If you don't want to look at the banners on the MSNBC site, here's all the interesting stuff from the article...
An FBI survey of Fortune 500 companies found 62 percent reported computer security breaches during the past year, [Reno] said.
Reno said LawNet would also need to focus on privacy issues, protecting consumers from invasions like the CD Universe extortion case.
And finally, my favorite... if anyone is willing to explain to me what is meant by this, please do so:
"It is perhaps not Big Brother we should be worried about, but big browser," said New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. "We need to be fearful that the aggregation of information, if it is misused, is very terrifying."
All good movies are "seriously messed up" in the words of those who cannot appreciate them.
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What Steve Case has to say...
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AOL Nation
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Since I have access to an AOL account, I logged on to see what he said. My prediction: Every press release of every technology company for the next three months will include the phrase "in the new millenium" at least once. Now, on with the quote...
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Dear Members:
Less than two weeks ago, people all over the world came together in a global celebration of the new year, the new century, and the new millennium. As I said in my first Community Update of the 21st Century, all of us at AOL are extremely excited by the challenges and the prospects of this new era, a time we think of as the "Internet Century."
I believe we have only just begun to see clearly how the interactive medium will transform our economy, our society, and our lives. And we are determined to lead the way at AOL, as we have for 15 years -- by bringing more people into the world of interactive services, and making the online experience an even more valuable part of our members' lives.
That is why I am so pleased to tell you about an exciting major development at AOL. Today, America Online and Time Warner agreed to join forces, creating the world's first media and communications company for the Internet Century. The new company, to be created by the end of this year, will be called AOL Time Warner, and we believe that it will quite literally change the landscape of media and communications in the new millennium.
This really is something to celebrate. That's because we are so excited about how this new company will speed the growth of the Internet, making the online experience richer and more meaningful than ever before, for more people than ever before.
Even though AOL and Time Warner have been two very different companies, we share a common commitment to our customers and a common vision for the future -- and we are confident that we will be a perfect fit together as one company.
Just think of it: AOL members already represent the largest community in cyberspace. Together with our other services -- from CompuServe, Netscape and ICQ, to Digital City, AOL Instant Messenger, AOL Moviefone, Spinner and Winamp -- we are touching tens of millions of people's lives in every corner of the world.
Time Warner is the world's #1 media and entertainment company -- with an unsurpassed range of household name brands ranging from CNN and HBO to Time, People, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, and Looney Tunes; from Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema to Warner Music Group labels and the Turner entertainment networks.
Together, AOL Time Warner will create a new company for the Internet Age -- a global company on the cutting edge of content and technology, with an unprecedented ability to drive commerce and communication...and to build community.
Indeed, we are looking forward to working together to meet the challenges of bridging the digital divide, to enhance educational resources for children, and to encourage more people to get involved in their communities.
We are particularly excited about the benefits this merger will bring consumers when high-speed broadband networks become even more widespread. Time Warner's cable connections already criss-cross the country, supplying more than 20 percent of American households with the potential for faster Internet connections and a greater range of online services.
We are committed to expanding that potential so it can reach as many people as possible -- and to working with other companies to ensure all consumers have access to the broadband experience.
At AOL, we work hard every day to fulfill our mission of building a medium as central to people's lives as the telephone and the television -- and even more valuable. Time Warner shares that vision -- and this merger advances the day when that vision becomes reality.
Since the day we launched our first online service, our members have been the driving force behind AOL's success - and you will continue to be our top priority. You can look forward to the same great experience that has made us the largest community in cyberspace... and the best is yet to come!
Not to mention the way Microsoft only wants their products to be accessible to the newbies that are using 100% Microsoft products. Look at the Microsoft home page... I'm sure that their web designers aren't exactly morons. So why does the page only work with IE? Sure, you can read some text with other browsers, but it isn't exactly usable... especially to a newbie.
The online version of MSDN was accessible with Netscape not too long ago (sorry, no proof, but I have seen it with my own eyes), but now it returns a Java error.
What about creating proprietory "HTTPMail" protocols just to make Hotmail accessible only from Outlook Express?
What about the new MSTelnet(TM) incompatibilities in NT5 (aka Win2000)? (They have embraced yet another protocol, and the NT5 Telnet server can only be accessed with the NT5 Telnet client, AFAICU.)
I think that every Slashdot reader can come up with at least one more story...
You're talking about a different signature. When you sign at the restaurant, you're signing below "I agree to pay Jack's Greasy Gooodies $15." When you sign for FedEx, you're signing below "I received the package."
Weren't there several other exploits already done in a similar fashion? I don't have any links, but I can recall a similar story being posted, maybe on Slashdot. C'mon, guys! Help me out! Some links...
Well, at least Amazon is large (and smart) enough to hire people that know what they're doing that won't let something like this happen. Or so I hope.
(Off-topic rant - I've had this building up for a long time.) I have decided to join the Amazon boycott. This has resulted in me not buying books at all. I now go to the library instead. I tried Barnes and Noble, and I tried a few web stores.
Barnes and Noble pissed me off the most. It is no wonder people don't shop on their site. It fails to render properly in anything but the latest versions of IE and Netscape. I don't see why a site I go to to buy stuff has to use 15 layers of nested tables. Use anything else, like Opera, which I prefer, and it has all kinds of glitches and table fuckups. That's besides being just plain ugly and using NT.
Boycott Amazon.com! Take a trip to your nearest library.
Although this story has little to do with encryption, I am hoping that most people think that it does. This could play a role in the legalization of stronger encryption in the U.S., and a larger public awareness that encryption is needed.
It is stories like this that make people think about the issue.
The big corps actually do pay in most cases, but this isn't the case with online purchases. At the moment, a written signature is required for the puchase to be considered "valid". Otherwise, the retailer picks up the charge if it is disputed.
