I've read that this is quite a common excuse used by people caught in posession of child pornography in the UK. They say "look my wi-fi connection isn't encrypted, it could have been a hacker that put those images there". Apparently it doesn't work as a defence because they are responsible for the security of their own computer.
Interestingly though, if they catch someone stealing an Internet connection via unsecured wi-fi, it's the person who is using the connection that is at fault, not the person who's failed to secure their Internet connection.
I've been doing something similar, I've been stalking around on Napster and the like since about 2000, gathering "evidence". I now have quite a healthy collection of "evidence". I wonder if this will work as a defence when the RIAA come knocking?
>Most of us don't need these cards. These are for hardcore gamers. As in shoot-em-ups that will only run on Windows
I run Linux on my main machine and Windows on my games machine. The thing is, my Linux machine is made of hand-me-downs from the games machine. The card I use today on Windows will be used tomorrow on Linux. So although my main priority is performance when it comes to buying components for my games machine, I always have an eye on Linux compatibility.
The black box can tell your insurance company that you were going 5 over the limit to pass someone [...] It has no idea that the other party was a 30-something on their cell phone with their laptop open, swerving to avoid the teenagers joyriding in the wrong lane
It's quite lucky you too were in the wrong lane as you were overtaking, otherwise something nasty could have happened!
> So are they having a windows server farm to run writely ?.Net is a relatively open standard (compared to other Microsoft inititives). Web applications that typically don't use the Windows.Forms namespace are easily ported to UNIX-like operating systems with the help of the Mono project.
The Myth of the Living-Room PC???
eh? They're everywhere. At least in the UK you can't go in to a high street electronics store without noticing a huge section dedicated to them.
They may not be particularly useful at the moment, but that's only because the TV and movie companies are fighting over who should be allowed to screw us the most with hideous DRM, but the day will come.
At the bottom end of the scale, there's TiVo, sure it can't download content off the Internet, but it's a PC and it's in the living room. Hell, even my mother has one and she can't work the microwave!
Yes of course the fix is easy. My personal fix is to type my domain names in correctly. In over 10 years of internet use, I can't ever remember typing.cm instead of.com
That doesn't fix the underlying problem though, does it?
Gah, damn typos.
That was quite a mistake, I own up to incompetence of gigantic proportions.
Therefore I'm now fully qualified to be a school tech support person:p
MS Tech admin required: Salary £15k Linux admin required: Salary £15
Which one will get more applicants do you think?
Support/maintanence costs for open solutions are higher than those for MS software.
In a lot of circumstances, the open solutions are better value for money even if they are more expensive. I can't however see any benefits for schools.
The kids will benefit from open software, but the schools, it'll be an expensive change and an administrative/bureaucratic nightmare.
What some people don't realise is that a lot of the credit card companies will put layer upon layer of beurocracy in front of you to try and stop you claiming. Recovering stolen funds can be very time consuming.
On top of that, you have to have cards re-issued and any recurring payments set up on them have to be re-established with the new card.
For a lot of people, the fear of having their credit card details stolen is not about losing their money but the considerable amount of hasstle involved in getting things back in order after the event.
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I have an insigtful response to this Slashdot article. However, I'm not responding until someone stumps up the cash.
I've read that this is quite a common excuse used by people caught in posession of child pornography in the UK. They say "look my wi-fi connection isn't encrypted, it could have been a hacker that put those images there". Apparently it doesn't work as a defence because they are responsible for the security of their own computer.
Interestingly though, if they catch someone stealing an Internet connection via unsecured wi-fi, it's the person who is using the connection that is at fault, not the person who's failed to secure their Internet connection.
I've been doing something similar, I've been stalking around on Napster and the like since about 2000, gathering "evidence". I now have quite a healthy collection of "evidence". I wonder if this will work as a defence when the RIAA come knocking?
Hmm, I can see an upward trend here. However the data they have here is very suprising!
Gustav Holst was right all along!
>Most of us don't need these cards. These are for hardcore gamers. As in shoot-em-ups that will only run on Windows
I run Linux on my main machine and Windows on my games machine. The thing is, my Linux machine is made of hand-me-downs from the games machine. The card I use today on Windows will be used tomorrow on Linux. So although my main priority is performance when it comes to buying components for my games machine, I always have an eye on Linux compatibility.
>I fail to see how this could be the CTO's fault...
You are Bill Gates and I claim my five pounds!Is this an appropriate penalty for releasing 20 million keyword search results, or is it too harsh, or not harsh enough?
I know they still have death by firing line in the United States, What about hanging, drawing and quartering though?
The black box can tell your insurance company that you were going 5 over the limit to pass someone [...] It has no idea that the other party was a 30-something on their cell phone with their laptop open, swerving to avoid the teenagers joyriding in the wrong lane
It's quite lucky you too were in the wrong lane as you were overtaking, otherwise something nasty could have happened!
> So are they having a windows server farm to run writely ? .Net is a relatively open standard (compared to other Microsoft inititives). Web applications that typically don't use the Windows.Forms namespace are easily ported to UNIX-like operating systems with the help of the Mono project.
I keep waiting for the future to come, but all I ever see is the present.
Does everyone in the world have to check these databases, or just if you're sending mail from inside of the US?
I'm a Windows user.
:)
Can somebody please tell me what the hell a port is?
"The attack relies on a keylogger being installed on the victim's machine." In other news... "Burglar breaks in to house with key"
http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/Security
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Seems an appropriate response!
The Myth of the Living-Room PC??? eh? They're everywhere. At least in the UK you can't go in to a high street electronics store without noticing a huge section dedicated to them. They may not be particularly useful at the moment, but that's only because the TV and movie companies are fighting over who should be allowed to screw us the most with hideous DRM, but the day will come. At the bottom end of the scale, there's TiVo, sure it can't download content off the Internet, but it's a PC and it's in the living room. Hell, even my mother has one and she can't work the microwave!
Yes of course the fix is easy. My personal fix is to type my domain names in correctly. In over 10 years of internet use, I can't ever remember typing .cm instead of .com
That doesn't fix the underlying problem though, does it?
Let me edit it again wiki style...
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I comprised a list of the top 10 Mac viruses.
After much testing and analysis, I discovered none of them worked on Windows
Therefore I advise all Mac users to switch to Windows.
Gah, damn typos. That was quite a mistake, I own up to incompetence of gigantic proportions. Therefore I'm now fully qualified to be a school tech support person :p
Two advertisments:
MS Tech admin required: Salary £15k
Linux admin required: Salary £15
Which one will get more applicants do you think?
Support/maintanence costs for open solutions are higher than those for MS software.
In a lot of circumstances, the open solutions are better value for money even if they are more expensive. I can't however see any benefits for schools.
The kids will benefit from open software, but the schools, it'll be an expensive change and an administrative/bureaucratic nightmare.
What some people don't realise is that a lot of the credit card companies will put layer upon layer of beurocracy in front of you to try and stop you claiming. Recovering stolen funds can be very time consuming.
On top of that, you have to have cards re-issued and any recurring payments set up on them have to be re-established with the new card.
For a lot of people, the fear of having their credit card details stolen is not about losing their money but the considerable amount of hasstle involved in getting things back in order after the event.
Google have quite a way to catch up, but they're determined to get to the top of the SETI@Home leaderboard by the end of the year.
I heard that you're going to need a cluster of 8 Quad-Xeon's just to render the UI on Vista :p
Open Source is a classic example of how well Intelligent Design works :p