Simply buy twice the number of drives you need, and do an rsync between the two sets now and again. For added safety, get a friend with broadband and store the second box there. Then you are safe from fire, theft, drive crashes etc, with minimal effort to keep the backup up to date.
I, on the other hand, would immediately fix the server so that such "specially crafted packets" wouldn't be forwarded.
So, you are saying that they should spend vast amounts of money implementing packet filtering rather than fixing the source of the problem? Attacking the symptoms is never the answer.
Another person missing the point. If new worms were designed to do kind of thing and were OSS and peer reviewed, you would be able to trust the writer. You could deploy them in your own networks to do the work for you.
An anonymously released worm burrowing into unpatched systems across the internet. [snip] Probably violating federal law.
I was talking about where this might lead in future, and what peoples thoughts were on new worms that had been designed to be "friendly". Hence my suggestion about subnet restrictions and expiry dates.
I wasn't discussing the current worm, the word "could" and the phrase "taking this idea a step further" should have given it away.
Why not? If it's OSS and peer-reviewed, you should be able to trust one that you drop in your network. Just check it's MD5.
What could be done, taking this idea a step further, would be the ability to configure the worm. For example, you could set it to only attack one subnet (i.e. your own), then sit back as it does it's work. Set an expiry date for it, that'll shut it down when done. Bingo, you've just patched all of the vunerable machines on your network.
You want to code AWT or Swing? And then display it a smartphone? Yikes!
Isn't that the point? The JRE turns the AWT/Swing objects into what you see. These phones have specially designed fonts so that they are readable, even at small sizes. Simply have the implementation of the libraries produce graphics that look good on the phone. Most of the applications that run on these devices are coded specifically for that kind of environment anyway, and the Java graphics libraries are more than capable.
So, should we be hating Nokia as much as Microsoft for that sort of thing?;-)
Nokia have always done this. The whole ringtone thing was completely proprietry to them. I'm a little shocked that they've done that with Java. Have they removed/disabled the normal Java display classes, forcing you to go with theirs?
Not from where I'm sitting. I've got an Orange SPV and it's the dogs bollocks of phones. I know that's not what the zealots like to hear, but it's true.
They were a bit buggy at first. Like ALL software.
Gotta agree with the parent. The P800 is the only phone near the Smartphone platform, and most would agree that the Smartphone is ahead. The selection of applications is outstanding, and in contrast to the parent's parent, everything is free (beer).
Yes, that's right. With these phones, you can make your own ringtones as wav files, unlike this nonsense, where users are being charged 1.50 UKP per pop. Ditto applications, just download the free developers kit.
My phone has web, e-mail, IRC, MSN, java, mp3/wma, divx/mpeg, camera, lots of games, a full office suite, e-books, the ability to control & text from my PC. It's got the full functionality of a PDA in a normal sized phone. You can even get a roll-up keyboard for it. I also usually keep a few episodes of Futurama/South Park on it to watch on the bus.
It's a hackers phone. If you don't mind getting your hands dirty and learning a little bit about what you are using, it's a much more rewarding experience. For your mom, it's a no-hoper. A bit like linux. It's a pity the zealocy here will hold many back from what is a truly outstanding phone.
Microsoft or not, the complexity of the new phones that are around now means that some cracks are likely to happen. They have an IP address, so are suseptible to the usual risks, as well as phone based attacks. Buffer-overflow in the 160-char SMS limit? I wonder who will be the first to fall due to that one!?!
Some networks have choosen to only run signed code, unfortunatly this means you can't run your own code. Which defeats the point of having a smartphone!!
I wouldn't be surprised if legalizing weed in our country wouldn't make a noticeable difference in the amount of junkies.
It does, dramatically for the better. It removes the pot smokers away from the illegal drugs cultures, where the addictive drugs can be easilly obtained. Most dealers are dealing in pot, but every one always knows someone who can get whatever you want. By removing the harmless smokers from this, you drastically reduce the number of contact points into the hard drug networks.
Where's the "check engine" light on my PC? It's not always that easy.
Maybe that's the idea. Have WindowsUpdate (or whatever) flash the drive light and scroll-lock light when something needs attention, e.g. OS patches, virus updates. Get new users to realise that this means something important early on, e.g. a sys tray icon that flashes in time with the others. And automate the hell out of updating, like Windows Update has done. For the least experienced net users, it's pretty good these days, once you get the systray thing running.
