Recent articles show that this little thing is pretty powerful. What stops someone from flashing a box, running an open relay, ftp server, web server, or anything else of the sort (besides a strong, non-default password)? Just what we need is spambots on these damn Linksys routers..
Sure it'll be passed onto customers. But that's not very much money per customer.
If you don't have to deal with spam, you will someday. And you're paying cents for the benefit of everyone. You pay for a lot of things you don't use, this won't be the first.
Will they attract some of this market and get some additional customers?
Unforunately, yes.
Until a large portion of the population want (and know they want) what you're asking for, and are willing to pay money for it, the mainstream cell providers just aren't going to provide it. It's simply not worth their time and money unless more people are interested.
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I made a statement, not an argument.
If that's how they want to go about business, fine with me.
You made a good joke, but having watched the video, the guy does appear to be a very impatient driver. Time after time after time, he runs right up to someone's bumper in the left lane, follows very closely for some time, then winds up passing them on the right.
That makes him an impatient driver? Apparently you've never driven in Michigan...
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If the RIAA had a clue, they would realize that college students are going to have a big say in this country someday. If they plan to exist and operate effectively for the next 100 years, they're going to stop going after the college crowd.
College students should be doing research and writing papers.
Did you happen to go to college?
I can assure you that we college students do much more than research and paper writing. What we should (in your eyes) be doing doesn't matter.
After having said that, my machine has a 1.3ghz Celeron w/ 512MB RAM and it works fine for everything (besides playing games). I often recommend cheaper systems, not top-of-the-line, to friends looking for new machines. Most machines are ridiculously overpowered, which is fine if you don't mind blowing the extra money.
Why does wireless encryption matter anymore? You should be using end-to-end encryption for everything sensitive, whether it's wireless or over-the-wire. Whether it's TLS/SSL, VPN, or something else.
If you trust every router between you and your destination with a plaintext password, you are crazy. The IETF is moving towards encryption for everything, and people are following. Most universities now don't allow passwords to ever be sent plaintext over the wire.
Quit blaming wireless, the same security issues exist with wired connections.
The gov't is already regulating the hell out of the old PSTN networks. Why wouldn't the same regulations apply to VoIP?
Sure VoIP looks cheaper to us right now, but PSTN would be cheaper if they weren't regulated so much too. VoIP has an unfair advantage right now because it's not being regulated. It's not a matter of regulating the hell out of VoIP because PSTN has friends in the gov't, it's a matter of applying the same regulations to VoIP that PSTN has seen for years.
Next thing you know AIM will be ruled a telephone company because of the "talk" feature.
Are you suggesting that VoIP companies shouldn't be considered telephone companies?
But what if I have a home device, say a fire alarm, that I want to use SMTP to page me if it goes off?
What's wrong with the SMTP server that Comcast provides? The IETF will soon be looking at DomainKeys, Caller ID, and SPF. I'm don't know enough about DomainKeys, but I believe both of the others will prevent you (joe customer) from using any smtp server but your ISPs anyway.
Selectively filtering entire protocols is a slippery slope, and eventually is just a band-aid.
This I agree with, which is my major objection to ISPs blocking it. Expect the IETF to change this soon.
Would Internet service providers exercise that control?
You're damn right they will. They've already started blocking port 25 outbound (one thing that I might be okay with) along with a variety of inbound ports. They've taken complaints again and again. They respond with a resounding "We don't care."
And why should they? Joe Schmoe customer doesn't care. He doesn't know if it's his ISP that broke it or the client or somebody else. If he calls someone for support, it's almost certainly not going to be his ISP. After all, he's using someone elses services. His VoIP connection is slow? Why would he blame his ISP? Everything else is fast.
Will they lose a few customers (i.e. the Slashdot crowd)? Yes, but they don't care. Our money isn't worth that much to them. And since we're the only crowd opposed, there's not enough business to start-up competitive ISPs.
Until the EU has an alternative, it's military (should it form one) will be at a severe disadvantage in a theoretical conflict
Terrorists who can get their hands on large missles are also at a severe disadvantage.
If the EU is worried about the military disadvantage, they should develop a system similar to GPS for their military. But they're not. They're developing a "civil" system. The US isn't all that worried about the EU having the capability, they're worried about an ICBM w/ New York City's name on it...something I don't see coming from the EU in my lifetime.
