What is so hard about that? If I don't want some people from a certain organization accessing my site - I simply deny them access. They think my server is down or doesn't exist, leave, and don't come back.
Bah - lawsuit, he just wanted some attention.
I am running a multimonitor setup on dapper with my ATI X850 pro.
Most features work okay, except KDE has a bug with oversetting the resolution. (Pan and Scan)
Video works good with bundled drivers.
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typical gw. bush:
In order to maintain national security, you will need to give the nsa any information it asks for. If you do not cooperate, you may be sent to GTMO.
Hmm. I wonder if the same percentage of americans that think nsa wiretapping makes us more secure - also fall for phishing emails.
sponsored results OK, it can cost a bit of money to get placed in sponsored results. So where does this money come from, when the sites paying for this high visibilty purportedly offer content for free?
We all knew the answer to that, before this article.
So how financially naive do you have be to click on a sponsored link with 'free' in the description - and not assume there is a hidden string attached?
That is like giving a $20 bill to the guy selling gum on the street in mexico and expecting change. In fact, I knew someone who did something similar to that in thailand. He didn't understand the language or the currency system, so he gave the peddler on the street his entire wad of bills and asked him to take what he owed him. The peddler took the money and ran off. That was his entire budget for the trip.
If clicking sponsored links is commonplace on the internet, common sense has degenerated to moronic levels.
-- "Common sense is for common people." - Dr. Piche
When was the last time M$ actually innovated something?
I don't think they ever have innovated - in the sense of breakthrough technology. However they have one tremendous innovation that drove them to where they are now:
Recognizing up and coming innovation in the industry, taking it and repackaging it. They built their 'ship' on the scraps of those that tried to race them, only to be toppled in the wake their tremendous size. Microsoft's ship is so big now, being dead in the water is irrelvant. They can take on any compeition without moving. In fact - they may be wise not to move fast - they could hit an iceberg.:)
You can read the actual press releaseon the RIAA's website. It is written in a style that spreads fear among the accused and placates shareholders. Get a load of this - "The perceived security and privacy of these campus LANs give many students incentive to engage in activity they have otherwise learned is illegal and unacceptable."
Perceived security? No one is safe from the all pervasive RIAA!
And in closing, for the shareholders - We know from past experience that bringing this problem to light can effect real change. We are hopeful that this new systematic program will yield even more positive results.
Of course they don't site sources or mention specific schools.
This is FUD. Obviously they don't see the real privacy obtained with a private network. If I set up vsftpd on a debian server full of high quality.ogg files and allow others to connect via my personal router - who is gonna know? I wouldn't doubt that the.ogg format slip right under their proverbial 'noses' since they show no knowledge of that open source format. (Scanning the alleged PC for.mp3 and.wma)
Of course it would be foolish to assume ignorance on their part with their teams of lawyers. Alternatives? Boycotting CD's doesn't seem to be an option with all their moaning. The only option I see is to listen music NOT peddled by the RIAA. A good start might be magnatune. They may notice competition. Especially the disapointment of discovering they don't hold any copyright to any file on your computer.
I nearly had a heart attack when my sister said "firefox sucks since it doesn't have favorites".
I think she enjoys it when I am in pain. ...and no, she doesn't have administrator privlieges.
It is quite simple. Microsoft finally sees firefox as a serious threat. By providing phone support, they are increasing the amount of possible users of their yet-to-be-released software. This is a strategic attempt of microsoft to keep enough people using IE while they scramble to release vista. Since a fresh new copy of vista on a new pc will only have IE7, many users will be back using IE7 until one of us installs firefox again as a fix.
Permits wiretaps in investigations of copyright crimes, trade secret theft and economic espionage. It would establish a new copyright unit inside the FBI and budgets $20 million on topics including creating "advanced tools of forensic science to investigate" copyright crimes.
Advanced tools of forensic science. Interesting. Correct me if I am wrong, but in the case of the internet, but doesn't this mean large scale data collection of server logs and creation of profiling tools to anaylze them? With millions of users and billions of transfers on the web a day, this makes for a large undertaking. So naturally they will develop profiles for 'suspects' using a list of key words or filenames relevant to piracy, music, movies, anti-war, anti-bush, or whatever they want. What bugs me is this -- it seems really probable for the system to profile a majority of net users as violators - whether they are innocent or guilty.
Seriously, is there still a constitution?
