I have a problem with leaving the store without a receipt. E-mail isn't the most reliable medium ever, and a simple mistype in your e-mail address means you don't get the receipt for your product.
There are other ways of verifying purchase, but nothing beats having a paper receipt when returning/exchanging items. Especially if it's a gift for someone.
I have a poblem with this statement from the judge:
The separation of church and state is enshrined in the US constitution
Anyone care to pint out WHERE? I have not read the constitution in its entirety, however I have skimmed through it and have not found anything that would suggest seperation. The first amendment prevents the government from interfering with established religion. It does NOT, however, prevent the church from meddling with government (AKA public schools). When Thomas Jefferson enacted seperation of church and state, it was a one-way seperation.. the state cannot mess with the church.
It amazes me that a judge is ruling this "unconstitional", despite the fact that the constitution has no bearing on religion outside of the church.
I've done a basic Google search, and all the articles refer to myths and misinformation. I can't find one single article explaining how this is unconstitutional.
Anyone care to help out? Point out how "religion in schools" is banned by the constitution?
Everyone picks on Bill Gates for being evil, yet he makes the cover of Time for his generosity. The article fails to mention what good things Paul Allen has done with his money, but I don't see him on the cover of Time.
Is it possible that Gates is just the poster boy and Allen is the real devil behind Microsoft?
I once saw a documentary on the Homebrew Computer Club of which Paul Allen was a member. Apparently Allen was upset because the club was interested in freely publishing designs and details of the machines they built. Allen felt that the designs should be patented and sold for big bucks. That's when he left to cofound Microsoft.
Forget Gates, Allen is the asshole behind Microsoft.
I remeber seeing a/. article a year or so ago that hard drive manufacturers are running VERY thin profit margins because of the competition. Looks like Maxtor couldn't keep up and became a casualty.
While I'm generally a fan of Seagate, all drives suck these days. I buy Seagate because they're the only drive with a 5 yr warranty. I now buy hard drives in pairs so I have a spare when one is being RMA'd. 2 160GB drives + RAID 0/1 controller is a pretty cheap backup solution with a guaranteed lifespan of at least 5 years.
I think "didn't want jail time" is referring to the original charge of copyright violation. I may have misread something, but it appears that they are now pushing for jail time in light of the federal law violation.
Of course. But no matter what, it still has to go through an ISP. And it still has headers. If your ISP had logs, they could coincide the logs of you connecting to the anonymous mailer at the time the anonymous mail was sent.
"anonymous" means nothing when every packet is logged.
Translated for those who didn't RTFA
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Kazaa Owners Risk Jail
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Yes, there is the possiblity of jail time. This goes beyond copyright issues.
Sharman is being accused of contempt. Contempt because they may not have complied with a court order. This case appears to be going to trial. If found in contempt, they could face jail time.
This isn't about copyright anymore. The last judgement against them was about copyright. This is about violating federal law. If they are found to not have complied with a court order, they are in violation of federal law, which is grounds for jail time.
Breaking federal law is not good, and getting caught is worse. Sharman did this to themselves.
Didja read the summary? Says right there that it's not the data, just the logs (which IP to which IP, which port, when, etc). Encrypt the traffic all you want to (and you should anyway!) but they can still guess what you're up to even if it's encrypted.
And we don't have to wait for our ISPs, either. I've been using 6to4 (IPv6 tunneled over IPv4) for years.
That's great for home use. What about businesses with many odd devices requiring static IPs? You eventually have to give back your tunnel broker IPs in exchange for your ISP's. Why renumber twice when I can just wait and renumber once?
Ignore the rootkit and the other reasons we don't like Sony. Why would you buy a digital camera from Sony?
Canon knows optics. Canon makes awesome cameras. Try a Powershot or a Rebel, absolutely blows away everything on the market. Fuji makes a nice line of cameras also. Sony always seemed to be lacking in both their CCD and their glass quality.
Also, why would you buy an SLR without interchangeable lenses? If you're geeky enough to properly use an SLR, you probably won't be happy being stuck with one lense.
It's not quite sugar, but it's way better than HFCS. I actually grew fond of Diet Coke with Splenda, tastes better than Coca-Cola. Now if only they would listen to their customer base and bring back real Coca-Cola with sugar. Coca-Cola Classic, my ass......
A Firewall is not defined as "an interface within reach of the T1"
Not by definition, but where else would you put it? I've always put my firewalls at the front door of the network, AKA within reach of the T1.
Also Firewall is not synonymous with router, as in Firewall/Router
Ssince one often performs some function of the other, it makes sense to filter and route packets through the same box. therefore, we have a box that gets labeled Firewall/Router, because it does both.
I would never put a NAS on my network directly, and therfore only behind some kind of Firewall.
Maybe a good practice security wise, but you'd slow down access to the NAS by adding an extra layer to it. Since most NAS boxes would go on a trusted network, and most implement file level security, there's not a whole lot of reason to firewall it.
The problem I see with Slashdot is that most of what I read is complete and udder crap. I'm not just talking about the comments. Have you read submissions lately? Just take a look at stuff that Zonk and Scuttlemonkey post as fact. Complete and udder crap, usually from a rumor site. And that's the editors!
