They can do that already. Without giving you notice. Without the TSA telling them to do anything.
The news isn't that valets have access to your car. The news is that the TSA is having them search it.
That's not really news either; the news is that they actually left a note saying they'd done it. That's the bit that surprised me, anyway.
When your luggage is searched by the TSA they leave notes on it also. It's a courtesy so you don't freak out and think someone illegally ruffled through your belongings.
The times the TSA has searched my luggage they've never left a note; of course, it's possible that it wasn't TSA who did the search, but when my zip strips change color and size during one leg of my flight (large and black to small and orange), I know it's not accidental.
Before you grab your shotguns and crossbows, remember that there are nearly a half-a-million radio-control plane enthusiasts out here in the countryside and we're NOT trying to spy on you. But we will send you a lawsuit and a big bill if you shoot down our planes....;-)
I'd think someone going after these things would want to use EMP, not a.22....
Still wouldn't be nice for the RC hobbyists though.
After 9/11, there were rules put in place as to the "no park zone" around an airport facility. Some airports near where I live had to abandon sections of parking lot that were inside the zone -- I believe they turned them into green space eventually (so now the bomb gets hidden under a bush instead of inside a car... I guess they have lots of CCTV around the green space).
Which is why I advised against international travel.
Traveling within any country isn't international travel. I think you meant "This is of course not going to work outside the USA". I'd also watch out inside the US; I believe California at least may have gun replica laws on the books as well. Of course, if the firearm is registered, then it probably doesn't matter whether it actually functions or not -- it would still fall under "registered firearm" I would think. But you'd have to check local laws everywhere to be sure.
Remember: you have the right to bear arms, not the right to bear things that resemble arms. THOSE can have all sorts of restrictions on them.
No, they're angry that they are being seen as patsies of the NSA. This could drop their popularity rating below 10%, where it might actually affect their pet projects and government funding.
Sony will come after them for copyright infringement.
I presume they didn't link LibDeCSS in this build.......but what about the patent infringements? Or are those waived since Apple already licenses the appropriate patents and this is distributed by Apple?
Is it vulnerable to font description overloading and the other PDF exploits out there? A large portion of the malicious PDFs I've seen lately didn't use forms or javascript containers as the main attack vector (usually shellcode via some markup bug).
A big limitation of Sumatra is that it doesn't support filling out interactive forms, which makes it a no-go in my organization
If it fills in forms, it's a security risk. I seem to recall that there are a few that ignore forms and let you create companion files that do overprint forms on form-like fields though. Can't remember the names offhand.
The way I'd do it is to create a dummy printer driver that just writes to a file. Print the PDF to the dummy printer, which in turn creates a new PDF without all the junk.
But don't you need to open it (thus potentially triggering javascript) to send the PDF to the printer? Under windows, at least. In Linux you could presumably just copy/pipe the file to the printer device?
Do it via a service like Google Docs......At least it won't be infecting YOUR system.
I get so much dead tree junk mail that I'm surprised there aren't laws trying to stop it.
That stuff supports the postal system.
Interestingly, in Canada, if you affix a sticker to your mailbox indicating you do not with to receive bulk mail, they're supposed to honour it. Unfortunately, they rarely do.
Well, the Canadian DNC list had the effect that now all telemarketing calls to Canada come from Texas. I'm all for a law that stops Canada being a spam source, even if they just incorporate in Texas. It narrows the field, and makes it easier for me to decide if something's legit or not. Once all calls and emails coming from Texas are deemed unsolicited, it's an easy step to blocking Texas until they clean up their act.
It's usually better to go with non-nebulous terms like Unsolicited Commercial Email. Annoying emails from banks and organizations which I have a connection with ARE Unsolicited Commercial Email if they are a) unsolicited, b) commercial and c) sent electronically. It doesn't matter if I have a bank account with them; I never told them I was interested in their other offerings. If we had any other conversations over their other offerings, it was me telling them I never wanted to hear about their credit card offerings. Interestingly, if *I* try to contact THEM about such things, they tell me that the credit card stuff comes from a different company held by their parent corporation. Which goes full circle to the fact that I don't have a relationship with that company, and so should not be receiving offers from them.
