I was under the impression that the entire notice is presented under penalty of perjury which was the only reason the whole "guilty until proven innocent" was allowed.
However, I'm not in DMCA territory, so I might have misread something, I didn't pay as much attention as I do to local laws.
Part of the issue is that Sender-ID doesn't offer a whole lot that we don't already have with SPF.
However, the license is incompatible with the licenses used on virtually every mail server out there, and the implementation is significantly more complex.
Well that's true -- Virtually every system sold by the two or three biggest local computer stores around here can flash from within the BIOS, but probably not the stuff the chains (Future Shop, Best Buy, etc) sell, nor the mail-order Dell/Gateway/whatever machines.
OTOH, does your uncle's Dell/Gateway/Compaq need a BIOS flash? Does your Uncle know how, or have any inclination to flash the BIOS?
And yes, they all have USB ports, and the ones I've tried (Older Dell desktop, newish Gateway laptop, older Dell laptop) can boot from USB too.
A ~$50 UPS should be sufficient to keep your cable modem/ADSL modem and VoIP equipment running for at least an hour -- Whether your ISP's equipment will be up or not is another question completely.
Assuming the files are properly versioned, the WU client would simply check the file's current version and send that to the WU server. The WU server would reply with all the diffs needed to get you up to speed, or if it would be faster, the updated file.
It probably wouldn't be too hard to combine multiple diffs into one single diff and strip out any redundant or unnecessary modifications -- There are only a fixed number of versions in place between each service pack, and the service packs could be used as milestones (post-SP3 hotfixes might not install on pre-SP3 systems using a diff method)
Actually I copied and pasted out of an email which APPARENTLY originated as an internal memo (but was striped of the company name before I got it -- Although I do know which insurance company he works for, I'll respect his privacy)
I took the time to dig it out because I couldn't remember if he gave me an actual number or not. Since it's a bunch of nines rather then a ratio, he probably retyped it when he got home, but you never know.
The theory, as he explained it to me, is that once in a while they decide to investigate. Not just send an adjuster out to try and knock down the claim or whatever, but actually do an investigation of some sort -- They do it knowing that it will cost them more then the claim, the goal is not to save money on this one claim but rather to show that they do catch people trying to play the system to try and discourage insurance fraud in general.
I take everything he sends me with a grain of salt, more then likely he just emailed me the content as he remembered it by the time he got home, but you never know.
That isn't just for laptops, it's for all their mysterious disappearance and/or small theft claims, small enough that a police report is required but that they don't "investigate" but large enough that the deductable isn't a deterrent.
15.7" Gateway laptop, actually. Sweet beast too, completely replaced my desktop for several months.
40GB drive, 2.2GHz P4, ATI Radeon 9000 (independant video memory), CDRW+DVD, and 4-6 hours of battery life with the display dimmed, 802.11B.
It's not exactly brand new anymore (so don't bother showing where you could get a better one for less today), it was priced competitively when I bought it. In fairness the $4000 price includes the docking station, additional battery, an additional charger and a carrying case. That's $4000CDN.
Well true enough -- And my reading of my policy is that I could claim $1500 on the laptop lock, and the remainder on either my home or my business insurance (I use my laptop for both, so it would depend on the context in which it was stolen)
I'm not clear if I could use the Kensington lock's insurance to pay my deductable, but I suspect so.
Either way, they aren't putting a lot of confidence in their product if they only cover up to $1500 worth of laptop.
Sounds like something that might bite you in the ass down the road, especially if you ever sold the laptop, or worse, if it was legitimately stolen and was actually recovered somehow.
You'd be better off to arrange for a "mysterious disappearance" (Where the laptop just gets up and walks away, and $500 magically appears in your wallet)
Maybe in the US -- In Canada if the theft is over a certain amount ($1000 or $1500 rings a bell, but a) that might have changed since I was in highschool, b) I'm really not sure, and c)I'm definitely too lazy too look it up) the police will go out and will finger print the evidence.
Whether they'll actually catch anyone or not is another question, of course, but at least they try.
