"If you'd read some of the linked-to articles, you would have discovered that HP provides an externally visible (outside of package), displayed expiration date of 2.5 years after "build" date and an internal "hard" expiration date of 4.5 years after build date. With the 2 years of HP printer ownership you've had, it's unlikely you would have run into the hard expiration date."
I didn't see anything about this in ANY of the linked articles in the summary...even regarding the Lexmark case (And since Lexmark != HP it would be irrelevant anyway)
Anyway, after checking my cartridges do indeed have a date printed on them which is in the ballpark of 2.5 years after I purchased them. My next question would be--where is the printer getting the date from? I'm not going to tear my printer apart looking for an independent battery but being a cheap printer I'd be surprised if one exists to maintain an internal clock of some type.
If it's getting the date from the computer, simply setting the date forward a few years would reveal whether or not there is a "hard" expiration date. After unplugging my printer's power and usb cable and setting the year to 2010, plugging it back in, and printing yielded a surprising result--a full color printed page!
"suddenly one night it refused to print because it said that the cartridge had expired"
If that's the case, I wonder if the packaging for your cartridges indicate an expiration date? It's been a while since I've had to purchase any so I can't recall.
If there is an expiration date on the package visible somewhere to the consumer prior to purchase then I'd say the lawsuit doesn't have much to stand on. Plenty of things expire--gift cards, lottery tickets, rebates, etc--so I only see a lawsuit succeeding if HP withheld this information from the consumer prior to purchase of the product in question.
Does this woman actually have proof of this or is she just angry about having to pay HP's prices for replacements?
It wouldn't surprise me at all, but I'll believe it when I'm able to read the alleged expiration date off of my own HP cartridges. I've had an HP printer for 2 years--some of the cartridges are original and some have been replaced just once. I can't say I've ever had them stop working or falsely report empty. The nice thing is the cartridges are even a clear case so I can easily optically verify whether they are empty or not.
"Why isn't there some sort of community political watchdog site that informs us when things are "quietly passed"? Tell us about everything that's in the works, let us decide what we do and don't like."
There are such watchdogs, however...to be frank, that's your job as a responsible voter to keep track of what your elected officials are doing since, you know, they are there to represent you.
Saying that the government should take the time to inform everyone of whats going on because people are too lazy--or don't care--to pay attention is akin to wanting to change the channel on your TV but you don't feel like getting up to either find the remote or switch it manually.
Apparently I should have been more clear--when testing with AVG it certainly can scan the contents of the archive; I watched as it scanned several exe files I placed inside the archive.
I can't say I've ever paid much attention to other products but I would have hoped Norton and the like would also have this capability.
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"Ok, I'm not as religous a microsoft hater as many here, but is there ANY good reason to have this run on XP?"
Since TFA wasn't all that informational I'm going to take a guess and say:
1) The military primarly uses Windows (Yes, I know there are exceptions....)
2) On a system like this I'd imagine a GUI-centric OS is essential, and face it...Windows does this better than Linux. (Note: don't confuse this statement with anything even close to the word 'stability')
3) In the event of a crash, I suspect on a system like this it's easier to hit the reboot button; rather than dumping the user to a Linux CLI where they have to have some access to a keyboard to restart whatever failed; whereas with Windows it's point-and-click.
Of course...these are entirely my opinions and I'm sure there are going to be plenty of Linux users to come along and attempt to shoot holes through them.
Had you actually read the article Johannes Keplar spotted a suprnova in 1604, which apparently was stronger than this event--hence this flare is the strongest witnessed SINCE 1604.
Cue all the "Let it die already!" and "Trek needs a rest" comments...
These people have nothing to lose by pitching another series to Paramount. Enterprise is dead, and I'm sure Paramount would eagerly pick up anything with the slightest chance of turning a profit.
Since the article mentions they're taking their idea "to the public" I think they'd get a better reaction by releasing a preview of some type. Kind of hard for an audience to approve and support a project without knowing what it is! (Because we all know counting on the Trek name alone doesn't always work)
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I can't deny that VeriSign should be doing a better job with stuff like this, but I certainly don't believe in the claim that by taking their certs away that drive-by downloads will cuddenly stop.
