I guess you've not seen the latest run of Dell laptops... their "docking station" is a USB dongle. Dammit, that's not a dock! A dock is something you plug the laptop into, not the other way around.
Simple engineering economics... they want to make the batteries as cheaply and quickly as possible. That means quality and quality control go out the window.
Actually, I've seen more than a few lead acid batteries "pop". Less than a half dozen have actually exploded. See, they generate HYDROGEN GAS when charged, so they can explode if they aren't vented properly. The battery in my bug has a vent hose to get the gas away from the electrical systems and engine. Most of the time, internal shorts boil the acid which causes them to pop. I have two cracked "high rate" sealed lead acid batteries from (desktop) UPSes in a bag at work:-)
I saw the after effects of an Exide UPS battery EXPLOSION several years ago at BTI (phone company) -- building UPS, it's the size of a small room. I'd hate to have been *in* the electrical room when that battery failed... it smelled like someone fired a cannon in there, and from my desk some distance away, that's exactly what it sounded like.
Depends on where you are (what your local codes say) and what you're doing. For simple stuff like running an outlet or a light switch, then "nobody has to know".:-) But for any large project, like wiring an entire (new) house, then odds are you're not going to get away with it. Around here (NC), since you don't actually own the house being built until it's finished -- housing communities, the builder(s) own it -- and you aren't being supervised by a licensed electrician, you cannot wire it yourself.
Keep reading that first sentence until it sinks in.:-)
It's A/V wiring, so I won't bitch too loudly about the zip ties. However, no IT wiring should ever use (single use) zip ties... they look like crap and are pain in the ass to remove. Besides, NEBS dictates "yak" -- waxed nylon string; if you've ever seen any, you know exactly what I'm talking about. (I love that stuff. If done Right(tm), you can retie it... a bit shorter, but still reusable. The installers used that stuff like it was air.)
(BTW, I've been yelled at for using zip ties to hang a power strip on a shelf. They didn't care about the power strip; "that nylon tie won't pass inspection.")
Actually, it's +/-25VDC, but most systems were never that picky. Some modern day systems use 0 and +5VDC and it's "good enough". (read: no charge pump to get +/-5.)
Only if it's GROUNDED. You can transmit OUT all you want. No signal will be able to get back IN, however. Anyway, it's not even remotely a properly sealed faraday cage... there's holes in it for the cables. And the door doesn't have metal mesh RF shields. Even a very small crack will leak RF -- we had to put them inside the systems we used to sell to pass UL/FCC requirements.
Sounds like my current office... we're the 4th occupants. The wiring for the previous "networks" are still in the walls and ceiling. In the phone room, they simply chainsaw'd the bundle just above the drop ceiling. The people who have the back half of office now... ran their own damned wire instead of using the pre-existing, perfectly functional ports going to every desk. All they had to do was move a patch panel to the other side of the wall. Obviously, all of that wire is still in the walls -- had the idiots told me the truth, I'd've removed all that wiring (and the $$$ wall boxes.)
(When we move out of that office, I'm taking EVERYTHING. I'll take the carpet too if I can get it unglued from the floor.)
"escalate by listing the ISPs corporate resources" Right there is the difference. They explicitly target the ISP, not it's customers, in making their point. Their message is aimed squarely at the business decision making people who are turning a blind eye towards spammers in the name of profits. Other RBLs aren't as kind and block entire netblocks in making their point; effectively blocking thousands of the ISP's customers who are completely unrelated to any spamming aside from having the misfortune of being in the same netblock -- in fact, collateral damage is their point... the only recourse for those caught in the middle is to "switch ISPs" and, thus, cut into the profits of the ISP.
And don't play lawyer and read so much into their choice of words. They simply reserve the right to classify the ISP itself as a spammer. While they aren't the one's sending spam, they are knowingly facilitating spamming activities.
Dealing with Spamhaus in a civil and professional manner is ultimately far more productive than the far too common "colorful", threatening language used by spammer's ISPs. I've been one of those "deemed spam friendly" ISPs; and yet we were never "strong armed". Maybe my experience is colored by being a sysadmin... basically, the short answer is "until legal tells us otherwise..." Even after being canned, they have other accounts, in the name of numerous shell corps, or they pick a new name and sign up all over again -- the sales people get a commision, so they don't care that the same face keeps walking in.
