Not only is this pretty obvious (how do they think Facebook is trying to make money), but there are much bigger fish to fry.
Did the researcher consider Google's Analytics, much more widely used than Facebook's "Like" button? Or how about any of the numerous other internet advertisers scattered across the internet who are well known for this kind of activity?
Definitely what the others said about the desk. Of course you know this well, but for the sake of those reading, ask your employer for a better chair and keyboard; chances are good you can get it, but if not, you might think twice about your employment options. If you still really like your job or feel you have no choice but to stay, then seriously - spend a couple hundred on the chair and keyboard yourself. The money you spend will be small compared to doctor bills and potentially permanently damaged health.
I'll also echo the other comments about exercise. At least try to add some variety to your daily wrist activity; stress balls, playing tennis, whatever, as long as it's not keyboard/mouse/piano type activity. Take a few minutes away from your desk to stretch your wrists - and your neck too! It'll be good for you in other ways as well.
Finally, depending on your dexterity, something that has worked extremely well for me is to go left-handed on the mouse for a while; if I ever feel a hint of motion strain in my right hand, I switch to the left on the mouse. Within a few hours I feel great. In general, I also spend about 2/3rd of my time on a mouse, and about 1/3rd using a trackpad. The change is excellent.
When I was about 13, I was sending about 3-4 hours a day playing little computer games. I had a bit of an interest in programming, but not the dedication. Well, my Dad & I made a deal. When I could code up a particular program, I would be allowed to do whatever I wanted with the computer, no time limits or restrictions. But, until then, the only thing I was allowed to do was work with code (or other homework).
It took me about 3 years. By the time I was done, I not only could write the program that was part of the bargain, but I knew the C language like the back of my hand. I didn't have much of an interest in gaming either. It also forced me to get a bit of a life too. When I got fed up with coding, it got me out of the house to do other stuff. It's been years since then, and now I'm married with two kids and have a pretty decent job doing higher end IT work.
So, I'm with the folks who've said your friend ought to man up a bit. It's certainly not child abuse to tell your teen the games are off limits for a while, and go spend some time with him doing some other things. He'll probably thank you for it later.
I use SPF, but only to block known or likely forgeries. That is, an e-mail that claims to be from somehost.com AND somehost.com has SPF records, but the message fails the SPF test. In this case, either the message is forged, or the admin of somehost.com hasn't properly educated his users.
I also block a very limited case of messages that claim to be from our own domain, but are in fact spoofed. It has to do with a mismatch of the From: header and the MAIL FROM response. You can read more about it here: http://www.eisbox.net/2009/07/23/2395-mail-from-vs-from-vs-sender-exploiting-spf/
I too, have known this for a while... I've been running three pairs of Domain Controllers that are exact clones of each other (apart from the network name), for the last 6-7 years. While I had read the occasional documentation that claimed it would cause problems, I never experienced any, nor could I found anything that would say what the problems might be or how they would be caused.
Good to know my intuition and testing held out to be true!
God, the sense of entitlement in the US is making me sick...
Just because some college-grad got sue happy does not mean that everyone in the US has that sense of entitlement. Some of us actually expect to have to work to get anywhere.
Being a CS student myself, this case interested me enough to also have read the search warrant. I very much agree with the parent here in that that there was definitely enough evidence to seize the computer equipment.
Among other things:
* Combinations of IP addresses, hostnames, and mac addresses (used in sending out the e-mails) all trace back to him
* This is not the first time he has been a suspect for certain crimes
* Is likely guilty on several counts of bootlegged software and other media, such as video
* He's been known to be (or accused of by at least one reliable witness), bragging about his "hacking" skills, of helping other students with illegal filesharing, etc.
I'm on a ~10Mbps downlink, and 2 or 3 months ago my wife and I had no problems at all; watch instantly was literally just about that.
I'm not sure if it's the new Silverlight player or if they are throttling bandwidth, but there definitely was a noticeable and sudden degradation in download / wait time performance 3-5 weeks ago.
Meet another ballroom dancer network admin. I've been involved in the style of dancing for the past two and a half years.
