Hardware enforced encryption? Now that's a good idea. Why not incorporate this into all networking technology at the hardware level. No risk of hack-arounds, seamless integration, automatic reaping of benefits.
Funny you should mention that. Google is working on a plain HTML alternative to their javascript interface as we speak. I found this out by writing their comments/suggestion department recommending a keyboard shortcut for deleting emails. Yes, I know, you're theoretically never supposed to NEED to delete an email. But this isn't as cut and dry an issue as it may seem.
Think about it, when you do get spam, or a note-to-self, or just some assinine comment from a friend, do you WANT that email archived? I don't. In fact, I want it deleted.
The keyboard shortcuts feature of gmail puts it head and shoulders above all the other free email clients I've tried. Everybody write in with your suggestions to gmail if you agree!
OK, here's a very serious question. I swear, this is not flamebait.
My question is, what really is attractive about the console over using a mouse and a GUI? I mean, I understand there's repeatablility in scripting and such, and in some cases typing a command is faster than clicking an icon, but isn't almost everything else more tedious and difficult?
I'm talking things like looking at the contents of multiple windows at once. Drag n Drop. The ability to move the cursor anywhere in a document with a click rather than a series of keystrokes. I mean, even the super-popular editors like emacs and such just imitate a window using ASCII art.
So for serious. Why do so many of us insist on using console apps wherever possible?
No doubt that this game's gonna have everyone flipping head-over-hoof. I just hope the game will actually deserve its reaction. Much like any good trilogy, the third release is often a dissapointment. (with the exception of the original star wars trilogy;-)
Woah, my gmail invite came through on hotmail just fine, but Yahoo blocked a second one! I just found a gmail invite among hundreds of spams I haven't deleted in my bulk email folder.
Oh well, looks like I have my first spare invite to give to a friend!:-D
I just received a gmail invite through hotmail today, and it got to my inbox without a hitch. Anyone interested in what a gmail invite LOOKS like? (Thanks Andrew!)
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Man, my dad just burnt me a copy of forbidden planet. After seeing it for the first time recently, I gotta agree that Robby should make this hall of fame. The robot produced, what, 60 gallons of alcohol for that alcoholic crew member? What loyalty! And the way the robot made those giant sheets of lead wobble as if they were only styrofoam set props. Brilliant.
FYI- these 2 books - The Mythical Man Month and Soul of a New Machine were STILL required reading for University of Notre Dame computer science grads who took Computer Architecture and Software Engineering as of the class of 2003. I remember it vividly - being the ONLY courses in the entire engineering curriculum that had required reading! I mean, come on, required reading? I thought that's what all those mandatory liberal arts courses with the football players were for.
"Needless to say there isn't any way to configure which ports. It's all or nothing."
Not quite. Turning the firewall on in XP blocks almost all ports EXCEPT those you specify in the "allow" listbox provided. Want telnet's port unblocked? Just look in that list box and check "telnet" as an allowed port.
"it doesn't block a bunch of ports...including IIS and 445"
Many of those ports you mentioned it actually can block if you go to the last tab in your firewall setup dialog. Uncheck the options like "allow incoming echo requests" etc.
But you're right about some of those ports. For example, the only way to stop the qotd service (port 17) is to modify the fscking registry (I hate that). See http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/475/475.html for more info on stopping services like chargen and qotd that can be exploited for bandwidth attacks.
Holy crap those things are UGLY! And from the picture it looks like they're meant to float on the water? That's just asking for trouble. "Mom, I'm gonna go climb on that yellow floating thing in the lake. Oh, and I'm gonna pee next to it and cause a terrorist scare. OK? Bye!"
I don't think so. Apple did counter the reverse-engineering with a second version, but at this point I think they realize that it is not cost effective to spend money on a problem that cannot be fixed. It takes Apple too much time and money to develop a new system.
They will have to choose to
1. ignore it
2. change their philosophy
This law is vague indeed. Pay attention to the definition:
It defines spyware as software that transmits personal information or computer usage data without obtaining explicit approval from the user.
Technically, any time your computer sends a TCP/IP packet, even for something as trivial as a ping, that is broadcasting the fact that you are using your computer.
So now what do we have? All Internet applications are by definition Spyware unless each user has approved the program to do its duty. But of course, we all click "I accept" when we install the program. So this law does...NOTHING! yay for NY.
A better solution would be to put some effort into defining Spyware in a way that does not also fit other useful Internet Apps. Then perhaps implement a standard way these applications must perform. A way that can easily be disabled by the user or even the OS if the user wishes.
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Hardware enforced encryption? Now that's a good idea. Why not incorporate this into all networking technology at the hardware level. No risk of hack-arounds, seamless integration, automatic reaping of benefits.
Funny you should mention that. Google is working on a plain HTML alternative to their javascript interface as we speak. I found this out by writing their comments/suggestion department recommending a keyboard shortcut for deleting emails. Yes, I know, you're theoretically never supposed to NEED to delete an email. But this isn't as cut and dry an issue as it may seem.
