That is an awesome demonstration of what is wrong with the UK nowadays...
You are completely helpless and are unable to defend yourself against even small-time crooks. You are 100% dependent on the government to provide even the most basic level of security. Your government is free to walk all over you. Your civil liberties exist only at the whim of those in charge.
Stick a fork in it... the UK is done. It is all over except some screaming and shouting.
You have managed to put a whole new light on this... and I still could care less. EULAs are evil, one sided contracts that should never have been attempted.
I could care less if Jamie made a million dollars. I could care less if Microsoft managed to sue Jamie for a million dollars. They are all a bunch of evil bastards who think that they can control the software that they create after someone else takes possession of it.
I will interact with software in any way I want once I have it in my possession. You GPL freaks can whine about how I write something that is not GPL that interacts with your libraries and kernel. You Microsoft freaks can bitch and moan about how a plugin is not supposed to work with some piece of software that you wrote. Get over it.
Linkings, bindings, etc can not be controlled through legal means. Myself and others will not respect any laws that back such untenable positions. You have no control over how I use your software or release software that might interact with your software.
The school is alleging the video disrupted class - so that's why the student was suspended.
It is not that the video disrupted the class, it is that the class was disrupted by the making of the video. It is clear in at least one of the scenes (tissue scene) that the student did not even belong in the class at that time.
There is also the waste of chalk near the end of the video. I doubt chalk is very expensive, but blatant destruction of school property is out of bounds.
It is quite clear that some disciplinary action is in order. It is not clear that the person who is receiving the discipline is the one who deserves it as the only thing proven that he has done is post a link to the video, not that he was in any way participating in the making of it. Furthermore, 40 days suspension is rather extreme for a first offense of this magnitude.
Yeah, all those spy drones sure are helping in Iraq...
The only way to effectively police people is to have the people want to help you police themselves. Law and order can not be forced upon an unwilling populace.
It has pretty much everything the iPhone has plus a few extras such as GPS/maps and the ability to add applications of your choice. It runs Windows Mobile 5.0 but is otherwise a pretty decent piece of equipment.
No. My cel phone is not my next PC. There are two main problems. The first is that nobody has figured out a reasonable UI with the screenspace that is available. The second is that Windows Mobile 5.0 is buggy, bloated, slow, and not very useful to program for.
I have a smart phone right now and it crashes about once a week with no extra software installed other than what came with the phone.
Think about it. If MS were to actually start suing Linux users, it would make the front page of most newspapers in the US. The last time Microsoft was that involved in legal disputes in the US, it took a presidential impeachment to distract the public and the press.
Oh, we definitely need to start distracting the public and the press.:)
If Global Warming is so bad, then Global Cooling must be good? I doubt you are implying that, but it was the first thing that popped into my mind after reading many of your exuberant comments decrying Global Warming.
Personally, I would be happier with a warmer Earth. Do not get me wrong, I would not want average temps to be hovering just north of the 100F mark, but warmer to me is better than being colder...
But the temperature is not really what all this yelling and screaming is about. For me, and I suspect many others, we want a relatively non-polluted environment. I mean, who wants to go SCUBA diving and have plastic bags float across their line of sight? Who wants to have their ears get nasty bacterial infections shortly afterwards? The ocean is quite pretty and desirable the way it was 100 years ago.
I LOVE breathing clean air. I was sitting on top of Mount Soledad near La Jolla several years ago. Baby clouds were beig created right above my head as the fresh breeze from the ocean flowed upwards. I did not really notice how clean the air was as I was reading the Arabian Nights in that peaceful location... but after several hours, I started to drive home. I merged onto I5 and my nose started burning. The sudden immersion into polluted air was absolutely horrible. Ugh, I had to move from San Diego after that.
Why bother bitching now... YOU GAVE AWAY YOUR RIGHTS TO PRIVACY BY NOT ACTING BEFORE WHY BITCH ABOUT IT NOW?
Fuck you. Most people didn't want any of the previous shit either but there is fuck-all that we could do about it. Yes, I voted. Yes, I wrote my Senators and Representatives. Yes, I participate in City Councils (when allowed). What more can I fucking do? It doesn't matter, you will still sit there all smug and self righteous saying that we deserve what we get. Again, fuck you.
