I'll say that IS a great deal, and I would have definitely got that. However, how heavy is your Dell? Does it have a ULV Pentium M? What's the optical drive? Is it less than 2" thick? Is it smaller than a sheet of paper? NOT that I have enough money to buy a $1600 laptop, I'd say it's pretty damn close to being worth the money. Especially considering $500 usually buys you a 366MHz PII laptop...
You don't know how NMap works, do you? NMap tells you what it THINKS is there. For example, I once portscanned an XP box that seemed to have a trojan (it didn't, though). It told me that kdm was running on it, even though it got the OS signature as 2000/ME/XP. I looked in to the port number on Windows, and it found that a RAT Trojan called NetSpy used that port. Of course, it turned out to be the link between Windows Explorer and Windows Fax. (If you do the proper netstat, it'll show 1024 and 1028 as open, talking to each other)
Notice many of those ports are filtered? Most of the juicy ones, anyway? That's the Zyxel ADSL Modem (it's a one-port, one-PC router).
Easy, there. Some people don't like Windows because they're locked in to it by MS software. Also, did you notice I said Windows XP ? I personally don't mind 2000 that much. I AM tied down by MS software, but I'm switching gradually, as I find alternatives. As for the XP box, that's really my parents' box. I TRIED to convince them to run 2000, but they didn't want pirated software on it if they had to take it in to the shop, and Windows XP Home was $99, but 2000 Pro runs $250-300.
Actually, it should be about $1000 - at least - mini-laptops run $1500-2000. Still, I'd much rather pay $100 more and carry a pound more to get a real mini-laptop. Psion has ALWAYS been overpriced, especially in the US, except on the bottom of the line, where it sucks.
Add a pound and $100 and you've got: 900MHz Pentium M, 256MB RAM, CD-RW/DVD, 10.4" XGA Widescreen, built-in WiFi (centrino-grade), and a better OS (relative to WinCE, but if you don't think XP is a good OS (aka you're sane), or just don't like it, run Linux on it - just as easy as on any other centrino).
Especially when I can get a full featured laptop for $1600 with a widescreen display and a CD-RW/DVD and a 900MHz Pentium M ULV, and it only weighs a pound more (OK, so it's only a 10.4" widescreen...) So, in the new/. phrasing:
Full-featured 3.4lb laptop with a widescreen:-), that's 10.4":-(
Psion Netbook Pro (400MHz XScale w/WinCE): 2.42lbs Sony Vaio PCG-TR2A (1GHz Pentium M ULV w/WinXP): 3.11lbs (standard battery) Fujitsu Lifebook P5000 (900MHz Pentium M ULV w/WinXP): 3.4-3.85lbs (config dependent) (and it benched faster than the 900MHz version of the Vaio which had twice the RAM)
I'd rather have the Fujitsu, because it has a modular drive system. (BTW, the model you linked to is discontinued in the US)
Note the capitalization. He used Apple store. Maybe it was a store that sold Apples? Ever think about that? I mean, if there were only one store that sold a certain brand of computer in your area, and that was the only thing it sold (let's say it's a CheapMassProducedClonePC, or CMPCPC, brand PC), it might just be called the CMPCPC store (but not the CMPCPC Store, unless it were actually owned by CMPCPC, Inc.), right?
Thing is, many harvesters ARE based on the IE engine. The IE engine is rather easy to integrate into your own program if: you're using a Microsoft compiler, and the system you're running the harvester on has IE (3 or 4 and higher).
Spambots don't optically scan. They scan the HTML of the page. And, even if there's a lot of surrounding code, keep in mind that computers don't get impatient. They'll just scan the page for mailto:, then copy everything between : and " and they'll have an address.
Anyone notice the "Can't see this image" links on many of the sites that use this technique? They say to e-mail them, and they'll assist you in signing up if you have errors, you're blind, etc.
This is a 3-sided DVD. The top side is upside down on top of the bottom side, and the label is on top of the top side, therefore making it the top side. Basically, it's a dual-sided DVD that can have a full label.
I did say that I didn't know on their corporate systems. It's my high school's laptop, so I'll have to check on Tuesday (I'm not in for longer than 5 minutes on Mondays and Wednesdays), but once I do that, I'll be able to say for sure.
The Desktop saftey fan means it's designed to sit on a desk, and has foam blades. To get a feel for the power of one, go buy one of those big, but still cheap, fans with squirt bottles. The fan is a safety fan because if you put your finger in it, it'll barely hurt (foam blades), and it'll stop (weak motor).
Actually, if you looked closely at the picture, the display case had a few inside it on the left with a tag saying USB 2.0 above them, and a few on the right saying IEEE 1394. So, there IS a FireWire version.
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I'll say that IS a great deal, and I would have definitely got that. However, how heavy is your Dell? Does it have a ULV Pentium M? What's the optical drive? Is it less than 2" thick? Is it smaller than a sheet of paper? NOT that I have enough money to buy a $1600 laptop, I'd say it's pretty damn close to being worth the money. Especially considering $500 usually buys you a 366MHz PII laptop...
