>Sorry, but if you break into my wireless network (even if you are just "mapping" how many open networks there are), you've just committed a crime.
So port scanning is a crime now? How many of those APs were 'closed?' On average it hovers around 10%. You're still just another node on the internet, the transmission medium doesn't make a difference.
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"Hey, what are you listening to?"
"Some MP3s. Tune your radio to 88.7 and listen"
*Neuros owner activates FM broadcast*
"Wow."
"Oh, I also recorded this hilarious interview with Triumph the insult comic dog on NPR."
"WOw you can record radio?"
"Sure."
Dont know about anyone else, but plugging into someone else's headphone jack doesnt sound impressive or important, you could do that since the first days of the walkman. The cult of iPod is strong, but when everyone and their brother owns one (we're almost there) no one is going to "jack in" and listen to your Garth Brooks or Clean-Channel approved content.
They should be writing definition files that detect and remove all spyware. Turn it on by default and make it optional to remove. In my opinion they are a much larger threat than viruses. Essentially, they're legal trojans.
Of course many AV companies are scared to do this becuase of ligitation, but a line has to be drawn somewhere. Not to mention the AV program itself might be spyware if it sends data home about the user. Even "anonymous" data should be considered spyware.
Also, how about certifications? A "TrustE" like program that certifies software would help somewhat.
Stewie is an "evil parody" of a famous british actor, whose name escapes me right now. I believe there are more than a couple interviews in which Seth is asked this question.
Which timeslot? I remember being moved at least twice.
Also, let's toss in Futurama while we're at it.
All the cartoon network did is take these gems and give them a consistant timeslot and *gasp* did some advertising. Now Rupert Murdoch et al are all scracting their heads at how much money CN is making and why dreck like "King of the Hill" isn't the cash cow it used to be.
I think you're right, I'd rather just buy the DVD than deal with FoxVision - where the shows you expect to see aren't there! Here, have some football instead.
Hell, if Cartoon Network had Fox-like money they'd be doing this too and with Futurama.
(above message from a Tivo owner and I still couldnt record Futurama because of football, for shame Fox)
The problem might lie in that digital cell communications are already encrypted by the telecoms themselves. The technoproles may not know that equals t-mobile can hear their conversations or they're content knowing that the kid down the street can't listen in to their calls.
Not to mention, some people really just believe in unrestricted government wiretapping the "Ive got nothing to hide" attitude or are too apathetic to care.
Same is true with Wine or running Cygwin under Windows. If the market is one controlled by a monopoly then its up to the users to create interoperable solutions. Plain and simple. This kind of "the sky is falling" attitude is a good way to further marginalize Linux.
In the real wold computers and software have to work with each other thus Wine, Samba, etc. Its only in the fantasy world of fanboys that these things could ever be percieved as bad ideas.
>Perhaps because of the end user? How many joe sixpacks do you know with a properly configured firewall, an up-to-date AV program, and have even heard of AdAware?
Classic blame the victim mentality. How has the industry served "joe sixpack" pray tell? This game has gone on long enough, we're looking at 4-months before an MS patch reaches critical mass in corporate america and even longer times in the residential market. Instead of constantly berating the end-user, someone has come up with a better solution. Beating the donkey only gets you so many results (I would say it doesnt get any better than it is now) and keeping this attitude makes many people in technology look like snobs and elitists.
Not to mention many malware and viruses find they're way through the firewall/AV anyway. This weeks' "You didnt patch your OS fast enough" is next week's "You didnt patch your firewall fast enough." or "Dont open attachments, even from people you know" to the highly condescending "Well you should be using Linux." Ad nauseum.
>It's a lot easier to release new AdAware definitions than it is to patch a piece of hardware
Sure it is, but Ad Aware et al are for end users, this device is for sys admins. I think they should be skilled enough to take care of it. Not to mention it sure beats the current "solutions."
>? Why should we look at this product as opposed to AdAware, a good firewall and a good AV program?
Prevention, thats why.
