The theory behind SPEWS approach is at least interesting, but why don't the maintainers validate it? The SPEWS maintainers have the data available from their spam traps. If SPEWS is wonderful (with whatever number of asterixes) then the presence of a particular IP address in the database should have a high positive-predictive value. IOW, for any given IP in the database, what is the probability that it truly represents a source or supporter of spam over time? How about data instead of zeal?
Setting aside the overall value of SSO systems for a moment, A system could be implemented in which tracking is impossible. The sort of database solutions that Peter Wayner discusses in his book "Translucent Databases" would allow authentication from multiple sources to multiple destinations without the authentication knowing anything more than "is valid authentication" or not. The problem of course is finding a group to develop the system who has enough self-restraint to blind themselves to tracking data since this is the most obvious revenue source. Probably has to be an open source system as well so folks can satisfy themselves that it works as advertised, right?
"Lede" is journalism jargon for the lead paragraph or "lead".
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The guy who wrote the review of Minority Report is the guy who wrote the book. Nothing wrong with a little shameless plugging is there? Especially when it's relevant.
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And what if the jet had crashed into that co-lo facility?
How does your question reflect on the relevance of the WTC and Pentagon attacks in relation to computer networks? What if the jet had crashed into WalMart? Should Kathy Lee write a book telling the fashion industry how to protect it's valuable interests in the wake of terror attacks?
Peter raised the question of what the attacks on the Pentagon and WTC had to do with computer networks. Here's the statement in context.
On the other hand, it's not really clear what the latest attacks have to do with computer networks. He even notes that the DOD's computers were relatively unhurt by the destruction of the Pentagon. How many web sites or e-commerce sites can anyone knock out with a box cutter? One company I knew with offices on the 81st floor of the World Trade Center used a co-lo facility that survived. Their web site kept on pumping out hits even after their entire office turned to dust.
The attacks underlie the premise of the book, but their relevance to the topic of the book is entirely suspect.
How about a Soviet <a href="http://www.ngb.dtic.mil/gallery/heritage_co<nobr>l<wbr></wbr></nobr> lection/amsky.htm"> Bear Bomber </a> flying down the coast of Florida instead? It used to happen all the time, when they could afford the fuel. Please, also, note the distinction between an EP-3 spy plane and a Tu-95 bomber.
One of the points made in the article is that many scientists have no idea of how much money is at stake in scientific publishing. You may be demonstrating this axiom nicely. Elsevier, for instance, is a for-profit company that publishes about 400 journals in physics alone. All told, they have on the order of 10^3 titles. Editorial salaries not withstanding, big money is at stake here for the publishers. What proportion of that money can be attributed to current or future online subscriptions is certainly debatable, but I imagine they view the potential online revenue stream in a manner similar to other dealers in intellectual property (e.g. RIIA, MPAA). They want to get all they can get while the getting is good.
In this case, since the scientists are the talent and are not directly compensated for the success of their articles, they are in a unique position with respect to making demands. If the journals do not comply they can simply peddle their intellectual property elsewhere. Journal reputation is a factor in deciding where to submit ones results, but reputations can change. It will be interesting to see what effect pressure from the scientific community will have in this regard.
Plusmail may be worthy of an Ask Slashdot of its own.
Although a ton of hosting companies advertise Plusmail scripts as a feature, have you ever tried to find information on purchasing Plusmail for a system? Can anyone point to a web site for the company that writes/sells/markets Plusmail to web hosts? Reasonably thorough searches I have made have been uncuccessful.
Are you Karma whoring or just trolling with that same lame line?
Rob Becker, didn't write that he had "absolutely no Linux experience" in his ask Slashdot question. It was Cliff who wrote that in regard to his skepticism about products claiming that users need no Linux experience.
There, are you happy? You trolled me into explaining the obvious.
Some US states already have laws that do just the opposite. Namely, they prohibit insurers from making coverage decisions based on genetic test results. This, IMO is the correct approach.
Maryland's statute is a good example.
You're probably right about the flaw if the strength of a court defense relies on their access-by-IP security model, but it may not be a fatal flaw. The article says they are planning to pay "blanket" royalties (ala cable companies) so they may have found the right combination of access control, payola, and legal loopholes to stay alive.