Comcast cable modem customers aren't allowed to run mail servers anyway, so I doubt the side-effects would bother them
Who are you kidding? Just because they aren't allowed to doesn't mean they're not.
No one is allowed to download copyrighted material without the necessary license either. So I doubt anyone would be bothered by the RIAA implementing a plan to go after music downloaders...
However, they can block that port on individual cable modems-a sort of surgical strike.
Why don't they block it on ALL cable modems and let people unblock it if they wish? The majority of users who go through the trouble to unblock it are going to run secure machines. Even if they don't, it's going to reduce the number of spam bots.
And they won't have the privacy advocates all over them...
I know that the majority of us are strongly opposed to software patents, but where would HP be right now without patents?
Clearly the only incentive for HP to be "innovators" is to be able to market the product without competition for a period of time. How are we opposed to patents, but yet I'm sure most of us will go with HP on this issue, not Dell.
Does the issue have to do with the scope of software patents? And what will likely be the inability of patent offices to find "prior art"?
Everything else has 'advanced user' setup. Why can't we have advanced tech support?
"If you are an advanced user, i.e. you know more than our flunkie tech support people, please press 6. We will connect you to an intelligent person on this side of the ocean. Please hold."
I hate trying to boot a machine (or convincing the guy on the other end that I'm trying to boot a machine) 10 different times when I know the hard-drive has failed. It's bad. It's under warranty. Come replace it.
Not sure if I can blame the tech support guy for this one, but it was funny.
A friend of mine had satellite internet working for months, and one day it started cutting out on him. The signal strength would show EXCELLENT->BAD->ZERO->EXCELLENT. It'd keep repeating in this cycle so fast, it couldn't even initialize the connection. So it was basically worthless.
After installing all their updates, rebooting 10 times, rebooting the satellite modem 10 times, etc. the tech support guy told me 1) I must not've done what he'd been saying and 2) I have to uninstall everything and start over. If you don't have the CDs we'll have to mail them to you.
Enough of that crap, there was no way I was messing with that software anymore. I already fought with that thing for hours. Time to climb up on the hot roof and look at the dish.
The problem: About 500 bees nesting in the thing. Apparently it was cool...that or they were just getting high on the radiation, I'm not sure which.
The solution: 3 large cans of Raid.
I called the tech support guy back and he didn't believe me...
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Recent articles show that this little thing is pretty powerful. What stops someone from flashing a box, running an open relay, ftp server, web server, or anything else of the sort (besides a strong, non-default password)? Just what we need is spambots on these damn Linksys routers..
If you don't have to deal with spam, you will someday. And you're paying cents for the benefit of everyone. You pay for a lot of things you don't use, this won't be the first.
What is Nokia's largest market?
Ages 15-21.
Will they attract some of this market and get some additional customers?
Unforunately, yes.
Until a large portion of the population want (and know they want) what you're asking for, and are willing to pay money for it, the mainstream cell providers just aren't going to provide it. It's simply not worth their time and money unless more people are interested.
I made a statement, not an argument. If that's how they want to go about business, fine with me.
That makes him an impatient driver? Apparently you've never driven in Michigan...
If the RIAA had a clue, they would realize that college students are going to have a big say in this country someday. If they plan to exist and operate effectively for the next 100 years, they're going to stop going after the college crowd.
Did you happen to go to college?
I can assure you that we college students do much more than research and paper writing. What we should (in your eyes) be doing doesn't matter.
After having said that, my machine has a 1.3ghz Celeron w/ 512MB RAM and it works fine for everything (besides playing games). I often recommend cheaper systems, not top-of-the-line, to friends looking for new machines. Most machines are ridiculously overpowered, which is fine if you don't mind blowing the extra money.
And this couldn't happen on a wired network?
If you trust every router between you and your destination with a plaintext password, you are crazy. The IETF is moving towards encryption for everything, and people are following. Most universities now don't allow passwords to ever be sent plaintext over the wire.
Quit blaming wireless, the same security issues exist with wired connections.
If Comcast is your ISP and is blocking port 25 out, I will guarantee you Comcast's SMTP server will relay for you. That's the whole idea.
Sure VoIP looks cheaper to us right now, but PSTN would be cheaper if they weren't regulated so much too. VoIP has an unfair advantage right now because it's not being regulated. It's not a matter of regulating the hell out of VoIP because PSTN has friends in the gov't, it's a matter of applying the same regulations to VoIP that PSTN has seen for years.
Next thing you know AIM will be ruled a telephone company because of the "talk" feature.