Killing the packets before they arrive means more signal within the noise (look at my apache log for all those code red machines on comcast's network for instance), saving time and money by having less sys admins fighting malware 24/7, helping the technoproles out by the fact that the less viruses they are able to get the less trouble they'll have in the long run.
Lastly, because what you mentioned isn't working.
>How do you plan to adapt your hardware once the creators of Malware adapt to yours?
Same is true with the methods you mention that you suggest work just fine. The Ad Aware people and the AV people are always fighting the cold war too. So are the anti-spam people. Another piece of tech that helps is a win for the good guys.
> How much will this *really* slow down a LAN or Intranet?
If it works like its described it would actually speed up malware infested LAN and WAN connections.
>I guess Slashdot just isn't willing to admit that their dislike of Fox News lead them to post a false story
Led to post a false story? Every media outlet was reporting the same thing. Nice conspiracy theory you've got there, but fark, metafilter, googlenews, etc were running the same story. The truly say part is after Fox's REAL intimidation lawsuit against Al Franken no one thought Fox suing the Simpsons was at all suspicious.
Normally, Groening's joke would have been as a understood as one, but Fox's well-earned reputation as childish bullies diluted the satirical joke itself. Scary.
Considering Fox's reputation is in the garbage can anyway, complaints regarding 'over the fold' are silly and if people can't be bothered to click on the Read More link then they deserve to wallow in ignorance. It isn't Taco's job to make a flash presentation and embed it on the front page becaus e a news channel you like was subjecedt to a prank.
Farnsworth: "This is a chance for Fry to test out my experimental MP3 pill." Fry: "I can't swallow that!" Farnsworth: "Well then, good news! It's a suppository."
No, no. My ass forced that 3 hour limit on him. I swear there should some discounted massages and physical therapy after being plugged into a typical movie seat for 180 minutes. What ever happened to the intermission? Or the 98 min movie?
I can do three hours in an IMAX seat, but anything below that quality - no thanks. Not to mention editing itself is an art and arguably if you truly need four or five hours you should revisit your script and storyboards to cut the fat without being told by executives that a 3+ hour movie is just a bad idea all around.
But the law, voted for a year by a majority of 53 to 25, sent shockwaves through the Israeli left-wing opposition and parties representing the Arab community, which accounts for 18 percent of Israel's population.
"We think this law is a racist law... interfering in the personal lives of people, their right to fall in love with somebody else. This situaiton will not be acceptable," said Jafar Farah, who heads the Haifa-based Mossawa centre for Israeli Arab rights.
According to Mossawa, some 21,000 families will be affected by the measure which targets only the Palestinians and does not apply to marriages between Israelis and any other nationals.
Denying residency on race is racist, pure and simple.
Say what you want about work permits, but residency permits kinds of kills your analogy
Palestinians require permits to continue residing in the closed area
Given the latest Israeli policy on permits, Palestinians residing in this area face an uncertain future. On 2 October 2003, the Israeli Defence Forces issued a number of military orders requiring approximately 13,545 residents in the currently existing 'closed zone' in Jenin, Qalqiliya and Tulkarm districts between the completed Wall and the Green Line to apply for green-coloured permits to remain living in their homes. These permits are valid for up to six months.
These permits have turned a 'right' of Palestinians to live in their own homes into a privilege.
The Wall will further restrict farmers living outside this 'closed zone' from getting to their land within it. Medical staff, business people and international humanitarian organizations also have to apply for special permits. The military orders exempt Israeli citizens and internationals of Jewish descent from these requirements.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article2168.sht ml
Selling arms to another country makes economic and diplomatic sense as they're only real ally is the US and depend on US aid for both their economy and military. By selling arms, even illegally,they have an chance to make money and make new friends. With already 65 UN resolutions against Israel, another really isn't going to hurt especially if the US steps in and vetos.
Info here: http://kornet.nu/blindhona/arkiv/000632.htm l
Email them here:
Ironically, Merriam-Webster has their own page about "Newspeak" where we are encouraged to "Practice your freedom. Drop us a line. Our e-mail address:" wftw@aol.com".
Lets see how quickly we can fill that AOL mailbox.
