>RFID scanning is the equilvilent of an illegal search.
Yeah, but it's also a stealth search. So what the police can't use the information, shady private investigators can still do it to find stuff out about you.
Whether or not it's legal doesn't always carry a lot of weight in some people's minds.
>However, to my knowledge, there has never been an actual bomb detected this way.
How would you ever know if a bomb were detected this way? They grab the luggage and throw it into a pile until the owner comes to pick it up. I don't think they do additional searches/scans of it.
>What's to stop somebody from taking the luggage, going to the restroom, and just taking out what they deem valuable? Don't get me wrong, I'd much rather have a system like that in place than today's 'snatch and go' scam.
How about an RFID sensor on the bathroom door that alerts security? Just a thought.
>What hilarity could ensue if I packed my own RFID tags?
Hopefully the FBI would think it was funny, rather than thinking they should try out the new "terrorist" laws on the books. You could turn your trip into one long adventure...
This is not obvious stuff. If there is prior art, then there is reason to bitch. I haven't seen proof of such, and I don't think everyone should be jumping on the "I hate Microsoft" bandwagon until they see prior art.
Sure it may seem obvious now...but the first time you saw it, you probably said "oh, that's weird". Even if you had thought of it years before, not everyone did. And they still had a right to patent it since you didn't, and you didn't implement it.
I doubt they'll say "WTF is Commodore". I had never heard of an iPod before it was released, and I didn't say to myself "WTF is iPod". Why would it be any different if you had never heard the name? If you had heard the name you'd think retro, nothing wrong with that either.
>So this isn't really Commodore -- why should anyone care?
They shouldn't...but that's not going to stop unenlightened people from buying it because it has the Commodore name. And I doubt there are people who will make a point not to buy it because of the name. I don't see how the name could hurt them.
>I know I have stopped reporting all my spam. It took too much time.
I wrote a perl script that I can pipe to from pine. It does a quick check with whois.abuse.net and forwards it off. Soon I may be adding whois.arin.net checks as well as traceroutes to track down the abuse e-mail contact.
It's real easy to pipe 200 messages to a script everyday before you leave for the day...
>If I want to send you to my web site, I don't give you my IP address, I give you my host name.
If this guy is being this stubborn about it, something tells me that he's either given out, or some piece of software uses, his IP address and not his hostname.
It wouldn't be worth going through all this bullshit if he were using DNS...
A degree does not guarantee competency or the ability to work 80/hr weeks
Your damn right it doesn't guarantee the ability to work 80/hr weeks. In fact, it probably says "this person isn't willing to work 80/hr weeks." Who in their right mind would, if you could get a job working 40 hr/wk?
Son, back when I was a kid, we all walked down to the town square with our wives, kids, some whiskey, and our shotguns. After we were good and drunk, somebody would yell and we'd all start shooting. Just like the real Independence Day.
>The problem that here we're talking wireless which means a passive attack until the encryption is broken, you may not be able to detect an intrusion until it has already occured.
Do you know how long it takes to break encryption (even just 64-bit)? By the time you crack it (if ever), any data you've been snooping will be long out of date. And one can hope the encryption keys will be changed on a regular basis.
Sure, you might be able to do it...but would it be worth your time?
>It'll be really nice to know that there are going to be tons of these little handheld devices with access to these huge dossiers on the whole population.
One can hope that authentication is required everyone so often. No authentication is crackable, but enough will deter most perpetrators. Also, if they don't have the ability to disable a single unit...they're retarded.
>(and thats piss poor management, security stuff should be hard wired, end of discussion)
Security stuff should be encrypted, end of discussion. What makes you think a clever individual couldn't eavesdrop a wired pipe? The fact that it is wired gives too many people a false sense of security.
>After two weeks of answering every telemarketing call and saying "Take me off your call list", my phone-spam decreased dramatically.
Even before the "Do Not Call" list, you could tell telemarketers "don't call back" or "take me off your list". It's actually illegal for them to call back after being told this. If they called repeatedly I would ask for a supervisor and file a complaint with the FTC.
The Do Not Call list just makes this whole process a lot easier...and more enforceable.
After all the articles we've read, there is clearly 1 superior way to profit. Everytime I've seen someone make one of these, this one applies. Same method. Everytime.
