I know that my mom and wife both use Google as their "address bar". My wife wanted to go somewhere the other day (she had to use my Linux box; I playing around with Vista on the Windows one), and I told her to just type the address in the address bar (it was like JcPenney's or something). She said, "I don't want to type it in the address bar, I just want to type it in Google." Google is the default page on my Win PC. My mom does the same thing; she never uses the address bar. She usually asks, "How do I do that?" when I tell her to just type it in.
Back when I was employed at an ISP, we had a Google search box on our main page. Whenever our main page was down for updates or screwups, we *always* got calls from users asking when the page would be back up so they could surf the web. They would use the Google search box to get around the Internet instead of using the address bar or using a different search engine.
It's not far fetched that they will lose traffic if Google doesn't index them in their search results.
Ma Bell should be in there somewhere. If anyone doesn't think so, try starting up a local phone company in a Bell region and see how fast they drain your money and time.:P
Read this then decide if it's worth it. Besides, why should I pay $15 for a movie that I can buy at WalMart for the same price? Besides, if you read, you don't actually own the movie.
Section 3a: "The Software automatically checks for upgrades, but the Software will not automatically upgrade without your consent, except as provided herein. If you do not consent to an upgrade that we make subject to your consent, the Digital Content may no longer be viewed on your Authorized Device. You must keep the Software on your Authorized Device current in order to continue to use the Service. We may automatically upgrade the Software when we believe such upgrade is appropriate to comply with law, enforce this Agreement, or protect the rights, safety or property of Amazon, our content providers, users, or others."
Section 3c. Removal of Software. If you uninstall or otherwise remove the Software, your ability to view all Digital Content you have downloaded to the Authorized Device will immediately and automatically terminate and we reserve the right to delete all Digital Content from that Authorized Device without notice to you.
I can watch DVD's whenever and am not subject to the wierdness in Unbox's EULA.
Optical discs don't die that fast unless mishandled, most likely your console will give out before your games do.
That's all well and good . . . unless children are involved. I have CD's and DVD's that have been moved around, laid around, set on things, dropped, and are no longer useable. I finally got tired of it and make an ISO of every one I have because I know something will happen to them eventually.
If you've ever rented games (or even some DVD's) from a rental store, then you'll know what I'm talking about. I've had to return several because my console just wouldn't read them; even some movies jump occasionally because of scratches (and some are new releases that haven't been out but a few days). Turn them over and they're scratched to hell. I've managed to repair a couple enough to play, but they're mostly lost. Some households just manage to tear up technology quickly.:P
Rationality isn't a priority when you're on the right drugs. Especially since this county is one of the highest for manufacture/use per capita in the state.:P
And what about bad neighborhoods and gang areas? Are they really going to go walking around there with cameras? If they're driving around even, that'll get noticed, too. I'm not sure people who run the known drug houses will be very welcoming of cameras or strange vehicles combing their territories.
Built in; it's a DFI LanParty UT nF3 250GB. I did have to get the latest nVidia drivers even for XP x64 Pro to work correctly. The USB port was on a multi-card reader extension for the MB; that may have had something to do with it (didn't try the ports on the back). Everything else seemed to work fine, though. I actually kinda like it; I just don't care much for the default desktops. It looks really nice, just not very intuitive in some places (menus, GUI package management).
VMWare Tools didn't install correctly, either (mouse support); had to do a little tinkering, but they work fine now.:)
of course means the primary purpose of such mod chips isn't to allow anything except piracy.
Yes, allowing the Wii to play backup discs will enable piracy, but the intention is to play backups (insert comparisons to guns for murder, CD-R/DVD-R drives for piracy, etc.)
Similar example in a computer repair department: Instead of plugging the monitor in and out every time we work on a different PC, we attach a VGA extension cable to it and use that. Eventually, the pins get bent or the cable gets snafu'd and the monitor has a red tint to it. If the extension cable weren't there, we'd be out a monitor. Instead, we just replace the cable and all is well. Same thing. Instead of potentionally destroying my $40-$60 game, I can use a backup. When it gets to where the drive can't read it anymore, simply make another copy. The original is always safe. I do this with all my CD's and software (either making copies or shoving ISO's on the file server).
Have you actually looked at what Sun is doing these days?