GoDaddy has been on my blacklist along with NetSol since SOPA.
Best two services I've seen that are ethical, long-lasting and reasonably priced are NameCheap and Gandi. Gandi also has the benefit that it's not in the US, and so unless you're using it for something that's illegal in France, you're unlikely to get your domain yanked out from under you (and you'll get warning if it's going to happen).
White list is the great fear. If the internet, or at least encrypted traffic, operates on a white listed basis, its over. That is the only way for "them" to control the internet, its where this is heading, and when we get there, the freedom is over.
Somebody just needs to convince the politicians in the UK that it is absolutely necessary to whitelist *.
I've been on a VPN for a while now. It's the only safe way to browse any more, and having big brother looking over my shoulder the whole time was just too creepy.
So now you've got the VPN owner looking over your shoulder the whole time. I hope you're not pushing personally identifiable information through that VPN....
It takes advantage of Safari's "restore last window" feature, which is optional (though on by default in some versions) and also available in Firefox and Chrome (and possibly also on by default in some versions.)
And the OS X version is limited to a browser, as opposed to the Windows versions (which I've seen) which lock you out of the whole OS and can be VERY hard to get around.
The author's suggestion is to reset Safari (as in, clear cache, remove cookies, etc.) but wouldn't you also just be able to turn off the "restore session" option and then force-quit and relaunch? Also, you could relaunch, and press 'escape' or 'command-period' repeatedly to keep the page from loading.
hold down shift when restarting after a force quit.
It sure is! The copyright holders figured this out about a year ago.
In fact maybe this was an attempt to make DMCA takedown lists less useful, by filling them with unrelated stuff, no longer making them a handy directory of the goodies you're looking for.
Except everyone needs a copy of VLC (unless you're an mplayer fanboy). So what they've really done is come to the end of their popular content listings, and now they're adding the tools people need to watch the content they've so helpfully linked to. Next I expect takedown links to cheap projectors and multimedia PCs.
As if it matters, the source is out there so if it was axed people would pick up where Oracle left off. Probably do a better job, too, seeing as how Ellison and the gang haven't managed to go through a single quarter without fucking something up since he was hired.
Oracle is only relevant because a host of businesses made the mistake of investing in their technology. Unless every IT department on the face of the earth is entirely staffed by Alzheimer's patients, I'm guessing that strategy is only going to work for them so long. Exactly as long as it takes an open source alternative to replace them.
Oracle VirtualBox to be replaced by LibreBox?
I would definitely miss Oracle's proprietary extensions, but forking VirtualBox could be a good thing for VB/Qemu integration. Among other things, I'd expect to see more support for the Virtualbox FUSE plugins, and tighter integration of the virtualization framework with the Qemu core. End result might even be a single front end that can spin up a virtualized OR an emulated environment -- something to give MESS a run for its money as well as Parallels and VMWare.
So what I'd like to know is: do Elephants (who's auditory range of 16-12,000 hertz covers much more of the tremors) always know when a nearby volcano is going to erupt?
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Is it? I can't tell if it's owned by the government or owned by the individual members of the community. (Yes, there IS a difference.)
Yea, but supposedly it's a government of, by, and for the People, so theoretically they're the same thing here in 'Merica.
Theoretically.
...except that this small town is in Canada, not the US of A.
They can do that already. Without giving you notice. Without the TSA telling them to do anything.
The news isn't that valets have access to your car. The news is that the TSA is having them search it.
That's not really news either; the news is that they actually left a note saying they'd done it. That's the bit that surprised me, anyway.
When your luggage is searched by the TSA they leave notes on it also. It's a courtesy so you don't freak out and think someone illegally ruffled through your belongings.
The times the TSA has searched my luggage they've never left a note; of course, it's possible that it wasn't TSA who did the search, but when my zip strips change color and size during one leg of my flight (large and black to small and orange), I know it's not accidental.
