That's a very cool device, and the others just like it are interesting as well, but even for a minimal intranet webserver, 256KB of Flash ROM for file storage is just too much.
However, given the nature of the 3G iPods, could it be possible to make iPodLinux support Firewire networking via the Firewire 400 port in the bottom of it and just use that as a server?
Think about it. Most Cisco switches support add-on cards with Firewire - or what looks suspiciously like Firewire - ports on them. Plug an iPod's Firewire plug into that, you've got a nice 400Mbit link into a LAN. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than going for a major OEM's servers, and while the microdrive's a bit slow and there's no RAID, it's not a bad deal if you're just looking for something small.
Given how easy it is to deploy Firefox across a campus (load it into a Ghost loadset, then deploy in your next periodic reclone), why, in your opinion, are medium-to-large companies loathe to deploy anything but IE, especially given the tendencies of employees to use office machines for distinctly non-work purposes, which often leads to malware infections?
You better have sarcasm tags on that, buddy. Every copy of Windows XP I've seen since SP1 has shipped with the Sun Java Machine preinstalled due to the lawsuit between Sun and Microsoft ending in Sun's favor. That's why the Byteverify exploits these days are showing up less and less on XP systems and more and more on 98/ME/2K machines.
Taking a copy of a database of information on thousands, possibly hundreds of thousanda, of people that can be used for identity theft and illicit financial gain is a far cry from ripping a CD and sharing it.
The latter is a far lesser offense, and to treat it even remotely like the former suggests that there's some serious crack-smoking going on amongst the people on high.
My god, that's completely insane. Why not just charge twenty bucks plus court costs? That'd prove far more agreeable to the users and pirates - it's the same price as a DVD, and you can claim Fair Use with what you do with it.
Same thing with education employees who work with Special Education students - that data's considered confidential by Texas state law, and there's penalties for leaking it.
The sad thing is, I see this all the time, and even if I clean it and give the user Firefox, it usually comes back, since the web sites they have to visit to fill out state forms are usually coded for IE-only.
They use Internet Explorer with the default settings and go to websites.
Seriously, if you're going to use IE, secure it! Admittedly, it's a lot of work (SpywareBlaster, Sun Java Machine 1.5, IE-SPYADs, _maybe_ Proxomitron, SP2), but it's a hell of a lot better than an infested machine!
To put if mildly, fuck them and the horse that rode them in. Their software spies on users, albeit admitting that it does so in the _MASSIVE-ASS_ EULA (if installed through kosher means), and therefore, it's called spyware.
Because the DVD boxset has EVERY episode as well as commentary and other extras. I happen to have it sitting in front of me, and damn if I don't enjoy it - enough so to pay for it.
How about text-sensitive software like Claria and WhenU that track certain websites using URLs through the IE address bar and pop up competitor's ads? Couldn't that be termed wiretapping as well, since it's actively monitoring addresses visited and keystrokes typed into a field?
This smacks of influence by the oil industry to hold on to its revenues while the people are moving to more efficient alternatives (hybrid cars).
It's not like you can't find the GPS unit and remove it, or just disconnect it so it won't show up until the annual inspection.
And here in Texas, there's an alternative to it - tollways. Beltway 8, the Westpark Tollway - they get tons of traffic every day, and at a buck-twenty-five a stop, they rake in plenty of cash, too.
And if this gets implemented at the ISP level, we're going to be in trouble. While it'll curtail the latest worms and viruses, we're going to have to deal with what's classified as a "trusted" application - obviously, corporations like Symantec and MS with their big bucks can buy access into the definition fields, but what about the little guys like Grisoft, and what of the users who use nonstandard configurations (like me on a 68K Macintosh)? We don't all conform to green-out-of-the-box Dell specifications, you know.
That by the end of this week CoolWebSearch "affiliates" will be bundling it with their software to ensure that they remain undetected (except by HijackThis, Ad-Aware, and Spybot).
Actually, since public school districts receive federal funds, there _ARE_ rights to privacy, free speech, and such as guaranteed by the Constitution and Bill of Rights - it's the same clause that applies to the colleges that accept federal funds.