Yes, I have. I have Solaris 10 x86 running in a VM at work and (was running) on my machine at home; however, like the OP said, it lacks in hardware support. Comparing a simple task to Kubuntu (since that's what I am dorking around with at the moment), if you plug in a USB stick, it pops up and asks what I want to do with it. Solaris just sits there. Solaris 10 didn't recognize my NIC at home, either (it's an nForce board, AMD64). Can't do much without a network connection these days.:) Solaris 10 has issues with Microsoft Virtual PC, but that's not necessiarly a Solaris problem (works fine under VMWare), unless VPC is all you have and you want to try out Solaris.
The Java Desktop is much better than CDE, IMHO, but it is still a bit difficult to work with (something as simply editing the Launch menu isn't as intuitive as it should be, to me anyway). I got KDE installed which made things easier to work with. I do see that it has come a long way since Solaris 7 (had to have it for some billing system several years ago), but I think it still has a ways to go. I could probably make it work, but Linux works better for me (especially hardware) when I use it for desktop purposes.
is that there could be a form of entrapment if hacking into a personal system became legal for police to do, especially as it becomes a slippery slope, where blocking such searches is tantamount to a crime in and of itself.
Entrapment: that word doesn't mean what you think it means. I realize this is different from state-to-state and from country-to-country, but here it is from the Texas Penal Code:
8.06. ENTRAPMENT. (a) It is a defense to prosecution
that the actor engaged in the conduct charged because he was induced
to do so by a law enforcement agent using persuasion or other means
likely to cause persons to commit the offense. Conduct merely
affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not
constitute entrapment.
(b) In this section "law enforcement agent" includes
personnel of the state and local law enforcement agencies as well as
of the United States and any person acting in accordance with
instructions from such agents.
Entrapment (in this state) requires that the criminal action was induced by a law enforcement officer. When the individual has a choice to commit a crime (or not), there is no entrapment (i.e.: speed trap). Btw, entrapment is not a crime, but a defense to prosecution in a court of law.
The police are allowed to do a whole lot of things that are not allowed by ordinary citizens (i.e.: arrest for misdemeanor crimes, use lethal force to prevent convicts escaping from a penal institution, provide protection for the local courthouse, etc.). If there is a warrant by a court of jurisdiction, then, yes, blocking the "police sniff" would probably be illegal; however, if Citizen Joe knows nothing about this warrant and is simply securing his network, then any offense brought against Citizen Joe about blocking the search warrant will be challenged in the courts.
The problem isn't that that users "don't understand all the inner workings" of the site (because they probably shouldn't), it's that they can't follow security (or operational) procedures.
People are expected (and required) to pass a test given by the State to see if they can safely operate a vehicle. They're not required to change oil, swap out spark plugs, or install a sound system. They're supposed to already know how to get in, start the vechicle, put on safety belts, and operate the vehicle according to law. This includes not leaving the keys in the vehicle and locking the door (yes, some States have traffic laws against leaving your keys in your vehicle and not locking your vehicle).
545.404. UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLE. An operator may not
leave the vehicle unattended without:
(1) stopping the engine;
(2) locking the ignition;
(3) removing the key[0] from the ignition;
(4) setting the parking brake effectively; and
(5) if standing on a grade, turning the front wheels to
the curb or side of the highway.
People should know how to operate the computer and use web sites (operational and security), but not necessiarly "understand all the inner workings" of the PC or website. Basic security should be known by the computer operator; failing to take appropriate security precautions (seeing if the image was there in this case) is the fault of the user. If it was a flaw in the site, then that's one thing, but this security procedure required the vigilance of the operator.
No security is perfect (door lock, captcha, AACS, etc.) because there is always a way around it, usually people.
Nevermind, I think I understand; I missed a section on the website about keeping the registration current. I think this is what you were referring to:
For a trademark registration to remain valid, an Affidavit of Use ("Section 8 Affidavit") must be filed: (1) between the fifth and sixth year following registration, and (2) within the year before the end of every ten-year period after the date of registration. The registrant may file the affidavit within a grace period of six months after the end of the sixth or tenth year, with payment of an additional fee.
