Mod parent up. A company I used to work for used Earthlink as their provider for everything (web, email, ISP). I pretty much had to take on the IT admin role there. They had lost all of their passwords and logins. I could not believe how easy it was for me to take control of everything in ONE DAY without even getting my boss on the phone with the support guy at Earthlink. Security at Earthlink is a joke. The support people there seem to choose one piece of your information at random to verify that you are the account holder. They will often ask you to tell them your password over the phone and other similar nonsense.
I'm not. There's no reason why there shouldn't be toplessness on American TV as seen on European TV. I routinely what Euro TV and I'm amazed how much is blurred by the FCC censors. Instead we get to see Jack Bauer slitting people's throats which is far more harmful than a naked chest.
I really don't mean to nitpick, but the FCC does not actually censor anything. The process works like this; a broadcaster in the us is not allowed to broadcast pornographic material, or they will face harsh fines, which are levied by the FCC, assuming someone actually bothers to report the questionable material. Once reported the five FCC commissioners (all political appointees) then decide if the material was fit to be viewed by the public in the context that it was broadcast. If they decide it was unfit, they issue a fine. Broadcasters are forced to censor their own material, at cost.
If a tv station thought that they would be fined for a Jack Bauer throat slit scene, they could play it safe and blur it.
I've been built many systems based on AMX and Crestron platforms. They are pretty much state of the art as far as I know. They are expensive, but if you know what to look for you can find some cheap second hand controllers on the online auction sites.
One drawback is that both of these systems require knowledge of their proprietary languages and protocols. There is another company called Aurora that makes the WACI series of controllers that are more standards compliant, but I have never built a system using their controllers.
They write you a ticket. You send in your ticket with your a copy of your parking reciept. This system is used in many parking lots on the Metro North here.
DirSyncPro is FOSS, I just started using it a few months ago, and I love it. My company now uses it to keep our two programmers synced(sp?) to the server. Works great, I hope they package it better for MS soon, there is no installer yet, just an executable.
Homer: [scoffs] I know. And this perpetual motion machine she made today is a joke! It just keeps going faster and faster...Lisa! Get in here.
[Lisa walks in, chuckling nervously]
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
Maybe I'm nuts, but I worry about the possibility of the wrong person gaining control of a military network containing killer robots. It's not a new problem or anything, but if lots of these things are deployed, then you just know security will be less stringent in some situations than others.
First, if you follow these instructions, remember this KEY STEP
TURN OFF THE MAIN SWITCH. Also, NEVER turn that main switch on if the generator is running.
Finally, the main switch MUST be double throw.
Forget to follow these instructions, and you can very easily kill a lineman or blow up your generator.
Anyways, you just need a three pronged dryer plug, 2 of them, and sufficient length of heavy gauge wire. You create an illegal male - male 3 pronged plug, and connect your generator socket into the 3 pronged plug in your house used for the clothes dryer.
The reason it is illegal is because this form of installation does not prevent you from connecting your generator to the wiring outside your house. If you left the main switch on, you can energize the dead lines outside with 12,000 volts and kill a lineman.
The advantage? As long as the main switch is double throw, and you don't turn it on when the generator is connected, it is pretty safe. And cheap : a double throw switch and circuit box is $200-$500, while this method can be done for $10.
I'm pretty sure the lineman would be killed with 120vac, no?
Also there are several types of ethernet signaling for audio transmission. We are all very familiar with various types of TCPIP streaming, but not everyone is aware of Cobranet, a protocol for very high quality audio over ethernet. Still, I don't think this cable would help.
I think it depends on what kind of nerd you are. Rockets and bomb nerds are republican nerds. Eco nerds tend to be dems or green. Lots of nerds are libertarian, although I have no idea why. I think Gore is a good choice...the internet economy flourished in the Clinton-Gore era.
I wonder if you could set up something where you only receive packets from the open wifi and never transmit. Since you typically don't transmit much data the TX packets could go over a cell phone or something. I think satellite internet works like this, sort of anyway. Anyone know if a scheme like this is possible? It would circumvent the whole "you are trespassing because you are transmitting to the wifi router" argument.
we warned you... please follow these virus removal instructions and install/update your anti virus software.
I very much doubt that a generic set of virus removal instructions is going to rid many of these systems of the malware/botnet. Also (in my experience)many scanners seem to be unable to remove this stuff from a zombie host. Perhaps others have had better luck, but I have found that most of the time the machine needs its OS reinstalled.
If a machine has a rootkit type infection, for example, it may not be found or resolved with scanner type software.
Also it seems that even if a user is updating their av software regularly, an infection is still possible.