Think about it, when you do get spam, or a note-to-self, or just some assinine comment from a friend, do you WANT that email archived? I don't. In fact, I want it deleted. The keyboard shortcuts feature of gmail puts it head and shoulders above all the other free email clients I've tried. Everybody write in with your suggestions to gmail if you agree!
OK, here's a very serious question. I swear, this is not flamebait. My question is, what really is attractive about the console over using a mouse and a GUI? I mean, I understand there's repeatablility in scripting and such, and in some cases typing a command is faster than clicking an icon, but isn't almost everything else more tedious and difficult? I'm talking things like looking at the contents of multiple windows at once. Drag n Drop. The ability to move the cursor anywhere in a document with a click rather than a series of keystrokes. I mean, even the super-popular editors like emacs and such just imitate a window using ASCII art. So for serious. Why do so many of us insist on using console apps wherever possible?
No doubt that this game's gonna have everyone flipping head-over-hoof. I just hope the game will actually deserve its reaction. Much like any good trilogy, the third release is often a dissapointment. (with the exception of the original star wars trilogy ;-)
Woah, my gmail invite came through on hotmail just fine, but Yahoo blocked a second one! I just found a gmail invite among hundreds of spams I haven't deleted in my bulk email folder.
:-D
Oh well, looks like I have my first spare invite to give to a friend!
I just received a gmail invite through hotmail today, and it got to my inbox without a hitch. Anyone interested in what a gmail invite LOOKS like? (Thanks Andrew!)
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Andrew Hitchcock has invited you to open a free Google Gmail account. The
invitation will expire in three weeks and can only be used to set up one
account.
To accept this invitation and register for your account, visit
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-283e1504a1
Once you create your account, Andrew Hitchcock will be notified with your new @gmail.com address so you can stay in touch with Gmail!
If you haven't already heard about Gmail, it's a new search-based webmail
service that offers:
- 1,000 megabytes (one gigabyte) of free storage
- Built-in Google search that instantly finds any message you want
- Automatic arrangement of messages and related replies into "conversations"
- Text ads and related pages that are relevant to the content of your messages
Gmail is still in an early stage of development. If you set up an account, you'll be able to keep it even after we make Gmail more widely available and as one of the system's early testers, you will be helping us improve the service through your feedback. We might ask for your comments and suggestions periodically and we appreciate your
help in making Gmail even better.
Thanks,
The Gmail Team
Man, my dad just burnt me a copy of forbidden planet. After seeing it for the first time recently, I gotta agree that Robby should make this hall of fame. The robot produced, what, 60 gallons of alcohol for that alcoholic crew member? What loyalty! And the way the robot made those giant sheets of lead wobble as if they were only styrofoam set props. Brilliant.
FYI- these 2 books - The Mythical Man Month and Soul of a New Machine were STILL required reading for University of Notre Dame computer science grads who took Computer Architecture and Software Engineering as of the class of 2003. I remember it vividly - being the ONLY courses in the entire engineering curriculum that had required reading! I mean, come on, required reading? I thought that's what all those mandatory liberal arts courses with the football players were for.
"Needless to say there isn't any way to configure which ports. It's all or nothing."
D /475/475.html for more info on stopping services like chargen and qotd that can be exploited for bandwidth attacks.
Not quite. Turning the firewall on in XP blocks almost all ports EXCEPT those you specify in the "allow" listbox provided. Want telnet's port unblocked? Just look in that list box and check "telnet" as an allowed port.
"it doesn't block a bunch of ports...including IIS and 445"
Many of those ports you mentioned it actually can block if you go to the last tab in your firewall setup dialog. Uncheck the options like "allow incoming echo requests" etc.
But you're right about some of those ports. For example, the only way to stop the qotd service (port 17) is to modify the fscking registry (I hate that). See http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleI
Holy crap those things are UGLY! And from the picture it looks like they're meant to float on the water? That's just asking for trouble. "Mom, I'm gonna go climb on that yellow floating thing in the lake. Oh, and I'm gonna pee next to it and cause a terrorist scare. OK? Bye!"
I don't think so. Apple did counter the reverse-engineering with a second version, but at this point I think they realize that it is not cost effective to spend money on a problem that cannot be fixed. It takes Apple too much time and money to develop a new system. They will have to choose to 1. ignore it 2. change their philosophy
This law is vague indeed. Pay attention to the definition:
It defines spyware as software that transmits personal information or computer usage data without obtaining explicit approval from the user.
Technically, any time your computer sends a TCP/IP packet, even for something as trivial as a ping, that is broadcasting the fact that you are using your computer.
So now what do we have? All Internet applications are by definition Spyware unless each user has approved the program to do its duty. But of course, we all click "I accept" when we install the program. So this law does...NOTHING! yay for NY.
A better solution would be to put some effort into defining Spyware in a way that does not also fit other useful Internet Apps. Then perhaps implement a standard way these applications must perform. A way that can easily be disabled by the user or even the OS if the user wishes.