I have a Nokia Communicator 9500 and it has an option called Remote Locking, where the owner specifies a password. Later on, if someone stole the phone, the owner sends an SMS message to the mobile and it instantly locks both the phone and the memory card. It even encrypts the memory card's contents.
Yes, this is useless if the sim is changed, but the phone also employs another option to lock mobile phone if the SIM card is changed.
Is it really necessary to delete all data and pierce the ears of the innocent?
You might be fooled by the small number of 4.8%, but keep in mind that it yields 7 million people of the whole population!
7 million without a job, and Bush is out there sucking the oil of a country yet to be proved of having WMDs.
You may believe me or may not. You may agree with some thoughts or none. But you just can't hide from the facts. (Katrina? Late aids -- Iraq? What does the US has to do with it anyway?... the list of things against the Bush admin. is nothing but growing)
It's amusing to see that while the Bush admin. is busy harvesting more profits for the oil companies owned by the Bush family (and co.), while the American people are busy with the high rates of oil & lack of jobs.
It's even more funny, that a company previously accused of forging (or aided in) the election results, is set to pay/donate (read the article) $245k only! So that's the price of America? $245k?
And Bush was elected twice!
I never expected the American people to keep their heads low and not do anything about this.
I know this may stir a lot of anger around here, but as everyone else had pointed their point of view, I'd like to state mine, as well.
The Holy Quran (the book of Islam) mentions the moon's bulge, or rather what caused the bulge. The moon had split, by God, roughly 1426 years ago; That is, before Prophet Mohammad had left Mekka for the first time. The reason God split the moon is that the heathens of Mekka (Quraish) had asked the Prophet to prove that God existed by asking God to split the moon. When the moon split, a man called Abu Jahel said to wait and ask people coming from far long if it did or not. If yes, then it is true otherwise Mohammad had played magic on our eyes. People who came from far long did confirm the story, but the heathens said that it was a great magic and still refused to believe in God.
This is mere translation to two verses of the Holy Quran. I don't know where to find an english translation of the Holy Quran and I hope someone does find one and post it.
Here're the versus in Arabic:: { * } Surat Al-Qamar -- versus (1) & (2)
Which is why Bluetooth is convenient. Its range is much smaller than Wi-Fi, meaning it will be almost limited to your house's circumference.
As far as I know, Bluetooth attacks are active against mobile phones not computers, but I may be wrong. Anyone got info on this matter? I feel lazy to Googlize.
If someone is using Windows and his/her files are in a shared folder (including licensed eBooks), to swap between different personal computers over home network, and his/her PC got compromized/hacked.
Would the person who got hacked be held responsible?
Samba shares are easy to find and crack, would this make Samba a forbidden protocol? Or will "I" be obliged to shut down any sharing protocol before going online?
Shouldn't Microsoft (or the OS maintainer) be held responsible for this?
"On some systems (Acer notebooks notably), adapter initialization sometimes fails due to IRQ routing problems and interference with the video display. The current workaround is to run "modprobe driverloader" before the X server starts or with the display switched to a text-console (Ctrl-Alt-F1)." -- Linuxant
Are you actually comparing the China from the 17th century with the current China?!
Sorry, but that's absurd! It's like comparing current USA with the days of York! (though different locations)... [Ok, bad example. They're similar. In the days of York streets were filthy, whores every where and the country was run by a bunch of arrogant wealthy snobs. Those rich snobs used to sell corn to people; Now they sell korny people.]
Regardless of the bad example, your comparison makes no sense to me. Why? Because China is now a big rival in the electronics market. Garments, as well, which is challenging the EU's. That means more jobs and better economy.
Since Google refused to hand over the data, it would gain much more trust of its current users and earn the trust of new users, as well. This MAY be planned by Google, since now people trust them the most, Google might ask for more information, whether directly or indirectly, and use it for purposes other than it should... i.e., become evil!