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A buddy of mine asked me to fix an HP pc once. The windows installation was so hosed it would not run in normal mode under any condition. After a bit of snooping around I realized the easiest thing was to reinstall from the restore partition.
Bad idea.
When the restore was complete, I saw exactly what HP ships.
They ship a nightmare box, with crappy conflicting software, spyware like weatherbug, and useless photo managers. No firewalls are configured and they try to force 8 different ISPs at you.
The machine is destined to either frustrate or confuse to hell a new user within a week.
Did nobody at HP or Intel ever try actually using the product even once? Does anything think they have responsibility for what the user finds when they take the product out of the box?
I sincerely doubt it. The marketing department made demands and the system builders tossed in the software packages they asked for without testing them.
You just started.
Had you spent the time writing a multi-threaded software package that runs well - and then were informed multithreading is now handled by the processor - you wouldn't want to rewrite it, would you?
At first, we only had the BBS. You had your local dude with a modem and a terminal server, and the big fancy ones like prodigy, compuserve, and aol. The local ones were a lot like usenet, usually free or low cost subscription and had a lot of pirated software. AOL was the first BBS to offer graphics and target non-technical users. When the internet grew to critical mass, prodigy, compuserve, and others evenutally died out since users of those services were savvy enough to know they were unnessesary. Many providers added internet service to keep customers, but it wasn't enough when cable and dsl came around.
AOL users became addicted to the interface and content provided to them - much like an everquest player - and stayed.
That is the first of many reasons why aol continues to exist, in spite of our gripe. Next:
Brand management, according to wikipedia:
A good brand name should:
* be legally protectable
* be easy to pronounce
* be easy to remember
* be easy to recognize
* attract attention
* suggest product benefits (e.g.: Easy-Off) or suggest usage
* suggest the company or product image
* distinguish the product's positioning relative to the competition.
Nearly all of AOL's target market are vulnerable to brand management (the masses). The brand AOL is a perfect example of good branding. America Online - AOL, easy to remember, it's how america goes online! Ick. Do not underestimate the power of brand meaning!
The company knows their market and user base. They know how to manipulate and keep them. The AOL for broadband is proof of that - and since this switch - they are even less of an ISP now. They are a content provider. You should expect (and require) your ISP to give you all your emails unfiltered and let you configure your client to do the filtering.
I would never trust a message filter out of my control. Especiallly one controlled by a massive media group like time warner. If I wanted that, I'd watch fox news.
No, they sell licenses. Yes, the retail version does include a copy of the software on CD, but what you are actually purchasing is the little sticker with a key on it. In fact, microsoft doesn't care how many times you copy the disc, as long as you purchase a sticker for every machine. OEM's do this. They buy a huge reel of XP stickers (each one a home PC license) and burn XP on recordable discs from a master iso. The CD you bought in retail is yours, but the software (the windows) is not. You use and update the software with permission from microsoft. That is because they want it that way, and windows requries constant updates. When software goes legacy it is more like the TV. It is an unmaintained, static product.
Also, to note, microsoft uses a different salt for the key for each type of market. An OEM key won't work with a retail CD and vice versa.
You wouldn't be screaming to high heaven at Myspace if they weren't running circles around you and burning you to dust. Real winners don't whine. They see what's going on on the battlefield, and they respond appropriatly with a counter action. Whining is a sign of envy and a display of ones own inability to adapt and keep pace.
Someone mentioned that homeland security is becoming an oxymoron. That appears to be the case if you confuse an idea of homeland security -(strong friendly americans keeping bad guys from blowing up your house) - with the actual department of homeland security. The department was not actually created to protect you or me - so why should it use the tightest os, or hire the smartest people? Remember the slashdot article about goverment agencies making the grade? Agenicies like the EPA, where you would expect dumping used oil to be more important than security, recieved an A.
The DHS was created for one reason - to diseminate fear and confusion, a job which it does quite effectively.
It just doesn't work - Meaning the DRM fails on a basic technical level because of a hardware or software conflict or hasty implementation.
DRM fails and things continue as they are.
It is quickly cracked (software) and modded (hardware) by the community. Given the client/server model that is DRM, it quickly becomes a game of:
Cat and mouse, where DRM administrators race to patch the holes exploited by the community.
Things stay the same, consumers continue purchasing content and watch it on DRM devices, while others decrypt, leech, watch, and archive.
DRM is implemented by closed source vendors and is successful.
