you dont fuck with the megacorps. especially not the bells.
And if Google Voice were still just the original Grand Central, I might agree with you 100%... but remember that AT&T is not stepping on some small upstart company with a good idea and not much else. Google is a megacorp itself, one that even the likes of AT&T would be wise not to take on in court. That's why they're trying to use the regulatory approach first: get Congress to nip Google Voice in the bud and regulate out any possible future competition that might run along similar lines. Fortunately for us Google Voice users, Google is a pretty high-profile operation. Screwing around with them too much wouldn't make certain members of Congress look very good. Not that many of them are of much use anyway, when you get right down to it. Matter of fact, it's amazing that some 434 people have managed to fuck up the lives of hundreds of millions of ordinary citizens to such an incredible degree.
Because it involves Linux boxes, and nothing gets the/. crowd riled up more than an assertion that Linux suffers from drawbacks.:P
You're right, though, in that good security practices should be just as effective in this case - which is why the title of the article is "Sloppy Linux Admins Enable Slow Bruteforce Attacks".
Yes, as opposed to "Typical Windows Admins Enable Rapid Bruteforce Attacks"
Not even Windows admins are incompetent enough to put a bunch of authentication keys on a system with a public-facing, root-login-permitted, weak-root-password ssh server.
Actually, it's only the best adapted that survive. That said, if you're strong enough you won't get rooted by that big guy named Bubba in the bottom bunk.
A DUI is something that carries the stigma of the high probability of the offender killing themselves or someone else. Having a joint is literally not a crime to anyone, and yet which one gets American nuts in a twist?
Both, actually, which just goes to show how little you actually know about us. It's a fairly recent phenomenon on both counts: back in the sixties and seventies, when I grew up, if you were high and got pulled over, it really wasn't that big a deal. The cops would ask you how far you were from home, and if it wasn't too far they'd follow you there to make sure you got home ok. Nowadays, doesn't matter what your drug of choice is (pot, alcohol, whatever) you get a DUI (if you're not outright arrested.)
and here's a good first choice: pick a more secure operating system for their servers and workstations. Last I heard, Microsoft had a fat contract to supply Windows to DHS. If they really want to make themselves look good (from a security perspective) dropping Microsoft would be a good first step.
I don't get it; they resolved the issue, so that you had nothing negative to post in the end.
You're confusing two different elements of a complaint. If the GP were in some way faulting Newegg's service, you would be more correct: the company fixed whatever problem he was experiencing and that's that. But if we're talking about information pertaining to product quality, that is not the same thing. From the customer's perspective, useful (if negative) information was suppressed by Newegg's giving him extra attention. Now, that's better than Newegg just deleting the negative review, but it still leaves other buyers in the dark, thus defeating the purpose of the review system.
Just like the first Amiga prototype. Basically just wirewrapped boards cabled together. Actually used at a trade-show, but hidden under a table.
Prior to the Amiga 1000 being officially launched, I worked at a game company that was coding for it (all hush hush and that.) We had some of their original pre-release prototypes: just a motherboard in a black-painted plywood box with holes cut in it for the connectors. The thing had no development tools whatsoever: all the software was written on Sparcstations. I didn't get to hack any code for them, alas... just Apple ][ and PC stuff.
Kinda cool, actually... wish I still had one of those prototypes. Probably put it up on EBay for a few bucks.
I had the EXACT same thing through Sprint just before I canceled and switched to AT&T...but the worst part was, the phone had over the air updates, and while I paid cash for it -- I don't like these subsidized plans -- and I spent 2x what it would have cost in their store as it was unlocked, they were STILL able to disable all the features (and somehow lock the phone to their network), with the exception of bluetooth headsets...which I don't really like anyways (give me wired any day of the week...I like battery life).
Yeah, I had Sprint and they screwed me repeatedly. Kept billing me for video downloads when neither my plan nor my phone supported video playback. Plus which they spammed me repeatedly, and then had the huevos to bill me 20c for each spam when my plan had unlimited text messaging. Every month I'd have to call them up to have yet another gratuitous charge removed from my bill. I couldn't wait for my contract to be up so I could get the hell away from the Comcast of the cellular world. Why these crooks are allowed to stay in business (or to continue to operate the way they do) just shows how little authority the Feds maintain over our communications infrastructure any more.