I don't think we should be happy, since the true intentions hadn't yet surfaced. Who knows how this "earned trust" towards Google would be used years from now...
Now I might get a flamebait MOD for that, but no one can deny it's a possiblity.
Why would Bush target Google? What's his (or his administration's) benefit?
Since all that the DoJ asked for was queries, Google could do the same as Yahoo and submit user queries only. But as someone mentioned earlier, those queries must be filtered out of personal information.
Nonetheless, I'm glad Google didn't submit those queries, yet.
-> You're blaming Bush for this without a clean link (At least, to me) between Bush & DoJ on this matter.
If Google had submitted to the subpoena, I believe that many of its shareholders who believe in the company's "anti-evil" principles, would have sold their shares. Not to forget the employees who may feel that they were failed by their exec. board.
Recently, friends of mine were doing a research for a subject they're taking on wireless networks. They've visited Starbucks and for their shock, Starbucks was using sniffers! They actually log every tap of keyboard you do and everything that goes out and in.
This is "SUPPOSED" to be illegal, here in Kuwait, but no one did/doing/will do anything about it since the whole Starbucks chain here is owned by big fat wallets.
Correction: The CD itself is not slow. It's your CDROM drive that might be slow, lack of RAM, CPU speed, Front Side Bus,...etc.
Some applications maybe compressed in the CD to save place for other applications, but the uncompression process is done on-the-fly and is pretty fast.
I have used Knoppix for years now, and its performance is quite amazing. Then again, it all depends on the machine it's running on.
1) "Snap+Send" "they could soon be dropping" Oh, not developed yet, aih? What's to report then? Not on/., but what's with the media attention? Marketing for the University? Or is the University looking for funding through its students?
The date on that article goes back to Jan. 3rd, and it just made its way to/. !!!
I'm ashamed to say/write this, but I must; I live in Kuwait and it has the worst mail system I've ever seen. Why? A subscriber to ACM (acm.org) just got her card. It arrived to Kuwait at Nov. 30th and was delivered at Jan. 5th !!!! Well, she was lucky she got it in the first place! Many things get lost in Kuwait's mail (black holes?). Anyway, the whole idea behind this is, how long will the battery last? Can the postcard withstand Kuwait's heat during the summer (50 C -- in the shade)?! What about UAE's humidity?
So, his vision to mail it, aih? I don't see any remarks on the weight mentioned in the article! So add some money to shipping too...
"his concept could be an alternative to mobile phone cameras." Really? NEC's N902i mobile phone has a 4 MegaPixle lense... All new mobile phones are developing better and cheaper lenses, plus they employ digital zoom!
"I'd rather use them to show potential employers my ideas." Good for him. Oh wait, as opposed to selling the idea and getting loads of cash and starting your own business?
2) Smart Cards with LCDs Seriously? I read what the website had, saw their flash & the PDF (which made no difference). Nothing states how the CC company will validate your auth. code.. maybe TRACK you with RF? Regardless of how its being tracked, how's the CC company gonna compensate its loss on these cards? Charge more interest? My bank calls whenever there's a transaction over my CC! Now that IS service!
I don't like bulky wallets... I carry a lot of plastic cards. If I'm to use on these, it will get broken after 1 hour of being in my pocket! I guess no one told the CC compnay that LCDs aren't bendable, yet. (Still being developed)
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What's IIS doing on an "average home user machine"?!
Is this an attempt to indirectly promote Microsoft's new OS by urging people to upgrade?
I have a Nokia Communicator 9500 and it has an option called Remote Locking, where the owner specifies a password. Later on, if someone stole the phone, the owner sends an SMS message to the mobile and it instantly locks both the phone and the memory card.
It even encrypts the memory card's contents.
Yes, this is useless if the sim is changed, but the phone also employs another option to lock mobile phone if the SIM card is changed.
Is it really necessary to delete all data and pierce the ears of the innocent?
Can you prove me wrong?
... the list of things against the Bush admin. is nothing but growing)
The high prices of oil; WHo can afford these?
