At this point in time, I wonder what the ultimate value is of keeping the original UNIX source code closed. I think Novell and whomever else has an IP interest here should sign-off on the entire UNIX V distribution into open source, with an appropriately open license, and be done with this legal BS once and for all. Such action should cover all bases, so that some idiot with a "derivative" can't come forth and pull another SCO suit. It's been nothing but a pain in the entire tech world's backside since this all started...
In fact, I don't know anyone in the industry that's actually using real UNIX V code in production anymore. Where is their alleged niche?
I am in the same boat. I ended up importing them into Cyrus for the last few years. It's not fool-proof, however if you configure the "squatter" service, it will do some rich indexing. I have found that, over time, even when older messages have an attachment, it doesn't always translate correctly into modern mailers. There could be several reasons behind that.
A while ago, I saw a project called Zoe which was aimed at solving the problems described -- it was OS centric (Mac?), though I believe it's been abandoned.
Another project out there is "dbmail" which is basically a large-scale email server (IMAP, et) that stores your messages in a MySQL database. Might be worth a shot.
I think the original poster is asking about something that not only will store the data properly, but present some sensible GUI to peruse it all. This capability is veering into paradigm of "document management" I would think. Especially with regard to access of the original attachments and their various encodings and formats.
The business model of the healthcare industry can explain why it's difficult for individuals to obtain policies.
Note, this is not flame bait, just what I understand about the facts. The healthcare industries are in biz to make money - your claims are their losses, so if you rely on a plan that is subsidized wholly by the healthcare company, you're more likely to have troubles than, for example, a policy under an plan in which the company is "self insured" -- self insured means that the individual company has a pool of funds that pays claims and the healthcare company (ie: Blue Cross) is the "servicer" on their behalf. Under that scenario, and in my own personal experience, you are less likely to have troubles.
60 Minutes recently did an interesting segment on this, which included former employees ("Doctors") of large healthcare companies who came forward about some of the internal politics of this - and the horrors of the policies that favor denied claims, etc.
Notwithstanding other really good advice and info here, of course.
Also, if you'd like to see another viewpoint and comparison of the healthcare industries of the world, see Michael Moore's "SiCKO" -- tho there is obviously a bias there, I found it quite interesting.
This is partly why this so-called "public option" has people up in arms. It's (mostly) about the money:-)
I think that's great that you're looking to get out on your own; I wish you the best of luck.
The vetting process is only as good as the time and effort and competence you're able to provide.
Case in point: I have an iPhone 3GS. Just 2 days after downloading and accessing the PayPal App on my iPhone, some jerk broke in to my PayPal account and stole money. We traced the relay to a server in the Netherlands, and we suspect one of the seemingly harmless apps (Emoticons) had an obscured/obfuscated key logger.
Needless to say, I will not be doing any sensitive operations on my mobile devices. I was particularly alarmed at Apple's apparent apathy toward it, after calling them and with a very well-documented complaint.
My point is that these are new platforms and it may be a while before we're really able to truly secure them -- at least to the point where we can a computer system that we operate (without restrictions). The Android market is probably more dangerous to this effect as there is no real official vetting process -- anyone can write an app.
Caveat Emptor.
If anyone has reverse engineered the Droid09 apps to show the code - post them somewhere publicly. I'd be interested in seeing these, possibly making comparisons to what was found hiding on the iPhone.
I recall hearing about a law that requires a public company to keep all this information and make it available --- darn, I can't think of what the law is, however sites like amazon.com may be subject to it. This doesn't apply to "forums". For example, discussions.apple.com has a bad habit of deleting any posting that is critical of them in any way. It's a different can of worms in that case (worms in apples? lol).
Anyone out there familiar with the legal ramifications?
I'm a little surprised to hear the iPhone referred to as a "low end" device.
The rest of the summary makes me think what it would be like if the Auto Industry did the same. Isn't that ludicrous? It seems like the cell phone insurance industry should be sued. Insurance is insurance, if I pay to have my device insured -- that exactly what I expect. That's what I pay for.
I'm taking a "wait and see" attitude about this. I really liked the darker tones of Guillermo del Toro's films - I sometimes wonder what his interpretation of the Lord of the Rings series might have been. I'm not sure what else you can do with this storyline, but I'm betting del Toro will at least do something "interesting."
I'm not privvy to the details of the spat between the Tolkien Trust and New Line, but this isn't the only time there has been some form of disagreement. If you recall, the last director, Peter Jackson, had some lawsuit going on. I'm starting to get this vision of Tolkien Trust as being a group of Gollums, trying to protect "the precious" to whatever end. Maybe it's presumptuous to say that, but if they're not opening their books and not releasing details, then you have to be suspicious of their motives.
