AltaVista, WorldVista etc. etc. etc. should sue Microsoft on the same grounds that Microsoft sued Lindows- have to hate it when those things come back to bite.
As of June 30, 2005 there were 664,905 licensed HAMs in the United States alone. During the 1980's Mexico city earthquake, HAM radio was the only communication in or out of the entire city. Because one major station was a doctor (Dr. William Brown) that operated out of the American embassy, americans were able to notify their relatives that they were ok. Rather than dismissing HAM radio, why not try to inform people about its importance. And BPL Is not a Need, emergency communications are a Need, no matter how one looks at it.
But cars constantly crashing with absolutely no user fault is the car's fault. Right? Cars cannot be compared to software- The user base is moving towards other, more secure browsers. Microsoft will just be forced to follow the people rather than the people follow the corporation. Thats why everyone likes ColdFusion and PHP. Its truly 100% serverside.
There are other places (Like my local school district) that have been using a similar system along with student photos and all to prevent faking it out for 10 years now. What makes them the "first in the country?"
Does this mean that Microsoft will get some sort of bounty when they seek out new pieces of Spyware to install on their own machines when developing their Anti-Spyware software? They are based in Washington...makes you wonder. ( Shows why they testfied for the bill. huh? )
BPL is being tested in a remote area in Arizona, where there are few HAMs and little of the spectrum is actually in use- when/if BPL is ever put into place in a city or heavily populated area, many more "non-existent" problems will result. BPL will cause destructive interference to many commodities using radio that we use today.
Look at the size of google. Do you honestly think that the crawling/search database department actually interacts to that extent with the group that writes these other webpages?
Because MIDI Files aren't actual sound. Its instructions on how your computer needs to re-syntasize (sp?) the music. An mp3 is the actual sounds produced.
You can create your own SSL Certificate, however whoever visits your server must chose to accept it. Just because it isn't "Certified" doesn't mean that your site is insecure.
The Oxford English Dictionary keeps a list of all true English words and their definition. This method allows for language evolution. Without evolution, the French Language would have never existed at all. Language evolution is a good thing, no matter what the Acadamie Francaise says, because without it, they would all be out of a job.
But when you play a game and use cheats you're not in a public area as your car would be. You're in your own home, with your own stuff. If I owned a drag course I could very well drive it 200 MPH (Assuming it could go that fast in the first place) and add a spoiler.
Computers are private, and modifying one single player game that doesn't affect anyone else is unrelated. If its an online multiplayer game. Just ban the known cheaters off of the servers and check for more exploits and fix the ones that people find. No need to take legal action because amateur programmers are smarter than they are.
It could be Linux, just with a poor pick for a password, or unpatched, or even configured incorrectly. Can't always immediately blame the OS, configuration can be just as large of a problem.
Its not shutting developers out. If you want to work with the source code, download it and work on it. If someone's a begginer dev, I certainly don't want them working directly on the final product just before I use the product daily.
How are they being elitist? In order to keep the quality as good as it has been lately, and to maintain, and grow its reputation; sometimes you have to be selective in what you add, or remove from the code.
Even though it found things that Ad-Aware and Spybot didn't find. Perhaps it should be tried the other way. What do they find that Microsoft doesn't find, and how serious are they really? Is it that much better, or is it merely different.
Secondly, has Microsoft really had time to make any major changes to the scan engine, or have they changed the update servers, and the skin (The Icon hasn't even changed) and called it beta? Keep in mind that when Microsoft bought out Giant they were merely continuing their great tradition of acquiring from someone else rather than writing their own code from scratch.
I personlly think that one cannon judge the software this early on its life. I feel that we will definatley need to re-visit the software when it has been fully "Microsoft-ized". I look forward to seeing what happens next.
One has to remember that the linux exploits are much harder to actually take advantage of than the windows exploits. Linux security holes, although serious, one must first gain access to the physical terminal, then have the time needed to actually use the exploit, as opposed to writing a webpage or powerpoint file that someone merely has to open to become a zombie. Linux needs fixing at times, however the security holes are in comparison, not as serious as those Windows users encounter almost daily.
This year's design seems much simpler, however when you really look at it, its much more complex. The programming has sadly been simplified, however the option is there for everyone to make their own modifications to the language. Essentially, as I understand it, one can create "Macros" to run within their code, all of which would be written in C code. I'm very sad to see the classic C or even PBASIC go, but as long as it doesn't go as far as drag-and-drop to create the instructions, Kamen will manage to keep it at least close to real-world. FLL is great for beginers, but for those that really want to learn how to code, (Yes, I know theres BricOS etc.) the text needs to remain an equally important option.
