i got a call on my way to work last week. it was my isp (comcast) calling to tell me that last month i went over the new 250GB limit by over 250GB (my usage was in the low 500GBs). they asked if my wireless router was unsecured or if i was running a botnet. they seemed shocked that i could possibly be using that much bandwidth knowingly. agreed it's a ton of bandwidth but i do a ton of streaming and torrenting. oh did i mention i have room mates? yeah, they watch stuff online too.
bottom line: "reduce your bandwidth usage by 50% or we will suspend your service without warning for 1 year. this is your only warning."
so i asked how much more i would have to pay to be uncapped. i was told that i'm already on the business grade cable (i pay extra to get the fastest cable connection they offer) but that business grade is also capped. the only uncapped plan is "enterprise" which is a over $500 per month and a T1 which requires installation. funny thing is i get 8mbps to 12mbps on my business cable line and a T1 is 1.5mbps.
so i called speakeasy. the sales guy laughed with me (not at me) and assured me they will never shut me down for using the bandwidth i pay for even if i saturate my line all month long. unfortunately i'm too far form the CO. so i'm stuck with comcast.
According to TFA he wasn't arrested. No charges have been brought against him. I do disagree with the school's decision to suspend him on grounds that he might be terrorist. It seems obvious that he is not reasonably associated with the Virginia Tech guy considering he's not a loner and hasn't been acting strangely at all. That would make this shoot-first-ask-questions-later approach unfounded.
Also in response to some of the comments on TFA: you think he made an error in judgment when he created what could possibly conceived as a murder simulator? Come on. If that were reasonable Google and Microsoft would be in huge trouble for creating terrorism simulators like Google Earth and Live Maps.
I'm not concerned about the new RFID cards. It's supposedly going to make things easier and I don't have a good reason to doubt that at this point. I have a photo on my debit card which makes my life easier because I don't have to show ID to make credit purchases. That means the only time I take out my license is to buy booze and cross the boarder. I have a better chance of my entire wallet being stolen at a bar than any of my personally identifiable information getting out through RF airwaves. Especially considering I bought this RFID Blocking Wallet a few months ago.
It seems to me after reading the patent application that they are trying to patent the API they created for allowing different programs within Vista (IE7, Outlook, etc) all share the same collection of feeds in various formats.
Microsoft uses a modified version of the Perforce SCM for all of their internal code management. I personally use Subversion on a daily basis at work and on my SourceForge projects but I guess if it's good enough for Microsofts development teams it's good enough for Google to build a custom version too.
My fiancee works for TSA at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac). The "random selection" for additional screening is done at the airline baggage counter.
Unusual activity (such as tickets purchased the day of or day before travel, paid with cash, one-way) is monitored by the ticketing database applications parameters. The ticket is then printed with some marking on it (she asked me to not tell the Internets what that marking is). TSA visually inspects all tickets as you pass through the checkpoint and looks for these "additional screening" markers.
Have you noticed that TSA does not run tickets through any sort of scanning machine or punch numbers into a computer when you go through the checkpoint? That's because the airlines decide well before you were even handed your ticket wether or not you will get additional screening.
And yes, if you are an ass to the ticket agent her or she has the ability to manually flag your ticket. And this actually happens.
Some people may mistake random screening done at the checkpoint with "unpredictable screening" governed by TSA which actually is random. Every day screeners have some period of time where they are supposed to be randomly selecting people to screen. It's actually printed on their rotation sheet they are given at the begining of the work day. One screener might get all electronics for half an hour. During that period, until your time is up, your job as a screener is to search items which fit that description. One might get all pat-downs for half an hour.
If you get selected in this way it is the screener's discretion. And yes, if you are an ass at the checkpoint the screeners have the ability to pull you aside and go through your stuff.
It is the opinion of most of IT professionals I work with that 99% of Windows XP crashes are due to sub-par driver programming by non-Microsoft developers.
To use customer calls as a source of evidence that Windows XP is unstable is rediculous. I would wager that 80% of Windows users are more destructive than productive if left to maintain their own systems. The fact that most people who install and use Linux systems are part of the other 20% (technical users) explains why you might not get calls about broken Linux machines.