I had imagined Tolkien Trust as being responsible for licensing and essentially protecting, to whatever degree, the legacy from Tolkien's work. Has it gone farther than that?
The battery life on my new 3G S has been terrible--worse than my experience with the first generation device, where I had to replace the phone three times before I got one that worked properly.
I recently went into the Apple Store at the Burlington Mall, Burlington, MA, to see the Genius Bar about this battery problem. I was (and wasn't) surprised to have them offload the problem to me, how I was pushing/pulling data. They made a quick adjustment and told me to "come back if you have more problems". Though, intuitively, I wonder if this is what they're instructed to do.
The FAQ on apple.com even suggests that you just turn off 3G and this-and-that. What would be the point of having the phone if you have to turn off all the useful features?
I say that because I already experimented with different settings and did not see any improved battery life. I explained this very clearly.
What's even more concerning is when I made the initial call to Apple Support about the issue, the representative said that the battery performance was not covered under any warranty and that, even though I just bought the darned thing, I'd have to pay 79.00 to have it sent in and repaired, during which time I would be without a phone.
Ummm.... NO.
I made it very clear I would get an attorney and make them replace it. I was then placed on hold 2 different times, after which I was passed to a different representative who was more friendly and scheduled a Genius Bar appointment (per the above).
In summary: be prepared to invest extra time with this device if you're having any issues with the iPhone.
From what I recall of the program, a series of blood tests were performed on a range of dead animals found in the jungle (somewhere in Africa).
A comparative study was performed with blood samples from the local tribes people. It's there they discovered a multitude of viruses that would otherwise have been assumed animal specific.
Here is a link which I believe is the episode:
Explorer
The concept is rather frightening, if you think about it.
A recent program on NatGeo (Explorer?) hypothesizes that viruses are also a key part of human evolution.
The "junk DNA" that we all have is likely the result of viruses.
They've also discovered that viruses in the wild actually quite easily jump from species to species, too.
In one of the experiments, they found a large amount of a certain virus in the womb of a sheep during pregnancy. When inoculated against the virus, the pregnancy would not complete.
On a slightly related note, I received a copy of Comcast's Privacy Policy last night in the mail.
In short, it indicates they use (probably store) information about how you use their network, including websites visited.
That seems barely legal, but a growing trend.
I could just set up a proxy at work and begin routing all my web traffic there over SSL, I suppose!
This makes me think of other unrelated services, that modify their terms.
Ultimately, what if I put a (c) indication in my original content, on any public service. Would that be equally enforceable under the law?
I say this with some sarcasm: Why can't I amend their ToS and send it to them, modifying the Terms of Use of my personal, original content?:-) I wonder if anyone has done this.
I recall seeing an article, perhaps here on slashdot, about the invention of the multi-touch interface; wasn't it at a college in the UK or somewhere.
That being the case, Apple didn't invent it. It's possible they bought the rights to it - though, other companies have already begun jumping in to the "touch screen" interface market. You'd think that if there were danger of patent infringement, this wouldn't be the case?
Doing a Google search for "invention multi-touch interface" brings up a few links, including one from freshpatents.com (patent #20090002328).
They would "prefer" you wipe your drive only once, so they can retrieve the data.
The gov't does in fact have clever techniques to recover data; even from wiped drives. Even from drives that have been wiped and "destroyed".
The safest way to protect your data, apart from multiple wipes, is to take the platters out and have them ground up, in my opinion.:-)
I'm not terribly surprised.
I've run across reviews that seemed too thorough (and condescending) to be something composed by your average consumer.
I could be wrong, but I seriously doubt Belkin is the only one that's paying people to pimp up their reviews.
Did anyone catch the recent 60 Minutes story on this. The gist of it was that even some of the most respected e-waste companies end up exporting to China, despite their promises to do otherwise.
You can watch the story HERE.
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At this point in time, I wonder what the ultimate value is of keeping the original UNIX source code closed. I think Novell and whomever else has an IP interest here should sign-off on the entire UNIX V distribution into open source, with an appropriately open license, and be done with this legal BS once and for all. Such action should cover all bases, so that some idiot with a "derivative" can't come forth and pull another SCO suit. It's been nothing but a pain in the entire tech world's backside since this all started...
In fact, I don't know anyone in the industry that's actually using real UNIX V code in production anymore. Where is their alleged niche?
I am in the same boat. I ended up importing them into Cyrus for the last few years. It's not fool-proof, however if you configure the "squatter" service, it will do some rich indexing. I have found that, over time, even when older messages have an attachment, it doesn't always translate correctly into modern mailers. There could be several reasons behind that.
