Companies unfortunately do these types of things. Recently I've heard (seriously not a joke) that some of the power companies had knowingly forced themselves into bankruptcy so politicians would ease sanctions and allow them to charge higher prices for power.
Many people look at things on the whole eastern telco view as being monopolized by Verizon as it stands so creating an outrageous scenario followed by massive complaints against Verizon would have done Covad some good in the eyes of the courts, however I would be careful about taking Verizon's word for it since their not an independent party to the case, and will often point out the best faults they could find whether or not they're circumstantial.
My bad everyone must be wrong the government is such a great watcher and keeper of the peace. Maybe if you took the time to see things in an unbiased way you would actually have a clue. Me on the other hand I love government, and I truly love many of the policies they've created, but I would never turn a blind eye because they did one good thing so this enables them to perform 20 bad things in return. Fsck that.
Go have your everyone is out to get me argument with someone else.
Is that what you think for someone who posts a different view of what may be happening? I could care less about government, I don't hide from anyone especially using anonyminity. As stated I posted a substantialy documented rebuttal, and sadly you have no answer only a pathetic message.
Stick to facts, I can dish em out to point out why I think the way I do. Wow what how ironic this happens when the United States is hoping that the European Cybercrime Treaty is being finalized. An incidence like this would surely make politicians think twice about taking away a certain amount of rights from the people in order to maintain National Security wouldn't they?
Hell this could be what is meant by "justifying world government." See if the treaty goes through it would mean the United States LEA's would not have to depend on the liberties given to the people here, they could simply have their German counterparts subpoena things they've been denied in American courts. What power they'd have.
Look I'm in no way flaming you so don't take it that way, there's always two sides to every single issue. One thing that's certain is China's networking infrastructure is harsh on rules, and laws, so it'd mean harsh punishment for someone even trying to do things, and their up shit's creek so I personally feel they'd be reluctant to pull this off. Now on a technical level if the system was compromised do you know how easy it is to manipulate log records? Hell I could make you think Elvis or Tupac compromised that host. So for someone to say the Chinese did this, I could always come back and say oh yea, well someone using Nemesis, or HailStorm replayed a session to impose a Chinese did this.
First off Parameters is for ROTC school kiddies in training, and articles like that are nothing more than propaganda. If you take a look at history as you state sure there are rules, and those rules are always broken. Take a close look at what we (the United States) did in Serbia. We cause an ecological disaster with the warfare, water is polluted, air is polluted, etc. Sure you can think the Geneva Treaty is something glorious but its nothing more than more propaganda.
Facts are facts, and the fact is the military would never practiced what's preached in publicly available documents, everything is gonna look pretty for the people, but when you dig deeper the shit always comes out. I suggest you keep a sharp eye out for "Operation Dragonlord" should they ever release it via the FOIA, and you'll see exactly how shady the US government is in regards to China.
Last month they sent out warnings of a massive attack set to take place. Something which never happened. Why? Simple, create animosity between Americans, and the intended target, makes things simpler when you have to take action, and that's the bottom line.
All is fair in war no matter what your own beliefs are. Lest we forget how the "fedz" tried to hire a Russian hacker to infiltrate the Russian Federal infrastructure.
So if it was some Chinese hackers so be it, on the other hand what makes you think this couldn't be something like the government falsely reporting to bring up animosity amongst Americans towards Asians in case they wanted to wage a war? I suggest you see read what they had planned for Cuba before you think the feds are so fine and glorious
Get real no one knows truly what happened yet, and I'd be skeptical to jump the gun and believe the first thing written about the whole case. And as for your "fedz have the right to call these punks terrorists" you better wake up and smell the coffee there, if your not 100% pro government including all of their FUD/Errata/Schemes [1, 2] then your considered just as much a terrorist as anyone else.
