Now, off to my lab to synth some "Pirated DVD Smell" to spray on ALL of my mail/packages!
Even better, you just need a contact in Fedex to spray all the fedex address labels with it before they are even sent out to the regional offices and used on the packages. Then not only yours, but everyones packages get the speical treatment.
Not only that but this is generating a lot of publicity for the BlueSecurity "service".
If it turns out that its just a scared spammer trying to break BlueSecurity down (which it looks likely this is) then how many more people are going to join up because they heard about it through this little episode?
I would say that if you are sending anything that today isnt incriminating but one day might be then either:
a) it is borderline incriminating and you shouldnt be using any email server for it
or
b) you are sending normal, everyday stuff and you think one day there will be laws against it or you will be strung up for it. If that day ever comes and you avoid the first round of arrests by the secret police by using secure, self hosted email your whole life then good luck to you. You will need as much luck as you can get to avoid getting caught by a "legal" phone tap or any other means other than your emails.
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So all you need is a Linux box (or equivalent) with RAID setup with 100% uptime, UPS, backups to separate machine (RAID and UPS as well - of course!), constant net-connection from home, USB stick with putty on your person at all times or local privelidges on the device/PC you are using to download and install it...and all you have to pay is the intial setup costs for the hardware and the ongoing cost of powering the machines and replacing any hardware that fails.
when you put it like that I dont know why anyone bothers with gmail at all!:-D
(by the way are you backing up off-site as well?)
I tip my hat to you, you have about a million times more knowledge and patience than I do in getting that all setup and working (and doing so was probably half the fun for you), but I couldnt justify the trouble and cost just so I dont get a few text ads and the possible privacy issues of the big G knowing more about me.
Personally I couldnt give a stuff if they read all my emails, I get bored reading them, I cant imagine they are any more interesting to them, and I trust Google more with any bank info or whatever that is in my emails than I do any number of e-commerce sites I give my credit card info. For me Gmail is free, available 100% of the time I have ever checked it and I dont have to worry about backups or storage or anything, sure they could take it away any time but I think it is safe to assume it wont happen anytime soon and when it eventually does we will get plenty of warning beforehand.
I would love to RTFA but it has melted down, I hope it isnt hosted in the same place as someones PINE based email, because I dont think they will be able to check their email for a while.
Post - episode VI would make more sense. For starters you wouldnt have to worry about the timescales, ie how long has passed in "Star Wars time" per episode.
What happens if it is set between III and IV and you are nearing the end of the 100 episodes then the series gets extended for another 100 episodes (dont laugh - it could happen)?
I suppose you could make 4 sets of Star Wars 24 style! then maybe pad it out with 4 episodes of Jar Jar Binks outtakes to make up the 100 episodes. sweet!
The difference being if it was any other level employee they would have been marched out the door when this came to light, instead he resigned with a pat on the back as he walked out the door..
"Roberts said, 'because Dave is a talented and dedicated individual who has made many contributions to the company. Dave recognized that major distractions for the company could negatively impact its efforts to implement the company's turnaround strategy. Undoubtedly, this was a tough decision.' "
so government agencys are using gmail and google desktop search now? whoah! lookout! now no-one will have any privacy whatsoever, I hope this helps catch some terrorists at least!
What a crappy, sensationalist piece of journalism.
Personally if I had google shares I would be dumping them if they DIDNT get into the market in China.
Sure maybe you dont get the warm and fuzzies so much anymore when you see Google bending(breaking?) their own rules so they can make a buck but since when did trading in shares have anything to do with that?
So they sold a part of their soul so they could stay in the huge growing market that is China. I'm surprised their shares didnt go through the roof at the news!
The drop in share price was only to do with profits being lower than predicted _by everyone else_ not by Google.
And my favorite quote from TFA: "The market correction was inevitable. Exponential growth is rarely sustainable, "
Of course, I don't think we can yet predict stock prices with the same 81% accuracy as in this article. And, if anyone could, they would be wise to keep it to themselves.
