(chuckle) I learned to type on mechanical typewriters... the side-effect was that when I took a computer course the follow year (TRS-80 Model IIIs) - the computer teacher complained that I was too "heavy" on the keyboard.
I do, have a 1998 version with full mechanical switches inside (great tactile feel, if a bit rough on the hands/fingers due to the forces involved). Kind of dread the day that it stops working and I have to go fishing for a replacement.
However, I also do a lot of typing on my Toshiba Tecra 9200, and I miss the trackpoint in the middle when I switch over to the desktop. While I also use an external USB mouse with the laptop, sometimes it's just darn handy to be able to nudge the mouse around without taking my hands off the keyboard.
That being said - I've been drooling over the IBM TrackPoint keyboards for a few months now as a way to have that nubber at my fingertips when I'm on the desktop(s). Are they full mechanical, or mushy membrane? Can't decide whether they're worth the $200(?) each.
Domain spoofing is solveable at least. That can be controlled on the recipient end by changes to the inbound SMTP software. Basically, everyone would be required to list their outbound mail servers in their DNS records. E-mail that purports to be from domain X, that is sent from an IP address that does not appear in the domain's DNS record would be suspect. (Up to the admin whether to accept/reject at that point.) Whether you do that by adding a new record type to the DNS or just use the A records which already exist is open for debate.
That, at least, would make whitelists a bit more reliable. Peer pressure would get companies to add the appropriate records to their DNS. And in order to spoof a domain, the spammer would have to hack the domain's DNS records.
FYI, I use the Tecra9200 with the 1400x1050 resolution option (the P25 is 1400x900) and find it to be a *very* nice desktop replacement. While the P25 has a larger screen, the Tecra9200 screen is large enough for me (at close-up range where you're using the laptop's keyboard).
Once you get used to 1280x1024, 1400x1050, or 1600x1200 - it's a real pain to go back to 1024x768. Only downside to the 1400x1050 is that my older 19" monitor doesn't know how to display that particular resolution, so I'd have to run 1280x1024 instead. (I opted for just using the laptop screen instead.)
The tech isn't cool because it's a new way to kill people - it's cool because it pushes the envelope of what we know, which tends to make all sorts of interesting and strange discoveries happen. Maybe this time around we actually know enough to make it work, otherwise we'll just end up with a better idea of what we need to do next time (when materials sciences catch up or whatever the problem is this go-round).
Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggie!" while you reach for a big enough stick.
Without the threat of force, there is no grounds for diplomacy. Without the threat, you're just making a lot of noise that nobody has to pay attention to.
That's pretty much right on the money. IIRC, the NT team was brought over from Digital (remember them?) - or at least had some serious input from DEC/Digital. For a while it was looking good that NT was going to be multi-platform (Alpha, MIPS, Intel, what else?).
Personally, I started with OS/2 2.0 up through Warp 3.0. I remember the lack of a good web browser at the time (think there was one built into OS/2 though?). Completely skipped Win95/Win98 except for games (dual-boot) and went straight to NT4 after using it at work. So I probably used it for 2-3 years as my only operating system at home.
The real fun of the OS wars was reading the CANOPUS forum (that the name?) on CompuServe and watching the FUD battles over Win95 vs OS/2.
I've not had experience with the desktop/tower cases from Enlight - but I have been severely dissapointed with their 19" rackmount 5U server case. Dual-300W (or was it 400W) power supplies that only lasted 9-12 months and a bear of a time getting either the vendor or the manufacturer to replace the busted module.
Ended up buying a *2nd* unit just to serve as spare parts for the first unit (was almost cheaper then the replacement modules for the P/S).
Needless to say, my next case will be a SuperMicro case - I have 2 of their towers (AT and an ATX) that have seen heavy usage for quite a few years and motherboards. Only drawback to a full height tower is that IDE cables won't always reach the top bays. SATA will fix that problem though.
Seems to be a really popular phrase in non-profit circles (enviro-groups attempting to get something done, or religions groups doing outreach). Behavior modifcation folks also like to use it (speakers promoting life-change or management principles, psychologists, etc.).
Lots of folks just say "age-old saying", etc. Going out on a limb - I'd say it probably has african or indian origins - just because those are the only two places with elephants. (wink)
Yep, as I was working on our systems today - that thought also occured to me (that there are often seperate systems for send vs receive).
Since the MX record is used for inbound mail... it would be kind of silly to hijack them to authenticate outbound mail for a domain
1) Require that the IP address of the server that is sending the mail match an IP address of a record in that domain's DNS (e.g. you'd have to create A records for all of your outbound mail servers). Easy, fits within today's DNS without modification - heck, most sites probably already list those machines anyway... (well, maybe)
2) Add a new record type to the DNS system where it would list the IPs authorized to send mail for this domain. Initially, probably no domains would have the records as it would be optional, but as more SMTP software added support for the requirement, companies would quickly add the record to their DNS entries.