What I think happened was, the Chinese were so pissed off at the United States, they figured that Bush and other politicians would be pissed if they actually gave Californians power as opposed to monopolizing it. Well one would have to know about Kenneth Lay of Enron being Dubya's biggest campaign contributor. (no wonder they won't cap electric costs)
It's a shame that the government would use Child pornography as a scapegoat to promote taking away someone's right to view pornography. Let me make some facts clear, first off my wife is the Euro Director of EHAP (Ethical Hackers Against Pedophilia) so I have no problems seeing pedophiles go to jail or being killed (sorry I have no tolerance for those who hurt kids.) But using the kids is an excuse by the government to minimize the rights of people one step at a time.
There's a site that ha(s/d) an online database of pedophiles recently, their names, pictures, etc., and it was quickly dragged into the legal muck to halt its operations. Why doesn't governments all over allow these kinds of sites to run if they were so concerned with the children?
The failure of the (Clinton) administration to enforce those laws has led to a proliferation of obscenity, both online and off," Goodlatte said. "And I am particularly concerned about the safety of our children on the Internet, where they're subjected to child pornography and solicitation in a massive way."
Asked Goodlatte: "I'd like to know to what extent the Justice Department will use its resources to assist state and local enforcement in combating this cyberattack on our nation's children."
Getting back to privacy, the government has no right whatsoever to dictate what should or should not be seen on the Internet or other due to the impartiality of it all. For instance I find Rotten, Defacation Vacation, offensive as all hell, yet why shouldn't they have the same liberty to post their expressions? I also find the Catholic religion offensive so why shouldn't I have the same right to have those leaders arrested since it's not my cup of tea.
You cannot have fair laws which state The cow can't jump over the moon but the pigs can, because its not fair. Government was put in place by the people, all of the people, and to bend over to try and appease a select amount of people is hypocritical as all hell.
Aside from this all, how is this going to affect the future outcomes of privacy? First they say they're doing this for the people, then they'll say implanting your brain with whatever product they choose is in your best interest as well. Its extremely disturbing, and I hope groups like the EFF, ACLU, and others get involved to halt the government from overstepping their bounds.
Those on modems... Personally I would be reluctant to install anything which is going to stream data onto my hard drives especially with all these articles surrounding privacy, cookies, etc. Last time I played a game over PC was about 2 years back which was Q2, but FYI, many gaming companies place demos on cd's in magazines, and many gaming companies have demos on their sites.
IMHO this service is probably going to allow rampant piracy to occur since the full game is downloadable. It's only a certain amount of time before cracks start appearing all over AstaLaVista, and then the companies will wonder why.
If I did play games, personally I would rather go out and buy it in a store, this way I can get out of my house for one, secondly I can get the whole box complete with graphics, instructions, etc.
Except that XML does seem to be an actual up-and-coming standard.
Ok this is probably way off topic, well it is, but I'll put some of my strong points on my arguements over XML, which are strongly opinionated (as is everyone's). One of the biggest problems I've seen with XML is that, many have already created massive content on existing languages, whether its XML, Python, Perl, HTML, and many have invested a large amount of money into the already existing languages.
In order for a company to feasibly make the move over from $INSERT_LANGUAGE_HERE over to XML would mean that their programmers would have to know it meaning it would cost them more to pay for their education in it (even though they could learn online please here this out) or hire someone familiar with XML.
Looking at the current scenario, many companies have done well without it, not to say it shouldn't be used, but just to give everyone a reminder on it. It's always going to be an extremely opinionated arguement, and points/counterpoints could run on for years. Same arguements go for JAVA and others, you don't neccessarily need them for one, and just because someone uses X or X becomes a pseudo standard should not mean that programmers should focus on X and forget the core basics of it all.
UML, XML, HTML, CSS, COOL, JAVA, it all boils down to needs, and XML is not really a neccessity, and soon there'll be another acronym toting the same claims as the existing ones, "The Next Best (overhyped) Thing"
Sorry if I sound like a troll I'm trying to be as sincere as possible about my thoughts on it, without sounding anti-anything (XML, or other) just my notes on it. I think the programmers should stick with the basics without getting all fancy.
