I used to run an active, unlimited TOR exit node on my office PC during non-work hours, that is until for some unknown reason our office had our Skype account blocked - I called Skype, my network provider, everyone trying to figure why we couldn't access Skype at all from any of the computers on our office network (we have a fixed IP which could have added to the problem).
I read some threads on the Skype forums that this has happened to several people - apparently once Microsoft integrated Skype over the last year, anyone running an Exit Node was blacklisted. Note that we got any kind of notification, just a banned IP, they would not even confirm we were banned. I shut down my Exit Node and about 2 weeks later Skype returned. Not exactly what I call a positive treatment for a so called "good application."
Seriously, I read/. regularly, and I have no clue what the hell is going on here from the summary alone. As in, not even a slight clue as to what the problem was originally. Sure, you can post some analysis, but sum up what happened up to this point for people who really haven't heard the original story.
For the most part I agree with you, except for the "a little RC aircraft might give your kid a cut if it crashed into them" - that cut could be a death blow to his head! Just two months (reported here on Slashdot and elsewhere) someone was killed flying their drone (granted doing some stupid trick) but it does illustrate that the dangers are real - especially if the drone is landing in someone's yard.
This is a real sham - Plasma TVs, and Panasonic ones specifically (the ST60 model lineup) are consistently the highest rated TVs out there. CNET has several article devoted to why should only buy plasma tvs and not LCD. The main reasons? Significantly better colors, no motion blur, wider view angles. I have a Panasonic TC-P60ST60 and it looks amazing. The real reason that LCD sell better? They do look better in bright rooms, though not by much. What room is the brightest of them all? Bestbuy show floors so that is where the comparison is made, not your living room.
Okay so my Samsung Epic (Android 2.1) doesn't support full disk encryption... what is the next best thing that I can do? Any app suggestions? And please don't tell me to get a Blackberry or don't use a smartphone.
I just wanted to clarify something - the summary is a little misleading when it states USC... "and other public universities" - USC is a PRIVATE university and one of the largest in the country at that.Trust me I spent 4 years there.
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An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
Slashdot ran an article a while ago about the Wiki Game in which you try to navigate from one predetermined Wiki article to another in the fewest amount of clicks. The Wiki page on the Wiki Game can be found here. Very similar concepts, and very useful to know if you every play the game.
Several years ago, right before the book can out, Wired Magazine (which we all know and love) featured a great story/ interview about "Kevin Lewis" (his name was changed in the article) and his story about being one of the MIT kids. It's a pretty good read, probably better than the movie. Follow the link below for the article.
I have to say that the Leica camera's have to be the toughest product ever made. I inherited an M3 from my grandfather (made around 1954) and it still works get. I also read on wiki that the Leica SLR is rumored to have survived a 25,000 foot drop from a F-4 Phantom II fighter jet - now thats impressive.
A couple of weeks ago there was a Slashdot Poll asking your Political Affiliation. The responses indicated that the majority of voters here on Slashdot ("This whole thing is wildly inaccurate." yada yada yada) were Libertarian. I only mention this because I wonder if the people that voted for Libertarian actually know what that means. I have been a Libertarian for quite some time now and if you ask me I wonder why we actually need a bill like this. It seems to me that politicians should have better things to do with there time than to clarify cellular phone bills. I say if you have a problem with your bill call you cell phone company and complain. If you don't want a contract, don't get one - its possible with some carriers and keep politicians out of regulating consumer-business practices just because people find them annoying and let the market work itself out.
Is anyone else getting this strange response for any inquire? This happens when I click on the occurance graph, when i type in a field, nothing happens. Is it just that my browser is out of date? or is it slashdotted to errors now.
I agree with you, about that many cops are trustworthy. That may seam like a high level of trust but lets take a closer look at that "but not all of them" and what a 99.9% confidence means in real life. According to the US Dept. of Labor, there were an est. 600,000 police officers in 2003, out there to patrol and serve and protect
but when you do the math on that it that means that there are a grand total of 6,000 untrustworthy cops potentially getting access to all of your personal information. Thats kinda scary!
Now i understand that not all 600,000 of them will be giving blackberries or be stationed at the airport, but still something to ponder.
You gotta know where this is going... If it does not use pre-programmed character or if you can import characters, you could give people the virtual finger all night long! I can't wait to use it while driving in my car in the dark when normally people can't see me flip them off.
-It is better to have loved and LEARNED than to never have loved at all
The Sports Business Journal, the magazine that originally broke the story has issued a retraction for the story saying that it is not true. Gamespot.com spoke with a representative from the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) and they confirmed that the story was false and no such talks have ever taken place. Go to the gamespot link in the original post again to read the update.
What does this mean for ICQ's chat history? The program automatically saves all previous conversations. Many people do not know that this feature exists (yes everyone here does but there are others out... you IT guys know it). Does this mean that i will need to disable it or declare it being active?
--Democarcy will fail; over half the population is below average
I completely agree with on your point that the US should not police the world. The US and several other countries (UK, Australia, Germany and others) started and use the Eschleon project that monitors all digital communication (which is basically everything unless you own a pigeon) to investigate and catch terrorists.
