Where do you live? There hasn't been a choice for cable companies for years. The cable companies own the cable lines, and you HAVE to buy their service, or get no service at all. Obviously the story is about phone service, but the idea is the same: it will happen.
Maybe the parent is flame-bait, but even if this HIV-cure-ish thing DOES cause the body to freak out (although as others are mentioning, our bodies are already constantly fighting off germs and the like), have you EVER seen someone die of cancer? I have, as I'm sure many unforunate people on here have, and it can be a very slow, painful to even watch process as the body slowly dies because one of it's organs isn't fucntioning properly. There's no way having the body fight off the cancer cells could make it any worse. Perhaps, in a worse case situation the person dies sooner (less painful), and best case they go through the same amount of suffering but live. Both of those options are better than death from cancer alone.
This was in Discover magazine in late 2004. I guess it technically qualifies as news, assuming you forgot/don't read other news sources... or don't mind 3 month old stories.
It's amazing how many people use pet names (as the parent mentioned). A network administrator at my old school (which shall remain nameless) had the Administrator password for the entire network set to her dog's names. It wasn't hard to guess:)
If this were a fark newsbreak, it would be marked 'obvious.' Longer passwords are more secure. For some reason people have been convinced to just use a single word for a password (obviously because of the term), but I'd be more worried about my employees if they didn't jump to the conclusion that a phrase can be used for a long password. But I guess forcing users to have a 12 character or longer passphrase (although we still use the term 'password') pretty much forces them to use a pseudo-phrase.
It got a thousand hits between the time I started reading the article and when I left... maybe it's not a shared host:0D. Although I guess a dedicated host only delays the/. effect.
Here's what you can do: Send me your incompatible X800, and I'll send you a 100% Linux compatible GeForce4 TI 4200.
Of course I'm joking. I think though, your X800 is better suited for an operating system who's only good point is being able to play games.
Although as an AC you probably won't see my reply, but storing any sort of username/password combination in a flat text file would be Not The Right Way to do that sort of thing. Sure, it's possible, but in the time you learn how to do file manipulation with PHP you might as well learn how to use a database, which IMO is easier to use anyway. (a single insert statement)
What kind of news is this?? It doesn't take any computer skill to type an e-mail that asks for a username/password combination. It takes very little skill to use IE (assuming Windoze script kiddies here) to download an entire webpage, then upload it to a server or use DynDNS to use the one at home. I guess it might take 10 minutes of learning PHP/MySQL to learn how to get POST information, maybe another 10 minutes to learn how to randomly generate characters and use the Mail() function. Lets say another 20 minutes (doubtful) to learn how to set up Apache, then 5 minutes to do it. For fun, lets add in a fudge factor of 15 minutes for other small installs. So one hour of work = zero to phishing. I suppose if someone was totally clueless they might need a toolkit to do this, but my guess is any binary toolkit has a backdoor in it and a user really would have to be dumb to use it. Just my $0.02
Your SSN is everywhere on school records. I work at the Environmental Health and Safety Dept. of the university I attend, and not only does every different dept. in the school have their own copy of students' information, but anyone who has a job at any of these places can get access to it without any alarms going off. This is the case at many institutions. Sure, it's a shame that some outside group got in and away with some info, but I'd be way more concerned with the employees and student employees that play around with your information every day.
So far as the competition...sure, I suppose a Dell or an HP could counter the MacMini, or the iPod Shuffle or whatnot, but really.
Exactly... besides the fact that it was "let out" a week or so before MacWorld,
(1) A flashed based mp3 player isn't new. In fact, it's older technology than the iPod and
(2) A mini computer? There are already companies out there that make x86 mini computers (shuttle, for one).
So in the end, Apple is sueing because someone let out that they're making Apple versions of other people's product/ideas. I have no qualm against that, but it's silly to sue over it.
I'm not shocked either, given that some parts of the world get over 10Mb/s for less than what we pay for sometimes less than 1Mb/s, due to population density & gov't involvement, among other factors.
Because it takes no effort to put a URL in a "news" article. In order to cover a swap meet or any other RealWorld(tm) auctions, a media outlet would have to send a crew out to create the content (images, interviews) of their article or news story.
In addition, this is very old news. Someone tried this exact same 'stunt' over a year ago. I guess next/. is going to report that someone is trying to sell their soul on eBay. I crack me up.
I imagine that the bottleneck for peercast and similar technologies isn't the lack of bandwidth, but lack of original content. I'm sure if this takes off there will be plenty of people who will be willing to broadcast their Star Trek collection or whatever TV / Movie series/show/music CD they like, but I think there will be very little content created by the broadcasters. I for one don't need someone else to decide in what order I watch episodes of my favorite TV shows, so I'd be more inclined to just download and save them to disk to watch at my leisure. Additionally, although the argument can be made that, like 'blogging', this technology will allow anyone with an opinion some airtime, I make the arguement that of all the bloggers I know, only one of them has the technical aptitude to operate, edit, and upload a video or audio stream. And he doesn't own a video cam, so it doesn't even matter. My prediction: No new content due to lack of availability of technology (camcorders) and knowledge of how to manipulate them (video editing).
Huh. I guess what I was speaking of involves the stories on the front page being a day old after logging out the previous day but before logging back in the next.
Lucky you. After a LAN party, a friend of mine left his computer in the backseat of his car, also with the window open. It didn't rain, but it was humid and frosty out. I guess he didn't wait to dry it out or something (I wasn't there) but it shorted when he turned it on. I guess the lesson is to dry, then power up.
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Where do you live? There hasn't been a choice for cable companies for years. The cable companies own the cable lines, and you HAVE to buy their service, or get no service at all. Obviously the story is about phone service, but the idea is the same: it will happen.
Yup, just like Longhorn was going to be released on schedule.