Your assuming things will move over to XML, and everyone is going to use it. Let us not forget about the standings when it comes to creating a so called standard, shtml, WML, and all those other acronyms I care not to type.
What about reverse engineering catdoc or Word2X? I've been able able to open Word files without a problem with them, and when I need to save I download the files to my laptop as text to save them under Mickeysoft, otherwise I try to save them with StarOffice (which borks things out every here and there).
The program could use existing code with a tcl or Python shell to get it done, maybe someone should contact the authors of the programs (Word2X, Catdoc) and come up with a collaboration.
I wonder how close to a target some of these software can actually get. I know with just about all (if not all) GPS devices, the government in the United States does not allow them to have pinpoint accuracy out of fear it would compromise military positions.
For those who don't want to download something like this may I suggest Cartome, which is Cryptome's companion that deals with mapping. They have a slew of links about products, free online services, etc.
Certainly they could still keep the site going if they have the initiative, and heart to do. While many companies go under which in this revolving door business is common place, it can't be that hard for those writers to continue with their own stories for the site.
Surely there is someone who'd be willing to provide them with the webspace to do so, and if they can't find one have them seriously contact me and I'll put up the space and bandwidth for them, with no strings attached.
FYI it sucks (no I'm not trying to be a smart ass) to see some cool companies go under, but many sites with great content can still survive if they strive for it. It's be done plenty of times, and those sites who do nothing are nothing more than losers for not trying. Many need to learn about management when it comes to finance since many of the dot com'ers are inexperienced when it comes to business, but there's always a time to get the ball rolling in the right direction.
Oh well offer stands if anyone from suck reads this I'm hoping you'd have a clue on how to get in touch with me should you be able to obtain the domain, and want to continue, the space is yours no charge. To anyone else thinking about me dishing up some space... Maybe maybe not depends if I like you and your content;\
With about 30 machines dedicated to "research" surely one of those already perform the job well. FYI the government of the USA has 19 classified machines as well which are most likely NSA, and military machines. All of it can't be for so called nuclear research. At least in my eyes
I always wondered what big brother does with these super computers, the FAQ says little about what tasks these perform, and I doubt you would need that much supercomputing for research.
So the question is, just what is Sandia doing with this? Making super comps to crack codes perhaps for the NSA? Aside from that maybe some sole company should look into recovering the hundreds of obsolete PC's that are being tossed and create a super comp to test with and perhaps create the ultimate crypto algorithm. (Yes I know slightly off topic)
Does anyone have any idea as to what these machines are truly doing?
Yes, OS X harbors serious some serious software compatibility shortcomings. But OS X's industrywide standards and Unix core will likely deliver the same variety of Mac apps that Windows now enjoys. In the meantime, OS X has power and compatibility where it really counts.
Unlike mem hog Windows, CNET should have also pointed out the differences in things like security, e.g., how you don't need to keep your life glued to the NTBugtraq mailing lists every time something goes bonkers with Windows.
Another small quirk is the licensing issues revolving around when Windows will make the switch and lease its software. That's going to be a nightmare when it rolls out.
Anyone ever notice how Netscpae has a feature in Edit/Preferences that says "Only accept cookies sent back to original server" well use it. Personally I use Junkbuster with about 3 sites allowed to send me cookies. Only problem I get with this is when I visit Slashdot I'm never truly logged in until I post since no info is sent back up until I go to post.
There was a method about a year ago if I'm not mistaken between August - Novemember about an email trick or service to track whether someone read your email. Marketing companies are all run by Dr. Evil anyway so there isn't much you can do. You complain they remove X service and replace it with something more evil.
I don't believe that the government should have a hand in regulating what passes over the internet, and this is just the beginning, folks. This law sets a precedent.