Democracy will fail, over half the population is below average
The FBI and the CIA really don't butt heads to often, it is the FBI responsiblity to defend the US fromthe inside while the CIA is to defend the US from actions abroad. The NSA just sort of does it all while trying to stay out of the news. It is interesting to note that the NSA is bigger than the CIA and the FBI combined.
Democracy will fail; over half the population is below average
This is why everyone needs to vote for nader in the upcoming elections. Its not that he is that great its just that at this point both the Democrats and the Republicans have been bought by big business.
Its time to put it to an end... that is all that I care about. Companies do whatever they want now. When did entertainment become "you will like because we offer it to you and you have no choice." I miss original programming and creativity. Have you listened to today's music (same goes for the TV i.e., reality TV)? The industry tries their best not to let it change why? because then the market would be unpredicibly and they might lose money.
anyway I'm done, just vote for nader... or at least read his positions at www.votenader.com they are good
democracy doesn't work, over half the county's population is below average
That is why everyone needs to vote for nader in the upcoming elections. Its not that he is that great its just that at this point both the Democrats and the Republicans have been bought by big business.
Its time to put it to an end... that is all that I care about. Companies do whatever they want now. When did entertainment become "you will like because we offer it to you and you have no choice." I miss original programming and creativity. Have you listened to today's music? The industry tries their best not to let it change why? because then the market would be unpredicibly and they might lose money.
anyway I'm done, just vote for nader... or at least read his positions at www.votenader.com they are good
democracy doesn't work, over half the county's population is below average
Just because it's their policy to charge you doens't mean that it was... morally right.
how did you "forget" to quote the part where it says legal?
This is entirely true, just because you put it in writing and I agree to your conditions on some level does not mean it is always legal. Case in point they cannot say "well you signed up once so now we can bill you forever"
this practice is very common with those signs that say "we are not respondsible for stolen articles" next to the coat rack. This is not true at all. You cannot just declare that and that means it's okay.
My advise (no very original but...) just contest your charge on the bill BEFORE paying hopefully. Microsoft will have to produce something that proves you agreed to this transaction because otherwise the credit card company must pay for it. and they really do not like parting with their money.
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Another TL:DR useless article by Bennett - please add a feature so we can block his boring, unending essays that no one cares about.
Can someone tell me what Koushik Dutta has to do with this and maybe what app they are referring to?
I used to run an active, unlimited TOR exit node on my office PC during non-work hours, that is until for some unknown reason our office had our Skype account blocked - I called Skype, my network provider, everyone trying to figure why we couldn't access Skype at all from any of the computers on our office network (we have a fixed IP which could have added to the problem). I read some threads on the Skype forums that this has happened to several people - apparently once Microsoft integrated Skype over the last year, anyone running an Exit Node was blacklisted. Note that we got any kind of notification, just a banned IP, they would not even confirm we were banned. I shut down my Exit Node and about 2 weeks later Skype returned. Not exactly what I call a positive treatment for a so called "good application."
Seriously, I read /. regularly, and I have no clue what the hell is going on here from the summary alone. As in, not even a slight clue as to what the problem was originally. Sure, you can post some analysis, but sum up what happened up to this point for people who really haven't heard the original story.
I really wish I had some mod points to give you.
For the most part I agree with you, except for the "a little RC aircraft might give your kid a cut if it crashed into them" - that cut could be a death blow to his head! Just two months (reported here on Slashdot and elsewhere) someone was killed flying their drone (granted doing some stupid trick) but it does illustrate that the dangers are real - especially if the drone is landing in someone's yard.
This is a real sham - Plasma TVs, and Panasonic ones specifically (the ST60 model lineup) are consistently the highest rated TVs out there. CNET has several article devoted to why should only buy plasma tvs and not LCD. The main reasons? Significantly better colors, no motion blur, wider view angles. I have a Panasonic TC-P60ST60 and it looks amazing. The real reason that LCD sell better? They do look better in bright rooms, though not by much. What room is the brightest of them all? Bestbuy show floors so that is where the comparison is made, not your living room.
Sorry its 5pm on the east coast and time to go home so I didn't RTFA - anyone care to just give me the bottom line?
Okay so my Samsung Epic (Android 2.1) doesn't support full disk encryption... what is the next best thing that I can do? Any app suggestions? And please don't tell me to get a Blackberry or don't use a smartphone.
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An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
Robert A. Heinlein
Slashdot ran an article a while ago about the Wiki Game in which you try to navigate from one predetermined Wiki article to another in the fewest amount of clicks. The Wiki page on the Wiki Game can be found here. Very similar concepts, and very useful to know if you every play the game.
Several years ago, right before the book can out, Wired Magazine (which we all know and love) featured a great story/ interview about "Kevin Lewis" (his name was changed in the article) and his story about being one of the MIT kids. It's a pretty good read, probably better than the movie. Follow the link below for the article.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.09/vegas.html
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Over 50% of the population is below averageThis is not news!!! Humorous, yes but this is a news site and fake news doesn't belong here.... especially when its a video!
