As I see it, the zombie problem is partly owner's problem, responsibility and interest. Several ISP's do simply block users SMTP, when they detect huge amounts of traffic, and tell the owner to check their computer. I do agree that the zombie prblem is important but that does not make the SMTP and server problem less important. If we fix the SMTP problem then ISPs will fix the zombie problem... mostly because huge ammounts of spam would move to zombie networks wich would be a problem for the ISPs and it is relativly simple for an ISP to monitor their users.
Just FYI: that blocking is only a DNS blocking, you can use Spamhaus' "real" dns instead or use their ip-addr... and they have launched one service more recently.
...and that's the exact problem. I don't think any real geeks/nerds do get much spam... and as long as we do not get spam we will not do anything to stop spam... and we are the only ones that really CAN fix the problem for good (redesign SMTP and servers)...
...right now You do not send anything in MS Word format, Microsoft advice tells you not to open MS Word files from unkown source or when they arrive unexpected.
"...and Office user to just stay with what they have..." This time it is different... the document format is changing too. People will be more or less forced to upgrade just like they were when Office 97 arrived. I do however agree that "we" are a little too optimistic about people switching to OpenOffice and/or Linux... something more must happen before people will consider a change.
"The main reason being corporations are wary of adopting software with no promise of support." Most corporations don't care about "included" support any longer... they have learned the hard way that the included support is nonexisting... if you want support you just go and buy it... and you get a much better deal than the included support gives you... and you even get a scapegoat when it fails (wich you don't have in included support, just read your EULA).
That is not a FUD box that is an info-box... Since MS Office formats are closed and have been reverse engineered you must tell the user that something may be lost when (s)he usese MS formats. I have seen similar messages from many different office suites including MS Office (when I've tried to save in an older MS Office format). ...and btw. you may choose to ignore the warning in the future.
...then you make a rule on your spam filter to deny any documents in the new format and post a message to sender saying somthing like : "This format is not allowed. Please save in either the ISO OpenDocument format or the old MS format".
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Yes, you can do it... you just don't belive that you can... That is the reason why you loose.
...OpenOffice for the past 3 years... corporate* use, that is. Every one else is using MS Office 2003... and nobody has noticed, and no, I did not have any problems. The only real advice I can give you is : go on and try... if you don't have heavy scripting you propably will not run in to problems.
*) it is a multibillion USD financial corporation.
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Don't expect success... and you'll never be dissapointed.
Better hope your laptop never gets stolen. Technically you could be sued for any (commercial) software that is on that laptop too... it is your laptop, it is your responsibility... if someone steals your car and kills someone with it, it may end as your responsibility too... ...and if it happens because you left the key in the car it will be your responsibility even if you report the theft before the accident happens (at least in all normal countries... I do not know if US of A is a normal country).
No it isn't... you are free to do what you want with your movie... and you are also free to pay if you do something you shouldn't have done. That is exactly the same as when you buy a car, a gun or a color laser printer. ...and a side effect may be that people will start to care about their computers security.
"...I will not be able to make an anonymous purchase on the web..." Arrr... may I ask how do you pay on the web sir? You can't be paying by credit card since you can't be anonymous when You do... I think most people do as I do... they pay with their credit card and then it does not matter.
Well, yeah... and you can turn it the other way and get doubled your value: "House with one of its kind home theatre, designed as an authentic looking replica of a bridge from Star Trek starship. Come, see and get the feeling of beeing capt. Jean-Luc Piccard or capt. Kathryn Janeway". You'll need a clip showing space so potential buyers can get the right feeling when they enter the bridge.
I do know several women that would love to be capt. Kathryn Janeway, cmdr. Beverly Crusher, lt. Natasha Yar, cmdr. T'Pol or Seven of Nine (pref. in post-borg config.) at least for a couple of hours... I do in fact share my life with one. The only reason why our house don't look like Enterprise-D on the inside is the fact that our children doesn't like the idea of living in a spaceship (yes, I admit, we did something wrong during their younger years, we just don't know what). I do however plan a full conversion when the children moves out.
Keep your lollypop... you'll need it on the monthly MS reboot day... ...btw. I didn't see a update for that critical MS Word bug on the last MS reboot day... I just love MS workaround, don't you ? Lucky you... you are safe running 2007...
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This place will contain a MS Office for Linux commercial whenever the release date is known.
Yes, indeed it did... ...except mr. Bill Gates' standard excuse for keeping people on Windows and/or MS Office is "there is a steep learning curve" wich also boils down to Only if "steep" == "not perfectly flat".
