Please specify whether you are a lawyer or not next time. You have to. We depend on the law advice on slashdot; you know that. That's the only way some of us know what's legal or not. If you preface your statement with IANAL, I know you're some idiot with as much knowledge of the law as the packing material I just threw away. If you instead qualify your statement with IAAL, I'll listen to your legal advice, quietly cuss you out for being a snake with no morals, and go about my day (hopefully more informed though). Plus, it helps the moderators know whether to label something as "Insightful" (IANAL comments) or "Informative" (IAAL comments).
I have. MANY times. Most recently to find out how the heck to get the USB root hub in Windows XP on a Dell Dimension to show up in the device manager with anything except a question mark. I tried every possible (reasonable) driver on Dell's support page. Then I had to turn to Google. It reminded me of the old days -- working with Win95/98/98se, trying to create the "perfect" disk image to blast to 1000's of desktops in our environment. Drivers work great when Windows first comes out, but after newer chipsets are developed and new hardware released, finding drivers can still be a challenge, even in Windows XP. It's better than it used to be (by leaps and bounds), but you'll still have the occasional need to Google something during an install of XP.
That being said, I just started trying to install FreeBSD, and that install process is taking a LOT longer than I like. Of course, I'm installing a bunch of stuff, and over ftp, but talk about a long, drawn out process that is anything but quick and easy. I know, I know, it's not meant for the typical user. I just wanted to do the install and see what I can do with it. I opted against any sort of GUI, and that helped make it quicker. Linux distros have always been a lot easier, but still a step below XP.
You rated this a troll? That was sarcasm. Try "Humor". Moderators suck. (Except for me when I do it. I'm always fair and reasonable. They should crown me king or something.)
Those two aren't necessarily practical, but options are more varied than they used to be. Consider this situation: my dad is a stock/bond broker. They're about to move to Lake Travis (about 30 miles from Austin, TX). He needs a constant connection. He can't get cable or DSL. A 1/4 T1 would be $300/month. Is that reasonable? Hardly. My recommendation: Dual WAN sources. 1. Satellite at $60/month for about 450 Mbps (.5 second latency is acceptable for data transfers), and 2. ISDN at $40/month (as a backup during periods of inclement weather. I will have him hooked to a dual-WAN router, for failover purposes. Linksys RV042
Cut costs there, sure. But other possibilities exist. Would you really need as fast a processor on a box like this? Your output needs/speeds may not be as high as the needs of a traditional user. I am not a deaf or blind user (IANABODU henceforth), but I'm assum... stating that these should be different machines. Think of the possible needs/lack thereof.
Visually impaired: video drivers possibly not needed; traditional 3D gaming not an option; output devices less resource intensive (no monitor may be needed); no traditional high-resource GUI needs (skinning, fading, etc). There may however be some needs that are not listed here. For example, if you have a visually impaired audiophile who enjoys running resource-intensive software apps, a beast of a computer might still be what the geek ordered. Again, IANABODU.
Audio-impaired users would have needs largely similar to those of traditional users, and perhaps then some. Either way, speakers may not be needed, or sound cards, etc. Since sound is included on so many mobos lately, it's probably more expensive to remove it than it is to keep it. Again, IANABODU.
Another statement that should be made is that the typical user doesn't even use a fraction of what their computer can do. How many users do you know who purchase 3.x Ghz wintel boxes, just because their 2.4 Ghz is a year and a half old, just to camp in front of it and use IE/Outlook/Solitaire?
With this statement is the assumption that most people would adopt the latest popular browsers. Remember that outside of this pro-Firefox/Opera slashdot world we live in, there are still millions of AOLdiots who will be served countless banner ads to keep certain sites free for us. Ditto with IE users who never change their homepages from the default (msn.com) site. At least AOL partners and MSN partners will be free. The other side of that is that MSN and AOL will continue to exist. Which is worse? Paying for content you want, or putting up with the companies who only advertise through AOL and MSN?
As long as they build robots that break down occasionally, then at least slashdotters will still have jobs... that is, until one of the future-bots gets sent back to "terminate" the leader of the resistance...
https suggests that the page is secured using SSL. Form data is sent back to the parent servers encrypted, instead of in plain text. There may not be a key logger on the machine you use, but data can be watched as it passes by. Passing encrypted data will keep this from happening. If you're on a public terminal, they won't waste their time cracking your password when they can simply grab the plain text ones. You'll find the https version of many mail clients by looking for a method of "Secure Login".
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He is still around; he only focuses on Apple-related hacks AFAIK.
Please specify whether you are a lawyer or not next time. You have to. We depend on the law advice on slashdot; you know that. That's the only way some of us know what's legal or not. If you preface your statement with IANAL, I know you're some idiot with as much knowledge of the law as the packing material I just threw away. If you instead qualify your statement with IAAL, I'll listen to your legal advice, quietly cuss you out for being a snake with no morals, and go about my day (hopefully more informed though). Plus, it helps the moderators know whether to label something as "Insightful" (IANAL comments) or "Informative" (IAAL comments).
Thank you,
Your Slashdot peers
Another headline might read: "Another government department experiences stolen data. Finger of blame placed on technology department."