I switched to T-Mobile, and have a G1 running Cyanogenmod. It does everything I happen to need, and more. No, it's not as polished as an iPhone, but then again I don't buy stuff based upon glitter, nor do I willingly support corporations with blatant anti-customer practices, especially when viable alternatives exist. Now, I don't know whether Android will, in the end, be as open as it is now, and frankly Google's recent serving of a C&D on Steve Kondik rather tarnishes their image for me (a dick move on Google's part, for sure.) For the moment, though, I'm enjoying the benefits of a Linux-based cell phone that even my carrier can't muck with too much. The way I see it, smart phones are really personal computers with built-in cellular modems... and I wouldn't let any corporation limit what software I can or cannot execute on my own PC, or restrict how I use said PC. So long as T-Mobile stays as customer-friendly as they are, they'll keep my business. Oh, and I haven't had a single goddamn billing error since I switched to them, which is a big plus for me.
It's not wrong, it's British spelling. You Americans should learn to respect other cultures.
You Brits spell Apple as M-I-C-R-O-S-O-F-T? Damn, I thought I was in trouble when my girlfriend asked me to stash her purse in the boot. Must be that whole Queen's English thing, I guess.
I can't RTFM right now - slashdotted - but the TOS for using Google Maps for example is very explicit and very limited. (You can only use Google Maps from within browser, and you cannot cache the images.
So how can I be using it on my phone NOT in a web browser
Presumably within a licensed proprietary application, such as Google Maps.
At one point, I put together a low-powered 40 Khz. IR transmitter and receiver that would detect when anyone was sitting in front of my computer. As soon as I got up and walked away, it would invoke the screen saver. As soon as anyone sat back in front of the machine, it would bring up the login prompt. Worked very well, actually. I'm sure some company somewhere marketed some similar security scheme, although I never bothered to look. Huh, now that you made me think of it I should go see if I can find the thing and update it for USB.
Yea, well, you claimed England = Europe, so what does that make you? A retarded American.
At least you picked on an individual this time, rather than slamming an entire country. That's good, you're improving your bigotry quotient. Keep up the good work.
Sure, I do. That was precisely my point. You want credit for having made some improvements to your culture, to your ability to tolerate those who think, believe or feel differently than you do.
We deserve the same. Unless you, like the GP, believe that America has made no strides whatsoever in that regard, is full of hateful people who dislike everyone who isn't like us, and that only people of other countries can display tolerance and acceptance. Sure, there are some people like that here, just as there are wherever you hail from. But to categorize ALL of us like that is a bit rude.
Regardless, my complaint was that the GP was painting with overbroad strokes, tarnishing my entire country with one big smear. Oddly, he was exhibiting the same characteristics that we was attributing to all Americans.
"That pulls the rug out from a whole policy and technology perspective that the point is to give you control over your information -- because you don't have control over your information."
I have control over my information. And that is why you wont find be on Facebook.
Who cares, only an american would care about anothers sexuality. Bigotry inequality discrimnation and trusting in god, did we mention american greed, well no, that's a whole other story
Do you actually have the slightest idea what you just said? I understand that America-bashing is fashionable these days, but if not done with a minimum of facts, it only makes the basher look like a fool.
Ask Alan Turing about how tolerant Europeans can be about sexual orientation. Furthermore you're the one making blanket assumptions about a nation of some 300 million people. Might want to check that bigotry at the door next time you feel the need to foam at the mouth. Truly, it's not a pretty picture.
3) Android is based on Linux. But it has a remote kill switch (not sure if it has ever been used).
Attempts have been made at a TRULY/EXTREMELY open based Linux phone before (OpenMoko sound familiar?) and they have never succeeded.
Android is pretty open. And there are a number of third-party distros out there (Cyanogenmod and others) than run well on the existing handsets (G1 & G2, etc.) Actually, better in most cases, since it's not hard to improve on the stock firmware. Furthermore, it's not really a "hack" to install an alternate distro on such a device any more than than it's a hack to install Slackware on your PC rather than Ubuntu. It's just another operating system running on a computing platform which happens to fit in your pocket. That's how it should be: give me my choice in apps and my choice in operating systems and I'll buy your phone and your service. That's the reason I chose a G1 over an iPhone... sure, the iPhone is slicker, but the G1 doesn't make me worry about what the vendor might do next. Google, really, has a vested interest in NOT locking the thing down too much, since they are offering a vast cornucopia of services and APIs to developers more than they are offering specific applications. Nothing more than a logical extension of their largely platform-agnostic business model, in fact.