Still doesn't fix the problem of forged IP addresses, or open-relays.
Yeah, I'm thinking more along the lines of restraining order against any contact with Intel Employees at work instead of tresspass.
They asked him to stop and he refused - next step is restraining order prohibiting him from being anywhere near Intel premises, calling, faxing, e-mailing into the premises.
Off-the-cuff - but the technical folks probably have non-compete clauses? Or have those been deemed as unenforcable?
Last time I dealt with the non-compete clause, it only caused me to wait one more week before hiring away people from a place where I used to work (1 year clause).
I think what we *may* see come about first is that SMTP servers will start rejecting e-mail if the sender's IP address doesn't match the IP address that's in the domain's MX records. So if a spammer wants to spoof their e-mail address as yadda@yadda.org, they need to also hack the DNS record so that their machine's IP is listed as one of the MX addresses for the yadda.org domain.
This would at least cut down on the domain spoofing that currently goes on - and - puts the preference of whether to accept spoofed domains in the hands of the recipient. Ideally, it would require a change to the SMTP spec, but I'm not even sure that would be necessary.
As a mid-30s reader (sci-fi / fantasy mostly), I probably read at least a book or two per week growing up, and I still manage a book or two per month when I'm in a reading mood. (First potter book took me a night or two to read, went out and bought the rest of the series the next day and finished them in a week or two... last book was lengthy.)
At times, the worst about the books is that the plot tended to be formulaic and somewhat predictable. Can't remember exact instances, but there were a few chapters / sections of the plot where you weren't genuinely surprised by the way things turn out. Still, the target audience for the series is pre-teens / teens - not age 40 people with PHDs.
Are they "high fantasy" like Tolkein, etc? Nope - but they are a darn good read and a good way to get away into a believable fantasy world for a few hours. There's room in the fantasy genre for books that aren't high-fantasy. As a plus, it gets kids / adults into a bookstore for maybe their first visit in who-knows-how-long. Maybe when they get done the series, they'll find that they've developed the desire to read other books intead of just turning on the TV and vegging out.
Being also able to make abundantly clear in the job interview that I will not touch anything M$ related even with a lone icmp echo request on an avian carrier and still get the job also counts on my scale. Doubt that was possible 10+ years ago for a programmer that hadn't ascended to the demigod hood except in nethack.
That attitude might fly in the boonies - but in the corporate world, we're not gonna hire someone who's not open to using *any* tool available to get the job done. Leave the religion / close-mindedness at home, there is no one best tool out there.
As someone else pointed out - the difference in annual power consumption between a 17" LCD and a 17" monitor is between 50KWH/yr and 100KWH/yr (rougly US$5 to US$10) if you're using your PC during normal businesss hours (2000 hours per year). Which means that for a corporation deciding between CRT vs LCD - that choice won't be made based on power consumption savings (a US$100 difference in cost would require something like 8-12 years to recoup).
It's the same issue with why the public isn't willing to pay for higher efficiency cars. For someone that drives 18,000 miles/year a car that gets 18mpg costs $1500/year (if fuel is around $1.50/gal). At 26mpg, costs drop to $1038/year, which is a cost savings of $2300 over five years. However, if the cost difference between high/low efficiency vehicles is a $4000 markup for the 26mpg model - the consumer is better off buying to 18mpg model (environmental concerns aside). In short, a ~$400/year cost savings isn't enough of an incentive for a person making $40k/yr to make the switch.
Would I like higher fuel/energy efficiency? Sure. But I'm not willing to pay more then I'd save over the expected life of the unit.
Exactly - the fact that the files were accessible without authentication is the core issue.
20 years ago, someone would have gotten access to them via dial-in and it would have had the same news "splash". Probably with some spin about war-dialing, etc. or whatever the current boogieman of the day was. Wireless just happens to be the current whipping boy.
Personally, we put our WiFi users on the outside of a firewall that they have to VPN through to get into the LAN. This takes care of authentication as well as ends up encrypting all data flowing from the laptop to the LAN due to the VPN tunnel. To the end-user, it's just like VPN'ing into the LAN from outside the office - so it takes little training.
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(chuckle) I learned to type on mechanical typewriters... the side-effect was that when I took a computer course the follow year (TRS-80 Model IIIs) - the computer teacher complained that I was too "heavy" on the keyboard.
I do, have a 1998 version with full mechanical switches inside (great tactile feel, if a bit rough on the hands/fingers due to the forces involved). Kind of dread the day that it stops working and I have to go fishing for a replacement.