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This place will contain a MS Office for Linux commercial whenever the release date is known.
Oh... I surely will try it... When it arrives for at least two of my favourite OS's : Tru64, Linux and Mac OS X... and when it support the file format I use : OpenDocument. I don't do Windows, I don't care about Windows and I don't need Windows-only applications. ...and no, I'm not arrogant, at least no more arrogant than a corporation in Redmond.
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This place will contain a MS Office for Linux commercial whenever the release date is known.
The police issue is relevant... especially if you can go to jail just because you use encryption. Yes, there are some civilized (=western) countries with laws like that. Nobody is "forced" now (federal, military etc. are special cases as I see it). I read a test of 5 different encryption tools for Windows (including Vista's encryption) and the conclusion was: Vista's encryption is the poorest implemented solution... all tested products were better and most of them were better integrated with Windows (incl. Vista), allmost all of them supported managrement thru group policies. ...and the price tag really doesn't matter... especially when you can keep running on XP, does it ?
...to use rechargeable batteries for remote control (the IR type used for TV-sets). Been there, tried that, does'nt work: discharge rate is too big for that. You use rechargeable for high power consumption equipment and normal for low power consumption equipment. Unless your motivation is purely eco-motivated but even then it may be better to use normal "green" batteries for your remote.
...excellent electrical performance (low storage loss and more than 85% power out to power in ratio, aka. efficiency), the obvious disadvantage beeing their weight. With proper maintenance (checking acid concentration and refilling) they may last forever, especially if used in temp. above 0 deg. C and below 25 deg. C. The proper question would have been: "What is your favourite battery for purpose X ?" where X is clearly defined.
My point was just that there is nothing new in disk encryption and that you could get disk encryption for a long time now. Businesses don't use encryption because of the risk of loss of all data on an encrypted disk. Employee may also leave the company without leaving their pw. and then you can't get in his disk... another point against is that encryption may be (and in some countries is) illegal, because agencies like FBI, CIA, Interpol etc. can't get in
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As I see it, the zombie problem is partly owner's problem, responsibility and interest. Several ISP's do simply block users SMTP, when they detect huge amounts of traffic, and tell the owner to check their computer. I do agree that the zombie prblem is important but that does not make the SMTP and server problem less important. If we fix the SMTP problem then ISPs will fix the zombie problem... mostly because huge ammounts of spam would move to zombie networks wich would be a problem for the ISPs and it is relativly simple for an ISP to monitor their users.
hmmm... sorry... I've just checked and it seems that they have removed their .uk blocklists, propably because ICANN's statment on the mentioned case.
Just FYI: that blocking is only a DNS blocking, you can use Spamhaus' "real" dns instead or use their ip-addr... and they have launched one service more recently.
...and that's the exact problem. I don't think any real geeks/nerds do get much spam... and as long as we do not get spam we will not do anything to stop spam... and we are the only ones that really CAN fix the problem for good (redesign SMTP and servers)...
...right now You do not send anything in MS Word format, Microsoft advice tells you not to open MS Word files from unkown source or when they arrive unexpected.
Yes "they" did... there were computers for cracking encrypted messages, f.x. Colossus at Bletchley Park.
"...and Office user to just stay with what they have..." This time it is different... the document format is changing too. People will be more or less forced to upgrade just like they were when Office 97 arrived.
I do however agree that "we" are a little too optimistic about people switching to OpenOffice and/or Linux... something more must happen before people will consider a change.
"The main reason being corporations are wary of adopting software with no promise of support." Most corporations don't care about "included" support any longer... they have learned the hard way that the included support is nonexisting... if you want support you just go and buy it... and you get a much better deal than the included support gives you... and you even get a scapegoat when it fails (wich you don't have in included support, just read your EULA).
That is not a FUD box that is an info-box... Since MS Office formats are closed and have been reverse engineered you must tell the user that something may be lost when (s)he usese MS formats. I have seen similar messages from many different office suites including MS Office (when I've tried to save in an older MS Office format).
...and btw. you may choose to ignore the warning in the future.
...then you make a rule on your spam filter to deny any documents in the new format and post a message to sender saying somthing like : "This format is not allowed. Please save in either the ISO OpenDocument format or the old MS format".
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Yes, you can do it... you just don't belive that you can... That is the reason why you loose.
...OpenOffice for the past 3 years... corporate* use, that is. Every one else is using MS Office 2003... and nobody has noticed, and no, I did not have any problems.