However, ignorant parents and students often sign these rights away when they receive student handbooks and "behavior contracts" at the beginning of the year. The behavior contract includes clauses about "disruptive behavior" and "classroom disruptions," though no one really defines what those are. Students are usually barred from participating in extracurricular activities until said contracts are signed and returned to the school's office. If the student ever gets in trouble, the contract is brought out to remind the student what a good little sheep they agreed to be.
The legality of the contract is binding, as the school requires both the parent(s) and the student to sign it, thus circumventing any age-releases if the student's a minor.
Most schools are even starting to do this at the primary level.
I'll wholeheartedly agree with your comment about parents not being strict enough. I taught after-school computer classes for the kids at the primary school where I work for a year, and one day, the four-year-old son of a fourth-grade teacher walked out of my class with the biggest grin on his face. He turned around and said, with thirty kids in the class, his mother standing RIGHT behind him, and me showing a kid how to use Firefox...
"I swear to God I'll kill you all next time!"
He walks off, and no apology was forthwith from either him or his mother, and NO disciple was had in front of me or later when I brought it up with his mother (he was removed from my class permanently for that; I don't take crap from kids, ESPECIALLY not when I'm teaching others).
And don't think that all private institutions are good. Several charter schools down here have been horrible, not just in financial terms, but in terms of the discipline; one I attended (West Houston Charter School) regularly had violence in it (kids making homemade flamethrowers and using them on other kids and computers, beatings, and of course the ever-popular swirlie), thefts, and teachers not giving a damn about the kids.
Disclaimer: I am a network administrator at a public elementary school in Texas. I have firsthand knowledge of this, as I work for the district I went to school in.
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That's a very cool device, and the others just like it are interesting as well, but even for a minimal intranet webserver, 256KB of Flash ROM for file storage is just too much.
However, given the nature of the 3G iPods, could it be possible to make iPodLinux support Firewire networking via the Firewire 400 port in the bottom of it and just use that as a server?
Think about it. Most Cisco switches support add-on cards with Firewire - or what looks suspiciously like Firewire - ports on them. Plug an iPod's Firewire plug into that, you've got a nice 400Mbit link into a LAN. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than going for a major OEM's servers, and while the microdrive's a bit slow and there's no RAID, it's not a bad deal if you're just looking for something small.
But not as good as cracking open a Mac 128K and finding the signatures of the design team in raised lettering on it.
I thought that was SCO's standard response.
There was a build of OS X Server for x86 machines, but nothing ran on it. Google for OS X and Rhapsody and you'll see what I mean.
From the look of the mouse buttons, the old case was for a Dell Inspiron - I'm going to hazard a guess in the 8xxx series.
Very nice work, I have to admit.
And I dissected the bastards' EULA at length.
Read, if you're interested.
Given how easy it is to deploy Firefox across a campus (load it into a Ghost loadset, then deploy in your next periodic reclone), why, in your opinion, are medium-to-large companies loathe to deploy anything but IE, especially given the tendencies of employees to use office machines for distinctly non-work purposes, which often leads to malware infections?
You better have sarcasm tags on that, buddy. Every copy of Windows XP I've seen since SP1 has shipped with the Sun Java Machine preinstalled due to the lawsuit between Sun and Microsoft ending in Sun's favor. That's why the Byteverify exploits these days are showing up less and less on XP systems and more and more on 98/ME/2K machines.
This just proves it.
Taking a copy of a database of information on thousands, possibly hundreds of thousanda, of people that can be used for identity theft and illicit financial gain is a far cry from ripping a CD and sharing it.
The latter is a far lesser offense, and to treat it even remotely like the former suggests that there's some serious crack-smoking going on amongst the people on high.
My god, that's completely insane. Why not just charge twenty bucks plus court costs? That'd prove far more agreeable to the users and pirates - it's the same price as a DVD, and you can claim Fair Use with what you do with it.
Same thing with education employees who work with Special Education students - that data's considered confidential by Texas state law, and there's penalties for leaking it.
The sad thing is, I see this all the time, and even if I clean it and give the user Firefox, it usually comes back, since the web sites they have to visit to fill out state forms are usually coded for IE-only.
They use Internet Explorer with the default settings and go to websites.