This is actually rather amusing; It makes you wonder how many other activities slashdotters are involved in that they just don't want to admit to.
I'm rather surprised no one has pointed this out yet, but doesn't it seem just a little odd they expect to be able to predict the climate in 50 years....... when they can't even predict tomorrow's weather properly yet?
Usually, you agreed to having it installed on your computer at some point or another; especially Ad-Ware. Often it can be hidden in the fine print of some other programs installation, or a "plug-in" on a website.
How is this offtopic? Short maybe, but perfectly relevant...
Reminds me of an old Compact Flash reader I had.
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I once had an compact flash hard reader, that for whatever reason, couldn't properly access the partition table of the CF cards.
I was the greatest thing though!! Those crazy CF card companies were hiding Gigabytes of space from me.
Here were my results:
32 Mb -> 60 Gb
64 Mb -> 40 Gb
128 Mb -> 90 Gb
And best of all, I have one very special CF card:
256 Mb -> 1.2 Tb.
Yes, I acutally had this happen, right there in the logical disk manager under Windows XP, the disk showed up as 1.2 Terabytes.
It was great hearing SimpleTech's support guy: You what!!?? A 1.2 Terabyte CF Card?
He said I should hang on to it... I did.
Later on, I got a Zaurus, and just for kicks popped in the CF card. A few commands later, I had rebuilt the partition, and was back in business.
Bottom line: Busted partition tables != extra space.
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...this isn't the first time that a core part of an OS has been backdoored (at least, almost) http://kerneltrap.org/node/1584
Not only is this pretty obvious (how do they think Facebook is trying to make money), but there are much bigger fish to fry. Did the researcher consider Google's Analytics, much more widely used than Facebook's "Like" button? Or how about any of the numerous other internet advertisers scattered across the internet who are well known for this kind of activity?
Definitely what the others said about the desk. Of course you know this well, but for the sake of those reading, ask your employer for a better chair and keyboard; chances are good you can get it, but if not, you might think twice about your employment options. If you still really like your job or feel you have no choice but to stay, then seriously - spend a couple hundred on the chair and keyboard yourself. The money you spend will be small compared to doctor bills and potentially permanently damaged health.
I'll also echo the other comments about exercise. At least try to add some variety to your daily wrist activity; stress balls, playing tennis, whatever, as long as it's not keyboard/mouse/piano type activity. Take a few minutes away from your desk to stretch your wrists - and your neck too! It'll be good for you in other ways as well.
Finally, depending on your dexterity, something that has worked extremely well for me is to go left-handed on the mouse for a while; if I ever feel a hint of motion strain in my right hand, I switch to the left on the mouse. Within a few hours I feel great. In general, I also spend about 2/3rd of my time on a mouse, and about 1/3rd using a trackpad. The change is excellent.
When I was about 13, I was sending about 3-4 hours a day playing little computer games. I had a bit of an interest in programming, but not the dedication. Well, my Dad & I made a deal. When I could code up a particular program, I would be allowed to do whatever I wanted with the computer, no time limits or restrictions. But, until then, the only thing I was allowed to do was work with code (or other homework). It took me about 3 years. By the time I was done, I not only could write the program that was part of the bargain, but I knew the C language like the back of my hand. I didn't have much of an interest in gaming either. It also forced me to get a bit of a life too. When I got fed up with coding, it got me out of the house to do other stuff. It's been years since then, and now I'm married with two kids and have a pretty decent job doing higher end IT work. So, I'm with the folks who've said your friend ought to man up a bit. It's certainly not child abuse to tell your teen the games are off limits for a while, and go spend some time with him doing some other things. He'll probably thank you for it later.
I use SPF, but only to block known or likely forgeries. That is, an e-mail that claims to be from somehost.com AND somehost.com has SPF records, but the message fails the SPF test. In this case, either the message is forged, or the admin of somehost.com hasn't properly educated his users. I also block a very limited case of messages that claim to be from our own domain, but are in fact spoofed. It has to do with a mismatch of the From: header and the MAIL FROM response. You can read more about it here: http://www.eisbox.net/2009/07/23/2395-mail-from-vs-from-vs-sender-exploiting-spf/
I too, have known this for a while... I've been running three pairs of Domain Controllers that are exact clones of each other (apart from the network name), for the last 6-7 years. While I had read the occasional documentation that claimed it would cause problems, I never experienced any, nor could I found anything that would say what the problems might be or how they would be caused. Good to know my intuition and testing held out to be true!
