Has anyone tried to call themselves through relayand either test their limits, or at least have some fun forcing them to say silly things.
WE ARE THE NIGHTS WHO SAY NI!;)
Isn't this just a IPAC with a hard drive MINUS a screen? Why not throw a screen on there? We all want a computer that fits in our pocket, but if there is no interface to it, there is no reason to have it in our pocket in the first place!
It might as well sit in your bag and be a little bit larger with a keyboard and a monitor
It's like a port scanner in reverse. The attacker would need to install Rendezvous and be very close to the target computer to discover the services running.
I do believe this is a security problem because it blows away security by obscurity. Much of the world's security is by obscurity. Do you hide a key to your house under the mat?
Almost any piece of software is secure only because of obscurity. There are hundreds of holes to be found in current software. The only reason they are "now" safe is because nobody has found the holes (obscurity).
Saddom and Bin Laden are now safe only because the USA does not know their location.
Most computer "recycling" consists of shipping the junk overseas where people strip out tiny bits of silver and gold in the electric boards. They expose themselves, and the rest of the world, to contamination from toxic ingredients such as Lead D0008, Cadium D0006, Mercury D0009, Silver D0011, PCB, CFC (Freons), Phosphors, Tungsten, Lithium, NiCAD, Copper, Iron, Silver-oxcide, Mercury-oxcide, Zinc-carbon.
Western Disposal recently canceled their computer recycling pick up day because of environmental justice issues including the low to slave labor rates some third world nations pay people to dismantle 1st world discarded computers
I wish there was some type of charity that built Beowolf clusters out of older computers.
Interesting to note that, in part, the computers are coming down in price due to their use of leaded plastic and less precious metals in their components (micro coating technology) both are disincentives to recycling
China burns them in a huge fire and then harvests the metals they can recover after the burning
Basically, countries with waste computers take advantage of other countries economic situations to dump electronic waste. I hope this is not what Dell is doing.
Everything seems to be +5 now. Makes it very hard to find posts worth reading. I find myself being very bored with Slashdot all of a sudden. It went from a expertly moderated forum to a average unmoderated forum overnight.
The brilliance of Slashdot is(was?) in the moderation - I hope it's not gone.
Now, not even those anonomizer services on the internet are safe. The government has free access anytime it wants to the logs kept by them. At anonymizer.com they keep logs of all your activity for 48 hours and I'm sure government is collecting all that data. I would if I were the paranoid government right now. So you better think again about surfing anything the NetNanny won't let you surf. I'm betting the anonymizers of the net are the quickest way to get your personal data into the government's hands.
Under the Patriot act the government has already gone to Safeway to collect information on all people who buy a lot of Humus. Don't you think they have dived in at the anonymizers of the web????
In five years I can really see an internet that would have the cops at your door if you surf the wrong site. Let's hope the expiration date on 60% of the Patriot act actually happens.
hmmm. Let's try this:
bomb bomb bomb bomb Ala Ala bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb hijack praise Ala death to America death to America death to America
If you don't hear from me again, you'll know I'm being indefinitely questioned by the FBI for this post.
I love this. Out of most of the IP cases - this seems to be one of the easier ones to prove prior art. SBC - sue away - try to set your precedent! I hope this goes to the Supreme Court quick so the world can get on with their online business.
I personally can't see a world where you need to be a lawyer to create a web page. It seems like there are a great many patents that relate to ANYTHING you do in a web page.
Maybe we should just include micro payments in the browser. Every link you click costs you a micro payment to Microsoft and the patent holders. Maybe this should be in IIS and Apache as well. Maybe all ISPs will need to track this through network sniffing because hacks will come out of for the browser. Maybe companies should think twice about having a website due to all the licensing costs and possible legal troubles.
The reason that the format became popular is because it was "free". If it becomes not free, the ROI for most websites will not be enough. (Slashdot would cost $50,000,000 for a license by SBC's estimation).
Hmm.. maybe we all need to come up with patents just to survive. I'm just waiting for someone to claim they have patented fatness. "The act of placing foodstuffs into the stomach to such a degree, that certain parts of the body achieve a bloated state" Maybe there is a "prior art", but I could still sue all the fat people not worthy enough to have enough money to defend themselves - muhahaha. That would really be a cash cow in America. Maybe I'll start with Wisconsin. Just thought of something - are cows fat or is that how they always look?
Hmmm.... I wonder if I could tack "over a network" on that one....
There is a big difference between what is enjoyable to a single being and what is enjoyable to a group. The movie industry is batting less than 10%.
Expecting geeks to know what is entertaining in a group format is asking a little much. Also, the more intellegent the audience, the harder it is to satisfy them.