Get real for a second will you. Just because the government passed this law doesn't mean it will be upheld. If it is that's when you have to worry. I do agree gov should have little control over the Internet since it does not reside in one country, however lets face some facts.
Laws here don't apply around the world
As long as there is an anonymous proxy there'll be spam
This will be on DumbLaws in the future since no one entity can dictate what another country can or can't do.
what might happen to the PC world if it happened."
Absolutely nothing will happen to the PC world. Lets see a PlayStation2 running Oracle or some other program in a colo rack. Do you think fortune 500's will rush out to buy a PS2? Get real.
Look for entertainment purposes of installing Linux on a PS2 fine I could see why someone would be overly excited, however in the real world Linux isn't everything so let's not forget that. Uh no I'm not a Microsoft user I use BSD before anyone decides to troll. The fact remains this is nothing more than a novelty.
The system provides download speeds 16 times faster than a regular phone line and sends information five times faster.
Does the typical home user even need speeds so fast or is everyone just rushing to see who can do what first. Sounds nice to have this service but it seems a bit pricey.
$1,500 after tax for the equipment, plus $150 per month service fee. Businesses pay $2,500 for equipment and $190 a month in service fees.
One of the things I always wondered about is what happens when a company goes under say like PSINet, what happens to the pre purchased bandwidth they didn't use, is there a clearinghouse for it as there is for phone time? Anyone know?
Personally I think people should look into the true findings about the claims of magnetic healing which this guy mentions.
In human nature many people let their emotions get the best of them and this is what I perceive this guy is doing, feeding off the emotions of people who'd think they can live longer via some device.
Stepping back take a quick look at life in a realistic perspective if you will:
Things go round animals of all types come and go through evolution, nothing lasts forever.
Biblical look; You die and supposedly go to $INSERT_YOUR_HEAVEN/HELL/ETC here.
People have been making these claims for so long it would take you eons to sort through the bs people have concocted. So while this guy claims doctors have bought my product, etc, etc, I've yet to see documentation from any credible source on this guy's claims.
So called Psychic Sylvia Brown does the same thing too feeds off the emotions of people. She claims to have been hired by Law Enforcement Agencies worldwide, etc., but cannot back her claim as most of these people can't either.
Doesn't matter though a sucker is born every minute and as long as no one takes the time to analyze things in a realistic manner the Alex Chuis and Sylvia Browns will always be around to feed off of emotion.
The market for Windows servers grew 32 percent this year, while sales of servers running Unix grew only 14 percent.
It's amazing how people always try to argue some broken facts about the server market and Microsoft. Let me add something to this thread that many people don't see in write ups by news agencies.
Many companies I've worked for including the one I do work for surely purchase MS based servers, but that doesn't mean that the company who purchased them will be running Microsoft on them. E.g. we've purchased hundreds of Compaq Proliant servers with MS only to wipe the entire contents of it and place a Unix base system on it.
Lets look at another angle here. Not too many vendors are shipping servers with FreeBSD or Linux pre-installed and instead your likely to find about a 4-1 ratio of servers being pre configured with MS on them. How many of those servers are wiped and a Unix based system thrown on them? There are no stats for this, nor can you say more MS is being sold when many of the Unix based OS' are free.
So for those who follow these so called stats, there are always other sides to the issues which never see the light of day.
Good to see more security books are coming out and I agree an intro into stunnel would have been well worth it. Currently I wrap just about everything under stunnel, X, LICQ, pppd, and I love it. However on the other hand many people who don't understand SSL and are prompted for certificates would likely be offended to see an SSL cert created by something other than Verisign so the author should have attempted to debunk the idea that only Verisign or other vendor cert is law.
Maybe referencing Bruce Schneier's doc either by snippets or including a link to the document could've given clarity to those who don't understand some of the overhype about PKI.
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Companies unfortunately do these types of things. Recently I've heard (seriously not a joke) that some of the power companies had knowingly forced themselves into bankruptcy so politicians would ease sanctions and allow them to charge higher prices for power.
