I'm say saying ISA is perfect by any means. I've run into its limitations on many occasions (only just NOW does it get SIP support!?). But I mostly deal with companies of 20 people or less, and they just don't have the budget for a dedicated firewall appliance with the features that ISA provides. Besides, anything in the wrong hands is going to be a problem, which is why I make sure the client stays out of it and calls me when they need something changed. It was just a good balance between price and feature set (as long as you knew where the limits were) that is going to be hard to match.
Seconded on removing ISA Server. I prefer it over SonicWall or other firewall appliances for small installations where the client doesn't have the money for anything larger, and its removal hurt.
It does not work through NAT without some nasty hacks, and even then it rarely works when there is NAT at both ends. It requires special SIP filters, keep-alives, and packet mangling, all of which become increasingly unfeasible as you scale up, and none of which are handled by UPnP
That gives me an interesting idea, though I don't know if anyone else has thought of this. Probably has, but here goes.
Antispam test are essentially Turing tests, only looking for bots instead of humans. Spammers seem to be pretty good at getting around that, though that, too, is an arms race. Can not something similar be done?
The plus side would be that if spammers find a way to break one test, they strengthen the other test.
I'll second this. In fact, I have rolled out Trixbox installations for a couple of my clients. It's great for small businesses that need a high-level telephone, voice mail and auto attendant system, but can't afford a commercial (read: licenced) system. And because I can adjust it remotely when they need a change, and it uses off-the-shelf hardware, maintenance costs are kept low for both of us.
I just haven't quite figured out how to completely eliminate the echo problem when using FXO cards though, but I'm still working on it.
The difference is that with snail mail, the sender foots the bill. With email, the reciever has to pay.
Senders of snail mail have to pay the post office to deliver their letters. It doesn't cost the reciever anything. But with email, the reciever has to pay for the bandwith used to deliver the mail and the server to recieve, hold and deliver the mail. Granted, these costs are directly paid for by their ISP, but more spam means higher overhead for the ISPs, which translates into higher subscription fees for the end user.
Oh, I'm not saying we don't need DNS as things are now. I'm saying we have the ability to change they way things are. The current structure of the internet requires DNS, but there's nothing to stop us from changing the structure. Or at the very least, find another way of determining what information is on what server.
As for alternatives, I'm not smart enough to figure one out. But there have been many advanced in the computer sciences over the last decade, and the internet itself can help those who are smart enough to bring about its change.
what we need is to get some momentum behind a decent decentralized DNS-type system. there have been various proposals out there for a while, but there was never a strong reason to try switching... until now.
Agreed. What most of the world doesn't understand is that the internet, the real internet, is not controlled by any goverment or agency. It's controlled by us, the geeks and nerds of the computer world! The DNS system only continues to work so long as we continue to use it. If we all start using a different system to find our pron, the companies of the world will follow us to keep our buisness. Then the rest of the world will follow them.
We don't have to keep DNS around. There are other ways of finding information on the internet. If we put our heads together and came up with a replacement, then used it, we can put this whole messy business, and any future similar problems, to rest.
Of course there are exceptions to every rule (including this one), but for the most part it seems to hold true. I would argue, though, that law was created explicitly to prevent vigilantism, not grown from it. Law, whether or not the accused is assumed guilty, at least gives the accused the right to plead their case. Vigilantism does not. Law was established to prevent people from passing judgement erroniously and punishing the innocent. (Whether or not is works in another debate.)
Vigilatism may seem like a good idea at the time, but always leads to problems in the long run. It's better to work through proper channels to resolve these problems. If the proper channels can't resolve the problem, then work to fix them.
Doing things properly results in a more permanent fix. Vigilantism just gets innocent bystanders hurt and only works until the next guy comes along.
I think the "something" could be anything, but it would be something unavoidable, since it already happened.
I think the idea is that the future consists of an infinite number of possibilities, but the past, having already been observed, consists of only one possibility. So anyone traveling to the past has already done so, so can only do what they already did. Result - no change. E.g., if you did try to go to the past to kill your dad, then you won't because you have already failed.
The paradox here, though, is what happens if you haven't gone to the past yet in the present. Since the future is an infinate set of possibilities, then the possibility exists that you don't go to the past. But since the past is set, you have already gone to the past, so you have to go. This limits the number of possible futures to the ones where you travel to the past. Yet, current quantum theory says that future possible events are infinate until they actually happen.