So you end up sending a signal and a second later your rocket/whatever responds.
They didn't fly this plane like that...it was mostly automous. They got progress updates from it now and again. They lost touch for quite a long time and almost gave up on it at one point.
I wouldn't say "too intellectual", it's more "knowledgable". A lot of the jokes in Futurama are "in-jokes" where you must know what it's refering to to get the joke. For example, the "All your base are belong to us" when the aliens take over earth.
The Simpsons had these gags, but they were a lot less prominent while other more obvious gags kept a wider audience amused.
Some of the large ISPs have been caught out carrying some though, understandable due to the large number of groups. Most of them do an "opt-in" now, where users request new newsgroups. This system is vetted to make sure no dodgy ones get through. Until today, I always disliked that approach, but thinking about it now, I can see the advantages.
True, but many groups have had a lot of success posting cancel posts (or whatever they are called) for SPAM articles. On my ISPs server, you often see the odd reply to an ad (usually an insult), but the ad itself was zapped. I was amazed that there wasn't a similar system to get the kiddie stuff out of the normal porn groups.
There is a "European Computer Driving License" exam you can take, but it's aimed at certifying that you know how to work a PC, e.g. for job applications and CVs, not as a pre-requisite.
The failing of your idea is that it would be impossible and costly to administer. It would be cheaper funding free virus scanners that could be required by all ISPs.
You have to love a creative country where an actor was President and the Terminator might become a Governor. At least they don't take politics as seriously as some have spelling.
Had Arnie been born in the USA, he'd be wanting to follow in Ronnies footsteps. IIRC, only people born in the USA can be president. Yet another "stuff the British" law.
In the movie Demolition Man, it mentions "The Schwarzenegger Presidential Library" and a change in law that allowed him to become president. Scary stuff!!
For instance a cube with edges 10cm long will contain a litre of water (10x10x10 == 1000ml of water). This water will have a mass of exactly one kilogram.
SI is the way forward, of that there is no doubt. To teach the above in impearial measures would have school children repetatively reading out "1 hectare is two...." blah blah blah. What a waste of school time, it would take months to teach that what you sum up in two sentances.
Infact the only things I can think of that are sold in imperial measurements are milk (sometimes), beer when draught and cannabis...
Reminds me of the Ali G sketch where he asks the minister of education why they are teaching useless things when everyone "deals in ounces, eigths and quarters". He got him to agree with him on it.:-)
The reason, was that when two people met on a road, your sword hand would be facing your opponent.
A similar thing goes on in spiral staircases in castles. They as designed to have the defender with a lot more freedom with their right hand than the attacker.
like swerving to avoid accidents (which would likely be to the right for right handed people
I have a lot of doubt in that, sounds pretty unlikely that there is a coorelation between handedness and servering. I swerve to the side that is most likely to not kill me, which vaires constantly depending on where you are. Is there an "official" reasoning why some places drive on the right?
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Simply buy twice the number of drives you need, and do an rsync between the two sets now and again. For added safety, get a friend with broadband and store the second box there. Then you are safe from fire, theft, drive crashes etc, with minimal effort to keep the backup up to date.
Concordently!! Vis-a-Vis!!
So, you are saying that they should spend vast amounts of money implementing packet filtering rather than fixing the source of the problem? Attacking the symptoms is never the answer.
It doesn't have to be in the rules. You get caught doing it, you get banned from the casino.
Another person missing the point. If new worms were designed to do kind of thing and were OSS and peer reviewed, you would be able to trust the writer. You could deploy them in your own networks to do the work for you.
I was talking about where this might lead in future, and what peoples thoughts were on new worms that had been designed to be "friendly". Hence my suggestion about subnet restrictions and expiry dates.
I wasn't discussing the current worm, the word "could" and the phrase "taking this idea a step further" should have given it away.
Why not? If it's OSS and peer-reviewed, you should be able to trust one that you drop in your network. Just check it's MD5.
What could be done, taking this idea a step further, would be the ability to configure the worm. For example, you could set it to only attack one subnet (i.e. your own), then sit back as it does it's work. Set an expiry date for it, that'll shut it down when done. Bingo, you've just patched all of the vunerable machines on your network.
Isn't that the point? The JRE turns the AWT/Swing objects into what you see. These phones have specially designed fonts so that they are readable, even at small sizes. Simply have the implementation of the libraries produce graphics that look good on the phone. Most of the applications that run on these devices are coded specifically for that kind of environment anyway, and the Java graphics libraries are more than capable.