The only real advice I can give you is : go on and try... if you don't have heavy scripting you propably will not run in to problems.
*) it is a multibillion USD financial corporation.
--
Don't expect success... and you'll never be dissapointed.
Better hope your laptop never gets stolen. Technically you could be sued for any (commercial) software that is on that laptop too... it is your laptop, it is your responsibility... if someone steals your car and kills someone with it, it may end as your responsibility too...
...and if it happens because you left the key in the car it will be your responsibility even if you report the theft before the accident happens (at least in all normal countries... I do not know if US of A is a normal country).
No it isn't... you are free to do what you want with your movie... and you are also free to pay if you do something you shouldn't have done. That is exactly the same as when you buy a car, a gun or a color laser printer.
...and a side effect may be that people will start to care about their computers security.
"...I will not be able to make an anonymous purchase on the web..."
Arrr... may I ask how do you pay on the web sir? You can't be paying by credit card since you can't be anonymous when You do...
I think most people do as I do... they pay with their credit card and then it does not matter.
They should propably also contact this guy for proper bridge design, wich would be a logical 3rd. step...
Well, yeah... and you can turn it the other way and get doubled your value: "House with one of its kind home theatre, designed as an authentic looking replica of a bridge from Star Trek starship. Come, see and get the feeling of beeing capt. Jean-Luc Piccard or capt. Kathryn Janeway". You'll need a clip showing space so potential buyers can get the right feeling when they enter the bridge.
I do know several women that would love to be capt. Kathryn Janeway, cmdr. Beverly Crusher, lt. Natasha Yar, cmdr. T'Pol or Seven of Nine (pref. in post-borg config.) at least for a couple of hours...
I do in fact share my life with one. The only reason why our house don't look like Enterprise-D on the inside is the fact that our children doesn't like the idea of living in a spaceship (yes, I admit, we did something wrong during their younger years, we just don't know what). I do however plan a full conversion when the children moves out.
Keep your lollypop... you'll need it on the monthly MS reboot day...
...btw. I didn't see a update for that critical MS Word bug on the last MS reboot day... I just love MS workaround, don't you ? Lucky you... you are safe running 2007...
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This place will contain a MS Office for Linux commercial whenever the release date is known.
Yes, indeed it did...
...except mr. Bill Gates' standard excuse for keeping people on Windows and/or MS Office is "there is a steep learning curve" wich also boils down to Only if "steep" == "not perfectly flat".
--
This place will contain a MS Office for Linux commercial whenever the release date is known.
Oh... I surely will try it... When it arrives for at least two of my favourite OS's : Tru64, Linux and Mac OS X... and when it support the file format I use : OpenDocument.
I don't do Windows, I don't care about Windows and I don't need Windows-only applications.
...and no, I'm not arrogant, at least no more arrogant than a corporation in Redmond.
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This place will contain a MS Office for Linux commercial whenever the release date is known.
I usually got between 3 and 6 months... wich I consider poor since the same remote could run for 12 to 18 months on a std. AA sized battery.
The police issue is relevant... especially if you can go to jail just because you use encryption. Yes, there are some civilized (=western) countries with laws like that.
Nobody is "forced" now (federal, military etc. are special cases as I see it).
I read a test of 5 different encryption tools for Windows (including Vista's encryption) and the conclusion was: Vista's encryption is the poorest implemented solution... all tested products were better and most of them were better integrated with Windows (incl. Vista), allmost all of them supported managrement thru group policies.
...and the price tag really doesn't matter... especially when you can keep running on XP, does it ?
...to use rechargeable batteries for remote control (the IR type used for TV-sets). Been there, tried that, does'nt work: discharge rate is too big for that. You use rechargeable for high power consumption equipment and normal for low power consumption equipment. Unless your motivation is purely eco-motivated but even then it may be better to use normal "green" batteries for your remote.
...excellent electrical performance (low storage loss and more than 85% power out to power in ratio, aka. efficiency), the obvious disadvantage beeing their weight. With proper maintenance (checking acid concentration and refilling) they may last forever, especially if used in temp. above 0 deg. C and below 25 deg. C.
The proper question would have been: "What is your favourite battery for purpose X ?" where X is clearly defined.
My point was just that there is nothing new in disk encryption and that you could get disk encryption for a long time now.
Businesses don't use encryption because of the risk of loss of all data on an encrypted disk. Employee may also leave the company without leaving their pw. and then you can't get in his disk... another point against is that encryption may be (and in some countries is) illegal, because agencies like FBI, CIA, Interpol etc. can't get in