Essentially peer to peer creates a server on everyone's computer and allows you to search all of the other servers.
How is this any different than what google does? Its a harmless "application" that searches other computers on which there are files being served to the web. Large portions of the web are copyrighted. Universities, Companies, Enyclopedias, they're all copyrighted, and you search them with google/yahoo etc.
"Whoever intentionally induces any violation identified in subsection (a) of
this section shall be liable as an infringer.
In subsection (g), "intentionally induces" means intentionally
aids, abets, induces, counsels, or procures, and intent may be shown by acts
from which a reasonable person would find intent to induce infringement based
upon all relevant information about such acts then reasonably available to
the actor, including whether the activity relies on infringement for its
commercial viability."
Isn't the purpose of search engines to "intentionally aid" you in finding something, regardless of whether its copyrighted or not? Search engines, nor arguably Peer to Peer is created for the sole purpose of copyright infringement. Where is the line drawn between the two?
I'm anxious to find out how this holds up in court if it even passes both houses.
Amateur radio has been used all over the world many many times during disaster. Hurricanes here in the states, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc. They usually go unnoticed, despite being the only source of communication at times. Severe storm warnings are usually issued after HAMs report, via radio, that there is in fact a severe storm (after undergoing training of course). Without us even knowing it they can be a huge part of our daily lives.
Its good to see that such a useful, threatened hobby can show one of its many goodsides to the world by helping out.
VoIP can be used without a computer. Companies sell a module that you connect to your broadband line in order to make calls out using a normal phone 'handset'. The idea behind this is that there is no noticable difference to VoIP as compared to your POTS line; same functionality, same options as everone else.
Verizon VoiceWing
They are used in Virginia too, the SmartTag, however there are multiple types of tags, old and new styles, the newer of which is being slowly implemented.
SmartTag just merged/contracted (not sure which) with EZ-Pass, I guess RFID will be implemented slowly over the next few months-years.
Sure you can change your MAC Address, but then you have to change the MAC Address to one that is valid. If no one is on the network, but you can hear it by simply wardriving, its not going to do anybody any good.
Our local school system is actually switching away from Solaris to Microsoft because nobody knows how to use *nix. May I also add that the school routinely sends tech guys to classes on MS, but have never sent them to a *nix class to get a better OS on the servers, btw: the Domain and DHCP servers are nearly always down.
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AltaVista, WorldVista etc. etc. etc. should sue Microsoft on the same grounds that Microsoft sued Lindows- have to hate it when those things come back to bite.
Busch Gardens Williamsburg has been using the hand geometry scanner for years as well, cuts down on the cost to produce season passes.
As of June 30, 2005 there were 664,905 licensed HAMs in the United States alone. During the 1980's Mexico city earthquake, HAM radio was the only communication in or out of the entire city. Because one major station was a doctor (Dr. William Brown) that operated out of the American embassy, americans were able to notify their relatives that they were ok. Rather than dismissing HAM radio, why not try to inform people about its importance. And BPL Is not a Need, emergency communications are a Need, no matter how one looks at it.
But cars constantly crashing with absolutely no user fault is the car's fault. Right? Cars cannot be compared to software- The user base is moving towards other, more secure browsers. Microsoft will just be forced to follow the people rather than the people follow the corporation. Thats why everyone likes ColdFusion and PHP. Its truly 100% serverside.
There are other places (Like my local school district) that have been using a similar system along with student photos and all to prevent faking it out for 10 years now. What makes them the "first in the country?"
Does this mean that Microsoft will get some sort of bounty when they seek out new pieces of Spyware to install on their own machines when developing their Anti-Spyware software? They are based in Washington...makes you wonder. ( Shows why they testfied for the bill. huh? )
BPL is being tested in a remote area in Arizona, where there are few HAMs and little of the spectrum is actually in use- when/if BPL is ever put into place in a city or heavily populated area, many more "non-existent" problems will result. BPL will cause destructive interference to many commodities using radio that we use today.
Sounds like a windows only vulnerability. Are the Mac and Linux versions open to the hole as well?
Look at the size of google. Do you honestly think that the crawling/search database department actually interacts to that extent with the group that writes these other webpages?
Because MIDI Files aren't actual sound. Its instructions on how your computer needs to re-syntasize (sp?) the music. An mp3 is the actual sounds produced.
You can create your own SSL Certificate, however whoever visits your server must chose to accept it. Just because it isn't "Certified" doesn't mean that your site is insecure.