The real problem is the fact that nobody bothers to read the window that has just popped up in front of them. I'm guilty of this myself, there have been times I've not even recognized a problem with certs on my own servers the first few times clicking through.
My saving grace is that I never ever click an OK or YES button unless I'm expecting one. That simple rule has kept me from ever having anything installed using this method. The problem is that not everyone understands that they should not agree to every popup window they see. It's not going to matter if it claims to be authorized by God himself; if it has a YES/NO/CANCEL option and the user is not security-aware the person will probably say yes. I think educating people would be more effetive than trying to get the CAs to revoke the certificates.
I'm sure there will be plenty of the "Use FireFox, Problem Solved!" comments as well. I have experienced, rarely, where a drive-by site is impossible to say "no" to when under Firefox and eventually crashed the browser but IE under SP2 handled itself very well on the same page.
Actually I have seen BSG; and frankly I find it a far superior series in many ways.
However--BSG isn't looking for a timeslot, it already has one. My point was that no matter what new show they come up with it's probably just going to be something that already has 10 variations currently airing on other networks. If they fill it with reruns of some other show...same deal.
A crappy Trek series is a better use of the timeslot it was in because I seriously doubt anything truly unique and creative will take its place, and reruns are just that...reruns, I'd rather watch new episodes of a mediocre series.
What about biometrics? Passphrases are nothing more than longer passwords. I can see several things resulting from converting to all passphrases. First, the person will probably use the same passphrase for everything because it's too difficult to remember multiple passphrases. Second, it's difficult to remember passphrases! Phone numbers (In the US, at least) are limited to 10 digits because research shows the average person can only memorize 10 digits, as a result...we tend to write things down, or in the case of data people are likely to store their passphrases in a central location that is still prone to theft/decryption.
Biometrics, on the other hand, requires that you only have your body present at the time! No special USB keys to lug around, no pieces of paper with important passwords/phrases. This won't solve the problem of possible data interception when talking about remote authentication--but every form of authentication is prone to such attacks when transmitted.
Like what, Sibling Swap? Survivor 32? American Idol: Reloaded Ad Nauseum? CSI: Buffalo?
I can't possibly see what would be a better use of a timeslot. Enterprise may not be all that great, but rest assured they'll replace it with something worse and redundant.
I wouldn't consider myself a fan at the level of doing anything to save the series, but...really; I'm sick of seeing all the "Let it die!" comments. On the other hand I'm sure all those who dislike Enterprise are tired of the "Save Enterprise!" campaigns--in which case I wish they'd just ignore them rather than complain about them.
Anyway, to the point...is it worth saving? Yes, I think so. I think I can safely say without a doubt that Season 4 gets better as each episode passes (Minus the time-traveling space nazi aliens)
From the preview of upcoming episodes it seems they're finally going to mix things up and add some actual drama to the show rather than psuedo-drama that seems almost forced from Bakula.
"Photographers taking pictures of the sculpture have been charged money by the city."
That's about one step short of the RIAA charging me every time I hear a song in a public place...
Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if the city is keeping that money for themselves rather than collecting that money for the artists that created these so-called copyrighted works.
I must also wonder how long this will go unchallenged. I can't see this standing up in court if, for example, the land was paid for using tax dollars instead of private funding.
"The difference, as I see it is removing the basic trust given to students by the school. As it stands, if you show up late for a class, and say you got held late in the previous one, the teacher can say trust you and not mark you as late."
I think the rest of your argument is fairly valid. Although I'd like to mention the school I went to already had removed the trust. If you were late, you had to provide written proof that a teacher held you up. If you didn't have it, you were sent to get it. If you still couldn't provide it, the teacher would simply make a note to verify your story later.
In a way I can agree with the becoming-adults angle. I hated having to constantly provide proof that what I said was the truth, but the fact is..i had to do it anyway even without the latest cutting-edge technology like RFID tracking.