Many people look at things on the whole eastern telco view as being monopolized by Verizon as it stands so creating an outrageous scenario followed by massive complaints against Verizon would have done Covad some good in the eyes of the courts, however I would be careful about taking Verizon's word for it since their not an independent party to the case, and will often point out the best faults they could find whether or not they're circumstantial.
Army accused of cover-up in Kosovar Albanian's death
Government Watchdog Agency for human medical experiments under investigation
Hydrazine Sulfate Cancer Coverup
THE COVER-UP OF GULF WAR SYNDROME -- A QUESTION OF NATIONAL INTEGRITY
The United States and Biological Warfare
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MKUltra, Uranium, Unsolved Homicide, Possible Genocide
My bad everyone must be wrong the government is such a great watcher and keeper of the peace. Maybe if you took the time to see things in an unbiased way you would actually have a clue. Me on the other hand I love government, and I truly love many of the policies they've created, but I would never turn a blind eye because they did one good thing so this enables them to perform 20 bad things in return. Fsck that.
Go have your everyone is out to get me argument with someone else.
Is that what you think for someone who posts a different view of what may be happening? I could care less about government, I don't hide from anyone especially using anonyminity. As stated I posted a substantialy documented rebuttal, and sadly you have no answer only a pathetic message.
Stick to facts, I can dish em out to point out why I think the way I do. Wow what how ironic this happens when the United States is hoping that the European Cybercrime Treaty is being finalized. An incidence like this would surely make politicians think twice about taking away a certain amount of rights from the people in order to maintain National Security wouldn't they?
Hell this could be what is meant by "justifying world government." See if the treaty goes through it would mean the United States LEA's would not have to depend on the liberties given to the people here, they could simply have their German counterparts subpoena things they've been denied in American courts. What power they'd have.
Look I'm in no way flaming you so don't take it that way, there's always two sides to every single issue. One thing that's certain is China's networking infrastructure is harsh on rules, and laws, so it'd mean harsh punishment for someone even trying to do things, and their up shit's creek so I personally feel they'd be reluctant to pull this off. Now on a technical level if the system was compromised do you know how easy it is to manipulate log records? Hell I could make you think Elvis or Tupac compromised that host. So for someone to say the Chinese did this, I could always come back and say oh yea, well someone using Nemesis, or HailStorm replayed a session to impose a Chinese did this.
First off Parameters is for ROTC school kiddies in training, and articles like that are nothing more than propaganda. If you take a look at history as you state sure there are rules, and those rules are always broken. Take a close look at what we (the United States) did in Serbia. We cause an ecological disaster with the warfare, water is polluted, air is polluted, etc. Sure you can think the Geneva Treaty is something glorious but its nothing more than more propaganda.
Facts are facts, and the fact is the military would never practiced what's preached in publicly available documents, everything is gonna look pretty for the people, but when you dig deeper the shit always comes out. I suggest you keep a sharp eye out for "Operation Dragonlord" should they ever release it via the FOIA, and you'll see exactly how shady the US government is in regards to China.
Last month they sent out warnings of a massive attack set to take place. Something which never happened. Why? Simple, create animosity between Americans, and the intended target, makes things simpler when you have to take action, and that's the bottom line.
All is fair in war no matter what your own beliefs are. Lest we forget how the "fedz" tried to hire a Russian hacker to infiltrate the Russian Federal infrastructure.
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So if it was some Chinese hackers so be it, on the other hand what makes you think this couldn't be something like the government falsely reporting to bring up animosity amongst Americans towards Asians in case they wanted to wage a war? I suggest you see read what they had planned for Cuba before you think the feds are so fine and glorious
Get real no one knows truly what happened yet, and I'd be skeptical to jump the gun and believe the first thing written about the whole case. And as for your "fedz have the right to call these punks terrorists" you better wake up and smell the coffee there, if your not 100% pro government including all of their FUD/Errata/Schemes [1, 2] then your considered just as much a terrorist as anyone else.
