I feel for you. Have you tried sending the BSA a bill?
We recently had an unknown tipster (possibly the ex-employees who started a competing company using our code base that we are suing for copyright infringement, being the only ex-employees) turn our company into the BSA. We have four employees, 20 machines 10 of which run Linux or BSD, 2 run Novell, leaving 8 windows/macs with a grand total of 20 BSA member programs running on them (including Acroread, and MS Word Viewer), of which 10 were non-free and we had licenses for all of them. But we spent 80 hours preparing our response to the BSA who demanding we inventory everything, that's 80 hours we couldn't be doing actual business (only 4 employees, and one is a receptionist, and another does accounts). I want to send them a bill so badly, but I presume that will precipitate a visit, and like a cop who "finds drugs in your car," I am sure some copies of Office will suddenly appear on our systems.
Taxes are part of your contract for living in a civilized society.
What contract? I didn't sign any contract. When my house is destroyed by a hurricane, I do not want/expect anyone excluding family to help me out. I am a firm believer in personal responsibility. Do you know who I sued when my mother died of a brain hemorrhage caused by the medicine used to treat her for a heart attack after she smoked 2 - 3 packs a day for 40 years? No one. That's right; it wasn't the doctor's fault, and it wasn't the tobacco companies' fault. I am sorry that a lot of people like you don't believe in personal responsibility, but I didn't sign any contract, and nobody owes me a life because I was born.
As I mentioned before, I have built 3 pc based small form factor machines. One has to sit on a shelf and that machine would not have fit. If I were looking for a small form factor desktop pc I might well consider the mentioned system. Not previously mentioned is that I have a small toy box that is shuttle sized (also not a macintosh).
The mac mini I have is because I wanted a mac, cheap, small, big endian. I had already owned a mac cube, but following a massive hard drive failure I sold it off to someone who wanted the parts.
Ultimately, I just like computers. I have two sparcs, two pa-risc, one rs6000, one dec alpha, three of the small form factor pcs (the fourth you may remember I gave to my sometimes girlfriend), one mac mini (ppc), two tower pcs (one windows, one linux), one iMac (20" core duo), a yosimite g3, one iBook (ppc), one next color turbo slab, one 68030 based HP, two cisco 2610s, one cisco 2500 series, and a cisco catalyst 2950. Aside from the 68030 HP I have used all of them within the last year (ok the ciscos are routers and switches, but they have an operating system you have to interact with on a command line).
I tend to stick with panasonic for cordless phones, motorolla for pcs phones. I have had several brands of DVD players, and I don't own a toaster or VCR. All of my appliances are fridgidaire. I am usually more brand conscious regarding these kinds of things than computers. (Oh, and both televisions in my house are Zeniths, but that was more of a coincidence than effort)
Now, what was your point about me being a mac zealot again?
I cannot find the p1-ah1 on newegg.com. That's not bad, but I am having problem determining the dimensions on that, but it supports a full size dvd drive and a full size hard drive, so it is probably a bit larger than I look for when looking for small form factor machines (nice looking though, and still small).
You still couldn't build 2 of those for $600 let alone 3.
Also, when I got my mac mini (ppc) it was possible to get one for $500 and it came with an OS that costs $120. Wasn't the point of the mac mini to have a sub-$500 macintosh (whatever happened to that plan)?
I just looked up the dimensions: mac mini 6.5" x 6.5" x 2", the p1-ah1: 11" x 12" x 3.6"
Where do you get the parts to build a small form factor PC for $200? I have built a few and have never managed to get the price under about $750, and it was still bulkier than a mac mini, had a hard drive 1/3 the size (disk space not dimensions).
It is possible (and by that I mean probable) I don't get the best prices, so I could always use some pointers.
I have an Open BSD mini-ITX firewall box, a portable demonstration mini-ITX "server" that alternates OSes (Solaris, various Linuxes, FreeBSD), and a machine I have built for my sometimes girlfriend who wanted something small and quiet that runs Windows. I have one mac-mini (ppc) which I use at work.