Nokia have always done this. The whole ringtone thing was completely proprietry to them. I'm a little shocked that they've done that with Java. Have they removed/disabled the normal Java display classes, forcing you to go with theirs?
Java is where it's at for that sort of thing. The number of new phones that support java is very high.
If that floats your boat, the Smartphone platform also supports Java.
They were a bit buggy at first. Like ALL software.
Yes, that's right. With these phones, you can make your own ringtones as wav files, unlike this nonsense, where users are being charged 1.50 UKP per pop. Ditto applications, just download the free developers kit.
My phone has web, e-mail, IRC, MSN, java, mp3/wma, divx/mpeg, camera, lots of games, a full office suite, e-books, the ability to control & text from my PC. It's got the full functionality of a PDA in a normal sized phone. You can even get a roll-up keyboard for it. I also usually keep a few episodes of Futurama/South Park on it to watch on the bus.
It's a hackers phone. If you don't mind getting your hands dirty and learning a little bit about what you are using, it's a much more rewarding experience. For your mom, it's a no-hoper. A bit like linux. It's a pity the zealocy here will hold many back from what is a truly outstanding phone.
Some networks have choosen to only run signed code, unfortunatly this means you can't run your own code. Which defeats the point of having a smartphone!!
Yup, that kind of insanity has to be genetic.
It does, dramatically for the better. It removes the pot smokers away from the illegal drugs cultures, where the addictive drugs can be easilly obtained. Most dealers are dealing in pot, but every one always knows someone who can get whatever you want. By removing the harmless smokers from this, you drastically reduce the number of contact points into the hard drug networks.
Just ask Holland.
Maybe that's the idea. Have WindowsUpdate (or whatever) flash the drive light and scroll-lock light when something needs attention, e.g. OS patches, virus updates. Get new users to realise that this means something important early on, e.g. a sys tray icon that flashes in time with the others. And automate the hell out of updating, like Windows Update has done. For the least experienced net users, it's pretty good these days, once you get the systray thing running.
They didn't fly this plane like that...it was mostly automous. They got progress updates from it now and again. They lost touch for quite a long time and almost gave up on it at one point.
The Simpsons had these gags, but they were a lot less prominent while other more obvious gags kept a wider audience amused.
Some of the large ISPs have been caught out carrying some though, understandable due to the large number of groups. Most of them do an "opt-in" now, where users request new newsgroups. This system is vetted to make sure no dodgy ones get through. Until today, I always disliked that approach, but thinking about it now, I can see the advantages.
True, but many groups have had a lot of success posting cancel posts (or whatever they are called) for SPAM articles. On my ISPs server, you often see the odd reply to an ad (usually an insult), but the ad itself was zapped. I was amazed that there wasn't a similar system to get the kiddie stuff out of the normal porn groups.
There is a "European Computer Driving License" exam you can take, but it's aimed at certifying that you know how to work a PC, e.g. for job applications and CVs, not as a pre-requisite.
The failing of your idea is that it would be impossible and costly to administer. It would be cheaper funding free virus scanners that could be required by all ISPs.
Had Arnie been born in the USA, he'd be wanting to follow in Ronnies footsteps. IIRC, only people born in the USA can be president. Yet another "stuff the British" law.
In the movie Demolition Man, it mentions "The Schwarzenegger Presidential Library" and a change in law that allowed him to become president. Scary stuff!!
SI is the way forward, of that there is no doubt. To teach the above in impearial measures would have school children repetatively reading out "1 hectare is two...." blah blah blah. What a waste of school time, it would take months to teach that what you sum up in two sentances.
Infact the only things I can think of that are sold in imperial measurements are milk (sometimes), beer when draught and cannabis...
Reminds me of the Ali G sketch where he asks the minister of education why they are teaching useless things when everyone "deals in ounces, eigths and quarters". He got him to agree with him on it. :-)
A similar thing goes on in spiral staircases in castles. They as designed to have the defender with a lot more freedom with their right hand than the attacker.
like swerving to avoid accidents (which would likely be to the right for right handed people
I have a lot of doubt in that, sounds pretty unlikely that there is a coorelation between handedness and servering. I swerve to the side that is most likely to not kill me, which vaires constantly depending on where you are. Is there an "official" reasoning why some places drive on the right?