Do you have any links to back that up? (anything from the last 5 years or so?) I can remember a number of such "political" statements being made by blocklists many years ago, but I don't recall Spamhaus being one of them. Someone listed UUNet's CORP mail servers once, briefly.
You're either reading spammer bull or confusing SpamHaus with some other blocklist. (SORBS (spamtrap) floats to the top of my list.)
I've had the privilege of working directly with SpamHaus -- as an admin at an ISP, I've actually had spammers blocked before they finished signing the contract. They're a real pleasure to deal with, unlike most of the other holier-than-god, elitest, script kiddie run blocklists. SpamHaus cares about stopping spam; not being a pain in the ass creating problems for people who aren't spammers. They don't block an entire ISP because of one email from one machine.
There are many ways to verify parental consent. Credit card is one, 1-800 # is another, signed fax form is another.
Credit Card... simple swipe it from mom/dad and you're in. If the site doesn't charge the card, the "parents" will never know the number was given to anyone else. Depending on how and what you check, it could even be a number they found through google!
800#... call it yourself and lie. Or have a friend call it, and LIE. Do you have their voice on file? Are you going to record the call for future reference (in court)?
Signed form... And you have what exactly to compare that signature against?
And exactly how are you verifying that those presenting themselves as the parents are, in fact, the child's legal parent or guardian?
You obviously haven't thought about this for very long... If I give my PESEL to a web site to verify who I am, then THEY would also know my number. For example, my name is "foo" and my number is "42". I know my number and the state, who assigned that number in the first place, knows that number. If I give my name as "foo" to Xanga and they ask for my PESEL, then they will also know my number once I've been confirmed. Xanga won't immediately know "foo" is "42" until some state agency, ultimately, confirms it. But, the instant my identity is confirmed, Xanga will also know my PESEL. At such time, the PESEL becomes useless for identification because someone else (lots of someone else's actually) can now pass the same identity check as if they were me. (It's called 'identity theft'.)
Actually, they do... most are still experimental. And none have FDA/FAA clearance(s) for such heavy use as at an airport. (meaning they haven't been tested for dangers of long-term, repeated exposure.) Telling what that liquid is in a timely fashion... that's a different story.
... except, you aren't walking through an MRI at the airport. Yes, your checked bags and carry-on are x-rayed, but YOU aren't. They toyed with neutron scanners for a while, but neutron bombardment is, well, rather unhealthy.
Give 'em time... they'll start putting explosives inside people soon enough. And it doesn't take a very skilled medical professional either; they don't need to live more than a few hours.
Actually, most people (including me) hate them because they're loud, slow(er), and have an unacceptable high frequency vibration that makes them unconfortable to sit in for hours.
You haven't flown recently, have you? Nobody checks anything if they can even remotely get away from it. Last time I flew (a few months ago), there were people carrying on things that would hardly fit through the door -- they knew damn well it was too big... the "if your bag doesn't fit in here" things are all over the airport. There are two reasons for this... first and foremost, carry-on stuff never leaves your sight and often never leaves your hands. So, It. Doesn't. Get. Lost. (or stolen/picked up by mistake) Since you are carrying it, it goes exactly where you go. Second, checked items are subject to TSA "inspection" which too often translates to breakage and theft.
Wrong. The "Magic Jelly Bean" uses the exact same scripts found in the KB for VLKs. And the key changer actually says so, if you weren't inclined to click the little underlined blue text.
Such methods generally require the authenticating server to have the plaintext of your password. That means your password is insecure on the server (which is easier to lock down than the internet), but reasonablly secure across the network.
This is exactly why I explicitly ignore the SORBS SpamTrap RBL. All it takes is ONE "spam" message EVER to be listed FOREVER. It doesn't even have to be spam; any message to one of their fly traps is all it takes. (they are such asses about it, too.) And they LIE about the process to get delisted -- "oh, nobody pays that 'donation' anymore..."
Basically, SORBS is pissed at gmail because they don't do any outbound anti-spam inspection. (distributed sender database thing. I'd have to dig through my email to find exactly what they insist everyone run.)
Then they are not in compliance with the Clean Air Act. They probablly don't care, either. Scrubbers are expensive. The fines are often cheaper. (or they can buy someone else's polution allowance...)
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I guess you've not seen the latest run of Dell laptops... their "docking station" is a USB dongle. Dammit, that's not a dock! A dock is something you plug the laptop into, not the other way around.