I have to say that the Leica camera's have to be the toughest product ever made. I inherited an M3 from my grandfather (made around 1954) and it still works get. I also read on wiki that the Leica SLR is rumored to have survived a 25,000 foot drop from a F-4 Phantom II fighter jet - now thats impressive.
A couple of weeks ago there was a Slashdot Poll asking your Political Affiliation. The responses indicated that the majority of voters here on Slashdot ("This whole thing is wildly inaccurate." yada yada yada) were Libertarian. I only mention this because I wonder if the people that voted for Libertarian actually know what that means. I have been a Libertarian for quite some time now and if you ask me I wonder why we actually need a bill like this. It seems to me that politicians should have better things to do with there time than to clarify cellular phone bills. I say if you have a problem with your bill call you cell phone company and complain. If you don't want a contract, don't get one - its possible with some carriers and keep politicians out of regulating consumer-business practices just because people find them annoying and let the market work itself out.
Is anyone else getting this strange response for any inquire? This happens when I click on the occurance graph, when i type in a field, nothing happens. Is it just that my browser is out of date? or is it slashdotted to errors now.
"I trust 99.9% of cops. But not ALL of them."
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I agree with you, about that many cops are trustworthy. That may seam like a high level of trust but lets take a closer look at that "but not all of them" and what a 99.9% confidence means in real life. According to the US Dept. of Labor, there were an est. 600,000 police officers in 2003, out there to patrol and serve and protect
(http://stats.bls.gov/oes/2003/may/oes333051.ht
but when you do the math on that it that means that there are a grand total of 6,000 untrustworthy cops potentially getting access to all of your personal information. Thats kinda scary!
Now i understand that not all 600,000 of them will be giving blackberries or be stationed at the airport, but still something to ponder.
-- Over 50% of the population is below average
To save you a trip to the library/ bookstore, the website says that the book is due out in sept 2005 from pantheon books, NY.
You gotta know where this is going... If it does not use pre-programmed character or if you can import characters, you could give people the virtual finger all night long! I can't wait to use it while driving in my car in the dark when normally people can't see me flip them off. -It is better to have loved and LEARNED than to never have loved at all
The Sports Business Journal, the magazine that originally broke the story has issued a retraction for the story saying that it is not true. Gamespot.com spoke with a representative from the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) and they confirmed that the story was false and no such talks have ever taken place. Go to the gamespot link in the original post again to read the update.
-Over 50% of the population is below average.
What does this mean for ICQ's chat history? The program automatically saves all previous conversations. Many people do not know that this feature exists (yes everyone here does but there are others out... you IT guys know it). Does this mean that i will need to disable it or declare it being active?
--Democarcy will fail; over half the population is below average
I completely agree with on your point that the US should not police the world. The US and several other countries (UK, Australia, Germany and others) started and use the Eschleon project that monitors all digital communication (which is basically everything unless you own a pigeon) to investigate and catch terrorists.
Democracy will fail, over half the population is below average
The FBI and the CIA really don't butt heads to often, it is the FBI responsiblity to defend the US fromthe inside while the CIA is to defend the US from actions abroad. The NSA just sort of does it all while trying to stay out of the news. It is interesting to note that the NSA is bigger than the CIA and the FBI combined.
Democracy will fail; over half the population is below average
This is why everyone needs to vote for nader in the upcoming elections. Its not that he is that great its just that at this point both the Democrats and the Republicans have been bought by big business. Its time to put it to an end... that is all that I care about. Companies do whatever they want now. When did entertainment become "you will like because we offer it to you and you have no choice." I miss original programming and creativity. Have you listened to today's music (same goes for the TV i.e., reality TV)? The industry tries their best not to let it change why? because then the market would be unpredicibly and they might lose money. anyway I'm done, just vote for nader... or at least read his positions at www.votenader.com they are good democracy doesn't work, over half the county's population is below average
That is why everyone needs to vote for nader in the upcoming elections. Its not that he is that great its just that at this point both the Democrats and the Republicans have been bought by big business.
Its time to put it to an end... that is all that I care about. Companies do whatever they want now. When did entertainment become "you will like because we offer it to you and you have no choice." I miss original programming and creativity. Have you listened to today's music? The industry tries their best not to let it change why? because then the market would be unpredicibly and they might lose money.
anyway I'm done, just vote for nader... or at least read his positions at www.votenader.com they are good
democracy doesn't work, over half the county's population is below average
how did you "forget" to quote the part where it says legal?
This is entirely true, just because you put it in writing and I agree to your conditions on some level does not mean it is always legal. Case in point they cannot say "well you signed up once so now we can bill you forever"
this practice is very common with those signs that say "we are not respondsible for stolen articles" next to the coat rack. This is not true at all. You cannot just declare that and that means it's okay.
My advise (no very original but...) just contest your charge on the bill BEFORE paying hopefully. Microsoft will have to produce something that proves you agreed to this transaction because otherwise the credit card company must pay for it. and they really do not like parting with their money.