What I think happened was, the Chinese were so pissed off at the United States, they figured that Bush and other politicians would be pissed if they actually gave Californians power as opposed to monopolizing it. Well one would have to know about Kenneth Lay of Enron being Dubya's biggest campaign contributor. (no wonder they won't cap electric costs)
It's a shame that the government would use Child pornography as a scapegoat to promote taking away someone's right to view pornography. Let me make some facts clear, first off my wife is the Euro Director of EHAP (Ethical Hackers Against Pedophilia) so I have no problems seeing pedophiles go to jail or being killed (sorry I have no tolerance for those who hurt kids.) But using the kids is an excuse by the government to minimize the rights of people one step at a time.
There's a site that ha(s/d) an online database of pedophiles recently, their names, pictures, etc., and it was quickly dragged into the legal muck to halt its operations. Why doesn't governments all over allow these kinds of sites to run if they were so concerned with the children?
The failure of the (Clinton) administration to enforce those laws has led to a proliferation of obscenity, both online and off," Goodlatte said. "And I am particularly concerned about the safety of our children on the Internet, where they're subjected to child pornography and solicitation in a massive way."
Asked Goodlatte: "I'd like to know to what extent the Justice Department will use its resources to assist state and local enforcement in combating this cyberattack on our nation's children."
Getting back to privacy, the government has no right whatsoever to dictate what should or should not be seen on the Internet or other due to the impartiality of it all. For instance I find Rotten, Defacation Vacation, offensive as all hell, yet why shouldn't they have the same liberty to post their expressions? I also find the Catholic religion offensive so why shouldn't I have the same right to have those leaders arrested since it's not my cup of tea.
You cannot have fair laws which state The cow can't jump over the moon but the pigs can, because its not fair. Government was put in place by the people, all of the people, and to bend over to try and appease a select amount of people is hypocritical as all hell.
Aside from this all, how is this going to affect the future outcomes of privacy? First they say they're doing this for the people, then they'll say implanting your brain with whatever product they choose is in your best interest as well. Its extremely disturbing, and I hope groups like the EFF, ACLU, and others get involved to halt the government from overstepping their bounds.
Those on modems... Personally I would be reluctant to install anything which is going to stream data onto my hard drives especially with all these articles surrounding privacy, cookies, etc. Last time I played a game over PC was about 2 years back which was Q2, but FYI, many gaming companies place demos on cd's in magazines, and many gaming companies have demos on their sites.
IMHO this service is probably going to allow rampant piracy to occur since the full game is downloadable. It's only a certain amount of time before cracks start appearing all over AstaLaVista, and then the companies will wonder why.
If I did play games, personally I would rather go out and buy it in a store, this way I can get out of my house for one, secondly I can get the whole box complete with graphics, instructions, etc.
Hrmm might be me but wasn't this done before?
http://slashdot.org/articles/01/03/27/1335227.sht
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/10/09/2223227.sht
Except that XML does seem to be an actual up-and-coming standard.
Ok this is probably way off topic, well it is, but I'll put some of my strong points on my arguements over XML, which are strongly opinionated (as is everyone's). One of the biggest problems I've seen with XML is that, many have already created massive content on existing languages, whether its XML, Python, Perl, HTML, and many have invested a large amount of money into the already existing languages.
In order for a company to feasibly make the move over from $INSERT_LANGUAGE_HERE over to XML would mean that their programmers would have to know it meaning it would cost them more to pay for their education in it (even though they could learn online please here this out) or hire someone familiar with XML.
Looking at the current scenario, many companies have done well without it, not to say it shouldn't be used, but just to give everyone a reminder on it. It's always going to be an extremely opinionated arguement, and points/counterpoints could run on for years. Same arguements go for JAVA and others, you don't neccessarily need them for one, and just because someone uses X or X becomes a pseudo standard should not mean that programmers should focus on X and forget the core basics of it all.
