Uh, what? They think filing in Virginia is going to help them? Last I checked, Virginia still had a law on the books criminalizing spamming. Not that it seems to get used much...
I'm having real trouble seeing the logic of your argument. You seem to be saying that the government didn't want to admit Carnivore existed, which made it impossible for them to get it fixed/updated. How'd it get built in the first place, then? Answer: It got built by cleared contractors who knew not to reveal the name or details to anyone not appropriately cleared. Similar contractors -- probably the same ones -- would be (and probably were) used to maintain it.
Very odd. I have a C860 with stock Sharp ROM (v 1.40 JP), personally converted to English. I have no problem entering data (including phone numbers) into the default Address Book. The app, and the default calendar app, are OK, but I prefer the KDE PIM ports (KAddressbook and KOrganizer).
To be fair to the author, he didn't actually say lack of support for ActiveX was a "bug", just that, along with the bugs, it means it "isn't perfect":
"Firefox isn't perfect. It still has some bugs, which isn't surprising considering it only recently came out of "beta" or testing mode. It also can't do much with pages that require features only Internet Explorer has, such as the ability to run Active-X programs."
Also, this bit struck me as unnecessarily condescending, which detracts from the good points of your message:
Maybe next time you foray into this arena, good intentions in hand, you might want to submit your article for peer review in the relevant communities. I will be glad to point you in the directions for this if you like.
Feel free to ask.
The local (Clinton, Iowa) paper had more information
here. Key quote:
CIS stated in the lawsuit that the defendants sent the spam to CIS e-mail addresses that were found on a CD-ROM titled "Bulk Mailing 4 Dummies. The court documents stated that CD-ROM included a list of more than 2.8 million e-mail addresses with the "cis.net" domain. Nearly all these addresses are fictitious, have never been assigned to a CIS subscriber and have never been used, except entered on the list included on the CD-ROM. Kramer can't be sure, but he believes the "cis" was mistakenly entered into that CD-ROM and that the creator had actually been trying to input another company's information.
As an owner of a Zaurus 5500 and a CL-860, I have to say Sharp's real problem is that it is simply not seriously marketing and selling its PDAs outside Japan. They're certainly not pushing the 5500, and their website is a joke; the clamshells, like the 860, are only available by buying from an importer and must be converted if your Japanese is not up to snuff.
I agree that their PIM apps are not seen as being as good as those on Palms and other PDAs. Touting code compatibility with Linux Palms would probably help. So would pointing out the free KDE PIM alternatives; I've just installed KOrganizer (calendar) and KAddressbook, and so far find them superior to the built-in equivalents.
Interesting comment on Sun's payment to SCO
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I think this is a very interesting quote from the article:
Arguably the most important question I asked Scott McNealy was, "What proprietary code had to be taken out of Solaris in preparation for open sourcing it?" McNealy responded by saying that the process of open sourcing Solaris actually started five years ago. "There were hundreds of encumbrances to open sourcing Solaris. Some of them we had to buy out, others we had to eliminate. We had to pay SCO more money so we could open the code -- I couldn't say anything about that at the time, but now I can tell you that we paid them that license fee to expand our rights to the code," he said, referring to the February 2003 multi-million-dollar purchase of expanded Unix SVR4 license rights from the SCO Group. That was at the beginning of SCO's war on Linux, and the timing of Sun's license purchase was suspicious. At the time it was widely theorized in the online press that Sun had purchased the expanded Unix licenses to help fund SCO's lawsuit against Sun's lifelong nemesis IBM and public attacks on Sun's part-time rival, GNU/Linux; if what McNealy says is true, a lot of pundits owe him an apology.
I saw the dancing sheep bit. Cute, but the moralizing was a bit too transparent for me.
At the risk of being redundant, I'll say I loved the film, too. Awesome graphics, great action, nicely-nuanced story line, yadda yadda yadda, and -- above all -- hilarious.
Indeed. I have a 5500, and have been considering an imported clamshell C860. I have to wonder whether the lackluster response to the products was due to Sharp's lackluster marketing and support.
Another poster has pointed out that the MSNBC article seems to state SCO really does have an IP-infringement case here. I noted a couple other dubious claims:
SCO's case is built on its copyright to UNIX
. Actually, IBM is arguing that one of the fatal flaws in SCO's case is that Novell holds that copyright.
IBM has countersued by arguing that an as-yet-untested open-source-community agreement, the General Public License (GPL), negates SCO's claims of code ownership
Say what?? IBM is not claiming the GPL negates SCO's claims.