In response to the "GNU/Linus" servers you run: What evidence do you have that they are more stable? My experience has been if I install a package without knowing exactly how it will effect the system I'm going to have unexpected problems with stability. This is true for Windows and Linux systems alike. I'm going to go out on a limb here and use the same logic I used before: If it requires more technical knowledge to install a package on a Linux system you will get fewer unexpected problems just because Windows-based applications have wizards. Just hitting next is a tempting alternative to actually reading the installation documentation.
While reading that article I was thinking to myself about my own typing style and posture. My normal daily routing involves reading some documentation on the screen for a few minutes (resting my hands) then coding a few blocks of code (slow but steady typing). I don't like to use my mouse when I'm programming. This may have something to do with learning on Emacs but I rarely use the mouse unless I'm switching to another application and scrolling a lot (reading documentation). Since I am in a more design-oriented position I regularly get up and walk down the hall to consult with other programmers. If I'm not taking a break to consult I'm staring out the window trying to figure out how to fix the problem at hand (resting my eyes).
Maybe other people in the typical office (whoever does a lot of typing and sits all day) should take a hint from their development department.
I'd like to comment on one of the trackback links from the article (http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/202) and request that fellow Linux users avoid making comments like "This just proves you should switch to Linux."
Without getting into a discussion about whether or not Linux is inherently more secure than any other platform I want to point out that if the Linux community is always loudest after news like this it will leave a bad taste in the mouths of potential new adopters.
This may be off topic but I think it's an important point to think about in regard to security in general. We (the technologically inclined) should be trying to help our community (all computer users) to be more secure without trying to force our own agenda down their throats.
I block based on the type of ad. If it's a big intrusive flash I block just because it distracts me. If it's a completely non-targeted ad like for home-refinancing I block it (I don't own a home).
But I've found and purchased things through well-targeted ads (i.e. Google "Sponsored Links").
I studied computer science for 2 years, dropped out, started working full time at a company which previously had no programmers and now I'm managing a small team of just-out-of-school programmers to design and build medical applications. I'm the only application designer and the most highly skilled programmer although the least educated. Nobody on the team makes more than me and I make $12 an hour.
PayPal provides a service of transfering funds. PayPal is responsible for the money stored in their accounts. If someone starts accepting money for any purpose and PayPal deems it a suspicious activity it is in the interest of the account holders that PayPal investigate the situation.
In this case an account growing at the rate of $3500 per hour is suspicious. If the owner of the account decides to run with the money PayPal is the only one left responsible. All the payers have every right to sue PayPal for not investigating unusual activity.
Don't even get me started on PayPal charging fees for services rendered. They've already provided a fee-free method for donating to relief.
Full disclosure: I have been a SomethingAwful fan for quite some time and believe that they were going to do the right thing. That still doesn't make PayPal a bad guy for being cautious.
That is exactly what I had in mind. I'm suprised something like this hasn't already been written and uploaded to SourceForge... or maybe it has but I haven't found it.
I think you misunderstand the question. We are just looking for a method to store passwords and access them remotely. This data is for humans to read while on-site, not for applications to connect to.
MIPS R4000 32-bit core 128-bit bus 1-333MHz (1.2V) 8MB eDRAM main memory 2.6Gbps bus bandwidth FPU, VFPU (2.6 billion flops) 3D graphics extended instructions I Cache, D Cache
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i got a call on my way to work last week. it was my isp (comcast) calling to tell me that last month i went over the new 250GB limit by over 250GB (my usage was in the low 500GBs). they asked if my wireless router was unsecured or if i was running a botnet. they seemed shocked that i could possibly be using that much bandwidth knowingly. agreed it's a ton of bandwidth but i do a ton of streaming and torrenting. oh did i mention i have room mates? yeah, they watch stuff online too.
bottom line: "reduce your bandwidth usage by 50% or we will suspend your service without warning for 1 year. this is your only warning."
so i asked how much more i would have to pay to be uncapped. i was told that i'm already on the business grade cable (i pay extra to get the fastest cable connection they offer) but that business grade is also capped. the only uncapped plan is "enterprise" which is a over $500 per month and a T1 which requires installation. funny thing is i get 8mbps to 12mbps on my business cable line and a T1 is 1.5mbps.
so i called speakeasy. the sales guy laughed with me (not at me) and assured me they will never shut me down for using the bandwidth i pay for even if i saturate my line all month long. unfortunately i'm too far form the CO. so i'm stuck with comcast.