There must be other issues because I put in a SBS 2003 server last November that only reboots when critical updates tell it to (on Saturday mornings if required). The local newspaper has a 2003 Server (receives print queues for an imagesetter) that hasn't had to be rebooted in months as well as 2 NT4 servers. The older Mac that's hooked to the WIR service also hasn't had to be rebooted in months. Actually, the last time they were rebooted was when the power went out and the batteries ran out of juice (Linux server shows 88 days uptime).
Most of the time I've found it to be either hardware issues, or a poorly written application or driver that screwes up the OS (any OS). I've had a Linux machine up and running over a year without rebooting, and I've had Linux and OpenBSD machines that had to be rebooted every other day (motherboard or RAM issues). My work computer (XPSP2) is normally pretty stable, until I ether install some poorly written application (we have a program called MultiView 2000 that tends to take over 100% cpu sometimes; it's a terminal program with host support that the staff use to connect to our main COBOL-written program that's been around forever, ick) or install some driver that XP doesn't like.
A. FEDERAL REGISTRATION. There are significant advantages to having a trademark properly registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Registration is proof of the validity of the mark and the registrant's ownership of the mark. 2. These legal presumptions simplify the evidence needed in an enforcement action and may result in a considerable savings in legal fees.
After five years, the mark becomes "incontestible." The registration is then conclusive evidence of validity and ownership, and the mark may only be canceled on certain specified grounds. 3. This is the most important benefit of a federal registration.
One of the problems with searching an Internet pipe is that the conventional methods and doctrines for search warrants don't apply easily or at all (i.e.: plain view doctrine). Search warrants have to be specific as to what the officers are looking for.
Example: if the search warrant is for a TV, and the officers look in a desk drawer and find kiddy porn, they can't take it. Now, what will probably happen is some of the officers will stay there (or close by) while another tries to get another warrant (with probable cause) for the material. It will all depend on whether the judge believes they had a right to be opening the desk in the first place; even if the search warrant is issued, it will definately be challenged by the defense in court. Subsequent grants for search warrants will also be scrutenized by previous requests for search warrants by the officer as well (i.e.: if Officer Joe has a history of leaving out details, writing poorly, or making frivilous requests in search warrants, they will likely be denied by the judge until the officer can get it right).
Just because the officers find evidence of some other crime while executing a search warrant, it doesn't necessiarly mean that that will be able to keep the evidence of the other crime (it depends on probable cause, whether the officer has a right to the evidence, and other court-established doctrines).
The local newspaper where my parents work at used to use terminals to write their stories (even had the black and green monitors!). I don't remember what type or anything about them; I just know they used them for a long time.
A few years ago they migrated to Windows; they had some software company come in and deploy their software suite (another newspaper in the chain had migrated over, so this one followed suit). The company I worked for was supplying all of the hardware (Win98 and NT4 Server) except for 1 Mac that is hooked to the WIR service. They knew enough about networking to be dangerous (their internal NAT is a public routable IP). They also didn't allow Win2k on the workstations because they claimed their software wouldn't run on it (they said their software was 16bit and wouldn't run on 2k). They no longer support that software suite. FSI (Freedom Systems Incorporated) is the name of the company, in case anyone cares.
You wouldn't be saying that if the key you got was invalid or revoked the next day, or something, would you?
If you ran a business where you allowed people to rent (subscription), say, a car (account), then a person started renting that car out or using it as a taxi service (selling account items, i.e.: gold or a sword) out to people and making money off the deal. You'd be pretty pissed, eh? Same thing.
In this scenario, the car (account) isn't there for the person (subscriber) to turn a profit (selling items). The car is contracted (licensed) to you for a specific purpose and not for profit-making.
The players don't "own" the items (if you read, depending on the serivce, you probably don't "own" your account, either) just like the person doesn't own the rented car; therefore, they (shouldn't) have any claim on them for resale.
Two things you forgot was a (possibly) new entertainment center and sound system for the new HDTV. If I'm going to go out and buy a HDTV, it's going to be a lot bigger than my current one and won't fit in my existing entertainment center. Even if I hang it on the wall, I still have to have a place to put the receiver, game consoles, and maybe movies.
Another expense is possibly getting a new sound system. My current one only has composite for my DVD/VHS and consoles, and it doesn't support any digital audio (it was a Wal-Mart special a couple of years ago). My current older HDTV monitor (it's a 32" w/o the tuner) only has 1 component (no HDMI). If I'm going to have a DVD and a couple consoles hooked to the TV, I gotta have the inputs somewhere.:P
$$$ starts adding up quick if you don't have the parts needed to go full-out HD. When things settle down, it'll be time to start piecemealing an entertainment center together.
