Well, some people value their "Intellectual Property", and the results they bring to people. As for protecting something, you should go as far as you need to make the pool of people as low as possible that can easily defeat it. That's how Ubisoft worked in the past with their products, and they only went far enough to get the sales numbers out, they knew they were going to get cracked - just that Ubisoft delayed it while they sold to the people who would buy it. I dont exactly like the idea of IP, but I dont like some other ideas, but I live with both and deal with both when things go Horribly Wrong(TM).
What in either of you two made me think you were apologists for the "ruling class" after I read your posts thoroughly?
Well, I'll explain the proofreading bit - I looked at it, and if I could have, the first part I was about to get rid of could be safely ignored. As for the manifesto, havent had a chance to put one up - but mind that the main idea of it is "Good knowledge doesnt have any part in where you got it, it's that you really have it" (mind that I would rather speak more of a manifesto when I've got it in order).
As for the "I'm bitter because of too high standards", Ivy League schools wrote their own curse in my book. Sure, one could possibly get in, then they'd ask only a couple of questions that would be relevant to your knowledge, but they'd wonder if you were too controversial for all the other questions (as in will you turn us into a blue collar class university by going here, or will you mind yourself and not cause controversy). Well, if you dont want a person who's got it, but doesnt live with/know families that are in the 2%, then be surprised when I cause horrific havoc and rip the silver spoon out of the mouths (and take a few teeth in their struggle to keep it there) who had never seen how good my knowledge really is.
To put things back on topic, I look for people with the skills, where they got them is only relevant to verify they have it. You'll just have me dig deeper to find out if you're really the one you say to be on paper.
(before you decide to modbomb, check with the history of me to get a good deal of who you might be dealing with)
# not telling us any of their previous employers' secrets: if they'll break somebody else's NDA, I'm sure they'll break ours;
Obviously, you're a confused Ivy Leaguer. Mind where you're saying this one. This is Slashdot. Besides, I dont mind picking through things like national secrets *and* making your company think twice, no matter if you're SCO for OS NDA's, or General Dynamics if you're holding nice, juicy government secrets on the software for those tanks (Java was in the development process for some software for tanks at the very least from what I remember from seeing in source code(I'll put more if I can find it on my profile here, even if it amounts to simulation, well, I dont care about the concept of IP), and sending your people to Italy for conferences, is something you dont do, General Dynamics, especially on the government contract dollar. Do it with your own money not made on the backs of the contracts. Besides, I'd not mind if the adjustment in the economy means I can afford such kind of trips, versus settling for locations in the middle of the desert for such kinds of meetings.) (BTW, Novell Netware if you're wanting to deal with military storage of data - BAD - given the many known ways in, you should know about the failures of security by obscurity, and harassing me IRL, will slap you with a nice RICO lawsuit.)
As far as the rest of the stuff, mind that I do agree on the blatant dishonesty; The only thing more slippery down the slope for me is thinking that if you're some Ivy League/Fraternity/Orkut SOB who thinks he is a god (and is usually the one who would BS through), he shall be given the fast track. Well, they get it, but they'll wonder why they're out in the cold w/o an interview, and wonder why their money/power could only give me an excellent opportunity to (within the law) knock the wind out of their sails. Which means, you're going to have to work on your skill to get in.
Well, it's not the first time for such to happen. Look at it, Orkut, a similar venture by another Ivy League college. Not something I'd want to associate myself with, given the prophecy of doom another one of these ventures shows with their photo of them "Leading the Way to Darwin". Fine, I'll be glad to welcome their demise...
Well, people werent exactly prepared for PDA style functionality that had a high end notebook cost, and wasn't as portable as they were expecting (battery life on some of the models that did come out, like the IBM Thinkpad 730T, it was nothing compared to what people have today in PDAs - it was still too much of a notebook PC). Maybe not *way* ahead of its time, but people were wanting a bit better price/functionality before sinking something that's supposed to be a bit less than a notebook with a touchscreen than GO was putting through.