>Out of the 40 people that started a Java class in my college, only 6 of us finished it. 34 couldn't keep pace and couldn't understand it.
Well, look at how programming is taught today compared to the late 80s.
When we were taught BASIC on machines that were only command line, people were quick to pick it up. Why? Because you could actually do stuff with it. At the time writing an app that did stuff like simple math, outputted to the printer, displayed a simple ASCII graph, etc. This is what computers did and being able to do this with a few lines of BASIC code was actually empowering.
Now look at what computers do now: everything. And they do it with neat-o GUIs. Also, many commercial apps are written so you don't have to program. You don't have Ford telling you that you should be popping open the hood on a brand new car and doing some major work do you?
Anyway, walk into a Java class. First thing they teach isn't how you can use java to solve problems like sorting text files, etc they throw the bible of OOP at you. OOP is fine and good, but if you don't have some procedural experience under your belt and know your way around at least another language Java is just going to be a mix of OOP, classes, etc and other junk a lot of people are not going to see how it all connects to their everyday tasks. Even if you master Java you're writing horribly slow apps designed for cross-platform applications. Not exactly empowerment there. Sure, you can move to any language from there, but starting to learn programming with Java is like kick in the teeth.
I think Dylan should have focused on how empowering HTML, Javascript, and PHP are. After reading a book or looking at a few examples you can quickly get the gist of HTML. Same with javascript. The stuff runs, it does stuff, you can show it to your friends, etc. Shift to PHP are you're doing tons more stuff, while your Java programmer is fighting his or her through a complex language with a strict syntax (at least a lot more unforgiving than HTML or PHP).
If there's a lesson here its embrace modern tools that accomplish something. Moving back to the command line is silliness for most people as they never leave the GUI and don't expect a CL program to be of much use. Giving them the power to generate GUI-like apps through HTML, etc is much more useful than spending 18 hours learning how to use cat, emacs, pipes, uniq, head, tail, etc on Cygwin.
Its a web/GUI world. This is what people should be adopting to. The days of simple DOS-like programs are far behind us and a lot of scripting tasks can be done within robust GUI apps.
Look at Apache's popularity, yet it doesn't even come close to the security nightmare IIS is. Yes, popularity is part of the problem but it certainly isn't the main or only factor.
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>Sorry, but if you break into my wireless network (even if you are just "mapping" how many open networks there are), you've just committed a crime.
So port scanning is a crime now? How many of those APs were 'closed?' On average it hovers around 10%. You're still just another node on the internet, the transmission medium doesn't make a difference.
Slashdot on IIS.
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Well, I never!
Email me regarding getting those files to me and setting up a torrent.
Well if they had that kind of money.
"Hey, what are you listening to?"
"Some MP3s. Tune your radio to 88.7 and listen"
*Neuros owner activates FM broadcast*
"Wow."
"Oh, I also recorded this hilarious interview with Triumph the insult comic dog on NPR."
"WOw you can record radio?"
"Sure."
Dont know about anyone else, but plugging into someone else's headphone jack doesnt sound impressive or important, you could do that since the first days of the walkman. The cult of iPod is strong, but when everyone and their brother owns one (we're almost there) no one is going to "jack in" and listen to your Garth Brooks or Clean-Channel approved content.
They should be writing definition files that detect and remove all spyware. Turn it on by default and make it optional to remove. In my opinion they are a much larger threat than viruses. Essentially, they're legal trojans.
Of course many AV companies are scared to do this becuase of ligitation, but a line has to be drawn somewhere. Not to mention the AV program itself might be spyware if it sends data home about the user. Even "anonymous" data should be considered spyware.
Also, how about certifications? A "TrustE" like program that certifies software would help somewhat.
Stewie is an "evil parody" of a famous british actor, whose name escapes me right now. I believe there are more than a couple interviews in which Seth is asked this question.
>gave it a shitty timeslot so nobody watched it.
Which timeslot? I remember being moved at least twice.
Also, let's toss in Futurama while we're at it.