You could also get a Windows CE/Pocket PC based mobile and have it integrate into an Exchange 2003 server without having to buy the $5000 software package. Plus, in addition to sending and recieving email and getting real-time email notification through SMS, you can syncronize your calendar and contacts with the server. This lets your office make schedule changes on the fly and the changes will be recieved in Outlook on your laptop (thanks to RPC over HTTP), on your mobile and in the web interface instantaniously.
Of course, to do all this, you have to have Exchange 2003, Windows server 2003, Outlook 2003, Windows XP and the latest Windows CE. Any less on any of it, and you lose most of those features.
Who elects the president, the people or the states?
Should it matter which states have the most people in a nation-wide elction? Why are state boundries an issue when it is the will of the people of the entire country that is being decided?
Some of my clients (generally small to medium buisnesses) use HP inkjets. More then once they've called me saying that they had just opened a new ink cartridge only to be told by the printer that it is expired, and every time the cartridge in question had been one that was kept on hand for a couple of months.
Also, this happened once with a computer that had the date set wrong. A perfectly working printer was plugged in and immediately the cartridges expired. Even setting the corect date wouldn't bring them back.
This is something that HP put in to the cartridges to combat all the ink refill kits. It's a real pain, too, since it means you can't keep any extra cartridges around as spares.
The old HP 3, 4 and 5 series laserjets were built like tanks. I know of several Laserjet 3 printers in active use that still have their origional drive trains. It's too bad you can't get any replacement parts for them any more. The new HP printers may perform better, but they aren't built as solid. You almost have to replace the main gear assemblies every year or two.
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Yea, but then you have to deal with Bank of America, who charges a fee if you even think about your accounts.
I'm say saying ISA is perfect by any means. I've run into its limitations on many occasions (only just NOW does it get SIP support!?). But I mostly deal with companies of 20 people or less, and they just don't have the budget for a dedicated firewall appliance with the features that ISA provides. Besides, anything in the wrong hands is going to be a problem, which is why I make sure the client stays out of it and calls me when they need something changed. It was just a good balance between price and feature set (as long as you knew where the limits were) that is going to be hard to match.
Seconded on removing ISA Server. I prefer it over SonicWall or other firewall appliances for small installations where the client doesn't have the money for anything larger, and its removal hurt.
Three words: Session Initiation Protocol
It does not work through NAT without some nasty hacks, and even then it rarely works when there is NAT at both ends. It requires special SIP filters, keep-alives, and packet mangling, all of which become increasingly unfeasible as you scale up, and none of which are handled by UPnP
But then wouldn't the lack of demosaicing itself be the tell-tale sign that it was taken with a Foveon X3 sensor?
That gives me an interesting idea, though I don't know if anyone else has thought of this. Probably has, but here goes.
Antispam test are essentially Turing tests, only looking for bots instead of humans. Spammers seem to be pretty good at getting around that, though that, too, is an arms race. Can not something similar be done?
The plus side would be that if spammers find a way to break one test, they strengthen the other test.
Their checkout page now have a link to "proceed straight to checkout" or something like that, skipping all their "special offers."
I'll second this. In fact, I have rolled out Trixbox installations for a couple of my clients. It's great for small businesses that need a high-level telephone, voice mail and auto attendant system, but can't afford a commercial (read: licenced) system. And because I can adjust it remotely when they need a change, and it uses off-the-shelf hardware, maintenance costs are kept low for both of us.
I just haven't quite figured out how to completely eliminate the echo problem when using FXO cards though, but I'm still working on it.
I have.
The difference is that with snail mail, the sender foots the bill. With email, the reciever has to pay.
Senders of snail mail have to pay the post office to deliver their letters. It doesn't cost the reciever anything. But with email, the reciever has to pay for the bandwith used to deliver the mail and the server to recieve, hold and deliver the mail. Granted, these costs are directly paid for by their ISP, but more spam means higher overhead for the ISPs, which translates into higher subscription fees for the end user.
Well, she's not really dead, just... somewhere else. I predict she'll pop up again.
damn spellchecker. It's supposed to know which word I wanted.