UML, XML, HTML, CSS, COOL, JAVA, it all boils down to needs, and XML is not really a neccessity, and soon there'll be another acronym toting the same claims as the existing ones, "The Next Best (overhyped) Thing"
Sorry if I sound like a troll I'm trying to be as sincere as possible about my thoughts on it, without sounding anti-anything (XML, or other) just my notes on it. I think the programmers should stick with the basics without getting all fancy.
Your assuming things will move over to XML, and everyone is going to use it. Let us not forget about the standings when it comes to creating a so called standard, shtml, WML, and all those other acronyms I care not to type.
What about reverse engineering catdoc or Word2X? I've been able able to open Word files without a problem with them, and when I need to save I download the files to my laptop as text to save them under Mickeysoft, otherwise I try to save them with StarOffice (which borks things out every here and there).
The program could use existing code with a tcl or Python shell to get it done, maybe someone should contact the authors of the programs (Word2X, Catdoc) and come up with a collaboration.
I wonder how close to a target some of these software can actually get. I know with just about all (if not all) GPS devices, the government in the United States does not allow them to have pinpoint accuracy out of fear it would compromise military positions.
For those who don't want to download something like this may I suggest Cartome, which is Cryptome's companion that deals with mapping. They have a slew of links about products, free online services, etc.
Certainly they could still keep the site going if they have the initiative, and heart to do. While many companies go under which in this revolving door business is common place, it can't be that hard for those writers to continue with their own stories for the site.
Surely there is someone who'd be willing to provide them with the webspace to do so, and if they can't find one have them seriously contact me and I'll put up the space and bandwidth for them, with no strings attached.
FYI it sucks (no I'm not trying to be a smart ass) to see some cool companies go under, but many sites with great content can still survive if they strive for it. It's be done plenty of times, and those sites who do nothing are nothing more than losers for not trying. Many need to learn about management when it comes to finance since many of the dot com'ers are inexperienced when it comes to business, but there's always a time to get the ball rolling in the right direction.
Oh well offer stands if anyone from suck reads this I'm hoping you'd have a clue on how to get in touch with me should you be able to obtain the domain, and want to continue, the space is yours no charge. To anyone else thinking about me dishing up some space... Maybe maybe not depends if I like you and your content
With about 30 machines dedicated to "research" surely one of those already perform the job well. FYI the government of the USA has 19 classified machines as well which are most likely NSA, and military machines. All of it can't be for so called nuclear research. At least in my eyes
I always wondered what big brother does with these super computers, the FAQ says little about what tasks these perform, and I doubt you would need that much supercomputing for research.
So the question is, just what is Sandia doing with this? Making super comps to crack codes perhaps for the NSA? Aside from that maybe some sole company should look into recovering the hundreds of obsolete PC's that are being tossed and create a super comp to test with and perhaps create the ultimate crypto algorithm. (Yes I know slightly off topic)
Does anyone have any idea as to what these machines are truly doing?
Yes, OS X harbors serious some serious software compatibility shortcomings. But OS X's industrywide standards and Unix core will likely deliver the same variety of Mac apps that Windows now enjoys. In the meantime, OS X has power and compatibility where it really counts.
Unlike mem hog Windows, CNET should have also pointed out the differences in things like security, e.g., how you don't need to keep your life glued to the NTBugtraq mailing lists every time something goes bonkers with Windows.
Another small quirk is the licensing issues revolving around when Windows will make the switch and lease its software. That's going to be a nightmare when it rolls out.
Anyone ever notice how Netscpae has a feature in Edit/Preferences that says "Only accept cookies sent back to original server" well use it. Personally I use Junkbuster with about 3 sites allowed to send me cookies. Only problem I get with this is when I visit Slashdot I'm never truly logged in until I post since no info is sent back up until I go to post.
There was a method about a year ago if I'm not mistaken between August - Novemember about an email trick or service to track whether someone read your email. Marketing companies are all run by Dr. Evil anyway so there isn't much you can do. You complain they remove X service and replace it with something more evil.