You should come out to Iraq. I (and many others) have NIPR, SIPR, and CENTRIXS workstations sitting side by side at my desk with USB ports, CDRW drives, etc. My SIPR is connected to your SIPR. Think about it. Fun for the whole family.:)
BTW, thanks for the cool link. I read it thoroughly and was able to remove all ports except 135 and 1025. 135 is being invoked by something within svchost.exe and 1025 is being invoked by lsass.exe. I am not sure why lsass needs to listen for remote connections but whatever. Killing ports should not be this painful nor this dangerous. I have been risking making my system non-bootable by playing around with dcom, rpc, msdtc, etc. I think my original point still stands.:)
This is an interesting reply. Thank you for taking the time to come up with this information. However, it does not appear to be valid on Windows XP 64 bit edition (I have not been able to try it on the 32 bit edition yet so it probably does work there as you say)
I made the key Rpc and made a subkey called Linkage as described. I added a multi_sz value called Bind. Upon reboot, the Linkage key with its value Bind is gone. I imagine Windows is deleting it.
Stopping the Server and computer browser services also does not get rid of port 445. The services are indeed stopped, but port 445 is still open.
To restate: ports 135 and 445 are still open and available to the world and port 139 is gone. *sigh*
This is totally off topic, but your nickname is/was used by a very knowledgeable guy on various car tuning boards who "disappeared" about two years ago now. By any chance, are you that guy?
Perhaps if people, oh, I don't know... didn't live 30 miles from where they worked?
I will make you a deal, you have them cut the price of housing down by half and I will move closer to work. I would love to live near the store, my work, a park, etc. As it is, I am forced to live off in bum-fucked Egypt because it is cheaper to buy gas than it is to live somewhere reasonable.
On the plus side, the images that are already out there are staying out there
Actually, that is not true. I used to be able to zoom in quite close to my house and now I can not zoom in quite as close. They are actively removing imagery... What is weird though is that you can see my missing trailer (blown away by a rocket) here on Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. Why would there be better imagery of a military installation in a war zone than of my house where there is little danger?
I'm not sure how true that is. I'm fairly certain that it's possible to run without any services exposed, and without the Windows Firewall
I would be highly interested in knowing how you achieve this. How do you make port 445 not available to the outside world without a firewall? Port 135?
Any system accepting connections from the public internet may be vulnerable, this isn't specifically a windows problem - you can run Apache on Windows if you really want to.
It would be the Apache service that was vulnerable in that instance, not the operating system itself. My point was that Microsoft continually forces its operating systems to be vulnerable to drive by attacks while with other operating systems, you get to choose your level of exposure thereby negating the need for a firewall. E.g. Mac OS X ships without the firewall turned on and yet, as shipped, Mac OS X is not vulnerable to any external attacks (except possibly to its IP stack).
Putting the Apache web server behind a firewall is rather pointless as it will then not be available for use.
I am not sure why you are fixated on NAT. I am hearing you say that you want to control how packets traverse (or not traverse) portions of your network that you consider sensitive. What you are describing is a firewall. A firewall controls packets based on rulesets that you design. Those rulesets can be based on any aspect of any particular packet that you wish: destination address, source address, TCP, UDP, payload, etc. The possibilities are limitless unless you get some sort of braindead commercial firewall.
NAT is an archaic concept and must be tossed aside.
The problen now is that we realize that computers are vulnerable and need protection.
Wrong. Microsoft based operating systems are vulnerable. Those operating systems are the only operating systems in existance that have ports that can not be shut down or limited to loopback addresses only.
Regardless, I am not certain how they equate controlling traffic with using NAT. They are each distinct concepts. A firewall does not necessarily imply NAT and NAT does not necessarily imply a firewall.
You know what? I am tired of constantly tired of fighting (and losing) bullshit like this. I have a new attitude: "Fuck me baby. Fuck me harder. Oh yea, stick your rock-hard wand of power deep into me."
The quicker this becomes an Orwellian nightmare, the better. Personally, I think that there should be an elite few who live their lives totally disconnected from reality. They deserve to ride on the backs of billions who will never know the sweet taste of a mocha latte or what it is like to voluntarily choose your sex partner. I mean, not everyone should suffer and the only way to ensure that there are a few who will never suffer is to absolutely control the entire population of the globe.
Personally, I do not mind being a whore. I bend over gladly to the self-obsessed overlords of this world. I wish that my bones would be used in the cement for their palaces. I wish that my skin would be turned into leather for their boots. I wish that my blood would be used to wash their driveway.
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Saw it on a Discovery Channel special about building demolition. No conspiracy.
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That is an awesome demonstration of what is wrong with the UK nowadays...
You are completely helpless and are unable to defend yourself against even small-time crooks. You are 100% dependent on the government to provide even the most basic level of security. Your government is free to walk all over you. Your civil liberties exist only at the whim of those in charge.
Stick a fork in it... the UK is done. It is all over except some screaming and shouting.
