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Oh, like the lashing out by The Common Man when the RIAA sued teenagers, adults and senior citizens (some without computers).
Or is it more like the rejoicing at getting a few free DRM'd songs in exchange for the rootkit put on your computer by Big Media?
Nevermind, explain this again. I've gotten lost somewhere...
This is a backup of a bunch of CDs for quick access and reduction of space consumed. This isn't a backup of important accounting data. Mounting images of the CDs from a server is just as good as using the CD itself (sans Copy Protection). After that, you put the original CDs into a few large bookless with some sort of label indicating the general contents and toss those someplace safe. If the RAID fails or something is corrupted or deleted then you just remake the image from the original CDs.
Naw, the only misunderstanding is that the CEO told his accountants that he has to buy a Porsche for his daughter because the one he bought last week was pink. This week she wants a blue one. And a pony.
The fact that customers oon both ends of the bandwith pipe are getting fucked doesn't matter.
I think one of the biggest concerns is that the big telcos and other controlling companies are abusing their current position to control the flow of information. Right now it's only "Company A paid more money than Company B, so they get priority of bandwith". The tin foil hat crowd is worried that eventually the Telcos will say "This website doesn't fit with our worldview, and thus is banned. We'll just make it apprear to the customers that the website is down." I think this has even happened a few times in the past, but I'm too lazy to look it up. Think it was Comcast that did it to a competitors site?
Anywho, the idea of reforming our "own" network is a pretty idea, but you have to get through the Telco Claw (tm). You want to run a dial in BBS like days of yore? Need to get your lines from the local telco. They don't like you running a private network? They turn you off. You run everything through encrypted tunnels, they track down the flow of data and turn it off. Even if the diehard manage to always get one step ahead of the controlling powers, you'll face one of two problems. First (and most likely in my mind) is that legislation will be created to destroy the ability to do that. Second is that people will get tired of constantly playing catch up and will just give in. A year or two of daily or weekly changes to stay with your crowd and people will just give it up. Except the diehard that will keep things going even if they are reduced to only a dozen or so people(like O/S2 users...zing!;)).
Well, I was going to reply about how much I loved unlocking hidden levels and what not (or is it what-not?) in Blast Corps, but that seems to pretty much trump my personal favorite. I still do love Blast Corps, game was good fun and lots of hidden goodies and levels to search for even after unlocking the next level you "had" to beat to progress the game.
In the US, many (most, all, 90+%?) of bank issued ATM cards are "Check Cards" (or Debit cards). They work like a credit card, only it's on money you have, no money you wish you had.
Not sure if the OP meant the record created by using your Debit card at the grocery store, pharmacy, gas station, movie theatre, etc. That's just how I interpreted his comment.
But yes, you are right. Unless the banks keep track of the serial numbers of the cash they issue to your card, and then do some further tracking of when the money reappears, then they have no way of knowing if you bought Mountain Dew with that $50 or if you visited your neighbor hood crack dealer.
You mean they custom built your machine using whatever wacky parts they got for dirt cheap, did little stress testing (if any past 'It powered on!'), and offered no warranty?
While it's true that not all small shops are/were like this, most of them were. At least when people buy a Dell/Emachines/Gateway/whatever they're getting some amount of warranty and support. The $600 Dell with monitor and printer is fine for people that want to surf porn and play Yahoo games. Even if you sell someone a leftover Pentium 3 system that's adequate, you still can't compare on what's important for someone who has no clue what they're buying.
You buy a Dell you get:
Pretty computer.
Pretty monitor.
Matching keyboard/mouse.
Shiney printer.
Phone support from a heavily accented gentleman.
Said gentleman can also pull up the parts that are in your system.
You buy small shop you get:
Beige box.
Old monitor (or you end up using your old monitor)
White keyboard/mouse (I guess technically they match)
99% of the time no printer.
Iffy support from local high school kid working part time.
Said kid has no way of knowing what parts are in your mishmash machine.
The people that actually know sometime about computers will either build their own or buy from an online retailer to avoid problems of less than top of the line hardware in the cheap Dell or having to hunt drivers for the beige box from the small shop.
That is, of course, if they don't have any problems running their MMO servers...
The first rule of MMO's is that fanboys don't care if your servers are running. It's still "The greatest game evar, and all MMO's have server problems so it's ok that this one does too."
I'll admit upfront that I don't fully understand the full implications of common carriet status, or if it even exists in the UK.
That being said, why not include in the laws that either ISPs HAVE to act upon complaints about computers on their network that are part of a botnet or that they have to monitor for common symptoms of being part of a botnet (this is tricky, but not impossible).
If an ISP can disable my internet access because I'm using Bittorrent to download the latest version of Fedora, then they can also disable Joe Sixpack's internet for maxing his upload to take down an internet server.
Enable access to only sections of the internet to help solve their problem (Ad-Aware, AVG, Windows Update, whatever), or at the very least block their access to whoever they're ping flooding.