But I'm not pinning fault on the AP owner at all. No harm no foul. If someone did Illegal Stuff while connected to an open AP it is NOT the AP owners fault. If someone commits a crime in my home, they committed the crime, not me.
OK, maybe I'm missing your point...anyway I really have no knowledge of UK law, common or otherwise, but in the US you have a right to walk where you like as long as its not posted.
I do not think the AP owner is at fault for anything, I'm assuming I can use it.
No double standard here
This whole line of reasoning has always struck me as a rather disingenuous argument, because proponents of the "Well, the SSID was broadcast and there was no key required, so obviously it's free for anyone to use" theory never offer any criteria for exactly how much the owner of a wireless access point needs to do before random clients can "assume" it's not intended for public use.
There are lots of analogies being thrown around already, I'm sure, so let's just dispense with those for the time being and get down to brass tacks.
/agree.
My neighbor's access point is a crappy linksys wrouter that he got several years ago. He uses WEP but I can crack that quicker than he can type in the key. Does the fact that he is using a known-to-be-weak encryption scheme mean that I have the right to be on?
No. It means that he has taken a step to secure his wireless network so that people do not use it by mistake. Someone would have to deliberately crack his wep key to use his internet service, not just turn on their laptop.
My other neighbor does not advertise his SSID, but I can get on his AP just the same simply by grabbing enough packets out of the air. Does that mean that I have the right to use the service he's paying for?
Again, sadly, no. Once again your neighbor has taken some measure to make his access point slightly more secure than out-of-the-box. To connect to his network you would have to sniff packets to discern his ssid and then program your computer to connect to his access point. A person who simply turned on their laptop would not have connected.
Simple deduction tells me that I should not assume that, simply because I can access a resource, the owner does not mind if I access the resource.
Sorry, I must use an analogy.
My neighbor has a porch light. I regularly use it to find my way when walking at night. I have never seen any sign that tells me it is ok to use the excess light he generates.
You cannot validly assume that the average home user of 802.11 technology knows enough to secure it.
True, no argument there.
Frankly, at this point, I do not care whether or not people want to lay blame for this at the feet of the vendors or of the end users. The simple fact is that unless you have an explicit reason to believe that you are meant to access someone's wireless, you should not; and to access it anyway is unethical.
I disagree. If there is no sign or warning of any kind then its ok to use it. This is why we have 'NO TRESPASSING', 'NO HUNTING', and 'NO PARKING' signs. If they weren't there you would assume it is ok to camp, hunt, or park.
If Toshiba had just put a serial port on the thing there wouldn't have been any problem. USB to serial devices tend to suck. The drivers are terrible, the support is bad, and they seem to stop working for no reason. I need to connect to serial devices all the time(configuring pro av gear) and you tend to get locked out of using the less expensive laptops(low end Toshibas, Acer) because they don't have serial ports. My advice is to use a pcmcia or express card to serial adapter, they tend to be more stable IMHO.
While I agree that these laws should be on the state level, recent federal law exists which regulates federal elections(e.g. Help America Vote Act of 2002). In other words, that ship has sailed.
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Please, someone think about the artists' right to choose the rights associated with the rights associated with their work.
Mod parent up. A company I used to work for used Earthlink as their provider for everything (web, email, ISP). I pretty much had to take on the IT admin role there. They had lost all of their passwords and logins. I could not believe how easy it was for me to take control of everything in ONE DAY without even getting my boss on the phone with the support guy at Earthlink. Security at Earthlink is a joke. The support people there seem to choose one piece of your information at random to verify that you are the account holder. They will often ask you to tell them your password over the phone and other similar nonsense.
I'm not. There's no reason why there shouldn't be toplessness on American TV as seen on European TV. I routinely what Euro TV and I'm amazed how much is blurred by the FCC censors. Instead we get to see Jack Bauer slitting people's throats which is far more harmful than a naked chest.
I really don't mean to nitpick, but the FCC does not actually censor anything. The process works like this; a broadcaster in the us is not allowed to broadcast pornographic material, or they will face harsh fines, which are levied by the FCC, assuming someone actually bothers to report the questionable material. Once reported the five FCC commissioners (all political appointees) then decide if the material was fit to be viewed by the public in the context that it was broadcast. If they decide it was unfit, they issue a fine. Broadcasters are forced to censor their own material, at cost.
If a tv station thought that they would be fined for a Jack Bauer throat slit scene, they could play it safe and blur it.
I've been built many systems based on AMX and Crestron platforms. They are pretty much state of the art as far as I know. They are expensive, but if you know what to look for you can find some cheap second hand controllers on the online auction sites.