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You have managed to put a whole new light on this... and I still could care less. EULAs are evil, one sided contracts that should never have been attempted.
I could care less if Jamie made a million dollars. I could care less if Microsoft managed to sue Jamie for a million dollars. They are all a bunch of evil bastards who think that they can control the software that they create after someone else takes possession of it.
I will interact with software in any way I want once I have it in my possession. You GPL freaks can whine about how I write something that is not GPL that interacts with your libraries and kernel. You Microsoft freaks can bitch and moan about how a plugin is not supposed to work with some piece of software that you wrote. Get over it.
Linkings, bindings, etc can not be controlled through legal means. Myself and others will not respect any laws that back such untenable positions. You have no control over how I use your software or release software that might interact with your software.
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Visual Studio Express was a labor of love.
Bullshit. Visual Studio Express was a clear, cold, completely rational marketing decision. Don't try to sell me this shit about "labour of love".
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As a resident of Eccles I can say that there is a massive problem with antisocial behaviour over this side of the city.
So how did this problem come about? Are these children? Why are their parents allowing them to act like that?
Are they young adults? Why did their parents teach their children so poorly?
Are they adults? Why is their judgement so poor? What the hell is wrong over there? Why do people want to rampage about?
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The school is alleging the video disrupted class - so that's why the student was suspended.
It is not that the video disrupted the class, it is that the class was disrupted by the making of the video. It is clear in at least one of the scenes (tissue scene) that the student did not even belong in the class at that time.
There is also the waste of chalk near the end of the video. I doubt chalk is very expensive, but blatant destruction of school property is out of bounds.
It is quite clear that some disciplinary action is in order. It is not clear that the person who is receiving the discipline is the one who deserves it as the only thing proven that he has done is post a link to the video, not that he was in any way participating in the making of it. Furthermore, 40 days suspension is rather extreme for a first offense of this magnitude.
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DoD mandates a minimum key length of 2048.
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Yeah, all those spy drones sure are helping in Iraq...
The only way to effectively police people is to have the people want to help you police themselves. Law and order can not be forced upon an unwilling populace.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16858179020
It has pretty much everything the iPhone has plus a few extras such as GPS/maps and the ability to add applications of your choice. It runs Windows Mobile 5.0 but is otherwise a pretty decent piece of equipment.
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No. My cel phone is not my next PC. There are two main problems. The first is that nobody has figured out a reasonable UI with the screenspace that is available. The second is that Windows Mobile 5.0 is buggy, bloated, slow, and not very useful to program for.
I have a smart phone right now and it crashes about once a week with no extra software installed other than what came with the phone.
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Think about it. If MS were to actually start suing Linux users, it would make the front page of most newspapers in the US. The last time Microsoft was that involved in legal disputes in the US, it took a presidential impeachment to distract the public and the press.
:)
Oh, we definitely need to start distracting the public and the press.
strike
If Global Warming is so bad, then Global Cooling must be good? I doubt you are implying that, but it was the first thing that popped into my mind after reading many of your exuberant comments decrying Global Warming.
Personally, I would be happier with a warmer Earth. Do not get me wrong, I would not want average temps to be hovering just north of the 100F mark, but warmer to me is better than being colder...
But the temperature is not really what all this yelling and screaming is about. For me, and I suspect many others, we want a relatively non-polluted environment. I mean, who wants to go SCUBA diving and have plastic bags float across their line of sight? Who wants to have their ears get nasty bacterial infections shortly afterwards? The ocean is quite pretty and desirable the way it was 100 years ago.
I LOVE breathing clean air. I was sitting on top of Mount Soledad near La Jolla several years ago. Baby clouds were beig created right above my head as the fresh breeze from the ocean flowed upwards. I did not really notice how clean the air was as I was reading the Arabian Nights in that peaceful location... but after several hours, I started to drive home. I merged onto I5 and my nose started burning. The sudden immersion into polluted air was absolutely horrible. Ugh, I had to move from San Diego after that.
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Why bother bitching now... YOU GAVE AWAY YOUR RIGHTS TO PRIVACY BY NOT ACTING BEFORE WHY BITCH ABOUT IT NOW?
Fuck you. Most people didn't want any of the previous shit either but there is fuck-all that we could do about it. Yes, I voted. Yes, I wrote my Senators and Representatives. Yes, I participate in City Councils (when allowed). What more can I fucking do? It doesn't matter, you will still sit there all smug and self righteous saying that we deserve what we get. Again, fuck you.