Are you suggesting that VoIP companies shouldn't be considered telephone companies?
Maybe not all the same taxes and fees, but why should VoIP not have to provide the same 911 and wiretapping as PSTN?
What's wrong with the SMTP server that Comcast provides? The IETF will soon be looking at DomainKeys, Caller ID, and SPF. I'm don't know enough about DomainKeys, but I believe both of the others will prevent you (joe customer) from using any smtp server but your ISPs anyway.
Selectively filtering entire protocols is a slippery slope, and eventually is just a band-aid.
This I agree with, which is my major objection to ISPs blocking it. Expect the IETF to change this soon.
You're damn right they will. They've already started blocking port 25 outbound (one thing that I might be okay with) along with a variety of inbound ports. They've taken complaints again and again. They respond with a resounding "We don't care."
And why should they? Joe Schmoe customer doesn't care. He doesn't know if it's his ISP that broke it or the client or somebody else. If he calls someone for support, it's almost certainly not going to be his ISP. After all, he's using someone elses services. His VoIP connection is slow? Why would he blame his ISP? Everything else is fast.
Will they lose a few customers (i.e. the Slashdot crowd)? Yes, but they don't care. Our money isn't worth that much to them. And since we're the only crowd opposed, there's not enough business to start-up competitive ISPs.
It looks like he got fined as well as jailtime. Good thing, because he probably made enough to live the rest of his life on.
1. Spam.
2. Profit.
3. If you're unlucky (probably less than 1% of spammers), get locked up for 4 years.
4. Retire to a mansion on the beach.
Sounds like a good deal to me.
Well, sure. But what if you only need to move 1 TB? On 1 day?
Will GIMP let me print one image stretched over 4 pages? 2443x1594 is amazing.
Terrorists who can get their hands on large missles are also at a severe disadvantage.
If the EU is worried about the military disadvantage, they should develop a system similar to GPS for their military. But they're not. They're developing a "civil" system.
The US isn't all that worried about the EU having the capability, they're worried about an ICBM w/ New York City's name on it...something I don't see coming from the EU in my lifetime.
Who are you kidding? Just because they aren't allowed to doesn't mean they're not.
No one is allowed to download copyrighted material without the necessary license either. So I doubt anyone would be bothered by the RIAA implementing a plan to go after music downloaders...
Why don't they block it on ALL cable modems and let people unblock it if they wish? The majority of users who go through the trouble to unblock it are going to run secure machines. Even if they don't, it's going to reduce the number of spam bots.
And they won't have the privacy advocates all over them...
I know that the majority of us are strongly opposed to software patents, but where would HP be right now without patents?
Clearly the only incentive for HP to be "innovators" is to be able to market the product without competition for a period of time. How are we opposed to patents, but yet I'm sure most of us will go with HP on this issue, not Dell.
Does the issue have to do with the scope of software patents? And what will likely be the inability of patent offices to find "prior art"?
% uname -sr /sbin/halt /sbin/halt: No such file or directory
SunOS 5.8
% ls
ls:
Either that or the guy know thinks that YOU are the idiot and starts treating you like one.
"Shutdown the machine, don't just unplug the power. That's baaaaaad for it."
/usr/sbin/halt -q!!
"If you are an advanced user, i.e. you know more than our flunkie tech support people, please press 6. We will connect you to an intelligent person on this side of the ocean. Please hold."
I hate trying to boot a machine (or convincing the guy on the other end that I'm trying to boot a machine) 10 different times when I know the hard-drive has failed.
It's bad. It's under warranty. Come replace it.
A friend of mine had satellite internet working for months, and one day it started cutting out on him. The signal strength would show EXCELLENT->BAD->ZERO->EXCELLENT. It'd keep repeating in this cycle so fast, it couldn't even initialize the connection. So it was basically worthless.
After installing all their updates, rebooting 10 times, rebooting the satellite modem 10 times, etc. the tech support guy told me 1) I must not've done what he'd been saying and 2) I have to uninstall everything and start over. If you don't have the CDs we'll have to mail them to you.
Enough of that crap, there was no way I was messing with that software anymore. I already fought with that thing for hours. Time to climb up on the hot roof and look at the dish.
The problem: About 500 bees nesting in the thing. Apparently it was cool...that or they were just getting high on the radiation, I'm not sure which.
The solution: 3 large cans of Raid.
I called the tech support guy back and he didn't believe me...