One drawback is that both of these systems require knowledge of their proprietary languages and protocols. There is another company called Aurora that makes the WACI series of controllers that are more standards compliant, but I have never built a system using their controllers.
Hmm...anyone got $84 in quarters?
They write you a ticket. You send in your ticket with your a copy of your parking reciept. This system is used in many parking lots on the Metro North here.
DirSyncPro is FOSS, I just started using it a few months ago, and I love it. My company now uses it to keep our two programmers synced(sp?) to the server. Works great, I hope they package it better for MS soon, there is no installer yet, just an executable.
Homer: [scoffs] I know. And this perpetual motion machine she made today is a joke! It just keeps going faster and faster...Lisa! Get in here. [Lisa walks in, chuckling nervously] In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
Maybe I'm nuts, but I worry about the possibility of the wrong person gaining control of a military network containing killer robots. It's not a new problem or anything, but if lots of these things are deployed, then you just know security will be less stringent in some situations than others.
There's a dirty, and illegal way to do it.
First, if you follow these instructions, remember this KEY STEP TURN OFF THE MAIN SWITCH. Also, NEVER turn that main switch on if the generator is running. Finally, the main switch MUST be double throw.
Forget to follow these instructions, and you can very easily kill a lineman or blow up your generator.
Anyways, you just need a three pronged dryer plug, 2 of them, and sufficient length of heavy gauge wire. You create an illegal male - male 3 pronged plug, and connect your generator socket into the 3 pronged plug in your house used for the clothes dryer.
The reason it is illegal is because this form of installation does not prevent you from connecting your generator to the wiring outside your house. If you left the main switch on, you can energize the dead lines outside with 12,000 volts and kill a lineman.
The advantage? As long as the main switch is double throw, and you don't turn it on when the generator is connected, it is pretty safe. And cheap : a double throw switch and circuit box is $200-$500, while this method can be done for $10.
I'm pretty sure the lineman would be killed with 120vac, no?
Most HDTVs will scan double the standard def signal. It makes standard def channels look better on a HDTV when you compare it to an older tv.
Won't someone please think of the passengers?
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Also there are several types of ethernet signaling for audio transmission. We are all very familiar with various types of TCPIP streaming, but not everyone is aware of Cobranet, a protocol for very high quality audio over ethernet.
Still, I don't think this cable would help.
In the AV world we use this...
http://www.infocomm.org/cps/rde/xchg/infocomm/hs.xsl/avindustry_1157.htm
If they ask, just say its a random set.
nosig
I think it depends on what kind of nerd you are. Rockets and bomb nerds are republican nerds. Eco nerds tend to be dems or green. Lots of nerds are libertarian, although I have no idea why. I think Gore is a good choice...the internet economy flourished in the Clinton-Gore era.
I wonder if you could set up something where you only receive packets from the open wifi and never transmit. Since you typically don't transmit much data the TX packets could go over a cell phone or something. I think satellite internet works like this, sort of anyway. Anyone know if a scheme like this is possible? It would circumvent the whole "you are trespassing because you are transmitting to the wifi router" argument.
I very much doubt that a generic set of virus removal instructions is going to rid many of these systems of the malware/botnet. Also (in my experience)many scanners seem to be unable to remove this stuff from a zombie host. Perhaps others have had better luck, but I have found that most of the time the machine needs its OS reinstalled.
If a machine has a rootkit type infection, for example, it may not be found or resolved with scanner type software.
Also it seems that even if a user is updating their av software regularly, an infection is still possible.
But I'm not pinning fault on the AP owner at all. No harm no foul. If someone did Illegal Stuff while connected to an open AP it is NOT the AP owners fault. If someone commits a crime in my home, they committed the crime, not me.
OK, maybe I'm missing your point...anyway I really have no knowledge of UK law, common or otherwise, but in the US you have a right to walk where you like as long as its not posted.
I do not think the AP owner is at fault for anything, I'm assuming I can use it.
No double standard here
If Toshiba had just put a serial port on the thing there wouldn't have been any problem. USB to serial devices tend to suck. The drivers are terrible, the support is bad, and they seem to stop working for no reason. I need to connect to serial devices all the time(configuring pro av gear) and you tend to get locked out of using the less expensive laptops(low end Toshibas, Acer) because they don't have serial ports. My advice is to use a pcmcia or express card to serial adapter, they tend to be more stable IMHO.
While I agree that these laws should be on the state level, recent federal law exists which regulates federal elections(e.g. Help America Vote Act of 2002). In other words, that ship has sailed.