I don't believe it. They used GIFs for the screenshots. Somebody needs to knock some sense into these people. This does not reflect well on their computer literacy.
Good point, but if the packets use a predefined protocol they'll still be able to do traffic analysis, even if they can't decode the data. Just scan for the headers and bill people per packet.
I guess you could get around this by using IPsec, OTOH.
Simple. All they have to do is get the IP to monitor the traffic and bill you.
This would also make it pretty uneconomical to run a free proxy like they describe, so you can say bye-bye to the firewall traversal feature.
*rolls eyes* Not everybody has an insanely fast ISP. I'm looking at about 45 minutes of download time for something I would never use. I was simply pointing out the fact that you have to download the entire package to view the license. Sheesh, some people overreact to everything.
It seems to me that an ideal solution for newbies would be run as a normal user, but have the system prompt you for any operation that requires root privileges. If it includes a warning about viruses/trojans/important files, most users should be able to handle it.
I've just been doing a quick comparison of XviD and Theora at really, really low bitrates - like 40kbps - and Theora is far superior. It doesn't get very blocky, just fuzzy. And with XviD, even when parts of the image are static for several seconds they don't get any clearer like they do with Theora.
I shouldn't have to get my friends to mail me their public keys, the service/client should obtain them automatically somehow.
Well, if they're obtained automatically, how will you know it's really their public key? Any cryptographic system is fundamentally only as secure as its key. PGP explicitly tells you to never trust a key unless you have confirmed the key fingerprint in person, over the phone, etc.
I saw another/. article with this link to a joke article about so-called "Basilisk images" that kill you if you look at them by inducing a buffer overflow-like condition in your brain.
Of course, this whole idea depends on the brain being thought of as a deterministic computer, a concept with which a Mr. Penrose would beg to differ.;)
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I'm not saying GIFs are uncool, I'm saying that in this instance they're ugly.
It includes the actual program /usr/bin/wine too.
I don't believe it. They used GIFs for the screenshots. Somebody needs to knock some sense into these people. This does not reflect well on their computer literacy.
Good point, but if the packets use a predefined protocol they'll still be able to do traffic analysis, even if they can't decode the data. Just scan for the headers and bill people per packet.
I guess you could get around this by using IPsec, OTOH.
Oops, I meant ISP not IP.
And what happens when I mark all your mail to me as spam and get you charged double for it? *evil grin*
Simple. All they have to do is get the IP to monitor the traffic and bill you. This would also make it pretty uneconomical to run a free proxy like they describe, so you can say bye-bye to the firewall traversal feature.
Erm, yeah... except that's a four-year-old HOAX!
*rolls eyes* Not everybody has an insanely fast ISP. I'm looking at about 45 minutes of download time for something I would never use. I was simply pointing out the fact that you have to download the entire package to view the license. Sheesh, some people overreact to everything.
As usual, they won't let you view the license before you download it.
Actually, I think this suggestion is more akin to an exokernel.
The FAQ page implies that eventually, they plan to allow POP3 access. It's not clear whether it'll be free, though.
It seems to me that an ideal solution for newbies would be run as a normal user, but have the system prompt you for any operation that requires root privileges. If it includes a warning about viruses/trojans/important files, most users should be able to handle it.
I've just been doing a quick comparison of XviD and Theora at really, really low bitrates - like 40kbps - and Theora is far superior. It doesn't get very blocky, just fuzzy. And with XviD, even when parts of the image are static for several seconds they don't get any clearer like they do with Theora.
Sure, if you install mplayer!
Uh, too late, someone beat you to it.
What if you've been waiting a year and a half for your ISP to give you a POP mail account and they're too lazy/incompetent to do it?
I shouldn't have to get my friends to mail me their public keys, the service/client should obtain them automatically somehow. Well, if they're obtained automatically, how will you know it's really their public key? Any cryptographic system is fundamentally only as secure as its key. PGP explicitly tells you to never trust a key unless you have confirmed the key fingerprint in person, over the phone, etc.
I saw another /. article with this link to a joke article about so-called "Basilisk images" that kill you if you look at them by inducing a buffer overflow-like condition in your brain.
Of course, this whole idea depends on the brain being thought of as a deterministic computer, a concept with which a Mr. Penrose would beg to differ. ;)
Actually, shouldn't that be the other way around? I mean, how would the control hamster get flat?