Get real for a second will you. Just because the government passed this law doesn't mean it will be upheld. If it is that's when you have to worry. I do agree gov should have little control over the Internet since it does not reside in one country, however lets face some facts.
Laws here don't apply around the world
As long as there is an anonymous proxy there'll be spam
This will be on DumbLaws in the future since no one entity can dictate what another country can or can't do.
what might happen to the PC world if it happened."
Absolutely nothing will happen to the PC world. Lets see a PlayStation2 running Oracle or some other program in a colo rack. Do you think fortune 500's will rush out to buy a PS2? Get real.
Look for entertainment purposes of installing Linux on a PS2 fine I could see why someone would be overly excited, however in the real world Linux isn't everything so let's not forget that. Uh no I'm not a Microsoft user I use BSD before anyone decides to troll. The fact remains this is nothing more than a novelty.
The system provides download speeds 16 times faster than a regular phone line and sends information five times faster.
Does the typical home user even need speeds so fast or is everyone just rushing to see who can do what first. Sounds nice to have this service but it seems a bit pricey.
$1,500 after tax for the equipment, plus $150 per month service fee. Businesses pay $2,500 for equipment and $190 a month in service fees.
One of the things I always wondered about is what happens when a company goes under say like PSINet, what happens to the pre purchased bandwidth they didn't use, is there a clearinghouse for it as there is for phone time? Anyone know?
Personally I think people should look into the true findings about the claims of magnetic healing which this guy mentions.
In human nature many people let their emotions get the best of them and this is what I perceive this guy is doing, feeding off the emotions of people who'd think they can live longer via some device.
Stepping back take a quick look at life in a realistic perspective if you will:
Things go round animals of all types come and go through evolution, nothing lasts forever.
Biblical look; You die and supposedly go to $INSERT_YOUR_HEAVEN/HELL/ETC here.
People have been making these claims for so long it would take you eons to sort through the bs people have concocted. So while this guy claims doctors have bought my product, etc, etc, I've yet to see documentation from any credible source on this guy's claims.
So called Psychic Sylvia Brown does the same thing too feeds off the emotions of people. She claims to have been hired by Law Enforcement Agencies worldwide, etc., but cannot back her claim as most of these people can't either.
Doesn't matter though a sucker is born every minute and as long as no one takes the time to analyze things in a realistic manner the Alex Chuis and Sylvia Browns will always be around to feed off of emotion.
The market for Windows servers grew 32 percent this year, while sales of servers running Unix grew only 14 percent.
It's amazing how people always try to argue some broken facts about the server market and Microsoft. Let me add something to this thread that many people don't see in write ups by news agencies.
Many companies I've worked for including the one I do work for surely purchase MS based servers, but that doesn't mean that the company who purchased them will be running Microsoft on them. E.g. we've purchased hundreds of Compaq Proliant servers with MS only to wipe the entire contents of it and place a Unix base system on it.
Lets look at another angle here. Not too many vendors are shipping servers with FreeBSD or Linux pre-installed and instead your likely to find about a 4-1 ratio of servers being pre configured with MS on them. How many of those servers are wiped and a Unix based system thrown on them? There are no stats for this, nor can you say more MS is being sold when many of the Unix based OS' are free.
So for those who follow these so called stats, there are always other sides to the issues which never see the light of day.
Good to see more security books are coming out and I agree an intro into stunnel would have been well worth it. Currently I wrap just about everything under stunnel, X, LICQ, pppd, and I love it. However on the other hand many people who don't understand SSL and are prompted for certificates would likely be offended to see an SSL cert created by something other than Verisign so the author should have attempted to debunk the idea that only Verisign or other vendor cert is law.
Maybe referencing Bruce Schneier's doc either by snippets or including a link to the document could've given clarity to those who don't understand some of the overhype about PKI.