Before you grab your shotguns and crossbows, remember that there are nearly a half-a-million radio-control plane enthusiasts out here in the countryside and we're NOT trying to spy on you. But we will send you a lawsuit and a big bill if you shoot down our planes.... ;-)
I'd think someone going after these things would want to use EMP, not a .22....
Still wouldn't be nice for the RC hobbyists though.
They can do that already. Without giving you notice. Without the TSA telling them to do anything.
The news isn't that valets have access to your car. The news is that the TSA is having them search it.
That's not really news either; the news is that they actually left a note saying they'd done it. That's the bit that surprised me, anyway.
After 9/11, there were rules put in place as to the "no park zone" around an airport facility. Some airports near where I live had to abandon sections of parking lot that were inside the zone -- I believe they turned them into green space eventually (so now the bomb gets hidden under a bush instead of inside a car... I guess they have lots of CCTV around the green space).
Which is why I advised against international travel.
Traveling within any country isn't international travel. I think you meant "This is of course not going to work outside the USA". I'd also watch out inside the US; I believe California at least may have gun replica laws on the books as well. Of course, if the firearm is registered, then it probably doesn't matter whether it actually functions or not -- it would still fall under "registered firearm" I would think. But you'd have to check local laws everywhere to be sure.
Remember: you have the right to bear arms, not the right to bear things that resemble arms. THOSE can have all sorts of restrictions on them.
Actually, using Facebook, it is around 4.5 degrees from one FB account to any other.
Personally, i am only 3 degrees from the baconator himself.
...and with as large a sample set as the NSA has, that means they've got reason to troll the entire Facebook database.
No, they're angry that they are being seen as patsies of the NSA. This could drop their popularity rating below 10%, where it might actually affect their pet projects and government funding.
Sony will come after them for copyright infringement.
I presume they didn't link LibDeCSS in this build.... ...but what about the patent infringements? Or are those waived since Apple already licenses the appropriate patents and this is distributed by Apple?
Check out Sumatrapdf http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html. It's super fast and does not support javascript or actionscript in PDF's. I use it exclusively now.
Is it vulnerable to font description overloading and the other PDF exploits out there? A large portion of the malicious PDFs I've seen lately didn't use forms or javascript containers as the main attack vector (usually shellcode via some markup bug).
A big limitation of Sumatra is that it doesn't support filling out interactive forms, which makes it a no-go in my organization
If it fills in forms, it's a security risk. I seem to recall that there are a few that ignore forms and let you create companion files that do overprint forms on form-like fields though. Can't remember the names offhand.
The way I'd do it is to create a dummy printer driver that just writes to a file. Print the PDF to the dummy printer, which in turn creates a new PDF without all the junk.
But don't you need to open it (thus potentially triggering javascript) to send the PDF to the printer? Under windows, at least. In Linux you could presumably just copy/pipe the file to the printer device?
Do it via a service like Google Docs... ...At least it won't be infecting YOUR system.
I get so much dead tree junk mail that I'm surprised there aren't laws trying to stop it.
That stuff supports the postal system.
Interestingly, in Canada, if you affix a sticker to your mailbox indicating you do not with to receive bulk mail, they're supposed to honour it. Unfortunately, they rarely do.
Well, the Canadian DNC list had the effect that now all telemarketing calls to Canada come from Texas. I'm all for a law that stops Canada being a spam source, even if they just incorporate in Texas. It narrows the field, and makes it easier for me to decide if something's legit or not. Once all calls and emails coming from Texas are deemed unsolicited, it's an easy step to blocking Texas until they clean up their act.
It's usually better to go with non-nebulous terms like Unsolicited Commercial Email. Annoying emails from banks and organizations which I have a connection with ARE Unsolicited Commercial Email if they are a) unsolicited, b) commercial and c) sent electronically. It doesn't matter if I have a bank account with them; I never told them I was interested in their other offerings. If we had any other conversations over their other offerings, it was me telling them I never wanted to hear about their credit card offerings. Interestingly, if *I* try to contact THEM about such things, they tell me that the credit card stuff comes from a different company held by their parent corporation. Which goes full circle to the fact that I don't have a relationship with that company, and so should not be receiving offers from them.