Surely if someone worked this out they would then make money by flogging the method to other people through infomercials, public speaking and self-help books wouldnt they ?!
I mean, thats what everyone else does that figures out how to get rich. you dont actually do it, you teach everyone else how to do it and make money out of it that way.
I can see standby may use power unnecessarily but what does charing have to do with it?
If you have something charging its not like you can just not charge it to use less power, unless you dont want to use it anymore, ever. Charging something doesnt use up power unnecessarily it just stores it for use later. The alternative is use up disposable batteries and I would bet that that isnt any better for energy consumption overall.
I think the invasion of Iraq thing blew the whole "bound by the UN" thing right out of the water. Not just for the USA but the rest of the "coalition of the willing". So I really dont think that anything the UN has to say about privacy will have any bearing on this whatsoever.
Also, content providers aren't paying BellSouth to use their lines??!?! Well BellSouth isn't paying the content providers for their content!!!
What, you thought you were paying for an internet connection AND to be able to view web pages?! All you are paying for is the CONNECTION to the internet, not the INTERNET ITSELF you know!
Think of your experience so far as a trial version, it has now expired and someone has to start putting in the quarters or this ride is OVER!
If you take a look at the patent holding companies website (Solomon Technologies inc. ) it looks like they developed the technology and have been implementing it (in sailing vessels) for some time.
From their FAQ:
What is the Electric Wheel(TM)? The Electric Wheel(TM) is a new technology motor (first patented in 1991) that significantly improves and exceeds the net horsepower output of existing electric and fossil fuel motors. Solomon Technologies currently provides three series of motor systems built on this technology; the ST37, the ST58 and the ST74. They have been designed for use in marine environments. The ST58 combines variable torque converters, brushless motors with Neodymium Iron Boron (NeFe B) magnets, and a powerful regenerative feedback function that converts the motor(s) into a generator of electricity to recharge the batteries while under sail, and provide electrical power to other appliances on the boat.
So looks like they are legit (or are a very elaborate front:-) )
Lots of job opportunities for the local population. Someone has to work there to keep the place running.
Specialists would move to the area to work there as well meaning new housing developments etc so more growth in construction, retail stores in the area etc.
Then if it really takes off your state/area could become the space capital of the world which would could easily be worth billions (trillions?).
If you have the real estate to spare I would think it would be worth the investment.
If the processor and memory were capable of fast enough encryption/decryption then you are sacrificing gains in performance in other areas.
e.g. if the next X-Box generation has the next generation chips/memory/architecture but the games perform only as well as the last X-Box because it uses all those advances to encrypt/decrypt the file system would you buy it? and if so why?!?
somelawyerguy:"hey buddy, I have this lawsuit coming up, we are going to stick it to the man big time. we have a rock solid case, we cant lose. are you in?"
me: "really? sounds sweet"
somelawyerguy:"yeah - we are talking thousands of dollars for each claimant at least"
me:"cool, what do I have to do?"
somelawyerguy:"all you need to do is buy this Celine Dion CD and play it on your computer once"
*unless* the act specifies that spyware can only be classified as such if it submits personally identifiable information back to the authors or a third party. I'm not too clear on that regard- anyone have information they can add on that count?
It phones home with the CD id that you are playing. So they also have time and your IP address.
IP address is apparently good enough as identification to get sued with for file sharing so they are probably screwed on that front too.
So either it is enough, so they are screwed on this one, or it isnt and the prosecution for P2P law suits just got a lot weaker.
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Now, off to my lab to synth some "Pirated DVD Smell" to spray on ALL of my mail/packages!
Even better, you just need a contact in Fedex to spray all the fedex address labels with it before they are even sent out to the regional offices and used on the packages. Then not only yours, but everyones packages get the speical treatment.
Not only that but this is generating a lot of publicity for the BlueSecurity "service".
If it turns out that its just a scared spammer trying to break BlueSecurity down (which it looks likely this is) then how many more people are going to join up because they heard about it through this little episode?
I thought the first rule of ethical hacking was you dont speak about ethical hacking.