*sigh* I'll bend my rule of not responding to AC's this time, because you obviously do not understand the reasoning behind greylisting; it has nothing to do with "buggy MTA's", but with intentional misconfiguration (taken from the TAMU website):
According to the internet specification, when a mail server receives a "400-level" error, it must queue the e-mail message and try later to deliver it. For legitimate e-mail, this process is standard and mandatory. Properly configured mail servers will redeliver their messages appropriately and greylisting should not represent a delivery challenge to them. Because SPAMmers send hundreds of thousands of e-mails per day to addresses they do not know to be working, they generate a large number of bounced messages. Acknowledging server responses for these messages, storing the messages on a server for some period of time, and redelivering them again represents for SPAMmers a resource-intensive process that might very well not return sales of their products or services. As a result, they intentionally misconfigure their mail servers. By requiring that every incoming e-mail message to the University originate from a properly configured mail server, most SPAM is filtered.
Of course greylisting can be worked around, but doing so puts a resource hit on the sending mail server; the bigger the hit, the slower it can send out SPAM. As for the receiving mail server, the greylisting service doesn't run on the MTA, but on the MX farm for the domain. Legitimate mail is then forwarded to the domain's MTA.
In the realm of similarity, slowlists are also an option.
This is similar to greylisting that has been around for a bit.
Greylisting is a simple method of defending electronic mail users against e-mail spam. In short, a mail transfer agent which uses greylisting will "temporarily reject" any email from a sender it does not recognize. If the mail is legitimate, the originating server will try again to send it later, at which time the destination will accept it. If the mail is from a spammer, it will probably not be retried, however, even spam sources which re-transmit later will be more likely to be listed in DNSBLs and distributed signature systems such as Vipul's Razor. Greylisting requires little configuration and modest resources. It is designed as a complement to existing defenses against spam, and not as a replacement.
Although you can still decrypt disks, you can't just make program that does it automatically.
Funny, that's what's being worked on right now buy guys over at the Doom9 Forum; although, at the moment, you do still have to have a (broken) HD-DVD player to grab the Vuk from memory.
I have posted a modified version of BackupHDDDVD . . . [that] can also get it's own keys from memory if WinDVD is playing. . . If they select the memory option, they are prompted to press ENTER when WinDVD is playing. Once the memory dump is completed, the user is free to close WinDVD and the key is retrieved automatically.
Obviously, they're still working on cleaning things up and fixing some problems with the decryption process on certain HD-DVD's, but it's getting there, slowly but surely.:)
They pretty much ONLY stock console games, with one small rack of PC games at most.
I would reason this is because they:
Make money off selling consoles and games (they don't sell PC's)
Don't have to deal much with tech support issues (even just the calls, themselves) with consoles
The support end goes up when you're dealing with customers who have PC's. Console games *should* either work or not since they're made specifically for a particular unmodified console. That way the guys in the store can focus more on sales and not on tech support (read: less training).
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I know that my mom and wife both use Google as their "address bar". My wife wanted to go somewhere the other day (she had to use my Linux box; I playing around with Vista on the Windows one), and I told her to just type the address in the address bar (it was like JcPenney's or something). She said, "I don't want to type it in the address bar, I just want to type it in Google." Google is the default page on my Win PC. My mom does the same thing; she never uses the address bar. She usually asks, "How do I do that?" when I tell her to just type it in.
Back when I was employed at an ISP, we had a Google search box on our main page. Whenever our main page was down for updates or screwups, we *always* got calls from users asking when the page would be back up so they could surf the web. They would use the Google search box to get around the Internet instead of using the address bar or using a different search engine.
It's not far fetched that they will lose traffic if Google doesn't index them in their search results.
Ma Bell should be in there somewhere. If anyone doesn't think so, try starting up a local phone company in a Bell region and see how fast they drain your money and time. :P
If you've ever rented games (or even some DVD's) from a rental store, then you'll know what I'm talking about. I've had to return several because my console just wouldn't read them; even some movies jump occasionally because of scratches (and some are new releases that haven't been out but a few days). Turn them over and they're scratched to hell. I've managed to repair a couple enough to play, but they're mostly lost. Some households just manage to tear up technology quickly.