Hopefully this law will close that loophole.
You're moving from NetSol to GoDaddy?
That might have made sense, say, in 2003, when NetSol started going to the birds.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyclay/2012/09/10/5-reasons-you-should-leave-godaddy-and-how/
GoDaddy has been on my blacklist along with NetSol since SOPA.
Best two services I've seen that are ethical, long-lasting and reasonably priced are NameCheap and Gandi. Gandi also has the benefit that it's not in the US, and so unless you're using it for something that's illegal in France, you're unlikely to get your domain yanked out from under you (and you'll get warning if it's going to happen).
White list is the great fear. If the internet, or at least encrypted traffic, operates on a white listed basis, its over. That is the only way for "them" to control the internet, its where this is heading, and when we get there, the freedom is over.
Somebody just needs to convince the politicians in the UK that it is absolutely necessary to whitelist *.
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I've been on a VPN for a while now. It's the only safe way to browse any more, and having big brother looking over my shoulder the whole time was just too creepy.
So now you've got the VPN owner looking over your shoulder the whole time. I hope you're not pushing personally identifiable information through that VPN....
Cm'on... I'm sure at least 20% of slashdot readers have seen that Mythbusters episode....
I doubt he was returning from his spacewalk with the week's groceries stuffed in his suit though.
It takes advantage of Safari's "restore last window" feature, which is optional (though on by default in some versions) and also available in Firefox and Chrome (and possibly also on by default in some versions.)
And the OS X version is limited to a browser, as opposed to the Windows versions (which I've seen) which lock you out of the whole OS and can be VERY hard to get around.
The author's suggestion is to reset Safari (as in, clear cache, remove cookies, etc.) but wouldn't you also just be able to turn off the "restore session" option and then force-quit and relaunch? Also, you could relaunch, and press 'escape' or 'command-period' repeatedly to keep the page from loading.
hold down shift when restarting after a force quit.
Just a rouge website with some crafty Javascript!
What does the color of the web page have to do with anything?
It's from the red light district....
It sure is! The copyright holders figured this out about a year ago.
In fact maybe this was an attempt to make DMCA takedown lists less useful, by filling them with unrelated stuff, no longer making them a handy directory of the goodies you're looking for.
Except everyone needs a copy of VLC (unless you're an mplayer fanboy). So what they've really done is come to the end of their popular content listings, and now they're adding the tools people need to watch the content they've so helpfully linked to. Next I expect takedown links to cheap projectors and multimedia PCs.
As if it matters, the source is out there so if it was axed people would pick up where Oracle left off. Probably do a better job, too, seeing as how Ellison and the gang haven't managed to go through a single quarter without fucking something up since he was hired.
Oracle is only relevant because a host of businesses made the mistake of investing in their technology. Unless every IT department on the face of the earth is entirely staffed by Alzheimer's patients, I'm guessing that strategy is only going to work for them so long. Exactly as long as it takes an open source alternative to replace them.
Oracle VirtualBox to be replaced by LibreBox?
I would definitely miss Oracle's proprietary extensions, but forking VirtualBox could be a good thing for VB/Qemu integration. Among other things, I'd expect to see more support for the Virtualbox FUSE plugins, and tighter integration of the virtualization framework with the Qemu core. End result might even be a single front end that can spin up a virtualized OR an emulated environment -- something to give MESS a run for its money as well as Parallels and VMWare.
As I had to RTFA to figure this out, thought I'd pass on that VirtualBox is still going to be actively developed.
Virtualbox development, however, is now going to "tightly align ... with Oracle Corporation's overall core business strategy."
Something tells me we may have a fork, and possibly a shift in Qemu development energy in the future.
So what I'd like to know is: do Elephants (who's auditory range of 16-12,000 hertz covers much more of the tremors) always know when a nearby volcano is going to erupt?