I generaly don't like using clichés, but I think this one is called for. Two wrongs don't make a right. We're supposed to be better and more disciplined on the net than spammers. DDOSing them will bring us down to their level. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
I did a fresh install of Windows not too long ago for one of my relatives. They happen to use Earthlink DSL. The new install was infected in less than 3 minutes of going on line. So I think the time depends on who you use as an ISP.
The Universe is not eligant. It may be orderly or majestic but it certainly doesn't treat its elements delicately. The article says that the comet has impact marks on it so we're not the only thing that hit it.
Doesn't FedEx do this already? I mean. Its basicaly trying to guess where a package goes when the address is incomplete. Come to think of it a lot of other software packages do this as well. So what's different about what Amazon does?
I've serviced a network for a friend of mine that has his own building. In the false attic of that building are two cell phone providers equipment that basicaly use the building as a tower. You wouldn't know its there unless you were told about it. As far as I know none of the network equipment or wireless network equipment has received any interference from either one of the installations. It's basicaly ignored unless one of the companies needs to get in to it and they have a separate entrance to the area. The only thing that isn't ignored is the fact that it makes the buildings owner money.
Seems like 1984 is already there. All that's missing are the TV screens with the glaring face everywhere and the rallys where everyone screams at criminals leading to the national anthem, oh and of course a war to stir them up.
And how long would this take to come out? How expensive would a single disk be?
If the price of dual layer DVD's are a gage of how expensive these will be then the price will be through the roof. Dual layer DVDs which aren't sold in bulk are anywhere from $4 to $6 dollars each (rough estimate) and only sold in packs of 3 or 5 if you're lucky, or that's what I've been finding at the local ebil Fry's. Too expensive for me for making image backups of my system.
The problem with this comparison is that Linux/Unix is being updated to meet the current needs and standards of today and probably will continue to be improved in the future. The shuttle is only being maintained. No improvements were made to it until an accident forced them to be designed, manufactured and implemented and even then it's still using technology that is decades old. Both NASA and the Government have become gun-shy of designing a new shuttle. What are they afraid of?
You seem to forget about the change in copyright law where he can file for an extension of his copyright. Then when he's dead his family can do the same again.
The difference is that some people have the notion that VoIP can replace a land line/pots connection. When people do this and they call 911, emergency services doesn't know where you are because it's not a regular line and it doesn't show up on their database. That's why you have to pay a charge in order to map your address to that VoIP number. When an ISP or Telco company blocks a VoIP service they have effectively cut off any emergency communications for those who have replaced their regular phone line with a VoIP one. You should always have basic service on a landline for emergency calls and telephone companies must provide a line at a residence for this while an individual/family occupies that residence. And while its said that people can get cell phones for emergency call it also falls in to the category becuase the cell phone is not gauranteed to work. The battery may be dead or you could be in an eara where a signal won't get through. Smtp and http don't even fall in to the same category. When was the last time you sent an email or used an form ont he net to report a life threatening emergency that needed attention right there and then? By the time you finished writing the email or filled in the form the house would be burned down or the person would be dead.
If you're looking for a multiplayer game that is mouse friendly and has plenty of interaction. Try EVE which can be found at EVE Online. The interface is 99% mouse driven and should be very friendly for a HeadMouse. The other 1% is typing but if you have a two screen setup I think it would work out great. The game functions fine in window mode as well.
I'd like to know who the genius was who thought it was a good idea to create and use Joe accounts for a system which houses sensitive information? This is the oldest trick in the book as far as crackers getting in to systems like these. When I first got in to programing the first thing I was taught about security was do not let the user create an account that has the password the same as the user name. How long has this vulnerability been like this? How many have used this vulnerability to get information they shouldn't have had?
Although it was a hoax. It's a clever one and very harmless. I just can't help but feel amused by this. Nice one Alex. Now I can't remember if he had any banners on the site but he could have made some good cash if he did.
How can they opt out when all the packets have no return address, all the information is spoofed, no opt out page is given and on top of that if they do say that they don't want any more they're given more anyways? Funny, but isn't that how they work?
The logical next step for HL is to go from a single player FPS with networked play to a massive multi-player persistent world that is a constant battle with dynamic battle lines and story line content.
Sure Google has a super huge index of the internet but Google uses DMOZ as a starter to get its bots going. Now I would expect that it probably doesn't have to do this anymore since it can rely on its own data and people now submit links directly to them. DMOZ's directory is freely available for download so why wouldn't M$ use that as a jump off point?
Wired - Sebastian Ballas, PearPC's lead developer, said a screenshot of CherryOS shows a variable named "SPIRO MULTIMAX 3000," a nonsensical term Ballas claims to have invented for use in PearPC.
"It is absolutely unlikely that someone uses exactly this name for the same purpose," he said. "The way he (Kryeziu) is lying is making me angry."
When told that variables with the same names had been found in both CherryOS and PearPC, Kryeziu said programming logic often leads to variables and functions with similar, or identical, names.