This isn't quite subtle enough to be a clever troll. The distinction between Watts and Volts is too obvious for anyone to really think you have them confused. Although, I must admit that the parenthetical qualifier "American" is a good attempt to supplement the inital effort. Keep trying.
You really should read Bill Bryson's The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way before you go off and publicly get your knickers in a twist about American versus British pronunciations of English. The "purity" of many of these Britishisms is somewhat suspect, to say the least.
Was is civil disobedience when Thoreau refused to pay taxes, or was he just a punk trying to save himself some cash? He went to jail for it, and pointed out that anyone else should be prepared to do the same if they choose to protest a law they believe to be unjust by violating it.
Your claim that they don't care to pay for music doesn't pan out in light of the record profits posted by the music industry since the introduction of mp3 technology and Napster. Students are still buying music, they're just listening to mp3's as well. On the other hand, if music sharing is in part a form of protest against documented price fixing by the industry, or protest against what are perceived to be unjust copyright laws, then there is clearly an element of civil disobedience. Protesters, however, should be prepared to pay the price for their cause.
Having to borrow a friend's machine to play Unreal probably doesn't qualify this kid as a Martyr. If he were incarcerated for several months without a trial, then perhaps he would be, even without a cause. Ask Kevin Mitnick about it.
At the same time, however, university administrators do not appear eager to devote time and money to fighting legal battles that are largely unrelated to their educational missions -- especially not battles that would put them in the awkward position of defending students who were violating musicians' intellectual-property rights.
Which sadly brings the situation right back to status quo. Sue them and they will succumb. Virginia's laudable approach to the issue is subject to veto by litigation.
If the MCSE certification is meant to be a proof of competence, it is not a good one. Think of the number of competent senior administrators who choose not to become MCSEs. Similarly there are a apparently a number of MCSEs who are not competent. If the certificate is neither sensitive nor specific for competence, of what value can it be to potential employers in screening administrators? If it is of questionable value to employers, why should an administrator bother with the certification?
My guess is that HR directors like MCSEs because when they get some stunad who dorks a server, the HR director can effortlessly shift the blame for the hiring blunder from self to the MCSE certificate.
Seriously though, a number of patents exist for the digital equivalent of cash. In fact, most digital systems improve on the anonymity of cash. In any case, the ultimate goal of these systems is anonymous payment. Are you affraid of such systems because they are likely to be used by criminals? Do you fear cash for the same reason?
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The theory behind SPEWS approach is at least interesting, but why don't the maintainers validate it? The SPEWS maintainers have the data available from their spam traps. If SPEWS is wonderful (with whatever number of asterixes) then the presence of a particular IP address in the database should have a high positive-predictive value. IOW, for any given IP in the database, what is the probability that it truly represents a source or supporter of spam over time? How about data instead of zeal?
You can setup SpamAssassin in a site-wide configuration. You could also put it together with MimeDefang and integrate it with Sendmail.
You are mistaken. Tanks are line of sight weapons. Perhaps you are thinking of artillery?
Hoever, those clever Bavarians apparently managed to schedule around Firefly.
Setting aside the overall value of SSO systems for a moment, A system could be implemented in which tracking is impossible. The sort of database solutions that Peter Wayner discusses in his book "Translucent Databases" would allow authentication from multiple sources to multiple destinations without the authentication knowing anything more than "is valid authentication" or not. The problem of course is finding a group to develop the system who has enough self-restraint to blind themselves to tracking data since this is the most obvious revenue source. Probably has to be an open source system as well so folks can satisfy themselves that it works as advertised, right?
"Lede" is journalism jargon for the lead paragraph or "lead".
The guy who wrote the review of Minority Report is the guy who wrote the book. Nothing wrong with a little shameless plugging is there? Especially when it's relevant.
How does your question reflect on the relevance of the WTC and Pentagon attacks in relation to computer networks? What if the jet had crashed into WalMart? Should Kathy Lee write a book telling the fashion industry how to protect it's valuable interests in the wake of terror attacks?
Peter raised the question of what the attacks on the Pentagon and WTC had to do with computer networks. Here's the statement in context.
The attacks underlie the premise of the book, but their relevance to the topic of the book is entirely suspect.
John,
At some point you decided to run cryptome and publish controversial materials under your true identity rather than under a pseudonym.