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You should come out to Iraq. I (and many others) have NIPR, SIPR, and CENTRIXS workstations sitting side by side at my desk with USB ports, CDRW drives, etc. My SIPR is connected to your SIPR. Think about it. Fun for the whole family. :)
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BTW, thanks for the cool link. I read it thoroughly and was able to remove all ports except 135 and 1025. 135 is being invoked by something within svchost.exe and 1025 is being invoked by lsass.exe. I am not sure why lsass needs to listen for remote connections but whatever. Killing ports should not be this painful nor this dangerous. I have been risking making my system non-bootable by playing around with dcom, rpc, msdtc, etc. I think my original point still stands. :)
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AEM and EvolutionM.net
Sorry to have bothered you bro. Peace.
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This is an interesting reply. Thank you for taking the time to come up with this information. However, it does not appear to be valid on Windows XP 64 bit edition (I have not been able to try it on the 32 bit edition yet so it probably does work there as you say)
I made the key Rpc and made a subkey called Linkage as described. I added a multi_sz value called Bind. Upon reboot, the Linkage key with its value Bind is gone. I imagine Windows is deleting it.
Stopping the Server and computer browser services also does not get rid of port 445. The services are indeed stopped, but port 445 is still open.
To restate: ports 135 and 445 are still open and available to the world and port 139 is gone. *sigh*
strike
This is totally off topic, but your nickname is/was used by a very knowledgeable guy on various car tuning boards who "disappeared" about two years ago now. By any chance, are you that guy?
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Perhaps if people, oh, I don't know... didn't live 30 miles from where they worked?
I will make you a deal, you have them cut the price of housing down by half and I will move closer to work. I would love to live near the store, my work, a park, etc. As it is, I am forced to live off in bum-fucked Egypt because it is cheaper to buy gas than it is to live somewhere reasonable.
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On the plus side, the images that are already out there are staying out there
Actually, that is not true. I used to be able to zoom in quite close to my house and now I can not zoom in quite as close. They are actively removing imagery... What is weird though is that you can see my missing trailer (blown away by a rocket) here on Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. Why would there be better imagery of a military installation in a war zone than of my house where there is little danger?
strike
I'm not sure how true that is. I'm fairly certain that it's possible to run without any services exposed, and without the Windows Firewall
I would be highly interested in knowing how you achieve this. How do you make port 445 not available to the outside world without a firewall? Port 135?
strike
Any system accepting connections from the public internet may be vulnerable, this isn't specifically a windows problem - you can run Apache on Windows if you really want to.
It would be the Apache service that was vulnerable in that instance, not the operating system itself. My point was that Microsoft continually forces its operating systems to be vulnerable to drive by attacks while with other operating systems, you get to choose your level of exposure thereby negating the need for a firewall. E.g. Mac OS X ships without the firewall turned on and yet, as shipped, Mac OS X is not vulnerable to any external attacks (except possibly to its IP stack).
Putting the Apache web server behind a firewall is rather pointless as it will then not be available for use.
strike
I am not sure why you are fixated on NAT. I am hearing you say that you want to control how packets traverse (or not traverse) portions of your network that you consider sensitive. What you are describing is a firewall. A firewall controls packets based on rulesets that you design. Those rulesets can be based on any aspect of any particular packet that you wish: destination address, source address, TCP, UDP, payload, etc. The possibilities are limitless unless you get some sort of braindead commercial firewall.
NAT is an archaic concept and must be tossed aside.
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The problen now is that we realize that computers are vulnerable and need protection.
Wrong. Microsoft based operating systems are vulnerable. Those operating systems are the only operating systems in existance that have ports that can not be shut down or limited to loopback addresses only.
Regardless, I am not certain how they equate controlling traffic with using NAT. They are each distinct concepts. A firewall does not necessarily imply NAT and NAT does not necessarily imply a firewall.
strike
You know what? I am tired of constantly tired of fighting (and losing) bullshit like this. I have a new attitude: "Fuck me baby. Fuck me harder. Oh yea, stick your rock-hard wand of power deep into me."
The quicker this becomes an Orwellian nightmare, the better. Personally, I think that there should be an elite few who live their lives totally disconnected from reality. They deserve to ride on the backs of billions who will never know the sweet taste of a mocha latte or what it is like to voluntarily choose your sex partner. I mean, not everyone should suffer and the only way to ensure that there are a few who will never suffer is to absolutely control the entire population of the globe.
Personally, I do not mind being a whore. I bend over gladly to the self-obsessed overlords of this world. I wish that my bones would be used in the cement for their palaces. I wish that my skin would be turned into leather for their boots. I wish that my blood would be used to wash their driveway.
I give up.
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