy and negligent.
If he's done his job and the data is still stolen, well, that's another matter.
But it does no good to argue "What ifs" here when we've got an actual situation. Did the sysadmin of the cracked system do everything he/she/it could to prevent this situation?
Someone else mentioned budget cuts. Again, what's the point of arguing what ifs? If my job is to make sure a system is secure, I'm going to do whatever I have to do to make sure it's secure, up to and including unplugging it from the network if I have to.
And why the hell is this stuff laying around on TCP/IP networks anyway? I know it's cheap and easy, but if this data is worth $7 million dollars (say it in the Dr Evil voice for full effect) then surely it's worth safeguarding by requiring access through a different type of networking.
...CHICKEN? Sure, it's easy to hide your identity when you take a swipe at someone, but it take balls to call me stupid to my face when I can see yours.
Piker.
I notice you don't have any constructive comments for what could be done to secure the data.
What is happening to the morons who leave this kind of information sitting around on an easily cracked server? Are they getting fines? Jail time? 40 lashes with a wet noodle? What?
Maybe if these network admins were PUNISHED SEVERELY for their negligence they'd start being more careful.
At the very least this kind of information should be stored on encrypted filesystems. Better still, the files themselves should be triple-des'd and then PGP'd for good measure.
Anyway, I'm guessing this won't be available anywhere within a 500 mile radius of Santa Monica, because that's where I live and I NEED a fatter pipe. We switched from cable to DSL (BIG mistake) in January because it was half the cost (but 1/5th the speed, alas) and I've been dying a slow and miserable death ever since.
In that picture of the world at night, NK is almost pitch black while all around it are brightly lit, which leads me to believe they've got higher priorities than getting online.
"Do I want to eat this month, or do I want to read slashdot for ten minutes?" Decisions, decisions...
Between my wife and I, there areseveral computers, an iPod, three CD-RWs and a DVD-RW in my home. If this law passes, is the government going to go house to house to confiscate everything that "infringes"? Or will they graciously allow us to keep what we've got?
I mean, it's all well and good to have some vision for the future, but you're talking about what you're going to do with 2.0 before 1.0 has seen the light of day!
So let me give you some ideas for what I'd like to see in 1.0.
First, give us the option to turn off image animations in the preferences, where it belongs. I'm sick of having to go to about:config to manually turn them off.
Next, how about bringing back the "Block cookies" menu item in tools? You've got image blocking, so why not cookie blocking?
And speaking of ad blocking, why not add another option, one which hides the links the ads link to? With Pith Helmet, Safari can do this easily, and I never see ad one. It would be nice if I could extend that same experience to my Windows machines.
A new feature I'd like to see is flash blocking. I hate flash with a passion, but sometimes it's needed to browse a site. A blanket ban on flash to kill the flash ads is clearly overkill, but it should be possible to discern between ads and actual content.
There are lots of other things I could think of if I had the time or will to do so, but these four things could improve Firefox immensely.
Slashdot Mirror
Buy whatever cord you want. It doesn't matter, because the RadioShark is, as an earlier post mentioned, vapourware. Too bad, too, because I really want one, and have wanted one for nearly two years now.
...I bought an antenna. It's nothing much, just a 4db jobbie I got for $20 at Frys (mmm...Frys...) but it's solved the problem of my phone interfering with my wireless.
What it doesn't help with is the microwave. Our microwave is between the router and the PC (they're on opposite sides of the tiny box we call our home) and when it's on, my 'net connection goes bye-bye. Which means there's a leak in the box somewhere. Come to think of it, we should probably buy a new microwave soon. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to find some lead-lined underwear...
Hey, they might be devil bunnies. You can't tell until it's too late.
I'm serious. I don't really like the game. Oh, it's pretty (well, the graphics are really nicely detailled, but what they depict ain't PRETTY) and all, but...well, dammit, it's YAFPS!
This mod might make it more interesting to play, because I keep finding myself under attack when I'm in the dark. Maybe if I ramp the gamma all the way up...
