The guy who posted all the pictures is eventually going to get a takedown notice. Before he does we should all grab copies of his pictures. Then we should post them ONE AT A TIME. We will each, in turn, get our own takedown notices which we will comply with. Then we will pass the baton to the next person. This way we will totally waste their time serving every single/. reader with takedown notices without getting any one of us sued.
Clearly he's responsible for any damage he did. But why is he responsible for fixing the security holes. He didn't cause them, but rather revealed them. Looks more like NASA owes him a consulting fee...
If they are sticking to the letter of the EULA, they must honor ALL of it or NONE of it. There is always a clause stating what you can do if you refuse to abide by the EULA. It's a pain in the butt to follow through on, but it is possible. Microsoft doesn't advertise it, but they will refund $25 per copy for Window XP Home if you refuse to accept the EULA on a machine that it is shipped on. You really need to nag them, but they will do it.
I just ordered a herd of Dell's. I could have ordered them with the following options: Windows 2003 Server, Redhat 9, no OS. Well guess what I did? The machines destined to run Windows were ordered with Windows. I considered ordering those machines without the OS, not because I was going to pirate it, but because I could buy Windows from CDW for $100 cheaper than Dell. I ultimately decided that $100 was a fair price to save the install time. On the Linux machines, I ordered those "No OS" because we use Debian, not Redhat, and Dell was charging $199 for Redhat!!!
The article mentioned that SCO claims that AutoZone moved SCO OpenServer code into Linux during their migration. If they were migrating from OpenServer to Linux, doesn't that imply that they had a valid license for OpenServer? So they bought the code they used. What's the problem?
Am I, as a adult citizen of the United States, unable to obtain a copy of said books? If so, then they are not "banned". If a library chooses not to stock a certain book, that is unfortunate, but not a "banning" of the book.
Can you obtain a copy of "Penthouse" at your average Elementary school library? No (or at least I certainly hope not). But is it banned? No, since an adult can obtain a copy pretty freely.
If an author writes a book that simply stinks, and nobody will buy it, is he banned? No.
The first amendment protects you from PROCESCUTION for excercising your free speech. It does not, however, require anybody to LISTEN to you.
Ok, Microsoft gave the torrent guy a takedown notice. Let's reward them by following their wishes and downloading the service pack from their server only.... right now.... all at once....
1) Get 2 really cheap PC's. Make sure they have 2 RS232 ports each
2) Add a 3rd IDE interface (you can have 4).
3) Install 1 HD and 5 CD-ROM drives in each PC. Cheap ones will do since we are using them to play CD's, not read data.
4) Hook the speakers/headphones up to the headphone out on the CD-ROM drive, no sound card needed.
5) Get those nice video game buttons mentioned in some of the other posts. Hook them up to the serial port. Use the CarrierDetect, DataSetReady and DataTerminalReady lines rather than the data lines on 2 of the serial ports. It's easier to detect those.
6) Write an application to poll the serial port and kick off the appropriate CD-ROM when pressed
There is no recourse. That's the point. The FCC Class B Licence says you should avoid interfering with other devices and tough luck if somethin else interferes with you. No recourses specified. More of a "use at your own risk" type of thing.
Even worse. It will allow them to snoop on your devices if you NEIGHBOR gets this device.
Consider this scenario A well behaved device would never do this, but, if Comcast decides to shut down Vonage, your neighbor could "notice" that you are using Vonage and generate disruptive traffic. Provided they meerly disrupted you, rather than tapped your line, it's even within the class of FCC license granted to your receiver. You know that "must accept any interference" clause?
Also, keep in mind that most rack mountable computers are REALLY LOUD (think "idling jet engine loud). The smaller the "U" of the case, the louder it is. Those 1U and 2U cases are jam packed with all sorts of stuff that gets hot. They compensate for that with high flow fans and those fans are LOUD.
Also rack mount cases for the "build it yourself" PC's cost $100 - $150 more than standard cases.
Windows is easiest to "install", not because it's installer is wonderful or anything. It's easiest to "install" because for the vast majority of users, all it takes is INACTION to install it. It comes with the machine.
Don't get me wrong. I like Linux. I prefer Linux. I only run Windows where I must, either because I am not the decision maker for that system, or because I must run a "Windows only" application. Linux was a bit trickier to install. But I only have exactly what I want running, and I fully understand why things work and what to do if they break. And if I don't, there's a 99+% chance that I can find a bunch of people who do. And failing that, I can read the source code and look it up. Problem is, my Mom can't do that and never will.
Here's an interesting though. Is Linux more secure and stable BECAUSE it is more difficult to set up?
Linux makes few assumptions. You have to explicitly install and run things if you want them. There is no marketing pressure to force you to take features you do not want. Heck, you can even build your own kernel to include or exclude features. The "barrier to entry" under Linux is higher. So the majority of Linux installs were installed by somebody who actually knows something about a computer.