We have a word for that, actualy:
Hypocracy
It's also illegal in the US
Oh, I'm not saying we don't need DNS as things are now. I'm saying we have the ability to change they way things are. The current structure of the internet requires DNS, but there's nothing to stop us from changing the structure. Or at the very least, find another way of determining what information is on what server.
As for alternatives, I'm not smart enough to figure one out. But there have been many advanced in the computer sciences over the last decade, and the internet itself can help those who are smart enough to bring about its change.
what we need is to get some momentum behind a decent decentralized DNS-type system. there have been various proposals out there for a while, but there was never a strong reason to try switching... until now.
Agreed. What most of the world doesn't understand is that the internet, the real internet, is not controlled by any goverment or agency. It's controlled by us, the geeks and nerds of the computer world! The DNS system only continues to work so long as we continue to use it. If we all start using a different system to find our pron, the companies of the world will follow us to keep our buisness. Then the rest of the world will follow them.We don't have to keep DNS around. There are other ways of finding information on the internet. If we put our heads together and came up with a replacement, then used it, we can put this whole messy business, and any future similar problems, to rest.
Of course there are exceptions to every rule (including this one), but for the most part it seems to hold true. I would argue, though, that law was created explicitly to prevent vigilantism, not grown from it. Law, whether or not the accused is assumed guilty, at least gives the accused the right to plead their case. Vigilantism does not. Law was established to prevent people from passing judgement erroniously and punishing the innocent. (Whether or not is works in another debate.)
Vigilatism may seem like a good idea at the time, but always leads to problems in the long run. It's better to work through proper channels to resolve these problems. If the proper channels can't resolve the problem, then work to fix them.
Doing things properly results in a more permanent fix. Vigilantism just gets innocent bystanders hurt and only works until the next guy comes along.
I think the "something" could be anything, but it would be something unavoidable, since it already happened.
I think the idea is that the future consists of an infinite number of possibilities, but the past, having already been observed, consists of only one possibility. So anyone traveling to the past has already done so, so can only do what they already did. Result - no change. E.g., if you did try to go to the past to kill your dad, then you won't because you have already failed.
The paradox here, though, is what happens if you haven't gone to the past yet in the present. Since the future is an infinate set of possibilities, then the possibility exists that you don't go to the past. But since the past is set, you have already gone to the past, so you have to go. This limits the number of possible futures to the ones where you travel to the past. Yet, current quantum theory says that future possible events are infinate until they actually happen.
I don't know, my head hurts.
You could also get a Windows CE/Pocket PC based mobile and have it integrate into an Exchange 2003 server without having to buy the $5000 software package. Plus, in addition to sending and recieving email and getting real-time email notification through SMS, you can syncronize your calendar and contacts with the server. This lets your office make schedule changes on the fly and the changes will be recieved in Outlook on your laptop (thanks to RPC over HTTP), on your mobile and in the web interface instantaniously. Of course, to do all this, you have to have Exchange 2003, Windows server 2003, Outlook 2003, Windows XP and the latest Windows CE. Any less on any of it, and you lose most of those features.
Who elects the president, the people or the states? Should it matter which states have the most people in a nation-wide elction? Why are state boundries an issue when it is the will of the people of the entire country that is being decided?
I've been dealing with this problem for a while.
Some of my clients (generally small to medium buisnesses) use HP inkjets. More then once they've called me saying that they had just opened a new ink cartridge only to be told by the printer that it is expired, and every time the cartridge in question had been one that was kept on hand for a couple of months.
Also, this happened once with a computer that had the date set wrong. A perfectly working printer was plugged in and immediately the cartridges expired. Even setting the corect date wouldn't bring them back.
This is something that HP put in to the cartridges to combat all the ink refill kits. It's a real pain, too, since it means you can't keep any extra cartridges around as spares.
Let me rephrase that: you can't get replacement parts from HP anymore.
The old HP 3, 4 and 5 series laserjets were built like tanks. I know of several Laserjet 3 printers in active use that still have their origional drive trains. It's too bad you can't get any replacement parts for them any more. The new HP printers may perform better, but they aren't built as solid. You almost have to replace the main gear assemblies every year or two.
Yes. WIndows XP counts physical processors. Windows 2000, however, counts logical processors.