What benefits and detriments have you found to using your real identity for your efforts instead of a pseudonym?
You asked the question. You got an answer. You seem to get it now.
Because MDs (no matter how many times you reburn them) are limited to use in MD players.
Your point is good, but I hope you got the 30 day price-matching guarantee. Harmony is selling the Jukebox 6000 for $219+SH.
How about a Soviet <a href="http://www.ngb.dtic.mil/gallery/heritage_co<nobr>l<wbr></wbr></nobr> lection/amsky.htm"> Bear Bomber </a> flying down the coast of Florida instead? It used to happen all the time, when they could afford the fuel. Please, also, note the distinction between an EP-3 spy plane and a Tu-95 bomber.
In this case, since the scientists are the talent and are not directly compensated for the success of their articles, they are in a unique position with respect to making demands. If the journals do not comply they can simply peddle their intellectual property elsewhere. Journal reputation is a factor in deciding where to submit ones results, but reputations can change. It will be interesting to see what effect pressure from the scientific community will have in this regard.
Although a ton of hosting companies advertise Plusmail scripts as a feature, have you ever tried to find information on purchasing Plusmail for a system? Can anyone point to a web site for the company that writes/sells/markets Plusmail to web hosts? Reasonably thorough searches I have made have been uncuccessful.
Rob Becker, didn't write that he had "absolutely no Linux experience" in his ask Slashdot question. It was Cliff who wrote that in regard to his skepticism about products claiming that users need no Linux experience.
There, are you happy? You trolled me into explaining the obvious.
Some US states already have laws that do just the opposite. Namely, they prohibit insurers from making coverage decisions based on genetic test results. This, IMO is the correct approach. Maryland's statute is a good example.
You're probably right about the flaw if the strength of a court defense relies on their access-by-IP security model, but it may not be a fatal flaw. The article says they are planning to pay "blanket" royalties (ala cable companies) so they may have found the right combination of access control, payola, and legal loopholes to stay alive.
This isn't quite subtle enough to be a clever troll. The distinction between Watts and Volts is too obvious for anyone to really think you have them confused. Although, I must admit that the parenthetical qualifier "American" is a good attempt to supplement the inital effort. Keep trying.
You really should read Bill Bryson's The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way before you go off and publicly get your knickers in a twist about American versus British pronunciations of English. The "purity" of many of these Britishisms is somewhat suspect, to say the least.
Was is civil disobedience when Thoreau refused to pay taxes, or was he just a punk trying to save himself some cash? He went to jail for it, and pointed out that anyone else should be prepared to do the same if they choose to protest a law they believe to be unjust by violating it.
Your claim that they don't care to pay for music doesn't pan out in light of the record profits posted by the music industry since the introduction of mp3 technology and Napster. Students are still buying music, they're just listening to mp3's as well. On the other hand, if music sharing is in part a form of protest against documented price fixing by the industry, or protest against what are perceived to be unjust copyright laws, then there is clearly an element of civil disobedience. Protesters, however, should be prepared to pay the price for their cause.
Having to borrow a friend's machine to play Unreal probably doesn't qualify this kid as a Martyr. If he were incarcerated for several months without a trial, then perhaps he would be, even without a cause. Ask Kevin Mitnick about it.
Which sadly brings the situation right back to status quo. Sue them and they will succumb. Virginia's laudable approach to the issue is subject to veto by litigation.
If the MCSE certification is meant to be a proof of competence, it is not a good one. Think of the number of competent senior administrators who choose not to become MCSEs. Similarly there are a apparently a number of MCSEs who are not competent. If the certificate is neither sensitive nor specific for competence, of what value can it be to potential employers in screening administrators? If it is of questionable value to employers, why should an administrator bother with the certification?
My guess is that HR directors like MCSEs because when they get some stunad who dorks a server, the HR director can effortlessly shift the blame for the hiring blunder from self to the MCSE certificate.
The CPU was running at 37 C. That may be extra hot for a can of Jolt, but it's a fine Spring day for a Pentium III.
You hope no one ever invents cash?
Seriously though, a number of patents exist for the digital equivalent of cash. In fact, most digital systems improve on the anonymity of cash. In any case, the ultimate goal of these systems is anonymous payment. Are you affraid of such systems because they are likely to be used by criminals? Do you fear cash for the same reason?