Mouse (aka muad'dib): I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Cat: [burp]
Fearless mice are nothing, call me when they start mutating the worms.
I suppose it uses standard ink cartridges / print heads in a gatling style configuration. And since you'll be able to spew out ink at up to $85/minute, they're just going give these away. Especially to schools.
Phishing is a technique for baiting someone to give you (or your site) sensitive data. If the machine is compromized with a keylogger (hw or sw) it's already been cracked; there's no need to phish.
I guess I'm annoyed with the misuse of terms just to get more buzz. I can always hope that Phishing is the new Hacking, and one day hacking will again mean 'messing around with stuff with no ill intents', and a compromized box will have been phished. Opps, sorry, I mean phisht.
What Bamfarooni meant by "it doesn't look good for the little guy" is "I know the/. editors will pick the most sensationalized submission, hopefully no one submitted 'rover stuck in martian quicksand' yet"
way late, but since i was looking for this myself and found it at http://www.xdi.org/docref/legal/egs-program.html:
"During the 90-day term of the EGS program, up to 150,000 individuals shall have the opportunity to register a global personal i-name ("=name") and a corresponding global personal i-number for a 50-year term for one-time fee of $25 USD. The costs of maintaining the i-name and i-number registration over this period will be absorbed by Identity Commons, XDI.ORG, Cordance, and their affiliates."
Then watch as Microsoft gets decimated (in the UK) by the likes of Apple, IBM (Lotus 1-2-3), Corel (Wordperfect), etc on the desktop.
As for suing over server technology- SCO will be around for years to come!
I used one of those, but I think it was on a 286 (12Mhz), and it was circa 1985-87. I think it's still in my parents basement, along with the pad, driver, and original docs.
there's no reason to take this seriously. especially when people start to ebay their network.
large open source connected communities already exist, like livejournal.com (or deadjournal, or any of the other sites that run the code). there a lot of other journal/blog engines around as well, but LJ seems to have the largest active base, much larger than friendster. slash even has this capability, i just don't think it's used by most users.
being able to search friends of friends, which seems to be the major distinguishing feature of friendster, can be done on livejournal, but it's not a well known feature. and if it proves moderately popular, how long before one of the big dating sites like match offers it?
Right on about bluetooth implementation. As a pda/phone user, I'd point out that phone/pda makers offer features that enhance a headset more than standard cell phones- for example voice dialing/answering works very well and some offer IVR menus and macros. I'd guess this is because the pda aspect dictates the form factor of the device, which is not a great form for a phone. Between synching and headsets, bluetooth is perfect for the phone/pda market.
That means I can't use the PDA and talk on the phone at the same time.
Not exactly true. The phone/pda combos I've used (Kyocera 61xx, 71xx & Handspring 300) will let you use the palm while talking, but I'm pretty sure they won't let you browse the internet. Your options are to talk on a headset or use speakerphone. I've used this mostly for setting appointment times/dates or looking up phone numbers to give to whoever called. After using a pda/phone for a year now I won't go back. It's replaced my laptop for most uses- it's always on, always with me, and more usable on mass transit or other cramped spaces. It definitely has its drawbacks, but it's the solution that works best for me.
RTFAricle. "Like most state and federal computer crime laws, New Hampshire's existing statute says it is a crime to knowingly access any computer network without authorization."
And to address a shortcoming in the original submission: "...but not until after January 2004, and that's if the bill passes the Senate"
I think there's something about the govenor needing to ratify it (or something about a veto over-ride). Huh, looks like I'm cranky. Stupid decaf.
However, GNUCash will run on all the platforms listed, and is free.
Actually, GNUcash doesn't run on windows, the third 'platform' listed. Unless you're using a more narrow definition of platform than most.
yeah, but think about how quickly web server worms would get patched. "what do you mean my ISP bill was $17,000 dollars last month?!?!"
everyone with secure servers (who put up a 'page') would make extra money. think of it as a redistribution of wealth from people uninterested/ incapable of security to those who are.
'irony' (as in the saying something different to what you mean, rather than the more American 'Alanis Morissette' use of the word)
Oh, you must be thinking of the Canadian form of irony (she wrote the song, not an American). Well, I suppose that's British irony for you. Of course in America, we just call it a poorly formed analogy.
