Well, that did it. A number of users, wishing to read the allegations cut and paste the URL. As you might guess, the site itself had been hi-jacked, so the broswer was quickly re-directed to another site, explotited the most recent unpatched IE vulnerability and infected the user's PC with a key logger. The only reason this got caught quickly was that in some cases the user's IE session crashed, giving a hint that something might have happened.
Wow, those are some decent execs. Ours would just try the URL 3 or 4 more times and then move on, forgetting about it.
We're running NAT in the dorms, which obviously restricts BitTorrent traffic.
No it doesn't. BitTorrent works perfectly fine behind NAT, with or without port forwarding enabled for it. It can take a little extra time for things to get up to speed without any forwarding, but it still works fine.
"The administration has taken their illegal conduct in wiretapping Americans without court orders, in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Constitution, and used it as springboard to not only get FISA changed to allow the Terrorist Surveillance Program, but to actually, going forward, not give protections to Americans' privacy rights," Graves said.
Could someone cite these privacy rights we (Americans) have? I can't find them anywhere in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.
Couldn't have said it better myself. This year it's Ubuntu. The year before that it was Gentoo. The year before that it was Libranet. I don't see any of these flavor-of-the-mo^H^Hyear distributions unseating Red Hat in the server/enterprise support markets.
Is Slashdot just reposting people's comments from previous stories as a story? If we wanted to read these comments wouldn't we... go read them in the thread?
Just another case of corporate bullying destroying the lives of people who can't stand up for themselves against the corporate might. Remember back when it was people that had rights and not companies? *sigh*
Even at its most fragmented (IBM/AIX, are you listening?) I was still able to sit down in front of any flavor Un*x and be instantly productive. Jumping from one version of Windows to the others doesn't hold the same promise of portable skills. No offense, but if you want to present an objective argument, don't use FUD. There hasn't been a version of Windows released since 1994 that isn't 95% identical in interface or configuration. If you stuck someone familiar with only Win95 or NT4 in front of an XP desktop or 2003 Server, is there any doubt they'd be up and running in under a minute? I'm having serious trouble trying to take an affirmative answer to that question seriously.
Someone, please, stop the EFF before it's too late. I know they might think of these things as a "why not, let's give it a shot and see what happens" deal, but these trials and the EFF's continued losses are going to be a serious impact on ALL of our futures. I know, I get a chuckle too after seeing the latest story about how they've been laughed out of court, again, and see how riled up people get over it, but this needs to stop now. Our rights, and our (US citizens) futures may depend on it.
Each case/application should be handled on an individual basis. There is NOTHING that can't be done as a restricted user in the Windows world with the proper administration.
I have been a long-time supporter and donate-r of the Wikimedia Foundation, since its inception, in fact. However, I am left with a strong distaste for the project, as I'm sure many others are, because the Wikipedia has gone from a free, editable-by-everyone encyclopedia to one accessible for contribution by only an elite few. As such, I'm witholding all my donations until I see a change in their policies and believe that they'll continue to fly straight in the future. Until then, good luck guys.
No target is too mighty, or too obscure, for this new and virulent strain of oratory. Microsoft has been hammered by bloggers; so have CBS, CNN and ABC News, two research boutiques that criticized IBM's Notes software, the maker of Kryptonite bike locks
The uproar and exposition of the Kryptonite bike locks was covered extensively on Slashdot. This _security_ product had severe design flaws that exposed the owners of their device to significant risk, and the company buried it, hoping no one would notice.
Time to do some research. _Every_ MMORPG has a naming policy comparable to Blizzard's. What kind of _roleplaying_ game has characters running around named "CmdrTaco"? The policy is there for a reason, and every game I've played has enforced them strictly, as they should. If you want your name to be DumbRetard, play a first person shooter.
Because they're all going to be thrown out. Seriously. There is such an oversaturation of qualified people in the current tech job market, that unless you're sending a tailored resume AND cover letter, it's just going in the trash. No employer is going to take the time to try to fit you to one of their jobs when they already have two dozen qualified applicants that were able to correctly follow instructions for submitting resumes.
Apple has abided by Safari's license and released their changes. This is what is required and expected. I don't remember reading anywhere that they have to hand-hold you through understanding their code.
The things that go through SOE's collective heads... You know, murder is illegal, and people are still doing it all over. It's clogging up our court systems. How about we just make a state where you can murder whomever you want? We will just charge a special tax so we can make a profit off of it. If it just so happens to be your state that we decide to make murder legal in, it's ok, you can always move. You don't need your friends and family anyways.
You never mentioned being under contract, so I'll assume you aren't. That being said, this is business, you owe your old company nothing, and it owes you nothing. They could fire you at any point for any (non-illegal) reason, and you can quit at any time. Two weeks is a _courtesy_ you are giving the company, when you are required to give none. Settle for anything more and you're being duped.
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If the Wikipedia entry is worthwhile (believe it or not, sometimes it isn't), it'll be listed first in your search. Best of both worlds.
Well, that did it. A number of users, wishing to read the allegations cut and paste the URL. As you might guess, the site itself had been hi-jacked, so the broswer was quickly re-directed to another site, explotited the most recent unpatched IE vulnerability and infected the user's PC with a key logger. The only reason this got caught quickly was that in some cases the user's IE session crashed, giving a hint that something might have happened.