A while ago, I saw a project called Zoe which was aimed at solving the problems described -- it was OS centric (Mac?), though I believe it's been abandoned.
Another project out there is "dbmail" which is basically a large-scale email server (IMAP, et) that stores your messages in a MySQL database. Might be worth a shot.
I think the original poster is asking about something that not only will store the data properly, but present some sensible GUI to peruse it all. This capability is veering into paradigm of "document management" I would think. Especially with regard to access of the original attachments and their various encodings and formats.
The business model of the healthcare industry can explain why it's difficult for individuals to obtain policies.
Note, this is not flame bait, just what I understand about the facts. The healthcare industries are in biz to make money - your claims are their losses, so if you rely on a plan that is subsidized wholly by the healthcare company, you're more likely to have troubles than, for example, a policy under an plan in which the company is "self insured" -- self insured means that the individual company has a pool of funds that pays claims and the healthcare company (ie: Blue Cross) is the "servicer" on their behalf. Under that scenario, and in my own personal experience, you are less likely to have troubles.
60 Minutes recently did an interesting segment on this, which included former employees ("Doctors") of large healthcare companies who came forward about some of the internal politics of this - and the horrors of the policies that favor denied claims, etc.
Notwithstanding other really good advice and info here, of course.
Also, if you'd like to see another viewpoint and comparison of the healthcare industries of the world, see Michael Moore's "SiCKO" -- tho there is obviously a bias there, I found it quite interesting.
This is partly why this so-called "public option" has people up in arms. It's (mostly) about the money :-)
I think that's great that you're looking to get out on your own; I wish you the best of luck.
The vetting process is only as good as the time and effort and competence you're able to provide.
Case in point: I have an iPhone 3GS. Just 2 days after downloading and accessing the PayPal App on my iPhone, some jerk broke in to my PayPal account and stole money. We traced the relay to a server in the Netherlands, and we suspect one of the seemingly harmless apps (Emoticons) had an obscured/obfuscated key logger.
Needless to say, I will not be doing any sensitive operations on my mobile devices. I was particularly alarmed at Apple's apparent apathy toward it, after calling them and with a very well-documented complaint.
My point is that these are new platforms and it may be a while before we're really able to truly secure them -- at least to the point where we can a computer system that we operate (without restrictions). The Android market is probably more dangerous to this effect as there is no real official vetting process -- anyone can write an app.
Caveat Emptor.
If anyone has reverse engineered the Droid09 apps to show the code - post them somewhere publicly. I'd be interested in seeing these, possibly making comparisons to what was found hiding on the iPhone.
I wish this would cover product reviews, such as those on amazon.com. It's really frustrating; some of them are so obviously bogus.
I recall hearing about a law that requires a public company to keep all this information and make it available --- darn, I can't think of what the law is, however sites like amazon.com may be subject to it. This doesn't apply to "forums". For example, discussions.apple.com has a bad habit of deleting any posting that is critical of them in any way. It's a different can of worms in that case (worms in apples? lol).
Anyone out there familiar with the legal ramifications?
It should be more like "Tweet My Lawsuit" :-) GRIN
I'm a little surprised to hear the iPhone referred to as a "low end" device.
The rest of the summary makes me think what it would be like if the Auto Industry did the same. Isn't that ludicrous? It seems like the cell phone insurance industry should be sued. Insurance is insurance, if I pay to have my device insured -- that exactly what I expect. That's what I pay for.
What I'd really like to know is: WHERE IS MMS FOR THE iPHONE?
I'm taking a "wait and see" attitude about this. I really liked the darker tones of Guillermo del Toro's films - I sometimes wonder what his interpretation of the Lord of the Rings series might have been. I'm not sure what else you can do with this storyline, but I'm betting del Toro will at least do something "interesting."
I'm not privvy to the details of the spat between the Tolkien Trust and New Line, but this isn't the only time there has been some form of disagreement. If you recall, the last director, Peter Jackson, had some lawsuit going on. I'm starting to get this vision of Tolkien Trust as being a group of Gollums, trying to protect "the precious" to whatever end. Maybe it's presumptuous to say that, but if they're not opening their books and not releasing details, then you have to be suspicious of their motives.
I had imagined Tolkien Trust as being responsible for licensing and essentially protecting, to whatever degree, the legacy from Tolkien's work. Has it gone farther than that?
I would love to see one of these for the United States cell territories.
No, I've not used any tethering -- I've actually turned Location Services off.
I really think it's just an artifact of mass production.
After reading through various articles on the Internet, it seems evident there are problems with the new iPhone 3G S batteries. Some of them worse.