Even with the moderation system, misinformation can become fact. A well written post of complete misinformation (especially if posted early on) gets modded up to Informative. The facts don't matter, just the style of writing. Setting up a "post now, moderate later" system is a threat to journalistic intergrity. How do you know that a person is posting an educated comment and should be modded up? How do you know that the moderators aren't biased towards a certain poster? Anonymous posting is definitely a threat, any yahoo can post anything they want to and if they write intelligibly, will probably be modded up.
Maybe it's just me, but the last place I'd look to find a posting model would be Slashdot.
Why would you put a NAS and a firewall/router on the same piece of hardware? I'm looking at NAS solutions right now and the LAST place I would put 1TB of corporate data is within reach of the T1.
Nice product by the looks of it, but I can't see myself ever buying one.
The company I work for is a Microsoft Select customer, so I have access to people inside Microsoft as well as various Microsoft beta programs. I received info directly from my Microsoft sales rep two months ago. The final RC was due ~April 2006, with a product ship date of mid summer to early fall. Now we've slipped to the 2006 Christmas season? That's an odd definition of "earlier". I call that a "delay".
This confirms my suspicions that we'll see the first shipping product 2007 Q1, with SP1 due out late 2007. If Vista ships sooner, I wouldn't recommend using it. Then again, I avoid all MS products until SP1.
I wouldn't call it zero impact. It shows that the MPAA is looking at bittorrent as a legitimate protocol. All too many times we've seen the *AA try to stop a particular piece of software because it COULD be used for piracy. Now we have the creator of bittorent basically given the blessing of the MPAA to continue his work on the protocol. This is a big accomplishment, and it shows that the MPAA may not be quite as draconian as the RIAA.
This is good news for all of us using torrent legitimately.
I see this as a good thing. All along the *AA has been after torrent for being a pircay tool. Now Bram has entered the good graces of the *AA, and has made it known as a legitimate protocol with the powers that be.
Now people can stop pissing and moaning about the protocol and start pointing fingers at the websites that post copyrighted torrents, such and piratebay and suprnova. Meanwhile, downloading linux and other legal software will hopefully continue unencumbered. This is a big win for users of torrent.
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I have a problem with leaving the store without a receipt. E-mail isn't the most reliable medium ever, and a simple mistype in your e-mail address means you don't get the receipt for your product.
There are other ways of verifying purchase, but nothing beats having a paper receipt when returning/exchanging items. Especially if it's a gift for someone.
I have a poblem with this statement from the judge:
The separation of church and state is enshrined in the US constitution
Anyone care to pint out WHERE? I have not read the constitution in its entirety, however I have skimmed through it and have not found anything that would suggest seperation. The first amendment prevents the government from interfering with established religion. It does NOT, however, prevent the church from meddling with government (AKA public schools). When Thomas Jefferson enacted seperation of church and state, it was a one-way seperation.. the state cannot mess with the church.
It amazes me that a judge is ruling this "unconstitional", despite the fact that the constitution has no bearing on religion outside of the church.
I've done a basic Google search, and all the articles refer to myths and misinformation. I can't find one single article explaining how this is unconstitutional.
Anyone care to help out? Point out how "religion in schools" is banned by the constitution?
Then it would the same as it ever was. Oh, and don't forget about his beautiful stapler (or was that Weird Al...)
Static, talking heads are even more boring on the internet than they are on TV
On the contrary. I rather think that if The Talking Heads had a video blog it would be quite interesting.
Everyone picks on Bill Gates for being evil, yet he makes the cover of Time for his generosity. The article fails to mention what good things Paul Allen has done with his money, but I don't see him on the cover of Time.
Is it possible that Gates is just the poster boy and Allen is the real devil behind Microsoft?
I once saw a documentary on the Homebrew Computer Club of which Paul Allen was a member. Apparently Allen was upset because the club was interested in freely publishing designs and details of the machines they built. Allen felt that the designs should be patented and sold for big bucks. That's when he left to cofound Microsoft.
Forget Gates, Allen is the asshole behind Microsoft.
I remeber seeing a /. article a year or so ago that hard drive manufacturers are running VERY thin profit margins because of the competition. Looks like Maxtor couldn't keep up and became a casualty.
While I'm generally a fan of Seagate, all drives suck these days. I buy Seagate because they're the only drive with a 5 yr warranty. I now buy hard drives in pairs so I have a spare when one is being RMA'd.
2 160GB drives + RAID 0/1 controller is a pretty cheap backup solution with a guaranteed lifespan of at least 5 years.
I think "didn't want jail time" is referring to the original charge of copyright violation. I may have misread something, but it appears that they are now pushing for jail time in light of the federal law violation.
Of course. But no matter what, it still has to go through an ISP. And it still has headers. If your ISP had logs, they could coincide the logs of you connecting to the anonymous mailer at the time the anonymous mail was sent.
"anonymous" means nothing when every packet is logged.
Yes, there is the possiblity of jail time. This goes beyond copyright issues.
Sharman is being accused of contempt. Contempt because they may not have complied with a court order. This case appears to be going to trial. If found in contempt, they could face jail time.