Wow, those are some decent execs. Ours would just try the URL 3 or 4 more times and then move on, forgetting about it.
We're running NAT in the dorms, which obviously restricts BitTorrent traffic.
No it doesn't. BitTorrent works perfectly fine behind NAT, with or without port forwarding enabled for it. It can take a little extra time for things to get up to speed without any forwarding, but it still works fine.
"The administration has taken their illegal conduct in wiretapping Americans without court orders, in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Constitution, and used it as springboard to not only get FISA changed to allow the Terrorist Surveillance Program, but to actually, going forward, not give protections to Americans' privacy rights," Graves said.
Could someone cite these privacy rights we (Americans) have? I can't find them anywhere in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.
Couldn't have said it better myself. This year it's Ubuntu. The year before that it was Gentoo. The year before that it was Libranet. I don't see any of these flavor-of-the-mo^H^Hyear distributions unseating Red Hat in the server/enterprise support markets.
Is Slashdot just reposting people's comments from previous stories as a story? If we wanted to read these comments wouldn't we... go read them in the thread?
Just another case of corporate bullying destroying the lives of people who can't stand up for themselves against the corporate might. Remember back when it was people that had rights and not companies? *sigh*
Can you site in the Constitution or the Bill of Right where it states that the list of people you call on your phone is an essential liberty?
You know there's a difference between something being vulnerable at all and something being vulnerable to a single proof of concept, right?
Even at its most fragmented (IBM/AIX, are you listening?) I was still able to sit down in front of any flavor Un*x and be instantly productive. Jumping from one version of Windows to the others doesn't hold the same promise of portable skills.
No offense, but if you want to present an objective argument, don't use FUD. There hasn't been a version of Windows released since 1994 that isn't 95% identical in interface or configuration. If you stuck someone familiar with only Win95 or NT4 in front of an XP desktop or 2003 Server, is there any doubt they'd be up and running in under a minute? I'm having serious trouble trying to take an affirmative answer to that question seriously.
Logical fallacy: Ad hominem attack.
Someone, please, stop the EFF before it's too late. I know they might think of these things as a "why not, let's give it a shot and see what happens" deal, but these trials and the EFF's continued losses are going to be a serious impact on ALL of our futures. I know, I get a chuckle too after seeing the latest story about how they've been laughed out of court, again, and see how riled up people get over it, but this needs to stop now. Our rights, and our (US citizens) futures may depend on it.
All 5 million of them, you mean? There must be some solo/small group content out there keeping them busy, the subscribers keep going up, up, up.
Each case/application should be handled on an individual basis. There is NOTHING that can't be done as a restricted user in the Windows world with the proper administration.
I have been a long-time supporter and donate-r of the Wikimedia Foundation, since its inception, in fact. However, I am left with a strong distaste for the project, as I'm sure many others are, because the Wikipedia has gone from a free, editable-by-everyone encyclopedia to one accessible for contribution by only an elite few. As such, I'm witholding all my donations until I see a change in their policies and believe that they'll continue to fly straight in the future. Until then, good luck guys.
You wouldn't pay for the game even if you had it available under your stipulations. I think it's safe to say that no one really cares.
Libranet is last year's Ubuntu.
No target is too mighty, or too obscure, for this new and virulent strain of oratory. Microsoft has been hammered by bloggers; so have CBS, CNN and ABC News, two research boutiques that criticized IBM's Notes software, the maker of Kryptonite bike locks
The uproar and exposition of the Kryptonite bike locks was covered extensively on Slashdot. This _security_ product had severe design flaws that exposed the owners of their device to significant risk, and the company buried it, hoping no one would notice.
Time to do some research. _Every_ MMORPG has a naming policy comparable to Blizzard's. What kind of _roleplaying_ game has characters running around named "CmdrTaco"? The policy is there for a reason, and every game I've played has enforced them strictly, as they should. If you want your name to be DumbRetard, play a first person shooter.
How did the ATi fare when running quack4.exe?
Because they're all going to be thrown out. Seriously. There is such an oversaturation of qualified people in the current tech job market, that unless you're sending a tailored resume AND cover letter, it's just going in the trash. No employer is going to take the time to try to fit you to one of their jobs when they already have two dozen qualified applicants that were able to correctly follow instructions for submitting resumes.
You're confused. People who use the free bandwidth without buying anything aren't "loyal customers." They're loiterers.
Apple has abided by Safari's license and released their changes. This is what is required and expected. I don't remember reading anywhere that they have to hand-hold you through understanding their code.
The things that go through SOE's collective heads... You know, murder is illegal, and people are still doing it all over. It's clogging up our court systems. How about we just make a state where you can murder whomever you want? We will just charge a special tax so we can make a profit off of it. If it just so happens to be your state that we decide to make murder legal in, it's ok, you can always move. You don't need your friends and family anyways.
You never mentioned being under contract, so I'll assume you aren't. That being said, this is business, you owe your old company nothing, and it owes you nothing. They could fire you at any point for any (non-illegal) reason, and you can quit at any time. Two weeks is a _courtesy_ you are giving the company, when you are required to give none. Settle for anything more and you're being duped.