Seriously, if you're going to use IE, secure it! Admittedly, it's a lot of work (SpywareBlaster, Sun Java Machine 1.5, IE-SPYADs, _maybe_ Proxomitron, SP2), but it's a hell of a lot better than an infested machine!
He makes IE-SPYAD, and iSearch sent him a letter.
To put if mildly, fuck them and the horse that rode them in. Their software spies on users, albeit admitting that it does so in the _MASSIVE-ASS_ EULA (if installed through kosher means), and therefore, it's called spyware.
Now give me my C&D letter.
The patch was released to fix the chat function because, as we all know, that in Korea, only old people play Starcraft.
HOSTS file.
Of course, if that blocks the ads, and the ads are on the same server that their connections are routed through, you're kinda boned.
Because the DVD boxset has EVERY episode as well as commentary and other extras. I happen to have it sitting in front of me, and damn if I don't enjoy it - enough so to pay for it.
How about text-sensitive software like Claria and WhenU that track certain websites using URLs through the IE address bar and pop up competitor's ads? Couldn't that be termed wiretapping as well, since it's actively monitoring addresses visited and keystrokes typed into a field?
This smacks of influence by the oil industry to hold on to its revenues while the people are moving to more efficient alternatives (hybrid cars).
It's not like you can't find the GPS unit and remove it, or just disconnect it so it won't show up until the annual inspection.
And here in Texas, there's an alternative to it - tollways. Beltway 8, the Westpark Tollway - they get tons of traffic every day, and at a buck-twenty-five a stop, they rake in plenty of cash, too.
And if this gets implemented at the ISP level, we're going to be in trouble. While it'll curtail the latest worms and viruses, we're going to have to deal with what's classified as a "trusted" application - obviously, corporations like Symantec and MS with their big bucks can buy access into the definition fields, but what about the little guys like Grisoft, and what of the users who use nonstandard configurations (like me on a 68K Macintosh)? We don't all conform to green-out-of-the-box Dell specifications, you know.
Because it's a VMWare container, that's why. No one in their right minds tests anything on their main systems.
Believe it or not, someone's actually documented this.
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That by the end of this week CoolWebSearch "affiliates" will be bundling it with their software to ensure that they remain undetected (except by HijackThis, Ad-Aware, and Spybot).
Actually, since public school districts receive federal funds, there _ARE_ rights to privacy, free speech, and such as guaranteed by the Constitution and Bill of Rights - it's the same clause that applies to the colleges that accept federal funds.
However, ignorant parents and students often sign these rights away when they receive student handbooks and "behavior contracts" at the beginning of the year. The behavior contract includes clauses about "disruptive behavior" and "classroom disruptions," though no one really defines what those are. Students are usually barred from participating in extracurricular activities until said contracts are signed and returned to the school's office. If the student ever gets in trouble, the contract is brought out to remind the student what a good little sheep they agreed to be.
The legality of the contract is binding, as the school requires both the parent(s) and the student to sign it, thus circumventing any age-releases if the student's a minor.
Most schools are even starting to do this at the primary level.
I'll wholeheartedly agree with your comment about parents not being strict enough. I taught after-school computer classes for the kids at the primary school where I work for a year, and one day, the four-year-old son of a fourth-grade teacher walked out of my class with the biggest grin on his face. He turned around and said, with thirty kids in the class, his mother standing RIGHT behind him, and me showing a kid how to use Firefox...
"I swear to God I'll kill you all next time!"
He walks off, and no apology was forthwith from either him or his mother, and NO disciple was had in front of me or later when I brought it up with his mother (he was removed from my class permanently for that; I don't take crap from kids, ESPECIALLY not when I'm teaching others).
And don't think that all private institutions are good. Several charter schools down here have been horrible, not just in financial terms, but in terms of the discipline; one I attended (West Houston Charter School) regularly had violence in it (kids making homemade flamethrowers and using them on other kids and computers, beatings, and of course the ever-popular swirlie), thefts, and teachers not giving a damn about the kids.
Disclaimer: I am a network administrator at a public elementary school in Texas. I have firsthand knowledge of this, as I work for the district I went to school in.
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