Yep. Yep. I have seen a similar story, where a company actually stored the credit card info in a plaintext file on the web server. The cracker used a FrontPage exploit to retrieve it.
There was a similar scam being done in a Bloomingdale's in Philadelphia (where I live). The girl got caught because one of the customers became suspicious when she ran his card through two different scanners.
This seems like a classic case of techies missing the point: "Oh, running out of domains? Let's add more." But it isn't domainspace that's crowded, it's the trademark namespace...
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3
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An FBI survey of Fortune 500 companies found 62 percent reported computer security breaches during the past year, [Reno] said.
Reno said LawNet would also need to focus on privacy issues, protecting consumers from invasions like the CD Universe extortion case.
And finally, my favorite... if anyone is willing to explain to me what is meant by this, please do so:
"It is perhaps not Big Brother we should be worried about, but big browser," said New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. "We need to be fearful that the aggregation of information, if it is misused, is very terrifying."
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<quote>
Dear Members:
Less than two weeks ago, people all over the world came together in a global celebration of the new year, the new century, and the new millennium. As I said in my first Community Update of the 21st Century, all of us at AOL are extremely excited by the challenges and the prospects of this new era, a time we think of as the "Internet Century."
I believe we have only just begun to see clearly how the interactive medium will transform our economy, our society, and our lives. And we are determined to lead the way at AOL, as we have for 15 years -- by bringing more people into the world of interactive services, and making the online experience an even more valuable part of our members' lives.
That is why I am so pleased to tell you about an exciting major development at AOL. Today, America Online and Time Warner agreed to join forces, creating the world's first media and communications company for the Internet Century. The new company, to be created by the end of this year, will be called AOL Time Warner, and we believe that it will quite literally change the landscape of media and communications in the new millennium.
This really is something to celebrate. That's because we are so excited about how this new company will speed the growth of the Internet, making the online experience richer and more meaningful than ever before, for more people than ever before.
Even though AOL and Time Warner have been two very different companies, we share a common commitment to our customers and a common vision for the future -- and we are confident that we will be a perfect fit together as one company.
Just think of it: AOL members already represent the largest community in cyberspace. Together with our other services -- from CompuServe, Netscape and ICQ, to Digital City, AOL Instant Messenger, AOL Moviefone, Spinner and Winamp -- we are touching tens of millions of people's lives in every corner of the world.
Time Warner is the world's #1 media and entertainment company -- with an unsurpassed range of household name brands ranging from CNN and HBO to Time, People, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, and Looney Tunes; from Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema to Warner Music Group labels and the Turner entertainment networks.
Together, AOL Time Warner will create a new company for the Internet Age -- a global company on the cutting edge of content and technology, with an unprecedented ability to drive commerce and communication ...and to build community.
Indeed, we are looking forward to working together to meet the challenges of bridging the digital divide, to enhance educational resources for children, and to encourage more people to get involved in their communities.
We are particularly excited about the benefits this merger will bring consumers when high-speed broadband networks become even more widespread. Time Warner's cable connections already criss-cross the country, supplying more than 20 percent of American households with the potential for faster Internet connections and a greater range of online services.
We are committed to expanding that potential so it can reach as many people as possible -- and to working with other companies to ensure all consumers have access to the broadband experience.
At AOL, we work hard every day to fulfill our mission of building a medium as central to people's lives as the telephone and the television -- and even more valuable. Time Warner shares that vision -- and this merger advances the day when that vision becomes reality.
Since the day we launched our first online service, our members have been the driving force behind AOL's success - and you will continue to be our top priority. You can look forward to the same great experience that has made us the largest community in cyberspace ... and the best is yet to come!
Warm Regards,
Steve Case
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The online version of MSDN was accessible with Netscape not too long ago (sorry, no proof, but I have seen it with my own eyes), but now it returns a Java error.
What about creating proprietory "HTTPMail" protocols just to make Hotmail accessible only from Outlook Express?
What about the new MSTelnet(TM) incompatibilities in NT5 (aka Win2000)? (They have embraced yet another protocol, and the NT5 Telnet server can only be accessed with the NT5 Telnet client, AFAICU.)
I think that every Slashdot reader can come up with at least one more story...
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if (comment_id < 15 && message_lines > 3) {
moderate_comment(-1);
} else if (message_lines > 25 && message_paragraphs > 3 && grammar() == "good") {
moderate_comment(1);
}
/* Maybe include Linux criticism detection in v0.2... */
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WHERE? Where can I get such a great deal? How many points do they give?
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(Off-topic rant - I've had this building up for a long time.) I have decided to join the Amazon boycott. This has resulted in me not buying books at all. I now go to the library instead. I tried Barnes and Noble, and I tried a few web stores.
Barnes and Noble pissed me off the most. It is no wonder people don't shop on their site. It fails to render properly in anything but the latest versions of IE and Netscape. I don't see why a site I go to to buy stuff has to use 15 layers of nested tables. Use anything else, like Opera, which I prefer, and it has all kinds of glitches and table fuckups. That's besides being just plain ugly and using NT.
Boycott Amazon.com! Take a trip to your nearest library.
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It is stories like this that make people think about the issue.
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So we just add more letters to the alphabet!..
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- ACME Laboratories
- Acme Express, Inc.
- Acme Technologies
- Acme Markets
- Acme Brick
- Etc etc etc...
Perhaps the Road Runner cartoons used the name because it is so widely used, just like using John Smith for a random name.--
What's a Klein Bottle?
Specs for nice Klein Bottles
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http://www.google.com/sea rch?q=cache:www.kleinbottle.com/
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The highest point, as of perfection.
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