Better yet: Make it actually store a database of credit card numbers, names, and addresses... but make it generate the numbers with a random number generator (but make sure they pass checksums,) fake names, and fake addresses. Make it send you the IP address it's running from at all times - that'll give you the most time possible to trace it. Or, if you feel like it, DDoS it, but that's less productive.
Looks to me more like a.NET and IE design flaw that could be easily fixed, than what this article is making it out to be. ABSOLUTE worst case is that it requires better authentication of the system's own code, which... shit, isn't that already part of Vista's security model? Just expand the scope. (Granted, THAT could break stuff.)
And, there's even a quick and dirty fix Microsoft could do, albeit at a possible extreme performance hit.
Sandbox.NET apps, don't trust any of the framework.
It could break OLE horribly, but not if they do it right - and how much is old-school OLE used anyway? And, for ActiveX plugins that are also used as standalone apps (such as Adobe Reader,) just fire up a second copy of the process in the sandbox.
Hell, just the spellchecker in Word is worth the bloat. WordPad doesn't have on-the-fly spell checking. Which makes sense for a text editor in 1995, when Microsoft was just coming out with Office 95 (which debuted on-the-fly spell checking, IIRC.)
Here in the US, buying cell phone service (at least at a physical Sprint store) requires signing a contract at point of sale. Yes, actually signing (granted, on one of those credit card machines) an actual contract.
Internet service, I recall having to sign a contract when the installer came (I couldn't do self-install because the jack wasn't hooked up at the cable box, so an installer had to come out.)
Or do they want it to be transmitted electronically? Because I'd be happy to sell Google an old 300 baud Hayes Micromodem IIe that I've got lying around.:P
Actually, they may know precisely what's going on.
They are trying to get YouTube's DMCA safe harbor provisions yanked, which will make YouTube collapse VERY quickly. Which means that the most popular site for this would go away, and in their minds, their worst nightmare would end. (Of course, it wouldn't, everyone would just go to another site.)
I have received a spam text message, actually - somehow, it hit the e-mail to SMS gateway, at my phone number.
And, on some phones, you don't get a choice on whether to open it or not - if I'm already in the Messaging app on my Centro (and any Palm OS-based Treo would be the same way,) the text message opens automatically.
But, no US carrier that I know of charges for messages originating from themselves.
They could always do what Sprint does, and charge for IM messages at the text messaging rate (with the carrier IM client - I'll note that I run a third-party client on my phone.)
The point is, any 3D card that there's an open source driver for either has poor performance with ANY driver, or the open source driver has poor performance.
To be fair, to get exactly the car I want, I either have to build it from a few different other cars, or import one from Europe when it becomes 25 years old.;)
Well, a lot of the US "safety" regulations legislate certain ways of doing things, even if the same thing can be accomplished better with alternative methods.
And, there's the 2.5 MPH bumper law - IIRC, a 2.5 MPH collision, directly to the front or rear of the vehicle, must not do any damage to anything other than the bumper. In the case of the 1L car, that can't happen.
Non-motorized bicycles are allowed to go the motor vehicle speed limit.;)
And, yes, I have been speeding on a bicycle before. (I was even TRYING to get a speeding ticket - doing 25 in a school zone (20.) No cops around.)
But, the moped speed limit only applies when it's being driven solely by the engine. When pedal assist is being applied, or the moped isn't on level ground, the speed limit goes away. (Meaning, if you can get a moped to go on engine only with 1 hp at faster than 20 uphill, technically, the way the law's written, it's legal, as long as it has a mercury switch so that it cuts the limiter in when it's level.)
Oh, for fuck's sake, I drive a Mazda Miata (MX-5 in the rest of the world.) It weighs barely more than 2000 lbs, and something tells me it would actually do worse in a collision than this 1L car. (Remember, the 1L car will get thrown from the accident scene.)
It's small enough and low enough that I usually have to look UP at the drivers of compact cars.
Somehow, I do fine in this land of SUVs. I just... avoid them.:)
If it has less than four wheels, though, it's not considered a car, and the safety standards become much, much lower.
Four wheels, the safety standards have been going up. That's part of the reason many manufacturers are making 3-wheelers - nobody would pay $100,000 for a stripped out single-seater car, just so they could get something that could get extreme fuel economy. 3-wheelers only make sense for legislative reasons, not practical.
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Better yet: Make it actually store a database of credit card numbers, names, and addresses... but make it generate the numbers with a random number generator (but make sure they pass checksums,) fake names, and fake addresses. Make it send you the IP address it's running from at all times - that'll give you the most time possible to trace it. Or, if you feel like it, DDoS it, but that's less productive.
Looks to me more like a .NET and IE design flaw that could be easily fixed, than what this article is making it out to be. ABSOLUTE worst case is that it requires better authentication of the system's own code, which... shit, isn't that already part of Vista's security model? Just expand the scope. (Granted, THAT could break stuff.)
And, there's even a quick and dirty fix Microsoft could do, albeit at a possible extreme performance hit.
Sandbox .NET apps, don't trust any of the framework.
It could break OLE horribly, but not if they do it right - and how much is old-school OLE used anyway? And, for ActiveX plugins that are also used as standalone apps (such as Adobe Reader,) just fire up a second copy of the process in the sandbox.