1. Become a lawyer 2. Profit
Talk about being in high demand? There will ALWAYS be some rich asshole who wants to sue another rich asshole.
>Not necessarily. For example, the BMW 328 is chip-limited to 128 MPH - it however comes with Z-rated tires (good for constant speeds of up to 186 MPH). The European version of the same car, mechanically identical, is not chip-limited and can cruise about 150 MPH.
Weird. But in either case, they're doing it to prevent lawsuits. Someone convinced them that lawsuits of this nature were less of an issue in Europe.
Slashdot Mirror
The update is already available and I've already pushed it out to all of my machines without issue.
Yeah, but it's also a stealth search. So what the police can't use the information, shady private investigators can still do it to find stuff out about you.
Whether or not it's legal doesn't always carry a lot of weight in some people's minds.
How would you ever know if a bomb were detected this way? They grab the luggage and throw it into a pile until the owner comes to pick it up. I don't think they do additional searches/scans of it.
How about an RFID sensor on the bathroom door that alerts security? Just a thought.
Hopefully the FBI would think it was funny, rather than thinking they should try out the new "terrorist" laws on the books. You could turn your trip into one long adventure...
Sure it may seem obvious now...but the first time you saw it, you probably said "oh, that's weird". Even if you had thought of it years before, not everyone did. And they still had a right to patent it since you didn't, and you didn't implement it.
I doubt they'll say "WTF is Commodore". I had never heard of an iPod before it was released, and I didn't say to myself "WTF is iPod". Why would it be any different if you had never heard the name? If you had heard the name you'd think retro, nothing wrong with that either.
They shouldn't...but that's not going to stop unenlightened people from buying it because it has the Commodore name. And I doubt there are people who will make a point not to buy it because of the name. I don't see how the name could hurt them.
Umm, and your point? It has a lot of marketing power among techies. What's wrong with marketing something like this to techies?
NO!!! If this is true, you didn't have to tell me! I was better off not knowing. Damn Slashdot.
I wrote a perl script that I can pipe to from pine. It does a quick check with whois.abuse.net and forwards it off. Soon I may be adding whois.arin.net checks as well as traceroutes to track down the abuse e-mail contact.
It's real easy to pipe 200 messages to a script everyday before you leave for the day...
More work (money?) than paying a legal team to get you this far in court? Doubtful.
If this guy is being this stubborn about it, something tells me that he's either given out, or some piece of software uses, his IP address and not his hostname.
It wouldn't be worth going through all this bullshit if he were using DNS...
Your => You're
Your damn right it doesn't guarantee the ability to work 80/hr weeks. In fact, it probably says "this person isn't willing to work 80/hr weeks." Who in their right mind would, if you could get a job working 40 hr/wk?
Here's to the good old days...
Do you know how long it takes to break encryption (even just 64-bit)? By the time you crack it (if ever), any data you've been snooping will be long out of date. And one can hope the encryption keys will be changed on a regular basis.
Sure, you might be able to do it...but would it be worth your time?
One can hope that authentication is required everyone so often. No authentication is crackable, but enough will deter most perpetrators. Also, if they don't have the ability to disable a single unit...they're retarded.
Security stuff should be encrypted, end of discussion. What makes you think a clever individual couldn't eavesdrop a wired pipe? The fact that it is wired gives too many people a false sense of security.
Ummm...except what they're doing is legal and traceable. It's a much different category and needs to be treated as such.
Even before the "Do Not Call" list, you could tell telemarketers "don't call back" or "take me off your list". It's actually illegal for them to call back after being told this. If they called repeatedly I would ask for a supervisor and file a complaint with the FTC.
The Do Not Call list just makes this whole process a lot easier...and more enforceable.
>1. Obtain vague patent
>2. Enforce vague patent
>3. ???
>4. Profit!!!
After all the articles we've read, there is clearly 1 superior way to profit. Everytime I've seen someone make one of these, this one applies. Same method. Everytime.
1. Become a lawyer
2. Profit
Talk about being in high demand? There will ALWAYS be some rich asshole who wants to sue another rich asshole.
I hope you're better at playing the piano than driving a Jeep...
% wc -l /etc/passwd /etc/passwd
184533
Weird. But in either case, they're doing it to prevent lawsuits. Someone convinced them that lawsuits of this nature were less of an issue in Europe.