Ha! Little do you know the real secret behind Area 51 -- it's already done. They were going to announce completion on 1 Jan, but they may move that up before you retract.... 'Scuse me; someone's pounding on the door...
[Replies pointing out the technical flaws in the above will be cheerfully ignored.]
Re:T-Systems connects Scott Richter's net
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You're right -- 69.6.1.1 does route through dtag.de. But hosts that I've actually received spam from -- 69.6.66.9, 69.6.66.10, 69.6.66.17, 69.6.66.20 -- all route through level3.net and not dtag.de. So I'm not sure T-Systems would feel obliged to act...
Re:T-Systems connects Scott Richter's net
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Odd. I've been getting occasional spams from his netblock. But when I do traceroutes from various directions to his IPs, all routes show so-5-0.ipcolo1.Chicago1.Level3.net as their connection. Complaints to level3 have thus far produced no response.
How does T-Systems figure into this? Do they own level3?
Even after running the heise.de article through babelfish, I having trouble seeing an actual announcement by T-Systems; do you have a pointer to one?
Actually, I switched to AT&T for local and LD a few months ago. Their prices were competitve (better than the gouging I was getting from MCI). And -- I've seen no-one mention this -- there are the frequent-flier miles. Maybe I'll feel differently when I need to deal with their customer service, but it's been smooth sailing so far...
If you want to play MP3s on a CF card, why not use a PDA that takes CF cards? My Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 does, so I play MP3s that way. Price is comparable with an iPod mini, and you get a real PDA and Linux platform in the bargain.
I read the linked Yahoo article, followed its link to CERT. The CERT page leads off with "IIS 5 Web Server Compromises"; the text recommends turning off Javascript, but doesn't say anything about switching browsers. I didn't see anything else about IE that related to this problem. Anybody have a link?
The original H.R. 2929 Summary says: "Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prohibit the transmission of a spyware program to a covered computer (one used by a financial institution or the Federal Government)...". In other words, the law would not apply to "the average Joe's" computer.
The substitute uses the term "protected computer", but I did not see a definition of that term, or any other indication as to whether the coverage has been broadened to include privately-owned computers or not.
Knowledge of the technology and problem area you're working in is probably a good thing. But someone with the wrong degree of understanding, or knowledge that is only tangential, can be given to pushing the team in technical directions that aren't quite appropriate to what you're trying to accomplish. Been there, done that...
Yeah, I don't know why this is such a big deal. I found a car-starting-up.wav somewhere a long time ago, and have been using it as my Windows startup sound now and then, just for giggles.
Uh... Netscape Messenger. Hmm. So, I try IE; Tools > Internet Options > Programs duly acknowledges that Netscape Mail is the mail prog but a mailto:... launches Messenger anyway!?! OK, set it to something else; set it back; now everyone (including Firebird) launches Mail. Sheesh; Windows strikes again. Thanks.
On my Windows 2000 box, Firebird 0.7 seems to think my default mailer is Netscape 4.7. This is incorrect; Send To > Mail Recipient gets the right answer, which is Netscape 7.1.
Re:OWL is not for what the reviewer thinks
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Sorry, I have to disagree with this, having developed ontologies in both DAML and OWL. Both build on RDF and RDF Schema. An OWL ontology uses subClassOf, subPropertyOf, domain, range, et al out of the rdfs (RDF Schema) namespace.
What really annoys me about this are the health insurance companies. Seems like they all use you SSN as ID, boldly printed on your membership card. (Aetna urged me to "always keep it with you", or something to that effect -- yeah, right.) A BCBS rep told me over a year ago they were phasing them out, in part due to a California law requiring the change. I hope they'll all make the move real soon...
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Uh, what? They think filing in Virginia is going to help them? Last I checked, Virginia still had a law on the books criminalizing spamming. Not that it seems to get used much...
Notice their link to the zip doesn't work? Maybe it is a conspiracy... :-,)
I'm having real trouble seeing the logic of your argument. You seem to be saying that the government didn't want to admit Carnivore existed, which made it impossible for them to get it fixed/updated. How'd it get built in the first place, then? Answer: It got built by cleared contractors who knew not to reveal the name or details to anyone not appropriately cleared. Similar contractors -- probably the same ones -- would be (and probably were) used to maintain it.
Very odd. I have a C860 with stock Sharp ROM (v 1.40 JP), personally converted to English. I have no problem entering data (including phone numbers) into the default Address Book. The app, and the default calendar app, are OK, but I prefer the KDE PIM ports (KAddressbook and KOrganizer).