All the cartoon network did is take these gems and give them a consistant timeslot and *gasp* did some advertising. Now Rupert Murdoch et al are all scracting their heads at how much money CN is making and why dreck like "King of the Hill" isn't the cash cow it used to be.
I think you're right, I'd rather just buy the DVD than deal with FoxVision - where the shows you expect to see aren't there! Here, have some football instead.
Hell, if Cartoon Network had Fox-like money they'd be doing this too and with Futurama.
(above message from a Tivo owner and I still couldnt record Futurama because of football, for shame Fox)
The problem might lie in that digital cell communications are already encrypted by the telecoms themselves. The technoproles may not know that equals t-mobile can hear their conversations or they're content knowing that the kid down the street can't listen in to their calls.
Not to mention, some people really just believe in unrestricted government wiretapping the "Ive got nothing to hide" attitude or are too apathetic to care.
>why not simply run Windows?
Same is true with Wine or running Cygwin under Windows. If the market is one controlled by a monopoly then its up to the users to create interoperable solutions. Plain and simple. This kind of "the sky is falling" attitude is a good way to further marginalize Linux.
In the real wold computers and software have to work with each other thus Wine, Samba, etc. Its only in the fantasy world of fanboys that these things could ever be percieved as bad ideas.
I have lots of tinfoil that will be auctioned off on ebay as "offical Hubble debris" when they do burn it off.
>Perhaps because of the end user? How many joe sixpacks do you know with a properly configured firewall, an up-to-date AV program, and have even heard of AdAware?
Classic blame the victim mentality. How has the industry served "joe sixpack" pray tell? This game has gone on long enough, we're looking at 4-months before an MS patch reaches critical mass in corporate america and even longer times in the residential market. Instead of constantly berating the end-user, someone has come up with a better solution. Beating the donkey only gets you so many results (I would say it doesnt get any better than it is now) and keeping this attitude makes many people in technology look like snobs and elitists.
Not to mention many malware and viruses find they're way through the firewall/AV anyway. This weeks' "You didnt patch your OS fast enough" is next week's "You didnt patch your firewall fast enough." or "Dont open attachments, even from people you know" to the highly condescending "Well you should be using Linux." Ad nauseum.
>It's a lot easier to release new AdAware definitions than it is to patch a piece of hardware
Sure it is, but Ad Aware et al are for end users, this device is for sys admins. I think they should be skilled enough to take care of it. Not to mention it sure beats the current "solutions."
>? Why should we look at this product as opposed to AdAware, a good firewall and a good AV program?
Prevention, thats why.
Killing the packets before they arrive means more signal within the noise (look at my apache log for all those code red machines on comcast's network for instance), saving time and money by having less sys admins fighting malware 24/7, helping the technoproles out by the fact that the less viruses they are able to get the less trouble they'll have in the long run.
Lastly, because what you mentioned isn't working.
>How do you plan to adapt your hardware once the creators of Malware adapt to yours?
Same is true with the methods you mention that you suggest work just fine. The Ad Aware people and the AV people are always fighting the cold war too. So are the anti-spam people. Another piece of tech that helps is a win for the good guys.
> How much will this *really* slow down a LAN or Intranet?
If it works like its described it would actually speed up malware infested LAN and WAN connections.
>I guess Slashdot just isn't willing to admit that their dislike of Fox News lead them to post a false story
Led to post a false story? Every media outlet was reporting the same thing. Nice conspiracy theory you've got there, but fark, metafilter, googlenews, etc were running the same story. The truly say part is after Fox's REAL intimidation lawsuit against Al Franken no one thought Fox suing the Simpsons was at all suspicious.
Normally, Groening's joke would have been as a understood as one, but Fox's well-earned reputation as childish bullies diluted the satirical joke itself. Scary.
Considering Fox's reputation is in the garbage can anyway, complaints regarding 'over the fold' are silly and if people can't be bothered to click on the Read More link then they deserve to wallow in ignorance. It isn't Taco's job to make a flash presentation and embed it on the front page becaus e a news channel you like was subjecedt to a prank.
Farnsworth: "This is a chance for Fry to test out my experimental MP3 pill."
Fry: "I can't swallow that!"