Conversly, Windows is easy to install. Furthermore, since it comes pre-installed on most computers, it is REAL easy to install. Windows is not so much of a choice for most users as it is the failure to make a choice. Many of the people "succesfully" running Windows are "twelve o' clock flashers". (You know, those people who's VCR constantly flashes "12:00" because they have no idea how to set it.) Combine this with cheap, always on broadband and you have a recipe for disaster.
You've heard of "Security through obscurity", well Windows suffers from "Insecurity through ubiquity"
Well, actually your guy computed the MEAN, not the MEDIAN. Mean is "sum of datapoints divded by number of datapoints". Median is "the center datapoint in an ordered set". To get median, you sort the data and take the center most datapoint if there are an odd number of datapoints and mean of the 2 center most if there are an even number of datapoints.
And on another note, if you have a summary report with each line having a median on it you can not get the grand total mean by taking the mean of the medians! It's even worse if you try to take the median of the medians! To get the grand total you have to go back to ALL the data points, order them, and take the central one. However if you do this, there is not a "pointy haired boss" around who can figure out why the "numbers don't add up"....
This is not an issue of spreadsheets, this is an issue of PHB's not understanding basic math.
Just so long as I own the ROM, isn't it fair use to transfer it to different media?
How about those high capacity flash roms that will hold multiple games? Why should I not be allowed to copy 10 games I own into one of these so I only have to carry one cartridge?
It's not so much a 3 headed frog as it is 3 frogs stuck together. Frogs lay a "gob-o-eggs" which stick together for a while (presumably to make them easier to fertilize) then drift apart after fertilization (presumably to make it more difficult for something to eat ALL of them). Aparently something, either chance or environment, made 3 of these eggs stick together. Frogs are pretty simple critters so things that might kill some other critter doesn't kill a frog. So it's not that frogs are really more prone to this sort of thing as much as it is that damaged frogs are more likely to survive.
How did MS discover that they needed a patch?
1) Somebody hacked it.
or
2) They poured over the souce code and found a flaw.
I suspect at least half of them were found by method 1.
My Grandfather, God rest his soul, was 100% convinced until the day he died that he would not have gotten lung cancer had he not gone to the doctor about the pain in his chest and his shortness of breath.
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The guy who posted all the pictures is eventually going to get a takedown notice. Before he does we should all grab copies of his pictures. Then we should post them ONE AT A TIME. We will each, in turn, get our own takedown notices which we will comply with. Then we will pass the baton to the next person. This way we will totally waste their time serving every single /. reader with takedown notices without getting any one of us sued.
Use Cisco ATA-186's with a nice analog 2-line callerid phone. Total cost about $180 per station.
Clearly he's responsible for any damage he did. But why is he responsible for fixing the security holes. He didn't cause them, but rather revealed them. Looks more like NASA owes him a consulting fee...
I'm going to start sharing a video of my kid playing and title it "PlanetOfTheApes.mpg".....
If they are sticking to the letter of the EULA, they must honor ALL of it or NONE of it. There is always a clause stating what you can do if you refuse to abide by the EULA. It's a pain in the butt to follow through on, but it is possible. Microsoft doesn't advertise it, but they will refund $25 per copy for Window XP Home if you refuse to accept the EULA on a machine that it is shipped on. You really need to nag them, but they will do it.
Read the EULA. If you disagree with it, return it! Never buy anything from that publisher again.
I just ordered a herd of Dell's. I could have ordered them with the following options: Windows 2003 Server, Redhat 9, no OS. Well guess what I did? The machines destined to run Windows were ordered with Windows. I considered ordering those machines without the OS, not because I was going to pirate it, but because I could buy Windows from CDW for $100 cheaper than Dell. I ultimately decided that $100 was a fair price to save the install time. On the Linux machines, I ordered those "No OS" because we use Debian, not Redhat, and Dell was charging $199 for Redhat!!!
Is that how the license is written? I don't pay any new license fees on my Microsoft OS's unless I add or upgrade servers.
The article mentioned that SCO claims that AutoZone moved SCO OpenServer code into Linux during their migration. If they were migrating from OpenServer to Linux, doesn't that imply that they had a valid license for OpenServer? So they bought the code they used. What's the problem?
Am I, as a adult citizen of the United States, unable to obtain a copy of said books? If so, then they are not "banned". If a library chooses not to stock a certain book, that is unfortunate, but not a "banning" of the book.
Can you obtain a copy of "Penthouse" at your average Elementary school library? No (or at least I certainly hope not). But is it banned? No, since an adult can obtain a copy pretty freely.
If an author writes a book that simply stinks, and nobody will buy it, is he banned? No.
The first amendment protects you from PROCESCUTION for excercising your free speech. It does not, however, require anybody to LISTEN to you.
Ok, Microsoft gave the torrent guy a takedown notice. Let's reward them by following their wishes and downloading the service pack from their server only.... right now.... all at once....
1) Get 2 really cheap PC's. Make sure they have 2 RS232 ports each
2) Add a 3rd IDE interface (you can have 4).