And does anyone have some fluffy bunny graphics to replace the nasty undead soldiers and scientists? Pretty please? With sugar on top?
Sure, you can use a car to drive to work or go shopping or take a holiday, but what about those people who use their cars to kill people or get away from the scene of a crime?
I say we put GM & Ford and all the other automakers on notice! We won't tolerate their existence for long if these kinds of things continue!
How so? CodeWeavers didn't do anything to iTunes itself. They just tweaked their software so it could support iTunes.
If Apple can sue because some talented hackers managed to get iTunes to run under Linux, then MS can sue because they've gotten Office to work.
One day you'll realise the lawsuit isn't the answer to every problem.
Invasion of privacy means they're invading my privacy. Not stealing something. They're exploiting a weakness in Windows to deliver unwanted and uninvited ads.
Let's put this another way: Can I come over to your house and exploit some weakness in its design to actually ENTER your home, and then tell you how to fix it?
So if I come 'round and kick them in the groin once a day and then leave, is that another of those 'annoyances (sic) you have to deal with in a free society'?
Seems like assault and battery, but really, it's not! And those ads they're sending, they only SEEM like an invasion of privacy, but trust me, they're not!
Sounds reasonable. I hope they release a demo soon so I can scope it out (or have they already? I guess I should check, eh?). And hey, I just looked, and my card is 128mb! I thought it was 64, but nope, it's 128! Whee! Slightly higher quality! 8^)
Thing is, I don't WANT to have to sit at my computer to read something. I don't WANT to have to buy specialised readers with DRM and funky connection protocols (and which probabaly won't work with my Mac anyway). I don't WANT to read a PDF file on a tiny palmtop computer. I don't WANT to pay full price for a digital file.
What do I want? Dead fscking trees, m'man, and lots of 'em. I've never had the batteries in my books die. I've never had to find a wall socket for my books. I've never had to carry around special equipment to hook my books up to a computer. I've never had to tell a friend, "No, sorry, the DRM on this dead tree prohibits me from letting you borrow it." And I have yet to find a used eBook store.
eBooks are the solution to a problem that doesn't exist. They may be useful to some people (geeks who travel a lot, for instance, or techs who have to do a lot of on-site work) but for most people there's no obvious appeal.
It's an example of translating a meatspace idea into the digital realm and finding that the result is far too complex and unsatisfying to justify the effort. Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn't. The trick is recognising when it's failed and letting it die or settle into its niche and leave it be. Just stop trying to force it on consumers who obviously don't care.
Looks like my Athlon 2500+ and Radeon 9600SE will work out OK. Now all I need is a copy of the game...anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Um...because it's NEWS? Seriously, I've heard bugger all about this anywhere but slashdot and some dinky Canadian news site. You seem to think that the media outlets will stifle a news story which might sound bad for them. OK, that sounds feasable, but there are only TWO stories. Not five, not ten, just TWO, and neither of them is from what I would call a "reputable" news source.
There seems to be a consensus here that the guy's a scammer. What I'd like is a little proof that any of this has happened/is happening.
So he's being charged in LA. Fine, what's the case number? I'll look it up the next time I go downtown. Who's the judge? Who's his lawyer? What's his bar number? How about a scan of the "affidavit" for the search warrant? How about the names of the agents who conducted the search and seizure?
If this really happened, someone can get at least SOME of this info-the case number at least, since that should be a matter of public record.
This doesn't smell right to me. Where's the news in the major outlets? There are only two entries in Google News, and one of them is this article. If this were true, there'd be stuff from all the majors out there, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, etc. I may well be wrong, but this sounds like a hoax to me.
Hey, if you've got all this money burning a hole in your wallet, why not send some to me? I promise to use at least some of it to pay bills and thus get out of debt.
Found some honey recipes in the "Fun Stuff" category. I'm thinking of making the Saffron Honey Ice Cream. Seems like an awful lot of saffron to me, but otherwise it sounds about right. The process for making the custard is spot on. They don't say to add the saffron-honey mixture to the custard base, but you should, probably after you start turning the ice cream.
