The great thing about people's first movies is that they've got a story to tell. It's not about the gadgets, or the tech, but about learning through working something out. Sure, it's amateurish but it's got heart.
No, it decidedly does NOT have to do with the firewall.
I work as 2nd level UNIX support for a major telco. Our sister team that handles the Windows boxes did tests on a wide variety of systems (and these are all Dells - not noname grayboxes). At least one third died with the installation of SP2. Not "couldn't run a given game or app", but "went apeshit on reboot".
Keep in mind this was not Joe Average installing SP2. These were very capable, highly skilled people, who know what they're doing, and it still left multiple systems virtually unusable. Joe Average has REASON to be concerned.
You are very lucky you didn't get to experience this.
It's actually a Call of Cthulhu reference - it's Sanity. See something horrific, and you lose some. The game is generally a race between going bonkers vs being torn asunder by an ancient elder god.:)
I would say it's about 50/50 for "drive-by" installs vs hidden-ine-the-EULA. The third and fourth tests on the linked site were from, in the author's words, "25 different adware and spyware programs picked up via "drive-by-download" at the Innovators of Wrestling web site".
It's not clear if they were self-installing behind the scenes, or if the researcher had to simulate a colossally foolish user who just clicks "yes" on everything, though.
Actually, it is the case in BC. My mother works in an insurance company, and has seen this very scenario.
Well, strictly speaking you're right in one respect, it doesn't work with mopeds - anymore. You now have to buy at least a cheap motorcycle.
And given the number of (small) accidents my wife had in our van, I wouldn't call that cool. I get the hit, I guess for being stupid enough to continue to allow her to drive.:P
As it is, here in BC, if you have two vehicles, you have two insurance policies, there is no sharing allowed.
Which allows the "moped sponge" technique. Rack up points on your policy, then buy a moped, transfer the "tainted" policy to the moped, and get a new policy on your Camaro, and continue driving like an idiot.
They don't need to. You click a button, and it keeps you up to date. Someone with automatic update wouldn't even need to know what SP2 is, but they would be up to date.
And given the way SP2 behaved, they'd also have no clue why their system just stopped working overnight.
We still haven't even come close to rolling out SP2 at work, because it caused one out of three systems to blow their digital brains out.
Well, firstly - domainkeys are optional. If your domain doesn't publish them, your mail should still go through. I can't think of any reasonable reason to require dk before receiving mail, because as I mentioned, it's primarily for the benefit of the domain that publishes a domainkeys record.
Secondly, there's lots of ways that your hosting company could fix their setup to allow you to safely and reliably relay. Things like pop-before-smtp, or authenticated SMTP (either by normal SMTP port 25 or by the submission service) both work well. True - neither are as fast as a local server but that doesn't mean it's un-doable.
Really though, for your situation I would just say "Don't publish a domain key record", or else "Publish a DK that states anyone can send on your behalf".
As I understand it, the biggest benefit of domainkeys is not the person that is receiving the mail from a dk-enabled domain, but rather the dk-enabled domain stops seeing so many bounces coming back from people claiming to be them.
Instead, when a spammer tries to send a dk-enabled recipient, faking a dk-enabled domain, the recipients MTA rejects immediately, rather than bouncing, which would go to the wrong place.
Domainkeys don't mean "not spam". They mean "this MTA is authorized to send on our behalf". That MTA may well be a spam-friendly MTA.
You should probably consider COLA (cost of living adjustments). How much of the US R&D budget is salaries? That's going to be one hell of a lot cheaper in China.
I suspect it would be more along the lines of a civil judgement in absentia that would be enforced on any assets entering the realm of control of the US. Kind of like a bunch of our businessmen are on the shitlist for dealing with Cuba, and will be arrested if they ever enter the US.
"Theoretical losses" are complete and utter bullshit, unless you plan to start claiming "theoretical losses" every time somebody picks something up, and isn't convinced to buy it by the packaging, simply because they may have.
There are a number of treaties in place that say "we'll respect yours, if you respect ours". Not sure if Canada has one in place respecting the US patents, but I'd be stunned if we didn't.
I tend to think more of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars series - since the space elevator is key in them, whereas I can't remember a single elevator in the Ringworld books.
In the Mars series, these points are largely addressed. Wind shear and resonance are handled by thrusters placed every so often along the cable, managed by a supercomputer. Adspace isn't needed - the thing pays for itself because it's a transport mechanism. Mars has no birds.;)
In addition, he also brings up the issue of terrorism (those same locations that have thrusters also have anti-missile defenses), and the massive destruction the entire thing causes when it comes down, after they break off the counterweight asteroid it's using.
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Exactly what I was about to come in and post.
The great thing about people's first movies is that they've got a story to tell. It's not about the gadgets, or the tech, but about learning through working something out. Sure, it's amateurish but it's got heart.
No, it doesn't put it back like that.
With Kazaa, all the files (torrents) are on the same network.
This takes the tracker FOR THAT ONE TORRENT and puts it in with the data the torrent contains.
Each torrent+tracker still exists inside it's own "network". The network just is a tracker now.
You can use that information as a basis for strength maps, which may help you find a spot that's concealed but still gets you onto the given network.
Heck, I can beat that.
SKY is running the new Battlestar Galactica seried already - which won't start airing in the US until January 15th.
Meanwhile, I'm *cough*told*cough* you can get up to episode 6 online.
The comic industry wasn't really global at the time, though.
Yes, it would hurt the industry, but the US is not the only place that games get sold. Most of the publishers also don't work only in the US.