You don't know how NMap works, do you? NMap tells you what it THINKS is there. For example, I once portscanned an XP box that seemed to have a trojan (it didn't, though). It told me that kdm was running on it, even though it got the OS signature as 2000/ME/XP. I looked in to the port number on Windows, and it found that a RAT Trojan called NetSpy used that port. Of course, it turned out to be the link between Windows Explorer and Windows Fax. (If you do the proper netstat, it'll show 1024 and 1028 as open, talking to each other)
Notice many of those ports are filtered? Most of the juicy ones, anyway? That's the Zyxel ADSL Modem (it's a one-port, one-PC router).
Easy, there. Some people don't like Windows because they're locked in to it by MS software. Also, did you notice I said Windows XP ? I personally don't mind 2000 that much. I AM tied down by MS software, but I'm switching gradually, as I find alternatives. As for the XP box, that's really my parents' box. I TRIED to convince them to run 2000, but they didn't want pirated software on it if they had to take it in to the shop, and Windows XP Home was $99, but 2000 Pro runs $250-300.
Actually, it should be about $1000 - at least - mini-laptops run $1500-2000. Still, I'd much rather pay $100 more and carry a pound more to get a real mini-laptop. Psion has ALWAYS been overpriced, especially in the US, except on the bottom of the line, where it sucks.
Add a pound and $100 and you've got: 900MHz Pentium M, 256MB RAM, CD-RW/DVD, 10.4" XGA Widescreen, built-in WiFi (centrino-grade), and a better OS (relative to WinCE, but if you don't think XP is a good OS (aka you're sane), or just don't like it, run Linux on it - just as easy as on any other centrino).
Especially when I can get a full featured laptop for $1600 with a widescreen display and a CD-RW/DVD and a 900MHz Pentium M ULV, and it only weighs a pound more (OK, so it's only a 10.4" widescreen...) So, in the new /. phrasing:
:-), that's 10.4" :-(
Full-featured 3.4lb laptop with a widescreen
For us US-centric /.ers, here goes:
Psion Netbook Pro (400MHz XScale w/WinCE): 2.42lbs
Sony Vaio PCG-TR2A (1GHz Pentium M ULV w/WinXP): 3.11lbs (standard battery)
Fujitsu Lifebook P5000 (900MHz Pentium M ULV w/WinXP): 3.4-3.85lbs (config dependent) (and it benched faster than the 900MHz version of the Vaio which had twice the RAM)
I'd rather have the Fujitsu, because it has a modular drive system. (BTW, the model you linked to is discontinued in the US)
Note the capitalization. He used Apple store. Maybe it was a store that sold Apples? Ever think about that? I mean, if there were only one store that sold a certain brand of computer in your area, and that was the only thing it sold (let's say it's a CheapMassProducedClonePC, or CMPCPC, brand PC), it might just be called the CMPCPC store (but not the CMPCPC Store, unless it were actually owned by CMPCPC, Inc.), right?
Someone else suggested a server at yellowpages@domain.com or something. You'd send an e-mail to that saying (in the body):
What is the e-mail address of (name)?
or something like that, and it would reply to you with the actual e-mail address. This would allow multi-user systems to use your idea.
Good idea, and all, but something tells me that the box that's doing the harvesting will not be running a webserver.
Thing is, many harvesters ARE based on the IE engine. The IE engine is rather easy to integrate into your own program if: you're using a Microsoft compiler, and the system you're running the harvester on has IE (3 or 4 and higher).
Someone might have put MSGTAG (a forced delivery reciept) on one of the 20, so they know you're a live address.
Spambots don't optically scan. They scan the HTML of the page. And, even if there's a lot of surrounding code, keep in mind that computers don't get impatient. They'll just scan the page for mailto:, then copy everything between : and " and they'll have an address.
If you'd rather do it through JavaScript, here's a good one: http://mail.rochester.edu/~jr007j/emailencoder/
Anyone notice the "Can't see this image" links on many of the sites that use this technique? They say to e-mail them, and they'll assist you in signing up if you have errors, you're blind, etc.
You could put a full SuSE install on there... with source. And, of course, a few HUGE files for GIMP to play with. Like 16,384 DPI scans of the disc.
This is a 3-sided DVD. The top side is upside down on top of the bottom side, and the label is on top of the top side, therefore making it the top side. Basically, it's a dual-sided DVD that can have a full label.
I had thought that the person you were replying to didn't know WHAT a TiBook was (and therefore, probably what an AlBook is too).
I did say that I didn't know on their corporate systems. It's my high school's laptop, so I'll have to check on Tuesday (I'm not in for longer than 5 minutes on Mondays and Wednesdays), but once I do that, I'll be able to say for sure.
It wouldn't be hard - maybe tie the power pins on a USB plug to the data pins?
The Desktop saftey fan means it's designed to sit on a desk, and has foam blades. To get a feel for the power of one, go buy one of those big, but still cheap, fans with squirt bottles. The fan is a safety fan because if you put your finger in it, it'll barely hurt (foam blades), and it'll stop (weak motor).
Actually, if you looked closely at the picture, the display case had a few inside it on the left with a tag saying USB 2.0 above them, and a few on the right saying IEEE 1394. So, there IS a FireWire version.
BTW, that was the cluestick. Use it wisely.
A tiBook is a Titanium PowerBook G4. An alBook, therefore, is an Aluminum PowerBook G4.
Well, you could run the Baudio .zip through Baudio...