But now it'll be near your mouth; I'm not sure that's any better. :P
Rationality isn't a priority when you're on the right drugs. Especially since this county is one of the highest for manufacture/use per capita in the state. :P
And what about bad neighborhoods and gang areas? Are they really going to go walking around there with cameras? If they're driving around even, that'll get noticed, too. I'm not sure people who run the known drug houses will be very welcoming of cameras or strange vehicles combing their territories.
Built in; it's a DFI LanParty UT nF3 250GB. I did have to get the latest nVidia drivers even for XP x64 Pro to work correctly. The USB port was on a multi-card reader extension for the MB; that may have had something to do with it (didn't try the ports on the back). Everything else seemed to work fine, though. I actually kinda like it; I just don't care much for the default desktops. It looks really nice, just not very intuitive in some places (menus, GUI package management).
:)
VMWare Tools didn't install correctly, either (mouse support); had to do a little tinkering, but they work fine now.
Similar example in a computer repair department: Instead of plugging the monitor in and out every time we work on a different PC, we attach a VGA extension cable to it and use that. Eventually, the pins get bent or the cable gets snafu'd and the monitor has a red tint to it. If the extension cable weren't there, we'd be out a monitor. Instead, we just replace the cable and all is well. Same thing. Instead of potentionally destroying my $40-$60 game, I can use a backup. When it gets to where the drive can't read it anymore, simply make another copy. The original is always safe. I do this with all my CD's and software (either making copies or shoving ISO's on the file server).
I agree it does have the potential for abuse, but so do a lot of things, even the Wii without a modchip.
The Java Desktop is much better than CDE, IMHO, but it is still a bit difficult to work with (something as simply editing the Launch menu isn't as intuitive as it should be, to me anyway). I got KDE installed which made things easier to work with. I do see that it has come a long way since Solaris 7 (had to have it for some billing system several years ago), but I think it still has a ways to go. I could probably make it work, but Linux works better for me (especially hardware) when I use it for desktop purposes.
The police are allowed to do a whole lot of things that are not allowed by ordinary citizens (i.e.: arrest for misdemeanor crimes, use lethal force to prevent convicts escaping from a penal institution, provide protection for the local courthouse, etc.). If there is a warrant by a court of jurisdiction, then, yes, blocking the "police sniff" would probably be illegal; however, if Citizen Joe knows nothing about this warrant and is simply securing his network, then any offense brought against Citizen Joe about blocking the search warrant will be challenged in the courts.
People are expected (and required) to pass a test given by the State to see if they can safely operate a vehicle. They're not required to change oil, swap out spark plugs, or install a sound system. They're supposed to already know how to get in, start the vechicle, put on safety belts, and operate the vehicle according to law. This includes not leaving the keys in the vehicle and locking the door (yes, some States have traffic laws against leaving your keys in your vehicle and not locking your vehicle).
People should know how to operate the computer and use web sites (operational and security), but not necessiarly "understand all the inner workings" of the PC or website. Basic security should be known by the computer operator; failing to take appropriate security precautions (seeing if the image was there in this case) is the fault of the user. If it was a flaw in the site, then that's one thing, but this security procedure required the vigilance of the operator.
No security is perfect (door lock, captcha, AACS, etc.) because there is always a way around it, usually people.
There must be other issues because I put in a SBS 2003 server last November that only reboots when critical updates tell it to (on Saturday mornings if required). The local newspaper has a 2003 Server (receives print queues for an imagesetter) that hasn't had to be rebooted in months as well as 2 NT4 servers. The older Mac that's hooked to the WIR service also hasn't had to be rebooted in months. Actually, the last time they were rebooted was when the power went out and the batteries ran out of juice (Linux server shows 88 days uptime).
Most of the time I've found it to be either hardware issues, or a poorly written application or driver that screwes up the OS (any OS). I've had a Linux machine up and running over a year without rebooting, and I've had Linux and OpenBSD machines that had to be rebooted every other day (motherboard or RAM issues). My work computer (XPSP2) is normally pretty stable, until I ether install some poorly written application (we have a program called MultiView 2000 that tends to take over 100% cpu sometimes; it's a terminal program with host support that the staff use to connect to our main COBOL-written program that's been around forever, ick) or install some driver that XP doesn't like.