While the initial extra bit of work might be troublesome, I'd imagine it to promote better server down the road. Less useless traffic from a virused computer leaves more space for intentional use of the internet. That alone could make users think that your service is better than the telco down the street. You'd also save on tech support calls down the line from helping users prevent viruses and spyware upfront.
That being said, I'm somewhat looking forward to wide deployment of Windows Vista because of the built spyware protection. Hopefully they can keep it working even half as well as it is now. While that may cut into my business's computer repair money we make, it'll also reduce the amount of time spent on the phone doing free tech support because someone downloaded Newdotnet and it fubar'd their connection.
Back on topic tho, at least if the laws help prevent or disable parts of the botnet, who cares if the main computer is in Xstan. Get S.Korea, US and the EU to enact laws to make ISPs work to prevent their users from being a part of the botnet, then you disable a large part of the homes for the botnets. So what if there's a dozen computers in Africa on dial-up that are sending out trash. It's the millions of computers in first world countries on broadband that we CAN affect.
Once you start storing everything on their systems, the next step is made that much easier. GoogleOS! Install this small program onto your computer and never have to worry about security holes in Filthy Microsoft Products(tm). All your information is already there, might as well run your programs off of their computers and "Save big $$$ on electricity!! No need to buy a new version of Windows every two years!!! Save on hardware upgrades!!!"
The reason these kids are shooting people like they see in violent video games is because you (the parents) took the soft drugs while listening to rock music.
Besides, we all turned ok. So as a responsible parent, I'm going to give my kids sugary treats and porn. They'll be too busy for violent video games!
Your obviously didn't know how to play a warlock. You forgot handing out healthstones to everyone, and every half hour using a soul stone on the priest. Then there's also the shadowbolt spam!;)
Endless fun. Four skills our of two dozen used. Weeee.
Try using a client that allows you to throttle your upload. I used to be in the same boat, but once I switched to BitTornado or Azureus. If you limit your upload, you should see your download rate skyrocket.
This [Pirate Hat] brought to you buy Microsoft IE7. Go and download this fine peice of software. Don't forget to verify your copy of Windows....friggin' pirate.
It's actually quite nice. They even give you instructions on their site to get video codecs working (for wmv and other formats) because the files used to play them are questionably legal. They don't include them, but they tell you how to get them in a really simple matter if you want them.
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Oh, like the lashing out by The Common Man when the RIAA sued teenagers, adults and senior citizens (some without computers). Or is it more like the rejoicing at getting a few free DRM'd songs in exchange for the rootkit put on your computer by Big Media? Nevermind, explain this again. I've gotten lost somewhere...
This is a backup of a bunch of CDs for quick access and reduction of space consumed. This isn't a backup of important accounting data. Mounting images of the CDs from a server is just as good as using the CD itself (sans Copy Protection). After that, you put the original CDs into a few large bookless with some sort of label indicating the general contents and toss those someplace safe. If the RAID fails or something is corrupted or deleted then you just remake the image from the original CDs.
...for particularly large values of early.
Naw, the only misunderstanding is that the CEO told his accountants that he has to buy a Porsche for his daughter because the one he bought last week was pink. This week she wants a blue one. And a pony.
The fact that customers oon both ends of the bandwith pipe are getting fucked doesn't matter.
Your post reminded me of http://lyle151.blogspot.com/2006/05/fn-caved-in.ht ml.
Not a real blog, is a blog "written by" a character from Achewood.com
I think one of the biggest concerns is that the big telcos and other controlling companies are abusing their current position to control the flow of information. Right now it's only "Company A paid more money than Company B, so they get priority of bandwith". The tin foil hat crowd is worried that eventually the Telcos will say "This website doesn't fit with our worldview, and thus is banned. We'll just make it apprear to the customers that the website is down." I think this has even happened a few times in the past, but I'm too lazy to look it up. Think it was Comcast that did it to a competitors site?
;)).
Anywho, the idea of reforming our "own" network is a pretty idea, but you have to get through the Telco Claw (tm). You want to run a dial in BBS like days of yore? Need to get your lines from the local telco. They don't like you running a private network? They turn you off. You run everything through encrypted tunnels, they track down the flow of data and turn it off. Even if the diehard manage to always get one step ahead of the controlling powers, you'll face one of two problems. First (and most likely in my mind) is that legislation will be created to destroy the ability to do that. Second is that people will get tired of constantly playing catch up and will just give in. A year or two of daily or weekly changes to stay with your crowd and people will just give it up. Except the diehard that will keep things going even if they are reduced to only a dozen or so people(like O/S2 users...zing!
Well, I was going to reply about how much I loved unlocking hidden levels and what not (or is it what-not?) in Blast Corps, but that seems to pretty much trump my personal favorite. I still do love Blast Corps, game was good fun and lots of hidden goodies and levels to search for even after unlocking the next level you "had" to beat to progress the game.