If this had a web browser, I could see very practical applications for providing on site tech support to single PCs that won't boot. An OS on a floppy that allows me do download whatever foo I needed for a full system install (which were of course provided but promptly lost) and dumping them to the HDD would rock.
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Mouse (aka muad'dib): I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Cat: [burp]
Fearless mice are nothing, call me when they start mutating the worms.
I suppose it uses standard ink cartridges / print heads in a gatling style configuration. And since you'll be able to spew out ink at up to $85/minute, they're just going give these away. Especially to schools.
Phishing is a technique for baiting someone to give you (or your site) sensitive data. If the machine is compromized with a keylogger (hw or sw) it's already been cracked; there's no need to phish.
I guess I'm annoyed with the misuse of terms just to get more buzz. I can always hope that Phishing is the new Hacking, and one day hacking will again mean 'messing around with stuff with no ill intents', and a compromized box will have been phished. Opps, sorry, I mean phisht.
What Bamfarooni meant by "it doesn't look good for the little guy" is "I know the /. editors will pick the most sensationalized submission, hopefully no one submitted 'rover stuck in martian quicksand' yet"
"During the 90-day term of the EGS program, up to 150,000 individuals shall have the opportunity to register a global personal i-name ("=name") and a corresponding global personal i-number for a 50-year term for one-time fee of $25 USD. The costs of maintaining the i-name and i-number registration over this period will be absorbed by Identity Commons, XDI.ORG, Cordance, and their affiliates."
Then watch as Microsoft gets decimated (in the UK) by the likes of Apple, IBM (Lotus 1-2-3), Corel (Wordperfect), etc on the desktop. As for suing over server technology- SCO will be around for years to come!
I used one of those, but I think it was on a 286 (12Mhz), and it was circa 1985-87. I think it's still in my parents basement, along with the pad, driver, and original docs.
there's no reason to take this seriously. especially when people start to ebay their network.
large open source connected communities already exist, like livejournal.com (or deadjournal, or any of the other sites that run the code). there a lot of other journal/blog engines around as well, but LJ seems to have the largest active base, much larger than friendster. slash even has this capability, i just don't think it's used by most users. being able to search friends of friends, which seems to be the major distinguishing feature of friendster, can be done on livejournal, but it's not a well known feature. and if it proves moderately popular, how long before one of the big dating sites like match offers it?
That means I can't use the PDA and talk on the phone at the same time.
Not exactly true. The phone/pda combos I've used (Kyocera 61xx, 71xx & Handspring 300) will let you use the palm while talking, but I'm pretty sure they won't let you browse the internet. Your options are to talk on a headset or use speakerphone. I've used this mostly for setting appointment times/dates or looking up phone numbers to give to whoever called. After using a pda/phone for a year now I won't go back. It's replaced my laptop for most uses- it's always on, always with me, and more usable on mass transit or other cramped spaces. It definitely has its drawbacks, but it's the solution that works best for me.
RTFAricle.
"Like most state and federal computer crime laws, New Hampshire's existing statute says it is a crime to knowingly access any computer network without authorization."
And to address a shortcoming in the original submission: "...but not until after January 2004, and that's if the bill passes the Senate"
I think there's something about the govenor needing to ratify it (or something about a veto over-ride). Huh, looks like I'm cranky. Stupid decaf.
However, GNUCash will run on all the platforms listed, and is free. Actually, GNUcash doesn't run on windows, the third 'platform' listed. Unless you're using a more narrow definition of platform than most.
yeah, but think about how quickly web server worms would get patched. "what do you mean my ISP bill was $17,000 dollars last month?!?!"
everyone with secure servers (who put up a 'page') would make extra money. think of it as a redistribution of wealth from people uninterested/ incapable of security to those who are.
Well, OK, I can handle the assertion that many Americans are undereducated, but not that we spawned Alanis.
Oh, you must be thinking of the Canadian form of irony (she wrote the song, not an American). Well, I suppose that's British irony for you. Of course in America, we just call it a poorly formed analogy.
It's a sad day when the first post is actually right on target.
If this had a web browser, I could see very practical applications for providing on site tech support to single PCs that won't boot. An OS on a floppy that allows me do download whatever foo I needed for a full system install (which were of course provided but promptly lost) and dumping them to the HDD would rock.