Also, think if they took hints from IBM about designing those batteries- you'd have robots shutting off in the middle of something when they thought they still had 20-30% power. That'd make the battery cost cheap compared to the cleanup of whatever the robot caused during their malfunction- given that said robot inadvertenly starts WWIII by falling on the red button during a drill.
That, a pda, or something along the lines of this?
Remanufactured SGI O2 into a laptop form factor. Not exactly a laptop,
but given the specs, probably a good candidate for an ueberdevice if not
for it being a SGI; it has almost everything else (given for the time it was
made) that'd make it worthy of the title.
Hardly elegant or competively priced, unless you dont mind plunkering down $2K-3K everytime you want the latest hardware (unless you dont mind the glorified monitors Apple is pushing)
ifconfig [interface] down ifconfig [interface] hw ether [desired mac address] ifconfig [interface] up... and go on with the rest of things. Sure, you could keep on switching licenses, but I'd think paying them in this case might be less effort than having to change data around every so often... (However, if you wanted to go deeper and change it on the card, you're on your own unless you know how to update the flash memory - if it has flashrom and not pure rom memory)
In general, that would work, but
1) There's such a thing as the +s(secret) +p(private) and the invisible mode on users, preventing the bots from grabbing what channels they're in, let alone even trying to find the users/bots.
2)Some servers also put in false hostnames for users '/whois to prevent hostname lookups.
3)There are a lot of irc networks out there that arent known as well as efnet/undernet/dalnet(when they still allowed files to go through) that files are traded on, so going through each and every network would be very costly in time and money if they could get to all of them.
4)With P2P, the primary concept in it is file transfer, with IRC it's the other way around. So, they have to find out where the heavy hitters really are before going out to search the networks.
So, in short, your idea has a good point (they are going against some IRC users), but irc perceives a certain competency level in the area of file transfer, as well as some unique problems to IRC itself.
Well, she will be doing consulting work for the RIAA until 2004, so she isnt completely gone. I just see it as her making sure things run like she ran them as far as the consulting goes- digging their own grave, just handing another person the shovel.
Point taken, but you've made it significantly harder for the person if you dont go with the riskier payment methods(as in all cases, which you cannot totally prevent counterfitting 100%) to do their misdeed; which makes it more or less a job of checking (be it with escrow services, or personal knowledge, or some way of determining authenticity) the currency. I'd like to hear how this goes (especially when mugshots start coming in, and when convictions are reached for that group)
Didnt know Speakeasy was *that* desperate to get rid of some fine IBM equipment. Sure could have used a Server 95A.;) (Seriously, though, I'd still recommend Speakeasy, given their generous (and possibly unmatched) TOS)
Sounds like you'll be saying that to AT&T/Comcast, depending on what kind of service you get from them; that bunch isnt any better than what you're left with now. Then again, broadband in my area (a ton of DSL providers in Ameritech territory and TW/AOHell for cable) has either the best or the worst. Next time you say "F*ck you" to an ISP, use a megaphone for added effect. Hopefully you dont have to say it to DirecTV/Hughes for their TV service;)
Better yet. Dont destroy his equipment, but look over his network and see where he's sending his spam from - and regularly. I bet a few sysadmins would like to know who's giving their mail servers trouble, and an address to send their "concerns". -edgedmurasame
...and there are probably 10 times that many people that will hunt the rest down. Eventually, things will come to a point that he'll get his mail by the truckload everywhere he moves(aside from prison, if he becomes desperate and adds to his criminal record). Then he'll piss off more than just the anti-spam groups, people will complain to keep his presence out because of property values. Any way you see it, he might be the one eventually waving the white flag. Lastly, I'm surprised you even support that spammer (you his low-life lawyer?).
-edgedmurasame.
...refuse COD, checks, and Paypal. At least with a money order, I know that they at least are down the amount they paid, and that I've got a decent amount of information; they have to take the extra step of mailing it or somehow revealing some kind of return address.