When I reached college things were drastically different although attendance was even more of an issue than it was previously. I absolutely HAD to provide a valid reason for missing a class. I would say I had even less freedom compared to high school with the exception that it would have been harder to locate me on campus. What? You mean I can only miss 3 college classes even with a valid excuse from a doctor? I had a far longer leash in K-12 in that regard.
Work was no different from college. Swipe or punch in at the start of the day, and swipe in or punch out at the end of the day. If you didn't have a darn good reason for missing work you didn't miss it. Yep, even had to provide those excuses from a doctor!
Heck, I once had a job where I had to work within an area measured in miles. Sure enough if I couldn't provide proof of my location if asked...I was in trouble.
I think for this pro-privacy anti-tracking argument to work it has to be applied to all situations in life and not just one area like K-12; when in fact the same situations are accepted perfectly fine in the workplace.
"The difference is that you can see where the attendance sheets are, you can't see where the readers are located."
Does it matter? If it were installed where I went to school I'd expect one in the doorway of every room and any entrance to the building.
I wouldn't expect privacy in a bathroom anyway as a faculty member is usually assigned the task of periodicially checking for students that shouldn't be in there.
Worried about someone somehow reading the tags from outside of the building? Ok, in the case of the article numbers were used to represent students. If someone was able to get a list of names and numbers you have a security issue elsewhere that is not RFID related.
What would a snooper do with said information anyway? Most schools these days are locking any doors with outside access. If you're worried someone might sit outside and read your location and somehow find you when you're most vulnerable...again, I'd say the problem there is more related to building security than RFID tracking.
I can't say I ever expected much privacy during shool hours. I was either being tracked on paper or by security cameras. I could have cared less if someone knew where I was at any given time, and in fact I would have welcomed such a system because dealing with signout sheets and paper passes was a pain.
On a final note: Let's say someone had a malicious reason to track you. How is it any different from going to the appropriate office posing as a parent trying to locate a child? (Or simply asking the first student you pass if they know where X is)
How is using an RFID system which is more accurate, efficient, and convenient any different from tracking students on paper?
Most schools I've seen use paper attendance sheets; keep a paper copy of your schedule (ie. where you SHOULD be during that time period) and require a written record if you leave a class for any reason and also your destination--bathroom included.
I fail to see the difference here, let alone how it's somehow an invasion of privacy.
I do agree. I'm tired of seeing less-than-spectacular releases in the Windows line. WinME? That was pointless.
How about Longhorn being the "browserless OS?" If they hold true to that it means we'll probably be even more vulnerable to IE exploits--like hijacking our desktop background instead of just our browser homepage.
I don't understand why Microsoft doesn't redesign their product to focus on 3 things: the kernel, the GUI, and the rest of the apps they ship with Windows.
The one thing I love about Linux is the fact that the kernel is almost always stable. It rarely crashes. (with the exception of the use of alpha-release drivers or bad system memory) Yes, X may sprout some problems eventually but it doesn't take the whole system down.
The other thing they need to do is stop integrating software into the OS. I can't stress this enough. I don't want to have to worry about my entire OS being vulnerable because IE has been integrated into every possible aspect of my GUI. Keep it simple, keep it segmented in modules.
If they could ship an OS that had a rock-solid kernel, with a nice GUI shipped with it, and a few apps (IE, OE, etc) shipped as extras on the cd/dvd then I think they would finally have a worthy product on their hands.
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"If you'd read some of the linked-to articles, you would have discovered that HP provides an externally visible (outside of package), displayed expiration date of 2.5 years after "build" date and an internal "hard" expiration date of 4.5 years after build date. With the 2 years of HP printer ownership you've had, it's unlikely you would have run into the hard expiration date."
I didn't see anything about this in ANY of the linked articles in the summary...even regarding the Lexmark case (And since Lexmark != HP it would be irrelevant anyway)
Anyway, after checking my cartridges do indeed have a date printed on them which is in the ballpark of 2.5 years after I purchased them. My next question would be--where is the printer getting the date from? I'm not going to tear my printer apart looking for an independent battery but being a cheap printer I'd be surprised if one exists to maintain an internal clock of some type.