This isn't about copyright anymore. The last judgement against them was about copyright. This is about violating federal law. If they are found to not have complied with a court order, they are in violation of federal law, which is grounds for jail time.
Breaking federal law is not good, and getting caught is worse. Sharman did this to themselves.
Didja read the summary? Says right there that it's not the data, just the logs (which IP to which IP, which port, when, etc). Encrypt the traffic all you want to (and you should anyway!) but they can still guess what you're up to even if it's encrypted.
Ah.... you must be union!
And we don't have to wait for our ISPs, either. I've been using 6to4 (IPv6 tunneled over IPv4) for years.
That's great for home use. What about businesses with many odd devices requiring static IPs? You eventually have to give back your tunnel broker IPs in exchange for your ISP's. Why renumber twice when I can just wait and renumber once?
Ignore the rootkit and the other reasons we don't like Sony. Why would you buy a digital camera from Sony?
Canon knows optics. Canon makes awesome cameras. Try a Powershot or a Rebel, absolutely blows away everything on the market. Fuji makes a nice line of cameras also. Sony always seemed to be lacking in both their CCD and their glass quality.
Also, why would you buy an SLR without interchangeable lenses? If you're geeky enough to properly use an SLR, you probably won't be happy being stuck with one lense.
Thank God for Splenda.
It's not quite sugar, but it's way better than HFCS. I actually grew fond of Diet Coke with Splenda, tastes better than Coca-Cola. Now if only they would listen to their customer base and bring back real Coca-Cola with sugar. Coca-Cola Classic, my ass......
A Firewall is not defined as "an interface within reach of the T1"
Not by definition, but where else would you put it? I've always put my firewalls at the front door of the network, AKA within reach of the T1.
Also Firewall is not synonymous with router, as in Firewall/Router
Ssince one often performs some function of the other, it makes sense to filter and route packets through the same box. therefore, we have a box that gets labeled Firewall/Router, because it does both.
I would never put a NAS on my network directly, and therfore only behind some kind of Firewall.
Maybe a good practice security wise, but you'd slow down access to the NAS by adding an extra layer to it. Since most NAS boxes would go on a trusted network, and most implement file level security, there's not a whole lot of reason to firewall it.
Maybe not real crap, but perhaps bad milk....
Thus furthering my point. Even the well intended don't always know what they're talking about. And why can't crap come out of udders?
The problem I see with Slashdot is that most of what I read is complete and udder crap. I'm not just talking about the comments. Have you read submissions lately? Just take a look at stuff that Zonk and Scuttlemonkey post as fact. Complete and udder crap, usually from a rumor site. And that's the editors!
Even with the moderation system, misinformation can become fact. A well written post of complete misinformation (especially if posted early on) gets modded up to Informative. The facts don't matter, just the style of writing. Setting up a "post now, moderate later" system is a threat to journalistic intergrity. How do you know that a person is posting an educated comment and should be modded up? How do you know that the moderators aren't biased towards a certain poster? Anonymous posting is definitely a threat, any yahoo can post anything they want to and if they write intelligibly, will probably be modded up.
Maybe it's just me, but the last place I'd look to find a posting model would be Slashdot.
Learn to write Submissions first.
Why would you put a NAS and a firewall/router on the same piece of hardware? I'm looking at NAS solutions right now and the LAST place I would put 1TB of corporate data is within reach of the T1.
Nice product by the looks of it, but I can't see myself ever buying one.
Sorry buddy. You options are good, fast, and cheap. You can only have 2. Good luck!
Slashdot has a funny definition of "earlier".
The company I work for is a Microsoft Select customer, so I have access to people inside Microsoft as well as various Microsoft beta programs. I received info directly from my Microsoft sales rep two months ago. The final RC was due ~April 2006, with a product ship date of mid summer to early fall. Now we've slipped to the 2006 Christmas season? That's an odd definition of "earlier". I call that a "delay".
This confirms my suspicions that we'll see the first shipping product 2007 Q1, with SP1 due out late 2007. If Vista ships sooner, I wouldn't recommend using it. Then again, I avoid all MS products until SP1.
I wouldn't call it zero impact. It shows that the MPAA is looking at bittorrent as a legitimate protocol. All too many times we've seen the *AA try to stop a particular piece of software because it COULD be used for piracy. Now we have the creator of bittorent basically given the blessing of the MPAA to continue his work on the protocol. This is a big accomplishment, and it shows that the MPAA may not be quite as draconian as the RIAA.
This is good news for all of us using torrent legitimately.
Cool, someone actually READ the article.
I see this as a good thing. All along the *AA has been after torrent for being a pircay tool. Now Bram has entered the good graces of the *AA, and has made it known as a legitimate protocol with the powers that be.
Now people can stop pissing and moaning about the protocol and start pointing fingers at the websites that post copyrighted torrents, such and piratebay and suprnova. Meanwhile, downloading linux and other legal software will hopefully continue unencumbered. This is a big win for users of torrent.
Try this as a Google search:
:-)
"Star Wars filetype:torrent"
They already have a torrent search.