Some real thought needs to be put into the venue. Conduct some tests and trials for christ sakes. That would have exposed the weaknesses of the format.
It's SIMPLE to add this extra functionality. I unique id matched with point of sale identification is all it takes. Once one id is identified, others you happen to be wearing can be thrown in the database. Simple ids can be searched in a database at the speed of logN, so trillions of ids can be tracked easily.
In 10 years, all those cell transmitters we see every water tower and radio tower will have many new uses. The infrastructure is there for Big-Bro to take advantage of. All it would take is a couple more terrorist attacks of any size, before the government goes nuts and citizens approve of it in the name of stopping terrorists. But, like toll roads, and hurpies, once put in place, they stay.
Pretty soon you won't even be able to jay walk or even step on the fricken cracks in the pavement.
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Has anyone tried to call themselves through relayand either test their limits, or at least have some fun forcing them to say silly things. WE ARE THE NIGHTS WHO SAY NI! ;)
It might as well sit in your bag and be a little bit larger with a keyboard and a monitor
I do believe this is a security problem because it blows away security by obscurity. Much of the world's security is by obscurity. Do you hide a key to your house under the mat?
Almost any piece of software is secure only because of obscurity. There are hundreds of holes to be found in current software. The only reason they are "now" safe is because nobody has found the holes (obscurity).
Saddom and Bin Laden are now safe only because the USA does not know their location.
- Western Disposal recently canceled their computer recycling pick up day because of environmental justice issues including the low to slave labor rates some third world nations pay people to dismantle 1st world discarded computers
- I wish there was some type of charity that built Beowolf clusters out of older computers.
- Interesting to note that, in part, the computers are coming down in price due to their use of leaded plastic and less precious metals in their components (micro coating technology) both are disincentives to recycling
- China burns them in a huge fire and then harvests the metals they can recover after the burning
Basically, countries with waste computers take advantage of other countries economic situations to dump electronic waste. I hope this is not what Dell is doing.It's too bad that old computers don't smell.
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The brilliance of Slashdot is(was?) in the moderation - I hope it's not gone.
I used a IBM PS/2 30 with DUAL 3.5 floppies and 640k ram to test my new sledgehammer. At least it was good for something.
I can look up 90% of people right now using technology 50+ years old. Uhhhhh have you ever heard of the phone book?!
Under the Patriot act the government has already gone to Safeway to collect information on all people who buy a lot of Humus. Don't you think they have dived in at the anonymizers of the web????
In five years I can really see an internet that would have the cops at your door if you surf the wrong site. Let's hope the expiration date on 60% of the Patriot act actually happens.
hmmm. Let's try this:
bomb bomb bomb bomb Ala Ala bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb hijack praise Ala death to America death to America death to America
If you don't hear from me again, you'll know I'm being indefinitely questioned by the FBI for this post.
I personally can't see a world where you need to be a lawyer to create a web page. It seems like there are a great many patents that relate to ANYTHING you do in a web page.
Maybe we should just include micro payments in the browser. Every link you click costs you a micro payment to Microsoft and the patent holders. Maybe this should be in IIS and Apache as well. Maybe all ISPs will need to track this through network sniffing because hacks will come out of for the browser. Maybe companies should think twice about having a website due to all the licensing costs and possible legal troubles.
The reason that the format became popular is because it was "free". If it becomes not free, the ROI for most websites will not be enough. (Slashdot would cost $50,000,000 for a license by SBC's estimation).
Hmm.. maybe we all need to come up with patents just to survive. I'm just waiting for someone to claim they have patented fatness. "The act of placing foodstuffs into the stomach to such a degree, that certain parts of the body achieve a bloated state" Maybe there is a "prior art", but I could still sue all the fat people not worthy enough to have enough money to defend themselves - muhahaha. That would really be a cash cow in America. Maybe I'll start with Wisconsin. Just thought of something - are cows fat or is that how they always look?
Hmmm.... I wonder if I could tack "over a network" on that one....
Expecting geeks to know what is entertaining in a group format is asking a little much. Also, the more intellegent the audience, the harder it is to satisfy them.
Some real thought needs to be put into the venue. Conduct some tests and trials for christ sakes. That would have exposed the weaknesses of the format.
In 10 years, all those cell transmitters we see every water tower and radio tower will have many new uses. The infrastructure is there for Big-Bro to take advantage of. All it would take is a couple more terrorist attacks of any size, before the government goes nuts and citizens approve of it in the name of stopping terrorists. But, like toll roads, and hurpies, once put in place, they stay.
Pretty soon you won't even be able to jay walk or even step on the fricken cracks in the pavement.
-BDL