Here's a small link that might interest you http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
You might be fooled by the small number of 4.8%, but keep in mind that it yields 7 million people of the whole population!
7 million without a job, and Bush is out there sucking the oil of a country yet to be proved of having WMDs.
You may believe me or may not. You may agree with some thoughts or none. But you just can't hide from the facts. (Katrina? Late aids -- Iraq? What does the US has to do with it anyway?
It's amusing to see that while the Bush admin. is busy harvesting more profits for the oil companies owned by the Bush family (and co.), while the American people are busy with the high rates of oil & lack of jobs.
It's even more funny, that a company previously accused of forging (or aided in) the election results, is set to pay/donate (read the article) $245k only!
So that's the price of America? $245k?
And Bush was elected twice!
I never expected the American people to keep their heads low and not do anything about this.
(War on terrorism? Really? heh)
Seems like Arabic characters are filtered... :: http://www.islampedia.com/MIE2/tafsir/54kamar.html
Here's the link to page I got it from (including the explanation & story)
I know this may stir a lot of anger around here, but as everyone else had pointed their point of view, I'd like to state mine, as well.
:: { * }
The Holy Quran (the book of Islam) mentions the moon's bulge, or rather what caused the bulge. The moon had split, by God, roughly 1426 years ago; That is, before Prophet Mohammad had left Mekka for the first time.
The reason God split the moon is that the heathens of Mekka (Quraish) had asked the Prophet to prove that God existed by asking God to split the moon. When the moon split, a man called Abu Jahel said to wait and ask people coming from far long if it did or not. If yes, then it is true otherwise Mohammad had played magic on our eyes.
People who came from far long did confirm the story, but the heathens said that it was a great magic and still refused to believe in God.
This is mere translation to two verses of the Holy Quran. I don't know where to find an english translation of the Holy Quran and I hope someone does find one and post it.
Here're the versus in Arabic
Surat Al-Qamar -- versus (1) & (2)
Which is why Bluetooth is convenient. Its range is much smaller than Wi-Fi, meaning it will be almost limited to your house's circumference.
As far as I know, Bluetooth attacks are active against mobile phones not computers, but I may be wrong. Anyone got info on this matter? I feel lazy to Googlize.
It's the apocalypse already?!
If someone is using Windows and his/her files are in a shared folder (including licensed eBooks), to swap between different personal computers over home network, and his/her PC got compromized/hacked.
Would the person who got hacked be held responsible?
Samba shares are easy to find and crack, would this make Samba a forbidden protocol? Or will "I" be obliged to shut down any sharing protocol before going online?
Shouldn't Microsoft (or the OS maintainer) be held responsible for this?
"How do you Slashdot readers keep up with your continuing education, while still maintaining a personal life?"
Personal life? Life?"On some systems (Acer notebooks notably), adapter initialization sometimes fails due to IRQ routing problems and interference with the video display. The current workaround is to run "modprobe driverloader" before the X server starts or with the display switched to a text-console (Ctrl-Alt-F1)." -- Linuxant
Are you actually comparing the China from the 17th century with the current China?!
Sorry, but that's absurd! It's like comparing current USA with the days of York! (though different locations)... [Ok, bad example. They're similar. In the days of York streets were filthy, whores every where and the country was run by a bunch of arrogant wealthy snobs. Those rich snobs used to sell corn to people; Now they sell korny people.]Regardless of the bad example, your comparison makes no sense to me. Why? Because China is now a big rival in the electronics market. Garments, as well, which is challenging the EU's. That means more jobs and better economy.
This is by far the most clear & concise explanation to the whole mess.
Thanks!
Since Google refused to hand over the data, it would gain much more trust of its current users and earn the trust of new users, as well.
This MAY be planned by Google, since now people trust them the most, Google might ask for more information, whether directly or indirectly, and use it for purposes other than it should... i.e., become evil!