List-Unsubscribe: is defined in RFC 2369...
And, irony of ironies, Yahoo! Groups actually uses it in their messages.
Also, with RSS feeds, it's harder to get an accurate count of subscribers. Not impossible, mind you, but harder.
Hell, just the spellchecker in Word is worth the bloat. WordPad doesn't have on-the-fly spell checking. Which makes sense for a text editor in 1995, when Microsoft was just coming out with Office 95 (which debuted on-the-fly spell checking, IIRC.)
Those who give up liberty for security deserve neither?
Anyway, using it for legitimate purposes lessens the amount of illegitimate use.
And, an issue with your logic... those who view kiddie porn use computers. Therefore, should computers be banned?
Here in the US, buying cell phone service (at least at a physical Sprint store) requires signing a contract at point of sale. Yes, actually signing (granted, on one of those credit card machines) an actual contract.
Internet service, I recall having to sign a contract when the installer came (I couldn't do self-install because the jack wasn't hooked up at the cable box, so an installer had to come out.)
Actually, I believe you could put restrictions on it, such as not being allowed to drive it in a motorsports event or something.
(Don't laugh, there are wagons that can hold their own on a track.)
Punch cards are an electronic format.
Or do they want it to be transmitted electronically? Because I'd be happy to sell Google an old 300 baud Hayes Micromodem IIe that I've got lying around. :P
Actually, they may know precisely what's going on.
They are trying to get YouTube's DMCA safe harbor provisions yanked, which will make YouTube collapse VERY quickly. Which means that the most popular site for this would go away, and in their minds, their worst nightmare would end. (Of course, it wouldn't, everyone would just go to another site.)
Actually, they don't - session IDs can be used. Cookies have to be enabled, but that only affects 1% of people anyway.
I have received a spam text message, actually - somehow, it hit the e-mail to SMS gateway, at my phone number.
And, on some phones, you don't get a choice on whether to open it or not - if I'm already in the Messaging app on my Centro (and any Palm OS-based Treo would be the same way,) the text message opens automatically.
But, no US carrier that I know of charges for messages originating from themselves.
He's talking about advertising and service messages from T-Mobile themselves, not other T-Mobile customers.
They could always do what Sprint does, and charge for IM messages at the text messaging rate (with the carrier IM client - I'll note that I run a third-party client on my phone.)
Some GNU code is in OS X.
OS X has over 7% of the desktop (including laptop) market. (according to the first result when I googled "os x market share")
Linux's userland is mostly GNU, and is over 1% on the desktop - and we already knew it was well over that on the server. (source: http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201807072 - and that's an old article, too.)
OK, what about 3D rendering for CAD or something?
The point is, any 3D card that there's an open source driver for either has poor performance with ANY driver, or the open source driver has poor performance.
To be fair, to get exactly the car I want, I either have to build it from a few different other cars, or import one from Europe when it becomes 25 years old. ;)
Windows NT has been multiuser from the ground up since 1993.
I said it's based on the chip.
Take it out of the box, plug it into power and a TV, and you're running C64 games natively.
If you want to run stuff that didn't come with it, or use a keyboard or floppy drives, that's when you have to break out the soldering iron.
There's always the C64 DTV...
That's based on a C64-on-a-chip, designed by Jeri Ellsworth... and has solder pads ready to go to add floppy drives and a keyboard.
Well, a lot of the US "safety" regulations legislate certain ways of doing things, even if the same thing can be accomplished better with alternative methods.
And, there's the 2.5 MPH bumper law - IIRC, a 2.5 MPH collision, directly to the front or rear of the vehicle, must not do any damage to anything other than the bumper. In the case of the 1L car, that can't happen.
Non-motorized bicycles are allowed to go the motor vehicle speed limit. ;)
And, yes, I have been speeding on a bicycle before. (I was even TRYING to get a speeding ticket - doing 25 in a school zone (20.) No cops around.)
But, the moped speed limit only applies when it's being driven solely by the engine. When pedal assist is being applied, or the moped isn't on level ground, the speed limit goes away. (Meaning, if you can get a moped to go on engine only with 1 hp at faster than 20 uphill, technically, the way the law's written, it's legal, as long as it has a mercury switch so that it cuts the limiter in when it's level.)
And that one gets about 25 MPG real world.
VW has done much, much better than that since.
You almost remind me of sciroccohal on The Car Lounge, except he'd be saying that we needed a 30 year old VW Scirocco instead of a 50 year old Beetle.
Oh, for fuck's sake, I drive a Mazda Miata (MX-5 in the rest of the world.) It weighs barely more than 2000 lbs, and something tells me it would actually do worse in a collision than this 1L car. (Remember, the 1L car will get thrown from the accident scene.)
It's small enough and low enough that I usually have to look UP at the drivers of compact cars.
Somehow, I do fine in this land of SUVs. I just... avoid them. :)
If it has less than four wheels, though, it's not considered a car, and the safety standards become much, much lower.
Four wheels, the safety standards have been going up. That's part of the reason many manufacturers are making 3-wheelers - nobody would pay $100,000 for a stripped out single-seater car, just so they could get something that could get extreme fuel economy. 3-wheelers only make sense for legislative reasons, not practical.