If I understand this correctly, the concern is that network admins are running programs that poke at your machine over the network to see what ports are open, right? I guess they could go on to see what services might be on open ports. If, for example, a machine on the network has a virus that makes the computer send tons of spam, then for example, they could detect that there was an abnormal amount of traffic from that node; then poke at the computer from outside, and see that there is an SMTP server there. How does that invade your privacy?
Technically, couldn't someone check what services are running on my PC right now without violating my rights legally.
Can I not say that checking for P2P is just like entering my IP into a web browser to see if there is an HHTP daemon on my machine? Finally, couldn't you install a software firewall to make sure the machine can't be "scanned?"
So, basically, what they're going to do is they will put a default "search" link to their search engine and expect everyone to just use it without bothering to look at alternatives... oh wait a second, they've already done that. Maybe there will be a DNS entry in lmhosts that will redirect www.google.com to search.msn.com.
All of you who are concerned about porn, forget it! Stick to your computer games. Here are a number of reasons that video games are better than sex:
You can enjoy video games no matter how out of shape you are. You can pause a video game, eat a peanut-butter sandwich, and continue right where you left off. Finally, if you have trouble with a video game, you can go to the store and buy a video game walk-through without feeling embarassed.
There, I said it - BTW, these jokes were leached from "The Castlevania Dungeon" http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania
Everyone at the Office (TM) complains about having to use the cubicles next to the Windows (TM) where the mid-day Sun (TM) can be unbearable. I hope that this patch can help us respect each other's rights about sitting next to the Windows (TM)
I just checked again and non existant.com addresses still resolve to Verisign. The trick is that your ISP may have blocked it. I'm on a university network that has blocked it. However, when I log into a remote machine and use lynx, non existant pages still resolve to Verisign. Also, keep in mind that this is only for.com and.net addresses.
Let's all pitch in on a little scheme. We will each agree to buy a service plan to have one non-existant.com web site monitored. If we could get lots of people to do this, we could DDOS Verisign off the internet!
I'm browsing/. from the University of Hawaii computer network and it seems that they have somehow blocked this. I know, because I can type a domain name wrong, and get an error message. Then, I can log into another machine somewhere else and the same mis-type gets redirected to Verisign.
Tihs is one of the msot aewmsoe sotries I've seen on Salshodt!
Now, let me konw wehn you find a way to mkae my cmputeor inerptert my cppary, malfromed Jvaa cdoe!!!
I'm not trolling here, but I've heard that there have been problems with the battery packs overheating during charging, starting fires. I've been told that there is the same problem with golf carts.
Is this any indication that with the proliferation of IP technology, even the phone companies will eventually start working with VOIP instead of trying so hard to kill it?
If so, maybe they should spread the good word to our frinds at the RIAA.::/me wakes up::
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Just imagine a Beowulf cluster of... oh never mind
I won't buy a RealVideo set box because I don't want pop-ups on my TV.
MS - let's not even go there. We would only be able to play our movies on M$ Windoze foreverandeveramen.
DivX - oh, please, they would never adopt any standard that wasn't designed specifically to cripple fair use.
Technically, couldn't someone check what services are running on my PC right now without violating my rights legally.
Can I not say that checking for P2P is just like entering my IP into a web browser to see if there is an HHTP daemon on my machine? Finally, couldn't you install a software firewall to make sure the machine can't be "scanned?"
Someone, please fill me in here.
Where, oh where are the /. grammar nazis this time. C'mon, we've got an extra colon in the HEADING for crying out loud!!!
So, basically, what they're going to do is they will put a default "search" link to their search engine and expect everyone to just use it without bothering to look at alternatives... oh wait a second, they've already done that. Maybe there will be a DNS entry in lmhosts that will redirect www.google.com to search.msn.com.
Captain Kirk - "What's the full about goatse.cx? Computer - "General Protection Fault"
You can enjoy video games no matter how out of shape you are.
You can pause a video game, eat a peanut-butter sandwich, and continue right where you left off.
Finally, if you have trouble with a video game, you can go to the store and buy a video game walk-through without feeling embarassed.
There, I said it - BTW, these jokes were leached from "The Castlevania Dungeon" http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania
Please help me support the Republicans by /.ing Dean off the internet!!!
SCO's plan held up almost as long as the server that exposed it!!!
Why can't we work around this by instead of checking if the address is valid, check if the address comes back to Verisign's server???
http://www.mortalkombat.com
Everyone at the Office (TM) complains about having to use the cubicles next to the Windows (TM) where the mid-day Sun (TM) can be unbearable. I hope that this patch can help us respect each other's rights about sitting next to the Windows (TM)
You need to use a more objective, accurate, search like MSN
MSN SEARCH
So then, could they get a patent on the idea of ID codes in general. Maybe they could retroactively sue at&t for using area codes then...
That's the most intelligent thing said so far in this discussion.
KB 1.024
MB 1.048
GB 1.073
TB 1.0995
As you can see, even with TB, you are only getting 10% more with TiB than with TB.
Also, 26 metric prefixes after TB, the binary metric X-byte will be two metric X-bytes.
Want to waste some of your own time with it? Try it yourself. Use the formula
2^(10*X)/10^(3*X) where X is the magnitude of the metric prefix.
I just checked again and non existant .com addresses still resolve to Verisign. The trick is that your ISP may have blocked it. I'm on a university network that has blocked it. However, when I log into a remote machine and use lynx, non existant pages still resolve to Verisign. Also, keep in mind that this is only for .com and .net addresses.
Let's all pitch in on a little scheme. We will each agree to buy a service plan to have one non-existant .com web site monitored. If we could get lots of people to do this, we could DDOS Verisign off the internet!
I'm browsing /. from the University of Hawaii computer network and it seems that they have somehow blocked this. I know, because I can type a domain name wrong, and get an error message. Then, I can log into another machine somewhere else and the same mis-type gets redirected to Verisign.
How about doing marketing research for MS or the RIAA???
Tihs is one of the msot aewmsoe sotries I've seen on Salshodt! Now, let me konw wehn you find a way to mkae my cmputeor inerptert my cppary, malfromed Jvaa cdoe!!!
Do I really need to explain why this would be inevitable with some stupid plot like this. Mod article down -1 flamebait
I'm not trolling here, but I've heard that there have been problems with the battery packs overheating during charging, starting fires. I've been told that there is the same problem with golf carts.
If so, maybe they should spread the good word to our frinds at the RIAA. ::/me wakes up::
Well, acutally, I would think that the RIAA PR examines us everywhere, right?