Sounds like you've got lots of experience concealing electronic indicator lights.
;)
I assume your tin foil solution works great in the ladies locker room...
According to TFA he wasn't arrested. No charges have been brought against him. I do disagree with the school's decision to suspend him on grounds that he might be terrorist. It seems obvious that he is not reasonably associated with the Virginia Tech guy considering he's not a loner and hasn't been acting strangely at all. That would make this shoot-first-ask-questions-later approach unfounded.
Also in response to some of the comments on TFA: you think he made an error in judgment when he created what could possibly conceived as a murder simulator? Come on. If that were reasonable Google and Microsoft would be in huge trouble for creating terrorism simulators like Google Earth and Live Maps.
I'm not concerned about the new RFID cards. It's supposedly going to make things easier and I don't have a good reason to doubt that at this point. I have a photo on my debit card which makes my life easier because I don't have to show ID to make credit purchases. That means the only time I take out my license is to buy booze and cross the boarder. I have a better chance of my entire wallet being stolen at a bar than any of my personally identifiable information getting out through RF airwaves. Especially considering I bought this RFID Blocking Wallet a few months ago.
I say bring on the antennae!
It seems to me after reading the patent application that they are trying to patent the API they created for allowing different programs within Vista (IE7, Outlook, etc) all share the same collection of feeds in various formats.
Microsoft uses a modified version of the Perforce SCM for all of their internal code management. I personally use Subversion on a daily basis at work and on my SourceForge projects but I guess if it's good enough for Microsofts development teams it's good enough for Google to build a custom version too.
I for one welcome our new robotic musician overlords.
My fiancee works for TSA at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac). The "random selection" for additional screening is done at the airline baggage counter.
Unusual activity (such as tickets purchased the day of or day before travel, paid with cash, one-way) is monitored by the ticketing database applications parameters. The ticket is then printed with some marking on it (she asked me to not tell the Internets what that marking is). TSA visually inspects all tickets as you pass through the checkpoint and looks for these "additional screening" markers.
Have you noticed that TSA does not run tickets through any sort of scanning machine or punch numbers into a computer when you go through the checkpoint? That's because the airlines decide well before you were even handed your ticket wether or not you will get additional screening.
And yes, if you are an ass to the ticket agent her or she has the ability to manually flag your ticket. And this actually happens.
Some people may mistake random screening done at the checkpoint with "unpredictable screening" governed by TSA which actually is random. Every day screeners have some period of time where they are supposed to be randomly selecting people to screen. It's actually printed on their rotation sheet they are given at the begining of the work day. One screener might get all electronics for half an hour. During that period, until your time is up, your job as a screener is to search items which fit that description. One might get all pat-downs for half an hour.
If you get selected in this way it is the screener's discretion. And yes, if you are an ass at the checkpoint the screeners have the ability to pull you aside and go through your stuff.
Maybe saying this is something to worry about is a little over the top. Perhaps you could just NOT USE THIS SERVICE.
It is the opinion of most of IT professionals I work with that 99% of Windows XP crashes are due to sub-par driver programming by non-Microsoft developers.
To use customer calls as a source of evidence that Windows XP is unstable is rediculous. I would wager that 80% of Windows users are more destructive than productive if left to maintain their own systems. The fact that most people who install and use Linux systems are part of the other 20% (technical users) explains why you might not get calls about broken Linux machines.
