Many laptops are called "tablets" now if it has a touch screen, or purhaps if the screen rotates it seems that it is them a tablet rather than a laptop. Purhaps that is what he means?
>> Another reason that many people are not clamoring for broadband is the fact that the main internet application -- still e-mail-- doesn't really require extraordinarily high speed for most people
You haven't tried incredimail...
Forget cell phones, we must mandate that everyone carries GPS location transmitters at all times. I think not having a GPS transmitter giving your exact location, 640*480 low-res video screen shots and full audio 24/7 should be an arrestable offence because you must be a terrorist. Crime will be a thing of the past.
I wish that all email clients would block URLS from being displayed in emails when the sender is unknown (not in the users address book). Creating an extra step for the end user to "Display potential virus/malware from unknown website" would probably cut down on spammers income by 90% and with lawsuits like this might make spamming unprofitable.
My biggest problem with Red light cameras and Photo Radar is that they do seem to be abused by our governments. When they are first brought in, they promose to place them in areas with the highest traffic accidents, but soon after they find there way to the bottom of every hill, and they speeds in which tickets are sent for get lower and lower, and the timing for red light cameras changes so that it is almost impossible to get through without either causing an accident or getting a ticket! Also I remember a case in Vancouver where someone blew through a photo radar location so fast that the picture was burred and the plate couldn't be identified - so when we think about this the people who are REALLY causing a danger by driving 200 KM/H + won't be ticketed by these systems, only those who are going a little over the speed limit. Seems more like revenue generation than traffic saftey.
They have these cool things call "digital cameras" they are good for taking pictures of things like diagrams, purhaps better than pen and paper and they work great with computers! Purhaps one of your fellow CS students have heard of them...
I block all IP addresses execpt 127.0.0.1 (and slashdot) the whole world can sue me! I have a friend who has a computer without internet access, in effect, they are blocking everyone! Sue the bastard! What about people who don't have computers? They are the worst of all, let's shut them down.
With modern hosting methods, there are probably 1,000 sites on the IP address, so you'll also have to add the domain into your HOSTS file for it to work.
It is nice that RAM is cheap enough nowadays that this is possible. I wish OSes came with better tools for choosing what should be stored in ram - I guess this is what the quick lanchers are all about.
For webhosting and file servers, I use FreeBSD. But I use OpenBSD for filewalls and I have a winning combo! BSD never seems to get the mainstream headlines like Linux does - anyone know why?
Or even more likely, you download something containing encrypted information (with or without your knowlage) and don't have the key for it. Or even if you loose the key to your own information??
One of the biggest worries of health risks of depleted uranium is the months/years following. The material is used in many bombs that are droppped (as weight) and will find it's way into the food chain/water.
Browser makers had better fix their support of "no cache" headers or phishers would be able to pull the banks image out of the users cache and display to them... I aways put a random querry string after requesting pages or images that I want to make sure aren't cached, nothing else seems to work reliably.
Seems to me there are three possible sources of the users location:
- Manually entered by the user (which will get out of date when they move, travel and take box with them)
- GPS. my GPS receiver doesn't work indoors at all
- IP address. Since these are constantly changing, not to mention people using Proxies etc. I don't think this would work either.
Best solution I can think of would be a small screen and keyboard on the VOIP box stating current location. Everytime the box is unplugged, it will stop working until they enter a correct address. Seems like a total waste though.
Maybe a better idea would be including a notepad for local emergency numbers with VOIP service!
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Many laptops are called "tablets" now if it has a touch screen, or purhaps if the screen rotates it seems that it is them a tablet rather than a laptop. Purhaps that is what he means?
I think it's more likely they will fire many missles instead of 1, from different directions at the same time. Have fun shooting them down.
>> Another reason that many people are not clamoring for broadband is the fact that the main internet application -- still e-mail-- doesn't really require extraordinarily high speed for most people You haven't tried incredimail...
Forget cell phones, we must mandate that everyone carries GPS location transmitters at all times. I think not having a GPS transmitter giving your exact location, 640*480 low-res video screen shots and full audio 24/7 should be an arrestable offence because you must be a terrorist. Crime will be a thing of the past.
I wish that all email clients would block URLS from being displayed in emails when the sender is unknown (not in the users address book). Creating an extra step for the end user to "Display potential virus/malware from unknown website" would probably cut down on spammers income by 90% and with lawsuits like this might make spamming unprofitable.
My biggest problem with Red light cameras and Photo Radar is that they do seem to be abused by our governments. When they are first brought in, they promose to place them in areas with the highest traffic accidents, but soon after they find there way to the bottom of every hill, and they speeds in which tickets are sent for get lower and lower, and the timing for red light cameras changes so that it is almost impossible to get through without either causing an accident or getting a ticket! Also I remember a case in Vancouver where someone blew through a photo radar location so fast that the picture was burred and the plate couldn't be identified - so when we think about this the people who are REALLY causing a danger by driving 200 KM/H + won't be ticketed by these systems, only those who are going a little over the speed limit. Seems more like revenue generation than traffic saftey.
They have these cool things call "digital cameras" they are good for taking pictures of things like diagrams, purhaps better than pen and paper and they work great with computers! Purhaps one of your fellow CS students have heard of them...
Telus also blocks other people's SMTP servers, along with a bunch of other ports (no port 80 unless you pay for the server package $60+ regular fee)
I block all IP addresses execpt 127.0.0.1 (and slashdot) the whole world can sue me! I have a friend who has a computer without internet access, in effect, they are blocking everyone! Sue the bastard! What about people who don't have computers? They are the worst of all, let's shut them down.
I think as long as you have a few chips left, then you're okay. If you're found with a totally empty pringos can, then you will be in serious trouble!
With modern hosting methods, there are probably 1,000 sites on the IP address, so you'll also have to add the domain into your HOSTS file for it to work.
It is nice that RAM is cheap enough nowadays that this is possible. I wish OSes came with better tools for choosing what should be stored in ram - I guess this is what the quick lanchers are all about.
For webhosting and file servers, I use FreeBSD. But I use OpenBSD for filewalls and I have a winning combo! BSD never seems to get the mainstream headlines like Linux does - anyone know why?
Or even more likely, you download something containing encrypted information (with or without your knowlage) and don't have the key for it. Or even if you loose the key to your own information??
I love the "princeton sewer university" example of the manhole cover... so true.
One of the biggest worries of health risks of depleted uranium is the months/years following. The material is used in many bombs that are droppped (as weight) and will find it's way into the food chain/water.
Browser makers had better fix their support of "no cache" headers or phishers would be able to pull the banks image out of the users cache and display to them... I aways put a random querry string after requesting pages or images that I want to make sure aren't cached, nothing else seems to work reliably.
what is this girlfriend thing you speak of?
It is very easy to get around. But why should we tell you?
noobs. I'll awp you good
Seems to me there are three possible sources of the users location: - Manually entered by the user (which will get out of date when they move, travel and take box with them) - GPS. my GPS receiver doesn't work indoors at all - IP address. Since these are constantly changing, not to mention people using Proxies etc. I don't think this would work either. Best solution I can think of would be a small screen and keyboard on the VOIP box stating current location. Everytime the box is unplugged, it will stop working until they enter a correct address. Seems like a total waste though. Maybe a better idea would be including a notepad for local emergency numbers with VOIP service!