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Well, some people value their "Intellectual Property", and the results they bring to people. As for protecting something, you should go as far as you need to make the pool of people as low as possible that can easily defeat it. That's how Ubisoft worked in the past with their products, and they only went far enough to get the sales numbers out, they knew they were going to get cracked - just that Ubisoft delayed it while they sold to the people who would buy it. I dont exactly like the idea of IP, but I dont like some other ideas, but I live with both and deal with both when things go Horribly Wrong(TM).
What in either of you two made me think you were apologists for the "ruling class" after I read your posts thoroughly?
Well, I'll explain the proofreading bit - I looked at it, and if I could have, the first part I was about to get rid of could be safely ignored. As for the manifesto, havent had a chance to put one up - but mind that the main idea of it is "Good knowledge doesnt have any part in where you got it, it's that you really have it" (mind that I would rather speak more of a manifesto when I've got it in order).
As for the "I'm bitter because of too high standards", Ivy League schools wrote their own curse in my book. Sure, one could possibly get in, then they'd ask only a couple of questions that would be relevant to your knowledge, but they'd wonder if you were too controversial for all the other questions (as in will you turn us into a blue collar class university by going here, or will you mind yourself and not cause controversy). Well, if you dont want a person who's got it, but doesnt live with/know families that are in the 2%, then be surprised when I cause horrific havoc and rip the silver spoon out of the mouths (and take a few teeth in their struggle to keep it there) who had never seen how good my knowledge really is.
To put things back on topic, I look for people with the skills, where they got them is only relevant to verify they have it. You'll just have me dig deeper to find out if you're really the one you say to be on paper.
(before you decide to modbomb, check with the history of me to get a good deal of who you might be dealing with)
# not telling us any of their previous employers' secrets: if they'll break somebody else's NDA, I'm sure they'll break ours;
Obviously, you're a confused Ivy Leaguer. Mind where you're saying this one. This is Slashdot. Besides, I dont mind picking through things like national secrets *and* making your company think twice, no matter if you're SCO for OS NDA's, or General Dynamics if you're holding nice, juicy government secrets on the software for those tanks (Java was in the development process for some software for tanks at the very least from what I remember from seeing in source code(I'll put more if I can find it on my profile here, even if it amounts to simulation, well, I dont care about the concept of IP), and sending your people to Italy for conferences, is something you dont do, General Dynamics, especially on the government contract dollar. Do it with your own money not made on the backs of the contracts. Besides, I'd not mind if the adjustment in the economy means I can afford such kind of trips, versus settling for locations in the middle of the desert for such kinds of meetings.) (BTW, Novell Netware if you're wanting to deal with military storage of data - BAD - given the many known ways in, you should know about the failures of security by obscurity, and harassing me IRL, will slap you with a nice RICO lawsuit.)
As far as the rest of the stuff, mind that I do agree on the blatant dishonesty; The only thing more slippery down the slope for me is thinking that if you're some Ivy League/Fraternity/Orkut SOB who thinks he is a god (and is usually the one who would BS through), he shall be given the fast track. Well, they get it, but they'll wonder why they're out in the cold w/o an interview, and wonder why their money/power could only give me an excellent opportunity to (within the law) knock the wind out of their sails. Which means, you're going to have to work on your skill to get in.
Well, it's not the first time for such to happen. Look at it, Orkut, a similar venture by another Ivy League college.
Not something I'd want to associate myself with, given the prophecy of doom another one of these ventures
shows with their photo of them "Leading the Way to Darwin". Fine, I'll be glad to welcome their demise...
Well, people werent exactly prepared for PDA style functionality that had a high end notebook cost, and wasn't as portable as they were expecting (battery life on some of the models that did come out, like the IBM Thinkpad 730T, it was nothing compared to what people have today in PDAs - it was still too much of a notebook PC). Maybe not *way* ahead of its time, but people were wanting a bit better price/functionality before sinking something that's supposed to be a bit less than a notebook with a touchscreen than GO was putting through.