I'm more impressed that T-Mobile didn't try to enforce the usual carrier feature-crippling routine on the G1... maybe they recognized that their target market was NOT drain-bamaged, head-in-the-sand iPhone users but people that want to own their own phones. If so, kudos to them.
It's not really for people who can see and hear. It's more for blind people who are always going to be more aware of the sounds around them.
Well, there's a point where adjusting everyone's technology for the sake of the handicapped crosses the line into impracticability, if not outright irrationality. I think this is one of those times.
But hey, it makes the politicos who are promoting this nonsense look good in the polls.
I think a few dead pedestrians is worth the loss of the noise pollution.
Oh, I dunno... there are some nice pedestrians, especially the ones with large breasts in fishnet outfits (yes, I saw one of those once... damn near drove into the opposing lane.) Now, a few dead politicians would definitely be worth the price, in that it would reduce the level of noise pollution in Congress. Less hot air too, for that matter.
Isn't this only true because there are more of them there than there are of us here, and they have to learn English to do business with us?
Wasn't that precisely the point I was trying to get across? That other countries wishing to do business with the dominant nation learn its language? Did you read my comment?
Regardless, the fact that China has a larger population than ours is irrelevant: proportionally speaking, they are making a heavy investment in English and not some other language, and they're doing it for the reason that you stated.
Also, I wouldn't assume that the language barrier will stand forever. Who gives a damn if their product packing is indecipherable. What matters is that their major intellectual talent, scientists, engineers, technical people of all kinds do, by and large, speak adequate English.
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So assuming you already have a phone you don't need a phone. That's good to know.
I used to feel like that whenever I'd move to a new place and have to call SBC to get new service.
you dont fuck with the megacorps. especially not the bells.
And if Google Voice were still just the original Grand Central, I might agree with you 100% ... but remember that AT&T is not stepping on some small upstart company with a good idea and not much else. Google is a megacorp itself, one that even the likes of AT&T would be wise not to take on in court. That's why they're trying to use the regulatory approach first: get Congress to nip Google Voice in the bud and regulate out any possible future competition that might run along similar lines. Fortunately for us Google Voice users, Google is a pretty high-profile operation. Screwing around with them too much wouldn't make certain members of Congress look very good. Not that many of them are of much use anyway, when you get right down to it. Matter of fact, it's amazing that some 434 people have managed to fuck up the lives of hundreds of millions of ordinary citizens to such an incredible degree.
Because it involves Linux boxes, and nothing gets the /. crowd riled up more than an assertion that Linux suffers from drawbacks. :P
You're right, though, in that good security practices should be just as effective in this case - which is why the title of the article is "Sloppy Linux Admins Enable Slow Bruteforce Attacks".
Yes, as opposed to "Typical Windows Admins Enable Rapid Bruteforce Attacks"
Not even Windows admins are incompetent enough to put a bunch of authentication keys on a system with a public-facing, root-login-permitted, weak-root-password ssh server.
Tell that to the bank that holds my mortgage.
Only the strong survive.
Actually, it's only the best adapted that survive. That said, if you're strong enough you won't get rooted by that big guy named Bubba in the bottom bunk.
A DUI is something that carries the stigma of the high probability of the offender killing themselves or someone else. Having a joint is literally not a crime to anyone, and yet which one gets American nuts in a twist?
Both, actually, which just goes to show how little you actually know about us. It's a fairly recent phenomenon on both counts: back in the sixties and seventies, when I grew up, if you were high and got pulled over, it really wasn't that big a deal. The cops would ask you how far you were from home, and if it wasn't too far they'd follow you there to make sure you got home ok. Nowadays, doesn't matter what your drug of choice is (pot, alcohol, whatever) you get a DUI (if you're not outright arrested.)
and here's a good first choice: pick a more secure operating system for their servers and workstations. Last I heard, Microsoft had a fat contract to supply Windows to DHS. If they really want to make themselves look good (from a security perspective) dropping Microsoft would be a good first step.
I don't get it; they resolved the issue, so that you had nothing negative to post in the end.