"you're". Sentance fragment, consider revising. /clippy
In the US, many (most, all, 90+%?) of bank issued ATM cards are "Check Cards" (or Debit cards). They work like a credit card, only it's on money you have, no money you wish you had. Not sure if the OP meant the record created by using your Debit card at the grocery store, pharmacy, gas station, movie theatre, etc. That's just how I interpreted his comment. But yes, you are right. Unless the banks keep track of the serial numbers of the cash they issue to your card, and then do some further tracking of when the money reappears, then they have no way of knowing if you bought Mountain Dew with that $50 or if you visited your neighbor hood crack dealer.
You mean they custom built your machine using whatever wacky parts they got for dirt cheap, did little stress testing (if any past 'It powered on!'), and offered no warranty? While it's true that not all small shops are/were like this, most of them were. At least when people buy a Dell/Emachines/Gateway/whatever they're getting some amount of warranty and support. The $600 Dell with monitor and printer is fine for people that want to surf porn and play Yahoo games. Even if you sell someone a leftover Pentium 3 system that's adequate, you still can't compare on what's important for someone who has no clue what they're buying. You buy a Dell you get: Pretty computer. Pretty monitor. Matching keyboard/mouse. Shiney printer. Phone support from a heavily accented gentleman. Said gentleman can also pull up the parts that are in your system. You buy small shop you get: Beige box. Old monitor (or you end up using your old monitor) White keyboard/mouse (I guess technically they match) 99% of the time no printer. Iffy support from local high school kid working part time. Said kid has no way of knowing what parts are in your mishmash machine. The people that actually know sometime about computers will either build their own or buy from an online retailer to avoid problems of less than top of the line hardware in the cheap Dell or having to hunt drivers for the beige box from the small shop.
You could always write to them and request a refund.
I'll admit upfront that I don't fully understand the full implications of common carriet status, or if it even exists in the UK.
That being said, why not include in the laws that either ISPs HAVE to act upon complaints about computers on their network that are part of a botnet or that they have to monitor for common symptoms of being part of a botnet (this is tricky, but not impossible).
If an ISP can disable my internet access because I'm using Bittorrent to download the latest version of Fedora, then they can also disable Joe Sixpack's internet for maxing his upload to take down an internet server.
Enable access to only sections of the internet to help solve their problem (Ad-Aware, AVG, Windows Update, whatever), or at the very least block their access to whoever they're ping flooding.
While the initial extra bit of work might be troublesome, I'd imagine it to promote better server down the road. Less useless traffic from a virused computer leaves more space for intentional use of the internet. That alone could make users think that your service is better than the telco down the street. You'd also save on tech support calls down the line from helping users prevent viruses and spyware upfront.
That being said, I'm somewhat looking forward to wide deployment of Windows Vista because of the built spyware protection. Hopefully they can keep it working even half as well as it is now. While that may cut into my business's computer repair money we make, it'll also reduce the amount of time spent on the phone doing free tech support because someone downloaded Newdotnet and it fubar'd their connection.
Back on topic tho, at least if the laws help prevent or disable parts of the botnet, who cares if the main computer is in Xstan. Get S.Korea, US and the EU to enact laws to make ISPs work to prevent their users from being a part of the botnet, then you disable a large part of the homes for the botnets. So what if there's a dozen computers in Africa on dial-up that are sending out trash. It's the millions of computers in first world countries on broadband that we CAN affect.
Once you start storing everything on their systems, the next step is made that much easier. GoogleOS! Install this small program onto your computer and never have to worry about security holes in Filthy Microsoft Products(tm). All your information is already there, might as well run your programs off of their computers and "Save big $$$ on electricity!! No need to buy a new version of Windows every two years!!! Save on hardware upgrades!!!"
We'll mark you down for a copy of Madden 2007 then? (It's funny, laugh!)
What we need is a video game that'll teach kids to violently beat sharks to death, mind powers or not. Only then will our future be safe!
The reason these kids are shooting people like they see in violent video games is because you (the parents) took the soft drugs while listening to rock music. Besides, we all turned ok. So as a responsible parent, I'm going to give my kids sugary treats and porn. They'll be too busy for violent video games!
Your obviously didn't know how to play a warlock. You forgot handing out healthstones to everyone, and every half hour using a soul stone on the priest. Then there's also the shadowbolt spam! ;)
Endless fun. Four skills our of two dozen used. Weeee.
Giant kung-fu battles are everywhere! http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=060202
Try using a client that allows you to throttle your upload. I used to be in the same boat, but once I switched to BitTornado or Azureus. If you limit your upload, you should see your download rate skyrocket.
This [Pirate Hat] brought to you buy Microsoft IE7. Go and download this fine peice of software. Don't forget to verify your copy of Windows....friggin' pirate.
Yeah, from the "quality material" coming out of /. anymore, it would appear the editors are having a blast doing shots.
"Create vast hoardes of minimum-wage slaves" ? Family Owned Country Store: "OMG NO ZERG RUSHES!!1!" Wal-mart: "Kekeke!"
It's actually quite nice. They even give you instructions on their site to get video codecs working (for wmv and other formats) because the files used to play them are questionably legal. They don't include them, but they tell you how to get them in a really simple matter if you want them.