One of the problems with searching an Internet pipe is that the conventional methods and doctrines for search warrants don't apply easily or at all (i.e.: plain view doctrine). Search warrants have to be specific as to what the officers are looking for.
Example: if the search warrant is for a TV, and the officers look in a desk drawer and find kiddy porn, they can't take it. Now, what will probably happen is some of the officers will stay there (or close by) while another tries to get another warrant (with probable cause) for the material. It will all depend on whether the judge believes they had a right to be opening the desk in the first place; even if the search warrant is issued, it will definately be challenged by the defense in court. Subsequent grants for search warrants will also be scrutenized by previous requests for search warrants by the officer as well (i.e.: if Officer Joe has a history of leaving out details, writing poorly, or making frivilous requests in search warrants, they will likely be denied by the judge until the officer can get it right).
Just because the officers find evidence of some other crime while executing a search warrant, it doesn't necessiarly mean that that will be able to keep the evidence of the other crime (it depends on probable cause, whether the officer has a right to the evidence, and other court-established doctrines).
The local newspaper where my parents work at used to use terminals to write their stories (even had the black and green monitors!). I don't remember what type or anything about them; I just know they used them for a long time.
A few years ago they migrated to Windows; they had some software company come in and deploy their software suite (another newspaper in the chain had migrated over, so this one followed suit). The company I worked for was supplying all of the hardware (Win98 and NT4 Server) except for 1 Mac that is hooked to the WIR service. They knew enough about networking to be dangerous (their internal NAT is a public routable IP). They also didn't allow Win2k on the workstations because they claimed their software wouldn't run on it (they said their software was 16bit and wouldn't run on 2k). They no longer support that software suite. FSI (Freedom Systems Incorporated) is the name of the company, in case anyone cares.
You wouldn't be saying that if the key you got was invalid or revoked the next day, or something, would you?
If you ran a business where you allowed people to rent (subscription), say, a car (account), then a person started renting that car out or using it as a taxi service (selling account items, i.e.: gold or a sword) out to people and making money off the deal. You'd be pretty pissed, eh? Same thing.
In this scenario, the car (account) isn't there for the person (subscriber) to turn a profit (selling items). The car is contracted (licensed) to you for a specific purpose and not for profit-making.
The players don't "own" the items (if you read, depending on the serivce, you probably don't "own" your account, either) just like the person doesn't own the rented car; therefore, they (shouldn't) have any claim on them for resale.
Two things you forgot was a (possibly) new entertainment center and sound system for the new HDTV. If I'm going to go out and buy a HDTV, it's going to be a lot bigger than my current one and won't fit in my existing entertainment center. Even if I hang it on the wall, I still have to have a place to put the receiver, game consoles, and maybe movies.
:P
Another expense is possibly getting a new sound system. My current one only has composite for my DVD/VHS and consoles, and it doesn't support any digital audio (it was a Wal-Mart special a couple of years ago). My current older HDTV monitor (it's a 32" w/o the tuner) only has 1 component (no HDMI). If I'm going to have a DVD and a couple consoles hooked to the TV, I gotta have the inputs somewhere.
$$$ starts adding up quick if you don't have the parts needed to go full-out HD. When things settle down, it'll be time to start piecemealing an entertainment center together.
I always loved the Wing Commander series, but, sadly, it seems to be no more.
Of course greylisting can be worked around, but doing so puts a resource hit on the sending mail server; the bigger the hit, the slower it can send out SPAM. As for the receiving mail server, the greylisting service doesn't run on the MTA, but on the MX farm for the domain. Legitimate mail is then forwarded to the domain's MTA.
In the realm of similarity, slowlists are also an option.
Obviously, they're still working on cleaning things up and fixing some problems with the decryption process on certain HD-DVD's, but it's getting there, slowly but surely.
- Make money off selling consoles and games (they don't sell PC's)
- Don't have to deal much with tech support issues (even just the calls, themselves) with consoles
The support end goes up when you're dealing with customers who have PC's. Console games *should* either work or not since they're made specifically for a particular unmodified console. That way the guys in the store can focus more on sales and not on tech support (read: less training).