However, I also do a lot of typing on my Toshiba Tecra 9200, and I miss the trackpoint in the middle when I switch over to the desktop. While I also use an external USB mouse with the laptop, sometimes it's just darn handy to be able to nudge the mouse around without taking my hands off the keyboard.
That being said - I've been drooling over the IBM TrackPoint keyboards for a few months now as a way to have that nubber at my fingertips when I'm on the desktop(s). Are they full mechanical, or mushy membrane? Can't decide whether they're worth the $200(?) each.
Domain spoofing is solveable at least. That can be controlled on the recipient end by changes to the inbound SMTP software. Basically, everyone would be required to list their outbound mail servers in their DNS records. E-mail that purports to be from domain X, that is sent from an IP address that does not appear in the domain's DNS record would be suspect. (Up to the admin whether to accept/reject at that point.) Whether you do that by adding a new record type to the DNS or just use the A records which already exist is open for debate.
That, at least, would make whitelists a bit more reliable. Peer pressure would get companies to add the appropriate records to their DNS. And in order to spoof a domain, the spammer would have to hack the domain's DNS records.
2.5" drives have never been fast
IBM(?) just recently announced 7200rpm 2.5" drives within the past month or so
FYI, I use the Tecra9200 with the 1400x1050 resolution option (the P25 is 1400x900) and find it to be a *very* nice desktop replacement. While the P25 has a larger screen, the Tecra9200 screen is large enough for me (at close-up range where you're using the laptop's keyboard).
Once you get used to 1280x1024, 1400x1050, or 1600x1200 - it's a real pain to go back to 1024x768. Only downside to the 1400x1050 is that my older 19" monitor doesn't know how to display that particular resolution, so I'd have to run 1280x1024 instead. (I opted for just using the laptop screen instead.)
(drags out the over-used reference to ArpaNet)
The tech isn't cool because it's a new way to kill people - it's cool because it pushes the envelope of what we know, which tends to make all sorts of interesting and strange discoveries happen. Maybe this time around we actually know enough to make it work, otherwise we'll just end up with a better idea of what we need to do next time (when materials sciences catch up or whatever the problem is this go-round).
Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggie!" while you reach for a big enough stick.
Without the threat of force, there is no grounds for diplomacy. Without the threat, you're just making a lot of noise that nobody has to pay attention to.
That's pretty much right on the money. IIRC, the NT team was brought over from Digital (remember them?) - or at least had some serious input from DEC/Digital. For a while it was looking good that NT was going to be multi-platform (Alpha, MIPS, Intel, what else?).
Personally, I started with OS/2 2.0 up through Warp 3.0. I remember the lack of a good web browser at the time (think there was one built into OS/2 though?). Completely skipped Win95/Win98 except for games (dual-boot) and went straight to NT4 after using it at work. So I probably used it for 2-3 years as my only operating system at home.
The real fun of the OS wars was reading the CANOPUS forum (that the name?) on CompuServe and watching the FUD battles over Win95 vs OS/2.
I've not had experience with the desktop/tower cases from Enlight - but I have been severely dissapointed with their 19" rackmount 5U server case. Dual-300W (or was it 400W) power supplies that only lasted 9-12 months and a bear of a time getting either the vendor or the manufacturer to replace the busted module.
Ended up buying a *2nd* unit just to serve as spare parts for the first unit (was almost cheaper then the replacement modules for the P/S).
Needless to say, my next case will be a SuperMicro case - I have 2 of their towers (AT and an ATX) that have seen heavy usage for quite a few years and motherboards. Only drawback to a full height tower is that IDE cables won't always reach the top bays. SATA will fix that problem though.
IIRC, CD-R media already has a "sin" tax tacked on to it (or used to).
I think VHS tapes did too.
Seems to be a really popular phrase in non-profit circles (enviro-groups attempting to get something done, or religions groups doing outreach). Behavior modifcation folks also like to use it (speakers promoting life-change or management principles, psychologists, etc.).
Lots of folks just say "age-old saying", etc. Going out on a limb - I'd say it probably has african or indian origins - just because those are the only two places with elephants. (wink)
Bishop Tutu was supposed to have said it to a journalist - so maybe ask him where he heard it. Also heard it rumored to be attributed to PT Barnum, but the Africa connection is more likely.
(bored at work...)
Yep, as I was working on our systems today - that thought also occured to me (that there are often seperate systems for send vs receive).