Farnsworth: "Well then, good news! It's a suppository."
>New Line forced a 3 hour limit on him
No, no. My ass forced that 3 hour limit on him. I swear there should some discounted massages and physical therapy after being plugged into a typical movie seat for 180 minutes. What ever happened to the intermission? Or the 98 min movie?
I can do three hours in an IMAX seat, but anything below that quality - no thanks. Not to mention editing itself is an art and arguably if you truly need four or five hours you should revisit your script and storyboards to cut the fat without being told by executives that a 3+ hour movie is just a bad idea all around.
Last time I loaded Knoppix I got transluscent windows too.
Denying residency on race is racist, pure and simple.
http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/wed/c
Say what you want about work permits, but residency permits kinds of kills your analogy
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article2168.sh
Makes sense, because Israel has already been caught doing this by secretly selling the apartheid government of South Africa nuclear arms.
Ironically, with Israel's bans on inter-racial marriages, work permits for palestinians, and their new security wall they arguably are implementing apartheid on their own.
Selling arms to another country makes economic and diplomatic sense as they're only real ally is the US and depend on US aid for both their economy and military. By selling arms, even illegally,they have an chance to make money and make new friends. With already 65 UN resolutions against Israel, another really isn't going to hurt especially if the US steps in and vetos.
Mod this as you wish, but those are the facts.
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Email them here:
Lets see how quickly we can fill that AOL mailbox.
> would be that if you could code your own minions and objects
That is exactly how the game Second Life works. Its more Matrixy than the Matrix.
>Bad example for your kids now.
He posts to slashdot, his chances of mating successfully are pretty slim.
Here's to hoping for cheap and effective robot wives, for all our sakes.
>Out of the 40 people that started a Java class in my college, only 6 of us finished it. 34 couldn't keep pace and couldn't understand it.
Well, look at how programming is taught today compared to the late 80s.
When we were taught BASIC on machines that were only command line, people were quick to pick it up. Why? Because you could actually do stuff with it. At the time writing an app that did stuff like simple math, outputted to the printer, displayed a simple ASCII graph, etc. This is what computers did and being able to do this with a few lines of BASIC code was actually empowering.
Now look at what computers do now: everything. And they do it with neat-o GUIs. Also, many commercial apps are written so you don't have to program. You don't have Ford telling you that you should be popping open the hood on a brand new car and doing some major work do you?
Anyway, walk into a Java class. First thing they teach isn't how you can use java to solve problems like sorting text files, etc they throw the bible of OOP at you. OOP is fine and good, but if you don't have some procedural experience under your belt and know your way around at least another language Java is just going to be a mix of OOP, classes, etc and other junk a lot of people are not going to see how it all connects to their everyday tasks. Even if you master Java you're writing horribly slow apps designed for cross-platform applications. Not exactly empowerment there. Sure, you can move to any language from there, but starting to learn programming with Java is like kick in the teeth.
I think Dylan should have focused on how empowering HTML, Javascript, and PHP are. After reading a book or looking at a few examples you can quickly get the gist of HTML. Same with javascript. The stuff runs, it does stuff, you can show it to your friends, etc. Shift to PHP are you're doing tons more stuff, while your Java programmer is fighting his or her through a complex language with a strict syntax (at least a lot more unforgiving than HTML or PHP).
If there's a lesson here its embrace modern tools that accomplish something. Moving back to the command line is silliness for most people as they never leave the GUI and don't expect a CL program to be of much use. Giving them the power to generate GUI-like apps through HTML, etc is much more useful than spending 18 hours learning how to use cat, emacs, pipes, uniq, head, tail, etc on Cygwin.
Its a web/GUI world. This is what people should be adopting to. The days of simple DOS-like programs are far behind us and a lot of scripting tasks can be done within robust GUI apps.
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Feel free to disagree, but its not just hard-core geeks who panned this movie.
Look at Apache's popularity, yet it doesn't even come close to the security nightmare IIS is. Yes, popularity is part of the problem but it certainly isn't the main or only factor.
Its so thin and disposable it doesn't even have a third dimension!