I would say that if you are sending anything that today isnt incriminating but one day might be then either:
a) it is borderline incriminating and you shouldnt be using any email server for it
or
b) you are sending normal, everyday stuff and you think one day there will be laws against it or you will be strung up for it. If that day ever comes and you avoid the first round of arrests by the secret police by using secure, self hosted email your whole life then good luck to you. You will need as much luck as you can get to avoid getting caught by a "legal" phone tap or any other means other than your emails.
So all you need is a Linux box (or equivalent) with RAID setup with 100% uptime, UPS, backups to separate machine (RAID and UPS as well - of course!), constant net-connection from home, USB stick with putty on your person at all times or local privelidges on the device/PC you are using to download and install it...and all you have to pay is the intial setup costs for the hardware and the ongoing cost of powering the machines and replacing any hardware that fails.
:-D
when you put it like that I dont know why anyone bothers with gmail at all!
(by the way are you backing up off-site as well?)
I tip my hat to you, you have about a million times more knowledge and patience than I do in getting that all setup and working (and doing so was probably half the fun for you), but I couldnt justify the trouble and cost just so I dont get a few text ads and the possible privacy issues of the big G knowing more about me.
Personally I couldnt give a stuff if they read all my emails, I get bored reading them, I cant imagine they are any more interesting to them, and I trust Google more with any bank info or whatever that is in my emails than I do any number of e-commerce sites I give my credit card info. For me Gmail is free, available 100% of the time I have ever checked it and I dont have to worry about backups or storage or anything, sure they could take it away any time but I think it is safe to assume it wont happen anytime soon and when it eventually does we will get plenty of warning beforehand.
I would love to RTFA but it has melted down, I hope it isnt hosted in the same place as someones PINE based email, because I dont think they will be able to check their email for a while.
"but i'm sure the have a good excuse ...."
I would say that 29.9% are like me and reading this from a windows/IE only work PC.
Post - episode VI would make more sense. For starters you wouldnt have to worry about the timescales, ie how long has passed in "Star Wars time" per episode.
What happens if it is set between III and IV and you are nearing the end of the 100 episodes then the series gets extended for another 100 episodes (dont laugh - it could happen)?
I suppose you could make 4 sets of Star Wars 24 style! then maybe pad it out with 4 episodes of Jar Jar Binks outtakes to make up the 100 episodes. sweet!
I heard that assassin is the new killer-killer.
Killer is sooooo 2005.
Assassin sounds much cooler and lets face it, it's got two asses, what could be better than that?!
The difference being if it was any other level employee they would have been marched out the door when this came to light, instead he resigned with a pat on the back as he walked out the door..
"Roberts said, 'because Dave is a talented and dedicated individual who has made many contributions to the company. Dave recognized that major distractions for the company could negatively impact its efforts to implement the company's turnaround strategy. Undoubtedly, this was a tough decision.' "
These CEO types really do live a charmed life.
no..wait...that was the last thing I will ever say.
no..wait..that was.
dammit.
I will never, ever say anything about anything ever. starting from.....now
so government agencys are using gmail and google desktop search now? whoah! lookout! now no-one will have any privacy whatsoever, I hope this helps catch some terrorists at least!
What a crappy, sensationalist piece of journalism.
exactly.
Personally if I had google shares I would be dumping them if they DIDNT get into the market in China.
Sure maybe you dont get the warm and fuzzies so much anymore when you see Google bending(breaking?) their own rules so they can make a buck but since when did trading in shares have anything to do with that?
So they sold a part of their soul so they could stay in the huge growing market that is China. I'm surprised their shares didnt go through the roof at the news!
The drop in share price was only to do with profits being lower than predicted _by everyone else_ not by Google.
And my favorite quote from TFA:
"The market correction was inevitable. Exponential growth is rarely sustainable, "
no shit sherlock.
(6) CowboyNeal
No GW.
Dont you have enough countries to deal with already?
Of course, I don't think we can yet predict stock prices with the same 81% accuracy as in this article. And, if anyone could, they would be wise to keep it to themselves.
