I know people who do this sort of thing. When they do a syn attack they use thousands of bots to all send syn packets at once. This is VERY bandwidth intensive. The old style syn attack has not worked for years. Generally the newer syn attacks are used just before a larger UDP attack. syn is rarely used on its own. This makes SCO's story even harder to believe.
This isn't the syn flood in the clasic sense in which the servers memory was overloaded. This is a syn flood where thousands of machines send syn packets as fast as they can to use up all the bandwidth of the server much like a udp attack would.
No I would have to say SCO knows EXACTLY what they are doing and they are doing it well. They are pumping up their stock price and they are going to dump the night before the judge rules in the case. Saying they are dumb is missing the point.
Reading over my post again I realized someone might read it thinking I support the FCCs manditory move to digital. I don't, as I think it is unfair to make people with little money buy new TVs. This should really be apearent from the way I spelled "Amerika" in the subject.
At least Japan is giving more time than the FCC is. The FCC deadline of 2006 just isn't going to happen. something like 98-99% of Americans have a television. More Americans have a TV than have telephone service at home. A sizable number of these folks probably don't have the money to just run out to Best Buy and buy a new television because the FCC says they have to. I expect to see a bunch of noise made in the news about this once the deadline approaches, followed by lots of Congressional campaigns running on the "The big bad federal government wants to take away your TV... over my dead body!" platform. This will likely lead to the analog/digital cutover deadline being pushed back significantly.
This would not be a good thing at all. GPL require copyright. This would open linux up to being incorperated into closed source derived work without distributing the linux source.
At least they TELL you it's something strange like lightning hitting the tracks. In reality the conductor probobly fell asleep while he was driving the train.
Even with all of that it wouldn't matter. Groups like DEViANCE and FLT will be just as happy to break those protections as they would be copy protection. If its in demand the scene will do it.
Brings to mind the line from Apocolypse Now, "They train young men to drop fire on people but their commanders won't allow them to write "fuck" on their airplane, because its obsene."
Then they will end up with the wrong thing the majority of the time. Most likely pr0n. So this really isn't solving anything. Unless of course we teach these kids to use IRC.
From what I read, they don't require the proof that the settlement requires, so how are they going to get the money? And what's stopping you from filing claims with both MS and Lindows? I doubt MS is going to share it's data with Lindows.
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Let us have a short retrospect of a quotation of Mr. Mahatma Gandhi:
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win."
What are the hints I can't figure out how to get connected.
They should have more bandwidth. Its not like they really would have any trouble paying for a bigger pipe.
I think you missed the point. I meant this as further evidence that SCO is not being honest. I'm not defending them at all.
I know people who do this sort of thing. When they do a syn attack they use thousands of bots to all send syn packets at once. This is VERY bandwidth intensive. The old style syn attack has not worked for years. Generally the newer syn attacks are used just before a larger UDP attack. syn is rarely used on its own. This makes SCO's story even harder to believe.
Why its not like it would be a huge burden on them to sue some college student. Unless you have some massive legal fund.
This isn't the syn flood in the clasic sense in which the servers memory was overloaded. This is a syn flood where thousands of machines send syn packets as fast as they can to use up all the bandwidth of the server much like a udp attack would.
No I would have to say SCO knows EXACTLY what they are doing and they are doing it well. They are pumping up their stock price and they are going to dump the night before the judge rules in the case. Saying they are dumb is missing the point.
Not even that as facts can not be copyrighted.
Reading over my post again I realized someone might read it thinking I support the FCCs manditory move to digital. I don't, as I think it is unfair to make people with little money buy new TVs. This should really be apearent from the way I spelled "Amerika" in the subject.
At least Japan is giving more time than the FCC is. The FCC deadline of 2006 just isn't going to happen. something like 98-99% of Americans have a television. More Americans have a TV than have telephone service at home. A sizable number of these folks probably don't have the money to just run out to Best Buy and buy a new television because the FCC says they have to. I expect to see a bunch of noise made in the news about this once the deadline approaches, followed by lots of Congressional campaigns running on the "The big bad federal government wants to take away your TV... over my dead body!" platform. This will likely lead to the analog/digital cutover deadline being pushed back significantly.
I DO watch c-span you insensative clod!
This would not be a good thing at all. GPL require copyright. This would open linux up to being incorperated into closed source derived work without distributing the linux source.
What crimes? The whole trial was unfair. He didn't do it!
We have political prisoners here to. Mumia Abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier are two good examples.
At least they TELL you it's something strange like lightning hitting the tracks. In reality the conductor probobly fell asleep while he was driving the train.
What's wrong with going with wifi because its cheaper?
Here is a link to the site where you can download this program.
Even with all of that it wouldn't matter. Groups like DEViANCE and FLT will be just as happy to break those protections as they would be copy protection. If its in demand the scene will do it.
Brings to mind the line from Apocolypse Now, "They train young men to drop fire on people but their commanders won't allow them to write "fuck" on their airplane, because its obsene."
I've sat and listened to Rage Against The Machine for a good 10 hours straight before.
*Leaves country knowing that now the FBI is tapping all of his phone calls because of this post.
Then they will end up with the wrong thing the majority of the time. Most likely pr0n. So this really isn't solving anything. Unless of course we teach these kids to use IRC.
From what I read, they don't require the proof that the settlement requires, so how are they going to get the money? And what's stopping you from filing claims with both MS and Lindows? I doubt MS is going to share it's data with Lindows.
Kucinich. Apearently the real question is who reads the slashdot article anymore since if you had read the post you would know who to vote for. :P
I don't think that their systems are faulty really. I think they work exactly as designed.