It really depends on the crime and the situation I suspect, but they definitely won't do DNA for something that size though.
However, you also have to consider that the private insurance company MIGHT decide to "investigate" on their own -- 99.99999% of the time they won't, but every once in a while some insurance companies will send someone out (even though it probably costs more then the claim) to investigate, just to look like they're doing due diligence and to discourage fraud. (Or so says a friend of mine who works in the insurance industry -- Take it with a grain of salt)
Mine had a 3-option sensitivity setting. At it's most sensitive it would go off over nothing.
In the least sensitive setting you had to tilt it 45 degrees before it would go off.
In the middle it wasn't too bad, but it was still tilt sensitive -- I lifted it straight up, unscrewed the battery case, removed the batteries (to expose the unit's screws), then unscrewed it and reset it to a known code after a friend of mine decided to change it on me.
I could have just smashed it I guess, but that wouldn't have been as fun as stealing my own laptop.
The whole thing took about 5 minutes -- You'd have to have balls to walk into an office and do it, but you could probably pull it off if you tried.
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That wasn't my reading of the law...
I was under the impression that the entire notice is presented under penalty of perjury which was the only reason the whole "guilty until proven innocent" was allowed.
However, I'm not in DMCA territory, so I might have misread something, I didn't pay as much attention as I do to local laws.
Under the DMCA, the notices are sent under the penalty of perjury.
Whether or not this would apply to notices sent out of the country or not is doubtful though.
The nice thing about standards, there is enough for everybody to have their own.
I thought this article was more focusing on conserving energy, not stealing it from the electrical company.
Part of the issue is that Sender-ID doesn't offer a whole lot that we don't already have with SPF.
However, the license is incompatible with the licenses used on virtually every mail server out there, and the implementation is significantly more complex.
Well that's true -- Virtually every system sold by the two or three biggest local computer stores around here can flash from within the BIOS, but probably not the stuff the chains (Future Shop, Best Buy, etc) sell, nor the mail-order Dell/Gateway/whatever machines.
OTOH, does your uncle's Dell/Gateway/Compaq need a BIOS flash? Does your Uncle know how, or have any inclination to flash the BIOS?
And yes, they all have USB ports, and the ones I've tried (Older Dell desktop, newish Gateway laptop, older Dell laptop) can boot from USB too.
A ~$50 UPS should be sufficient to keep your cable modem/ADSL modem and VoIP equipment running for at least an hour -- Whether your ISP's equipment will be up or not is another question completely.
In fact, I'm not aware of any US wireless carrier that's actually implemented it at all
*cough*Nextel*cough*
OS?
My BIOS can flash right from within the BIOS itself. AFAIK all modern Gigabyte motherboards can do this.
The data can be read from a floppy, USB drive or CD drive.
Assuming the files are properly versioned, the WU client would simply check the file's current version and send that to the WU server. The WU server would reply with all the diffs needed to get you up to speed, or if it would be faster, the updated file.
It probably wouldn't be too hard to combine multiple diffs into one single diff and strip out any redundant or unnecessary modifications -- There are only a fixed number of versions in place between each service pack, and the service packs could be used as milestones (post-SP3 hotfixes might not install on pre-SP3 systems using a diff method)
Then you shoot down the plane.
Sounds extreme?
I'll take that over letting the terrorist fly the plane into a building, killing everyone on the plane AND more people in the building too.
Of course, that assumes the terrorists would try that again. Personally, I doubt that they would.
So you're going back to IE?
huh?
How does an activation or a cd key make it easier to pirate?
It slows down piracy SLIGHTLY (but likely not sufficiently compared to the number of legitimate users that get scared off too)
An explanation for what?
Does the product work as advertised/expected? If so, what more were you expecting?
McAfee? Talk about out of the frying pan...
If it was strictly a legal requirement, they could probably get around it by mentioning in the EULA that automatic updates are enabled
You'd have three options:
1) Agree to the EULA, enable automatic updates
2) Agree to the EULA, disable automatic updates
3) Disagree with the EULA.