If it's getting the date from the computer, simply setting the date forward a few years would reveal whether or not there is a "hard" expiration date. After unplugging my printer's power and usb cable and setting the year to 2010, plugging it back in, and printing yielded a surprising result--a full color printed page!
"suddenly one night it refused to print because it said that the cartridge had expired"
If that's the case, I wonder if the packaging for your cartridges indicate an expiration date? It's been a while since I've had to purchase any so I can't recall.
If there is an expiration date on the package visible somewhere to the consumer prior to purchase then I'd say the lawsuit doesn't have much to stand on. Plenty of things expire--gift cards, lottery tickets, rebates, etc--so I only see a lawsuit succeeding if HP withheld this information from the consumer prior to purchase of the product in question.
Does this woman actually have proof of this or is she just angry about having to pay HP's prices for replacements?
It wouldn't surprise me at all, but I'll believe it when I'm able to read the alleged expiration date off of my own HP cartridges. I've had an HP printer for 2 years--some of the cartridges are original and some have been replaced just once. I can't say I've ever had them stop working or falsely report empty. The nice thing is the cartridges are even a clear case so I can easily optically verify whether they are empty or not.
"Why isn't there some sort of community political watchdog site that informs us when things are "quietly passed"? Tell us about everything that's in the works, let us decide what we do and don't like."
There are such watchdogs, however...to be frank, that's your job as a responsible voter to keep track of what your elected officials are doing since, you know, they are there to represent you.
Saying that the government should take the time to inform everyone of whats going on because people are too lazy--or don't care--to pay attention is akin to wanting to change the channel on your TV but you don't feel like getting up to either find the remote or switch it manually.
Apparently I should have been more clear--when testing with AVG it certainly can scan the contents of the archive; I watched as it scanned several exe files I placed inside the archive.
I can't say I've ever paid much attention to other products but I would have hoped Norton and the like would also have this capability.
"Most anti-virus software cannot scan a .RAR file"
What? Is it really a case where the software can't scan the archive or is it just that it's not included in the default types of files to scan?
Just tested this on AVG and it indeed scans rar archives.
"Get out and get a LIFE, man! Slashdot isn't so important! Sheesh, with the number of posting I see by you, it's obvious you haven't left your computer in years."
I'm sure you see the irony here...
"Ok, I'm not as religous a microsoft hater as many here, but is there ANY good reason to have this run on XP?"
Since TFA wasn't all that informational I'm going to take a guess and say:
1) The military primarly uses Windows (Yes, I know there are exceptions....)
2) On a system like this I'd imagine a GUI-centric OS is essential, and face it...Windows does this better than Linux. (Note: don't confuse this statement with anything even close to the word 'stability')
3) In the event of a crash, I suspect on a system like this it's easier to hit the reboot button; rather than dumping the user to a Linux CLI where they have to have some access to a keyboard to restart whatever failed; whereas with Windows it's point-and-click.
Of course...these are entirely my opinions and I'm sure there are going to be plenty of Linux users to come along and attempt to shoot holes through them.
Had you actually read the article Johannes Keplar spotted a suprnova in 1604, which apparently was stronger than this event--hence this flare is the strongest witnessed SINCE 1604.
"Do people in the US...understand that most people..."
It has nothing to do with what the people believe; it's what the government does.
If the current administration refuses to change their position on the matter; there's almost nothing the people can do about it for another 4 years.
I've accepted it as fact, and I doubt I'm alone on that...
I think the question I have is: "Do people outside the US realize that the US Gov't is not necessarily representative of the consensus of its people?"
Cue all the "Let it die already!" and "Trek needs a rest" comments...
These people have nothing to lose by pitching another series to Paramount. Enterprise is dead, and I'm sure Paramount would eagerly pick up anything with the slightest chance of turning a profit.