The Oxford English Dictionary keeps a list of all true English words and their definition. This method allows for language evolution. Without evolution, the French Language would have never existed at all. Language evolution is a good thing, no matter what the Acadamie Francaise says, because without it, they would all be out of a job.
But when you play a game and use cheats you're not in a public area as your car would be. You're in your own home, with your own stuff. If I owned a drag course I could very well drive it 200 MPH (Assuming it could go that fast in the first place) and add a spoiler.
Computers are private, and modifying one single player game that doesn't affect anyone else is unrelated. If its an online multiplayer game. Just ban the known cheaters off of the servers and check for more exploits and fix the ones that people find. No need to take legal action because amateur programmers are smarter than they are.
It could be Linux, just with a poor pick for a password, or unpatched, or even configured incorrectly. Can't always immediately blame the OS, configuration can be just as large of a problem.
Its not shutting developers out. If you want to work with the source code, download it and work on it. If someone's a begginer dev, I certainly don't want them working directly on the final product just before I use the product daily.
How are they being elitist? In order to keep the quality as good as it has been lately, and to maintain, and grow its reputation; sometimes you have to be selective in what you add, or remove from the code.
Even though it found things that Ad-Aware and Spybot didn't find. Perhaps it should be tried the other way. What do they find that Microsoft doesn't find, and how serious are they really? Is it that much better, or is it merely different.
Secondly, has Microsoft really had time to make any major changes to the scan engine, or have they changed the update servers, and the skin (The Icon hasn't even changed) and called it beta? Keep in mind that when Microsoft bought out Giant they were merely continuing their great tradition of acquiring from someone else rather than writing their own code from scratch.
I personlly think that one cannon judge the software this early on its life. I feel that we will definatley need to re-visit the software when it has been fully "Microsoft-ized". I look forward to seeing what happens next.
One has to remember that the linux exploits are much harder to actually take advantage of than the windows exploits. Linux security holes, although serious, one must first gain access to the physical terminal, then have the time needed to actually use the exploit, as opposed to writing a webpage or powerpoint file that someone merely has to open to become a zombie. Linux needs fixing at times, however the security holes are in comparison, not as serious as those Windows users encounter almost daily.
Good luck to all and Go 1137
Essentially peer to peer creates a server on everyone's computer and allows you to search all of the other servers.
How is this any different than what google does? Its a harmless "application" that searches other computers on which there are files being served to the web. Large portions of the web are copyrighted. Universities, Companies, Enyclopedias, they're all copyrighted, and you search them with google/yahoo etc.
"Whoever intentionally induces any violation identified in subsection (a) of this section shall be liable as an infringer.
In subsection (g), "intentionally induces" means intentionally aids, abets, induces, counsels, or procures, and intent may be shown by acts from which a reasonable person would find intent to induce infringement based upon all relevant information about such acts then reasonably available to the actor, including whether the activity relies on infringement for its commercial viability."
Isn't the purpose of search engines to "intentionally aid" you in finding something, regardless of whether its copyrighted or not? Search engines, nor arguably Peer to Peer is created for the sole purpose of copyright infringement. Where is the line drawn between the two?
I'm anxious to find out how this holds up in court if it even passes both houses.
Amateur radio has been used all over the world many many times during disaster. Hurricanes here in the states, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc. They usually go unnoticed, despite being the only source of communication at times. Severe storm warnings are usually issued after HAMs report, via radio, that there is in fact a severe storm (after undergoing training of course). Without us even knowing it they can be a huge part of our daily lives.
Its good to see that such a useful, threatened hobby can show one of its many goodsides to the world by helping out.
73 de kg4gytVoIP can be used without a computer. Companies sell a module that you connect to your broadband line in order to make calls out using a normal phone 'handset'. The idea behind this is that there is no noticable difference to VoIP as compared to your POTS line; same functionality, same options as everone else. Verizon VoiceWing
They are used in Virginia too, the SmartTag, however there are multiple types of tags, old and new styles, the newer of which is being slowly implemented. SmartTag just merged/contracted (not sure which) with EZ-Pass, I guess RFID will be implemented slowly over the next few months-years.
Sure you can change your MAC Address, but then you have to change the MAC Address to one that is valid. If no one is on the network, but you can hear it by simply wardriving, its not going to do anybody any good.
How can you upgrade from Unix to Windows, downgrade perhaps, never heard of any upgrade like that before.
Our local school system is actually switching away from Solaris to Microsoft because nobody knows how to use *nix. May I also add that the school routinely sends tech guys to classes on MS, but have never sent them to a *nix class to get a better OS on the servers, btw: the Domain and DHCP servers are nearly always down.