God, the sense of entitlement in the US is making me sick...
Just because some college-grad got sue happy does not mean that everyone in the US has that sense of entitlement. Some of us actually expect to have to work to get anywhere.
Is it independent of the chipset as well, or does it only apply to x86?
Read the search warrant application - the article and EFF summary is bad; there was definitely enough evidence to at least justify the search warrant.
Being a CS student myself, this case interested me enough to also have read the search warrant. I very much agree with the parent here in that that there was definitely enough evidence to seize the computer equipment. Among other things:
* Combinations of IP addresses, hostnames, and mac addresses (used in sending out the e-mails) all trace back to him
* This is not the first time he has been a suspect for certain crimes
* Is likely guilty on several counts of bootlegged software and other media, such as video
* He's been known to be (or accused of by at least one reliable witness), bragging about his "hacking" skills, of helping other students with illegal filesharing, etc.
I'm on a ~10Mbps downlink, and 2 or 3 months ago my wife and I had no problems at all; watch instantly was literally just about that. I'm not sure if it's the new Silverlight player or if they are throttling bandwidth, but there definitely was a noticeable and sudden degradation in download / wait time performance 3-5 weeks ago.
The university in question is NAU... Regardless of which system is picked, this is going to be a good move; you should see the system they use now.
We get by with 1 full-time and 3-part time, for 4 locations and about 100 users.
The Phoenix was built by the UofA... No wet, clumpy soil in AZ.
Some of the studies listed here go back to the 1980's... http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2007/03/06/mi llions_of_bees_die_are_electromagnetic_signals_to_ blame.htm
...it takes almost no effort to maintain.... *sigh* back to work We noticed.
Actually, I've used free wireless at Taco Bell's in Florida serveral times.
Meet another ballroom dancer network admin. I've been involved in the style of dancing for the past two and a half years. This is actually rather amusing; It makes you wonder how many other activities slashdotters are involved in that they just don't want to admit to.
I'm rather surprised no one has pointed this out yet, but doesn't it seem just a little odd they expect to be able to predict the climate in 50 years.... ... when they can't even predict tomorrow's weather properly yet?
Usually, you agreed to having it installed on your computer at some point or another; especially Ad-Ware. Often it can be hidden in the fine print of some other programs installation, or a "plug-in" on a website.
How is this offtopic? Short maybe, but perfectly relevant...
I once had an compact flash hard reader, that for whatever reason, couldn't properly access the partition table of the CF cards. I was the greatest thing though!! Those crazy CF card companies were hiding Gigabytes of space from me. Here were my results: 32 Mb -> 60 Gb 64 Mb -> 40 Gb 128 Mb -> 90 Gb And best of all, I have one very special CF card: 256 Mb -> 1.2 Tb. Yes, I acutally had this happen, right there in the logical disk manager under Windows XP, the disk showed up as 1.2 Terabytes. It was great hearing SimpleTech's support guy: You what!!?? A 1.2 Terabyte CF Card? He said I should hang on to it... I did. Later on, I got a Zaurus, and just for kicks popped in the CF card. A few commands later, I had rebuilt the partition, and was back in business. Bottom line: Busted partition tables != extra space.
I've been running mimedefang alongside spamassassin and graphdefang to help catch my spam.
Something really interesting happened the other day. I noticed that > 90% of my spam was coming from the IP 206.46.164.23 | 22
So, I happily blacklisted the host.
Whereupon, I began getting complaints that users were unable to send mail to us from Yahoo!
I promptly made the discovery that Yahoo!'s servers are happily sending me over 90% of all my spam. It despicable.
Nothing at all new about this - someone else did it last year: http://vader.inow.com/~drbob/fwcase.html
I should think otherwise:
GPS Transpoder
Looks like the power draw is low enough to survive a trip in a coke can too < 40 milliamps.