Since the article mentions they're taking their idea "to the public" I think they'd get a better reaction by releasing a preview of some type. Kind of hard for an audience to approve and support a project without knowing what it is! (Because we all know counting on the Trek name alone doesn't always work)
Someone has been watching too much Back to the Future.
Nice to see some tech details instead of just pretty pictures though.
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I can't deny that VeriSign should be doing a better job with stuff like this, but I certainly don't believe in the claim that by taking their certs away that drive-by downloads will cuddenly stop.
The real problem is the fact that nobody bothers to read the window that has just popped up in front of them. I'm guilty of this myself, there have been times I've not even recognized a problem with certs on my own servers the first few times clicking through.
My saving grace is that I never ever click an OK or YES button unless I'm expecting one. That simple rule has kept me from ever having anything installed using this method. The problem is that not everyone understands that they should not agree to every popup window they see. It's not going to matter if it claims to be authorized by God himself; if it has a YES/NO/CANCEL option and the user is not security-aware the person will probably say yes. I think educating people would be more effetive than trying to get the CAs to revoke the certificates.
I'm sure there will be plenty of the "Use FireFox, Problem Solved!" comments as well. I have experienced, rarely, where a drive-by site is impossible to say "no" to when under Firefox and eventually crashed the browser but IE under SP2 handled itself very well on the same page.
Actually I have seen BSG; and frankly I find it a far superior series in many ways.
However--BSG isn't looking for a timeslot, it already has one. My point was that no matter what new show they come up with it's probably just going to be something that already has 10 variations currently airing on other networks. If they fill it with reruns of some other show...same deal.
A crappy Trek series is a better use of the timeslot it was in because I seriously doubt anything truly unique and creative will take its place, and reruns are just that...reruns, I'd rather watch new episodes of a mediocre series.
What about biometrics? Passphrases are nothing more than longer passwords. I can see several things resulting from
converting to all passphrases. First, the person will probably use the same passphrase for everything because it's too difficult
to remember multiple passphrases. Second, it's difficult to remember passphrases! Phone numbers (In the US, at least) are limited to
10 digits because research shows the average person can only memorize 10 digits, as a result...we tend to write things down, or in the case of
data people are likely to store their passphrases in a central location that is still prone to theft/decryption.
Biometrics, on the other hand, requires that you only have your body present at the time! No special USB keys to lug around, no pieces of
paper with important passwords/phrases. This won't solve the problem of possible data interception when talking about remote
authentication--but every form of authentication is prone to such attacks when transmitted.
"Put in something better...."
Like what, Sibling Swap? Survivor 32? American Idol: Reloaded Ad Nauseum? CSI: Buffalo?
I can't possibly see what would be a better use of a timeslot. Enterprise may not be all that great, but rest assured they'll replace it with something worse and redundant.
"Let it die already!"
...really; I'm sick of seeing all the "Let it die!" comments. On the other hand I'm sure all those who dislike Enterprise are tired of the "Save Enterprise!" campaigns--in which case I wish they'd just ignore them rather than complain about them.
I wouldn't consider myself a fan at the level of doing anything to save the series, but
Anyway, to the point...is it worth saving? Yes, I think so. I think I can safely say without a doubt that Season 4 gets better as each episode passes (Minus the time-traveling space nazi aliens)
From the preview of upcoming episodes it seems they're finally going to mix things up and add some actual drama to the show rather than psuedo-drama that seems almost forced from Bakula.
Fortunately for us, there actually is a way to get Windows fonts on Linux.
http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/
Long Live Verdana!
"Photographers taking pictures of the sculpture have been charged money by the city."
That's about one step short of the RIAA charging me every time I hear a song in a public place...
Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if the city is keeping that money for themselves rather than collecting that money for the artists that created these so-called copyrighted works.
I must also wonder how long this will go unchallenged. I can't see this standing up in court if, for example, the land was paid for using tax dollars instead of private funding.
Slow compared to what?
I can't say I've used Opera recently to compare startup speeds.
IE is quick, yep, but what some forget is the fact that even a "cold start" of IE is fast because the IE core is already loaded at boot.