The bug was demonstrated with OmniWeb but the bug is actually in WebKit, which is written by Apple. From the details for the OmniWeb exploit:
"Note that it's actually breaking WebKit, although Safari seems unaffected by this particular issue. See "Exploitation conditions" for other information related to exploitation techniques." I'd say that one is purely Apple's problem even though people are associating it with OmniWeb.
okay, I looked at this bug now (again, they were clarifying it as a OmniWeb bug is why I listed it). It appears that the bug is entirely OmniWeb. This is based on the fact that the Safari does not demonstrate similar behavior. Ultimately, this manages to get an invalid format string into vfprintf. It is not uncommon for a library to allow you to use it incorrectly and basically say it is the caller's fault for giving bad parameters (which is what I see happening here). That doesn't make the library bad, most versions of libc will gladly let you call strcmp () with null arguments and try to dereference without checking first. Does that make the bug in libc or in the code that called it with invalid arguments.
I have done a lot of work in NSAPI and I admit I get irritated that the library is so full of functions that take buffers without sizes (just looking for a buffer overflow), but they are using the same argument. The buffer provided has to be no smaller than vaguely documented size. What is the point of this paragraph you ask? Essentially, that while I can argue that the I like my libraries to have bounds checking built into them, I accept the fact that the library user is responsible for using the library correctly.
You're correct. I was just looking at the titles and was only able to identify the third party applications I have used. I just read the in-depth analysis of the PDF bug, and among the Apple viewers affected is xpdf, so I guess they are using OSS as a gauge.
Now, I should point out that I don't believe that if they spent the time on it they couldn't find 30/31 significant (or semi-significant) bugs in the primary OSX distribution. But they are cutting a few corners to meet their objectives.
They have VLC and OmniWeb in the list though. As these are not directly Apple bugs, I would have to lower the number to 21. I mean once you start allowing third party software in the list, you may as well start including every OSS application that contains bugs too.
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No, I know how (see my response to your sibling post) the account was generated. Plus I got the actual cards in hand. I have shredded the cards, demanded the account be closed, got them to agree to never bother me under threat of lawsuit about opening a credit card account, and terminated my relationship with them.
With the first set of cards, I noticed a new account on the online system first and called them and told them to cancel that, and if it ever happened again I would leave. The second set of cards (different number) I first discovered when they showed up in my mail box.
It was a real card attached to a new account on the online system. It had a credit limit of $8000 which I found insulting (my three credit cards that I actually requested have limits over $20,000). Both times a new card with a new number.
I was recently given a pre-approved credit card that I never requested or agreed to. The bank refused to drop the account without me giving them my SSN. Three months prior to that, I received a pre-approved credit card from the same bank without my permission of acknowledgment. They refused to cancel that card without my SSN. I thought this was odd seeing as they didn't need that level of confirmation to open the account. They did offer me a credit card (an average of 6 times a week for 5 years), but I always said "no", sometimes quite emphatically, and repeatedly told them to stop asking me. I closed my accounts with the bank. I was with them for 9 years.
I think there's a slight difference between a slashdot off the cuff remark with typos, grammar errors, and general brainfarts compared to the spam standard trying to sound like a genuine professional (you know, someone that could actually offer the services listed in the e-mail) and trying to beat the spam filters.
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This particular story was one of the things that upset me when I was forced to go to church. It seemed to imply to me that Jesus doesn't care what good you can do for the church, he wants complete control over you. Or for the particular right wingers in my church, I pointed out this means Jesus is a communist.
At the very least it shows that Jesus was a heartless callous vampire who wasn't satisfied with people unless he had sucked them dry.
Overall, it is a good thing that Mr. Gates is being charitable, even if he isn't giving every last cent he has to charity. I understand that some of his charities don't even require indoctrination to MS products anymore. I personally have a hard time giving to charity because a charity has to reputable (so I know it is not a scam). Also I cannot get over the fact that people running charities take home a much higher than a living wage for their services. It seems hypocritical to me.