Maybe the parent is flame-bait, but even if this HIV-cure-ish thing DOES cause the body to freak out (although as others are mentioning, our bodies are already constantly fighting off germs and the like), have you EVER seen someone die of cancer? I have, as I'm sure many unforunate people on here have, and it can be a very slow, painful to even watch process as the body slowly dies because one of it's organs isn't fucntioning properly. There's no way having the body fight off the cancer cells could make it any worse. Perhaps, in a worse case situation the person dies sooner (less painful), and best case they go through the same amount of suffering but live. Both of those options are better than death from cancer alone.
( - Bush, SNL)
This was in Discover magazine in late 2004. I guess it technically qualifies as news, assuming you forgot/don't read other news sources... or don't mind 3 month old stories.
I almost spilled my coffee when I read this (FTFA): He began by showing them a sequence of provocative cartoon drawings.
It's amazing how many people use pet names (as the parent mentioned). A network administrator at my old school (which shall remain nameless) had the Administrator password for the entire network set to her dog's names. It wasn't hard to guess :)
If this were a fark newsbreak, it would be marked 'obvious.' Longer passwords are more secure. For some reason people have been convinced to just use a single word for a password (obviously because of the term), but I'd be more worried about my employees if they didn't jump to the conclusion that a phrase can be used for a long password. But I guess forcing users to have a 12 character or longer passphrase (although we still use the term 'password') pretty much forces them to use a pseudo-phrase.
It got a thousand hits between the time I started reading the article and when I left... maybe it's not a shared host :0D. Although I guess a dedicated host only delays the /. effect.
Ha! I'm guessing this particular grocery store is not Meijer? They treat their employees like crap.
Or even more annoying, ads that alert you they don't work with non IE browsers.
Here's what you can do: Send me your incompatible X800, and I'll send you a 100% Linux compatible GeForce4 TI 4200. Of course I'm joking. I think though, your X800 is better suited for an operating system who's only good point is being able to play games.
I would be very concerned if someone who owns/runs a DNS server was not net-savvy enough to avoid phishing scams.
Although as an AC you probably won't see my reply, but storing any sort of username/password combination in a flat text file would be Not The Right Way to do that sort of thing. Sure, it's possible, but in the time you learn how to do file manipulation with PHP you might as well learn how to use a database, which IMO is easier to use anyway. (a single insert statement)
I will be, uh, staying at 123 Fake St.
With some AI in there, the music industry can finally claim to have some intelligence.
What kind of news is this?? It doesn't take any computer skill to type an e-mail that asks for a username/password combination. It takes very little skill to use IE (assuming Windoze script kiddies here) to download an entire webpage, then upload it to a server or use DynDNS to use the one at home. I guess it might take 10 minutes of learning PHP/MySQL to learn how to get POST information, maybe another 10 minutes to learn how to randomly generate characters and use the Mail() function. Lets say another 20 minutes (doubtful) to learn how to set up Apache, then 5 minutes to do it. For fun, lets add in a fudge factor of 15 minutes for other small installs. So one hour of work = zero to phishing. I suppose if someone was totally clueless they might need a toolkit to do this, but my guess is any binary toolkit has a backdoor in it and a user really would have to be dumb to use it. Just my $0.02
Your SSN is everywhere on school records. I work at the Environmental Health and Safety Dept. of the university I attend, and not only does every different dept. in the school have their own copy of students' information, but anyone who has a job at any of these places can get access to it without any alarms going off. This is the case at many institutions. Sure, it's a shame that some outside group got in and away with some info, but I'd be way more concerned with the employees and student employees that play around with your information every day.
Exactly... besides the fact that it was "let out" a week or so before MacWorld,
(1) A flashed based mp3 player isn't new. In fact, it's older technology than the iPod and
(2) A mini computer? There are already companies out there that make x86 mini computers (shuttle, for one).
So in the end, Apple is sueing because someone let out that they're making Apple versions of other people's product/ideas. I have no qualm against that, but it's silly to sue over it.
I'm not shocked either, given that some parts of the world get over 10Mb/s for less than what we pay for sometimes less than 1Mb/s, due to population density & gov't involvement, among other factors.
Yup, right after the phrase "Charge people full price ($50) in addition to the online fee"
Because it takes no effort to put a URL in a "news" article. In order to cover a swap meet or any other RealWorld(tm) auctions, a media outlet would have to send a crew out to create the content (images, interviews) of their article or news story.
In addition, this is very old news. Someone tried this exact same 'stunt' over a year ago. I guess next /. is going to report that someone is trying to sell their soul on eBay. I crack me up.
I imagine that the bottleneck for peercast and similar technologies isn't the lack of bandwidth, but lack of original content. I'm sure if this takes off there will be plenty of people who will be willing to broadcast their Star Trek collection or whatever TV / Movie series/show/music CD they like, but I think there will be very little content created by the broadcasters. I for one don't need someone else to decide in what order I watch episodes of my favorite TV shows, so I'd be more inclined to just download and save them to disk to watch at my leisure. Additionally, although the argument can be made that, like 'blogging', this technology will allow anyone with an opinion some airtime, I make the arguement that of all the bloggers I know, only one of them has the technical aptitude to operate, edit, and upload a video or audio stream. And he doesn't own a video cam, so it doesn't even matter. My prediction: No new content due to lack of availability of technology (camcorders) and knowledge of how to manipulate them (video editing).
Huh. I guess what I was speaking of involves the stories on the front page being a day old after logging out the previous day but before logging back in the next.
Lucky you. After a LAN party, a friend of mine left his computer in the backseat of his car, also with the window open. It didn't rain, but it was humid and frosty out. I guess he didn't wait to dry it out or something (I wasn't there) but it shorted when he turned it on. I guess the lesson is to dry, then power up.