As an owner of a Zaurus 5500 and a CL-860, I have to say Sharp's real problem is that it is simply not seriously marketing and selling its PDAs outside Japan. They're certainly not pushing the 5500, and their website is a joke; the clamshells, like the 860, are only available by buying from an importer and must be converted if your Japanese is not up to snuff. I agree that their PIM apps are not seen as being as good as those on Palms and other PDAs. Touting code compatibility with Linux Palms would probably help. So would pointing out the free KDE PIM alternatives; I've just installed KOrganizer (calendar) and KAddressbook, and so far find them superior to the built-in equivalents.
I saw the dancing sheep bit. Cute, but the moralizing was a bit too transparent for me. At the risk of being redundant, I'll say I loved the film, too. Awesome graphics, great action, nicely-nuanced story line, yadda yadda yadda, and -- above all -- hilarious.
Indeed. I have a 5500, and have been considering an imported clamshell C860. I have to wonder whether the lackluster response to the products was due to Sharp's lackluster marketing and support.
Ha! Little do you know the real secret behind Area 51 -- it's already done. They were going to announce completion on 1 Jan, but they may move that up before you retract. ... 'Scuse me; someone's pounding on the door ...
[Replies pointing out the technical flaws in the above will be cheerfully ignored.]
You're right -- 69.6.1.1 does route through dtag.de. But hosts that I've actually received spam from -- 69.6.66.9, 69.6.66.10, 69.6.66.17, 69.6.66.20 -- all route through level3.net and not dtag.de. So I'm not sure T-Systems would feel obliged to act...
Odd. I've been getting occasional spams from his netblock. But when I do traceroutes from various directions to his IPs, all routes show so-5-0.ipcolo1.Chicago1.Level3.net as their connection. Complaints to level3 have thus far produced no response. How does T-Systems figure into this? Do they own level3? Even after running the heise.de article through babelfish, I having trouble seeing an actual announcement by T-Systems; do you have a pointer to one?
Actually, I switched to AT&T for local and LD a few months ago. Their prices were competitve (better than the gouging I was getting from MCI). And -- I've seen no-one mention this -- there are the frequent-flier miles. Maybe I'll feel differently when I need to deal with their customer service, but it's been smooth sailing so far...
If you want to play MP3s on a CF card, why not use a PDA that takes CF cards? My Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 does, so I play MP3s that way. Price is comparable with an iPod mini, and you get a real PDA and Linux platform in the bargain.
I read the linked Yahoo article, followed its link to CERT. The CERT page leads off with "IIS 5 Web Server Compromises"; the text recommends turning off Javascript, but doesn't say anything about switching browsers. I didn't see anything else about IE that related to this problem. Anybody have a link?
Newer Sharp Zaurus models have switched from Opera to Netfront.
The original H.R. 2929 Summary says: "Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prohibit the transmission of a spyware program to a covered computer (one used by a financial institution or the Federal Government)...". In other words, the law would not apply to "the average Joe's" computer. The substitute uses the term "protected computer", but I did not see a definition of that term, or any other indication as to whether the coverage has been broadened to include privately-owned computers or not.
Knowledge of the technology and problem area you're working in is probably a good thing. But someone with the wrong degree of understanding, or knowledge that is only tangential, can be given to pushing the team in technical directions that aren't quite appropriate to what you're trying to accomplish. Been there, done that...
Yeah, I don't know why this is such a big deal. I found a car-starting-up .wav somewhere a long time ago, and have been using it as my Windows startup sound now and then, just for giggles.
Uh... Netscape Messenger. Hmm. So, I try IE; Tools > Internet Options > Programs duly acknowledges that Netscape Mail is the mail prog but a mailto:... launches Messenger anyway!?! OK, set it to something else; set it back; now everyone (including Firebird) launches Mail. Sheesh; Windows strikes again. Thanks.
On my Windows 2000 box, Firebird 0.7 seems to think my default mailer is Netscape 4.7. This is incorrect; Send To > Mail Recipient gets the right answer, which is Netscape 7.1.
Sorry, I have to disagree with this, having developed ontologies in both DAML and OWL. Both build on RDF and RDF Schema. An OWL ontology uses subClassOf, subPropertyOf, domain, range, et al out of the rdfs (RDF Schema) namespace.
What really annoys me about this are the health insurance companies. Seems like they all use you SSN as ID, boldly printed on your membership card. (Aetna urged me to "always keep it with you", or something to that effect -- yeah, right.) A BCBS rep told me over a year ago they were phasing them out, in part due to a California law requiring the change. I hope they'll all make the move real soon...