I have. MANY times. Most recently to find out how the heck to get the USB root hub in Windows XP on a Dell Dimension to show up in the device manager with anything except a question mark. I tried every possible (reasonable) driver on Dell's support page. Then I had to turn to Google. It reminded me of the old days -- working with Win95/98/98se, trying to create the "perfect" disk image to blast to 1000's of desktops in our environment. Drivers work great when Windows first comes out, but after newer chipsets are developed and new hardware released, finding drivers can still be a challenge, even in Windows XP. It's better than it used to be (by leaps and bounds), but you'll still have the occasional need to Google something during an install of XP.
That being said, I just started trying to install FreeBSD, and that install process is taking a LOT longer than I like. Of course, I'm installing a bunch of stuff, and over ftp, but talk about a long, drawn out process that is anything but quick and easy. I know, I know, it's not meant for the typical user. I just wanted to do the install and see what I can do with it. I opted against any sort of GUI, and that helped make it quicker. Linux distros have always been a lot easier, but still a step below XP.
http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?d riverid=115821
You rated this a troll? That was sarcasm. Try "Humor". Moderators suck. (Except for me when I do it. I'm always fair and reasonable. They should crown me king or something.)
Those two aren't necessarily practical, but options are more varied than they used to be. Consider this situation: my dad is a stock/bond broker. They're about to move to Lake Travis (about 30 miles from Austin, TX). He needs a constant connection. He can't get cable or DSL. A 1/4 T1 would be $300/month. Is that reasonable? Hardly. My recommendation: Dual WAN sources. 1. Satellite at $60/month for about 450 Mbps (.5 second latency is acceptable for data transfers), and 2. ISDN at $40/month (as a backup during periods of inclement weather. I will have him hooked to a dual-WAN router, for failover purposes. Linksys RV042
Good thing I'm not in marketing, huh?
Happy to stand corrected, much like your sig.
Cut costs there, sure. But other possibilities exist. Would you really need as fast a processor on a box like this? Your output needs/speeds may not be as high as the needs of a traditional user. I am not a deaf or blind user (IANABODU henceforth), but I'm assum... stating that these should be different machines. Think of the possible needs/lack thereof.
Visually impaired: video drivers possibly not needed; traditional 3D gaming not an option; output devices less resource intensive (no monitor may be needed); no traditional high-resource GUI needs (skinning, fading, etc). There may however be some needs that are not listed here. For example, if you have a visually impaired audiophile who enjoys running resource-intensive software apps, a beast of a computer might still be what the geek ordered. Again, IANABODU.
Audio-impaired users would have needs largely similar to those of traditional users, and perhaps then some. Either way, speakers may not be needed, or sound cards, etc. Since sound is included on so many mobos lately, it's probably more expensive to remove it than it is to keep it. Again, IANABODU.
Another statement that should be made is that the typical user doesn't even use a fraction of what their computer can do. How many users do you know who purchase 3.x Ghz wintel boxes, just because their 2.4 Ghz is a year and a half old, just to camp in front of it and use IE/Outlook/Solitaire?
With this statement is the assumption that most people would adopt the latest popular browsers. Remember that outside of this pro-Firefox/Opera slashdot world we live in, there are still millions of AOLdiots who will be served countless banner ads to keep certain sites free for us. Ditto with IE users who never change their homepages from the default (msn.com) site. At least AOL partners and MSN partners will be free. The other side of that is that MSN and AOL will continue to exist. Which is worse? Paying for content you want, or putting up with the companies who only advertise through AOL and MSN?
Ditto, but new challenges are fun sometimes. I'm up to 10 wpm!
Quick! Someone smart, figure out if this should be modded "Informative" or "Full of shit".
As long as they build robots that break down occasionally, then at least slashdotters will still have jobs... that is, until one of the future-bots gets sent back to "terminate" the leader of the resistance...
Not anymore. With Longhorn, they're changing to red. At least we'll get fewer BSOD's.
FireNewt? FireTitMouse? (heh heh. I said tit.)
Here's the response I got:
"Dear Philips Customer,
Thank you for your email to Philips Customer Care.
To provide the best customer care and problem determination for your product, please call us at 1-888-PHILIPS and choose the following options:
Press 1 for English
Press 2 for Product Information
Press 3 for Any Other Product Information
Kindly refer to this reference number 0YS1T for timely processing.
Our operating hours are from Monday-Saturday, 7AM-11PM EST and 8AM-11PM on Sundays."
This is an automated response. Please do not reply.
Why don't they just put "Don't e-mail. Just call us." on their web site? Dummies.
pbbsst. details... They've got till 2015 to figure it out. That's like 70 dog years.
A key logger logs key strokes. It doesn't read text.
I already e-mailed them to ask them to update. Anyone else who asks might be helpful in this capacity. Here's the link: DVP-642 E-mail support
8. Profit!
Vehicle? Why bother? Just use the Space Elevator.
You could definitely get either Vin Diesel or Ben Affleck to star in it. That, or Bruce Willis. Er... wait. I guess Stallone already did.
https suggests that the page is secured using SSL. Form data is sent back to the parent servers encrypted, instead of in plain text. There may not be a key logger on the machine you use, but data can be watched as it passes by. Passing encrypted data will keep this from happening. If you're on a public terminal, they won't waste their time cracking your password when they can simply grab the plain text ones. You'll find the https version of many mail clients by looking for a method of "Secure Login".
Or go to a web page and copy and paste characters into the password blank. It might take awhile, but it's key-free.
AND make sure you only log in to https sessions.