No, it decidedly does NOT have to do with the firewall.
I work as 2nd level UNIX support for a major telco. Our sister team that handles the Windows boxes did tests on a wide variety of systems (and these are all Dells - not noname grayboxes). At least one third died with the installation of SP2. Not "couldn't run a given game or app", but "went
apeshit on reboot".
Keep in mind this was not Joe Average installing SP2. These were very capable, highly skilled people, who know what they're doing, and it still left multiple systems virtually unusable. Joe Average has REASON to be concerned.
You are very lucky you didn't get to experience this.
Nope, not at all. There's servers to maintain and ongoing bugfixes to deliver.
I pay $12.99/month for WW2Online. $15/mo is standard for MMORPG's.
That $15/month turns into a a fraction of a dollar per hour. I defy you to find any type of for-pay entertainment that's cheaper per-hour.
Valve also doesn't warantee that the sun won't explode tomorrow, and that's not their job to either.
Yes, because they had telephones in England in 1066.
He's not talking about the country being older, he's talking about the (electronic) communications network being older in the US - and it is.
It's actually a Call of Cthulhu reference - it's Sanity. See something horrific, and you lose some. The game is generally a race between going bonkers vs being torn asunder by an ancient elder god. :)
It has to, since it has to be able to render that dog-vomit HTML that MS Word spits out.
Don't ever, ever look at the source of a Word-generated webpage, it's an instant 1d6 SAN loss.
I would say it's about 50/50 for "drive-by" installs vs hidden-ine-the-EULA. The third and fourth tests on the linked site were from, in the author's words, "25 different adware and spyware programs picked up via "drive-by-download" at the Innovators of Wrestling web site".
It's not clear if they were self-installing behind the scenes, or if the researcher had to simulate a colossally foolish user who just clicks "yes" on everything, though.
Today's phrase is "keyword ad placement".
This could have been an article giving it 1/10, and the ads would have been there, because the keyword of "Half-Life 2" was present.
Actually, it is the case in BC. My mother works in an insurance company, and has seen this very scenario.
:P
Well, strictly speaking you're right in one respect, it doesn't work with mopeds - anymore. You now have to buy at least a cheap motorcycle.
And given the number of (small) accidents my wife had in our van, I wouldn't call that cool. I get the hit, I guess for being stupid enough to continue to allow her to drive.
As it is, here in BC, if you have two vehicles, you have two insurance policies, there is no sharing allowed.
Which allows the "moped sponge" technique. Rack up points on your policy, then buy a moped, transfer the "tainted" policy to the moped, and get a new policy on your Camaro, and continue driving like an idiot.
They don't need to. You click a button, and it keeps you up to date. Someone with automatic update wouldn't even need to know what SP2 is, but they would be up to date.
And given the way SP2 behaved, they'd also have no clue why their system just stopped working overnight.
We still haven't even come close to rolling out SP2 at work, because it caused one out of three systems to blow their digital brains out.
Well, firstly - domainkeys are optional. If your domain doesn't publish them, your mail should still go through. I can't think of any reasonable reason to require dk before receiving mail, because as I mentioned, it's primarily for the benefit of the domain that publishes a domainkeys record.
Secondly, there's lots of ways that your hosting company could fix their setup to allow you to safely and reliably relay. Things like pop-before-smtp, or authenticated SMTP (either by normal SMTP port 25 or by the submission service) both work well. True - neither are as fast as a local server but that doesn't mean it's un-doable.
Really though, for your situation I would just say "Don't publish a domain key record", or else "Publish a DK that states anyone can send on your behalf".
As I understand it, the biggest benefit of domainkeys is not the person that is receiving the mail from a dk-enabled domain, but rather the dk-enabled domain stops seeing so many bounces coming back from people claiming to be them.
Instead, when a spammer tries to send a dk-enabled recipient, faking a dk-enabled domain, the recipients MTA rejects immediately, rather than bouncing, which would go to the wrong place.
Domainkeys don't mean "not spam". They mean "this MTA is authorized to send on our behalf". That MTA may well be a spam-friendly MTA.
You should probably consider COLA (cost of living adjustments). How much of the US R&D budget is salaries? That's going to be one hell of a lot cheaper in China.
I suspect it would be more along the lines of a civil judgement in absentia that would be enforced on any assets entering the realm of control of the US. Kind of like a bunch of our businessmen are on the shitlist for dealing with Cuba, and will be arrested if they ever enter the US.
"Theoretical losses" are complete and utter bullshit, unless you plan to start claiming "theoretical losses" every time somebody picks something up, and isn't convinced to buy it by the packaging, simply because they may have.
There are a number of treaties in place that say "we'll respect yours, if you respect ours". Not sure if Canada has one in place respecting the US patents, but I'd be stunned if we didn't.
I tend to think more of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars series - since the space elevator is key in them, whereas I can't remember a single elevator in the Ringworld books.
;)
In the Mars series, these points are largely addressed. Wind shear and resonance are handled by thrusters placed every so often along the cable, managed by a supercomputer. Adspace isn't needed - the thing pays for itself because it's a transport mechanism. Mars has no birds.
In addition, he also brings up the issue of terrorism (those same locations that have thrusters also have anti-missile defenses), and the massive destruction the entire thing causes when it comes down, after they break off the counterweight asteroid it's using.
Millions of gamers not online?
What an odd timewarp back to 1992 you're in.
... and what my brain immediately supplied was "I am Lithholio! I need laser for my bunghole!"
Those misspent hours in my youth really are starting to bite me in the ass.