In response to the "GNU/Linus" servers you run: What evidence do you have that they are more stable? My experience has been if I install a package without knowing exactly how it will effect the system I'm going to have unexpected problems with stability. This is true for Windows and Linux systems alike. I'm going to go out on a limb here and use the same logic I used before: If it requires more technical knowledge to install a package on a Linux system you will get fewer unexpected problems just because Windows-based applications have wizards. Just hitting next is a tempting alternative to actually reading the installation documentation.
While reading that article I was thinking to myself about my own typing style and posture. My normal daily routing involves reading some documentation on the screen for a few minutes (resting my hands) then coding a few blocks of code (slow but steady typing). I don't like to use my mouse when I'm programming. This may have something to do with learning on Emacs but I rarely use the mouse unless I'm switching to another application and scrolling a lot (reading documentation). Since I am in a more design-oriented position I regularly get up and walk down the hall to consult with other programmers. If I'm not taking a break to consult I'm staring out the window trying to figure out how to fix the problem at hand (resting my eyes).
Maybe other people in the typical office (whoever does a lot of typing and sits all day) should take a hint from their development department.
I'd like to comment on one of the trackback links from the article (http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/202) and request that fellow Linux users avoid making comments like "This just proves you should switch to Linux."
Without getting into a discussion about whether or not Linux is inherently more secure than any other platform I want to point out that if the Linux community is always loudest after news like this it will leave a bad taste in the mouths of potential new adopters.
This may be off topic but I think it's an important point to think about in regard to security in general. We (the technologically inclined) should be trying to help our community (all computer users) to be more secure without trying to force our own agenda down their throats.
I block based on the type of ad. If it's a big intrusive flash I block just because it distracts me. If it's a completely non-targeted ad like for home-refinancing I block it (I don't own a home). But I've found and purchased things through well-targeted ads (i.e. Google "Sponsored Links").
I studied computer science for 2 years, dropped out, started working full time at a company which previously had no programmers and now I'm managing a small team of just-out-of-school programmers to design and build medical applications. I'm the only application designer and the most highly skilled programmer although the least educated. Nobody on the team makes more than me and I make $12 an hour.
PayPal provides a service of transfering funds. PayPal is responsible for the money stored in their accounts. If someone starts accepting money for any purpose and PayPal deems it a suspicious activity it is in the interest of the account holders that PayPal investigate the situation. In this case an account growing at the rate of $3500 per hour is suspicious. If the owner of the account decides to run with the money PayPal is the only one left responsible. All the payers have every right to sue PayPal for not investigating unusual activity. Don't even get me started on PayPal charging fees for services rendered. They've already provided a fee-free method for donating to relief. Full disclosure: I have been a SomethingAwful fan for quite some time and believe that they were going to do the right thing. That still doesn't make PayPal a bad guy for being cautious.
Many of these clients don't even know how to create a user account. That's why the hired us.
That is exactly what I had in mind. I'm suprised something like this hasn't already been written and uploaded to SourceForge... or maybe it has but I haven't found it.
I think you misunderstand the question. We are just looking for a method to store passwords and access them remotely. This data is for humans to read while on-site, not for applications to connect to.
I downloaded the file from the official site, varified it with the following md5 hash, created a torrent and posted it on demonoid's tracker.
4 69/lg3dlivecd.www.Demonoid.com.torrent
Torrent detail:
http://www.demonoid.com/torrents/details/77469/
Torrent file:
http://www.demonoid.com/torrents/download/HTTP/77
MD5 hash:
5b6eeed5909b8b66cfbd28f98456e852
http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_6072659.html
MIPS R4000 32-bit core
128-bit bus
1-333MHz (1.2V)
8MB eDRAM main memory
2.6Gbps bus bandwidth
FPU, VFPU (2.6 billion flops)
3D graphics extended instructions
I Cache, D Cache
hear hear! give us the ability to use the service some of us are already paying for on our operating system of choice.
i personally like the helix player and would very much like to listen to my rhapsody playlists while playing tux racer.
Those people were obviously posed for the pictures to keep their faces and the logo in focus.
Look how close their hands are to their chests... no one with a screen that large would hold it so close.