Quote from her "Unless I see an injunction from a judge, this website stays"
2million dollars isn't really all that strange... when it comes to lawsuits, lawyers always follow the "Shoot for the moon, at least if you miss you will land among the stars" philosophy...
2million dollars also has a large scare factor attached to it, i'm sure activa don't want to go to court and would happily drop the lawsuit if she shuts down the site (and she is much more likely to do so if she is afraid of going bankrupt)
While i agree that she should be allowed to post any pictures and facts she wants, the problem exists that this is not all she is doing, she is also making wild assumptions and stating them as fact in her comments when she has little to no proof
"There is also evidence of construction workers drinking on the job at this location. A set of two beer bottles was found beside a home being built by Eastforest Homes."
Eastforest Homes could successfully sue her for libel over this comment, She has no proof that they were:
consumed while the workers were "on the job". drinking after work isn't illegal!
consumed by an employee of Eastforest Homes.
consumed on the building site. a builder could of had a couple of empty bottles in his car from the weekend and removed them from his vehicle
Having seen the site. i wouldn't want to go to court if i was her.... she isn't likely to win...
You have missed the best part (and the whole point) of open source... Access to the source code!
Every Piece of software can fit into one of the following 3 catergories
Closed Source
you have no access to source code, binaries only.
Open Source
you have access to source code.
Cost is irrelevant
Standard Compatability is irrelevant
OS compatability is irrelevant
you want to change a open source program to suit you needs?
vi hello.c
make
you want to change a closed source program to suit you needs?
If someone was to setup a World root DNS server, which basically was to check its own records then failing a match check ICANNs records ( for a legacy match:P ) It would slowly solve this whole problem...
Even if ISP's and the like didnt have their records point to the World root DNS Servers when people started to complain that they couldnt acess website x because their ISP didnt point to the World root DNS server, ISPs would slowly migrate until hey presto no one uses ICANN anymore they, instead register with WRDS... and US loses control... Easy...
you could even have some sort of setup where the worl root dns server just held a list saying
goto ICANN for.com.net.gov
goto (insert new australian root dns server here) for.com.au.net.au.gov.au
goto (insert new english root dns server here) for.co.uk.net.uk.gov.uk
etc...
each country will them have control only over the top level domain name assigned to them and there will still be a world controled body which oversees everything and is used as the root dns server by everyone ( it could even mirror the records held by each of the countries
I never said Skype didnt have crypto, i didnt know if it did or it didnt.
I never said Asterisk had support for SIP crypto, I said the SIP protocol had support for crypto it just isnt implemented in asterisk yet, but it is implemented in other products and asterisk can route/forward the encrypted packets it just cant transcode/decode/encode them.
I dont like Skype because i belive that proprietry protocols requiring license fees when used by third partys, ARENT helping progress in the VoIP industry.
I also belive that the Skype protocol is inferior to SIP, as SIP Is very well thought out and has lots of support for future enchancements, whereas Skype was developed much earlier on when it was harder to see where VoIP was going thus lacking the same level of flexability.
I have nothing against the makers of Skype or the program that they have created both have played their part in making VoIP what it is today... i just belive that now that there is a suprior standard protocol available they should convert to it rather than standing in the way of VoIP progress by try to push a proprietry protocol.
We need to set up a simple open client server protocol where username@authserver.com you punch in a password the site you are accessing hashes the password using a challenge packet given by the authserver and sends it to the authserver for verification.
The auth server can be setup so that depending on the site requesting, the passwords can be different.
I.e. password 9 if request comes from site Y, password 3 if request comes from site Z
When you visit a website for the first time you have a button that says register the server then sends a registration packet to you auth server. you then connect to your authserver and punch in the password hey presto quick and easy registration with a centralized database for you passwords you update your passwords on the server and can delete accounts when they are no longer need you can even keep track of attempts to login using your accounts by other people...
If you forget a password you can easily change it so long as you remember the master password...
For the paranoid among us (This is Slashdot after all) we can run our own auth server rather than relying on other service providers
I'm sure that this could be done without writing any new protocols or by simply tweaking existing ones.
once the protocol is set out the interfaces can be heavily modified and still retain compatability... Even a possible firefox plugin:)
50% of exchanges being broadband enabled really isnt enought... Agreed...
this is really more telstra/goverments fault though...