Simple engineering economics... they want to make the batteries as cheaply and quickly as possible. That means quality and quality control go out the window.
Actually, I've seen more than a few lead acid batteries "pop". Less than a half dozen have actually exploded. See, they generate HYDROGEN GAS when charged, so they can explode if they aren't vented properly. The battery in my bug has a vent hose to get the gas away from the electrical systems and engine. Most of the time, internal shorts boil the acid which causes them to pop. I have two cracked "high rate" sealed lead acid batteries from (desktop) UPSes in a bag at work :-)
I saw the after effects of an Exide UPS battery EXPLOSION several years ago at BTI (phone company) -- building UPS, it's the size of a small room. I'd hate to have been *in* the electrical room when that battery failed... it smelled like someone fired a cannon in there, and from my desk some distance away, that's exactly what it sounded like.
Depends on where you are (what your local codes say) and what you're doing. For simple stuff like running an outlet or a light switch, then "nobody has to know". :-) But for any large project, like wiring an entire (new) house, then odds are you're not going to get away with it. Around here (NC), since you don't actually own the house being built until it's finished -- housing communities, the builder(s) own it -- and you aren't being supervised by a licensed electrician, you cannot wire it yourself.
:-)
Keep reading that first sentence until it sinks in.
It's A/V wiring, so I won't bitch too loudly about the zip ties. However, no IT wiring should ever use (single use) zip ties... they look like crap and are pain in the ass to remove. Besides, NEBS dictates "yak" -- waxed nylon string; if you've ever seen any, you know exactly what I'm talking about. (I love that stuff. If done Right(tm), you can retie it... a bit shorter, but still reusable. The installers used that stuff like it was air.)
(BTW, I've been yelled at for using zip ties to hang a power strip on a shelf. They didn't care about the power strip; "that nylon tie won't pass inspection.")
One word: Building Codes. :-)
(and if your insurer knows an unlicensed installer did *any* of the wiring, they'll never insure the structure.)
Actually, it's +/-25VDC, but most systems were never that picky. Some modern day systems use 0 and +5VDC and it's "good enough". (read: no charge pump to get +/-5.)
No.
(Not if the cable is up to spec. Which also implies you didn't pull a 5000ft run.)
Only if it's GROUNDED. You can transmit OUT all you want. No signal will be able to get back IN, however. Anyway, it's not even remotely a properly sealed faraday cage... there's holes in it for the cables. And the door doesn't have metal mesh RF shields. Even a very small crack will leak RF -- we had to put them inside the systems we used to sell to pass UL/FCC requirements.
Sounds like my current office... we're the 4th occupants. The wiring for the previous "networks" are still in the walls and ceiling. In the phone room, they simply chainsaw'd the bundle just above the drop ceiling. The people who have the back half of office now... ran their own damned wire instead of using the pre-existing, perfectly functional ports going to every desk. All they had to do was move a patch panel to the other side of the wall. Obviously, all of that wire is still in the walls -- had the idiots told me the truth, I'd've removed all that wiring (and the $$$ wall boxes.)
(When we move out of that office, I'm taking EVERYTHING. I'll take the carpet too if I can get it unglued from the floor.)
"escalate by listing the ISPs corporate resources" Right there is the difference. They explicitly target the ISP, not it's customers, in making their point. Their message is aimed squarely at the business decision making people who are turning a blind eye towards spammers in the name of profits. Other RBLs aren't as kind and block entire netblocks in making their point; effectively blocking thousands of the ISP's customers who are completely unrelated to any spamming aside from having the misfortune of being in the same netblock -- in fact, collateral damage is their point... the only recourse for those caught in the middle is to "switch ISPs" and, thus, cut into the profits of the ISP.
And don't play lawyer and read so much into their choice of words. They simply reserve the right to classify the ISP itself as a spammer. While they aren't the one's sending spam, they are knowingly facilitating spamming activities.
Dealing with Spamhaus in a civil and professional manner is ultimately far more productive than the far too common "colorful", threatening language used by spammer's ISPs. I've been one of those "deemed spam friendly" ISPs; and yet we were never "strong armed". Maybe my experience is colored by being a sysadmin... basically, the short answer is "until legal tells us otherwise..." Even after being canned, they have other accounts, in the name of numerous shell corps, or they pick a new name and sign up all over again -- the sales people get a commision, so they don't care that the same face keeps walking in.