The battery life on my new 3G S has been terrible--worse than my experience with the first generation device, where I had to replace the phone three times before I got one that worked properly.
I recently went into the Apple Store at the Burlington Mall, Burlington, MA, to see the Genius Bar about this battery problem. I was (and wasn't) surprised to have them offload the problem to me, how I was pushing/pulling data. They made a quick adjustment and told me to "come back if you have more problems". Though, intuitively, I wonder if this is what they're instructed to do.
The FAQ on apple.com even suggests that you just turn off 3G and this-and-that. What would be the point of having the phone if you have to turn off all the useful features?
I say that because I already experimented with different settings and did not see any improved battery life. I explained this very clearly.
What's even more concerning is when I made the initial call to Apple Support about the issue, the representative said that the battery performance was not covered under any warranty and that, even though I just bought the darned thing, I'd have to pay 79.00 to have it sent in and repaired, during which time I would be without a phone.
Ummm.... NO.
I made it very clear I would get an attorney and make them replace it. I was then placed on hold 2 different times, after which I was passed to a different representative who was more friendly and scheduled a Genius Bar appointment (per the above).
In summary: be prepared to invest extra time with this device if you're having any issues with the iPhone.
Caveat Emptor.
From what I recall of the program, a series of blood tests were performed on a range of dead animals found in the jungle (somewhere in Africa).
A comparative study was performed with blood samples from the local tribes people. It's there they discovered a multitude of viruses that would otherwise have been assumed animal specific.
Here is a link which I believe is the episode: Explorer
The concept is rather frightening, if you think about it.
A recent program on NatGeo (Explorer?) hypothesizes that viruses are also a key part of human evolution.
The "junk DNA" that we all have is likely the result of viruses.
They've also discovered that viruses in the wild actually quite easily jump from species to species, too.
In one of the experiments, they found a large amount of a certain virus in the womb of a sheep during pregnancy. When inoculated against the virus, the pregnancy would not complete.
Very interesting theory.
Am I mistaken, or did I read somewhere that these units were running a version of MS Windows? That alone would be shocking (horrifying).
That would be problem one, securing the operating system (use Linux).
I also wonder what, if any, logging and monitoring they are utilizing, or anti-virus (I'm guessing none).
MMS, for crissakes! :-) They've ignored that for a long time.
I agree with another poster here, the Google Maps feature is completely useless for traveling. Too slow, not enough detail, kludgy.
I'd like to cut-and-paste from SMS so I can "separately" send similar comments to people.
Where I work, we use DeepFreeze by Faronics.
When a system is "frozen" you can install, modify, do anything -- but when it reboots, the entire system is restored to its pristine state.
It's available for Mac, Linux, Windows.
They have some whitepapers, I believe, on how it works.
With that, and Puppet and other tools, you may be able to accomplish what you need.
Very well put, I completely agree with you. Especially in regard to the disabled.
I think the Author's Guild may have just shot themselves in the foot on this one.
On a slightly related note, I received a copy of Comcast's Privacy Policy last night in the mail. In short, it indicates they use (probably store) information about how you use their network, including websites visited. That seems barely legal, but a growing trend. I could just set up a proxy at work and begin routing all my web traffic there over SSL, I suppose!
This makes me think of other unrelated services, that modify their terms.
Ultimately, what if I put a (c) indication in my original content, on any public service. Would that be equally enforceable under the law?
I say this with some sarcasm: Why can't I amend their ToS and send it to them, modifying the Terms of Use of my personal, original content? :-) I wonder if anyone has done this.
I recall seeing an article, perhaps here on slashdot, about the invention of the multi-touch interface; wasn't it at a college in the UK or somewhere. That being the case, Apple didn't invent it. It's possible they bought the rights to it - though, other companies have already begun jumping in to the "touch screen" interface market. You'd think that if there were danger of patent infringement, this wouldn't be the case? Doing a Google search for "invention multi-touch interface" brings up a few links, including one from freshpatents.com (patent #20090002328).
They would "prefer" you wipe your drive only once, so they can retrieve the data. The gov't does in fact have clever techniques to recover data; even from wiped drives. Even from drives that have been wiped and "destroyed". The safest way to protect your data, apart from multiple wipes, is to take the platters out and have them ground up, in my opinion. :-)
I'm not terribly surprised. I've run across reviews that seemed too thorough (and condescending) to be something composed by your average consumer. I could be wrong, but I seriously doubt Belkin is the only one that's paying people to pimp up their reviews.
Did anyone catch the recent 60 Minutes story on this. The gist of it was that even some of the most respected e-waste companies end up exporting to China, despite their promises to do otherwise. You can watch the story HERE.