If people other than telstra had been allowed to install dslams before recently we would have far better coverage as it is agile etc cant afford to install in too many new places where they wont have an instant customer base, and are therefore only installing where there is already dsl...
Since the ISPs have to recoop their costs (we are talking 6 figures or more) they will first install dslams where they have customers and there is only a telstra dslam, once they have done that they will start installing them in previously empty exchanges...
Almost every ISP in Australia? No, it's not. It's being offered by under half a dozen.
unless you are talking about the dodgy backyarders they pretty much all offer it there may only be a handful of ISPs rolling out dslams, but they are allowing the smaller ISP's to access their dslams...instead of using telstras dslams, and at a better rates...
And it's being offered in a/fraction/ of the exchanges.
I never said anything about the amount of exchanges which were adsl2 enabled! but the picture you paint is far bleaker than reality... less than 50% of the exchanges in australia acutally have broadband at all, and of the ones that do most have dslams allowing adsl2... but then again they are fractions:)
So while Telstra have their issues, let's not go exagerrating, hmm?
I wasnt exagerrating... out of all the dslams in exchanges only telstra have continued to limit theirs to 1.5/256, and its not one of telstra MANY issues. its something which they actively perform they could stop doing it at anytime.
Oh, and the substituting of $ for s? Doesn't really advance the cause.
Replacing s with $ is my way of saying that i belive that telstra dont care about anything except making money for their executives and their shareholders and they arent even doing a good job of that...
This is being provided by almost every ISP in australia except Tel$tra
It is of course very distance dependant
Basically they just have ADSL2+ DLSAMs and they let you run at the maximum speed allowed by the ADSL 2+ specification, so you only get the maximum speed (24000/1000) if you are close enough to the DSLAM for it to work at that speed, since im quite far away from the DSLAM i only get about 5000/1000, but thats a hell of a lot faster than 1500/256, which is the maximum avaiable on Tel$tra DSLAMs
Pfft I dont know when the last time you installed Linux was but I can install Debian in less time that it takes to install Windows. Not to mention that when I install Windows I then have to go and install Office and all the associated patches etc...
Insert Debian CD answer a few simple questions and you end up with a useable OS you want office?
apt-get install openoffice.org
and your done!
The only time you start getting complicated is when you try to install on hardware that isnt supported without recompiling the kernel with extra modules... like brand new laptops:)
Homer: "To start press any key. Well where's the "any" key? I see Esc, Ctarl (ctrl), and PigUp (pgup). There doesn't seem to be any any key! Phew. All this computer hacking is making me thirsty. I think I'll order a Tab. Oop! No time for that now, the computer's starting."
Ok looks like you misunderstood what that means if you write a peice of software, patent that peice of software, and then decided to release the software under GPL you cant enforce the patent on people who create derivtive works based on your software... but you can still enforce your patent on people who make a product that that is the same as yours but isnt a derivative work of you GPL'd code.....
for example you write a compression algorithim, patent it and release source code for it under GPL, People can make projects with your compression algo and as long as they release it under gpl its all good... but if some company wants to include you compression algo without making their code subject to the gpl they cant without infringing on you patent
in other words patented software released under the gpl is good:)
"Among the changes, according to GPL author and FSF president Richard Stallman, will be a better handling of software patents; clarifications with how GPL software may be used in some networked environments and on tightly controlled hardware; and lower barriers that today prevent the mixing of software covered by the GPL and other licenses."
Parent and Grandparent were likely only punished by the institution they were attending not by the courts...
These kids will have their lives ruined by this if they ever want to do anything in IT requiring any sort of security, i have held jobs which required a police background check where any form of hacking (and several other things) no matter how small would have prevented me from being employed.
Thank god my school decided to punish me by requiring that I assisted the IT administrator for 1 hour every school day for 1 semester.
Yeah, its mostly P2P but if you join an australian bnetd server u know that everyone else on the bnetd server are going to have low pings to you as they are australian.