Surely if someone worked this out they would then make money by flogging the method to other people through infomercials, public speaking and self-help books wouldnt they ?!
I mean, thats what everyone else does that figures out how to get rich. you dont actually do it, you teach everyone else how to do it and make money out of it that way.
Damn nice of them if you ask me.
I can see standby may use power unnecessarily but what does charing have to do with it?
If you have something charging its not like you can just not charge it to use less power, unless you dont want to use it anymore, ever. Charging something doesnt use up power unnecessarily it just stores it for use later. The alternative is use up disposable batteries and I would bet that that isnt any better for energy consumption overall.
I think the invasion of Iraq thing blew the whole "bound by the UN" thing right out of the water. Not just for the USA but the rest of the "coalition of the willing". So I really dont think that anything the UN has to say about privacy will have any bearing on this whatsoever.
Also, content providers aren't paying BellSouth to use their lines??!?! Well BellSouth isn't paying the content providers for their content!!!
What, you thought you were paying for an internet connection AND to be able to view web pages?! All you are paying for is the CONNECTION to the internet, not the INTERNET ITSELF you know!
Think of your experience so far as a trial version, it has now expired and someone has to start putting in the quarters or this ride is OVER!
If you take a look at the patent holding companies website (Solomon Technologies inc. ) it looks like they developed the technology and have been implementing it (in sailing vessels) for some time.
:-) )
From their FAQ:
What is the Electric Wheel(TM)?
The Electric Wheel(TM) is a new technology motor (first patented in 1991) that significantly improves and exceeds the net horsepower output of existing electric and fossil fuel motors. Solomon Technologies currently provides three series of motor systems built on this technology; the ST37, the ST58 and the ST74. They have been designed for use in marine environments. The ST58 combines variable torque converters, brushless motors with Neodymium Iron Boron (NeFe B) magnets, and a powerful regenerative feedback function that converts the motor(s) into a generator of electricity to recharge the batteries while under sail, and provide electrical power to other appliances on the boat.
So looks like they are legit (or are a very elaborate front
Lots of job opportunities for the local population. Someone has to work there to keep the place running. Specialists would move to the area to work there as well meaning new housing developments etc so more growth in construction, retail stores in the area etc. Then if it really takes off your state/area could become the space capital of the world which would could easily be worth billions (trillions?). If you have the real estate to spare I would think it would be worth the investment.
If the processor and memory were capable of fast enough encryption/decryption then you are sacrificing gains in performance in other areas.
e.g. if the next X-Box generation has the next generation chips/memory/architecture but the games perform only as well as the last X-Box because it uses all those advances to encrypt/decrypt the file system would you buy it? and if so why?!?
there are quite a few reviews with pictures:i ew/index.shtml e rshot/dscr1.html m l
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/sony/dsc_r1-rev
http://www.letsgodigital.org/html/review/sony/cyb
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2005_reviews/r1.ht
This is the same idea as the FujiFilm S9000/S9500 i.e. a DSLR/compact hybrid.
no, silly. RTFA...they fixed it. So even if you do give them your credentials they still cant get in. Now thats what I call SECURITY!
somelawyerguy:"hey buddy, I have this lawsuit coming up, we are going to stick it to the man big time. we have a rock solid case, we cant lose. are you in?"
me: "really? sounds sweet"
somelawyerguy:"yeah - we are talking thousands of dollars for each claimant at least"
me:"cool, what do I have to do?"
somelawyerguy:"all you need to do is buy this Celine Dion CD and play it on your computer once"
me: "no thanks"
*unless* the act specifies that spyware can only be classified as such if it submits personally identifiable information back to the authors or a third party. I'm not too clear on that regard- anyone have information they can add on that count?
It phones home with the CD id that you are playing. So they also have time and your IP address.
IP address is apparently good enough as identification to get sued with for file sharing so they are probably screwed on that front too.
So either it is enough, so they are screwed on this one, or it isnt and the prosecution for P2P law suits just got a lot weaker.
As Nelson would say - HA-ha!