The internet becomes like television again. (Yes, this was your ISP's dream from the very beginning.) DRM will extend from music to video to web pages to online books etc. DRM will by controlled by those who can afford it and will morph into a monopoly. Any content owned and distributed by media distributors (the big boys) will be approved by them. You will either pay them directly or be forced to watch advertisements (maybe both).
And, since DRM can control your hardware and software, it will be the mainstream of media. Smaller, upstart artists will lose the ground they gained for a little while on the internet and be forced to conform to the whim of big media or left to obscurity. You think that once a wealthy conglomerate gains that much control over the cycle of their product - they will not abuse it? Or let it go easily?
DRM is implemented by open source vendors and is successful. DRM is available to anyone as an option, for free or for a small license fee to protect their work when they save it or distribute it. (Kind of like getting an SSL cert.)
While this is most preferable, I do not see it happening, because this levels the playing field for the big boys, who, when it comes to bottom line, do not believe in the product, but in market share and dominance.
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What is so hard about that? If I don't want some people from a certain organization accessing my site - I simply deny them access. They think my server is down or doesn't exist, leave, and don't come back.
Bah - lawsuit, he just wanted some attention.
I am running a multimonitor setup on dapper with my ATI X850 pro. Most features work okay, except KDE has a bug with oversetting the resolution. (Pan and Scan) Video works good with bundled drivers.
Hey I'm using the release candidiate of dapper right now and I haven't hit any major bugs. It is so pretty and fast - go ahead and get it now!
forgot to carry that negative sign again
In order to maintain security of your records, you will need to validate your information or your account may be suspended. Please click the link below and follow the on screen prompts.
typical gw. bush:
Hmm. I wonder if the same percentage of americans that think nsa wiretapping makes us more secure - also fall for phishing emails.
sponsored results
OK, it can cost a bit of money to get placed in sponsored results. So where does this money come from, when the sites paying for this high visibilty purportedly offer content for free?
We all knew the answer to that, before this article.
So how financially naive do you have be to click on a sponsored link with 'free' in the description - and not assume there is a hidden string attached?
That is like giving a $20 bill to the guy selling gum on the street in mexico and expecting change. In fact, I knew someone who did something similar to that in thailand. He didn't understand the language or the currency system, so he gave the peddler on the street his entire wad of bills and asked him to take what he owed him. The peddler took the money and ran off. That was his entire budget for the trip.
If clicking sponsored links is commonplace on the internet, common sense has degenerated to moronic levels.
-- "Common sense is for common people." - Dr. Piche
OK, now I am 100% positive that time really is speeding up.
Seriously, stop using the term Web 2.0. NOW.
Recognizing up and coming innovation in the industry, taking it and repackaging it. They built their 'ship' on the scraps of those that tried to race them, only to be toppled in the wake their tremendous size. Microsoft's ship is so big now, being dead in the water is irrelvant. They can take on any compeition without moving. In fact - they may be wise not to move fast - they could hit an iceberg.
You can read the actual press releaseon the RIAA's website. It is written in a style that spreads fear among the accused and placates shareholders. Get a load of this - "The perceived security and privacy of these campus LANs give many students incentive to engage in activity they have otherwise learned is illegal and unacceptable."
.ogg files and allow others to connect via my personal router - who is gonna know? I wouldn't doubt that the .ogg format slip right under their proverbial 'noses' since they show no knowledge of that open source format. (Scanning the alleged PC for .mp3 and .wma)
Perceived security? No one is safe from the all pervasive RIAA!
And in closing, for the shareholders - We know from past experience that bringing this problem to light can effect real change. We are hopeful that this new systematic program will yield even more positive results.
Of course they don't site sources or mention specific schools.
This is FUD. Obviously they don't see the real privacy obtained with a private network. If I set up vsftpd on a debian server full of high quality
Of course it would be foolish to assume ignorance on their part with their teams of lawyers.
Alternatives?
Boycotting CD's doesn't seem to be an option with all their moaning. The only option I see is to listen music NOT peddled by the RIAA. A good start might be magnatune. They may notice competition.
Especially the disapointment of discovering they don't hold any copyright to any file on your computer.
I nearly had a heart attack when my sister said "firefox sucks since it doesn't have favorites".
...and no, she doesn't have administrator privlieges.
I think she enjoys it when I am in pain.
Your excessive use of whitespace for comic effect broke my mousewheel. Thanks a lot, Arker.