3) Install 1 HD and 5 CD-ROM drives in each PC. Cheap ones will do since we are using them to play CD's, not read data.
4) Hook the speakers/headphones up to the headphone out on the CD-ROM drive, no sound card needed.
5) Get those nice video game buttons mentioned in some of the other posts. Hook them up to the serial port. Use the CarrierDetect, DataSetReady and DataTerminalReady lines rather than the data lines on 2 of the serial ports. It's easier to detect those.
6) Write an application to poll the serial port and kick off the appropriate CD-ROM when pressed
There is no recourse. That's the point. The FCC Class B Licence says you should avoid interfering with other devices and tough luck if somethin else interferes with you. No recourses specified. More of a "use at your own risk" type of thing.
No, it just means you have to deal with it if the shielding is insufficient. Most consumer grade electronics specify this.
Even worse. It will allow them to snoop on your devices if you NEIGHBOR gets this device. Consider this scenario A well behaved device would never do this, but, if Comcast decides to shut down Vonage, your neighbor could "notice" that you are using Vonage and generate disruptive traffic. Provided they meerly disrupted you, rather than tapped your line, it's even within the class of FCC license granted to your receiver. You know that "must accept any interference" clause?
Also, keep in mind that most rack mountable computers are REALLY LOUD (think "idling jet engine loud). The smaller the "U" of the case, the louder it is. Those 1U and 2U cases are jam packed with all sorts of stuff that gets hot. They compensate for that with high flow fans and those fans are LOUD.
Also rack mount cases for the "build it yourself" PC's cost $100 - $150 more than standard cases.
The "gee-whiz" factor is great, though.
Windows is easiest to "install", not because it's installer is wonderful or anything. It's easiest to "install" because for the vast majority of users, all it takes is INACTION to install it. It comes with the machine.
Don't get me wrong. I like Linux. I prefer Linux. I only run Windows where I must, either because I am not the decision maker for that system, or because I must run a "Windows only" application. Linux was a bit trickier to install. But I only have exactly what I want running, and I fully understand why things work and what to do if they break. And if I don't, there's a 99+% chance that I can find a bunch of people who do. And failing that, I can read the source code and look it up. Problem is, my Mom can't do that and never will.
Here's an interesting though. Is Linux more secure and stable BECAUSE it is more difficult to set up?
Linux makes few assumptions. You have to explicitly install and run things if you want them. There is no marketing pressure to force you to take features you do not want. Heck, you can even build your own kernel to include or exclude features. The "barrier to entry" under Linux is higher. So the majority of Linux installs were installed by somebody who actually knows something about a computer.
Conversly, Windows is easy to install. Furthermore, since it comes pre-installed on most computers, it is REAL easy to install. Windows is not so much of a choice for most users as it is the failure to make a choice. Many of the people "succesfully" running Windows are "twelve o' clock flashers". (You know, those people who's VCR constantly flashes "12:00" because they have no idea how to set it.) Combine this with cheap, always on broadband and you have a recipe for disaster.
You've heard of "Security through obscurity", well Windows suffers from "Insecurity through ubiquity"
Well, actually your guy computed the MEAN, not the MEDIAN. Mean is "sum of datapoints divded by number of datapoints". Median is "the center datapoint in an ordered set". To get median, you sort the data and take the center most datapoint if there are an odd number of datapoints and mean of the 2 center most if there are an even number of datapoints.
And on another note, if you have a summary report with each line having a median on it you can not get the grand total mean by taking the mean of the medians! It's even worse if you try to take the median of the medians! To get the grand total you have to go back to ALL the data points, order them, and take the central one. However if you do this, there is not a "pointy haired boss" around who can figure out why the "numbers don't add up"....
This is not an issue of spreadsheets, this is an issue of PHB's not understanding basic math.
Just so long as I own the ROM, isn't it fair use to transfer it to different media?
How about those high capacity flash roms that will hold multiple games? Why should I not be allowed to copy 10 games I own into one of these so I only have to carry one cartridge?
It's not so much a 3 headed frog as it is 3 frogs stuck together. Frogs lay a "gob-o-eggs" which stick together for a while (presumably to make them easier to fertilize) then drift apart after fertilization (presumably to make it more difficult for something to eat ALL of them). Aparently something, either chance or environment, made 3 of these eggs stick together. Frogs are pretty simple critters so things that might kill some other critter doesn't kill a frog. So it's not that frogs are really more prone to this sort of thing as much as it is that damaged frogs are more likely to survive.
How did MS discover that they needed a patch? 1) Somebody hacked it. or 2) They poured over the souce code and found a flaw. I suspect at least half of them were found by method 1.
My Grandfather, God rest his soul, was 100% convinced until the day he died that he would not have gotten lung cancer had he not gone to the doctor about the pain in his chest and his shortness of breath.
They cut the quote short. It was really "If you want secure software updgrade to Linux "
"It says it runs on Windows 98 or better and I'm running Linux and it won't work..."
;)
Nuff said?