Option 3 would be the default, as it is today. Option 1 would be the default if you just clicked "I agree" and "Next"
Option 2 would be available but would require additional steps.
Assuming your company policy has some group policies to go along with company policy you won't run into any problems.
Today you can do better, sure. Imagine that, you can get something faster for less money now then a couple years ago.
Given that I didn't tell you WHEN I bought it, you have no idea what it was worth at that time.
I researched when I bought it, and it was competitively priced vs other laptops at the time.
Actually I copied and pasted out of an email which APPARENTLY originated as an internal memo (but was striped of the company name before I got it -- Although I do know which insurance company he works for, I'll respect his privacy)
I took the time to dig it out because I couldn't remember if he gave me an actual number or not. Since it's a bunch of nines rather then a ratio, he probably retyped it when he got home, but you never know.
The theory, as he explained it to me, is that once in a while they decide to investigate. Not just send an adjuster out to try and knock down the claim or whatever, but actually do an investigation of some sort -- They do it knowing that it will cost them more then the claim, the goal is not to save money on this one claim but rather to show that they do catch people trying to play the system to try and discourage insurance fraud in general.
I take everything he sends me with a grain of salt, more then likely he just emailed me the content as he remembered it by the time he got home, but you never know.
That isn't just for laptops, it's for all their mysterious disappearance and/or small theft claims, small enough that a police report is required but that they don't "investigate" but large enough that the deductable isn't a deterrent.
I love cookies, I'll take one. Thanks!
15.7" Gateway laptop, actually. Sweet beast too, completely replaced my desktop for several months.
40GB drive, 2.2GHz P4, ATI Radeon 9000 (independant video memory), CDRW+DVD, and 4-6 hours of battery life with the display dimmed, 802.11B.
It's not exactly brand new anymore (so don't bother showing where you could get a better one for less today), it was priced competitively when I bought it. In fairness the $4000 price includes the docking station, additional battery, an additional charger and a carrying case. That's $4000CDN.
Well true enough -- And my reading of my policy is that I could claim $1500 on the laptop lock, and the remainder on either my home or my business insurance (I use my laptop for both, so it would depend on the context in which it was stolen)
I'm not clear if I could use the Kensington lock's insurance to pay my deductable, but I suspect so.
Either way, they aren't putting a lot of confidence in their product if they only cover up to $1500 worth of laptop.
Sounds like something that might bite you in the ass down the road, especially if you ever sold the laptop, or worse, if it was legitimately stolen and was actually recovered somehow.
You'd be better off to arrange for a "mysterious disappearance" (Where the laptop just gets up and walks away, and $500 magically appears in your wallet)
Maybe in the US -- In Canada if the theft is over a certain amount ($1000 or $1500 rings a bell, but a) that might have changed since I was in highschool, b) I'm really not sure, and c)I'm definitely too lazy too look it up) the police will go out and will finger print the evidence.
Whether they'll actually catch anyone or not is another question, of course, but at least they try.
It really depends on the crime and the situation I suspect, but they definitely won't do DNA for something that size though.
However, you also have to consider that the private insurance company MIGHT decide to "investigate" on their own -- 99.99999% of the time they won't, but every once in a while some insurance companies will send someone out (even though it probably costs more then the claim) to investigate, just to look like they're doing due diligence and to discourage fraud. (Or so says a friend of mine who works in the insurance industry -- Take it with a grain of salt)
Mine had a 3-option sensitivity setting. At it's most sensitive it would go off over nothing.
In the least sensitive setting you had to tilt it 45 degrees before it would go off.
In the middle it wasn't too bad, but it was still tilt sensitive -- I lifted it straight up, unscrewed the battery case, removed the batteries (to expose the unit's screws), then unscrewed it and reset it to a known code after a friend of mine decided to change it on me.
I could have just smashed it I guess, but that wouldn't have been as fun as stealing my own laptop.
The whole thing took about 5 minutes -- You'd have to have balls to walk into an office and do it, but you could probably pull it off if you tried.