It is quite simple. Microsoft finally sees firefox as a serious threat. By providing phone support, they are increasing the amount of possible users of their yet-to-be-released software. This is a strategic attempt of microsoft to keep enough people using IE while they scramble to release vista. Since a fresh new copy of vista on a new pc will only have IE7, many users will be back using IE7 until one of us installs firefox again as a fix.
Seriously, is there still a constitution?
Bad idea.
When the restore was complete, I saw exactly what HP ships.
They ship a nightmare box, with crappy conflicting software, spyware like weatherbug, and useless photo managers. No firewalls are configured and they try to force 8 different ISPs at you.
The machine is destined to either frustrate or confuse to hell a new user within a week. I sincerely doubt it. The marketing department made demands and the system builders tossed in the software packages they asked for without testing them.
You just started.
Had you spent the time writing a multi-threaded software package that runs well - and then were informed multithreading is now handled by the processor - you wouldn't want to rewrite it, would you?
AOL users became addicted to the interface and content provided to them - much like an everquest player - and stayed.
That is the first of many reasons why aol continues to exist, in spite of our gripe. Next:
Brand management, according to wikipedia:
Nearly all of AOL's target market are vulnerable to brand management (the masses). The brand AOL is a perfect example of good branding. America Online - AOL, easy to remember, it's how america goes online! Ick. Do not underestimate the power of brand meaning!The company knows their market and user base. They know how to manipulate and keep them. The AOL for broadband is proof of that - and since this switch - they are even less of an ISP now. They are a content provider. You should expect (and require) your ISP to give you all your emails unfiltered and let you configure your client to do the filtering.
I would never trust a message filter out of my control. Especiallly one controlled by a massive media group like time warner. If I wanted that, I'd watch fox news.
Yep.
Because of this:
The End-User Licence Agreement
No, they sell licenses. Yes, the retail version does include a copy of the software on CD, but what you are actually purchasing is the little sticker with a key on it. In fact, microsoft doesn't care how many times you copy the disc, as long as you purchase a sticker for every machine. OEM's do this. They buy a huge reel of XP stickers (each one a home PC license) and burn XP on recordable discs from a master iso. The CD you bought in retail is yours, but the software (the windows) is not. You use and update the software with permission from microsoft. That is because they want it that way, and windows requries constant updates. When software goes legacy it is more like the TV. It is an unmaintained, static product.
Also, to note, microsoft uses a different salt for the key for each type of market. An OEM key won't work with a retail CD and vice versa.
Someone mentioned that homeland security is becoming an oxymoron. That appears to be the case if you confuse an idea of homeland security -(strong friendly americans keeping bad guys from blowing up your house) - with the actual department of homeland security. The department was not actually created to protect you or me - so why should it use the tightest os, or hire the smartest people? Remember the slashdot article about goverment agencies making the grade? Agenicies like the EPA, where you would expect dumping used oil to be more important than security, recieved an A.
The DHS was created for one reason - to diseminate fear and confusion, a job which it does quite effectively.
check out this track record for 180 solutions. These guys have been corrupting your mom's computer since day one.
- It just doesn't work - Meaning the DRM fails on a basic technical level because of a hardware or software conflict or hasty implementation.
- DRM fails and things continue as they are.
- It is quickly cracked (software) and modded (hardware) by the community. Given the client/server model that is DRM, it quickly becomes a game of:
- Cat and mouse, where DRM administrators race to patch the holes exploited by the community.
- Things stay the same, consumers continue purchasing content and watch it on DRM devices, while others decrypt, leech, watch, and archive.
- DRM is implemented by closed source vendors and is successful.
- The internet becomes like television again. (Yes, this was your ISP's dream from the very beginning.) DRM will extend from music to video to web pages to online books etc. DRM will by controlled by those who can afford it and will morph into a monopoly. Any content owned and distributed by media distributors (the big boys) will be approved by them. You will either pay them directly or be forced to watch advertisements (maybe both).
- And, since DRM can control your hardware and software, it will be the mainstream of media. Smaller, upstart artists will lose the ground they gained for a little while on the internet and be forced to conform to the whim of big media or left to obscurity. You think that once a wealthy conglomerate gains that much control over the cycle of their product - they will not abuse it? Or let it go easily?
- DRM is implemented by open source vendors and is successful. DRM is available to anyone as an option, for free or for a small license fee to protect their work when they save it or distribute it. (Kind of like getting an SSL cert.)
- While this is most preferable, I do not see it happening, because this levels the playing field for the big boys, who, when it comes to bottom line, do not believe in the product, but in market share and dominance.
Chris