"There are some functionalities that can only be done a certain way," he (Arben) said. "Names are going to be similar or identical because there are only certain ways to do things."
Arben should be in politics. He went around that accusation with the deftness of a Senator. There's more than one way to name a variable and its doubtfull that he could have come up with the same "nonsensical" term as Ballas did for the same thing. This alone makes it obvious that the code in CherryOS was taken from PearOS. Now that Arben has been alerted to the fact that everyone knows he'll probably chenge the names of the functions. It's easy for someone to change the function names in a program, its called search and replace.
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If they're going to evolve the X-Prize. They should raise the bar a bit more. SpaceShipOne has won the X-Prize for making it into the fringe of space, but now the prize should be extended to being able to safely complete an orbit and come back down.
"his alienation of the US from the world community"
I don't see other countries asking for our approval when they do things. Why is it that we have to seek their approval just to feel like one of the crowd? The world sees us as a dominating force because we are so successful and they hate, fear and are jealous of it at the same time. What about the corruption that was discovered in the oil for food program? I doubt very much that the individuals involved in that are going to answer for it. It's a big slap in the face.
Dan O'Dowd fails to see the due diligence involved in Open Source projects. Many times before programers have discovered clever attempts to hide malicious code in Linux source and other separate programs. He fails to see or is refusing to acknowlege how smart and persistent the programers involved really are. If its there someone is going to notice and send up an alarm. When it happens it gets taken care of quickly.
I did it about four years ago. Now the technology has advanced further but back then it was still good. I did it because I can't wear contacts (soft or hard). The hard contacts drive me nuts, I can feel them. The soft contacts I destroy all the time by tearing them as I took them out. I could see without glasses but most my ability to see details were lost without them. Grass was nothing but a green sheet. The slight stigmatism didn't help either.
I was afraid of the surgery since I had heard a horror story from an individual who did it before me. What happened to him was that his eyes had reacted badly to the surgery and he lost his sight for the better part of a year. The fluid in his eyes became a milky white. I later learned that that sort of thing can happen if an infection enters your eyes. When I aksed the doctor how this could happen he told me that white cells went in to the fluid to combat the infection and the reason he got it was that he probably didn't use the drops properly that he was given afterwards.
I did the surgery. It corrected the bad sight and slight stigmatism I had. It felt like sand was put in to my eyes right after the surgery. I was given antibiotic drops and anti-inflamatory drops to put in my eyes and a shield to tape on as I sleep so I don't rub. My eyes were corrected to 20/10 in both and the stigmatism is gone. No halos. The only side effect, I have to wet my eyes with Refresh every once in a while on really dry days, big deal. I see perfectly and have no problems. Best decision I made.
If you are going to do the surgery don't forget to ask the doctor as much as you can about the procedure. The more information you get the more at ease you'll feel about it. Follow his directions on the day of the procedure and everything will be fine.
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I generaly don't like using clichés, but I think this one is called for. Two wrongs don't make a right. We're supposed to be better and more disciplined on the net than spammers. DDOSing them will bring us down to their level. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
I did a fresh install of Windows not too long ago for one of my relatives. They happen to use Earthlink DSL. The new install was infected in less than 3 minutes of going on line. So I think the time depends on who you use as an ISP.
The Universe is not eligant. It may be orderly or majestic but it certainly doesn't treat its elements delicately. The article says that the comet has impact marks on it so we're not the only thing that hit it.
Doesn't FedEx do this already? I mean. Its basicaly trying to guess where a package goes when the address is incomplete. Come to think of it a lot of other software packages do this as well. So what's different about what Amazon does?
I've serviced a network for a friend of mine that has his own building. In the false attic of that building are two cell phone providers equipment that basicaly use the building as a tower. You wouldn't know its there unless you were told about it. As far as I know none of the network equipment or wireless network equipment has received any interference from either one of the installations. It's basicaly ignored unless one of the companies needs to get in to it and they have a separate entrance to the area. The only thing that isn't ignored is the fact that it makes the buildings owner money.
Seems like 1984 is already there. All that's missing are the TV screens with the glaring face everywhere and the rallys where everyone screams at criminals leading to the national anthem, oh and of course a war to stir them up.
And how long would this take to come out? How expensive would a single disk be?
If the price of dual layer DVD's are a gage of how expensive these will be then the price will be through the roof. Dual layer DVDs which aren't sold in bulk are anywhere from $4 to $6 dollars each (rough estimate) and only sold in packs of 3 or 5 if you're lucky, or that's what I've been finding at the local ebil Fry's. Too expensive for me for making image backups of my system.
The problem with this comparison is that Linux/Unix is being updated to meet the current needs and standards of today and probably will continue to be improved in the future. The shuttle is only being maintained. No improvements were made to it until an accident forced them to be designed, manufactured and implemented and even then it's still using technology that is decades old. Both NASA and the Government have become gun-shy of designing a new shuttle. What are they afraid of?
You seem to forget about the change in copyright law where he can file for an extension of his copyright. Then when he's dead his family can do the same again.