Since the MX record is used for inbound mail... it would be kind of silly to hijack them to authenticate outbound mail for a domain
1) Require that the IP address of the server that is sending the mail match an IP address of a record in that domain's DNS (e.g. you'd have to create A records for all of your outbound mail servers). Easy, fits within today's DNS without modification - heck, most sites probably already list those machines anyway... (well, maybe)
2) Add a new record type to the DNS system where it would list the IPs authorized to send mail for this domain. Initially, probably no domains would have the records as it would be optional, but as more SMTP software added support for the requirement, companies would quickly add the record to their DNS entries.
Still doesn't fix the problem of forged IP addresses, or open-relays.
Yeah, I'm thinking more along the lines of restraining order against any contact with Intel Employees at work instead of tresspass.
They asked him to stop and he refused - next step is restraining order prohibiting him from being anywhere near Intel premises, calling, faxing, e-mailing into the premises.
Off-the-cuff - but the technical folks probably have non-compete clauses? Or have those been deemed as unenforcable?
Last time I dealt with the non-compete clause, it only caused me to wait one more week before hiring away people from a place where I used to work (1 year clause).
(shrugs) I've always seen the standard SCSI config as
Hard drives are usually IDs 1-4, CD-ROM was always ID 5, controller at ID 7 or 15.
But then, I worked for a pretty large company, so who knows who actually started that pattern.
I think what we *may* see come about first is that SMTP servers will start rejecting e-mail if the sender's IP address doesn't match the IP address that's in the domain's MX records. So if a spammer wants to spoof their e-mail address as yadda@yadda.org, they need to also hack the DNS record so that their machine's IP is listed as one of the MX addresses for the yadda.org domain.
This would at least cut down on the domain spoofing that currently goes on - and - puts the preference of whether to accept spoofed domains in the hands of the recipient. Ideally, it would require a change to the SMTP spec, but I'm not even sure that would be necessary.
As a mid-30s reader (sci-fi / fantasy mostly), I probably read at least a book or two per week growing up, and I still manage a book or two per month when I'm in a reading mood. (First potter book took me a night or two to read, went out and bought the rest of the series the next day and finished them in a week or two... last book was lengthy.)
At times, the worst about the books is that the plot tended to be formulaic and somewhat predictable. Can't remember exact instances, but there were a few chapters / sections of the plot where you weren't genuinely surprised by the way things turn out. Still, the target audience for the series is pre-teens / teens - not age 40 people with PHDs.
Are they "high fantasy" like Tolkein, etc? Nope - but they are a darn good read and a good way to get away into a believable fantasy world for a few hours. There's room in the fantasy genre for books that aren't high-fantasy. As a plus, it gets kids / adults into a bookstore for maybe their first visit in who-knows-how-long. Maybe when they get done the series, they'll find that they've developed the desire to read other books intead of just turning on the TV and vegging out.
Being also able to make abundantly clear in the job interview that I will not touch anything M$ related even with a lone icmp echo request on an avian carrier and still get the job also counts on my scale. Doubt that was possible 10+ years ago for a programmer that hadn't ascended to the demigod hood except in nethack.
That attitude might fly in the boonies - but in the corporate world, we're not gonna hire someone who's not open to using *any* tool available to get the job done. Leave the religion / close-mindedness at home, there is no one best tool out there.
As someone else pointed out - the difference in annual power consumption between a 17" LCD and a 17" monitor is between 50KWH/yr and 100KWH/yr (rougly US$5 to US$10) if you're using your PC during normal businesss hours (2000 hours per year). Which means that for a corporation deciding between CRT vs LCD - that choice won't be made based on power consumption savings (a US$100 difference in cost would require something like 8-12 years to recoup). It's the same issue with why the public isn't willing to pay for higher efficiency cars. For someone that drives 18,000 miles/year a car that gets 18mpg costs $1500/year (if fuel is around $1.50/gal). At 26mpg, costs drop to $1038/year, which is a cost savings of $2300 over five years. However, if the cost difference between high/low efficiency vehicles is a $4000 markup for the 26mpg model - the consumer is better off buying to 18mpg model (environmental concerns aside). In short, a ~$400/year cost savings isn't enough of an incentive for a person making $40k/yr to make the switch. Would I like higher fuel/energy efficiency? Sure. But I'm not willing to pay more then I'd save over the expected life of the unit.
Exactly - the fact that the files were accessible without authentication is the core issue. 20 years ago, someone would have gotten access to them via dial-in and it would have had the same news "splash". Probably with some spin about war-dialing, etc. or whatever the current boogieman of the day was. Wireless just happens to be the current whipping boy. Personally, we put our WiFi users on the outside of a firewall that they have to VPN through to get into the LAN. This takes care of authentication as well as ends up encrypting all data flowing from the laptop to the LAN due to the VPN tunnel. To the end-user, it's just like VPN'ing into the LAN from outside the office - so it takes little training.