Also, think if they took hints from IBM about designing those batteries- you'd have robots shutting off in the middle of something when they thought they still had 20-30% power. That'd make the battery cost cheap compared to the cleanup of whatever the robot caused during their malfunction- given that said robot inadvertenly starts WWIII by falling on the red button during a drill.
OOPS! just because because he doesnt agree with Bush means that his opinion is a troll?
That, a pda, or something along the lines of this?
Remanufactured SGI O2 into a laptop form factor. Not exactly a laptop,
but given the specs, probably a good candidate for an ueberdevice if not
for it being a SGI; it has almost everything else (given for the time it was
made) that'd make it worthy of the title.
Hardly elegant or competively priced, unless you dont mind plunkering down $2K-3K everytime you want the latest hardware (unless you dont mind the glorified monitors Apple is pushing)
ifconfig [interface] down ... and go on with the rest of things.
ifconfig [interface] hw ether [desired mac address]
ifconfig [interface] up
Sure, you could keep on switching licenses, but I'd think paying them in this case might be less effort than having to change data around every so often...
(However, if you wanted to go deeper and change it on the card, you're on your own unless you know how to update the flash memory - if it has flashrom and not pure rom memory)
Well, as far as Nokia goes, there's BlackList(external app for 3650/7650). Sure, it's external, and does cost a bit, but it works.
In general, that would work, but
/whois to prevent hostname lookups.
1) There's such a thing as the +s(secret) +p(private) and the invisible mode on users, preventing the bots from grabbing what channels they're in, let alone even trying to find the users/bots.
2)Some servers also put in false hostnames for users '
3)There are a lot of irc networks out there that arent known as well as efnet/undernet/dalnet(when they still allowed files to go through) that files are traded on, so going through each and every network would be very costly in time and money if they could get to all of them.
4)With P2P, the primary concept in it is file transfer, with IRC it's the other way around. So, they have to find out where the heavy hitters really are before going out to search the networks.
So, in short, your idea has a good point (they are going against some IRC users), but irc perceives a certain competency level in the area of file transfer, as well as some unique problems to IRC itself.
Well, she will be doing consulting work for the RIAA until 2004, so she isnt completely gone. I just see it as her making sure things run like she ran them as far as the consulting goes- digging their own grave, just handing another person the shovel.
Point taken, but you've made it significantly harder for the person if you dont go with the riskier payment methods(as in all cases, which you cannot totally prevent counterfitting 100%) to do their misdeed; which makes it more or less a job of checking (be it with escrow services, or personal knowledge, or some way of determining authenticity) the currency. I'd like to hear how this goes (especially when mugshots start coming in, and when convictions are reached for that group)
Didnt know Speakeasy was *that* desperate to get rid of some fine IBM equipment. Sure could have used a Server 95A. ;) (Seriously, though, I'd still recommend Speakeasy, given their generous (and possibly unmatched) TOS)
Sounds like you'll be saying that to AT&T/Comcast, depending on what kind of service you get from them; that bunch isnt any better than what you're left with now. Then again, broadband in my area (a ton of DSL providers in Ameritech territory and TW/AOHell for cable) has either the best or the worst. Next time you say "F*ck you" to an ISP, use a megaphone for added effect. Hopefully you dont have to say it to DirecTV/Hughes for their TV service ;)
Better yet. Dont destroy his equipment, but look over his network and see where he's sending his spam from - and regularly. I bet a few sysadmins would like to know who's giving their mail servers trouble, and an address to send their "concerns". -edgedmurasame
...and there are probably 10 times that many people that will hunt the rest down. Eventually, things will come to a point that he'll get his mail by the truckload everywhere he moves(aside from prison, if he becomes desperate and adds to his criminal record). Then he'll piss off more than just the anti-spam groups, people will complain to keep his presence out because of property values. Any way you see it, he might be the one eventually waving the white flag. Lastly, I'm surprised you even support that spammer (you his low-life lawyer?). -edgedmurasame.
...refuse COD, checks, and Paypal. At least with a money order, I know that they at least are down the amount they paid, and that I've got a decent amount of information; they have to take the extra step of mailing it or somehow revealing some kind of return address.