Really Made the game alot more playable. espically since it meant you didnt get problems with being disconnected from battle.net etc
oh and it does affect me cause it means people arent working on bnetd!:(
Blizzard dont have any servers in Austrlia! and ping times below 500 when using broadband are rare, therefore there are many people like ISP's using bnetd so that their customers can play battlenet games on the internet with other people in australia and have respectable ping times.
This is a big deal, and could set a very dangerous precedent!
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Quote from her "Unless I see an injunction from a judge, this website stays"
2million dollars isn't really all that strange... when it comes to lawsuits, lawyers always follow the "Shoot for the moon, at least if you miss you will land among the stars" philosophy...
2million dollars also has a large scare factor attached to it, i'm sure activa don't want to go to court and would happily drop the lawsuit if she shuts down the site (and she is much more likely to do so if she is afraid of going bankrupt)
While i agree that she should be allowed to post any pictures and facts she wants, the problem exists that this is not all she is doing, she is also making wild assumptions and stating them as fact in her comments when she has little to no proof
Eastforest Homes could successfully sue her for libel over this comment, She has no proof that they were:
Having seen the site. i wouldn't want to go to court if i was her.... she isn't likely to win...
Every Piece of software can fit into one of the following 3 catergories
Closed Source
you have no access to source code, binaries only.
Open Source
you have access to source code.
Cost is irrelevant
Standard Compatability is irrelevant
OS compatability is irrelevant
you want to change a open source program to suit you needs?
you want to change a closed source program to suit you needs?
Welcome to slashdot... you must be new here :)
If someone was to setup a World root DNS server, which basically was to check its own records then failing a match check ICANNs records ( for a legacy match :P ) It would slowly solve this whole problem...
.com .net .gov .com.au .net.au .gov.au .co.uk .net.uk .gov.uk
Even if ISP's and the like didnt have their records point to the World root DNS Servers when people started to complain that they couldnt acess website x because their ISP didnt point to the World root DNS server, ISPs would slowly migrate until hey presto no one uses ICANN anymore they, instead register with WRDS... and US loses control... Easy...
you could even have some sort of setup where the worl root dns server just held a list saying
goto ICANN for
goto (insert new australian root dns server here) for
goto (insert new english root dns server here) for
etc...
each country will them have control only over the top level domain name assigned to them and there will still be a world controled body which oversees everything and is used as the root dns server by everyone ( it could even mirror the records held by each of the countries
Please Dont Twist My Words!
I never said Skype didnt have crypto, i didnt know if it did or it didnt.
I never said Asterisk had support for SIP crypto, I said the SIP protocol had support for crypto it just isnt implemented in asterisk yet, but it is implemented in other products and asterisk can route/forward the encrypted packets it just cant transcode/decode/encode them.
I dont like Skype because i belive that proprietry protocols requiring license fees when used by third partys, ARENT helping progress in the VoIP industry.
I also belive that the Skype protocol is inferior to SIP, as SIP Is very well thought out and has lots of support for future enchancements, whereas Skype was developed much earlier on when it was harder to see where VoIP was going thus lacking the same level of flexability.
I have nothing against the makers of Skype or the program that they have created both have played their part in making VoIP what it is today... i just belive that now that there is a suprior standard protocol available they should convert to it rather than standing in the way of VoIP progress by try to push a proprietry protocol.
We need to set up a simple open client server protocol where username@authserver.com you punch in a password the site you are accessing hashes the password using a challenge packet given by the authserver and sends it to the authserver for verification.
:)
:)
The auth server can be setup so that depending on the site requesting, the passwords can be different.
I.e. password 9 if request comes from site Y, password 3 if request comes from site Z
When you visit a website for the first time you have a button that says register the server then sends a registration packet to you auth server. you then connect to your authserver and punch in the password hey presto quick and easy registration with a centralized database for you passwords you update your passwords on the server and can delete accounts when they are no longer need you can even keep track of attempts to login using your accounts by other people...
If you forget a password you can easily change it so long as you remember the master password...