The difference is that some people have the notion that VoIP can replace a land line/pots connection. When people do this and they call 911, emergency services doesn't know where you are because it's not a regular line and it doesn't show up on their database. That's why you have to pay a charge in order to map your address to that VoIP number. When an ISP or Telco company blocks a VoIP service they have effectively cut off any emergency communications for those who have replaced their regular phone line with a VoIP one. You should always have basic service on a landline for emergency calls and telephone companies must provide a line at a residence for this while an individual/family occupies that residence. And while its said that people can get cell phones for emergency call it also falls in to the category becuase the cell phone is not gauranteed to work. The battery may be dead or you could be in an eara where a signal won't get through. Smtp and http don't even fall in to the same category. When was the last time you sent an email or used an form ont he net to report a life threatening emergency that needed attention right there and then? By the time you finished writing the email or filled in the form the house would be burned down or the person would be dead.
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The result from that. Companies like Vonage and Packet8 are crippled and it's legal too.
If you're looking for a multiplayer game that is mouse friendly and has plenty of interaction. Try EVE which can be found at EVE Online. The interface is 99% mouse driven and should be very friendly for a HeadMouse. The other 1% is typing but if you have a two screen setup I think it would work out great. The game functions fine in window mode as well.
Didn't GameSpy come out with this first? If they did wouldn't it be considered prior art?
I'd like to know who the genius was who thought it was a good idea to create and use Joe accounts for a system which houses sensitive information? This is the oldest trick in the book as far as crackers getting in to systems like these. When I first got in to programing the first thing I was taught about security was do not let the user create an account that has the password the same as the user name. How long has this vulnerability been like this? How many have used this vulnerability to get information they shouldn't have had?
Although it was a hoax. It's a clever one and very harmless. I just can't help but feel amused by this. Nice one Alex. Now I can't remember if he had any banners on the site but he could have made some good cash if he did.
How can they opt out when all the packets have no return address, all the information is spoofed, no opt out page is given and on top of that if they do say that they don't want any more they're given more anyways? Funny, but isn't that how they work?
The logical next step for HL is to go from a single player FPS with networked play to a massive multi-player persistent world that is a constant battle with dynamic battle lines and story line content.
Sure Google has a super huge index of the internet but Google uses DMOZ as a starter to get its bots going. Now I would expect that it probably doesn't have to do this anymore since it can rely on its own data and people now submit links directly to them. DMOZ's directory is freely available for download so why wouldn't M$ use that as a jump off point?
If they're going to evolve the X-Prize. They should raise the bar a bit more. SpaceShipOne has won the X-Prize for making it into the fringe of space, but now the prize should be extended to being able to safely complete an orbit and come back down.
"his alienation of the US from the world community"
I don't see other countries asking for our approval when they do things. Why is it that we have to seek their approval just to feel like one of the crowd? The world sees us as a dominating force because we are so successful and they hate, fear and are jealous of it at the same time. What about the corruption that was discovered in the oil for food program? I doubt very much that the individuals involved in that are going to answer for it. It's a big slap in the face.
Hollywood in general has creative fatigue. Look at all the crappy movies that have come out lately. You don't see anyone saying it should die.
Dan O'Dowd fails to see the due diligence involved in Open Source projects. Many times before programers have discovered clever attempts to hide malicious code in Linux source and other separate programs. He fails to see or is refusing to acknowlege how smart and persistent the programers involved really are. If its there someone is going to notice and send up an alarm. When it happens it gets taken care of quickly.
I would have but they didn't have those back then.
I did it about four years ago. Now the technology has advanced further but back then it was still good. I did it because I can't wear contacts (soft or hard). The hard contacts drive me nuts, I can feel them. The soft contacts I destroy all the time by tearing them as I took them out. I could see without glasses but most my ability to see details were lost without them. Grass was nothing but a green sheet. The slight stigmatism didn't help either.
I was afraid of the surgery since I had heard a horror story from an individual who did it before me. What happened to him was that his eyes had reacted badly to the surgery and he lost his sight for the better part of a year. The fluid in his eyes became a milky white. I later learned that that sort of thing can happen if an infection enters your eyes. When I aksed the doctor how this could happen he told me that white cells went in to the fluid to combat the infection and the reason he got it was that he probably didn't use the drops properly that he was given afterwards.
I did the surgery. It corrected the bad sight and slight stigmatism I had. It felt like sand was put in to my eyes right after the surgery. I was given antibiotic drops and anti-inflamatory drops to put in my eyes and a shield to tape on as I sleep so I don't rub. My eyes were corrected to 20/10 in both and the stigmatism is gone. No halos. The only side effect, I have to wet my eyes with Refresh every once in a while on really dry days, big deal. I see perfectly and have no problems. Best decision I made.
If you are going to do the surgery don't forget to ask the doctor as much as you can about the procedure. The more information you get the more at ease you'll feel about it. Follow his directions on the day of the procedure and everything will be fine.