I don't think we should be happy, since the true intentions hadn't yet surfaced. Who knows how this "earned trust" towards Google would be used years from now...
Now I might get a flamebait MOD for that, but no one can deny it's a possiblity.
Why would Bush target Google? What's his (or his administration's) benefit?
Since all that the DoJ asked for was queries, Google could do the same as Yahoo and submit user queries only. But as someone mentioned earlier, those queries must be filtered out of personal information.
Nonetheless, I'm glad Google didn't submit those queries, yet.
-> You're blaming Bush for this without a clean link (At least, to me) between Bush & DoJ on this matter.
I agree.
If Google had submitted to the subpoena, I believe that many of its shareholders who believe in the company's "anti-evil" principles, would have sold their shares. Not to forget the employees who may feel that they were failed by their exec. board.
Recently, friends of mine were doing a research for a subject they're taking on wireless networks.
They've visited Starbucks and for their shock, Starbucks was using sniffers! They actually log every tap of keyboard you do and everything that goes out and in.
This is "SUPPOSED" to be illegal, here in Kuwait, but no one did/doing/will do anything about it since the whole Starbucks chain here is owned by big fat wallets.
Correction: The CD itself is not slow. It's your CDROM drive that might be slow, lack of RAM, CPU speed, Front Side Bus, ...etc.
Some applications maybe compressed in the CD to save place for other applications, but the uncompression process is done on-the-fly and is pretty fast.
I have used Knoppix for years now, and its performance is quite amazing. Then again, it all depends on the machine it's running on.
I guess being "loveless" gave "Mark Loveless" all the time in world, aih? Heh, poor nerd..
Oh, wait...
D00d! You read EULAs ?!!?
1) "Snap+Send" /., but what's with the media attention? Marketing for the University? Or is the University looking for funding through its students?
/. !!!
"they could soon be dropping"
Oh, not developed yet, aih?
What's to report then? Not on
The date on that article goes back to Jan. 3rd, and it just made its way to
I'm ashamed to say/write this, but I must; I live in Kuwait and it has the worst mail system I've ever seen. Why? A subscriber to ACM (acm.org) just got her card. It arrived to Kuwait at Nov. 30th and was delivered at Jan. 5th !!!! Well, she was lucky she got it in the first place! Many things get lost in Kuwait's mail (black holes?).
Anyway, the whole idea behind this is, how long will the battery last? Can the postcard withstand Kuwait's heat during the summer (50 C -- in the shade)?! What about UAE's humidity?
So, his vision to mail it, aih? I don't see any remarks on the weight mentioned in the article! So add some money to shipping too...
"his concept could be an alternative to mobile phone cameras."
Really? NEC's N902i mobile phone has a 4 MegaPixle lense... All new mobile phones are developing better and cheaper lenses, plus they employ digital zoom!
"I'd rather use them to show potential employers my ideas."
Good for him. Oh wait, as opposed to selling the idea and getting loads of cash and starting your own business?
2) Smart Cards with LCDs
Seriously?
I read what the website had, saw their flash & the PDF (which made no difference). Nothing states how the CC company will validate your auth. code.. maybe TRACK you with RF?
Regardless of how its being tracked, how's the CC company gonna compensate its loss on these cards? Charge more interest?
My bank calls whenever there's a transaction over my CC! Now that IS service!
I don't like bulky wallets... I carry a lot of plastic cards. If I'm to use on these, it will get broken after 1 hour of being in my pocket!
I guess no one told the CC compnay that LCDs aren't bendable, yet. (Still being developed)
Can be found @ Amazon (VHS format). -- Not available as of this writing.
I wonder if the writers/producers are paid by certain groups/organizations to do such episodes...
How's this any different from Gigabyte's iRAM?
Don't give me that usual GUI revamping crap. Screw the looks.
What are "the new Microsoft hardware standards" now? 2 GB of Ram, 3 GB of HDD space & a dual processor?
Did they integrate the "save as XML" option? Did they follow the REAL XML standards?