You're confusing two different elements of a complaint. If the GP were in some way faulting Newegg's service, you would be more correct: the company fixed whatever problem he was experiencing and that's that. But if we're talking about information pertaining to product quality, that is not the same thing. From the customer's perspective, useful (if negative) information was suppressed by Newegg's giving him extra attention. Now, that's better than Newegg just deleting the negative review, but it still leaves other buyers in the dark, thus defeating the purpose of the review system.
Just like the first Amiga prototype. Basically just wirewrapped boards cabled together. Actually used at a trade-show, but hidden under a table.
Prior to the Amiga 1000 being officially launched, I worked at a game company that was coding for it (all hush hush and that.) We had some of their original pre-release prototypes: just a motherboard in a black-painted plywood box with holes cut in it for the connectors. The thing had no development tools whatsoever: all the software was written on Sparcstations. I didn't get to hack any code for them, alas ... just Apple ][ and PC stuff.
... wish I still had one of those prototypes. Probably put it up on EBay for a few bucks.
Kinda cool, actually
I had the EXACT same thing through Sprint just before I canceled and switched to AT&T...but the worst part was, the phone had over the air updates, and while I paid cash for it -- I don't like these subsidized plans -- and I spent 2x what it would have cost in their store as it was unlocked, they were STILL able to disable all the features (and somehow lock the phone to their network), with the exception of bluetooth headsets...which I don't really like anyways (give me wired any day of the week...I like battery life).
Yeah, I had Sprint and they screwed me repeatedly. Kept billing me for video downloads when neither my plan nor my phone supported video playback. Plus which they spammed me repeatedly, and then had the huevos to bill me 20c for each spam when my plan had unlimited text messaging. Every month I'd have to call them up to have yet another gratuitous charge removed from my bill. I couldn't wait for my contract to be up so I could get the hell away from the Comcast of the cellular world. Why these crooks are allowed to stay in business (or to continue to operate the way they do) just shows how little authority the Feds maintain over our communications infrastructure any more.
... and I wouldn't let any corporation limit what software I can or cannot execute on my own PC, or restrict how I use said PC. So long as T-Mobile stays as customer-friendly as they are, they'll keep my business. Oh, and I haven't had a single goddamn billing error since I switched to them, which is a big plus for me.
I switched to T-Mobile, and have a G1 running Cyanogenmod. It does everything I happen to need, and more. No, it's not as polished as an iPhone, but then again I don't buy stuff based upon glitter, nor do I willingly support corporations with blatant anti-customer practices, especially when viable alternatives exist. Now, I don't know whether Android will, in the end, be as open as it is now, and frankly Google's recent serving of a C&D on Steve Kondik rather tarnishes their image for me (a dick move on Google's part, for sure.) For the moment, though, I'm enjoying the benefits of a Linux-based cell phone that even my carrier can't muck with too much. The way I see it, smart phones are really personal computers with built-in cellular modems
It's not wrong, it's British spelling. You Americans should learn to respect other cultures.
You Brits spell Apple as M-I-C-R-O-S-O-F-T? Damn, I thought I was in trouble when my girlfriend asked me to stash her purse in the boot. Must be that whole Queen's English thing, I guess.
I can't RTFM right now - slashdotted - but the TOS for using Google Maps for example is very explicit and very limited. (You can only use Google Maps from within browser, and you cannot cache the images.
So how can I be using it on my phone NOT in a web browser
Presumably within a licensed proprietary application, such as Google Maps.
Actually ad-blocking is amoral
Why?
At one point, I put together a low-powered 40 Khz. IR transmitter and receiver that would detect when anyone was sitting in front of my computer. As soon as I got up and walked away, it would invoke the screen saver. As soon as anyone sat back in front of the machine, it would bring up the login prompt. Worked very well, actually. I'm sure some company somewhere marketed some similar security scheme, although I never bothered to look. Huh, now that you made me think of it I should go see if I can find the thing and update it for USB.
Yea, well, you claimed England = Europe, so what does that make you? A retarded American.
At least you picked on an individual this time, rather than slamming an entire country. That's good, you're improving your bigotry quotient. Keep up the good work.
... you realise Turing died in 1954
Sure, I do. That was precisely my point. You want credit for having made some improvements to your culture, to your ability to tolerate those who think, believe or feel differently than you do.