Well, gee. Let's see. The woman gets raped. Does the sysadmin? No? Who does...let's see...oh yeah, it's the people whose data is stolen! You're RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURING THE DATA! You're not the victim. You're the idiot who walked away and left the keys in the ignition.
Let me be clear: you're paid to do a job. You do that job to the best of your abilities. Period. Don't blame management for your shortcomings. If you can't handle it, say so and let someone else try.
Clearly any sysadmin that sloppy SHOULD face punishment. His task is to make it as difficult to abuse the system. If he walks away and leaves the root account logged in to the console, well, that's just fscking sloppy and negligent.
If he's done his job and the data is still stolen, well, that's another matter.
But it does no good to argue "What ifs" here when we've got an actual situation. Did the sysadmin of the cracked system do everything he/she/it could to prevent this situation?
Someone else mentioned budget cuts. Again, what's the point of arguing what ifs? If my job is to make sure a system is secure, I'm going to do whatever I have to do to make sure it's secure, up to and including unplugging it from the network if I have to.
And why the hell is this stuff laying around on TCP/IP networks anyway? I know it's cheap and easy, but if this data is worth $7 million dollars (say it in the Dr Evil voice for full effect) then surely it's worth safeguarding by requiring access through a different type of networking.
...CHICKEN? Sure, it's easy to hide your identity when you take a swipe at someone, but it take balls to call me stupid to my face when I can see yours.
Piker.
I notice you don't have any constructive comments for what could be done to secure the data.
What is happening to the morons who leave this kind of information sitting around on an easily cracked server? Are they getting fines? Jail time? 40 lashes with a wet noodle? What?
Maybe if these network admins were PUNISHED SEVERELY for their negligence they'd start being more careful.
At the very least this kind of information should be stored on encrypted filesystems. Better still, the files themselves should be triple-des'd and then PGP'd for good measure.
Just imagine a Beowul...sorry, wrong topic.
8^)
Anyway, I'm guessing this won't be available anywhere within a 500 mile radius of Santa Monica, because that's where I live and I NEED a fatter pipe. We switched from cable to DSL (BIG mistake) in January because it was half the cost (but 1/5th the speed, alas) and I've been dying a slow and miserable death ever since.
In that picture of the world at night, NK is almost pitch black while all around it are brightly lit, which leads me to believe they've got higher priorities than getting online.
"Do I want to eat this month, or do I want to read slashdot for ten minutes?" Decisions, decisions...
Between my wife and I, there areseveral computers, an iPod, three CD-RWs and a DVD-RW in my home. If this law passes, is the government going to go house to house to confiscate everything that "infringes"? Or will they graciously allow us to keep what we've got?
I mean, it's all well and good to have some vision for the future, but you're talking about what you're going to do with 2.0 before 1.0 has seen the light of day!
So let me give you some ideas for what I'd like to see in 1.0.
First, give us the option to turn off image animations in the preferences, where it belongs. I'm sick of having to go to about:config to manually turn them off.
Next, how about bringing back the "Block cookies" menu item in tools? You've got image blocking, so why not cookie blocking?
And speaking of ad blocking, why not add another option, one which hides the links the ads link to? With Pith Helmet, Safari can do this easily, and I never see ad one. It would be nice if I could extend that same experience to my Windows machines.
A new feature I'd like to see is flash blocking. I hate flash with a passion, but sometimes it's needed to browse a site. A blanket ban on flash to kill the flash ads is clearly overkill, but it should be possible to discern between ads and actual content.
There are lots of other things I could think of if I had the time or will to do so, but these four things could improve Firefox immensely.
Me no how write gud! Me reed to buks! Wun not culurd in yet evun!
OK, so they're all in agreement. When do we start dropping bombs on the spammers?
Talk, talk, talk...that's all these assholes ever do.