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I feel for you. Have you tried sending the BSA a bill?
We recently had an unknown tipster (possibly the ex-employees who started a competing company using our code base that we are suing for copyright infringement, being the only ex-employees) turn our company into the BSA. We have four employees, 20 machines 10 of which run Linux or BSD, 2 run Novell, leaving 8 windows/macs with a grand total of 20 BSA member programs running on them (including Acroread, and MS Word Viewer), of which 10 were non-free and we had licenses for all of them. But we spent 80 hours preparing our response to the BSA who demanding we inventory everything, that's 80 hours we couldn't be doing actual business (only 4 employees, and one is a receptionist, and another does accounts). I want to send them a bill so badly, but I presume that will precipitate a visit, and like a cop who "finds drugs in your car," I am sure some copies of Office will suddenly appear on our systems.
What contract? I didn't sign any contract. When my house is destroyed by a hurricane, I do not want/expect anyone excluding family to help me out. I am a firm believer in personal responsibility. Do you know who I sued when my mother died of a brain hemorrhage caused by the medicine used to treat her for a heart attack after she smoked 2 - 3 packs a day for 40 years? No one. That's right; it wasn't the doctor's fault, and it wasn't the tobacco companies' fault. I am sorry that a lot of people like you don't believe in personal responsibility, but I didn't sign any contract, and nobody owes me a life because I was born.
oops, I forgot I gave the Alpha away to a friend of mine who helped me with some construction work. Otherwise the list is accurate.
As I mentioned before, I have built 3 pc based small form factor machines. One has to sit on a shelf and that machine would not have fit. If I were looking for a small form factor desktop pc I might well consider the mentioned system. Not previously mentioned is that I have a small toy box that is shuttle sized (also not a macintosh).
The mac mini I have is because I wanted a mac, cheap, small, big endian. I had already owned a mac cube, but following a massive hard drive failure I sold it off to someone who wanted the parts.
Ultimately, I just like computers. I have two sparcs, two pa-risc, one rs6000, one dec alpha, three of the small form factor pcs (the fourth you may remember I gave to my sometimes girlfriend), one mac mini (ppc), two tower pcs (one windows, one linux), one iMac (20" core duo), a yosimite g3, one iBook (ppc), one next color turbo slab, one 68030 based HP, two cisco 2610s, one cisco 2500 series, and a cisco catalyst 2950. Aside from the 68030 HP I have used all of them within the last year (ok the ciscos are routers and switches, but they have an operating system you have to interact with on a command line).
I tend to stick with panasonic for cordless phones, motorolla for pcs phones. I have had several brands of DVD players, and I don't own a toaster or VCR. All of my appliances are fridgidaire. I am usually more brand conscious regarding these kinds of things than computers. (Oh, and both televisions in my house are Zeniths, but that was more of a coincidence than effort)
Now, what was your point about me being a mac zealot again?
I cannot find the p1-ah1 on newegg.com. That's not bad, but I am having problem determining the dimensions on that, but it supports a full size dvd drive and a full size hard drive, so it is probably a bit larger than I look for when looking for small form factor machines (nice looking though, and still small).
You still couldn't build 2 of those for $600 let alone 3.
Also, when I got my mac mini (ppc) it was possible to get one for $500 and it came with an OS that costs $120. Wasn't the point of the mac mini to have a sub-$500 macintosh (whatever happened to that plan)?
I just looked up the dimensions: mac mini 6.5" x 6.5" x 2", the p1-ah1: 11" x 12" x 3.6"
Where do you get the parts to build a small form factor PC for $200? I have built a few and have never managed to get the price under about $750, and it was still bulkier than a mac mini, had a hard drive 1/3 the size (disk space not dimensions).
It is possible (and by that I mean probable) I don't get the best prices, so I could always use some pointers.