For the paranoid among us (This is Slashdot after all) we can run our own auth server rather than relying on other service providers
I'm sure that this could be done without writing any new protocols or by simply tweaking existing ones.
once the protocol is set out the interfaces can be heavily modified and still retain compatability... Even a possible firefox plugin
Eagerly awaiting holes to be poked in my idea
Hopefully people will stop pushing the propriatry nonsense that is Skype and look toward the future and the open protocol SIP...
and btw the SIP already permits crypto negotiation.
50% of exchanges being broadband enabled really isnt enought... Agreed...
this is really more telstra/goverments fault though...
If people other than telstra had been allowed to install dslams before recently we would have far better coverage as it is agile etc cant afford to install in too many new places where they wont have an instant customer base, and are therefore only installing where there is already dsl...
Since the ISPs have to recoop their costs (we are talking 6 figures or more) they will first install dslams where they have customers and there is only a telstra dslam, once they have done that they will start installing them in previously empty exchanges...
I already have it... :)
:)
This is being provided by almost every ISP in australia except Tel$tra
It is of course very distance dependant
Basically they just have ADSL2+ DLSAMs and they let you run at the maximum speed allowed by the ADSL 2+ specification, so you only get the maximum speed (24000/1000) if you are close enough to the DSLAM for it to work at that speed, since im quite far away from the DSLAM i only get about 5000/1000, but thats a hell of a lot faster than 1500/256, which is the maximum avaiable on Tel$tra DSLAMs
http://www.internode.on.net/adsl2/graph/index.htm A Nice Little Graph with distance/speed
Mod Parent Up.. That article is very interesting, Thanks :)
Right So they announce "The Race to Linux project" at the MPDC which is exactly what Mono lots you do but they bar Mono from the Confrence???
I must be missing something here...
Insert Debian CD answer a few simple questions and you end up with a useable OS you want office? and your done!
The only time you start getting complicated is when you try to install on hardware that isnt supported without recompiling the kernel with extra modules... like brand new laptops
Hey they already have the technology to control us remember :)
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/06/052922 9&tid=126
Yeah a true VoIP phone, which uses a real VoIP protocol ie not skype!
Obligatory Simpsons Quote
Homer: "To start press any key. Well where's the "any" key? I see Esc, Ctarl (ctrl), and PigUp (pgup). There doesn't seem to be any any key! Phew. All this computer hacking is making me thirsty. I think I'll order a Tab. Oop! No time for that now, the computer's starting."
Ok looks like you misunderstood what that means if you write a peice of software, patent that peice of software, and then decided to release the software under GPL you cant enforce the patent on people who create derivtive works based on your software... but you can still enforce your patent on people who make a product that that is the same as yours but isnt a derivative work of you GPL'd code.....
:)
for example you write a compression algorithim, patent it and release source code for it under GPL, People can make projects with your compression algo and as long as they release it under gpl its all good... but if some company wants to include you compression algo without making their code subject to the gpl they cant without infringing on you patent
in other words patented software released under the gpl is good
http://news.com.com/GPL3+first+public+draft+due+e
It is not in Microsofts best interests to support interoperability, and they will do anything they can do justify it using FUD
Yes, but this statement was also proved to be nothing more than Microsoft FUD
Parent and Grandparent were likely only punished by the institution they were attending not by the courts...
These kids will have their lives ruined by this if they ever want to do anything in IT requiring any sort of security, i have held jobs which required a police background check where any form of hacking (and several other things) no matter how small would have prevented me from being employed.
Thank god my school decided to punish me by requiring that I assisted the IT administrator for 1 hour every school day for 1 semester.
Yeah, its mostly P2P but if you join an australian bnetd server u know that everyone else on the bnetd server are going to have low pings to you as they are australian.
:(
Really Made the game alot more playable. espically since it meant you didnt get problems with being disconnected from battle.net etc
oh and it does affect me cause it means people arent working on bnetd!
But can you actually prove that i didnt hex edit the EULA before it agreed with it? :)
There are many many uses for bnetd
Blizzard dont have any servers in Austrlia! and ping times below 500 when using broadband are rare, therefore there are many people like ISP's using bnetd so that their customers can play battlenet games on the internet with other people in australia and have respectable ping times.
This is a big deal, and could set a very dangerous precedent!