"The difference, as I see it is removing the basic trust given to students by the school. As it stands, if you show up late for a class, and say you got held late in the previous one, the teacher can say trust you and not mark you as late."
I think the rest of your argument is fairly valid. Although I'd like to mention the school I went to already had removed the trust. If you were late, you had to provide written proof that a teacher held you up. If you didn't have it, you were sent to get it. If you still couldn't provide it, the teacher would simply make a note to verify your story later.
In a way I can agree with the becoming-adults angle. I hated having to constantly provide proof that what I said was the truth, but the fact is..i had to do it anyway even without the latest cutting-edge technology like RFID tracking.
When I reached college things were drastically different although attendance was even more of an issue than it was previously. I absolutely HAD to provide a valid reason for missing a class. I would say I had even less freedom compared to high school with the exception that it would have been harder to locate me on campus. What? You mean I can only miss 3 college classes even with a valid excuse from a doctor? I had a far longer leash in K-12 in that regard.
Work was no different from college. Swipe or punch in at the start of the day, and swipe in or punch out at the end of the day. If you didn't have a darn good reason for missing work you didn't miss it. Yep, even had to provide those excuses from a doctor!
Heck, I once had a job where I had to work within an area measured in miles. Sure enough if I couldn't provide proof of my location if asked...I was in trouble.
I think for this pro-privacy anti-tracking argument to work it has to be applied to all situations in life and not just one area like K-12; when in fact the same situations are accepted perfectly fine in the workplace.
"The difference is that you can see where the attendance sheets are, you can't see where the readers are located."
Does it matter? If it were installed where I went to school I'd expect one in the doorway of every room and any entrance to the building.
I wouldn't expect privacy in a bathroom anyway as a faculty member is usually assigned the task of periodicially checking for students that shouldn't be in there.
Worried about someone somehow reading the tags from outside of the building? Ok, in the case of the article numbers were used to represent students. If someone was able to get a list of names and numbers you have a security issue elsewhere that is not RFID related.
What would a snooper do with said information anyway? Most schools these days are locking any doors with outside access. If you're worried someone might sit outside and read your location and somehow find you when you're most vulnerable...again, I'd say the problem there is more related to building security than RFID tracking.
I can't say I ever expected much privacy during shool hours. I was either being tracked on paper or by security cameras. I could have cared less if someone knew where I was at any given time, and in fact I would have welcomed such a system because dealing with signout sheets and paper passes was a pain.
On a final note: Let's say someone had a malicious reason to track you. How is it any different from going to the appropriate office posing as a parent trying to locate a child? (Or simply asking the first student you pass if they know where X is)
How is using an RFID system which is more accurate, efficient, and convenient any different from tracking students on paper?
Most schools I've seen use paper attendance sheets; keep a paper copy of your schedule (ie. where you SHOULD be during that time period) and require a written record if you leave a class for any reason and also your destination--bathroom included.
I fail to see the difference here, let alone how it's somehow an invasion of privacy.
I do agree. I'm tired of seeing less-than-spectacular releases in the Windows line. WinME? That was pointless.
How about Longhorn being the "browserless OS?" If they hold true to that it means we'll probably be even more vulnerable to IE exploits--like hijacking our desktop background instead of just our browser homepage.
I don't understand why Microsoft doesn't redesign their product to focus on 3 things: the kernel, the GUI, and the rest of the apps they ship with Windows.
The one thing I love about Linux is the fact that the kernel is almost always stable. It rarely crashes. (with the exception of the use of alpha-release drivers or bad system memory) Yes, X may sprout some problems eventually but it doesn't take the whole system down.
The other thing they need to do is stop integrating software into the OS. I can't stress this enough. I don't want to have to worry about my entire OS being vulnerable because IE has been integrated into every possible aspect of my GUI. Keep it simple, keep it segmented in modules.
If they could ship an OS that had a rock-solid kernel, with a nice GUI shipped with it, and a few apps (IE, OE, etc) shipped as extras on the cd/dvd then I think they would finally have a worthy product on their hands.