We deserve the same. Unless you, like the GP, believe that America has made no strides whatsoever in that regard, is full of hateful people who dislike everyone who isn't like us, and that only people of other countries can display tolerance and acceptance. Sure, there are some people like that here, just as there are wherever you hail from. But to categorize ALL of us like that is a bit rude.
Regardless, my complaint was that the GP was painting with overbroad strokes, tarnishing my entire country with one big smear. Oddly, he was exhibiting the same characteristics that we was attributing to all Americans.
... not by probing them.
That probably didn't come out exactly the way you expected.
"That pulls the rug out from a whole policy and technology perspective that the point is to give you control over your information -- because you don't have control over your information."
I have control over my information. And that is why you wont find be on Facebook.
Who cares, only an american would care about anothers sexuality. Bigotry inequality discrimnation and trusting in god, did we mention american greed, well no, that's a whole other story
Do you actually have the slightest idea what you just said? I understand that America-bashing is fashionable these days, but if not done with a minimum of facts, it only makes the basher look like a fool.
Ask Alan Turing about how tolerant Europeans can be about sexual orientation. Furthermore you're the one making blanket assumptions about a nation of some 300 million people. Might want to check that bigotry at the door next time you feel the need to foam at the mouth. Truly, it's not a pretty picture.
3) Android is based on Linux. But it has a remote kill switch (not sure if it has ever been used).
Attempts have been made at a TRULY/EXTREMELY open based Linux phone before (OpenMoko sound familiar?) and they have never succeeded.
Android is pretty open. And there are a number of third-party distros out there (Cyanogenmod and others) than run well on the existing handsets (G1 & G2, etc.) Actually, better in most cases, since it's not hard to improve on the stock firmware. Furthermore, it's not really a "hack" to install an alternate distro on such a device any more than than it's a hack to install Slackware on your PC rather than Ubuntu. It's just another operating system running on a computing platform which happens to fit in your pocket. That's how it should be: give me my choice in apps and my choice in operating systems and I'll buy your phone and your service. That's the reason I chose a G1 over an iPhone ... sure, the iPhone is slicker, but the G1 doesn't make me worry about what the vendor might do next. Google, really, has a vested interest in NOT locking the thing down too much, since they are offering a vast cornucopia of services and APIs to developers more than they are offering specific applications. Nothing more than a logical extension of their largely platform-agnostic business model, in fact.
... maybe they recognized that their target market was NOT drain-bamaged, head-in-the-sand iPhone users but people that want to own their own phones. If so, kudos to them.
I'm more impressed that T-Mobile didn't try to enforce the usual carrier feature-crippling routine on the G1
It's not really for people who can see and hear. It's more for blind people who are always going to be more aware of the sounds around them.
Well, there's a point where adjusting everyone's technology for the sake of the handicapped crosses the line into impracticability, if not outright irrationality. I think this is one of those times.
But hey, it makes the politicos who are promoting this nonsense look good in the polls.
I think a few dead pedestrians is worth the loss of the noise pollution.
Oh, I dunno ... there are some nice pedestrians, especially the ones with large breasts in fishnet outfits (yes, I saw one of those once ... damn near drove into the opposing lane.) Now, a few dead politicians would definitely be worth the price, in that it would reduce the level of noise pollution in Congress. Less hot air too, for that matter.
I want my car to sound like the flying cars from The Jetsons. Then I can at least pretend that I got the future I was promised as a child.
"We were promised flying cars. I want my flying cars!"
You smack them on the nose and shout "no" or "bad" until it finally sticks.
I think having the speakers shout "Yo, Bitch ... check dis out!" might grab their attention.
My AMD 500 megahertz laptop is 11 years but that's pushing it (the porn plays back in slow-motion)
Dude ... that's a feature!
Isn't this only true because there are more of them there than there are of us here, and they have to learn English to do business with us?
Wasn't that precisely the point I was trying to get across? That other countries wishing to do business with the dominant nation learn its language? Did you read my comment?
Regardless, the fact that China has a larger population than ours is irrelevant: proportionally speaking, they are making a heavy investment in English and not some other language, and they're doing it for the reason that you stated.
Also, I wouldn't assume that the language barrier will stand forever. Who gives a damn if their product packing is indecipherable. What matters is that their major intellectual talent, scientists, engineers, technical people of all kinds do, by and large, speak adequate English.