I have an Open BSD mini-ITX firewall box, a portable demonstration mini-ITX "server" that alternates OSes (Solaris, various Linuxes, FreeBSD), and a machine I have built for my sometimes girlfriend who wanted something small and quiet that runs Windows. I have one mac-mini (ppc) which I use at work.
okay, I looked at this bug now (again, they were clarifying it as a OmniWeb bug is why I listed it). It appears that the bug is entirely OmniWeb. This is based on the fact that the Safari does not demonstrate similar behavior. Ultimately, this manages to get an invalid format string into vfprintf. It is not uncommon for a library to allow you to use it incorrectly and basically say it is the caller's fault for giving bad parameters (which is what I see happening here). That doesn't make the library bad, most versions of libc will gladly let you call strcmp () with null arguments and try to dereference without checking first. Does that make the bug in libc or in the code that called it with invalid arguments.
I have done a lot of work in NSAPI and I admit I get irritated that the library is so full of functions that take buffers without sizes (just looking for a buffer overflow), but they are using the same argument. The buffer provided has to be no smaller than vaguely documented size. What is the point of this paragraph you ask? Essentially, that while I can argue that the I like my libraries to have bounds checking built into them, I accept the fact that the library user is responsible for using the library correctly.
You're correct. I was just looking at the titles and was only able to identify the third party applications I have used. I just read the in-depth analysis of the PDF bug, and among the Apple viewers affected is xpdf, so I guess they are using OSS as a gauge.
Now, I should point out that I don't believe that if they spent the time on it they couldn't find 30/31 significant (or semi-significant) bugs in the primary OSX distribution. But they are cutting a few corners to meet their objectives.
I probably shouldn't because the Bank Offered Apologies, and it really was an individual teller, not the bank itself that was causing the problem.
No, I know how (see my response to your sibling post) the account was generated. Plus I got the actual cards in hand. I have shredded the cards, demanded the account be closed, got them to agree to never bother me under threat of lawsuit about opening a credit card account, and terminated my relationship with them.
With the first set of cards, I noticed a new account on the online system first and called them and told them to cancel that, and if it ever happened again I would leave. The second set of cards (different number) I first discovered when they showed up in my mail box.
A teller got a commission for saying I had accepted the offer. He no longer works for that bank, and I no longer do business with them.
It was a real card attached to a new account on the online system. It had a credit limit of $8000 which I found insulting (my three credit cards that I actually requested have limits over $20,000). Both times a new card with a new number.
I was recently given a pre-approved credit card that I never requested or agreed to. The bank refused to drop the account without me giving them my SSN. Three months prior to that, I received a pre-approved credit card from the same bank without my permission of acknowledgment. They refused to cancel that card without my SSN. I thought this was odd seeing as they didn't need that level of confirmation to open the account. They did offer me a credit card (an average of 6 times a week for 5 years), but I always said "no", sometimes quite emphatically, and repeatedly told them to stop asking me. I closed my accounts with the bank. I was with them for 9 years.
Hey, this is the network that gave us Titus, Firefly, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Arrested Development, and Futurama. They know how to put out some pretty good shows. Then they know how to take those pretty good shows away.
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or as people call me "The O.C. Hide"
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At the very least it shows that Jesus was a heartless callous vampire who wasn't satisfied with people unless he had sucked them dry.
Overall, it is a good thing that Mr. Gates is being charitable, even if he isn't giving every last cent he has to charity. I understand that some of his charities don't even require indoctrination to MS products anymore. I personally have a hard time giving to charity because a charity has to reputable (so I know it is not a scam). Also I cannot get over the fact that people running charities take home a much higher than a living wage for their services. It seems hypocritical to me.
Why is it no story can be posted about some server vulnerability being exploited without someone very quickly having to make a locked door analogy?
I think that Godwin's law should be expanded to cover this phenomenon.
You want some guy's back in a blue shirt playing a video game for the logo?
By definition, shouldn't it be one containing more than 10^6 corps?