Do you have any links to back that up? (anything from the last 5 years or so?) I can remember a number of such "political" statements being made by blocklists many years ago, but I don't recall Spamhaus being one of them. Someone listed UUNet's CORP mail servers once, briefly.
You're either reading spammer bull or confusing SpamHaus with some other blocklist. (SORBS (spamtrap) floats to the top of my list.)
I've had the privilege of working directly with SpamHaus -- as an admin at an ISP, I've actually had spammers blocked before they finished signing the contract. They're a real pleasure to deal with, unlike most of the other holier-than-god, elitest, script kiddie run blocklists. SpamHaus cares about stopping spam; not being a pain in the ass creating problems for people who aren't spammers. They don't block an entire ISP because of one email from one machine.
800#... call it yourself and lie. Or have a friend call it, and LIE. Do you have their voice on file? Are you going to record the call for future reference (in court)?
Signed form... And you have what exactly to compare that signature against?
And exactly how are you verifying that those presenting themselves as the parents are, in fact, the child's legal parent or guardian?
You obviously haven't thought about this for very long... If I give my PESEL to a web site to verify who I am, then THEY would also know my number. For example, my name is "foo" and my number is "42". I know my number and the state, who assigned that number in the first place, knows that number. If I give my name as "foo" to Xanga and they ask for my PESEL, then they will also know my number once I've been confirmed. Xanga won't immediately know "foo" is "42" until some state agency, ultimately, confirms it. But, the instant my identity is confirmed, Xanga will also know my PESEL. At such time, the PESEL becomes useless for identification because someone else (lots of someone else's actually) can now pass the same identity check as if they were me. (It's called 'identity theft'.)
That proves nothing... 2 battery bays. And if they make you use only one bay at a time, "sorry, the other battery is drained. that's why I have 2."
Actually, they do... most are still experimental. And none have FDA/FAA clearance(s) for such heavy use as at an airport. (meaning they haven't been tested for dangers of long-term, repeated exposure.) Telling what that liquid is in a timely fashion... that's a different story.
... except, you aren't walking through an MRI at the airport. Yes, your checked bags and carry-on are x-rayed, but YOU aren't. They toyed with neutron scanners for a while, but neutron bombardment is, well, rather unhealthy.
Give 'em time... they'll start putting explosives inside people soon enough. And it doesn't take a very skilled medical professional either; they don't need to live more than a few hours.
Actually, most people (including me) hate them because they're loud, slow(er), and have an unacceptable high frequency vibration that makes them unconfortable to sit in for hours.
You haven't flown recently, have you? Nobody checks anything if they can even remotely get away from it. Last time I flew (a few months ago), there were people carrying on things that would hardly fit through the door -- they knew damn well it was too big... the "if your bag doesn't fit in here" things are all over the airport. There are two reasons for this... first and foremost, carry-on stuff never leaves your sight and often never leaves your hands. So, It. Doesn't. Get. Lost. (or stolen/picked up by mistake) Since you are carrying it, it goes exactly where you go. Second, checked items are subject to TSA "inspection" which too often translates to breakage and theft.
Wrong. The "Magic Jelly Bean" uses the exact same scripts found in the KB for VLKs. And the key changer actually says so, if you weren't inclined to click the little underlined blue text.
It would've taken 3 minutes on the Cisco too if Cisco hadn't dropped QDM (QoS Device Manager) several years ago. QoS is never simple. On anything.
(Obviously, there are alot of people doing that on a SonicWall or there wouldn't be simple "click here" interfaces to set it up.)
BTW: you're issues with the 2800 could also simply be BUGS in IOS.
Such methods generally require the authenticating server to have the plaintext of your password. That means your password is insecure on the server (which is easier to lock down than the internet), but reasonablly secure across the network.
This is exactly why I explicitly ignore the SORBS SpamTrap RBL. All it takes is ONE "spam" message EVER to be listed FOREVER. It doesn't even have to be spam; any message to one of their fly traps is all it takes. (they are such asses about it, too.) And they LIE about the process to get delisted -- "oh, nobody pays that 'donation' anymore..."
Basically, SORBS is pissed at gmail because they don't do any outbound anti-spam inspection. (distributed sender database thing. I'd have to dig through my email to find exactly what they insist everyone run.)
Then they are not in compliance with the Clean Air Act. They probablly don't care, either. Scrubbers are expensive. The fines are often cheaper. (or they can buy someone else's polution allowance...)